C11

After staying in the inn for a few days until Han Xi's injuries were mostly healed, Dugu Yifeng and the others finally returned to Anping Village. A few days ago, Han Luo had already sent the villagers back. Today, the only ones who had returned were Han Xi, her father, and Dugu Yifeng.

Han Luo sat on the oxcart and bid farewell to Ol 'Three. Then, he and the ox-cart sped towards the city gates.

Today's weather was very good. The sun was shining brightly and the sky was clear. As a result, many merchants had come here early in the morning to do business. As soon as he arrived at the city gates, Dugu Yifeng discovered that there were a lot of people at the gates. He estimated that they were lining up and looking at the long line in front of them, he sighed in his heart about how unlucky he was.

Hearing this, Han Luo looked towards the carriage. "It's indeed the emblem of the Cosmic Star Academy's white clouds, and it's even seven white clouds. It looks like the status of the people inside the carriage isn't low at all!"

Dugu Yifeng and the others had heard quite a bit of news in the city these few days. Naturally, they had also heard of the Cosmic Martial Arts School. It was the second largest martial arts school in East Rock City, and its master was a master at the Pre-Sky Realm.

"But how could they be stopped? Aren't they the second largest martial arts school in the city?" Han Xi asked in puzzlement.

"It's the Sky Tyrant Martial School. I'm sure it's true that the Eastern Stone City has a rumor that the Sky Tyrant Martial School is trying to control the City Guards," Dugu Yifeng said softly.

Dugu Yifeng became a bit more vigilant of the Dojo of Limits. There were a total of three major forces in East Rock City: the Dojo of Limits, the Universal Martial Arts School, and the fading Mayor's mansion. The three major powers all had Houtian experts. The city governor's mansion used to be the largest power in East Rock City, but after the city governor was mysteriously assassinated, the power of the city governor's mansion instantly weakened.

The Imperial Court was quite strange as well. They hadn't dispatched any new City Lords for several years, which naturally led to a fierce battle between the Sky Tyrant Martial School and the Universal Martial Arts School.

Initially, Dugu Yifeng had heard from the merchants that these two powers were supposed to be on par with each other. However, from the looks of the scene today, this Universal Martial Arts School was a bit weak and in a disadvantageous position. Otherwise, why would the city guards stop them to hand over their carriages?

Dugu Yifeng and the others watched the battle between the City Guards and the Universal Martial Arts School from the back. They were waiting for the battle to stop so that they could leave the city.

After a while, the Cosmic Hut seemed to lower its head and pay the bill to leave the city. From the bottom of his heart, Dugu Yifeng felt somewhat disappointed.

After the entanglement between the two sides ended, the speed at which the team passed through clearly increased by a lot. Before the time for half a cup of tea had even passed, Dugu Yifeng and the other two had already left the city.

Han Xi was still sitting on the oxcart, and since the oxcart couldn't travel too fast, Dugu Yifeng estimated that they would probably be able to return to the village before dusk.

The group slowly made their way towards the village of An Ping.

In the blink of an eye, it was already noon. The sun hung high in the sky, but it wasn't too hot. Dugu Yifeng and the others found a place in the forest where they could sit and rest. They planned to rest for a while, eat some rations and drink some water.

Dugu Yifeng had just taken a sip of water and was about to eat something.

Suddenly, he saw a multicolored firework like thing appear in the sky.

"A signal flare!" Dugu Yifeng recognized this item at a glance.

Han Xi, who was beside them, asked happily, "It's really pretty. What's this?"

Han Luo didn't answer. Apparently, even he who came from a hunter background had never seen this thing before.

At this moment, Dugu Yifeng suddenly warned, "Uncle Han, take good care of Han Xi. I'll come take a look!"

As he spoke, he didn't wait for Han Luo to reply and instantly disappeared into the distance.

After a while, Dugu Yifeng had followed the direction of the firework. He was standing on a high ground, hidden by the dense trees. He could clearly see what was happening below.

A group of men in black was attacking the group below. The group was from the Cosmic Star Dojo, and he was behind them, so he could clearly see the seven clouds on the carriage.

