25: Chapter 25 Hiding in anonymity? Kill them all and you won't have to worry!

Who is it?

Wang Heihu?

Hearing the exclamations of the other Xiao Family relatives behind him, Xiao Chang immediately lowered his head and looked at the corpse's head on the ground, its eyes wide open in death.

The head still wore an expression of shock and utter disbelief at having been executed.

Even so, Xiao Chang still recognized the appearance of this head—it was precisely the look of Wang Heihu, the leader of the Black Tiger Gang who was wanted by Huoyun Country and whose likeness hung day and night at the entrance of the Qinghua County yamen!

"It really is Wang Heihu!"

"I work as a clerk at the yamen, so I definitely won't mistake him. This head is definitely Wang Heihu's head!"

"But how is this possible! Wang Heihu is a second-rate Martial Artist, and having been wanted with a bounty for so long, still no Martial Artist was able to take his head! At this moment, he actually... died here!"

Outside the side chamber, the relatives of the Xiao Family let out waves of clamor and exclamations.

While gazing at Wang Heihu's head, they shifted their gazes toward the youth inside the side chamber whose body was stained with blood, with black hair and dark eyes.

Inside the side chamber, there was only Wang Heihu, a wolf demon, and Qin Muyuan.

Besides him, who else could have slain Wang Heihu!

However, among everyone present, only Xiao Chang stared at Qin Muyuan with a dumbfounded expression.

As someone who escaped from the Heishui County prison in Xiaoshan Country together with Qin Muyuan, Xiao Chang both clearly and vaguely knew Qin Muyuan's strength.

On the road heading toward Huoyun Country after leaving the Heishui County prison, the two of them were hunted down by the cavalry of Xiaoshan Country.

Back then, although Qin Muyuan beat back all the Xiaoshan Country cavalry, he was unable to keep and kill all of those cavalrymen.

Judging by his strength, Qin Muyuan at that time could be considered quite formidable among third-rate Martial Artists.

But... the gap between a third-rate Martial Artist and a second-rate Martial Artist like Wang Heihu was practically an impassable chasm!

From hearing the sounds of battle in the main hall to Xiao Chang rushing to this side chamber, how much time had passed?

Qin Muyuan had already slain the second-rate Martial Artist Wang Heihu under his sword just like that?

"Is... is this right?"

Xiao Chang was filled with doubt, his expression puzzled to the extreme.

"What's not right about it?" Hearing Xiao Chang's words, Qin Muyuan directly retorted.

It was just killing a tiny elite mob, was there any need to make such a fuss?

Turning his head and seeing the exclamation mark light up above Xiao Chang's head, Qin Muyuan asked:

"You came to find me, you should have some kind of quest, right?"

Hearing Qin Muyuan put it this way, Xiao Chang finally remembered the matters discussed in the main hall. Clenching his teeth slightly, he spoke anyway:

"Brother Qin, my Xiao Family... has failed your grace of saving our lives!"

Immediately after, Xiao Chang cut straight to the point, laying out the Xiao Family's plans: with no hope of seeking reinforcements, the Family could only superficially sever ties with him while secretly funding Qin Muyuan's escape.

Toward an NPC like Xiao Chang, Qin Muyuan was still willing to give a bit of patience, so he understood his current situation as well as the rescue efforts the Xiao Family had made to protect him.

"No wonder Xiao Chang had such a constipated look on his face yesterday and ended up saying nothing in the end. I thought he was being treated like a doormat by the girl he liked; turns out he was worried about the Baiyun Martial Arts Hall seeking revenge..."

Hearing and understanding the whole story, Qin Muyuan thought to himself.

Seeking help from families on good terms with the imperial court, yet the other party was unwilling to help.

Seeking help from close friends, yet those close friends wanted to sever ties instead.

For the Xiao Family to only notify him to escape now could indeed be called doing everything they possibly could.

