Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 48

Chapter 48: Rebellion?

“Second Uncle, I’ll leave the matter of the house to you.”

Chu Liang entrusted the matter of the Chu family mansion to Second Uncle, officially establishing Second Uncle’s future position in the entire Chu family.

“A-Liang, do you have any requests?” Second Uncle asked.

“The courtyard needs to be large enough and also relatively quiet.”

These were Chu Liang’s only two requests, both very simple.

With his current strength, the commotion caused during his martial arts practice was not small, and the original small courtyard was indeed insufficient.

“Acquire all the land at twice the price. If there’s not enough silver, feel free to come to me anytime.”

Chu Liang didn’t want to take advantage of anyone.

As he spoke, he pointed to the surrounding ruins caused by the fight, asking Second Uncle to have someone repair the houses in this area as well.

“By the way, are those people like Wang Tuozi still alive?” Chu Liang suddenly asked.

“They’re still alive.”

Someone immediately responded.

Another villager said, “They went to the fields to scavenge for food this afternoon and escaped the tiger demon disaster. I just saw them a little while ago.”

“They’re over there!”

Suddenly someone shouted, pointing to a dilapidated thatched hut.

Wang Tuozi and the others turned pale, hiding behind the thatched hut, trembling.

“Damn it, this damn Chu Liang, how did he become a Martial Artist Master? It’s impossible, impossible…”

Wang Tuozi cursed repeatedly, already having killed Chu Liang a thousand times over in his heart.

As he was cursing, he heard that shout.

Suddenly, all the villagers turned their heads and looked towards the broken thatched hut where they were hiding.

“It’s really those bastards!”

“They’re right there!”

“They’re actually still alive. They say that a scourge lives a thousand years, and it’s really true.”

The villagers were surprised by the tenacity of these scoundrels.

They were all clearly emaciated, yet they hadn’t died and had survived until now.

Seeing everyone looking at them, Wang Tuozi and the others felt their hearts sink.

They all understood that Chu Liang was starting to settle accounts.

One of them suddenly started wailing loudly, prostrating on the ground and begging, “Master Chu! Master Chu, please spare me! I was just momentarily possessed by a ghost and took the wrong path. I will definitely be a good person from now on.”

“Master Chu, please have mercy!” Another person also begged loudly.

“Master Chu, I will definitely abstain from meat and pray for you for the rest of my life…”

They were all in tears, crying themselves hoarse, just begging Chu Liang to let them live.

Wang Tuozi had been cursing a moment ago, but now his pleas were louder than anyone else’s, and he was prostrated on the ground.

But Chu Liang seemed to have not heard, and just calmly said, “These people are a bit of an eyesore.”

“Don’t worry.”

Master Hu, who was standing nearby, responded and then gave a look to his servant.

The Hu family servant understood immediately and began to make arrangements.

They believed that after today, these people would completely disappear and never be seen by the villagers again.

“Thank you, two Masters, for ridding our village of these pests,” a villager suddenly shouted.

The other villagers followed suit.

“Thank you, Master Chu, thank you, Master Hu!”

“The two Masters are righteous and just!”

Everyone’s faces were filled with gratitude and joy.

They tried their best to come up with all sorts of praises from their minds.

Master Hu had long been accustomed to these words over the years, and his expression didn’t change much.

And Chu Liang simply ignored them.

He turned to observe the tiger demon’s corpse, with only one thought in his mind.

“What does tiger meat taste like? It shouldn’t be worse than bear paw, right?”

That bear paw from last time had really disappointed him.

Just as he was thinking, a group of people suddenly appeared in Chu Liang’s field of vision.

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On the dirt road in front of the village, a group of more than ten people, all martial artists, riding tall horses, were slowly approaching the village.

The leader had a fierce look, with a scar on his face.

“Wu Neng!”

Master Hu also noticed the group and his expression changed immediately.

He hurriedly reminded Chu Liang, “Chu Liang, these are the people I told you about. They are a demon hunting team sent by the County Town Martial Alliance. The leader, Wu Neng, is very difficult to deal with, so be careful.”

“I understand.”

Chu Liang remained calm and composed, quietly watching the group approach.

The villagers also saw the demon hunting team, and they sensed that the atmosphere was a bit off. Many still remembered the scene of these demon hunters entering the village not long ago.

“They are the important figures from the county town!”

Someone spoke up to remind them.

Hearing this, the villagers immediately fell silent, fearing to offend the important figures.

The praises and cheers in the village gradually diminished.

The entire village slowly quieted down, and by the time Wu Neng and his group approached, it had become completely silent.

Clip-clop…

Clip-clop, clip-clop…

The sound of horse hooves echoed on the dirt road at the village entrance, approaching from afar.

After more than ten breaths, Wu Neng and his group arrived at the village entrance and dismounted.

Wu Neng looked at the tiger demon’s corpse, a hint of greed flashed in his eyes, and then he looked at Chu Liang a few times before finally shifting his gaze to Master Hu.

“Little Hu, did you kill this tiger demon?” he asked in a deep voice.

“No, no, no, I only assisted. It was this person beside me who killed it,” Master Hu dared not lie and answered truthfully.

“Oh?”

Wu Neng took two steps closer, his aura imposing, and his voice became colder, “Didn’t you say that you were the only martial artist in this village? You dare to lie to me?”

“No, no, Master Wu, how would I dare to lie to you?” Master Hu hurriedly replied, “I really didn’t know there was another martial artist in the village. He’s very low-key.”

“Is that so?”

Wu Neng’s cold gaze shifted back to Chu Liang, and he asked coldly, “Who are you? What’s your name?”

“Chu Liang,” Chu Liang answered calmly.

“Are you from Qing Shi Village?”

“Yes.”

“Did you kill this tiger demon?”

“Yes.”

The conversation up to this point was normal, just a simple inquiry.

But Wu Neng suddenly changed the subject and questioned coldly, “Chu Liang, since you’ve become a martial artist, why haven’t you joined the Martial Alliance? The Martial Alliance was founded by the imperial court to gather all the martial artists in the world. By not joining the Martial Alliance, are you defying the imperial court? Do you want to rebel?”

Hearing this, Master Hu gasped.

To accuse someone of “rebellion” right off the bat was truly malicious, directly cornering the person.

If he were in Chu Liang’s position, he would probably be sweating profusely by now.

But Chu Liang remained calm and responded, “This Master’s words have two problems. Firstly, the Martial Alliance was not founded by the imperial court, but merely absorbed by it… Secondly, the Martial Alliance has never forced all martial artists to join. How can not joining be considered rebellion?”

Chu Liang questioned back instead of answering, serving as his response to Wu Neng.

He didn’t stop there, but continued to question, “As far as I know, there are many martial artists in this world who haven’t joined the Martial Alliance. According to this Master’s meaning, they are all rebels? I wonder if they know that they are rebels?”

“You’re just quibbling!”

Wu Neng’s face turned ugly, and he stopped arguing.

He never expected that a martial artist from such a small place would dare to talk to him like this.

He had been to many villages during this time, and the so-called Martial Artist Masters of those villages, which one of them didn’t treat them with utmost respect and fear?

But today he had encountered an anomaly like Chu Liang.

In front of him, Chu Liang didn’t even lower his head, and his eyes, looking directly at him, didn’t have a hint of fear.