Go Back Where You Came From!

"Exorcise demons? Tell me more about what's going on."

When Ji Qing heard anything related to "exorcising demons," he was no longer sleepy.

"Great Hero Ji, it's like this..."

"One-Ear" began to introduce the current mission in detail, leaving nothing out.

The young miss of the Fang Family in Copper City was suspected of being possessed by a demon, exhibiting strange behavior.

The Fang Family had consulted all the renowned physicians far and wide, but none had any effect.

Later, they sought help to exorcise the demon.

This also yielded no results.

So, the Fang Family publicly announced the matter, recruiting extraordinary individuals from the martial arts world. Whoever could cure the Fang Family's young miss would be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!

News spread, and many people from the martial arts world rushed to Copper City.

Although Copper City had a Listening Wind Tower, its system was very unique; each Listening Wind Tower could be considered an independent entity.

There was competition between the Listening Wind Towers.

"Shopkeeper Yu" clearly wasn't going to miss this opportunity. What she wanted was not just the Fang Family's thousand taels of gold, but also the influence of the Anyang City Listening Wind Tower, aiming to expand her influence to Copper City.

This was the true reason why "Shopkeeper Yu" was willing to pay a great price to ask Ji Qing to take action.

Ji Qing understood the whole story and nodded, "Alright, I'll take this job!"

"Good, then I'll return to report."

One-Ear quietly left the library again.

The reason Ji Qing had been so "peaceful" for the past three months was because he had reached a "cooperation agreement" with Shopkeeper Yu of the Listening Wind Tower.

The Listening Wind Tower would withdraw the intelligence regarding him.

In return, Ji Qing would act on behalf of the Listening Wind Tower for certain matters.

Of course, the initiative was with Ji Qing.

He could refuse.

Moreover, each time he acted for the Listening Wind Tower, he would receive corresponding compensation.

There was also an additional condition: if there was any information about a "Skin-Peeling Demon" or "demon," the Listening Wind Tower would provide Ji Qing with relevant intelligence for free.

The reason he could secure such favorable terms was because he had displayed "Blade Momentum" in his fight against Du Chen.

According to "Shopkeeper Yu."

Mastering Blade Momentum meant there was hope of becoming a Grandmaster in the future.

The influence of a Grandmaster was too great.

Even a powerful organization like the Listening Wind Tower dared not trade in information about Grandmasters.

"Blade Momentum... I'm far from mastering Blade Momentum; it's merely the embryonic form..."

Ji Qing knew very well that he hadn't truly mastered Blade Momentum.

He had comprehended "Accumulating Momentum" by perfecting his Blade Drawing Technique.

He could only accumulate momentum when holding a blade.

But without a blade, Ji Qing couldn't unleash Blade Momentum.

Furthermore, he couldn't control Blade Momentum; he could only draw his blade when accumulating momentum, and the Blade Momentum would be unleashed along with the flash of the blade.

If one truly mastered Blade Momentum, there wouldn't be so many restrictions.

But even so, even with just the embryonic form of Blade Momentum, how many martial artists in the world could master it?

The next morning, Ji Qing disguised himself and left Anyang City, heading straight for Copper City.

Copper City was not far from Anyang City; it only took three days by fast horse, and Ji Qing arrived in Copper City.

Copper City was famous for its "copper."

There were many copper mines here, so the imperial court had opened many mining operations, and the number of miners was also considerable.

Walking on the street, one could see groups of miners from time to time.

Ji Qing inquired about the location of the "Fang Family" and headed straight for it.

At this moment, many people had already gathered in the "Fang Manor."

They were mainly martial artists from the martial arts world.

There were also various individuals from different walks of life, so-called extraordinary people.

Clearly, they were all here for the "thousand taels of gold" bounty offered by the Fang Family.

"Steward Fang, what are we waiting for? Why don't we let the young lady come out? We can all use our own methods to drive out the demon, and Miss Fang can recover sooner."

"Yes, with so many of us here, and all sorts of extraordinary individuals, can't we get rid of a demon?"

"Hmph, whether it's a demon or not, with us here, Miss Fang will definitely recover!"

Not everyone in this group was a useless bum or a charlatan.

Many actually possessed genuine skills.

For instance, some martial artists had even earned considerable prestige in the jianghu.

Steward Fang, however, hesitated.

The Listening Wind Tower in Anyang City had informed him that a truly "professional" individual was being sent.

If even this "professional" couldn't cure Miss Fang, then essentially no one else could.

Steward Fang had great trust in the Listening Wind Tower of Anyang City.

Therefore, he had been waiting.

Based on the time, they should be arriving soon.

"Everyone, please be patient and wait a little longer. A very important guest has not yet arrived. Once they are here, we will naturally allow everyone to showcase their divine abilities."

Steward Fang appeased the crowd.

"Hmph, who could possibly be worth us all waiting for?"

"Are we not as important as this one person?"

"Could it be that Steward Fang doesn't trust us?"

The people in the hall were all "sharp characters" from the jianghu. How could they not understand the implication in Steward Fang's words?

Clearly, in Steward Fang's eyes, they were all dispensable, and that "esteemed guest" was the most important!

At that moment, a servant rushed in.

"Master, a jianghu person outside presented a token."

The servant handed a token to Steward Fang.

It was none other than the Listening Wind Token from Anyang City.

Steward Fang was overjoyed and quickly said, "Quick, invite the esteemed guest in immediately!"

"Yes, Master."

The servant hurried away.

Steward Fang smiled and said to the crowd in the hall, "Everyone, the esteemed guest has arrived. At that time, I will still need to ask everyone to display their divine abilities to cure my daughter."

Steward Fang continued to use the excuse of "curing an illness" to recruit the many extraordinary individuals from the jianghu.

The people in the hall also wanted to see who this person was that Steward Fang valued so highly.

Soon, the servant returned, leading a man wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a long saber at his waist.

The man's attire was that of a typical jianghu wanderer, with nothing particularly noteworthy.

"Master, the person has arrived."

"Good! May I ask the hero's name?"

"Zhang Yun."

"So it's Hero Zhang, please take a seat."

Steward Fang directly pointed to the first chair on the left.

Ji Qing raised his head and swept his gaze across the entire hall.

He was using the alias Zhang Yun, and Steward Fang did not know his true identity.

He only knew that this was an expert invited by the Listening Wind Tower of Anyang City.

But Steward Fang was unsure of just how high his skill level was.

However, he still offered the respect that was due.

He even left the first chair for Ji Qing.

Ji Qing could naturally see that everyone in the hall had their own hidden agendas.

These were all seasoned jianghu veterans, a mix of all sorts of people gathered at the Fang residence.

Exorcise demons?

They weren't capable of that!

But dragging their feet and infighting, they were all experts.

The only reason they hadn't caused trouble yet was out of consideration for Steward Fang.

When the actual demon-exorcising began, these people would likely cause problems.

Ji Qing couldn't be bothered with their scheming.

Thus, Ji Qing slowly spoke, "I alone am sufficient to exorcise the demon. I ask everyone to return whence they came!"

"Boom."

As soon as his words fell, the entire hall erupted!