159 The Culpri

Sun Zhou Yi, Musashi Hirata, and Butcher Wang were rushing back. Even with the newly-learned Nimble Step, they failed to come back in time. The moment they reached Xing District, they saw dozens of bodies collapsed on the ground.

The moment they arrived, the last man was knocked unconscious by Heero.

"Uhhh… We are late…" Musashi Hirata sighed in disappointment while Sun Zhou Yi let out a sigh of relief. The three disciples had different feelings once they arrived, Butcher Wang was horrified at the sight of the dried-up Specter's bodies.

"IRGHHH… What happened to them?" He staggered a few steps back in horror. Amongst the three, Butcher Wang was the only one who never encountered Specter.

Heero rolled his eyes at the scared Butcher Wang and said his order, "Gather the dead bodies to the dungeon and notify Fatty Liang, the troublemakers are secured!"

Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata nodded as they moved. Butcher Wang chose to run to the security house to notify his friend rather than moving the dead bodies. The dried-up mummy was scaring him.

Less than a minute, the dead bodies and the unconscious Guo Shan disappeared from the street. It was as if there was no battle taking place here.

Meanwhile, Huang Smithy's Lobby was filled with rankers and heroes. There were few Gold Class Heroes and Rankers amongst them. They were clueless about the emergency.

"How long are you going to confine us in the shop like this? What actually happened outside? If there are troublemakers, we can help to take care of them! I have an important task in hand" The Gold Class Hero who had his first time visiting Xing District complained.

He thought his words would gain many supporters and Blacksmith Huang would let them come out from the shop. In fact, he was rather curious about what happened outside and wanted to know who the troublemakers were.

However, he did not gain any support, but he received glares from the others. He found some of them were sneering at his remark while others cast a strange gaze at him. The man was confused until a clear and strong voice entered his ears.

"If you try to go out or try to make a ruckus in my place! I will blacklist you from my smithy, not only my smithy, you will be blacklisted from entering the district as well! Just follow the procedures if you still want to visit this place!"

The man turned toward the voice and he met a strong glare from Blacksmith Huang. Despite being Gold Class Hero, the man flinched and immediately looked away from Blacksmith Huang.

He certainly did not want to get blacklisted for mere curiosity. The weapon provided by Blacksmith Huang was much better in quality compared to the weapon overpriced weapon in the market.

The man immediately shut his mouth. He then understood why he got strange looks from the others. He had heard all the rumors which turned out to be true, a mere unranked Gold Class Hero like him won't dare to offend a force that dared to beat Emperor Class.

Not long after that, he heard the bell rang. This time the bell rang only once, then he heard Blacksmith Huang's voice, "Alright, the troublemakers had been taken care of! You can line up outside again!"

Having said that, the steel that covered the smithy was lifted up. The man immediately rushed out, only to find the district ran normally like before. It was as if the emergency situation before never happened.

He stunned and muttered in a low voice, "How can't they act like this? Is no one concerned about what happened?"

"Man, the district security teams are being responsible for our security, why would we be concerned about what happened? As long as we are safe, it's enough! Especially for the people who live in the outer region. This is a paradise for them!"

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When the night came, Heero gathered his two disciples who had big influences in the upper echelons of the Star City, Sun Zhou Yi, and Musashi Hirata.

After the attack, Heero found out the man who led the group of specters was Guo Shan. When Guo Shan's face appeared before his face, he thought the specters were related to the Shen Family.

But after using Honesty Concoction on Guo Shan, he found out everything had nothing to do with the Shen Family. Everything was started from the Feng Family, including the specter army which was a secret army belonging to the Feng Family.

Heero wanted to talk about this issue with his disciple, he felt something bad going to happen. He did not want peace in the city to be broken because of the clash between the big families in the core region.

As for why he thought that something bad was about to happen, because of the specter's appearance. Siding with the specter meant the Feng Family would become an enemy for humanity.

