8: Chapter 8 Assassination

It was near noon.

Chen Hu finished his Cultivation and headed to a nearby restaurant to eat.

Lian Manor.

The pale-faced Yang Shan crawled up from his bed, his eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.

The position of Chief that originally belonged to him had been snatched away by Chen Hu.

This made him wish he could tear Chen Hu into pieces immediately.

"Chen Hu, since you're courting death, then I shall fulfill your wish!"

He had already made a decision in his heart to hire those two Late Skin Refining Stage Martial Artist who killed Xu Gang again to assassinate Chen Hu as well.

At this moment, he had fallen into paranoia, completely failing to consider that even if Chen Hu hadn't participated in the competition, he might not have necessarily defeated Tie Shan.

He also didn't think about whether continuing to hire people to assassinate Chen Hu would expose him.

After lunch.

Chen Hu did not return to the stronghold, but instead went back to his own small courtyard.

Before his Transmigration to this world, he had worked many jobs.

One of the professions was a makeup artist.

The bottle of essence blood pill bestowed by Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan had four pills used last night.

This morning, he used another two.

There were four left.

Therefore, he had to go buy new essence blood pill.

In order not to attract others' attention, he decided to put on makeup.

As for the various tools and Materials needed for makeup, he had them ready at home.

After disguising himself as a travel-worn, weather-beaten middle-aged man, Chen Hu vaulted over the wall and headed towards Changqing Ward.

Occupying Changqing Ward was a second-rate Gang, the Iron Blade Sect.

Its overall strength was very powerful; even if the Fierce Tiger Gang, Venomous Snake Gang, and Wild Wolf Gang were added together, they would be far from being an opponent.

Because the Sect Leader of the Iron Blade Sect was an expert at the Late-stage Tendon Refining.

There were two places selling Medicinal Pill in Changqing Ward, one of which was a chain store of the Wang family.

The other was the Wanbao Pavilion.

If the Wang family's Medicinal Pill Pavilion was a Prefecture City chain store, then Wanbao Pavilion was a nationwide chain store.

The variety of goods sold by Wanbao Pavilion was vast; Medicinal Pill was just one type.

Things like Cultivation Technique, Martial Skill, divine weapons, and various rare treasures were also sold by Wanbao Pavilion.

However, Wanbao Pavilion had one disadvantage: the things they sold were ten percent more expensive than the market price.

Since Wanbao Pavilion sold things at a high price, why did people go there to buy things?

There were two reasons: one was that Wanbao Pavilion kept the identity information of buyers and sellers confidential, and the other was that the items sold by Wanbao Pavilion were guaranteed to be authentic; if you bought fake goods at Wanbao Pavilion, they would immediately compensate you ten times the value.

More than half an hour later.

Chen Hu appeared at the Wang family's Medicinal Pill Pavilion in Changqing Ward and purchased four bottles of essence blood pill.

200 taels of silver was a huge sum for ordinary people, but for a Martial Artist, it was not much.

Therefore, it did not attract others' attention.

After putting the four bottles of Medicinal Pill into his Storage Ring, Chen Hu went to Wanbao Pavilion and directly purchased 10 bottles of essence blood pill.

Spending 550 taels of silver.

It also didn't attract others' attention.

Returning to his home in Changshou Ward, he first removed his makeup and then changed his clothes.

Chen Hu went to the stronghold to sit in charge.

That night.

Chen Hu arrived at Widow Wang's home again.

After dinner.

He let Widow Wang sleep first, while he seized the time to Cultivate.

After swallowing an essence blood pill and activating his Cultivation Technique, a continuous stream of medicinal power was generated, which he converted into Qi and then channeled into his Dantian...

Time reached late at night.

Chen Hu, who was Cultivating, twitched his ears.

He heard two gusts of wind sweeping into the courtyard.

After taking the essence blood pill, his five senses had also been strengthened.

This made his perception extremely keen.

The house at Widow Wang's place consisted of a main hall connected to two bedrooms.

To enter the two bedrooms, one had to enter the main hall.

