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Actually, Xiao Qidao knew about the Lady Ye being locked in the Celestial Prison, but An Zheng did not tell him. Xiao Qidao had his own thoughts. He was calm, reserved, and did not act rashly, so An Zheng believed that this stingy person could take care of his own emotions. But if Mu Changyan found out about this, Mu Changyan did not believe that Xiao Qidao could handle it himself. So, it was extremely likely that he had some kind of extraordinary method to bring Xiao Qidao away.

When An Zheng returned to the Heavenly Awakening Sect, it was already noon. He realized that there were more and more people on this street with strange expressions on their faces. Because of the matter at the Martial Academy, An Zheng had already become a celebrity in Fanggu City. All the different forces were paying attention to him. Although in the eyes of the majority of the big figures, An Zheng was still a small character who was not in the upper echelons, but An Zheng's current position was a little special.

When An Zheng left the Heavenly Awakening Sect, there were less than twenty people watching him on this street. By the time An Zheng returned from the Tianji Palace, there were already no less than fifty people here.

Therefore, An Zheng couldn't help but want to laugh. These guys had already completely given up on hiding their strength, because concealing their strength had already lost its use. Normally, there wouldn't be many pedestrians on this street. In the end, dozens of people suddenly appeared and set up stalls to do business. Even they themselves might feel foolish.

An Zheng very naturally smiled at those people, and those people turned their heads around in embarrassment as if they couldn't see it.

As the six Commander Qianji s entered the courtyard, they muttered a few words among themselves. Then, four people moved into the rooms that An Zheng had arranged for them, right on the two sides of An Zheng's room. The other two stayed in the courtyard and sat on the stone bench s near An Zheng's door. The two of them removed the bleeding-knife from around their waists and placed it within reach of the stone table.

Wang Kaitai had once said this to An Zheng ? Great General Fang Zhiji re-established Tie Liuhuo so that the enemies of Great Yan would not dare to attack him again. Minister of War Hao Pingan created the Commander Qianji, so that those people who viewed the Ministry of War as their enemy would not dare to act recklessly.

In terms of big scale, Hao Pingan's ability to create Commander Qianji was definitely not comparable to Fang Zhiji's ability to rebuild Tie Liuhuo. But from the looks of it, within the Ministry of War, the two could be compared.

The first thing An Zheng did after he returned was to temporarily stop everyone from entering the Heaven Defying Seal to cultivate, and then found an opportunity to bring Qu Liuxi and Gu Qianye out from the Heaven Defying Seal.

Gu Qianye still looked very haggard. His face was shockingly white, and his steps were unsteady. An Zheng originally wanted to ask her about her situation, but with Commander Qianji here, it would be inconvenient for him to ask.

Not long after An Zheng sat down, someone suddenly shouted from outside the door.

"Is the Master An here?"

Old Huo pushed open the door and walked out. The two Commander Qianji s placed their hands on the bleeding-knife.

Old Huo did not know who the person was: "Who are you?"

That man cupped his fists and said: "I am Jushang Yard's assistant, my Elder Mister would like to invite you to meet him."

Old Huo nodded his head: "Sorry for the trouble, I will tell sect master right away."

The man said, "I ask Master An to hurry up, so that I can pass down the orders."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

An Zheng packed up, but before he could go out, another person suddenly ran over. However, this time, the one looking for him was not An Zheng but the six Commander Qianji s. The person who came should be from Ministry of War. After saying a few words, the six of them immediately left. The Commander Qianji leading them found An Zheng and told him not to go out for the time being. They would be back in four hours at the most.

An Zheng frowned slightly. He suddenly felt that today's matter was somewhat fishy.

If An Zheng could even be fooled like this, then his many years of experiences of facing off against all kinds of schemes and tricks in the Law Department would have been wasted. It was not only An Zheng who saw the problem, even Old Huo could tell the problem. Seeing An Zheng standing at the doorway, he walked over with a shaky body and said in a low voice, "Clearly, someone wished for you to leave this place. It is better that you did not go out."

An Zheng turned around and looked at Qu Liuxi and Gu Qianye who were accompanying him in talking, and then looked at Du Shoushou who was still practicing fist boxing with a group of big men on the Martial Arts Practice Field. Then, he smiled and shook his head, "No, I still have to go out."

Old Huo understood the meaning behind An Zheng's words and felt heavy in his heart.

"Bring the bell."

The Old Huo said.

An Zheng shook his head: "No need."

After saying these two words, An Zheng walked out of the Heavenly Awakening Sect.

When the people on the street saw An Zheng walking out alone, at least a small half of them left. These people were all eyes, eyes from major forces.

Heavenly Awakening Sect was not very close to Jushang Yard, so walking there would take at least half an hour. If he rode through the city in a carriage, it would save him half of his time. But An Zheng did not plan to take a car. Walking on the busy streets was actually safer.

Along the way, An Zheng discovered some places that he had not noticed before. At each intersection of the main street, there would be four statues of beasts, carved from stone, placed at each corner of the intersection. These statues looked to be ancient, weathered by wind and rain, and already somewhat mottled. What made people curious was that the four statues at each intersection were different.

When An Zheng arrived at the fifth intersection, he just happened to be at a place about the same distance from Jushang Yard. He saw a row of about a dozen people standing in front of him.

These people were all very young. The oldest was around twenty years old while the youngest was around fourteen or fifteen years old. They were all wearing the same clothes. Although An Zheng had never seen such clothes before, judging from the information that the Jushang Yard had given him, they should all be from the Great Cauldron Academy.

