Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Unbridled (asking for recommendation)_1 Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Unbridled (asking for recommendation)_1 “What… what happened?”
The fellow drinkers were instantly stunned.
They had been watching as if it were a play, but suddenly discovered that the protagonist had fallen!
Not only had he fallen, but his throat had been pierced, leaving a bloody hole.
“Ah, Miss?!”
“We’re going to fight him!”
The few domestic servants following Huang Ximei roared in anger, swinging their fists and feet at Fang Xi; they were all Martial Artists.
Bang, bang!
However, they were immediately sent flying back even faster, each of their lives claimed by Fang Xi with extremely heavy-handed techniques.
“Waiter, where’s my detailed register?”
Fang Xi leisurely sipped his tea, looking at the Waiter.
“Sir… it’s here…”
The Waiter scrambled to give Fang Xi a register book and then scurried away as if fleeing for his life.
It was as if Fang Xi wasn’t a man, but a tiger!
“I’ve finished my tea, and I’ve got what I came for; it’s time to go.”
Fang Xi casually stuffed the register into his chest and was about to leave.
At that moment, a tall and robust man hurried in. He was dressed in the garb of the Demon Hunting Society and had an air of authority, obviously holding a high position.
Seeing Huang Ximei lying on the ground, his expression turned cold: “You’ve caused yourself a world of trouble… Do you know who she is, and do you know of the Huang Family?”
“So what?” Fang Xi asked nonchalantly, “Are you trying to stop me?”
“Since the incident occurred in the Demon Hunting Building, we must take responsibility… You won’t get away.” The tall man looked at Fang Xi as if he were looking at a dead man. “Even if you escape from me, the Ding State Army will immediately close the city gates and conduct a city-wide manhunt… You will be like a rat, running scared all day long, and if you surrender quietly, you might die a quicker death.”
“Haha… Escape?”
In the midst of laughter, Fang Xi’s muscles bulged, his bones cracked loudly, and he suddenly struck out with his palm.
Bang!
The tall man took a palm hit, stumbling backward several steps and fiercely opening his mouth to spit out a mouthful of fresh blood: “A Martial Teacher? So what if you’re a Martial Teacher? Huang Yuanwu of the Huang Family has already reached the level of a Three-step Martial Artist… and he’s stronger than me!”
This tall man was just barely a Martial Teacher, yet he believed Fang Xi had at least the strength of a first-step Martial Teacher, having developed a sense of his fists!
“Huang Yuanwu?”
Fang Xi seemed interested: “So you’re saying… the Huang Family must have a cultivation technique that reaches the third step, right?”
The tall man was confused. Didn’t this guy understand what was important?
But, he didn’t need to know anymore, because Fang Xi was already in front of him.
As the two crossed paths, a head soared into the air.
‘Indeed… my strength is still very formidable. Even though I haven’t cultivated much as a Martial Teacher, the Mixed Origin Strength from the combination of a few cultivation techniques, along with the support of an Immortal Cultivator’s abilities… makes it easy to slay an ordinary Martial Artist.’
Fang Xi never showed mercy to those who sought to harm him and so, with a direct chop, he claimed his adversary’s life.
And as for bringing the massive Demon Hunting Society onto his head?
Since he had already incited the wrath of the Huang Family, he wasn’t afraid of adding another to his list.
Besides, even if he backed down, the Demon Hunting Society wouldn’t treat an unknown foreigner with kindness.
“Murder… There’s been a murder!”
At this time, the Demon Hunting Building finally erupted into chaos.
Fang Xi took this chance to break through the window, leaped outside, and found a secluded nook where no one was paying attention, then activated his camouflage garment.
Soon, the sound of horse hooves thundered.
The first to arrive were a troop of cavalrymen who immediately cordoned off the Demon Hunting Building!
Troops of elite soldiers were executing the blockade while the gates of Tri-element City were already shut tight.
Next would be a city-wide hunt.
“To have such a swift and responsive mobilization in ancient times is truly remarkable… Even equipped with crossbows, ordinary Martial Artists and Martial Teachers would indeed struggle to escape from the military formation,” Fang Xi mused as he walked past a Martial Artist.
The man, as if blind, had an expression of confusion on his face.
‘Moving the body can still cause a bit of wind noise…’ Fang Xi thought to himself but didn’t concern himself with the furious Huang Family members that had arrived. He casually passed through the encirclement with great swagger…
…
Deep into the night.
The Huang Family.
Huang Yuanding, the head of the Huang Family, had a gloomy expression as he and several leaders sat in the hall, looking at a corpse covered with a white cloth: “Has the city guard not captured the man?”
“Master, you must avenge Ximei…”
Atop the hall, a lady bedecked with vermillion hairpins wept sorrowfully: “Ximei was a good girl, just a bit mischievous. That accursed brute is devoid of all conscience…”
“Enough, you may leave now.”
Huang Yuanding frowned and immediately a few maids came to lead the crying woman away.
At that time, a robust voice came from outside the hall: “Big brother!”
“Yuanwu… You’ve come?”
Huang Yuanding saw a man in armor enter the hall, and a trace of joy appeared on his face: “I have heard about the incident from the Demon Hunting Society. It seems that Ximei finally encountered something deadly in the night… but the Huang Family will not be slain so easily.”
By the end of his words, his face also bore a hint of Evil Qi.
