inspire-indiana Chapter 95 Departure
Chapter 95 Departure
Chapter 95 Departure
night.
The headquarters of the North City Thieves.
It was already past midnight, and most of the people in the inner city had already gone to sleep.
The bandit gang's hideout, however, was brightly lit, with a group of idle men eating meat and drinking wine at a table.
For them, the nightlife is just beginning.
How can you have the energy to work if you don't eat your fill?
Inside the main hall, gang leader Liu He held a bowl of wine in his hand, but did not drink it. Instead, he frowned as if waiting for something.
At that moment, several burly men strode in.
The leading burly man had a sack on his shoulder, which seemed to contain a living creature that was still struggling.
"Boss, the person has been brought."
The burly man at the head threw the sack on the ground, and seeing the other person struggling, he immediately kicked him to make him behave.
"You better watch out, you son of a bitch!"
Liu He immediately stood up and angrily retorted, "If you hurt his face like last time and make Qian Shao lose his appetite, I won't let you off the hook!"
"Hehe, don't worry, boss, I'm keeping an eye on things."
The burly man chuckled.
Liu He stepped forward, opened the sack, and revealed a girl of about twelve or thirteen years old. Her face could only be described as pretty, her skin was slightly rough, and she was dressed in coarse linen clothes, clearly a commoner living in the outer city.
The girl looked like a frightened fawn, her face filled with panic and her body trembling uncontrollably.
"This time it's not bad, the money is small, they should be satisfied."
Liu He nodded and looked at the burly man at the head of the group, asking, "Didn't you give yourself away?"
The burly man immediately patted his chest and said, "Boss, don't you trust me to do things? I will absolutely not leave any trace."
"Great! Young Master Qian is still waiting; I'll deliver it to him right now."
Liu He mentioned the girl and prepared to go to the backyard.
The burly man hesitated before speaking, then said, "Chief, this is the third one today! I heard a chivalrous knight-errant recently came to the city, specializing in killing gang members. Several gangs have already been wiped out. Should we stop for now?"
"What a load of rubbish, a chivalrous knight!"
Liu He scoffed, "Isn't this just a case of the wicked eating the wicked? Those gangs you mentioned don't have any real power behind them! Don't forget, we're backed by the Qian family! Even if they had a million guts, they wouldn't dare to mess with us!"
After saying that, he picked up the girl and headed straight for a room in the backyard.
After knocking on the door, a slightly casual voice quickly came from inside.
"Come in!"
Liu He opened the door and saw a man in his twenties sitting at the table drinking. His shirt was open, revealing a belly that looked like a boiled chicken!
On the bed next to them, two naked girls, covered in bruises and tortured beyond recognition, lay motionless, clearly having been dead for some time.
However, a look of terror still lingered on his face.
Liu He didn't take it seriously; he was already used to it.
Qian Shao's real name is Qian Bin. He is from the Qian family, one of the five great families. Because he has practiced a technique of sexual cultivation, he looks young, but he is actually over forty years old.
Over the years, he has recruited too many young girls for Qian Bin.
These girls, at most, would not live more than three days before being tortured to death.
He was already used to it.
In the past few days, Qian Shao has gone even further, and one a day is no longer enough for her.
"If the money is small, bring the goods you requested—"
Liu He walked in, and just as he closed the door, ready to take credit, his expression suddenly changed. He looked at Qian Bin with a look of horror, as if he had seen a ghost.
Suddenly, someone appeared behind Qian Bin.
Dressed in all black, silent and stealthy, like a ghost.
"Um?"
Almost at the same time, Qian Bin also realized something was wrong, turned around abruptly, and slapped his back with a palm!
He was not well-known in the Qian family. Outsiders, including many in the Qian family, regarded him as a playboy. Little did they know that he had silently cultivated his inner strength to the peak of mastery through the practice of sexual cultivation over the years!
The palm strike created a powerful gust of wind, and even the air crackled and popped.
"Huh————?"
The man in black let out a soft gasp.
Almost simultaneously, a hand reached out and easily grabbed Qian Bin's wrist, then twisted it!
"Snap!"
A crisp sound of bone cracking rang out.
Qian Bin's wrist snapped instantly, revealing the white, jagged bone, and blood gushed out.
"Transformation of Internal Strength —"
Qian Bin was terrified and quickly backed away, shouting, "I am from the Qian family—"
Bang~!
The man in black raised his hand and slapped Qian Bin directly on the head.
Suddenly, his head felt like a watermelon that had been hit by a heavy hammer, bursting open instantly and spilling juice everywhere!
The man in black calmly squatted down and began to search Qian Bin's headless corpse.
At the door, Liu He, who was carrying the girl, was trembling with fear.
"No—don't kill me, I have money—"
He spoke tremblingly, quickly pulling out all the silver notes and loose silver from his pocket.
Although he also possessed internal strength, he was only at the minor level of internal strength, far inferior to Qian Bin, and naturally no match for the person in front of him.
"Anything else?"
