Chapter 82 A Face and Peach Blossoms Reflecting Each Other's Beauty

Early morning, Yan Chu moved aside the jade arm pressing on his chest, got dressed, and went out.

The sky was overcast, as if a heavy rain was about to fall.

Inside the room, Han Yunlu was still in a deep slumber and wouldn't be waking up anytime soon.

These past few days, she had truly been tormented terribly by Yan Chu.

Ever since Yan Chu arrived at the Raging Flood Dragon Gang, she hadn't been able to leave the bed.

No matter how great her ambition was, it had vanished into thin air under these circumstances; she only knew how to beg for mercy and weep.

"Young Master, you are awake? Are you going out?"

Two maidservants stood outside the building, each holding a water basin and a face towel. Wang Ping had been waiting outside since early morning and stepped forward with a full face of smiles, ready to listen to Yan Chu's orders at any time.

Yan Chu first opened the panel.

【Host: Yan Chu】

【Cultivation: Sixth Realm Peak】

【Cultivation Technique: Nine Yang Divine Art (Perfection), Thirteen Protectors Hardened Golden Bell Shield (Perfection)】

【Martial Skill: Wind God Leg (subtle realm 3560/20000), Mighty Dragon Divine Palm (Major Achievement 3600/11000)】

【Items: overlord spear】

【Experience Points: 16530】

After the slaughter three days ago, Lanjiang Valley had turned into a bloody mess.

It wasn't until today that it was washed clean by the surging river water.

The experience he gained had also reached a Peak.

That very day, he had raised the Thirteen Protectors Hardened Golden Bell Shield to Perfection; his entire body had endless strength, his tendons and bones were like iron, and his defense was invincible.

He had tested it on himself with the azure nether saber, and it took more than ten consecutive strikes to break his defense.

This kind of defense was truly terrifyingly hard! Even famous weapons could hardly hurt him!

Han Yunlu was living proof!

For the past three days, she couldn't handle it alone and had often called her personal maidservants in to share the pressure.

Unfortunately, the only drawback was that he hadn't obtained a Grandmaster-level Internal Skill.

He had killed so many people, yet only dropped a Mighty Dragon Divine Palm and the overlord spear; the drop rate was simply too low.

The Mighty Dragon Divine Palm was also a famous palm technique, no less than the Wind God Leg, and also belonged to Grandmaster-level martial arts; it was the specialty of Guan Yutian, the leader of the Supreme Alliance in the Magic Sword Life and Death Chess.

This palm technique was extremely rigid and masculine, fierce and unparalleled.

When both palms were struck, it could manifest dragon shadows to shake and kill enemies, and combined with his Nine Yang Divine Art, the power was extremely terrifying.

The overlord spear was one of the Seven Weapons of Gu Long.

Unfortunately, he didn't practice spear techniques and couldn't use it for the time being.

If he could obtain a good spear technique in the future, it wouldn't hurt to practice it.

Having indulged in the Raging Flood Dragon Gang for three days, it was time to do some real work!

Now that his internal and external skills were at Perfection and his martial arts were exquisite, only a Grandmaster-level Cultivation Technique could allow him to progress further.

Yan Chu took the soaked towel to wipe his face and ordered:

"Go bring Ma Qingzong here; we are going out today!"

Twin Peaks Town was an inconspicuous small town.

There were over a hundred households in the town, one inn, one tea house, and nothing else worth mentioning.

Passing merchants and travelers rarely stopped here.

But in such an inconspicuous town, an extremely low-key wealthy man was hidden. No one knew that he might be related to the Grandmaster "Sword Roaring Across Three Rivers" Ye Dinghan from decades ago.

Today, the three of them appeared in Twin Peaks Town.

The Ma Qingzong beside him had recovered quite a bit of his complexion.

However, one of his shoulders had been shattered, and even if his injuries fully healed in the future, his strength would be greatly reduced. Not to mention that his cultivation was currently sealed by Yan Chu's True Qi, making him no different from an ordinary person.

