Age of Heroes, ten consecutive guarantees.

Chapter 903: Not a demon, but better than a demon (7k4)

A carriage stopped in front of the city lord's mansion of Gelu City.

It did not cause much commotion when entering the city. On the contrary, not many people noticed it until the carriage entered the city lord's mansion.

But even the people in the City Lord's Mansion did not dare to neglect them, because each of the three people in this carriage had an extraordinary origin.

The person in charge of driving was a man wearing an iron mask. What he held in his hands was not the reins, but an iron chain. The chain extended to his back and locked a heavy black weapon. It was not so much a heavy sword as it was an irregular shape. It looked like the head of a meteor hammer covered with spikes.

Just by looking at the weapon, people in the martial arts world can recognize him... This man's nickname is 'Bu Ming', and he is the deputy commander of the 'Black Ya', a special organization of the Great Xia court. Not only is he in a high position of power, he is also the number one detective in the world today, and is ranked among the top ten martial arts masters, so he is the 'Bu Kui'.

The characteristics of Bu Ming that made him well-known in the martial arts world were the iron chain he used to arrest people and the meteor he used to kill the enemies.

He comes from the imperial court.

The second person in the car was a beautiful woman. She looked quite old, but still had charm, a graceful figure, and a mature temperament. A wine gourd and a sword without a sheath hung around her waist, and the sword was tied with a purple cloth bag.

This girl's name was Changsun Ziyun. She was the daughter of the prime minister of Daxia two generations ago. Although she was born into a noble family, she left the Changsun family at the age of twelve and traveled for many years, wandering around the world. She had an engagement but did not fulfill it. She was canonized as a sword saint at the age of over 40. Ten years later, she fought with the former sword champion for ten days and ten nights.

It has been twenty-seven years since he accepted the 'abdication' of the previous Sword Master and became the new Sword Master.

Not long ago, Ziyun Lake was defeated by Huang Yanxia and gave up the position of Sword Master.

But the fact that Purple Cloud Sword Saint actually appeared in Gelu City, and was with the chief constable beside him, was already a signal that was different from the ordinary.

If she was still a pure martial artist, she would not accept the court's recruitment, but now that she has lost the title of Sword Master, it is not impossible for her to accept the royal family's support and live in the imperial capital.

Many of the top martial arts masters began to retire after accepting the olive branch from the imperial court.

The third person to appear is the real heavyweight.

The latter was wearing a yellow dragon robe.

The butler of the City Lord's Mansion who came to meet him immediately changed his expression and bowed deeply: "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Second Prince!"

Yellow is the royal color, and the dragon robe represents the prince. With such a noble status, one would not normally leave the capital except to go to a fiefdom.

Moreover, everyone knows that the current crown prince and the second prince are brothers from the same mother and are only one year apart in age. The crown prince needs the second prince to assist in governing the country. If the former is the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan who made straw sandals, then the latter is the village man Zhuge who lived in a thatched hut and cultivated the fields.

The second prince quickly supported the City Lord's Housekeeper and said, "No need to do that. Please get up quickly! This is not the imperial capital. There is no need for so many red tapes... Is the Imperial Master here? If necessary, you can go and inform him. It's okay for the three of us to wait here for a while."

"Emperor's Master" is the royal family's respectful title for Wuxian.

The late emperor wanted to become sworn brothers with Wang Fuyue, but the latter refused, saying that it was unacceptable for a ruffian to be on friendly terms with the emperor. However, he accepted the title of Great Xia's National Master, and even now, when the emperor changes his own ministers, he still enjoys the treatment of an imperial master.

The housekeeper said, "I'll go and inform them right away. Please go to the living room."

Zhangsun Ziyun opened the wine gourd, took a sip, and said calmly: "Your Highness, the Second Prince, don't be so nervous. You also saw Wuxian himself when you were a child. He doesn't eat people."

"I'm just a little worried and don't know how to talk about this matter today." The second prince sighed.

The three entered the City Lord's Mansion and when they came to the living room, they happened to meet three people in the yard. There was a little girl fishing for koi in the pond, a young man dozing under a tree nearby, and a beautiful woman was wiping blood off the axe blade.

