Actually, Xiao Qizhao knew that Aunty Ye had been imprisoned, but An Zhe did not tell Mu Changyan about it.
Xiao Qidao had his own thoughts. He was calm, reserved, and did not act rashly, so he believed that the petty Taoist would be able to handle his own emotional affairs.
However, if Mu Changyan found out, Mu Changyan didn"t believe that he could deal with Xiao Qizhao himself, so he probably had some tricks up his sleeve to take Xiao Qizhao away.
By the time An Zaihai returned to the Heavenly Enlightenment Sect, it was already noon. He noticed that more and more people appeared on the street with strange expressions on their faces.
Because of the events in the Martial Arts Academy, An Zhe had become a well-known person in Fang Beng City. All sorts of powers were paying attention to him.
Although in the eyes of the majority of the important people, An Zeng was still a small fry, but his current position was rather special.
By the time Anshou left the Heavenly Enlightenment Sect, there were no more than twenty people on the street watching.
By the time they returned from Heavenly Temple, there were already no less than fifty people here.
Therefore, An Zhe couldn"t help but laugh. These guys had already given up on concealing it, because concealing it no longer had any effect.
Normally, there were almost no pedestrians on this street, but suddenly, dozens of stalls appeared out of nowhere to do business. Even they might feel foolish.
An Zeng smiled at those people, but those people awkwardly turned their heads and pretended not to see what was happening.
The six officers entered the courtyard, and after a few words between themselves, four of them moved into the room that An Zhe had arranged for them, right on both sides of the room.
The other two stayed in the yard and sat on stone stools by the gate.
The two men unsheathed their blood-soaked sabers from around their waists and placed them within reach of the stone table.
w.a.n.g Kai-tai had once said to An Zai-shuang … that the general had known his friends to rebuild the Iron Fog, and that the enemies of Great Yan would not dare to invade it again.
The Ministry of War"s official letter, Hao Ping, created the commander, making those hostile soldiers not dare to act rashly.
On a larger level, Hao Ping was not as good as Fang Zhi Xin in rebuilding the Iron Fire.
However, from the perspective of the people in the military, these two matters could be compared.
The first thing An He did after returning was to stop everyone"s cultivation of the Heaven Defying Seal. Then, he found an opportunity to bring out Qu Liuxi and Gu Qianye from the Heaven defying Seal.
Gu Qian Ye looked very haggard. His face was pale to the point that it looked scary. Even his steps were a little unsteady.
An Zaiyue originally wanted to ask about her situation, but with Captain Qianji present, it was not convenient for him to ask.
Not long after An Zeng sat down, someone shouted from outside the door.
""Is Sect Head An here?""
Old Huo pushed the door open and walked out, while the hands of the two officers at the gate were on the bloodshed.
Old Huo did not recognize the person who came, ""Who are you?""
That person cupped his fist and said, ""I am a clerk from the Gathering Merchant Guild. My family"s eldest sir wishes to invite Sect Master An to meet you.""
Old Huo nodded, ""I"ll be troubling you. I"ll tell the Sovereign now.""
That person said, ""Please hurry up, Sect Master An, I can also answer the order.""
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
An Zui cleaned up a bit, but before he went out, someone suddenly ran over. However, this time it wasn"t to fight for peace, but to look for the six Qianji field officers.
The people who came should be from the Infantry Division. After a few words, the six people left.
The commander, Lieutenant Qianji, found An Zhe and told him not to go out for the time being. They would be back in at most four hours.
An Zhe slightly frowned. He suddenly felt that today"s matter was a little strange.
This method could not be considered to be brilliant, and it was even slightly clumsy. If even An Zaihai could be fooled by this, then his many years of experience in the headquarter facing all sorts of schemes and tricks would have been wasted.
Even Old Huo could tell that something was wrong. He saw An Zhan standing at the door, walking over shakily and saying in a low voice, ""Someone obviously wants you to leave here, so you better not go out.""
An Zizheng turned around and looked at Qu Liuxi and Gu Qianye, who were talking with Xiao Qi, then looked at Du, who was still on the training field and a group of men practicing boxing. He then smiled and shook his head: ""No, I still have to get out.""
Old Huo understood the meaning behind An Zaiyue"s words, so he felt that his heart was very heavy.
""Bring the bell.""
Huo said.
An Zhan shook his head. ""No need.""
As he finished speaking, he began to walk out of the sect.
At least half the people on the street had left when they saw An Zeng come out alone.
These people had eyes, eyes that came from all sorts of forces.
The location of the Heavenly Awakening Sect was not very close to the Merchant House. If he were to walk, it would take at least half an hour.
It would save half the time to ride through the city.
But rather than take a car, it is safer to walk in the crowded streets.
Along the way, An Zhe noticed some things that he hadn"t noticed before.
At every intersection on the main street, there would be four beast statues carved from stone, placed at the four corners of the intersection.
These beasts looked like they were old. The wind and rain were blowing, and they were already somewhat mottled.
The curious thing was that the four beast statues at each intersection were different.
An Zeng arrived at the fifth intersection, and happened to be about the same distance away from the Heavenly Enlightenment Sect and the Gathering Shang Academy. He saw a row of more than ten people standing in front of him.
The older ones were about twenty years old, the younger ones fourteen or fifteen years old.
They were all wearing the same clothes. Even though An Zhe had never seen such attire before, from the information he had gathered from the academy, these people should have come from the Grand Cauldron Academy.
The one in the lead looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, and could neither be described as handsome nor ugly. Such a face could be found on the streets, and without the bright and shining school uniform, no one would be able to take a second look at him.
""You are that evil star?""
The leader sized up An Zaihai from head to toe, his eyes full of disdain. ""I wonder what kind of person he is. It"s better to be famous when we meet.""
