Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 381 - 359: Fierce Winds in the Northwest

Chapter 381: Chapter 359: Fierce Winds in the Northwest

Zhang San was heading home, but as he walked, he felt today’s wind was unusually big and extremely cold.

As he walked on, Zhang San noticed many dustpans placed by the roadside had been blown over.

Zhang San took a deep breath, sensing something was amiss with the wind.

Zhang San leapt up, landing on top of a tall building, listening to the surrounding wind and the various "Sir, come and play!" sounds coming from the building below, and keenly noted the wind was blowing from the northwest.

This wind was not naturally occurring; it was a fierce wind blown by someone using a technique.

Feeling the situation was somewhat off, Zhang San flew towards the northwest.

...

At that moment, in front of the Town Demon Office, Wen Ruyu, who had recently been in a foul mood, stepped out with Chu Can and Hao Naiwen, only to be met by this gust of wind.

Chu Can sniffed and immediately sensed something was wrong.

"This isn’t an ordinary wind; it’s a fierce wind blown by someone."

As he spoke, Chu Can looked towards the northwest direction.

Wen Ruyu curiously asked, "Chu Can, what’s special about this wind?"

"A very faint smell of blood, I can detect it. This blood... has the same smell as the blood from the floating corpses at Qu Pond Fang."

Hearing this matter was related to the Floating Corpse Case, Wen Ruyu immediately instructed, "Hao Naiwen, Chu Can and I will go ahead, you should quickly call others to follow up!"

...

Inside the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince, distressed by the crying of his beloved Concubine Yun, now rode with his men straight to the front of the Town Martial Office, starting a ruckus.

"Let Li Moxian come out! The audacity! To arrest my people! Did you know Yun Shengxu is my great uncle, also a member of the imperial family? Li Moxian, you’ve got a lot of nerve, are you trying to rebel?"

Though many with loud voices accompanied the Crown Prince, none dared to yell at Li Moxian at the entrance of the Town Martial Office.

Are they insane?

To dare insult Li Moxian!

In the martial community across the land, it was well-known how powerful Li Moxian was!

Yet at this moment, the Crown Prince was pointing at the firmly closed doors of the Town Martial Office, furiously lashing out!

"I have already secretly contacted members of the Heavenly Punishment Sect in the Capital, and they have agreed to surrender to Great Sui. It’s one thing for you Town Martial Office to steal our thunder at this time, but now you even dare to detain my people! This is outright treason! Li Moxian, come out!"

After a few more insults from the Crown Prince, he got a bit tired and just about caught his breath,

but a sudden gust of wind spilled over, which made him cough wildly, clutching his throat.

When his coughing subsided, he saw a group of men approaching from afar, led by the Left Valiant Guard.

The man at the forefront was Cao Demeng of the Thousand Cattle Guards.

Cao Demeng dismounted and performed a respectful salute to the Crown Prince.

"Your Highness, an edict from Emperor Kaihuang!"

The Crown Prince, hearing it was an edict from his father, immediately knelt down.

The people beside the Crown Prince also quickly knelt down as well.

"Emperor Kaihuang decrees: The Crown Prince has failed in his control, allowing villains to collude with the Heavenly Punishment Sect. Return to the Eastern Palace immediately and reflect on your actions."

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince angrily stood up and shouted, "Yun Shengxu did not collude with the Heavenly Punishment Sect! He is wronged! Wronged!"

Cao Demeng gave a wry smile, bowing and saying, "Your Highness, I am only here to convey the message; it’s no use talking to me. But, before I left, Emperor Kaihuang did mention something else. Would you like to hear it?"

The Crown Prince stepped forward, approaching Cao Demeng, and whispered, "Please speak."

"Right before I exited the palace, I heard Emperor Kaihuang inside berating: ’Such a fool, so ignorant, my empire will surely be ruined in his hands!’"

Whoosh—

As Cao Demeng finished speaking and left, a gust of wind blew past, knocking the Crown Prince’s crown off his head and to the ground.

The Crown Prince, looking at the fallen crown, suddenly felt the wind was very cold, bitterly cold.

