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Bai Wuji's Villa had sent an envoy named Zeng Shiyong, a Fourth Blood Bone Forging martial artist proficient in Dog Fist.

He was a man of few words, but his fists were savage. When he fought, he resembled a mad dog, and more than a hundred martial artists had died beneath his Dog Fist.

He was in his thirties, with an utterly ordinary face and merely average height. Placed in a crowd, he was the sort one would forget at a glance.

The moment he arrived at Jing Sha's residence, Zeng Shiyong was welcomed by the White Lotus Disciples within.

After all, Zeng Shiyong was the trusted confidant of the White Lotus Sect's leader in Jade Water City. No one dared slight him.

Before long, led by the Deputy, Zeng Shiyong saw the corpses of Luo You and Jing Sha.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

"What powerful fist force!"

"To shatter the head of a Three Blood Martial Artist with one punch—such fist force could at least trade ten blows with me without being defeated."

Only after a while did Zeng Shiyong withdraw his gaze from Luo You and Jing Sha's corpses and ask the other sect members:

"Did any of you see the murderer?"

"No..."

The sect members all shook their heads.

Each chimed in with an account of what had happened the previous night.

Some had seen only lime powder, some had seen nothing but a blurred shadow, while those stationed outside had heard only sounds.

In short, not a single one of them had clearly seen Su Que's appearance.

They knew nothing of his face, build, or anything else.

Zeng Shiyong shook his head inwardly and sighed. He then carefully questioned them further about the events of the previous night. Once he had learned everything they knew, he returned at once to Bai Wuji's Villa and reported the matter to Bai Wuji.

"What? Two Hall Masters are dead?!"

When Zeng Shiyong met Bai Wuji, Bai Wuji had been practicing a palm technique. Upon hearing the news, he flew into a rage.

On his own turf, two Hall Masters had died in a single night. The prestige the White Lotus Sect had painstakingly established in Jade Water City had collapsed considerably in an instant.

In his fury, the true qi of the Minor Self-Harm Art erupted. Bai Wuji's loose hair and three long locks of beard suddenly rose into the air.

Then he thrust out his right palm and slammed it fiercely against a tree beside him.

With a tremendous boom, wood chips burst into the air. The tree was split apart by his palm force, fell in two directions, and crashed to the ground.

After Bai Wuji's anger had subsided somewhat, Zeng Shiyong carefully relayed the information he had gathered.

Bai Wuji narrowed his eyes slightly, listening as he gauged the strength of the mysterious martial artist, Su Que.

After a while, another White Lotus Disciple came to report.

One of the White Lotus Sect's medicine caches had been raided the previous night, and everyone inside had been killed.

"Damn it!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Wuji's eyes went wide and his face filled with rage. His usual calm and composed demeanor had vanished without a trace.

"Shiyong!" he called in a low voice.

"Hall Master, I am here!" Zeng Shiyong answered, dropping to one knee and clasping his fists.

"Send orders to every stronghold. Have all White Lotus Disciples in Jade Water City stop what they are doing and search every household throughout the city. If anyone suspicious is found, report it immediately!"

"I refuse to believe we cannot find that Mysterious Martial Artist!"

Bai Wuji said.

"Yes!"

Zeng Shiyong accepted the order and withdrew.

Jade Water City Yamen.

The county magistrate and the Constables had all learned that two Hall Masters of Jade Water City had been killed the previous night.

Although the Yamen Constables were inferior to the White Lotus Sect of Jade Water City in both martial strength and numbers, they had investigated cases in Jade Water City for many years. When it came to gathering intelligence, they far surpassed those White Lotus Disciples who knew only slaughter and worship.

They had even long since discovered Bai Wuji's residence, which not even the White Lotus Disciples knew about.

However, Bai Wuji was a Fifth Blood Organ Refining martial artist, while the strongest among them was only a Fourth Blood Bone Forging martial artist.

