Reaping

With a resounding thud, Qin Jianghe's bedroom.

The wardrobe concealing the secret chamber burst open.

Fang Yu, disheveled and wild-haired, emerged into view.

His appearance was utterly wretched. Hair a mess, face contorted, he looked like a demon clawing its way out of hell.

Compared to taking Qin Jianghe's life, Clearly, his own life

Was more important.

However, the instant Fang Yu escaped the main house, the sound of arrows slicing through the air echoed from all around the courtyard.

The Broken Blade Hall disciples, hastily assembled by Shen Yi, were scattered throughout the courtyard. They drew their bows and loosed a volley of arrows at the exhausted Fang Yu.

In an instant, A rain of arrows whistled down.

If Fang Yu were in perfect condition, He would be confident in escaping unscathed even from a storm of arrows from a massive army, but at this moment, he was utterly drained…

Fang Yu roared.

He struggled to raise the Mixed Iron Trident, spinning it like a flywheel.

Countless arrows were swept away by the trident's shadow.

But some still slipped through. Pfft, pfft, arrows struck his thigh and abdomen, and blood flowed freely.

But he managed to endure this barrage of arrows.

With no other experts from the Broken Blade Hall nearby, Fang Yu seized the lull in the arrow rain and darted into the trees like a bird.

He was about to completely vanish without a trace.

"Broken Blade Hall!"

"I will repay this debt in the future!"

Fang Yu leaped onto the roof, sweeping his trident horizontally and knocking down the Broken Blade Hall members who tried to stop him.

Just as he was about to leave, a chilling whisper came from behind, "We're not done yet."

A flash of saber light arrived like a shadow.

As if night had fallen again.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Fang Yu twisted around, swinging the Mixed Iron Trident in a full arc, sweeping it back.

Shen Yi descended from the sky like a celestial being.

With a single strike.

"Mountain and River Shattering!"

The heavy saber force was like an overturning sea, surging in layers. With a dull clang!

Fang Yu was sent crashing back into the center of the courtyard by Shen Yi's full-force strike. "Release the arrows!"

At this moment, the surrounding archers were ready once more.

At Shen Yi's command, Ten thousand arrows were fired!

Fang Yu looked up at the square of sky above the courtyard.

Suddenly, he felt like a caged bird, with no chance to spread its wings and fly high again.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

A series of clanging impacts rang out incessantly.

Fang Yu was still putting up a desperate fight.

But this time, his spirit was broken, his strength was gone, and he had already been struck by several arrows. He collapsed to his knees.

Shen Yi leaped down from the roof.

He staggered upon landing.

His inner energy was exhausted, and he could barely stand.

If he hadn't cultivated the incomplete Array Breaker Art to perfection, nurturing an unparalleled fighting spirit to support him, He might have fallen before Fang Yu.

Shen Yi, covered in blood, looked at Fang Yu, who had completely given up and collapsed on the ground. He pointed his saber diagonally, his throat parched:

"Yaksha Faction Leader, Acquired Realm expert."

"Not a false reputation."

The blade trembled and hummed, killing intent already present!

Fang Yu looked at Shen Yi's face, which was covered in blood but couldn't hide his heroic spirit, and said in a daze:

"The Black and White Rakshasa actually failed to stop you..."

"Chen Yu?"

"I've never heard of you in the jianghu."

"Who exactly are you?"

Shen Yi said calmly:

"The Black and White Rakshasa are dead."

"As for me."

"Just a nobody newly entering the jianghu."

His voice lowered:

"But I have another name."

"What name?"

"Shen, Yi."

Fang Yu murmured, suddenly recalling a message he had received not long ago: a Constable from the Dong Commandery Pacification Office had killed his superior and defected.

The Pacification Office had issued a reward, announcing it to the jianghu.

That person's name was...

"Shen Yi."

"Hehehehe... The Pacification Office?"

"They misjudged..."

Pfft.

Shen Yi didn't hesitate and slashed Fang Yu's neck with his blade, completely taking his life.

