The next morning, it was just dawn.
Herb Field Outpost The chill from last night still lingered on the dirt road, and a thin layer of white frost hung on the dead grass.
Wu Mingjiang came back on horseback.
He was covered in dust, his dark blue gown was stained with dust, and his eyes were bloodshot. It was obvious that he had not slept all night.
Rushing back from home, he barely had much rest.
He turned over and dismounted, Wu Mingjiang threw the reins to a Tenant Farmer at the entrance of the village, and strode towards the station.
His steps were heavy, and each step made a dull sound on the frozen mud.
Iron Leg Technique has practiced to this point, his legs are no longer like flesh and blood, and every step he takes is like two Tie Zhu pestles on the ground.
"I've only been away for a few days, so there shouldn't be any problems..."
For some reason, his right eyelid kept twitching along the way.
A lean old man Manor Guard had been waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time. When he saw Wu Mingjiang, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Lord Wu, please come this way. Master Mo is waiting for you at the Meeting Hall."
Wu Mingjiang was slightly startled. "Wait for me?"
He didn't know why, but he still nodded and followed old Manor Guard towards the small courtyard.
As soon as he entered the door, Wu Mingjiang was stunned.
Meeting Hall is not big, with a pear wood square table in the middle and two Taishi chairs on each side.
At this moment, Mo Yun is sitting high on the main seat, with his back as straight as a pine tree.
Huang Shan and Zhao Gang are located on both sides respectively.
Huang Shan's face was as cold as frost, and he held the Willow-Leaf Sword wrapped with a red rope in his arms.
Zhao Gang Like an iron tower, the copper bell stared at the door with its big eyes, filled with anger.
Seeing this, Wu Mingjiang's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition welled up.
But he remained calm on his face, forced out a smile, and strode forward. "Brother Mo, what's going on?"
At this moment, Zhao Gang glared angrily and shouted like a bell, "Wu Mingjiang, do you know your guilt?!"
The smile on Wu Mingjiang's face froze, and the bad premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger, but he frowned and said, "Convicted? Convicted of what crime?"
He forced himself to calm down, glanced at Zhao Gang, and then looked at Mo Yun on the main seat, his voice was a little dry. "Brother Mo, what on earth is going on?"
Mo Yun didn't speak, just looked at him calmly.
That look was as indifferent as water, but it made Wu Mingjiang feel tingly in his heart.
"Could it be that Iron-Scaled Beast's case was exposed?"
As soon as this idea came up, Wu Mingjiang immediately rejected it in his heart.
"No way!"
"Iron-Scaled Beast has been hiding in the depths of Mist Mountain. He only deliberately came down to cause trouble every few months. Every time, I arranged everything so that nothing leaked."
"I personally secretly deliver the blood food to the mountain every month. I have never given it to anyone else. How could it be exposed?"
"Could it be that Mo Yun went up the mountain?"
Thinking of this, Wu Mingjiang laughed even more in his heart.
"That's even more impossible! He is just a newly promoted First-Class Guard, and his cultivation level has just broken through to Dark Force in less than a month!"
"With his little ability, if he goes up the mountain, he is seeking death. He has already become the blood food of Iron-Scaled Beast!"
Wu Mingjiang knows the strength of Iron-Scaled Beast very well.
That was a genuine Late Second-Tier Demon Beast. It was covered in scales and was invulnerable to invulnerability, water and fire. If you hit it with an ordinary Dark Force, it would be like scratching an itch.
Even Peak Dark Force and Martial Artist may not be that beast's opponent.
"Even if Iron-Scaled Beast is cautious, doesn't want to cause trouble, and hides himself, Dark Force who has made a new breakthrough will not be able to discover it!"
"After all, it can drill into the ground, and Martial Artist can't find it at all!"
Thinking of this, Wu Mingjiang calmed down.
At this moment, Huang Shan spoke.
Her voice was as cold as ice and she said word by word, "Zhao Gang, bring Liu Youquan up."
Zhao Gang nodded, turned around and walked towards the back room.
