The Blade-Wielding Legend-Chapter 1011 - 540: Hidden Clues Emerge

This is the Eight Extremes "Windward Sun Palm".

Anyone with some sense, seeing someone of Wu Ba’s stature using it, would quickly retreat to avoid its force.

But the man in front of him, whether in skill or reaction speed, was far inferior to Wu Ba and was directly hit on the head with a palm strike.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, the man’s head was sent flying, and his headless body spewed blood as it fell to the ground.

This is the characteristic of Wu Ba’s combat style.

His physical talent is astounding, and his fighting style is violent, like an old bear entering a chicken coop, leaving chaos every time.

"Spare me!"

The magician was so scared that he wet his pants, his legs went weak, and he raised his hands with a scream.

In the end, he only felt pain in his ankle as he was lifted upside-down by Wu Ba, who strode back to the courtyard and flung him to the ground.

In the courtyard, the battle had long ended.

With Sha Lifei’s assistance, Wang Daoxuan effortlessly dealt with all the poison corpses, and the remaining attackers were killed under Lv San’s thrown needles.

The only survivor was this magician.

The escort masters from Shunyuan Escort Agency were dumbfounded.

They consider themselves capable in the pugilistic world, but in this situation, they prioritized preserving their lives, retreating into the house, and carefully responding.

But these people in front of them cut through like slicing melons, completely at ease.

This must be the Twelve Primordial Spirits...

Seeing Wu Ba drenched in blood and exuding murderous intent, several escort masters swallowed and unconsciously stepped back.

Many times, people make the mistake of using their limited knowledge to judge things they’ve never encountered before.

They only traveled around Chengdu, escorting goods.

They are considered pugilists, but what they’ve seen was usually the lower ranks.

The Twelve Primordial Spirits have been quite famous in Shu’s Jianghu recently.

But how powerful they truly are, they have never seen, and coupled with Sha Lifei’s courtesy, they took it lightly.

No wonder the escort master Wang was so courteous to these people...

What they didn’t know was that what they saw today was far from the true strength of Wang Daoxuan and others.

After all, Sha Lifei didn’t even bother to use firearms.

"Speak, who sent you?"

Sha Lifei kicked the magician over, drew the Guan Mountain Blade, pressed it against his throat, and asked coldly.

"Spare me, let’s talk it out..."

The magician was covered in cold sweat, his eyes wandering.

"If you don’t want to talk, then forget it!"

Sha Lifei didn’t waste words, applying force with his hand, directly cutting a bloodied line on his neck.

The best way to extract a confession isn’t through severe torture but by breaking down their mental defenses while they are panicked.

"Wait, I’m from the Shu Prince Mansion!" the magician quickly shouted.

Sha Lifei and Wang Daoxuan exchanged a glance, unsurprised.

Though they had just arrived in Guan County and were already troubled by the Shu Prince Mansion stirring up the government, they hadn’t met face to face.

However, "Mr. Wuxiang" had personally visited, knowing their connection with Shunyuan escort agency.

If it were an attack by the Chengdu underworld, they wouldn’t have sent just this few men.

At this time, Wang Tianzuo also came over, still slightly weak, asking coldly, "You guys came looking for trouble with this old man, why?"

The magician gritted his teeth, "We were looking for Lu Laohei, he came to you before he died, wanting to know if the thing is with you?"

Wang Tianzuo squinted slightly, "What thing?"

The magician hesitated for a moment, "We’re not sure either, just following orders from above."

With that, he pleaded, "Brother, we’re just working for someone in the pugilistic world, please have mercy on us..."

Before he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly filled with terror as if he saw something horrifying, his body trembling, veins bulging on his face.

Puff!

Suddenly he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and fell dead.

Wang Daoxuan frowned slightly, immediately stepped forward, pulled open his clothes, touched his chest, feeling a bulge, and shook his head, "It’s the Zaohe Curse!"

Wang Tianzuo’s eyes flared with anger, he said with gritted teeth in sorrow and indignation, "The Shu Prince Mansion is too much!"

The Huangling Sect, they previously found an ancient coffin from Wuxian Country, and because of this, they were ambushed by the Shu Prince Mansion, almost causing a conflict with the Iron Buddha Temple.

They couldn’t provoke King Shu, so they had to swallow this anger.

