I Can Strengthen Infinitely

Chapter 251 187: Standing Up Against Injustice (2)

Moving toward the east of Yangzhou Prefecture at a speed faster than riding a horse, Shazhou is located on the shoreline between the East Sea and Jiangnan. As long as he can see the sea, even if Qin Yuesheng isn't familiar with the roads, he can successfully find Shazhou, so he doesn't need to specially find someone to lead him.

Beside the road, a group of refugees dressed in ragged clothes, carrying pots and basins, with faces full of sorrow, were pulling children, women, and the elderly heading towards Yangzhou Prefecture.

However, the journey is long, and everyone is emitting a sense of exhaustion, their spirits and energy have reached the utmost limit.

A child looked at the elderly holding his hand with dim eyes and couldn't help but say, "Grandfather, I'm hungry."

"Hold on a bit longer, when we arrive at Yangzhou Prefecture, we'll have food to eat."

A man, holding a baby girl in swaddling clothes, though his lips are dry and cracked, still poured all the remaining water from the kettle into the baby girl's mouth.

"Child, we are arriving soon, you must hold on." The man, looking exhausted, revealed bloodshot eyes as if he hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

The baby girl looked pale, with skin on her forehead covered in festering sores, seemingly afflicted with some illness.

The water she drank soon was vomited up by the baby, accompanied by yellow foul substances.

Just then, at the end of the road, a sudden rush of horse hooves was heard, and dust was flying on the road as several horse silhouettes were faintly visible approaching swiftly.

The horses were fine horses, pulling a distance of over a hundred zhang in an instant, revealing that more than ten steeds had rushed out of the dust of yellow earth.

The leader among this group was a young master from a noble family dressed in luxurious attire, clearly the kind pampered and spoiled by parents, arrogant and presumptuous.

Behind him, all were tall guards dressed in worn armor, each with a knife at their waist, looking fierce and aggressive.

Seeing this scene, the refugees hurriedly moved to the side of the road, fearing they might be hit by this group.

However, among these refugees were old and young; the old were already exhausted and, combined with their slow limping, couldn't suddenly dodge in time.

Seeing the noble's beloved horse about to knock into an elderly person, the rider showed no intent to slow down or stop, but instead revealed a trace of inexplicable excitement, fiercely swinging the whip towards the horse's hindquarters.

Pa!

In an instant, the horse violently collided with the elderly, with an unstoppable force, sending them flying, causing shock and uproar amongst the surrounding refugees.

What kind of people are they?

Is there no justice? Not only did they not slow down upon seeing a person, they even intentionally collided — this is clearly deliberate!

After the collision, the young master smiled even happier, waving the whip, intending to quickly leave the scene.

But at this moment, a figure suddenly rushed out from the roadside, fearlessly standing in the middle of the road.

It was a young maiden dressed in a blue skirt.

"Why did you intentionally hit people?"

The noble young master laughed heartily: "Where did this fearless brat come from, actually daring to block my way, courting death."

Saying that, he controlled his horse to crash head-on towards the maiden.

Seeing the tall steed charging forward, though the maiden felt fear in her heart, she didn't move an inch, still raising her arms and reprimanding: "It's wrong to hit people!"

Seeing the horse about to collide with her, her fate would soon be the same as that of the elderly person before.

In that instant, an arm suddenly reached out, grabbing the maiden's shoulder and pulling her behind him.

Under everyone's gaze, the horse then slammed into the person who intervened in injustice with a hand. Some couldn't bear to watch, silently closing their eyes.

At this critical moment, the person moved.

With a casual gesture, he reached out another hand and pressed lightly against the neck of the noble's horse.

Bang!

The scene of the person being knocked flying didn't occur; instead, the unexpected youth blocked the charging steed with only one arm.

The steed let out a mournful cry, its neck breaking completely under Qin Yuesheng's attack, then it fell helplessly to the ground, causing the noble young master sitting on the horse to lose control and fly off, rolling several times on the ground.

"Young master!" Seeing their master's predicament, those guards hurriedly pulled the reins, jumping off the horses swiftly, quickly running to the noble young master and helping him up.

"Young master, are you alright?" These guards looked extremely nervous and worried to the utmost.

This noble young master, named Zhang Huangzhi, is the eldest son of the River Salt Gang in Yangzhou Prefecture. The River Salt Gang is a formidable force in Yangzhou Prefecture, and Zhang Huangzhi is favored by the Gang Leader; if anything happens to him, these guards won't be able to sustain themselves in Yangzhou Prefecture, and their lives would even be threatened.

They can flee, but the old and young at home in Yangzhou Prefecture can't escape, they'd inevitably be captured by the River Salt Gang, tied up in bags, filled with stones, and drowned in Gusu River.

Zhang Huangzhi, unprepared, fell from the horse; the momentum of the fall was considerable, coupled with the sand and stones on the ground, the skin exposed outside the clothes was all abrasively bloodied, a painful sight.

"Ah! Kill that person for me! Kill!" Zhang Huangzhi shouted with fury, in anger, all he knew was that the person blocking the horse caused him such misery, but he overlooked the fact that the other's ability to stop a horse with one arm indicated great strength.

Qin Yuesheng looked indifferently at these people before him; he was just passing by and saw this person being so arrogant and presumptuous, relying on family background to disregard others' lives, he couldn't help but intervene.

For Qin Yuesheng, who possesses the strength of nine horses and a half, stopping a charging steed is not a difficult task, but to ordinary people, it appears godlike.

Seeing Zhang Huangzhi's guards drawing their knives and walking towards him, Qin Yuesheng didn't even think to draw the Celestial Demon's Evil Blade.

To deal with these people, there's no need to use a blade.

"Brother, we have no grievances with each other, you injured our young master like this, it's against the rules of the martial world." The lead guard said gloomily to Qin Yuesheng.

"You hit people for no reason, when did you ever think of following the rules of the martial world."

"Then pardon us! Brothers, attack!"

As soon as this person spoke, all of the guards charged at once.

They knew Qin Yuesheng's extraordinary abilities, so didn't arrogantly choose to fight solo, instead using their numerical advantage to encircle Qin Yuesheng.

But they never imagined, this seemingly young youth before them was an inner strength master rarely seen in the martial world!

All the guards slashed at Qin Yuesheng with their blades, but when the blades reached more than ten inches away from him, they were astonished to find their arms could no longer move forward, as if something was restraining their arms.

"What?" These men were shocked, never having encountered such a situation before.

Qin Yuesheng immediately channeled his inner strength, instantly sending them all flying back, their arm bones breaking entirely under his inner strength, leaving them writhing in agony on the ground.

"Are you alright?" Casually dealing with these men, Qin Yuesheng turned to the courageous maiden and asked.

She appeared clean and pure, not particularly beautiful, but clear and fresh, like a flawless White Flower. What caught Qin Yuesheng's attention was the yellow turban tied around her wrists, resembling the one Su Qiaoqiao casually gifted him back then.

"Thank you, Young Hero, for your help, I'm alright." Huang Rou smiled.