Kill

"Brother, don't be rash..."

Gu Chundong's face turned ashen. She never expected Gu Mo to have such a plan. To be precise, all of Gu Mo's recent actions were completely beyond her expectations.

She knew Gu Mo's martial arts had always been much stronger than hers, and his internal energy had even improved last night. However, Gu Mo was blind. Even if his internal energy improved several times over, it would be useless.

But it was too late for her to stop Gu Mo.

Gu Mo had already drawn his saber and met the challenge.

Gu Mo did have a saber in his hand, a very long Tang Blade. However, because he was blind and his movements were inconvenient, he had been using the Tang Blade as a walking stick.

As Gu Chundong panicked, Gu Mo slashed out with his saber, directly cutting down a swordsman.

The saber technique he used was a family heirloom, called the Mystic Void Saber Technique, passed down from his father in this life.

Both his parents were people of the martial world, and they had taught their children martial arts from a young age. Moreover, this saber technique was very exquisite, not of low quality in the martial world. It was divided into seventy-two forms. The original Gu Mo had only trained up to the forty-eighth form before becoming a rising star in the martial world of Linjiang County. He never managed to learn the last and most exquisite twenty-four forms.

And last night, after achieving mastery of the Nine Yang Divine Skill, Gu Mo's martial arts realm reached a state close to the Dao. Utilizing the characteristics of the Nine Yang Divine Skill, he directly mastered the Mystic Void Saber Technique to the grand accomplishment stage, understanding all seventy-two forms of the technique.

Furthermore, the last twenty-four forms of the Mystic Void Saber Technique were the ones he had been unable to learn for so many years, being the most difficult and most exquisite.

The Mystic Void Saber Technique, as its name suggested, focused on two words: mystery and void.

Mystery could be described as profound and unfathomable, while void meant elusive and difficult to discern between reality and illusion. Combined, it meant a play of illusion and reality, making it impossible for enemies to predict or defend against.

In the inn, the swordsmen from the Great Saber Gang swarmed like ravenous wolves. For a time, saber light and sword shadows crisscrossed, and the shouts of killing made the inn's window frames hum.

Gu Mo remained calm and unhurried. His eyes were covered, but he could accurately judge the enemy's position solely by the sound of the wind and the subtle movements of their footsteps.

He suddenly spun around, his long saber like a dragon emerging from the sea. With a flash of cold light, blood splattered. The first person to charge forward fell, clutching his throat.

His saber did not stop; he continued to fight.

"This is the fiftieth form, Fallen Star..."

"This is the sixty-third form, Blossom Sees Buddha..."

"This is the fifty-seventh form, River Dream Butterfly..."

"..."

Gu Mo's saber weaved through the enemies, blood splashing and cries of agony echoing. He was continuously demonstrating the Mystic Void Saber Technique to Gu Chundong.

The long saber danced in his hands like a silver-white halo. With every swing, a mist of blood rose. In an instant, several bodies lay scattered on the ground, blood flowing in winding streams.

"Scatter, scatter!"

Zhang Xiong was already drenched in sweat. He had thought it would be a simple matter to deal with a blind Gu Mo, but he never expected the blind man to be so capable of fighting.

He cursed the Long Wind Escort Agency in his heart.

The reason he dared to openly try to rob Gu Mo of his money was because he knew Gu Mo's information: a镖师 (bodyguard) expelled by the Long Wind Escort Agency, protected only by his sister, Gu Chundong, whose martial arts weren't even qualified for being a镖师 at the Long Wind Escort Agency.

A young girl with martial arts skills only at the level of an ordinary escort guard and a blind man who had become useless – it seemed like an easy opponent to handle.

"Damn it, he's this good? Even a blind man is qualified to be a镖师. Is the Long Wind Escort Agency crazy?"

Zhang Xiong cursed inwardly, but there was no time to think. He signaled his subordinates to scatter and roared, "He's blind, everyone spread out and throw things around!"

Following Zhang Xiong's shout, The other swordsmen also reacted.

Since Gu Mo was blind, he could only rely on hearing to determine the enemy's position. As long as they threw things around to disrupt his hearing, even his strong martial arts would be rendered half useless.

Immediately, the swordsmen began picking up stools, bowls, and wine bottles from the ground and throwing them at Gu Mo. Some simply threw them randomly.

