Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 176 - 170 - Zhang San, you’re the best to me!

Chapter 176: Chapter 170 - Zhang San, you’re the best to me!

Xitong Mountain, known as Xitong.

Just by hearing the name, one could tell it was a place prone to trouble.

At this moment, the moon shone faintly amidst sparse stars, dimming the light of the sky.

Xie Dezhao led half of the Mysterious Soldiers Sect disciples, over two hundred strong, to lay an ambush here, waiting for the team impersonating the Town Martial Office to pass by.

"Sect Leader, do you think there will be any problems with tonight’s plan? Does anyone really dare to impersonate the martial artists of the Town Martial Office? It seems unlikely to me. Could it be that Zhang San deliberately lured us here to attack the people from the Town Martial Office and then capture us on the spot?"

Xie Dezhao actually shared this concern.

But what’s the use of just worrying about it if you can’t beat them?

Moreover, with the combat strength brought by Zhang San from the Town Martial Office, it would be no problem for the folks from Pure Stream Sword Sect enjoying a spring outing to the north to exterminate the Mysterious Soldiers Sect.

Thus, Xie Dezhao could only hope that Zhang San was a man of conscience.

At this time, a convoy was seen passing below the mountain, guarding more than a dozen prison carts.

In the center of the convoy was the man responsible for leading the team, Lu Qingquan.

Lu Qingquan had finally found himself a job, no longer needing to mooch meals at Xiongfeng Manor every day with Zhang San. Once out, even the air tasted sweet.

Good indeed.

Especially since he had caught quite a few rumor-spreading martial artists this time, Lu Qingquan saw a chance to make a merit.

Unfortunately, after interrogation, it turned out everything they said was false.

If the rumors were true, maybe he could have really found the treasure left behind by Bai Yucheng.

An Officer of a region, if he really wanted to be corrupt, the loot would definitely be substantial.

Unfortunately, all of them were just reacting to hearsay, and not a single person knew the location of Bai Yucheng’s treasure.

At that moment, a martial artist approached and whispered in Lu Qingquan’s ear, "Deputy Officer, we have detected the presence of martial artists nearby, and not just a few. There might be danger looming."

Hearing this, Lu Qingquan’s brow furrowed. Was it possible that others thought they could find the treasure through those spreading rumors and thus wanted to ambush and rob them?

Although the Town Martial Office’s status was now very high, and it was rare for them to encounter enemies bold enough to attack them on missions, rare did not mean nonexistent.

Especially since the Chuan-Yu Road had been quite unrestful of late.

At such a time, it was best to declare one’s own name to deter the petty criminals.

But there was one issue, his own name didn’t seem to intimidate anyone, feared that even some of the lower Military Chiefs in the Town Martial Office couldn’t be subdued by it.

My own name might not be heeded, but someone else’s name was quite resonant.

With this thought, Lu Qingquan shouted, "Zhang San of the Town Martial Office is here. Scoundrels and petty thieves, clear the way immediately—"

The recent rumors on Chuan-Yu Road said that Bai Yucheng was killed by Zhang San, and this subordinate killer somehow got off scot-free.

Therefore, many martial artists speculated that Zhang San must have some backing.

Now that Lu Qingquan was impersonating Zhang San, he believed that the name would certainly intimidate those who wanted to ambush them en route.

Xie Dezhao was taken aback when he heard this. He never expected the other party to really be impersonating the Town Martial Office.

The stars are so dim tonight, yet I can see the light reflecting off the top of your head. With your hair thinning like that, there’s no need to pretend to be a handsome young man of sixteen or seventeen, is there?

In the stillness of the night, a flying sword slowly rose into the air, surrounded by over two hundred other flying swords also lifting off.

The next instant, the whistling sounds of swords piercing the air shattered the tranquility of the night.

Screams of agony and the crackling sound of prison carts being sliced open by flying swords emanated from within the convoy.

Seeing someone actually attempting to rob the prison carts, Lu Qingquan shouted loudly, "Don’t panic! They’re just a handful of petty criminals, at most twenty or thirty people. No need to be alarmed!"

