This Mission Suits Me Well

He thrust his palms forward in a forceful push.

A dragon's roar echoed.

The incoming crossbow bolts were caught as if by an invisible giant hand, freezing in mid-air.

Then, under Su Fei's control with the Dragon Catching Skill, the crossbow bolts began to spin rapidly.

Su Fei channeled his power through his palms and pushed forward.

The vortex of energy shifted direction, engulfing the crossbow bolts and sending them hurtling towards the group of black-clothed figures.

"Not good."

The leader of the black-clothed men's faces contorted in shock. He tried to dodge, but it was too late.

With a series of "thwack, thwack" sounds, the crossbow bolts accurately pierced the black-clothed figures.

The first dozen or so black-clothed men had their chests instantly impaled. They fell to the ground with screams, their blood staining the fallen leaves.

A few others stumbled back after being hit, clutching their wounds and groaning incessantly.

In the time it took for a single stick of incense to burn, more than half of the twenty-odd black-clothed men had fallen.

Su Fei left a few alive, crippled their dantian, and then kicked one of them to the ground.

"Speak, who sent you?"

One of the black-clothed men gritted his teeth.

"Kill me or flay me, I don't care. You won't get a single word out of me."

Su Fei walked up to the black-clothed man who appeared to be the most stubborn.

Su Fei slowly squatted down and lightly tapped the opponent's arm with his fingertip. Nine Yang True Qi transformed into fine needles, drilling into the opponent's meridians.

"You don't want to talk?"

The black-clothed man trembled all over, veins bulging on his forehead.

Su Fei projected a strand of Nine Yang True Essence into the black-clothed man's body.

The True Essence transformed into a ball of flame, scorching his dantian.

The black-clothed man immediately writhed like a shrimp thrown into boiling oil, his teeth chattering.

"Now, are you going to talk?"

Su Fei's voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable oppressive force.

The black-clothed man let out a beast-like growl from his throat. After enduring the wave of intense pain, he gasped for breath and said.

"Kill me if you dare."

Su Fei didn't respond, merely intensifying the True Essence.

The ball of True Qi suddenly surged, burning along the meridians towards his heart.

The black-clothed man finally couldn't take it anymore. A piercing scream echoed through the forest, his hands scrabbling wildly at the ground, his fingernails filled with dirt and blood.

"Ahhhhhh, I'll talk, I'll tell you everything."

He suddenly pulled off his mask, revealing a face contorted in pain and ferocity.

"It was the Chen family. We are all warriors trained by the Chen family. Captain Chen sent us."

"He also provided the location. He told us to wait for you here."

Su Fei's brow furrowed.

"The Chen family?"

"Captain Chen? You mean Chen Zhenyu?"

"Yes, he said if we killed you, he'd give us five hundred taels of silver each as a relocation fee. After it was done, he'd send us out of Qingzhou, and no one would ever find us."

Another black-clothed man, seeing someone confess, quickly added.

"Captain Chen said you were too sharp and would become a great threat in the future."

"Those Gale Crossbows were also provided by Captain Chen. He pulled some strings to get them from the Qingzhou army. He said he wanted to make sure you died without a whole body."

"What's more, they planned to frame the Four Demons of the Northern Region for your murder and disguise the scene."

"Disguise the scene, the Four Demons of the Northern Region happened to be nearby. You accepted the mission to investigate them, and they killed you. That would be a reasonable explanation, right?"

Su Fei slowly stood up, his expression grim, a chill creeping into his heart.

He hadn't expected that the information about the Four Demons of the Northern Region obtained by the Thousand Household Commander was also arranged and provided by the Chen family.

Besides the Chen family, Su Fei had no other enemies.

Providing intelligence, setting an ambush, and then framing others to cover it up – a well-executed scheme.

He had thought that after Commander Feng warned Chen Zhenyu, the Chen family would be more restrained. He hadn't expected Chen Zhenyu to be so audacious, daring to use military crossbows to intercept him, an Imperial Guard General Banner Officer.

