CHAPTER 33: CHAPTER 33: BRINGING NEWS TO ZHENWU TEMPLE!

Jiang Shi swung his club repeatedly, killing Yang Lian and his senior brother Song Jigang completely, feeling a surge of excitement and an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart.

This Yang Lian was strong, with a formidable physique, and just days ago he could fight back and forth with him. But now, just a few days later, he couldn’t even withstand a single move from him.

Who could understand this feeling?

"The Red Sun Body Refining Technique is indeed powerful, and this is just the First Realm. If I train it to the Third Realm, what kind of performance would that be?"

Jiang Shi secretly looked forward to it.

With this Body Refining Secret Technique, paired with his own increasingly strong physique, it’s simply a perfect match.

He quickly realized this, swiftly approaching the bodies of Yang Lian and Song Jigang and began searching them.

Although he has now escaped from the Red Flame Army, one can imagine that Yang Hongtian will definitely not let him go, and will surely mobilize all the forces he can in the entire Desolate State to hunt him down.

So staying in the Desolate State is not an option.

Since he plans to go far, having no money on him is absolutely not viable.

After a thorough search, Jiang Shi found nearly twenty taels of silver, then mounted Song Jigang’s warhorse, and immediately galloped away into the distance.

But just as he had just run a distance, suddenly, he pulled the reins and stopped again, frowning.

"No, I can’t leave like this. If I go, Zhenwu Temple is bound to face disaster. Although I told Daoist Chi Huo and the others before to be prepared, their message hasn’t had time to reach the Zhenwu Temple headquarters. I must return to Zhenwu Temple first and let the Observatory Master and them escape early."

Jiang Shi thought to himself.

Now the battlefield is in chaos, Chi Huo, Chi Long, and the others should not be waiting to die in place, but the headquarters of Zhenwu Temple might be in trouble.

Jiang Shi is not an ungrateful person.

The kindness that Zhenwu Temple showed him cannot go unreturned.

"Hyah!"

Jiang Shi spurred his warhorse, galloping madly in the direction of Zhenwu Temple.

Time passed.

In one rush, a whole day passed.

In the blink of an eye, it was already dusk.

Suddenly, Jiang Shi felt a series of tingling sensations all over his body, as if a current of electricity was passing through.

His eyes flashed, and he immediately reined in the horse, opened the panel, and checked it.

As he saw, the Reputation Value column was rapidly increasing.

From the initial 2820 points, it reached 2920, 3120, 3420, 3620···

It continued to rise.

"The Reputation Value is rising so fast."

A gleam flashed in his eyes, and he quickly realized.

This is likely because Yang Hongtian already knows about him killing Zhang Shan and rebelling.

Moreover, the fact that he killed Yang Lian and that burly man must have also been exposed.

Otherwise, the Reputation Value couldn’t have risen so quickly.

Especially the rebellion.

Judging by Yang Hongtian’s character, he’s probably already fuming and might already be assembling his troops to attack Zhenwu Temple.

As Jiang Shi quietly watched, the Reputation Value soon broke through 4500 points, continuing to soar, reaching 5120 points in one go.

It directly increased by 2300 points.

"Good, very good. At this rate, if it rises by over four thousand more, I can gather ten thousand points."

Jiang Shi laughed loudly.

He really wanted to see what the next Talent would be.

He urged the warhorse to continue galloping forward.

···

In another direction.

In the chaotic city.

Silhouettes of people in chaos, horses neighing loudly, many people were wounded, groaning continuously.

Yang Hongtian, covered in blood, breath haggard, gritting his teeth in hatred, no longer looking as confident as before, as if he had just climbed out of a pool of blood.

Just as Jiang Shi thought.

At this moment, Yang Hongtian was so furious that it seemed like smoke was coming out of his seven orifices.

First he was calculated by Zhao Tianlong and the Green Forest Army, leading to a great defeat, and then Xiong Kaishan informed him that Jiang Shi had rebelled and killed Xia Longhai and Zhang Shan, which almost drove him crazy.

