Chapter Fifty-Four: The Dark Mansion

  Chapter Fifty-Four: The Dark Mansion

  After Ning Chong and others left for a moment, the stunned people in the hotel finally reacted, all with faces of incredulity. Half a day later, someone began to discuss it in an uproar:

  "My goodness! Someone actually dares to lay hands on the Black Tiger Mercenary Group?!"

  "Yes! And yet so young, looking like 14 or 15 years old!"

  "Looks like they're quite strong, but I'm afraid it won't be enough to take on the Black Tiger Mercenary Group..."

  "It's certain that the Black Tiger Mercenaries have been entrenched in Qingyang Town for over thirty years, with a strong foundation and formidable strength. How could a mere young boy possibly shake them? Don't even mention that nonsense about heroes emerging from youth, I reckon that boy is probably doomed..."

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  Amidst the heated discussions, however, most people didn't think highly of Ning Chong. The Black Tiger Mercenary Group had been stationed in Qingyang Town for too long, and the number of heads they had killed could pile up to a mountain peak; their dark shadow had already taken deep root in people's hearts.

  Ning Chong was naturally unaware of the discussions about him among the hotel crowd. In the darkness, he held that Lai San in his hand as easily as holding a withered branch.

  "Spare... spare my life! Young master, spare my life!"

  Lai San finally came to his senses, teeth chattering, body trembling, crying and begging for mercy, where was the majestic bearing he had in the hotel just now?

  Ning Chong gave Lai San a cold glance and said: "Immediately guide me, take me to the Black Tiger Mercenary Corps headquarters."

  His life was in their hands, how dare he say no, and he nervously pointed out the route.

  The Black Tiger Mercenary Group was quite notorious in Qingyang Town. Ning Chong only strolled around for a bit before he understood the situation.

  Some of the mercenaries from the Black Tiger Mercenary Group got drunk and started beating up ordinary people for fun, regardless of whether they were male or female, old or young. Fortunately, the people of Qingyang Town seemed to have gotten used to it, and after nightfall, there was almost no one on the streets, except for a few people who had urgent business and encountered this misfortune.

  However, people hiding at home and locking their doors are not necessarily safe. Ning Chong personally saw the mercenaries of the Black Tiger Mercenary Corps, in order to vent their beastly desires, brazenly breaking into homes, rushing into civilian houses, and forcibly robbing women.

  Seeing such evil deeds, Ning Chong was cold-faced and unhesitatingly took action, harvesting the lives of these beasts without leaving any behind.

  Without spending much time, after a moment, under Lai San's guidance, Ning Chong had already arrived in front of a grand mansion.

  Looking at this mansion, Ning Chong suddenly realized that he seemed to have done something superfluous.

  In this Qingyang Town, the existence of the Black Tiger Mercenary Corps is like that of a local tyrant, known to all and sundry. The headquarters of the Black Tiger Mercenary Corps is the mansion of its leader, Hei Hu, which is luxurious and eye-catching. As long as you stand in a slightly higher corner of Qingyang Town, you can see the tall buildings in the Hei Hu Mansion that overlook Qingyang Town with pride.

  Such an obvious goal doesn't need anyone to guide it.

  Lai San's role has come to an end. For a rascal like him who clings to the Black Tiger Mercenary Group, it doesn't take guessing to know that he is guilty of numerous evils and his crimes are heinous. Ning Chong didn't hesitate at all, and in Lai San's terrified pleading gaze, he twisted and broke Lai San's neck.

  Just as he was about to leave, Ning Chong saw Lai San carrying a large broadsword on his back. He thought for a moment and immediately picked up the broadsword.

  With a satisfied nod, Ning Chun pointed his head. The headquarters of the Black Tiger Mercenary Corps must have a large number of people, so in battle, it will be more effective and efficient to slash and kill quickly.

  Ning Chong had previously used logs and long swords to chop down enemies, both of which were effective, but the weapons didn't feel quite right in his hands. This thick-backed saber, however, was neither too heavy nor too light, just suitable, a handy good weapon.

