Chapter 364 - 181: Is He Going to Kill Again?
Chapter 364: Chapter 181: Is He Going to Kill Again?
"You slaughtered over seven hundred people in Huxia Village, from the old to the young, leaving no one alive. Don’t you think you owe the Jianghu an explanation for this!?"
"So that’s how it is..."
Fang Shuwen let out a cold laugh.
"I came from the Eastern Domain, but I never expected the Northern Domain Martial World to be such an eye-opener."
"With just a wag of your tongues, you slander an innocent man’s name. It’s utterly ridiculous!"
"HAHAHAHA!!"
Sword Master Geng roared with laughter.
"Do you really think we have no proof?"
"If you have evidence, then bring it out and confront me."
"Fine. Bring out the young hero from the Huiwu Sect."
Sword Master Geng shouted.
The crowd on the outer edge parted, and a group of young people walked in, escorting a farmer dressed in coarse sackcloth.
The man looked timid and cowed, his face pale, as if he had suffered a terrible shock.
Especially when he saw Fang Shuwen, his pupils constricted sharply, and he pointed a trembling finger at him, shouting in terror:
"It was him... It was him!!
"I saw it with my own eyes! He was the one who stormed into our village and went on a killing spree!"
"My parents are dead, Aunt Shen is dead, my aunt is dead too...
"He said his name was Fang Shuwen... He said... he said we were ants, that it wouldn’t matter how many of us he killed...
"When he was killing people... he was still smiling!!"
Panic was written all over his face, his body trembled uncontrollably, and he staggered backward. He lost his footing and fell, plopping onto the ground, but he still tried to scoot away.
His terror was so convincing it could have been real.
And the group of young people from the Huiwu Sect looked at Fang Shuwen with eyes filled not just with anger, but with a deep-seated, bone-deep hatred.
One of the young men spoke up:
"He didn’t just kill the seven hundred-plus villagers of Huxia Village. My Senior Brother, Tang Lie, went to investigate the situation there and never returned."
"I imagine... he also fell victim to your murderous hands, you homicidal maniac!!"
As soon as these words were spoken, an uproar swept through the surrounding crowd.
Rumors about this had already been circulating in the Jianghu, but most who heard them were skeptical.
For one reason or another, they all wanted to believe it was true, but the problem was, why would Fang Shuwen slaughter villagers for no reason?
There was no logical explanation for it; it just didn’t make sense...
Unless he really was a homicidal maniac who would slaughter common folk without any reason.
But if one were to really think that, why would he kill the people of Huxia Village specifically, and not others?
Therefore, many people felt that this might not have been Fang Shuwen’s doing...
But now, not only was there a villager from Huxia Village who had luckily survived the disaster, but there were also people from the Huiwu Sect accusing Fang Shuwen of killing their senior brother.
Under these circumstances, some of those who had been skeptical were now starting to truly believe it.
But what was the use in believing?
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to kill Fang Shuwen... or that they didn’t want to seize his Glazed Saint Body.
The problem was, they couldn’t do it.
Even if Fang Shuwen were condemned by a thousand accusers, it would be nothing more than a scratch to him. They couldn’t just curse him to death, one person at a time, could they?
They weren’t sure if Fang Shuwen could be cursed to death, but they were sure that if anyone actually dared to start cursing, they’d most likely be beaten to death by Fang Shuwen...
Just then, Sword Master Geng gave a cold smile.
"Fang Shuwen, how do you explain yourself now?"
"I hear that in the Eastern Domain Martial World, you are considered a righteous hero. But if word of this massacre of common folk were to get back..."
"I wonder, would the Seven Great Sects of the Eastern Domain still have a place for a Demon Evil God like you!?"
Fang Shuwen let out a short laugh, ignoring Sword Master Geng’s words. Instead, he turned to the people from the Huiwu Sect.
"On what grounds do you say that I killed your Senior Brother?"
The young man who had spoken earlier paled.
"Are-are you trying to deny it?"
"That night, besides you, who else was in Huxia Village?"
"My Senior Brother went there looking for you! If you didn’t kill him, who else could it have been?"
Fang Shuwen shook his head slightly.
"Too much useless rambling. When it comes down to it, you never saw me kill anyone with your own eyes."
"In this Jianghu, sometimes even what you see with your own eyes may not be true, let alone something based on mere speculation."
"And... some so-called... witness?"
"Forget it. Since you all want a witness, I happen to have one right here. How about I bring him out to meet you all?"
Sword Master Geng was taken aback. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Fang Shuwen speak.
"Brother Tang, come on out."
"Here, I’m here!"
Suddenly, someone in the crowd started shouting and jumping up and down, pushing his way in while saying:
"Excuse me, let me through! I’m the witness he’s talking about..."
The surrounding group of Northern Domain martial artists looked at each other in confusion. ’Who is this guy... He can’t even push his way through the crowd, how did he get involved in all this?’
The young disciples from the Huiwu Sect, however, recognized the voice, their faces instantly filled with astonishment and joyful surprise.
"Senior Brother!?"
"It’s me, you brats."
Tang Lie finally managed to squeeze his way into the center of the crowd and let out a long sigh of relief.
He then trotted over to Fang Shuwen.
"Hero Fang, I’m here."
Seeing this, everyone from the Huiwu Sect was completely dumbfounded.
Their Senior Brother, who they thought was dead, was back, alive and well?
They immediately forgot about the danger of being near the Demon Evil God and rushed toward Tang Lie.
"Senior Brother, is it really you?"
"You’re not dead! I cried my eyes out for nothing."
"If you weren’t dead, why didn’t you come see us... Senior Brother, you’ve gone too far!"
"We were all ready to risk our lives to avenge you, and you’re not even dead... It’s a good thing you’re not dead."
The Huiwu Sect was not a large sect, and it didn’t have many disciples. The bond between the martial brothers was very deep.
Now, seeing Tang Lie, who they thought was dead, appear before them once more, alive and kicking, many of them felt their eyes well up with tears on the spot.
Fang Shuwen watched them, a flicker of emotion in his eyes.
He couldn’t help but think of his senior brothers, senior sisters, and junior brothers at the Four Seas Martial Arts Hall, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
Seeing this, someone couldn’t help but gasp.
"The Demon Evil God is smiling!?"
"Is he going to kill someone again?"
Fang Shuwen’s face darkened. With a shift of his feet, his figure vanished in a flash. When he reappeared, he was already holding someone in his hand.
It was none other than the so-called witness who claimed to be a villager from Huxia Village.