Chapter 89: All Seats Shocked, He Alone Sits Calmly
Fang Shu gripped the Tongue Sword in a backhand hold, still maintaining the beheading pose.
That sword just now had burned through his qi and blood as if it cost nothing, consuming nearly half, and even his tendons and muscles throughout his body were stretched taut like iron.
Fortunately, that sword’s power was truly extraordinary!
The Long Tongue Sword mixed with Fire Blade Technique not only made the sword strike ghostly, but also greatly increased its sharpness, and with a surge of blood fire, it directly broke through Luo Dalang’s qi and blood and skin membrane, thoroughly severing the opponent’s spine as well.
“Fire Blade Technique, truly impressive.”
Breathing heavily, Fang Shu suddenly felt that this experience was both thrilling and exhilarating.
Up to this day, even Third Calamity Immortals, he could slay!
And at this moment, the people all around were all stunned, staring at Fang Shu.
Some were dumbfounded, some were dazzled, some were incredulous, and some had pale faces.
The Seven Fragrance Tower Master and the others were dumbfounded in place, unable to speak for a moment.
Even Xiang Xing Wu, who had been emotional just now, was now staring wide-eyed at Fang Shu, her eyes fixed on him, various thoughts constantly churning in her mind.
Defeating a Second Calamity Immortal and slaying a Third Calamity Immortal meant entirely different things!
Even though Luo Dalang’s qi and blood was only three zhang, as if he had just recently broken through. For Fang Shu to array kill a newly advanced Third Calamity with a Second Calamity body was still an astonishing feat.
In a daze, Xiang Xing Wu’s heart filled with absurdity: “Even if he is a Gu Master seed who perfectly passed through the Scorpion Basin Tribulation, that doesn’t mean he could have such skill and such magic power.”
But no matter how much she tried to explain or question it in her heart, a sense of regret still involuntarily rose within her.
Especially since Xiang Xing Wu suddenly remembered that last time when buying the tiled house and preparing the dowry, her mother had reminded her that she clearly had a chance to reconcile with Fang Shu.
“If I had seized the opportunity back then… even if it wasn’t warming up to someone down on their luck, perhaps we would have become acquainted from humble beginnings?” Xiang Xing Wu murmured in her heart.
Aside from this woman, among the Du Gu Guan group, Qin Min was also staring wide-eyed, as if seeing Fang Shu for the first time.
“This kid actually has such means?!” Qin Min recalled Fang Shu’s various actions, her face darkening for a moment.
She had thought that this Fang Shu guy only had some talent in Gu Technique, at most with stronger qi and blood, but now it seemed his means were in no way inferior to hers; he was clearly hiding his abilities.
In an instant, Qin Min thought of many things, especially how the Dojo Master insisted on sending Fang Shu to assist in a fight, which made her involuntarily jealous:
“Could it be that Du Shi saw me gaining too much spotlight lately and wants to promote this surnamed Fang to suppress me?
Or does that old woman want to create two rising stars side by side in the dojo to bring even more glory to it?”
But no matter what intentions the Dojo Master truly had.
After this battle, Fang Shu would no longer be an obscure figure in Gu Ling Town; he had already risen to fame, becoming a top-tier young immortal cultivator!
Qin Min thought of how these past days she had been running around everywhere, sparring and discussing the dao with dojo disciples throughout the town, exhausting herself, while this Fang Shu guy just picked up a bargain and caught right up.
This made her inwardly snort coldly.
But as she pondered, she intentionally or unintentionally ignored her earlier wariness toward Luo Dalang.
In the restaurant, the people all around were quiet for a full ten breaths.
Until Fang Shu calmed his qi and blood, slowly straightening his body and storing the Long Tongue Sword into his sleeve, did the people around finally begin to stir.
Many people discussed in low voices, the sounds quickly growing from small to loud, becoming noisy:
“My god! A Second Calamity Immortal slaying a Third Calamity.”
Someone looked dazed: “Are dojo disciples always this formidable?”