Unexpectedly, after coming to Guan County, first, an old friend was killed, and now they came after himself, leaving no way to survive.

At this moment, Wang Tianzuo really wanted to go and fight to the death.

However, he looked at the escort masters around him who had not yet calmed down, and then thought of the family members in Chengdu Prefecture, so he had no choice but to sigh and cup his hands in salute: "Thank you all for your assistance. This place is dangerous, I must leave overnight."

"Brother, no need for such words."

Sha Lifei shook his head with a smile and said: "We have no ties, but you still have to make a living in Chengdu, it’s better not to get involved in this matter."

"Leaving early is good, leave the rest to us."

Wang Tianzuo sighed again and didn’t say much more, simply gave a respectful fist salute and turned around to order: "Pack up, leave tonight!"

The escort masters were naturally willing, and quickly picked up the luggage that had been prepared long ago, wrapped their companions’ bodies in reed mats, and sneaked out the door.

Wang Tianzuo also had quite a few connections in Guan County, and instead of going through the city gate, he went to a nearby coach inn, took out some silver, and left Guan County through a hidden tunnel.

The exit of the tunnel was by the riverside.

They didn’t dare take the road, so they directly used a few fishing boats, taking advantage of the night, and drifted downstream along the river.

It wasn’t until they had left Guan County far behind that the escort masters finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wang."

Lv San hesitated for a moment, stepped forward, and whispered: "Don’t mind my thoughtless words."

"You were right."

Wang Tianzuo glanced in the direction of Guan County and sighed: "People say the older you get in the pugilistic world, the more cautious you become, we can’t afford to... with family in tow."

As he spoke, he stared blankly into the distance, saying nothing more.

At this moment, the thought of retiring arose within him...

...

In the large mansion of the Shunyuan Escort Agency in Guan County.

"Daoist, do we need to seek revenge?"

After the escort masters left, Sha Lifei asked.

"No need."

Wang Daoxuan said thoughtfully: "The intelligence from Shu Prince Mansion was wrong, they don’t know we’re here, they should all be outside the city."

"The important thing is to focus on the task, let’s change our place for now, and tomorrow morning, go out to gather information. Finding the reincarnation of the Immortal Master Erlang is more important."

"Don’t forget, the Shu Prince Mansion can still command the government."

"You’re right."

With a plan, the few of them quickly left the mansion and hid in an abandoned house on the east side of the city.

Just as Wang Daoxuan expected, not long after they left, the Guan County government sent out a large squad of officers, holding torches, surrounding the large mansion of the Shunyuan Escort Agency.

But all they found were scattered corpses.

"Search!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"They must still be in the city!"

After consulting with a person in black beside him, the arrest officer of Guan County immediately gave a loud order, holding the torches, searching and questioning every house.

After a whole night of commotion, seeing no clues, they had to begrudgingly return to the government.

Such a disturbance naturally left the town’s people on edge.

The next day, there were noticeably fewer people on the streets.

To curry favor with the Shu Prince Mansion, the County Magistrate of Guan County again dispatched officers to patrol various street intersections, questioning any strangers encountered.

"Stop, what are you doing?!"

"You, come here!"

The government officers were as fierce as tigers, causing the people’s hearts to tremble with fear.

"Damn it, a bunch of dog lackeys!"

On the second floor of a far-away inn, a man with a face full of fat cursed through a crack in the window, then turned his head and cupped his fists, saying: "Don’t worry, since you are friends of Wang, whatever happens, I’ve got no complaints!"

The speaker was a local big shot in Guan County’s pugilistic world, named Hou Xuan, who had also been helping Sha Lifei to gather information in recent days.

"Thank you."

Sha Lifei, already familiar with him, wasted no words and directly asked: "Brother Hou, we want to know if anything major happened in Guan County thirty years ago?"

Hou Xuan asked in confusion: "What do you mean, Brother Sha?"

Sha Lifei hinted: "Was there any expert in the pugilistic world who suddenly disappeared, or did something happen to a big family?"

Hou Xuan thought for a moment, "I don’t know what you’re looking for, but I do recall something strange happening thirty years ago."

"Oh?"

Sha Lifei’s eyes lit up, "Please tell us, brother."

After sitting down, Hou Xuan drank a cup of tea and said in a deep voice: "Not many people know about this matter."

"I wonder if you all have heard of the ’Ghost Theater Troupe’?"