Chapter 641: Chapter 641

At this moment, the noodle stall owner continued, "But our Lishui City is doing well now."

"This place is the Land of Young Heroes."

"Land of Young Heroes?"

"How long has it been since Young Doctor Duan left? The Xuanxiong Gang was wiped out overnight, and later even the County Magistrate was killed, you know about this, right?"

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"At first, it was rumored to be the work of some Evil Demon, but later we found out, that wasn’t any Evil Demon, it was the renowned Young Hero Duan. Once the Xuanxiong Gang was eliminated, there was no one to collect silver and very few people got beaten up, our days have been much better."

"No matter how others say Young Hero Duan is the Old Demon, we recognize him as a Hero. These good days we have are all brought by him."

Speaking of this, the noodle stall owner couldn’t help but puff out his proud chest.

Duan Yun felt quite proud for a moment, but still a bit surprised, "Has it been so long, and there are still no gangs in the city?"

"There are. Half a year later, the Xuanxiong Gang reappeared."

"Reappeared?" Duan Yun exclaimed in surprise.

"Someone in the city found the manual for practicing the Xuanxiong Palm at the Xuanxiong Gang’s base, so someone else mastered it again."

"Doesn’t that cause chaos again?" Duan Yun asked.

"How could it cause chaos? We’re the Land of Young Heroes here. Last time even the County Magistrate was killed; who dares to mess around now?"

"Your new Xuanxiong Gang doesn’t collect protection fees, doesn’t beat people up?"

"They don’t collect, don’t beat people, and even help repair houses and pave roads, though they charge a little labor fee."

From this inquiry, Duan Yun learned that those who newly mastered the Xuanxiong Palm, although organized into the "Xuanxiong Gang" again, did not randomly beat or collect protection fees, but engaged in construction work, earning silver.

"They don’t lose their temper anymore?" Duan Yun asked curiously.

When he decided to eliminate the Xuanxiong Gang, aside from personal vendettas, it was also because those "bear kids" became extraordinarily violent after practicing the Hand Technique, unable to control their tempers, and would easily kill people.

"Their tempers are great, but this is the Land of Young Heroes, they dare not act recklessly. When they lose control of their tempers, they put each other in an octagonal cage for sparring, which lets them vent their tempers and improve their martial arts."

Duan Yun did not anticipate that since he left, his hometown had turned into the "Land of Young Heroes."

At this time, a fellow townsman at the next table interjected, "Old Li, isn’t it strange lately that the Xuanxiong Gang can’t be found these last two days."

"Can’t be found?" The noodle stall owner, Old Li, asked in confusion.

"Indeed, they haven’t finished digging the communal toilet in the west of the city, and our Shopkeeper hasn’t paid them yet, but they can’t be found."

"Could they have gone outside to train? I remember they would go hammer trees wildly when practicing martial arts, and quite a few old trees in the suburbs were ruined by them."

"Who knows, maybe they’ve been wiped out."

"Wiped out? How is that possible?" Old Li said.

"There’s a lot of fighting and killing in the Martial World. It’s been peaceful on account of the ’Land of Young Heroes,’ but now that the young heroes are no longer here, who knows if chaos might start again."

With that, concern appeared on the faces of the people at the noodle stall.

Listening to this conversation, Duan Yun raised his eyebrows slightly.

The new Xuanxiong Gang, can’t be found?

Audacious! Someone dares to wipe out a gang in the "Land of Young Heroes"?

Damn it, if it’s true, I must wipe out their whole family!

After finishing his noodles, Duan Yun still had this matter in his mind, so he headed to the Xuanxiong Gang’s base.

The Xuanxiong Gang’s base was quite different from before.

At least the face of it was reduced by more than half.

A part of what used to be the Xuanxiong Gang’s territory had obviously been renovated into a lukewarm street.

Just as the fellow townsman at the noodle shop said, the Xuanxiong Gang seemed deserted.

You know, before the annihilation, the Xuanxiong Gang had gatekeepers and several guards. Even if the new Xuanxiong Gang switched to construction, there should still be at least one gatekeeper.

After all, isn’t it still a gang?

Duan Yun, with Little Yin, easily entered the premises.

