The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 369 Ambush (Please subscribe, please collect, please vote for the monthly ticket and recommend the ticket)
"Heroes emerge in troubled times. With your strength, are you willing to just be a lackey of the imperial court?"

Hou Wuque clenched his fists, looking excited.

Su Mu looked at him strangely. Why did he feel that he was more excited than himself?

We are all trying to make a living, so why is there a distinction between high and low?
The court's lackeys are not good enough, so are the cult members any better?

The Pure Land School has been loudly advocated, but after all these years it has not seen any success.

Daxuan seemed to be dying, but he did not fall down over the years.

Wasn’t Prince Su’s rebellion quickly suppressed?
The demon court is clamoring, but hasn’t it been able to break through the border so far?
Su Mu didn't know what Emperor Xuan was like, but he still felt a sense of belonging to the Taiping Division.

Even though the Daxuan court was corrupt, at least in the Taiping Division, fairness still existed.

Su Mu didn't think there was any better place in the world than Taipingsi.

At least it’s not the Pure Land Sect, nor is it the Jianghu, nor is it the Demon Court.

"We're about to leave town, so you should think more about yourself."

Su Mu said lightly.

"never mind."

Hou Wuque sighed, "You are feeling proud right now, but soon you will see the dark side of the court."

As the two were talking, they passed through the gate of the capital city unimpeded.

After leaving the city, they walked another two or three miles before they stopped.

"That's enough here."

Su Mu said calmly, "Hand over the roster and account book."

"Give me the Blood-Transforming Gourd first. I'll give you the money and the goods."

Hou Wuque said.

Su Mu raised his hand.

Swish!
The Blood-Transforming Gourd flew over a distance of several feet and landed on the branch of a tree several feet high.

Hou Wuque's eyes lit up and he leaned forward slightly, wishing he could pounce on it and grab the Blood-Transforming Gourd in his hands immediately.

He turned his head and saw Su Mu's half-smile.

"You can try to snatch it from me."

Su Mu said lightly.

"how come."

Hou Wuque smiled awkwardly and said, "Since it is a deal, I will naturally abide by the agreement.

But how can you guarantee that I will keep my promise after I say it? "

"What guarantees do you want?"

Su Mu said lightly.

"You must swear an oath, swear on your martial arts. If you go back on your word, you will never make any progress in your martial arts in this lifetime!"

Hou Wuque said.

Su Mu smiled and swore without hesitation.

"As long as you hand over the list and account book, I promise not to kill you and give you the Blood-Transforming Gourd. Otherwise, I will destroy my martial arts and make me die a miserable death."

Hou Wuque finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Things like oaths may not have much impact on ordinary people, but for martial arts masters, their will can even affect reality. If they do not keep their oaths, it will turn into a demon in their heart.

The inner demon will affect the practice of the warrior and may even cause the warrior to fall into the evil path.

Therefore, warriors are very cautious about swearing, and once they make an oath, they will not easily break it.

"I hid the list and account book in the innermost courtyard of Yongquan Lane. You can find them by prying open the floor tiles in the corner of the second room on the right."

Hou Wuque said in a deep voice, "I can also swear that I will never lie."

In order to reassure Su Mu, he also swore an oath.

After doing all this, Hou Wuque couldn't wait to fly up and grabbed the blood-transforming gourd on the tree.

He landed on the ground holding the Blood-Transforming Gourd, and was holding the Blood-Transforming Gourd in his arms, unable to let go.

Suddenly, a hand fell on his shoulder.

I looked back subconsciously and met Su Mu's gaze.

Hou Wuque was shocked.

"You want to break your oath? Aren't you afraid of your inner demons?"

Hou Wuque's face turned pale and he said in a deep voice.

"Breaking your oath?"

Su Mu shook his head and said calmly, "I won't break my oath.

I said I wouldn't kill you, and I won't kill you now.

However, your cultivation level is too high, and I am a little worried.

so--"

Before Su Mu finished speaking, he suddenly punched Hou Wuque in the dantian.

The violent force instantly hit Hou Wuque's dantian, and Hou Wuque's eyeballs bulged, covered with dense bloodshot.

He heard a sound like an eggshell breaking, and then he felt the strength in his body recede like the tide.

The inner elixir that he had worked so hard to form had been completely shattered. The power of the inner elixir spread throughout his body, directly crashing his meridians into pieces.

"you--"

Hou Wuque was shocked and angry, and he spat out a mouthful of blood as soon as he opened his mouth.

Decades of hard work were wiped out in one day.