The three appeared outside Master Wang's manor, and Yan Chu frowned.

Wang Ping and Ma Qingzong also had slight changes in their expressions.

The manor in front of them looked quiet on the outside, but a faint smell of blood drifted out from within, which could not be hidden from them.

"Let's go in and take a look!"

Yan Chu had already sensed that the manor was full of corpses, but he still walked in.

He wanted to see who had snatched the prize right under his nose!

"Hiss... what a ruthless method!"

Wang Ping gasped.

Upon entering the manor, from the courtyard all the way to the central hall, there were scattered corpses everywhere. Judging by their clothing, these people should be the servants of the Wang family.

Moreover, looking at the wounds, none were killed by a single sword strike; instead, each person had been struck dozens of times, clearly indicating the attacker acted with deep hatred.

Who on earth would use such vicious methods on these servants?

They entered the main room, where there were four more corpses: a middle-aged woman, a young man, and two teenagers, a boy and a girl, around fifteen or sixteen years old.

Judging by their appearance, they had suffered more torture before death.

Even the walls were splattered with blood.

Looking at the scene, it must have been a revenge killing.

"Looking at the corpses, the murderer must have acted two or three days ago!"

As a commander of the Six Doors, Ma Qingzong was well-versed in investigative methods in his youth. Although he hadn't investigated murderers specifically for a long time, his eye for detail remained.

"It happened two or three days ago? Hasn't anyone noticed for so long? Why hasn't anyone come to manage it?"

Wang Ping was a bit puzzled.

Ma Qingzong carefully glanced at Yan Chu in front.

Wang Ping understood and immediately shut his mouth.

Even the commander of the Six Doors had been subdued by Yan Chu, and the experts in the entire Longhua Prefecture had been almost wiped out by Yan Chu. Now, everyone in Jianghu was in danger; who would come to mind this business?

Yan Chu released his True Qi, covering the entire manor.

Every blade of grass and tree was within his perception.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked outside.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Outside the manor, figures dressed in silver rushed over. As they moved, the wind rustled, revealing impressive movement techniques.

"Hahaha! It was worth the old man waiting nearby for two days; I finally waited for you to come!"

"I thought you didn't care even if your wife, daughter, and son died. Let's see where you can run now!"

An old man with white hair and beard exuded a powerful Aura, his face full of smiles, his voice like a booming bell. As his True Qi surged, a burst of energy locked onto the three of them.

"Oh? You knew I was coming?"

Yan Chu walked slowly out of the hall and looked around the manor.

Amidst the scattered corpses stood eight people in silver robes. Besides the white-bearded old man, there was a man in his thirties, and the others were all youths. Their True Qi was surging, and they were all experts above the Qi Sea Realm, staring at the three of them like tigers watching their prey.

"It's not that scoundrel Liu Yaozu?"

"Who are you?"

Seeing Yan Chu's young and handsome face, the man in his thirties changed his expression and pointed at Yan Chu, shouting.

"Audacious! What kind of thing are you? How dare you question our Young Master?"

"I should be asking who you people are! Where did you old fogeys come from? How dare you kill so many innocent people?"

Without Yan Chu needing to speak, Wang Ping pointed at the other party's nose and started scolding.

The silver-robed old man's face sank.

The man in his thirties whispered a few words to him, and a hint of realization slowly appeared in his eyes. He sneered and said:

"It seems the matter of the Grandmaster's Legacy has long been leaked. Others are also eyeing this place. Did you tell anyone else?"

The man's expression changed slightly, and he quickly promised,

"Master, please understand, this Disciple has never told a second person. It must be that scoundrel Liu Yaozu who leaked it himself, trying to use others to fight against you, Master!"

"Hmph!"

The old man smiled disdainfully, "Fight against me? I have roamed the Jianghu for so many years; not just any cat or dog can fight against me!"

