The Eerie Youth

Who dares to leave words in front of my door without knowing the meaning of death?

Jiang Dao was instantly furious.

But Pang Lin suddenly showed horror and said, "Young master, we didn't sleep all night, and this is definitely not something a person could do. There are no such experts in the entire Hengzhou City. Even with the strongest martial arts, writing such characters would surely make a sound, but we didn't notice anything unusual. This isn't human!"

"What?"

The group of house servants turned pale again, trembling.

Malevolent Spirits!

More Malevolent Spirits!

"I'm not staying at the Jiang Family anymore. Whoever wants to stay can stay. I'm done!"

Suddenly, a servant screamed in terror and quickly fled into the distance.

The other servants instantly fell into panic and rushed to grab their belongings and run.

But Jiang Dao reacted extremely quickly. He leaped up, drew his long saber, flashing a cold, silvery light. With a thwack, it passed over the head of the fleeing servant, instantly splattering blood as his head flew off.

Plop!

His head rolled to the ground. The servant's eyes were wide open, seemingly not realizing he was already dead.

Seeing this, the other servants all screamed in fear and stopped in their tracks.

"Those who dare to sow discord will die!"

Jiang Dao roared, his killing intent surging. His fingers gripped the steel saber tightly, his gaze sharp, as if piercing everyone's hearts.

In an instant, all the servants and guards were subdued by Jiang Dao's aura.

Everyone was terrified and remained motionless.

"What Malevolent Spirits? I don't believe it's Malevolent Spirits. If it were Malevolent Spirits, let them come find me. I just killed two Malevolent Spirits last night. Where are there so many Malevolent Spirits? It's just someone playing tricks, what's there to be afraid of?"

Jiang Dao roared, like thunder.

Everyone's ears hurt and their minds went blank from his shouting.

Jiang Dao could only stabilize the crowd now!

No matter what, he couldn't let them all escape. If these people fled, the Jiang Family would surely fall apart.

Therefore, even if he had to forcefully keep them, he had to make them all stay.

Pang Lin's expression changed, and he instantly understood Jiang Dao's thoughts. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, this old man was mistaken. This can't possibly be Malevolent Spirits. It must be a person. Perhaps we were too tired last night and were not vigilant enough, which allowed someone to approach us..."

"Everyone, to prove that what I say is true, I will now step outside the red line and see if anyone dares to kill me?"

Jiang Dao's voice was cold. He pressed his steel saber and strode towards the door.

"Be careful, Dao'er..."

Jiang Dalong quickly said.

He immediately understood the key point in Jiang Dao's words and knew that Jiang Dao was forcefully trying to stabilize morale.

"Don't worry, Father, I will!"

Jiang Dao turned his head and nodded.

He had practiced the Eagle Claw Iron Shirt to a realm of 120 years later. His skin was terrifyingly tough, his tendons and fascia had become like cowhide, impervious to blades and spears. He didn't believe any Malevolent Spirit could kill him instantly.

If they were truly that powerful, they would have directly attacked last night, why bother with this charade?

Besides, he had never heard of Malevolent Spirits writing characters!

Therefore, this was not left by Malevolent Spirits at all, but by the Spirit Child Palace or other organizations that controlled Malevolent Spirits. Their goal was likely just to cause chaos among them first.

Jiang Dao gripped his steel saber, his physique sturdy, and strode forward.

Everyone was watching him intently.

Only after Jiang Dao completely stepped out of the red line and walked another ten steps forward without triggering any abnormalities did everyone finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Putting on a show!"

Jiang Dao's eyes were cold. He looked at the red line and blood characters on the ground, then stomped his foot. With a boom, he stepped on a bluestone slab and then forcefully scraped downwards.

Crack!

His foot sank into the ground, like an iron plow forcefully plowing through the ground. Gravel flew, and a strong wind howled, smearing away all the red characters.

This move alone shocked everyone again.

Especially Pang Lin, Fang Biao, Wang Xing, and the others, who were all amazed as if he were a god.

Such strength was simply unimaginable.

Even cultivating martial arts for a hundred years would never achieve this, right?

He was simply not flesh and blood!

"Father, Master Pang, it's alright now."

Jiang Dao turned back and said.

"Good, it's fine if you're okay, it's fine if you're okay!"

Jiang Dalong quickly said, "Dao'er, you haven't slept all night. Rest at home for a day, and we'll think about whether to leave in the afternoon?"

"I'm not sleepy yet. You guys eat breakfast first, and I'll go take a look around the city!"

Jiang Dao shook his head.

The writing on the ground made him think of many things.

From the "Death" character lantern last night to the bloody red lines today, all indicated that some force was targeting the Jiang family.

And there were only two Malevolent Spirits that had made a move against the Jiang family.

One was that Spirit Child!

The other was the Malevolent Spirit he encountered last night.

So Jiang Dao changed his mind again and decided to walk around the city first, gather information, and only leave after ensuring everything was safe.

The streets were desolate.

Normally, many vendors would come out early in the morning to sell food, like stir-fried rice noodles, donkey rolls, steamed buns, wontons, etc., but now the entire Hengzhou City was lifeless. Even during the day, there were very few pedestrians on the streets.

The occasional pedestrians were all in a hurry, leaving quickly.

More people were standing in their homes, looking out with worry.

Jiang Dao wandered around the streets for a while, and after half an hour, he appeared in the city gate area.

At the south city gate, many wealthy merchants were crowded there, shouting and wanting to leave, but they were heavily guarded under the city walls, standing ready and not letting anyone pass.

These wealthy merchants were the ones who had bribed Magistrate Wang last night, and Magistrate Wang had promised to give them a few spots to leave the city.

Unfortunately, Magistrate Wang was killed by Jiang Dao, and now the power within the city had been taken over by others.

"No one is allowed to leave now. The magistrate is dead, and I am in charge of the entire Hengzhou City. Without an imperial decree, anyone who dares to leave the city without permission will be executed immediately. I don't care what conditions you had with Magistrate Wang before, but in short, no one is allowed to leave!"

Suddenly, a burly general with piercing eyes shouted sternly.

"General Gongsun, for the sake of our many years of friendship, please leave a lineage for our Liu family!"

"General Gongsun, please be kind. We only need a side gate opened to send out a few descendants!"

"We beg General Gongsun, please show mercy!"

Many people pleaded bitterly.

"Presumptuous! I said that no one is allowed to leave now. Anyone who dares to babble again will be apprehended immediately!"

The general shouted.

From the city wall, a strange youth dressed entirely in black slowly walked out. He had long black hair, black eyes, black clothes, and even his fingernails were black, emanating a dark, sharp aura. He was enveloped in an invisible, gloomy aura.

As soon as he walked down, he instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Almost everyone, upon seeing this strange youth, felt a chill down their spines and an inexplicable sense of dread in their hearts.

It was as if... they were facing a walking corpse!

There was even a faint smell of decay emanating from him.

"Who wants to leave?"

The strange youth's voice was calm, and he gently ran his hand along a nearby wall.

Sss sss sss...

The wall immediately began to darken and rot rapidly, leaving a strange black palm print. White mold quickly grew in the palm print, as if it had experienced many years. The wall began to peel off rapidly.

The group of wealthy merchants was deeply shocked by this bizarre scene.

Coupled with the youth's unusually dark eyes, which had no trace of white, a slight glance from him made everyone feel a chill to their core, as if a large hand had tightly grasped them.

Everyone trembled and quickly scattered, no longer daring to demand to leave.

Jiang Dao's heart tightened.

What a terrifying youth?

Is... is this really a person?

Even with his current martial arts skills, he felt as if this was a corpse!?