The newcomer was Huang Yuanwu, one of the eight high-ranking officers of the Ding State Army and a Three-step Martial Artist in terms of his Cultivation, a renowned master and a man of great power in the entire state!
After some thought, he said, “The culprit is meticulous, potentially concealing his whereabouts with Secret Skills… but no matter, I have brought a Nine Lives Mastiff from the military camp… It already possesses a hint of demon nature, and can be considered a half-demon. With its sense of smell, we will definitely find that man!”
There’s a saying—Nine Dogs One Mastiff!
As a half-demon, the Nine Lives Mastiff is born with unique traits; it must come from a litter of nine born to a female dog, then the nine puppies are cooped up together, making them fight each other like raising gu. The survivor becomes the true Nine Lives Mastiff!
Such a Mastiff has not only an extraordinary sense of smell but is also extremely powerful, comparable to an ordinary Martial Artist.
Even within the Ding State Army, such individuals were few, and Huang Yuanwu had clearly gone to great expense this time.
He whistled sharply, and a mastiff resembling a black lion leapt out from behind him. Its emerald-green eyes were like the abyss, chilling to the gaze.
“Did the culprit leave behind any items?”
Huang Yuanwu asked.
“Yes, we have gathered the teaware that he used.”
Huang Yuanding nodded to signal, and immediately a servant handed over a set of celadon ceramics teaware.
Huang Yuanwu examined it and let the Nine Lives Mastiff sniff the teacup.
“Woof woof!”
After sniffing the teacup, the Nine Lives Mastiff suddenly barked loudly toward the door.
“What’s the matter?” Huang Yuanding asked, puzzled.
Huang Yuanwu’s expression turned immensely grave and solemn, “The Nine Lives Mastiff says…the person is nearby!”
…
Outside the Huang Family compound.
“This is the Huang Family?”
Fang Xi removed his camouflage clothes and stepped out from the shadows, muttering to himself as he looked at the high gate of the Huang Family.
“Young man, you should leave quickly. If you offend someone important by accident, you’ll be in trouble.”
An old man holding a lantern saw Fang Xi’s irreverence and couldn’t help but advise him.
“Someone important?”
Fang Xi laughed heartily and walked toward the main gate of the Huang Family compound.
This gate is usually closed and only opened for honored guests.
By the gate, however, there are often a few brutish servants.
Seeing Fang Xi approach, they immediately came forward, yelling rudely, “Didn’t you see where this is? Get lost or do you want a beating?”
As gatekeepers, detecting someone’s status was their first requirement.
These brutish servants could naturally tell that Fang Xi had nothing of value with him and no attendants, definitely not an intimate friend of the host family, so they felt free to bully him.
“Ah…are you trying to make an unreasonable argument?”
Fang Xi glared at the brutish servant and suddenly shouted, “Hey…you dare to step out with your left foot first?”
“What?”
The servant had not yet reacted when his eyes suddenly saw his own back: ‘Whose headless corpse is that…so familiar…’
That was also his last thought.
Fang Xi ended the surrounding brutish servants with a chop of his hand and then, with a punch, struck the main gate of the Huang Family compound.
Boom!
The grand gate shattered instantaneously, wooden fragments and splinters flying everywhere.
“Who is it?”
“Who’s got a death wish?”
A group of guards rushed over, led by a True Strength Warrior!
“You…dare to walk with your right leg first, truly offending my taboo, you deserve death!”
Fang Xi roared and threw a punch!
His task was actually very simple, to lay waste to a powerful family and then collect their secret texts!
Even if his methods were despicable, he felt no shame.
As long as he targeted notorious powers, he could also be considered as removing a threat to the people.
Bang!
Under the Mixed Origin Strength, the rushing warrior was flung back even faster.
“What audacity!”
With the sound of barking mastiffs, Huang Yuanding and several others came out, looking at Fang Xi, “Do you have a grudge against our Huang Family?”
“You dare to speak before I do?”
Fang Xi’s eyes widened, his right hand surging with True Strength as he suddenly lunged forward like an arrow, sweeping a palm out!
“Seeking death!”
A thunderous sound exploded near his ears as a figure stood in front of Huang Yuanding, it was Huang Yuanwu!
“Secret Skill·Eight Winds Coming!”
He bellowed furiously, his body growing inch by inch like a giant, his huge hands tearing at the air, seemingly controlling the flow of it, squeezing the space in all directions towards Fang Xi!
Fang Xi switched from palm to fist, pounding into the void.
Crack!
Thunder erupted from thin air, dispersing the chaotic currents!
Fang Xi’s figure shot back, then with a leap, he laughed heartily, “Huang Family warriors, not bad!”
He flipped over a wall, with the archers hidden behind it screaming as they fell to the ground.
When Huang Yuanwu also jumped onto the wall, Fang Xi’s figure had already disappeared into the darkness outside.
“Nine Lives!”
Huang Yuanwu roared angrily, with the black mastiff leaping out, sniffing the air and leading the way ahead.
Huang Yuanwu quickly followed the mastiff…
“Yuanwu, be careful!”
After giving his instructions, Huang Yuanding turned back, his cheeks red with anger, his fingers trembling, “Since when did my Huang Family fall to such depths?”
He couldn’t understand why that person dared to be so brazen, treating the royal law as if it were nothing!
“What are you standing there for? Go help the Second Master!”
Seeing that most of the guards were still stunned, he yelled again angrily.