Chapter 166 Unrighteous Blood Guard

Yu Yangji is nearly seventy years old. Although he has been taking anti-aging drugs for a long time, his skin is smooth and shiny.

But his almost silver hair and frail body still betrayed his age.

After running for so many days, the Yu family guards took turns carrying Yu Yangji on their backs. Even so, he was so tired that he felt dizzy and had no idea how many years had passed.

Seeing Yun Chen chasing after him with dozens of people, Yu Yangji simply stopped running. He sat down on the ground and gasped for breath, signaling the last two people around him to go up and fight.

That was the last chance of survival that Yu Yangji had gained by spending all his financial resources.

When Yun Chen saw this, he couldn't help but curse inwardly:

Who is the Huo Gang spy who's exploring the way this time? I'll treat him to a Shadowless Kick when I get back!

The previous investigation said that Yu Yangji only had four guards, but it turned out that there were more than 20 guards.

The spy also said that Yu Yangji brought nothing but his two most beloved male favorites.

A male concubine? Whose male concubine wears a blood-red martial arts uniform? And carries a murderous sword?

Yun Chen recalled the last time he and Jiang Ming fought against two such red-clothed blood guards.

If she hadn't pretended to jump off the cliff and acted cleverly, it would have been impossible for her to win with her kung fu.

Now that she has learned all of Jiang Ming's true skills, she is confident that she can kill the taller blood guard, but she is not sure about the other one.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Huo Luyu quickly and quietly slipped off his horse and hid in the bushes.

The guards led by Yun Chen surrounded and killed a blood guard.

She stood face to face with the tall blood guard.

The tall blood guard looked at Yun Chen's sword and sneered:

"I heard someone used a pitch-black 'Bloodthirster' sword to kill two of our Blood Guards. One of them was even disemboweled by his bare hands. Your sword looks familiar. Is it the 'Bloodthirster' sword?"

Yun Chen said, "It's your father!" and immediately drew his sword and rushed forward, which scared the tall blood guard and he quickly drew his sword to fight back.

To be honest, it’s not that Yun Chen is uneducated, it’s just that like teacher, like student.

Sometimes, even Yun Chen herself didn’t know why she was so lazy to talk nonsense with the other party every time a fight started.

Even if they did say a few words, they were all provocative and insulting.

Yun Chen quickly fought with the blood guard. In the first dozen or so moves, the two were indeed evenly matched.

But after more than ten moves, Yun Chen gradually felt a little tired.

It’s not that the sword skills taught by Jiang Ming are not good, but Yun Chen is too young. He is not as old as the other party and has accumulated more practical experience.

The blood guard also quickly discovered the weaknesses in Yun Chen's moves, as well as the fact that his sword was too long and not good at close combat, and began to attack Yun Chen closely.

Every time Yun Chen pulled away from the fight, the Blood Guard would immediately stick to him like a dog-skin plaster, making the fight extremely difficult for Yun Chen.

On the other side, the other guards tried their best to attack but failed. Instead, they were killed to pieces and had no chance to fight back.

Just as the Blood Guard, who was being besieged by the crowd, was about to break out of the encirclement and charge towards Yun Chen's rear, intending to attack him from both sides, a cold arrow pierced through layers of trees and pierced his head with incredible precision.

Huo Gannian led a group of Huo Gang guards to attack, and together with Yun Chen, they chopped down the remaining tall blood guard to the ground.

The tall blood guard fell to the ground, but his eyes were fixed on Huo Gannian. He snorted coldly and said:

"Young Master Huo Gannian of the Huo Clan? The only person to have escaped the Wuyi Blood Guards in decades, the only one who has caused us to lose our reputation. Nice to meet you."

In an instant, all the memories of being chased by countless red-robed blood guards outside Youzhou City that year came to Huo Gannian's mind.

Huo Gannian jumped off his horse, walked up to the Blood Guard, and pointed the tip of his sword at his throat:

"The Wuyi Blood Guards don't value 'righteousness', but they do value 'faith'. They offer 100,000 gold to kill a person, but only once. If they fail to kill their target, they will kill their employer. You have no grudges or enmity in the martial arts world, you simply kill for money. If I let you go today, will you show me mercy another day?"

The Blood Guard had an arrogant look on his face. Even with the tip of the knife against his throat, he showed no fear. He spat out the blood in his mouth and said calmly:

"Absolutely not. We, the Wuyi Blood Guards, travel the world without gratitude or grudges, relying only on money. No matter who comes, as long as they are paid 100,000 gold, we will kill for them. It's that simple. If you let me go today, I will never repay you in the future."

Huo Gannian nodded, pointed his sword at Yu Yangji who was taking advantage of the chaos to escape not far away, but was as slow as a turtle, and asked:

"Aren't Wuyi Blood Guards supposed to only take on killing jobs? How come they're acting as guards too?"

The Blood Guard looked at Yu Yangji with disdain. "There's nothing we can do. He gave us too much. Eight million taels of gold was given to our leader, and the guards could do it. If a hundred million taels of gold were given, even the emperor could be killed."

"I'm so sorry, I'm going to smash your sign again." Huo Gannian said.

The Blood Guard sneered, pointed with his eyes at a row of towering trees not far away, and said:

"Beyond this row of trees, we're already at the border of Dongyan Country. I escorted Yu Yangji out of Nan Country as requested, and I didn't destroy the sign. If you don't believe me, you can go look for it on that row of trees. There should be a bronze plaque with the border markings engraved on it."

"Very good, you can go on your way with peace of mind."

Huo Gannian finished speaking and pierced the blood guard's throat with his sword. Bu Yan stepped forward to examine the corpse and said in amazement:

"If you can't kill the target, then kill the employer? This rule is too bizarre. Who would dare to ask them to kill someone? Isn't that tantamount to suicide? And why is killing a person worth 100,000 gold, while guarding and protecting like this is even more expensive?"

Hua Jue used his knife to pry open the back of the headless blood guard's collar, revealing a blood-red Wuyi grass tattooed on his back. He said:

"Do you think they're stupid? Didn't you hear him say that our young master is the only one in all these years who has destroyed their reputation and forced them to kill their employer?"

Ye Yan said, "One hundred thousand gold to kill one person, and eight million gold to protect him. No wonder the Yu family's treasury is empty. It's said that the Wuyi Blood Guards only attack once, but they almost never fail. This shows that their martial arts skills are extremely high. They fought for such a long time with just a low-level Blood Guard. If you meet them again in the future, you must be more careful."

He patted Ye Yan's shoulder in a consoling manner, "Don't worry. How many people in this world can afford a hundred thousand taels of gold? It's just a fight between rich and powerful people. Take me for example. I'm a secret guard now, earning twenty taels of silver a month. Even if I don't eat or drink for a whole year, plus the compensation for my injuries and the profits from my gang, I can only save less than three thousand taels of silver. If it were a hundred thousand taels of gold, I would have to starve for five hundred years without eating or drinking and would die! Just think about it..."

Bu Yan started chattering around Ye Yan, and the other guards of the Huo Gang covered their ears and avoided him, and began to busy themselves with cleaning the venue and packing up the horses and equipment.

Huo Gannian walked towards Yuyangji alone, slowly and unhurriedly.