The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a disciple of Yue Buqun.

After obtaining all the information, Jiang Ning snapped his neck and walked out of the mountain stronghold filled with corpses.

Over the past few days, he has traveled to many places and visited many mountain villages. This is the thirteenth mountain village he has visited.

He wiped out all the nearby mountain strongholds.

"Yanxi Village..."

Jiang Ning glanced at the sky and the direction, then mounted his horse and galloped off in a certain direction.

……

Yanxi Village.

"what happened?"

Chen Hu, known as the Double-Sword Protector, frowned as he looked at the other members of the stronghold in the Hall of Righteousness.

"The profits from counterfeit products haven't been good lately. Is it because everyone's been living too comfortably and doesn't want to make any moves?"

Hearing Chen Hu's words, the other members of the stronghold looked at each other. A man who was blind in one eye coughed twice and smiled bitterly, "Boss, it's not that the brothers are being lazy, it's just that there are very few caravans passing through the stronghold lately, and the nearby villages have been almost completely looted. We really can't rob any more."

Chen Hu waved his hand: "I don't care about all that. You have to figure out a way. If we have nothing to rob, will we just die? Will the mountain strongholds stop supporting us? If there are no caravans, go and sweep through the nearby villages and make those strongholds increase their tribute by another 20%."

At this moment, another bandit looked troubled.

"We've already robbed the villagers and the surrounding area; there's really nothing left for them to steal."

Chen Hu said defiantly, "Then we'll slaughter the villages, one village at a time."

The other members' expressions changed.

Generally speaking, counterfeiters wouldn't go this far; doing so would only be short-sighted. But Chen Hu was trying to eradicate the problem completely. They all wanted to dissuade him, but seeing Chen Hu's fierce appearance, none of them dared to object.

"Yes, sir."

Seeing that his underlings had no objections, Chen Hu nodded in satisfaction.

He knew this wasn't good, but he'd heard that something had happened to the Black Wind Society recently, and many positions had become vacant. If he wanted to advance further, he needed money to bribe people in the Black Wind Society. Joining the Black Wind Society would be far better than being a mountain bandit here.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with being a mountain king here, but joining Black Wind would give Chen Hu a much wider world to explore.

Chen Hu was thinking this when a person ran in from outside the Hall of Righteousness.

"Honey, honey, something terrible has happened!"

The man ran while walking.

Chen Hu's eyes widened.

"Why are you in such a panic? What happened?"

The other members of the bandit group looked over.

The man swallowed hard and said in a flustered manner.

"Someone...someone has infiltrated our mountain stronghold?"

"what?"

Everyone was taken aback.

Someone else has infiltrated their mountain stronghold?

Chen Hu frowned and asked, "Who are they? Are they government officials? How many of them are there?"

The man shook his head repeatedly.

"No, there was only one person."

A person?

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in confusion, as if they had misheard.

How dare one person raid their mountain stronghold? Are they courting death?

Before anyone could get angry, the man suddenly let out a gasp, his eyes glazed over, and his body slowly collapsed to the ground.

A figure appeared before everyone.

Jiang Ning, holding the Gentleman's Sword, glanced around at the people in the Hall of Righteousness. His robes were stained with blood, and even his face had some bloodstains.

Blood dripped from the tip of the sword onto the ground, making a dripping sound.

Chapter 429: Wubagang

Upon seeing this figure, everyone in the hall was shocked.

"Who are you? How dare you cause trouble in my Yanxi Village!"

Immediately, someone shouted loudly.

Jiang Ning glanced at the people in the hall; there were more than a dozen, who should be the leaders of this mountain stronghold.

These people weren't very skilled in martial arts; most were third-rate, with only a few second-rate. The person sitting in the first seat was somewhat special.

Jiang Ning observed that his breathing was even, indicating that his internal strength was not weak. He was among the top-tier second-rate practitioners, and had the strongest internal strength among them. Looking at his muscular body, he was very robust, and his hands clearly showed that he had practiced external martial arts.

It seems he has practiced both internal and external skills, making him a strong figure among second-rate fighters. If he encounters a first-rate master who lacks internal strength or attack methods, he can hold his own for a few moves and is comparable to some weaker first-rate masters.

It seems this is Chen Hu, the Double-Sword Protector, the leader of Yanxi Village, whom the bandit leader mentioned earlier.

After a brief scan, Jiang Ning locked onto his target.

Chen Hu, who was being watched by Jiang Ning, suddenly felt a surge of pressure, as if he were being targeted by the Grim Reaper.

