My Apprentice Is Too Diligent

Chapter 40: Massacre

Just like at the Li family, paying twenty thousand taels of silver to watch the martial arts for two days.

"The Blood Transformation Sword Art" is not a True Qi Realm martial art, so ten thousand taels a day is enough.

Of course.

The Li family proposed this strategy as a way to repay their debt.

If Chen Wuji were to approach the Blood Sword Sect and request to watch their martial arts, it would be seen as a forced action, with a different meaning.

But whether or not this is seen as using force depends on the person.

Chen Wuji would not stoop to such actions in a good family.

But the members of the Blood Sword Sect are not good people.

Not to mention anything else, just the disciples of the Blood Sword Sect have colluded with Chen Lindong and extorted a lot of money from the original body.

Just this alone is enough to support Chen Wuji without any concerns.

...

A decision was made.

That night, after it got dark, Chen Wuji changed into his night clothes, changed his appearance with disguise and bone shrinking techniques. He held a long sword and climbed over the wall, leaving the courtyard.

Facing the night, he swiftly flew out of the city towards Liangshan.

He traveled at lightning speed all the way.

Upon arriving at Liangshan, Chen Wuji did not take the mountain path, but instead entered the forest, stepping on the crowns of the trees one by one, flying towards the mountainside.

But before he could get close to the Blood Sword Sect's residence halfway up the mountain, he heard shouts and screams carried by the night wind.

Looking up, he saw flames rising and thick smoke billowing halfway up the mountain.

"Something happened?"

"Did someone invade the Blood Sword Sect at night?"

"Attacking under the cover of night?"

Chen Wuji was astonished.

This was too coincidental. Just as he was about to use force to suppress others, someone had beaten him to it and attacked the Blood Sword Sect.

And from the situation, it seemed that the Blood Sword Sect couldn't hold on and screams continued to ring out.

"Let's go up and take a look!"

Various thoughts flashed through his mind as Chen Wuji quickened his pace.

Swoosh, swoosh~

He displayed his lightness skill, Winding Snake Steps, combined with the Lightning Steps, agile and swift, silently running on the treetops.

Only when he got close to the Blood Sword Sect's residence did he dive down and hide in the darkness, looking through the branches towards the buildings located halfway up the mountain.

The moonlight overhead was blocked by dark clouds.

But the burning flames everywhere illuminated half of the sky.

This allowed Chen Wuji to see most of the situation inside the Blood Sword Sect's residence.

And upon seeing this, his expression immediately became strange.

"Formation? Crossbows? Armored soldiers?"

"The ones attacking the Blood Sword Sect are actually county soldiers?"

"Does the county lord want to destroy the Blood Sword Sect?"

"But that doesn't make sense. The garrison of White Water County is not under the jurisdiction of the county lord."

"The county soldiers' captain comes from the governor's office, and Captain Pang Qinding is very close to the county lord."

"Or maybe, this nighttime operation was initiated by Captain Pang Qinding himself?"

"Does this guy have a grudge against the Blood Sword Sect?"

One question after another kept popping up in his mind.

Within his field of vision, inside the Blood Sword Sect's residence, a group of soldiers wearing armor formed a line, with spearmen in the front and crossbowmen in the back, constantly advancing and encircling.

Martial Masters in the Body Refining Realm, when faced with crossbows, can only dodge or continue to dodge.

Only Martial Masters who have cultivated the Body Refining Technique to the extreme can have a strong defense that is impervious to blades and arrows.

Does the Blood Sword Sect have such people?

Obviously not.

So, facing rows of soldiers wearing armor, spears paired with powerful crossbows, the disciples of the Blood Sword Sect, apart from evading, no one could break through the military formation and escape.

Occasionally, a few disciples would rush into the military formation, but they would be quickly killed.

They wanted to escape, but there was nowhere to go.

The soldiers wearing armor numbered in the thousands.

Arranged in a large circle formation, starting from the outermost perimeter, they enclosed the people of the Blood Sword Sect like dumplings, and then advanced inch by inch towards the center.

The disciples of the Blood Sword Sect dodged and resisted everywhere, kneeling down to surrender, but it was all useless. Once they were caught, they were all killed.

At this moment, the entire residence of the Blood Sword Sect was flowing with blood, with bodies scattered everywhere.

Sounds of sorrowful roars, resentful curses, and desperate cries echoed through the night sky.

Massacre!

A one-sided battle, not a fight, but a massacre!

The Blood Sword Sect must have offended someone to provoke such a bloody massacre, sparing no one, regardless of gender or age.

"So many county soldiers, where did they come from..."

"Wait!"

Suddenly, Chen Wuji remembered something.

"If I remember correctly, each county's garrison is full with two hundred soldiers."

"But now, there are over a thousand people slaughtering the Blood Sword Sect."

"These soldiers, are they not the county soldiers of White Water County?"

"Or is it that the county soldiers from the surrounding counties have joined forces to besiege the Blood Sword Sect?"

"If that's the case, the ones who want to annihilate the Blood Sword Sect are not the county lords or the captain Pang Qianding, but the prefectural army that commands all the county soldiers, the people from above!"

Thinking of this, Chen Wuji became even more curious about who the Blood Sword Sect had offended.

To actually attract the prefectural governor from the government to lead troops to attack the mountain gate and leave no survivors, killing them all!

"Hahaha..."

While pondering, a burst of laughter, as if venting, suddenly sounded from a courtyard.

Accompanied by the sound, a figure flew and ran.

However, before flying too far, the person was caught by someone chasing from behind, grabbed by the hand, and with a loud bang, slammed onto the ground.

"The Sect Master of the Blood Sword Sect, Sun Zhenyao?"

Chen Wuji looked from a distance and saw that the person who was slammed onto the ground was the Sect Master of the Blood Sword Sect.

Sun Zhenyao was also a master at the Eighth Layer of Body Refining.

But at this moment, he had no resistance against another tall and burly man, and was seriously injured, lying on the ground, laughing with the remaining strength.

"Sun Zhenyao, aren't you afraid of death?"

A young man dressed in armor, the only one without armor, walked slowly to Sun Zhenyao's side in the firelight, looking down at him with indifference.

"Hahaha, kill me, go ahead and kill me."

Sun Zhenyao's face turned pale, blood constantly spewing from the corners of his mouth, and he said loudly, "Kill me, you won't be able to obtain the techniques. With just you, a little runt, a bastard, a beast, you won't be able to obtain the techniques of our Blood Sword Sect in your next life! Hahaha..."

"Very well."

The young man had a handsome appearance, with a charm that exuded a sinister aura. His eyes swept around, and he said calmly, "Bring this guy's family over, one by one, and kill them in front of him."

"Beast! You beast!!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Zhenyao immediately shouted at the top of his lungs, "Beast, if you want to kill, just kill me! Don't touch my family!"

"That's not up to you."

The young man chuckled, "You're so arrogant and fearless, right? Fine, I'll let you see how long your confidence can last in front of me."

"Bring the people over, and kill them one by one!"

"Yes!" Two soldiers escorted a terrified young girl and walked towards Sun Zhenyao.

"No, no!"

Sun Zhenyao trembled all over, shouting, "I'm really not lying to you. The first half of the Blood Transformation Sword Art was really taken away by Shi Ying, and I haven't gotten it back yet. I'm also looking for him, I'm really not lying to you..."

Splat!

The blade flashed, and the head flew into the air.

"Ah, ah, ah!!"

(End of this chapter)