Thus, even though they knew where Bai Wuji lived, they did not dare act against him.

Ever since a Constable dispatched from the Prefectural City Yamen had been killed by Bai Wuji last time, they had once again secretly sought aid from the Prefectural City, hoping it would send people down.

They hoped the Prefectural City would send someone formidable enough to kill Bai Wuji outright, after which they could completely purge the White Lotus Sect from Jade Water City.

Now, hearing that someone had killed two White Lotus Sect Hall Masters in succession, they were greatly stirred.

"Do you think you can find this valiant man?"

The county magistrate asked the Constables.

Ever since the White Lotus Sect entered Jade Water City, the magistrate had been unable to sleep or eat in peace.

For in Jade Water City, he had an elderly mother, his first wife, two concubines, and five children below him.

Bai Wuji of the White Lotus Sect was immensely powerful. If he wanted to slaughter their entire family, it would take no more than a single night.

Most of the other constables, too, had parents above and children below. Whenever they acted, they always had to consider their families.

Fearing that disaster would befall their loved ones, they had never dared make any major moves against the White Lotus Sect.

"If we can secretly get in touch with that warrior and report all of the White Lotus Sect's hideouts to him..."

"Perhaps he can help us wipe out the White Lotus Sect."

"When the time comes, it will not matter even if we give him some reward money."

The magistrate laid out his plan to the officials and constables under him.

"But if we search every household, we may provoke that warrior's displeasure. The result could very well backfire."

A Constable Captain voiced his concern.

"This does indeed need to be considered..."

After hearing this, the magistrate's expression turned troubled as he pondered it carefully.

"Ma... Master Magistrate!"

Suddenly, a Yamen servant rushed in with a panicked face, stammering so badly he could barely speak.

"What happened?"

Seeing the servant so flustered, the magistrate felt a thread of foreboding rise in his heart.

"Some... someone is asking to see you!" the servant said, gasping for breath.

"Who?"

Everyone's eyes, including the magistrate's, converged on the servant.

"B-Bai Wuji!" the servant stammered.

"What!"

At the sound of that name, everyone, magistrate included, looked at one another.

Everyone in the Yamen knew that name, and they had all seen the man himself.

Because after the last Prefecture City Constable who came here killed several White Lotus Disciples...

Bai Wuji had barged into the Yamen as if no one else existed and killed that Prefecture City Constable on the spot before their very eyes.

Recalling Bai Wuji's ruthless attacks, the magistrate and the constables felt a wave of lingering fear.

The magistrate went out, with only an Advisor at his side, and met Bai Wuji while trembling with fear.

He had wanted the strongest Constable Captain in the Yamen to accompany him.

But the strongest Constable Captain had told him that if he faced Bai Wuji, he would likely be killed by him before twenty exchanges had passed.

Thus, the magistrate knew that even with the Constable Captain at his side, his safety could not be guaranteed.

So he simply brought along an Advisor who knew no Martial Arts but was eloquent.

That way, he would not risk displeasing Bai Wuji by bringing the Constable Captain, prompting Bai Wuji to attack them outright.

Upon reaching the main hall, the magistrate saw Bai Wuji.

Bai Wuji wore a plain-colored Daoist robe. His formerly loose hair was gathered up with a vermilion wooden hairpin carved with a dragon's head.

His sleeves fluttered in the breeze, while three strands of long beard swayed in the wind. He truly looked every inch the immortal sage.

"Magistrate Zhan!"

Bai Wuji clasped his fists in greeting.

"True Man Wuji."

The magistrate returned the salute with a smile on his face.

Bai Wuji had come from a Daoist background, and "True Man Wuji" was his sobriquet in the martial world.

The White Lotus Sect was a band of rebels the imperial court had ordered exterminated, while the magistrate of Jade Water City was an imperial official.

Yet now, as Bai Wuji and the magistrate met, both wore smiles on their faces, as though old friends who had known each other for years were reunited.

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