Chapter 184: The Monkey's Way of Killing

……chi chi chi.

All right, this is your ten jin of crisp bone.

Ma Ye chopped the ten jin of crisp bone into pieces, wrapped it in oilcloth, and handed it to Houzi.

Houzi took it, opened it with a calm expression, and looked.

Heng Xian was curious; this was totally like the 'Fist Strike Against Zhen Guanxi' plot—he didn't know how Houzi would act, provoking Ma Ye, then killing him?

Then Houzi suddenly smashed the end of the crisp bone onto the ground.

Immediately, a sword rang out; one of Ma Ye's assistants was split in half, blood and entrails spilling everywhere.

"Ah..." the other assistants jumped in fright, their faces paling as they retreated.

Even nearby passersby and Hao Gou shivered in fear.

That Ma Ye, well-versed and experienced, calmly snorted: "I don't know why this young sir killed my assistant."

Houzi said: "The crisp bone was chopped too well."

Ma Ye narrowed his eyes: "If it's too good, why kill him?"

Houzi countered: "Your dog doesn't eat grain, so why beat the village elder?"

Ma Ye silently regarded him for five breaths, then picked up ten jin of pig fat, chopping it with a 'pat-pat' sound; this time it was coarse, he wrapped it and handed it over: "Fat!"

Houzi glanced at it indifferently and waved his hand slightly.

Pfft——

Another assistant was split in half by a sword qi from nowhere, his bloody body collapsing to the ground.

Nearby someone cried out, but the crowd grew larger, their faces wearing strange expressions—like they felt vindicated yet also afraid.

Ma Ye's cheek twitched slightly: "This time it was chopped poorly, why kill someone?"

Houzi said: "Your cat is lost—what does that have to do with the neighbor's daughter?"

Ma Ye's body also trembled; he swiftly grabbed ten jin of pork belly and began chopping.

Who would have thought that after the pork belly was chopped fine, Houzi didn't even look and casually killed another assistant.

Ma Ye froze.

Seeing Ma Ye never make a move, the remaining assistants finally broke down, shouting and fleeing.

However, just as they were about to dash out of the meat shop, an invisible 'wall' blocked them and sent them back.

"Don't go, the meat isn't sold out yet!" Houzi spread his arms.

"Ma Ye..." a group of assistants nearly pissed themselves, wailing loudly.

Sweat beaded on Ma Ye's forehead as he kept cutting meat.

Afterwards, each time he sliced a type of meat, Houzi would kill an assistant.

His method was clean and swift, instantly splitting a person neatly in half, with fat and lean even, even the intestines uniformly wide.

Crucially, no one saw how he struck; he simply stood there, never moving.

When the tenth assistant was killed, the whole meat shop became almost a hell on earth, halves of corpses scattered haphazardly, lying everywhere.

The townsfolk and passersby around couldn't bear to look, yet couldn't help but watch.

Ma Ye was drenched in sweat, his hands shaking: "No, no more!"

Houzi picked up the last packet of pork heart, tossed it into a dog bowl nearby, and said flatly: "I'm not satisfied; chop each kind again, ten jin!"

Ma Ye's face flushed then paled; finally he exploded: "I saw your extraordinary aura and wanted to meet you courteously, but you've pushed too far—I'll hack you to death, bring the blade!"

He extended his right hand, and a board‑sized broad blade appeared; borrowing the blade's momentum and the blade borrowing his strength, he leapt up, raising a ten‑meter gale, and swung at Houzi's head.

Before the blade even fell, the ground was already cracked, showing the force behind it.

"Ah..." many onlookers gasped, stepping back repeatedly.

Houzi didn't move a muscle, not even twitching an eyelid.

But the instant Ma Ye, blade in hand, charged like a wild bull, dozens of blood‑red fissures suddenly appeared on his body.

Then,

Pfft——

His whole body collapsed into a heap of flesh and blood, just like the tube bone he himself had chopped, without even time to utter a scream.

The surrounding spectators screamed and scattered.

Houzi ignored the corpses, waved his hand at the meat shop, and dozens of invisible sword qi howled out, reducing the entire shop to fragments.

