Chapter 1 Escape

Hoo-hoo~~

Beneath the crimson moonlight, the night wind swept through the mountain forest, causing the trees and grass to rustle.

The mountain forest under the night sky was like a wild beast waiting to devour people, inspiring awe.

"Cough, cough!"

Changsun Huai ran through the night, occasionally letting out suppressed coughs.

He didn't want to make any sound, but his exhausted internal energy and the still-bleeding wound drained his energy, leaving him unable to care about anything else.

Quick!

Escape quickly!

Already exhausted, Changsun Huai seemed to hear his master and mistress's shouts before their deaths.

This was the only belief supporting his perseverance.

'I cannot die! The great revenge for my master's family has not been avenged. How can I die? I cannot die!'

Biting the tip of his tongue, Changsun Huai regained some clarity and fled through the mountain forest.

"That is..."

During his escape, Changsun Huai suddenly saw a faint light in his vision. Far away, was someone there?

Changsun Huai recognized it as a dilapidated mountain god temple, seemingly abandoned long ago. Now that a fire was lit, could someone be spending the night there?

Changsun Huai ran forward a few steps, then hesitated.

The group chasing him were not kind. If he ran to the mountain god temple, he was afraid he would implicate innocent passersby.

"Forget it, forget it! If I, Changsun Huai, can escape with my life today, it is my good fortune. If not, it is just that the heavens are blind. Why implicate passersby?"

He sighed and turned back.

He wanted to bypass the mountain god temple.

Hoo-hoo~~

Suddenly, a series of sounds of rushing wind came.

Changsun Huai felt a chill in his heart, knowing that the group of thugs had caught up. He gritted his teeth and sped up, fleeing into the depths of the mountain forest.

At this time, he had no other choice but to hope that the dark night, high winds, deep mountains, and dense forests would allow him to escape this calamity.

"Changsun Huai! You can't escape!"

In the night breeze, a cold voice echoed through the mountain forest, stirring up waves of wolf howls and animal cries.

Revealing the profound internal energy cultivation of the speaker.

"Changsun Huai! Your grandpa has arrived! Hand over the thing, and grandpa can grant you a quick death!"

A rough, cold voice followed.

Then came gusts of howling wind.

Changsun Huai gritted his teeth and hid in the grass, feeling even more sorrowful upon hearing the two voices.

He had been under his master's tutelage since childhood. Although he had not made a great name for himself in the past twenty years, he had lived a stable life. How could he have imagined that disaster would strike from the sky? In one night, his master, mistress, and their entire family had been buried in a sea of fire.

Hatred!

He wished he could rush out and fight this group to the death, but he could only endure.

Boom!

A hammer slammed into the ground, sending earth and stones flying.

A burly man with a robust figure raised his twin hammers to his shoulders and couldn't help but shout:

"Damn it, this dog is running so fast! Sister Li, could it be that you saw that this kid was handsome and deliberately let him go?"

"Yuan San, what nonsense are you spouting? Have I, Li Feihong, never seen a man before?"

A woman with a graceful figure scolded softly, her voice shrill.

"Alright, stop arguing."

The cold voice that had spoken first sounded again:

"That kid's martial arts are not high. He can't escape far in a short time!"

The three stood side by side, looking around. They saw only the dim light from the dilapidated mountain god temple not far away in the night, and couldn't help but frown.

"Could that kid have escaped to the mountain god temple?"

Yuan San took a few steps with his twin hammers, heading towards the mountain god temple. "You two search here! I'll go take a look at the mountain god temple!"

"The bloodstains are fresh, Changsun Huai is nearby."

Li Shaohong picked up a smear of blood, smelled it, and scanned the surroundings.

The night was deep, the mountains were high, and the forest was dense. Finding a person was naturally not easy.

"He can't escape."

Li Feibai's eyes flickered, scanning the surroundings like a tiger or wolf.

He carried a long saber on his back, which was vibrating at this moment, revealing the killing intent in its master's heart.

They absolutely could not allow news of their extermination to leak out. Whether for that thing or to silence him, Changsun Huai had to die.

"Damn it..."

Hearing the approaching footsteps, Changsun Huai's forehead dripped with sweat, and his heart couldn't help but tense.

The long sword in his hand was clenched until his knuckles were white.

Yuan San, who was taking steps forward, moved his feet and swung his giant hammer to the ground with a bang.

Boom!

Amidst the flying earth and stones, Yuan San held his hammer upside down and laughed wildly, "Little崽子, didn't expect Grandpa to find you, huh!"

Clang~

A streak of sword light cut through the darkness, leaping towards Yuan San.

"Dare to attack Grandpa with your little tricks?"

Yuan San sneered. His twin hammers suddenly moved, closing together like two large doors, clamping Changsun Huai's resentful sword between them.

Bang!

Changsun Huai felt his eyes go black as the force landed. The long sword had already slipped from his grasp.

"Where is it?"

Li Feihong picked up Changsun Huai and asked coldly.

"Qingyan Three Fiends!"

Blood flowed from Changsun Huai's mouth and nose as he smiled miserably. "The thing has already been burned by me. You want to get it? Maybe in your next life!"

"Courting death!"

Yuan San's eyes widened as he was about to explode.

