Chapter 8 You're risking your life for a few hundred taels of silver?

Yan Chu's moving footsteps suddenly stopped, and he looked over coldly.

The other three people accompanying Steward He had already spread out, surrounding Yan Chu in the middle.

Steward He chuckled and said, "I didn't expect that we wouldn't find Hua Feifei, but instead ran into a wanted criminal from Six Doors first."

"Ah? A wanted criminal from Six Doors? What is going on?"

"Brother Chu, he..."

The caravan members were all shocked and looked at Yan Chu one after another, only to see that his expression remained unchanged, and he had no intention of explaining.

Seeing this, everyone immediately understood that what Steward He said was likely true.

Who would have thought that Brother Chu was actually a wanted criminal.

"Brother He? What about the others?"

One of the people accompanying Steward He asked, his eyes unkind.

Steward He snorted coldly, "Traveling with a wanted criminal, they must be accomplices. Kill them all!"

"Ah? Steward He, you— Pfft!"

Old Liu did not expect Steward He to be so cold-blooded. Just as he was about to explain, he felt his vision blur, and a long sword pierced his neck. Blood sprayed, and the light in his eyes gradually faded.

"Hahaha! Good! Another small profit to be made!"

The other three laughed and lunged at the other five merchants. They had just heard that Old Liu and the others had given Yan Chu a reward of 1,300 taels, so they might still have silver on them.

They had been wandering in the mountains for several days without gaining anything, and they had long been harboring a foul breath of frustration in their hearts.

"No!"

"Spare me!!"

The five merchants screamed in terror, but it was useless. In a few quick strikes, they were all killed.

Hee-haw! Hee-haw!

Only a dozen mules remained, braying uneasily.

"Damn it!"

Yan Chu cursed inwardly.

These people were more ruthless than the last.

It was all pre-arranged; their hands were too fast, and he didn't even have time to stop them.

Steward He wiped the blood off his sword on Old Liu's clothes and looked at Yan Chu with a smirk, "You are quite sharp, but it's a pity that when I left the city three days ago, I happened to see your wanted poster at the city gate."

"You dare to kill someone from Six Doors. Taking your head will be just right for claiming a reward at Six Doors!"

Clang!

Yan Chu couldn't be bothered with small talk. He drew his long saber, and a dense wind of blade strikes slashed forward.

Steward He's expression changed. This young man didn't follow the martial code; he drew his blade without even saying hello.

He roared, "Attack together!"

The four of them held their weapons and all charged at Yan Chu.

Among these four, Steward He and another person used swords, while the other two used short sabers.

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

In an instant, the dense blade shadows clashed dozens of times with the long swords and short sabers, sparks flying everywhere.

"What great strength!"

Steward He was sent flying by a slash, landed after a 360-degree turn in the air, and his eyes showed some surprise.

"Watch the blade!"

The two people holding short sabers attacked from the left and right. Yan Chu rotated his blade, sweeping them aside, and then immediately brought a palm down onto the top of one of their heads.

Pfft!

The Rushing Thunder Palm energy directly shattered the opponent's skull, splashing blood all over the ground.

【Killed a Qi-Blood Realm villain who wanted to attack you. Grudge resolved, Experience +100】

Yan Chu shook the blood off his hand, kicked the headless corpse several meters away, and teased, "What are you risking your life for a few hundred taels of silver?"

If you want to deal with me, then you are my irreconcilable enemy!

The other three had grave expressions.

Theoretically, four against one, the advantage should clearly be with us, yet one was countered and killed. This brute is indeed fierce.

"Brother He, what should we do?"

One of them was starting to get cold feet and looked at Steward He.

Steward He sneered, "What are you afraid of? He died because his own skills were insufficient. Doesn't that mean we can split one less share?"

"That's true!"

The other two laughed and agreed. The person killed was only at the Early Stage of the Qi-Blood Realm; he deserved to die!

Anyway, brothers are just meant to be betrayed.

"Kill!"

Steward He roared and charged up again.

He had already seen that although Yan Chu's Qi-Blood was robust, his blade technique was average. They could use their exquisite Martial Skills to entangle him and then find a flaw to kill him.

Hum!

Unexpectedly, this time Yan Chu's blade was somehow several points faster. It was just like a gust of wind blowing by, and a pillar of blood shot high up from the neck of the person who charged first.

【Killed a Qi-Blood Realm villain who wanted to attack you. Grudge resolved, Experience +100】

"Good! Another share less to split!"

