Fei Xinlan was the most famous disciple of the Flying Sword Hall in Lan Yue City. Although she was still some way from entering the master ranks, her swordsmanship was already extraordinary. Qiu Tong was her senior sister.

　　"The Fang family has considerable influence in Fengye City and will soon find out about what happened here." A Blood Rain Guard gray-clad personal guard said solemnly, "We must join up with Master immediately."

　　"Miss, let's go quickly." The steward, Uncle Zhang, also urged.

　　Fei Xinlan didn't dare act spoiled at this moment. She said to the woman who was holding her husband's corpse, "You should leave quickly too."

　　The woman knelt down and kowtowed. "Thank you, benefactor." Then, suppressing her grief, she silently carried her husband's corpse on her back and left step by step.

　　Fei Xinlan and the others also quickly departed, leaving only the corpses of Fang Chong and the others.

　　Baidong Bridge was crowded with people. Countless people looked at the corpses, and immediately a group of people emerged, blocking the surroundings and protecting the corpses. "The Nine Melody Gang is handling things, get out of here." Dozens of gang members strictly guarded the scene.

　　The Nine Melody Gang was the largest gang in Fengye City, far more powerful than any of the three major gangs in Lan Yue City. Baidong Bridge was such a prosperous place that naturally, many gang members were here to maintain order and collect protection fees.

　　When Xu Jingming and the others made their moves just now, they killed so ruthlessly that these ordinary gang members didn't dare to get involved and die. Only now did they dare to step forward.

　　...

　　Inside the inn.

　　"Dad, I killed someone." Fei Xinlan said, lowering her head when she saw her father.

　　"She killed Fang Chong, the son of Fang Sanyou of Fengye City," Steward Zhang immediately said, "This Fang Chong is also the adopted son of Dong Ke, the leader of the Nine Melody Gang. It is said that Fang Sanyou and the Lord of Chao Mountain Lake are sworn brothers."

　　Before his son rose to prominence, Master Fei was able to build such a large business, so his methods were naturally extraordinary. After hearing this, he nodded calmly and ordered, "We can't stay in the inn. Quickly go to the Blood Rain Guard's Fengye City station. Everyone quickly pack up and leave immediately!"

　　Soon, the Fei family's caravan headed straight for the Blood Rain Guard's station.

　　******

　　The Fang family had an extraordinary status in Fengye City. The local Blood Rain Guard commander and the City Lord's府主 were both good friends of Fang Sanyou. Dong Ke, the leader of the Nine Melody Gang, even took the initiative to adopt Fang Chong as his son. This showed how influential Fang Sanyou was.

　　"What did you say?"

　　Fang Sanyou, who had just climbed out of bed with his clothes on, stared at the person in front of him.

　　"Young Master Fang Chong had a conflict with outsiders at Baidong Bridge and was killed on the spot. His subordinates were also wiped out in the blink of an eye." The bald man said cautiously, "I am from the Baidong Bridge branch and saw everything clearly at the time. Those outsiders were too terrifying, and our gang members didn't dare to go up at all. Now, the other gang members are protecting Young Master Fang Chong's corpse."

　　"Wiped out in the blink of an eye?" Fang Sanyou narrowed his eyes, like a venomous snake. "Are you sure? 'Iron Saber Xiong' who was by my son's side was also killed?"

　　"Yes, Master Xiong's saber technique was superb, but he was stabbed through the throat by a young man wielding a spear in one exchange." The bald man immediately said.

　　Iron Saber Xiong was the most famous under Fang Chong. After all, he was a second-rate expert, and the Nine Melody Gang members also knew this ruthless man.

　　"One exchange?"

　　Fang Sanyou's pupils contracted, and he asked, "How many people were there, and how many made the attack?"

　　"There were eight people in total. The leader was a young girl. This girl killed Young Master Fang Chong. Some of them used hidden weapons and instantly killed most of the thugs. Then, three people rushed out... In the blink of an eye, Master Xiong and the others were all killed," the bald man said. "Young Master Fang Chong also stated his identity and his relationship with that person from Chao Mountain Lake, but he was still killed."

　　Fang Sanyou waved his hand, and the bald man immediately retreated.

　　Fang Sanyou looked at the night outside the window, but felt panicked.

　　"These strong dragons from elsewhere, I don't know where they come from." Fang Sanyou didn't like these unknown enemies the most. He could do anything in Fengye City, but these outsiders were hard to say. They could be big or small, and if they were big, they were existences he couldn't resist at all.

　　"Lao Fu." Fang Sanyou immediately shouted.

