Chapter 687 - 685: Ghost Spirit Castle

The Black Fire Crow easily killed Zui Jiuzhou.

Jiang Chen looked at the Golden Saber Zui Jiuzhou left behind after his death and frowned slightly.

’Another Golden Saber assassin from the Blood Hand Gang.’

This made Jiang Chen feel a strong aversion to the Blood Hand Gang.

He looked at Feng Hu, who still had a dazed expression on his face.

Jiang Chen walked over, took a look, and immediately noticed something was wrong.

’Feng Hu has been controlled by the enemy.’

Jiang Chen grabbed Feng Hu’s hand, picked up the Golden Saber left by Zui Jiuzhou, and cut Feng Hu’s finger without hesitation.

Soon, fresh blood dripped from Feng Hu’s fingertip.

Without a word, Jiang Chen extended his hand, dabbed a drop of Feng Hu’s blood, and brought it to his nose to smell.

’A Mind Control Pill. No wonder.’

As an Alchemist, his knowledge of elixirs far surpassed that of ordinary people. In an instant, he identified the pill in Feng Hu’s system. It was a type of elixir known as a Mind Control Pill.

It was specifically used to control a person’s mind.

Counteracting the effects of the Mind Control Pill in Feng Hu’s body was simple. Jiang Chen took Feng Hu and headed straight for his residence.

But he said to the Black Fire Crow, "Go check on the City Lord’s Mansion."

The Black Fire Crow immediately flew toward the City Lord’s Mansion.

Jiang Chen returned to his residence and immediately began to refine an elixir.

Half an hour later, he had refined a batch of pills. He took one out and fed it to Feng Hu.

Not long after swallowing the pill, Feng Hu’s body trembled.

He gradually came to his senses from his dazed state.

"Young Master Jiang..."

When Feng Hu saw Jiang Chen, his face was instantly filled with anguish.

"I didn’t mean to..."

He wanted to explain further.

Jiang Chen waved his hand. "No need to explain. I know you were just being controlled."

"Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Feng Hu recounted the whole story.

Hearing that Feng Qi had actually been killed by Zui Jiuzhou, Jiang Chen sighed with emotion.

In the end, Feng Qi was still killed by the Blood Hand Gang.

"My condolences..."

Jiang Chen could only offer some words of comfort to Feng Hu.

Before long, the Black Fire Crow returned and reported its findings. No one else in the City Lord’s Mansion had died; only Feng Qi was dead.

He patted Feng Hu’s shoulder.

"It’s okay now."

"I’ve already killed Zui Jiuzhou."

Feng Hu said hurriedly, "Thank you, Young Master. I can never repay your immense kindness."

"If you need anything, Young Master, I, Feng Hu, will do anything to repay you."

At this moment, Feng Hu, having just been snatched from the clutches of the Death God, was incredibly grateful to Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen had saved him yet again.

"Who exactly wanted to kill your father?"

The Blood Hand Gang were assassins for hire. Someone must have paid them to kill Feng Qi.

Otherwise, why would Feng Qi have been assassinated?

Jiang Chen asked, but Feng Hu clearly didn’t know.

"I don’t know either."

"But now that you’ve killed another member of their Blood Hand Gang, they will definitely come after you."

At this, Jiang Chen fell silent for a moment.

Then he said, "It seems the Blood Hand Gang is a menace that must be dealt with."

"Instead of waiting for them to come kill us, we should take the fight to them."

"Tonight, I will take you with me to avenge your father."

Since things had come to this, as long as the Blood Hand Gang wasn’t dealt with, they would surely come after Feng Hu and him, Jiang Chen.

Rather than wait for them to show up at his door, Jiang Chen decided to take the initiative and annihilate the Blood Hand Gang.

Feng Hu’s jaw dropped.

"Young Master, the Blood Hand Gang is even stronger than the Zuo Family. Their leader, Kangbadu, is also a Martial Emperor Expert."

Although he knew Jiang Chen also had a Martial Emperor Expert by his side,

he was still worried that Jiang Chen would be no match for them.

Jiang Chen smiled.

"In that case, you can come with me and see for yourself."

"How the Blood Hand Gang will be destroyed."

The City Lord’s Mansion, of course, knew the location of the Blood Hand Gang’s lair.