Following that, more than two hundred disciples of the Mysterious Soldiers Sect charged out, facing off against the people who seemed eager to battle while impersonating the Town Martial Office.

Upon seeing that there were more than two hundred people on the other side, the people with Lu Qingquan were so frightened that they turned and ran.

The rumor-mongers locked in the shattered prison carts took the opportunity to escape as well.

Of course, Lu Qingquan also intended to run.

After all, facing more than two hundred people, even if they were all in the Primordial Qi Realm, and each one sent a flying sword at him, he wouldn’t be able to block them!

At this moment, Lu Qingquan took a shield out of his storage ring with his left hand and held a long sword in his right hand,

blocking the flying swords attacking from all directions.

Crack!

The shield was directly split by a flying sword.

Clang!

The long sword in his other hand was also broken after being struck repeatedly in the same spot by seven or eight flying swords.

Lu Qingquan immediately took out two more Mysterious Weapons to fend off the flying sword attacks coming from all directions.

Soon, the Mysterious Weapons in his hands were destroyed once again.

Thus, Lu Qingquan ran while defending; after using up some ten-odd Mysterious Weapons and having two sets of body-protection Spirit Armor shattered, he was eventually surrounded by several disciples from the Mysterious Soldiers Sect.

Someone tripped him with a foot, and then the surrounding disciples from the Mysterious Soldiers Sect swarmed him, kicking at Lu Qingquan, who lay on the ground, regardless of whether they were hitting his head or his buttocks.

From a distance, Zhang San glanced over and felt that the situation was mostly under control.

With a wave of his hand, the martial artists lying in ambush from the Town Martial Office rushed in.

"How dare you, audacious scoundrels, to attack a Deputy Officer of the Town Martial Office, this is simply outrageous!"

Xie Dezhao, who had been standing at the back with his arms crossed, enjoying the spectacle, thought that although this tactic might label the Mysterious Soldiers Sect as the Town Martial Office’s lapdogs in the eyes of other sects, at least it ensured the Mysterious Soldiers Sect’s safety.

However, he never expected that after Zhang San and his men arrived, not only did they capture the escaping prisoners, but they even captured people from the Mysterious Soldier Sect.

Just as he was about to intervene and explain the mistake, a disciple flew over on a great sword.

"Sect Leader, this is bad, we’ve been deceived! The attackers are really from the Town Martial Office, and now Zhang San is capturing our people!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Dezhao just let out a cold laugh.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

At this time, Zhang San charged into the crowd, taking advantage of the chaos to land a few kicks, then drove back the surrounding disciples of the Mysterious Soldiers Sect, before finally pulling Lu Qingquan, who was about to cry on the ground, to his feet.

"Officer Lu, are you alright?"

Lu Qingquan never expected that, in a critical moment, it would be Zhang San who came to his rescue.

Lu Qingquan hugged Zhang San, crying his eyes out, not even caring about the bare spot on his head.

"Zhang San, you finally came! They kicked me! Just now, someone kicked me twice, and it hurts so much!"

Zhang San patted Lu Qingquan’s back and comforted him, "Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to bring back to the Town Martial Office the one who gave you the most painful kicks."

Afterward, Zhang San handed Lu Qingquan over to others and began to clear the battlefield.

After all, most of the people from the Mysterious Soldiers Sect retreated when they saw Zhang San and his group coming.

At that moment, Wang Ziteng came running over and whispered, "We’ve also captured the dozen or so prisoners who escaped from the prison cart, how should we deal with them?"

Zhang San whispered back, "Let Fang Cunzai and Sun Wushuang take the people back to Xiongfeng Manor, and we’ll take the credit."

Wang Ziteng was stunned and asked, "But weren’t the prisoners caught by Lu Qingquan?"

"What do you mean ’he caught them’? The ones he caught have all run away. These were captured by us. If Lu Qingquan comes asking, just say it was Sister Ling’s arrangement, and he wouldn’t dare to offend Sister Ling."