Chapter 45: Chapter 42: Martial Marquis is killed_1
"Little girl, are you alone?"
Two tall and thin men approached the girl, one of them asked.
"Yes, uncles, what can I do for you?"
With her large eyes twinkling, the girl wore an expression of innocence.
Seeing her appearance, the two tall, thin men’s eyes became even hotter, and unwanted thoughts arose in their hearts.
"From the Ge Family of Snake City."
A Red-clad Guard who had come with them muttered under his breath.
"These lascivious bugs."
Wang Lin said icily.
"Ge Family of Snake City huh."
A thought flashed through Lu Yan’s mind.
As a Red-clad Guard, he somewhat understood the feudal lords of Li’an County.
It was said that the Ge Family of Snake City practiced a special martial art, the elite martial arts, Snake-shaped Seven Killing Palm. Eating snake-like alien beasts cooked into martial food yielded the best effects with this martial art.
But the snake beast by nature is lewd.
The people of the Ge Family were also influenced by this, each of them lustful demons. It was said that every direct descendant of the Ge Family had three wives and four concubines.
Of course, forcibly seizing civilian women was as commonplace as a family meal.
This poor girl was doomed.
Although Wang Lin and the others felt indignant, nobody stepped forward to stop them.
They were merely the Red-clad Guards under the Liu Family, while the others might be from the noble Ge Family, there was a significant gap in status.
Let alone the matter of status, just in terms of martial strength, they were likely not a match for them.
"Little girl, it’s boring to be alone. Come and have a few drinks with uncles."
The thin man sneered.
"No thanks, I’m quite fine by myself."
The girl replied.
"Little girl, you can’t refuse today."
The other tall and thin man spoke more directly. He extended his hand to grab the girl as he spoke.
Yet in the next moment, the tall thin man quickly retreated, his palm now had a wound, and blood was gushing out.
"Such a fast speed."
Lu Yan’s eyes narrowed. With his eyesight, he barely caught what had happened.
As the tall thin man reached his hand out to grab her, the girl brandished a tiny blade in her hand and slashed his palm.
"Scram, or else I’ll cripple you."
At last, the girl’s face turned stern."Stinking wench, you’re courting death."
The injured tall thin man was enraged and took a step forward, his palm chopping down, his arm flexing like a snake.
The other tall thin man also acted simultaneously.
Both of them were four times limit breakers.
As soon as the two tall thin men made their moves, their Qi-blood surged. Everyone present saw their cultivation levels and immediately felt a chill, thankful that they hadn’t meddled in the affairs.
With such a cultivation level, along with an elite martial art, if they got involved, they wouldn’t even know how they’d be killed.
The two men coordinated, and it seemed as if a dozen snake shadows appeared in the air, all pouncing at the girl.
At this moment, the girl moved.
With her long legs lightly tapping on the ground, her graceful body twisted in an unbelievable manner, avoiding all the attacks from the two members of the Ge Family.
Then, the knife flashed again.
Squirt, squirt!
Blood splattered, the two tall thin men retreated quickly, covering their groins and screaming nonstop.
Two short objects fell to the ground.
"It’s so disgusting, it ruined my appetite for food."
The girl frowned. She tossed a couple of silver pieces on the table, tapped her feet, and instantly disappeared out the window.
Lu Yan took a peek out the window, but he could no longer see the girl.
"Is this... Qinggong?"
Lu Yan was stunned.
This was a five-story building of nearly ten meters high. With his current level of cultivation and physical strength, he would not be killed jumping off, but he would certainly smash a hole in the ground.
But the girl was light and floating like fluff.
He had trained his legs which greatly increase leg strength and explosive power, improving his running speed, but it could not achieve the traceless footprints on snow or gliding on water, like in the martial arts world of his previous life.
He originally thought that in this world, although martial strength was strong, there was no Qinggong. Today, however, he had to change this assumption.
It was only now that the boss came out, wearing a distressed expression.
Zhou’s Martial Food was backed by the Zhou Clan. Previously, no one dared to make trouble here.
But now all the major feudal lords were gathered, and the Zhou Clan was not very powerful. He didn’t dare to offend these feudal lords.
"Quickly get a doctor, find the best doctor in Qingyang City."
"Lead the way."
Two tall and thin men yelled, clutching their ’darlings’ and stumbled downstairs to find a doctor. Whether they could be reattached was still a mystery.
"That woman, her background is certainly extraordinary."
A Red-clad Guard muttered.
"And yet here we are worrying about others."
Wang Lin mocked himself with a smile.
Lu Yan was reminded of a phrase from a martial arts grandmaster in his previous life: in the world of martial arts, beggars, monks, and women are the ones you should never provoke.
Especially beautiful women who are walking alone in the world of martial arts.
