Chapter 77

　Mrs. Chao's behavior reminded Pang Jun of a woman - Princess Shanyin Yang Chuyu. They were equally romantic and dissolute, but the difference was that Yang Chuyu seemed to be only pursuing lust for the sake of lust, while this lady had her own concerns in mind. Perhaps it was for the family's interests, or perhaps this lady wanted to be like Wang Fangmei, unwilling to be lonely and wanted to do something. In short, something was bound to happen tonight, so after dinner, he took a bath and waited.

　　Sure enough, at the second watch, a maid came to Pang Jun's room, knocked on the door, and said to Pang Jun, "Sir Liu, Madam would like to invite you to a gathering." Pang Jun happily followed her.

　　The two walked one after the other for about two quarters of an hour and came to a remote courtyard. The maid said to Pang Jun, "Sir Liu, the lady is inside. Please come in, sir." After saying that, she made a gesture of invitation.

　　"Thank you for leading the way, young lady." Pang Jun nodded to the maid and stepped into the room in the courtyard.

　　Just as Pang Jun stepped into the room, he suddenly had a bad premonition. This feeling was developed through his many life-and-death experiences. He immediately became alert. In an instant, a surge of murderous aura rushed towards him. He immediately took a step back, only to hear a gust of wind behind him. He knew that the person attacking him must be the maid from before, so he somersaulted to avoid the attack from behind. It was indeed the maid who led the way just now, and she attacked him with a dagger!

　　At this time, the maid's attack missed, as she happened to have her back to Pang Jun. Pang Jun took advantage of the situation and pushed the maid forward. With the sound of "puff puff puff", four crossbow arrows all pierced into the maid's body, killing her on the spot. Before Pang Jun could take any other action, there was another sound of "swoosh, swoosh, swoosh", this time coming from behind and on the left and right. Pang Jun could not avoid it in time and was hit by a crossbow arrow on the shoulder. He looked around and saw that at this time, about twenty people had come in from all around the courtyard, led by Chao Kejian, the lord of "Iron Sword Fort", and his wife Dong was also standing beside him.

　　What surprised Pang Jun even more was that on the other side of Chao Kejian stood a person he had seen before. He was the young man Pang Jun met in Xichuan a few months ago. It was under his command that Pang Jun rescued Zhu Shiyao and Han Jiaying!

　　Chao Kejian clapped his hands and said to Pang Jun, "The martial arts champion and the divine guard are indeed worthy of their reputations. You were able to dodge this fatal situation at a time like this. What a pity, Liu Jun, your weakness is too obvious. Lust makes you stupid. Chao only used a little trick, and a rising star died here. Hahahahahaha."

　　Pang Jun sneered and said, "I never thought that the number one weapon forging family in the Great Jin Dynasty would actually collude with the Xichuan traitor Qi Tiansheng. If the court knew about this, I'm afraid that Lord Chao would not have a good ending."

　　"Hahahaha, Liu Jun, you will be a dead man soon, and dead people cannot speak. When the court asks about it, I, Chao, will know nothing at all. Do you think the officials in the court will dig into the details of a dead man?" Chao Kejian laughed wildly. In his eyes, Pang Jun was already a corpse.

　　"Actually, I want to know why you work with the court behind you, but still collude with the Xichuan rebels who are in a corner?" Pang Jun asked.

　　"Hehe, everyone just takes what they need. You don't need to know, and you don't need to worry about it."

　　At this time, the young man standing aside gnashed his teeth and said, "Liu Jun, when you ruined my good deeds in Xingzhou, and when you insulted my sister in Fanzhou, did you ever think that this day would come? After you die, I will play with all your wives and concubines one by one, and then throw them into the military camp as military prostitutes!"

　　Pang Jun narrowed his eyes at the dandy boy and said mockingly, "This guy should be one of Qi Tiansheng's sons, right? Qi Tiansheng is also a local tyrant. I never thought that his son would be such a coward. However, I am still very grateful to you. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have had so many concubines. Do you know how wonderful Xiaoying'er and Yao'er were in bed? Oh, and your sister, her wildness, I still can't forget it to this day, hahahaha."