The leader of the group looked to be around seventeen or eighteen years old, not too handsome nor too ugly. With this kind of appearance, he could be seen quite a few times on the streets, and if one did not have the Great Cauldron Academy's hospital uniform, one would definitely not want to take a second look.

"You are that calamity An Zheng?"

The person in the lead sized An Zheng up from head to toe, with eyes full of contempt: "What kind of character is he, to think that he's even better known than to meet him face to face."

An Zheng suddenly laughed. He laughed naturally not because this person looked down on him, but because he was no longer worried about his family. The reason he left the bronze bell was because he was afraid that someone would take advantage of his absence to attack Du Shoushou and the others. But from the looks of it, the other party was also not willing to make a move and had instead arranged for people from the Great Cauldron Academy to provoke him. Using the competition between young cultivator s as an excuse to get rid of him was that simple.

I really don't know what idiots the empress dowager's people are.

An Zheng slowly let out a breath of relief before asking, "Why did you use the word 'villain'? "Has anyone in your family suffered because of me these past few years?"

"Shut up!"

That person said angrily: "His mouth is not clean. He is indeed a country bumpkin. This is the Fanggu City, the capital of the Great Yan, originally should not be a place a poor brat like you would come to. When people like you come in, not only did you occupy a spot that should have belonged to the young people of Fanggu City, but you also made the entire Fanggu City look like a mess. You poor brats should just stay in the countryside to farm. Why would you barge into the Fanggu City for no reason at all? "

Anti didn't say anything, just smiled at the man's face. That person was baffled and became even more furious, "You destroyed a whole dojo, don't you feel guilty?! If I were you, I would have already left Fanggu City. People like you who eat at Fanggu City and drink its water are a waste. If the people from your Martial Arts Academy don't teach you a lesson, I'll teach you a lesson in their stead!

An Zheng asked: "Did someone teach you this, or are you thinking about it yourself?"

The person's expression clearly fluctuated a bit: "I just don't like you, and want to teach you a lesson on behalf of all the people from the Fanggu City!"

An Zheng sized up the hospital uniform on that person's body, then he could not help but sigh: "You can only blame the pitiful people. You're the little follower of those people, so when they say something, you come out and bite like a dog with shit. Before your master released you, did he tell you that you might be in trouble this time? "

The person wanted to say something, but a slightly shorter person beside him said, "What are you blabbering about? Defeat him immediately."

The man then stepped forward and casually cupped his fists and gestured: "Great Cauldron Academy Zhang Dingbang is challenging you! You should know that the competition between cultivator s is a very normal affair, and if you do not accept the challenge, it means that you admit defeat. "So what if I lost? Kneel in front of me and kowtow three times ?"

Before he finished speaking, An Zheng added, "May you sincerely wish you a good journey?"

"Madman!"

Zhang Dingbang took off his outer garment and passed it to the person beside him: "Aren't you very conceited? Come, let me experience the abilities of this bullshit Heavenly Awakening Sect of yours. A shameless country bumpkin who doesn't seem to have seen the world yet still wants to make a sect, who knows how many people in Fanggu City would take you as a joke. No matter who it is in Great Cauldron Academy, who the rest of the sect Academy doesn't know that you are such an arrogant person?

An Zheng raised his hand and pointed at the people in front of him: "What, you fought against me alone?"

Zhang Dingbang said: "I can cripple you by myself."

An Zheng laughed: "You scared me to death, I just calculated how much money I brought with me when I went out. If he could injure one doctor's fee, then it would be enough; if he could injure more than ten people, then it wouldn't be enough. People from prestigious families, they are all quite expensive. "

At this time, he took out a handful of copper coins from his sleeve and counted them seriously, "One, two, three ?" Fourteen large coins, hmm ? "Too much."

He picked up 10 of the newer copper coins and kept them, then placed 4 on the ground. "If you get injured by me in a while, come and get the medical fees."

Zhang Dingbang roared: I'll cripple you!

This person's speed was extremely fast, after shouting, his fist had already arrived in front of An Zheng. An Zheng took a wrong step to the side to get out of the way. Then, he sped up and smashed his fist against the wall of a shop by the side of the road.

Peng!

A hole was directly punched through the wall. Zhang Dingbang removed his arm from the wall, turned around and looked at An Zheng: "You don't dare retaliate?"

An Zheng said indifferently: "As long as you're happy."

Zhang Dingbang raised his hand and thirty-six metal balls flew towards An Zheng like shooting stars. With a stomp of his feet, An Tan shattered a tile and sent quite a few rubble flying. With a flick of his sleeve, An Tan threw a rock at him as well. Shards and steel balls collided in midair, creating a series of crackling sounds. After that, the surrounding shops were in ruins, and many holes had been made in the windows.

A metal bead hit the pillar with a bang and deeply embedded itself in it.

An Zheng sidestepped a few pillars, and Zhang Dingbang's fist arrived again.

An Zheng punched out, heavily colliding with Zhang Dingbang's fist.

Both their clothes were blown up by the wind at the same time, and the windows on both sides of the street were torn.

After receiving the punch, An Zheng had a rough understanding of Zhang Dingbang's cultivation level.

It was a grade seven spirit weapon, a realm higher than his own ? An Zheng had Heaven Defying Seal, but An Zheng's physique ? This really made everyone speechless.

Both of their bodies slid backwards at the same time, the disdain in Zhang Dingbang's eyes had already largely disappeared.

"You really do have some skill."

He pushed his hands forward at the same time, and at least a hundred steel balls flew out at the same time.

An Zheng bent over and grabbed a large chunk of limestone from the ground, putting it in front of him as a shield.