189: Close your eyes, it doesn't hurt
"Master Qing, I couldn't help myself!"
Cloth-Clad Saber Master explained earnestly, "My Thugs only know how to hack and kill; they're not good at finding people!"
Chu Qing smiled.
Crack!
He snapped the long saber with his fingers, and sections of iron fell into his hand.
"See, if you can cut people, you can find people."
"Help me find them, and everything will be fine."
"If you can't find them... people will truly die."
Cloth-Clad Saber Master fell silent.
Chu Qing grew impatient.
His finger movements sped up.
Soon, an entire long saber was broken into pieces by him.
He held a fragment between his fingers, and the next second, he flicked it.
Whoosh!
The long saber fragment, with a piercing whistle, shot across the sky and pierced a Thug's chest.
Bang!
The fragment penetrated the chest, blasting a bowl-sized hole in the back.
Thud!
The body fell to the ground.
The Crowd was horrified.
Even Cloth-Clad Saber Master's face was grim.
Clang!
Long sabers were drawn.
Dozens of Thugs surrounded Chu Qing.
Silence.
No one spoke.
But the Killing Intent, rising to the sky from the directed sabers, was like a thousand words.
They wanted to execute Chu Qing.
The result:
Chu Qing was completely unfazed.
He shook his wrist.
Clink, clank!
The long saber fragments collided, making a harsh sound.
"Now, tell me, can you find them?"
Chu Qing smiled, staring at Cloth-Clad Saber Master.
Gulp!
Cloth-Clad Saber Master swallowed, giving a wry smile, "Sorry, I haven't received..."
Whoosh!
Pfft!
Another Thug's chest was pierced.
Thud!
The body fell to the ground.
Chu Qing smiled, looking at the stiff-faced Cloth-Clad Saber Master and saying, "Now, what about now?"
Cloth-Clad Saber Master fell silent.
Chu Qing flicked his finger again.
Thud!
Another body fell to the ground.
The other Thugs exchanged glances and roared, "Kill!"
"Kill him!"
"Damn it, how dare he kill people here?"
"Call the brothers over, let's see how many he can kill!"
A Thug waved, and a signal arrow shot into the sky.
Boom!
The signal arrow exploded, forming the shape of a large saber.
Almost all the Thugs in the vast Prosperous Land saw it.
Their expressions changed slightly.
The place where the signal was sent was the Thugs' headquarters.
Go to support?
Or... pretend not to see it?
Some people hesitated.
But more Thugs were enraged, "Who dares to cause trouble at our headquarters?"
"Go, go and cut him down."
Countless Thugs rushed towards the headquarters from all directions.
Headquarters:
Chu Qing flicked his fingers.
Long saber fragments shot through the air.
Pfft!
Pfft!
Bodies fell to the ground.
But even more Thugs, fearless of death, charged from all directions.
Chu Qing had a smile on his face.
But his heart was filled with raging anger.
These people, rather than being killed by him, dared not disobey the orders of their masters behind them?
If that was the case... then they might as well all die!
His Killing Intent boiled.
Clang!
The Chain Spear hung down, moving around.
The large spear either struck or pierced; wherever it went, bodies fell to the ground.
Blood stained the ground.
A mist of blood permeated the air.
"You're all very good!"
"Preferring to be cut down by me rather than doing my bidding?"
"In that case, I'll grant your wish!"
"Come, send the signal, gather more people."
"Let's see if you trash can make me kill until my hands are soft!"
Bodies piled up.
Signal arrows soared into the sky, one after another.
More Thugs silently put down what they were doing and then flocked to the headquarters.
Cloth-Clad Saber Master watched, stunned.
He knew Chu Qing was ruthless.
He also knew that he had once caused a river of blood on Caotou Mountain.
But he had never witnessed those scenes firsthand, so he always thought it was an exaggeration.
But now, as he watched Chu Qing's slaughter with his own eyes, terror rose in his heart.
In Cloth-Clad Saber Master's eyes, Chu Qing was a demon.
Chu Qing, with a smile on his face, cut down Thug after Thug.
