Chapter 322: Flesh and Blood Passing Through the City

Datong Prefecture City.

Inside a quiet mansion.

Ouyang Cheng walked into a study.

The study was filled with various precious antiques: walnuts, gourds, jade, folding fans, Buddhist prayer beads, agate, and so on.

In the center of the study, Xuan Shen incense was burning inside a pale yellow Xuande censer.

This incense helps martial artists calm their minds and nourish their spirits, strengthening their willpower; a single tael costs as much as ten thousand yuan!

"Boss, I have returned."

Ouyang Cheng said to a middle-aged man sitting in a grand armchair reading a book.

The man wore a purple-gold crown, his hair tied with a white jade hairpin, and he wore an emerald thumb ring on his thumb.

If someone knowledgeable were here, they would recognize that the hairpin on the man's head and the emerald thumb ring on his hand were both infused with high-grade exotic beast materials; a single piece alone was worth as much as a Level 5 exotic weapon!

There was only one person whom Ouyang Cheng could call Boss—the 'Cannon King' Gu Xianglin.

Looking solely at the artifacts in this room and his attire, it would seem he should be the richest man in Feng Province.

"Rumor has it that the Green-Faced Ghost killed six people by himself; is that true?"

Gu Xianglin asked.

When Li Fei returned to Xingcheng, Ouyang Cheng had also returned to Datong Prefecture City.

At this time, rumors about that battle in the wilderness began to spread throughout Datong Prefecture, and the content of the rumors was roughly as follows:

"Have you heard? The Beast King, the Poison King, and the Cannon King, the three major powers, sent people to intercept and kill the Green-Faced Ghost, with the Beast King leading the team personally, but they were countered by the Green-Faced Ghost, who killed over a hundred martial artists and seven or eight Dao Foundation realm experts, and even the Beast King died!"

"The Beast King took over a dozen exotic beasts with Dao Foundation realm combat power and over a thousand men to kill the Green-Faced Ghost, but the Green-Faced Ghost killed them all by himself!"

"What? The Green-Faced Ghost killed the Beast King, the Poison King, and the Cannon King?!"

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Currently, the latest version Gu Xianglin had heard was that he himself had been hacked to death by the Green-Faced Ghost.

Regarding that battle in the wilderness, the person who knew the most was, of course, the sole survivor, Ouyang Cheng, so Gu Xianglin had Ouyang Cheng come to the study to report to him immediately.

"That day, the four of us, plus those two exotic beasts of Yu Longqing's, appeared together..."

Ouyang Cheng described the battle in detail:

"... n the end, I saw him chop off Yu Longqing's head with one strike, so I immediately chose to flee; I don't know what the situation was like after that."

Gu Xianglin gently turned the emerald thumb ring on his thumb and said in a deep voice:

"The Lightning Snow Leopard Beast and the Demon Horn Tiger Beast were raised by Yu Longqing since they were small; having witnessed Yu Longqing being killed, those two beasts would definitely fight the Green-Faced Ghost to the death, but since the Green-Faced Ghost has returned to Xingcheng alive, it means those two exotic beasts were also killed by him."

"The Lightning Snow Leopard Beast is one thing, but the Demon Horn Tiger Beast is notoriously difficult to kill..."

Ouyang Cheng thought for a moment, "It is also possible that those two exotic beasts ran away in the end."

Gu Xianglin was noncommittal and continued: "Yu Longqing said beforehand that he had also contacted the Shadow; it is highly probable that they sent someone as well, though I don't know if they ended up making a move against the Green-Faced Ghost."

The Shadow he referred to was the 'Shadow King', the number one assassin in Datong Prefecture and even the entire Feng Province.

No one knew this person's appearance, nor did anyone know this person's name; at first, they referred to the other party as 'Shadow', which slowly evolved into 'Shadow King'.

If the assassin sent by the 'Shadow King' who was hiding in the dark did not make a move in the end and chose to retreat, then that would be fine.

If they did make a move, yet the Green-Faced Ghost was still alive.

That would be even more terrifying!

