Chapter 803

"Since that's the case, this old man will take his leave."

The people of Wu Zhuang right now could still be held down by Liu Jingyi and not come looking for trouble.

But if Hearing Hearing Fu Qingzhu stayed any longer, it would only be a waste of time.

After all, the people of Wu Zhuang paid no heed to the imminent danger, thinking only of how to deal with him.

After saying this, he solemnly bowed to Liu Jingyi, his form drifted away, retreating into the darkness.

"Hero Fu, wait for me…"

Wu Yuanying could only sigh helplessly and follow Hearing Hearing Fu Qingzhu away.

"Zhuang Lord, how can you let that Qing dynasty lackey go?"

Seeing Hearing Hearing Fu Qingzhu leave, Wu Fengzi could not help but grow anxious and tried to push past Liu Jingyi.

"Enough! Matters concerning Hero Fu can be discussed later. The most pressing matter now is to discuss the retreat."

Watching Hearing Hearing Fu Qingzhu leave, Liu Jingyi also breathed a sigh of relief and used his own authority to suppress the matter.

Although Wu Fengzi and the others were unconvinced, Liu Jingyi had always been fair and just in ordinary days, and was deeply trusted by the common folk within the Zhuang and the Heaven and Earth Society members.

Even if they still held a grudge against Hearing Hearing Fu Qingzhu, for now they could only let the matter drop.

"Big Brother! How do you still not understand."

Seeing that everyone had been cowed into silence, Qiu Dongluo stepped forward and spoke.

"Understand what?"

Liu Jingyi trusted Qiu Dongluo greatly, but Qiu Dongluo now opposed him, so he could not help but find it strange.

"Since this Hearing Hearing Fu Qingzhu is a Qing dynasty lackey, who can say this isn't really his scheme."

Qiu Dongluo pointed to the outer perimeter of the Zhuang in the distance and said to everyone,

"Our Wu Zhuang lies in the northwest; apart from a stretch of Shenshan to the west, it is almost flat open plain.

If we abandon the Zhuang, we will be exposed in the wilderness.

Before we reach Shenshan, that will be the most dangerous time.

Once the court sends a cavalry charge, how many of us could survive?"

"This…"

Liu Jingyi was greatly shaken, feeling only that Qiu Dongluo's words made sense.

For Wu Zhuang to retreat to Shenshan, it would take at least half a day's journey.

Add to that helping the old and carrying the young, and it would be most of a day.

If they encountered danger on the way, there would be no need to mention the Qing cavalry charging.

Even the mountain bandits on the desert would be enough to give the people of Wu Zhuang a hard time.

"Therefore, in my view, Hearing Hearing Fu Qingzhu's coming here is most likely to trick us into leaving the Zhuang, and then in the western wilderness, to wipe us all out in one fell swoop."

Seeing that Liu Jingyi was shaken to the core, Qiu Dongluo immediately added another line.

"Right! The Second-in-Command speaks reason."

"I support the Second-in-Command."

"I support him too!"

With Qiu Dongluo's concluding words, a portion of the village elders actually expressed their support for Qiu Dongluo.

Seeing this, Liu Jingyi's brows knitted into a mountain shape.

Deep down, he trusted Hearing Hearing Fu Qingzhu.

But what Qiu Dongluo said was not entirely without reason.

"Hehehe, I didn't expect you to truly be remnants of the Heaven and Earth Society."

Just as the village elders of Wu Zhuang, led by Qiu Dongluo, kept opposing any evacuation now,

a sinister voice suddenly rang out of thin air.

"Who?"

Qiu Dongluo started in fright; after locating the sound, his form moved and he struck a palm toward the southeast corner of the square.

Within Wu Zhuang, Liu Jingyi's Wu Gong was the highest, followed by Qiu Dongluo.

Although this was a place beyond the pale, the world's elemental force was restricted, and cultivation levels were generally not high.

Yet Qiu Dongluo's Wu Gong had already reached Grandmaster-level strength.

Within the Heaven and Earth Society, he was a figure of great renown.

Throughout the northwest, there were not many Wu Lin figures on the surface who could calmly receive a palm strike from him.

"Po!"

Unexpectedly, when this fierce palm struck into the darkness, Qiu Dongluo felt a chill run through his heart.

It was as if something in the darkness wanted to devour him, a monstrous beast.

With his sense of alarm surging, Qiu Dongluo abruptly changed his move, did a kestrel flip, and vaulted backward.

"Want to leave? No way!"

In the darkness, a whooshing sound arose, and a strange weapon flew out.

Neither claw nor chain.

Even though Qiu Dongluo reacted swiftly, for a moment he fell into crisis.

"Dongluo!"

Liu Jingyi was greatly alarmed; Qiu Dongluo was not only the Second-in-Command of the Heaven and Earth Society's Northwest Branch, but also his sworn brother.

Although Qiu Dongluo had just kept disagreeing with his proposal, when danger came, Liu Jingyi still made his move.

"Roar!"

A tiger's roar erupted from level ground, and then Liu Jingyi threw himself forward, throwing a fist straight at the strange weapon.

The one wielding that strange weapon was, first, shaken by that tiger's roar, feeling his head buzz, his thoughts scattered.

Second, Liu Jingyi's fist looked utterly unremarkable, yet was swift as thunder.

Before the fist's force even arrived, that bizarre strange weapon split apart in midair.

This man had ambushed Qiu Dongluo — in Liu Jingyi's eyes, that made him an enemy.

Since he was an enemy, there was no need to hold back.

Moreover, in these chaotic times.

Therefore, after Liu Jingyi shattered that strange weapon, his fist's momentum undiminished, he struck toward the darkness.

That man never imagined Liu Jingyi's fist technique could be so terrifying.

He could only stare wide-eyed as Liu Jingyi's fist slammed into his chest.

"Ugh!"

This fist held nothing back at all — the man's heart meridian was shattered outright.

After half a beat, he finally reacted.

Blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and with an utterly incredulous look he asked,

"What fist technique is this?"

Within the Great Qing's borders, divine techniques certainly existed.

But a Wu Gong like this one — this man truly had never seen it.

Even his sect master, Feng Huo Liancheng, did not possess such a terrifying divine technique!

Liu Jingyi was tucked away in a corner of the northwest — even within the Heaven and Earth Society he was no great figure.

So why did he possess such a terrifying divine technique?

This man was truly unwilling to accept it!

Had he known earlier that this Liu Jingyi had such a divine technique, how could he have been so overconfident.

But all of this was only because an insider within the manor had told him, which was why he came alone.

He had wanted to work from inside and out with the insider, take down Liu Jingyi, and earn this great merit.

His thoughts reaching this point, his gaze passed over Liu Jingyi and looked behind him.

He saw that the one who had informed him was now wearing an utterly stunned expression as well.

Clearly this insider had also not known Liu Jingyi possessed this divine technique.

I've really been screwed to death by you…