Chapter 70: 70 Secret Realm!

Chapter 70: Chapter 70 Secret Realm!

Chen Yuan’s eyes shimmered with green light, his heart filled with joy—another individual blessed with Qi Fortune had appeared!

Liu Shuanghe was currently beyond his strength to contend with, but these horse bandits were manageable.

“Pfft.”

A bright flash of a blade in the darkness was extraordinarily conspicuous, instantly severing the head of the loud-mouthed bandit!

Chen Yuan leapt down from the tree, shouting loudly:

“Take action!”

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Upon Chen Yuan’s command, all the hidden Government Officials stood up.

“Swoosh swoosh swoosh!!!”

A barrage of crossbow arrows, primed and ready, shot forth.

When Han Feihu heard that scream, he instantly knew there was an ambush nearby, but before he could issue a warning, a dense volley of crossbow arrows came shooting from the front and side.

“Be on guard!”

“Dismount!”

Han Feihu stepped on the horseback to leverage himself, rolling several times in the air, dodging the first wave of crossbow arrows.

“Ah!”

“Save me…”

“No…”

Han Feihu wasn’t much harmed, but his horse bandits, unprepared for the attack, were shot down in an instant, leaving only a dozen or so lying on the ground using horse corpses as shields.

After a round of crossbow arrows, dozens of torches ignited amidst the forest ahead, illuminating the surroundings.

“May I know who is ahead? Has Han ever offended your esteemed self?”

Han Feihu bellowed.

The crossbow mechanisms were too slow to rearm. Chen Yuan raised his hand, and all the Government Officials discarded their crossbows on the ground, drew their standard-issue long swords, and the crisp sound of blades being unsheathed rang out.

“Kill!”

Chen Yuan issued a commanding cry, and all the Government Officials charged forward courageously.

Before the ambush, Chen Yuan had increased the rewards—killing one bandit would be rewarded with one piece of Silver, and he didn’t intend to embezzle any of the one hundred and fifty pieces of suppression Silver.

He didn’t have much to begin with, so he might as well use it to win hearts.

Indeed, Chen Yuan’s idea was correct. With the promise of Silver rewards, all the Government Officials and constables fought fearlessly. Chen Yuan had assured them that if anyone died in battle, they would receive an additional ten pieces of Silver, in addition to the portion from the County Government.

Of course, there were penalties for rewards. Anyone who held back or deliberately shirked would be held accountable afterward.

After Chen Yuan’s previous feats of killing Sun Xiong with a single stroke and annihilating the Wang Family, his authority had essentially been established.

A distance of forty steps was very short; the horse bandits hadn’t the time to mount and charge. Han Feihu cursed under his breath and roared:

“Brothers, slaughter these bastards for me!”

The bandits, daring not to disobey, drew their sabers and charged on foot!

Han Feihu’s gaze condensed, flickering for a moment, and with a few strides, his figure vanished into the night.

Even though the forty-some Government Officials and constables were individually weaker than the bandits, they had the advantage in numbers. Several surrounding one, the bandits were almost instantly at a severe disadvantage in the combat.

Chen Yuan opened his Heavenly Eye, his eyes emitting green light, staring intently at the luminous individual nearby. Seeing him attempt to flee, the corner of his mouth curled up.

In the dark night, the Qi Fortune glowing with green light was like a beacon, impossible to hide.

Glancing at the situation in the field and seeing the bandits being overwhelmed, with victory only a matter of time, Chen Yuan stopped bothering with them and immediately pursued the fleeing ‘Qi Fortune.’

Previously, Chen Yuan had sent Zhao Ning to find Li Mingqi, to call upon the crossbow mechanisms from within the County Government’s armory.

He was facing horse bandits, who gained immense strength and speed when aided by their mounts. If they were allowed to charge…

Most of the men Chen Yuan had brought would die.

Now, however, it was different. After a round of crossbow arrow fire, these horse bandits were essentially disabled.

Off their horses, they were like lambs to the slaughter.

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In the dense forest, Chen Yuan’s hand gripped the hilt of his blade tightly, standing still. The corner of his mouth slightly curled up, then, rapidly covered by Golden Paint beneath his clothes.

“Swoosh!”

The long sword flashed out of its scabbard, dazzlingly bright. Chen Yuan, using the leverage, leapt up abruptly, slashing towards a dark figure in the tree.

“Clang.”

With a more focused gaze, Han Feihu’s hand-held horse saber clashed with the long sword in Chen Yuan’s hand, emitting a sound of metal striking metal, and in an instant, he dropped from the trunk to the ground.

“May I ask who you are?”

Han Feihu stepped back immediately after striking, his gaze warily fixed on Chen Yuan.

A sense of unease was creeping into his heart; he hadn’t expected that, despite his superb skills in disguise, he couldn’t deceive the young man before him in the darkness of night.

It truly surprised him.

What he didn’t know was that someone with Qi Fortune, like Chen Yuan, was as clear as a beacon in his eyes.

“Chen Yuan!”

Chen Yuan’s long sword pointed directly at Han Feihu, his heart equally on alert. With his burst of surprise attack, even a Bone Refining expert should not have been able to dodge, yet this horse bandit was so incredibly strong.

Chen Yuan felt that his strength was even on par with that of Tie Xuan.

“Are you the new arrest officer of Ping’an County, the honorable Chen Yuan?” Han Feihu’s eyes flashed with astonishment.

From the Liu Family’s words, the man before him should have only been at the Blood Refining level. How could he be so strong?

“You know me?”

Chen Yuan was slightly surprised; he had been in office for just a few days, and this horse bandit seemed to know something about him, which was definitely odd.

“Liu Shuanghe sent someone to find me a few days ago, hoping that I would kill arrest officer Chen for him. It was from him that I learned something about arrest officer Chen.”

“Oh?”

Chen Yuan shifted his stance slightly, not surprised to hear the name Liu Shuanghe—it was indeed him who wanted to kill him.

“However, Han really doesn’t wish to be enemies with the government, so I refused.”

“So I should thank you?”

Han Feihu narrowed his eyes, carefully watching Chen Yuan’s movements, and said with a smile:

“No need for that. Han and arrest officer Chen have no prior acquaintance, nor any grudges. Why should we fight here to a mutual defeat, to the death of one and the survival of the other?”

Chen Yuan: “What does Brother Han suggest?”

“Let me leave. The horse bandits are enough for arrest officer Chen to close the case. From then on, you and I can be friends.”

Chen Yuan’s gaze flickered, seemingly weighing something.

Han Feihu immediately struck while the iron was hot:

“If arrest officer Chen is willing to let me leave, I am willing to tell you a secret, a huge one.”

“What secret?”

Han Feihu said with a very serious face:

“Han once came across a memoir which vaguely contains references to an entrance to a Secret Realm in Blood State, a place filled with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects.”

“If you’re interested, arrest officer Chen, perhaps we could team up to enter the Secret Realm and share the Spiritual Objects equally.”

Chen Yuan chuckled lightly:

“Does Brother Han customarily write memoirs?”

“No.”

“Do you think what’s written down could be true?”

Han Feihu remained silent, seemingly pondering how to extricate himself.

“Ha ha, Brother Han, your strength is astonishing, and Chen cannot take you down. Alright, you may leave…”

Chen Yuan stepped aside, clearing the path.

Han Feihu’s face brightened with joy, he shifted his feet and bowed to Chen Yuan, saying:

“Then I truly thank arrest officer Chen. In the future…”

But when he drew within five steps of Chen Yuan, Han Feihu suddenly threw a handful of lime and swung his horse saber straight at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan promptly retreated a step and fired a miniature crossbow arrow from his wrist.