Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 717 - 657: You Can’t Use Vigilante Justice on People!

Chapter 717: Chapter 657: You Can’t Use Vigilante Justice on People!

With the sudden burst of cold light from within the carriage, Zhang San immediately realized that someone was coming after him.

After all, before this, he had spent every day within the Imperial College, or at the Town Martial Office, and the third possibility was the Imperial Palace. These places were among the safest in Daxing City.

But now that he had left Daxing City and was even in the Southern Suburbs, it was natural that he would be easily targeted.

However, now was not the time to consider these matters. As Zhang San swiftly dodged, he shouted to the students who had been behind him, "You go first! Back to the Imperial College!"

Since the assailants did not attack the students first, this indicated that their target was him.

Sure enough, as Zhang San increased the distance between himself and the carriage and directed the students to leave, from within several carriages on the small road, more than ten dark figures rushed out, heading straight for him.

However, these assailants didn’t immediately strike, but instead surrounded him first.

Zhang San’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, vaguely feeling that these people were somewhat skilled.

Although he couldn’t immediately pinpoint what exactly made them skilled.

Then, in the very next moment, several people chanted under their breath while simultaneously raising their hands, scattering a large number of runes that had been accumulating in their hands for quite some time.

Zhang San knew that runes had various marvelous uses, but they weren’t meant to be used as hidden weapons!

What are you all doing?

But in the next instant, with a faint golden light flickering within the surrounding space, Zhang San realized that they were rapidly forming a rune array intending to trap him within it.

Whoosh—

Zhang San’s figure flashed, turning into a fleeting breeze as he rushed outwards.

As Zhang San burst out so suddenly, he even began to doubt whether the array had actually been intended to trap him.

Then right after, with a thud, Zhang San crashed to the ground.

His Martial Style, gone.

At the same time, several dark shadows began to attack him.

Got it!

It turned out that the rune array cast by those eight people wasn’t meant to trap him but to seal his Five Viscera Wheel Seas.

And all of the assassins coming to kill him were strong in Martial Style, so by sealing his Five Viscera Wheel Seas and then relying on close combat, he would be completely unable to exhibit his Techniques advantage.

Too bad, these Cultivators that were now swiftly approaching him were unaware of one thing.

Zhang San relied on Wind Series Techniques to dodge the Cultivators’ attacks rapidly.

However, the more he did so, the more convinced the assassins became that Zhang San was already devoid of combat strength, and thus, he could only dodge.

If you have lost the power to fight back, if we still can’t kill you here, then we are too weak!

At this moment, the excitement of the assassins grew as they saw Zhang San dodging.

Finally, as Zhang San continued to move across the fields, he still ended up surrounded by the assassins from all sides.

And then, in the next instant, it seemed as if everyone heard a faint sound of shattering in the air.

That was the rune array they had used to block Zhang San’s Five Viscera Wheel Seas.

Although the assassins had a limited understanding of rune arrays, they knew that even in the Purple Mansion Realm, forcefully breaking through such a rune array would take at least a quarter of an hour.

But how did Zhang San do it?

Unknown to those who didn’t understand rune arrays, they could only attempt to break through by force. It needed a quarter of an hour in the Purple Mansion Realm, and naturally, it would take even longer for someone in the Spiritual Platform Realm.

But Zhang San understood rune arrays!

Even though Zhang San had never systematically studied rune arrays, his mastery of rune arrays had already surpassed that of many Rune Masters of his time.

Breaking a seal targeting his Five Viscera Wheel Seas was naturally not an issue.

If the seal had been placed on his Enlightenment Seas of Wheels, it might have been more troublesome.

Thus, Zhang San took out his Horizontal Blade from the Gluttonous Bag and slashed with it.

Countless Techniques, Blade Intent, and Might converged together.

Whoosh—

Pu, pu, pu, pu!

A blade slashed out, and the four assassins close to Zhang San were instantaneously cleaved in two.

Then, Zhang San’s blade, reversing his grip, slashed out again.

Pu pu pu!

Another three assassins fell into pools of blood.

At this moment, the remaining assassins suddenly realized that Zhang San had broken the seal on the Five Viscera Wheel Seas.

"The last person to survive will be eligible to answer my questions."

As Zhang San said this with an upturned corner of his mouth, the assassins keenly sensed the gravity of the situation.

Yet, in the very next instant, several assassins charged at Zhang San together.

Zhang San had encountered this situation before, when he had helped transport supplies back to the Great Sui for free during his time in Tujue.

Some cultivators, knowing they were no match for Zhang San and that death was inevitable, would straightforwardly rush at him and then self-destruct their Seas of Wheels.

Although the power was limited, it was still a desperate measure.

Zhang San immediately used Wind Series Techniques to blow the several people away.

Boom boom boom boom—

The tremendous explosions blasted a huge pit into the middle of the field.

Blown away by the powerful current, Zhang San stood up from the ground and, after contemplating, pretended to be injured and exhaled forcefully.

At this time, students in the distance saw that their teacher had finished the battle and immediately ran over.

And Wen Bi also apologized to the nearby farmers, compensating them with some money for the damage.

After all, it was bad enough that their freshly planted seedlings had been destroyed, let alone blasting such a large pit in their fields.

Especially the last blow, where the teacher had scattered countless pieces of corpses everywhere.

"Teacher, are you alright?"

"Teacher, we’ve already sent the fastest runners back to the city to call for reinforcements from the Town Martial Office."

"Teacher, I have healing pills here; open your mouth..."

Zhang San was actually quite relieved that this group of students had not panicked, but had instead taken clear and distinct roles, even knowing to call for help.

Much stronger than those who only know how to cry out that they won’t leave and that they’re delivering their heads on a platter.

"I’m fine, it’s just a group of minor thugs."

Zhang San, after all, had feigned his injuries, simply to see if there were any others lying in ambush nearby.

But he had just faked spitting blood, and his students had also come over.

With so many vulnerabilities surrounding him and no one making a move, it indicated that the enemy had intended to deliver a fatal strike at the outset.

"What a pity, all these men have died. Otherwise, we might have been able to extract some clues from them."

A student felt regret.

But Zhang San looked at the students and inquired, "If there were any survivors, how would you conduct the interrogation?"

This question from Zhang San baffled everyone, as indeed they had not considered it.

Many wanted to say they’d resort to torture, but then immediately realized that, given their teacher’s moral standards—although their teacher didn’t have much in the way of moral standards—to use extrajudicial punishment would probably not be acceptable.

So, for a moment, they truly did not know what to do.

Zhang San pointed at the corpses on the ground and said, "Perhaps there are some clues on the bodies."

"And even if someone were still alive, you could figure out a way to interrogate them, but you must not resort to extrajudicial punishment. Everything must be done according to legal procedures."

"Remember, the law should constrain everyone. Criminals are human, and so are you. You mustn’t use private punishments on people just because you hold power in your hands, understand?"

At that moment, everyone finally realized that even though their teacher sometimes behaved abnormally, his heart had always been kind.

Then the next moment, Zhang San raised his hand and, using his techniques, pulled the souls from the bodies.

"But when as your teacher I administer private punishments to souls, it’s outside the purview of the law!"