Full-Level Fierce Person
Chapter 158 - 115 Blood Fight_2

Chapter 158: 115 Blood Fight_2

All the archers echoed in unison, "We will train hard and never slack off!"

Fang Zhixing nodded and responded, "Then show me the results of your training."

"Yes!"

Huang Dashun and others immediately entered the shooting range, aimed at the targets, and shot their arrows.

According to Fang Zhixing’s requirements, after each shot, the ring count of the target hit was recorded.

Ten arrows made one round!

After three rounds of competition, the results were quickly tallied.

Fang Zhixing looked at their scores and discovered that only two people barely reached the level of intermediate ordinary archers.

The others still needed to work harder.

Fang Zhixing called out these two individuals and promoted them to be small leaders.

Then, he quickly concluded his inspection and made a trip to the Prefectural Governor’s Office.

"Little brother, you’re back!"

Upon seeing Fang Zhixing, Ding Zhigang was initially startled, then carefully examined him a few times, noticing significant changes in Fang Zhixing.

He immediately burst into laughter, strode forward enthusiastically, and said, "Little brother, I’ve missed you terribly."

Fang Zhixing bowed and asked, "Big brother, how have you been recently?"

"Not good, not good at all!"

Ding Zhigang waved his hand and seriously said, "Without you, big brother, I’ve been anxious and restless, unable to eat or drink, feeling uncomfortable all over."

Fang Zhixing’s mouth twitched slightly, and he said with a faint smile, "I heard that my big match with Xu Dazhi has started. You sound so flattering. It can’t be that you bet on me losing, right?"

"How could that be!"

Ding Zhigang earnestly stated, "I didn’t even think about it before betting on you to win!"

Fang Zhixing crossed his hands in front of his chest and said, "You’d better have really bet on me winning, because I will definitely win."

Ding Zhigang’s face involuntarily tensed, and he gave an awkward laugh, "Of course you will win, little brother. I am counting on you to make a fortune."

"That’s good!"

Fang Zhixing looked serious and said earnestly, "No joking now, I want to ask you something. I heard that Cloud Tiger Hall has changed hands. What’s the situation exactly?"

Ding Zhigang pulled Fang Zhixing into the house, closed the door, and explained in detail:

"It was inevitable for Cloud Tiger Hall to change hands. There’s a lot of depth here, involving a very complex background."

"Simply put, an aristocratic family has deep roots and many clan members, divided into main and side branches, with the side branches further splitting into even more branches."

"Such a large family naturally cannot be unified."

"For instance, between two side branches, there may be independence, competition, or even hatred."

"Iron Mountain Sect is a faction established by a side branch of the Lord County Magistrate."

"Black Tiger Sect is a faction established by another side branch."

"Unfortunately, these two major branches have very hostile relations, which directly leads to Iron Mountain Sect and Black Tiger Sect being at loggerheads."

"This change in leadership of Cloud Tiger Hall is actually a result of another round of overt and covert struggles between the two sides."

"However, this time, our Lord County Magistrate, with the strong support of the Prefectural Governor, easily took back Cloud Tiger Hall."

Fang Zhixing felt a sense of clearing away the fog upon hearing these words.

He pondered and asked, "I heard that the new hall master is Cheng Tianen. How did he win the support of the Lord County Magistrate?"

Ding Zhigang shook his head and said, "The one supporting Cheng Tianen isn’t the Lord County Magistrate, but Miss Luo Qianqian."

Fang Zhixing paused, surprised, "Cheng Tianen is Luo Qianqian’s man!"

"Not quite. It’s just that this Mr. Cheng has stumbled into good fortune," Ding Zhigang scoffed and continued.

It turned out, Luo Qianqian had been investigating the whereabouts of Luo Kegong and Luo Xiangpeng.

She didn’t find them but found Cheng Tianen instead.

Cheng Tianen confidently told Luo Qianqian that Luo Kegong and Luo Xiangpeng had both perished, swallowed by a water demon.

He had seen it with his own eyes.

Afterward, it seemed Cheng Tianen caught his chance and climbed the social ladder through connecting with Luo Qianqian.

To become prominent then became just a matter of Luo Qianqian’s word.

Fang Zhixing quickly understood.

While they were casually chatting, a government official knocked on the door and shouted, "Chief Constable, ’Three-fork Town’ has another case report. They insist on seeing you."

Ding Zhigang immediately pressed his forehead in frustration and said, "Why is it always Three-fork Town? It’s the death of me!"

Fang Zhixing, surprised, asked, "Three-fork Town isn’t far from the county town here, right? It seems only about a hundred miles away. What major case could have occurred there?"