He laughed, not because this man looked down on him, of course, but because he no longer worried about his family.
He had left behind the bronze bell for fear that someone would take advantage of his absence to attack them.
From the looks of it, the other party wasn"t willing to directly take action either. Instead, he arranged for the people from the Grand Cauldron Academy to come and provoke him.
Using the compet.i.tion between young cultivators as an excuse to get rid of him was that simple.
He really didn"t know what sort of idiots the empress dowager had.
Then he asked, ""Why did you use the word "bane"?""
Did someone in your family suffer because of me these last few years? ""
""Shut up!""
That person angrily said, ""His mouth is not clean, he is indeed a wild kid from the countryside.
This is Fang Gu City, the capital of Great Yan. It shouldn"t be a place for a poor kid like you to come to.
When people like you enter, not only did you take the spot that should have belonged to us, Fang Shoucheng, you"ve also caused him to become a mess.
""You poor b.a.s.t.a.r.ds should just stay in the countryside and farm. Why would you barge into Fang Gengcheng without thinking?""
He just smiled and looked at the man"s face.
That person was baffled and his fury only intensified. ""Don"t you feel guilty that a good martial academy has been destroyed by you?!""
If I were you, I would have already left Fang Shoucheng on my own.
People like you who eat and drink food and drink water from Fang Shoucheng are all wasted.
""If the people from your Martial Arts Academy don"t teach you a lesson, I will teach you a lesson on their behalf!""
""Did someone teach you these words, or did you think of them yourself?"" he asked.
That person"s expression clearly fluctuated a little, ""I just don"t like you, so on behalf of all the people in Fang Bancheng, I want to teach you a lesson!""
An Zhan sized up that person"s academy uniform, then he couldn"t help but sigh. ""You"re also very pitiful. Those so-called upper cla.s.s circles in the Grand Cauldron Academy, you probably wouldn"t be able to squeeze in even if you broke your head.""
You"re the lackey of those people, so all they have to do is say a word and you run out and bite people like a dog with s.h.i.t on it.
Did your master tell you before he let you out that you might be in trouble this time? ""
That person wanted to say something, but a slightly shorter person beside him said, ""What are you nagging at? Just beat him.""
That person then took a step forward, casually clasped his fists and gestured, ""Grand Cauldron Academy"s Zhang Dingbang challenged you!""
You should know that duels between cultivators are very normal, and if you don"t fight, it means you concede.
""It doesn"t matter if you lose, kneel in front of me and kowtow three times …""
Before he could finish his words, An Zhe added, ""I sincerely wish you a good journey?""
""Madman!""
Zhang Dingbang took off his outer robe and pa.s.sed it to the people beside him, ""Aren"t you very conceited? Come, let me experience your bulls.h.i.t abilities as the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Enlightenment Sect.""
A shameless country b.u.mpkin who had never seen the world and wanted to start a sect. He didn"t know that everyone in Fang Shoucheng would treat you as a joke.
Regardless of whether it"s the Great Cauldron Academy or the other sects, who doesn"t know that an arrogant person like you, a countryside brat like yourself, actually dares to boast and shamelessly move into the capital! ""
An Zhan raised his hand and pointed at the people opposite him. ""What, are you the one fighting against me alone?""
Zhang Dingbang said, ""I can cripple you by myself.""
An Zhan laughed, ""You scared me to death. I was just calculating how much money I had when I left the house.""
It was enough to injure a doctor, but more than a dozen was not enough.
""People like you from prestigious clans are all quite wealthy.""
At this moment, he took out a handful of copper coins from his sleeve and started counting carefully, ""One, two, three... Fourteen coins, hmm... much more.""
He picked out ten relatively new copper coins and kept them on the ground. He then said, ""If you are injured by me in a while, come over and claim your medical fees.""
Zhang Dingbang roared in rage, ""I"ll cripple you!""
This person"s speed was extremely fast. After yelling, his fist arrived in front of An Zhe.
An Zaiyue stepped aside and moved half a step to the side. Zhang Dingbang"s body accelerated forward, his fist hitting the wall of a shop by the side of the road.
Bang!
A hole was directly punched through the wall. Zhang Dingbang pulled his arm out of the wall, turned around and looked at An Zeng, ""You don"t dare to retaliate?""
An Zhan said indifferently, ""It"s good as long as you"re happy.""
Zhang Dingbang raised his hand, and thirty-six iron beads shot towards An Zeng with the momentum of a shooting star.
An Zeng stomped his foot on the ground, breaking a piece of the floor into pieces. Quite a bit of gravel flew into the air.
An Zizheng flicked his sleeve and a piece of gravel flew out.
Broken stones and iron beads clashed in the air, and a series of crackling sounds could be heard.
And then the shops around us went bad and the windows were full of holes.
An iron bead hit the pillar with a ""pa"" sound and was deeply embedded into it.
Anjou sidestepped the pillars, and Chang"s fist arrived again.
An Zaihai"s fist clashed with Zhang Dingbang"s fist.
Both their clothes were blown up by the wind, and the window paper on both sides of the street was torn.
After receiving this punch, An Zaihai had a rough understanding of Zhang Dingbang"s cultivation.
Ascending to the seventh grade, slightly higher in cultivation realm … An Zhe has the Heaven Defying Seal, but An Zhe"s physique … really makes one speechless.
Both of them slid backward at the same time, and Zhang Dingbang had already retracted most of his contempt for An He.
""He really does have some skills.""
He pushed his hands forward at the same time, and at least a hundred iron beads shot out at the same time.
An Zeng bent down and grabbed a large piece of limestone to block the attack. The iron b.a.l.l.s. .h.i.t the stone slab like bullets, sending gravel flying.