Chapter 553: Disregarding Martial Virtue

The twelfth year of Guangzong, September.

Song Shentong advanced by both land and water, encircling Taize Prefecture City.

The Liu Family, a noble family within the city, acted as an inside agent, opening the gates under the cover of night to surrender the city; thus, Taize Prefecture City fell!

……

Chaos!

At this moment, the vast prefecture city was in total disarray everywhere!

Aaron had killed people and still had some bloodstains on him, yet he walked down the street swaggeringly, and no one came to stop him.

A few thugs did try to rob him, but he killed them one by one with heavy strikes, and then the surrounding people scattered in a panic.

Aaron's goal was very clear: it was Qingshan Martial Arts Hall!

Once the prefecture city fell, several key locations—such as the prefecture government office, the granary, the armory, and the mansions of the major noble families—were all dens of tigers and dragons; Aaron deliberately walked around them.

Aaron sighed: "Remember to carry a blade..."

Bright Energy at Great Success, possessing internal strengthening Divine Power!

Si Niangzi said pitifully, one hand grabbing Aaron's clothes, not wanting to let him go.

Under the eruption of Bright Energy, the brain was directly smashed to pieces, resulting in death.

"Cough, cough..."

This man in black collapsed on the spot.

Ge Lao's death served as a warning to Aaron: "In the future, I must be more cautious!"

He sent Si Niangzi and Nannan into the cellar, looked around, and discovered a millstone; his eyes lit up, and he grabbed the millstone with both hands, exerting force suddenly.

Aaron looked at the corpses of the man and woman on the ground holding a shoulder pole and scissors: "Are these your relatives?"

And behind him, that unfilial son had already fallen to the ground, his head severed from his body.

He walked through a small alley and saw many mansions being robbed, with no one in charge, or rather, it was impossible to manage it all.

Aaron looked at the corpse of Ge Lao's son beside him and could not help but fall silent.

"Damn it, I've endured this Xue for a long time!"

"You beast!"

That man still wanted to shout, but Aaron directly broke his arm and followed up with a palm strike to his chest, sending him flying backward to the ground.

Qingshan Martial Arts Hall.

Aaron circulated his Bright Energy, his movement technique accelerated, and he arrived in front of this man in black, pressing a palm onto his forehead.

"Flowing Sand Palm?"

Bang!

Aaron walked straight over and pressed a palm onto the thug's head.

"Break into the martial arts hall, force old man Xue to hand over the Dark Energy secret manual and the medicine recipe!"

However, after wrapping his face, he headed toward 'Huichun Hall'.

He arrived at the courtyard where he often drank with Ge Lao, moved the stone table aside, dug downward, and found a box.

After Aaron arrived, he discovered that there seemed to be many other Martial Artists of Bright Energy who had the same plan as him.

"Kill your way in!"

Si Niangzi comforted Nannan, then bowed solemnly: "The great kindness of saving my life, I will never forget it!"

"I... I am afraid."

"Attaining the Tao is easy, but one still needs the power to protect the Tao in order to be carefree."

Aaron took out a face mask and wrapped it around himself.

"Ge Lao... how are you?"

Originally, he did not want to get involved, but upon taking another look and noticing the cinnabar mole between the little girl's eyebrows, he recognized her: "Nannan?"

Aaron stood up and shook his head: "Sure enough... even with the nickname Changsheng, what good is being skilled at nourishing life? Once the blades and weapons arrive, one still dies! This is truly ironic!"

Aaron walked into the main hall, saw medicinal herbs scattered all over the floor, and several medicine boys lying on the ground in a pool of blood; his heart tightened, and he hurried to the back hall.

The other two wanted to flee, but they were also caught by Aaron and killed one by one with palm strikes.

A price of ten taels per portion—even Aaron had winced at that for a long time before.

……

It would be quite embarrassing if an acquaintance saw his face.

Beside her, there were several others lying in a pool of blood.

"Mother!"