Qin Muyuan looked at the guilt-ridden Xiao Chang and glanced at the quest that had just popped up on his panel:

[Xiao Chang issues a quest to you full of guilt]

[Quest: Go into Hiding, Lay Low]

[Grand Master Lin Jiuye of Baiyun Martial Arts Hall has murderous intent towards you. The Commandant of Hongyan Prefecture is sending people to assassinate you, and the high-ranking officials and nobles of Qinghua County also want to take your life! At this juncture, the only option is to flee... perhaps?]

[Quest Rewards: EXP +400, Mall Points +2000, Huoyun Country Regional Fame -150, Colorless Martial Art · Green Turtle Technique * 1]

"Fame -150? The reward for completing the quest actually has a negative reward?"

Qin Muyuan speechlessly glanced at the panel and checked the [Colorless Martial Art · Green Turtle Technique].

This was a Qi-cultivation martial art. After practicing it, one's mindset would become peaceful and calm. Even if enemies humiliated one's wife or killed one's Family in public, one could suppress the anger in their heart and never act rashly out of impulse.

Except...

"Calling it Qi-cultivation, isn't that fucking just being a total wimp!"

Qin Muyuan came to play games to feel refreshed and happy, not to be a total wimp!

Thus, he immediately raised his hand, cutting off Xiao Chang's words:

"You're saying that the Baiyun Martial Arts Hall, the county commandant of Hongyan Prefecture, and those high-ranking officials and nobles in the county whose Young Masters and Young Misses I killed all want to hunt me down?"

"Yes, Brother Qin!" Xiao Chang persuaded, "Their faction is powerful and they outnumber us. You must absolutely not be impulsive..."

"Very good!" However, Qin Muyuan directly interrupted his words:

"I was originally expecting Xiaoshan Country to send an army to kill me so I could pull off a solo formation break and take the enemy general's head from amidst thousands of troops."

"As a result, after waiting for so many days, Xiaoshan Country still hasn't sent an army. I was getting a bit tired of waiting."

"Now... I finally have a substitute for the Xiaoshan Country army!"

Huh?

Hearing Qin Muyuan's words, whether it was Xiao Chang, Xiao Feng, or the rest of the Xiao Family relatives who had only heard Qin Muyuan's name and had never met him, all of them froze for a moment.

What did he mean by a substitute for the Xiaoshan Country army?

Some Xiao Family relatives dug their ears, making sure they hadn't heard wrong.

After a good while, Xiao Chang reacted and asked in a daze, "Brother Qin, do you mean... to go find those people and kill them all?"

"Of course." Qin Muyuan slowly nodded, his tone of voice as casual as answering what to eat today.

He's gone mad!

Hearing Qin Muyuan's response, the Xiao Family relatives widened their eyes and all drew in a sharp breath, directly making a huge contribution to Huoyun Country's global warming.

It couldn't be blamed that they felt Qin Muyuan was crazy, it was just that... Qin Muyuan's words were simply too horrifying!

Kill all of those people?

How could that be possible!

Not to mention fighting their way to Grand Master Lin Jiuye and the commandant of Hongyan Prefecture, he couldn't even kill the high-ranking officials and nobles of Qinghua County!

Even if his strength was formidable and he could kill the high-ranking officials and nobles of one or two households, as long as the county soldiers in the city discovered him, he would definitely be surrounded and annihilated by the county troops!

Even if he killed the county soldiers of Qinghua County, there were still the border-guard troops stationed outside Qinghua County!

These border-guard troops were no mere motley crew, but powerful Martial Artists who had participated in the war against Xiaoshan Country and possessed rich life-or-death combat experience!

Once the border-guard troops were alerted, let alone a second-rate Martial Artist, even if a first-rate Martial Artist came, they would only be able to flee in panic!

Even if Qin Muyuan escaped afterward, he would suffer a nationwide manhunt from Huoyun Country.

By that time, it wouldn't be as simple as just Grand Master Lin Jiuye and the commandant of Hongyan Prefecture hunting him down.

Instead, everyone from top to bottom throughout Huoyun Country would view Qin Muyuan as a vicious criminal, hunting him down across the entire nation!

This was a whole country making an enemy of a single person!