The scene fell into a dead silence...
SPLASH SPLASH SPLASH...
The downpour grew even heavier.
After a long mont, a CRACKLING sound broke the silence. Splintered wooden planks were pushed aside as Qin Fang, his face ashen and covered in blood, sat up from within the wreckage.
He gasped for air, taking in huge, ragged breaths.
It took him a long while to slowly get to his feet, still panting as he looked down at the scene below him...
The monster was no longer moving.
Its entire body had been nearly split in two by Qin Fang’s strike, laid open like a splayed chicken.
Only now could he see clearly that the monster’s body contained no bones; it was as if it were just one giant, fleshy tumor!
Dark red blood, mixed with the monster’s disgusting bodily tissues and wooden planks, mingled with the rainwater to form a crimson pool...
Qin Fang was in a wretched state.
Blood flowed from his left ear, mixing with the rain as it stread down his face. He was so covered in gore that he couldn’t tell if the blood was his own, the monster’s... or Yan Jun’s.
A sharp pain shot through his chest. He estimated several of his more fragile ribs were broken; even taking a breath sent a stabbing pain through him.
The successive impacts had left his limbs trembling...
It was a sign of overexertion...
His head swam with dizziness. He shook it, trying to steady himself.
...He’d won.
But it was a pyrrhic victory.
This was the first ti Qin Fang had been so severely injured since he began his Martial Cultivation!
But he didn’t linger. After a quick look around, he staggered out of the thatched hut.
’...I don’t know if anyone else is coming.’
’I have to leave, quickly.’
In his current condition... if another enemy appeared, even a re Mingjin Martial Artist could take his life.
The rain fell harder and harder, washing the blood from his body, only for fresh blood to flow out again. He staggered with every step... The path had been nothing on the way here, but now, his feet caked in yellow mud, he slipped with every step and had already fallen several tis.
As he erged from the mountain hollow, he saw three bodies lying ahead... They were wearing straw rain capes and bamboo hats... They were the sa three n who had been scouting for information earlier.
...Since Qin Fang had decided to act, he naturally wouldn’t let any witnesses escape alive.
He walked over to one of the corpses and painstakingly removed the man’s rain cape and hat, putting them on to hide his own ghastly appearance.
Then, slipping with every step, he headed toward Fisherman City.
Fortunately, it wasn’t too far from Fisherman City.
It had taken him about ten minutes to get here, but the journey back... took a full hour before Fisherman City finally ca into view.
The pain in his body was intensifying. He had to treat his injuries as soon as possible.
With a single glance, he spotted the brand-new sign...
Ganlu Hall!
He subconsciously started walking toward it, but stopped dead after just two steps...
’No...’
’Sothing’s wrong!’
’I can’t go to Ganlu Hall.’
...He had already been suspicious of Ganlu Hall. Their Qi Blood Pills seed anything but a normal business practice.
It was just that he hadn’t noticed anything else out of the ordinary at the ti. After all... while Ganlu Hall’s actions were strange, there was ultimately no evidence.
But now...
Things were different.
His suspicion that sothing was wrong with Ganlu Hall grew stronger!
There was a simple reason...
Before Wang Hu died, he was at Ganlu Hall!
If the monster that had parasitized Wang Hu’s body was the work of a Demon, then there would be nothing more to say.
But now, Qin Fang was more than ninety percent certain... that monster most likely had human backing!
Combine that with Ganlu Hall’s current bizarre behavior...
And he couldn’t help but be suspicious!
...Before his death, Wang Hu had visited Ganlu Hall many tis.
Was that really just for normal treatnt?
Rember, he had lost an arm but still managed to defeat two Anjin masters.
What other reason would he have to go to Ganlu Hall?
’...Could Ganlu Hall really grow his arm back?’
Therefore...
Even without any evidence.
Right now, in his eyes, Ganlu Hall was already tainted, its red flags turning black!
’I can’t go to Ganlu Hall!’
He regulated his breathing, turned around, and headed in the direction of Xu ng’s house...
He had no healing dicine at his own ho, and Xu ng was soone he could, for the most part, trust.
Qin Fang’s current appearance was dreadful, but the rain cape and hat served as the perfect disguise. He blended into the marketplace, his hat pulled down low, and ultimately, no one noticed anything was wrong.
Soon, he arrived at Xu ng’s house.
Just as he was about to knock, he heard a hearty laugh from inside.
"Gang Leader Xu, you’re too kind. If it weren’t for you, how could my Ganlu Hall have established a branch in Fisherman City so quickly? We should visit each other more often and grow closer in the future."
Qin Fang’s steps imdiately halted...
The voice was very familiar.
It was that Shopkeeper Lin from Fisherman City’s Ganlu Hall!
Qin Fang’s gaze darkened as he peered through the crack in the door.
He saw a table laden with food and wine set up under the eaves of the courtyard. Xu ng and Shopkeeper Lin were toasting each other, talking and laughing.
Several mbers of the Fish Dragon Gang stood by, waiting on them, their gazes fixed on Shopkeeper Lin with eager attentiveness...
Qin Fang lowered his hand. After a mont of thought, he dragged his injured body back to the marketplace.
His breathing was ragged, his ears were ringing, and stabbing pains shot from his ruptured eardrum.
It made his head spin.
But finally, he found Monkey chatting with a vendor.
He walked over inconspicuously.
"Monkey."
Monkey, who was in the middle of a chat, heard a hoarse voice and froze for a second. He turned his head and saw a person in a rain cape and bamboo hat standing before him.
’That rain cape?’
Monkey’s pupils contracted.
Just as he was about to say sothing, the person lifted their head, revealing a familiar... yet now exceptionally pale face.
Monkey stared blankly for a mont, his eyes widening as he whispered, "Master Qin?!"
"Follow ."
Qin Fang nodded, gesturing for him to follow, and then headed for his own courtyard.
Monkey imdiately realized sothing was wrong. He noticed Master Qin’s staggering back and quickly rushed forward two steps to support him.
Then he gasped, "Master, you... you’re injured?!"
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