Hearing this, Xu Fei was momentarily taken aback.
After a moment’s thought, he figured Ma Sanlaizi must have assumed Xu Fei was here for revenge, especially since Ma Sanlaizi had mouthed off at Fengtian Tower before being captured.
“If you don’t hurry up, I’ll just take the chest and leave without you!”
Xu Fei had no patience to keep arguing with the old man. He was confident that if he grabbed the chest and used a bit of provocation, Ma Sanlaizi would follow obediently.
Sure enough, as Xu Fei prepared to scale the courtyard wall with the chest, Ma Sanlaizi finally panicked.
“Oi, oi, oi, don’t rush off, young man! Take me with you!”
When Xu Fei led Ma Sanlaizi outside the mansion, the old man saw bodies strewn across the ground, confirming that Xu Fei hadn’t been bluffing.
The courtyard where Ma Sanlaizi had been held was only a wall away from the rest of the mansion.
If Xu Fei had actually fought all these guards, the commotion would surely have alerted Master Gong.
Yet neither Master Gong nor Ma Sanlaizi had heard a sound, meaning these guards had been taken out instantly by Xu Fei!
“Good heavens, just how strong is this young man?” Ma Sanlaizi thought to himself as he hurried to keep up.
“You old codger, what are you dazing out for? You’re going the wrong way, this way!”
Xu Fei’s shout snapped Ma Sanlaizi out of his thoughts.
Xu Fei led Ma Sanlaizi back along the original route, and everything went smoothly until they were about to cross the inner courtyard gate, where an unwelcome figure appeared.
“Brave lad, daring to break into the Gong residence! Got some guts, but how many lives do you have?”
The man, clutching a long sword, glared at Xu Fei with venomous eyes, blocking their path.
Ma Sanlaizi was naturally terrified, but Xu Fei handed him the chest.
“Wait one minute.”
With that, Xu Fei strode forward.
His words infuriated the short-haired man, who gritted his teeth and snarled, “You think you can deal with me in one minute? Hmph! Big talk!”
“Let’s see if you can withstand my sword!”
The man moved with impressive speed and momentum.
To Ma Sanlaizi, it seemed as though the man reached Xu Fei in an instant.
Xu Fei appeared nonchalant but was already on guard.
He dodged smoothly, then snapped a branch off a nearby tree and charged forward.
The opponent wielded a sword, while Xu Fei held only a branch, yet it was the arrogant man who fell.
“Boring. With your half-baked skills, you should go back and train instead of relying on flashy moves to scare people. What’s the point?”
Xu Fei had initially thought he might be facing a formidable opponent.
But he noticed that despite the man’s aggressive start, his footing was unsteady, revealing him to be all show and no substance.
For someone like this, Xu Fei felt that simply defeating him wasn’t enough; a bit of humiliation was in order.
So, he broke off a branch and used it as a weapon to win effortlessly.
Afterwards, Xu Fei casually tossed the branch into a corner by the courtyard wall and glanced at Ma Sanlaizi.
