Fugitive

"Second Brother, I told you this kid was acting strange."

"He kept looking around outside."

"He must have sensed something."

Song Chengan walked into the Zhao family's residence.

Only then did he discover four or five corpses lying in the courtyard and the Zhao family members tied up in a pile inside the house.

He looked at the two men holding knives.

Their skin was bronze, and they held large ring-handled sabers.

One of them had a ferocious scar on his brow.

"Scholar Song, run!"

The Young Master Zhao, for some reason, found the strength to run over and grab one of the swordsmen's legs.

He shouted.

"Seeking death!"

The bandit flew into a rage and kicked him away, then swung his saber at him!

"Wuwuwu!"

"Master!"

The Zhao family members, their mouths gagged, saw this and became extremely anxious.

What vicious thieves.

They would kill at the slightest disagreement, without hesitation.

Song Chengan extended his staff.

He blocked the saber strike.

"Seeking death!"

The bandit retracted his saber and swung horizontally at Song Chengan!

Song Chengan didn't continue to tangle with him.

He pulled the Young Master Zhao back.

"I knew this kid had a problem, he's a trained fighter."

"Was that the Fire Cloud Staff Technique just now?"

"A martial art from the Wei family in the Northwest."

The man was somewhat surprised to see Song Chengan dodge the blow.

"If he didn't have some skill, how could he have sensed something was wrong and come in?"

A person walked out from inside the house.

He looked to be in his thirties, with a long beard at the corners of his mouth.

He wore a Daoist robe and held a whisk in his hand.

Song Chengan looked at them.

"You are the thieves who escaped from prison, aren't you?"

"Scholar Song, that Daoist priest knows sorcery!" the Young Master Zhao said, hiding behind Song Chengan, still shaken.

"I am Mysterious Water Daoist Cheng Xuandao."

"These two are my sworn brothers."

"Mad Demon Blade Li Shijun, and Evil Eye Demon Lord Zhang Kuang."

Cheng Xuandao chuckled, then asked, "May I ask which branch of the Wei family in the Northwest you belong to, brother?"

"Does it matter who I am?"

Song Chengan asked with a smile.

He wondered if these three thieves had any accomplices.

"It doesn't matter,"

Cheng Xuandao said.

"The Wei family of the Northwest is famous. If we met you outside, my three brothers would naturally not dare to provoke you."

"But you can only blame yourself for knowing we took the Zhao family."

"If we let you go, the authorities will have us cornered like dumplings in a pot later."

"So today, even if you are from the Wei family of the Northwest, we cannot let you leave."

"Big Brother, this is just an inexperienced rookie. He doesn't even realize he's surrounded by us brothers."

Song Chengan turned his head to look.

It turned out that while the Daoist Priest was speaking to lure Song Chengan, Li Shijun, the Mad Demon Blade, and Zhang Kuang, the Evil Eye Demon Lord, had already surrounded Song Chengan in a triangle with the Daoist Priest without anyone knowing when.

"How strange, the moment you took them out, you retrieved your weapons and clothes. It seems there's an inside traitor in the yamen."

"Curious?"

"I'll burn paper for you when you're dead and tell you."

"Kill him!"

Seeing that the encirclement was complete.

Cheng Xuandao wasted no more words and shouted.

As his voice fell.

Li Shijun and Zhang Kuang charged forward with their blades!

"Young Master Zhao, retreat. I'll handle them."

Song Chengan pushed Young Master Zhao aside and then, holding the Demon Subduing Staff, began fighting the two men.

"Big brother, this kid has real skill!"

After twenty rounds.

Both Zhang Kuang and Li Shijun were starting to lose their composure.

"Mastered Fire Cloud Staff Technique. This person must be a direct disciple, even within the Wei family."

Cheng Xuandao's expression turned grim.

"Then we can't let him live any longer."

"Quickly show your true abilities and kill him!"

Zhang Kuang and Li Shijun exchanged a look and no longer hesitated, attacking with all their might.

