Due to the fact that the other end of the entrance was now blocked by rubble, I withdraw Wind-Chaser and Retribution and dug us a way out, those two swords were cutting stones in our path like mud, but due to how fast I was moving, once we got out, we created quite the scene .
A loud booming voice that spread towards all directions, then as if waiting for something to happen for reporting, a voice sounded from high up, yelling loudly about someone coming out of that hole like entrance, instantly in my senses, I sensed the arrival of at least 8 to 9 people .
They were all middle-aged men, some had gray hair, some seemed to be still keeping their black hair, all was wearing robes that seemed familiar to me, as I got to know, these robes were indication of the faction these people belonged to .
I saw a middle-aged man directly appear before me like a ghost and was wearing similar robes like the one Chu Ji Xi and her brother wore before, that guy should be a person from the Green Sword Villa like the two of them, next to him was a guy who wore a familiar silver armor, this must be a guy from the City's Lord Mansion .
Then the other 5 or 6 guys here were all wearing either green robes with different design and some wore black robes, but what was different was the family letters that was sewed into their clothes front and most likely back as well .
I felt that one of these guys seemed to be looking with a bit of peculiarity at the Wind-Chaser Sword in my hand, it seem that these people all came here from the Capital City with some understanding to what had happened here, even before it happened .
What made me think that was because I knew from Senior Brother Fu and from the books and maps I had seen, how big was the distance between the Howling Wolf City and the Capital City, there were 4 provinces that need to be crossed .
These provinces had at least 3 or 4 cities in each one of them, judging by the distance that is needed to be crossed, I would say that it should have taken at least 1 to 3 months to cross that kind of distance, galloping with the horses they rode .
That should be possible if they didn't have any rest at all for the whole trip, which shouldn't be possible, but here I was able to see at least 7 people who came from the Royal Capital to here, with most likely the intention of snatching treasures .
As if they didn't think, I harbor even the slightest bit of a threat to them, the guy in black robe and was bald and seemed to have a long eyebrows that made him look like a villain at first glance stepped forward and said :
Did you get the treasure ? .
His tone lacked of any manner, so I who already no longer cared much about keeping faces with such people completely ignored him and instead looked at the guy from the Green Sword Villa and said :
" Where is Chu Jian ? .
The green robed man was surprised at this as the others were too, but the man in black was fuming with anger, he was a respected Bone Forging Realm expert, even though he was at the 2nd Layer, in this place this level of strength was enough to be called a strongman, but he was being ignored like this, who could be able to bear it .
But just as the black robed person was about to attack me out of anger, a sound that came from the top saying :
Brother Masked, you are fine, please tell me that Ji Xi is with you .
I had put my mask on again and this was how Chu Jian was able to recognize me and before anyone could react, he directly came down and arrived before me, in response to his question, I began to let the girl on my back get down on the ground gently .
That is, young miss, what did you do to the young miss, you rogue .
The guy from the Sword Villa suddenly unsheathed his sword and put it on my neck, the sharp and coldedge of the sword was enough to send chills and shivers across my whole body, but I still didn't say anything and let Chu Jian make sure of his sister's health first, a part of me was telling me that this was the correct thing to do .
Looking at my own ragged clothes and the state the girl was in, it made causing misunderstanding a lot easier, but luckily I didn't need to wait for long, after Chu Jian was certain that his sister okay and she was even getting stronger by the second, he asked the man whose name was Chu Chang to lower his sword .
Then Chu Chang begrudgingly lowered his sword and went to check on Chu Ji Xi, that guy was called ' uncle ' by Chu Jian, but I'm not sure about whether was he related to him by blood or was that a honorific title, either way, Chu Jian came and patted me on the shoulder with a bit forced smile then said :
Mind telling me what happened after the passage collapsed ? .
" I expected that you wanted to know, but are you sure that you want me to talk about this here .
The eyebrows of Chu Jian shuddered slightly and the hot tempered Chu Cheng once again clenched his sheathed, an indication of him being ready to bounce on me the second he was given the chance to, he showed a killing intent towards me .
Chu Jian aware of what I was saying, frowned slightly, but he still invited me to come with him while he ordered some of the maid who were up on the high ground to come and get Chu Ji Xi, much to the annoyance of the other people who suddenly blocked my path again .
What are you doing ? .