The second prince's eyes lit up slightly. Although he had not been to Gelu City very often, he knew all of Wu Xian's disciples.

Wang Fuyue had five direct disciples, one of whom died young, leaving four.

The first disciple was the dozing young man, named Shen Shi. He debuted in martial arts ten years after Purple Cloud Sword Saint. He became famous for his boxing skills at first, then switched to body skills after ten years, and leg skills after another ten years, and spear skills after another ten years, and then sword skills and knife skills... After nearly sixty years, he had mastered almost all aspects of martial arts and earned the nickname "Little Shikui".

However, everyone in the martial arts world believed that Shen Shidi had a very high probability of not being able to take over Wu Xian's job.

The one who is qualified to take over is Wu Xian's third disciple, the woman who is wiping the weapon. Her name is Shen Xiruo, and she is Shen Shi's biological sister.

The route she took was completely different from her brother's. She took a single route, and the Xuanhua Axe she used had about 50% of Wu Xian's charm.

Her name is Xi Ruo, but she is not weak at all. When she swings an axe, she has the beauty of splitting Mount Hua with her strength. She was canonized three years ago.

It was just bad luck that he met a mysterious master just after he was canonized. After being seriously injured, he returned to Gelu City to recuperate and has been there for three years.

As for that little girl...she is probably the youngest disciple?
The second prince took the initiative to greet them: "Meet Mr. Shen, Miss Shen."

Shen Xiruo raised her eyes, glanced at the prince, then looked at the two people behind him, and said calmly: "The Chief of the Police and the Purple Cloud Sword Saint... It seems that this time it is not just as simple as coming to celebrate my master's birthday."

Shen Shi was still dozing off, without saying a word. If it were in a cartoon, the snot bubble would be blown up to the size of a fist.

The Second Prince was not angry either, he smiled gently: "We are here to present birthday gifts to the Imperial Master, and we also brought the Emperor's imperial edict. However, whether the Imperial Master agrees or not is up to his temper."

Shen Xiruo nodded: "Master, let him make his own judgment."

The little girl shook her head and said, "The rivers and lakes are the rivers and lakes, and the court is the court. Some rules cannot be broken. No matter who comes, it is not allowed. It is even more so when the emperor comes... Because the emperor is the person who cannot act willfully in the world. If he is willful, won't the world be in chaos?"

The chief constable frowned and looked at the girl who spoke in a rather old-fashioned manner.

Purple Cloud Sword Saint asked curiously, "This little girl's words are interesting."

"These are the original words of the master." The girl raised her hand and said, "Show it to me."

"what would you like?"

"The imperial edict, didn't you bring it with you?"

"But this is for the old Master Di."

"The master will burn it directly after checking it anyway, so can't you let me see and touch it now?" The girl blinked.

Just as the chief constable was about to say something, he saw the Second Prince take out the imperial edict from his sleeve, hand it to the girl, and gently said, "It's okay, take it if you want. I have memorized the contents, and you can recite it to the old imperial teacher later."

The little girl took it over happily, opened the cloth bag, and then spread it out. She looked left and right, with a bitter look on her face: "Senior Sister..."

"What's wrong again?" Shen Xiruo raised her head.

"I can't read all the words."

"I'll teach you." Sword Saint Ziyun felt pity for the girl and started to recite the words one by one while holding the girl.

The others around him did not speak, but listened to the girl's clear voice reading out the contents of the imperial edict. After she finished reading...

The dozing Shen Shi suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Why did the emperor want to kill Huang Qiyun?"

"I don't know." The second prince touched his forehead and said, "I am also very confused, but my father said that when the Imperial Master knows about this, he will naturally understand."

"To deal with Huang Qiyun, we have to deal with that young man surnamed Bai." Shen Xiruo asked, "It was mentioned in the storytelling that he had dealt with Yang Zheng, but didn't you ask him?"

"Yang Zheng is the chief eunuch of the palace. He is not very familiar with us. He is considered to be Ninth Sister's man." The Second Prince shook his head and said, "Besides, how can we let her know about this?"