Chen Hu quietly stood up and drifted to the door of the main hall.

The next moment, he sensed two figures arriving at the door, using a dagger to unlatch the door bolt.

Accompanied by a slight sound, the two pushed the door open and entered.

Right at this moment.

Chen Hu made his move.

He used the first move of the Tiger Claw Skill, Fierce Tiger Probes Its Claws, heading straight for one of their throats.

In the darkness, a pair of pupils suddenly constricted; he instinctively wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.

With a snap.

The opponent's neck was crushed by him.

The other person saw this and, without hesitation, slashed at Chen Hu with a blade.

But Chen Hu did not dodge or parry, letting the blade slash onto his body.

He also punched the opponent's chest; a powerful and pure Qi burst through his body, scattering the Qi inside the opponent's body, and the accompanying Qi also injured the opponent's internal organs.

As the opponent flew backwards, blood flowed from his nose and mouth.

The sound of the opponent landing alarmed the sleeping Widow Wang.

Widow Wang instinctively shouted: "Brother Hu, Brother Hu, what happened?"

"It's nothing, two petty thieves ran in again. I've already taken care of them. I'm taking them away to dispose of them. You get up and close the door properly!"

While speaking, Chen Hu picked up one person and one corpse and left the main hall.

Then he vaulted over the wall and headed straight for the stronghold.

Soon, Chen Hu arrived at the stronghold and sent the night-shift underling to notify Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan.

These two were both Martial Artist of the Late Skin Refining Stage.

Breaking into Widow Wang's home tonight was mostly to assassinate him.

This made him think of Xu Gang's death.

In less than half an hour.

Ma Zhiyuan arrived with two subordinates.

After the greetings.

Chen Hu reported: "Hall Master, tonight two Late Skin Refining Stage Martial Artist came to my home to assassinate me. One was killed by me, and one was captured alive. I suspect these two are related to the death of Boss Xu!"

"Two Late Skin Refining Stage Martial Artist?"

Ma Zhiyuan was slightly stunned, then asked with concern: "You aren't injured, are you?"

Chen Hu said with a sigh: "I was quite lucky. When these two broke into my house, I was Cultivating. I hid behind the door and ambushed them, taking one out. Otherwise, the outcome would have been hard to say!"

"Not bad, it seems your luck is indeed very good, kid!"

Ma Zhiyuan patted Chen Hu's shoulder and said: "Where is the person? Take me to see!"

The one still alive, at the Late Skin Refining Stage, had already been tied up.

After Ma Zhiyuan looked at him, he indicated it was a strange face.

So he sent his underling to the Punishment Hall to send a torture expert over for interrogation.

Because Ma Zhiyuan personally invited them, the people from the Punishment Hall came quite quickly.

Under their care, the man quickly confessed.

The two of them were both Jianghu wanderers who had only recently come to Linjiang Prefecture.

Boss Xu's whole family was indeed killed by them.

According to the clues provided by the other party.

Ma Zhiyuan immediately sent people to make arrests.

Soon, a middle-aged man was brought back.

Under the interrogation of the Punishment Hall personnel, the middle-aged man quickly confessed, indicating that he was just a middleman.

Therefore, Ma Zhiyuan continued to send people to make arrests.

After further interrogation, the person brought back indicated that he was also a middleman.

However, he did not know who the person trading with him was.

The other party left silver and a note in his house and told him what to do.

The trail ended here; wanting to find out the mastermind behind the scenes would not be easy.

"Chen Hu, who do you think is the mastermind behind the scenes?"

Ma Zhiyuan asked.

Chen Hu said thoughtfully: "Whoever benefited the most after Boss Xu died is likely the one. By the way, Hall Master, before Boss Xu died, he once asked me to investigate the matter of Yang Shan colluding with the Venomous Snake Gang!"

"Why didn't you say so earlier!"

Ma Zhiyuan said with some blame.

Chen Hu said helplessly: "I don't have any evidence, and furthermore, Yang Shan is the son-in-law of Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao. If I were to say Yang Shan colluded with the Venomous Snake Gang without any proof, he might bite back at me!"