　　An old man quickly came to the outside of the study.

　　"Lao Fu, quickly take a group of people to protect the young master and go to Chao Mountain Lake via the West Gate at the fastest speed." Fang Sanyou ordered. Most of the Fang family's lineage were in Chao Mountain Lake, only his wife and children followed him to Fengye City.

　　"Yes." The old man obeyed the order and immediately took people to protect the young master, leaving first.

　　"I want to see where they come from." Fang Sanyou had been in Fengye City for many years after all, and he still had some confidence. However, he habitually considered the consequences of failure before winning, so he sent away his only bloodline in advance.

　　...

　　A line of horsemen headed straight for the Blood Rain Guard's station.

　　The Blood Rain Guard's station in every major city was the most important place, representing the Empire's strongest military force in that city!

　　"Halt, who goes there?" The guards at the entrance of the station immediately shouted from afar, with arrows pointing at the horse team.

　　Swish!

　　A black token flew from afar and stuck in the ground outside the station gate.

　　"Let your commander come out." From the Fei family's convoy, a silver-haired old man shouted angrily.

　　"Is that the Blood Rain Guard's Black Blood Token?" The station guard was shocked when he saw it and immediately returned to report.

　　Soon, the regular commander of the Fengye City Blood Rain Guard came to greet them with his men.

　　"This subordinate greets you, my lords." Commander Chang was a burly man with a beard, and his posture was very low. He knew very well that those who could produce the Blood Rain Guard Black Blood Token were all from the Eastern Region headquarters of the entire Empire.

　　Master Fei then got out of the carriage under the escort of others.

　　"This is the father of Chief Commander Fei." The silver-haired old man shouted.

　　Master Fei took out a golden token from his arms, with the word 'Fei' on it! The patterns on the token were complex. Commander Chang looked up and immediately knew that this was the private order of the highest leader of the Eastern Region Blood Rain Guard, that Lord Fei!

　　Seeing this token was like seeing Chief Commander Fei himself!

　　"Master Fei." Commander Chang immediately knelt on one knee, even more humble. This was Lord Fei's father! If there was even the slightest mistake, he was finished.

　　The group of subordinates behind Commander Chang knelt down with a whoosh.

　　"Mm." Master Fei's face was indifferent. "I was passing through Fengye City when I discovered there was a tyrant in Fengye City named Fang Chong! He dared to attack my people and even wanted to exterminate my whole family? What audacity!"

　　"Fang Chong?" Commander Chang understood as soon as he heard it.

　　This Overlord Fang was used to being tyrannical and domineering. He wanted to attack Master Fei's team?

　　This time, he really kicked a steel plate!

　　"I will stay at the Blood Rain Guard station for now." Master Fei ordered, "Commander Chang, you are responsible for leading the Blood Rain Guards to level the Fang family and capture that Fang Sanyou. Can you do it?"

　　"This subordinate guarantees with his head that he will definitely capture Fang Sanyou!" Commander Chang said directly, his eyes turning red.

　　"Mm."

　　Master Fei nodded, "Guard Lu, take Guard Chou and Guard Jing with you and accompany Commander Chang on a trip. Be sure to capture Fang Sanyou! Life or death is of no concern!"

　　"Yes."

　　The silver-haired old man, the gray-clad man, and Xu Jingming immediately accepted the order. All three were skilled in frontal combat.

　　"Sorry to trouble the three of you." Commander Chang said politely, then ordered, "Pass down the order that no one is allowed to leave the city through the four city gates. Anyone found suspicious will be arrested!"

　　"Yes."

　　Four teams immediately took orders and quickly rode away on horseback.

　　"Centurion Yu, you and your men will carefully serve Master Fei and carefully guard the station. Everyone else, follow me." Commander Chang immediately ordered. There were not many Blood Rain Guards in a city, only three thousand or so, but they were well-equipped!

　　Things like armor, strong bows, and crossbows were forbidden to the common people, but the Blood Rain Guards were naturally equipped with them.

　　"Rumble!"

　　Large numbers of Blood Rain Guards were mobilized.

　　For a time, Fengye City trembled. Even the Nine Melody Gang was shocked! Although the Nine Melody Gang claimed to have over a hundred thousand members, most of them were ordinary people. Perhaps only one or two-tenths could be considered elite, and their weapons and equipment were far inferior.

　　In a frontal fight, the gang didn't have much chance of winning! Not to mention, the Blood Rain Guard represented the Empire. Openly turn against the Empire? The gang didn't have the confidence to do that. They were better at some underhanded methods, not at fighting the Empire's army head-on.

