Chapter 108 Massacre

Fei Xinlan was the most famous disciple of the Flying Sword Hall in Lan Yue City. Although she was still a bit short of entering the ranks of experts, her swordsmanship was already extraordinary. Qiu Tong was her eldest senior sister.

"The Fang family has considerable influence in Fengye City and will soon know what happened here," a Blood Rain Guard gray-clad personal guard said solemnly. "We must immediately rendezvous with Master."

"Miss, let's go quickly," Butler Zhang also urged.

Fei Xinlan didn't dare to act willful at this moment. She said to the woman holding her husband's corpse, "You should leave quickly too."

The woman knelt down and kowtowed. "Thank you, benefactor..." Then, suppressing her grief, she silently carried her husband's corpse on her back and left step by step.

Fei Xinlan and the others also quickly departed, leaving behind the corpses of Fang Chong and his group.

Hundred-Cave Bridge was crowded with people. Countless people looked at the corpses, and immediately a group of people emerged, blocking the surroundings to protect the bodies. "The Nine-Crooked Gang is handling matters, everyone stay back." Dozens of gang members strictly protected the scene.

The Nine-Crooked Gang was the largest gang in Fengye City, more powerful than any of the three major gangs in Lan Yue City. Hundred-Cave Bridge was such a prosperous place, so naturally, many gang members were here to maintain order and collect protection fees.

When Xu Jingming and the others made their moves, they killed too ruthlessly. These ordinary gang members didn't dare to interfere and throw their lives away, and only dared to step forward now.

...

Inside the inn.

"Father, I killed someone," Fei Xinlan said, lowering her head as she saw her father.

"She killed Fang Chong, the son of Fang Sanyou from Fengye City," Butler Zhang immediately said. "This Fang Chong is also the adopted son of Dong Ke, the Nine-Crooked Gang leader. It is said that Fang Sanyou and the Master of Nest Mountain Lake are sworn brothers."

Before his son rose to prominence, Master Fei was able to create such a large enterprise, so naturally, his methods were extraordinary. After hearing this, he calmly nodded and ordered, "We can't stay at the inn. Quickly go to the Blood Rain Guard station in Fengye City. Everyone quickly pack your things and leave immediately!"

Soon, the Fei family's convoy headed straight for the Blood Rain Guard station.

******

The Fang family had an extraordinary status in Fengye City. The local Blood Rain Guard commander and the City Lord's Mansion head were all friends of Fang Sanyou. The Nine-Crooked Gang leader, Dong Ke, even took the initiative to adopt Fang Chong as his adopted son, which showed Fang Sanyou's influence.

"What did you say?"

Fang Sanyou, who had just gotten out of bed with his clothes on, stared at the person in front of him.

"Young Master Fang Chong had a conflict with some outsiders at Hundred-Cave Bridge and was killed on the spot. His subordinates were also wiped out in the blink of an eye," the bald man said cautiously. "I'm from the Hundred-Cave Bridge branch and saw everything clearly at the time. Those outsiders were too terrifying, and our gang members didn't dare to step forward. Now, the other gang members are protecting Young Master Fang Chong's body."

"Wiped out in the blink of an eye?" Fang Sanyou narrowed his eyes, like a venomous snake. "You're not mistaken? 'Iron Saber Xiong' by my son's side was also killed?"

"Yes, Master Xiong's saber skills were superb, but he was killed by a young man from the outsiders who used a spear. With a swish, in a single exchange, Master Xiong's throat was pierced," the bald man immediately said.

Iron Saber Xiong was the most famous under Fang Chong, after all, he was a second-rate expert. The Nine-Crooked Gang members also knew this ruthless person.

"A single exchange?"

Fang Sanyou's pupils shrank, and he asked, "How many people were on the other side? How many made a move?"

"There were eight people on the other side. The leader was a young woman. The one who killed Young Master Fang Chong was this young woman. Some of them used hidden weapons to instantly kill most of the thugs. Then, three people rushed out... In the blink of an eye, Master Xiong and the others were all killed," the bald man said. "Young Master Fang Chong also said his identity and his relationship with the Master of Nest Mountain Lake, but he was still killed."

Fang Sanyou waved his hand, and the bald man immediately retreated.

Fang Sanyou looked at the night outside the window, but felt panicked.

"A powerful dragon from elsewhere, I don't know where they came from." Fang Sanyou didn't like this kind of unknown enemy the most. In Fengye City, he could cover the sky with one hand, but these outsiders were hard to say. Their background could be big or small. If it was big, it was something he couldn't resist at all.

