novelraw Chapter 141: The Murderer, the Green Bamboo Gang
Chapter 141: The Murderer, the Green Bamboo Gang
Something happened on the waterways of Rongcheng County.
The entire Yulong Gang was on edge.
Su Wangchuan dismissed the two inner disciples stationed at the hall and fell into deep thought.
He had expected trouble to break out over in Rongcheng County, but he had not expected the killer to be so bold—dozens of people, all silenced. If he had not arranged in advance for four inner disciples to protect Fei Zai, even Fei Zai would probably have ended up sunk into the river as fish food.
“Now it depends on whether the Gang Leader has the ability to break the deadlock.”
Su Wangchuan’s thoughts were clear.
He had already done everything he should and everything he could. From here on, it would depend on Yang Feiyue’s capability.
He could not log off to train anymore. He could only stay at the training grounds and grind Experience Value.
A Jianghu gang could not possibly remain indifferent when someone stepped onto its doorstep like this.
Next, the Yulong Gang was bound to make a major move.But that had little to do with the Huishui County hall.
Huishui County only had a single Martial Artist.
There was no way they could spare manpower from here.
He trusted that Yang Feiyue would not ask for people from his side.
Sure enough.
As time passed, news came in one piece after another.
Yang Feiyue contacted the Huishui County yamen constables to verify the murderer’s identity and confirmed that the culprit was one of the wanted criminals roaming the area.
The other side had no gang backing—just desperate fugitives.
But everyone understood that for such a meticulous and swift assassination to happen, there had to be a force supporting it from behind the scenes.
Yang Feiyue led a team into Rongcheng County to speak face-to-face with the leader of the dock gang there, the Green Bamboo Gang.
He even invited the Green Bamboo Gang to join forces against the water bandits and demanded to meet a group of the Green Bamboo Gang’s capable fighters.
The Green Bamboo Gang refused. They claimed that most of their skilled men were escorting a ship convoy eastward and would not return for another half a month. They also cited a shortage of manpower and rejected any joint operation.
Yang Feiyue then returned to the water stronghold.
At the training grounds, Su Wangchuan heard the system notification right on cue:
“Ding!”
“《Green Robe Dance》 has advanced from ‘Minor Mastery’ to ‘Practice Makes Perfect.’ Reward: 2 Agility.”
“《Green Robe Dance》 next realm: ‘Entry-Level Mastery.’”
His Agility reached 33—Speed +33, Defense 6.6.
Just as he was moving without pause to begin training 《Iron Shirt》, a carrier pigeon flew in from the water stronghold and into the hall. An inner disciple hurriedly delivered the letter to his hands.
Su Wangchuan took it, unfolded it, and his gaze tightened slightly.
“The murderer is the Green Bamboo Gang.”
Five names followed.
Kill.
Su Wangchuan understood at once.
The Gang Leader had confirmed the murderer’s identity.
He was not going to verify the killer’s specific identity with the Green Bamboo Gang. He was going to strike the Green Bamboo Gang directly.
Those five people were the Green Bamboo Gang’s planted men in Huishui County.
And not only in Huishui County—other hall masters had likely made their own deployments as well.
They might even strike the Green Bamboo Gang’s dock hall directly.
He hesitated for a moment.
Yang Feiyue’s reaction was extremely fierce.
It fit the style of Jianghu gangs.
But—
If the enemy was not only the Green Bamboo Gang, then Yang Feiyue’s move could bring massive trouble.
Yet…
Since the strongest will of the Yulong Gang had spoken, Su Wangchuan could not refuse. Otherwise, his position as hall master would not last until dawn.
“Chen Ergou.”
“Bring a few veteran inner disciples over.”
“Yes!”
Very quickly, all the veteran inner disciples of the hall were gathered.
They had all dealt with the Green Bamboo Gang’s five Quasi-Martial Artist disciples before.
When they learned that the Green Bamboo Gang was the true culprit targeting the Yulong Gang, they were filled with righteous fury. One after another, they volunteered to lead a team and capture and kill those men.
To be safe, Su Wangchuan did not make a public show of it. That night, he quietly led a team to surround their residences, and he acted personally.
In a very ordinary courtyard, there was a weapon rack and wooden stakes for training.
The Green Bamboo Gang disciples were usually responsible for receiving merchants escorting cargo bound west. When they were bored, they trained.
It was already so late, yet two of them were still practicing, pounding a wooden stake with thudding fists and kicks.
