Heard Someone Was Looking for Me?

Black Tiger Stockade was a notorious bandit force around Quhe Town, though it was nothing more than a bandit force.

Usually, Black Tiger Stockade bullied the weak and feared the strong, never provoking anyone truly formidable. Nor had any young hero overflowing with righteousness come to wipe them out, so the stockade had survived.

But a few days ago, Black Tiger Stockade had provoked the wealthy Sun Family of Quhe Town and kidnapped the Sun Family's young lady.

These days, no matter whether the bandits had done anything to women they abducted, their reputations were ruined. No husband's family would accept a woman who had been taken by bandits.

Naturally, the Sun Family was furious and spent heavily to gather martial artists to destroy Black Tiger Stockade.

They had even issued a commission to the famed Zhenyuan Escort Agency.

That was enough to show the Sun Family's determination for revenge.

That day, the Sun Family residence was bustling with voices as countless martial artists who had come to lend a hand entered the estate.

Black Tiger Stockade was no weak force. Its seven chiefs were all at the Late Qi and Blood Stage, and its chief had even reached the Great Perfection of Qi and Blood. He could knock upon the heavenly gate of Transformative Force at any time, while the stockade also had no shortage of other Qi and Blood Martial Artists.

Yet breaking through to Transformative Force was incomparably dangerous. Once one failed, the qi and blood throughout the body would leak away. At best, one's cultivation would be greatly damaged; at worst, one would die on the spot.

Even so, Black Heart Tiger was far stronger than an ordinary Late Qi and Blood Stage martial artist.

In Quhe Town, only two old instructors at the Late Qi and Blood Stage stood guard. Their qi and blood had declined with age; no matter how rich their combat experience, they were no match for the three stockade chiefs.

Besides them, all the households in town combined could only scrape together three or four Late Qi and Blood Stage martial artists. They were simply no match for Black Tiger Stockade, not to mention that not the entire town was willing to help the Sun Family.

Within the Hundred Cities Domain, great cities were the true centers of the Human Race. Haiyuan City alone was a thousand times the size of Quhe Town, and those Transformative Force experts who emerged from subordinate towns and villages had all gone to make a living in the cities.

The gap between cities and villages was simply too vast.

That was why towns and villages were so weak.

Several tables of wine and food had been laid out in the Sun Family courtyard. The many martial artists drank deeply and ate great mouthfuls of meat as they boasted and chatted.

"Everyone!" A voice that was not loud but brimmed with vigor rang out, and the martial artists in the courtyard all fell silent.

"I leave this campaign against the stockade to you all! This old man offers his thanks in advance! There will surely be generous rewards afterward!"

The Sun Family's patriarch was over sixty. His cultivation was not high, and his qi and blood had long since declined. Trembling, he cupped his hands toward the martial artists in the courtyard. With a wave of his hand, Sun Family servants immediately carried out three or four chests.

When the chests were opened, the gleaming silver within made greed flash in the martial artists' eyes.

"Old Master Sun, rest assured! With the Three Brothers of Hanshan taking action, those mountain bandits are nothing but chickens and dogs made of clay!"

"They are merely wandering martial artists who found some cultivation manual from who knows where. One of my senior brother can fight three of you!"

"You yellow-haired brat! You—"

Six people sat beneath the Sun Family patriarch. Three were the so-called Three Brothers of Hanshan. In their early years, they had somehow obtained martial arts manuals and, through their own fumbling, all became Late Qi and Blood Stage martial artists. But they were wandering martial artists after all, and since they had always bullied the weak and feared the strong, their strength was not particularly impressive.

Of the other three, one was Wang Jie, the most prized disciple of Old Instructor Li in town. One was a Late Qi and Blood Stage guard the Sun Family had spent heavily to train, while the last was Old Instructor Huang of the town.

Old Master Sun paid no heed to their quarrel. Looking over the many martial artists, he nodded in satisfaction. Deep in his eyes, hatred surfaced, and the grip around his cane gradually tightened.

That was his most beloved granddaughter. How could they do this to her?!

Now, with these six martial artists, two Qi and Blood Martial Artists dispatched by several other families in town, and a Late Qi and Blood Stage escort runner from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency—

A full nine Late Qi and Blood Stage experts. How could Black Tiger Stockade possibly withstand them?

Old Master Sun forcibly pulled out a smile and said, "Once the young hero from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency arrives, we will depart at once! Black Tiger Stockade has harmed all around it; today is their day of death!"

"Someone from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency? Hmph, I would like to see what he is capable of!" Pride appeared on Wang Jie's face. He did not believe he was weaker than those Late Qi and Blood Stage martial artists from top-tier factions.