"Lao Fu," Fang Sanyou immediately shouted.

An old man quickly came outside the study.

"Lao Fu, quickly take a group of people to protect the young master. Go along the West City Gate to Nest Mountain Lake as quickly as possible," Fang Sanyou instructed. Most of the Fang family lineage were at Nest Mountain Lake, only his wife and children followed him to Fengye City.

"Yes," the old man replied and immediately led people to protect the young master, leaving first.

"I want to see what kind of background they have." Fang Sanyou had been running Fengye City for many years after all, and he also had some confidence. It was just his habit to consider the consequences of failure before winning, and to send away his only bloodline first.

...

A group of horsemen headed straight for the Blood Rain Guard station.

Every major city's Blood Rain Guard station was the most important place, representing the empire's strongest military force in that city!

"Halt," the guards at the entrance of the station immediately shouted remotely, with arrows pointing at the horse team.

Whoosh!

A black token flew directly from afar and stuck in the ground outside the station gate.

"Let your commander come out," an old man with silver hair shouted angrily from the Fei family's convoy.

"The Blood Rain Guard's Black Blood Token?" The station guard was shocked when he saw it and immediately returned to report.

Soon, Commander Chang of the Fengye City Blood Rain Guard immediately led his men to greet them.

"Your subordinate greets you, my lords," Commander Chang was a burly man with a beard and kept a low profile. He knew very well that those who could produce the Blood Rain Guard's Black Blood Token were all from the Eastern Region headquarters of the entire empire.

Master Fei then stepped down from the carriage with attendants.

"This is the father of Commander-in-Chief Fei," the silver-haired old man shouted.

Master Fei took out a golden token from his bosom, with the character "Fei" on it! The patterns on the token were complex. Commander Chang looked up and immediately knew that this was the private order of the highest leader of the entire Eastern Region Blood Rain Guard, that Master Fei!

Seeing this token was like seeing Commander-in-Chief Fei himself!

"Master Fei," Commander Chang immediately knelt on one knee, even more humble. This was Master Fei's father! If there was even a slight mistake, he was finished.

The group of subordinates behind Commander Chang knelt down one after another.

"Hmm," Master Fei said with a cold expression. "I was passing through Fengye City, but who would have thought that Fengye City would have a tyrant named Fang Chong! He dared to attack my people and wanted to exterminate my entire family? What audacity!"

"Fang Chong?" Commander Chang understood as soon as he heard it.

This Overlord Fang was used to running rampant and wanted to attack Master Fei's group?

This time, he had really kicked an iron plate!

"I will temporarily stay at the Blood Rain Guard station," Master Fei ordered. "Commander Chang, you are responsible for leading the Blood Rain Guard to flatten the Fang family and capture that Fang Sanyou. Can you do it?"

"This subordinate guarantees with his head that he will definitely capture Fang Sanyou!" Commander Chang said directly, his eyes turning red.

"Hmm."

Master Fei nodded. "Protector Lu, you take Protector Chou and Protector Jing with you to accompany Commander Chang on this trip and be sure to capture Fang Sanyou! Life or death doesn't matter!"

"Yes."

The silver-haired old man, the gray-clad man, and Xu Jingming immediately responded. All three were good at frontal combat.

"I'm troubling the three of you," Commander Chang said politely, then ordered, "Pass down the order, no one is allowed to leave the city through the four city gates. If any suspicious people are found, they are to be arrested!"

"Yes."

Immediately, four teams of men received orders and quickly rode away on horseback.

"Centurion Yu, you take your men to carefully serve Master Fei and carefully guard the station. Everyone else, follow me," Commander Chang immediately ordered. There weren't many Blood Rain Guards in a city, only a little over three thousand, but they were well-equipped!

Armor, strong bows, and powerful crossbows were forbidden among the common people, but the Blood Rain Guard was naturally equipped with them.

"Rumble!"

A large number of Blood Rain Guards were mobilized.

For a time, Fengye City trembled. Even the Nine-Crooked Gang was alarmed! Although the Nine-Crooked Gang claimed to have over ten thousand members, most of them were ordinary people. Perhaps only one or two tenths could be considered elite, and their weapons and equipment were far inferior.

In a frontal battle, the gang had little chance of winning! Not to mention that the Blood Rain Guard represented the empire. To officially fall out with the empire? The gang didn't have that kind of confidence. They were better at some underhanded methods, not fighting the empire's army head-on.