"You haven't even figured out the enemy's strength, and you're just rushing here like this?" Shen Xiruo asked mischievously, "Should I praise you for being brave but not wise, or for being extremely daring?"

"As long as the Imperial Master nods, this won't be difficult." The Second Prince said proudly, "With so many experts present, is it possible that we can't kill Huang Qiyun?"

"Humph, that's your business, I didn't agree." Shen Xiruo lowered her head and continued to wipe the axe: "I never use this axe to kill lovers... Bai and Huang are a couple in the world, I won't do such a thing as breaking up a couple, how tasteless."

"This matter has nothing to do with taste." The police officer argued, "Your Majesty is doing this for the sake of the people of the world. It is not a personal favoritism or a violation of the law. It is a last resort."

"You know a lot." Shen Xiruo asked, "Tell me, what's the reason?"

The detective remained silent.

"What about you?" Shen Xiruo looked at Purple Cloud Sword Saint again: "You, the previous generation of Sword Master, are here to join in the fun?"

Purple Cloud Sword Saint folded up the imperial edict and put it down, saying calmly: "I am now a royal servant. Isn't it natural for me to get some treatment and do some work?"

"Just a tribute. I thought you were looking for a young prince to pursue." Shen Xiruo sarcastically said, including the Second Prince.

"Miss Shen, you don't know the whole story, so it's better not to jump to conclusions." The Second Prince was still very good-tempered and smiled tepidly: "Some things are not as simple as they seem. Although we are here to discuss how to kill people and silence them, it may not be for our own selfish interests."

"Does Huang Qiyun have any reason to die?" Shen Xiruo was dissatisfied: "When did the world get to the point where ordinary women are not allowed to live?"

"She is not an ordinary woman... She is a female evil."

Suddenly, a powerful voice came from the tree.

Shen Shi immediately jumped up from under the tree, bowed respectfully to a parrot on the tree trunk and said, "Hello, Master. I didn't expect you to be listening all this time."

"Greetings, Imperial Master!" The second prince also secretly looked at the budgie.

The parrot spoke, "It is inconvenient for me to see you now, so I am using the spirit beast to transmit my message... I have also read the contents of the imperial edict, and I understand the emperor's concerns. We had an agreement when the late emperor was alive, and now is the time to fulfill our promise."

The second prince said calmly: "So the Imperial Master agreed?"

Wu Xian continued, "I will cooperate with the royal family in killing Huang Qiyun, but how to kill her is up to you."

The parrot stood on a branch, with its back to the moonlight. "If the people you brought are not enough, I can lend you my disciples, as long as you can persuade them, or other martial arts masters."

"understood."

The second prince took note of this sentence carefully. He was very smart, otherwise he would not have been able to serve as an advisor to his own brother, the crown prince, without being feared.

Wang Fuyue's meaning was very clear. Killing Huang Qiyun was the royal family's business, so he would not attack Huang Qiyun directly, but would create opportunities for the royal family to do it themselves.

No one knew why Wu Xian had to go through so much trouble, and no one dared to ask.

Meanwhile the parrot's speech continued.

"The only thing I ask of you is..."

"Please speak, Imperial Master."

"No matter what the outcome of this matter is, it only happens once. Whether it succeeds or not, it ends here."

"I'll remember that." The Second Prince bowed and said, "Thank you, Imperial Master."

"Your calm and modest personality is quite compatible with your elder brother."

"Master, there is something I don't understand!" Shen Xiruo asked, "Who is the evil woman?"

"You don't need to know. If you're curious, go ask Xu Ergou."

The parrot flapped its wings and flew away.

The second prince breathed a sigh of relief: "I can only hear his voice without seeing him, but it still makes me feel very stressed."

"It's a good thing that Wuxian agreed, but it won't be easy for us to deal with Huang Qiyun alone." Purple Cloud Sword Saint said, "Should we find a few more helpers?"

"Fortunately, there must be many martial arts champions gathered in Gelu City today. Maybe we can..." The Second Prince looked at the Purple Cloud Sword Saint and asked tentatively, "I heard that Senior Changsun has a good relationship with the current Sword Master?"

