He hurriedly struggled to prop himself up, but a sharp pain shot through his chest, making him cough hoarsely.
"Don't move."
Su Fei strode forward, held down his shoulder, and released a stream of true essence.
It entered Fang Pengfei's body.
The meridians in his lungs seemed to have ruptured, harboring a cold, sinister palm force. A Grandmaster Realm martial artist had indeed struck him.
Su Fei casually released a stream of Nine Yang True Essence and infused it into his body.
Fang Pengfei's complexion instantly regained much of its color.
He felt most of the cold, sinister palm force entrenched in his body dissipate.
Comfort spread throughout Fang Pengfei's body, and he knew Marquis Su had helped him.
With gratitude written across his face, he said,
"Thank you for your help, Marquis Su. Your subordinate is endlessly grateful."
Su Fei withdrew his hand.
"Thousand Households Officer Fang, rest for a few more days and you'll be able to get out of bed. By the way, did the person who injured you have any distinguishing features? And how did those Hundred Households Officers and squad leaders who were killed die?"
At the mention of this,
Fang Pengfei sighed and answered,
"That morning, I was on duty at the Thousand Households Office when a villager suddenly came to report something. While resting at the Mountain God Temple outside the city, he had seen several Imperial Guards' corpses lying beneath the offering table."
"When I heard him say that, I knew something terrible had happened."
"Those five were Hundred Households Officer Song and the four squad leaders he'd taken with him. They had left the city to investigate a murder committed by a martial artist. Before Hundred Households Officer Song set out, I even tried to persuade him not to go. Cloud