Hou Wuque felt as if the sky had fallen.

"I only promised not to kill you."

Su Mu said calmly, "Are you dead now? No.

Then I won’t break my oath.”

Hou Wuque was so excited that he spat out another mouthful of blood.

He had never seen such a shameless person.

How could there be such a shameless person in the Taiping Division?

"You are so poisonous!"

Hou Wuque said with gritted teeth.

He struggled to get up from the ground, staggering while holding the Blood-Transforming Gourd.

Although Su Mu did not kill him, he destroyed his cultivation.

Under normal circumstances, once one's cultivation is destroyed, it is almost impossible to cultivate it again.

He is already several dozen years old. If he starts practicing again from the beginning, I am afraid that his life span will run out before he can reach the Jindan stage.

Su Mu did not kill him, but let him wait for death in the most desperate situation.

But Su Mu would never have thought that since he had the Blood-Transforming Gourd, everything would be possible!

With the Blood-Transforming Gourd, he only needs a very long time to recover his cultivation, and can even make further progress!
Back then, Great Xuan Taizu used the Blood-Transforming Gourd and achieved the level of Fusion Realm in just a few years.

If Daxuan Taizu can do it, he, Hou Wuque, can certainly do it as well.

Su Mu, sooner or later, I will make you pay back today's shame a hundredfold, a thousandfold!

He staggered away into the distance.

What he had to do now was to leave here as soon as possible, and then find a place to use the Blood-Transforming Gourd to restore his cultivation!
Swish!
Hou Wuque had just taken two steps.

Suddenly there was a sound of wind.

Su Mu appeared in front of him.

"What else do you want to do?"

Hou Wuque was furious and said, "I am already a useless person, what else do you want?
Don’t forget your oath!”

"Nothing, I just want to rob."

Su Mu said lightly with a smile on his face.

"Robbery?"

Hou Wuque's eyes widened, full of disbelief.

Doesn't this person have any bottom line?
I am really crazy, how can I believe him?
"I have kept my promise and given you the Blood-Transforming Gourd."

Su Mu said calmly, "Now, I just want to rob you, hand over all the valuables on you."

A moment later, Hou Wuque, wearing only tight clothes, leaned weakly against the tree trunk, his eyes empty and lifeless.

After a long time, two lines of hot tears flowed down his cheeks.

His cultivation was gone, the Blood-Transforming Gourd was gone, and his life was gone too.

"God, since you gave birth to Su Mu, how can you give birth to him without any flaws?"

Hou Wuque roared silently towards the sky. …………

Su Mu put the Blood-Transforming Gourd back into his space ring, and at the same time collected the silver bills he had looted from Hou Wuque.

Hou Wuque was indeed a young man among flowers, as he carried tens of thousands of taels of silver notes with him.

It also allowed Su Mu to make a small fortune.

As for Hou Wuque, he won't live long either.

Su Mu never had the habit of leaving enemies for himself.

Just because he didn't kill Hou Wuque doesn't mean others can't kill him.

Su Mu used his physical skills to move towards Quanshui Lane.

At the same time, several figures almost brushed past Su Mu.

Those people were dressed in brocade and black shirts, and they were obviously people from the Taiping Division.

They rushed out of the city and soon arrived at where Hou Wuque was.

Hou Wuque had just gathered some strength to get up when he saw the people from the Taiping Division rushing towards him like hungry wolves.

He understood it all at once.

"Su Mu, you are so cruel!"

Hou Wuque was shocked and turned around and ran away.

However, his cultivation was destroyed, and he fell to the ground after running only two steps.

Swish!
There was a sound of breaking air behind him, and several knives came down towards him at the same time.

Hou Wuque's eyes were filled with despair. He never thought that his life would end in this way.

"I don't agree!"

Hou Wuque shouted in his heart.

The blade was about to fall on Hou Wuque.

Suddenly, a sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard.

A few points of black light, coming from behind but arriving first, hit the knives accurately.

Ding Ding!

With a few crisp sounds, the long sword brushed past Hou Wuque's body and fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, several figures covered in black robes appeared beside Hou Wuque.

They immediately engaged in battle with the people from the Taiping Division, and then two men in black took the opportunity to grab Hou Wuque and quickly ran away.

Everyone in the Taiping Division shouted angrily, but the men in black were quite strong and managed to stop them.

After a while, the men in black left behind a few corpses, and the rest fled into the mountains and forests.

Hou Wuque had also disappeared.

The faces of everyone in the Taiping Division turned very ugly.

A commander squatted down and pulled off the mask on the man in black.