After a while, a dragging sound sounded.
Liu Youquan, who was pale, listless and tied up by the big five-flowered dog, was dragged out by Zhao Gang like a dog to death.
The moment he saw Liu Youquan, Wu Mingjiang's pupils suddenly shrank, his heart sank suddenly, and his face turned extremely ugly.
"Really exposed?!"
"How is this possible!"
His mind was buzzing and he couldn't figure out why things were exposed.
"Three years! Nothing has gone wrong in three years!"
"Did this idiot Liu Youquan do something extraordinary that made Mo Yun notice the clues?!"
Wu Mingjiang Thoughts were racing in his mind, but his face remained calm, even showing a trace of doubt.
However, upon seeing Wu Mingjiang, Liu Youquan, who was dying, immediately cheered up, as if a drowning man had grasped a life-saving straw.
He struggled desperately, his body tied by the rope twisting like a worm on the ground, and shouted:
"Lord Wu! Save me! Save me! It's me, I'm Liu Youquan!"
"Lord Wu, save me! They are not human beings, they tortured me and lynched me! Wuwuwu..."
Speaking of the latter part, Liu Youquan's voice sounded like she was crying, with tears and runny nose running down her face.
But in an instant, his attitude changed.
He looked at Mo Yun and the three of them fiercely, with hateful eyes, and shouted hoarsely, "Lord Wu is back, your good days are over!"
"Let me go quickly! Maybe I can also ask Lord Wu to give you a happy time!"
In Liu Youquan's perception, Wu Mingjiang is a master who has been making Dark Force for many years. His strength is unfathomable and cannot be compared to Mo Yun, who has just been promoted.
"How can a newly promoted First-Class Guard be Lord Wu's opponent?"
The more Liu Youquan thought about it, the more confident he became, and he even began to fantasize about how Wu Mingjiang would take revenge on Mo Yun and the other two people after saving him.
However, at this moment, Wu Mingjiang's face was extremely cold.
His eyes were like daggers, he glared at Liu Youquan fiercely, and then shouted, "Liu Youquan, you are so brave!"
"You have committed a crime and you still want to drag me into trouble? Sow discord between me and Brother Mo!"
Before he finished speaking, Wu Mingjiang moved suddenly!
The Sea of Qi of Dark Force in his body was roaring, pouring all of it into his legs.
Those legs were already disproportionately thick, but at this moment, under the infusion of Dark Force, the pants legs were instantly tightened to the extreme, making a slight cracking sound.
The Blue Stone Slabs on the ground was cracked by the force coming from his feet.
His whole body turned into an afterimage, and one leg carried a huge force and swept towards Liu Youquan's head!
"Liu Youquan must be killed!"
"As long as he dies, he will die without any evidence!"
Wu Mingjiang's eyes boiled with murderous intent. His legs were as fast as Thunderbolt's, and the wind roared from his legs, blasting the air in the hall!
The pride on Liu Youquan's face instantly froze, his pupils were dilated to the extreme, his mouth was open, and he couldn't even scream.
He never expected that Wu Mingjiang's first reaction was not to save him, but to kill him!
However, the next second.
Wu Mingjiang I can only feel the blur in front of my eyes.
He didn't even see clearly how Mo Yun moved.
It felt like my abdomen was hit by a big mountain, and my whole body flew backwards like a broken paper kite.
Boom!
Wu Mingjiang hit the ground hard and slid for more than a foot before stopping.
His body plowed a shallow furrow into the ground, and gravel scattered everywhere.
"Pfft..."
Wu Mingjiang's throat felt sweet, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
He raised his head and looked at where he was standing just now in disbelief.
Mo Yun was already standing there at some point.
He still maintained the posture of punching, his right fist had not yet been withdrawn, and there was still a faint aftertaste of Dark Force on the fist surface, which was slowly dissipating.
Mo Yun slowly retracted his fist, patted the non-existent dust on his cuffs, and looked at Wu Mingjiang on the ground expressionlessly.
