Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting from Fist Technique Deduction
Chapter 163 - 24: Chaos in the Granary

Chapter 163: Chapter 24: Chaos in the Granary

North of the Huai River, Pei family’s grain warehouse.

This place, being a crucial stronghold for the Pei family, stores much of the grain collected annually by the academies from various villages.

There are nearly thirty granaries here, all filled to the brim with grain. The four central granaries store the spirit grain collected.

Spirit grain has extremely low yields, containing abundant energy, and is one of the few spiritual objects that can be directly cultivated by the lower-class peasants. However, spirit grain is also an essential tribute to the upper city. Most of the spirit grain collected annually by the Pei family is sent to the upper city with utmost diligence.

The grain warehouse north of the river is of utmost importance to the Pei family, and usually, at least one person at the late Condensed Essence stage personally guards it.

Especially after the situation in Yanghua became tense, the Pei family additionally arranged for a direct elder to oversee this location.

With two at the late Condensed Essence stage, unless the patriarch of the Hong family himself acted, they could hold out until the Pei family sent reinforcements.

But today, the situation has changed.

Flames erupted around the outer granaries.

Despite the heavy snow, countless figures hidden in the wilderness were watching the flames rising in the distance.

"Old Zhang, Old Li, look."

A middle-aged beggar, filthy and in rags, extended his frostbitten fingers, shakily pointing towards the granary.

The beggar’s face had only one eye left; the other was eaten by a wild dog after he fainted from hunger. He was lucky to be saved by two other beggars he stumbled upon later.

"Blind Wang, one of your eyes got eaten by a wild dog, what can you still see? If you’re hungry, don’t move around. Wait till the sun comes out tomorrow, and when it’s warm, dig some grass roots to eat. Don’t move; the more you move, the hungrier you get," the beggar named Zhang replied with his eyes closed, not even glancing.

After speaking, he shifted his body inside the tree hollow, compressing the dry grass beneath him to retain the precious warmth.

"Old Zhang’s right. Don’t overthink, what can you see in this darkness? Stop daydreaming. Sleep more, Old Wang, sleeping helps stave off hunger," the beggar named Li said, suddenly scratching off a louse from his body before a smile, showing sparse yellow teeth, broke across his face, "A feast."

Between his dark fingers was the blood-sucking louse from earlier.

Old Li opened his eyes to glance at it, then popped the louse into his mouth. Feeling it turn into pulp under his teeth, he seemed to savor it, as if enjoying the taste more than a rare fruit.

Just as he prepared to lay down and shut his eyes again, the distant firelight caught his attention, and suddenly he sensed something was amiss.

"Old Zhang, Old Zhang, get up," Old Li shoved the half-asleep beggar beside him, speaking with excitement, "Look, look, is that the granary? The granary?"

"What granary?" Beggar Zhang opened his bleary eyes, looked at the raging fire in the distance, and couldn’t help rubbing his eyes.

"Isn’t that the Pei family granary? It’s on fire?" The one-eyed beggar was extremely excited, "Someone intercepted the Pei family granary, let’s go see—maybe we can snatch some food."

Though Blind Wang only had one eye left, it burned with an intense flame even fiercer than the blaze reflecting in it.

The other two beggars stood up, craning their necks to peer, "Let’s go, let’s go, to the granary north of the river. There’s food."

Saying so, the three of them hobbled off without hesitation towards the grain warehouse north of the river.

"Food, there’s food."

"The grain warehouse north of the river caught fire, defenses are gone, countless grain, enough to last us through winter. Go, everyone go."

"Food, there’s food, hungry, so hungry."

In the wilderness of Yanghua, refugees hiding away, starving like zombies, surged towards the grain warehouse north of the river.

Their eyes were like hungry wolves as they head towards the grain warehouse north of the river with intense longing.

And at this moment, the blazing grain warehouse north of the river had two groups fiercely battling each other.

But more people were causing chaos everywhere, continuously igniting one granary after another.

"Hahaha, I’ve long heard of Pei family’s Luo Chuli, with his Mountain Opening Palm creating fear in all directions. Now, it seems he’s nothing much,"

At the northwest of the granary, between two warehouses, a person stood on the rooftop of a granary, laughing at the brawny man below trying to quell the disturbance.

Luo Chuli crushed the skull of a rioter with one hand, looked up at the emaciated man above, a serious look flashing in his eyes.

Bang!

The two locked eyes, and in the next instant, were locked in combat. Their figures stood out in the chaos of the warehouse, each clash of fists and feet like a heavy hammer striking the heartstrings, sending rippling waves of power.

Boom boom boom!

The wind of their fists howled, shadowed legs flew.

"You are the Crying-faced Monkey Xia Houyang!" Rage filled Luo Chuli’s eyes, "West River Alliance dares target my Pei family, attacking the grain warehouse north of the river? Who gave you the courage?"

"Heh heh, does the West River Alliance fear the Pei family while trying to take over the whole academy? You might as well drown in your own spit," the Crying-faced Monkey sneered dismissively.

After speaking, their moves became even more fierce like a storm, with sharp eyes like an eagle capturing each other’s every move.

Bang bang bang.

The only thing left was the pure essence energy colliding between the two of them.

In another area of the granary.

Upon hearing the chaos, Pei Yexun, the direct elder of the Pei family, immediately stepped out of his room to quell the rebellion.

However, as he just stepped out, a violent aura suddenly entered the range of his essence sensing.

"Mei Andao!"

Pei Yexun, dressed in a black robe, slowly turned, gazing at the man in a gray robe standing in the granary’s shadow.

That man, with a broad smile, ears large and nose square, resembled a laughing Buddha. It was Mei Andao, the Laughing Buddha, a renowned expert of the West River Alliance.

Just then, killing cries erupted from the granary, flames soaring into the sky.

But Pei Yexun had no mind to observe the other places’ situations, continuously vigilant against another figure appearing in the corner of his eye.

"Hong Jincheng!"

"I never expected the Hong family to team up with the West River Alliance to plunder my Pei family’s granary?" Pei Yexun’s face gradually turned cold as essence energy surged in his heart.

Hong Jincheng, in a green robe, stood in the whistling cold wind that made his robes flutter noisily.

"I, at the eighth grade of Condensed Essence, along with the West River Alliance Laughing Buddha Mei Andao—do you think your eighth grade can withstand us?" But compared to the coldness in his eyes, even the chill in the world seemed thin.

"If I were you, I would flee from here, or you’ll be wounded if not dead!" Laughing Buddha Mei Andao’s face remained calm as he brought his hands together and slowly approached.

"Heh, at this level of cultivation, why pretend and disturb my mind?" Pei Yexun retorted with a stern face, "If you want to fight, then fight! Fighting one is a fight, fighting two is also a fight. Since practicing martial arts, I haven’t tried facing two eighth-grade Condensed Essence experts simultaneously."

"Today, it happens to be an opportunity to learn from the two of you."

With a bold spirit, Pei Yexun spoke and unexpectedly took the initiative to attack.

In a flash, three figures were locked in a battle.

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