Chapter 105 : Chapter 105

Chapter 105: The Jinyiwei’s Ambush, and Prince Qing’s Signature Cultivation Method!

How were there still more people in hiding?!

The martial artists being held at knifepoint widened their eyes.

They had never expected the Jinyiwei to have set up so many layers of ambushes.

Even as shock filled them, anger surged from their hearts.

Every one of them was at least in the Middle Three Ranks. If the Jinyiwei had stayed far away and launched a sudden volley of arrows, that would have been one thing.

But these people, most of whom were only at the Second or Third Rank—

How dare they threaten them at close range? They were simply asking to die!

Did they really think every Jinyiwei was Cheng Yu?

Dream on!

“You are courting death!”

The martial artists all erupted with Internal Energy, knocking aside the daggers in the Jinyiwei’s hands.

They intended to seize the Jinyiwei behind them instead.

But they had not expected this—

When those Jianghu martial artists turned around, what greeted them was not a group of terrified, weak Jinyiwei.

Instead, another five gleaming Xiuchun Sabers had suddenly appeared.

Five Jinyiwei, faces stern, surrounded a single Jianghu martial artist.

All of the Xiuchun Sabers slashed in at once, like a spinning ring pressed against the man’s neck, leaving him nowhere to escape.

“Do not move! The blades are coated in deadly poison. One touch and you die!”

At those cold threats, the Jianghu martial artists stared in disbelief.

They were utterly swallowed by fear and humiliation.

Their Martial Realm was far higher.

Even now, they could still explode with martial arts and kill the Jinyiwei beside them in return.

But they did not dare act recklessly at the risk of being poisoned.

At once, they froze in place, not knowing what to do.

They, martial artists of the Jianghu—

Had actually been taken down by a group of Imperial Hounds far weaker than them!

All of it happened in the span of a single instant.

The Great Qian officials, whose eyesight was not sharp enough, had not even realized what had happened.

The image before their eyes still seemed frozen in the previous moment, when they were still shocked that Cheng Yu had defeated a Seventh Rank martial artist.

By the time they came back to their senses, quite a few people had appeared around them like ghosts.

The Jinyiwei were well-trained and coordinated flawlessly.

Those farther away were responsible for shooting, while those nearby launched surprise attacks and took hostages.

Relying on that coordination alone, they had managed in an instant to subdue martial artists far stronger than themselves.

It was almost impossible to believe.

“How is that possible?!”

Zuo Hong exchanged a palm strike with Ma Minnong.

When he saw this scene, his eyes nearly bulged out.

The martial artists of the Jiannan Circuit’s Jianghu were all at least in the Middle Three Ranks, and after striking together—

They had just been taken down by the Jinyiwei like that?

Ma Minnong withdrew his Internal Energy and stepped back.

He was only blocking them from bullying the few with the many; he had no intention of fighting Zuo Hong to the death.

Seeing this, he stroked his beard and smiled faintly.

He truly had not expected that Cheng Yu, as a Jinyiwei Thousand-Household Commander, would be so skilled at training his subordinates.

He had trained the originally timid and weak Jinyiwei to this extent.

If Cheng Yu’s colleagues in other places were to witness this scene, their eyes would probably pop out.

Since when did their Jinyiwei become like this?

They could actually contend with Jianghu martial artists!

On the other side, a smile appeared on Cheng Yu’s face as he asked in a clear voice,

“Well? Do you still intend to oppose my Jinyiwei?”

He planted another heavy stomp onto Tie Ke’s chest beneath his foot.

“Is there anyone else who wants to save this traitorous rebel who tried to assassinate this Thousand-Household Commander?”

【The host leads his subordinates well and commands with sharp precision, reshaping the image of the Jinyiwei. Reward: one set of Bone-Piercing Needles!】

Cheng Yu’s arrogant display filled the Jianghu martial artists with unbearable humiliation.

It was not only Tie Ke being trampled beneath Cheng Yu’s feet.

It was the entire Jiannan Circuit’s Jianghu!

They had been completely ridden over by the Imperial Hounds!

Cheng Yu tightened his grip on the Thousand-Forged Ice-Thunder Xiuchun Saber and swept a cold gaze across the martial artists present. Wherever his eyes passed, people avoided his gaze.

“Today, I will kill this rebel and make it clear to all of you—Even a Seventh Rank martial artist can forget about rebelling and stirring chaos in the Jiannan Circuit!”

The words struck the martial artists like thunder exploding in their hearts.

Cheng Yu wanted to kill Tie Ke?