"H-how is he so fast?!"
Wu Mingjiang's heart was filled with horror like a stormy sea.
"Didn't he just break through to Dark Force? This speed..."
"Is it possible that you have mastered a certain Movement Technique to Great Completion?!"
Wu Mingjiang's mind was in a mess.
The one who was more shocked than him was Liu Youquan.
Liu Youquan was completely stunned.
He stared blankly at Wu Mingjiang who was lying on the ground vomiting blood, and then looked at Mo Yun who was standing in the hall with a normal expression, his mouth open for a long time.
"Wu, Lord Wu, was knocked away by a move?"
His cognition completely collapsed at this moment.
Mo Yun didn't talk nonsense to Wu Mingjiang.
He took out a stack of paper from his pocket and tossed it casually.
The paper unfolded in the air and landed on Wu Mingjiang's face.
That's Liu Youquan's confession.
Of course, this one is copied.
The original Mo Yun has been properly stored and will be handed over to the Mountain Manor when the time comes.
Now that the government doesn't care about the matter, it can only be resolved internally by the Mountain Manor, but the necessary procedures still need to be followed.
Wu Mingjiang picked up one with trembling hands and scanned the writing on it.
"The sinner Liu Youquan confessed to colluding with Wu Mingjiang Demon Iron-Scaled Beast, offering two human beings as blood food every month, and mutilating a total of seventy-two people in the past three years..."
"Now I have confessed, and the painting is on the record as evidence..."
Wu Mingjiang trembled all over, as if he had been struck by lightning, and his face was as pale as paper.
It's over...
At this moment Liu Youquan finally reacted.
An uncontrollable anger and despair surged into his heart. He struggled violently and yelled at Wu Mingjiang:
"Wu Mingjiang, you stupid thing!"
"How much money have I made for you in the past three years?! I haven't asked for a single copper from you! You actually want to kill me to protect yourself?!"
"If I hadn't contacted Iron-Scaled Beast for you, would you have been able to earn one thousand taels a year?!"
"You ungrateful bitch! You're going to die!"
Liu Youquan cursed till he was hoarse, and the hatred in his eyes almost solidified.
Wu Mingjiang:"..."
Wu Mingjiang was lying on the ground, not even bothering to look at Liu Youquan.
"Why the hell am I trying to save you even though I can't protect myself? Is my brain broken?"
He sneered in his heart and struggled to get up from the ground.
The severe pain in his abdomen made every move he made feel like he was being strangled by a knife, but he gritted his teeth and stood up straight.
Wu Mingjiang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at Mo Yun coldly. "How did you find out? Let me die more clearly."
Mo Yun glanced at him and said calmly, "I met Iron-Scaled Beast at Mist Mountain, and it told me the truth."
Wu Mingjiang's face changed. "This is impossible!"
"That beast is not stupid. If it really tells you this, it will definitely kill you and not leave you alive!"
Mo Yun's expression remained calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter. "They are just a few beasts, I have already saved them."
As soon as these words came out, Wu Mingjiang's eyes suddenly widened, filled with disbelief.
"Impossible, this is impossible!"
"That's Late Second-Tier's Iron-Scaled Beast. His scale armor is invulnerable, and he can also resist Dark Force to a certain extent!"
"Even Peak Dark Force Martial Artist may not be its opponent!"
"H-How can you possibly fight it?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Mingjiang's eyes flashed with a stern look, suddenly bursting out!
All the Sea of Qi and Dark Force in his body exploded without reservation at this moment, pouring crazily into his legs like a mountain torrent!
Finally, the trouser legs couldn't bear the impact of this force, and they tore apart with a hiss.
The ground was shaken by the force of energy exploding under his feet, causing gravel to fly and Blue Stone Slabs cracked inch by inch. With his feet as the center, dense cracks spread to all sides.
"Mountain Splitter!"
Wu Mingjiang roared angrily, and his whole body was like a cannonball being discharged. One leg carried a lifetime of skill and swept towards Mo Yun like an afterimage!