"Exactly!"

Ding Zhigang deeply agreed, spreading his hands, "But, it just so happens that this Three-fork Town, which never had any issues, is now facing problems. People are disappearing every few days, good folk vanish into thin air, alive you can’t see them, dead you can’t find them. Isn’t that weird?"

"Disappeared?!"

Fang Zhixing couldn’t help but shiver, saying solemnly, "Brother Ding, this might really be a major case."

Ding Zhigang was stunned for a moment and said in astonishment, "Little brother, don’t scare me, I haven’t dealt with a major case in a long time."

Fang Zhixing responded, "On my recent trip, I happened to encounter a peculiar case involving disappearances as well."

He then narrated the incidents of demons harming people in Great Liu Village.

"Demons?!"

Ding Zhigang’s breathing became stagnant, his expression involuntarily turning grave.

After a long pause, he muttered to himself as if speaking to himself, "Could it really be the black disaster?"

Obviously, this wasn’t his first time dealing with a demon case, and he had experience.

"Alright, I’ll look into it carefully."

Ding Zhigang did not dare to be careless and immediately left the room to meet directly with those who reported the cases.

Fang Zhixing did not follow.

In the Government Office, everyone had their roles, which they must not overstep.

As long as Ding Zhigang did not ask for Fang Zhixing’s assistance, Fang Zhixing would certainly not interfere, and vice versa.

"Oh, Instructor Fang."

Suddenly, a familiar, mild voice called out.

Fang Zhixing turned his head and immediately put on a smiling face, lowering his stance, "I’ve seen the steward, Wen."

Wen Yuwen was in good spirits as he inspected Fang Zhixing, hands behind his back, "It’s been a while since I’ve seen Instructor Fang, where have you been?"

Fang Zhixing vaguely replied, "During my practice, I suddenly had some new insights and went out to gain experience for a month."

Wen Yuwen nodded knowingly, smiling, "You were preparing to face Incense Master Xu, weren’t you? Alas, Incense Master Xu is really stubborn. Clearly, it was his people who were at fault first, clearly he himself was not strict enough, yet he wants to vent his anger on you."

Fang Zhixing continuously agreed, "You’re right, steward, but even though Incense Master Xu holds much resentment against me, I still regard him as a colleague."

"Good!"

Wen Yuwen smiled in satisfaction, nodding, "Instructor Fang, your magnanimity and capacity show that with such a mindset, you’ve already won half of your duel with Incense Master Xu."

Fang Zhixing humbly smiled, yet said seriously, "Although I do not wish to boast, this time when I returned from my travels, I gained a lot, I’m afraid Incense Master Xu is no longer my match."

Wen Yuwen’s expression slightly changed, then he smiled, "Very well, I look forward to it."

Upon hearing this, Fang Zhixing knew that the duel could no longer be delayed.

He then called an arrest officer and instructed, "You go to the Iron Casting Hall and inform Incense Master Xu Dazhi that I, Fang Zhixing, am ready at any time."

The arrest officer was wildly elated; the buildup to the blood duel between the two great Incense Masters had been going on for quite some time. Who wouldn’t want to see it?

He ran off like a madman.

Soon...

The Iron Casting Hall received the message.

Unsurprisingly, everyone was stirred up.

"Hmph, he finally has the guts to come back."

Xu Dazhi sneered.

After burying his sworn son, Xu Xiaodao, he immediately issued a challenge to Fang Zhixing, planning a man-to-man duel to settle it once and for all.

But he hadn’t expected Fang Zhixing to actually flee, which made him deeply despise Fang Zhixing to the utmost.

What is he?

Killed my sworn son and then ran away?

Xu Dazhi was beyond furious.

But he was also very clear on why Fang Zhixing had fled.

Although Fang Zhixing was at the level of the Great Python Realm, with his age, at most he was at the early stage.

Fang Zhixing’s most powerful skill was only in archery.

However, in a public duel, Fang Zhixing would be forced into close combat.

No matter how formidable the archery, it couldn’t be used!

That’s why, Fang Zhixing, only daring to ambush, not willing to confront head-on, had no choice but to run.

"Running for a month, what does it even mean? It’s just giving you one more month to live."

Xu Dazhi sneered as he had the message-bearing arrest officer carry a message back.

"Forget it, no need to pick an auspicious day. Why not today? At noon on Peace Street, right where Xu Xiaodao was shot, I and Fang Zhixing shall both determine the superior and decide life or death."

This message spread like wildfire, quickly throughout the town.

In no time, the townspeople, hearing this, rushed towards Peace Street, creating a scene of deserted streets everywhere else.