"Jiang Shi, I must kill you!"

Yang Hongtian roared angrily, smashing a wooden table with one slap.

"General, calm down. Now the army has just been defeated, and the Bandit Army is still relentlessly pursuing us. We should quickly rally the troops to restore morale before the Bandit Army takes the opportunity to attack."

The scholar-robed elder’s expression changed, and he spoke.

"Rest assured, we have now retreated into Profound Dragon Pass, they can’t invade for a short while. I’ve spent decades establishing Profound Dragon Pass; it’s a veritable fortress. As long as we hold steady, they won’t be able to break through in a few months. I never thought Zhao Tianlong would secretly ally with the Green Forest Army, I was careless this time."

Yang Hongtian gritted his teeth and said, "And that Jiang Shi, I want to kill him. Where are the people from Zhenwu Temple? Bring them all to me!"

"General, the people from Zhenwu Temple have all escaped. Not only that, but many other Jianghu Sects have also dispersed."

A Deputy General stepped forward and reported.

"Zhenwu Temple people escaped?"

Yang Hongtian’s face turned ashen, and he said coldly, "Good, it seems they really had a premeditated plan!"

"What does General plan to do?"

The scholar-robed elder inquired.

"Pass down my order, immediately dispatch two thousand elite soldiers to level the Zhenwu Temple headquarters overnight, I want none of them left alive!"

Yang Hongtian roared in anger.

He was truly enraged.

It’s one thing to lose soldiers and ministers in front of the enemy, but to be betrayed by your own people is another.

Especially Zhang Shan and Xia Longhai, these were his trusted confidants.

Even if he had cherished Jiang Shi greatly, he now harbored a murderous intent, longing to have him minced into meat sauce.

Yang Hongtian’s heart was filled with immense regret.

If he had known, he should have followed Zhang Shan’s advice back then and killed Jiang Shi directly, avoiding this situation.

"Yes, General!"

The crowd clasped their fists, eyes filled with cold light and murderous intent.

···

Two days passed quickly.

Under Jiang Shi’s day and night galloping.

He finally reached the site of Zhenwu Temple.

However, as he galloped all the way, his brows furrowed and his heart grew heavier.

Because the places he passed through were too desolate, and it was only upon seeing it that he realized how chaotic the Desolate State had become during this time.

Everywhere were desolate villages, fields overgrown with weeds, and he had seen bandits rampaging more than once, with some even boldly entering the cities to plunder.

It had reached a state of lawlessness.

It’s fair to say that the entire Desolate State had reached a state of being riddled with holes.

Everywhere was a scene of man-eating-man.

"Yang Hongtian’s misdeeds are too great. If he hadn’t withdrawn the elite forces from various cities, these cities might not be as they are now."

Jiang Shi murmured.

But it wasn’t just Yang Hongtian’s fault.

The lords of various cities also had issues; they occupied high positions doing nothing, only knowing how to exploit the people, which led to the chaos in the Desolate State.

And then there were the bandits.

The bandits had actually allied during this time?

Along the way, he had heard similar news more than once.

"Damn it, it’s not my concern, first go to Zhenwu Temple to report!"

Jiang Shi said, urging his horse to charge forward.

Seeing the Zhenwu Temple gates close at hand, he kept running without stopping, but suddenly his face changed, and he quickly swung his Wolf Fang Club to sweep across.

More than a dozen arrows shot out from the woods, aiming at his body and his horse.

Although most of the arrows were swept away, a few still hit the horse, causing it to neigh and fall to the ground.

Jiang Shi quickly jumped up, holding the Wolf Fang Club, looking towards where the arrows had come from.

He saw more than ten vicious-looking men appearing from the woods, dressed in various outfits, holding weapons like swords, spears, and halberds, full of murderous intent, charging straight at Jiang Shi.

"Who are you?"

"Kid, state your name quickly!"

They shouted.

Jiang Shi’s face turned gloomy, his gaze swept over them.

Bandits?

Has Zhenwu Temple headquarters also been surrounded by bandits?