From the beginning of Swordsman, he created a legend in the martial arts world.

Little Bean looked up at Meng Fei's suddenly ashen face, his voice trailing off: "The gang leader is frantic. He went north despite his injuries, and told us to leave some men behind to wait for the senior to return and report... But to this day, the gang leader... still hasn't returned, and we..."

Meng Fei could no longer hear what was said after that. At this moment, an unprecedented rage erupted in his mind like a volcano!

"Qingcheng Sect... Yu Canghai..."

All his composure and calculation were shattered at this moment.

Aya! Aluo! Those two girls who relied on him and silently took care of everything for him, with pure smiles, were actually kidnapped by those despicable and shameless scum of the Qingcheng Sect in the short time he was away.

He was careless! He thought Fuzhou was far from the Central Plains and safe enough after Yu Canghai was taught a lesson at Shaolin Temple, but he underestimated Yu Canghai's vindictiveness and ruthlessness.

Qingcheng Sect! What a prestigious sect! Instead of seeking revenge openly, they resort to such despicable means to harm an innocent woman!

Yu Canghai, you deserve to die! I will slaughter the entire Qingcheng Sect and make you pay a terrible price!

However, after the rage subsided, a deep sense of worry and fear arose in his heart!

Where are Aya and Aro now? Are they injured? Have they... met with some misfortune? The thought of their possible predicament made Meng Fei's heart ache so much he could hardly breathe.

"Where's Li Bin? Tell him to come see me immediately!"

Meng Fei's voice was terribly hoarse, each word sounding like ice shards bursting from between his teeth.

"Boss...Boss, he went out to chase after him but hasn't come back yet...We..."

Little Bean was so frightened by Meng Fei's rage that he was almost paralyzed.

Seeing this, Meng Fei stopped talking nonsense, picked up Xiao Douzi, and his figure turned into a blur as he sped towards the mansion in the city at an astonishing speed.

"Bang!"

The mansion gate was violently slammed open by a tremendous force. The few young members of the Divine Sword Gang who were guarding the gate were all terrified when they saw Meng Fei's terrifying expression, as if he had returned from hell. They turned pale and couldn't even utter a word.

Meng Fei didn't even glance at them; his figure moved like lightning, heading straight for the backyard.

The familiar bamboo grove courtyard was now a scene of utter chaos.

Broken bamboo lay askew on the ground, the carefully tended medicinal garden was trampled beyond recognition, and even more glaringly, the corpses of poisonous insects, severed by sharp weapons, were scattered on the ground.

A faint, familiar herbal scent lingered in the air, mixed with a barely perceptible odor of blood...

The last shred of hope in my heart was utterly shattered.

Meng Fei stood amidst the ravaged bamboo forest, his body trembling slightly, not from fear, but from extreme anger and hatred!

He slowly turned around, his usually calm and deep eyes now bloodshot, like a ferocious beast ready to devour its prey, staring intently at the few Divine Sword Gang youths who had followed him in, still in shock.

"explain!"

His voice carried a chilling coldness and brutality that sent shivers down one's spine.

"Tell me everything you know, without omitting a single word!"

Locked onto by his gaze, the boys felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave. Only one of them, a boy named Kobayashi, suppressed his fear and stammered out a retelling of what had happened.

The Black Snake Gang challenges them to a duel, Hou Renying provokes them, the Qingcheng Sect plots, Li Bin fights back desperately, the tragic scene upon his return, and Li Bin, wounded, continues his pursuit northwards without ever returning...

Every word was like a red-hot knife, repeatedly cutting into his heart.

Qingcheng Sect... kidnapping... heading north...

All the clues and all the emotions eventually converged into a torrent of murderous intent that could destroy everything, surging and roaring wildly in his chest!

"S-senpai."

Xiao Lin, who had been waiting nearby, endured the terrifying pressure that felt like it was crushing him, and whispered tremblingly, "According to Hou Renying, they kidnapped Miss Aya and the others to... to blackmail you, senior. If they find out you've returned, perhaps... perhaps they'll contact you on their own initiative..."

Upon hearing this, Meng Fei turned around abruptly, his bloodshot eyes gradually narrowing until they returned to a deathly calm.

