Chapter 29

Fang Yi left a forest outside Qingyang City, stepping on his Shadow-Eroding Steps, his body seemingly turning into a shadow, silent and soundless, like a ghost.

His soles stepped across some withered grass, the grass swaying slightly, like a bowstring, instantly launching him three or four meters away.

The improvement in his cultivation made him more proficient in using the Shadow-Eroding Steps; many things he couldn't do before could now be done easily.

Under the effect of the Shadow-Eroding Steps, his body could be fast, slow, light, or gentle, like a grasshopper jumping on the grass.

Just after rushing out three or four miles, suddenly, Fang Yi sensed something wrong; his spine felt icy, and the pores all over his body suddenly contracted, as if facing some invisible crisis.

He looked up abruptly.

Above the treetops, a black figure actually descended from the sky, head down and feet up, a sharp sword in hand, piercing directly toward his body.

"Seeking death!"

Fang Yi's eyes turned cold, but his movements were not slow; his Shadow-Eroding Steps retreated instantly, and at the same time, deadly poison began to emanate from his body, surging outward along his pores.

But just as he retreated, suddenly, movement came directly from the grass behind him.

Two more men in black, one on the left and one on the right, rushed out at high speed; one held a saber, the other was bare-handed, both pouncing toward his body at the same time.

Fang Yi tilted his body, his entire figure seemingly turning completely into a shadow, and with an unfathomable movement technique and trajectory, he flashed out from between the two of them in an instant.

Swish!

Fang Yi appeared directly in an area four or five meters away, his eyes cold as he looked at the three men in black and said: "Who are you people? Why attack me?"

"Such fast speed!"

The three men in black had their expressions change abruptly.

They had launched a surprise attack, and it was a pincer movement from front and back, yet the other party had dodged it so easily.

Especially with the saber-wielding man and the bare-handed man attacking just now, how could that situation be dodged?

"Less nonsense; if you want to blame someone, blame your own bad luck. We are tight on cash and need some silver to use!"

The black-clad figure holding the sword revealed a ferocious grin.

Whoosh!

The three of them split into three directions and attacked Fang Yi again at high speed.

Fang Yi's expression sank; he had already roughly guessed their origins. They were mostly desperate criminals who had fled from 【Yunyang City】. With 【Yunyang City】 occupied by the Heavenly Principle Sect, many martial artists had no way out and had all rushed to Qingyang City, making Qingyang City quite chaotic during this period.

He had actually encountered them tonight.

And these three were not weak.

Swish!

Fang Yi's body flashed; he still chose not to clash head-on, but instead leaped lightly and landed directly on a treetop.

"Kill!"

The three men in black shouted sharply and immediately leaped up, pouncing toward Fang Yi.

Fang Yi suddenly inhaled lightly, his entire chest swelling rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, blue veins appearing on his face, which turned flushed, and all the blood energy in his body surged.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a great roar.

Black ripples mixed with terrifying deadly poison swept across in an instant.

Boom!

The three men in black who had just leaped up were instantly terrified, their minds roaring, buzzing, feeling a blankness before their eyes, and sharp pain coming from their internal organs.

They screamed one after another, vomiting blood wildly, their bodies flying backward violently from mid-air, *bang, bang, bang*, smashing into the distance, their tendons snapped and bones broken, the deadly poison entering their bodies, their internal organs rupturing.

In just one encounter, two were dead and one was injured.

A wild wind howled through the entire forest.

Countless fallen leaves were swept down, rustling.

Fang Yi's eyes were cold as he leaped down from the treetop and landed on the ground.

Hundred Poison Lion Roar!

Truly powerful!

If he had fought these three head-on, he could have taken them down.

But it would undoubtedly have wasted time.

But now, with just one roar, two of them died on the spot and one was seriously injured.

This martial art is truly a weapon for large-scale damage.

Plus, the sound waves also contained deadly poison; even if they wanted to block it, they couldn't.

Fang Yi walked up close and picked up a long saber. He went directly to the only one who hadn't died, who was now not far from death, his entire face pitch-black, blood vessels bulging, and blood constantly pouring from his mouth...

