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Chapter 550 Situation

Senior Brother... what does this mean?
Li Chengfei was somewhat puzzled, but Zhou You didn't explain much. Instead, he casually kicked the fallen table back up and then tapped the tabletop.

"You've all been watching for so long, shouldn't you come out and greet us now?"

No one answered.

Whether it was the group of wealthy gentry, the Xu family who was frozen in place, or the Cheng brothers who were lying on the ground and dared not move, they were all silent and trembling, and no one dared to utter a sound.

Finally, Li Chengfei, relying on their close relationship as fellow disciples, cautiously inquired.

"Senior Brother, what do you mean by this? There are only these people in the building, so what else could it be..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou You tapped the table lightly again.

"Old Cheng."

Li Chengfei replied hesitantly.

"Senior brother, my surname is Li..."

"Alright, Lao Li, you are indeed very shrewd and meticulous, but you always seem to miss the key points."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengfei's expression gradually became serious.

"This... I would appreciate your guidance, Senior Brother."

Zhou You didn't seem to be criticizing him; he just smiled and said...

"Brother Li, are you aware that you've been being watched ever since you came down the mountain?"

"!!"

Zhou You ignored the other person's astonished expression, picked up the unbroken wine pot from the ground, leisurely poured himself a cup, and then spoke.

"These friends of yours are quite cunning. First, they used the news of these two brothers taking a break as bait to lure me, their junior brother with whom they have a long-standing feud, down the mountain a few days early. Then, they gathered a bunch of miscellaneous people under the guise of celebration and discussion, making it easier for them to infiltrate... No, I should say that if it weren't for my interruptions a few times earlier, you would have already infiltrated..."

He spoke very casually throughout, but to the group of people, it sounded like a thunderclap.

The wealthy and powerful men were so frightened they nearly lost their minds. They immediately knelt down, pleading their innocence one after another.

The two Xu brothers looked at each other, both seeing horror in each other's eyes, but they also wisely raised their hands and shouted loudly.

"Senior Brother, we two brothers can swear a blood oath that we knew absolutely nothing about this!"

As for Li Chengfei...

This man had already silently drawn his weapon, his face sinister. It seemed that as long as Zhou You gave the order, he would not hesitate to kill everyone in the entire building.

Faced with the myriad aspects of this world, this person simply smiled.

He spoke casually as he poured wine, acting as if it were none of his business.

"Moreover, the plan is indeed brilliant. By taking advantage of the two brothers' trip down the mountain, even if they really kill Brother Li, they can shift all the blame onto Uncle Lei, and even make the hesitant Uncle Lei completely side with the other side..."

At this point, Zhou You suddenly slammed his fist on the table and burst into laughter.

"They're all worn-out stuff, but they just work well—don't you guys agree?"

—The moment the words fell.

Suddenly, a flash of cold light appeared in mid-air.

It was a crescent-shaped blade.

Without any prelude or reason, the blade appeared out of thin air!
However, Zhou You suddenly kicked the table away!

Just then, the desktop stood in front of those blades—

Of course, this table was just an ordinary wooden product, far from being a magical weapon, and it was easily split in two.

And what appears after it.

It was a face that no longer smiled, with cold eyes.

In an instant, the light on the entire third floor suddenly dimmed.

The attackers were all taken aback.

—Is it getting dark?

wrong!

It's magic!
They all looked down at the same time and saw that the ground, walls, and even windows were sealed with black lines.

It was extremely similar to the one Xu Chengwen used before, but the quality and quantity were like the difference between the bright moon and fireflies—

That's not a difference in quantity, it's a world of difference!

At this moment, Zhou You smiled and said.

"The Corpse Disintegration Yin Punishment Talisman is indeed a good talisman, especially since it can be used for both offense and defense, and it can also shape and trap objects. However, using it for creating explosions is indeed a waste of its potential, a misuse of its talent."

Nobody paid any attention to what he said.

