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Chapter 129: Must Die!
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"Shi Jinlun!"
"Shi Zhinie!"
"How is this possible?!" Zhou Wencen and Li Lilou exclaimed.
"Shi Zhinie? Shi Jinlun? What are they…"
Swoosh!
Before Su Jingxing could finish speaking, a cold, bloodthirsty, crazy, and fanatical gaze swept towards the opening where Zhou Wencen, Li Lilou, and Su Jingxing stood.
"He…"
Boom!
A loud bang interrupted Zhou Wencen's words.
It was the owner of the bloodthirsty gaze, the tall figure covered in blood. His aura burst forth and turned into a blood-colored pillar of light as he dashed towards the opening.
As for the unibrow man whose chest was pierced through, he shattered into a dozen pieces with a loud bang.
Boom!
The air exploded and the ground blew up.
Su Jingxing took multiple steps back, and Zhou Wencen and Li Lilou did the same. They both used their lightness skills to dodge the blood-colored pillar.
Although the latter missed, it charged out of the cave and buried into the ceiling of the corridor, creating a huge pit immediately.
Countless gravel mixed with powder scattered in the corridor.
Roar!
A beast-like roar resounded throughout the base before the dust settled.
Su Jingxing released his true energy and swept away the dust. What he saw was a tall figure covered in blood coming down from the ceiling and standing in the corridor. His body was surrounded by a fierce and tyrannical aura.
A long blood-colored snake…
No, a lifelike blood-colored long wyrm coiled and twisted around the tall figure as it emitted boundless blood energy.
Under this blood energy, Su Jingxing felt as if a mountain was pressing down on his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe. His blood was surging.
His limbs trembled uncontrollably, but his body remained stiff on the spot, unable to move at all.
Fear that he had never felt before struck his heart.
Danger!
Extreme danger!
Facing this blood-colored wyrm, a shiver that came from the depths of his soul crawled into Su Jingxing's heart with everything. It was so stimulating that his entire body trembled and his mind went blank. While he was sincerely terrified, his survival instincts made him visualize a secret ability in his mind.
The Demonic Heaven Trampling Elephant Diagram!
This was the last mental secret ability recorded in the secret manual of the Nine Steps Trampling Heaven by the Wei ancestors. Su Jingxing had only simulated it in his mind and never tested it out.
The reason was that his soul power was insufficient.
But at this moment, in the face of the terrifying might of the blood-colored flood dragon, fear came from the depths of his soul. The Demonic Heaven Trampling Elephant Diagram automatically circulated, mobilizing little soul power to visualize the Heaven Trampling Elephant in his mind.
In the end…
Su Jingxing only heard a short elephant trumpet. He didn't even manage to visualize a vague image of the Heaven Trampling Elephant before he felt a sharp pain in his brain and regained consciousness.
Even though he had failed, this clarity allowed Su Jingxing to leave the fear of the blood-colored wyrm and regain control of his body.
As soon as he regained freedom, he threw a punch at the tall figure covered in blood.
The true energy cultivated circulated was 200 years!
The strength amplified by the Hundred Steps Reigning Fist was fully unleashed, stacking with each step.
In an instant, a force of more than 200,0000 catties broke through the air, triggering a loud bang. In a flash, it ruthlessly collided with the tall figure that was about to pounce towards Su Jingxing.
The terrifying power shattered the figure's surrounding energy in an instant. Then, it struck the tall figure and forcefully tore apart the blood-colored wyrm dragon that coiled around his body.
Bam!
Accompanied by an angry roar, the crimson wyrm exploded, transforming into countless streams of blood-red energy that surged into the surroundings, shattering the air and blowing up the walls.
The tall figure was pushed forward as well. He flew backward at lightning speed and crashed through multiple walls.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Deafening explosions were continuously heard along with the dust that rose.
Until the sounds faded and stopped completely, the huge base then regained some of its vitality.
Moments later, screams, wails, growls, and moans could be heard from every corner.
Su Jingxing leaned against the wall in exhaustion, his heart beating fast.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
For the first time in his life, Su Jingxing felt that listening to his own heartbeat was such a wonderful feeling.
"Thank… Thank you…"
More than 10 meters away, Zhou Wenchan leaned against the wall and looked at Su Jingxing. As he thanked him, he panted heavily.
Li Lilou was more or less in the same state. He was panting like an ox and there was still fear lingering on his face.
"Martial… Martial Art True Intent! S-Shi Zhinie, actually… actually condensed Martial Art True Intent! H-He actually successfully, successfully advanced to third-grade!"
Third-grade?
Martial Art True Intent?
"No! He hasn't!"
Yan Yuanfeng's voice rang out. He, who was still in shock, slowly walked out from behind Su Jingxing, Li Lilou, and Zhou Wen Cen.
"Shi Zhinie hasn't reached the third-grade yet. The Martial Art True Intent of that blood-colored wyrm was not completely solid either!"
"If it was, the Martial Art True Intent wouldn't be shattered so easily!"
As he spoke, agitation appeared on Yan Yuanfeng's face. He looked at Su Jingxing with a fanatical gaze and said excitedly, "Of course, this doesn't affect Guest Elder Lin. Although Shi Zhinie isn't a true third-grade, he's still invincible among fourth-grade martial artists. Guest Elder Lin was able to shatter his Martial Art True Intent with a single punch and send Shi Zhinie flying a hundred meters out. Even if the power of this punch isn't as strong as third-grade martial artist's, it isn't much inferior!"
"Th-that's right. We owe it to Guest Elder Lin. Otherwise, we would have already died in the hands of Shi Zhinie," Zhou Wencen said gratefully again.
"I was defending myself too."
Su Jingxing spoke in a low voice. His eyes flickered as he looked in the direction of the hole where the tall figure covered in blood disappeared into. This tall figure was also the previous patriarch of the Shi Family, Shi Zhinie. Su Jingxing's heart raced.
Su Jingxing had a very deep impression of this formidable man who had single-handedly built up the Shi Family to become the top family clan of the Western District.
He probably wouldn't be able to forget him in the short term.
"He's not dead."
Su Jingxing lowered his voice. "This previous patriarch of the Shi Family is in a very strange state. The Shi Jinlun that you people just called out to earlier had died in his hands!"
"That's right. Shi Zhinie killed Shi Jinlun. If I'm not mistaken, he has suffered a Qi Deviation."
Li Lilou took a deep breath and said.
"What? Shi ZHinie killed Shi Jinlun?" Yan Yuanfeng cried out in alarm. "Isn't Shi Jinlun his son? Did the old man take the wrong medicine? He even killed his own son? Even if he has suffered Qi Deviation, he shouldn't have become like this!"
"Qi Deviation?" Su Jingxing raised his eyebrows.
"I already said that he has suffered from Qi Deviation. Shi ZHinie has lost his rationality. He doesn't recognize Shi Jinlun. In his mind right now, there's only madness, killing, and bloodthirst," Zhou Wencen said angrily. "Under such circumstances, there's nothing surprising that Shi Jinlun appeared beside him and was killed by him. It's completely expected."
Er…
Yan Yuanfeng smacked his lips.
"You all seem to know that something will happen to Shi Zhinie?" Su Jingxing asked.
"That's right. Guest Elder Lin is unaware, but our families have always been wary of the Shi Family. The problem lies with Shi Zhinie."
Li Lilou took a deep breath and said seriously, "That old bastard Shi Zhinie has always wanted to replace my Li Family and become the number one martial arts family in Qinghe City.
"In order to achieve this goal, he will do anything.
"A few years ago, we received news that we didn't know whether was true or not. Shi Zhinie had obtained a heretic art!"
"Heretic art?" Yan Yuanfeng exclaimed. "How come I don't know?"
Li Lilou ignored him and continued, "Shi Zhinie seemed to have obtained a heretic art. It was rumored that it could allow him to advance to the third-grade. In order to verify the authenticity of this news, we sent many people to infiltrate the Shi Family to gather information, but we never found anything.
"It wasn't until this time, when all of our people were captured and brought to this secret base, that I was 90% certain that Shi Zhinie had indeed cultivated a heretic art."
"When I heard that loud crash and caught the strong scent of blood, I further confirmed that Shi Zhinie had succeeded in doing so!
"However, it was a little unexpected that he would suffer from Qi Deviation. But on second thought, it made sense. How could it be possible for a heretic art that depends on using a large amount of blood to be successfully cultivated and bring one to the third-grade to be completely risk free?"
"Including Martial Art True Intent," Zhou Wencen added. "The Martial Art True Intent condensed through cultivating heretic art might be stronger, but correspondingly, it's also harder to control!"
"Martial Art True Intent? Shi Zhinie succeeded?"
A clear voice sounded.
Li Linzhou, Wang Tiedao, a muscular man, and a woman with a large leopard cat beside her walked down the corridor where Su Jingxing, Li Lilou, and the others were.
"Qi Xinjue, Fourth Sister Qi. Zhao Zhongyi, Chief Zhao. And Commander Li, Boss Wang, you're finally here."
Yan Yuanfeng turned his head and looked at them. He grinned and said, "You guys missed the good show just now. It's such a pity. As for Shi Zhinie, that's right. He condensed Martial Art True Intent, but in the end, it was shattered by a single punch from Guest Elder Lin!"
Li Linzhou, Wang Tiedao, and the others lifted their heads and looked at Su Jingxing in surprise.
"It's true,"
Seeing this, Li Lilou chimed in, "Shi Zhinie has advanced to the third-grade, but his realm is not stable. The Martial Art True Intent condensed is also not complete and could dissipate at any time. Most importantly, he advanced to the pseudo third-grade through cultivating a heretic art. Even though he made a breakthrough, he has also suffered Qi Deviation."
"Qi Deviation? Hmph, good!" The muscular man, Zhao Zhongyi, sneered.
"Unexpected, so unexpected!" Wang Tiedao sighed.
"Where is he now?" Li Linzhou frowned. "How is Shi Zhinie doing?"
"There, it's in the deepest part over there." Yan Yuanfeng turned around slightly and pointed at the large hole in the wall that Shi Zhinie had made.
"This was created by Guest Elder Lin." He raised his eyebrows. "Guest Elder Lin destroyed his Martial Art True Intent with a single punch and sent Shi Zhinie flying. He's most likely lying unconscious in the ruins."
"No, he's here." Su Jingxing tensed up.
Li Lilou, Zhou Wencen, Wang Tiedao, Zhao Zhongyi and the rest also felt their hearts racing.
Li Linzhou immediately pulled out a long sword that was like water. He aimed at the hole and released streaks of sword energy.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Sword energy tore through the air, heading straight for the depths of the hole.
"Move, everyone else, quickly leave this place!"
With a solemn expression, Li Lilou ordered his men to leave quickly.
"Yes, yes. Everyone, retreat immediately!"
Yan Yuanfeng snapped back and called for his men to leave the base.
In the pseudo third-grade, even if his foundation was unstable from just making the breakthrough, the strength he possessed was not something that martial artists in the lower ranks could resist.
Even for sixth-grade or fifth-grade martial artists, few would be able to withstand it.
Su Jingxing was different.
He was an exception. The existence of a cheat ability was not something others could compare to.
Shi Zhinie had suffered Qi Deviation. He had lost all rationality and was bloodthirsty and violent.
To be honest, there was no need for Su Jingxing to fight him head-on.
However, if this previous patriarch of the Shi Family were to regain consciousness and sought revenge on him, he would be in deep trouble.
Other than a few Shi descendants who were still alive, the rest of the Shi Family was almost completely wiped out by him.
Once Shi Zhinie sobered up, he would definitely seek revenge.
Finding Su Jingxing was within expectation.
Although Su Jingxing had disguised his appearance and never showed his face, no one could guarantee that he would always be safe.
The best way was to nip the problem in the bud.
In other words, Shi Zhinie must die!
Now that there were so many people, if they attacked together, there was a high chance that they would be able to kill this martial artist in the pseudo third-grade.
After all, Li Lilou, Zhou Wencen, Wang Tiedao, Yan Yuanfeng, Zhao Zhongyi, Qi Xinjue, and Li Linzhou all had a reason to kill him.
Although Li Linzhou was the Commander of City Governance of Qinghe City's Martial Suppression Office, he didn't seem to have any grudges with the Shi Family.
Yet, on the contrary, once Shi Zhinie regained consciousness, Li Linzhou would be the first person he kills.
This was because Li Linzhou had approved the Lin Family's duel application against the Shi Family.
