Lord of the Desert

Chapter 488 City Palace
On the fine night of September 28th, the three innates fought for a long time, turning the huge shopping center into a mess.

During this period, the people in charge of the Martial Arts Academy had arrived long ago, but they did not dare to intervene - the strongest combat force in the Cangxu City government was Cai Guangxi himself, who was at the peak of his powers. If he rashly participated in the battle, he would only be kicked to death by the Iron Demon like a wild dog.

After the battle, Hong Fan dug out the documents buried underground and escorted the Iron Demon's body to the Zhangwu Academy for temporary storage. Cai Guangxi ordered his confidants to ride their famous horses to the Qingzhou Zhangwu Academy overnight to deliver a report.

That night, Hong Tang and his partner, as well as all the officials in the Martial Academy of Cangxu City, stayed up all night.

Tie Mo is a killer who does things for money, and the person behind him is the key to the matter - if tonight's incident was only arranged by Qingdi Zhenzong, it would be fine, but if one of the Qingzhou giants who was involved in it thought that he had let something slip, he might come to kill people overnight to silence them.

Hong Fan had personally experienced the magical powers of Ye Zhan, the Third Law Officer.

Fortunately, the night was uneventful.

Things progressed rapidly the next day.

At noon, the deputy governor of Qingzhou Martial Academy arrived and personally sent Tie Mo's body to Shenjing.

In the afternoon, Xin Wencheng personally went to Hong Fan's house to have a secret talk. He admitted on the spot the fact that he had hired Tie Mo and was willing to unconditionally meet all the conditions of the Zhangwu Academy, only asking for the survival of the sect.

At this point, the condition will certainly not be just returning the land and paying the tax.

Hong Fan raised three points.

First, return the land and pay taxes for 30 years;
Second, send 30 core disciples to join Qingzhou Martial Arts Academy to serve as state riders and strongmen;
Third, the original copy of "The Sword Canon of the Green Emperor" was handed over to the Martial Arts Academy for safekeeping, and only a copy was kept inside the academy.

Xin Wencheng sat there for a long time, gritted his teeth and nodded. When he left, his face was pale and his breath was weak, as if he was a dead body possessed by a ghost.

The next day, the first day of October.

As the head of the sect, Xin Wencheng announced the implementation of Hong Fan's conditions within the sect. In order to suppress the backlash among the disciples, he even personally dismissed seven people.

On the second day of October, the entire Cangxu City was still surprised by the sudden turn of events.

In the afternoon, Shen Hong rushed to the second floor of the inn.
"Second Young Master, the news just now..."

After all, a well-trained warrior was gasping for breath.

"Xin Wencheng committed suicide in the Qingtian Palace!"

He lowered his voice unconsciously.

"Ah? Then don't I have to stay a few more days to attend the second funeral?"

Tang Xingqing, who was sitting in the corner of the room, said something harsh.

"No, Miss Tang, I heard that Xin Wencheng's suicide note stated that he would not hold funeral arrangements or put his body in a coffin. He only ordered his disciples to cremate his body as soon as possible and scatter his ashes on the cliff behind Cangxu Mountain."

Shen Hong replied.

Tang Xingqing frowned upon hearing this and looked at Hong Fan worriedly.

After this incident, no matter how silent people seemed on the surface, they would privately say that the martial arts academy was mean and cruel, and took advantage of the situation to force the leader of a sect to death.

"What a beautiful bamboo shadow brushing against the clouds."

Hong Fan was silent for a long time and sighed.

"He used his life to stab me with his last bloody sword..."······
Time flies.

Ten days later, October 12th.

Hong Fan and Tang Xingqing traveled together for a while and parted ways in Hanpu City, the capital of Qingzhou.

During the deportation procedures at the Qingzhou Wuyuan Prefecture, Hong Fan learned that Qingzhou governor "Dahuang Tunyun" Xie Jingguo was urgently summoned to Beijing by Guan Qimai three days ago, and the Qingzhou prefecture was in turmoil from top to bottom.

October fourteenth.

The convoy left Hanpu and drove into the barren fields against the north wind.
Hong Fan rode a red flag outside the convoy. He looked up at the sky and saw that the wild geese had already flown away, leaving only a bottomless blue.

He couldn't help but recall that the day before he left Cangxu City, Cai Guangxi came to see him in the middle of the night. After entering the house, he knelt down on the ground without saying a word, only asking him to protect him after returning to Beijing.

"Ugh."

Hong Fan shook his head and sighed.

"Second Young Master won the first battle, killed the Iron Demon first and frightened those rats, why is he discouraged now?"

Shen Hong, who was following beside him, asked.

"I am sighing that I still can't figure out what the headmaster is thinking."

Hong Fan smiled back.

"At first I thought he wanted to suppress the Qingzhou sect, then I thought he was testing the attitudes of the world, especially the palace. Then I heard from Shenjing that the headmaster had several secret talks with Mr. Tian from the Ministry of Revenue, and I thought he was trying to open up financial resources for the Martial Arts Academy... Now it seems that the person the headmaster wants to burn is not outside the academy, but inside the academy."

The red flag snorted.

"Everyone in the world says that Shan Chang is rough and uncouth, but I never thought he could be so cunning and calculating."

Shen Hong said in surprise.

"Do not."

Hong Fan sneered.

"What's so great about the headmaster is not his cunningness. What he's great about is this!"

He clenched his fist towards Shen Hong.

"Old Shen, if you were a martial saint, you could just stir up trouble out of nothing and force others to be cautious - anyone who reveals a flaw will be punished by you anyway."

Amid the sound of wheels, the convoy drove into the mountains at the border of Qingzhou and Zhongzhou.

There was a sea of ​​nothingness floating between the high gorges, with a white bird ferrying across it.

Hong Fan thought of Chu Jiange's hair-breaking sword dozens of days ago, and his own lack of progress in cultivation for several months, and felt quite depressed. So he made wings out of sand, flew into the air from the back of the tiger-eating beast, and caught up with the flock of birds.

PS: I really wanted to finish writing and posting this plot today, but when I got up in the afternoon, I still had 4,000 words to go, so I rushed to finish it, and the last part of the text may be a little hasty.

Please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)