This incident also proves that the two Ge family members lost their minds once lust took over.
They should know, all the major feudal lords have gathered in Qingyang City, filled with masters. Any provocation may attract the direct disciples of these major feudal lords.
Didn’t they see that everyone else behaves very honestly and dares not provoke any troubles casually?
After this incident, everyone lost interest. They quickly finished their meal and left.
After a walk, everyone else returned to their residences, but Lu Yan found an excuse to browse the market by himself.
What he was mainly searching for was Dao Food.
He deliberately wandered around the alleyways known for selling antiques, but he found nothing after a complete round.
It was strange, when he was in the ’Forbidden Area’, the Dao Book was more active. He could sense Dao Food from a significant distance. After returning to Changfeng City, however, this wasn’t the case. The Dao Book would only react when it was relatively close in distance.
Lu Yan was unsure of the reason for this, he could only attribute it to the peculiarity of the Forbidden Area.
Over the next two days, Qingyang City became even more bustling.
It’s said that the martial marquises from feudal lords that were close to Qingyang city had arrived, the number reached an astonishing eleven.
Soon, news came from Zhou Clan, their Martial Chef Master, Zhou Hezhen, was preparing to cook the Mutated Nine-section Heart Meat seven days later.
It was anticipated that he would succeed in ten days. They would keep three portions for themselves, and regardless of the amount left, it would be auctioned to all major feudal lords.
All the feudal lords were eager and waiting for the competition in ten days.
But five days later, a shocking news rippled through Qingyang City like a hurricane.
Zhou Hezhen, the Martial Chef Master of the Zhou Clan, was dead.
The first reaction of the people from the major feudal lords upon hearing this news was disbelief.
Zhou Hezhen, was not only a Master of Martial Chef but also a powerful Bone-strength realm practitioner, a formidable Martial Marquis. How could he suddenly die?
And that too at this critical moment.
Could it be that Zhou Clan did not want to sell the Mutated Nine-section Heart Meat, and thus was faking it?
But it was soon confirmed that the news was true.
Because the martial marquises of the various feudal lords rushed to the Zhou Clan’s Blood Land Vein immediately after hearing the news and personally saw Zhou Hezhen’s corpse.
Soon, the cause of Zhou Hezhen’s death was revealed: he was assassinated by a dagger piercing his heart.
Everyone was in shock disbelief.
Zhou Hezhen was a Martial Marquis, with Qi-blood integrated into his bones and Bone-strength training his body, he was akin to having a body of steel. How could he be so easily killed?
Could it be that the person who made the move was also a Bone-strength practitioner?
Facing a strong rival on par with him, how could Zhou Hezhen be totally unguarded?
There’s no such thing as an airtight wall under Heaven, let alone this matter attracting so much attention from various feudal lords, nothing could be concealed, various details about the case continued to emerge.
Zhou Hezhen was first poisoned, then during his playtime with a woman, the poison acted up, he was then killed by the woman with a dagger.
So that was it, everyone understood.
Zhou Hezhen’s lust for women was no secret, he had eighteen concubines in his old age.
Apparently, the murderer knew Zhou Hezhen’s preferences. The female assassin and the poisoning, with double pronged attack, successfully killed him.
However, there were many doubts about this case.
Who had poisoned him?
Who sent the female assassin?
Assassinating Zhou Hezhen at this crucial time clearly shows that someone doesn’t want Zhou Hezhen to cook the Mutated Nine-section Heart Meat.
Who wouldn’t want the Mutated Nine-section Heart Meat to see the light of day?
Among the feudal lords in the room, they would definitely want it. Without the Mutated Nine-headed Heart Meat, what are they going to bid for?
Could it be?
Everyone thought of a possibility and shivered, too fearful to think deeper.
The Zhou Clan acted swiftly. As soon as they discovered that Zhou Hezhen was murdered, they ordered the city gates to be closed and the martial army to guard the city walls to prevent the murderer from escaping Qingyang City.
They were sure that the murderer had not run out of Qingyang City. This was because they found blood stains on Zhou Hezhen’s fingertips, it wasn’t his own blood, but the murderer’s.
It was evident that Zhou Hezhen had struck back before his death and scratched the murderer.
And Zhou Hezhen’s death roar alerted the guards and the servants.
The guards and servants immediately rushed over, saw the female assassin, and after the assassin killed a few of them, she escaped.
With such a short interval, the murderer had no time to escape from Qingyang City and must be hiding somewhere in Qingyang City.
Zhou Clan issued a reward: anyone who finds traces of the murderer will be rewarded with ten thousand silver.
If anyone could arrest the murderer personally, they will be rewarded with thirty thousand silver.
As soon as the news came out, the whole city was in uproar.
