CHAPTER 75: CHAPTER 61: RETURN (5K)_3

"Ah... my leg..."

After a fierce volley of arrows, the ground inside the manor was covered with countless arrows and people pierced by them.

When Zhang Feng and the two generals led their troops to the manor gate, they saw only a dozen assassins kneeling and begging for mercy inside.

They had been hiding indoors previously, barely escaping the calamity.

Seeing this scene upon coming out, how could they dare to resist?

Most of them were only one or two parts skilled, with strength not much greater than ordinary people.

At most, they knew some martial arts routines.

Meanwhile, Zhang Feng was observing them while gazing at the arrows and corpses scattered on the ground.

With one volley, most of the mission targets were dead.

’This identity is indeed solid, but the premise is to locate the target point.’

Zhang Feng first admired his ’max-level identity,’ then pondered for the future,

’If there is another growth world in the future, and if it’s still a high status, I can first locate the target, complete all missions, and then consider cultivation.

This way, cultivating will have fewer worries.’

Thinking about this, Zhang Feng stepped forward and glanced at the assassins.

"Spare us, General!"

"We realize our mistakes..."

"We are willing to serve the court!"

They bowed repeatedly, hoping Zhang Feng would spare them.

But Zhang Feng directly asked, "Do you know the whereabouts of Shopkeeper Wu and Leader Xun?"

"No... we don’t know..."

"It was Leader Xun and others who notified us when something happened..."

"I don’t know..."

They shook their heads, really unaware of the situation.

"Very well." Zhang Feng drew a long knife and killed five people amid their pleas for mercy.

Surrounded by powerful crossbows, their bodies were like sieves, making resistance difficult.

At the same time, seeing the side task completed, Zhang Feng said to the two generals behind him, "Keep the remaining bandits for now. Station other soldiers in the nearby dense forest, and stay concealed."

Zhang Feng scanned the manor, thinking the environment was quite good for training.

So he set up an arrow rain formation here, waiting for those two to return.

...

In the blink of an eye.

Ten years passed swiftly.

The early winter wind blew from the horizon, lifting the dry fallen leaves on the ground.

Inside the manor.

Zhang Feng, dressed as a hunter, sat beneath a withered tree, contemplating.

He glanced at the prompt in the text that indicated he could [Return] at any time.

Zhang Feng truly didn’t expect that three months had passed since the main line, and those two old thieves still hadn’t shown up.

Isn’t it said that in Jianghu, one should seek revenge and settle grudges swiftly?

Having raided their family for ten years and cut down all their disciples, there’s still no sign of revenge?

’Could they have died? Or fled abroad? Still unaware that their family is gone?’

Zhang Feng pondered for a moment, having no task related to them, he didn’t know their whereabouts.

Precisely because he didn’t know.

Zhang Feng considered more than once whether to just return first?

After all, last year, the blood qi in his trunk was completed, his hands could achieve a 50% power boost.

His physique was also more shaped, allowing Zhang Feng to open 2% more meridians.

Over ten years.

Zhang Feng had almost mastered all the martial arts in this world, what’s left is to hone his skills in reality and other worlds to deepen his experience.

Ultimately transforming it into his knowledge.

But now, Jianghu, which promised swift revenge, had deceived him.

"Forget it." Zhang Feng didn’t want to wait any longer, he decided to return first.

Waiting for two strangers to delay his new enhancements and his parents’ longevity was not worth it.

But when he comes back, reaching the realm of extending his parents’ life, even if they hide to the ends of the earth, they will not escape doom.

Then, even if they don’t seek revenge, he will make them experience it.

’What kind of Jianghu is this? Betrayal, selling out friends.’ Zhang Feng wanted to laugh but also felt this Jianghu was quite good.

It’s not about swift revenge, nor about a knight’s defiance against injustice with a drawn sword.

Now Zhang Feng felt that Jianghu should be an indelible memory in one’s life.

This memory is the true meaning of Jianghu.

...

And a month ago.

Five thousand miles abroad.

In a certain court.

Shopkeeper Wu and Leader Xun sat in a small tavern, listening to incomprehensible songs from the foreign court while drinking merrily.

After finishing a glass of fruit wine.

Leader Xun laughed heartily, then shook his head and chuckled:

"Humph, ten years ago, Cloud Mist Manor was massacred, can that news be concealed?

I chose Cloud Mist Manor at the time because there were several nearby villages.

And when the incident happened, the news spread immediately."

"Someone definitely betrayed us!" Shopkeeper Wu mused, "Otherwise, the news couldn’t have leaked."

"Certainly!" Leader Xun affirmed, "I think it was that Jack of All Trades! Because you and I, when we left the Central Plains nine years ago, that Jack of All Trades had already disappeared.

Some say he defected to the Seventh Prince."

"Impossible!" Shopkeeper Wu denied, "The Jack of All Trades was a person of virtue, how could he betray you and me?

I believe it must have been a youngster in the manor who couldn’t stand long-term patience and simple living, so they exposed Cloud Mist Manor."

"That could be the case." Leader Xun nodded slightly, then added, "Anyway, Cloud Mist Manor must be surrounded by troops at this moment.

Does the court really think we Jianghu people are fools?

Knowing full well an army is stationed there, would you or I return to seek death for revenge?

Can’t we just leave our homeland and plan anew?"

"Indeed, indeed." Shopkeeper Wu was also happy, as it wasn’t his disciples who died this time.

Shopkeeper Wu then looked in the direction outside the tavern.

Outside, some unknown instruments were playing, and there was movement from the guards of this dynasty.

In the center of the guards, many people were carrying the carriage of their dynasty’s king.

Shopkeeper Wu took a couple of glances, then said to the equally discontented Leader Xun: "I really can’t stand the look of this foreign emperor, I’ve long wanted to take his dog head, and there are no experts in this court..."

Shopkeeper Wu lowered his voice, "Why don’t you and I cultivate some masters here, then chop off this foreign emperor’s head?"

"Eh?" Leader Xun clapped in delight, "We people of Jianghu, that’s exactly what we should do! Swift revenge!"