Chapter 563: The Death of the Rebel King (3000+ words)

Aaron loves every profession he takes up.

Since he is disguised as a lonely old man, he never does anything unnecessary.

Every day, he just sells roasted chestnuts near the Liu Mansion and observes the situation.

He even rented a room nearby for the long term, looking like he intended to stay for a long time.

In any case, he has infinite time and is very patient to wait here for a few years.

……

This night.

It's just that… the accompanying secret medicine is missing!

……

They are father and son after all; he took two looks and recognized that this 'Liu Zaiming' was a fake!

It was written on it that Nannan had already taken Si Niang to a reliable place in the countryside to hide, telling Yu Shu not to worry, and so on…

Under one palm strike, Liu Qinghe only felt his internal organs displaced, and he fell to the ground vomiting blood.

After the great battle, the Liu Mansion was in a mess, with corpses everywhere.

Under the light of the lanterns, a few shadows seemed to have climbed inside.

Restaurant.

"However, that Liu Family Transformation Energy expert is already seventy or eighty years old; after successive fierce battles… can he still live?"

The Blood Scar Bandit's face was full of hatred as he looked at the guards and shouted: "The destruction of the Liu Family is today. Do you want to be buried with the Liu Family, or join hands with us to destroy the Liu Family and take whatever women and wealth you want?"

"Old thing, you're not dead yet?"

This time, his luck was good, and he searched a copy of the "Iron Shirt Fist" secret manual directly from Liu Qinghe.

The Old Patriarch said while coughing up blood.

"That's fine… I am unburdened now."

He felt the road was unclean, and the only inn was not comfortable at all.

He brandished his iron fists and fought the Blood Scar Bandit.

Aaron didn't waste words with him and began to search the package and Liu Qinghe's body rapidly.

"Zaiming, this child… went out to play again, really not making one worry… sigh…"

"Poison technique?"

Aaron's voice was incomparably calm: "Name?"

Liu Zaiming really disliked this town.

A man in black tore off his face mask directly, revealing a face full of knife scars: "The matter of Ma Zhu is just a drop in the ocean of the countless crimes of your Liu Family!"

A Dark Energy Expert of the Liu Family exclaimed: "Aren't you dead?"

"Old Patriarch Liu is truly dead this time… It is said that after he died, the family began to split up and the various branches migrated… As a result… sigh, the main branch of the Liu Family couldn't hold on for a few days and was still wiped out."

But Aaron had already seized the opportunity to pounce, unleashing the Black Sand Palm with all his might!

But in an instant, it turned into three explosive sounds.

……

This fist technique is not only unrivaled in ferocity, but also has the effect of body tempering; when practicing it, the skin of the whole body turns dark blue, as if wearing iron armor!

"Where is the prescription for the secret medicine that goes with the Iron Shirt Fist?"

A large number of Liu Family members below were wiping away tears: "Old Patriarch, you are our family's pillar of support, you cannot have any trouble…"

Aaron nodded and arrived at the door of Si Niangzi's house.

"Heh heh… even if I die, I won't tell you."

Aaron crumpled the letter into pieces, which fluttered in the sky, and left with a smile.

He was already very old, and after the previous battle with Ma Zhu, he was even more seriously injured.

"Haha… the Liu Family really has no one left."

Looking at the panicked state of the martial arts guards at this moment, he couldn't help but feel secret hatred: 'They aren't one's own family; at the critical moment, they aren't of one mind after all.'

Aaron asked Liu Qinghe, who had already lost the ability to move.

What else could he do if he didn't leave?

And even if he wore the opponent out to death, the Cao Family had Cao Hongyan to take over, making it impossible to cause a devastating blow to them.

"Cao Hongyan… she seems to be a few years older than me?"

A white-haired old man walked out; his skin was like refined iron, his brows and eyes were like Electric, and his hair stood up one by one, like an angry lion!

"This is already the third wave… it doesn't look like a lure-the-enemy tactic."

