Su City Han Family (Please Follow)

At Cloud City's entrance, Luo Wen had long since stationed men here. When they saw Wei Fan dragging Old Bear's corpse over, the city gates were shut at once. At the same time, someone rode at full gallop to deliver news of Old Bear's death to the three chief constables.

Having agreed with Ning Xuan and the others on a place to dine that evening, Wei Fan hurried back to the East District yamen with Hu Qing and Zhou Qi.

By the time they arrived, Luo Wen had already gathered all the constables, armed and ready.

"Set out for the West District!"

The moment the three appeared, Luo Wen gave the order.

"I discussed it with the three chief constables. Each of them will clean up the forces in their own territory. The West District's chief constable is dead, and there are no experts left there. We need to help the West District take down the Yellow Immortal Gang!"

Luo Wen stepped closer to explain to Wei Fan.

There were no gang-like forces in Cloud City's inner city; only the four major districts had them. The East District had long been cleaned out by Wei Fan, leaving only the South, North, and West Districts with gangs backed by demons.

The East District also had a chief constable, but he had not appeared for a long time. Wei Fan had no idea where he had gone.

Wei Fan nodded and called out loudly, "Brothers, today's operation is rather large. The yamen across the entire city are acting together to wipe out every force colluding with demons. There'll be a great many arrests, and the prison may not hold them all. Once we start, kill as many as you can. Don't take prisoners."

The Yellow Immortal Gang in the West District was the gang that gathered treasures, beauties, and human food for Great Immortal Huang. Since Great Immortal Huang had many demons under him, the people there lived even more miserably than those in the East District. People vanished every day.

"Kill as many as you can! Don't take prisoners!"

Someone roared in response, eyes gleaming. The best thing about following Wei Fan was that they did not need to tie their own hands—they could go all out.

"Today, the West District is bound to run with blood!"

Luo Wen did not try to dissuade him. He knew he could not, and besides, Wei Fan was right. If they arrested too many people, the cells simply would not be enough. They were all damned scum anyway; killing them outright was simpler.

When Wei Fan and the others reached the West District, the West District yamen runners were already prepared. The two sides joined up and immediately headed for the Yellow Immortal Gang's lair.

"Constable Wei, we surrender!"

Clearly, the news had leaked. By the time Wei Fan and his men arrived at the Yellow Immortal Gang's headquarters, most of its members had already gathered together, shouting their surrender.

The scene caught everyone off guard. All eyes turned to Wei Fan, waiting to see how he would handle it.

"You call this surrender while carrying weapons?"

Wei Fan swept his gaze over them. Several people still had weapons in their hands.

"Kill!"

This time, he could not even be bothered to say that those who disarmed would be spared. With a thunderous shout, he gave them no time to explain or put down their weapons before charging into the crowd.

The West District yamen runners were still staring blankly, but the East District runners followed Wei Fan in. In an instant, terrified cries erupted everywhere.

"We put down our weapons!"

"Run!"

"This Wei Fan is the real demon! I told you he wouldn't spare us even if we surrendered!"

"Fight them to the death!"

Wei Fan plunged into the crowd, killing every person who triggered a response from the panel.

Compared to the Fierce Tiger Gang, the Yellow Immortal Gang had more members. The slaughter lasted nearly a minute before it finally ended.

When the killing was over, the Yellow Immortal Gang's courtyard had been dyed red with blood. Corpses lay strewn everywhere. Of more than a hundred people, only seven or eight had escaped the blade.

Blergh...

The sight made some of the yamen runners vomit outright, their faces turning pale.

"I'll trouble our West District colleagues with handling the corpses. Let's go see the other districts!"

Wei Fan had not killed nearly enough. Every one of these people meant cultivation.

Current cultivation: 271 years

He glanced at the panel. He had gained only a little over a hundred years of cultivation.

He would soon be heading to the Demon Suppressing Division. He had to gather as much cultivation as he could.

An hour later, Wei Fan returned with the East District yamen runners. The other chief constables had not been slow either. By the time they arrived, the forces colluding with demons in the other districts had already been swept away!

