Xuanxia

Chapter 53: Murder Street
Before entering Shudu, there were soldiers checking at the city gate.

But... the inspection was very lenient.

They didn't even ask Long Dabei to take off his hat. They just waved their hands and let the two of them in.

Fu Qingzhou blinked, thinking that his guess was correct. Hua Xiaolan probably realized that it was unlikely that she could take down Long Dabei by herself, so she finally turned around and cooperated with Mingjian Pavilion, turning Shudu into a big cage...

As expected, after entering Shudu, the atmosphere immediately became grim.

The two walked along the main road into the street, and what they saw was a prosperous and lively market, but they could both feel the eyes staring at them from the street.

Long Dabei seemed unaware and continued to move forward.

A peddler carrying a shoulder pole shouted "Please make way" and squeezed through the crowd and passed by him.

The next second, the peddler seemed to have suddenly lost all his vitality, and fell headfirst to the ground, with half of a sharp knife slipping out of his sleeve.

Few people in the busy market noticed this, and someone in the crowd dragged him away at an extremely fast speed, as if nothing had happened.

Fu Qingzhou clenched his fists and followed Long Dabei about five steps behind.

There was a soft ding sound in the air. It was someone shooting a poison arrow from the second-floor window of a street-side restaurant.

Long Dabei did not look away. The poison arrow, which was almost invisible to the naked eye, stopped before touching him, and then flew back at a faster speed and disappeared into the restaurant window. He could vaguely hear someone groaning and falling to the ground.

An old lady selling vegetables on the roadside handed over some cabbage. A small insect the size of a fly flew out of the cabbage heart, circled the crowd and flew towards Long Dabi, but fell to the ground and died before landing on his shoulder. The old lady seemed to have suffered a heavy blow, she covered her chest, and blood flowed from her nostrils.

Such things are happening simultaneously and continuously.

Fu Qingzhou didn't know whether they were people from the martial arts world, imperial officials and soldiers, the Miao people from Wan Du Mountain, or simply hired killers like before?
He just didn't understand. If he had already asked the court for help, why didn't they clear out the people in the city and then surround and kill them?
Just then, Kwaye's familiar voice sounded in his ears: "He is dealing with the assassination, why don't you leave?"

Fu Qingzhou turned his head and saw Kua Ye.

He glanced at Long Dabei's back again and smiled helplessly: "If I leave, he will really go on a killing spree, and you who appear beside me will be killed immediately."

"Hmm... so what's going on between you two?" Kua Ye was also a little confused: "Why did he kidnap you?"

Fu Qingzhou shrugged: "He wants to take me as his apprentice."

"what?"

Kwaye's eyes widened.

While the two were talking, assassinations continued to occur.

However, each assassination was extremely covert, and the crowded crowd hardly noticed anything. Some people were suddenly carried away as if they were drunk, and some people coughed and shrank into the corner as if they fell asleep...

"So why don't you clear the place?"

Fu Qingzhou asked his doubts in a low voice.

Kua Ye followed behind him and laughed dryly: "Because we are not looking for Mingjian Pavilion, but the garrison commander of Shudu."

Fu Qingzhou was stunned.

"If Long Dabei falls into the hands of Mingjian Pavilion, the rest of us will naturally have no chance."

Kua Ye said softly, "Junior Sister Hua wants to kill him, but those people in the martial arts world don't know. They all want to get his secrets and his rare treasures from Long Dabei...so we cooperated with some people in the martial arts world who have connections and abilities."

"They found the Shudu garrison commander for us, and we worked with him privately to release Long Dabei into the city. I triggered the Gu fire in his body in advance, and the rest of the people relied on their own abilities. Whether they wanted to kill him to make a name for themselves, or capture him for questioning, it all depended on their own magical powers."

"Of course, this matter cannot be publicized. The guard also has selfish motives and wants to gain some benefits... Once the court and Mingjian Pavilion know about this, no one will benefit. Naturally, we have to keep it secret."

Fu Qingzhou shook his head: "You guys can't possibly kill him like this."

"But he is now seriously injured and dying."

Kwaye said in a deep voice: "I don't believe he is made of iron."

He was right. Long Dabei's pace was getting slower and slower. Fu Qingzhou couldn't see all these assassinations with his ability, but he was sure... Long Dabei didn't even have a second to rest.

There are too many people who want to kill him and take his secrets.

Even though thirty years have passed, who would bear to let go of someone whom even the Mingjian Pavilion doesn't want dead and wants to dig the secret out of him?

Kua Ye also disappeared from the crowd at some point, and it must be that Wan Dushan was also planning a secret assassination.

Fu Qingzhou still followed Long Dabei about five steps until someone attacked him.

A sharp and hard object pressed against his lower back, and someone behind him said in a deep voice: "I recognize you... Long Dabei took you with him when he escaped a few days ago."

Fu Qingzhou sighed helplessly: "Brother, if you want to kill someone, just go ahead and kill them. Don't even think about doing it to me. It will be very troublesome."

"Humph……"

The man sneered: "Really? I would..."

He probably hadn’t uttered another two words, “try”, before his entire head exploded like a watermelon, splashing red and white stuff all over Fu Qingzhou and many passers-by nearby.

This time, it can no longer be hidden.

The headless corpse fell to the ground with a loud bang, and the unsuspecting people on the street screamed sharply and fled in all directions.

A series of obscure curses were heard on the street, and then one figure after another flew out and rushed towards Long Dabi!

Since I can no longer hide, I have to seize the initiative!
Long Dabei coughed heavily, held up his hat with one hand, and gripped the hilt of the iron sword with his other hand.

"what."

The smoker laughed dryly in his ears: "He will lose half his life this time."

The next moment, a cold light flashed.

This was the first time Fu Qingzhou saw Long Dabei using a sword...or rather, using a weapon.

At the same time, this is also his true understanding of why Xuanxing Realm dares to be called "God and Devil".

What came out of Long Dabei's hand was not a sword light, but a white light that spread out like water. It was very bright and dazzling, and it spread rapidly like paint thrown into the water.

In an instant, the whole world seemed to slow down.

Those who rushed towards him were gradually stained with the white sword light, and their bodies, like the characters in the painting drawn by the ink pen, silently dispersed and broke apart from the places where the ink fell.

Long Dabei was not swinging the sword, but rather adding a stroke to the painting of the present world.

The white ink stains the painting, damages the people in the painting, and finally blends into the picture like water and disappears.

The sword light dimmed, Long Dabei raised his wrist lightly, and with a clink, the hilt of the sword fell to the ground.

The blade of the iron sword has disappeared.

All the assassins who had just pounced on him disappeared like the sword, and even their corpses and blood could not be seen.

The sword was centered on Long Dabei and extended five steps outward, ending just in front of Fu Qingzhou. There was no one or anything within a five-step radius.

The ordinary people fleeing on the street were still unaware, pushing and shoving each other in fear, while the martial artists who were five steps away and had not yet approached were all stunned on the ground, not daring to move.

Long Dabei tilted his head slightly, seemed to glance around, then began to cough suppressedly and continued to move forward.

Fu Qingzhou raised his head and looked around.

Not only the Jianghu guest... He also saw Hua Xiaolan, Kua Ye and others hiding in the building on the street. Their faces were as pale as paper... No matter what preparations they had made before, they now lost the courage to move forward.

How could a dying man swing such a sword?
Fu Qingzhou sighed softly and followed.

(End of this chapter)