The assassins were simply puzzled—how did this guy manage to set up such a massive array of runes so silently?
Even if he were a renowned master of both talismans and swordsmanship, he wouldn't do this.
Wait a minute!

Suddenly, the group remembered something and realized what was going on.

—That guy deliberately interrupted me several times before. He must have planted the talisman at that time!

But even if you realize it, it's too late.

As the Yin energy in the entire room gradually contracted, the area where they could stand became smaller and smaller. The assassins had nowhere to escape and could only have their space to move around compressed little by little.

Finally, surrounded by yin energy, they revealed their forms—

Perhaps it's not even a physical form.

Looking around, there were only a few carcasses that had been skinned, with their muscles and fat exposed to the air.

The remains were clearly the result of torture, and the victim was tortured to death!
Upon seeing such a horrifying sight, the ordinary gentry screamed in terror and frantically tried to escape. Amidst the chaos, only Zhou You watched with interest and then spoke.

"I knew something was wrong as soon as I heard about the murders on the outer mountain path—what sect would do things so sloppily? Sure enough, they used those guys' corpses as an excuse to secretly transport these rotting corpses into the city. I wonder whose subordinates you are? My senior sister, my senior uncle, or..."

But before he could finish guessing, the skinned corpses broke free from the talisman's restraints—but instead of retreating, they advanced rapidly towards him!
"Elder brother, be careful!"

Seeing this, Li Chengfei shouted and tried his best to stop them, but unfortunately, his bulky body was too much of a hindrance, and he narrowly missed the figures.

Upon seeing these few guys who had fought for their lives, Zhou You could only let out a soft sigh.

"After all this time, I was thinking of finding out who's behind you, but never mind. Since you're using rotten corpses for assassination, there are basically only a few suspects. We'll talk about the others later."

Then, the longsword was drawn. Or rather, only half of the sword was drawn—after the previous damage, Wan Ren was still not fully recovered, and now it was still missing a tip.

However, it doesn't really matter.

With a casual flick and sweep, Zhou You instantly disemboweled the first one. Then, with a slight downward movement of his other wrist, the wine pot shattered into three pieces of porcelain. The sound of the shattering wind swirled past. Blood spurted out as the first piece severed the neck, while the second piece embedded itself in the skull, making a sound like a ripe melon bursting open. But under the cover of these three corpses, the last one was already close to Zhou You's side.

but.

Someone simply gripped the chopsticks in the back of their hand, and then, with lightning speed, stabbed them straight into the last guy's eye socket!
In an instant, everyone seemed to hear a muffled explosion.

Given this trend, the fate of that thing in the brain is already self-evident.

When the corpse overturned the tables and chairs, Zhou You remained seated calmly in the same spot.

Silence fell over the field for a moment.

But Li Chengfei, as expected of someone known for his shrewdness, quickly reacted. He put down his weapon, clapped his hands, and shouted "Bravo!"

"As expected of the senior brother, and as worthy of the name of the Heaven-Reaching Sword, that move was indeed clean and efficient. He is truly a god!"

Zhou You, who had been putting on airs, immediately looked dejected upon hearing these words.

—How about we go back and beat Lin Yunshao's butt into eight pieces first?
However, after experiencing this so many times, he was powerless to refute it and could only sigh as he squatted down to examine the corpses.

Just as he had guessed, it was indeed a Corpse of Rotten Souls—a kind of unorthodox creation within sects. However, due to its extreme eccentricity and high degree of contamination, few people cultivated it.

And the vast majority of them were still under the command of Master Qingxia.
But Zhou You wasn't thinking about those things.

—Has the conflict between the sects escalated to this point? They've even openly broken off relations and started attacking their own disciples?
And
If that's the case, doesn't it also mean that the sect leader has almost no control over the sect?

Recalling the old man he had met before, and thinking about the man's cunning that even he found dangerous, Zhou You felt that even if this guy was about to die, he would never let the situation escalate to this point.
So, what was that old man thinking?
However, just as he was deep in thought, he suddenly heard a noisy shout.