If Li Linzhou wasn't the referee, the Shi Family wouldn't have bothered with Lin Tuotian.
The Shi Family suffered heavy casualties, and Li Linzhou had a part in it.
Under such circumstances, would Shi Zhinie let Li Linzhou off?
Impossible!
Whether it was for himself, or to safeguard the stability in Qinghe City, Li Linzhou had to kill Shi Zhinie.
Thus, there was no need to say anything, no need to signal with their eyes, the seven of them made their decision at the same time.
Get rid of Shi Zhinie!
"Let's go outside!"
Li Lilou's expression changed when he saw a tall figure stepping out from the ruins. He shouted in a low voice,
"We can only join forces against him if we go outside."
As soon as he finished speaking, he retreated swiftly towards the exit of the base.
Zhou Wencen, Yan Yuanfeng, Wang Tiedao, Qi Xinjue and the rest followed closely behind.
Su Jingxing thought for a moment and also moved towards the exit.
There were too many passageways in the base, the area of activity was limited, it was disadvantageous for the encirclement.
It would be easier to kill Shi Zhinie if they went to the open area outside.
Everyone knew this.
Because of this, everyone quickly left the base.
"Roar!"
Almost at the same time, a beast-like roar resounded throughout the mountain.
Boom!
The sound of air exploding came from the base.
The group had just left the base and were waiting outside.
Hearing this roar, everyone's expressions changed.
Qi Deviation!
Shi Zhinie was still in a state of Qi Deviation!
In this state, he feels no pain, no emotions, only knows killing.
Surrounding and killing him was undoubtedly the most difficult.
But in this situation, they had to take action.
"Roar!"
The roar echoed throughout the mountain peak.
Boom!
With a loud bang, the ground shook.
While everyone watched, Shi Zhinie who was covered in blood with a crimson red wyrm coiling around him appeared once more.
That's right, Shi Zhinie had manifested the Martial Art True Intent shattered by Su Jingxing again!
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Chapter 130: Ten Punches
It was not possible for a force like Martial Art True Intent to be completely shattered, unless the martial artist controlling it was dead.
As long as the martial artist did not die, no matter how many times it was shattered, it could reappear.
Of course, it was not that simple to repeatedly manifest Martial Art True Intent.
The reason was because every time it shattered, the martial artist's mind, will, and spirit would suffer a heavy blow.
If the shattering were to happen multiple times, the person would collapse.
Moreover, each time it re-manifests, the interval required would range from as long as one to two days to at least an hour.
This was related to the martial artist's mental strength.
Those with strong mental power require short intervals, and the Martial Art True Intent would also last longer after being manifested.
Conversely, it would be weak.
Shi Zhinie's Martial Art True Intent had only been shattered by Su Jingxing for less than ten minutes, yet it had re-manifested so quickly. It could be imagined just how much his mental strength had expanded.
For others, one instance of their Martial Art True Intent shattering and their minds, wills, and spirits would be severely damaged.
Shi Zhinie did not need to…
No, it was more accurate to say that in his Qi Deviation, he did not sense all that!
There was no pain, no fear, no rationality, only a crazed desire for blood.
In this state, Martial Art True Intent could naturally be retracted and released at will.
…
Roar!
The snarls of Shi Zhinie who charged out of the entrance of the base echoed through the forest.
The seemingly corporeal blood-colored wyrm once again unleashed a terrifying blood aura.
The invisible pressure crashed through the air, spreading out in all directions with Shi Zhinie at its center, extending over a hundred meters.
Whoosh!
Swoosh!
Li Linzhou, Yan Yuanfeng, Li Lilou, Zhou Wencen, and the others didn't need to be reminded. They used their lightness skills and quickly moved away from Shi Zhinie.
Among them, Qi Xinjue, who rode a large leopard cat, was the fastest.
Without leaving behind any afterimages, only the sound of rushing wind could be heard as the man and beast shot out hundreds of meters away.
Compared to them, Su Jingxing was much simpler. He didn't remain on the ground but charged straight into the air.
After executing the Eight Steps Rising Dragon, his entire body turned into a dragon-shaped trail and soared hundreds of meters into the sky.
Stopping in the air, he did not rest and directly circulated 100 years of his true energy cultivation into his right hand and began executing the Hundred Steps Reigning Fist.
From a high vantage point, he dived down, locking onto Shi Zhinie and punched out.
Boom!
An explosion louder than a sonic boom reverberated in all directions.
The silvery black fist imprint carrying a million catties of strength rushed towards Shi Zhinie under the acceleration of gravity.
Roar!
On the ground, Shi Zhinie seemed to sense something as he roared towards the sky. His scarlet eyes locked onto the fist imprint.
Bang!
The earth shook.
Countless cracks appeared beneath Shi Zhinie's feet.
Shi Zhinie who had the blood-red wyrm wrapped around him didn't dodge or show any fear. Rather, he directly faced the fist imprint and shot into the air.
A shockwave erupted, and dust flew everywhere.
Shi Zhinie, which had transformed into a blood-colored beam of light, carried a torrential sanguine suppression as he clashed with the descending fist imprint in midair.
Boom!
A heavy blast echoed through the sky.
Under the tearing of the Martial Art True Intent, the silvery-black fist imprint did not dissipate immediately. Instead, it collided with the blood-colored wyrm, causing it to flicker.
In the end, it shattered with a crash.
The shockwave produced swept through the air and ground.
In the sky, a vortex that was like a hurricane swept through all the cloud layers and spread out for over a kilometer.
On the ground, the trees on the entire mountain were rustling, lifting countless fallen leaves that danced wildly in the forest and flew everywhere.
Shi Zhinie was struck down by the massive force the same way he charged into the sky.
The heavy force smashed into the ground, creating a deep pit about four to five meters deep.
Beyond its diameters of a dozen meters, long cracks that twisted sinisterly like pythons were seen.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Qi Xinjue, Li Linzhou, Li Lilou, and the rest who had retreated, returned as expected.
As Shi Zhinie stood up at the bottom of the pit and prepared to charge into the sky again, they released their true energy.
Sword energy, saber energy, palm imprints, fist imprints…
All sorts of attacks rained down on Shi Zhinie at once.
Shi Zhinie, who did not have any Martial Art True Intent protecting him, was sent staggering from the impact. He roared in anger. His already bare upper body was covered in lacerations and dripping with blood.
Clearly, his physical body had not been strengthened by the heretic art and was only as strong as it was before.
In the face of the joint attacks, he lost his ability to resist after a few moves.
But soon, a brand new blood-red wyrm appeared again, coiling around Shi Zhinie and releasing terrifying blood energy.
Swoosh!
Whoosh!
The party decisively retreated.
They dodged the terrifying pressure of the Martial Art True Intent.
In the air.
Su Jingxing stepped on air and also rose several hundred meters back up.
Then, he mobilized 100 years of cultivation again and sent another punch towards Shi Zhinie through the Hundred Steps Reigning Fist.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The punch landed and the air exploded throughout the way.
The fist that carried a million catties of strength, under the boost of the acceleration of gravity, struck Shi Zhinie who had escaped the pit once again.
Boom!
With a loud explosion, the blood-colored wyrm surrounding Shi Zhinie shattered and dissipated.
As for Shi Zhinie himself, he was knocked back into the pit by the remaining force of the punch, and fell more than a meter deeper than before.
The number of cracks at the edge of the pit doubled, becoming even more dense and numerous.
Swoosh!
Whoosh!
Li Linzhou, Qi Xinjue, Li Lilou, and the others swiftly rushed back.
Roar!
Shi Zhinie who had broken bones, torn flesh, and blood all over his body snarled as he rushed out from the pit.
However, before he could exert his strength, sword energy, saber energy, palm imprints, fist imprints…
Various attacks poured down onto his body once more, adding more wounds to his body and causing blood to spurt further.
Shi Zhinie who felt no pain roared again and again as the blood-colored wyrm manifested once more.
Swoosh!
Whoosh!
Li Linzhou, Yan Yuanfeng, Qi Xinjue, and the others saw this and continued to retreat.
By the time Shi Zhinie completely manifested the blood-red wyrm, Su Jingxing had already smashed his fist down.
It still contained a million catties of strength. Under the acceleration of gravity, it ruthlessly struck Shi Zhinie , shattering his Martial Art True Intent and throwing him back to the bottom of the pit, making it even deeper.
Roar!
Shi Zhinie roared and struggled out of the pit.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Li Linzhou and company quickly returned. Another wave of attacks sliced off one of Shi Zhinie's legs and hands.
Once Shi Zhinie was about to manifest his Martial Art True Intent, the group would retreat in advance.
On the other hand, Su Jingxing, who was in the air, would circulate 100 years of cultivation to drop a punch.
Boom!
Roar!
…
Boom!
Roar!
…
One punch after another. Again and again.
In the state of Qi Deviation, Shi Zhinie endured a full ten times before he finally stopped breathing.
In the end, under Su Jingxing's attacks, all that was left of his Martial Art True Intent was a silhouette.
Shi Zhinie himself had also been reduced to a human staff.
Only his remaining head and half of the upper body were connected.
[Inferior Bloodseeker Corpse discovered.. Would you like to extract it?]
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Chapter 131: 10 billion
"…Yes!"
Su Jingxing responded inwardly, but his countenance remained unchanged on the surface.
Of course, since he was wearing a mask, the rest would not be able to tell either.
He was just curious.
Inferior Bloodseeker Corpse!
Shi Zhinie's corpse was actually named as some Inferior Bloodseeker Corpse.
Could it be that after cultivating the heretic art, this formidable figure of the Shi Family, whose name had been well-known throughout the entire Qinghe City had turned into a different race and was no longer human?
On second thought, there were indeed many obvious clues.
The most obvious was Shi Zhinie. After his Martial Art True Intent was shattered by Su Jingxing, his physical body was able to resist the joint attacks of Li Linzhou, Li Lilou, and the others for as many as ten times.
There was a huge hole in his chest. His limbs were broken, and his head was mostly damaged.
Even so, he could still manifest his Martial Art True Intent until he was deader than dead.
Even a first-grade martial artist would not have such a system.
Bloodseeker?
The heretic art that the old fellow cultivated could turn people into Bloodseekers?
Other than humans and barbarians, is there another terrifying race hidden on Earth Star?
Su Jingxing thought to himself.
He was looking forward to finding out what the card he had extracted from Shi Zhinie's corpse was.
For the other members of the Shi Family, regardless of whether they were in the fourth-grade or ninth-grade, All the cards extracted from them were Bloodline Cards. They unlocked to give the Three Yin Candles Blood.
Shi Zhinie was the only exception.
What would be a reward better than the Three Yin Candles Blood?
…
"Phew~"
"Finally done." Yan Yuanfeng let out a breath and lamented in exhaustion, "This heretic art cultivated by Shi Zhinie is too overbearing. Not only could he manifest Martial Art True Intent, even his vitality was greatly boosted. He was only forced to die in the end."
"That's right. I'm curious about the heretic art that his old patriarch cultivated. What is it?" Zhao Zhongyi murmured.
"Why? Do you want to try it too, Chief Zhao?" Li Lilou chuckled.
"Ha, I'm just curious. I want to see what heretic art is so powerful." Zhao Zhongyi waved his hand and said, "As for cultivating it, no thanks. Although third-grade is good, I haven't lived long enough."
"Chief Zhao's cultivation might not turn out the same as Shi Zhinie. Perhaps, you will be able to remain sober after cultivating the heretic art," Zhou Wencen said with a smile.
"No need." Zhao Zhongyi maintained his smile. "Brother Zhou, you can give it a try. You might be luckier than me and you'll advance directly to third-grade."
"Hahaha…"
Li Lilou, Yan Yuanfeng and the rest laughed out loud.
Only Li Linzhou didn't participate. He first nodded at Su Jingxing before walking straight to the entrance of the base.
Seeing this, Yan Yuanfeng also wanted to follow.
Li Lilou suddenly pulled him back.
"What's wrong?" Yan Yuanfeng stopped and turned to look at Li Lilou.
"Cough…"
Li Lilou took a glance at Li Linzhou, who had already entered the base. He lowered his voice and said, "Everyone, while we're all here, let's discuss how we will distribute the Shi Family?"
Distribute? Distribute what?
Hold on!
Suddenly, Su Jingxing was enlightened and came to a realization.
Shi Zhinie was dead, and the two fourth-grade experts of the Shi Family were also dead. Shi Jinlun, Shi Jinyong, and the other higher-ups were all dead, except for Shi Jinnian.