The man in black spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Oh right, and also—"
Liu He then seemed to wake from a dream, and hurriedly ran to a hidden compartment in a corner of the room, knocked on it several times, opened a drawer, and took out a box from it.
"Senior, if you spare me, all of this is yours—"
Liu He opened the brocade box, and it was immediately filled with dazzling jewels; a pile of gold and silver jewelry reflected a dazzling light under the lamp.
"Bang!"
The man in black slapped his head into his chest cavity.
"Kill you, and all of this will be mine!"
He glanced at the two innocent girls' corpses on the bed, his eyes filled with murderous intent. He picked up the blanket and covered their bodies with it before kicking open the door.
Hearing the commotion, the gang members outside had already surrounded the area with their weapons drawn, each one exuding a murderous aura.
Upon seeing the man in black emerge, they were about to rush forward.
Whoosh!
The man in black had already rushed into the crowd.
Bang bang bang!
A series of impact sounds rang out.
The members of these bandit gangs were like wheat being harvested, their lives constantly being taken.
A dozen or so breaths later, the figure of the man in black had disappeared, leaving only the corpses lying haphazardly in the courtyard, all dead!
The entire bandit camp was like a battlefield.
"Ah ...
After a long while, the kidnapped girl finally woke up, her piercing scream tearing through the night!
outer city.
Same place as always!
Chu Xuan burned the night clothes he had changed out of and looked at the panel.
[Slaying a martial artist at the peak of the Dark Force realm grants +300 Essence Value]
[Slaying a martial artist at the Lesser Mastery of Dark Force, Essence Value +100]
[Slaying a Ming Jin martial artist (minor mastery level) grants +30 Essence Points]
[Slaying an novice martial artist grants +9 Essence Points]
A series of notification messages came through.
"A good night's harvest! My essence points increased by a whopping 500!"
Chu Xuan smiled.
A month has passed since the panel was upgraded. During this month, he specifically targeted vicious and powerful gangs!
This is the seventh gang of thieves!
Based on his past experience, the increase in essence value would be around 200, or even less.
Qian Bin was a pleasant surprise!
The thought of the two cold, lifeless bodies of young girls on the bed instantly ruined Chu Xuan's good mood.
It's hard to imagine what kind of torture the two suffered before they died, that such terrified expressions remained on their faces even after death.
According to his previous principles, he shouldn't have killed Qian Bin.
After all, the five major families had suffered a significant blow to their prestige in Green Mountain City following the events involving the Blood God Sect. Apart from the Jiang family, the other four families were eager to regain their authority!
However, without killing Qian Bin, it would be difficult to quell the resentment in my heart!
Fortunately, he only used some newly learned freestyle techniques, so even if the Qian family wanted to retaliate, they wouldn't be able to trace it back to him.
Even after the investigation uncovered his identity, Chu Xuan wasn't too worried!
At worst, I'll just reveal my true strength.
The Lu family martial arts school boasts three levels of internal strength, which even the Qian family would have to consider carefully. Is it really worth offending such a powerful force for the sake of a spoiled brat?
Even if he left Qingshan City for Xuanyang Sect, as long as news of his death doesn't come, the Qian family won't dare to lay a hand on his family!
Besides, even though he's gone, Lu Tong and Wei Hong are still here!
After figuring this out, Chu Xuan felt relieved.
[Energy Value: 1978/5000]
After looking at the information on the panel, Chu Xuan pondered for a moment and finally added all his essence points to the Nine Heavenly Rocs.
During this month, Chu Xuan didn't just rob and plunder.
He mastered both Iron Armor Skill and Heavenly Ladder Technique to the level of Transformation Realm.
These two skills, including the Heart-Shattering Palm, have already reached their peak. Further mastery will only increase proficiency; there's no way to improve further.
Tianpeng Jiuzong also entered the second level of Gale Wind.
This amount of essence is of little use to the Vajra Indestructible.
So all that's left is the Spirit Turtle Breathing Technique and the Heavenly Roc Nine Leaps!
The Spirit Turtle Breathing Technique is an internal strengthening skill, which might also improve one's physical constitution, but there's no rush for now. The Heavenly Roc Nine Leaps, however, can save one's life in crucial moments, so Chu Xuan chose the Heavenly Roc Nine Leaps!
next moment.
The information about Tianpeng Jiuzong has changed.
【Sky Roc Nine Leaps - Gleaning the Wind (2351/3000)】
"call----"
Chu Xuan exhaled a breath of stale air.
Next, we began to take stock of the harvest.
Qian Bin didn't have anything of value on him, just a little over a thousand taels of silver notes.
Chu Xuan calculated that the box of gold and silver jewelry that Liu He took out, along with the silver notes, was worth about four or five thousand taels.
Then, Chu Xuan pulled out six more packages from a hidden spot.
Most of them were gold and silver jewelry and banknotes.
There are also a few martial arts manuals, but most of them are just rudimentary martial arts techniques, which Chu Xuan doesn't even bother with now.
Finally, Chu Xuan calculated that his total income for the month was approximately—
"Thirty thousand taels!"
