Chapter 415: Hit me, and you're hitting the Great Xia Court in the face!

"The power is not bad!"

Watching Tang Anzhi die under the Small Five Elements Sword Formation, his corpse even exploded—let alone a whole corpse, not even a complete arm or leg remained; Wang Ping'an's face was full of smug satisfaction.

It's not that he's a pervert who enjoys slaughter; he's actually a very kind person. Otherwise, given what the Du family did—daring to insult his mother to his face—if he were just a little bit worse, the Du family members would all have died horrible deaths, not even leaving a corpse.

Of course.

He is kind, but he is no saint who can repay hatred with virtue; not even Confucius could do that. Anyone who could repay hatred with virtue would no longer be human—indeed, even a sage could not.

Just now, when he drove the Small Five Elements Sword Formation against Tang Anzhi, he deliberately held back some strength to protect the lives of the Du family father and son.

Naturally, this isn't because he repaid hatred with virtue and forgave the Du family father and son; rather, he is preparing to find an opportunity to thoroughly deal with them.

Letting the Du family father and son die like that would be letting them off easy, and he hates letting others take advantage of him—how could he easily let the Du family father and son off?

Not long after.

After confirming the target was dealt with, Wang Ping'an gave a hehe smile, his face full of sympathy for Tang Anzhi.

Earlier, he left one sword wound after another on Tang Anzhi's body; according to Yu Die's words, he actually had the confidence to kill Tang Anzhi from the start, but he didn't do so—not because he enjoys slaughter, but because he used Tang Anzhi, this convenient punching bag, to test the power of the Small Five Elements Sword Formation.

Incidentally, to familiarize himself with how to use the Small Five Elements Sword Formation!

He is extremely frugal; even a mouse, he would use it if it could serve a purpose.

He likewise cannot let Tang Anzhi off easy!

After testing and becoming familiar with the Small Five Elements Sword Formation, seeing Tang Anzhi badly wounded, he almost exerted his last bit of strength, knowing Tang Anzhi was now useless, and only then executed him.

Meanwhile.

It also let him roughly gauge how effective the coordinated attack power of the Small Five Elements Sword Formation is.

"What's going on?"

After a long time, no mechanical, cold voice sounded in Wang Ping'an's mind; it seemed that slaying Tang Anzhi had earned him no merit reward. He frowned and said, "Could it be that Tang Anzhi is a good person who has never done anything bad, so killing him earned me no merit?"

However.

This thought hadn't lingered in Wang Ping'an's mind for even two or three seconds before he dispelled it himself.

He and Tang Anzhi were meeting for the first time; he didn't know who Tang Anzhi was or what he had done, but from Tang Anzhi's recent skilled slaughter for merit, he clearly knew.

Even if Tang Anzhi had once been the previous Immortal Official of Qingyang County, he was certainly no good thing; he likely had done plenty of bad deeds, merely undiscovered or covered up, which allowed him to retire peacefully from his post as Qingyang County Immortal Official.

Even if his misdeeds weren't worth thousands of merit points, they were at least worth a hundred—no, even a single merit point would exist.

He just couldn't believe that Tang Anzhi's misdeeds were fewer than those of a mouse stealing grain from a granary—killing a mere mouse earns merit, so he couldn't believe that slaying Tang Anzhi would yield none.

"No, I was careless!"

In Wang Ping'an's mind, a flash of inspiration came and went; he stared deeply at the spot where the explosion had just occurred, dust still flying and obscuring his view, and he blamed himself:

"He didn't die by my hand; nine times out of ten he used some unknown means to escape—no wonder he was the previous Immortal Official of Qingyang County; even if his cultivation isn't great and his combat skills are average, his survival tactics are far beyond what ordinary people can compare to!"

"Captain Yu, where are you going?" Wei Yuan's mind filled with myriad thoughts; he suddenly caught sight of Yu Die rising to her feet, seemingly wanting to leave, and he jumped in alarm, quickly saying, "Captain Yu, the mysterious person hasn't been dealt with yet—if you leave like that, you'll easily run into an ambush by the mysterious person; if we're going, let's go together!"

Yu Die glanced at Wei Yuan; of course she understood—he was saying this because he worried she'd flee alone and leave him behind. She said, "Magistrate Wei, don't worry—I'm not leaving; I just want to go see the Imperial Attendant Tang."

"Imperial Attendant Tang?"

Wei Yuan doubted: "Captain Yu, Imperial Attendant Tang is already dead at the hands of that mysterious person, aren't you? Or are you going to look just to collect his corpse?"

"Dead?"

Yu Die seemed to have thought of something, her face full of playful meaning, and she said, "I suddenly feel that Imperial Attendant Tang couldn't possibly have died so easily!"

"Captain Yu, you're joking, right? Just now Imperial Attendant Tang's corpse blew up, and you're saying he didn't die..."

Wei Yuan let out a startled cry; before he could finish speaking, a cold shout came from afar.

"Who dares to attack my Demon Suppression Office, thinking it's empty?"

The next moment, a burly man wielding a big blade strode over from afar, holding in his hand a person as small as a chick.

"Who are you?"

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Wei Yuan watched the swaggering burly man approach, instinctively asking; before he could finish, his gaze snapped to the person the man held, and he exclaimed in shock, "Imperial Attendant Tang, you, you, you—aren't you already dead?"

"You're the one who's dead!"

Imperial Attendant Tang cursed angrily; before he could finish, a 'puchi!' sound rang out as a mouthful of blood spurted.

Yu Die interjected: "Imperial Attendant Tang, you escaped using a substitute straw man, right?"

"Substitute straw man?"

Wei Yuan gasped, his eyes lighting up instantly, excitedly saying, "Imperial Attendant Tang, you still have such a treasure?"

Substitute straw man—a top-tier life-saving treasure, rare as can be, worth a fortune; he couldn't even manage to get one.

Who would have thought.

Tang Anzhi actually has one!

For a moment, Wei Yuan's heart filled with regret and disappointment—Tang Anzhi wasn't dead after all, and he had even wasted a substitute straw man on him; such a treasure should have gone to him.

"Captain Yu, you have keen eyes!"

Tang Anzhi praised, his ashen face full of resentment, cursing: "Damn that beast, taking advantage of my carelessness to sneak attack me, making me waste a hard-won substitute straw man; if he had the guts to fight me openly, I'd surely tear him to pieces!"

Before Tang Anzhi could finish speaking, the burly man holding him casually tossed him aside, throwing Tang Anzhi out.

Target—none other than Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan tried to dodge, but it was too late; he could only reach out to catch Tang Anzhi, not expecting the latter to carry an unstoppable force that slammed him to the ground, and he shouted:

"What are you doing, you person? Do you know who I am? I'm the Magistrate of Qingyang County—do you realize you're humiliating the Great Xia Court by doing this?"

(End of Chapter)