White-Robed Chief

Fa Yuan chanted Buddha’s name, “Amitabha…”

Lu Yurong frowned.

This Asura’s cultivation level was higher than any of theirs, and now that he had activated his secret skill, none of them would be able to take him on. Thus, the three of them would have to work together to defeat him.

Chu Li leaped in front of the Asura and pointed with a finger as he said in a low voice, “Use the Petrifying Finger.”

Lu Yurong’s body movement technique was extremely fast as she went behind the Asura and struck him with her palm.

The Asura stretched out both palms and used a firm palm energy to block Chu Li’s finger attack. The red glow in his eyes flashed even brighter as the speed of his movements remained inexplicably fast.

When Lu Yurong’s palm energy collided with his, she took a step backward.

Then, the Asura suddenly moved his body and dodged Fa Yuan’s Petrifying Finger.

Nonetheless, with the help of the Nature Restoration Manifestation and the Omniscient Mirror, Chu Li had already predicted that he would dodge the attack, so he threw out a fist accordingly and landed a punch on the Asura.

With a loud “bang”, the Asura stumbled three steps backward and then became rigid all over as Fa Yuan’s Petrifying Finger struck him, this time successfully.

Chu Li launched another fist and managed to hit him again.

Lu Yurong also struck him on his back with her palm.

Chu Li’s Nature Restoration Manifestation and Omniscient Mirror, Fa Yuan’s Petrifying Finger, and Lu Yurong’s Empyrean Fairy Fist were all among the most powerful martial arts studies. With Chu Li’s facilitation, the three of them were able to work together seamlessly. While this Asura had a higher cultivation level than them and an exceptionally fast body movement technique, he was unable to hold out against them.

At first, it was very hard for Fa Yuan to press on with continuous Petrifying Finger attacks, but after activating his secret skill, it became much easier for him to use the Petrifying Finger. Then, just as the Asura was thinking of evading the attack, Chu Li predicted his movement and blocked him with a fist. With that, the Asura’s body movement technique became disrupted, which then caused him to be struck by the Petrifying Finger.

Upon being hit by the Petrifying Finger, Lu Yurong and Chu Li followed up with a fist and a palm attack respectively. Without giving the Asura any time to catch his breath, Fa Yuan pressed on with another Petrifying Finger.

Their flawless cooperation and endless attacks caused the Asura to suffer over twenty hits in one go, rendering him powerless to fend them off. If the Body of Asura had not been so tough, their opponent would have been defeated after a few rounds of attack.

Chu Li’s sword suddenly came at the Asura in a flash, aiming for his throat. While trying to dodge this attack, the Asura failed to avoid the Spear Finger Strike that Chu Li had thrown out simultaneously.

There was a sudden flash in the Asura’s eyes as the red glow in them flickered. Fa Yuan landed a Petrifying Finger on him, and Chu Li followed up with another Spear Finger Strike.

The red glow in the Asura’s eyes flickered once again, and Chu Li took the opportunity to thrust his palm forward at the opponent’s outstretched palm. With their palms pressed against each other, he channeled the Cloud Slashing Power, intending to start an inner energy contest.

“Bang!” The Asura forced himself to receive the palm attack and staggered backward, refusing to compete with Chu Li’s inner energy.

Lu Yurong’s Empyrean Fairy Fist struck him on the shoulder. Soon after, Fa Yuan’s Petrifying Finger hit him yet again.

“Bang!” The Asura stumbled and spit out a mouthful of blood. Lu Yurong’s Empyrean Fairy Fist was incredibly powerful and formidable.

Just as Fa Yuan landed his Petrifying Finger on the Asura, Chu Li’s sword blade sliced the Asura’s legs.

The Asura let out a groan and fell to his knees, much to their surprise.

Given how tough the Body of Asura was, the Modesty Sword would not have normally been able to hurt him. It was the Petrifying Finger that had created a window for an attack, because when the Petrifying Finger struck him, his blood and energy became unable to move and, thus, could not shield and sustain his body.

The Asura had just fallen to the ground when Lu Yurong struck his back with her palm again. She had hit him directly behind his heart, causing his body to stiffen.

Fa Yuan then launched a Spear Finger Strike.

“Puff!” The Asura sprayed out a mouthful of blood.

Chu Li quickly went forward to seal off his acupuncture points and sliced apart the muscles in the man’s arms. Then, he finally sighed a long breath of relief. “This is a really powerful fellow!”

Fa Yuan nodded in agreement.

The three of them withdrew their secret skills and returned to their normal states before exchanging a glance among themselves.

They felt a mixture of delight and contentment. No words could describe this feeling of satisfaction in them.

The great battle was finally over.

Aside from Fang Qingyang who had escaped, none of the others had managed to get away. They were crippled of their cultivation, and after having their acupuncture point sealed, were tossed aside to the ground. There were twenty-seven of them in total.

After having defeated these people, the masked men in white soon retreated and quietly left the scene, leaving the others trying to guess the identity of their comrades.

The Ji Public House soon returned to peacefulness.

Zhou Mei and her maid were both left in the study room. To not put the Public House in an awkward position, Chu Li decided not to remove them from the room.

Chu Li and High Duke Ji were now standing in front of the main hall whilst observing the black-clothed men on the floor.

