Chapter 56 Rivers of Blood
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"Ten!"
As the countdown began, everyone suddenly snapped to attention.
"Murder!"
The villagers of Yanbian Village had never seen such a bloody scene before.
Not to mention the murderer.
It was their once-familiar Stone!
Just a few months ago, he had been holding saint books, intending to sit for the imperial examination.
Suddenly, he was holding a bow, having killed a man!
"What high office has Stone taken on to dare kill a Martial Arts Academy Disciple in the streets?"
"Well done, well done indeed!"
Eight out of ten people had been bullied by those from the Martial Arts Hall.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
After all.
Many farmers had their land cheaply bought up by landlords with the help of martial masters.
"You... you've got some nerve!"
Huang Tao came back to his senses amid the shock, "A small flag, committing murder in the street, is there no law?!"
The young man on the horse showed no emotion as he slowly drew an arrow and notched it to the bowstring, muttering, "Nine."
"Fellow brothers, let's take him down together!"
Huang Tao drew his sword, "Even if Ting Chun himself came today, there's no reason to protect him!"
The clanging sounds continued to erupt.
Blades of gleaming swords were unsheathed, thirty-odd Martial Artists blocking the path of the White Horse.
"Six!"
The countdown did not stop.
The people from Tai Lei Martial Arts Academy were getting panicked.
Was this person really planning to kill them all?
"What are you afraid of?!"
Huang Tao roared, "He is just one person!"
"Big brother, perhaps we should call Mr. Wu!"
The people from the Martial Arts Hall, after all, were not an army.
These disciples, not only did they not receive a salary, but many also had to pay tuition every year. Bullying others was one thing, but dying for it?
Don't joke, no one is a fool.
"Right, big brother, I also think we should call Mr. Wu to handle him!"
"Three!"
"Two!"
"Clatter—"
Before the countdown ended, the vast majority of Martial Arts Academy Disciples turned on their heels and ran.
"Why are you running?!"
Huang Tao's shouts were futile, and soon only five or six people remained, either hotheads or those closely related to him.
Even Wei Xu was about to run.
"You stop right there!"
Huang Tao grabbed Wei Xu, pulling him back, "Mr. Chen said, You can't escape with me!"
Chen Sansi raised his longbow:
"Ladies and gentlemen, time's about up!"
As his words fell, the Kaiyuan Bowstring sounded like thunder, arrows shooting in rapid succession!
"Whoosh—"
"Whoosh—"
"Whoosh—"
Whether it was the Disciples with Blood Cultivation Introduction or Blood Refining Minor Success, as long as they were still present, they were shot through the head one after another—its speed and accuracy unmatchable even if they desperately tried to close in.
These people all died instant brain deaths without any pain, enjoying sheer bliss.
"Big brother, I told you not to come!"
Wei Xu's voice carried a sobbing tone. He tossed his sword to the ground, desperately trying to run.
"Splurch—"
Before he could even lift his leg, his back chilled, and he died from the arrow.
In less than ten seconds, only Huang Tao was left.
His hand holding the sword trembled slightly.
Arrow after arrow, each hitting its mark, leaving no chance even to dodge!
"Drive!"
Chen Sansi put away his bow and charged forward on his horse, wielding a long spear with the force of thunder towards the last remaining man.
"I will fight you with all I've got!"
With no retreat, Huang Tao summoned his Qi-blood to face the towering warhorse charging at him.
He was utterly defeated in terms of courage.
Moreover, with Chen Sansi having achieved Great Success and riding a warhorse, not even a single exchange occurred before the reed leaf gun pierced through Huang Tao's heart, skewering his body and carrying it dozens of feet through the air before Chen Sansi stopped his horse, pulled out the long spear, and let the body slide to the ground.
All returned to dead silence.
The yellow mud road of Yanbian Village was stained red with fresh blood.
"Oh my goodness!"
Lai Zi was so frightened by the scene, he sat down on the ground, "Crazy, crazy!"
"Brother Shi..."
