With a single sword strike, Ye Chong's neck snapped with a crack, and he coughed up blood, dying instantly.
"Big brother!"
The fake monk Ye Wuhua's eyes widened, and his expression changed. His elder brother, who possessed the strength of an ordinary peak martial artist, had actually been killed by a mere child. It was simply unbelievable.
He was greatly alarmed. In an instant, he felt that he was in great danger. A sense of fear arose in his heart. He swung his long sword fiercely to block Liu Hengchang's slash. He turned to the side, leaped, and rushed into the woods.
"If we had escaped from the beginning, there might have been a tiny, tiny chance."
Lin Xiaofei said softly, used his Light Cloud Steps, and leaped lightly to follow.
In an instant!
A figure sped away like a gust of wind, wielding a long sword with lightning speed, its blade flashing as if tearing through the void!
The long sword pierced straight through.
puff!
The sharp blade, as if piercing through a piece of soft tofu, went straight through Ye Wuhua's back, instantly causing him to stiffen.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Xiaofei quickly approached and threw a punch.
"ah!"
Ye Wuhua screamed in agony as his neck was snapped by a punch, blood splattering as he collapsed to the ground.
Meanwhile, Qin Hong was still fighting two bandit henchmen on the other side when Liu Hengchang rushed forward, swung his knife, and slashed one of the bandits in the back, killing him instantly.
Qin Hong immediately felt much more relaxed. With a single swing of his sword, he finally killed a bandit.
At this moment, Qin Hong was panting heavily. He took a deep breath, glanced at his body, and found that his clothes were intact without a single tear.
"Senior Brother Liu, your hand?"
Qin Hong glanced at Liu Hengchang and said.
Liu Hengchang's long hair was somewhat disheveled, and there was a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth. His clothes were torn in several places, but fortunately, he only had shallow wounds on his body and a few cracks on his palms.
Ye Chong, with the strength of an ordinary peak martial artist, possessed superb swordsmanship. Coupled with the combined attack of the fake monk Ye Wuhua, Liu Hengchang was no match for the two of them and suffered a powerful impact, thus sustaining injuries.
"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious."
"Luckily, Junior Brother Lin, you acted in time, otherwise I would have been a victim of your sword."
Liu Hengchang spoke quickly, paused, and then added:
We shouldn't stay here any longer. The bandits from Black Wind Stronghold might come here at any time, and if we encounter them again, we'll be in trouble.
"Junior Brother Qin, Junior Brother Lin, let's quickly loot some things and then leave."
Soon, all three of them got to work.
Liu Hengchang squatted down and began searching the bodies.
Before long, they found some silver coins and letters between the two brothers, Yi Jianhen and Black Wind Stronghold, from the corpse's clothes.
Meanwhile, Lin Xiaofei and Qin Hong searched the carriage and found a large package, which they used to pack everything inside and outside the carriage.
Lin Xiaofei and the other two packed up their spoils, cut off the heads of five bandits, wrapped them in their clothes, and returned to Qingshan Town.
The Green Peak Gang branch, Internal Affairs Hall.
At this moment, there were many people in the Imperial Household Department, all lining up to hand in their assigned tasks.
Liu Hengchang and two others had just arrived and were at the very back of the line.
"Brother Liu, you actually brought back five heads this time. It seems you've had quite a haul."
An inner disciple who had just finished submitting his task turned around from behind the counter, walked over to Liu Hengchang, and said.
"It's alright."
Liu Hengchang smiled.
The inner disciple said:
This isn't just okay, this is a huge harvest!
Brother Liu, let me see who you killed.
As he spoke, the inner disciple tried to snatch the two blood-dripping packages from Liu Hengchang's hands.
"Stop fighting over it, I'll just tell you who these two people are."
As he spoke, Liu Hengchang pointed to the two heads he was holding in one hand and said, "
What I'm carrying are Ye Chong, the sword-scarred warrior, and Ye Wuhua, the fake monk.
"What? How could you kill both of them?"
The inner disciple was taken aback, then became curious and asked.
Yi Jianhen and the fake monk were somewhat famous in the town, and they had been clamoring to leave Qingshan Town seven days ago. Now, Liu Hengchang had brought them back as leaders, which surprised not only Liu Hengchang but also the other disciples standing nearby.
"Brother Li, these two men deserved to die. You'll understand once you read what's on this."
Liu Hengchang spoke softly, then took out several letters from his pocket and handed them over.
"So that's how it is. These two guys actually had dealings with the bandits of Black Wind Stronghold, and were even their spies. It's really unexpected. These two deserved to die."
Whose heads are the other three?
The inner disciple looked curious and quickly took the letter to read it. He frowned slightly, then slowly shook his head, as if he understood what was going on.
"Of the other three heads, one of them was given the pseudonym Chen Wuliu. His real name was Luo Yin, and his nickname was One-Eyed Dragon."
Liu Hengchang said calmly.
"Luo Yin, the One-Eyed Dragon?"
The inner disciple was immediately taken aback.
"Yes, that's him."
Liu Hengchang nodded and said.
Meanwhile, some disciples who were queuing to hand in their tasks showed a hint of surprise on their faces. Some turned to look at Liu Hengchang, then at the blood-dripping package in his hand, their eyes flickering as if they didn't quite believe it.
"That can't be right."
Ye Chong with a sword mark, Ye Wuhua the fake monk, and Luo Yin the one-eyed dragon—the strength of these three is at least at the late stage of the ordinary realm. How could the three of you possibly defeat them?
Besides, don't they also have two bandits on the other side?
The inner disciple surnamed Chen shook his head, speaking in disbelief.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he looked Liu Hengchang up and down, smiling as he said, "
Brother Liu, you haven't broken through to the peak of the ordinary realm, have you?
In his memory, Liu Hengchang's realm was the same as his, both at the late stage of the ordinary realm. To kill five bandits, at least one of them would have the strength of the peak ordinary realm, so he believed that Liu Hengchang had broken through.
"It's still early."
The reason I was able to kill them this time was entirely thanks to my junior brother Lin Xiaofei. He killed Luo Yin within three moves, and then immediately engaged Ye Chong, the Sword-Scarred One, in combat. Otherwise, with my strength, I wouldn't have lasted ten rounds at all.
Liu Hengchang smiled and explained.
The inner disciple surnamed Chen was startled and turned to look at Lin Xiaofei with a look of surprise.
He had heard that Lin Xiaofei's cultivation speed was very fast, which meant that Lin Xiaofei's strength might have made great progress once again.
He thought about it and felt that Lin Xiaofei definitely hadn't reached the peak of the ordinary realm. After all, Lin Xiaofei had only broken through to the mid-stage of the ordinary realm not long ago, which was known to many people in the gang.
Therefore, he had a guess that Lin Xiaofei had cultivated a powerful martial art, and that the martial art had at least reached the great mastery level. Only in this way could he quickly defeat several mountain bandits.
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