Why Did You Have to Provoke Mu Yang, This God of Slaughter?!

"What happened up ahead?"

Xue She frowned and reined in his horse.

"We'll know if we go take a look," Mu Yang said.

The two spurred their horses forward and soon found the source of the commotion.

A rather luxurious carriage stood in the middle of the official road.

The carriage was drawn by four snow-white First Rank steeds. Its compartment was crafted from fine purple sandalwood, and strings of crystal-clear glazed jade hung beside the curtains on both sides, glittering brilliantly beneath the sun.

One look was enough to tell that whoever rode inside was either rich or noble.

Five burly men on horseback surrounded the carriage.

Each wore short, front-fastened martial attire, carried sabers at their waists, and had a bright yellow character for "Might" embroidered over their chests.

"Pingwei Escort Agency?"

Xue She's gaze sharpened. He then tugged Mu Yang closer and whispered, "See the 'Might' on their chests? This is the road escort branch of the Road Escort River Gang I told you about—the Pingwei Escort Agency."

The Pingwei Escort Agency was the largest and most famous Escort Agency in Qinghe Prefecture.

Throughout all of Qinghe Prefecture, so long as it was an escort job accepted by the Pingwei Escort Agency, there would basically never be any mishaps.

Whether they were officials or people of the underworld, anyone making a living in Qinghe Prefecture would generally give them some face.

Partly because the Pingwei Escort Agency was powerful and had many escort masters, and partly because its founder, Bao Tian, was a Fifth-Stage Channel-Opening Realm martial artist.

"I wonder whose brat this is, daring to stop people from the Pingwei Escort Agency. He's got some nerve," Xue She muttered as he glanced at the young man standing alone before the carriage.

"Most likely someone the Pingwei Escort Agency doesn't want to provoke."

Mu Yang looked toward the young man and silently analyzed the situation.

The young man wore flowing white robes. His features were upright, his temperament gentle, and he held an ancient-looking compass in his hand, his expression quite grave.

He was clearly blocking the carriage from proceeding.

Yet the people from the Pingwei Escort Agency had not drawn their sabers. Only a man who appeared to be their leader was speaking to him with an impatient look on his face.

"Young Master Lei, how many times have I said it? There is only Miss Su and her servants in the carriage. There are no monsters at all!"

"Please do not spout nonsense, Young Master Lei!" the leading escort master said impatiently.

"No!"

The white-robed young man called Young Master Lei shook his head and said in a calm yet resolute tone:

"There must be a monster hidden in your carriage. The Great Jing Records says: monsters feed solely on humans and are a great scourge! How could we martial artists see one and allow it to remain unpunished?"

"Besides, I am not speaking nonsense!"

As he spoke, he raised the compass in his hand. "This was forged by the Heavenly Crafts Hall of the Demon Slayer Bureau. It is called the Demon-Seeking Compass, and it can determine the location of monsters within a one-li radius. The direction its needle points is precisely this carriage behind you!"

"Head Escort Li, please move aside at once and do not obstruct me!"

Seeing Lei Sai persist again and again, Head Escort Li clenched his fists, fury visibly flashing in his eyes.

He had long heard that the Lei Family's young master was stubborn by nature and loved meddling in idle affairs. Seeing him today, the rumors had indeed been true.

If not for the Lei Family behind him, he would have acted long ago.

Head Escort Li took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart before saying:

"Young Master Lei, I'll say it one more time. When our Pingwei Escort Agency escorts goods, we only ask where they are going. As for what we are transporting and why, we neither need to know nor want to know!"

"Please show some respect for our Boss Bao and stop pestering us!"

Head Escort Li issued his final warning.

If Lei Sai remained stubbornly obsessed, they could only knock him unconscious and send him back to the city along with the carriage.

"Of course I know the rules of the Pingwei Escort Agency. That is why I ask Head Escort Li to lift the curtain. If Lei has judged wrongly, I am willing to apologize to Miss Su and everyone else in person!" Lei Sai declared in a ringing voice, his eyes blazing like torches.