Illegally using military crossbows was a grave offense in itself.

"It seems I was too merciful."

Ding! Mission triggered: Revenge for grievances, repaying hatred.

Mission Objective: Annihilate the Chen Family.

Mission Reward: Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, forty years of cultivation!

Su Fei hadn't expected the system to issue him a mission, but this one was perfect for him.

Chen Zhenyu was a Captain of the Imperial Guard. If Su Fei reported the news, there was no guarantee Chen Zhenyu wouldn't get wind of it.

The safest approach was to follow the system's mission and exact his revenge himself.

Having made up his mind, Su Fei drew his saber and finished off the remaining men. He looked at the corpses littering the ground.

Su Fei first collected all the Gale Crossbows, packed them, and slung them over his shoulder.

Su Fei found a set of night-traveling clothes and changed into them.

He then used his Qinggong to head towards the city.

The night was as dark as ink, and Qingzhou City was shrouded in the deep darkness.

Dressed in his night-traveling clothes, Su Fei landed silently atop the high walls of the Chen family mansion.

He set down the package containing the Gale Crossbows.

He activated the God-tier Insight Technique, and the patrolling guards within the courtyard, along with the locations of hidden sentries, were all revealed to him.

The Chen family was indeed a prominent clan in Qingzhou. They had over thirty guards on duty at night, as well as three Xiantian Realm martial artists.

"They're more cautious than I imagined," Su Fei sneered. He condensed his energy at his fingertips, and the Dragon Catching Skill was quietly activated.

Two guards below the wall were conversing in low voices. Suddenly, they felt their feet lighten, and their bodies were lifted into the air by an invisible surge of energy.

Su Fei reached out with both hands and snapped their necks.

He casually tossed their bodies into a corner.

Sneaking into the inner courtyard, he heard the sounds of music coming from the main hall.

Su Fei moved stealthily, using the shadows of the rockery for cover. Peeking through a gap in the window, he saw Chen Zhenyu drinking with a man who bore a strong resemblance to him, though this man appeared somewhat portly.

The table was laden with delicacies, while Chen Hu reclined on a couch, being fed medicine by a maidservant, his face etched with malice.

Chen Zhenfeng held his wine cup, his tone laced with unease.

"Second brother, can we really deal with Su Fei this time?"

"I just have a bad feeling about this."

Chen Zhenyu downed his wine.

"Eldest brother, with over twenty Gale Crossbows, and Su Fei only being in the True Qi Realm, even if he broke through to the Xiantian Realm, he'd be dead for sure."

"Also, after he's dead, we can just pin it on the Four Demons of the Northern Region. Who would suspect us?"

"Eldest brother, you can rest assured."

Chen Hu interjected, "It's best if he dies without a whole body! Once he's dead, I'll grind his bones to feed to the dogs!"

Hearing this from outside the window, Su Fei's expression turned cold, his right hand already gripping his saber.

"Bang!"

The window frame suddenly exploded, and Su Fei burst through the window like an eagle pouncing on a rabbit.

With a single slash, he aimed for Chen Zhenyu's face.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, Chen Zhenyu was utterly terrified. In a panic, he grabbed the table and used it as a shield.

"Crack."

With a crisp sound, the fine Zitan wood table was split in two by the saber's light. The residual force sent him staggering backward, his chest's clothing being grazed by the overflowing saber energy.

His collar tore, and a bloody gash appeared on his chest.

Chen Zhenfeng grabbed a chair and threw it. Su Fei casually struck it with his palm.

His Xiantian True Qi erupted, pulverizing the chair into dust.

Chen Zhenfeng looked utterly shaken. Although he was a businessman with only True Qi Realm cultivation, he knew quality when he saw it.

"Xiantian True Qi... you're a Xiantian Realm martial artist. You must be someone of importance. Who are you, and who sent you to our Chen family?"