"W... what happened?"
The drinkers surrounding them instantly went blank.
They had still been watching like it was a show, but suddenly realized that the lead actor had fallen!
Not only had she fallen, but a bloody hole had been torn through her throat.
"Ah, Miss?!"
"Fight him!"
The few household servants following behind Huang Ximei roared and swung their fists and feet at Fang Xi. Every one of them was a Martial Artist.
Bang! Bang!
However, they were immediately sent flying back at even greater speed, each one killed by Fang Xi with extremely heavy-handed moves.
"Waiter, where's my detailed book?"
Fang Xi leisurely took a sip of tea and looked at the waiter.
"M... My lord... Here..."
The waiter crawled and scrambled to hand a book to Fang Xi, then fled as though running for his life.
It was as if Fang Xi were not a person, but a tiger!
"The tea's finished, and I've got what I came for. Time to go."
Fang Xi casually stuffed the booklet into his robes and was about to leave.
At that moment, a tall, burly man hurried over. He wore the uniform of the Monster Hunter Association and carried an imposing air, clearly occupying a high position.
When he saw Huang Ximei lying on the ground, his expression turned cold. "You've gotten yourself into enormous trouble... Do you know who she is? Do you know about the Huang Household?"
"So what?" Fang Xi asked indifferently. "Are you trying to stop me?"
"Since this happened in the Monster Hunting Tower, the tower must bear responsibility... You won't escape." The tall man looked at Fang Xi as if he were looking at a corpse. "Even if you manage to escape from me, the Dingzhou Army will immediately seal the city gates and launch a citywide manhunt... You'll spend your days trembling like a rat until you surrender yourself. At least then, you'll die a quick death."
"Haha... escape?"
Amid his booming laughter, the muscles all over Fang Xi's body bulged one after another. His joints crackled, and he suddenly transformed it into a palm strike, slamming it out.
Bang!
The tall man received the palm and staggered back several steps. He suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a great mouthful of blood. "A... Martial Master? But so what if you're a Martial Master? Huang Yuanwu of the Huang Household is already a Third-Step Martial Master... Stronger than me!"
This tall man had only just broken through to the Martial Master realm. He judged that Fang Xi possessed at least the strength of a First-Step Martial Master and had condensed Fist Intent.
"Huang Yuanwu?"
Fang Xi grew interested. "So, the Huang Household has a cultivation method that reaches at least the Third Step?"
The tall man was dumbfounded. Did this man truly not understand what the important point was?
He soon had no need to know, however, because Fang Xi had already arrived before him.
The two passed each other, and a head went flying into the air.
As expected... my strength is still formidable. Although I haven't done much Martial Master cultivation, the Primordial Chaos Energy formed by combining several cultivation methods, together with a cultivator's abilities as support... killing an ordinary Martial Master is effortless.
Fang Xi had never shown mercy to anyone who wanted to harm him, so he directly ended the other man's life with a hand blade.
As for provoking the Monster Hunter Association and bringing trouble upon himself?
He had already provoked the Huang Household. He did not mind adding one more.
Besides, even if he took a step back, the Monster Hunter Association would not treat an outsider like him kindly.
"Murder... murder!"
Only then did the Monster Hunting Tower finally erupt into chaos.
Fang Xi took the opportunity to smash through a window and leap outside. He casually found an unobserved corner and activated the Camouflage Cloak.
It was not long before the sudden sound of hoofbeats rang out!
The first to arrive was a squad of cavalry, which immediately sealed off the Monster Hunting Tower!
Squad after squad of elite soldiers carried out the lockdown, while the gates of Sanyuan City had long since been closed.
Next would surely be a citywide manhunt.
"To be able to react and mobilize this quickly in ancient times is truly rare... They're even equipped with bows and crossbows. Ordinary Martial Artists and Martial Masters really would find it difficult to escape a military formation."
Fang Xi sighed as he walked past a Martial Artist.
The other man was like a blind man, though his expression seemed to carry a trace of puzzlement.
Moving the body can still create a little wind...
Fang Xi understood the situation now. Without bothering with the Huang Household members who had arrived and were flying into a rage, he swaggered casually out of the encirclement...
Late at night.
At the Huang Household.
The Huang Household's patriarch, Huang Yuanding, wore a gloomy expression. He stood with a group of senior figures in the main hall, staring at the corpse covered by a white cloth. "The City Guard still hasn't caught him?"
"Master, you must avenge Ximei..."
In the hall, a noblewoman with her hair full of hairpins wept so pitifully that flowers seemed drenched in rain. "Ximei was a good child. She was only a little playful. That damned, heartless fiend..."
"All right. Go downstairs for now."
Huang Yuanding frowned, and several maids immediately came over to support the sobbing woman away.
At that moment, a rough, booming voice came from outside the hall. "Big brother!"
"Yuanwu... you're here?"
Huang Yuanding saw an officer in armor enter the hall, and a trace of delight appeared on his face. "I heard the details from the Monster Hunter Association. Little Mei kept walking the night road and finally ran into a ghost... But no one can kill a member of my Huang Household so easily."
By the end, a trace of Killing Intent also showed on his face.
The newcomer was Huang Yuanwu, one of the eight officers of the Dingzhou Army. He possessed Third-Step Martial Master cultivation and was a formidable expert throughout Dingzhou, on top of holding a high and powerful position!