"Ye Xiaoran, I don't care what method you use, you must find Liu Yaozu for me!"

"Yes!"

The old man gave the order, then looked up at the three of them and said indifferently: "Where did you get the news about Ye Dinghan's Legacy?"

"Confess honestly, and I will give you a quick death!"

"You are Yuan Fusheng, the Sect Master of the Silver Robe Sect, right?"

Ma Qingzong suddenly spoke; he recognized the silver-robed old man in front of him.

"Oh? I didn't expect anyone in this small Longhua Prefecture to recognize me? Is my fame that great?"

Yuan Fusheng's old face broke into a smile, quite pleased with himself.

Ma Qingzong shook his head and sneered:

"Truly, the ignorant are fearless. You've lived to such an old age in vain. Do you know who this person beside me is?"

Yuan Fusheng narrowed his old eyes, "Who is he? I really don't know!"

He had rushed to Longhua Prefecture without stopping a few days ago and had stayed in Twin Peaks Town, almost never interacting with local Jianghu people.

Among the Longhua Prefecture experts he had learned about decades ago, this young man really wasn't one of them.

"Then you will know very soon!"

As soon as Yan Chu finished speaking, he raised his hand and pointed a finger. The True Qi finger energy split into ten, then into a hundred. A hundred beams of finger energy shot toward the crowd like a machine gun.

"A Sixth Realm expert!"

Yan Chu didn't act until he had to, but once he did, his cultivation was revealed, and the few members of the Silver Robe Sect immediately changed their expressions.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Those ordinary Fourth Realm Martial Artists had no power to resist. In an instant, they were all pierced with bloody holes by the finger energy and died on the spot.

【Killed a Fourth Realm Martial Artist who wanted to attack you, extremely satisfying, experience + 1000】

【Killed...】

"Presumptuous!"

Yuan Fusheng was furious. Silver light surged over his body, and he swung his sleeves. A torrent of vigorous True Qi collided with the finger energy, bursting out with dull thudding sounds.

Beams of finger energy broke through the True Qi barrier and landed on the ground, blasting out pits.

Yuan Fusheng grabbed Ye Xiaoran and retreated rapidly; he couldn't care about the other Disciples anymore.

This finger energy was too sharp. The young man in front of him was an expert no weaker than himself; he could only avoid the sharp edge for now.

Clang!

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, a light sound rang out, and a blade light flashed.

A chill instantly soaked his entire body.

Having lived for seventy or eighty years, this was the first time he felt death coming so close.

"Wait —!"

Swish!

It was as if the air had been parted; the blade light disappeared and returned to its sheath.

Yuan Fusheng's retreating figure froze, his eyes blank, somewhat unwilling.

"What... what a fast blade!"

It was so fast that he, a Late Stage Sixth Realm expert, hadn't even seen the blade light, and that strike was already over.

He had clearly shouted "Wait," so why didn't this person give him even a moment to speak?

Pfft!

Yuan Fusheng's entire body split into two halves from the middle, his intestines and viscera spilled out, and a bloody smell permeated the air.

【Killed a Sixth Realm Martial Artist who wanted to attack you, extremely satisfying, experience + 5000】

"Master..."

Ye Xiaoran stared blankly at the two pieces of the corpse on the ground; one of the hands had just been gripping his shoulder.

Yan Chu asked Ma Qingzong: "Does this Silver Robe Sect have any background behind it?"

"The Sect Master of the Silver Robe Sect has been killed by you, what other background could there be? They are just a medium-sized Sect in Mang Prefecture, and Yuan Fusheng was the one with the highest cultivation. You don't need to worry!"

"That's good!"

Yan Chu nodded.

He had felt like it was becoming a habit lately.

Every time he killed a small one, a medium or old one inevitably came along.

This time he had killed an old one, so at least there wouldn't be an even older one coming to find trouble.

Who made the Jianghu the way it was?

Casually, every force had someone backing them up.

