Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Breaking into the City Lord’s Mansion
Hearing the commotion, the guards of the City Lord’s Mansion rushed out as well, some wielding Cloud-Piercing Crossbows, others drawing their swords, all aiming at Shi Hao.
Shi Hao did not pay attention and kept walking forward.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the Cloud-Piercing Crossbows immediately fired at him, but Shi Hao casually caught the bolts and threw them aside as if reaching into a bag to retrieve an item, too easily.
These guards had never seen anyone who could catch arrows from a Cloud-Piercing Crossbow with bare hands. Each one of them was so shocked that chills ran down their spines and their feet felt cold.
Such a terrifying existence, was he a devil?
But with duty on their shoulders, those guards had no choice but to toughen up and go forward.
“Ah!” They charged with swords in hand.
Bang, bang, bang, the result was the same, all of them were sent flying by Shi Hao.
However, Shi Hao did not aim to kill, he merely sent them flying to temporarily incapacitate them.
He, as a person, still had his principles.
As if entering a land with no one to stop him, he strode right into the back of the mansion, where he finally stopped.
The City Lord appeared.
The number one expert of Mengyang City, Primary Level martial master Chen Zihao.
“Young man, you truly surprise me,” Chen Zihao did not get angry. Instead, he was smiling, “From the moment I received the message to the moment I came out, it was but a short while, yet you have already made it this far.”
This showed that Shi Hao had not met any obstacles along the way, his strength was too terrifying.
Shi Hao smiled, “Thank you for the compliment.”
“The documents say, your name is Shi Hao, and last year you participated in the Imperial Capital’s fifteen-year-old level martial competition, where you obtained the second place,” Chen Zihao said, “However, the documents also state that you had the meridians of one arm and one leg severed, rendering you unable to cultivate further?”
“Clearly, that’s nonsense!”
Shi Hao shook his head, “The documents aren’t wrong, I did suffer injuries to my meridians, it’s just that they were healed later on.”
Chen Zihao clicked his tongue in admiration, “In just a year’s time, you’ve progressed from a primary level martial disciple to the height of a middle-level martial master. Even I am extremely shocked! Such an achievement, even the Imperial Capital Academy could not produce.”
Heh, that was not a year, but merely about ten days!
“Alright, since you have become a martial master, you naturally possess certain privileges, and you’re so young too!” Chen Zihao smiled, “Let’s hear it, your reason for barging in here.”
Such talent, Hua Yuan Nation treasures!
Shi Hao beamed with a smile, “I wish to see your honored wife.”
Chen Zihao’s calm composure vanished in an instant. This excessively handsome youth, simply opening his mouth to request to see his wife, implied an overwhelming amount of underlying information.
Even the surrounding guards started whispering among themselves. Could it be that Shi Hao was so audacious in breaking into the City Lord’s Mansion because of an extraordinary love triangle?
“Shi Hao, watch your words!” Chen Zihao shouted sternly. His duty was to find talent for Hua Yuan Nation, but when it came to his family, he would not be courteous!
Shi Hao didn’t take it seriously and continued, “Your wife sent an assassin after me, so, I’m here to seek justice.”
The surrounding guards let their imaginations run wild. Could it be that the City Lord’s wife, afraid of an affair being exposed, sent an assassin to silence him, but failed, and instead provoked Shi Hao, leading to the scandal coming to light?
“Nonsense!” Chen Zihao waved his sleeve. How could his wife possibly order the assassination of someone she did not know?
Shi Hao shook his head, “Speaking of which, you owe me thanks.”
Forcing your way into my residence? Or for making people misunderstand in public that my wife and you are having an affair?
Shi Hao continued, “Your son almost died from excessive blood loss, it was my antiseptic medicine that saved his life.”
Chen Zihao was startled, he naturally knew about his son being assassinated, and that a young man had produced an astonishingly effective antiseptic medicine to save his son.
However, these past few days he had been preoccupied with finding the assassin who targeted his son, and hadn’t had the time to seek out his benefactor. To his surprise, today the benefactor had come knocking at his door.
Chen Zihao did not doubt Shi Hao’s words, firstly because the lifesaver indeed was a young man, and secondly, only someone like Shi Hao, who rose up like a legend, could possess such an effective antiseptic medicine.
“Alright, I owe you a favor!” he nodded.
“What if I tell you that the person who came to kill me and the assailant who attacked your son are the same person, what would you think?” Shi Hao spoke slowly, “I really have no grudges with your wife; it was pure coincidence that I saved a life I shouldn’t have.”
Chen Zihao did not speak, but his fists clenched and veins throbbed on his forehead.
His principal wife had never produced a child, so he had taken a concubine. This concubine did him proud and soon bore him a son, ensuring a successor for the Chen Family.
He naturally knew the principal wife was jealous, but he never imagined she would be so malicious as to hire an assassin to eliminate his offspring.
Although he still had a sliver of hesitation, Chen Zihao was already eighty percent convinced by Shi Hao’s words.
— Who else in Mengyang City would have a motive to assassinate his son?
It made no sense at all!
His son was not going to inherit the position of City Lord, so there was no possibility of conflict of interest with any of the major families. This was the reason he hadn’t found the assassin after so many days.
The assassin was right inside his own house, how could he possibly find them outside?
He took a deep breath and said, “Alright, I understand, I will handle this matter myself and see that you are repaid with justice. The favor I owe you will be returned another day.”
What he meant was, you can go, I will handle my family affairs.
“Sorry.” Shi Hao smiled, “I am someone who repays grudges, and I always prefer to take action personally!”
Chen Zihao was immediately angered; his mood was already foul, and Shi Hao’s provocation made him explode.
“Shi Hao, don’t be ungrateful!” He spoke harshly.
Shi Hao chuckled and stepped forward.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh, right at that moment, several figures almost simultaneously burst in.
The patriarchs of the Zheng Family, Chu Family, Mao Family, and Lin Family— except for the Song Family, the leaders of the Five Great Noble Families had all arrived.
Only they would dare to barge in here without prior notice.
Chen Zihao was not in the mood to scold the four men, instead, he just looked coldly at Shi Hao and said, “Young man, I owe you a favor and do not wish to repay kindness with resentment.”
Shi Hao ignored him, Shi Jingbai wanted to kill him and had taken action, so he was definitely going to strike back.
Furthermore, Shi Jingbai was also one of the chief culprits in murdering his sworn father, making it even less likely for him to let it go.
“Hmph!” Unable to bear it any longer, Chen Zihao charged forward with a lunge, unleashing his attack on Shi Hao.
Ferocious Wolf Fist, a Primary Level martial technique!
With a strength of 25,000 pounds, and a Primary Level martial technique amplifying that strength by forty percent, his explosive power reached 35,000 pounds!