As long as they killed Shi Jinnian, the Shi Family with a hundred-year-old legacy could be declared extinct.
With the destruction of the Shi Family, the huge business left behind and the various resources accumulated would become a gold mine.
The Li, Qi and Zhou families all wanted to devour it.
However, it was impossible to take it alone.
Hence, the offer to distribute everything in advance was placed in front of everyone.
Su Jingxing was the mastermind behind the destruction of the Shi Family, and also a "fourth-grade" expert. Naturally, he was qualified to get a share of the pie.
"I want 10 billion dollars."
Before the others could say anything, Su Jingxing spoke up, "I only want 10 billion Great Yu dollars. I don't need anything else."
"Sure," Li Lilou quickly replied.
"No problem." Yan Yuanfeng nodded.
"No problem for me to," Zhou Wencen agreed.
Zhao Zhongyi, Wang Tiedao, and Qi Xinjue all nodded. No one objected.
The Shi Family's businesses were worth more than 100 billion.
Su Jingxing was only taking one-tenth of it. He really wasn't asking for much.
Li Lilou, Zhou Wencen and the others even heaved a sigh of relief inwardly.
In the division of the Shi Family's resources, Su Jingxing was the obstacle they could not bypass. Now that Su Jingxing had chosen money, it saved them a lot of trouble.
And Su Jingxing only asked for 10 billion dollars. It was a decision after careful consideration.
Firstly, if he were to take those fixed assets of the Shi Family and not sell them, he would have to hire someone to manage them.
Instead of bringing trouble, he might as well exchange it for money from the start.
Secondly, the cultivation resources of the Shi Family, including martial arts, elixirs, weapons, and so on, all tended to be of yin and cold attributes. Su Jingxing would not need them.
Finally, to completely destroy the Shi Family, the major family clans like the Li, Zhou and Qi families would have to take action. There would be a lot of troublesome matters to deal with.
For example, the elderly, women, and the children. The Shi Family's collateral descendants in various functional towns and other cities. Whether these people were killed or crippled, something had to be done.
In comparison, taking the money and leaving would save Su Jingxing a lot of effort and trouble.
Most importantly, Su Jingxing had gotten what he wanted.
The Three Yin Candles Blood!
Together with another 10 billion dollars, it was enough.
With this 10 billion dollars, if he were to work with the Stone Annihilation Alliance again in the future, it would be a purely cooperative relationship.
…
After distributing their "pie", and setting a time to surround the Shi Family's residence at night to get rid of the last few stones. The group returned to the base.
First, they went to the underground cave where Shi Zhinie charged out from.
Upon arriving, everyone, including Su Jingxing, was shocked.
Corpses!
In their sight, corpses were everywhere.
Suspended in midair, lying on the ground, or leaning against the wall.
These corpses that had died not long ago struck everyone's hearts.
The reason why they had just died was because there were two IV tubes attached to each corpse.
One was infused with nutritional fluid, and the other drew blood!
The nutritional fluid kept them alive, while the other tube drew blood from blood vessels, and connected to a blood pool deep in the center of the mountain.
Other than precious herbs, the heretic art that Shi Zhinie cultivated also required a large amount of human blood.
Perhaps beast blood would work too?
But Shi Zhinie chose human blood.
At the very least, there were no wild beasts corpses in the spacious underground cave below the base. Instead, there were no less than 500 corpses.
A mix of male and female, young and old.
Yi Yunru, Cai Gongxian, Ye Jiuchong, and the others were all present.
Shi Zhinie wanted to use their blood to cultivate. From the moment Ye Jiuchong and company were captured, they were destined to die.
No matter how fast Su Jingxing was, it would be too late.
All he could do was bring their corpses back to the ground, burn them into ashes, and send them back to the Stone Annihilation Alliance.
Li Lilou, Yan Yuanfeng, Zhou Wencen, and the others did the same. They retrieved the corpses of their subordinates and brought them to the ground to be burnt.
As for the remaining corpses, they were all destroyed in the cave.
After confirming their identities, Li Linzhou personally poured the Corpse Dissolving Liquid.
There were hundreds of corpses. They still had to make a call back to the city and get someone to transport two large trucks of Corpse Dissolving Liquid. And they were barely enough.
The Shi Family had a complete disregard for human life and killed countless people.
Li Linzhou immediately made a call and instructed the Martial Suppression Office to watch over all the exits and lock down the entire Shi Family estate.
With such a big move, Shi Jinnian, who had stayed behind in the city, naturally received the news.
"The Old Man… failed?"
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Chapter 132: New Card
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Shi Jinnian murmured.
In the past, his expression was either somber or composed. Now, his face was covered in confusion.
Failed?
We paid so much money, expended lots of resources and killed so many people.
In the end, he actually failed?
Why?
Shi Jinnian could not figure it out.
It seemed that over the past month or so, things have never gone right for the Shi Family.
People died every few days.
Today, almost everyone in the Shi Family who could contribute in terms of strength had died.
Initially, I thought that all these could be made up once the Old Man succeeded.
Now, the Old Man is also dead.
What else does the Shi Family have left?
Shi Jinnian sat in the courtyard, staring blankly at the sky.
"Dad, Dad, something bad has happened."
An urgent and nervous shout could be heard. A teenager around 14 or 15 years old ran towards Shi Jinnian in panic.
"Dad, it's bad. We've been surrounded. All of us are restricted to the estate. We can't leave."
Fear was written all over the young man's face. He shivered and swung his hands as he spoke.
"…It's fine."
Shi Jinnian regained his focus and said calmly, "Pass down my orders. Don't panic. We're just temporarily restricted. It will be lifted very soon."
"Re-really?" The youth hesitated. "Dad, it's fine if the people outside are all from the Martial Suppression Office, but I heard that the Li, Zhou, and Qi families are also here. Will they rush in and start a massacre?"
"They won't," Shi Jinnian said with certainty. "What they want are our assets, not people. And with the Martial Suppression Office here, they won't dare to kill indiscriminately. Go, tell the others not to panic, just listen to the Martial Suppression Office's arrangements."
"…Alright." The young man nodded and turned around to inform the others.
Shi Jinnian remained where he was, gazing at the sky as he muttered to himself.
"You want to devour the Shi Family? Fine, I'll give it all to you…"
…
In the small courtyard at the foot of the mountain.
Su Jingxing took out all the cards he had extracted on this trip.
The cards came from the people who stayed behind to keep guard in the Shi Family's base and the people who were killed in the cave.
There were more than 600.
Su Jingxing was most concerned about the card he had extracted from Shi Zhinie's corpse.
Holding it in his hand, he read the description.
Regeneration Card!
Another new card.
As the name suggested, the Regeneration Card could regenerate any organ.
Even if his head was cracked or his heart was torn, as long as he could unlock the card within three seconds, the organ would regenerate.
Of course, there was a prerequisite to regenerating the head and heart.
One's consciousness must remain!
This was the prerequisite for using the Regeneration Card.
Only when one's consciousness was not destroyed could any organ be regenerated.
Therefore, Su Jingxing could at most be able to regenerate all the other organs except the heart.
Including his limbs.
If his head and heart were broken, he would still die.
Though it was said that it would work so long as his consciousness remained intact within the three seconds of unlocking, but, if his head was gone, would his consciousness still exist?
Perhaps for a martial artist in the top ranks, after condensing their Martial Art True Intent, their consciousness would still remain for a short period of time even when their head was broken.
The Ethereal Sword Immortal had mentioned this before. When Martial Art True Intent has been cultivated to profundity, it was said that it could separate itself from the body and exist independently.
If the physical body was destroyed, the Martial Art True Intent could still remain.
The Ethereal Sword Immortal wasn't sure how that could happen.
In any case, it was impossible for someone in the lower or middle ranks to achieve.
Su Jingxing could only treat this Regeneration Card as a super strong self-healing card and not a resurrection card.
For instance, Shi Zhinie was filled with extremely powerful vitality when he was alive.
Without the joint efforts of Su Jingxing, Li Lilou, and the others that continually destroyed his body, this formidable figure would not have died.
Using the Regeneration Card as a super strong self-healing card was the correct way to use it.
This card was also a life-saving trump card.
Su Jingxing put it away solemnly and placed it at the outermost area of his palm space.
He calmed his mind and checked the other cards.
Six Bloodline Cards, too little, but also within expectations.
Three True Energy Cards, unexpected gains. I'll keep all of them as backup.
One Memory Card. Surprise!
There were 28 Skill Cards, among which were seven skills such as cooking, dancing, sculpting, drawing, sketching, or other life skills.
The rest were all martial arts. The martial arts were average. Su Jingxing put them aside.
136 Internal Force Cards. The cultivation levels varied. The least was half a month, while the most was six years.
This number of Internal Force Cards meant that there were this many martial artists in the lower ranks who had died in the cave to provide Shi Zhinie with blood.
The remaining cards were either the Strength Enhancement Cards or Essence Energy Cards.
Su Jingxing unlocked them one by one and stored the Strength Pills and Essence Energy Pills he had obtained separately.
He also unlocked all the Internal Force Cards. Combined with the ones he had left from before, he had about 200 years of cultivation. He absorbed them and converted them into Heaven Trampling True Energy, increasing his cultivation by two years.
Accumulated true energy cultivation, 304 years.
Su Jingxing, who was already in the fifth -grade, went through another round of tempering.
A moment later, he unlocked the six Bloodline Cards and fed the Three Yin Candles Blood to Thunderbolt.
Immediately after, he probed this spirit weapon. It was still an inch away from a complete recovery.
Su Jingxing was not in a hurry.
There were still members of the Shi Family who were alive. He was confident that he could make up for the last bit.
The reason why he was so confident was because the only Memory Card he extracted contained the life memories of a person named Shi Tianjing.
Shi Tianjing, an orphan adopted by the Shi Family since young, a sacrificial soldier!
He was 35 years old this year, but was already a sixth-grade martial artist. He almost made it to the fifth-grade.
Like Nie Renchou, he was one of the team leaders of the Shi King Guards, the leader of a small group of sacrificial soldiers.
Su Jingxing unlocked the card and watched Shi Tianjing's life.
He was fortunate enough to "see" a hidden secret of the Shi Family.
There was a secret passage beneath the Shi Family's residence that led to the underground carpark of a building 800 meters away.
That building did not belong to the Shi Family. It was managed by a hidden faction under their control.
After they lost the duel, Shi Jinnian had Shi Jinlun open up this passageway, preparing to evacuate the remaining elites of the Shi Family.
Shi Tianjing was one of the participants.
Shi Tianjing had also been to the last secret base of the Shi Family and knew where it was located.
The Shi Family's sacrificial soldiers were trained from a young age. They had nurtured a belief that they would rather die than reveal anything.
If they were caught, they would self-destruct.
This indeed ensured that Shi Tianjing, Nie Renchou, and the other sacrificial soldiers could do a final counterattack before they died.
And had ensured that no outsiders would know about the Shi Family's secrets.
But.
Shi Jinnian would never have dreamed that Su Jingxing could extract cards from corpses!
He also extracted the Memory Cards from Shi Tianjing and Nie Renchou's corpses.
Through the two Memory Cards, Su Jingxing learned of most of the Shi Family's secrets!
Underground passageway, the last secret base, Shi Jinnian's evacuation plan.
These were left in plain sight for Su Jingxing to admire.
Knowing Shi Jinnian's route of retreat, finishing them off and obtaining the Bloodline Cards would be a breeze.
Of course, in order to maximize the effect, Su Jingxing didn't plan to take action in the city.
He was going to follow Shi Jinnian to the last secret base of the Shi Family and capture all the remaining members of the Shi Family in one swoop!
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Chapter 133: Silenced
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Night.
Qian Shui Building.
Level three of the underground carpark.
In the half-lit, half-dark spacious space, five people stood in front of a vent and waited patiently. They were one elderly and four youths.
In a dark corner a hundred meters away from them, Su Jingxing held his breath and stared at the vent without blinking.
Before the sky turned dark, Su Jingxing had come to the Qian Shui Building.
Shi Jinnian's escape route, the exit of the underground passageway connected to the Shi Family's residence, was this vent where the two groups of people were waiting.
The Ghost Python Breath-holding Technique was circulated to the extreme. Su Jingxing quietly entered the underground carpark and waited patiently.
During this process, cars drove in and out of the underground carpark.
Half an hour ago, two alighted and turned off the cameras in the corners of the ceiling.