Su Wangchuan flipped over the wall and dropped into the courtyard, instantly drawing their vigilance.
“Who is it?!”
“Who are you?!”
A black face covering hid Su Wangchuan’s face as he charged forward with a sword in hand.
At that moment, he felt as if Zhao Changhong had possessed him.
Confidence. Dominance.
《Green Robe Dance》 made his footwork fast—so fast that he seemed to drag a lingering afterimage behind him.
Su Wangchuan’s eyes were focused and intent, locked tightly onto the two men training. He spoke slowly, each word distinct:
“I have come to collect your lives.”
“Courting death!”
One of them flew into a rage, striding forward. He leapt high, his right fist cocked and then smashed down in a vicious aerial strike, tearing the air with a shriek.
Black Tiger Fist.
Practice Makes Perfect realm!
Su Wangchuan saw at a glance that the man’s foundation was not weak.
What a pity.
He shifted aside, slipping past the punch’s wind.
The Hundredfold Steel longsword snapped out like lightning, splitting open the man’s chest and punching in a bloody hole.
Then he yanked it free.
“Aah!!”
The man clutched his chest and collapsed.
Su Wangchuan did not hesitate. He turned and drove in a second sword strike, piercing straight through the man’s back and into his heart.
Triple damage.
Two sword strikes emptied a Quasi-Martial Artist’s health bar.
The second man was not so reckless. He grabbed a saber from the weapon rack and shouted, “Everyone, get out here! Someone is killing—” Before he could finish, Su Wangchuan was already staring into his eyes and closing in with quick steps.
The man instinctively chopped with the saber.
Green Robe Dance!
With an overwhelming advantage in movement, Su Wangchuan avoided the blade with the smallest possible motion.
The Hundredfold Steel longsword flickered in and out, and blood sprayed from the man’s chest.
Pff!
The blade’s edge punched through from the man’s back, exiting and reentering in a single breath—and then a second thrust followed.
The man’s pupils scattered. He dropped to his knees, his health bar emptied.
Tap, tap!
Someone inside the room rushed into the courtyard—and under the moonlight, he saw a man holding a sword, while two brothers had already fallen.
“Damn it!”
“Kill him!”
“Aveng—Ah Lang!” The three men surged forward in furious unison!
Su Wangchuan calmly retreated to the far left and struck.
The one hit by the blade jerked as if struck by lightning and immediately suffered a severe injury.
His figure swayed—dodging and shifting—and the second sword strike…
The second man fell.
Green Robe Dance and 《Swift Sword Art》 complemented each other perfectly, pushing both his speed advantage and his weapon-grade advantage to the absolute fullest.
The last man finally realized something was wrong. He twisted around and tried to run, but the Hundredfold Steel longsword had already caught up from behind. With a pff, it pierced through his back and out his chest.
All three were grievously wounded by the sword.
Su Wangchuan left no survivors.
One by one, he finished them off with additional thrusts.
He glanced at the Status Panel. 《Swift Sword Art》 had advanced its Experience Value to 10/500.
A life-and-death fight really did increase Experience Value quickly.
Su Wangchuan nodded thoughtfully.
This game… seemed to be encouraging everyone to fight to the death.
He sent a signal, and the people sealing off the courtyard poured in to clean up.
Led by Chen Ergou, a group of inner disciples rushed inside. The way they looked at their hall master now carried a deeper reverence.
From the moment the hall master entered the courtyard to the moment they came in, only a few breaths had passed…
Five Quasi-Martial Artists—all dead.
The hall master was unscathed. His strength was clearly extraordinary.
With orderly efficiency, they covered the corpses with cloth and carried them away. They took everything in the courtyard that could be carried, and before leaving, they even made sure to lock the doors and windows from the outside.
The operation ended.
The mission was a complete success.
Su Wangchuan distributed everything taken from the five Green Bamboo Gang disciples as rewards to the inner disciples who had joined the operation. He also issued a gag order: no one was allowed to spread the matter outside.
Early the next morning, news came from the water stronghold.
The Green Bamboo Gang’s hall had been attacked in the dead of night.
In a single night, thirty-six Green Bamboo Gang members lay dead.
The gang leader’s head was hung high on a dockside cargo ship’s mast.
The Yulong Gang had carved the words “will repay every grievance” into the soul of every person in Rongcheng County’s county seat.
PS: The Martial Arts Vault needs to collect martial arts that fit this book’s style. The Jin Yong series will definitely work. Xuanhuan-style ones will be a bit harder to handle.
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