Chapter 95: Su Cheng’s Killing Intent

Chapter 95: Chapter 95: Su Cheng’s Killing Intent

"Brothers, I’d like to ask you something." Fang Xu respectfully handed over the wine jar in his hands and said with a smile, "The valley behind this Stone Sect is all misty. What’s inside?"

Hearing this, the Martial Artists looked at the wine jar Fang Xu handed over and froze slightly. Then, they exchanged glances, took the wine jar, and said,

"Kid, you only have the strength of a Fifth Realm Martial Disciple. You couldn’t possibly be thinking of entering these ruins, could you?"

Fang Xu quickly smiled and waved his hands, saying, "Of course I wouldn’t dare. I just wanted to gather some information from you brothers so I can boast to my friends when I get back."

Hearing this, the Martial Artists laughed, knowing expressions appearing on their faces.

Low-level Martial Artists like him hadn’t seen much of the world. Having something to brag about while drinking and chatting, drawing their friends’ admiration, was a very face-saving thing.

"Kid, these Tilan Mountain ruins are famous throughout the entire Martial Artist Community. If you want to ask for information about what’s inside, a single jar of wine won’t cut it."

Fang Xu felt somewhat helpless hearing this.

These guys were actually raising the price on the spot.

Fine, for the sake of "making friends," he would endure it!

Taking out five taels of broken silver from his chest pocket, Fang Xu pretended to look troubled. "I only have this much money on me. Please don’t think it’s too little, brothers."

"Five taels of silver will only buy you that much information!"

The leading Martial Artist looked at the silver in Fang Xu’s hand with some disdain. "You’re really putting on airs you can’t afford. If you don’t have money, don’t think about bragging to your friends.

"Forget it, five taels of silver it is."

Taking Fang Xu’s silver, he slowly said, "See that archway?

"After going inside, you’ll find that everything in front of you is completely different from what you see now.

"I heard some Martial Venerable seniors say that this is called... what was it called again?" The man turned to look at his companion beside him.

"A realm of its own!" someone reminded.

"Right, right! It’s called a realm of its own!

"The entire ruins are divided into two parts: above ground and underground. The above-ground part was originally supposed to be an isolated small village, but it has been abandoned and occupied by some strange monsters.

"Underground—"

"Wang, five taels of silver is enough.

"Why are you telling him so much?"

Just as the Martial Artist was about to talk about the underground section, someone next to him immediately interrupted.

"Ah? Right, right!

"Five taels of silver only gets you this much. Kid, off you go."

Seeing this, Fang Xu was so angry he laughed!

For five taels of silver, the man had only spoken five sentences in total. It was literally one tael of silver per sentence!

"Brother, how about a little more?

"Just tell me the general situation underground!"

Fang Xu pretended to be anxious.

The Martial Artist shook his head like a rattle and said, "For just five taels of silver, you still want to know what’s underground?"

Helpless, Fang Xu immediately raised another opened wine jar in his hand and said, "Thank you, brothers. A toast to you."

Seeing that he didn’t pester them, the men secretly rejoiced. Earning five taels of silver for free with just a few words was quite a good deal.

They immediately broke the mud seals on their jars, clinked them with Fang Xu’s, and happily started drinking.

Watching five names gradually appear in the five empty slots on his friend list, a faint smile appeared on Fang Xu’s face. He cupped his hands at the men and returned to Huang Qingzhou.

"Senior Brother Huang, I managed to get some information. The ruins have an above-ground and an underground layer—"

"The above ground is an ordinary village with bizarre monsters, while the underground is considered the true ruins, containing traps, ferocious beasts, and all sorts of unknown dangers and treasures.

"Currently, the various factions have only explored up to Tier Two of the ruins. It’s speculated that the ruins have a total of seven tiers.

"From Tier Two onward, everyone who enters the ruins will have their cultivation suppressed by an inexplicable force. Those who go in can only rely on their physical strength to press forward."

Before Fang Xu could finish his sentence, Huang Qingzhou rattled off a long string of information.