The bedroom door was wide open, and several thugs were grabbing Si Niang, wanting to force themselves on her, with her clothes already half stripped off.

After giving instructions to the gap beneath the millstone, Aaron ran out of the courtyard and rushed toward Qingshan Martial Arts Hall.

He couldn't be bothered to deal with these people; his right palm suddenly swelled, his skin turned dark as ink, and he struck out with a palm!

"Ah... Black Sand Palm? Bright Energy at Great Success? Senior Brother, spare me!"

"Si Niangzi... have you been well?"

Ge Lao barely opened his eyes, a blade still stuck in his chest, clearly not going to survive: "You brat... you are actually this powerful?... This old man... this old man misjudged you... cough, cough..."

'But... the more critical thing is coming to snatch the 'Medicine Sand Secret Recipe', right?'

"This friend... there is a lot of money here, let's split it together, how about that?"

Only then did Aaron turn around and say to Si Niangzi, who was half-undressed, revealing her snow-white shoulders and a red mandarin duck bodice.

"They are my distant cousin and her husband!"

"Yu? Master Yu?"

Various cries, curses, and the light of fires converged, as if it were a living hell...

"The world turned upside down is also a fast lane for social mobility... After tonight, who knows how many will die, and how many will rise?"

A Martial Artist channeled energy into his palms and struck the main gate of the Qingshan Martial Arts Hall fiercely, causing the entire copper-studded red mahogany gate to shudder!

What he used was, shockingly, the 'Black Sand Palm'!

"Xue Qingshan hoarding the Secret of Dark Energy seems to have provoked public anger... even his former Disciple has betrayed him."

Aaron pulled off his face mask and helped Ge Lao up from the ground: "I arrived late."

Later, he simply stopped buying them, creating the illusion in the minds of Li Qinglan and the others that he had abandoned the Taoism of Wu and could no longer make progress.

Si Niangzi cried out in surprise, then, not even bothering to tidy her clothes, ran out to hug Nannan and weep.

After opening it, inside the box were quite a few gold pieces, Zhenzhu, and jewelry... all precious items.

Several Martial Masters behind who were stuffing silver into their pockets froze.

Lifting a thousand catties was nothing more than a common feat!

Aaron was speechless: "These are all inside thieves... well... everyone who comes to the Qingshan Martial Arts Hall to learn Wu knows that Xue Qingshan and Ge Lao have money!"

"I still have things to do."

The other few burly men finally came to their senses, pulled out daggers and small knives... and howling, they prepared to pounce.

A Martial Master stood out, spread his palms, and said guardedly.

Aaron scanned the surroundings: "Don't bother tidying these remains; is there a cellar? Let's hide there first..."

Aaron dodged easily, and with one palm strike each, sent them on their way.

"I wonder how Ge Lao is doing?"

"We were friends after all... my things are all under that stone table; they are yours now..."

"Let's not talk about this for now..."

Aaron passed by a civilian house and saw the door wide open, with a jade-like, adorable little girl lying on the ground crying.

Aaron quickened his pace and saw a man in black stabbing Ge Lao through with a blade.

"You wait; at the latest in a day or two, I will come to move the Shitou."

But as for ordinary places, they surely have no protection, making them perfect for striking!

"Passing through this residential area, we will reach the Qingshan Martial Arts Hall."

Bang!

This heavy millstone was lifted up by him entirely and used to block the entrance to the cellar.

After finishing his last words, Ge Lao closed his eyes and immediately breathed his last.

From the back hall, Ge Lao's voice of grief and indignation rang out.

Aaron turned around immediately and walked into this house.

And at the very bottom, there was a handwritten copy titled "Qingnang Jing Supplement"!

Ge Lao once said that the essence of his Medicine was all in the "Qingnang Jing Supplement," and the "Green Dragon Life-Snatching Decoction" was likely in there too.

Aaron collected the items and then tended to Ge Lao's remains, though his heart felt no joy, only a faint melancholy...

(End of this chapter)