Chapter 225: Assigning Tasks

Bailian City, Baixiang Pavilion.

Li Musheng, sitting atop the roof ridge, waited for a while before another group appeared below.

Peering down through the night across several stories, he saw an old woman with a head of white hair rush straight onto the corpse of Zheng Shangzong below.

Immediately, the other party wailed so miserably that her voice grew hoarse.

Moreover, though the old woman looked quite elderly, her killing intent was overwhelming; that surge of aggression made him, atop the pavilion, unable to help but frown slightly.

This caused Li Musheng, who had originally planned to wait until the other party finished crying before asking questions, to finally speak up and interrupt:

"Who are you people from Jiufeng Peak? Why hasn't the Peak Lord of Jiufeng Peak come?"

Upon hearing these words, the Great Lady below, who was in utter grief, suddenly stopped crying.

In an instant, everyone present, including the two Elders of the Law Enforcement Hall, looked up sharply toward the pavilion roof where Li Musheng stood.

"Who are you?"

One of the Law Enforcement Hall Elders stared at Li Musheng's blurry figure in the darkness, his gaze carrying a hint of caution as he shouted the question.

Meanwhile, the Great Lady, with her head of disheveled white hair, stared fixedly at Li Musheng; the next moment, her entire body erupted with killing intent, sweeping directly toward Li Musheng on the pavilion roof as she asked in a harsh voice:

"Did you kill Zhi'er?"

Facing the question from below, Li Musheng raised an eyebrow and muttered to himself:

"What's going on? Is the Peak Lord of Jiufeng Peak so heartless? With two sons dead, he dares not come to take revenge personally? Is he really sending others one by one to die?"

Hearing Li Musheng's muttering, the Great Lady below became instantly furious, and the two Elders of the Law Enforcement Hall also changed expression.

And in the next instant, just as the group from Jiufeng Peak was about to attack Li Musheng without a second thought.

Several people, including the Great Lady and the Law Enforcement Hall Elders, had not even released their martial arts true energy before their foreheads were simultaneously pierced through.

The entire group fell dead in the damaged ditches of the street, their life signs vanishing in an instant.

Only nine experts from Jiufeng Peak remained alive below, but upon seeing this scene and witnessing the Great Lady and the two Elders fall like dumplings one after another,

they were now so terrified that their liver and gallbladders seemed to crack; everyone stood there blank-faced and stunned, having even forgotten to flee.

Just then, nine talisman lights quietly fell into the bodies of the nine, and at the same time, Li Musheng's voice reached their ears:

"You have all been struck by the Life-and-Death Talisman, which only I can remove. After sensing the effect of the Life-and-Death Talisman for a moment, go do some things for me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the nine below suddenly felt a pain like being gnawed by ten thousand ants, a suffering worse than death, and one by one they immediately screamed in unbearable agony, rolling around in the ditches.

And very quickly, the pain on the nine martial arts experts vanished completely; only then did everyone tremble and pant, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

"Now it is time to do things for me."

At this moment, Li Musheng's voice drifted lightly from the roof of Baixiang Pavilion into the ears of the nine martial arts experts.

Everyone couldn't help but shudder; at this moment, to them, Li Musheng's voice sounded as if a demon that devoured people was whispering in their ears.

In an instant, the experts of Luoshen Peak all knelt on the ground begging for mercy, with no one willing to experience the inhuman torture brought by the Life-and-Death Talisman again.

Seeing this, Li Musheng nodded in satisfaction, then pointed his finger at the people below and began issuing tasks.

"You, go back to Jiufeng Peak immediately and ask your Peak Lord: with two sons and his wife killed by me, does he truly have no thought of coming to seek revenge?"

"As for the rest of you, go to the other eight peaks of Luoshen Peak and say that the Peak Lord of Jiufeng Peak is dead and Jiufeng Peak is finished; if they wish to take revenge, come to Baixiang Pavilion immediately; I am waiting for them here."

Having said this, Li Musheng waved his hand, ceased speaking further, and said:

"That is all the business; go get to work."

Upon hearing this, the nine martial arts experts from Jiufeng Peak all froze for a moment.

They were clearly stunned by Li Musheng's words, and even the fear brought by the Life-and-Death Talisman was momentarily forgotten.

In their view, it was one thing for Li Musheng to challenge the Peak Lord of Jiufeng Peak with such arrogance, but for him to intend to provoke the other eight peaks of Luoshen Peak single-handedly was simply unimaginable to them.

What was the difference between this mad behavior and actively seeking death?

However, very quickly, the scene of the Great Lady and the two Elders being killed floated up in everyone's minds again, and they remembered the suffering worse than death brought by the Life-and-Death Talisman.

Immediately, the nine martial arts experts from Jiufeng Peak dared not say another word; they all knelt on the ground, agreed, and then fled the ditch as if escaping, before mounting their horses and galloping toward the Nine Peaks.

Li Musheng sat atop the roof ridge, looking down at the retreating figures of the crowd, and nodded in satisfaction.

On a small hill outside Bailian City, in the pitch-black night, an old man in hemp clothes and a little girl in pink hid behind mountain rocks, constantly watching the road from Bailian City to Jiufeng Peak.

Earlier, they had seen the courtesan of Baixiang Pavilion and the experts of the Bailian City Lord's Mansion go to Jiufeng Peak one after another.

Just to avoid exposing themselves, they had only been observing and had not meddled.

And just a short while ago, they had even seen the Great Lady of Bailian City and the Elders of the Law Enforcement Hall come to Bailian City in person.

Therefore, the two could only try their best to hide themselves and make no sound whatsoever to avoid being detected by the other party.

"What exactly happened in Bailian City that even the wife of Zheng Yunfeng and the Elders of the Law Enforcement Hall rushed here overnight?"

The old man in hemp clothes frowned, his face showing a thoughtful expression; the arrival of the Great Lady and others was clearly far beyond his expectations.

Hearing this, the little girl in pink beside him, resting her chin on her hand, said:

"The City Lord and the Young City Lord of Bailian City are both this old woman's own sons; her coming here is theoretically no problem, but suddenly rushing here so late is somewhat unreasonable."

Speaking, she furrowed her slender eyebrows and said:

"Moreover, I just saw that the old woman seemed a bit off; she came with great momentum and was full of killing intent, as if she desperately wanted to kill someone?"

The old man in hemp clothes nodded lightly and said:

"Now that I think about it, the fact that the courtesan of Baixiang Pavilion and the experts of the City Lord's Mansion suddenly went to Jiufeng Peak one after another also seems problematic."

The little girl in pink turned back and exchanged a glance with the old man in hemp clothes; her clear eyes shimmered faintly in the darkness as she asked:

"Grandpa, do you think this matter could be related to that fellow?"

The old man in hemp clothes fell silent for a moment, then nodded:

"We cannot rule out that possibility, but since we are outside the city, we do not know what exactly happened inside."

(End of Chapter)