　　"Fang Sanyou is finished. What powerful figure did he provoke?" Dong Ke sat on a pleasure boat, drinking wine.

　　"Gang Leader, are we just going to watch everything happen and not care about Master Fang?" The white-clad man next to him asked cautiously.

　　Dong Ke shook his head. "To make that Old Thief Chang act like a mad dog, these outsiders must have a big background! It's not worth getting involved. Besides, we and Fang Sanyou... have never been friends! If it weren't for that person from Chao Mountain Lake, I would have killed this Fang Sanyou long ago."

　　The white-clad man nodded slightly.

　　Within a radius of thousands of miles, the most terrifying force was not the Empire, but the Lord of Chao Mountain Lake.

　　Fang Sanyou in Fengye City represented Chao Mountain Lake! He ran many businesses, which were also Chao Mountain Lake's businesses in Fengye City. Therefore, whether it was the officials or the gangs, everyone gave the Fang family some leeway.

　　"I feel like these outsiders are big shots in the official world," Dong Ke mused.

　　******

　　In the night, the Fang family was heavily surrounded by the Blood Rain Guard.

　　Commander Chang coldly ordered, "Charge in! Capture all members of the Fang family! Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy."

　　The Blood Rain Guards immediately kicked down the courtyard walls from all directions, like a flood, instantly sweeping through the entire Fang residence! This Fang family residence was one of the top ten mansions in the city, but now it faced a catastrophe.

　　Xu Jingming and the other three were actually supervising from the side! To prevent Commander Chang from being half-hearted.

　　"The three of you." Commander Chang immediately said with a smile, "The Fang family can't make any waves. Why don't we go inside and sit down and rest?"

　　"Not in a hurry, capture Fang Sanyou first." The silver-haired old man said coldly. He was a personal guard of the Fei family's eldest son! His official position was already higher than Commander Chang's, not to mention that Master Fei was also holding the Fei family eldest son's private order this time! His power was even greater.

　　"You have to capture Fang Sanyou first." Commander Chang looked like he agreed very much.

　　"Commander, Fang Sanyou ran away a long time ago through the tunnel!" A centurion came to report.

　　"Ran?"

　　Commander Chang scoffed, "How far can a tunnel be dug? The surrounding area has long been heavily guarded! I've even sealed off the four city gates of Fengye City. He can't escape."

　　"Centurion Liu, quickly send someone to see Dong Ke of the Nine Melody Gang and tell him... that Fang Sanyou must be caught before dawn." Commander Chang immediately ordered.

　　"Yes." Centurion Liu immediately left with a hundred men.

　　"The three of you can rest assured that Fang Sanyou will definitely be caught before dawn." Commander Chang said with a smile as he walked inside, "This Fang residence usually relies on the power of that person from Chao Mountain Lake and acts recklessly. They must have collected a lot of good things. Shall we go take a look together?"

　　The silver-haired old man nodded slightly when he heard this. "Alright, but the person must be caught." They followed the Blood Rain Guard Chief Commander of the Eastern Region of the Empire, and they usually got a lot of kickbacks, so they were used to taking the benefits.

　　"Definitely, definitely." Commander Chang warmly led the three inside.

　　Xu Jingming naturally followed in as well. He came to the Blood Rain world, and now the most important thing was to gather that "ten thousand gold." He was only worried that Commander Chang's "sugar-coated bullets" wouldn't be big enough.

　　...

　　In the night.

　　Fang Sanyou led five subordinates and quickly fled through the alleys.

　　"That Old Thief Chang is simply crazy. He doesn't care about my elder brother's face at all and directly sent troops to attack." Fang Sanyou knew that he was facing a desperate situation. When the Empire's Blood Rain Guard really went crazy and wanted to catch him, his hopes of escaping were slim.

　　"You don't need to follow me. Now, the Blood Rain Guard's biggest target is me." Fang Sanyou looked at the five subordinates behind him. "If you follow me, you will definitely die. If you separate... you may have a chance to live."

　　"Master Fang." The five subordinates looked at each other and immediately knelt on one knee.

　　"Back then, I followed my elder brother and went through mountains of knives and seas of fire. I've been comfortable in Fengye City for these years, and I haven't risked my life in a long time." Fang Sanyou said indifferently, "Don't worry, they won't catch me so easily. You five escape separately... If you can see my elder brother, tell him that I, Fang Sanyou, am honored to follow him in this life. I hope my elder brother can take care of my son, considering some of my past merits and hard work."

　　After saying that, Fang Sanyou turned and left.

　　The five looked at each other, clasped their fists, and dispersed.