"You!"

Head Escort Li saw that Lei Sai would not yield to soft or hard words, and he immediately flew into a rage.

The four escort masters around him were also filled with pent-up anger. One particularly burly man with a scar beneath his chin vented his fury directly on the bystanders watching the spectacle.

"What are you all staring at? Get the hell out of here! My saber doesn't have eyes!"

At his roar, many passersby hurried away, afraid of getting caught in the crossfire.

Lei Sai frowned but said nothing.

It was better for the crowd to disperse. That way, no one would be accidentally injured by the monster once a fight broke out.

"And you two constables, what are you standing around for!"

The scar-faced escort master drew the long saber at his waist and pointed it at Mu Yang and Xue She, who still stood some distance away. "Keep watching, and I'll gouge your eyes out!"

Seeing himself dragged into this, Xue She hurriedly grabbed the reins, preparing to take Mu Yang away.

Who would have thought that the instant he turned around, a black shadow suddenly shot into the air and streaked away.

That shadow was none other than Mu Yang, who had just been on horseback.

Clang!!

The hum of metal being drawn from its sheath exploded through the air.

The heavy Black Gold Four-Edged Mace was now in Mu Yang's hand.

Like a dragon emerging from the sea, it carried a terrifying shriek of wind as it smashed straight toward the scar-faced brute's face.

The scar-faced escort master clearly had not expected this. His right hand holding the saber hurriedly rose, trying to block the incoming Black Gold Four-Edged Mace.

Clang—!!!

Under the incredulous gazes of Xue She, Lei Sai, Head Escort Li, and the others, the Black Gold Four-Edged Mace smashed the scar-faced escort master's saber to pieces like a heavy hammer crushing stone.

Then, without losing any momentum, the long mace whipped toward the scar-faced escort master's head!

Bang!!!

The scar-faced escort master, who had been cursing just moments before, burst apart like a watermelon struck by a sledgehammer. Flesh and blood flew everywhere.

The surrounding clamor abruptly fell silent.

Everyone was dumbstruck.

Only Xue She shook his head helplessly.

Of all people, who did you have to provoke? You just had to provoke Mu Yang, this god of slaughter.

Well, now that you'd finished running your mouth, you'd lost your life.

"You... you constable! You dare kill a man from our Pingwei Escort Agency!"

The leading Head Escort Li finally reacted. Shocked and enraged, he pointed at Mu Yang and shouted sharply.

Mu Yang merely flicked the bits of flesh from the Black Gold Four-Edged Mace and said evenly, "Monsters deserve to die. Those who harbor monsters also deserve to die."

"What nonsense! The one sitting inside this carriage is Su Wanqing, the eldest daughter of the Eight Directions Chamber of Commerce. What monster could there possibly be? I think you're carrying a lantern into a latrine—you're looking for death!"

Head Escort Li drew the long saber at his waist. Blood Qi at the Perfection of the Third-Stage Blood-Marrow Realm surged across his body.

The Pingwei Escort Agency truly deserved its name as Qinghe Prefecture's largest Escort Agency. A random head escort leading a team was already stronger than Xue She.

Even the escort master Mu Yang had just killed with a single strike possessed the strength of the Early Third-Stage Blood-Marrow Realm.

"Whether there is one or not, we'll know after testing it."

The moment Mu Yang finished speaking, Three-Breath Lightness abruptly activated.

With a single stomp of his foot, he flashed above the carriage.

Thirty-Six Mace Techniques—Dragon Tail Whip!

Mu Yang sank his waist and twisted his body. His right arm swung out like an iron whip, and the Black Gold Four-Edged Mace in his hand flashed like lightning, carrying the force of ten thousand jun as it savagely smashed down from the side onto the carriage roof.

With a deafening bang, the carriage roof instantly shattered into pieces.