Chapter Thirty-Seven Departure

  The dark clouds in the sky were drifting, Kong Zhuo raised his head, and his two eyeballs were swaying with a piece of cloud that was shaking east and west, looking at the rolling clouds in the sky, and let out a soft sigh.

  The common saying goes: The wind is uncertain, the clouds are inconstant.

  "You can't just look at the surface of things, sometimes what you're most certain about isn't true. Doing business is like doing life, the key is to find the common interest, and what your eyes see is often fake!"

  Kong Zhuo originally thought that these private disciples he believed were sent by a certain sword immortal in the sect to assassinate Fang Shaobai, but now the facts prove him wrong.

  There were five people in total, all wearing black clothes and covering their faces. They accurately found Fang Shaobai's hiding place.

  Outside the small courtyard, five people stopped in their tracks.

  But they clearly did not conceal their existence.

  The first one walked calmly and naturally to the front of the courtyard door and knocked gently on the door.

  The gate of the courtyard opened silently afterwards.

  "The lord's skills have indeed improved a lot, but in this situation, wasting one's own magical powers is really quite unwise!" Kong Zhuo thought to himself.

  "Big Brother!"

  As they walked, the person in front spoke up in the dimly lit and damp little hut.

  "I am not your senior brother!" Fang Shaobai's eyes flashed and interrupted his words.

  The moonlight shone directly onto his face through a hole in the roof.

  Apart from looking a bit pale, there's nothing wrong with him.

  "I am not your senior fellow apprentice, and you don't need to address me like that!"

  The man in black clothes chuckled twice, "Elder brother, why be so distant? In the past when you were on the mountain, you were everyone's Ninth Elder Brother. But now, you are no longer a disciple of Luo Fu. We call you Elder Brother once, and it's not wrong, is it?"

  "I am no longer a person of Luofu, whether it is called Dashi or Jiushi, there is a problem!" Fang Shaobai said coldly.

  "Who says Master Brother is no longer a disciple of Luo Fu!" The black-clad man's voice rose, "In our eyes, Master Brother will always be a disciple of Luo Fu!"

  "Does this nonsense have any meaning in front of me now?" Fang Shaobai said coldly, "Speak, what is it that you've come to find me for this time?"

  "Master, he's a strange old man, half a month ago, why didn't you show up!"

  "I've done everything I can!" Fang Shaobai said calmly, "But my abilities are limited, and I'm stuck at the foot of the mountain!"

  "Blocked at the foot of the mountain!?" The man in black was slightly stunned, then sighed and said, "Master indeed has a god-like foresight, you were blocked by Kong Zhan at the foot of the mountain, weren't you?"

  Fang Shaobai's gaze lifted, staring at the black-clothed man, "Who blocked me has nothing to do with you!"

  "Big Brother, there's no outsider here, you're being overly cautious. Besides, if we weren't blocked at the foot of the mountain, with Master's help, you should already be sharing a room and a bed with Big Sister!"

  "If I had gone up the mountain at that time, I'm afraid I would have become a corpse by now."

  "What does Master mean by this? Don't you believe in our benevolent master?"

  "I don't believe anyone now!" Fang Shaobai said, standing up and taking a deep breath. He looked at the man in black and said, "If you're here today just because of this matter, then you can leave!"

  "Leave?!" The man in black seemed to have heard a joke, "Big Brother Master, are you kidding me? You think we've come all the way here just to ask you one question and then leave? If we go back like this, how can we explain it to our master?"

  "That's your problem!" Fang Shaobai let out a soft sigh, straightened his body, and then burst into laughter. "I've done everything I needed to do here, and now it's time for me to leave. I've done what I should have done, and what I shouldn't have done, I've paid back all the debts I owed Master, from now on, I'm free and clear, not bad at all!"

  As he spoke, he lifted his foot, with an air of being about to leave.

  "Master Brother is joking!" The black-clad man at the forefront took a step to the right with his foot, blocking Fang Shaobai's path. At the same time, the other four black-clad men also moved, taking up positions according to the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams formation, forming a killing array.

  Metamorphosis occurs at this moment.

  Fang Shaobai lifted his foot at the same time, and these black-clad men moved, but Fang Shaobai's foot did not fall as they had expected.

  A long sword, like a poisonous snake spitting out its letter, stabbed out from behind Fang Shao Bai's back. The black-clothed man at the front didn't even have time to react, his foot had just landed on the ground when his body suddenly stiffened, and a bright sword tip appeared at the back of his neck.

