Now That I Am Here, the Rules Must Change!

Chen Fan glanced at the Tile-roofed House not far away, straightened his Flying Fish Robe, gripped the Hundred-Refined Embroidered Spring Blade, tied his horse to a large tree at the village entrance, and walked directly toward the village chief's Tile-roofed House.

Boom!

Chen Fan arrived before the village chief's door and kicked open the half-closed gate. He saw white bones scattered all over the courtyard, with strips of flesh that had not yet been gnawed clean still clinging to them.

Chen Fan's expression darkened further.

The sudden noise startled the towering Wolf Demons crouching in the courtyard. Seven enormous Wolf Demons turned their gazes toward Chen Fan.

The leader was even larger than the wild boar Chen Fan had slain before. Several long scars crossed his face, making his features look all the more savage.

"Brocade Guard?"

"What are you doing here?"

"My brothers and I were hungry. We couldn't find anything tasty on Black Mountain, so we came down to whet our appetites. Tell your Centurion Cao that I didn't eat everyone in the village. I know the rules."

"If there's nothing else, you can get lost!"

The scar-faced Wolf Demon spoke in human words, his gaze full of contempt.

"You know our Centurion Cao?"

Chen Fan had originally thought he would need to go through some trouble to determine whether Cao De had colluded with demons, but he had not expected to hear the answer he wanted so easily.

"Don't know him."

"But we've worked together plenty of times."

"Hahaha!"

After Scarface finished speaking, the six Wolf Demons beside him could not help bursting into laughter.

Cao De used them to eliminate dissidents, while they used Cao De to whet their appetites. Both sides benefited from the arrangement, yet this poor Brocade Guard brat knew nothing at all.

But since that was the case, they could not let him return alive. After all, they did not want word of Cao De's collusion with demons reaching Ping An County.

Otherwise, it would become far too inconvenient for them to enter the city and devour young boys and girls, or come down the mountain to whet their appetites.

Although the Brocade Guard's strength was nothing special, there were simply too many of them. If they joined forces with the Ping An County yamen and county soldiers, armed with sabers, spears, swords, halberds, and other weapons, they would pose a great threat to them.

Chen Fan's face grew increasingly grim as he listened to the Wolf Demons' grating laughter. Since he already knew what he wanted to know, there was no need to hold back anymore!

Squelch!

He slashed out, driving his blade straight into one Wolf Demon's heart. He then pulled it free and swept it sideways, severing another Wolf Demon's head.

With his peak Divine Treasury Realm strength, he unleashed the perfected Blade Draw Slash. The blade light was icy, the move fierce and swift, each strike a killing blow. These Wolf Demons were no match for him at all!

He slashed six times in succession, killing all six of Scarface's brothers. Demon blood dripped from the Hundred-Refined Embroidered Spring Blade with a patter, patter. Chen Fan held the blade in hand, its tip pointed at Scarface!

In the blink of an eye, from the moment he drew his blade to the moment the six Wolf Demons met their doom, not even three breaths had passed. Scarface had not even had time to react before his six brothers became souls beneath Chen Fan's blade.

A chill swept over him. The gleaming blade pointed at him, making him shudder from head to toe!

"Do you know what you're doing?"

"For all these years, your Brocade Guard and our Black Mountain have lived in peace because of the agreement between us. Now that you've killed my brothers, are you planning to declare war on Black Mountain?"

Scarface forced himself to calm down and spoke coldly.

"I don't know about the old agreement, and I don't care to know. But now that I am here, the rules must change!"

Chen Fan gazed calmly at Scarface and spoke with absolute certainty.

Roar!

At those words, vicious light surged in Scarface's eyes. He let out an enraged roar, stretched out his black, razor-sharp claws, and clawed straight at Chen Fan's face.

Slash!

Chen Fan swung his blade, cutting off his claw in a single stroke. Then he slashed again, severing the spine at his waist.

Wolves had heads of copper, bones of iron, and waists of tofu. That saying applied to Wolf Demons as well.

Scarface struggled on the ground, but with his waist and spine severed, he could not stand at all. He could only crawl and writhe forward with his two front claws.

Chen Fan walked before him, looked down at him from above, planted one foot on his massive wolf head, and said in a deep voice:

"Tell me about the agreement between the Demon Race of Black Mountain and the Brocade Guard."

"If I tell you, will you let me go?"

Scarface asked in a low voice.

"Do you think that's possible?"

"If you talk, I'll give you a quick death. If you don't, I'll slice you into a thousand pieces."

"You saw my blade technique just now. Rest assured, before my final cut is complete, I definitely won't let you die."

"I'll let you slowly experience the pain of having your flesh cut from your body, slice by slice!"

Chen Fan spoke in an icy tone.

"Hahaha."

"Fine, I agree."

"The contents of the agreement are actually quite simple. Brocade Guard Centurion Cao De made a verbal agreement with the three great demons of Black Mountain."

"The Brocade Guard would not encircle and suppress the three great demons of Black Mountain and their subordinates, and the three great demons of Black Mountain would never enter Ping An County's inner city. However, they could slaughter and devour people in the outer city and surrounding towns, so long as they did not wipe them out completely and left behind a spark."

"Black Mountain would provide the Brocade Guard with the whereabouts of demons outside the Three Demons of Black Mountain's sphere of influence, using the Brocade Guard's hands to remove rivals while also helping the Brocade Guard earn merit."

"Later, Cao De also began using the forces of the Three Demons of Black Mountain to help himself eliminate dissidents. Ping An County had long since fallen under his control, because everyone who opposed him was dead."

"However, because of this, we gained leverage over him. Later, he allowed some demons under the Three Demons of Black Mountain to enter the county seat, but they had to cooperate with his actions and could not cause widespread panic."

Scarface answered unhurriedly.

Chen Fan was stunned by the Wolf Demon's answer. So this was their Brocade Guard Centurion—colluding with demons, wolves and jackals in the same den, controlling the county seat, and eliminating dissidents. He truly deserved to die!

"Then who in the yamen has colluded with you?"

Chen Fan asked another question on Lu Xuening's behalf.

"No one in the yamen cooperates with us, because none of them are worthy. Those officials in the yamen are all dogs we raised. We make them bite whoever we tell them to bite. Anyone who dares disobey ends up in the mouths of our Demon Race, becoming our blood food. The same goes for their parents and relatives!"

"The county magistrates of Ping An County are all dogs we raised, specially used to keep Cao De in check!"

Scarface laughed loudly.

Chen Fan was somewhat speechless. Cao De could at least cooperate with these demons and gain mutual benefit, but the yamen officials had been directly controlled by demons in the city, becoming lackeys of the Three Demons of Black Mountain.

How tragic, pitiful, and hateful!

Of course, perhaps it was not that no one had ever resisted. But they and their families had all been buried in the mouths of demons. Every official still alive now was spineless trash, born with cheap bones!

"Even as a subordinate of the Three Demons of Black Mountain, you shouldn't be able to know these matters so clearly. It seems you must be one of Black Mountain's core demons?"

Chen Fan looked curiously at the Wolf Demon beneath his foot and spoke.

"My father is the Howling Moon Wolf King, and my brother is the White Wolf Prince!"

"If they learn that you killed me, they will definitely tear you to pieces. Then your parents and relatives will be buried with me!"

"Hahaha!"

Scarface laughed madly.

Squelch!

Without hesitation, Chen Fan swung the Hundred-Refined Embroidered Spring Blade in his hand and stabbed it into Scarface's heart, killing him instantly. His laughter stopped abruptly, as if someone had pressed pause.