Zhao Qiao barely managed to regain his senses from the shock, "How, how do we handle this?"
"Brother Shi took on so many of them by himself?!"
Wu Da first admired, then worried, "Having killed so many Martial Arts Academy Disciples, they will come looking for you immediately."
"Brother Shi, let's run together!"
Zhuang Yi suggested, "Let's go to the next county, become bandits in the mountains!"
Chen Sansi, however, was calm and composed.
He had long wanted to kill Li Chao and Zhang Hao, no need to mention it.
The rest couldn't be allowed to stay either.
It wasn't because he enjoyed killing recklessly and without consideration for consequences.
Keeping these people around would be like having a pack of hyenas constantly surrounding him, swarming in at the first sign of vulnerability.
However, he dared to kill because he had the confidence to do so.
Recently, military supplies had been interrupted, giving Xiang Tingchun a headache.
If things escalated to an unmanageable point, Chen Sansi could completely expose the affairs of Medicine Valley.
Xiang Tingchun dreamed of having real leverage over the Martial Arts Hall.
Even if he couldn't find evidence, given his knack for conjuring benefits from thin air, he would create some.
At this time, the Martial Arts Academy and the army were at odds; there was no need to worry about making a big fuss.
In dealing with people and affairs, one must judge the situation.
Moreover, Tai Lei Martial Arts Academy was not like the other three; it was currently very weak.
The Old Master was just recovering from a serious injury. Though not dead, he was still in closed-door healing.
The only one active outside was Mr. Wu.
Mr. Wu had not trained in Bone Training for long and was practicing an inferior Breathing Skill from Jianghu.
Chen Sansi, with the blood of the Dragon Elephant enhancing him, did not just have a good chance of winning; complete retreat without issue was 100% certain.
Zhao Qiao naturally was unaware of these details and worriedly said, "Brother Shi, let's run fast!"
"Uncle Zhao worries too much, there will be no trouble," Chen Sansi reassured him as his ears twitched slightly, "More people are coming, you guys go hide inside the house first."
He heard groups of people urgently approaching from both the front and back ends of the village.
...
"Damned fools! Why didn't you stop them?"
Mr. Wu was sprinting, with a disciple struggling to keep up behind him.
"Mr. Wu, he is the eldest apprentice brother, how could we stop him?"
"At such a critical time, why does this fool always seek trouble? We should have never accepted him!"
Mr. Wu's expression was grave.
A few hours ago, his father, still recovering from an injury, was invited by Xiang Tingchun to a banquet at the Eight Treasures Building and hadn't returned since.
It was definitely about the issues of money and food supplies.
Xiang Tingchun would definitely find a way to make things difficult for them.
And at this very time, he learned that Huang Tao had led people to surround Chen Sansi.
If that kid got hurt, wouldn't it hand the advantage right into the hands of someone surnamed Xiang?
"You, what's going on?!"
As Mr. Wu neared the place, he encountered a large group of his own disciples running out of the village.
"Mr. Wu?!"
The disciples, previously terrified, managed to pull themselves together upon seeing him.
"Mr. Wu, it's terrible! Someone was killed... someone was killed!"
"Did you kill Chen Sansi?!"
Mr. Wu felt a sense of foreboding.
The last time on Tiger Head Mountain, he had seen the young man, and although powerful, he was after all only a small achiever of Blood Cultivating Introduction.
Huang Tao had taken more than thirty fellow apprentice brothers, including seven or eight of Blood Refining Minor Success.
If they surrounded him, Chen Sansi was bound to suffer.
Yet, the answer that came was completely the opposite.
"No..."
The disciple, breathless, "It's that military household, he went on a rampage, killed so many of our people!"
"What?!"
Mr. Wu quickened his pace.
When he arrived at the scene, he saw bodies scattered all over the ground.
Huang Tao, Wei Xu, along with several True Inheritors.
Mr. Wu looked at Chen Sansi seated on the back of a horse and flew into a rage.
"How dare you, you wretch?!"