Chapter 66: Glug-glug Hero
Three black-clothed men held blood-dripping broadswords, silent, forming a triangular formation surrounding the middle-aged burly man in the center.
The tall and thin black-clothed man asked in a deep voice,
“Mushroom, which road are you from? What’s the price?”
The burly man showed confusion in his eyes. He seemed not to understand this Martial World slang.
Perhaps seeing that the burly man’s qi and blood were robust and his breathing steady, he also possessed considerable cultivation.
The tall and thin black-clothed man took a deep breath, and could only use the simplest and most straightforward slang to question him,
“Please state your affiliation, sir!”
The burly man irritably wiped his face and said,
“I’m from Shu Mountain. Have you heard of the Guo Lu Society? I’m a Patrol Brother of the Guo Lu Society. I don’t understand your wild Spring Classic ways. Let’s speak plainly!”
Guo Lu Society?
Patrol Brother?
The three men were shocked upon hearing this, their faces showing astonishment.
The Guo Lu Society was a famous gang of gangsters and rebels roaming the south, a major threat to the Sacred Dynasty.
In its early days, the Guo Lu Society was in chaos, with fine clothes and sweet food, gambling by day and whoring by night, akin to a swarm of locusts.
But since thirty years ago, when the new leader ‘Big Black Hat’ took power, he purged the petty villains within and eliminated old enemies without, reforming internal affairs with bold strokes, killing until heads rolled, finally forcibly turning around the Guo Lu Society’s ethos.
Nowadays, the Guo Lu Society is divided into Inner Eight Halls and Outer Eight Halls.
The Inner Eight Halls are Dragon, Alliance, Fragrance, Assistant, Attendant, Punishment, Enforcement, Ritual;
The Outer Eight Halls are Badge Holder, Sage, Marquis Huan, Steward, Patrol, Discipline, Hanging Sign, Camp Gate.
They believe in ‘Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom, Trust’, and all their various bases and strongholds like to take names like ‘Ren Character Hall’, ‘Xin Character Hall’, and so on.
From then on, the Guo Lu Society’s actions gradually became upright, even gaining support from many southern scholarly clans.
For example, this burly man was a ‘Patrol Brother’, responsible for scouting and gathering intelligence.
The lowest-level members are called Guo Lu sons; only those with second-rate or higher strength can be called Brothers.
“So you’re a Great Hero of the Guo Lu Society. Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. We three brothers were originally knife-for-hire men hired by these mountain folk. Who knew these villains would turn hostile and deny us our pay after getting the mountain goods out of the mountain!”
The big-nosed man, upon hearing this, quickly lowered his head and slowly placed the mountain goods in his hands on the ground, saying,
“Since a Great Hero of the Guo Lu Society is here, we’ll give all these things to the Great Hero.”
The other two, seeing this, also showed fawning expressions and pulled out all their silver from their bosoms.
A man’s reputation is like a tree’s shadow.
Although the Guo Lu Society has always been active in the south, there is no Martial World person who mixes on the paths who doesn’t know their name.
Every martial artist from the Guo Lu Society has undergone the ‘Three Knives Six Holes initiation’, all of them elite, top performers in their realms.
The three felt it wasn’t worth clashing with such a figure; they couldn’t even hug his thigh fast enough!
Seeing this, the burly man licked his dry lips, a faint greed flashing in his eyes.
“In that case, get lost quickly. I’m in a good mood today and won’t stoop to your level.”
“Yes, yes, yes. Thank you, Great Hero…”
The three said in unison, making as if to retreat, then their faces suddenly turned into ferocious grins.
Whoosh!
The tall and thin man swung his blade to chop; his two companions also turned into fierce winds, pouncing toward the burly man simultaneously.
Thunderous booms resounded one after another, qi and blood surged wildly, the air scorched hot, that undisguised killing intent almost enough to scare the wits out of ordinary people!
The burly man was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage.
These local gang members were too rude!
They had clearly agreed nicely, how could they turn hostile without warning!
In the dense woods, fighting and flickering firelight burst from the rustling green canopy.
Short, chaotic footsteps stirred up sand and soil, trembling in all directions.
