Xu Fei walked over and kicked the corpse lightly with his foot, confirming that the man had no chance of survival, so he paid it no further attention.
Instead, Xu Fei turned his head to the other side, vaguely recalling that it was the escape route taken by the hall master, Gong Zisheng.
Without a word, Xu Fei chased after him in that direction.
At that moment, Gong Zisheng had already fled back to his study in a frantic dash.
The reason he returned here was because Gong Zisheng had a secret passage hidden in this room, a tunnel stretching several hundred metres that led straight to the headquarters of the Red Buddha Society on the other side.
This passage had been secretly constructed under the guise of renovations when Gong Zisheng first bought this courtyard house.
Even Elder Sushui, the one he trusted and valued most, had no knowledge of this secret.
Panting heavily, Gong Zisheng arrived in his study. He approached a wooden shelf and reached for a white jade Buddha statue placed on it.
Then, he gently twisted the statue to the left.
Click, clack, clack…
A faint sound rang out, and the wooden shelf slid to one side, revealing the hidden entrance to the secret passage.
“This damned Xu Fei, no wonder his head carries a bounty of tens of millions within the Red Buddha Society, his strength is absolutely terrifying!”
Gong Zisheng muttered to himself as he prepared to escape.
Before facing Xu Fei head-on, he had been brimming with confidence, certain he could take down the man in front of him.
But who could have known that just as Gong Zisheng thought victory was assured, Xu Fei suddenly unleashed a powerful and mysterious force, instantly turning the tide of the battle?
When that red lantern, glowing like the sun, rose into the sky, Gong Zisheng, standing nearby, immediately felt the true qi in his body begin to solidify.
And the temperature kept rising, forcing Gong Zisheng to take cover at once.
After hiding and escaping the lantern’s glow, he witnessed a shocking scene: Elder Sushui and the subordinates he’d arranged in the Seven Shadows Assassination Formation burst into flames, their entire bodies consumed by fire!
This terrified Gong Zisheng to his core, and all notions of a hall master’s dignity and pride were thrown out the window.
He bolted straight to his study in a flash.
The only plan Gong Zisheng could think of was to report this situation to the other three hall masters, and ideally, to inform the society’s leader.
After all, the power Xu Fei had just unleashed was overwhelmingly dominant. In its presence, the members of the Red Buddha Society were like snow meeting the spring sun, utterly powerless to resist.
“Too terrifying, I’ve got to get this news out fast!”
Just as Gong Zisheng muttered this to himself and prepared to enter the secret passage, two sharp whistling sounds suddenly pierced the air by his ears.
Gong Zisheng focused his gaze and saw two silver needles fly towards the passage entrance, followed by even more needles in quick succession.
These needles completely sealed off the entrance to the secret passage, and then Xu Fei’s voice rang out slowly.
“Hall Master Gong, no need to rush off. Who was it you just said you were going to report this to?”
Along with Xu Fei’s voice came that red lantern, glowing like a death knell.
The moment Gong Zisheng caught sight of its red light, he immediately ducked behind a massive floor-standing vase in the study.
This spot was a blind corner in the room, where the lantern’s light couldn’t reach.
But it also meant that Gong Zisheng was now temporarily cut off from the passage entrance, and this time, he’d even lost his chance to risk his life dashing into the tunnel.