　　Then, Pang Jun looked at Mrs. Chao Dong and said, "What a pity. I thought I could spend a good night with such a beauty like you, but it turned out to be a honey trap."

　　"Hehehe, I'm honored to be favored by Lord Liu. However, Lord Liu thinks too highly of himself and is a little ignorant of his own limitations. I'm a pragmatic woman and am not worthy of Lord Liu." Mrs. Dong said.

　　"Go, kill him." The young man was furious and ordered his men to kill Pang Jun. Then, with an order from Chao Kejian, more than 20 people around him raised their crossbows and fired at Pang Jun again. There was another sound of "swoosh, swoosh, swoosh" and more than ten crossbow arrows attacked Pang Jun at the same time.

　　"Chi", this is a military crossbow specially made by "Iron Sword Castle". The crossbow arrow is extremely sharp and flies very fast. Even though Pang Jun tried his best to dodge, he was eventually shot in the thigh by one of the crossbow arrows. Blood gushed out immediately. He had no choice but to hide in the house.

　　"Burn him to death!" said the young man.

　　"Wait a minute!" Chao Kejian stopped the young man and explained, "We can't set the fire. Once the fire is set, the flames will soar into the sky and will soon be discovered by other people in the villa. Then it will be even more chaotic here, and Liu Jun may take the opportunity to escape. Please rest assured, Prince. The arrowheads of the crossbow are coated with chronic poison. He can't escape. Go in and search!" He gave an order, leaving four people and Dong to guard the only exit, and the others filed into the house.

　　The house was not big, but it was dark because it didn't have many windows. When Pang Jun entered the house, he had already turned off all the lights. Chao Kejian pointed at one of his men and said, "You, go light a lamp."

　　After receiving the order, the subordinate groped in the dark for the location of the oil lamp. Not long after, he finally found the location of the oil lamp in the hall. When he took out the flint and was about to strike a spark, a cold light flashed from the darkness, and "Ah", a flying knife with a cold light was inserted into the subordinate's throat, and the subordinate was killed on the spot.

　　Pang Jun's stubborn resistance caused a commotion among the crowd as he was able to kill the enemy even though he was injured. Chao Kejian said angrily, "Liu Jun, you can't run away. You are injured and poisoned. Do you still want to struggle in vain? Why don't you come out and suffer pain quickly? I will leave you a whole body." As Chao Kejian spoke, he kept shaking his body, fearing that Pang Jun would be able to identify his location by the sound and see a flying knife suddenly flying out from some corner.

　　In a dark corner, Pang Jun was holding a pitch-black dagger, his eyes were shining and cold as lightning, staring at the people standing at the door with a cold look. His thigh and arm were each injured by arrows. For normal times, this was just a child's matter, but the terrible thing was that after he entered the house, he found that his arms and left leg were a little numb. He knew that the crossbow arrow just now was poisoned on the arrowhead. As time passed, the poison would slowly corrode his body, and finally he would be paralyzed all over and die of suffocation.

　　It is not difficult to detoxify this poison. All he needs to do is practice Qigong and regulate his breathing for two quarters of an hour. However, this is a critical moment of life and death. He does not have a moment to calm down and practice Qigong to force out the poison. In desperation, he can only press acupoints and seal two major acupoints. While stopping the bleeding, he also temporarily stops the spread of the poison. He must regulate his breathing and detoxify within half an hour, otherwise the poison will spread throughout his body and even the gods cannot save him. He did not expect that even a super master like the Goddess could not do anything to him, but this time he would fail miserably. Thinking of this, the look in his eyes when he looked at Chao Kejian became even colder.

　　After Pang Jun killed a subordinate of "Iron Sword Castle", excluding the five people outside, there were still seventeen people in the house except himself. Pang Jun needed to find a way to kill them one by one, so he came up with an idea.