15 minutes ago, the one elder and four youths arrived at the carpark and waited quietly in front of the vent.
This scene indicated that Shi Jinnian was about to appear.
Indeed.
Not long after, the cover of the vent shaft was pushed open from the inside.
A slender man crawled out.
He was expressionless. He first swept his gaze across the five people, then looked around to make sure that no one else was around.
Then he turned around and knocked on the ventilation duct three times.
Moments later, Shi Jinnian came out with five other people.
"Patriarch."
When the five people who had been waiting saw him, they hurriedly took a few steps forward. The old man in a suit bowed and said, "Patriarch, all arrangements have been made. The car is over there."
"Very good. Thank you, Old Cai."
Shi Jinnian looked around and his gaze landed on the old man. He patted the old man's shoulder and sighed. "I don't know when I'll be back after I leave."
"No matter how long it takes, we'll always wait for Patriarch to return." Old Cai was a little sad, but his tone was firm.
The four others also shouted in unison.
"Alright, alright. With you guys around, I'm not worried at all." Shi Jinnian patted Old Cai's shoulder again and sighed. "Old Cai, I hope you don't hate me."
"Patriarch, if it weren't for you, I would have lost my life long ago. Why would I hate you?" Old Cai said solemnly. "Although I can't leave with you, staying behind and guarding this property for you is serving you all the same. Why would I feel hatred?"
"That's good, that's good."
Shi Jinnian sighed. "It's good that you don't hate me. I have no other choice either."
"Patriarch, please don't be like this. I…"
Plkch!
With a strange sound, Old Cai's words came to an abrupt halt.
His eyes widened as blood gushed out from the corner of his mouth. He looked down at his chest.
Over there, a sharp claw covered in true energy pierced through his chest and exited his back.
A heart-wrenching pain swept through his entire body. Finally, it gathered in his brain for shock, surprise, and confusion to emerge in his eyes.
Looking at the owner of the sharp claw, Shi Jinnian, his eyes were filled with disbelief.
He opened his mouth to say something, but in the end, he lowered his head and died.
"Uncle Cai!"
"Ah!"
Shouts and screams then sounded and broke the silence.
It was too sudden.
Without any warning, Shi Jinnian suddenly struck and killed Old Cai, who had done his best for him.
The four men and women with Old Cai had never seen such a thing.
They were startled out of their wits at the first moment. When they snapped back to their senses, they screamed, wanting to escape.
However, before they could take a step, the people standing around Shi Jinnian made their moves.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
They were very fast, the short swords in their hands danced.
With a series of strange noises, the four men and women collapsed in pools of blood, dead.
"How ruthless!"
In a dark corner, Su Jingxing watched this scene with a slight smile.
In order to prevent future trouble, and leaking of the news, Shi Jinnian had silenced everyone.
This had the style of his father back then.
…
"I had no choice. Old Cai, don't blame me."
Shi Jinnian looked at the five corpses and sighed.
"Dad, stop talking to the dead. Let's leave this place quickly," a teenager urged.
"Go and get the car."
Shi Jinnian nodded. As he spoke, he let go of Old Cai's corpse and closed his eyes.
"Old Cai, rest in peace."
"…"
The corners of Su Jingxing's eyes twitched slightly.
Disdain welled up in his heart, but he didn't reveal any of his aura. He hid in a corner and watched as Shi Jinnian and company boarded the two cars that Old Cai had prepared.
They left the underground carpark one after another.
Su Jingxing's figure flashed. He went to extract the cards first, then quickly followed behind the cars.
When they were leaving the carpark, he heard Shi Jinnian's instructions to call the crematorium to collect the corpses.
Then, the two cars headed south on the main road.
That's right. They weren't going to the suburbs but to the Southern District.
This was because the Shi Family's last secret base was located on the south bank of the Sky Water River in the Southern District, under a small hill.
Su Jingxing followed closely behind, keeping a 100-meter distance.
Never near but never losing them.
Li Lilou, Yan Yuanfeng, Zhou Wencen, and the rest were probably still outside the Shi Family's estate and would only take action in the morning.
Su Jingxing had already begun on his side.
He did not inform them because there were many valuable items in the Shi Family's last secret base.
Su Jingxing had no interest in the Shi Family's fixed assets.
However, Su Jingxing didn't want to share certain things with others.
Half an hour later.
The two cars that Shi Jinnian and company rode crossed the Sky Water River Bridge and drove to the south bank.
After driving for another ten minutes, they arrived at the foot of a small mountain.
There was a scenic building at the foot of the mountain with many rooms inside.
The cars drove through a gate and stopped at a remote corner.
After alighting, they quickly turned into a small path and entered a house.
Someone was waiting in the house.
After Shi Jinnian and company entered, the other party immediately activated the mechanism and opened up a sealed wall.
Behind the wall was an underground tunnel that led down.
Shi Jinnian and company entered the passageway one after another.
After everyone was in, the people who kept guard outside closed the wall and returned everything to normal.
Su Jingxing witnessed the entire process.
He waited for about five minutes before he quietly entered the house.
Without the guards noticing, he knocked them out from behind.
Following which, he activated the mechanism as they had done and reopened the wall before entering the underground tunnel.
Soft lamps were installed on both sides of the passageway.
After Su Jingxing entered, the first thing he did was to find the switch and turn off the lights.
He knew that there were many surveillance cameras installed in the passageway.
With the lights on, how could Su Jingxing continue to hide?
His three secret abilities, Night Vision, Distant Vision and Advanced Hearing were activated at the same time.
Su Jingxing moved forward silently and quickly.
When he reached the exit, he kept an ear out for any sounds within a 100-meter range. After confirming that there was no one outside, he increased his speed to the fastest, flashed in and found the nearest underground room. He opened the half-open door and closed it gently.
The entire process took less than a second.
Su Jingxing only relaxed slightly when he was in the storeroom that was temporarily empty. He listened to all movements within a hundred meters.
He did not know if he was really lucky.
Just three minutes after Su Jingxing started to listen, an excited shout suddenly sounded…
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Chapter 134: Next Life
"Found them! Found them!"
"We've found the treasures!"
What?
Inside the base, those who heard the shouts were all stunned.
But the next moment, the entire base was in an uproar.
"They really found it? That's great!"
"That's right! To think that the team that went out to search for the treasures would be able to find them so quickly!"
"Exactly. I thought it would take a month or two or even half a year. I didn't expect them to find the exact location in less than a week."
"Hey, what do you think are among the treasures left behind by Jin Mushen?"
"Who knows? But if I'm not wrong, there should be gold, silver, jewels, martial arts secret manuals, treasure weapons and pills."
"…"
Inside the base, people who were having discussions in the rooms and corridors were excited and agitated.
Su Jingxing who was listening to their conversations was also surprised.
The Shi Family has actually found Jin Mushen's treasures!
Previously, the Shi Family wanted to use Jin Mushen's treasure to attract and divert the attention of the entire city.
Back then, the Shi Family didn't know where the treasure was, so they wanted to borrow the power of the various major factions in the city to search together.
Unexpectedly, the team sent by the Shi Family only took less than a week to find those treasures.
This news was very timely for Su Jingxing.
The Shi Family wanted Jin Mushen's treasure, and Su Jingxing wanted to take a look too.
The treasures left behind by an ancient corrupt official must be quite valuable.
With this in mind, Su Jingxing enhanced his ability of Advanced Hearing and listened out for the exact location of the treasure.
Fortunately, the underground base was divided into three levels.
The linear distance for every level from east to west was less than a hundred meters.
And the distance between two levels was less than ten meters.
The entrance was on the second level. The person who reported the news had run to tell Shi Jinnian, who was on the east side of the first level.
The room they were in happened to be within Su Jingxing's hearing range.
"Patriarch, we've found Jin Mushen's treasures!"
"Great! Where is the entrance?"
"It's in the underground cave at the northwest corner of the Tai Ming Mountain Reservoir! The members of the searching team put on diving suits and entered the cave. After diving down for about 20 meters, they saw an entrance on the wall of the cave. They crawled into it and swam 50 meters upwards. From there, one would be able to enter the pool at the bottom of the cave where the treasures are hidden."
"Good, good, very good! Tell the searching team to stop advancing. They are to return to the bank of the reservoir immediately and wait there!"
"They have already retreated. There is a Mutated Beast in the pool inside the treasure cave. If Little Wu and the rest had not retreated quickly, they would have already died there."
"Mutated Beast in the water? A Mutated Beast guarding the entrance of the treasure cave?"
"Well, we're not so sure about that."
"It's okay. Wait for me to go over and take a look and we'll know."
…
The rest of the conversation was no longer important.
This was enough.
After Su Jingxing got the information he wanted, he opened the door of the storeroom with a smile and walked out.
"Hey, who are you?"
Outside the door, two guards were just coming out of the turn in the aisle. When they saw Su Jingxing, one of them was startled and asked curiously.
The other person exclaimed in shock, "Who are you!"
Swish! Swish!
The sound of rushing wind abruptly sounded.
Two throwing daggers shot out and instantly struck the heads of the two guards.
Da da da!
The sound of messy footsteps came from the aisle.
A group of guards carrying firearms ran out. The moment they appeared, they shouted, "What happened? What is there…"
Swish! Swish!
Throwing daggers shot out and tore through the air.
Before the guards who rushed out could get a clear look of Su Jingxing's figure clearly, their heads or throats were penetrated by the dancing throwing daggers.
Thump, thump, thump
The sound of corpses falling to the ground was especially pleasant.
Su Jingxing walked over quickly and extracted cards.
Then, he waited at the landing of the stairs that led from the second level up to the first level.
The secret ability, Advanced Hearing was activated to listen to the movements around.
Within the range, Shi Jinnian was rushing towards the second level with a group of people.
Su Jingxing circulated and channeled his true energy into his right hand, preparing to punch.
The moment Shi Jinnian led his men down the stairs.
Boom!
The air exploded.
A 100 years of cultivation was released, and a force that was amplified nine times swept out, crashing onto Shi Jinnian and company.
Nearly a million catties of strength smashed onto his body in an instant, pushing Shi Jinnian and company into a pile on the spot. Some died, some lost their limbs and some screamed miserably.
This included Shi Jinnian, who was a fifth-grade martial artist. He was unable to raise his protective true energy in time, and four of his bones were fractured by the immense force. Blood spurted from his mouth, and his entire body weighed onto a guard, unable to catch his breath.
The guard had turned into a pile of mash.
"It's… it's you!"
Shi Jinnian was wide-eyed as he stared fixedly at Su Jingxing, shock and disbelief surfacing on his face.
Obviously, he did not expect Su Jingxing, the culprit behind the destruction of the Shi Family, to appear in the base.
"J-just who are you!?"
Shi Jinnian panted as he stared unblinkingly at Su Jingxing with his fiery eyes. The killing intent in his eyes was so intense that it was almost tangible.
He couldn't understand why Su Jingxing would go against the Shi Family.
Also, why did Su Jingxing know the location of all three bases?
Traitors?
The traitors of the Shi Family had been cleared long ago. There were only a few people who knew about the entrances to each base, apart from those keeping guards here.
Even if someone sought to capture these people and torture them, they would not have a chance.
Because they would self-destruct.
So, how did Su Jingxing know the location of the bases?
Shi Jinnian could not understand!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
What answered him was the shrill sound of throwing daggers cutting through the air.
Pu! Pu! Pu!
After a series of muffled thuds, everyone, including Shi Jinnian, died.
Who am I?
Do the dying need to know who I am?
Su Jingxing put away his throwing daggers and extracted cards. He turned around and walked to the aisle.
At the end of the corridor, a group of people were already rushing over.
Su Jingxing circulated his true energy and got ready.
Boom!
Another explosion rang out as a fist imprint flew through the air.
Energies surged wildly and the punch injured or killed the people who had rushed out.
Then, three treasure weapons danced at lightning speed, piercing through the heads or necks of those who hadn't died.
Su Jingxing retracted his throwing daggers and continued to extract cards.
He retreated to the landing of the stairs leading down to the third level and waited for the people on the third floor to charge forward.
Boom!
Another punch was thrown out. This terrifying fist imprint carried a million catties of strength, instantly killing or wounding the entire group.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The throwing daggers followed, killing all those who did not die.
Retract throwing daggers, extract cards.
After waiting in the same spot for a while, he killed another wave of sacrificial soldiers.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
…
Su Jingxing moved around the stairway just like that, killing the sacrificial soldiers and guards coming from the first and third levels.
