18: Kill three people in one night

"Is this the house?"

"It should be…"

"Slap!"

"What do you mean 'should be'? You useless things who can't accomplish anything but can ruin everything."

"Brother, it's this house, definitely, no mistake."

"Let's go in. It's just a matter of killing two more people."

The three of them spoke while climbing onto the wall, poking their heads to peer into the courtyard.

Zhang Qingxiao held his breath, hiding behind the courtyard gate, listening quietly to the movement.

From the few people's hushed conversation, he had basically determined that these people were coming specifically for him.

He gripped the Magical Artifact longsword in his hand even tighter.

He was just waiting for them to enter the courtyard to launch a thunderous strike immediately.

"Ouch!"

When one of them jumped down from the wall, he happened to jump right into the large pit that Zhang Qingxiao had blasted out while practicing the Fireball Technique, lost his footing, and fell directly to the ground.

He couldn't help but let out a cry of pain.

"Damn it, so stupid. Why did I find you two idiots?"

"Brother, I didn't fall…"

The other two spoke as they hurriedly helped the man who had fallen to the ground up.

Just at this moment, a bright light lit up at the gate.

The three of them reacted immediately, knowing that the commotion they had made had long since alerted the owner of the courtyard.

They immediately triggered the Body Protection Talisman they were carrying, then chanted spells and formed hand seals in unison, wanting to use their techniques.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Before their spells were even finished, three blue-purple fireballs had already flown toward the three of them.

They slammed into the three people's Body Protection Talismans, emitting a bursting sound.

The spiritual power shields formed by the Body Protection Talismans were also shattered into pieces in that instant.

Zhang Qingxiao took a step forward, arriving in front of the three, and with his Magical Artifact longsword, he slashed with all his might at their necks…

Immediately, blood gushed out.

Their eyes bulged, their heads felt heavy, and clutching their necks, they fell slowly to the ground in unwillingness.

The whole process took a long time to describe, but in reality, it was very short, taking no more than one or two breaths in total.

Life-and-death battles are often like this; the winner and loser are decided in an extremely short amount of time.

Killing again, Zhang Qingxiao was no longer as nervous or worried as he was the first time.

"Pah!"

"Poor ghosts, to think that apart from the Body Protection Talisman they used, they didn't even have a single Magical Artifact."

Zhang Qingxiao quickly searched the three bodies, obtained nothing, and couldn't help but curse under his breath.

Afterward, he calmly snapped his fingers, and a ball of flames burned out of thin air.

"Brother Zhang, are you okay over there…"

Zhou Yun also heard the commotion in Zhang Qingxiao's courtyard and hurriedly came out, asking with concern.

"It's nothing, just a few petty thieves; I've already taken care of them."

As he was speaking, the courtyard gate was knocked upon. Although he felt a bit helpless, he still opened the gate for Zhou Yun.

It wasn't just Zhou Yun who came over, but also her father, Zhou Quan.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, you've come as well, please enter."

Once Zhou Yun and Zhou Quan entered the courtyard, they saw the three corpses lying on the ground and were instantly stunned on the spot.

Living in this kind of place, a few corpses didn't cause any discomfort to the two of them.

It was just that from the time they heard the commotion to the end, the time was truly unbelievably fast.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, did you kill all of them?"

Zhou Quan came back to his senses, stepped forward two paces, looked closely at the faces of the three, and asked in disbelief.

He had actually seen these three; they were all Middle Stage Cultivators.

The one with the highest Realm, like him, had reached the Fifth Level.

"No, they had a conflict among themselves, killed each other, and ended up dying together."

Zhang Qingxiao rolled his eyes and made a joke.

"I thought so. You just reached Cultivation Level 4, how could you possibly kill three Middle Stage Cultivators in such a short time."

Only this explanation could be considered reasonable.

Zhang Qingxiao: o(╯□╰)o

"Dad, these three were killed by Brother Zhang. Look at the wounds on their necks; they were clearly slashed by a Sharp Weapon through the arteries…"

Zhou Yun realized her father was actually so silly that he couldn't even tell when something was clearly a joke.

"Ah…"

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, you… how did you do it…"

Zhou Quan heard his daughter say this and realized what happened.

If he wasn't mistaken, these three should have used Body Protection Talismans, and furthermore, there was still the aura emitted by the Body Protection Talismans lingering around.

This was even more incredible.

The spiritual power shield formed by a Body Protection Talisman would require a Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level Cultivator using a Magical Artifact to attack three to five times before it could potentially be broken.

Unless one had a Medium Grade or High Grade Magical Artifact in hand, it would be impossible to break the Body Protection Talisman's spiritual power shield in one strike.

"You also know that I practice Body Refining. Before they came in, I was already prepared. Catching them off guard, I slashed at the three of them's necks…"

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, could you help me dispose of these three corpses together?"

Zhou Quan saw that Zhang Qingxiao wasn't telling the truth, so he didn't continue to press the matter and helped throw the bodies onto the open space outside the courtyard.

Just as Zhang Qingxiao was preparing to use a fireball to burn the corpses into ashes, he was stopped by Zhou Quan.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, leaving these three corpses here can avoid some trouble tonight."

Zhou Quan had lived in the Chang Sheng Sect Utility Disciple area since he was young, and he had experienced this kind of chaotic situation twice before.

He knew how to better protect himself.

"Very well!"

Zhang Qingxiao pondered for a moment, then understood Zhou Quan's meaning, and moved the three corpses to the gate, hanging them directly on the wall.

After doing all this, he thought Zhou Quan and Zhou Yun would go home to rest, but he didn't expect Zhou Quan to shamelessly stay at his house.

Nominally, it was said that the three of them were safer together and could look out for each other.

In reality, it was just to hug his thigh.

Zhang Qingxiao was able to easily kill three Middle Stage Cultivators, so his strength was definitely stronger than his.

This whole ordeal had already lasted until late at night, but screams could still be heard from outside from time to time.

This night was destined to be an uneasy one.

Regarding Zhou Quan's shameless behavior, although Zhang Qingxiao was helpless, he didn't force him to go back.

Fortunately, Cultivators can also rest by meditating at night.

Just before dawn, movement came from the widow's house diagonally opposite.

Originally, Zhang Qingxiao thought that they were all neighbors, and a widow living alone wasn't easy, so he would help if he could.

However, the more he listened to the movement, the more he felt something was not quite right.

With the "un-un, ah-ah" sounds, it always made him associate it with scenes not suitable for children, so in the end, he held back and didn't go to help.

After dawn, Zhang Qingxiao specifically kept an eye on the widow's house.

Sure enough, he saw a Cultivator in his thirties walking out of the widow's house with weak legs.

"Brother Zhang, come over for breakfast."

Zhou Yun had prepared breakfast and happened to see that scene just now, cursing the widow for being shameless in her heart.

"Okay!"

When Zhang Qingxiao turned around, he happened to see the young widow coming out of the courtyard looking radiant, and she even winked at him.

It made him feel a bit embarrassed, so he hurriedly returned to his room to eat.

The widow incident was just a small interlude.

In the morning, the residents in the alley began to discuss what happened last night.

Through everyone's inspection, two households had been completely wiped out, and two other families hadn't resisted, and everything in their homes had been robbed.

For a time, the entire alley was in a state of panic.

At noon, a relatively high-prestige Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level Cultivator from nearby came over personally to invite Zhang Qingxiao to discuss the matter of joint defense.

Zhang Qingxiao received the other party politely, and after learning the other party's intention, he readily accepted the invitation.