The guy in black robe, once again took the lead in saying :
Young Master Jian, this time we at the Ba family had suffered a great calamity with the death of so many people, yet this little friend here managed to survive for such a long time and even came back alive, so he might have used some despicable method to achieve that, I would like to take him back and interrogate him, if he was innocent we will surely let him go .
Are you all agreeing with him doing this ?
Chu Jian question was directed at the other people who were present currently, most like important members of other families that came from the Capital, Wei family, Ji family and the guy in black was from the Ba family, the guy from the Ji family was wearing a white loose robe and a sword was strapped to his belt, he was currently checking Wind-Chaser in my hand .
Before I couldn't find the right time to confirm if this Ji family in the capital had anything to do with the Ji family that is located in the city, but the probability of that being correct was quite high, the guys who caused trouble for my senior brother seemed to be linked to this Ji family in front of me, but this is yet to be confirmed .
Those guys all nodded their heads and agreed to the words of the guy from the Ba family .
That short middle aged man in black was called Ba Fu, he was the elder accompanying Ba Zhi here this time, the same went for the other families as well, at least that was what Chu Jian was telling me, hearing what he was saying, I understood that these guys came here and have already brought someone to give them a helping hand .
The people who had ugly faces were people who came here to join the fun, but all they were able to get here was the demise of the young family members who they brought in hope of getting something out of this trip, I still had no clue about how will they got even the news about the treasure .
But what I understood was that it seem like I will need to fight my own way out today, as Ba Fu seemed to advance towards me, Chu Jian stepped forward and extended one hand to his right, where I was, the people who came here with bad intentions understood his intention of lending me a hand, but understanding it didn't mean that they had accepted him doing something like this .
Ba Fu :
Nephew Jian, what's is the meaning of this ?
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The other 3 to 4 people who thought that they might still be able to get some benefits out of me seemed to be thinking the same as well, they all looked at Chu Jian and seemed to be asking for an explanation .
The guy stepped forward and patted his chest boastfully and said :
This guy here is my life-death brother, today I would like to see who would try to cause him any harm, uncle Cheng, today anyone who try to extend his hand towards this brother here, you should know what to do .
Chu Cheng cheeks seemed to twitch a little at this, but he still unsheathed his sword and said :
As Young Master wishes .
Ba Fu :
Chu Jian, are you aware of what your impulsive actions may cause ? .
But Chu Jian hadn't looked at him instead he looked at the other people who gathered here and said :
Today, no one should dare to think about hurting someone who I'm willing to protect .
The whole bustling area suddenly turned deathly quiet, the ugly expressions on their faces was enough to give me an idea about how domineering was the Green Sword Villa behind Chu Jian was .
Seeing that no one was willing to say anything more, Chu Jian once again invited me to follow him, but just as we took the first step, a sound of hands clapping sounded, the clapping came from the only person who hadn't said anything since the start of this conflict, the man in the silver armor .
That man in silver armor looked quite familiar to me, he held some resemblance to that Gu Xan and the encounter with the guard from before made the probability of him being yet another Gu Family member quite high, that man resemblance wasn't the only thing that made me suspect his identity, there was the killing intent he seemed to be trying hard to suppress .
All of you, I hope you would give the City's Lord Mansion some face and reason with one another in hope of solving this conflict peacefully, today is a good day in the city after all .
Does commander Gu Yi have the face to still give us instructions about how to deal with the matters here ? .
Gu Yi :
What do you mean by that Young Master Chu Jian ? .
What I mean is that unlike those good-for-nothing people here, he tends to compromise after hearing about the City Lord's breakthrough, I still planning on reporting what your young master did down there and hold him accountable for it .
I saw that the guy who was called Gu Yi squinted his eyes at this, the guards on the higher ground also seemed to understand what they needed to do and all of them began to create a loud noise by striking the ground beneath them with the bottom of the spear, they were rioting .
Chu Jian still looked unfazed by this, he merely gave Chu Cheng a look and the latter began releasing his aura, 1 second was all it took him to shut all those people up and stop them from doing anything else .
He was a Bone Forging expert, most likely in the later stages of that realm, I expected the matter to come to an end here, but surprisingly it didn't, a guy that was called Ji Niu suddenly took a step forward and said :
I would like to listen to what commander Gu have in mind .