Steward He was not afraid at all; instead, he shouted inwardly.

His eyes flashed with a fierce light, he flourished his sword, and while Yan Chu was fighting the last companion, he suddenly thrust toward his back.

Rrrrip!

Steward He, thinking the sword strike had succeeded, saw his smile freeze on his face. The opponent's skin and flesh were actually like soft cloth, dissipating most of the force of this sword strike; it didn't break his defense at all.

"Iron Cloth Shirt at Major Achievement?"

Steward He finally realized something was wrong. He understood this hard-body Cultivation Technique; after reaching Major Achievement, ordinary blades could not break the defense.

The next second, Yan Chu turned around, holding the head of the last companion who had died with his eyes wide open.

In that instant just now, he had added all his experience to the Wind-Splashing Saber Technique, instantly reaching Minor Achievement.

This was how he was able to decapitate the opponent in an instant.

"Hehe~"

Steward He forced two laughs and hurriedly explained: "Brother, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding..."

Whoosh!

A violent gust of wind blew, a white light flashed in Steward He's eyes, and a neat bloodstain appeared in the middle of his forehead.

"Heh... heh... such a fast blade..."

Steward He's eyes revealed a trace of unwillingness as he collapsed limply to the ground.

"Sorry, I was also mistaken."

【Killed a Qi-Blood Realm villain who wanted to attack you. Grudge resolved, Experience +100, Disguise Art +1】

"Oh?"

Yan Chu's eyes lit up. This System can actually drop equipment?

He had been worrying about how to conceal his identity, but now he didn't need to worry anymore.

【Host: Yan Chu】

【Cultivation: First Realm Qi-Blood Peak】

【Cultivation Technique: Nine Yang Divine Art (First Layer 1194/2000), Iron Cloth Shirt (Major Achievement)】

【Martial Skill: Rushing Thunder Palm (Major Achievement), Wind-Splashing Saber Technique (Minor Achievement 43/1500)】

【Secret Technique: Disguise Art (Entry Level 1/100)】

【Experience Points: 100】

Having killed four First Realm Martial Artists, upgrading the Wind-Splashing Saber Technique to Minor Achievement had consumed 300 experience, and now only 100 remained.

Whether it was the Nine Yang Divine Art or the Wind-Splashing Saber Technique, they were still far from the next level, and 100 experience points wouldn't be of much use.

After thinking about it, Yan Chu decided to upgrade the Disguise Art first!

He had just heard this Steward He say that many Jianghu people from the vicinity had come to the Cangmang Mountain Range for the Zheng family's reward.

He was on Six Doors' wanted list, and this face was too handsome; it would be easy for people to recognize him.

As the 100 experience points returned to zero, countless memories of cultivating the Disguise Art flooded into his mind, instantly reaching the Minor Achievement Realm.

With the Disguise Art reaching Minor Achievement, Yan Chu could control his Qi and blood to circulate in his face, altering his facial structure and making it impossible for people to recognize him.

If he reached Major Achievement, he could even shift his bones and change his physique at will.

As he controlled the circulation of his Qi and blood, his facial muscles soon began to widen laterally, and the originally handsome young man turned into a man in his fifties.

"This will do!"

Yan Chu touched his face and suddenly thought of a problem.

Since he had already disguised himself, was there any need to cross thousands of miles of the Cangmang Mountain Range to go to Mang Prefecture?

"Who gives a damn about going there!"

After figuring this out, Yan Chu began to turn around and set off on his return journey along the path he had come.

Before leaving, he searched the corpses of the four dead ghosts and found a total of several dozen taels of silver.

"Pfft! Four poor wretches!"

No wonder they even targeted such a small caravan; he didn't expect them to be this poor.

On the other side, hundreds of miles away from here.

Under a simple thatched shed, the head of the Zheng family, Zheng Yao, and the local official of Six Doors, Chi Yong, were drinking tea, waiting for news from the capture team.

That flower-picking thief, Hua Feifei, was also a figure on Six Doors' wanted list, with a Second Realm Peak cultivation and a movement technique far exceeding that of ordinary Third Realm Martial Artists, having escaped Six Doors' capture several times.

His importance far exceeded that of Yan Chu.

This time, that flower-picking thief provoked the Zheng family, triggering the Zheng family to use all their power to hunt him down, and Chi Yong took this opportunity to mobilize the forces of Six Doors to cooperate.