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Chapter 67 Confrontation
The next day.

It was almost noon. Outside Kangleji.

The sound of horse hooves clattered as several figures rode their horses, neither fast nor slow.

Three carriages followed behind them, not too far away.

The two people riding horses in the front, a middle-aged man with dark skin and a naturally miserable look, now had a smile on his face, and turned his head from time to time to talk to a young man in a blue shirt with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes next to him.

However, as he got closer to Kangleji, his eyes scanned back and forth on both sides of the road, and his expression became increasingly ugly.

The young man in blue shirt, who had been replying incoherently, now had a mischievous smile on his face. When the middle-aged man became more and more embarrassed, he said "kindly":

"Could it be that the date is wrong?"

The middle-aged man said quickly: "Impossible, our Dingxing Hall has very strict requirements in this regard. Not to mention the date, there can't be any mistakes in the time!"

The blue-shirted young man's words seemed to be well-intentioned, but if you look deeper, the problem is even bigger than it is now. He is questioning the professionalism of the entire Dingxing Hall.

The young man in blue nodded and asked, "So what should we do now?"

The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait a moment. I'll arrange two people to go to the market to investigate the situation."

The young man in blue shirt nodded, "Okay."

The group stopped just as they were about to enter Kangleji.

The middle-aged man signaled with his eyes, and the two people next to him immediately dismounted and quickly walked into Kangleji.

Three carriages following not far behind also caught up and stopped behind them.

The curtain of one of the carriages was lifted by a slender white hand, revealing a delicate face. Her eyes, which seemed to contain two pools of autumn water, fell on the young man in the blue shirt and asked:
"Why don't you leave?"

"Something's wrong."

The young man in blue shirt gestured to the middle-aged man, then turned around and got into the carriage where the woman was. Soon, soft laughter was heard from the carriage, which had poor sound insulation.

He didn't take the accident too seriously, but the middle-aged man with a bitter face just felt annoyed.

According to convention, before they enter Kangleji, the local captain must come to greet them in person, or else he must arrange for someone to meet them.

This is not a matter of ostentation, but to allow them to have a real understanding of the local situation before entering, so as to avoid "stepping into traps" or conflicts with local forces.

Although Wuyou Palace is not afraid of any opponent, if it just fights wherever it goes, it would not have the momentum it has today, and this is not the right way to do things.

The part that I thought was the easiest went wrong and no one came to greet me.

This made him somewhat dissatisfied and worried.

Just when he thought he had to wait for a while and that the two subordinates he had sent out would not be able to find out the situation so quickly, he saw the two of them walking quickly out of Kangleji.

Before they could even reply, the middle-aged man's heart skipped a beat just by looking at their expressions.

Soon, a group of people rode their horses into Kangleji.

Aggressive and murderous.

The three carriages were left where they were.

The young man in blue shirt who had entered the carriage to play with the beauty had also returned to his horse and was rushing to the front with the bitter-looking middle-aged man.

They broke into Kangleji in this way, not avoiding any vigilant and inquiring eyes, but just charging forward on their horses.

Soon, Kang Leji's black-robed guards appeared around.

But they neither stopped nor asked questions. They just watched and followed from a distance, and isolated and drove away the crowd who came to watch the fun.

After a while, this aggressive team arrived in front of a large courtyard and stopped their horses.

This place is none other than Dingxingtang’s base in Kangleji.

Soon, the group of people broke in.

As soon as they entered, a large number of black-robed guards appeared silently around them. They did not go in, but just surrounded the courtyard wall of this stronghold.

Not long after, another group of people appeared and walked straight into the stronghold.

If Geng Xuan was here, he would be familiar with these people. The leader was none other than Fan Qi, the grand master of Kangle Collection, and following closely behind him were the other six masters.

……

Inside the store, in the main hall.

After a day of fermentation, the strong stench of corpse had filled the entire room.

But at this moment, whether it was the bitter-looking middle-aged man who broke in first, the young man in blue shirt and their subordinates who followed them, or the head master Fan Qi and the other six masters standing at the door, they all had expressionless faces, as if they were completely unaffected.

After a long time, the bitter-looking middle-aged man finally stopped looking at the dozen headless corpses and scattered heads in the room. He looked at the people outside the door and said calmly, "Do you have any explanation?"

Compared to the murderous intent he had when he first heard the bad news, his emotions now seemed to have completely calmed down.

However, his words, which he thought were extremely cultured, made the guests outside the door change color.

This self-righteous and condescending tone is like a master questioning his own slave.

How could they, who had just emerged victorious in the great reshuffle and claimed to be the masters of Kangleji, endure this?

Before these people could get angry, Grand Master Fan Qi spoke first:

"There's another place you should go see."

"..."

The bitter-looking middle-aged man was slightly startled and looked at him deeply.

……

Not a moment later.

Each of them held a torch prepared by the recreation group, and the flames were burning fiercely.

In front of us, illuminated by the fire, there were six empty iron cages.

In the middle of six empty iron cages were four charred bodies.

When they stood here, in addition to the stench of corpses, they could also smell the burnt stench and the unique smell of cooked food that had slightly gone bad.

They didn't stay here for long before returning to the ground.

Standing in the equally messy courtyard with lots of bloodstains, no one went into the main room.

"Master Fan, do you have anything else to explain?"

This time, Grand Master Fan Qi did not evade the question and said directly:
“Deputy Hall Master Liu, I’m very sorry for what happened to you, but we don’t have anything to explain to you.

We protected the scene as much as possible. If we hadn't put out the fire in time, you wouldn't even have seen the four charred corpses. We have shown enough goodwill.

We, Kangleji, have done our best to this point. If you want more, go find clues on your own and don't ask us."

"But our people died in Kangleji, not a single one was left!"

"so what?
Do you want us to guarantee their safety when you come to Kangleji to do those things?
Isn’t this ridiculous?!”

The bitter-looking middle-aged man called "Deputy Hall Master Liu" stared at Fan Qi. Fan Qi looked at him calmly without avoiding his gaze at all.

After a moment, "Deputy Hall Master Liu" nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I've learned a lot from Master Fan today. Farewell!"

After that, he turned around and left.

Everyone else, including the young man in blue, said nothing and followed him out.

"Wait a minute." Fan Qi said suddenly.

(End of this chapter)