However, this calm was even more unsettling than the rage that had just erupted.

"Okay! I'll wait for them!"

Meng Fei's voice was hoarse, yet exceptionally clear.

"Immediately send someone to spread the news of my return to Fuzhou, making sure the Qingcheng Sect members know about it."

However, one day, two days... several days later, Fuzhou City was calm and peaceful. The Qingcheng Sect seemed to have sunk into the sea, with no news of them. No one came to deliver a message, and there was no news of Aya or Aluo.

The waiting repeatedly tempered Meng Fei's anxiety and anger, eventually settling into a colder and harder killing intent.

In the bamboo grove in the backyard, Meng Fei practiced his sword every day without fail. At first, the sword wind howled, and the killing intent was chilling. Every sword strike carried a ferocious aura that could burn away the eight wastelands.

But gradually, that violent killing intent was absorbed and contained by an invisible force until it disappeared completely.

The Thirteen Deadly Swords were executed in his hands. The moves remained the same, but they seemed to have lost all their sharpness, becoming ordinary and unremarkable, just like any other sword technique.

"S-senpai..."

Kobayashi, who came to report the news as usual, stood at the edge of the bamboo forest, a look of undisguised surprise flashing in his eyes.

In the past, when he approached this bamboo forest, he could always feel the biting cold and the imposing sword intent. But today, apart from the rustling of the bamboo leaves in the wind, there was nothing else unusual.

The senior's sword seems... to have changed!

"Your name is Lin Yan, right?"

Meng Fei slowly withdrew his stance, turned around, and spoke calmly without the slightest ripple.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yan immediately bowed and greeted him.

"Senior, you can just call me Kobayashi."

"You're quite good. There's another one named Zhang Dahu, call him over too."

After waiting in vain for several days, Meng decided to stop waiting passively. Since it was the Qingcheng Sect that made the move, he would take the initiative to attack them.

He wanted to let Yu Canghai and the entire Qingcheng Sect know what a terrible price they would have to pay for provoking Meng Fei!

A short while later, Lin Yan brought the boy named Zhang Dahu to the bamboo forest.

The two boys were about the same age as Li Bin, their eyes filled with awe for Meng Fei, but also with unease stemming from their leader's disappearance.

"senior……"

Looking at them, Meng Fei suddenly felt a pang of worry for Li Bin. That kid had chased after them while injured and hadn't returned yet. He didn't know where he was now, or whether he was alive or dead.

"I've been observing you two for a while now. You both have good character and courage. Originally, I was thinking of having you keep Li Bin company..."

He paused, not continuing, and then said, "Today, I will teach you three sword techniques. Practice them on your own first, and there will be opportunities later..."

He stopped before he could finish speaking. The future? His own journey to Qingcheng was uncertain, and it was hard to say whether he could even escape unscathed, let alone talk about the future.

Without further ado, he meticulously taught Lin Yan and Zhang Dahu the essential techniques and methods of cultivating the first three moves of the Thirteen Deadly Swords: "Spirit Serpent Probing the Cave," "Three Stars Stealing the Soul," and "Rainbow Piercing the Sun."

Both of them possessed exceptional talent and comprehension, especially Lin Yan, who was quick-witted and quick to apply his knowledge to new situations. In just half an hour, he memorized the moves and the key points of power generation. Although he was not yet proficient, it was enough for him.

"Practice diligently and don't slack off."

After giving them one last piece of advice, Meng Fei told them to leave and practice on their own.

At night, everything is silent.

A ghostly figure appeared silently on the roof of the Yuelai Inn.

Inside room number two of the "Heavenly" section, there were six men and one woman, seven figures, some sitting and some standing, all with expressions that betrayed their tension and anxiety.

"We've been waiting for almost midnight, when do you think... he'll finally arrive?"

A lean man with shifty eyes couldn't help but mutter a complaint.

"What's the rush? It will come when it's meant to. If you don't want to wait, the door is over there, please come ahead."

A middle-aged man with a gloomy face sitting at the table snorted coldly, seemingly quite disgusted with him.

"you……!"

"That's enough!"

A burly man with a hideous scar on his face and the most imposing physique let out a low shout.

"Shut up, everyone, it's coming!"