The corpses of the Blood Scar Bandit, the Qian Family Three Blade Masters, and others were hung directly outside the gate of the Liu Mansion as a warning.

In the hall.

After dozens of moves, even Liu Qinghe felt a bit dizzy and was struck by the Blood Scar Bandit's palm, vomiting blood.

A rough flip revealed that the training method for Transformation Energy was also inside.

Later, he feigned death, used the tactic of luring the snake out of its hole, and fought a great battle, but in reality, he had long reached the verge of exhaustion.

"Why… must we, the various branches, go far away from home?"

September.

Aaron hummed a ditty while leaving the territory of the Cao Family.

Liu Qinghe bandaged himself slightly and hurriedly came over to salute: "Shall we continue the pursuit?"

However, before he could walk a few steps out of the inn, his vision suddenly went black, and he was knocked unconscious, stuffed into a sack, and carried away.

"Fine then…"

The Old Matriarch wiped the fresh blood with a handkerchief: "I see... the Imperial Court's army is marching south... I fear the Southern Heavenly King... will not last long... Fortunately, the group most hostile to us was all killed off tonight... Afterwards, aside from the main branch continuing to maintain the family business, the other branches... should all hide away... hide far, far away..."

"It seems... I guessed right, eight or nine times out of ten."

Bang!

Liu Qinghe could only barely circulate his energy, causing the skin on his body to turn blue-black, as if wearing iron armor.

Liu Mansion.

Aaron cast a deep glance at the gold-plated plaque of the Cao Family, then immediately turned and walked away.

"You Liu Family raised us as bandits back then, specifically to kill for you, and afterwards discarded us like worn-out shoes, turning around to join the government in wiping out our brothers... Heaven has not treated me poorly, I finally didn't die! And my martial arts have greatly advanced!"

"The Liu Family has been acting very timid lately... they concede whatever benefits they can, and for the destruction of the Golden Fish Gang, they didn't even let out a fart..."

Aaron carried a basket, covered with a quilt, ensuring the chestnuts he pulled out were still piping hot.

"Heh heh... is there any family in the world that lasts a thousand years? Your Liu Family has enjoyed so much for so many years, it is time to pay your debts."

A basin of cold water was poured over his head, causing Liu Zaiming to wake up.

Aaron passed by the Liu Family mansion and discovered that it was already empty.

Unlike the dilapidated Liu Family, the Cao Family has endured and flourished; today, the mansion has the Old Matriarch Cao, a Transforming Strength Master, holding down the fort, and outside the mansion, the rising star Grandmaster Cao Hongyan taking over, which can be called an orderly succession, ensuring the family line will never be broken!

Even in these chaotic times, the Cao Family mansion remains as stable as Mount Tai!

Another month passed.

"But it is still very dangerous... wait a little longer, look a little more..."

The lingering poison caused by the Blood Scar Bandit's Blood Hand Technique that day had not yet been cleared away.

Liu Qinghe of the Liu Family is of the 'Qing' generation, one generation higher than the original Head of the Family, and is also a Dark Energy Expert who has reached Great Success.

"I ask, you answer; if you cannot answer, you die!"

The Blood Scar Bandit's hands turned crimson red; every time he swung his palms, the nearby Martial Masters felt a wave of dizziness.

"Just wait until I practice to Transforming Strength, and you have grown old, then I will come to settle accounts with you!"

Once Song Shentong died, the Imperial Court's army arrived in an instant, and everywhere there were tragic scenes of trees falling and monkeys scattering!

Aaron carried a wine gourd, pacing along the chaotic streets, and before he knew it, he had walked to the vicinity of the Cao Family.

In fact, martial arts inheritance is always like this; secret manuals can be copied for trusted aides, but only secret medicines are passed down by word of mouth, without being written down, to ensure the greatest degree of secrecy.

Of course, this point is not important now!

"Then you are of no use."

Late night.

He reckoned he was not the opponent of a Transforming Strength Master, even if the other party was very old.