He really dared to kill Tie Ke?!

“Do not kill me! Do not kill me!”

Tie Ke trembled from head to toe as he shrieked miserably.

Zuo Hong roared with a savage expression, “Stop! You are seeking death!”

If Tie Ke died, the Jiannan Circuit’s Jianghu would lose a major expert.

Their side would only become even weaker against Cheng Yu.

Ma Minnong still kept his eyes on Zuo Hong, preventing him from attacking Cheng Yu.

Yet he also frowned and said, “Thousand-Household Commander Cheng, do not act rashly. Listen to this old man’s advice. Killing him now will do more harm than good!”

It was not because he thought Tie Ke did not deserve to die.

Of the Jianghu martial artists who had come today, every last one of them had power in some place or another. Which of their factions had not oppressed the people under them?

They had squeezed the common folk until their suffering became unbearable.

If they died, they would only be getting what they deserved.

What Ma Minnong feared was that Cheng Yu would bring great trouble upon himself because of this.

It was a good thing for a genius to have confidence and drive, but he had seen too many examples in his life of those who were too unyielding and ended up broken.

Though the people of the Jianghu were each harboring their own schemes, outwardly they still presented a united front.

If Cheng Yu truly killed Tie Ke, it would inevitably attract the attention of the major powers of the Jianghu. If he provoked them into a frenzy, that would become a serious disaster.

To those people, a genius who had not yet fully grown was still nothing more than a weak ant.

Ma Minnong did not wish to see such a talented junior struggle to survive and fail to grow.

The people of the Jianghu were instantly overjoyed when they heard this.

Ma Minnong still had his principles.

As a man of the Jianghu, he knew that Tie Ke could not die!

If Tie Ke died, everything would descend into chaos!

But in the next second, Ma Minnong’s next sentence left them completely dumbfounded again. “If you are going to kill him, at least the justification must be sufficient!”

“Why not cripple him first and throw him into prison, then deliberate at length afterward?”

Deliberate at length?

Was that not still saying he should die in the end?!

The martial artists flew into a rage, yet there was nothing they could do.

“Not kill him?”

Cheng Yu had not expected Divine Physician Ma to be so considerate, even going so far as to think about the consequences for him.

He truly was a natural talent for the Jinyiwei.

But Cheng Yu shook his head and chose not to follow his advice.

“I do not have the habit of letting useless people survive the night! Why would the dignified Jinyiwei of the Great Qian Dynasty need any reason to kill a rebel?”

“I will kill him first, then raid Iron Halberd Mountain!”

Under everyone’s horrified gaze, he raised the Thousand-Forged Ice-Thunder Xiuchun Saber in his hand and slashed down, aiming straight for Tie Ke’s life.

In the next instant, blood did not splatter across the scene. Instead, something entirely beyond everyone’s expectations suddenly happened.

At the very moment Tie Ke realized that Cheng Yu was truly determined to kill him, the grim resolve in his eyes turned into extreme fury and excitement.

“You really dare to kill me!”

His entire face turned a bizarre purplish red as terrifying Vital Blood power erupted from his whole body.

He raised one fist in a strange posture and smashed it toward the descending Xiuchun Saber with dreadful force.

Clang!

The sound of blade cutting flesh never came.

Instead, the ring of metal crashing against metal exploded out.

The Xiuchun Saber was actually knocked away by the impact!

“Die!”

After knocking the Xiuchun Saber aside, Tie Ke did not stop for even a moment. Roaring in fury, he threw another punch at Cheng Yu.

Nearly corporeal yang Vital Blood clung to it and burst forth.

Cheng Yu hurriedly dodged backward, his palm tingling slightly from the shock.

Tie Ke seized the chance to rise and press straight toward Cheng Yu. There was no trace at all of his previous injuries, and he erupted with an unbelievable level of power.

When Zuo Hong and the other martial artists saw this, their mouths fell open in shock, only for wild joy to follow.

Tie Ke’s never-before-revealed Hard-Body Training was actually this powerful. Those iron fists were terrifying beyond belief.

At last, that brat Cheng Yu was going to suffer a setback!

“Sect Master Tie, take him down!”

But at that moment, “A bunch of fools!”

Ma Minnong’s cold snort rang out.

“Something this serious has happened and you still cannot understand? This is Blood-Burning Frenzied Force!”

Everyone froze. What?

“You do not know Blood-Burning Frenzied Force? Then surely you know the signature cultivation method that made Prince Qing famous hundreds of years ago!”