The Feng Family was one of twelve families with the biggest influences in Star City. Their betrayal would be dangerous to the city, they must be planning something as Specter was humanity's natural enemy.

"So, what do you want to do, Master?" Sun Zhou Yi opened the talk with a question. If Heero wanted to maintain peace for his family, he felt it was his responsibility to maintain the peace as a hero.

"Is there any force or even family that could be trusted?" Heero responded with a question as well.

"My clan can be trusted. They might be arrogant and prideful, but they never did anything shady behind. Because they would do it openly but they never crossed the line! They can be trusted to take care of the Feng Family, but what about Guo Shan?"

Musashi Hirata was the one who answered. Even though he did not like his clan, he had to admit his clan never did something evil.

"But can't your clan take down the Feng Family alone? They are still one of twelve biggest families, after all! As for Guo Shan…" Heero rubbed his forehead when they were talking about Guo Shan.

No matter how bad this guy was, he was still Shen Miao's father. The little girl was still shocked after witnessing her father's bad conduct. The little girl might be still displeased with her father now, but she might forget that and look for her father again.

He certainly could not let Guo Shan die.

"My opinion, you don't need to use Loss Concoction on him. We should let him remember what we can do to him, we should instill fear in him so he won't make any trouble for you! The same for the others, let them know everything and they would not be so daring to make trouble for you!"

"As for my clan, don't worry. As long as we gave the evidence to them, they will gladly take the Feng Family down. The other families will also cooperate happily with my clan. You don't have to worry about that,"

Musashi Hirata spoked what was on his mind. He felt his Master was too soft to these people.

"Hah… It might work for certain people, it might be a backfire for us. Not all people will bow down easily like that. Especially a force like the Feng Family, they will retaliate strongly when they feel threatened," Heero shook his head.

Yes, for a big family like the Feng Family, they won't let any force threaten them. Or even they might go all out to destroy the threat instead of backing down.

"Then we have a reason to fight back! We can destroy them! Set them as an example so the other would fear us! If we are feared, then they won't be so daring to attack us," Musashi Hirata showed his ruthless side.

"Master, you must not hesitate or the second Shadow Fang would appear. If you don't destroy them, they will annoy them endlessly!"

"But we can't kill them just because they offend us, right? It's just not the right thing to do!" Sun Zhou Yi did not agree with Hirata's view.

"The Feng Family sided with the Specter, they betrayed humanity! Don't they deserve a death penalty with this?" Musashi Hirata's instant answer shut Sun Zhou Yi's mouth.

"Okay then, we will do as you say…" Heero agreed with a heavy heart.

He was a hero before, he wanted to avoid bloodshed even though this was Earth. It would be best if they could solve the conflict with a talk. However, during his time here, over six months, he realized talking peacefully was not an effective way to solve the problem.

"What about Bai Family? Should we involve them regarding Feng Family?" Sun Zhou Yi let the matter of Xing District's stance to his Master, but he felt Musashi Clan alone would not be enough to face the Specter group as he recalled the second dungeon's incident.

"It's good if you can inform them, but do you have a connection to them? We can't let Feng Family know that we already found out about their specter army. We can't alert them and hand over the evidence secretly then let them take care of the rest!"

Musashi Hirata responded positively. He had to admit that amongst the twelve families that controlled the core region, Bai Family was the decent one. Notifying Bai Family earlier was much better than notifying his clan.

"Actually, Bai Shuang'er is my girlfriend now," Sun Zhou Yi let out an embarrassed smile as he declared his new girlfriend and continued, "I can tell her about Feng Family, then she will inform it to her family!"

"What?" Heero and Musashi Hirata exclaimed in surprise. They did not expect that the honest and straightforward Sun Zhou Yi would get his second girl this fast.

Not even a year passed since he married Xiao Xi, he already got his second wife. Bai Shuang'er at that, the little princess of Bai Family.