Ba Fu, Wei Zang followed suit and bothe cupped their hands and seemed sincere in asking for guidance, Chu Jian seeing this, labeled all of them as shameless and even spat on the ground at their actions, but he still didn't stop and asked me to follow him .
We were moving again but this time, we found ourselves cornered from all sides by guards who seemed to be determined on stopping us, not to mention that Ba Fu and the others began to take fighting stances and make the situation even more chaotic .
Chu Cheng :
Are you all going to block my Young Master today, then all of you get ready to die .
Gu Yi :
If Young Master Jian want to leave, of course we would give him more than enough face to do so, but this villain here can't get out of here without giving all of us at the Gu, Ba, Ji, Wei families an explanation .
Even Chu Cheng was shocked at this kind of line, he looked at me and all I did was shrugging my shoulders, what did he wanted me to say, I saw that Gu Yi was staring at me and already understood that he had already set something up for me, he said :
This villain's here name is Tian Long, he is Chen Fan new Close Disciple, he is renowned for being a person with quite the bad reputation around here, always using unhinged and despicable methods to achieve his target, this villain even dared to cut one of my sons hands and just before 2 days ago, he did the same thing for a city guard under my command and now this .
I had no doubt that whatever bad thing that had happened to all of your juniors, he must be the culprit, this shameless villain had caused much harm everywhere he went and without giving an explanation about his actions today and what exactly had taken place, he can forget about leaving .
He said this in one breath, then the others began to join in, some said that I used evil Martial Arts that used the lives of those who had fallen as a sacrifice, an all-out slander, more and more people began to have bad impression on me, seeing that I was already busted, I removed the mask and earned a few gasps of astonishment .
Before any of them say anything else, I spoke to all of them for the first time, looking directly at each and everyone of them coldly, my mentality since that damn roar have already become quite unstable, with finding the mere bad intention to harm or slander me, I felt it in my bones, something deep inside me seemed to be triggered .
After this thing is triggered, any humiliation that I had been subjected to will be recalled and use as a fuel to lit up a fire pit that was fueled by malice and anger, like currently, the only thought that I was thinking of now, was to kill everyone here .
" I had seen quite the few shameless people in my life, but you guys are the most shameless people that I have seen, you keep going around in circles and twisting the facts with the slight wave of your hands, well, all of you here seemed to be gathered for the sake of one thing, maybe two in that old dog case, since I may have indeed crippled two of his precious family members .
" All of what you truly want to know about the treasure, well the treasure is in my hands, I want to see who of you dare to come forward and face me one one one for it, here, come on, my only warning to you is this, the second you step forward, is the second you die, who would like to try his chance .
I made some distance between me and Chu Jian, he tried to tell me to come back, even though I was seething with anger, I didn't forget about those that were kind to me, I nodded at him and didn't say anything else, he understood what I meant and even though he didn't understand what my intentions were, he still ordered his subordinates to retreat .
" So, who is going to fight me, old dog Gu Yi, didn't you start spouting all kind of nonsense about how you wanted to get justice, I'm here inviting you to come and get it with your own hands, here I'm and today I dare everyone of you guys to step forward and face me .
As I finished talking, the whole place went into an uproar, some people cheered, some people began cursing my whole family, some called me mad, but all these fell into a deaf ears, I had no interest in responding to any of these insults, I kept looking at my target with eyes that seemed to give them chills, I saw some of them shuddering at me just scanning them with my eyes .
Those who were more strong-headed didn't reacted so drastically, but their expressions were still grave, they would have never expected that I would be making such a scene here today, Gu Yi in particular seem to think that I would give up directly and let him arrest me .
Since you want to seek death, then I Ba Fu will fulfill you .
A man came forward and it was none other than the short Ba Fu, he withdraw a warhammer that made him look like a dwarf and he directly rose high in the air, he jumbed a few times in the air, something only those at the Bone Forging Realm can do and came crushing that hammer at me .
But just as his momentum seemed to be unstoppable and people even started covering their eyes thinking that it was over, a Green Energy suddenly appeared on the second an impact was bound to happen and after that green energy appeared for merely a second, Ba Fu and the hammer in his hand stood there motionless
Then after another second seem to pass, that guy fell on his back and he had a big hole in his head, DEAD AS MUCH AS DEATH ALLOW HIM TO .