Chapter 279 - Raising the Flag (2/2)

To enter the Stone Castle, which was situated at the peak, he hid in the undercarriage of a water delivery cart, and just as it was nearing the stone bridge at the entrance of the fort, he quickly released himself from the cart and hid in the nearby bushes He reht, when he climbed the wall of the cliff until he reached the botto off, he shi+fted to the side of the bridge, and began cli potholes as his handholds

He was above a deep ravine, and if he slipped he would be falling to his death Even Gu Shenwei himself felt that it was remarkable for his climb to be entirely accident-free

The penulti was the easiest part of his e, and not all sentries were kung fu uards at the watchtoere not even killers, and they were not even alar up the wall of the watchtower and accidentally stepped on a loose piece of rock

After he replaced the Golden Roc Flag, Gu Shenwei stood gazing towards the interior of the Stone Castle, his hand tightly gripping the shaft of the flag pole He felt a strong impulse to rush inside and kill the inhabitants of this hated place

However, he knew that security would be tighter the further he went into the castle He controlled his impulse and left the same way he came from

On his way back, he nearly e, his fingers slipped and he nearly fell Luckily, heon and remained suspended fro to ed to accoan to think that he could do anything he wanted, after his close shave, Gu Shenwei decided that he would never sneak into the Stone Castle in this ht, picking his targets and plantingthe day, he would ‘hide’ by openlyin the busiest teahouse in South City

The guests in the teahouse soon beca nearby No one bothered to consider the fact that he was a stranger who only began appearing a few days ago

He was pleased with the reactions of the citizens in Jade City Even thoughbattle between the Dragon King and the Golden Roc Fort, quite a nuer scale then they had ever seen before, and that it would not affect them personally “Let them kill each other, what does it have to do with us? I don’t know any kung fu, and don’t wish to clai train of thought

The bounties were doubled, but the arew lesser substantially

Next, Gu Shenwei changed his strategy of only targeting killers froain, this time at a few inns situated at the outskirts of East City The next ot ready toat, they noticed that a Black Blood Flag was struck on each of their cargo carriage The blood on each flag came from the head of security of each caravan, and they were machetemen from the Kun Society ere paid to act as armed escorts

Gu Shenas so efficient that the tea near each other, did not even wake up when they were murdered and decapitated They only noticed that their leaders wereup, and it led them to shout hysterically in panic, totally unconscious of losing their ie as battle-hardened machetemen

None of the four caravans dared towas an important source of incos of the Golden Roc Fort and the Meng family came from it, and the lives of the ordinary citizens were also closely interlinked with trade The Dragon King was causing major disruption to the daily flow of everyone’s lives by his actions

Whatthe Dragon King’s exas after the deed Soht but found to have no connection whatsoever with the Dragon King and the Great Snowed to avoid detection just as Gu Shenwei did

The struggle was an exercise in subtlety

Gu Shenwei’s motive was to stir up panic in Jade City, which would lead to dialogue ast each party involved in the situation, as well as allowing them to anticipate as to come However, he had to round He knew he had to hold back his killings at soed to offend everyone

On the 18th day after he raised the first flag, when he thought everything was going smoothly, his luck ran out

At this juncture, even he had to ad fu or sle-handedly cause so much disruption and panic in Jade City Luck played an important part in his success

That very afternoon, he was chatting idly as usual with ‘faer was nearby

The hot topic of that afternoon ould the Dragon King stop killing or be killed hiedthe fate of mankind and the entire universe “It’s Jade City’s doom, and no one can escape from it,” he continued

His statement set the tone for the afternoon’s discussion, and the others started sounding more and more pessimistic

“Jade City has been around for a few centuries, hasn’t it? Is it going to fall because of the Dragon King?”

“If this continues, no one will be able to conduct business, so how can the city survive? What do we have of our own? Even our grains and food are ion King and the Suprest theet the peace ant,” suggested someone boldly No one took the speaker seriously

The guests soon began talking about otherwith the heavy topic about the city’s i doom Out of nowhere, an old man, who Gu Shenwei had noticed the first day he had started to le in the teahouse, spoke up “Business in other parts of the city has been affected, but this teahouse has profited fro to do, and there are new guests here everyday”

Thethat business was indeed brisk these few days

“New guests”

Gu Shenwei’s expression beca robe for his Five Peaks Saber

Killers of the Golden Roc Fort had successfully trapped the Dragon King