Laughing, the host always wants to escape

Chapter 176: The Jianghu in the Wine and Sword Village (19)

"What happened? Why are you so flustered?"

After hearing what their subordinate said, everyone pricked up their ears subconsciously and gathered around.

"It's bad, Master. Five miles south of the sect, we found many corpses. They were neatly placed together, and their deaths were extremely horrific..." The subordinate's tone was trembling.

Hearing this, everyone was shocked. Even Li Xiuzhu's eyes revealed some doubts. "Are there any other characteristics?"

"Each of them holds a jade token in their right hand." As he spoke, the subordinate handed over the jade token.

"Is this... the Shadow Killing Order?"

"Sure enough, they really took action. They weren't just trying to scare us. What should we do?"

"I don't want to die yet..."

Listening to the argument of the crowd, Tang Cuo's eyes involuntarily fell on the jade token in his hand, and then he sighed.

Seeing this, Jiang Sichen on the side reached out and brought Tang Cuo to his side, comforting him, "Don't worry, I'm here, everything will be fine."

"I just can't understand why someone would issue a hunting order against me, a person who is useless at all? Could it be that they just don't like me?" Tang Cuo said puzzledly.

"There is actually no pattern to who this Shadow Killing Order is issued to. It could be anyone. Look, aren't there many people in this manor who have been issued killing orders?"

"What is their purpose then?"

"Creating panic." Jiang Sichen's tone became more serious. "A large-scale bounty order has made the people in the martial arts world panic and suspicious of each other, so they can take advantage of it."

"No one knows their identities?"

"It's quite mysterious and there's no way to trace it."

"Master, what should we do now?" The subordinate asked with a hint of fear in his tone.

"First, cremate the bodies outside the gate, and then find a few subordinates to bury them. After all, the dead are the most important." Li Xiuzhu sighed, "Also, strengthen the defenses around the mountain gate, and report any disturbance immediately."

"Yes, Master."

"Who is behind this Shadow Killing Order? It's so mysterious." An old Taoist with white beard asked.

"No one knows their identities, but I think this matter may be related to Jie Youlin's people. After all, Jie Youlin just came out of seclusion and he exterminated the whole family. This matter has not been resolved yet, and the Shadow Killing Order has reappeared in the arena. It is hard not to connect the two together."

"That makes sense. If that's the case, we should root out the roots of Jie Youlin."

"So what should we do now?"

Listening to everyone's talk, Tangcuo felt a little overwhelmed.

"Why don't we attack first and catch them off guard? They will think we are still in a panic, but in fact we have already surrounded them." One of them suggested.

"This is a good idea." Everyone agreed and then turned their eyes to Li Xiuzhu, as if asking for his opinion.

"Since that's the case, everyone, I won't hide anything from you." Li Xiuzhu looked embarrassed. "I wonder if you have heard the rumors in the martial arts world that the Lord of Jieyou Forest has discovered a rare treasure. That treasure was actually passed down from our ancestors..."

"This..." Hearing his words, everyone showed surprised expressions.

"Could you please tell me more about this matter, Mr. Li..."

"Ah." Li Xiuzhu turned around and sighed, "I didn't want to talk about this matter openly, because it might be exposed and cause quite a stir.

But now that things have come to this, if I don’t say it, I will be letting down the chivalrous hearts of all the heroes in the world.”

Seeing his appearance, Tang Cuo also became interested and looked up at Li Xiuzhu.

Yu Feng, who was standing at the side, also quietly put his hand on Jiang Sichen's shoulder and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "No way, this Lord Ling actually has such a hobby? Can you tell me, is there really such a rare treasure?"

His tone was somewhat playful, "You didn't really find his family's treasure, did you? I really admire you."

Jiang Sichen narrowed his eyes and did not answer him. Instead, he turned his head and looked silently at Tang Cuo on the side.

“To be honest, my ancestor once met a fortune teller. At that time, the fortune teller was in trouble, so my ancestor lent a hand. Later, the fortune teller told my ancestor that he could find a rare treasure in a certain place.

My ancestor originally wanted to give it a try, but he didn't expect that he would actually find it. In order to avoid causing trouble in the world, my ancestor hid this treasure.

Even we, the descendants, don’t know the exact location of the treasure.” Li Xiuzhu burst into tears.

"So that's how it is. I didn't expect that the ancestors of Master Li were such chivalrous people. We should protect the treasures left by Master Li's ancestors and never let them fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives." The voice of the old Taoist with white beard was sonorous and powerful, which immediately aroused the enthusiasm of everyone.

"Brother Jiang, do you think what they said is true or false? Why do I feel like this is too coincidental?" Tang Cuo sighed.

"Maybe, I'm not sure." Jiang Sichen said calmly, then pulled Tang Cuo's sleeve and walked out the door.

"Hey? What are we doing?"

"It's time to practice. It doesn't matter whether you listen to what they say or not." Jiang Sichen didn't care about other people's eyes and directly dragged Tang Cuo out.

Then he picked up a branch from the corner of the wall and stood in front of Tangcuo.

"Okay, what shall we practice today?"

"Straight stab."

"Straight stab? Didn't we practice it last time?" Tang Cuo curled his lips, "Don't you have any other moves?"

If I continue to practice like this, I won’t be able to kill a chicken, let alone the Lord of Youlin.

"Straight stabbing is the basics. It will be beneficial to practice more." Jiang Sichen seemed to see through his thoughts and chuckled.

In the afternoon, the two stood together in the yard. Tang Cuo practiced his straight stabbing, while Jiang Sichen stood aside, watching him quietly.

Finally, at dusk, Tangcuo collapsed to the ground, wailing, "I'm so tired. I don't want to practice anymore."

"What are you practicing? Why is our Young Master Tang so tired?" Yu Feng walked towards the two of them with a smile on his face.

Seeing him walking towards him, Tang Cuo turned over and stood up immediately, "Master Yu, have they finished discussing their business?"

"We've finished the discussion. They said we should take the initiative. We'll set out tomorrow, and Li Huaiyu, the son of Mr. Li, will lead the team." Yu Feng leaned against a stone pillar beside him.

"Everyone is going?"

"Well... not really. But going with someone who's been issued a killing warrant is also for his own safety. Young Master Tang is going to go anyway, and he'll need to familiarize himself with the environment sooner or later." Yu Feng chuckled.

"Familiar environment, what environment?" Tang Cuo was a little confused.