Those Thugs who had cultivated dozens of Iron Tendons and dozens of Iron Bones were like infants before him, instantly cut down.
Bodies piled up on the ground.
Chu Qing stepped on the corpses, continuing his slaughter.
One minute... ten minutes... the pile of bodies was already a meter high.
The Thugs, who had charged forward one after another, all stopped.
No one dared to charge again.
They gripped their sabers with trembling hands, utterly terrified.
Clang!
Chu Qing shook the chain.
The blood on the Chain Spear splattered, scattering.
Clang!
The Chain Spear slipped beneath his brocade robe.
Chu Qing, with a smile on his face, stared at Cloth-Clad Saber Master and said:
"Now, can you help me find them?"
Cloth-Clad Saber Master swallowed.
He looked at Chu Qing, then at the bodies piled at his feet, and stammered, "No one in the Prosperous Land will help you find them."
"Even if you kill everyone, no one will help you."
"I wouldn't dare help you find them either."
"Otherwise, I'll die a very, very miserable death!"
Chu Qing smiled, nodding, "I understand."
"You're afraid of a certain Big Shot, or a certain organization."
"It's alright, I can understand."
Cloth-Clad Saber Master breathed a sigh of relief.
He thought Chu Qing had understood and wouldn't trouble a small person like him.
"Come, close your eyes!"
Chu Qing walked step by step to Cloth-Clad Saber Master, gripping his head with one hand and his neck with the other, softly saying, "Relax, I'll be quick."
Cloth-Clad Saber Master's eyes widened; he felt fear and unease.
"Master Qing... don't kill me!"
The next second:
Crack!
Chu Qing used his arms with force, forcefully pulling off his head.
Pfft!
A gush of hot blood sprayed out like a fountain, scattering all over Chu Qing.
Bang!
Chu Qing casually threw the head to the ground and stomped it.
"You dog, you're willing to die for some people, why can't you die for me?"
"Don't kill you?"
"If I don't kill you, how can I justify the fire in my heart?"
Clang!
The chain dropped again.
Then, like a venomous snake, it lunged at the Thugs.
Many Thugs screamed, retreating frantically, fleeing.
In just a dozen seconds, there wasn't a single living person left in the vicinity.
Clang!
Clang!
Chu Qing dragged the Chain Spear onto the street.
People around him, seeing him, all looked wary and retreated.
Some shops even closed their doors directly.
They all didn't want to deal with Chu Qing.
Chu Qing didn't care either.
A group of Thugs, even if they died, wouldn't tell him the whereabouts of Zhao Hongxiu and the others.
Then:
Everyone else would definitely think the same way.
"The people threatening them must have a very, very powerful influence."
"So powerful that they'd rather die than disobey orders!"
"Since they're not even afraid of death, then... I'll just send them to their deaths."
Lost in thought, he dragged the Chain Spear and returned to the convoy.
The moment he left the Prosperous Land, deafening cheers erupted from within.
Clearly, these people believed they had won.
"He's backed down!"
"Haha, sure enough, when we unite, he's helpless."
"Too bad for Cloth-Clad Saber Master."
"Nothing to feel sorry about, his backing, the Wang family, had already planned to abandon him anyway."
Nangong and Madam Shi frowned, saying, "What do we do?"
"Killing people still can't make them speak?"
Chu Qing nodded, "Indeed, they're not afraid of death."
Nangong gnashed her teeth and said, "Then we haven't killed enough."
"Let's go, you kill on this end, I'll kill on the other."
"Eventually, there will be someone with soft bones who will hand them over."
Madam Shi sighed, "Jianghu isn't just about fighting and killing!"
"This Jianghu requires understanding human relationships!"
"Bring me paper and ink, I'll write a letter and ask an old friend for help!"
Chu Qing shook his head, "Madam, no need for such trouble!"
"It's just finding people."
"If they don't help, we'll find them ourselves!"
Both women stared at him in unison, saying, "How will we find them?"
Chu Qing smiled, "Of course, we'll search room by room."