"Fang Sanyou is finished. What kind of powerful figure did he offend?" Dong Ke sat on a flower boat, drinking wine.

"Gang Leader, are we just going to watch everything happen and not care about Master Fang?" A man in white asked cautiously beside him.

Dong Ke shook his head. "To make that old thief Chang act like a mad dog, the background of these outsiders must be very big! It's not worth interfering. Besides, we and Fang Sanyou... have never been considered friends! If it weren't for that person from Nest Mountain Lake, I would have killed this Fang Sanyou long ago."

The man in white nodded slightly.

Within a radius of thousands of miles, the most terrifying force was not the empire, but the Master of Nest Mountain Lake.

Fang Sanyou in Fengye City represented Nest Mountain Lake! He ran many businesses, which were also Nest Mountain Lake's businesses in Fengye City. Therefore, whether it was the officials or the gangs, everyone gave the Fang family some respect.

"I feel like these outsiders are big shots in the officialdom," Dong Ke pondered.

******

In the night, the Fang family was heavily surrounded by the Blood Rain Guard.

Commander Chang ordered coldly, "Kill your way in! Capture all members of the Fang family. Those who resist will be killed without mercy."

The Blood Rain Guards immediately kicked down the courtyard walls from all directions, sweeping across the entire Fang residence like a flood! The Fang family's mansion was one of the top ten mansions in the city, but now it was facing a catastrophe.

Xu Jingming and the other two were actually supervising from the side! To prevent Commander Chang from not doing his best.

"The three of you," Commander Chang said with a smile. "The Fang family can't stir up any trouble. Why don't we go inside and take a seat to rest?"

"No hurry, capture Fang Sanyou first," the silver-haired old man said coldly. He was a personal guard of Master Fei's eldest son! His official position was higher than Commander Chang's, not to mention that Master Fei was holding Master Fei's eldest son's private order this time! He had even greater power.

"Yes, we have to capture Fang Sanyou first," Commander Chang said as if he agreed.

"Commander, Fang Sanyou ran away through the tunnel!" a centurion reported.

"Ran away?"

Commander Chang chuckled. "How far can a tunnel be dug? The surroundings have long been heavily guarded! Even the four city gates of Fengye City have been sealed off by me. He can't escape."

"Centurion Liu, quickly send someone to see Dong Ke of the Nine-Crooked Gang and tell him... Fang Sanyou must be caught before dawn," Commander Chang immediately ordered.

"Yes," Centurion Liu immediately left with a hundred men.

"The three of you can rest assured that Fang Sanyou will definitely be caught before dawn," Commander Chang said with a smile as he walked inside. "This Fang family, usually relying on the power of that person from Nest Mountain Lake, acts recklessly and must have collected a lot of good things. Shall we go take a look together?"

The silver-haired old man nodded slightly when he heard this. "Alright, but the person must be caught." They followed the Blood Rain Guard commander-in-chief of the Eastern Region of the empire and usually had no small amount of wealth. They were used to taking benefits.

"Definitely, definitely," Commander Chang enthusiastically led the three inside.

Xu Jingming naturally followed them in as well. He had come to the Blood Rain World, and now the most important thing was to gather that 'ten thousand gold'. He only worried that Commander Chang's 'sugar-coated bullets' weren't big enough.

...

In the night.

Fang Sanyou led five subordinates, quickly fleeing in the alleys.

"This old thief Chang is simply crazy. He doesn't care about my big brother's face at all and directly sends a large army to attack." Fang Sanyou knew that he was facing a desperate situation. If the empire's Blood Rain Guard really went crazy to arrest him, his hope of escaping was slim.

"You don't have to follow me. Now, the Blood Rain Guard's biggest target is me." Fang Sanyou looked at the five subordinates behind him. "Following me, you will definitely die. Separate... and you may have a chance to survive."

"Master Fang," the five subordinates looked at each other and immediately knelt on one knee.

"Back then, I followed Big Brother and braved mountains of knives and seas of fire. I've been at peace in Fengye City for so many years, and I haven't risked my life in a long time." Fang Sanyou said calmly. "Don't worry, they won't catch me so easily. You five escape separately... If you can see Big Brother, then tell Big Brother that it is my honor to follow him in this life. I hope that Big Brother can take care of my son a little, considering some of my contributions."

After saying that, Fang Sanyou turned and left.

The five looked at each other, clasped their fists, and dispersed.