Chu Xuan couldn't help but gasp.
In addition, there were 30,000 taels of silver plundered from Cao Xiong.
In other words, he now has a net worth of about 60,000 to 70,000 taels of silver!
"As expected! In this world, you still have to eat people to survive!"
The next morning.
As usual, Chu Xuan arrived at the martial arts school in an orderly manner.
Upon arriving at the inner courtyard, I saw a group of disciples gathered together, discussing something.
"Brother Xuan, you're going to Xuan Yang Sect in a few days, why are you still at the martial arts school?" Ren Yan ran over and asked.
"What are they talking about?"
Chu Xuan didn't answer, but gestured with his chin to the people talking and asked.
"hey-hey----"
Upon hearing this, Ren Yan immediately laughed and said, "I heard that a chivalrous knight-errant has recently come to the city, specializing in taking down those vicious gangs! Six or seven gangs have already been wiped out!"
Many gangs have disbanded now, and their leaders have all gone to the city lord's mansion to kneel and surrender, begging to be imprisoned and granted protection!
"————" Chu Xuan.
Ren Yan laughed, "Brother Xuan, isn't this hilarious? The city lord couldn't cure Green Mountain City for decades, but a chivalrous knight did it in just one month!"
Chu Xuan asked, "Has this matter caused quite a stir?"
"Of course it's huge! I heard a lot of people are laughing at the city lord. Hey, Xuan-ge, why aren't you laughing?"
"hehe!"
After giving Ren Yan a perfunctory reply, Chu Xuan sent him off to practice his martial arts.
Chu Xuan glanced at the panel.
"How about we go all out and grind the Heavenly Roc Nine Verticals to the third level? Otherwise, we don't have the confidence."
In the end, he gave up.
Know when to stop!
Now that things have escalated, continuing down this path might lead to further trouble.
Not long after, Dongfang Lin arrived. Seeing Chu Xuan, he smiled and asked, "When are you leaving?"
"Seven days later."
Chu Xuan said.
"Alright, I'll prepare a good horse for you then," Dongfang Lin said.
Wei Hong walked over and said, "You don't need to come to the martial arts school for a while. Spend more time with your family. The martial arts school will take care of them, so don't worry about anything. Just take good care of yourself when you get to the Xuan Yang Sect!"
"Thank you, Senior Brother! Thank you, Eighth Senior Brother!"
Chu Xuan bowed and expressed his gratitude.
"We're brothers! Why be so polite?"
Wei Hong patted Chu Xuan on the shoulder.
Chu Xuan didn't stand on ceremony. After greeting everyone and saying hello to Lu Tong, he took his sister home.
He has indeed been quite busy these past few days, as he has many friends who have been kind to him in the past and he needs to visit them one by one.
The afternoon before my departure, my aunt's family arrived with bags and packages.
My aunt's family has long since moved to the inner city, not far from Chu Xuan's house, just a few alleys away. My aunt's husband, Hu Dazhi, is no longer a butcher, but has transformed into the respected Master Hu.
The two families gathered together and had a lively meal.
night.
Chu Xuan looked at the panel.
[Energy Value: 115/5000]
【Sky Roc Nine Leaps - Gleaning the Wind (2951/3000)】
Without hesitation, he directly added the essence value to the Nine Heavenly Rocs.
next moment.
The panel changed again.
[Energy Value: 65/50000]
【Nine Leaps of the Heavenly Roc - Piercing Through the Clouds (1/10000)】
Finally, before leaving, I managed to grind Tianpeng Nine Vertical to the third level!
This gives him an extra bit of self-protection!
The next day, early morning.
outside the city.
It is still the training ground where the martial arts examinations were held in the past.
By this time, a large number of people had gathered to see him off.
All the martial arts students who stood out in the martial arts examination and obtained a spot in the outer sect of Xuan Yang Sect gathered here once again to say goodbye to their families!
Of the original thirty martial arts performers, only twenty-two remain after three months.
Chu Xuan was also saying goodbye to a group of relatives and friends.
"Little girl, you've grown into a young lady before I knew it! Practice your martial arts diligently. Once I've established myself over there, I'll bring you and Mother over." Chu Xuan touched Chu He's head, her eyes reddening as she struggled to hold back her tears.
"Yeah, brother, you have to take good care of yourself over there—"
Chu He nodded emphatically.
The mother, also holding back her tears, stuffed the sewn blue shirts and dry food into the bundle, checked them repeatedly, and then instructed: "It's not like home when you're away from home. You know the cold and warmth yourself. Don't be a hero when something happens!"
If things don't go your way, come back! The lights at home will always be on for you.
"I understand, Mother!"
After saying goodbye to his relatives and friends, Chu Xuan waved and led his horse to join the group.
The person in charge of escorting them was none other than the young city lord, Jiang Hailong, accompanied by dozens of guards from the city lord's mansion.
Upon seeing Chu Xuan approach, Jiang Hailong gave him a strange look.
Then, without further delay, he immediately shouted, "Let's go!"