NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 404 - 154: The Giant Ape Draws the Bow! Farewell to Hua Shan! (Thanks to Book Friend L5??, the Alliance Hierarch)_3
Chapter 404: Chapter 154: The Giant Ape Draws the Bow! Farewell to Hua Shan! (Thanks to Book Friend L5??, the Alliance Hierarch)_3
“Pfft!”
The bald man seemed to lunge forward actively, sliced open by the Iron-Cutting Sword from the chest, sending the top half of his body flying before crashing heavily onto the ground!
Having effortlessly slain two martial artists of the Body Refinement Divine Strength Realm, Su Changkong couldn’t help but cover his mouth and cough twice, slightly intense movement immediately making him feel somewhat overwhelmed.
“I must… find a way to rebuild and reconnect my meridians as quickly as possible!” Su Changkong felt even more urgent in his heart to restore his normal body. Otherwise, not only would he be inconvenienced in his movements, but his cultivation realm would also stagnate and cease to grow.
“This… this hero, are you alright?”
From not too far away came the careful inquiry of Hua Yi.
Hua Yi was still somewhat shocked: first two villains had dragged him out of the inn to silence him by killing him, but then a stranger youth in black appeared. With what seemed like two ordinary slashes, he had killed the villains on the spot!
Moreover, this youth in black seemed to be very weak, coughing incessantly.
“I’m fine.” Su Changkong, who had just caught his breath, took a deep breath and shook his head.
Su Changkong stared at Hua Yi: “Do you know these two? Why did they want to kill you?”
Hua Yi hesitated for a moment but thought that if not for the other’s help, he would have already been dead.
Hua Yi thus began to recount the cause of the events: “My master, Dr. Huashan, and I traveled here a year ago. We opened a small clinic in a nearby town to heal the sick. However, a month ago, someone came to seek treatment from my master, inviting my master away. My master agreed and left with this person.”
“But a month has passed without his return. Worried for my master’s safety, I made inquiries and learned that the person who took my master away that day was not good people but from the Iron Heart Sect!”
“The Iron Heart Sect is powerful and influential, occupying Iron Heart Mountain with over a thousand people. They are essentially a gang of bandits who oppress the good. My master was captured by them, and when I went to the nearest Yamen in the county city seeking help, they just told me to wait for news… I didn’t expect that the Iron Heart Sect’s men would come directly for me, to kill me.”
Hua Yi recounted the origins of the incident.
Hua Yi and his master, Dr. Huashan, lived a nomadic life, wandering from place to place. They occasionally stopped to rest and heal the sick. When the epidemic around Clearwater City receded, they also decided to head for Central State, and it was here, nearing Central State, that they opened a small clinic, gaining some reputation.
But for some unknown reason, the Iron Heart Sect had taken Dr. Huashan away.
The Iron Heart Sect, like the Black Cavalry Gang in the neighboring areas, lived off protection money and had the attitude of ‘if you surrender you prosper, if you resist you die.’
And it seems the Iron Heart Sect had eyes even in the nearby Yamen. As soon as Hua Yi went to the Yamen to report against the Iron Heart Sect, the Iron Heart Sect’s martial artists found Hua Yi to silence him, and he was lucky to have encountered Su Changkong.
“Based on what those two men said earlier, Dr. Huashan should be alright. Since I’ve already intervened… then I should eradicate evil thoroughly and rescue Dr. Huashan,” Su Changkong thought to himself. If he hadn’t taken action, it would have been one thing, but having intervened, he felt he had to do so perfectly!
“Hero, thank you for saving my life. The Iron Heart Sect is strong and well-armed, and now that you’ve killed their people, they will surely seek revenge. It’s best if you leave this place quickly!” said Hua Yi, quite worried, fearing that Su Changkong would provoke the Iron Heart Sect and incur their vengeance.
Hearing this, Su Changkong smiled, “The thing I fear most is trouble. Now that I’ve killed disciples of the Iron Heart Sect, they might well come seeking revenge. If that’s the case, I might as well take the initiative and pay a visit to the Iron Heart Sect to eradicate them once and for all! Can you take me to the Iron Heart Sect tomorrow morning?”
These words stunned Hua Yi, leaving his mouth twitching slightly. Afraid of attracting trouble, afraid of the Iron Heart Sect seeking revenge, so he wanted to wipe them out himself?
Hua Yi couldn’t help saying, “Even the local government doesn’t want to provoke the Iron Heart Sect. The Iron Heart Sect has no fewer than a thousand men, each one elite, and there are martial artists of the Qi-Blood Realm among them.”
Su Changkong was powerful but seemed to be injured, and he even appeared to struggle somewhat killing the two Iron Heart Sect martial artists. Going straight to the Iron Heart Sect… wasn’t that seeking death?
“Just take me there tomorrow,” said Su Changkong with no further explanation. The only challenge in dealing with the Iron Heart Sect was the sheer number of its disciples, and to kill them all off would require some effort.
But Su Changkong had already considered his options.
Seeing this, Hua Yi could only nod reluctantly. Reporting to the government was useless, and since this mysterious youth in black was willing to help, he also could only trust Su Changkong!
Su Changkong and Hua Yi returned to the inn.
Early the next morning, Su Changkong went out to purchase some goods, specifically arrows!
At the smithy and weapon shops of Blade Leaf Town, Su Changkong spent money on over a thousand arrows, packed them into a cart, then met up with Hua Yi, having him lead the way to the Iron Heart Sect’s location.
The Iron Heart Sect, although not numerous, with only about a thousand, every one of them was a martial artist, an elite, and their combat power was formidable. The local government did not wish to meddle with them; the sect leader and several elders inside had reached the Qi-Blood Realm, making them like kings in this region!
And the Iron Heart Sect was situated on the easily defensible and hard to assault Iron Heart Mountain. The mountain was surrounded by cliffs on all sides, with only a single path leading up to the mountain. If that path was guarded, even tens of thousands of people might not be able to take it!
When they arrived a few miles away from Iron Heart Mountain, it was already evening. Su Changkong looked back at Hua Yi, who was visibly nervous and anxious, and said, “You can wait for me from a distance.”