A moment later.

At an ordinary-looking inn, Fang Sanyou entered wearing a bamboo hat and was naturally led into a secret underground hall.

"I want to place a bounty on someone's life," Fang Sanyou said.

"Who?" An old man from the Seven Kill Tower asked with a pen.

"Tonight, a woman killed Fang Chong at Hundred-Cave Bridge. I want to place a bounty on this woman's life." Fang Sanyou took out three gold bars from his bosom. The gold bars had exquisite carvings and were very luxurious and beautiful. "Three hundred gold! I want her life!"

"Alright," the old man nodded calmly. Someone next to him took the three large gold bars and quickly cut them into small pieces, then nodded to his companion. "Real gold."

"According to the Seven Kill Tower's rules, once a bounty is placed, it will remain until the task is completed, right?" Fang Sanyou asked.

"Rest assured."

The old man nodded proudly. "The bounty will remain until the task is completed! Of course, if your reward is too low, you won't be able to hire a strong killer. There's nothing we can do about that. As long as the reward is sufficient! There will definitely be powerful killers who will continue to assassinate. Please believe in the Seven Kill Tower's reputation."

Fang Sanyou nodded.

Three hundred gold was three thousand taels of silver! Enough to attract many powerful killers.

The Seven Kill Tower was one of the top three killer organizations in the vast empire. Such killer organizations valued their reputation the most.

"Phew." Fang Sanyou left after leaving the bounty.

...

The next day, before dawn, Fang Sanyou's body was brought to the Blood Rain Guard station.

When the official and the largest gang in a city wanted to find a person, that person simply couldn't escape.

"When Fang Sanyou was captured, he committed suicide by taking poison," Commander Chang carefully explained from the side.

Master Fei looked at Fang Sanyou's corpse and nodded slightly. "Are you sure it's Fang Sanyou?"

"Many servants of the Fang family have also been captured and personally identified him. It is Fang Sanyou," the silver-haired old man explained. "Many people in the Blood Rain Guard also know Fang Sanyou, so there won't be a mistake."

Xu Jingming and the gray-clad man also nodded in agreement. Although they had also taken benefits when they flattened the Fang family, they were still meticulous in their work! They had indeed confirmed from many sources that this was Fang Sanyou's corpse.

Master Fei nodded.

He believed...

That Commander Chang wouldn't dare to deceive him on this matter!

"Behind Fang Sanyou is Nest Mountain Lake." Master Fei nodded. "It won't be long before Nest Mountain Lake learns of what happened in Fengye City."

"How dare a bunch of rebels from Nest Mountain Lake provoke Master Fei," Commander Chang immediately said.

"This bunch of rebels is capable of anything, so it's still better to be careful. We have to seize the time difference." Master Fei nodded. "It's almost dawn, quickly prepare to set off."

The Fei family team ate a simple breakfast, and as dawn broke, they quickly left the city.

Not far from leaving the city.

"Detour, go around Su Changcheng and avoid the sphere of influence of Nest Mountain Lake," Master Fei lifted the car curtain and ordered Butler Zhang, who was beside him.

...

Fengye City, Seven Kill Tower Branch.

"It's been found out. Yesterday, Master Fei went to the Blood Rain Guard station! It is said that he is the father of Commander-in-Chief Fei of the Eastern Region of the empire! And the girl who killed 'Fang Chong' should be 'Fei Xinlan', the only younger sister of Commander-in-Chief Fei." The Seven Kill Tower's intelligence network was also very powerful, and they found out everything overnight.

"Commander-in-Chief Fei's younger sister?" The head of the Seven Kill Tower branch looked at the bounty task. "In the entire Eastern Region of the empire, all kinds of monsters and ghosts have to look at Commander-in-Chief Fei's face. To dare to issue a bounty on his younger sister... we won't be able to do business in the entire Eastern Region of the empire."

"Then this bounty task?" The man next to him asked.

"Withdraw it, and report this matter to headquarters." The old man shook his head. "Although the Seven Kill Tower's reputation is important, survival is more important. We would be crazy to offer a bounty on Master Fei's younger sister for three hundred gold."

The man nodded.

The Seven Kill Tower rarely accepted tasks and then didn't issue them. This kind of thing would greatly damage their reputation.

But reputation also had a price! In the face of survival, reputation was just fart.

So the 'three hundred gold' bounty task was not made public after it was determined that the target was Fei Xinlan, and the Seven Kill Tower quietly withdrew it.