"I can try." Zhangsun Ziyun did not refuse, but just gestured: "But in terms of the reward, Your Highness needs to be generous."

"sure……"

On the other side.

"Who is Xu Ergou?" The girl pulled Shen Shi's sleeve curiously.

"It's your second brother's name."

"Second Senior Brother?" the girl asked curiously, "Didn't he die a long time ago?"

"He is missing, not dead." Shen Shi shook his head: "He is still alive, but he left Gelu City. He should come back for Master's birthday this time."

"What does Second Brother do?"

"He's a running dog." Shen Xiruo picked up the axe and dipped it into the pool water, causing a bloody red tinge to appear in the water. "Next time I see him, I'll give him an axe!"

As they were talking, the housekeeper came in and said, "Master Shen, Miss Shen...something happened in the city. The Zhou family of Xihai and the Wu family of Jiangdong had a conflict in the restaurant. The two sides are about to fight. Should we stop them?"

Shen Shi decisively lay down on the chair and said: "I have something important to discuss with the Second Prince, so I'd better leave this matter to my weak sister who is as frail as a willow in the wind and can destroy a city or a stronghold at any time."

Shen Xiruo spat: "You are so lazy!"

She picked up the Xuanhua Axe and said calmly, "They've already started fighting before they even compete for the spear leader... Uncle Fu, lead the way, I'll go and stop the fight."

Shen Shi shouted to his sister from a distance: "Remember not to tear down the whole street."

"Shut up! If you're worried, come on your own!"

The City Lord's Mansion became quiet after Shen Xiruo left.

After a moment, Shen Shi opened his eyes and said, "You came back without even telling me."

A figure in a black robe walked out of the darkness and took off his mask: "Hello, Senior Brother."

"No... The master has already kicked you out of the sect." Shen Shi shook his head: "Just call me Brother Shen, I don't want to be scolded by the master."

"You're still as lazy as ever."

"A lazy person has his own blessings, but you are not as lucky as him..." Shen Shi held his chin and asked, "So, are you here to celebrate the teacher's birthday, or did you come here because you heard the news about that evil woman?"

"All of them." Xu Ergou sat down on the chair next to him, and the edge of a black longbow was revealed between his robes.

"Do you need me to introduce you to the Second Prince later?"

"No need, I will hide in the dark and take action when necessary."

"insidious."

"The archer has no particular means, but only seeks to eliminate all demons."

“Is the female evil also a demon?”

“Not a demon, but better than a demon.”

……

Restaurant.

Bai Yu and Huang Qiyun ate and drank while watching others fight. They enjoyed the meal very much.

Humans like to watch fun. Even if two cats are fighting with each other on the street, more than a dozen people will take out their phones to shoot a video.

Not to mention this rare group fight scene.

This is actually not uncommon in this world, but for people in later generations, if they want to see this kind of scene, they can usually only do so in a movie theater.

At first, the Wu family and the Zhou family agreed to challenge each other in a one-on-one duel.

As a result, the fight turned into a group fight.

The Wu family said that the Zhou family had no martial ethics and secretly swallowed elixirs to increase their strength; Zhou angrily criticized the Wu family for breaking the rules and using despicable tricks.

Neither side could convince the other, so the fight turned into a melee, and the entire first floor was smashed to pieces.

The shopkeeper came over to Bai Yu with a few jars of wine in his hands: "It's for you."

"Does this cost money?"

"No! It would be a waste if it was left down there and got damaged!" The shopkeeper wiped the sweat off his forehead and drank the wine in big gulps: "Every sip counts!"

The shopkeeper, who was drinking tons of wine, was half full in a short while.

In a restaurant, the price of alcohol is actually much higher than that of the dishes, and most of the profits come from wine, so the broken wine jars are the most distressing thing, and the tables and chairs come second.

But this group of gangsters used wine jars as throwing weapons. Each jar they threw would result in dozens of taels of silver. The shopkeeper felt very distressed when seeing this.

The two sides were in a stalemate... but with so many people fighting, accidents were bound to happen.