The black veil had been removed from their faces. After this was done, one could see that there were ten Asuras among them. As for the rest, they were probably martial arts masters from the Holy Church of Light.

“High Duke, I shall take them with me,” Chu Li said while pointing at the ten Asuras. Then, he shook his head. “It’ll be best if we maintain a low profile on tonight’s incident. Don’t publicize it and let anyone else get news of it.”

“Yes, I understand.” Zhou Yutian slowly nodded and then sighed. “The Holy Church of Light thinks rather highly of me!”

Chu Li laughed and replied, “I believe they won’t dare fool around again next time.”

“I’m just worried that they won’t give up and will return to create more trouble.” Zhou Yutian shook his head.

Chu Li said, “If they ever return, I won’t just look on and do nothing. We’ll show them not to mess with us!”

Zhou Yutian grinned. “I was waiting for you to say that!”

Chu Li chuckled and replied, “It’s also all thanks to the High Duke’s cooperation that we’ve managed to achieve such good results this time around. It was a pity, though, that the Priest from the Holy Church of Light escaped.”

“It was probably a good thing that he has gotten away,” Zhou Yutian said. “If we killed a Priest of theirs, the Holy Church of Light would certainly never give up on seeking revenge.”

Chu Li nodded.

“I shan’t ask from where you’ve gathered so many martial arts masters.” Zhou Yutian took out an iron tag from his inner pocket and handed it to Chu Li. “This is a High Official’s waist tag of my Public House. If you ever need help, you can use this tag to directly command the Public House disciples within my territory.”

Chu Li accepted the tag and replied with a smile, “Thank you, High Duke.”

Zhou Yutian said, “No words can express my gratitude for your help. If it weren’t for you, the High Duke’s Public House would’ve met its end. Then, I would’ve been a sinner against the Zhou family, and would never be able to face my ancestors!”

Chu Li chuckled and did not say anything more.

Truly, if he had not helped the High Duke gather so many martial arts masters, High Duke Ji would have met an unfortunate end.

He felt quite shocked to see how the Holy Church of Light was becoming more and more unscrupulous in their behavior. They had even gone to the extent of gathering over twenty Grandmasters to wipe out a High Duke’s Public House. This had been beyond everyone’s imagination.

No matter how strong the Holy Church of Light grew, nobody expected them to do such a thing.

However, they went ahead and did exactly the opposite of what was expected.

By reading their minds, Chu Li had already found out that their goal was to snatch away the High Duke Medallion.

He was terrified by how ambitious the Holy Church of Light was.

“I won’t let the Secret Guardians Hall know about what happened with the Holy Church of Light this time around,” Chu Li promised.

Zhou Yutian sighed. “I owe you a debt of gratitude.”

Chu Li said, “For the Secret Guardians Hall, this case is as good as solved. It doesn’t matter whether or not there’s any insider anyway… If there’s nothing else here, I shall take my leave!”

“Alright. When we have the time, let’s chat more next time,” Zhou Yutian offered with a smile. “I’ll have Zifeng ask for your guidance more often.”

Chu Li smiled and shook his head. Then, after giving a fist salute, he glided away.

Zhou Yutian stared at his retreating figure and sighed. With such a character out there, Zifeng paled in comparison. How unlucky indeed.

Later, the ten Asuras were brought to a restaurant by a few of Zhou Yutian’s people.

Earlier, Chu Li had divided the ten Asuras and had given six of them to the Tempest Temple, three to Amethyst Mountain, and one to Green Deer Cliff. In exchange, he received twelve Adversity Surpassing Pills, six Amethyst Pills, and two Primary Heaven Pills from them respectively.

In addition to these pills, he had also received twenty bottles of Fortifying Pills from the Ji Public House. Thus, he had distributed them evenly according to the number of martial arts masters from the Yi Public House, the Ren Public House, and the Huay Public House.

Following this, everyone quietly departed from the Ji Public House. Other than the persons involved, almost no one else knew about this huge battle.

Chu Li bid his goodbyes to them and returned to Qing Yun Town.

As Xiao Shi read her books and enjoyed the flowers in the courtyard, he remained indoors practicing the All-Knowing Scripture and checking how much he had advanced in cultivating the Nature Restoration Manifestation. He found that his advancement in his Nature Restoration Manifestation cultivation had exceeded his expectations.

It seemed like battling Asuras was, in fact, beneficial to his Nature Restoration Manifestation advancement. He should track down more of them in the future. However, to do that, he would have to also cultivate the All-Knowing Scripture more frequently.

He cultivated for two days in a row and returned to the Secret Guardians Hall on the third day.

The Secret Guardians Hall seemed to be business as usual. Nothing much had changed.

He went to the Mei Er Courtyard and found that Qin Jin and the other men had already returned and were currently practicing on the martial arts field.

He waved at them, gesturing for them not to stop their practice, before going to the main hall.

Yang Zongwen trailed after him and reported to him everything that had happened in the Fairy’s Capital over the past few days. Chen Donghai had recovered from his injuries, Ma Kun had been avoiding coming to the Secret Guardians Hall again, and the Commanders were currently paying close attention to the Ji Public House case.

After having listened to the report, he entered the main hall to meet the Commanders.