As expected, This interfered with Gu Mo's judgment. Facing the encirclement, he was no longer as sharp as before. However, with Gu Chundong reminding him from the side, even though he was being interfered with, Gu Mo could still cope.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiong shouted, "Stop that damned woman!"

Immediately, several swordsmen moved to attack Gu Chundong.

Without Gu Chundong's reminders, Gu Mo's situation instantly worsened, and he began to face perilous situations.

Zhang Xiong seized an opportunity and launched a surprise attack from behind.

He swung his large saber towards Gu Mo's back.

His heart was filled with excitement.

With this strike, Gu Mo would be severely injured, if not killed.

However, the next moment, Zhang Xiong's face stiffened.

Because Gu Mo had actually dodged it, and dodged it with extreme ease. At the same time, he counterattacked, gripping the saber hilt with both hands and slashing diagonally, directly severing Zhang Xiong's arm.

"Ah!"

Zhang Xiong let out a scream as his arm and cleaver fell to the ground. He roared, "You... you can see, were you faking being blind?"

Gu Mo snorted coldly, no need for further words.

He drew his blade and slashed back.

Zhang Xiong's head instantly flew off, his eyes wide with unseeing rage.

He wasn't faking blindness, but rather pretending to be disoriented.

Undeniably, Zhang Xiong's plan was sound, but he had underestimated Gu Mo's internal energy. The inn was small, and with Gu Mo's perception, he could easily sense anyone in any corner of the establishment. Thus, the disorientation plan was completely ineffective against him.

He had only pretended to be disoriented to make Zhang Xiong lower his guard.

Zhang Xiong had been sending his subordinates to their deaths while he himself hid in the back, waiting for an opportunity. Even when he attacked, he would retreat from the fray if he missed, preventing Gu Mo from finding a chance to kill him. That's why Gu Mo had put on a little act.

With Zhang Xiong's death, his remaining blade-wielding subordinates had no desire to continue fighting. They were all terrified and fled the scene in a stampede.

Gu Mo sheathed his blade and stood, his black attire unstained by a single drop of blood. His expression was impassive as blood dripped slowly from his Tang Blade. He said calmly, "Friends watching from outside, the money is with me. Do you want to try and take it?"

"There are still people?" Gu Chundong asked nervously, moving closer to Gu Mo.

Gu Mo nodded slightly, and after a moment, said, "No more. It seems they've decided I'm worthy of taking this three hundred taels of silver."

"They all left?"

"They left."

"That's great."

Gu Chundong immediately began to search the bodies. In total, she found over forty taels of silver.

The inn was quiet at this moment.

When the battle had first erupted, all the patrons had fled in a rush. Now, in the entire lobby, only two people were hiding behind the counter.

Gu Mo couldn't tell which was the shopkeeper, but he spoke towards the counter, "Shopkeeper, I'm truly sorry for breaking so many of your things. I'll give you twenty taels of silver as compensation..."

The innkeeper stammered, "G-Great Hero... compensation, compensation... I don't need it. I only beg you to be merciful and let my shop close early for today. Is... is that alright?"

Gu Mo understood the innkeeper's intention. He wanted Gu Mo to leave and not stay in his inn any longer.

Because the person Gu Mo had killed was the hall master of the Great Saber Gang, and the gang would not let the matter rest. If Gu Mo continued to stay in his inn, his establishment would be in serious trouble.

"Little sister, give the shopkeeper twenty taels of silver, and let's go!"

Gu Chundong obediently placed two large ten-tael silver ingots on the counter, then helped Gu Mo out of the inn.

Inside the inn, the shopkeeper and the waiter breathed a sigh of relief as the Gu siblings left.

"Shopkeeper, what do we do now?"

"Report to the authorities, of course. What else can we do? It's none of our business how the yamen and the Great Saber Gang handle this. We won't be open for business for the next few days!"

The waiter grumbled, "What is all this? These people are really..."

"Stop complaining," the shopkeeper said. "We're lucky. That Great Hero Gu is honorable; he deliberately let the patrons in the inn escape before making his move, and he even offered compensation afterward. If we had encountered someone unreasonable, we might have lost our lives. Alas, martial world heroes, which hero's path to fame isn't paved with the bones of innocent commoners?"