One of the Zhou family members had his lung pierced by debris, causing massive bleeding from the arteries. Although the injury was stopped and he was not fatal, it added fuel to the already heated atmosphere at the scene.

In the ensuing fight, a member of the Wu family had his leg broken.

Suddenly the scene became so heated that it was impossible to stop. They were getting excited... It was like they were splashing water on each other, and both of them turned red. One of them pushed the other into the puddle and was so violent that he wanted to drown the other.

Seeing the blood and weapons at the scene, Bai Yu frowned slightly and felt that the wine became a little harder to swallow.

On the first floor, Wu Zhengtang looked at the Wu family members whose bones were broken, his face was extremely ugly. He took out the gun head and put it on a long stick, then pointed it at the Zhou family group in front of him: "You are so cruel, you want to fight to the death? Come and try!"

Zhou Haofang sneered, "Come on! Do you think I'm afraid of you? Take my gun!"

A member of the Zhou family on the third floor threw down a big gun, and the two spears immediately entangled with each other like poisonous snakes and dragons.

Both of them have good spearmanship skills, close to the grandmaster level, but they are too young and have not yet reached the fourth level. They are both in the late third level.

In terms of basic skills in spearmanship, Wu Zhengtang was obviously better. Zhou Haofang immediately picked up his gun and started fighting, and even picked up a table and smashed it at Wu Zhengtang.

Wu Zhengtang shot through the tabletop, tearing the tablecloth along with it. However, he could not see any trace of Zhou Haofang. Someone behind him shouted to be careful. He looked up and saw that the other party had leaped up and smashed down with a spear raised. The surging energy was like water in a broken wine jar, like smashing down a vicious dragon from the water.

Wu Zhengtang did not take the attack head-on, but instead dodged it by jumping back several times.

Zhou Hao thought he had forced the opponent into a desperate situation, so he fired shots from the air one after another, gaining the upper hand.

Unexpectedly, Wu Zhengtang hid in a corner. When it seemed that he had no way to escape, he suddenly turned around and looked back. He used an extremely beautiful counter-attack and raised the spear, as if an angry dragon piercing the heart. The powerful energy dispersed the evil dragon formed by condensed water vapor and fell towards Zhou Haofang's chest.

If it's fate, you'll have to lie down for at least a month or two.

However, at this moment, a huge force surged out from Zhou Haofang's body, and the power of the gun increased dramatically, covering Wu Zhengtang's counterattack and instead forcing him to half-kneel on the ground. He was drenched by the wine and blood oozed out of his orifices.

After Zhou Haofang landed, although he was still in shock, he laughed loudly and pointed his gun at the Wu family: "The Wu family's spearmanship is just so-so! You lost. According to the rules, you should shout 'Even dogs don't practice the Wu family's spearmanship' and get out of here!"

Wu Zhengtang raised his eyes. He was very sure that the new force Zhou Haofang had just brought out did not belong to him.

"What? You can't afford to lose?" Zhou Haofang continued to laugh.

"You are so shameless to claim victory by relying on external forces!"

Suddenly, a voice came from the second floor. Huang Qiyun held the wine glass in his hand and frowned, "I have lost the mood to drink. It's really unlucky."

Hearing this revelation, Zhou Haofang looked at the second floor with a bad expression: "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!"

Huang Qiyun pointed out directly: "The person who is helping you remotely is upstairs, are you afraid to let him show up?"

Zhou Haofang narrowed his eyes: "It seems that you are determined to cause trouble for my Zhou family."

"The Zhou family? Are they very powerful?" Huang Qiyun took a sip of wine and said, "I haven't heard much about them. They are bullying people by taking advantage of their power, so they are not good people. But the Wu family's spear leader... is an upright and responsible man."

Wu Zhengtang's eyes turned red after hearing this, and he clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, lady, for speaking out for justice... But this matter has nothing to do with you two, so please leave and don't get implicated!"

Bai Yu saw his excited reaction and asked curiously, "What is your relationship with the Wu family's spear master?"

"It's my uncle." Wu Zhengtang responded: "Do you two know my uncle?"