「That night.」

Jiang Chen arranged for Mr. Qiu Shui to stay behind and guard Little Xixi in Xingyuan City.

He took the Flame Dragon, the Black Fire Crow, and Xiaotian, and headed straight out of Xingyuan City.

Of course, he brought Feng Hu along as well.

Although he was a burden, Feng Hu’s heart was now filled with hatred after his father’s murder. Bringing him along to annihilate the Blood Hand Gang could be considered a way to help him.

It would help him move past his grief.

Besides, the City Lord’s Mansion had recently been a great help to Chenxi Pavilion, always relaying any news to them immediately.

Jiang Chen appreciated people like that; this was him returning the favor.

So now, he decided to help Feng Hu.

Within the borders of the Tang Kingdom, there weren’t many perilous lands.

However, Ghost Spirit Castle was one of them.

This was simply because Ghost Spirit Castle was the lair of the Blood Hand Gang, an assassin organization whose very name was feared throughout the entire Tang Kingdom.

It could be said that people across the entire Tang Kingdom turned pale at the mere mention of the Blood Hand Gang.

The Blood Hand Gang was terrifying to the extreme.

Their assassins, in particular, killed without leaving a trace.

Moreover, as long as someone could afford their price, they would kill for their employer, regardless of whether the target was a good person or a bad one.

Such was the terrifying existence that had long been entrenched in Ghost Spirit Castle.

And so, Ghost Spirit Castle had become one of the most dangerous places in the Tang Kingdom.

「In the main hall of Ghost Spirit Castle.」

A man in a black robe was looking at a young man beside him. Next to the young man sat a beautiful young woman.

Behind the pair stood another man with a pale complexion.

The man in the black robe said, "Your Highness, the Prince, rest assured. My man will absolutely not fail this time."

"With Zui Jiuzhou on the job, killing Feng Qi is a certainty."

And this man in the black robe was none other than Kangbadu, the master of Ghost Spirit Castle.

He knew that the man and woman beside him came from a powerful background.

They were the current Prince and Princess of the Tang Kingdom.

The Prince of the Tang Kingdom was named Tang Yuan, and the Princess was named Tang Li.

Kangbadu, however, was extremely wary of the pale-faced man standing behind Tang Yuan and Tang Li.

Because that man was the Tang Kingdom’s National Preceptor, the Six-Fingered Demon.

He was a Martial Emperor Expert and could not be underestimated.

That was why he was so respectful toward Prince Tang Yuan.

Now, Tang Yuan had offered him a high price to kill Feng Qi, the City Lord of Xingyuan City.

Tang Yuan snorted.

"Your people are truly useless. They couldn’t even kill a single Feng Qi."

"Alright, I won’t say any more. I’ve paid you in full. Just kill Feng Qi for me as soon as possible. I don’t want to wait too long."

As the City Lord of Xingyuan City, Feng Qi was also a subject of the Tang Kingdom.

But Tang Yuan, the Prince, wanted to kill him.

There was a reason for this.

Tang Yuan had already begun paving the way for his future succession to the Sovereign’s throne. Therefore, he needed to bring all the influential figures within the Tang Kingdom under his control.

But Feng Qi had dared to not pledge allegiance to him, and he was furious.

That was why he wanted to kill Feng Qi and install his own man as the new City Lord of Xingyuan City.

Killing Feng Qi openly would obviously be detrimental to him, so he hired the Blood Hand Gang to do it.

Just as they were speaking,

a member of the Blood Hand Gang suddenly rushed in.

He came to Kangbadu’s side and whispered in his ear, "Leader, this is bad."

Kangbadu frowned and asked, "What is it? Speak."

"The Prince is not an outsider. Say it out loud."

The messenger hesitated for a moment before saying, "Zui Jiuzhou’s Soul Lamp has been extinguished."

What?

Kangbadu leaped up from his chair.

An extinguished Soul Lamp meant that Zui Jiuzhou was dead.

And he had just been boasting that Zui Jiuzhou could kill Feng Qi.

He instantly regretted letting Prince Tang Yuan hear this unfortunate news.

SMACK!

He viciously slapped the subordinate across the face, his expression livid. "Get out!"

Tang Yuan stood up, his face cold as ice.

"Fortress Lord Kang, how do you explain this?"