  "You...!" The remaining four black-clad men were clearly caught off guard by Fang Shaobo's sudden and ruthless attack, and they all froze for a moment.

  It was in this dazed moment that Fang Shaobai rushed out of the small hut, his primordial spirit and sword merged into a flowing light, which fled far away.

  By the time the four men in black reacted, the sword light had already disappeared. They wanted to chase but couldn't catch up, so they stomped their feet in frustration and turned back to examine the corpse of the unlucky leader of the black-clad men. Fang Shaobai's previous sword strike was quite ruthless.

  Even from a distance, Kong Zhuan could feel the sword containing the innate purple energy and a strand of unparalleled dark evil power. The leader of the black-clothed men was caught off guard, and although his primordial spirit had initially stabilized, he didn't even have time to escape before being annihilated by that one sword.

  "This kid is much smarter than before!" Kong Zhuo laughed, hiding in the tree. "So now, I just need to follow these four idiots and I'll know who's behind it all, or... I can find Xiao Ya through the person causing trouble, huh?" Kong Zhuo raised an eyebrow, and Fang Shao Bai returned once again.

  Compared with his previous escape by sword light, this time he came back, but it was done secretly.

  The originally bright sword light had completely turned black, hidden in the dark, silent and soundless.

  "What does he want to do?!" Looking at the eerie and slightly obscene sword light, Kong Zhan's heart moved slightly, with a bad premonition. Sure enough, before his premonition could clear up, the silent black sword light had already swept away the remaining four men in black.

  Fast, gloomy, ruthless

  This is absolutely not Luo Fu's swordsmanship!

  His body trembled slightly, and Fang Shaobai seemed to be unstable, but the sword in his hand was timely propped against the ground, and he didn't fall.

  Gently wiping away the fresh blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, Fang Shaobai smiled quietly.

  "Eldest Martial Brother, come out! I know you're around here somewhere!"

  Kong Zhan's eyebrows rose slightly, but he didn't move.

  That side of the pale face unchanged, also as if shouting a few times, still no movement, couldn't help but laugh, or perhaps the laughter was a bit too big, stirring up the internal injury, and coughed again.

  He let out several heavy gasps and then lifted his head again.

  "Eldest Martial Brother, my cultivation is not as deep as yours, and my magical powers are not as high as yours. So, I'm not sure if you're here or not. After today, I don't know if we'll have the chance to meet again. There are a few urgent words that I want to say to you, so I'll just assume you're here!" He paused for a moment after saying this.

  "I killed them because I was afraid you were around here, watching all of this. If that's the case, you must have secretly followed them to see who was behind it all."

  "You seem to know me pretty well!" Kong Zhan thought to himself.

  "I have another master, also in Luofu. He has a great favor for me, not just for me, but for my whole family. So I must listen to him. And I won't hide it from you, the magic and swordsmanship I possess were all learned from him. The reason I betrayed Luofu is precisely because of this demonic cultivation method!"

  Fang Shao Bai let out a soft sigh and continued, "Originally, all of this was hidden very well. But that day, when I heard the news that Xiao Xue and Lin Yu Feng had been engaged for a long time, I couldn't bear it and was discovered by my master and senior apprentice, which is why I left the sect!"

  "I originally thought there was no chance at all, and I had already thought of taking my own life, but Master secretly lent me a hand, so I was able to escape smoothly?"

  "Now the whole Divine Land seems calm and peaceful on the surface, with the righteous path prevailing, but beneath the surface, undercurrents are surging. It's not just Luo Fu, internally there are many unstable elements, it's not as harmonious as it appears on the surface. I fear that before long, a great change will occur. Eldest Brother, your thoughts are clever and you have always been good at hiding your true intentions, but you must also be careful and guard against others secretly plotting against you. That's all I can say, Fifth Brother, I hope you're nearby and can hear my words!"

  ……………

  Let's go, let's go, it's better to leave!!

  Looking at the distant sword light disappearing into the distance, Kong Zhuo felt a slight sense of desolation in his heart.

  It seems that this kid doesn't know about Xiaoyao's situation, but it's better this way, he can leave with a clearer conscience, and avoid getting into trouble again.

  It's just that the news has already spread throughout the cultivation world, and I don't know how long it can be hidden from him. However, judging from his tone earlier, he seems to have a mind to retreat, if so, then there should be no chance of hearing this news anyway?

  "If you want to comfort yourself, then think of things in a better direction!!" He smiled wryly and shook his head, lightly tapping his toes, and floated into the air.