[Successfully killed an Acquired Realm martial artist with combined effort, gaining two years and six months of cultivation time]

[Cultivation] Remaining 6 years and 10 months

Shen Yi breathed a long sigh of relief.

Killing Fang Yu was difficult.

And it wasn't entirely his accomplishment.

If it weren't for Qin Jianghe's initial weakening.

If it weren't for him and Qin Jianghe taking turns in a rotation battle.

Even, if it weren't for the Broken Blade Hall gang members who ambushed in the courtyard at the end, there would have been no way to keep Fang Yu here.

This was the foundation of an Acquired Realm martial artist.

He didn't waste time in the courtyard, but turned and walked towards the secret chamber again.

Qin Jianghe was still inside, his life or death unknown.

Returning to the secret chamber.

Qin Jianghe was slumped on the ground, still panting.

He was even still conscious.

Shen Yi first took out some wound medicine and treated Qin Jianghe's several serious external injuries.

Then, he mobilized the little bit of internal energy he had just recovered and poured it into Qin Jianghe's body, helping him suppress his internal injuries.

Before long.

A Broken Blade Hall disciple tentatively walked into the secret passage, calling out loudly outside the stone chamber:

"Young Hero Chen, is the Hall Master in danger?"

The Hall Master's secret chamber.

Hall disciples were not allowed to enter without permission.

Of course, in times of crisis, one should act expediently.

However, previously, it was because the secret chamber was dark and narrow that Shen Yi refused to let them follow in, instead asking them to set up an ambush outside.

Only then could they succeed in one fell swoop and capture Fang Yu.

Now that the great battle was over, the Broken Blade Hall disciples were worried about Qin Jianghe's life and death, so they couldn't care less about those rules.

After a while.

Qin Jianghe's voice came slowly.

"Cough, cough, I'm alright."

"You all, get out first and secure the entire hall."

"Also, immediately summon all branch leaders and elders back to the hall."

The gang members outside the stone chamber responded in unison.

Then they left.

Shen Yi, seeing that Qin Jianghe's injuries had mostly stabilized and that he could still speak, withdrew his internal energy.

He flipped over with a thud, sprawling on the ground in a starfish position.

He was also utterly exhausted.

This fierce battle was comparable to the breakout at Emerald Cloud Mountain, both pushing his mental and physical limits.

Qin Jianghe, however, stood up unsteadily.

He knew.

There was still one person in the stone chamber.

However, he had barely heard a peep from him for quite some time.

Qin Jianghe went to the corner of the wall.

And dragged out the dying Ji Chengkong.

Ji Chengkong was known as a strategist.

His cultivation had barely reached the first-rate level, but he wasn't good at martial arts. His actual combat strength wasn't even as good as many second-rate martial artists.

He had previously had his sternum shattered by Fang Yu's earth-shattering Mixed Iron Trident, and then he was repeatedly affected by the force of the three people fighting.

It was already amazing that he hadn't died until now.

Qin Jianghe then produced two bright pearls from who knows where—night-luminescent pearls. Instantly, the dark stone chamber gained some light.

Shen Yi was surprised:

"He was actually in the stone chamber; I didn't even notice."

"Looking like that..."

Qin Jianghe plopped down next to the stone bed and said faintly:

"He was thinking of ambushing me but was accidentally injured by Fang Yu."

"He's done for."

Shen Yi clicked his tongue twice, feeling rather regretful; according to the system's assessment, this basically counted as a kill by Fang Yu.

He wouldn't get any secluded cultivation rewards.

Shen Yi suddenly froze.

He didn't know when it started, but he had already become accustomed to associating people with secluded cultivation rewards.

As if they weren't living, breathing lives.

But just experience points, dishes to satisfy his appetite.

With this kind of mentality, wouldn't he become a bloodthirsty, ruthless monster?

Shen Yi became alert and pondered.

Qin Jianghe, however, gave Ji Chengkong a mouthful of internal energy. Stimulated by the internal energy, the unconscious Ji Chengkong slowly woke up.

He raised his eyes and saw Qin Jianghe's face.

The face he least wanted to see.