Chapter 814

617 comes from the Great Dragon's Head!

Gua Ge Luo and Tu Xing, due to their tattoos, could not be seen clearly in expression.

But from their drooping heads, it was easy to discern their thoughts.

We have risked our lives to aid the Great Qing in enforcing the ban on martial arts, exterminating those who defied the Wu Lin.

Now the rabbit still lives, yet General Nalan Xiuji has already begun cooking the hunting dogs.

Duogeduo, at this moment, seemed to receive a hint, nodding repeatedly, saying,

"Yes, yes, yes! Transmit my prince's order: swiftly exterminate the heretical sects, and rid Guizhuang of this plague."

He was even more shameless than General Nalan Xiuji.

After all, General Nalan Xiuji merely framed them; Duogeduo was openly demanding their execution.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Qi Zhenjun was the first to respond; he was deeply terrified of Liu Jingyi's punch.

He longed to divert the water's flow, shifting Liu Jingyi's rage onto others.

At Duogeduo's command, he drew his long sword and unleashed the Wind and Thunder Sword Art, charging toward Tu Xing with roaring force.

Without other generals to restrain him, Tu Xing, under the relentless assault of the She Shen Sword, was in great distress.

This was precisely when his limbs grew weak and his strength faltered.

Qi Zhenjun's strength far surpassed his.

As the Wind and Thunder Sword Art struck, within just two moves, Tu Xing was already wounded.

"Your Highness, you cannot do this..."

Gua Ge Luo immediately reacted, attempting to protest.

Cheng Tianting seized a steel blade and charged straight at him, silencing Gua Ge Luo's words.

Meanwhile, the Qing soldiers who had entered the village, under the leadership of Duogeduo's elite bodyguards, began slaughtering nearby heretics.

In truth, Duogeduo's early arrival here had always been intended for the "cook the hunting dogs" moment.

These Qing soldiers and officials had long known their target was Fenghuo Liancheng and his heretical sect.

Now striking was merely slightly premature.

But since Duogeduo had given the order, they simply carried it out.

At the first clash, the heretics who had been slaughtering Guizhuang's martial artists immediately collapsed like chickens and clay dogs, fleeing in disarray.

The scene plunged instantly into chaos.

Liu Jingyi watched the two factions turn on each other, stunned into silence.

He had never imagined that the Seven Stars Jiang Fuhu Fist could possess such divine power.

Nor had he imagined that the display of this fist art would cause two opposing forces, originally enemies, to immediately clash.

For a moment, he did not know what to do.

Yet the Qing soldiers were well-trained, and Duogeduo had come prepared.

Without Fenghuo Liancheng or the Twelve Gate Generals to lead them, the heretics were nearly shattered.

While Liu Jingyi stood frozen, dozens of nearby heretics—including Gua Ge Luo and Tu Xing—had already been killed.

"All heretics have been exterminated. I deeply apologize for the suffering of Guizhuang."

Seeing the heretics now utterly wiped out, Duogeduo waved his hand, signaling his men not to enter the village, then spoke to Liu Jingyi,

"I shall return to court immediately and request a grant of compensation to comfort the fallen of Wu Lin."

"Master Liu, grieve not. I take my leave."

With that, Duogeduo turned his horse and prepared to lead the group away from Wu Lin.

Before arriving, he had been triumphant, believing the martial arts ban was finally complete and that revenge against the Qinglong Society was settled.

After arriving, especially after witnessing Liu Jingyi's fist art, he finally understood.

The Great Qing and the Qinglong Society were no longer as distant as heaven and earth.

Rather, if the Qinglong Society sneezed, the entire Great Qing would tremble three times!

Now he only wished to leave quickly, report all this to the court, and urge the imperial family to prepare in advance.

Liu Jingyi remained dazed, frozen in place.

"Did I say you could leave?"

At that very moment, a voice Liu Jingyi recognized rang out from nowhere.

The voice was steady, powerful, and brimming with authority.

Upon hearing it, Liu Jingyi's eyes lit up.

He immediately recognized the speaker as the one who had just warned him to calm his mind.

Regaining his composure, he turned toward the sound.

There, atop the eastern archway of the village, a figure had appeared without warning.

The man wore a green robe with flowing sash, holding a jade flute, his face expressionless and unnaturally rigid.

"Who are you?"

Qi Zhenjun's heart surged with alarm; this man had appeared out of thin air, and neither he nor Cheng Tianting had sensed his arrival.

Clearly, this man's cultivation realm far surpassed theirs.

He himself was already a mid-stage Peerless warrior, among the top few in the Great Qing.

Then who was this man? Could he be a Land Immortal?

How many Land Immortals could there be in the Great Qing?

Who was this man?

"I've heard that you lot of Qing fiends issued something called the Martial Arts Prohibition Order.

On the surface, it forbids the common folk within the Great Qing from practicing martial arts, but in truth, by means of the Martial Arts Prohibition Order, you're taking revenge on the Qinglong Society that once overthrew the Qing court.

Is this true?"

The man did not answer, but countered with a question instead.

"Uh… just who exactly are you?"

Duogeduo perceived the wariness of Qi Zhenjun and Cheng Tianting, and immediately knew that the person before them was likely even harder to deal with than Liu Jingyi.

Uneasy at heart, he could only brace himself and ask.

"I'm afraid you still don't know — Liu Jingyi is the one who liaised with the Qinglong Society.

The very fist technique he just used comes from the Qinglong Society's Seven Star Tiger-Subduing Fist.

This fist technique looks like only a Heaven-grade fist art, but in truth it has been improved by the Great Dragon Head.

By using the Seven Star footwork and merging it with the Seven Star essentials, it can draw upon the star power of the Northern Dipper's seven stars.

In actual power, this fist technique is at the very least an Immortal-grade art!"

"Since you covet this fist technique, and deeply hate the Qinglong Society, why not kill Liu Jingyi right now?"

Unexpectedly, this strange man shifted his tone and suddenly began inciting Duogeduo and the others to strike and kill Liu Jingyi together.

Duogeduo and the others, even Mu Lang and the four including Han Zhibang, heard that the fist technique Liu Jingyi had just displayed, so imposing and awe-inspiring, was called the Seven Star Tiger-Subduing Fist.

It truly originated from the Qinglong Society!

More crucially, this fist technique had been improved by the Great Dragon Head!

This Heaven-grade art had already reached the level of an Immortal-grade!

An Immortal-grade art!

Not to mention Great Qing — across the entire Nine Provinces, how many could there be?

For a moment, everyone present looked at Liu Jingyi in disbelief.

In their gazes, there was mostly puzzlement and envy, but even more was greed!

"Senior, y-you-you…"

Liu Jingyi was struck dumb; he had never imagined that his fist technique was actually an Immortal-grade art.

It even originated from the foremost taboo of the Nine Provinces, the Great Dragon Head Ximen Wudi!

Though his heart was overjoyed, hearing the person who had just guided him suddenly incite things like this,

and seeing the people beside him all wearing such looks,

he could not help feeling a surge of pleasant surprise, but even more — fear!

As the saying goes, a commoner who possesses a jade is guilty of possessing it!

As for that strike just now, fused with the star power of the seven stars — how many times could Liu Jingyi actually use it?