"How do you know so much, Senior Brother?" Fang Xu asked in astonishment.

Huang Qingzhou waved a booklet in his hand.

"Sold by the royal family, ten taels of gold.

"Maps, guides, it has it all."

Looking at the book in his hand, Fang Xu took it somewhat speechlessly and flipped through it.

[Printed and supervised by the Great Yu royal family. Unauthorized copying will be prosecuted!]

PUFF!

This sentence truly made Fang Xu unable to hold back his laughter.

Suppressing his amusement, he slowly flipped through the book in his hand and found that the information recorded inside was very detailed. It included the location of every trap in the ruins, hazardous areas, places with high mortality rates, and so on.

"How is it?"

Seeing that Fang Xu had finished reading the book, Huang Qingzhou smiled faintly. "Why shamelessly beg others when it’s a matter that can be solved with a little money?"

Obviously, he had seen the entire scene of Fang Xu going over to "gather information" just now.

"You don’t understand, Senior Brother." Fang Xu smiled. "I was making friends."

Huang Qingzhou shook his head helplessly and didn’t dwell on the matter. "These ruins are even more interesting than I thought.

"Let’s head back first. Once the people sent by Elder Jiang arrive, we’ll consider going in."

Fang Xu nodded slightly. He had made his friends and had nothing else to do, so it was indeed time to head back.

By the time the two descended the mountain, it was already 3:00 PM. As they passed by Old Xu’s house outside the town, Fang Xu glanced over and was shocked to see that Old Xu’s son and daughter had been brutally murdered. Their corpses were casually thrown outside the courtyard gate.

Fang Xu walked over with an ugly expression on his face.

The siblings before him were covered in scars, and the blood on their lower bodies had dried up. Both of their eyes were wide open and bloodshot, clearly showing that they had suffered inhuman torture and endless agony before their deaths!

"Animals!"

Cursing through gritted teeth, he immediately found a shovel from Old Xu’s house, dug a large pit outside the courtyard, and buried the corpses of all four members of Old Xu’s family inside.

Fang Xu stood quietly in front of the new grave. Huang Qingzhou looked at him and sighed. "You will see a lot more of this kind of thing in the future.

"Fang Xu, put away your compassion... That’s just how the world is."

"He was a few years older than my parents and used to be in the same Hunting Team. He got married at forty and didn’t have these two children until he was forty-five. It could be considered having children in his old age.

"The ones who killed them were Lv Liren and his subordinates."

As Fang Xu recounted all this with a calm expression, he couldn’t help but recall the tragic state of the Xu Family siblings. In his heart, he wished that Lv Liren would die a miserable death immediately!

However, on the friend list, Lv Liren’s Life Value was as high as 72%!

There was absolutely no way he would die in the short term.

"Let’s go." After standing silently in front of the grave for a long time, Fang Xu finally spoke.

This was the second time he had heard the phrase "that’s just how the world is." The first person to persuade him like this was Yun Wan, and when she said those words, there was also a hint of helplessness on her face.

Now, Huang Qingzhou was saying the same thing.

Despite being a disciple of the Ascension Association with a revered status, he was also helpless regarding this world.

Fang Xu wasn’t arrogant enough to make grand declarations about changing the world.

He always firmly believed in one saying: in times of obscurity, perfect oneself; in times of success, benefit the world. With his current meager strength, constantly teetering on the edge of life and death, having to borrow power from others just to survive in the margins, how could he even speak of changing the world?

Returning to Zhiyuan Hall, Lu Qingluo was practicing with her spear in the courtyard, while the Wang Family’s Madam helped Chu Muyun make dinner.

Huang Qingzhou simply left a word not to call him for dinner and went straight back to his room to cultivate.

In an inn on the street, Su Cheng looked at the secret letter in his hand with a livid expression.

"Very well, Huang Qingzhou. How dare you write a letter to Master? Are you filing a complaint against me?

"Then don’t blame me for disregarding our camaraderie as martial brothers!"

Burning the secret letter in his hand, a thick murderous intent flashed through Su Cheng’s eyes!