　　When Chao Kejian was about to ask everyone to light the lamps together, he suddenly smelled a strong smell of blood. He pointed in the direction of the smell and ordered, "He's over there, shoot!" Then there was the sound of crossbow shooting, only the sound of "thump thump thump". Most of the crossbow arrows hit the wooden board. When Chao Kejian was feeling annoyed, there was another flash of cold light, "Ah", another one of his men was killed instantly with a flying knife stuck in his neck.

　　"Everyone, pay attention, be careful, form two circles, and gradually move towards each oil lamp and light them up!" Chao Kejian kept giving orders. He was the most skilled martial artist among all the people present. He was holding a large ring knife and was on guard carefully in the circle of people.

　　"Hehe." When they finally lit the oil lamp, suddenly, a burst of cold laughter came from the beams. Everyone looked up and saw Pang Jun looking at them with a mocking face.

　　Qi Tiansheng's son pointed at Pang Jun and ordered, "There he is, shoot him!" Everyone fired another volley of arrows, but it was still in vain, because Pang Jun disappeared the moment they spotted him.

　　While they were concentrating on paying attention to Pang Jun's figure on the beam, Pang Jun quietly went down from the beam and hid behind a pillar. At this moment, a few drops of blood that he had deliberately left were dripping onto the face of one of them. The subordinate, who was already a little nervous, immediately reacted and shouted, "It's up there!" Everyone immediately looked up.

　　"It's at this moment." Pang Jun saw that everyone was looking upwards, and immediately rushed out from behind the pillar in the courtyard. He first stabbed the dagger into the chest of one of them, and then pressed hard on the crossbow of another person. "Chi", the crossbow arrow pierced into the chest of another person, killing three people instantly!

　　At this time, everyone realized that they had fallen into a tactic of feinting to the east and attacking in the west. They were about to adjust their positions and prepare to kill Pang Jun, but the formation was destroyed by Pang Jun. In desperation, several people fired their crossbows indiscriminately, some missed the target, and some hit their own people. The scene became chaotic. Pang Jun took advantage of the situation and killed several more people with a few moves. In just three breaths, under Pang Jun's attack, the number of opponents was reduced from sixteen to only eight, and the price Pang Jun paid was that he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder again.

　　Chao Kejian held a large ring knife in his hand, looked at Pang Jun whose breathing was a little disordered and said, "Liu Jun, I underestimated you, but you have reached your limit, so just prepare to die." Pang Jun smiled, and suddenly picked up a person lying on the ground and said, "Okay, let's see who will die first?" The person in his hand was Qi Tiansheng's son!

　　"Go ahead and shoot. Let's see if Qi Tiansheng will come to you to settle the score if his son is killed?" "Don't shoot. Save me." Qi Tiansheng's son was planning to pretend to be dead to get away with it. Pang Jun was a very capable person and he knew exactly how many people he had killed and how to kill them. How could he be fooled and become someone else's chopping block?

　　"Humph, Qi Tiansheng is hiding in Xichuan, what can he do to me?" Chao Kejian sneered. "Shoot!" "Swish, swish, swish", another rain of arrows, but this time, there were only six arrows. Pang Jun sneered, grabbed Qi Tiansheng's son and pushed him forward, three arrows shot into his body, killing him on the spot, the remaining three arrows were easy for Pang Jun, at the same time, Qi Tiansheng's son's body fell into the crowd, Pang Jun took advantage of the situation and rushed out, and in another moment, the two were killed.

　　Pang Jun looked at the remaining panicked people and walked forward step by step...

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　　PS: I have had some time and inspiration recently, so I wrote two posts with six chapters. If I am not too busy at work, I should have another 10,000 to 20,000 words to update in September. Since I have to travel during the National Day holiday, I don't think I will have much time to update.

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　　Dong Yunxuan: 32 years old, the wife of the owner of the world's number one weapon forging sect "Iron Sword Fort". She colluded with her husband and the people of Xichuan to set up an ambush and kill Pang Jun. However, after Pang Jun turned the defeat into victory, she raped her in front of her husband and was controlled by Pang Jun with poison. She helped Pang Jun secretly control the "Iron Sword Fort" and became a supporter of Pang Jun's weapon manufacturing.