Compared to the experts in the open, these Dao Foundation realm experts who hide in the shadows and specialize in sneak attacks are often more lethal.

"Based on your judgment, what level has the Green-Faced Ghost's combat power reached?"

Gu Xianglin asked suddenly.

Ouyang Cheng recalled the scene where Li Fei used his body to hard-tank his Blood-Killing Spear, as well as the scene where the other party threw the several-ton Lightning Snow Leopard Beast out of the pit, and felt a chill:

"He possesses terrifying defensive power and also possesses terrifying physical strength; I think he is a 7th-tier Dao Foundation realm!"

"7th-tier..."

The thumb ring in Gu Xianglin's hand turned faster.

Looking across the entire Feng Province, even with the Wuan University present, the number of 7th-tier Dao Foundation realm experts does not exceed the count of one hand.

Dao Foundation realm experts are pivotal existences for any power, let alone a 7th-tier Dao Foundation realm expert.

Just then, someone came outside the study:

"Boss, there is a reply from the Shadow King's side."

"Come in and speak."

"Yes."

A subordinate walked into the study and said softly:

"The Shadow King said he sent Shadow Two to assassinate the Green-Faced Ghost, but so far, Shadow Two has not sent any news back."

"It was actually Shadow Two!"

The emotions in Ouyang Cheng's heart were indescribable.

Shadow Two was also a codename; the other party was the Shadow King's direct disciple and the strongest assassin in the Shadow King's assassin organization, besides the Shadow King himself!

Shadow Two had killed more than one 4th-tier Dao Foundation realm expert and was personally considered to be a 4th-tier existence.

And now, there was no news at all.

"What else did the Shadow King say?"

Gu Xianglin asked.

"The Shadow King also announced a piece of news to the public: effective immediately, the Shadow Pavilion will no longer accept any assassination commissions related to the Green-Faced Ghost."

The subordinate replied.

The Shadow Pavilion was the assassin organization established by the Shadow King and was the strongest assassin organization in Feng Province.

When the Shadow created the Shadow Pavilion, he established two rules:

First, never retaliate if an assassination fails.

Second, if the same target fails three times, never accept the commission again.

Yet now, the Shadow Pavilion had only failed twice in assassinating the Green-Faced Ghost, and the Shadow King had actually announced to the public that he would no longer accept commissions to assassinate the Green-Faced Ghost.

That he would not avenge his own direct disciple could be understood; after all, he was a cold-hearted assassin.

But to actually not even care about the reputation of the Shadow Pavilion?

"What did you say?!"

Ouyang Cheng, who was to the side, lost his voice for a moment.

Gu Xianglin looked at him calmly; the other party had originally been a steady and mature person, but after going to surround and kill the Green-Faced Ghost once, his personality seemed to have changed upon returning...

This was not a good thing for a martial artist; it often meant that they already had a very heavy mental block.

"Understood, you may go."

Gu Xianglin let the subordinate leave, then looked at Ouyang Cheng: "You have worked hard on this trip; go get some good rest. We will not be dealing with the Green-Faced Ghost anymore."

"Boss, are you planning to make peace with the Zhang family?"

Ouyang Cheng looked at Gu Xianglin with an inquiring gaze.

Gu Xianglin nodded.

Ouyang Cheng subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

He was the strongest Dao Foundation realm expert under the 'Cannon King', and if Gu Xianglin were to continue to swallow up the Zhang family's industries, he would very likely have to face the Green-Faced Ghost again.

He really did not want to see that mask again...

After Ouyang Cheng left, Gu Xianglin sat alone in the study, slowly turning the emerald thumb ring on his thumb.

He sat like that until dawn.

March 31st, in the afternoon.

At the North City Gate of Datong Prefecture City.

Shangguan Xiao and a large group of people from the Zhang family stood at the city gate waiting.

Besides Zhang Zedong of the Zhang family's first branch, the heads of the second and third branches had also come.

Although the Zhang family was now down on its luck, the several heads were all imperial officials; having several imperial officials waiting at the city gate at the same time was clearly no small matter!

