Chapter 1979: Cold Evil Sect
Chapter 1979: Chapter 1979: Cold Evil Sect
Tap... tap... tap...
A few drops of hot blood splattered onto Xiao Yi’s black robe sleeve.
Xiao Yi frowned.
He glanced at the ground. It was the body of a burly martial artist wielding a large axe, now dismembered.
And nearby was another martial artist holding a sword.
The martial artist looked at the corpse, his face devoid of expression. He crouched down indifferently and collected the Universe Ring and Qiankun Bag from the corpse.
Afterward, the martial artist glanced warily at Xiao Yi.
"I am from the Ghost Tiger Hall, so think carefully before you have any ulterior motives."
The martial artist coldly uttered another sentence.
Seeing Xiao Yi make no moves, the martial artist flashed away and departed.
Xiao Yi paid no attention and continued walking.
In the Central Region, such killings were too common, and Xiao Yi had no interest in intervening.
As he walked, Xiao Yi also observed his surroundings.
He intended to release his senses to probe the area.
But, with the entire Guisha City enveloped in formations, he feared it would attract unnecessary trouble if he attempted to sense recklessly.
Xiao Yi kept walking.
Inside the city, it was, in fact, no different from other large cities.
It was merely a city, with people living within.
Martial artists walked along the streets one after another.
However, nearly every martial artist here walked with prohibitions imposed to conceal their presence.
These prohibitions varied, some were sophisticated, some coarse.
Some Xiao Yi could see through at a glance, while others required released senses to discern.
Yet the instant his senses were released, several unfriendly and cold gazes were immediately drawn.
Xiao Yi withdrew his senses.
The owners of those gazes quickly retracted their gazes and hurried away.
"Supreme Realm," Xiao Yi murmured silently in his heart.
A few minutes later.
Xiao Yi just walked casually.
Ahead, a few pedestrians suddenly erupted, surrounding and attacking another pedestrian.
The battle likely lasted only a dozen seconds.
But the person who was surrounded was already just a lump of flesh.
These few individuals took the Universe Ring and then searched out a book.
If Xiao Yi wasn’t mistaken, it seemed to be a cultivation technique.
These individuals glanced warily at Xiao Yi before quickly leaving.
The unexpected scene on the street didn’t cause a significant disturbance.
The pedestrians merely walked cautiously.
Xiao Yi also continued forward.
An hour later.
Xiao Yi’s steps suddenly halted.
Whoosh... an arrow shot through the sky.
With the release of the first arrow, there followed a dense rain of arrows.
The rain of arrows was fired from the buildings on both sides of the street.
The target was not Xiao Yi.
But rather the dozen or so martial artists walking behind Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi furrowed his brow.
Boom...
A cloud of poison exploded violently.
The speed of his frown and the explosion even surpassed that of the arrows.
Hiss, hiss, hiss...
The arrow rain came densely but was corroded to nothing in an instant.
Xiao Yi glanced at the martial artists ambushed on both sides without responding.
"Damn it." The martial artists on both sides leaped out instantly.
"Where did you come from, daring to interfere with Cold Evil Sect’s business?"
"Cold Evil Sect?" The dozen martial artists who originally followed behind Xiao Yi suddenly changed expression to cold.
And the pedestrians on the street quickly dispersed.
The large street was left with only the martial artists originally ambushed on both sides and those dozen martial artists.
The two groups of martial artists confronted each other.
And Xiao Yi was in between.
"Who are you, anyway?" Among the self-proclaimed Cold Evil Sect people, a burly middle-aged man slowly walked out.
His cold and sinister gaze fixed on Xiao Yi.
"Why help the Ghost Tiger Hall people..."
"Just passing by." Xiao Yi interrupted indifferently and resumed walking.
He had no interest in being inexplicably blocked.
He only wanted to check out the city and then go somewhere else.
Xiao Yi continued straight.
However, this action in the eyes of the sinister middle-aged man was blatant disregard.
"You ingrate, are you seeking death?"
"Kill him for me."
The middle-aged man roared angrily.
Originally, seeing Xiao Yi wielding such powerful poison, he thought Xiao Yi was no weakling, hence he asked.
But Xiao Yi’s actions utterly infuriated him.
Boom... with a heavy explosion.
The middle-aged man and those dozen people were all heavily blasted away.
"A uniform group of Martial Arts Great Powers, plus one Martial Arts Peak." Xiao Yi glanced at those dozen individuals.
Without further concern, Xiao Yi proceeded to leave.
Xiao Yi no longer walked slowly, instead directly flashing to a stop in front of the Heavenly Mechanism Main Hall.
Guisha City also had the Eight Palace Branches.
And Guisha City is situated in the center of the region.
Therefore, there’s a Main Hall located here.
Entering the Heavenly Mechanism Hall, Xiao Yi directly made his way to the Scrolls Room.
After a while, an elderly man hurriedly arrived.
"Vice Hall Master Xiao Xun," the elderly man greeted with a slight bow.
The elderly man was the person in charge of this Main Hall.
"I wonder what brings Vice Hall Master Xiao Xun to visit our Main Hall," asked the elderly man.
"I just came to check information on Guisha City," Xiao Yi replied indifferently.
"Oh, Vice Hall Master Xiao Xun wants to train in this area?" The elderly man chuckled, "Vice Hall Master Xiao Xun may as well go to the Main Hall study, I’ll organize the information here and send it there."
"Alright." Xiao Yi nodded.
Inside the Scrolls Room, intelligence and materials were piled high.
Searching slowly by himself would naturally be troublesome.
The Main Hall Master, being the person in charge of this Main Hall and the Heavenly Mechanism Hall Master in this region, naturally knew the situation here better.
...
In the study.
Xiao Yi sat casually, waiting.
Ten minutes later, the Main Hall Master returned quickly.
Seeing Xiao Yi sitting on the side, he said repeatedly, "Vice Hall Master Xiao Xun, please take the main seat."
"Hmm?" Xiao Yi slightly frowned.
The Main Hall Master chuckled, "Who doesn’t know of Vice Hall Master Xiao Xun’s status in our Heavenly Mechanism Hall now."
"Though Vice Hall Master Xiao Xun is still young, it’s fitting for you to start handling the affairs of various Main Hall Branches now."
"This scroll review, verification, and so on... Oh, Vice Hall Master Xiao Xun, please take the main seat first."
Xiao Yi furrowed his brow and directly sat before the study desk.
He simply didn’t want to hear the stern-faced Main Hall Master prattle on endlessly.
The Main Hall Master smiled and waved his hand, and a pile of scrolls neatly appeared floating in front of the desk.
Xiao Yi picked up the scrolls and flipped through them one by one.
The more he read, the more tightly his brow furrowed.
"Is this Guisha City a lawless place?" Xiao Yi muttered with a frown.
"Yes." The Main Hall Master nodded in response.
"The rules of Guisha City are set by the Guisha City Lord."
"And the rule is, there are no rules."
Looking at the Central Region, other large cities are relatively safe places.
Inside large cities, fighting is prohibited.
Therefore, martial artists entering the city need to pay an entry fee.
Martial artists are willing to do so, as once they’ve paid the entry fee, they receive protection from the City Lord of that city.
So, generally, the City Lord of a large city is the strongest force within the city.
At the same time, the stronger the City Lord’s Mansion, the more famous the city and region are, attracting more martial artists to enter—it’s a cycle.
But here in Guisha City, it’s utterly lawless.
Plus, it’s even more dangerous here than outside the large city.
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Second update.
The third update will likely be in half an hour.
Some plots are still being pondered...
But rest assured, everything that needs completing will be, no Chapter left out.
Just not today...