Inn.

He heard the sound of fluttering sleeves and looked toward the Liu Family.

Just at this moment, Aaron's ears twitched.

When those shadows vaulted into the Liu Mansion, they were immediately discovered.

Among the onlookers, Aaron muttered to himself: "Faking death? The Old Poisonous One would cry hearing this, Wang Mouyang would call it professional..."

'Oh... is there finally someone who couldn't hold back?'

He hawked his wares for a few rounds, didn't receive any money, and could only squat miserably in the street corner.

Bang!

Aaron was expressionless, directly crushing one of his fingers, making the other party roll on the ground.

The Southern Heavenly King Song Shentong and the Imperial Court Grand Tutor Huang Wenlong fought at Longqing Prefecture.

Seven days later, he saw the fourth wave of the Liu Family's caravan depart from the prefecture city, traveling along the official road.

"Where is your 'Iron Shirt Fist' manual? I want the Transforming Strength technique!" After asking a few routine questions, Aaron finally asked the crucial one.

"You all... help me inside!"

Inside the mourning hall, the startled cries of women and children rang out.

As a Young Master of the Liu Family, he was one who could not live without women every night.

To be safe, he prepared to go and ambush another Liu Family Dark Energy Expert, forcing the other party to recite the corresponding technique to confirm the authenticity of this manual.

Suddenly, he shifted his footsteps and returned to land another palm on Liu Qinghe: "Biting one's tongue to commit suicide doesn't always kill; it's better to be safe than sorry."

Aaron thought for a moment, then went back to sleep.

The next day.

False rumors were flying everywhere in Taize Prefecture City.

One month later.

Aaron took the manual and left.

After the Old Matriarch of the Liu Family finished his last sentence, he closed his eyes and had no more breath.

"What?"

Liu Zaiming was a coward and confessed directly.

On the other side, three blade-wielding Dark Energy Experts had already hacked the ninth member of the Liu Family to death and led the charge into the mourning hall.

"Uncle?"

He exited the city gate and began to wait for the rabbit.

The soldiers guarding the city had long since been bribed, so they opened the gates even at night.

Liu Qinghe sighed while coughing twice.

He went out feeling indignant, preparing to find some amusement.

Both sides were Dark Energy experts at the peak, and every move and stance carried an overwhelming force capable of snapping tendons and breaking bones.

He knocked on the door, but no one responded.

……

From within the mourning hall, several Liu Family Dark Energy experts immediately lunged out, directing the resident Martial Masters to surround and suppress these men in black.

Slap!

At this moment, he saw Liu Zaiming push the door open and enter, asking in a hoarse voice, "I have already cultivated Dark Energy... where is the Transformation Energy secret manual?"

Liu Qinghe's expression changed: "Everyone scatter..."

Qingfeng Town.

"Good, watch my Blood Hand Technique!"

The Blood Scar Bandit ran for another stretch before stopping abruptly; his upper body exploded instantly, leaving not even bones behind!

"Kill!"

As a prominent family, those who guarded the house were all Martial Masters who had cultivated Bright Energy.

As for traps, Disguise, and assassinating a Transforming Strength Master? Although there was a possibility of success, Aaron was unwilling to take the risk!

"My strength pulled up the mountains, my spirit covered the world, but the times are against me, and my steed will not go; if my steed will not go, what can I do, if I cannot win, what can I do..."

Clatter!

"This is retribution, retribution!"

What was important was that inside Taize Prefecture City, chaos had broken out again!

The Old Patriarch of the Liu Family looked at those men in black and spat out a cold command...

His skin instantly turned blue-black like iron, and his fist, like an iron pillar, smashed toward the Blood Scar Bandit!

"Sigh... flowers bloom and fall; when a person grows old, they see through everything... The Liu Family has had its glory, and it is time to fade away. I have decided, from this day on... to split the family!"

"Get him!"

Even so, he could not bear to eat his own sugar-roasted chestnuts.

"Blood Scar Bandit?"