  Ning Chong continued on his way, and before long, he approached the mansion.

  The mansion's gate was extremely large and grand, with gold lacquer and copper nails, exquisitely crafted. Above the gate hung a plaque inscribed with the words "Hei Fu" (Black Mansion), and below it were the smaller characters "Hei Hu Da Ren Hei Hu Yong Bing Tuan Yong Zhen Qing Yang Zhen" (The Black Tiger Lord's Mercenary Group Forever Guards Qingyang Town).

  Ning Chong couldn't help but burst out laughing. What a ridiculously arrogant tone, a small mercenary group like this actually dares to use the words "Eternal Garrison"! Although the Black Tiger Mercenary Group has some strength, in the end they are still just frogs at the bottom of a well!

  The headquarters of the Black Tiger Mercenary Corps was very large, covering an area of several dozen miles, completely occupying the entire eastern region of Qingyang Town. At the entrance of the mansion, two mercenary guards were stationed, just like a model.

  It's estimated that the Black Tiger Mercenaries have been too comfortable in Qingyang Town for too long, thinking that no one would dare to come and bother them. As a result, these two mercenaries were very relaxed, laughing loudly and chatting, telling some dirty jokes, boasting about their past misdeeds, and occasionally pulling out their wine pouches to take a few sips.

  Rescuing Ning Jing and the others was top priority. Ning Chong didn't want to alarm anyone, so he didn't recklessly charge in through the main gate of the mansion. Instead, he circled around the mansion and finally decided to enter from the back door.

  Having made up his mind, Ning Chong turned around again and came to the back door of the mansion. However, before he could get close, he heard cries and curses from a distance. He looked up to see that a beggar was being brutally beaten, rolling on the ground in pain, wailing and begging for mercy repeatedly.

  There were three people kicking the beggar, all in their twenties, dressed as servants, wearing green clothes and small hats, obviously slaves in the mansion. At this time, they were shouting viciously, their hands and feet not stopping at all, showing no mercy, just like they were kicking a sandbag.

  And the most ruthless of them all was a servant with a pair of fierce triangular eyes, who cursed as he beat him, saying: "Bah! Even the dog food in our Black family is something you stinky beggar can't snatch? Your worthless life isn't even worth one hair on the dog that guards our Black family's gate! Keep stealing! Keep eating!"

  "Spare my life, spare this old bones of mine... I just came here... don't know any rules, spare me this time..."

  The beggar was old and frail, with white hair, but his age and pitiful appearance did nothing to help him. He begged for mercy, but the slaves continued to beat him brutally, each kick aimed at the old beggar's weak and soft chest and abdomen, extremely ruthless.

  After just a few moments, the begging voice of the old beggar who was malnourished and physically weak gradually became softer, even his moaning sound grew weaker, clearly on his last breath.

  Clearly visible not far away beside him was a tall and ferocious black wolf dog greedily gnawing at the meat bones on the ground.

  Obviously, the old beggar came to the back door of the mansion, and because he was hungry, he decided to rob a bit of food from that black dog to fill his hunger. As a result, he was discovered by these slaves and suffered a vicious beating.

  It wasn't just those mercenaries who were arrogant and domineering, even the small slaves in the mansion were so cruel and tyrannical that they wouldn't even give dog food to beggars! What a black tiger mercenary group, what a tyrannical He family!

  "Old thing, blind your dog's eyes! Don't you see what kind of place this is? If I don't break your old bones today, my name isn't Zhang Wu..."

  The triangular-eyed slave and the other two slaves were so engrossed in their fight that they didn't notice Ning Chong's arrival, continuing to beat each other fiercely while shouting angrily.

  But this time, the triangular eyes had just fallen when they suddenly heard two crisp bone fracture sounds and a wolf dog's mournful howl. Then, in front of their eyes, everything went black, their chest tightened, and they almost couldn't breathe.

  By the time he reacted, San Jiao Yan felt that his feet had already left the ground. In front of him, a handsome white-robed youth with a single arm was holding him suspended in mid-air, staring at him with a pair of cold and icy black eyes.

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