Chapter 426: Chapter 286 The Same Kind_2
Fortunately, Tie Dan also had the upper hand, with a head in hand, allowing him to calculate based on cause and effect, taking the lead to find Yan Pingyuan first.
If they could form an alliance, that’s great; if not, then he would just bind him and bring him back to Honzan for training. After all, hadn’t they said that there were many daughters ready for marriage at home? As long as they had the last Yan descendant in hand, it would suffice.
So Tie Dan turned his head to look at the crowd on the city tower,
"Are you fighting or not? If not, I’m leaving."
The soldiers and generals on the tower were speechlessly looking at the hundreds of floating corpses on the drawbridge, in the city tower, and on the moat.
Well, hanging corpses here to demonstrate, how could they be easily collected? There were also heavy guards watching over them. So the city gate guards immediately gathered armored soldiers to rush out and catch him.
Then the Sword Immortal on the bridge suddenly turned into a ball...
Moreover, his eyes...
Seeing these people trembling with fear and reluctance, keeping the city gates tightly closed, with no one daring to come out, Tie Dan found it uninteresting. He casually calculated and felt a connection to the west, wrapping himself in sword light, taking Hui Ming Zhan Tie along, and rushing with sword light to find the traces of Yan Pingyuan based on intuition.
"Young master, over there, over there! Someone is fighting with swords!"
"Go take a look, young master, it might be the person we want to kill!"
From afar on the road, they saw a sword fight with dazzling sword light. Hui Ming Zhan Tie’s eyes lit up, licking their crimson lips with a famished expression.
This was a feeling Tie Dan could empathize with. Additionally, things like the Changshan Plain might be important to Honzan, but to him, it was worth just one cent, and he wasn’t particularly concerned. So he lowered his sword light to join in the fun.
It must be said that now really was a time of chaos, with the entire Cultivation World becoming restless. Previously, with the Immortal Records and Divine List suppressing everyone, apart from the Demon Sect daring to kill officials and rebel at will, the other mountain dwellers and mixed cultivators mostly feared the Immortal Palace’s might and followed the rules to some extent, only able to cling to wealthy Gate Valve families as Tributes.
But now, with the world in chaos, the Immortal Palace was ineffective, and the Gate Valve families were also powerless. The era where the strong were respected and the fittest survived had finally arrived. Not only were rebel armies rampaging, but these loose cultivators and mixed cultivators also unlocked the shackles of humanity, doing whatever they pleased.
At this moment, as Tie Dan glanced around, he saw a large plain with a fortress standing in the middle, appearing to belong to a wealthy family. The lands as far as he could see belonged to them, definitely either rich or noble.
However, this family had been attacked by bandits, and most of their strong men and guards probably joined the army earlier and were wiped out on the battlefield. The old, weak, sick, and disabled couldn’t stop the thieves, who had already stormed the fortress, plundering and burning everything.
Although these Gate Valve families had high walls and large courtyards, and set up Barrier Arrays, and their young scions could practice breathing and energy cultivation, even the most robust fortress couldn’t withstand being compromised from within.
At this time, Tie Dan casually calculated and saw that the large courtyard was intact without any signs of a forceful attack. Several of the bandits were clearly dressed as servants, suggesting that these were traitorous servants collaborating with the bandits, releasing the Sealing Array from within.
Now that the manor inside the fortress had been breached, the male members of the family were being attacked by enemies within, slain on the ground, while the women in the backyard were being captured and looted. Only one Outer Pill Nascent Soul, an old ancestor-like figure, was protecting a grandson with all his might, being besieged by four Core Formation loose cultivators, fighting and cursing simultaneously.
It seemed that one of the four was originally a house slave offering tribute to the family, but today had harbored ill intentions, secretly poisoning the old ancestor, colluding with three bandit leaders, killing the entire household, planning to divide the assets and go their separate ways.
Tie Dan retracted his sword light, and the three of them descended from the air, startling the crowd. The old man, seeing this, quickly realized and knelt, kowtowing,
"Please, Sword Immortal, save us! Fan Juan is willing to offer all the family wealth!"
The group of loose cultivators looked up and saw the Sword Immortal with nine-colored radiant light behind him, the sword light dazzling, Daoist energy soaring into the sky, while their own meager Dao Power couldn’t even glimpse the true appearance of the person.
Beside him were two maids, one holding a sword and the other a fan, both with unparalleled beauty and charm.
Having cultivated for years, none were fools, and knowing a True Cultivation of the Three Great Sects had arrived, they understood the situation and quickly prepared to flee.
But unexpectedly, the maid was fierce beyond measure, striking with the fan, with a loud "Bang!" instantly shattering the traitorous house servant’s head, blood and brains splattering, dying on the spot!
Hui Ming, "How dare you! The young master hasn’t spoken yet; let’s see who dares to leave! Kneel!"
The three bandits’ legs went soft, and they knelt on the ground, the old man showing a hint of joy.
Tie Dan was displeased, pouting,
"Is he here?"
Hui Ming checked the letter,
"Yes."
Tie Dan was pleased,
"Kill him."
"As you command!"
Zhan Tie raised the Beichen Treasure Sword, the sword light striking, slicing off the old man’s head, which rolled on the ground.
Bandits, "..."
Tie Dan said,
"You’ve killed all of the Fan family."
Bandits, "???"
"From now on, you will manage the Fan family’s lands, taking half of the harvest each month, delivering it to the Hidden Sword Manor as tribute."
Before the crowd could react, Tie Dan flicked his finger, sending a burst of sword energy piercing their lungs, severely injuring the three, leaving them sprawled on the ground.
"Only I can dissolve this sword energy. Fail to pay, and you’ll die."
The bandits wailed,
"Spare us! We’ll pay! We’ll pay!" "Where is the Hidden Sword Manor..."
Then Tie Dan looked at the Fan child beside the old ancestor, crying and gnashing teeth, staring at him with angry eyes,
"What are you looking at?! Your family isn’t any better! I am Guangxia Mountain Tie Dan!
Your ancestral property is mine now! If you want revenge, come find me!"