The people on the second level were so traumatized that they hid in corners and did not dare to show their faces.
Su Jingxing was not in a hurry to take care of them either. He waited until people stopped coming from the first and third levels. Then, he listened to the surroundings using Advanced Hearing and confirmed that there were no longer any more people.
At this point, he then moved around the second level and killed the people in hiding.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Fist imprints broke through the doors and the throwing daggers brought instant death.
He killed and extracted cards along the way.
Ten minutes later, a hush fell over all three levels and the entire base was.
Everyone in the base has been wiped out?
No!
There is one more person!
Standing in the western corner on the second level, Su Jingxing heard that there was one more living person in a room below on the third level.
The other party's breathing and heartbeat far exceeded that of an ordinary person.
This person was either in the fourth-grade or fifth-grade.
"Trying to ambush me?"
Su Jingxing chuckled and strolled towards the landing of the stairs leading from the second level to the third level.
He slowly walked down the stairs to the third level and approached the treasury vault.
That's right. This Shi Family base was equipped with a treasury vault. Some of the things that Su Jingxing wanted the most were in there.
The treasury vault was located in the southwest corner of the third level.
The ambusher Su Jingxing had heard was in the room next to it.
This expert in the middle ranks was most likely the one guarding the treasury vault.
Su Jingxing walked closer step by step as if he hadn't discovered the person.
When he reached the entrance of the treasury vault and was about to open the door——
Boom!
A loud explosion resounded through the air.
Su Jingxing suddenly turned around and punched out. A terrifying fist imprint was put through the wall and hit an old man who was hiding behind the door, preparing to ambush him.
The immense force sent the old man flying backward. With a loud bang, he smashed into the wall, creating a huge pit.
The old man spat out a mouthful of blood and slid down. His eyes were filled with shock.
"Shi Zhiluo?"
Su Jingxing stepped in through the hole and stared at the old man sitting on the ground. He asked softly, "Where is the key to the treasury vault? I can give you a quick death."
"Hehe!"
Blood gushed out from the corner of Shi Zhilao's mouth as he smiled bitterly. "If you want to open the treasury vault, you can do it in your next life."
"What's the point?" Su Jingxing shook his head. "I just don't want to waste time and save my efforts."
"Save… save efforts?" Shi Zhilao laughed strangely. "Save efforts, s-sure. Come closer, I… I'll tell you where the key is."
Su Jingxing did not move. Instead, he looked Shi Zhilao up and down and chuckled. "Why? You're thinking of dragging me along with you before you die? Or do you want to seriously injure me?"
Self-destruction!
Su Jingxing hadn't forgotten that each of the Shi Family's sacrificial soldiers possessed a secret ability that allowed them to self-destruct and severely injure their opponents while facing interrogation.
Sacrificial soldiers would self-destruct, and as members of the Shi Family, they would naturally do so as well.
Su Jingxing could tell what Shi Zhiluo was up to.
Thus, as soon as these words were spoken, Shi Zhiluo's pupils suddenly constricted, and he said furiously, "Who exactly are you? Why do you know so many secrets of the Shi Family!?"
"You want to know?" Su Jingxing countered with a smile.
"Speak! Tell me who you are and why you know so many secrets, and I'll tell you where the key to the treasury vault is!" Shi Zhiluo roared hysterically.
"Alright, it's a deal." Su Jingxing clapped his hands. "Tell me where the key is first and I'll tell you who I am."
"…"
Shi Zhiluo was silent.
After a moment, he laughed hysterically. "Hahaha, no matter who you are, if you want to open the treasury vault, you can do it in your next life, your next life, your next life! Hahaha!"
Bang!
Accompanied by laughter, a deafening sound was heard.
Shi Zhiluo's entire body exploded into a bloody mist, and countless bits of flesh splattered all over the room and the walls.
Su Jingxing had already quickly retreated out of the room in Shi Zhiluo's laughter. He moved to the side, avoiding splattering of blood mist and minced flesh.
A moment later, he returned and extracted a card.
Shi Zhiluo would rather self-destruct than tell him where the key was.
Obviously, he didn't want to let Su Jingxing have it easy.
Su Jingxing was disappointed but not depressed.
The entrance of the treasury vault required three-level identification of a password, fingerprint, and pupil.
Su Jingxing was too lazy to mess with Shi Jinnian's fingers and eyeballs. He directly circulated 200 years of true energy cultivation and punched the door at close range.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
After three loud bangs, a huge hole was forced through the thick and heavy super-alloy door.
Su Jingxing walked in slowly and came to the first treasure chamber.
Through the hole in the door, a secret chamber filled with various hot weapons came into sight.
Su Jingxing exerted some force and opened the door. He walked in, scanned the room, and took away a pile of high-performance bombs.
He also picked out some high-speed machine guns, mortars, rocket launchers, and other weapons, just for fun.
In terms of might, usage, and convenience, they could not compare to throwing daggers.
The sound produced when these weapons were activated was not conducive for ambushes.
Su Jingxing took some and put them in his palm space, all just to satisfy his desire for some fun.
After leaving the first chamber, he walked to the second door and took a look. It was filled with cold weapons.
Su Jingxing opened the door and walked in. He discovered that most of them were semi-treasure weapons. There were many treasure weapons, only a dozen or so.
There were knives, swords, rods, axes, spears, whips.
Su Jingxing didn't stand on ceremony and put them all into his palm space.
Then, he turned around and left, preparing to go to the third chamber. But out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed a wooden round box on an alloy table in the deepest part of the chamber.
Curious, he walked over, wanting to see what was in the box.
The round box was about 80 centimeters in diameter and its surface was engraved with complicated patterns.
Su Jingxing stared at it for a moment before gently opening it.
An ice crystal ring appeared, emitting a dazzling glow in the dark room.
What is this?
Su Jingxing raised his eyebrows.
It was not that he did not recognize the ring, but it was obvious that it was no ordinary item.
What puzzled Su Jingxing was the origin or ability of this ring.
Upon closer inspection, Su Jingxing realized that the ring was neither made of metal nor jade.
It was hard to tell what material it was made of.
On the contrary, the ring gave Su Jingxing a very special feeling. There was a sense of warmth and a little fear.
It was very conflicting.
But no matter what, this was a treasure!
Since it was a treasure, Su Jingxing naturally took it with the box and put it into his palm space.
As for what the ring was, he would slowly study it when he returned.
After putting away the box, Su Jingxing was not in a hurry to leave. He remained in the secret chamber and carefully checked every corner, even below the shelves and the wall. After making sure that he did not miss anything, he walked out of the secret chamber and headed for the third one.
Just like the previous two chambers, Su Jingxing did not hesitate and prepared to open the door of the treasure room by force.
However, the moment he exerted his strength, his heart skipped a beat and he stopped what he was doing.
Danger!
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Chapter 135: Return With A Full Load
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There is danger in this third chamber?
Su Jingxing was surprised and bewildered.
Danger in a treasure chamber?
What kind of treasure could threaten him?
Some kind of poisonous gas?
Fatal pathogens?
Biochemical bombs?
Su Jingxing couldn't figure it out. He took two steps back and carefully examined the alloy door of this third chamber.
And he noticed something strange. The alloy door of the third chamber was exceptionally thick and the hole on the door was very small.
The hole was not covered using glass either, instead, it was hollowed out, filled with small holes.
The air outside could mix with the air inside?
This meant that whatever was inside wasn't poisonous gas or pathogens.
At least it wasn't gas or something small. It was a big fellow.
Big fellow…
"Could it be a Savage Beast?"
Su Jingxing pondered. Powerful Savage Beasts could indeed threaten him.
Even martial artists in the top ranks had Savage Beasts that they were no match for, let alone for martial artists in the middle ranks.
If the Shi Family had really raised a Savage Beasts and placed it in the treasure chamber…
Hold on!
"That's not right. A Savage Beast is a beast. It's impossible for it to not have a heartbeat and no breathing."
Su Jingxing's secret ability, Advanced Hearing, had been activated the whole time, and he had been listening to everything around him.
If there was a Savage Beast in the third chamber, it was impossible not to hear its heartbeat and breathing.
Unless…
"It's dead!"
Su Jingxing's expression changed. He took two steps back and landed a punch on the alloy door.
The terrifying force forcefully broke open the door.
The interior of the empty room immediately came into sight.
At the very least, standing at the entrance and looking in, he did not see anything.
The dark environment did not affect Su Jingxing.
"There's nothing inside?"
Su Jingxing raised his eyebrows.
Just then——
Hu~
A gust of bloody wind coupled with a ferocious aura suddenly swept out from the third chamber.
The speed was extraordinary. The moment it pounced out of the darkness, there wasn't even a shadow.
Or rather, it was a shadow itself!
Boom!
There was an explosion in the air and energies danced wildly.
Su Jingxing, who had been prepared for this, threw a punch. A million catties of force struck the black shadow that was pouncing towards him. With a muffled sound, the black shadow was directly thrown back and shattered into several pieces as it collapsed to the ground.
[Parasitic Worm Zombie discovered. Would you like to extract it?]
"Yes!"
Su Jingxing responded inwardly. Standing outside the door, he was both shocked and relieved.
Corpse Puppet!
The "treasure" in the third chamber was actually a Corpse Puppet.
The Shi Family were truly lunatics. They even dared to tame Corpse Puppets.
Although Corpse Puppets were easy to create, such a mutated species controlled by the Extraterrestrial Devil Insect was neither a Savage Beast nor a Spiritual Beast. They would not be tamed at all.
The only way was to forcibly detain and control them.
And once there was a slip-up, the opponent would not be the only one to die. The person himself would also die a miserable death.
The Shi Family were complete lunatics. Not only did they forcefully imprison the Corpse Puppet, they also locked it in the base and placed it in the treasury vault.
What? Were they treating the Corpse Puppet as the security guard of the treasury vault?
If an enemy were to invade, they would release the Corpse Puppet to attack their target?
Su Jingxing found this hard to swallow.
Since the Shi Family dared to place the Corpse Puppet in the treasury vault, it could only be said that they were confident enough.
No wonder he did not hear any breathing or heartbeat. It turned out that the third chamber contained a Corpse Puppet!
Hu~
Another gust of bloody wind came from the treasure chamber and charged at Su Jingxing with lightning speed.
Boom!
Su Jingxing punched out again, unleashing more than a hundred years of true energy cultivation and releasing a million catties of strength to strike the black shadow.
With a dull thud, the shadow was shattered and fell to the ground, splitting into several pieces.
Su Jingxing extracted a card.
Another Corpse Puppet!
In the third chamber, two…
Hu~
Hu!
A foul wind ravaged the air.
Two more black shadows leaped out of the open chamber and pounced on Su Jingxing in a flash.
The pungent smell of blood and a manic aura enveloped Su Jingxing.
Boom! Boom!
Two dull explosions sounded almost at the same time.
Just like before, the two black shadows were smashed into pieces by the force of a million catties.
Su Jingxing extracted the cards and felt inexplicably happy.
The Shi Family's madness had benefited him today.
Corpse Puppets were indeed a great threat. Once they escaped, the damage they would cause to ordinary people and martial artists in the lower ranks was unimaginable.
However, since the zombie died in Su Jingxing's hands, the cards extracted from them would most likely be Martial Arts Practice Cards.
The Martial Arts Practice Card was good stuff. Su Jingxing was in need of it.
In the third chamber, the more Corpse Puppet imprisoned, the greater Su Jingxing's chances of obtaining Martial Arts Practice Cards.
This was delivering benefits and warmth to him.
Su Jingxing really wanted to kill dozens and even tens of Corpse Puppets.
Unfortunately, after waiting outside the door for a while, no more Corpse Puppets rushed out.
Su Jingxing walked in slowly. With his secret ability, Night Vision, he took in everything in the chamber in one glance.
There were indeed only four Corpse Puppets.
Before this, these four Corpse Puppets probably had chains, arm clamps, and other tools tied to them.
This was because four alloy shackles were installed on the wall on the left side of the secret chamber. They could separately immobilize the Corpse Puppets' heads and limbs.
The shackles were now released, it must have been Shi Zhiluo's doing.
Before Su Jingxing came down to the third level, he had already unlocked the shackles on the Corpse Puppets.
If Su Jingxing hadn't been alert and had entered the chamber from the start, he would have suffered some extent of injury from the Corpse Puppets' sneak attacks.
How ruthless!
The people of the Shi Family were indeed crazy.