The place seemed quite clean, clearly regularly maintained.

Even though the Xuanxiong Gang’s members were missing, it should only have been recent that they disappeared.

Duan Yun circled around inside twice and even ran into a fellow townsman looking for the Xuanxiong Gang to clean the communal toilet, but found nothing.

The local looked worried, saying, "We had an agreement, but now no one can be found. The feces in that communal toilet are hard and stinky, even a bamboo stick broke trying to prod it, only their bear paw can do it. If it continues to stink, can I still run my bun shop?"

Later, the fellow townsman also added—"Have they gone to cut trees again? This time, too many people have gone.".

Since the new Xuanxiong Gang was in the construction business, and training required wood, while construction also needed timber, it made sense for them to go out for wood.

But this time, they went too thoroughly.

No one was here, which seemed odd upon reflection.

Afterwards, the local with the bun shop also left, leaving only Duan Yun and Little Yin to roam the place.

At this point, Little Yin sniffed the air and walked straight to a brick house.

That place was the Xuanxiong Gang’s kitchen.

The wall next to the stove had long been blackened by smoke.

Little Yin searched in the kitchen, clearly having picked up on something.

Duan Yun asked, "What did you smell?"

Little Yin frowned and said, "Nothing clear yet. But without you telling me, I also want to see my limits."

Yes, Little Yin had learned to answer quickly.

At this moment, Little Yin suddenly thrust half her body into the hearth, leaving only her moon-shaped hips outside.

Duan Yun observed closely.

He had to admit that in terms of investigating and finding things, he was not as good as the daughter of the Jade Guanyin.

Then, Little Yin, with a flick of her hips, threw something to the ground.

Duan Yun looked at it, his expression changed slightly.

A large, thick hand, like a bear paw.

It was clearly cultivated by someone from the Xuanxiong Gang practicing the Xuanxiong Palm.

Now this hand was in the hearth, but where was the person?

This hand was covered with some earth, mixed with the black ash from the hearth.

Little Yin, looking at the hand, said solemnly, "This hand has the scent of salt and Sichuan peppercorns."

Hearing this, Duan Yun narrowed his eyes slightly.

He carefully inspected the bear paw, looking at the cracked earth on it, and the casually burned lotus leaves, he said, "This resembles the method of making Beggar’s Chicken."

Previously, when Duan Yun roamed the Martial World, camping in the wild, he was not good at cooking wild game, and later he learned some knowledge in this area.

In the wild, the most easily hunted is wild chicken, so he first learned to make Beggar’s Chicken.

"Beggar’s Chicken" involves wrapping in lotus leaves, then covering with yellow clay, and cooking in a bonfire.

This hand was seasoned, and had mud and a lotus leaf, it was evident someone was trying to roast it this way?

Was someone looking to eat this hand?

Could this be the reason for the Xuanxiong Gang’s sudden disappearance?

Good heavens, seems like I’ve really encountered an Evil Demon committing crimes in the "Land of Young Heroes."

Duan Yun looked at Little Yin and said, "Keep searching!"

Indeed, any Evil Demon daring to cause trouble in his hometown, must have their whole family wiped out!

Little Yin took a careful sniff of the "bear paw" and continued her search.

The sky gradually darkened, and the entire Xuanxiong Gang base was eerily quiet.

Thinking about someone specifically taking people’s hands to eat them, this scenario gradually unfolded into a bit of horror.

What kind of entity specifically eats a hand practiced to mastery?

Duan Yun, holding the "Beggar’s Bear Paw," felt a bit mixed in emotion.

Little Yin, growing somewhat tired from searching, felt revived as Duan Yun’s finger lightly touched her back, causing her legs to clamp tightly, regaining her focus.

She looked at Duan Yun, complaining, "Could you not be so sudden?"

Though this lewd finger strength gave her some pleasure, too suddenly would make her a bit overwhelmed.

And in this mix of comfort and pain, Little Yin’s sense of smell indeed became sharper.

She headed straight to the backyard.

In the backyard stood a rockery covered with moss.

Little Yin knelt near the rockery, knocked on the ground, and said, "Got it."

Below the rockery was hollow.

And there was a faint scent reminiscent of the "Xuanxiong Palm" wafting from below.