"Come and take a look, do you recognize these people?"

The commander said in a deep voice.

Everyone stepped forward, and some picked up the weapons dropped by the man in black and examined them carefully.

"These people are all strangers, but the weapons they use should be from the Ordnance Department."

Someone spoke.

"There are actually such a group of experts hidden in the capital. If we hadn't encountered them today, we wouldn't have known about it."

The commander said coldly, "Our Beijing Taiping Division has lost all face! I don't care who they are, dig them out for me! We must not let Lord Su look down on our Beijing Taiping Division!"

…………

In Quanshui Lane.

Su Mu successfully found the list and account books hidden by Hou Wuque.

He had just received the account book and hadn't even had time to look through it.

Suddenly, he paused slightly.

Slowly put the account books and rosters into the space ring.

That's when.

A bright light suddenly burst out from the window on his right.

The cold murderous intent instantly enveloped Su Mu.

In an instant, white frost condensed on the ground.

Su Mu twisted his body and slid backwards almost sticking to the ground.

A hint of cold light followed like a shadow, biting Su Mu's throat and not letting go.

It was too late, but it was soon.

Su Mu had retreated to the corner of the wall, and saw that the tip of the sword was less than a foot away from his throat. The cold sword energy was even cutting his skin.

Ding!
The Blood-Drinking Sword was unsheathed, and at the critical moment, it accurately blocked the tip of the sword.

Amid the crisp sound of impact, Su Mu only felt a tremendous force surging.

When I looked up, I saw a figure in black flying backwards.

The man in black also had a black scarf covering his face, revealing only a pair of bright eyes.

The sword in his hand was actually pitch black.

At this moment, the sun had already set and the room was dark, making the sword almost invisible to the naked eye.

Su Mu looked at the other person with a serious expression.

"Leave the list and account book behind, or you will not leave alive today."

The man in black spoke coldly, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like fingernails scratching on steel.

"You're here for the register and the ledger?"

Su Mu said in a deep voice, "I'm actually very curious about who you are.

You are really brave to assassinate the commander of the Taiping Division in the capital.

But I'm more curious, why do you think you can kill me?"

The tip of the Blood Drinking Knife pointed diagonally at the ground, and Su Mu's aura began to rise.

boom!
The brocade and black shirt on his body rustled in the wind without making any sound.

"I admit that you are indeed very strong, but there are some things you shouldn't touch."

The man in black was not afraid at all and said in a cold voice, "You have gained enough benefits this time, so stop now.

I am not the only one here today."

Before he finished speaking, there were fluctuations of aura appearing behind several windows and on the roof.

The other party was obviously prepared.

It is not easy to kill a strong man of Su Mu's level. Either a Nascent Soul Realm strongman needs to take action, or there must be multiple Core Formation Realm strongmen.

You know, Su Mu once fought against seven Jindan realm masters alone.

"Su Mu, don't expect anyone to come and save you. No one will know what happens here within an incense stick of time."

The man in black continued, "We don't want to fight you to the death. You just need to hand over the list and account books, and we will leave. Today's incident will be treated as if it never happened, and we will keep our distance from each other.

You have nothing to lose by doing this.”

"You are not me, how do you know I have nothing to lose?"

Su Mu said, “The records in this list and the account book are all evidence of your collusion with the Pure Land Sect. Taking it back from the Taiping Division is a great achievement.

If I hand it over to you, I will have nothing left. How can I say I have no loss? "

The man in black narrowed his eyes slightly. Born as a refugee, he just couldn't change his shabby air and only cared about the immediate benefits!
"The merits of the Taiping Division can only be exchanged for some things."

The man in black said coldly, "I have a banknote worth thirty thousand taels of silver..."

"Do you think I've never seen silver?"

Su Mu interrupted him before he could finish, "How much money do you think they would be willing to pay if I took my list and account book directly to the people on the list?

If you want to talk, you can pay more."

A hint of annoyance flashed in the black-clothed man's eyes, but he still suppressed his anger.

Although he spoke very confidently, he also knew that it was not so easy to kill Su Mu. Once Su Mu escaped with the list and account books, the consequences would be disastrous.

Therefore, the best way is to get the roster and account book back first, and then find a way to deal with Su Mu.

"How much silver do you have? Take it all out!"

The man in black shouted in a low voice, "Who would carry so much silver when going out to kill someone?"
He happened to have the thirty thousand taels of silver on him.

"If silver is not enough, other things will do, magical weapons, martial arts techniques, I will accept anything."

Su Mu said immediately afterwards.

(End of this chapter)