The crowd fell into chaos.
Everyone trembled like leaves.
Suddenly, the old man from before seemed to remember something. In a trembling voice, he said, "I know! I have a clue, I have a clue!"
"Oh? You remembered?"
Lin Yun's eyes lit up. Smiling, he looked at the old man.
The old man immediately turned around and looked at Zhao Shan. Gritting his teeth, his face filled with hatred, he said, "It was Zhao Shan! Yesterday afternoon, I saw Lu Chen leave with Zhao Shan. He said he was going to seek justice for Zhao Shan. Zhao Shan must know what happened to Lu Chen!"
Whoosh! Everyone swiftly turned to look at Zhao Shan.
Their faces filled with shock and fury.
Lin Yun's eyes flashed as well. His gaze fell on Zhao Shan, whose legs were crippled and who was blind in one eye. Smiling, he said, "You and Lu Chen were close?"
"Yes. Lu Chen and Zhao Shan had played together since childhood. Neither of them was welcome in the village; they were practically wearing the same pair of pants. Zhao Shan definitely knew any secrets Lu Chen had. Also, that gang of beggars crippled Zhao Shan's eye and legs, which was why Lu Chen went to kill them—to seek justice for Zhao Shan."
The old man said through clenched teeth.
"Interesting."
Lin Yun suddenly smiled. Looking at Zhao Shan, his eyes seemed to contain an aura that could seize souls and steal spirits. He smiled and said, "Tell me, what secret does Lu Chen have? Tell me, and I'll let you go!"
Zhao Shan immediately gave a bitter laugh. "If you want to know Brother Lu's secret, wait until your next life!" "Hm?"
Lin Yun frowned, about to give Zhao Shan a taste of torture.
Splat!
Suddenly, Zhao Shan spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with large chunks of flesh. A savage smile covered his face as he collapsed to the ground. His body twitched, then went completely still.
Everyone's expressions changed.
"He bit off his tongue and killed himself?"
"Has Zhao Shan gone mad?"
"Not knowing life from death!"
Lin Yun's face suddenly darkened. "How dare he ruin my mood? Men, drag his corpse out and hang it from the flagpole. Say that he was colluding with demons..."
"Yes, Young Master!"
Several constables came over, inwardly chilled as they lifted Zhao Shan's corpse.
The county magistrate was not in the city. This young master was heaven itself...
More importantly—
They felt that this young master's oppressive presence was even stronger than the county magistrate's.
He was simply someone who would kill at the slightest disagreement.
In just a few days, more than a dozen people had already been ruined by him.
But at that moment!
Outside the yamen.
A figure burning with bloody light came charging madly toward them from outside like a blood-red meteor. He shot straight through the gates, shouting in panic:
"Junior Brother Lin, save me!"
Clang!
The instant his words fell, a crisp, ear-splitting metallic ring followed. It was like an unmatched treasured blade leaving its sheath, carrying an aura and power capable of slaughtering all ten directions and cutting down everything as it enveloped the blood-lit figure.
"Senior Brother Zhang..."
Lin Yun's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly looked up.
Who had forced Senior Brother Zhang to use even Blood Escape?
The blood shadow had barely entered the inner courtyard when a terrifying, dazzling blade light descended upon him from behind in an instant.
Splat!
"Ah!"
The blood-red figure immediately let out waves of shrill, piercing screams. The bloody light over his body was like tattered paper, bursting apart in an instant.
Then came the body within. It was severed cleanly at the waist on the spot. The upper half flew high into the air, his eyes filled with terror, before crashing uncontrollably toward Lin Yun. With a bang, it fell to the ground. His lips moved with difficulty a few times before he died miserably.
[You have laid a blood-addicted young man to rest, helping him quit his blood addiction. Merit Points +120]
Lu Chen entered the yamen at last, long saber in hand.
"Interesting. This man ran all the way toward the yamen while calling out for Junior Brother Lin. Could this Junior Brother Lin be you, the county magistrate's son?"