Su Jingxing scanned the entire secret chamber and carefully checked every corner. After making sure that he did not miss anything and that there was nothing else, he turned around and left.
As he moved, he took out the four cards he had extracted, held them in his hand, and read the information.
Martial Arts Practice Card! Martial Arts Practice Card! Martial Arts Practice Card! Martial Arts Practice Card!
Pretty good. All four cards were Martial Arts Practice Cards. In addition, every card contained a very long practice time, exceeding 10 years.
Clearly, the Shi Family had imprisoned and controlled these four Corpse Puppets for quite some time.
Shi Zhiluo wanted to pull Su Jingxing along with him before he died. It could only be said that he had miscalculated.
Four Martial Arts Practice Cards could allow Su Jingxing to grasp many martial arts.
Therefore, the third chamber gave a good harvest.
The next room was the fourth secret chamber.
Just in case, Su Jingxing first listened for any stirs in the chamber, then kept a distance and broke the door savagely.
He waited for a moment, but nothing happened. Then, he slowly walked in.
He lifted his head and scanned his surroundings. What he saw were made-to-measure bookshelves.
Yet there were only a few books on the shelves.
Su Jing walked over, picked up some of the few ones, and opened them.
Martial arts, they are all martial arts!
The fourth chamber contained martial arts.
Although there weren't many of them, only about 20, these martial arts were not bad.
Among them were the Shi Family's ultimate arts, the Cold Smoke Mantra, Split Eagle Claw, and the Nine Yin Soul-Shattering Sword. The secret manuals for these three martial arts were complete editions.
Su Jingxing took a few casual glances and put them all into his palm space with satisfaction.
Even though he didn't practice any martial arts with yin and cold attributes, that wouldn't stop him from using them for reference.
So far, Su Jingxing had collected a number of martial arts. Previously, he was just subconsciously storing them. Now that he thought about it carefully, he might be able to study and epitomize them to create his own martial art.
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The chances of success weren't high, but what if?
What if it worked?
Su Jingxing did not forget that there was a function card like the Deduction Card.
As long as he created a complete set of martial arts theories, there was a high chance of success if he were to deduce it using the Deduction Card!
Therefore, Su Jingxing would take all kinds of martial arts as long as they were complete.
Whether he needed it or not was another matter. In any case, he would simply take them first.
The martial arts that the Shi Family had placed in the secret chamber were all stored in his palm space.
At the end, Su Jingxing found a precious secret manual for protection in a secret compartment.
Flipping it open…
"Blood Drop Heretic Art?"
Heretic art!
Su Jingxing narrowed his eyes and picked up this secret manual with a dark red cover. Holding his breath, he flipped it open.
Moments later, his breathing quickened.
That's right, this Blood Drop Heretic Art was a heretic art, the martial art that Shi Zhinie had cultivated.
Using blood as a catalyst, if successfully refined, one could condense the Martial Art True Intent of the Blood Wyrm and advance to the third-grade.
It was precisely because Shi Zhinie cultivated this that he killed so many people and possessed terrifying strength.
But!
This Blood Drop Heretic Art was incomplete.
It was an incomplete martial art. Even if it was indeed exquisite and contained a frightening might; even if once it was successfully cultivated, one's body would possess terrifying vitality and its self-healing ability would also be extremely insane, incomplete was incomplete.
The Blood Drop Heretic Art itself was flawed. This was because it relied on absorbing blood energy to cultivate, there was a 70% chance that it would cause one's temperament to change drastically, turning bloodthirsty and violent.
One could also suffer from Qi Deviation, lose his rationality, and become a complete devil.
A killing machine!
In the end, Shi Zhinie still cultivated it.
The Shi Family had expended a lot of resources and killed thousands of people for him.
Lunatics!
Su Jingxing could only say that everyone in the Shi Family was crazy.
If the Blood Drop Heretic Art was complete, then it would be an ultimate martial art on the same level as the Nine Steps Trampling Heaven.
Even though it was incomplete, Su Jingxing accepted it.
For no other reason but because some of the theories within, if put to good use, could unleash great strength.
As such, he left, loaded with gains from the fourth chamber .
Leaving this secret chamber, Su Jingxing went to the last chamber.
As before, he listened for a moment to make sure that there was no movement before opening the door with brute force from a distance.
He waited a moment before entering.
He quickly scanned the entire space and found that there was only an alloy platform in the middle of the empty secret chamber.
Su Jing walked to the side of the platform. He saw that it was caved in, and there was a layer of transparent glass at the top.
Under the glass, palm-sized pieces of white jade stones were piled up at the bottom of the pit. The pile was about half a meter tall.
His initial estimate was about a hundred pieces.
The question was, what kind of treasures were these jade stones?
Su Jingxing had never seen or heard of such a thing.
Hmm, that's not right!
"I think I've heard of it before!" Su Jingxing muttered, "Who did I hear it from…"
"Right, the Ethereal Sword Immortal!"
Back when the Ethereal Sword Immortal was giving Su Jingxing guidance, she had mentioned a magical treasure.
It was one of the heavenly treasures, the Energy Gathering Stone.
As its name implied, it was a stone capable of gathering worldly energy.
As long as they were placed together according to a certain pattern, they would be able to gather worldly energy for a person's cultivation.
To put it bluntly, it was a setting up an array formation.
Not an Energy Gathering Array Formation. The Energy Gathering Array Formation was extremely complicated, and it was almost impossible to set up unless it was done by an ancient faction with a thousand years of legacy. Needless to say, this array formation had already been lost.
Comparatively speaking, gathering worldly energy through Energy Gathering Stones was much simpler.
Once a basic array formation was set up, one would be able to constantly gather worldly energy.
There was no need to go to dangerous places in the wild that were difficult to access like the Green Cloud Mountain Range to break through.
The Shi Family had collected many Energy Gathering Stones. Since there were already so many in this base, there must be many energy-gathering training rooms in their residence.
Energy-gathering training rooms were facilities that only large factions had.
This was also one of the benefits of having an organization and a powerful backer.
In the training rooms, one could make a breakthrough.
Su Jingxing naturally put the hundred or so Energy Gathering Stones into his palm space.
Even though he knew nothing about array formations, they were easy to learn, and Energy Gathering Stones were rare.
Su Jingxing happily accepted all the good stuff that the Shi Family had left behind.
After leaving the treasury vault, he generously took out two buckets of Corpse Dissolving Liquid and turned all the corpses into a pool of liquid.
He stored the broken pieces of the Corpse Puppets in boxes and carried them in his hands for the time being. After leaving, he would send them to the Martial Suppression Office to be handled by them.
Mm, when dealing with Shi Jinnian's corpse, he left his head behind.
Because it was of use to him.
This secret base was used as a route of retreat for the Shi Family. There was naturally no lack of food and necessary supplies.
After Su Jingxing found the warehouse, he also took a batch of resources with him, saving him the trouble and expenses of buying them.
After everything was settled, Su Jingxing went back the way he came and came to the room with the wall partition.
He triggered the mechanism from the inside and revealed the entrance.
The fellow whom he had knocked out was still unconscious.
Su Jingxing didn't hold back either. He directly killed him and extracted a card.
Then, he used the remaining Corpse Dissolving Liquid to turn the corpse into liquid.
He closed the opening and sealed off the entrance of the base.
If nothing cropped up, no one would discover this underground base for a long time.
This was exactly what Su Jingxing wanted.
The Shi Family was finally taken care of.
There was no need for Su Jingxing to care about the elderly, women, and children who remained in the Shi Family estate.
The collateral branches in the other cities and functional towns were also handled by the Li, Zhou and other families.
Su Jingxing, who had returned with a full load, first rushed to the Martial Suppression Offices in the dark night and placed the boxes containing the four broken Corpse Puppets at the entrance.
Then, he flew straight to the Shi Family's residence and found Li Lilou, Yan Yuanfeng, and the others who were guarding outside.
…
"Guest Elder Lin hasn't arrived yet?"
On a street outside the Shi Family estate, Li Lilou, Zhou Wencen, Yan Yuanfeng, and a few others stood in a corner, looking at the sky or at the corner of the street.
Yan Yuanfeng looked around and frowned. "It's almost time. Why isn't he here yet?"
"What's the hurry?" Li Lilou replied coolly. "Even if Guest Elder Lin doesn't come, we can still finish off Shi Jinnian."
"That's not what I meant." Yan Yuanfeng waved his hand. "I was thinking…"
Swoosh!
A gust of wind suddenly sounded, interrupting Yan Yuanfeng's explanation.
"Who is it!"
Yan Yuanfeng stepped back, and true energy circled around his palm.
Hu!
Dong!
A black shadow fell from the sky and landed on the ground three meters away from him. It rolled twice and stopped moving.
"What… is this?"
Yan Yuanfeng was bewildered.
"Shi Jinnian's head." Su Jingxing's voice sounded in the air.
What?
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Chapter 136: Giant Mouth
Yan Yuanfeng was shocked and his mouth subconsciously dropped wide open.
Swoosh!
A figure swiftly rushed out from behind him. It was Zhao Zhongyi.
In a flash, Zhao Zhongyi arrived beside the shadow. He looked down and examined it before exclaiming, "It really is Shi Jinnian!"
Swish! Swish!
Li Lilou, Zhou Wencen and the rest used their movement techniques and drifted over.
"Heh, it really is Shi Jinnian." Zhou Wencen narrowed his eyes.
"Where did you kill him, Guest Elder Lin?" Li Lilou had thought further and raised his head to look at the sky.
"Yes, yes. Wasn't Shi Jinnian still at the Shi residence? How?" Yan Yuanfeng came back to his senses and was equally curious.
"Need you ask? Clearly, Shi Jinnian had long escaped through the underground tunnel." Zhao Zhongyi analyzed in a low voice. "Only, he was unlucky. Before he left the city, he was caught by Guest Elder Lin!"
"Pretty much that."
Su Jingxing stood at the top of the building and recounted coolly, "Shi Jinnian and the last of the Shi Family elites tried to leave through the underground tunnel, but I found them and sent them to meet their ancestors. I've already disposed of the corpses, leaving Shi Jinnian's head as a proof."
"Rest assured, Guest Lin. We will gather your share immediately. I guarantee that within three days, it will be transferred into your account," Li Lilou replied tactfully.
"That's good." Su Jingxing didn't stay for long. He said, "In that case, I'll take my leave first."
With that, his figure flashed as he soared into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.
"Hey, wait!"
Yan Yuanfeng shouted and wanted to say something, but it was too late. He could only watch as Su Jingxing flew into the night.
"Why, Deputy Sect Master Yan wants to invite Guest Elder Lin to join your sect?" Li Lilou chuckled lightly.
"You make it sound like you don't want to." Yan Yuanfeng looked at him disdainfully.
"…" Li Lilou said, "You are right. I also wish to extend an offer to him. Unfortunately, as you can see, Guest Elder Lin has no intention of joining any faction. I'm afraid that even if I do propose it, it would be in vain."
"Heh, if you don't, the more he won't have any plans to join you." Yan Yuanfeng sneered.
"That's enough," Zhou Wencen interrupted. "Guest Elder Lin has already dealt with Shi Jinnian. What do we do next? Do we continue the encirclement?"
"And who will we exterminate? The old, weak, women, and children in the Shi residence?" Yan Yuanfeng said in contempt. "Commander Li is watching right over there. You dare to rush in and start a massacre?"
"Even if we don't kill them, we still have to deal with them," Zhao Zhongyi said in a low voice. "The Martial Suppression Office is only responsible for maintaining stability and the overall situation. The Shi Family's businesses still needs to be handled by someone."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Yan Yuanfeng lifted Shi Jinnian's head and said seriously, "Since Shi Jinnian is dead, the remaining members of the Shi Family are nothing to worry about. If we can take over the businesses without using weapons or seeing corpses, I think it would be great."
"That… makes sense."
…
Whoosh!
In the night sky, Su Jingxing's figure flickered as he stepped on the air like he was walking on flat ground.
Executing the Eight Steps Rising Dragon and circulating his true energy, he rushed towards the Tai Ming Mountain ten miles outside the city.
The entrance to the Jin Mushen's treasure trove was located underground in the northwestern corner of the Tai Ming Mountain Reservoir.
This news had reached him in perfect time.
After settling Shi Jinnian and the Shi Family's matters, Su Jingxing continued without stop and rushed over.
The searching team dispatched by the Shi Family was still waiting by the reservoir on Shi Jinnian's orders.