"Scholar Song, be careful. If things go south, you can leave first."

Young Master Zhao was a little anxious seeing this.

But the three rogues ignored him.

To them, Young Master Zhao was just someone who couldn't even lift a chicken. Once Song Chengan was dealt with, Young Master Zhao would be theirs to slaughter.

"Big brother, this guy is quite troublesome!"

After a hundred rounds.

Li Shijun, Zhang Kuang, and Song Chengan were all breathing heavily.

Especially Li Shijun and Zhang Kuang, they were getting anxious.

This person was simply too difficult to deal with.

His Fire Cloud Staff Technique was performed with exquisite skill, leaving them no openings.

Seeing this, Cheng Xuandao also couldn't stay put any longer.

Even though they were in a courtyard, if the fight dragged on too long, it would be inevitable that passersby outside would notice the abnormality within the courtyard.

"I'll help you!"

He said, stepping forward with his whisk in hand.

He swept it towards Song Chengan.

Song Chengan quickly dodged.

The Daoist Priest's whisk hid iron hooks and the like. He couldn't be careless. If he were hit, he'd surely be torn to shreds.

"It's over!"

Seeing that the Daoist Priest had also joined the fray, Song Chengan didn't linger any longer.

He struck out with his staff!

Zhang Kuang casually blocked.

But his expression immediately changed.

"Not good!"

This strike was unlike any before. The long saber in his hand flew out.

Song Chengan struck again, aiming for his head.

"Third brother, what are you doing?"

Li Shijun roared.

"You're an old hand, how can you not hold onto your saber?"

Li Shijun said, gripping his saber with both hands and placing it in front of Zhang Kuang.

But he immediately understood why.

A deafening sound rang out.

The long saber in his hand was directly broken by Song Chengan's iron staff.

The staff's momentum did not decrease, and it landed directly on his shoulder!

That iron staff, forged from refined iron, how could it not hurt when it landed on a person.

His shoulder caved in, blood flowed from his nose and mouth, and it looked like he had more air leaving than entering.

"Second Brother!"

Li Shijun's eyes were about to split open.

But Song Chengan didn't give him a chance to grieve. He swung his staff again, hitting him on the back and sending him flying, smashing into the wall.

Cheng Xuandao's face turned ashen when he saw this.

At this moment, he knew that this young man had been hiding his strength all along to lure him into the trap.

He felt some regret.

If he hadn't joined the fight, he could have used the Zhao family as hostages.

But it was too late to regret it now.

Without any hesitation, he turned and ran towards the courtyard wall.

He was going to escape.

But Song Chengan wouldn't give him the chance.

He raised his staff and pursued.

"Do you know why this Daoist is called the Mysterious Water Daoist!"

Just as Song Chengan was about to catch up.

Cheng Xuandao turned his head.

His face was ferocious, with a hint of smugness.

He formed a hand seal.

"Water Dragon Technique!"

A ten-foot-long water dragon materialized out of thin air, charging towards Song Chengan.

"So you're a late-stage Dao Seed Qi Refiner. No wonder the authorities couldn't do anything to you even after you fled all the way to Lingqiu."

"But a water technique?"

"Water Repelling Art!"

Song Chengan freed a hand and formed a hand seal.

Instantly, the water dragon dissipated into thin air.

"How is that possible!"

Song Chengan didn't waste any words.

He pointed the Demon Subduing Staff in his hand at the Daoist's chest.

The Demon Subduing Staff pierced through his body!

But before Song Chengan could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw the Daoist open his mouth and spit out a stream of black energy towards him.

Song Chengan didn't have time to dodge.

"Sect Master Song, be careful!"

At this moment.

An old monk blocked in front of Song Chengan.

His body turned golden.

Then he slapped out.

The black smoke dispersed with the wind, and a black insect fell to the ground...

It was a black monstrous insect with four wings on its ribs. It still struggled on the ground, trying to pounce on Song Chengan, but after a few steps, it lost its breath.