Looking out the window, one could see that a hundred or so people had completely surrounded the Ziming Tower. They were all dressed in uniform military attire. Although they were clearly ordinary people, they were equipped with magically enhanced weapons and crossbows.

"Are these the temple's religious guards? Where did they come from?"

But immediately, Li Chengfei came over to explain.

"Senior Brother, please don't act yet. This is backup I invited. I originally planned to deal with some witnesses, but I didn't expect this."

But before he could finish speaking, the waiter he had seen earlier came running up to him, all noisy and boisterous.

"Master, master, I've followed your orders and brought the people over. The other guests have also been asked to leave. We're ready at any time... uh... what happened here? And isn't that the casual guest who was just brought up to die? What happened to him?"

Li Chengfei also sighed, and then without hesitation, slapped him across the face.

"Are you blind?! This is my senior brother, how dare you call him a mere casual customer?"

The waiter was slapped to the ground, but just as Li Chengfei was about to continue, Zhou You suddenly stopped him.

"Senior Brother?"

"Let's not dwell on these trivial matters now. Time is of the essence, so let's get to the main task first."

Li Chengfei was stunned for a few seconds, then slapped his forehead.

"Senior brother, you're right. I'm almost completely confused. Your welcoming banquet is more important; I almost forgot about all this commotion." He immediately kicked the waiter on the ground and said arrogantly, "Alright, stop pretending and get the orders down."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou You stopped him again.

This time, however, the person remained silent.

However, Li Chengfei still saw Zhou You's eyes.

The meaning behind it.
how to say
It's exactly the same as when I looked at that idiot before.

About fifteen minutes later, as two fast horses rushed out of the city gate, the forgotten group on the third floor finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Apart from Old Master Xu, who was frozen in place and extremely lucky enough to faint, everyone else showed a sense of relief on their faces.

After a long while, one of them murmured something.

"This is the number one young disciple in the temple? The so-called Lingyuan Daoist, known as the Heavenly Sword. I originally thought those were just rumors. I never expected that upon seeing him, this person, this person..."

At this point, he didn't know what to say next, and it was someone next to him who reminded him.

"In fact, it's even more powerful than rumored?"

Then the man sighed.

"That's right, it seems we should have made preparations earlier. With someone like him under our command, it's likely that Venerable Chongxu will soon be able to obtain the position of sect leader."

However, at this moment, someone gasped in shock.

"Wait a minute, something's not right. I think I was pretty rude to him just now. Could this guy be holding a grudge? If so, my whole family's lives are probably in danger."

However, soon after, someone else scoffed.

"Come on, you think someone as insignificant as you would even remember you? This Heavenly Sword Master probably doesn't even remember you. Besides, who is he? You think he's just some random person?"

But as they were talking, everyone’s attention turned to the Cheng brothers, Wen and Wu.

To be fair, this was a very serious offense. Normally, these two brothers would definitely have killed a few people to vent their anger—but at this moment, they simply helped up Old Master Xu, looking disheveled, and then left the place without saying a word.

half an hour.

There was a roar of laughter.

Although they had narrowly escaped death, seeing those who had been so arrogant and domineering reduced to such a state, and having acted subservient for so many years, this was the first time they had a chance to vent their anger, so they had to cherish it.

Just smile, no one else will know, so what harm could it possibly cause?

After a while, when everyone had finished laughing, one person finally spoke, panting.

"You know what, I think this Tongtian Sword Master is different from others—I'm telling you, Lao Huang, don't ask me how he's different, but he just gives off a very unique feeling, as if he's not from this world."

Upon hearing this, everyone stopped smiling.

Finally, one person sighed and said.

"Ah, if only this man could become the sect leader. If we were under his rule, perhaps the world would be a little better?"

But considering the man's age and the current state of filth, he shook his head, finding his own words utterly ridiculous.

Ultimately, all the words in the story can be summed up in one simple sentence.

"Hey."

"When will this ever end?"

(End of this chapter)