Lu Chen's voice was calm as his gaze fixed directly on Lin Yun.
Since he had started, he might as well see it through!
Having reached this point, what did he still have to fear?
Lin Yun's eyelids twitched wildly, his heart surging as he could scarcely believe it.
Senior Brother Zhang, at the early Fourth Grade, had just died right in front of him? There was no need to ask about Senior Sister Mei!
She must have died long ago as well!
"You are Lu Chen?"
Lin Yun's tone turned icy as he stared at Lu Chen.
But Lu Chen ignored him. His eyes swept around, and suddenly, his expression darkened completely.
His gaze landed directly on the two young constables nearby.
They were carrying a corpse.
The corpse wore tattered clothes, with loose hair draped over its shoulders like a beggar's.
Yet its eyes were wide open, unwilling to close even in death.
Who else could it be but his friend Shan?
He had never imagined that he would still drag Shan into this!
"Courting death!"
Lu Chen's voice was icy. Surging killing intent suddenly erupted from his body.
Clusters of invisible blade qi burst from within him, beyond his control.
They blasted the ground full of holes.
"Spare us, it had nothing to do with us!"
"I'm only a temporary worker..."
The two young constables turned pale with terror. They hurriedly set down the corpse, turned, and fled.
Lu Chen's body flickered, and in an instant, he appeared before Zhao Shan. He lifted Zhao Shan's corpse and inspected it carefully, his expression growing increasingly grim.
Shan had died from biting off his tongue...
"Rather bite off your tongue than betray me?"
A chill ran through Lu Chen's heart as his terrifying eyes swept toward Lin Yun.
This fucked-up world.
This damned world! Did this thieving heavens love to toy with people so much?
Then he would send it a few more people to play with.
One hand slowly brushed over Shan's eyes, closing them. He gently laid the corpse down, while he himself stood like a maddened blade shooting toward the heavens.
Even Lin Yun felt enormous pressure from that terrifying aura, the hairs on his back standing on end.
Suddenly!
He grabbed a villager from the ground, revealing a ferocious smile. His hand clamped tightly around the man's throat as he said, "Lu Chen, put down your weapon, or I'll kill him!"
"Fuck your mother!"
Boom!
The moment his words fell, an incomparably terrifying blade qi shot over from Lu Chen like lightning.
It enveloped Lin Yun and the villager almost instantly. Lin Yun was shocked. He slapped the villager in the back, sending him directly into the blade qi, while he himself retreated swiftly and landed more than ten meters away.
Splat!
"Ah!"
The villager whom he had sent flying immediately let out a scream.
His entire body split apart in an instant. Blood and organs scattered everywhere.
He was dead beyond all doubt.
[You have laid a long-suffering villager to rest. Merit Points +1]
"Don't worry. No one in your family will survive. I'll go lay each of them to rest, one by one!"
Lu Chen's voice was cold as his eyes stared at Lin Yun.
Lin Yun's pupils shrank sharply.
This man was not afraid of his threats?
Could it be that none of these villagers had anyone Lu Chen cared about? The villagers on the ground were terrified, hurriedly scattering like rats with their heads in their hands.
They knew Lu Chen hated them.
Because ever since childhood, they had never stopped bullying Lu Chen and Zhao Shan...
Some had even taken pleasure in tormenting the two of them.
They often threw them food meant for dogs, stripped off their clothes, and hung them from trees.
Now that Lu Chen had become a martial artist, it was entirely possible that he would kill every last one of them.
"Good. I still underestimated you."
Lin Yun stared fixedly at Lu Chen. "With such courage and strength, why not pledge yourself to me? Pledge yourself to me, and I'll introduce you to stronger organizations and let you learn higher martial arts. With your ability and talent, you are destined for a broader stage. I can even guarantee..."
Boom! Lu Chen's body closed in instantly. Without another word, the blade light in his hand flashed like lightning as it slashed straight down at Lin Yun.
Guarantee your mother!
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