The blue-black color on the skin of the Old Patriarch of the Liu Family faded, and he became an ordinary old man; a strong aura of death even rose on his face, causing Liu Qinghe to shiver involuntarily.

Inside the mourning hall, wailing erupted...

Liu Qinghe widened his eyes and subconsciously replied: "Of course it is here with your father. You really cultivated Dark Energy? This is impossible? Eh? No... you are not..."

Such defense, even an expert with Great Success in Bright Energy might not be able to break!

Aaron, who was sleeping, moved his ears and came to the window, seeing another group of people coming out of the small gate of the Liu Family, taking advantage of the night to leave the city.

In Liu Qinghe's room.

But the penetrating effect of Dark Energy happened to counter this point.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three corpses were thrown out from the mourning hall and landed on the ground.

The Liu Family's unique skill—Iron Shirt Fist!

"Old Nine, Old Five... attack together!"

The Blood Scar Bandit knew he had fallen into a trap and immediately wanted to run.

Aaron struck Liu Zaiming dead with a single palm, then carefully examined the other's face and began to apply a Disguise on himself.

……

He looked around and discovered it was a mountain cave, habitually calling out: "I... I am a Young Master of the Liu Family..."

"It is with my father... Liu Qinghe... Hero, spare my life, Hero, spare my life!" Liu Zaiming replied with a mournful face.

Liu Qinghe bit his tongue hard and spat out a large mouthful of blood and fragments; his nature was surprisingly fierce, and he swore to die rather than confess!

"Oh, never mind then!"

Many old people secretly cheered.

"Good fellow... truly a good fellow!"

Accurate news regarding the war finally reached Taize Prefecture!

The Southern Heavenly King's Yellow Ant Army was defeated!

It is said that even Song Shentong himself was beheaded by Cao Hongyan of the Cao Family, who had turned against him, with a single strike of the Red Thread Sword!

Cao Hongyan, this well-known genius Martial Master, was confirmed after this battle to have advanced to a Transforming Strength Master, becoming one of the few top experts in the Lin Kingdom!

He reckoned that if he were a Transforming Strength Master of the Liu Family, as long as he had a breath left, he would not just hang up corpses, but would come out to walk a few steps and show his face to stabilize the hearts of the people.

"Liu... Liu Zaiming."

"Bold thief, how dare you come to offend my Liu Family?"

He climbed over the wall and entered, seeing a letter on the table written to him.

Now that it was like this, could it be that the injury had worsened and he was truly dead?

The Old Patriarch of the Liu Family breathed slowly, sitting on the grand chair, looking at the various branches of the Liu Family below: "What is a prominent family? Only those who have a Transforming Strength Master in every generation are called a prominent family! My Liu Family descendants are unworthy, never producing a genius like Cao Hongyan of the Cao Family; the line of masters is broken, and later that scoundrel provoked a heaven-shattering disaster! Cough, cough..."

But the Old Patriarch of the Liu Family had astonishing movement techniques; the great tendons all over his body rippled, moving like a dragon, and he caught up to him in two steps, striking his back with a fist.

He thought for a moment and continued selling chestnuts.

Anyway, Aaron's appearance remained unchanged, and in order to cover up the Secret of his own immortality, he had long since resolved to leave for a long period of time.

Aaron continued to sell sugar-roasted chestnuts along the street.

The next day.

Among the Guest Elders and even the members of the Liu Family, there were quite a few Dark Energy Experts.

At this time, he prepared to enter the depths of Taize Lake to live in seclusion; over these years, he had long since explored the surroundings and prepared several places to stay.

He could easily practice for ten or twenty years in one go before coming out of the mountains!

Hmm, although the wisdom of Old Patriarch Liu in faking his death is very worthy of praise, what Aaron admires most is still that person surnamed Huang, who compiled the Taoism canon, encountered enemies, went into the deep mountains to practice Wu until reaching Great Success, and then came out to bully the elderly!

(End of this chapter)