Whistling fist force, snapping broadswords, and shaken flying figures.
Grunts, angry curses, a cascade of spurting blood.
In the end, two breaths came rapid like bellows pumping.
Chen Shun’an hid in the pine and cypress, shifting his buttocks soundlessly, continuing to watch with keen interest.
Only the tall and thin man and the big-nosed man remained on the spot.
The burly man was dead, and their other companion was also dead.
The tall and thin man, skilled in lightness skill, had taken a fist to the knee; one leg was nearly broken. Now his foot didn’t touch the ground, the lower half dangling limply. He could barely stand on one leg.
The big-nosed man’s face was like a soy sauce shop had opened, red, white, and yellow smeared all over, his nasal bridge collapsed.
And most interestingly, Chen Shun’an recognized that tall and thin man.
It was the man who had followed him all the way after he went to the black market to forge the Python Fang Boots, but ultimately retreated cleanly.
No wonder these three knew the score so well.
From afar,
The big-nosed man, with a grim face, quickly searched the burly man’s corpse.
Aside from a few taels of broken silver and some odds and ends, there was a sword-shaped wooden wedge.
The surface was pitted and covered in tadpole script, seeming to record some content.
The big-nosed man looked closely, veins bulging on his forehead, and he cursed viciously.
“Fuck!”
“This guy really wasn’t from the Guo Lu Society, but the Guo Lu Society has truly come to the Capital City, even issuing a Hanging Sign widely, inviting heroes from all over the world to join the Guo Lu Society!”
The tall and thin man picked up a wooden branch from the ground and gritted his teeth to bandage his wound. Hearing this, his face showed some delight; he hadn’t expected such an unexpected gain.
If they could join the Guo Lu Society, for greenwood wanderers like them, it would be a heavenly boon!
My good brother, you died well… so miserably!
But there was only one Hanging Sign.
Yet there were two of them.
The woods suddenly fell silent, no insect chirps or bird calls; a strange, eerie atmosphere emanated from the two.
“Who?!”
Suddenly, the big-nosed man twisted his head toward Chen Shun’an’s direction and bellowed, his eyes glaring angrily.
Chen Shun’an didn’t move a muscle.
Hah, trying to bluff me?
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!!
Who knew the next moment, the big-nosed man showed a grave expression, scattering Flying Locust Stones like arrows in a barrage, cleanly piercing the trees along the way, heading straight for Chen Shun’an.
“Sigh… I’m just passing by.”
A helpless voice echoed faintly.
Seeing he was truly discovered, Chen Shun’an jumped down from the tree, his feet lightly touching down, slithering like a snake. In the blink of an eye, he pounced toward the two.
However, Chen Shun’an soon discovered.
Something unexpected had happened.
The big-nosed man’s right hand still held the pose of scattering Flying Locust Stones, but his left hand had silently turned palm to fist, surging with violent internal energy, nearly bulging and tearing his black robe.
Aiming straight for the tall and thin man’s broken leg!
And the tall and thin man had also silently raised his broadsword, slashing viciously at the big-nosed man’s neck!
The two struck simultaneously, ambushing their companion.
But they hadn’t expected someone to actually appear!
Seeing Chen Shun’an, both men’s faces showed ghostly shock.
Another person?!
Seeing this, Chen Shun’an’s face suddenly darkened like water.
Chen Mou, actually truly bluffed?!
“Kill him!”
“Where’d this old man come from!”
This sudden change made the two furious and shocked, forgetting their old grudge and teaming up to kill.
Fist force fierce, Split Stone and Open Stele.
Broadsword edge sharp, blood not yet faded.
But too slow.
Chen Shun’an’s gaze sharp, two fingers like eagle talons, tracing a flickering trajectory in the air, easily clamping the big-nosed man’s throat.
“Mercy…”
The big-nosed man’s pupils contracted sharply, his plea still in his mouth.
The next second, like a water cart spinning madly, the big-nosed man’s head rotated several turns, his neck emitting cracking and snapping sounds.
Terror still on his face, the big-nosed man’s knees buckled, and his whole body tumbled to the ground.
【Wish+3】
