Martial Boss Chapter 180

The weather is clear, the fields are crisp and clear, and the April sunshine still feels warm on the body.

It was April, and the windy chill of early spring was long gone, the climate had turned milder, and there were many more pedestrians in the town, and on the streets, than in previous months.

“Pah…”

In the middle of the town’s tavern, a little old man with white hair slapped the tablet and said loudly, “But that old General Zhao, with a long spear like a frightening dragon ——”

This was an old man who made his living as a storyteller, and the person he was talking about was none other than General Zhao Zhonglin, who died in mid-February.

Zhao Zhonglin had lived a lifetime of military service and many people in the Great Qian had grown up listening to his stories, so after his death, the world was in mourning to commemorate the contribution that Old General Zhao had made to the Great Qian throughout his life.

After Zhao Zhonglin’s death, the storytellers in the Great Qian also told the story of the old general’s contributions to the Great Qian and the various battles he had fought throughout his life, in response to popular demand.

However, even the most beautiful story, after two months of listening to it, would make the heart grow weary, and even the most touching martyr would not be able to make the common people feel sad for him for two months.

After all, the common people have to eat too. In these ancient times, the people work hard all day long to make ends meet, and they really don’t have the time to keep feeling sorry for a dead person, even if it is a hero.

This is why, as soon as the old storyteller started to talk, someone started to coax, “I say, old man Xu, you have nothing in your stomach, you’ve been talking about old General Zhao for a month, my ears are getting calloused from listening to him!”

The man who started the ruckus was a big man, dressed in a short, strong suit, with a large sword with a ringed head on the table, and with a reckless air.

In the first place, the Jianghu people are not interested in the affairs of the court. Since ancient times, warriors have violated the ban by using martial arts, and people in the Jianghu area are inherently on a different side from the court, so to listen to the old storyteller Xu talk about Zhao Zhonglin’s exploits for a month was already a great favour to General Zhao.

With the big man in the audience, the others, who had long since lost interest in listening, also shouted and asked the storyteller to come up with a new story.

Unlike these journeymen, the old man was also a scholar of the Great Qian in his early years, but he failed repeatedly in his exams and eventually became a storyteller to make a living. However, this did not detract from his sense of identity with the Great Qian, and when he heard that these people were not interested in Zhao Zhonglin’s exploits, he was extremely annoyed.

However, one must always bow down to reality, especially when this reality has a big sword in its hands.

It is said that when a scholar meets a soldier, he cannot reason with them, but Xu’s years of experience have taught him that when a scholar meets these reckless men of the jungle, it is useless to reason with them.

Therefore, the old master Xu changed his story with great care. It was a good thing there was a fresh story recently.

“Pa…”

Xu Lao Xiu Cai tapped the board, “Since you all don’t like this story, I will tell you a new story that has only recently been circulated in the jianghu ——”

“Some people say that the two oldest professions in the world are killers and female supporters. And recently, there is a new group of killers in the jianghu.”

“The members of this organization are all dressed in black, and all over their bodies, only a pair of eyes with a murderous aura peeking out ——”

“Which killer is not?” Again, the big man who had led the uproar earlier was raising his voice.

But he had a point, and the journeymen present all nodded secretly. Killers were all unseen, and as a killer, secrecy of identity was of paramount importance if one wanted to gain long. Black clothes and a mask can be said to be the standard for a killer.

“Ahem, to just dress, natural beauty is nothing to speak of. The biggest characteristic of this organization is that before accepting the order, ten thousand caution, after accepting the order, no death.

Xie Shao’an, the Huai’an Sword of Surprising Clouds.

Liu Angxing, the Divine Palm of Jue Guang of Yunzhou.

The Dragon Kai You, who entered the clouds in Yanzhou.

And Zhongzhou Cleaving Mountain God Stick Xie Lu ——”

Xu Lao Xiu Cai named the people who had been a*sa*sinated by this a*sa*sination group, all of them were unattainable masters, the weakest of which were all at the fifth level of the Innate Realm.

Don’t look at the fact that the Innate Realm was only the second realm of martial arts, but this realm alone was the biggest and highest goal of the average Jianghu man. Nowadays, the Jianghu is generally in an era of calm and peace, and as the divine Origin realm experts of various forces rarely strike, those active above the Jianghu are all Xiantian realm martial artists.

The new a*sa*sin group was able to kill many Xiantian realm experts, so it had the strength to make some waves in the Jianghu nowadays.

“And that’s not all,” said Xu, “just a few days ago, at the beginning of April, it was the 50th birthday of the famous Tian Bohu Tian, the old hero of Jiangdong, and you all should know that Tian is a famous master of the Divine Origin ——”

The people in the restaurant swallowed their saliva and nodded their heads in unison. If they were right, this old hero Tian of the Divine Origin realm was ——

“The first three days of April, the old hero Tian’s fiftieth birthday, the people of this killer organization suddenly led the crowd to come, want to take the old hero Tian’s head. However, the old hero had been a kind and generous person for many years, and he had many friends and experts who came to celebrate his birthday. So it was a great battle, and both sides fought to the death ——”

“Is this a*sa*sin group also led by a Divine Origin realm expert?” The person who asked the question was the same Chang Daxian, but he was not as arrogant as before, but had a nervous look on his face, obviously absorbed in the storyline that the old showman had told.

“According to the few survivors who escaped later, the killers who came were all from the Innate Realm, and there were no experts from the Divine Origin Realm. But it’s the absence of the Divine Origin realm that makes this killer group so terrifying!”

Xu Lao Xiu Cai’s gaze was dark, and he could not conceal the wariness in his tone, “They were really brave and unafraid of death, living only for the sake of killing, dozens of experts of the Innate Realm, who went before and after them, exchanging their lives for the lives of the many experts who helped the fist, and for the life of Tian Lao’s hero. According to one of those who escaped, those people were simply not human, theirs was not even blood flowing in their veins, but a severe poison that killed people.”

“And ——” Xu Lao Xiu Cai’s face turned eerie and weird, “they also sucked human blood. After killing the people, the Tian House was torched, but those who came afterwards compared the burnt bodies and found that the number was not correct and that some people had been robbed. Some speculated that the men had been taken as rations.”

When Xu Lao Xiu Cai finished speaking, no one was heard within the restaurant for a long time. It was clearly broad daylight, but the crowd felt a gust of gloomy wind blowing through, chilling and frightening.

“So… what is the name of that killer group?”

“The Green Dragon Society.”