Evil of all ages

Chapter 170 One Palm Strike Kills
"thump"

"thump"

"..."

No one knows who started it, but one person knelt down, and the others followed suit, kneeling down before Di Qingtian like the receding tide.

Looking around, there wasn't a single person standing there.

It was as if all the people in the city were kneeling before Di Qingtian.

"Arise, all of you, arise..."

Upon seeing this, Di Qingtian quickly dismounted and tried to get the people to get up.

Several people were helped up, but none could be lifted.

“Old man, please rise quickly. I am not worthy of such a great courtesy from you.”

Di Qingtian saw a number of villagers dressed in tattered clothes kneeling around a emaciated old man.

Knowing that he was either the village head or the most senior member of the clan, they wanted to help him rise in rank.

As soon as he approached, the emaciated old man grabbed his hand tightly, tears welling in his sunken eyes.

Those cloudy eyes held gratitude, but also an unconcealable sadness.

This surprised even Di Qingtian slightly.

"Your Honor, my three sons all died at the hands of bandits. You avenged them, old man... cough cough..."

Upon seeing this, Di Qingtian quickly patted the old man on the back.

“Your Honor, we all came from other places. Some of our family members died at the hands of bandits, and others were close to us.”

“We are powerless to take revenge, but you avenged our dead family and friends. You are our great benefactor, and we have come here specifically to thank you.”

"Your Honor, Yunzhou needs you, we need you, please don't leave!"

"Your Honor, we..."

"..."

All that Di Qingtian heard were words of gratitude from the people.

"You're thanking the wrong person."

“It wasn’t me, it was Li Xunhuan. He single-handedly solved the bandit problem. He is your true benefactor. I didn’t do anything.”

Di Qingtian explained to the people.

“We know it was him, but he was invited by you, Your Honor. You and he are both our great benefactors.”

"We can't find him, and Your Honor is about to leave Yunzhou, we..."

"..."

Countless people continue to express their gratitude.

"I accept your gratitude."

"Please make way for me, Mr. Di. I am an official of the people and cannot stay in one place for too long. Please understand."

Only after Di Qingtian's repeated requests, and with the city's soldiers already mobilized, did the people finally make way for a road leading to the city gate.

Di Qingtian rode his horse toward the city gate and saw the whole city seeing him off. He felt that this was the true meaning of being an official.

After leaving the city gate
Not only were there people seeing them off on both sides of the official road, but there were also dense crowds of people following behind them.

"Go back now, you've already escorted me a mile, that's enough."

Even a mile from the city gate, with a dense crowd of people following behind to see him off, Di Qingtian couldn't help but shout to them.

However, the people refused, which left Di Qingtian with no choice but to let them deliver it.

It wasn't until they were ten miles away that fewer and fewer people came to see them off.

After fifteen li, no more people followed them.

an hour later
"Sir, why are we taking the side road instead of the main road?"

Shadow Five asked.

“The official road is far from the Feilong Canal, while this path is closer to it. In case of an emergency, we can escape towards the Feilong Canal.”

"Jumping into the Flying Dragon Canal might just save your life."

As soon as he finished speaking, Di Qingtian's expression changed immediately.

Because someone might appear in front of them at any time.

The key point is that this person's appearance is somewhat similar to Zhao Chuangjie's.

Zhao Chuangshi!!

This made Di Qingtian immediately realize that this person was Zhao Chuangjie's older brother, Zhao Chuangshi.

The leader of the organization is feared!

"You still want to jump into the Flying Dragon Canal to escape? Then let me see if you can escape."

Zhao Chuangshi said with a disdainful expression.

"escape"

Now Di Qingtian understands why he was so uneasy.

So even a Grandmaster-level expert was involved in killing him.

Without saying a word, he led Kagego and Tomiko to flee towards the Flying Dragon Canal.

"Ha ha……"

Zhao Chuangshi sneered and casually chased after him.

"What are you doing? Come back."

Seeing Zhao Chuangshi quickly catching up, Di Qingtian was wondering what to do when Ying Wu and Tian Fugong turned their horses around and went to meet Zhao Chuangshi. "My lord, hurry up, the princess is waiting for you to return."

After Shadow Five finished speaking, he and Tian Fugong jumped off their horses in sync and unleashed their strongest moves at Zhao Chuangshi.