"My blade's broken again. Get me another one."

Wei Fan found Luo Wen. Though a constable captain's issued blade was trash, he could not do without one.

Luo Wen was helpless. "How long has it been? How many blades have you gone through already? Wait here. I'll get you a better chief constable's saber."

For the rest of the day, Wei Fan simply waited until he got off duty, then planned to meet Ning Xuan and the others.

That day, all of Cloud City erupted in celebration.

First, the damned city lord had died. Now, the gangs backed by demons had been eradicated as well. How could they not celebrate?

Rumors also spread through the streets, saying that Constable Wei Fan had slain Old Bear outside the city and that, from now on, all the demons of Cloud City would vanish.

"This is bad. Something happened to Lord Pan—we came too late!"

Three fine horses galloped through Cloud City's streets.

Listening to the talk on the streets, Han Qian's expression shifted slightly.

Having received Cloud City's city lord's plea for aid, they had traveled day and night to get here. Yet they had still arrived a step too late; Cloud City's city lord had already been killed by demons.

Three fine steeds raced all the way, soon entering the inner city and reaching the City Lord's Residence. Seeing the white mourning drapes hanging everywhere, Han Qian and the other two no longer held any hope of a lucky outcome.

"We are from the Han Family of Su City. Take us to see Madam and the Second Young Master at once!"

Han Qian and the other two leapt from their horses and hurried forward to announce their identities.

Upon hearing this, the gatekeeper's face filled with grief. "Why have you only come now? The Second Young Master and the City Lord have both been murdered!"

The three men's expressions changed again. "Damn demons! Take us to see Madam at once. We must behead that demon and avenge Lord Pan and the Second Young Master."

The three followed the servant into the City Lord's Residence, only to hear him say, "There's no need. The demon has already been found and slain by a constable from the yamen named Wei Fan. Madam now only wishes for the Second Young Master and the City Lord to return to their roots, like fallen leaves."

Hearing that the demon had already been executed, Han Qian's expression finally improved somewhat. "They should be allowed to return to their roots."

The Cloud City City Lord had sat as city lord of Cloud City for decades. He had managed the city into a complete mess without suffering any consequences, so naturally, he was not without backing.

The Cloud City City Lord's wife was a woman of their Han Family in Su City.

When the City Lord's Residence had been plagued by demons this time, the Cloud City City Lord had not dared seek aid from the Su City authorities. If those who came were not his own people, the grave extent of Cloud City's demon calamity might be exposed. Thus, he had turned to the Han Family for help.

After walking for a while, they met the Cloud City City Lord's principal wife—the woman who had married out from the Han Family.

"Great Aunt, please restrain your grief!"

Han Qian wore a sorrowful expression. By seniority, she was his aunt.

"You've finally come. You must seek justice for your uncle-in-law and cousin!"

At the sight of people from the Han Family, the city lord's wife burst into tears. As she wept, she recounted how Wei Fan had refused to obey orders and how the city lord had died.

"I'll go kill this Wei Fan!"

Han Bai rose to his feet, his face brimming with murderous intent.

Though the city lord had been killed by a demon, Wei Fan had stood by and refused to save him, making him an accomplice as well.

Han Qian and the other man also looked terrible. They had thought the city lord had died because no one in Cloud City was capable of slaying the demon causing havoc in the City Lord's Residence.

They had not expected the truth to be entirely different. Wei Fan had been capable of finding the demon and killing it, yet because he loathed how the city lord had allowed demons to harm the common people for years while caring only about squeezing every last drop from them, he had watched with open eyes as the demon killed the city lord.

Others might hate him, but they naturally did not, because all the money the city lord had extorted over the years had been sent to the Han Family in Su City.

"You want to openly murder a constable? Are you trying to bring trouble upon the Han Family?"

Han Qian stopped Han Bai. The city lord was already dead, and it was still uncertain whom Su City would send next to become Cloud City's city lord. No matter how much they hated Wei Fan, given his current prestige in Cloud City, they could not kill him openly.

"You escort Great Aunt back to Su City. I'll find an opportunity to kill this Wei Fan!"