"Enough!" Zhou Haofang smashed the spear: "If you want to reminisce, get out! You two are really too much of an eyesore, either get out, or..."

Wu Zhengtang stood up suddenly, forcibly suppressed the bloody taste in his throat, and said angrily: "Mr. Zhou, I haven't lost yet!"

The true energy in his body suddenly flowed in the opposite direction. This move was called "Countercurrent Flow" and was a powerful move in the Wu family's martial arts.

After use, one can rapidly improve physical strength in a short period of time. Both arms swell a little, become covered with blue veins, and burst out with a terrifying force.

Zhou Haofang was shocked, and hastily used the move "Dragon Out of Sea" to deal with it.

However, the gap between the two sides is obvious.

Wu Zhengtang's countercurrent move is extremely domineering. It hurts himself before hurting others, so it cannot be taken head-on.

Zhou Haofang was about to be struck to the ground by a bullet when another wave of power came from upstairs. He was delighted and was about to use the same trick again.

At this moment, a soft "click" sound was heard.

On the second floor, Bai Yu put the wine glass on the table, and the energy was immediately cut off.

Zhou Haofang had no strength to resist anymore and was chopped away more than ten meters away. He lay on the broken wooden floor and fainted after struggling for a few times.

Everyone in the Zhou family quickly surrounded them.

At this time, those who were secretly watching the battle upstairs could no longer sit still.

Wu Zhengtang only felt the spear in his hand tremble, and the next moment the weapon slipped out of his hand, and he fell back and was caught by the Wu family members.

There was a middle-aged man in the lobby on the first floor. No one saw when he arrived, but everyone in the lobby could feel the invisible oppression brought by him. They felt their bodies shorter unconsciously, and had a sense of humility like an ant looking up at a giant.

"Young man from the Wu family, you have crossed the line." The middle-aged man said, "You should just admit defeat and leave."

Blood was flowing from Wu Zhengtang's nose. He raised his head unconvinced and said, "Bullying the weak is what the Xihai Zhou family is capable of!"

"Your Wu family has lost its spear leader, so don't blame others for not giving you some face." The middle-aged man looked down at him and said, "I wanted to kick you out and end it now, but you were too fierce. I should discipline you on behalf of your elders. I will cut off one of your hands first to serve as a warning to others."

If you lose one hand, basically 80% of your martial arts skills will be ruined. How can you hold a gun without both hands?
Wu Zhengtang couldn't resist because the difference in cultivation was too great. He stared at the weapon on the middle-aged man's waist and shouted, "If you want my hand, you can just draw your sword! Let the world know that you, the Zhou family's sword master, actually killed a young man like me!"

The Zhou family sword master said calmly: "You are not qualified to let me pull out this 'Crossing the River Pawn'."

Wu Zhengtang closed his eyes in almost despair.

But the next moment, Zhou family's swordsman stopped moving.

He stood there, a look of disbelief in his eyes.

A knife pressed against the back of his hand, stopping his movement.

But, if that were all, Dao Kui wouldn't have stood there in a trance.

The truly terrifying thing is that... the knife that was pressing down on the back of Dao Kui's hand was actually his own sword.

The sword master, one of the ten best martial artists, would actually have his sword taken away?

If this gets out, it will become a laughing stock to the whole world!

But Dao Kui couldn't laugh. He just felt horrified because he didn't realize when... his sword was taken away!

That might be just a ten-thousandth of a second, or even shorter!
Who is the young man in front of me?

Dao Kui had noticed the two people in the corner before. He had planned to deal with this side before meeting them on the other side, but now he realized that he had hit a wall!
The handsome young man in blue looked down at the knife, then raised his eyes and glanced at the knife master.

His movements were slow and calm, and after watching for a few seconds, a look of disinterest appeared in his eyes.

He asked in the complete silence of the restaurant.

"Is this knife worthy of being called a 'crossing-the-river pawn'?"

Without waiting for Dao Kui's face to turn pale, he asked the second question amid the stunned expressions of the Zhou and Wu families.

"You, are you qualified to be the leader of the sword?"

(End of this chapter)