Heaven rewards diligence; he fought his way through chaos to become a saint.

Chapter 98 Genius

Zhang Guan remained seated on horseback, his eyes as cold as ice, looking at Wang De as if he were looking at a dead man.

"My lord, my lord, my son is ignorant!"

A woman scrambled over, grabbed Wang De, and desperately apologized to the deputy general.

"call"

A whooshing sound rang out, and Wang De's angry expression was still frozen on his face, his eyes wide open, as if he hadn't yet realized what had happened.

The next instant, blood gushed from his throat, splattering on the ground, a glaringly red stain.

The lieutenant put his index finger in his mouth and sucked on it, licking away the blood from the tip, before leisurely saying to the woman, "Let's have another one."

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Wang De's body went limp, and he fell straight down, twitching twice before becoming still.

Magistrate Fang covered his face with his long sleeves, unable to bear looking directly at the scene.

These commoners!

Even if it dies, it won't cause a splash.

Even he, as the county magistrate, would not report it, much less dare to report it.

The soldiers of Jianwu Army were expressionless, as if they had just killed not a living person, but something insignificant.

The woman froze as she watched her son fall into a pool of blood. She opened her mouth but couldn't make a sound. She could only stare at her son's corpse, her whole body trembling violently.

After trembling for a while, she hugged Wang De's corpse, looked up and cursed, "Beast!"

Magistrate Fang lowered his sleeves, his gaze blank.

Upon hearing the insults, the lieutenant, instead of being angry, laughed, a cruel smile curving his lips. He slammed his right foot down, the sole of his boot carrying a sharp gust of wind, aiming straight for the woman's skull.

With that kick, the woman's brains would surely splatter, and she wouldn't even be able to utter a sound.

Just as the boot tip was about to touch the woman, a figure flashed by like a ghost. Before the boy could regain his footing, his right fist, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, slammed into the deputy general's knee.

The lieutenant's pupils contracted, and he pulled back his foot and threw a punch.

The two sides made contact.

The lieutenant felt a tremendous force explode like a thunderclap, causing him to lose his balance and stagger back three steps, leaving two deep furrows in the ground before he could barely regain his footing.

He carefully examined the boy in front of him. He was about sixteen or seventeen years old, but he had already mastered the Transformation Realm.

"Um?"

Seeing such a young Grandmaster of Internal Energy, even Zhang Guan became somewhat interested, and he narrowed his eyes.

"What's your name?"

The young man said arrogantly, "I am Xiao Hua, the head instructor of the Rock Martial Arts Academy. I reached the Transformation Realm in just over a year. I am a genius."

"good."

Zhang Guan nodded slightly, then asked, "Are you planning to take action?"

Upon seeing this, Xiao Hua's expression changed drastically.

Before Wang De was killed, he also sized up the general in the crowd.

In fact, all the larger martial arts schools in the city had contributed money to reward the troops outside the city, but unfortunately Master Yang left in a hurry and did not leave any money for Xiao Hua.

Therefore, as the only one of the three martial arts schools that did not contribute any money, he was not qualified to go out of the city to welcome them.

At times, Xiao Hua felt resentful towards Master Yang, feeling that his reputation as a genius was being completely tarnished.

But he was somewhat horrified when he saw Wang De being killed.

When he saw them about to kill Wang De's mother, he couldn't bear it and stepped forward.

Because he also has a mother.

But Zhang Guan's sudden question left him somewhat bewildered and at a loss for words.

His mother taught him to practice martial arts so that he could pass the martial arts exam and become an official. But there was a high-ranking official in front of him.

Seeing Wang De's naive and unsophisticated demeanor, Zhang Guan felt inexplicably better, but still asked expressionlessly, "You actually dared to lay a hand on my deputy general?"

"He killed my junior brother."

Xiao Hua blurted it out.

If Wang Dequan knew this in the afterlife, he would probably stick his neck out and tell him that the two of them had never acknowledged their relationship as fellow disciples.

"General."

The speaker was Magistrate Fang, who bowed hastily, saying, "Please don't take offense. Panshi Martial Arts School is one of the three major martial arts schools in the county, and it has sent many talented individuals to the sects in the prefectural city—"

Zhang Guan waved his hand to interrupt Magistrate Fang, then looked over and asked, "Are you here to avenge your junior brother?"

The latter hesitated for a moment, then straightened his back and said, "General, your subordinate Qiu Tang killed my junior brother Meng Zhaoting before, and has not given an explanation yet. Today he killed Wang De. You must give an explanation."

The martial arts instructors in the county all said that the imperial court must give an explanation for this matter.

So, Xiao Hua imitated the way the elders spoke and demanded an explanation.

Zhang Guan found the boy in front of him to be innocently cute, which made him feel even better.

Instead of answering directly, he said, "The Qiu Tang you mentioned is only at the Dark Force level. He did a great job for me, so he broke with convention and became a Cavalry Captain. You are young and already at the Transformation Force level, so you have a brighter future than him. Would you like to join my ranks and become my personal guard?"

He pointed to the deputy general next to him and said, "His name is Duan Wu. Since he started serving me, he has had a smooth career, both in terms of cultivation resources and official position."

"what?"

Xiao Hua was stunned. Zhang Guan's words were like a thunderclap, exploding in his mind.

To submit to his command?

With an endless supply of cultivation resources and a smooth career path?

He looked at the young man named Duan Wu, who was about eighteen or nineteen years old and was now a deputy general.

For no apparent reason, he suddenly thought of Ye Ci.

Serving Zhang Guan would be far more prestigious than being a retainer of the five great families.

The temptation before him was too great. What good would it do if he mastered the Transformation Realm?

Without resource support, it is difficult to make any further progress; without the help of powerful figures, even if one passes the martial arts exam, there is no guarantee of a future.

Zhang Guan didn't wait for him. He waved his hand and said to Duan Wu, "Use the rice and flour from this shop to supply provisions."

He wasn't in a hurry to ask Xiao Hua for answers. For young geniuses, these were the wings of the future, and Zhang Guan was willing to invest in them.

"Yes, General."

Duan Wu responded.

Subsequently, several Jianwu Army soldiers rushed into Wang De's rice and noodle shop.

Xiao Hua was startled awake when the sound of horses' hooves rang out again. He looked around and saw that the general had already left.

a long time.

Xiao Hua finally came to his senses.

He subconsciously looked at Wang De's corpse on the ground. The woman was slumped in a pool of blood, her eyes vacant.

"Magistrate Fang, are there many people in the county with the Transformation Realm skill level like Xiao Hua?"

The group continued forward, but at a slower pace. Zhang Guan, who seemed to be in a good mood, asked...

Having just witnessed a murder in the street, Magistrate Fang was still in shock and replied in a state of confusion, "Martial arts are very popular in our county. Over the years, various martial arts schools have trained many martial arts masters. But after all, it is a county town. Anyone with any potential has gone to the prefectural city. Master Yang of the Panshi Martial Arts School is away, so Xiao Hua is temporarily the headmaster. I heard that he will be going to the Mountain Sect in the prefectural city in a few days."

Are there many martial arts schools in Songjiang?

Zhang Guan smiled and said, "What are these young talents going to do in the prefectural city? Wouldn't it be better for them to work for me? I was originally the commander of the Leopard Division, but now I'm back in Songjiang to garrison. My troops number only a thousand cavalry, which is really too few. Why don't I bring all these martial arts school people under my command?"

"By the way, I heard from Commander Qin that there's a young man named Ye Ci who's quite good? Apparently, he's one of my old subordinates."

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