　　A moment later.

　　In a seemingly ordinary inn, Fang Sanyou entered wearing a bamboo hat and was naturally led into a secret underground hall.

　　"I want to offer a reward for someone's life," Fang Sanyou said.

　　"Who?" An old man from the Seven Kill Tower asked, holding a pen.

　　"Tonight, a woman killed Fang Chong at Baidong Bridge. I want to offer a reward for this woman's life." Fang Sanyou took out three gold bars from his arms. The gold bars were exquisitely carved, very luxurious and beautiful. "Three hundred gold! I want her life!"

　　"Alright." The old man nodded calmly. Someone next to him took the three large gold bars, quickly cut them into small pieces, and nodded to his companion, "Real gold."

　　"According to the Seven Kill Tower's rules, once a reward is offered, as long as it is not completed, the task will always be there, right?" Fang Sanyou asked.

　　"Rest assured."

　　The old man nodded proudly, "If the task is not completed, the reward will always be there! Of course, if your reward is too low, you won't be able to hire a very strong assassin, so there's nothing we can do. As long as the reward is sufficient! There will definitely be powerful assassins who will continue to assassinate. Please believe in our Seven Kill Tower's reputation."

　　Fang Sanyou nodded.

　　Three hundred gold was three thousand taels of silver! Enough to attract many powerful assassins.

　　The Seven Kill Tower was a top three assassin organization in the vast Empire, and such an assassin organization valued its reputation the most.

　　"Hoo." Fang Sanyou left after leaving the reward.

　　...

　　The next day, before dawn, Fang Sanyou's body was brought to the Blood Rain Guard station.

　　When the officials and the largest gang in a city were looking for a person, that person had no way to escape.

　　"When Fang Sanyou was caught, he committed suicide by taking poison," Commander Chang explained cautiously from the side.

　　Master Fei looked at Fang Sanyou's body and nodded slightly. "Are you sure it's Fang Sanyou?"

　　"Many servants of the Fang family were also captured alive, and they all personally identified him. It is Fang Sanyou." The silver-haired old man explained, "Many people in the Blood Rain Guard also know Fang Sanyou, so there will be no mistake."

　　Xu Jingming and the gray-clad man also nodded in agreement. Although they had also taken benefits when leveling the Fang family, they were still meticulous in their work! It was indeed confirmed by many parties that this was Fang Sanyou's body.

　　Master Fei nodded.

　　He believed...

　　That Commander Chang wouldn't dare to deceive him on this matter!

　　"Behind Fang Sanyou is Chao Mountain Lake." Master Fei nodded. "It won't be long before Chao Mountain Lake learns about what happened in Fengye City."

　　"Those rebels from Chao Mountain Lake wouldn't dare to provoke Master Fei," Commander Chang immediately said.

　　"This group of rebels can do anything, so it's better to be careful. We have to seize the time difference." Master Fei nodded. "It's almost dawn, quickly prepare to depart."

　　The Fei family team quickly ate breakfast and left the city when it was just dawning.

　　Not far after leaving the city.

　　"Take a detour to Su Chang City and circle around to avoid the Chao Mountain Lake's sphere of influence." Master Fei lifted the curtain of the carriage and ordered to Steward Zhang next to him.

　　...

　　Fengye City, Seven Kill Tower branch.

　　"It's been found out that Master Fei went to the Blood Rain Guard station yesterday! It's said that he is the father of the Eastern Region Blood Rain Guard Chief Commander! And the girl who killed 'Fang Chong' should be Fei Xinlan, the only younger sister of Chief Commander Fei." The Seven Kill Tower's intelligence network was also very powerful. In one night, they learned everything.

　　"The sister of Chief Commander Fei?" The head of the Seven Kill Tower branch looked at the reward task. "In the entire Eastern Region, all kinds of demons and monsters have to look at Chief Commander Fei's face. To dare to issue a reward for his younger sister... we won't be able to do business in the entire Eastern Region."

　　"Then this reward task?" The man next to him asked.

　　"Withdraw it, and report this matter to the headquarters." The old man shook his head. "The Seven Kill Tower's reputation is important, but survival is even more important. We would be crazy to offer a reward for Master Fei's sister for three hundred gold."

　　The man nodded.

　　The Seven Kill Tower rarely accepted tasks and then didn't issue them. This kind of thing would greatly damage their reputation.

　　But reputation also had a price! In the face of survival, reputation was just a fart.

　　So the "three hundred gold" reward task was quietly withdrawn by the Seven Kill Tower without being made public after it was confirmed that the task target was Fei Xinlan.