This is a feeling I've never had before.

Chen Hu's expression changed slightly, and he slowly reached under the seat.

"No matter who you are, if you dare to cause trouble in my Yanxi Village, I'll tear you to pieces today, or I'm not a Zhang!"

One of the bandits, surnamed Zhang, shouted something. Perhaps Jiang Ning's appearance had deceived him, because even Jiang Ning's murderous aura and bloodlust couldn't intimidate him. He charged forward unarmed.

Jiang Ning glanced at him, then moved with such speed that no one present could see him clearly as he rushed towards them. On the way, he encountered the bandit surnamed Zhang. Jiang Ning raised his hand and pressed it against the man's face. The speed was so fast that the man couldn't react. The next second, he was lifted up and flew backward at a speed even faster than when he rushed towards him.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Ning appeared in front of the two men, grabbed the bandit surnamed Zhang by the head, and slammed it forward.

boom!

A sound like a watermelon shattering rang out, and two people died instantly.

Jiang Ning didn't stop moving. He raised his sword and swept it upwards. The sword energy adhered to the blade, and the person next to him had no chance to react before being torn to pieces.

This scene stunned everyone, their faces filled with disbelief.

Jiang Ning moved again, his figure so fast that it was impossible to see clearly. Only afterimages could be seen shuttling between the scenes. In a very short time, half of the people in the hall were dead. This scene made the remaining people look terrified. They couldn't muster any will to resist and ran outside in fear.

Jiang Ning glanced at the fleeing people, then gave chase like a grim reaper. Each disappearing afterimage meant a life was lost, and in a very short time, he had wiped out the entire crowd, leaving only Chen Hu.

"This……"

Chen Hu, who had just taken out his weapon from under his seat, stared blankly at the scene as if he had seen a ghost, until Jiang Ning turned to look at him and he finally came to his senses.

Originally arrogant and believing his martial arts skills to be quite good in the martial arts world, Chen Hu completely lost the will to resist and turned to flee, showing none of the former imposing manner of the Double-Sword Protector.

Jiang Ning leaped several times to close the distance between the two.

A gust of wind was already approaching from behind, and Chen Hu's alarm bells rang. Without thinking, he swung his sword backward with a backhand slash, not caring whether he hit the target or not, and immediately fled without stopping.

However, this slash did not force the opponent back. Instead, Chen Hu felt a strong threat of death and turned to kick. Jiang Ning raised his leg and delivered a straight kick.

Click!

Chen Hu screamed in agony; his leg had been broken by the kick.

Before he could even react, he was kicked in the back, sending him sprawling face-first into the dirt.

Chen Hu struggled to get up and tried to turn his head, but the next second he felt a chill in his throat as a sword tip stopped at his throat, just a hair's breadth away from piercing his neck.

"Who...who exactly are you?"

Seeing that all the brothers who were fine before in the Hall of Righteousness had died in a short time, leaving only him, and that he was powerless to fight back, with his life hanging in the balance in Jiang Ning's hands, Chen Hu felt a surge of grief and indignation.

He asked himself if he had offended Jiang Ning, and he didn't even know Jiang Ning before.

Jiang Ning looked at him calmly.

Where is Black Wind?

Chen Hu was taken aback.

Is this their objective?

The enemy stormed the mountain stronghold and killed so many people, all for the Black Wind Society?

"I can't tell you, go ahead and kill me if you dare!"

Chen Hu gritted his teeth and said.

He couldn't just say it so easily; that would make him seem spineless.

Jiang Ning stared at him expressionlessly, his gaze slightly cold. He tightened his grip on the sword, and the sharp tip of the sword sliced ​​through Chen Hu's throat without any resistance. Instantly, Chen Hu felt a chill, his throat ached, and blood seeped out.

Chen Hu's heart suddenly stopped, and the threat of death loomed over him.

Where is the Black Wind Society?

He said the same thing again, without even changing his tone, but Chen Hu felt a chill in his heart.

He could sense that if he continued to be stubborn, Jiang Ning was truly going to stab him through the neck with a sword without hesitation.

"exist……"

Under the threat of death, Chen Hu could no longer remain defiant and revealed the location of the Black Wind Society.

"Black Wind Society is located at Wubagang."

Jiang Ning's eyes flickered slightly.

"Wubagang?"

Wubagang is located at the junction of Shandong and Henan provinces, bordering Dingtao in Heze to the east and Dongming in the west.

"I had the privilege of visiting the headquarters of the Black Wind Society last year."