...

Zhang San sprinted all the way, crossing countless rooftops, and finally arrived at the northwest part of the Capital where the wind was howling.

He saw a massive tornado wreaking havoc in an inconspicuous little courtyard.

Zhang San immediately used the Blow Wind Technique to reverse the wind direction.

At the same time, Zhang San also noticed that within the raging wind, there were unexpectedly four young men.

However, these men were already blown about by the fierce wind, their bodies riddled with wounds and bleeding from every orifice.

They were dead beyond any possibility of revival.

Zhang San had intended to continue using the Blow Wind Technique to reduce the size of the tornado and then withdraw it, but he discovered a Rune Array on the ground where the whirlwind had arisen, already starting to fracture.

Zhang San instantly recognized those familiar array patterns, which had appeared in several previous Floating Corpse Cases.

Zhang San had a vague feeling that the perpetrator might still be nearby.

However, Zhang San did not act immediately, but secretly used the Ninefold Scrutiny to observe the surroundings.

Indeed, Zhang San discovered a figure hiding in a pile of withered grass on the external wall of the house where the incident occurred.

"Stop hiding, I’ve already seen you!"

After Zhang San shouted this, he noticed that the other party did not make any movements.

Zhang San pondered for a moment and cursed, "Why didn’t this feint produce results? This method really doesn’t work!"

While speaking, Zhang San had already started to employ a Wood Series Spell.

The person hiding in the dark, upon hearing this, felt smug in their heart.

However, in the next instant, countless withered grass strands rapidly transformed into ropes that bound him.

Feeling that the situation was dire, he burst forth with energy, directly shaking off the withered grass and leaping toward the side walls of the city.

Zhang San immediately used the Swift Wind Technique to enhance his own speed and pursued closely behind.

Meanwhile, Zhang San drew his Dragon Tongue Bow, aimed at the other person’s back, and let loose an arrow.

Boom!

Although it seemed that the quarry had sensed the arrow flying towards him, he surprisingly exploded a blast of wind under his feet, blowing himself forward by a large step.

Even though Zhang San’s arrow was fast as a shooting star, the other person dodged it effortlessly.

At the same time, Wen Ruyu and Chu Can, who had just arrived at the scene of the incident, also noticed someone frantically escaping, with Zhang San in hot pursuit.

"Chase!"

As Wen Ruyu spoke, he released the Town Demon Office’s distress signal flare into the sky.

Following the explosion of a firework mid-air, nearby Town Demon Office martial artists immediately rushed in this direction.

While Wen Ruyu stayed back to wait for reinforcements, Chu Can burst forth at his fastest speed chasing in the direction of Zhang San.

Zhang San tried various techniques along the way, but found that even though the other party’s specialty was Wind Series Techniques, his mastery over Wind Series Techniques was incredibly profound.

No matter what technique Zhang San employed, it was countered by the other party.

Even when Zhang San summoned lightning from the sky to strike his opponent, the other could use the wind to whirl up a weapon, deflecting the lightning away.

A master!

Although Zhang San hadn’t even seen the other person’s face, he could confirm that the person was definitely a master.

By then, the other person had reached a large lake in the northwest and turned to bow at Zhang San with a smile.

"I take my leave."

The person leaped backward, wrapping himself with wind and jumped into the water.

Zhang San knew that for someone proficient in Wind Technique, encasing themselves with wind as they entered the water was like a dragon returning to the sea or a bird into the woods, making it utterly impossible to capture them again.

The person jumped into the water with a smile on his face, looking utterly pleased with himself.

Splash—

Bang!

In the lake, a huge wave surged, directly slamming the man, who was half-way through his jump, onto the shore.

It resembled the firm yet gentle belt used by his father when he was a child, supple yet robust, combining both softness and force.

The person slapped onto the shore looked at Zhang San in shock, never expecting Zhang San to know a Water Series Technique.

Mimicking the other person’s smug expression from earlier, Zhang San smiled and asked, "Have you heard of the Chi Dragon Water Manipulation Technique?"