Starting as The Young Master of A Pharmacy, He Trained Swordsmanship in Seclusion For Twenty Years - Chapter 137

Crack.

Under Zhang Qi’s horrified gaze, Su Quanchuan abruptly clamped his jaw shut, producing the sound of shattering teeth.

Su Quanchuan had actually shattered his own teeth. He quickly opened his mouth and spat the fragments out.

Whoosh!

Countless tooth fragments, like bullets, carried by a violent gust of air, shot directly towards Zhang Qi’s face.

Zhang Qi acted decisively, instinctively raising his arms to shield his head.

Thud, thud, thud!

Sounds of objects embedding themselves into flesh rang out. Zhang Qi’s body shuddered as if struck by a heavy blow, and he was sent crashing against the solid iron door.

“Ah!”

“My hands! My eyes!”

Zhang Qi wailed on the ground, his hands now a pitted, bloody mess, bleeding profusely.

In less than a moment, a pool of blood had spread across the floor.

Enduring the excruciating pain, Zhang Qi raised his hands and saw the dense covering of wounds, many still embedded with tooth fragments. His left palm had a small hole cleanly pierced through it.

The tooth fragment that pierced his palm had, naturally, shot further and embedded itself deep into the area above his left eyebrow, leaving a severe depression.

The area above his left eyebrow was a bloody mess, dyeing his entire left eye crimson.

Despite the gruesome outcome, Zhang Qi felt a secret surge of relief.

It was fortunate it had veered slightly off target; otherwise, Su Quanchuan would have blinded his left eye.

However, once this moment of self-congratulation passed, a formless rage began to spread from the depths of his heart.

“You old bastard! How dare you attack me!”

Su Quanchuan’s mouth was streaming with blood, dyeing the white beard on his chin a glaring red. When he saw Zhang Qi stand up, the disappointment in his eyes was unmistakable.

“What a pity. You didn’t die.”

Su Quanchuan’s vital energy and blood had been suppressed by some mysterious force, preventing him from utilizing it. Otherwise, even if Zhang Qi had two more hands, he wouldn’t have been able to withstand Su Quanchuan’s assault.

“Hehehe!” Su Quanchuan let out a strange, grating laugh. “Zhang Qi, don’t act like you’re any better than me. We’re the same kind.”

“Once we put on these official robes, which of us isn’t a wolf in sheep’s clothing?!”

“My only misfortune was crossing paths with those demons from the Pure World White Lotus Sect.”

Before Zhang Qi could approach, Su Quanchuan seemed to reach some kind of resolution. He forcibly agitated his vital energy and blood.

His entire body’s energy, which had been suppressed, instantly boiled over, clashing violently with the mysterious power restraining it.

In an instant, under Zhang Qi’s bewildered gaze, Su Quanchuan’s body seemed to swell.

Bang!

Then, an explosive sound erupted as Su Quanchuan was torn apart into a mist of blood by the collision of the two opposing forces!

Drip… Drip… Drip…

The sound of liquid dripping down from the ceiling of the cell.

Every part of the iron cell was spattered with blood, creating a scene so horrific it looked like hell itself.

As for Zhang Qi, he was naturally not spared. His entire body was covered in various sticky substances.

Zhang Qi paid this no mind. His only concern now was:

Su Quanchuan was dead!

How could he die?!

If he died now, what was Zhang Qi supposed to do?

The task assigned by Lord Emissary Xuan… he hadn’t managed to get any information yet.

Half an hour passed quietly. In the rear hall of the county government office, Lu Xuan sat in the main seat.

Before him, a figure knelt on both knees, forehead pressed tightly to the floor.

It was Zhang Qi, who had rushed to wash up and change his clothes.

“Reporting to Lord Emissary Xuan, this humble official failed to obtain any information. I beg for your forgiveness!”

Lu Xuan glanced at the trembling Zhang Qi and stood up.

“You and Su Quanchuan, as the chief officials of this county, neglected your duties, allowing information about the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend to leak out, causing its Yin energy to increase greatly!”

“Considering you corrected your ways in time and are severely injured, I will let it slide this time!”

“If there is a next time, be assured there will be no mercy!”

Seeing Zhang Qi’s pitiful state, Lu Xuan couldn’t be bothered to punish him further.

Originally, Lu Xuan had hoped to glean some information about the Pure World White Lotus Sect from Su Quanchuan. It would have been best to get something, but if not, there was nothing to be done.

After all, those fiends from the Pure World White Lotus Sect were like rats in the sewers, always hiding and scurrying about. Even the Xuanniao Guard had trouble tracking them down.

However, this sighting of the Pure World White Lotus Sect here in Lanshan County town was enough to confirm their reappearance in White Path Prefecture.

It seemed that upon returning to the prefectural city, Lu Xuan would need to dispatch some Xuanniao Guard to thoroughly investigate the traces of the Pure World White Lotus Sect in White Path Prefecture.

He had been thinking about those White Lotus Blood Infants of the Pure World White Lotus Sect for a long time now.

After delivering his warning to Zhang Qi, Lu Xuan’s figure shifted, vanishing like a fleeting ray of light towards the door.

Only after Lu Xuan had been gone for some time did Zhang Qi dare to lift his head. Confirming that Lu Xuan was truly gone, all the strength left Zhang Qi’s body, and he collapsed to the floor, motionless.

He never thought that this disaster would turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Being injured by that old bastard Su Quanchuan had actually ended up helping him this time.

“Su Quanchuan, you damnable old bastard!”

“You think dying is the end of it?”

“Someone! Mobilize all personnel from the county office! Surround the residence of the former Magistrate, Su Quanchuan! No one is to be let off!”

Thinking of that old fool Su Quanchuan, a fierce and cruel expression spread across Zhang Qi’s face.

Now, with the county magistrate gone, he, the County Deputy, was in charge.

That old fool Su Quanchuan was dead, but Zhang Qi had no intention of letting the Su family off the hook.

The principle of ‘plucking the grass and rooting it out’ was not lost on Zhang Qi!

Moreover, this was a justified and legitimate root and branch extermination.

Su Quanchuan’s collusion with the Pure World White Lotus Sect was already a capital crime punishable by execution of the entire family.

No one could possibly object!

Su Residence.

In a lavishly decorated room, four young masters sat around a large table laden with exquisite delicacies and fine wines.

They were all thoroughly drunk.

“Young Master Ming, how was that young lady you… acquired the other day?” one of them slurred with a lecherous grin. “Was the taste delightful?”

“Hahaha!”

Hearing this, the other two young masters present smirked wickedly and chimed in.

“Yes, yes!”

“Young Master Ming, that young lady was so tender and delicate.”

“Aside from Young Master Ming, no one else is worthy of such a beauty.”

The young master sitting in the seat of honor was Su Quanchuan’s son, Su Tianming.

As the son of the Lanshan County Magistrate, he naturally reveled in their fawning flattery.

“Don’t bring that up,” Su Tianming said, his expression turning sour. “After I had my fun with that little beauty for a few days, she took her own life when I wasn’t paying attention.”

Before Su Tianming could say more, the door to the room was thrown open violently.

“Young Master, run! The Master is dead!”