Others excitedly gloated: “Those Luo Dalang brothers have really run into a tough opponent this time. They clearly hid their cultivation, but still got taken down.”
Some patrons in the building also regained their spirits. A patron hurriedly gulped down a large mouthful of wine, then slammed the table and shouted:
“Bravo!”
Some, with drunkenness taking hold, even pulled out talisman money from their pockets and threw it clinking down to the floor below, as if tipping performers or dancing girls.
This action from that person scared the others at the table.
As their faces changed, the others quickly covered their faces and slipped away from the table. Afraid that the other’s jesting would draw the displeasure of Fang Shu or the Du Gu Guan disciples downstairs, leading them to come looking for trouble.
Amidst the shocked and amazed voices, someone also muttered:
“He can even slay a Third Calamity Immortal, yet earlier he dawdled and wouldn’t come up, playing petty tricks for what.”
“Exactly, one sword killed Luo Dalang, but earlier he went back and forth with that Luo Erlang, only taking him down with poison, seeming rather petty.”
However, such muttering and nitpicking immediately drew ridicule and scolding from those around:
“What do you know! If he had revealed this move earlier, how could he have so cleanly taken down Luo Dalang now.”
“Assisting in a fight is assisting in a fight, killing is killing. This method of not wasting a single bit of qi and blood, deeply understanding the way of fights, is truly remarkable.”
Many people clicked their tongues in admiration, making those mutterers either suddenly understand or shut up after being scolded.
Thus, the crowd looked at Fang Shu and began commenting on today’s fight one after another:
“Neither arrogant nor impatient, as expected of a young prodigy!”
In an instant, Fang Shu, who had previously been much criticized, had all his actions from stepping onto the stage until now transformed in the crowd’s mouths into something like ironclad principles.
However, Fang Shu himself still turned a deaf ear to the voices of the people around, his eyes carrying a trace of vigilance as he stared tightly at the fat-headed, big-eared Merchant Association Owner, and even including the Seven Fragrance Tower Master and the Du Gu Guan disciples.
A fight involving a Second Calamity Immortal actually had a Third Calamity Immortal appear; even thinking back on it now, he still felt something was truly off!
Fortunately, the Merchant Association Owner opposite him, aside from being shocked enough to nearly bite his own tongue, had a face full of fear, relief, tension, and various other expressions, not looking like he had any more tricks up his sleeve.
Fang Shu scanned his gaze around the surroundings, still seeing no one else jumping out.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
“Fang Shu!”
At this time, Li Hou Er and the other Du Gu Guan disciples also walked over with astonished expressions.
“Are you alright?”
Earlier when Luo Dalang pounced, a few had anxiously rushed up to save him. Only until Fang Shu swiftly slew the opponent with one sword did they stop in their tracks.
The Dojo Master’s granddaughter Du Yu Er was among them.
She was looking at Fang Shu with shining eyes, her face showing she was clearly stunned by him.
Fang Shu’s gaze swept over them, memorizing their faces, and immediately cupped his hands: “I’m fine, thank you all for your concern.”
Du Yu Er stepped forward, relieved, and replied: “As long as you’re okay.”
Then, Fang Shu exchanged a few words with them.
Immediately after, Du Yu Er stepped forward to discuss the follow-up matters with the Seven Fragrance Tower Master and the Merchant Association Owner opposite.
And some Du Gu Guan disciples received instructions and left the restaurant first to find marketplace people and invite the Dojo Master.
Although Fang Shu’s killing today in the marketplace was justified, it still seemed rather brutal in the end and needed proper handling.
Especially since Luo Dalang had acted because his second brother was first “beaten to death.”
But these matters didn’t require Fang Shu to worry about.
With Li Hou Er accompanying him, he immediately sat cross-legged to meditate, recovering his strength and sorting his tendons and bones.
Amid the clamor and liveliness filling the building,
Fang Shu alone was like he was in a quiet room, his mind like in meditation, unmoved by the outside world, calmly regulating his breathing.