Then, as if having done something trivial, he turned and walked away, calm and unrestrained.

Hao Gou and Sun Liuzi collapsed straight to the ground in terror.

Everyone says Ma Ye is tyrannical and wild, but compared to him, he's nothing at all!

At this moment, Heng Xian laughed, flashing a mouthful of big white teeth, and lifted his foot to give chase.

Houzi's gait is distinctive—he takes tiny steps, never overstepping or tilting even a bit,

yet it's not unsightly; rather, it carries an indescribable aura.

Just then, having exited the town, he involuntarily stopped and looked toward a tree ahead.

Heng Xian was sitting on the tree.

He couldn't help but widen his eyes: "It's you!"

Heng Xian also widened his eyes: "What a coincidence!"

"Not a coincidence!" Houzi drooped his face, "Your breathing is slightly rough, your pulse a tad faster—clearly you just arrived and deliberately blocked my path!"

Heng Xian snapped his fingers: "You're right; I was deliberately waiting for you."

Houzi exclaimed in surprise: "Why? To repay those three matters? Rest assured, I will keep my promise!"

Heng Xian said: "Bringing up three things is cliché! I'm because I just watched you kill all the way through, purely out of admiration—there actually exists such a towering man in the world; as a friend, if I didn't treat you to a few drinks, that would be inexcusable."

The monkey widened his eyes again: "You really think what I did was right, very...... like a mighty man?"

Heng Xian nodded: "Of course!"

The monkey felt a bit dejected: "But they all say my behavior is weird, that I'm a freak; even when someone says I'm good, it's only because they fear my cultivation!"

Heng Xian wore a solemn expression: "In this world, vulgar mortals are everywhere; interesting souls, how few are there?"

Someone like you, righteous for ages, carrying out heaven's will, generous and unrestrained, appears only once in a thousand years; to say you are peerless, unmatched in grace and style, is not an exaggeration at all.

I believe that sooner or later, your name will resound throughout the cultivation world, and you will accomplish a great deed that shocks heaven and earth and makes ghosts and gods weep!

The monkey's eyes lit up, he thought for a moment: "Then tell me, why did I just kill Master Horse and also those lackeys?"

Heng Xian jumped down from the big tree: "Simple! Master Horse roamed the countryside, committing many misdeeds; his lackeys were hardly clean, and most importantly……"

The monkey felt a slight sense of being misunderstood upon hearing this.

Then Heng Xian added: "Most importantly, they actually failed to see your handsome, suave, and outstanding appearance, calling you a little beggar—deserving death!"

The monkey's eyes shone brightly: "Exactly! You're a very interesting person; I want to be friends with you!"

Heng Xian gave a cold smile: "Too bad…… you're not worthy!"

The monkey blinked: "I'm not worthy to be friends with you?"

Heng Xian sneered: "My friends must be able to drink ten jars of baijiu, eat ten catties of cooked beef and ten catties of goat hooves!"

The monkey sneered: "What's wrong with a bit more?"

Heng Xian clapped his hands: "Let's go?"

"Let's go!" the monkey grabbed his arm.

Before Heng Xian could react, they had already arrived at the tavern in the town.

Such a scene shift left even Heng Xian, who was at the eighth layer of the Qi Sea Realm, feeling a bit dizzy; glancing at the shop assistants and patrons around, a word slipped out: "Instant shift?"

The monkey nodded: "Instant shift!"

Heng Xian asked again: "Nascent Soul?"

The monkey still nodded: "Early Nascent Soul realm!"

Heng Xian's smile grew even brighter as he slapped his hand: "Twenty jars of baijiu, twenty catties of cooked beef, twenty catties of goat hooves—make it quick!"

"Okay, okay!"

The shop assistant and proprietor responded, and soon tremblingly brought up the food and drinks.

The two drank heartily and ate to their fill.

At first they ate with gusto, but after the food and drink were nearly gone, they both became a bit dazed.

Heng Xian laughed loudly: "Not bad, not bad—we're friends now!"

The monkey twitched his lips, indicating he had smiled.

Heng Xian suddenly furrowed his brow and sighed.

(End of chapter)