If Su Jingxing didn't hurry and get rid of them, the information of the entrance to Jin Mushen's treasure trove might leak out.
At that time, a crowd would break into the underground cave to dig up treasures and seize them.
That was not what Su Jingxing wanted to see.
As long as he could get rid of the Shi Family's searching team, he would be the only one to know about the entrance to Jin Mushen's treasure trove.
Su Jingxing would then have plenty of time to slowly explore it.
For that.
Su Jingxing didn't calculate how much true energy he had expended. He flew as fast as he could to Tai Ming Mountain, arriving above the reservoir.
Under the night sky, a group of people stood at the northwest corner of the reservoir. Some of them had electric lamps in their hands, while others carried firearms. They were vigilant of their surroundings in the night wind and waited quietly.
Swoosh!
Su Jingxing did not hide and directly descended from the sky, landing on the shore 10 meters away from them.
"Who is it!"
The Shi Family searching team, who were waiting, sensed the stir. The leader of the team swung around and glared at Su Jingxing. He shouted, "Raise your hands!"
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The guns and weapons that the others were holding were also pointed at Su Jingxing.
"All of you are here?"
Su Jingxing listened to his surroundings to see if he had missed anyone.
"What does this have to do with you?" The leader shouted in a low voice, wariness emerging in his eyes.
The fact that Su Jingxing was able to descend from the sky meant that he was at least in the sixth-grade. He had cultivated an advanced lightness skill and could fly in the air using his true energy.
Sixth-grade. Although the leader was in the same realm, he was only in the sixth-grade.
That might not necessarily be the case for Su Jingxing.
In the middle of the night, an expert in the middle ranks descended from the sky and inquired about their situation.
Even a fool would know that they had been exposed.
At this thought, the leader gritted his teeth and said, "We're from the Shi Family, you…"
"I know."
Su Jingxing interrupted, "I know you're from the Shi Family. I happened to come from the Shi residence. Your Patriarch, Shi Jinnian is already dead."
"What?"
"Impossible!"
…
Everyone cried out in shock and disbelief.
"You're lying!"
The leader gritted his teeth and said, "Our Patriarch won't die so easily. Even if you want to lie, you'll have to find something convincing enough."
"Heh, you think Shi Jinnian won't die so easily because you know that he had gotten into hiding in a secret base?" Su Jingxing chuckled.
The leader's expression turned grim and fearful.
He knows!
Su Jingxing actually knew about it!
How was this possible? How was this possible!?
"I'll ask again…"
Swoosh!
Bang bang bang!
The sound of crossbow bolts shooting intensely and pistols spitting fire suddenly rang out.
Without waiting for Su Jingxing to finish, the man took the lead and launched a surprise attack.
If it were anyone else, they might have been struck.
After all, there were many martial artists who died due to sneak attacks.
Su Jingxing was different. He was already prepared. He had spent time talking to the leader because he wanted to scan the surroundings to make sure that no one was missing. At the same time, he wanted to monitor the emotions of the man and his group.
The result was satisfactory. No one was lying in ambush around them. This basically eliminated the possibility of the news being spread to another party.
Right now, the only ones who knew about the entrance to Jin Mushen's treasure trove were these few people here.
So——
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Boom! Boom!
Su Jingxing's figure flashed as he quickly threw a punch.
He released his true energy externally. The silvery-black fist imprint carried a terrifying strength. It burst out with 500,000 catties of strength instead of a million, blasting apart the air.
With just two punches, the leader and his men were all killed.
Stepping forward a little, Su Jingxing extracted the cards. Su Jingxing started to search the corpses but did not find anything good.
He looked around and saw two off-road vehicles parked outside the entrance of the reservoir.
His figure flashed and he flew over at once.
He searched the two cars and as expected, found many things. There were weapons, firearms, explosives, fishing nets, fishing spears, diving suits, and other tools.
Corpse Dissolving Liquid was naturally included.
Corpse Dissolving Liquid was almost a necessity when heading out for missions.
This liquid was specially designed to dissolve corpses. It was the best tool to destroy corpses and rid all traces.
Grabbing the Corpse Dissolving Liquid, he returned to the reservoir and took care of the corpses of the searching team.
Su Jingxing put away the remaining Corpse Dissolving Liquid and released his true energy to envelope his entire body. With a splash, he jumped into the water.
Holding his breath, he first activated Night Vision and searched the bottom of the northwestern corner. Sure enough, he saw an underground cave.
This underground cave was also one of the sources of water in the reservoir.
The entrance was a little more than a meter wide, just enough for one person to enter.
Su Jingxing, who was not wearing a diving suit, easily got in.
He moved along the wall of the cave for less than 20 meters before they suddenly saw an entrance on the wall.
He turned around easily and continued along the pathway.
After circling around for about 50 meters, a huge pond appeared above his head.
A cave inside of the mountain?
A entrance to a treasure trove with a hidden Mutated Beast?
Su Jingxing saw this and did not hesitate. He crawled out of the tunnel and came to the pond in the cave.
He floated up slightly, and went above the water surface.
He looked around and realized that the pond was rather large.
The four sides were basically tunnel walls, and there was slippery water vapor everywhere.
Above the pond, some stalactites hung down.
And in the northeastern corner was a slippery slope. Above the slippery slope was an open doorway.
In Su Jingxing's Night Vision, there was a stone path in the cave.
As for where it led to, it was unknown for the time being. But, he guessed that it was probably be the location of Jin Mushen's treasure.
With this in mind, Su Jingxing jumped out of the water and flew towards the slippery slope.
In a flash, he arrived at the open doorway.
Standing here, Su Jingxing turned his head to look at the pond behind him. He surveyed it.
"Didn't they say that there was a Mutated Beast in the water?"
In the information that the Shi Family's searching team relayed to Shi Jinnian, it was said that there was a Mutated Beast in the pond.
Su Jingxing had already come ashore, but he still did not see any Mutated Beasts.
He activated the Advanced Hearing and still didn't hear anything unusual.
"Or could it be that the Mutated Beast has happened to go somewhere else?"
Su Jingxing retracted his gaze and turned around. He mumbled as he prepared to walk into the door.
But the moment he stepped into the cave, he felt an alarming sense of danger.
Almost instantly, he hastily retreated backwards.
The moment Su Jingxing moved backwards, a huge mouth suddenly appeared in the doorway where it was originally empty.
A huge mouth that had just closed!
Pu!
The giant mouth that bit into nothing, made strange noises, and lots of saliva flew everywhere.
Su Jingxing retreated again and took a good look at the giant mouth.
Crocodile!
It was a gigantic translucent crocodile!
Its tail stretched out more than 20 meters, and half of it was on the other side of the bend.
The opened eyes were like gems, shining brightly.
When opened, the mouth was about two meters tall, as tall as the doorway.
What was rare was that there was no strange smell coming from the mouth nor was there any stench on its body.
At first glance, it looked like a cartoon version of a gigantic crocodile. It was lying behind the door and did not emit any aura.
Its heartbeat, breathing, and aura were all concealed.
Su Jingxing's Advanced Hearing didn't catch any of them at all.
A giant crocodile that could conceal its aura, heartbeat, and even turn invisible.
No wonder the Shi Family's searching team had no choice but to escape immediately after reaching here.
If not for the fact that the tunnel beneath the pond was too small to accommodate the gigantic crocodile, the searching team might not have been able to escape.
With their earlier provocation, the giant crocodile even left the pond and waited at the doorway.
It opened its mouth and turned invisible, waiting for its prey to walk in by himself.
Although Su Jingxing's physical body had reached the limits of the human body and his protective true energy also carried an extremely strong defensive ability,
if he had really walked into the crocodile's mouth and been bitten by it, even if he did not break it on the spot, his skin would have been torn apart and a few bones would have been broken.
The bite force of a crocodile was already terrifying, not to mention this giant crocodile that had already become a Mutated Beast!
"Damn it, I almost fell for it…"
Su Jingxing broke out in a cold sweat, killing intent bursting forth from his eyes.
He originally thought that with more than 300 years of cultivation, as long as there were no martial artists in the top ranks, he would not need to fear anyone.
To think, he almost died in a crocodile's stomach while searching for treasures this time.
Compared to human martial artists, Mutated Beasts were undoubtedly a much greater threat.
A crocodile that could turn invisible, conceal its aura and heartbeat. Before this, he had never even heard of it, let alone seen one!
Roar!
As Su Jingxing remained vigilance, the giant crocodile that did not manage to catch its prey could not hold back anymore. With a roar, its translucent body rushed out of the doorway.
Whoosh!
A strong wind accompanied by a large amount of waterspray spurted out from the mouth of the giant crocodile. An invisible force instantly spread above the pond.
In an instant, Su Jingxing felt the shackles in the air. At the same time, a huge pressure enveloped his shoulders and head, forcing him to fall into the water.
Boom!
Without thinking, Su Jingxing who had sensed that something was wrong resisted the pressure. He mobilized 300 years of true energy cultivation, and exploded with terrifying force. He threw a punch at the giant crocodile that was pouncing at him.
A silvery-black fist imprint appeared out of thin air. It carried an incomparably powerful force as it passed through the air and accurately struck the giant crocodile. It was sent flying back on the spot and exploded in midair with a loud bang.
Blood, bits of flesh, and internal organs splattered all over the ground, most of them falling into the water.
[Mutated Beast Corpse discovered. Would you like to extract it?]
"Yes!"
Su Jingxing responded and let out a breath, floating in midair.
It was within his expectations that the giant crocodile would explode on the spot from the punch containing his full strength.
What surprised Su Jingxing was that the giant crocodile's flesh, which had been turned into minced bits, also turned transparent after death and sank into the water.
"This fellow, did it become a transparent species after turning into a Mutated Beast?"
Su Jingxing murmured.
After thinking for a moment, he picked up a few pieces of the flesh and put them into his palm space. When he returned, he would try to cook them and have a taste.
Mutated Beast flesh was even more nutritious, and it was very helpful for the training and tempering of the body.
For a person like Su Jingxing who had already cultivated true energy, the help it could provide was limited.
Because of this, Su Jingxing only took a few pieces instead of everything.
It was just for a taste. A few pieces was enough.
After a short rest, he continued forward.
However, this time, before Su Jingxing through the doorway, he would release his throwing daggers beforehand. He used them scout ahead to prevent himself from accidentally entering a dangerous spot again.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The three throwing daggers flew in front while Su Jingxing followed behind.
He walked on a winding path for about five minutes.
A huge underground cave came into view.
The moment Su Jingxing walked into the cave, his eyes widened!
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Chapter 137: A Glowing Tree
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As a cave inside a mountain,
logically speaking, the entire environment should be dark and dim.
Even if there were glowing objects, they could only light up certain corners.
It was just like the cave where the Wei Family's ancestors hid the Nine Steps Trampling Heaven secret manual. When there was light, it was like stars decorating the night sky.
However, this underground cave was as bright as daylight.
Bright!
The dazzling white light was too bright!
The entire underground cave was as big as a football field.
Although there were also glowing crystals on the surrounding walls and the dome above, the biggest source of light was a tree in the center of the field.
It resembled a willow tree, but it was three times the size of a normal willow tree.
The branches and leaves of the tree were not very lush. Su Jingxing wasn't sure if the leaves were green or not.
This was because the tree was glowing. The white light it emitted was as bright as an incandescent lamp.
White light reached every corner of the underground cave, illuminating the empty ground, walls, and dome.
If Su Jingxing hadn't confirmed that this tree was a real tree, he would have thought that he had come to the wrong place.
This was not a treasure trove that had been buried for 200 years, but a high-tech underground base.
It was just like how the secret base that Shi Jinnian used as his route of retreat had incandescent lights everywhere.
The entire underground space was illuminated as if it was daytime.
Why had Jin Mushin placed a glowing tree in the place where his treasures were hidden?
Is this tree a treasure?
That's not right either. In the northwestern corner of the underground cave, there were more than ten wooden chests scattered on the ground.
Those wooden boxes were probably used to store treasures.
Hey, wait a minute!
All of a sudden, Su Jingxing thought of something and looked around. As he scanned his surroundings, he muttered inwardly.
As a corrupt official from 200 years ago, he must have plundered a massive amount of gold, silver, and jewels. It wouldn't be too much to say that they could fill 100 chests, no?
200 years ago, there were no hot weapons. It was not too much to hide a hundred of treasure and semi-treasure weapons, right?
Martial arts manuals, pill formulas, and other good stuff. It wasn't exaggerated for all of them to add up to dozens of chests, yes?