His master had told him that, in the past several hundred years, he was the person most suited to cultivating their inherited method.

"Hahaha! If you ask me, there is no need to wait for that young hero from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency at all. My senior brother alone can hold off Black Heart Tiger!" The man beside Wang Jie was his junior brother, Qian San, whose cultivation was at the Mid Qi and Blood Stage. He had been the one arguing with the Three Brothers of Hanshan earlier.

"Hmph, frogs at the bottom of a well! Those who have never been to a city simply do not understand the difference between city folk and country folk!"

The eldest of the Three Brothers of Hanshan spoke disdainfully.

"What right do you have to judge us? You are merely three wandering martial artists!" Wang Jie said, anger appearing on his face.

"Senior Brother, once we set out, we will need to establish who takes the lead. Why not compare our skills now? Whoever wins will be in charge then!" Qian San said from the side.

The others all remained silent, watching the confrontation between Wang Jie's group and the Three Brothers of Hanshan.

Old Master Sun's expression stiffened, and he hurriedly tried to persuade them. "Enough, enough. All of you heroes, stop arguing. Once we have attacked Black Tiger Stockade, then you can fight over first and second place."

"After we take Black Tiger Stockade, this old man will dig out Black Heart Tiger's heart and liver and steep them in wine! Then I will invite everyone to drink! Hahaha!" As he spoke, Old Master Sun's kindly face abruptly began to twist into something savage.

He had failed to notice that he had spoken every thought in his heart aloud.

"Yes! Sun Yinyin is my plaything, a plaything I spent two years training. Yet someone else took her away! Though she is only a plaything, this grudge must be avenged! I will cut off their dicks and steep them in wine, hahaha! Then my ability in that area will rise to another level!" The Sun Family's Late Qi and Blood Stage guard suddenly took on a strange expression, muttering in a low voice that everyone could nevertheless hear clearly.

"What?!" Old Master Sun's expression changed, becoming even more savage. He roared, "She is my most beloved granddaughter! You Bai bastard, who was it that took you in back then? Who made you into what you are today?!"

"Hahahaha! Do you really think I do not know you murdered my parents back then? I actually served the enemy who killed my father and mother like an ox and horse! But I did not lose out either. Your granddaughter was truly supple!" Guard surnamed Bai's expression collapsed as he roared with wild laughter.

"I have been sick of you for a long time! Why were you the one who got Senior Sister?!" A burly man suddenly shouted.

"Hahaha, Senior Brother, I have wanted you for a long time. Just submit to me!" Another burly man laughed maniacally.

"Die, you bastard! I have endured you for too long!" Yet another person snarled with a savage face.

"Die!"

"Hahaha!"

Bang

Rip

All of a sudden, the martial artists throughout the courtyard erupted into chaos. The former harmony vanished without a trace. Every banquet table was overturned in an instant, wine and food spilling across the ground before being ruthlessly trampled.

Everything had happened too suddenly, yet the people in the courtyard noticed nothing abnormal.

Some even ignored the fighting around them and focused solely on eating and drinking. Even after the food and wine had fallen to the ground, they crawled over it like pigs and dogs, stuffing themselves.

On the other side, Old Instructor Huang stared blankly at the behavior of those around him, a strange look appearing on his face. Then his expression stiffened and turned greedy as he looked at the three chests Old Master Sun had ordered carried out.

"Treasure! With this wealth, my Huang Martial Arts School can rise again, and that old Li bastard will no longer be able to suppress me!" As he spoke, Old Instructor Huang reached for the three chests.

But he was not the only one lunging for them. In an instant, they too began fighting with bloodshot eyes.

Meanwhile, the Three Brothers of Hanshan showed no reaction at all to Wang Jie's provocation.

Wang Jie casually killed a martial artist who tried to sneak attack him. Facing the strange events unfolding around him, he acted as though nothing had happened and looked arrogantly at the Three Brothers of Hanshan.

Qian San beside him kept sneering as well, though the envy in his eyes toward Wang Jie had already overflowed.

Wang Jie said arrogantly, "What are three pieces of trash like you? Even if that brat from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency appears, he can only kneel and lick my boots!"

"Hahaha! With my senior brother here, why are you not kneeling in worship already?!" Qian San laughed from the side.

"You?" The Three Brothers of Hanshan reacted slowly to the chaos around them. They looked about in confusion, then ceased to react altogether.

"Three pieces of trash, why have you got nothing to say now?"

"Heard someone was looking for me?" At that moment, a cool, emotionless voice rang out.