When Zhao Chuangshi saw that the two ants dared to charge at him, he clapped his hands together, and a violent burst of energy, like the might of heaven, sent Ying Wu and Tian Fugong flying.

I don't know how many trees it crashed into before it finally stopped and became completely still.

Di Qingtian saw that Yingwu and Tian Fugong were not moving, and he did not know whether they were dead or alive.

Despite his anger, he knew that if he dared to stop, he would die, so he continued to ride forward at breakneck speed.

"boom"

Suddenly, a huge palm wind struck, and sensing danger, Di Qingtian immediately jumped off his horse and fled.

Just as it leaped into the air, the enormous palm print not only slammed the horse into a bloody mist.

It also blasted open the ground, creating a huge shockwave that sent him flying.

Just as he was about to crash into the tree, he managed to turn over in time and step on the tree to stop himself.

As soon as he landed, he wanted to jump.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Chuangshi had already appeared in front of him.

Without uttering a single unnecessary word, Zhao Chuangshi raised his hand, ready to strike Di Qingtian to death with a single blow.

"You old scoundrel, if you dare to touch my disciple, I will slaughter your entire clan."

Before we could see Old Master Shi, his voice was the first thing we heard.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chuangshi did not stop; instead, he moved even faster.

With a single palm strike, he shattered the protective aura around Di Qingtian, causing Di Qingtian to crash through more than a dozen large trees before finally stopping.

Zhao Chuangshi stopped after striking with his palm.

Because he not only heard that Di Qingtian's bones were shattered, but even his heartbeat had stopped.

He dared not linger for a moment, because he knew that Old Master Shi only had ten years left to live, and he did not want to be dragged down with Old Master Shi to die together.

As for Elder Shi's words about killing his entire clan, he didn't take them to heart, because he wasn't the only Grandmaster-level expert in their Zhao royal family.

In a one-on-one situation, he might be afraid that Old Shi would take him down with him.

In a one-against-many situation, Shi Lao would only be killed by them.

In an instant, he vanished from the scene as a blur.

As soon as he left, Old Shi appeared.

He stared blankly at his apprentice, who had already lost his breath, somewhat unable to believe that his apprentice had died just like that.

"The Zhao royal family, I absolutely..."

Although Zhao Chuangshi ran fast, Shi Lao still saw his attire, which was the kind of clothing worn by members of the Zhao royal family.

Just as he was about to swear an oath to kill members of the Zhao royal family in the remaining ten years, he suddenly heard his apprentice's faint breathing.

At first, he thought he had misheard.

How could a disciple who had already died make a faint breathing sound?

Upon closer listening, it really was his apprentice.

He immediately went forward, not caring how his seemingly dead apprentice had regained consciousness.

"This this……"

With a touch and a check, Master Shi felt it was truly a miracle that his apprentice still had a faint breath.

In addition to displacement, the internal organs also ruptured.

Most of his bones were broken.

The meridians and dantian were severely damaged.

This situation left Master Shi helpless. Even if he wanted to use his internal energy to keep his disciple alive, he didn't know if he could.

Because of such injuries, his disciple could die at any moment, and he couldn't simply use his internal energy to revive him.

Old Shi turned his head to look to the side and saw Shadow Five and Tomiko; neither of them had died.

It's possible that Zhao Chuangshi's target wasn't them; he just casually swatted them away.

Despite it being a casual snapshot, both of them sustained serious injuries.

Tian Fugong hobbled over with a wooden stick as a crutch, while Yingwu crawled over.

"Master Shi... Master Shi, how is the master?"

Shadow Five lay weakly on the ground and asked.

Master Shi was very annoyed at the moment and had no time to deal with the two of them. He continued to check on his apprentice's physical condition and think of ways to save him.

"This...this is a curse..."

Master Shi discovered that his disciple's life force was constantly being depleted, but something was always replenishing it.

He couldn't figure out what was constantly replenishing his disciple's life force, but his disciple had told him that he was under a curse.

In other words, the curse keeps the disciple alive, preventing him from dying.

This gave him hope.

Although he was very curious—how could something like a curse maintain life?—he couldn't care less about that now.

He picked up his apprentice and brought both Kagego and Tomiko to his side.

They led them back to the capital.

(End of this chapter)