Diligence System: From Servant to Martial King-Chapter 173 - 170: Qiuyue Betrays the Village, Lady’s Great Secret

Li Xian remained silent, nocked an arrow, and shot. Gu Shuntong felt a jolt in his heart, his hair stood on end, instinctively sensing danger. He dodged with all his might, but it was hard to avoid; just barely evading, the second and third arrows came before he could catch his breath.

This person’s archery is truly godly!

Gu Shuntong thought to himself: "If I don’t kill this person, escape will be almost impossible. He and I are twenty zhang apart, his flying arrows are hard to evade, might as well not dodge, just protect my heart and kill him forcefully!"

So he braved the flying arrows and charged in hard. Having consumed Food Essence and undergone several body transformations, with each transformation, his body became stronger, and his arms lengthened like a snake’s bones, gaining another segment.

He took ten arrows, pierced through by them. Yet he remained vigorous and not at all weakened. Now, getting closer, he roared in anger and struck out with a palm.

His arm suddenly extended, striking towards Li Xian’s chest. Gu Shuntong’s palm produced two poisonous spikes, containing potent poison. Using Inner Qi to force the poison out, injecting it into the opponent’s body. It could make someone quickly succumb to the poison and die!

Li Xian observed keenly, possessing the Yin Yang ability. He saw through Gu Shuntong’s intentions, anticipated his move, and had already raised his sword in preparation. Gu Shuntong sensed great danger, hurriedly withdrew his palm. As he retracted, Li Xian seamlessly thrust forward with his sword.

The sword pierced through the arm, straight through. Gu Shuntong howled in agony, Li Xian thought, "Yang Yuan Sword Qi." The sword erupted in a flash of fire, the entire arm exploded, and Li Xian executed a horizontal slash, killing Gu Shuntong.

Li Xian, a zhang away, observed the many strange methods of the Martial Artist. Lin Aoshan, being stronger, suffered great losses to this person, thus was defeated.

He immediately shot three darts.

From several zhang away, he delivered three strikes of Jade Palm. Waiting for a moment, ensuring death, he went forward to search the corpse.

"Is this a Flower Cage Sect Token?"

He first found a token with strange patterns, inscribed with some kind of design. Li Xian, having no time for a close look, tucked it into his bosom.

He searched further.

Found a martial arts manual. Li Xian was very surprised: "I’ve killed quite a few experts in Jianghu, but finding martial arts, that’s indeed rare."

There was no time for a close look. But on the cover were the words "Thunderbolt Finger," an exceedingly high-quality martial art of the lower tier.

Li Xian heard the sound of blade collisions, remembering that the chaos wasn’t over. He immediately returned to the deserted house and slaughtered the members of the Flower Cage Sect.

Quelling the chaos. Li Xian helped Lin Aoshan expel the snake venom, then went to the side room of the back courtyard to rescue Lin Qingwan and other women.

The women were saved, overjoyed to tears. Lin Aoshan, also a woman, naturally shared sympathy, comforting them with a few words. Luo Xia cleaned up the aftermath, searching corpses for valuables and tallying the casualties.

Li Xian stared at one figure, his brow furrowed: "Qiuyue?"

Seeing Li Xian, Qiuyue seemed to have encountered a bandit, scared out of her wits, "Li... Li... Li Xian, why... why are you here? Could it be... did Madam send... send you?"

Just as the words left her mouth, she realized something was wrong, hurriedly covering her mouth.

Li Xian already sensed something was amiss. Qiuyue, the Personal Maid of the Madam, usually stayed within the manor. Even if the Flower Cage Sect was mighty, it couldn’t have kidnapped Qiuyue.

Qiuyue being captured could only mean she left the manor herself. Meeting the Flower Cage Sect halfway, she faced this disaster.

Li Xian thought: "This Qiuyue, normally so arrogant, today fears me like a tiger, suspecting I was sent by the Madam. Thus, there must be something fishy going on."

He immediately said coldly: "That’s right, I was sent by the Madam to take you back!"

"Ah!?" Qiuyue’s eyes rolled back, her legs went weak, and she fainted in fright.

Li Xian transmitted Inner Qi to awaken her. As soon as Qiuyue came to, she clung to Li Xian’s leg, pleading: "Master Li, Master Li, please... don’t take me back. Madam’s means... you... you know it."

"I... I’ll tell you a se... secret, Madam’s secret, a huge secret, if you... just let me go!"