"Spare my life, spare me, we didn't recognize a master, give me a chance..."

The man moved his lips constantly, full of fear.

The deadly poison in his body was invading, his meridians were broken, and he was in agony.

"Give you a chance? If my strength were weak, would you have given me a chance?"

Fang Yi's voice was cold.

Suddenly, cold light shot from his eyes; he stepped forward abruptly and thrust his saber with extreme speed.

The man in black had just opened his right palm, preparing to launch a hidden weapon, when he was stabbed in the neck by Fang Yi's saber, which pierced through from the back of his neck on the spot. His eyes widened, and he died instantly.

"None of these desperate criminals are simple."

Fang Yi felt a secret chill in his heart.

On the surface, they begged bitterly.

But even now, they were still secretly calculating, attempting to die together with him.

If he hadn't been on guard at all times, he would likely have been ambushed.

Fang Yi immediately searched their bodies quickly.

He soon found several hundred-tael silver notes, totaling three hundred taels, as well as dozens of taels of broken silver.

Besides that, there was also a saber technique manual.

Unfortunately, it was just an ordinary martial art.

Floating Cloud Saber Technique.

Fang Yi only took one look and lost interest, but he still tucked it into his bosom. After finishing all this, he turned and left, darting away into the distance at high speed.

As for the three corpses, they lay miserably in the mountain forest, waiting for birds and beasts to gnaw on them...

It must be said that the situation in the city was not peaceful at all.

Fang Yi returned all the way, and along the way, he saw more than one night-walker.

Their movement techniques were hazy and extremely fast; some were alone, some in pairs, shuttling through the alleys in the dark night, and others were darting across the rooftops.

The entire Qingyang City actually had a feeling of a storm about to break.

"Have the martial artists from Yunyang City all entered the city?"

Fang Yi felt a secret chill.

Does the yamen in Qingyang City not manage anything?

This sense of crisis was truly unsettling; he now urgently wanted to obtain a second graded martial art.

He did not know that it was not that the yamen was unwilling to manage, but that the yamen had long since reached the point of being overwhelmed.

Externally, there was the chaos of the Heavenly Principle Sect; internally, there were various martial artists, evil sect leaders, and Mist Hunters causing trouble. The yamen's internal manpower was severely insufficient, and even the City Guard Army was busy to the point of exploding.

Another seven or eight days passed.

Fang Yi continued his routine of seeing patients during the day and practicing at night, silently watching the movements in Qingyang City every day.

Soon, he discovered Qingyang City's counterattack.

Seven or eight days later, the defenses in the city had clearly increased by a lot.

Every night, large groups of the City Guard Army patrolled; although it didn't have much effect, it made many people feel at ease.

Finally, Fang Yi welcomed his rest time again.

He disguised himself again, turning into Ouyang Feng, cold and stern in a white robe, appearing under the wall outside the yamen.

At this moment.

He stood straight, saying nothing, silently observing the rewards on the wall.

One by one, item by item.

It was clear that the number of wanted individuals was at least twice as many as a few months ago.

The entire wall was almost covered.

And those small-time 'bandits' from before had long since been temporarily removed from the wall.

Those who could make it onto the wall now were all formidable figures.

Soon, Fang Yi narrowed his eyes and landed on one of the rewards.

The reward for this wanted criminal was one he was interested in.

Because killing this person could earn him a graded martial art.

"Nickname Heishan Hu, real name unknown, only known to have appeared two months ago, suspected to be a martial artist from Yunyang City, surrounded by a group of experts, looting villages outside Qingyang City, repeatedly committing murders, cultivation has reached the mid-stage of the Qi and Blood Fourth Layer..."

Fang Yi stared at the reward, reading every word and sentence quickly.

An expert at the mid-stage of the Fourth Layer.

Surrounded by a group of people.

No wonder there was a lower-grade martial art as a reward!

Once such experts cause trouble, they will inevitably cause endless trouble.

Even if the City Guard Army wanted to wipe them out, it would be very difficult.

Unless some true leader-level figures in the City Guard Army took action personally.

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(End of chapter)