Now That I'm Here, These Rules Have to Change!

Chen Fan glanced at the Blue Brick Grand Tile House in the distance, straightened his Flying Fish Robe, and gripped his Hundred Refinements Embroidered Spring Blade. After tying his horse to a big tree at the village entrance, he headed straight for the village chief's Blue Brick Grand Tile House.

Boom!

Chen Fan reached the gate of the village chief's house and kicked open the half-shut door. In the courtyard, he saw bones scattered everywhere, with strips of flesh still clinging to them, uneaten.

Chen Fan's gaze darkened.

The sudden noise startled the tall wolf demons crouching in the courtyard. All seven enormous wolf demons turned their eyes toward Chen Fan.

The one leading them was even larger than the wild boar he had slain earlier. Several long scars slashed across its face, making its features even more savage.

"Jinyiwei?"

"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 get a bite. Tell your Captain Cao that I didn't eat everyone in the village. I know the rules."

"If you have nothing else, you can get lost!"

The Scar-faced Wolf Demon leading them spoke in human tongue, its eyes full of disdain.

"You know our Captain Cao?"

Chen Fan had thought he'd have to go to some trouble to find out whether Cao De had colluded with demonic creatures. He hadn't expected to hear the answer he wanted so easily.

"I don't know him."

"But we've worked together plenty."

"Hahaha!"

After the Scar-faced Wolf Demon spoke, the six wolves beside it couldn't help bursting into laughter.

Cao De used them to eliminate his rivals, and they used Cao De to get a bite to eat. The two sides benefited from each other, while the poor Jinyiwei lad didn't know a thing.

But now that was the case, they couldn't let him go back. After all, they didn't want news of Cao De's collusion with demonic creatures reaching Ping'an County.

That would make it far too inconvenient for them to enter the city and devour young boys and girls, or come down the mountain for a bite.

The Jinyiwei might not be especially strong, but there were too many of them. If they joined forces with the Ping'an County Government Office and the County Soldiers, armed with Sabers, Spears, Swords, and Halberds, they would pose a serious threat.

As Chen Fan listened to the wolf demons' grating laughter, his expression grew darker. Now that he'd heard the answer he wanted, there was no need to hold back!

Pfft!

He struck with his blade, driving it straight into one wolf demon's chest. Then he yanked it free and swept his blade sideways, severing another wolf demon's head.

With the strength of the Spirit Concealment Realm Peak, he unleashed a Great Perfection Level Draw Sword Slash. His blade flashed with a biting chill, his moves were fierce, and every strike killed. These wolf demons weren't even a match for him!

He struck six times in a row, killing all six of the Scar-faced Wolf Demon's brothers. Demon Blood dripped from the Hundred Refinements Embroidered Spring Blade, pattering onto the ground. Chen Fan held his blade up, its tip pointed at the Scar-faced Wolf Demon!

In the blink of an eye, from the moment he drew his blade to the moment all six wolf demons fell, less than three breaths had passed. The Scar-faced Wolf Demon hadn't even had time to react before its six underlings became corpses beneath Chen Fan's blade.

A chill swept over it. The gleaming blade pointed at it, making its blood run cold!

"Do you have any idea what you're doing?"

"For all these years, the reason the Jinyiwei and Black Mountain have managed to coexist peacefully is our agreement. Now you've killed my brothers. Are you planning to declare war on Black Mountain?"

The Scar-faced Wolf Demon forced itself to stay calm and spoke coldly.

"I don't know what the old agreement was, and I don't care. But now that I'm here, these rules have to change!"

Chen Fan looked calmly at the Scar-faced Wolf Demon and spoke with unwavering resolve.

"Roar!"

A fierce glint filled the Scar-faced Wolf Demon's eyes. It roared and thrust out its dark, razor-sharp claws, swiping straight at Chen Fan's face.

Whoosh!

Chen Fan swung his blade, severing its claw in one stroke, then struck again and cut through the spine at its waist.

Wolves have iron heads, copper skulls, and tofu-soft waists—and the same saying held true for wolf demons.

The Scar-faced Wolf Demon lay on the ground, struggling, but with its lower back and spine broken, it couldn't stand. It could only crawl and squirm on its two front paws.

Chen Fan stepped in front of it and looked down from above, planting a foot on its massive wolf head. In a low voice, he said:

"Tell me about the agreement between the Black Mountain demons and the Jinyiwei."

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

The Scar-faced Wolf Demon spoke 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 cut you into a thousand pieces."

"You saw my blade work just now. Don't worry. I won't let you die before I've finished my last strike."

"I'll make you slowly feel the pain of having your flesh sliced away, one cut at a time!"

Chen Fan spoke in an icy voice.

"Hahaha."

"Fine. I'll tell you."

"The agreement itself is quite simple. Jinyiwei Baihu Cao De made a verbal pact with the three great demons of Black Mountain."

"The Jinyiwei wouldn't hunt down the three great demons of Black Mountain or their followers. In return, the three great demons of Black Mountain wouldn't enter Ping'an County. They could slaughter and devour people in the towns outside the city, but they couldn't wipe them all out. They had to leave enough alive to carry on."

"Black Mountain would provide the Jinyiwei with the whereabouts of demonic creatures outside the territory of the Black Mountain Three Demons. The Jinyiwei would eliminate their rivals for them, and earn merit for themselves in the process."

"Later, Cao De began using the power of the Black Mountain Three Demons to eliminate his own rivals, too. By now, he's had Ping'an County firmly under his thumb. Everyone who opposed him is dead."

"But that gave us leverage over him. Later, he allowed some of the demons under the Black Mountain Three Demons to enter the county seat, as long as they cooperated with him and didn't cause widespread panic."

The Scar-faced Wolf Demon answered unhurriedly.

Chen Fan couldn't help feeling stunned by the wolf demon's answer. So this was their Jinyiwei Baihu Master: colluding with demonic creatures, birds of a feather, controlling the county seat, and eliminating his rivals. He deserved to die!

"Who in the Government Office colluded with you?"

Chen Fan asked on Lu Xuenning's behalf.

"No one in the Government Office worked with us. None of them were worthy. Those officials are our dogs. We tell them who to bite, and they bite. Anyone who dares disobey ends up in the mouths of our Demon Race, becoming our food. Their parents and family members suffer the same fate!"

"The County Magistrate of Ping'an County is one of our dogs, kept specifically to keep Cao De in check!"

The Scar-faced Wolf Demon spoke with a hearty laugh.

Chen Fan was at a loss for words. At least Cao De had been able to work with these demonic creatures for mutual gain. The officials in the Government Office, on the other hand, had been directly controlled by the demons in the city and turned into lackeys of the Black Mountain Three Demons.

How pitiful, detestable, and tragic!

Of course, perhaps some had resisted. But they and their families had all wound up in the demons' mouths. Every official still alive now was spineless and contemptible!

"Even someone under the Black Mountain Three Demons couldn't possibly know all this so clearly. You must be one of Black Mountain's core great demons, right?"

Chen Fan looked curiously at the wolf demon beneath his foot and asked.

"My father is the Howling Moon Wolf King. My brother is the White Wolf Highness!"

"If they find out you killed me, they'll tear you to pieces. Your parents and family will pay for my death!"

"Hahaha!"

The Scar-faced Wolf Demon laughed maniacally.

Pfft!

Without hesitation, Chen Fan swung his Hundred Refinements Embroidered Spring Blade and drove it into the Scar-faced Wolf Demon's chest, killing it outright. Its laughter cut off as abruptly as if someone had pressed pause.