Various powers soon received the news and sent people to the vicinity of the city gate one after another to scout for information.

The group waited for about twenty minutes before a convoy slowly drove into the North City Gate.

Supplies transported from the outside usually entered through the North City Gate, so the city gate here was built higher and wider, and the streets were also built wider.

This convoy entering the city gate consisted of six heavy-duty trucks in total. Upon seeing this convoy, Shangguan Xiao, who was at the head, took the initiative to greet them.

As she moved, the rest of the Zhang family followed forward one after another.

The crowd near the city gate became even more curious; they did not know what exactly was loaded in this convoy that could make all the important figures of the Zhang family show up at the same time to 'receive the goods'?

The six heavy-duty trucks slowly came to a stop. The person who jumped down from the passenger seat of the first truck was Xiang Du.

"Big Dragon Head."

Xiang Du saluted Shangguan Xiao.

Although Shangguan Xiao no longer managed the Qingyuan Fist Stronghold, Xiang Du was still accustomed to calling her Big Dragon Head.

"You've worked hard; was the journey smooth?"

Shangguan Xiao patted Xiang Du on the shoulder.

A look of pride appeared on Xiang Du's face: "Now that it's our Qingyuan City Management Company's cargo, who would dare to come and intercept it?!"

"Good."

The smile on Shangguan Xiao's face grew even brighter.

She looked at the motorcade stopped on the street and smiled:

"Then let's do as he said."

Xiang Du then turned around and shouted to the people in the motorcade:

"Brothers, get moving, pull all the canvas down!"

The cargo beds of these six trucks were not made of sheet metal, but were enclosed by canvas.

At this moment, following Xiang Du's order, the people inside the cargo beds began to dismantle the canvas.

As the canvas was removed from one truck bed after another, the 'cargo' inside was revealed.

Whoosh—

Among the people on the Zhang family's side, someone let out an exclamation.

The crowd around the Chengmenkou also stirred with commotion.

It could be seen that the first truck's cargo bed contained two giant heads:

One head resembled a tiger and had a pair of long, curved horns.

There was also a head that resembled a leopard, with a single horn.

Then came the second truck, its cargo bed filled with a massive body cut into pieces, covered in black scales.

The four trucks behind it were also filled with the dismembered bodies of exotic beasts.

"Thunder-Light Snow Leopard Beast!"

"Demonic Scaled Horned Tiger Beast!"

People around exclaimed, recognizing the corpses of the two exotic beasts.

"It's those two exotic beasts of the Beast King!"

"Could the rumors be true?"

"The Beast King is really dead!"

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For a moment, the crowd was buzzing with discussion.

After Li Fei spoke with Shangguan Xiao on the phone last night, he spent the night cutting up the two exotic beasts and then sent them by motorcade to the Fucheng of Datong.

For one, only the Fucheng of Datong had the people and facilities capable of processing the bodies of these two exotic beasts.

For another, displaying the corpses of these two exotic beasts was more powerful than any words!

"To have not only killed four people at the Dao Foundation realm but also two fifth-grade superior exotic beasts, this is simply, this is simply..."

Zhang Zedong stared blankly at the exotic beast corpses on the six trucks, at a loss for how to comment.

Even after learning the results of that battle in the wilderness from Shangguan Xiao, he had found it hard to believe.

Now, seeing the corpses of the two exotic beasts, he believed it completely.

"Let's go, it's not good to keep blocking the way here; let's see them off."

Shangguan Xiao turned to look at the Zhang family members behind her and spoke.

"Right, right, right, let's go, let's see them off!"

The Zhang family members snapped out of their daze and scrambled into their vehicles.

Soon, the Zhang family's motorcade led the way, followed by the six heavy trucks carrying the two exotic beast corpses.

Many people had never seen a fifth-grade superior exotic beast in their entire lives, let alone the corpses of two of them.

And today, this motorcade was going to pass through half the city!

Third update, over 10, 00 words updated today, requesting monthly tickets.

Tomorrow's update time is 6 PM, and I will try to keep to this time every day from now on.

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