It was like being an official; if you had no background, you could only be a petty clerk. Almost every leader you could see had various connections behind them.

Thud!

"Great Hero, spare my life! This one never intentionally targeted you!"

Ye Xiaoran was so scared that his heart and gallbladder were cold. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Yan Chu stood tall, expressionless, and said:

"Now I ask, you answer. If you dare to hide even a little bit, I will cut you into a thousand pieces. Don't doubt my methods!"

"I dare not! I dare not! Please ask, this one will definitely tell everything!"

"Your surname is Ye, what is your relationship with Ye Dinghan?"

"Ye Dinghan is my grandfather, I am his own grandson!"

"Oh? Then the Liu Yaozu you just mentioned, could he be the descendant of Liu Wei, who was under Ye Dinghan back then?"

"Correct!"

Ye Xiaoran said with a face full of hatred:

"Back then, after Liu Wei took me and his only son and fled, he lived here under an assumed name. But ten years later, one day, Qi Jingfu found them. The two of them fought a great battle, both were severely injured, and shortly after that, Liu Wei died."

"Not long after he died, Liu Yaozu became greedy for the Legacy I carried. I originally considered Liu Wei's loyal protection of his Master and thought it wouldn't matter if I gave him the Legacy."

"But who knew that not only was he greedy for the Legacy I carried, but he also coveted my newlywed wife."

"In the end, after he got the Legacy, he wanted to kill me. My wife forced him back with her own death, which allowed me to escape, but unfortunately, she was raped and killed by that animal!"

"After I escaped, I swore I would get revenge. I went far away to Mang Prefecture and joined the Silver Robe Sect."

"Two years ago, my cultivation broke through to the Fifth Realm, and I was high-spirited, feeling my strength was sufficient. I wanted to come and find that scoundrel Liu Yaozu for revenge, but who knew that he had used the Legacy left by my grandfather to break through to the Fifth Realm Peak. In the end, I failed to kill the enemy, and I was even injured at the root by his sword, becoming a useless person!"

When he said this, Ye Xiaoran had a face full of grief and indignation.

The three of Yan Chu suddenly realized. No wonder this Ye Xiaoran looked middle-aged but had no beard on his face.

It turned out he was a dead eunuch!

Ye Xiaoran continued:

"Liu Yaozu had the Grandmaster's Legacy, and I felt that no matter what, I couldn't catch up to him. After careful consideration, I told my Master this news, wanting to take revenge and get the Legacy back before he achieved the Grandmaster level."

"But I didn't expect that my Master fought a great battle with him and couldn't take him down on the spot."

"Halfway through, a woman in red appeared and saved him."

"To vent my anger, I tortured Liu Yaozu's whole family to death. As for what happened after, you already know."

"A woman in red..."

Yan Chu pondered for a moment and asked: "What did that woman look like?"

"Appearance..."

Speaking of this, Liu Yaozu's eyes actually showed a bit of infatuation.

He recalled: "She was wearing a veil, I didn't see her face."

"But I can never forget those eyes!"

"Those were peach blossoms on a human face!"

"Even though she was murderous at the time, there was still a hazy, charming feeling. Her eyes flowed with light, gentle and affectionate. Just a pair of eyes was so heart-stirring and unforgettable; I truly don't know what kind of stunning beauty her true face would be!"

Hearing this, Wang Ping couldn't help but laugh and tease:

"Your 'thing' doesn't even work, and you can still have interest in women?"

A flash of anger crossed Ye Xiaoran's eyes, and he said coldly:

"Such a beautiful woman, anyone would find it hard to forget!"

"My Master lost his focus just by looking at her eyes, which is why he accidentally let Liu Yaozu escape!"

Ma Qingzong heard this and said:

"Great Hero Yan, listening to his description, I seem to remember someone!"

Yan Chu gave a faint "Hmm" and gently recited:

"On this day last year within this door, the peach blossoms on a human face reflected red!"

"The human face does not know where it has gone, the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze!"