Li Feibai stopped him.

He waved slightly, looked at Changsun Huai, and said coldly, "It doesn't matter if you don't say it now. If you can withstand the three of our methods and still not speak, then I will admire you."

"Over there..."

Yuan San looked at the mountain god temple with its flickering fire not far away.

"Before, you two were shouting loudly, and it's possible that the people there heard you..."

Li Feibai's eyes flashed, and he stuffed Changsun Huai's mouth.

"Let's go take a look. If they are traveling merchants, barefoot doctors, or hunters, then we will kill them all along the way..."

The three immediately picked up Changsun Huai and headed towards the mountain god temple.

In the night wind, the mountain god temple was like a vicious beast entrenched in the mountains and forests. Within it, the fire flickered, and several figures could be seen stretching long shadows.

The Qingyan Three Fiends got closer and, seeing that there were only two people, breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Li Feibai called out loudly:

"Friends inside, the three of us are passing by here. The night is late. May we stay here overnight?"

Inside the mountain god temple, there was silence for a moment.

Then a deep voice sounded:

"There are already people here. You should leave quickly."

Feigning mystery!

Hearing the voice inside, the three of Li Feibai exchanged glances, all feeling relieved, then sneering:

"Friend, you are too stingy. This mountain god temple is not your home. You just arrived one step earlier, but you want us to leave. Isn't that a bit too overbearing!"

The mountain god temple no longer answered.

The three of Li Feibai sneered even more in their hearts. The people inside were probably trying to deceive them into leaving after hearing the commotion earlier.

Immediately, Yuan San kicked open the dilapidated door.

And strode in.

Li Feibai and the other also carried Changsun Huai in.

It was obvious that this mountain god temple had been abandoned for a long time. Not only did wind leak in from all sides, but even the roof had a large hole. The original statues of the gods had collapsed halfway, looking somewhat eerie in the flickering firelight.

The three walked in and took a look.

They saw two people sitting cross-legged beside a pile of bonfire. One of them was tall and upright, with a face as dark as iron and an extraordinary bearing. The other was old and wrinkled, but he was an old Taoist priest.

"That person seems to have martial arts skills?"

The three exchanged glances, not rushing to make a move.

Yuan San dropped his twin hammers with a ‘boom,’ kicking up dust. "Damn it! I'm exhausted from rushing here all the way."

His twin hammers weighed at least three hundred pounds. One could imagine his strength being able to wield such hammers.

This was a test.

The three stared intently at the two, and their hearts couldn't help but skip a beat when they noticed that the expressions on the faces of the two people did not change.

"Woo woo~~"

Changsun Huai was anxious in his heart, desperately winking, trying to warn them.

In his opinion, he had attracted these three villains. It would be greatly inappropriate if others were implicated.

However, the two people by the bonfire seemed to not see his winks, still sitting still.

"May I ask for your esteemed names, friends?"

Li Feihong casually put down Changsun Huai, her voice gentle.

She was of average appearance, but dressed quite scantily. Her delicate words had some charm.

However, the two people by the bonfire seemed to not see or hear anything.

"Hu!"

At this time, An Qisheng slowly opened his eyes.

His expression was calm, not even looking at the two who had broken in, his deep gaze looking into the deep night:

"They're here again."

At this time, a month had passed since he had seen the Weapons Manual.

Unexpectedly, during this month, the Six Fan School had not come looking for him, allowing him to 'visit' dozens of famous martial arts sects throughout Feng Province.

However, although the Six Fan School had not come looking for him, the negative effects of the widely circulated Weapons Manual had already become apparent.

Over the past month, many real experts had come to challenge him.

"Hmm?"

Tieshan's expression tightened, looking out through the opened door.

He saw the red moon hanging high, and in the deep night, there was a gathering of wind and thunder.

Boom!

Boom!

As An Qisheng's voice fell, it seemed that a series of low thunder sounds were coming from far to near, constantly exploding in the boundless night.

Was it going to rain?

The three of Li Feibai felt their hearts ‘thump’ and turned to look.

They saw a figure suddenly stride from the east in the crimson moonlit night.

The man was dressed in blue, with a long saber at his side. He was extremely fast, tearing through the air with each step. In the blink of an eye, he had crossed hundreds of feet of night sky, coming with a bang.

The rolling thunder was actually the sound of the air being compressed by the speed of the person!

A great expert!

Definitely a great expert!

The three of Li Feibai screamed in their hearts, feeling their scalps tingle and cold sweat pouring down.

"Also, there's more!"

Yuan San's voice trembled slightly.

The other two were dripping with cold sweat. They saw that at the same time as that figure strode over, several other figures were also striding over from other directions with extreme ferocity and domineering postures.

Thunder followed their steps, and the airflow howled wherever they passed, with the grass and trees bowing down!

They were all great experts, the likes of which they had only seen in their lives!

"Shaoyu Sword, Feng Zhenzong!"

"Myriad Miles One Line, Dong Tianyou!"

"Ten Thousand Layers of Surging Waves, Yun Tang!"

Waves of wind and thunder accompanied by the sound of whistling air stirred up large patches of soil and dust in front of the mountain god temple:

"Greetings, Mr. An, the second on the Earth Ranking!"