He thought for a moment before saying, "That murderer is meticulous. I'm afraid he has some secret technique for hiding himself... But it doesn't matter. I've brought a Nine-Life Mastiff from the barracks. It already possesses a trace of demonic nature and can be considered a half-demon. With its sense of smell, it will definitely find that man!"
As the saying went—nine hounds produce one mastiff!
As a half-demon, the Nine-Life Mastiff possessed an unusual nature from birth. Its mother had to give birth to nine puppies in a single litter, after which the nine pups were locked together and made to slaughter one another, like raising poisonous insects in a jar. The final victor was the true Nine-Life Mastiff!
This sort of mastiff not only possessed an astonishing sense of smell, but was also extremely powerful, comparable to an ordinary Martial Artist.
There were not many even in the Dingzhou Army. Huang Yuanwu had clearly paid a great price this time.
He whistled, and a mastiff resembling a small black lion leaped out from behind him. Its emerald-green eyes were like abysses, and merely looking at them made one shudder.
"Did that criminal leave behind any belongings?"
Huang Yuanwu asked.
"Yes. We've already brought over all the tea implements he used."
Huang Yuanding nodded, and a servant immediately handed over a set of celadon porcelain tea implements.
Huang Yuanwu looked them over and had the Nine-Life Mastiff sniff the teacup.
"Woof! Woof!"
The Nine-Life Mastiff sniffed a few times, then suddenly barked toward the doorway.
"What's going on?" Huang Yuanding asked, somewhat puzzled.
Huang Yuanwu's expression became incomparably solemn. "The Nine-Life Mastiff says... that man is nearby!"
Outside Huang Manor.
"So this is the Huang Household?"
Fang Xi deactivated the Camouflage Cloak and emerged from the darkness, gazing at the Huang Manor's imposing gate lintel as he muttered to himself.
"Young man, you'd better leave quickly. If you accidentally offend some noble, you'll be in trouble."
An old man holding a lantern saw Fang Xi's blatant disrespect and could not help advising him.
"A noble?"
Fang Xi laughed and walked toward the main entrance of Huang Manor.
The main gate was usually kept shut and would only be opened when an honored guest arrived.
There were often several vicious servants stationed at the entrance, however.
When they saw Fang Xi approach, they immediately came forward and cursed in gruff voices. "Can't you see what kind of place this is? Hurry up and scram! Are you looking for a beating?"
As gatekeepers, the first thing they needed was discernment.
These vicious servants could naturally tell that Fang Xi possessed nothing and had no servants with him. He was absolutely not one of the patriarch's close friends or anything of the sort, so they could bully him as they pleased.
"Ugh... Is this about arguing sophistry?"
Fang Xi glared at the vicious servant and suddenly shouted, "Halt... How dare you step out with your left foot first?"
"What?"
Before the vicious servant could react, his eyes suddenly saw his own back. Who is this headless corpse... It looks so familiar...
That was also his final thought.
Fang Xi finished off the vicious servants who had surrounded him with a hand blade, then punched the main gate of Huang Manor.
Boom!
The enormous gate instantly shattered into countless pieces, with wooden splinters and fragments flying everywhere.
"Who is it?"
"Which lunatic doesn't value his life?"
A group of guards rushed over. At their head was shockingly a True Energy Martial Master!
"You... You actually dared to step with your right leg first when walking. That is a grave offense against my taboo. You deserve to die!"
Fang Xi roared and punched out!
What he wanted to do was actually very simple: casually choose a major power, exterminate the household, and then search through its secret manuals!
Even if his methods were despicable, there was nothing to be embarrassed about.
As long as he chose a notorious major power, it could count as ridding the people of a scourge.
Bang!
Under the Primordial Chaos Energy, the Martial Master who charged forward was sent flying back at even greater speed.
"Bold!"
Accompanied by several mastiff barks, Huang Yuanding and the others walked out and looked at Fang Xi. "Does Your Excellency have some grudge against my Huang Household?"
"How dare you speak before I do?"
Fang Xi's eyes widened. True Energy surged through his right hand, and his body suddenly shot forward like an arrow as he swung out a palm!
"You're courting death!"
A thunderous sound exploded beside their ears. A figure blocked Huang Yuanding, and it was none other than Huang Yuanwu!
"Secret Technique—Eight Directions Wind Come!"
He roared. His body grew inch by inch like a giant divine warrior, while his enormous hands tore through the air. It seemed as if he could control the currents and force the space from every direction to compress toward Fang Xi!
Fang Xi changed his palm into a fist and drove it into the empty air.
Crack!
Thunder rose from level ground, and countless currents scattered wildly!
Fang Xi's figure retreated rapidly. He suddenly leaped into the air and laughed loudly. "The Huang Household's Martial Master is not bad!"
He immediately vaulted over a wall. The archers hiding behind it cried out one after another and fell to the ground.
By the time Huang Yuanwu also leaped onto the wall, Fang Xi's figure had already vanished into the darkness of the Outer World.
"Nine-Life!"
Huang Yuanwu roared. The black mastiff immediately leaped out, sniffing the air as it led the way ahead.
Huang Yuanwu followed closely behind.
"Yuanwu, be careful!"
After giving Huang Yuanwu his instructions, Huang Yuanding turned around. His cheeks were flushed with anger, and even his fingers trembled. "Since when? When did my Huang Household sink to this state?"
He simply could not understand why that man dared to act so unrestrainedly, treating the law of the kingdom as nothing!
"What are you standing around for? Go help Second Master!"
Seeing that most of the guards were still frozen there, he roared again in fury.
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