Chapter 35: Shaking The Jianghu!
“What? Let us leave?”
“Such arrogance! This old man has roamed Jianghu for decades and has never met such an arrogant person. This old man wants to see what tricks you have to make this old man leave!”
“There’s no such person as ‘Zhang Yun’ in Jianghu at all. A person who popped out from who knows where dares to be so arrogant?”
“Steward Fang, this kid is so disrespectful. Don’t blame us for being impolite…”
Hearing such arrogant words from “Zhang Yun,” the twenty-odd Jianghu people in the hall were all burning with anger.
Some even drew their weapons, preparing to teach “Zhang Yun” a good lesson.
Ji Qing looked around. He didn’t speak again but slowly reached out and gripped the hilt.
The moment he gripped the hilt.
“Boom.”
Terrifying momentum burst forth.
In the eyes of the crowd in the hall, “Zhang Yun” had vanished without a trace, as if turning into a blade with sharp edge exposed.
Even just sensing a trace of the momentum made one feel as if one’s own body was being cut.
At this moment, the hall immediately fell silent.
All the previous clamor vanished instantly.
The entire hall was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
“Saber momentum… You are Ji…”
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly covered his mouth, as if realizing something, and said in a trembling voice: “Great Hero Zhang, sorry for the disturbance. I will leave right now…”
This was an old man, even leaning on a walking stick, but he endured Ji Qing’s saber momentum, turned around with difficulty, and shakily left Fang Mansion.
A man’s reputation, a tree’s shadow!
The others had clearly realized something too.
Fear appeared on each of their faces.
They no longer dared to show any righteous indignation.
One by one, they slunk away and left Fang Mansion.
In the blink of an eye, the entire hall became empty.
The twenty-odd Jianghu people had all left Fang Mansion, leaving only three who stayed behind.
Steward Fang was not a Jianghu person; he didn’t know exactly what had happened.
But so many Jianghu people didn’t even dare say a harsh word to “Zhang Yun” and just slunk away like that. Observing their expressions, Steward Fang naturally understood that “Zhang Yun’s” identity was probably extraordinary.
“Aren’t you leaving?”
Ji Qing said calmly.
These three who stayed were no ordinary people.
For the three to endure Ji Qing’s saber momentum for so long, they were definitely second-rank martial artists.
“Steward Fang, did you invite people from An Yang City Listen to the Wind Tower?”
The leader among the three suddenly spoke.
He had outright revealed Ji Qing’s identity.
“Great Hero Wang, this… I did it for my daughter’s sake. Besides, you are all from Listen to the Wind Tower, so you shouldn’t mind, right?”
Steward Fang nodded in admission.
Ji Qing thought for a moment and immediately understood the identities of these three.
They were from Tong City Listen to the Wind Tower; otherwise, they couldn’t have outright revealed that Ji Qing came from An Yang City Listen to the Wind Tower.
“Fine, Shopkeeper Yu is skilled; you actually invited ‘Great Hero Ji.’ We admit defeat. We’re leaving!”
The three cupped their hands toward Ji Qing and then left Fang Mansion.
Seeing this, Steward Fang’s eyes burned even hotter.
These three were the “trump cards” of Tong City Listen to the Wind Tower.
Yet they were so respectful to “Zhang Yun”?
That meant “Zhang Yun” was clearly even stronger!
Ji Qing was pensive.
He hadn’t expected that now, just relying on his “reputation,” he could make three second-rate experts retreat.
And make more than twenty Jianghu martial artists flee in panic, not daring to utter a single harsh word.
This was his current reputation in Jianghu.
Calling it “shaking Jianghu” was not an exaggeration at all!
After the battle with Du Chen in An Yang City, Ji Qing now truly shook Jianghu.
With no first-rate experts around, who could contend with Ji Qing?
As for revenge?
Or notifying the government?
Ji Qing feared that even less.
If the government could catch him, they would have acted long ago; why wait until now?
Even if someone reported to the officials now that the great demon head “Ji Qing” was in Tong City, the Tong City government would probably pretend not to know.
“Steward Fang, can Miss Fang come out now?”
Ji Qing asked.
“This… I’m afraid it’s a bit difficult. Please, Great Hero Zhang, come and see for yourself.”
“Lead the way.”
Thus, Steward Fang led Ji Qing to the back yard.
In Miss Fang’s boudoir in the back yard, Ji Qing saw many maidservants and old women.
Miss Fang was disheveled and bound to a chair.
The expression on her face was even ferocious and eerie, chilling to the bone at first sight.
“How did Miss Fang become like this?”
Ji Qing asked.
“It’s a long story. Initially, my daughter insisted on going to play in the mountains. There are many strange caves in our mountains, and quite a few people go to explore them. But after my daughter went to the mountains once, she came back increasingly deranged.”
“At first, we thought she had hysteria and invited many famous doctors, but nothing worked. Later, a Jianghu stranger said it might be a demon at work, so we thought to invite Jianghu people to deal with the demon.”
“But the demon wasn’t eliminated, and my daughter’s condition worsened. Now she’s not only deranged but also self-harms, requiring maidservants and old women to watch her constantly. She even attacks people.”
After Steward Fang finished speaking, he wiped the tears from his eyes with his sleeve.
He had only one son and one daughter.
This daughter had been the apple of his eye since childhood.
He never expected her to end up like this; it broke his heart just to look at her.
“Buzz.”
At that moment, the Demon Record in Ji Qing’s mind vibrated violently.
Ji Qing immediately understood that this reaction only happened when encountering a demon.
It seemed Miss Fang had indeed become like this due to a demon’s influence.
Ji Qing had encountered demons before, usually charging in for a fierce fight.
But how to strike now?
The demon was inside Miss Fang.
To settle it once and for all was actually simple: one slash to chop Miss Fang.
But Steward Fang probably wouldn’t agree.
To force out the demon while preserving Miss Fang was indeed very difficult.
Jianghu martial artists had also come to see.
Internal energy and threats definitely wouldn’t work.
So Ji Qing said to everyone: “All of you, step back.”
The maidservants and old women all retreated behind Ji Qing.
The “Miss Fang,” who had been motionless until now, suddenly raised her head to look at Ji Qing, a eerie smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.
Ji Qing reached out and gripped the hilt.
“Boom.”
Saber momentum activated.
Ji Qing seemed to turn into a blade, sharp edge exposed.
As if invisibly slicing at Miss Fang.
Saber momentum was purely a power at the mind level.
Any sentient being could sense the saber momentum.
As soon as the saber momentum emerged, Steward Fang, the maidservants, and old women all paled, filled with extreme terror in their hearts.
As for Miss Fang, she was specifically targeted by Ji Qing’s saber momentum.
Nearly ninety percent of the saber momentum’s pressure fell on Miss Fang.
“Ah…”
“Martial artist… can’t kill me…”
Some sounds came from Miss Fang’s mouth.
Like an infant who couldn’t speak properly, stumbling over words.
But her eyes were extremely ferocious, not like a human woman at all.
More like a wild beast.
Ji Qing immediately understood in his heart that the saber momentum did have an effect, but not enough to force the demon to leave Miss Fang’s body on its own.
“If you won’t come out, then die!”
“Clang.”
Ji Qing drew sword.
Blade light flashed, almost instantly reaching above Miss Fang’s head.