"It looks like a distress signal from the Cosmic Star Academy!" Dugu Yifeng thought to himself as he looked down. It was obvious that the Universal Martial Arts School's convoy was at a disadvantage. Quite a few of their guards had already died. On the other hand, the black-clothed men suffered almost no casualties.

Suddenly, Dugu Yifeng caught a glimpse of the butler, Sa who had come to trade with them that night. He was currently fighting in front of the carriage, killing a few of the guards who had escaped the carriage.

"Young master." It was the butler who called out to a young man who had suddenly jumped out of the carriage. "Return to the carriage quickly. Young master, don't come and kill them. Go back and take care of the young lady!"

"It's fine, Uncle Sa." The youth said, "Uncle Sa, go help the other guards kill that black clothed man, I'll take good care of my younger sister."

As soon as Dugu Yifeng saw the youth come out, he immediately recognized him as the youth from the Universal Martial Arts School who they had traded deals with.

"I didn't expect them to still have a high status in the Universal Martial Arts School." Dugu Yifeng thought to himself. He saw that the man in black was currently fighting with the guards. The man in black had already died quite a bit, and only a few of the guards were still alive.

All of a sudden, a black-clothed guard who was battling with the guards rushed past them in an instant, the long blade at his waist slashing across the guard's abdomen. The black-clothed man immediately threw down his long blade, wielding his dagger as he charged towards Steward Sa from behind.

"Steward Satan, be careful!"

It was a guard who hurriedly shouted when he saw the man sneak attack Steward Satan from behind.

However, it was already too late. Steward Sa blocked one of the blades of the black clothed men, and then he immediately rolled to the side. The dagger behind him had already arrived.

"AHH!" Butler Sa was hit on the shoulder. His injuries weren't light, but he was still able to fight.

At this moment, the man in black who had launched the sneak attack stood up and gave the order, "Kill them! Capture the Ling siblings!"

"Leave no one else alive!"

"I'm finally out!" The hidden Dugu Yifeng thought to himself. When Dugu Yifeng saw this group of men in black, he immediately realized that this group of men did not have a leader. He immediately realized that this leader was definitely hiding among the black-clothed people and was preparing to seize this opportunity to launch a sneak attack. That was why he didn't rashly go down to save them.

It was about time for Dugu Yifeng to jump down from that high point. His ten fingers were filled with coins as he threw them towards the back of the black clothed man.

Circulating his Qi to his fingers, the copper coin shot down from the sky at an even faster speed, like bullets shooting towards the men in black.

The black clothed man was currently fighting with the guard, so he naturally could not see the concealed weapon that was flying over from behind. Caught off guard, the black clothed man suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining guards saw the copper coin concealed weapon and took the opportunity to dodge.

The leader reacted quickly. When he heard the sound of the wind coming from behind him, he knew that something was wrong. However, he didn't have the time to warn the rest of them.

"Who?!"

The black-clothed leader who had reacted to this was furious. He looked behind and saw a fifteen to sixteen year old youth rushing over.

At this time, before the leader of the men in black could think too much, the carriage was led by Shopkeeper Sa towards the severely injured man in black. When the guards saw that the black-clothed man was heavily injured, and that there wasn't much left to go on, they burst forth with their combat power, causing the black-clothed man to be forced to retreat a few steps back.

The leader of the men in black was entangled by Shopkeeper Sa, unable to escape.

At this time, Dugu Yifeng had already rushed to the side of the carriage. He had already drawn his sword and killed one black-clothed man after another. Blood dripped from the tip of his sword onto the ground as Dugu Yifeng rushed towards the black-clothed man's leader.

"One strike from the west!" When he was near the leader, Dugu Yifeng's internal energy surged and a sword qi shot out, slashing towards the leader.

The leader of the black clothed men, Dugu Yifeng's sword Qi, immediately turned around and dodged the sword Qi. Taking this opportunity, Shopkeeper Sha struck his palm towards the leader of the black-clothed men. The leader also threw out a palm attack. The two palms collided with each other and the inner force surged out. Instantly, both of their bodies shook and flew backwards. Dugu Yifeng, who was on the verge of launching another attack, was also knocked to the side by the force of the palm and was unable to make a move.

The man in black who was floating in the distance spat out a mouthful of blood and shouted, "Retreat!" And then, he took the lead and fled.

The black clothed person followed closely behind and instantly disappeared …