Especially when a giant crocodile that could conceal its breathing and heartbeat was guiding the entrance.
The treasures hidden here should be enough to make people envious, right?
However, Su Jingxing scanned the entire underground cave three times but did not see any other chests.
There were only ten or so chests scattered along an underground river in the northwestern corner.
Some of the chests had even broke open and the items inside had fallen into the water.
From this, it could be determined that Su Jingxing had come to the right place.
The treasure weapons and jewelry in the photos and videos that the Shi Family had previously shared to divert the public's attention most likely came from those broken chests.
But the question was, Jin Mushen only left behind these few chests?
There only a dozen chests in total, and they were called hidden treasures?
Su Jingxing refused to believe it. He used his lightness skill and flew over in a flash. He opened the remaining chests and realized that half of them contained paintings, calligraphy and chinaware, while the other half contained gold, silver, and jewels.
The only special chest was one with a pile of banknotes and a dozen ledgers.
The banknotes were issued by a big bank in the Yu Nation 200 years ago. This big bank was still a bank now, and it was a multinational one, powerful with solid financial strength.
The banknotes amounted to a total of eight million taels. Su Jingxing wondered if he could still exchange them for cash.
As for the ledgers, Su Jingxing quickly flipped through them and tossed them back.
There was nothing else. The people and factions recorded in the ledgers had long since died, the money they owed and the money they spent, disappeared.
Including the paintings, calligraphy and chinaware, Su Jingxing had no use for them. He was not in need of money now, so there was no need for him to sell them.
No matter how he thought about it, there was nothing that really tempted him.
"Is this tree really a treasure?"
Su Jingxing put away the banknotes and came to the glowing willow tree.
Of course, before approaching, he first released his throwing daggers to circle around the willow tree. He even put them in between branches, going through every gap.
After making sure that there were no invisible Mutated Beasts like the giant crocodile, he walked closer.
Upon closer inspection, he could tell that there was something different about this willow tree.
On the tree branches and trunk, there were faint vein-like patterns that spread on the bark.
It was because the tree bark was also shining. If one didn't look carefully, they wouldn't be able to notice these patterns.
From this, one could tell that this was not a willow tree.
Su Jingxing didn't know what it was exactly.
This tree did not have any fruits, nor did it have any unique fragrance. It only emitted light.
The white light released similarly did not carry any lethality or influence.
It was like a large light bulb that stood in the middle of the cave, illuminating the entire space.
"Jin Mushen put a glowing tree here just for illumination?"
Su Jingxing, who was circling around the tree, was puzzled.
Treasures, treasures, glowing trees were indeed considered treasures 200 years ago.
No, this isn't right!
Suddenly, Su Jingxing thought of the Shi Family.
The Shi Family was the first to find clues about this place. The so-called Jin Mushen's treasure trove was also named by the Shi Family.
Jin Mushen had never said that the things he had left countless treasures here.
It all came from the Shi Family's attempt to change the public's topic of discussion.
In reality, this place might just be a place that Jin Mushen specially found to hide this glowing tree.
200 years ago, when this willow tree was brought in from outside, it was only a sapling.
It had grown so big and tall because 200 years had passed.
Without sunlight, the tree had grown for 200 years. Furthermore, the more it grew, the brighter the light it emitted.
From this perspective, this tree was indeed a treasure.
The Shi Family was the one who came up with the idea of a hidden treasure trove.
But this tree was indeed a treasure too.
Only, its function remained unknown?
After a round of analysis, Su Jingxing believed that this tree was the treasure.
No fruit, no scent. The key was likely to be in the bark, the leaves, the branches, or the roots.
With these thoughts in mind, Su Jingxing snapped a branch and put it into his palm space, bringing it back for experimentation.
Of course, the best solution was to figure out the identity of the tree.
What kind of special plant is it?
Also, he had to figure out what the strange ring he found in the Shi Family's treasury vault was.
These information could not be found online.
For heavenly treasures, special species, and unique existences, there was only one place in Qinghe City that had information and records on them.
Xuantian University Library!
Xuantian University, which had a history of over a thousand years, had a lot of ancient books and information in its library.
All answers on things that people outside don't know about, mysterious objects and happenings, could be found in the library.
Of course,
Those precious materials were guarded by experts.
There were placed kept on the top level of the library.
Su Jingxing had read online that very few people could go up to the top level of Xuantian University's library.
In the past, Su Jingxing was no exception.
But now…
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Chapter 138: Peak Of Perfection
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Cough cough!
Su Jingxing clenched his fists, his eyes shining.
With his current strength, he would be able to go to any place in Qinghe City.
The top level of Xuantian University Library was naturally no exception!
…
Su Jingxing walked around the underground cave twice. After making sure that there was nothing else hidden, he returned the same way he came.
He did not take the chests with him. They remained where they were.
It was still the same explanation. Su Jingxing was not in need of money now. He had to find a place to hide these gold, silver, jewelry, paintings, and chinaware. Even if he kept them in his palm space, they would still take up space.
Su Jingxing would return to this underground cave before he figured out what the glowing willow tree was.
Therefore, it was better to leave the chests where they were.
Only by entering empty-handed and leaving empty-handed would it be easier to get things done.
Returning to the reservoir bank, Su Jingxing cleaned up everything left behind by the Shi Family's searching team.
Even the two off-road vehicles were lifted up and moved in the air to the main road far away for the Public Security Team to handle.
Su Jingxing returned to his small courtyard at the foot of the mountain.
Immediately, he took out the cards he had extracted and read them one by one.
The four Martial Arts Practice Cards were already checked. They were placed aside.
Among the remaining cards, there were as many as eight Bloodline Cards.
There were five True Energy Cards as well, their durations ranging from three to 12 years.
The Invisibility Card from the giant crocodile was a pleasant surprise.
Compared to the previous Invisibility Card, this Invisibility Card had a longer duration, a good 30 minutes.
And its function was also more outstanding.
Not only would it turn one's body and clothes invisible, it would also conceal one's heartbeat, breathing, aura, and more.
Just like the giant crocodile, with Su Jingxing's perception and secret ability, Advanced Hearing, he didn't sense anything at all.
This new Invisibility Card had the same ability.
Su Jingxing was very satisfied after reading the information.
Even though he had already cultivated the Ghost Python Breath-holding Technique, he had not reached the Peak of Perfection or Godlike Mastery. Before that was achieved, coupled with the Invisibility Card, he could use this skill as a trump card.
The remaining cards were all Internal Force Cards, which added up to more than 230 years of cultivation.
Su Jingxing decisively unlocked all of them and converted them in true energy using the Nine Steps Trampling Heaven, adding more than two years to his cultivation.
He also unlocked all five True Energy Cards and absorbed the attributeless true energy, converted it into Heaven Trampling True Energy and added 40 years to his cultivation.
Altogether, his accumulated true energy cultivation reached as high as 346 years.
After some thought, Su Jingxing took out the True Energy Card with five years of cultivation that he had left as backup previously. He unlocked and absorbed it before converting it into Heaven Trampling True Energy, raising his true energy cultivation to 351 years.
Su Jingxing wasn't in a hurry to condense the newly-added true energy into a mist.
He took out the eight Bloodline Cards and unlocked them one by one. He collected eight blood pearls and fed them to Thunderbolt.
Before he could finish feeding all the pearls, Thunderbolt suddenly emitted a bright light. The little wooden sword that was covered in green light automatically became bigger.
When it stopped growing, its blade was four feet long, and it was engraved with lightning-like patterns.
Swoosh!
Using his thought, Su Jingxing controlled Thunderbolt to fly around him.
With another thought, the enlarged sword shrunk to the length of a finger.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Bigger, smaller, bigger, smaller.
Su Jingxing had experienced the Thunderbolt's function of growing and shrinking before coming into contact with its true capabilities.
The overall feeling was not bad.
Of course, this kind of control was completely supported by Su Jingxing's mental power. It was very taxing.
If I had cultivated the Divine Spirit Control Technique, it would be different.
Su Jingxing sighed.
Unfortunately, not only was this ultimate art incomplete, there was only a portion of it available. If he wanted to cultivate it, he had to prepare a Deduction Card with at least 20 years duration.
For now, he could only put it aside.
With Thunderbolt ability, he could absorb lightning and release it. He had to find an opportunity to charge it.
It was unrealistic to do so indoors. Everyone knew the might of a blood spirit weapon.
God knows how big of a commotion it would cause if he were to charge it using a cable in the house.
Moreover, there would be all kinds of accidents when there was a sudden blackout.
He had to find an appropriate opportunity to charge Thunderbolt.
Or perhaps he should just wait for thunder to strike to absorb its energy!
Having made his decision, Su Jingxing put away Thunderbolt and took out the branch from the glowing willow tree.
However, as soon as it left his palm space, a ball of light blossomed.
No, it was more accurate to say that the branch was still glowing!
Even after leaving the willow tree, it could still emit light.
"Look at this brightness, it's even better than a flashlight."
Su Jingxing sized it up for a moment. He cut off the bark with his knife and sniffed it. There was no smell.
Have a taste?
Su Jingxing gave up.
No one knew if this thing and the giant crocodile's flesh were poisonous.
If he wanted to experiment, he had to find some living creatures, such as chickens and ducks.
Mm, tomorrow morning, I'll go to the market to buy live chickens!
He checked the time. There was still half an hour before dawn.
Su Jingxing took out a Martial Arts Practice Card, unlocked it and started practicing martial arts.
The four Martial Arts Practice Cards from the Corpse Puppets each contained 13 years of practice time.
Su Jingxing entered the Martial Arts Practice Space and immediately started practicing the Air Splitting Palm.
This martial art was easy to pick up but difficult to master.
He used up all 13 years of practice time only to reach the Peak of Perfection instead of Godlike Mastery.
Su Jingxing did not continue practicing. The Peak of Perfection was enough for now.
He unlocked the second Martial Arts Practice Card and spent 13 years on the Hundred Steps Reigning Fist.
Prior to this, Su Jingxing's mastery of the Hundred Steps Reigning Fist was only at the Advanced level. This time, through a 13-year Martial Arts Practice Card, he had successfully reached the Peak of Perfection.
The same went for the Ghost Python Breath-holding Technique. He expended a 13-year Martial Arts Practice Card to reach the Peak of Perfection.
Su Jingxing temporarily kept the remaining Martial Arts Practice Card.
After these advancements, his strength had increased significantly.
His speed of circulating true energy, and the explosive power of his true energy also increased by several folds.
For example, if Su Jingxing were to fight against Shi Zhinie now, he would be able to shatter his Martial Art True Intent of the Blood Wyrm using Hundred Steps Reigning Fist with just 60 years of his true energy cultivation.
The Ghost Python Breath Holding Technique was the same. As long as he used this technique, his heartbeat or breathing would be concealed.
Of course, it was still slightly inferior compared to the functions of the Invisibility Card from the giant crocodile.
But it was enough for Su Jingxing to hide himself.
Tomorrow night, he would go to the Xuantian University Library. He was sure that no one would be able to detect him unless he was a powerful martial artist in the top ranks who had condensed Martial Art True Intent!
…
He adjusted his breathing and calmed his mind.
When he looked out of the window again, the sky was already bright.
Su Jingxing immediately got up and went to the market to buy ten live chickens.
First, he added water and boiled the bark of the glowing willow tree. He forcefully fed the water to the chickens and waited for a moment.
Nothing!
Then, he continued to boil the entire branch and fed the water to the chickens. He waited for a while.
Still nothing.
No poison!
There was no problem with the glowing willow tree.
Su Jingxing took out the crocodile flesh, boiled it in water, minced it, and prepared to feed it to the chickens.
Unexpectedly, the ten chickens that were placed on the ground in the courtyard automatically dashed over and surrounded the food basin. They competed and pecked at each other.
"That exaggerated?"
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Chapter 139: Surprise!
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Su Jingxing narrowed his eyes.
It was true that the crocodile meat was Mutated Beast meat, but the chickens were ordinary chickens. They were raised in mountain farms and sent to the market in batches.
These chickens were not disrupted by anything else nor did they possess special abilities.
They ate feed, grain, and worms.
Since when would they eat crocodile meat?
Minced crocodile meat was still meat!
No chicken would eat meat, unless it was a Mutated Beast.
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Now, these ten chickens were happily fighting for and pecking up the crocodile meat.
The reason was definitely not the chickens, but the crocodile meat!
The cooked crocodile meat indeed had a unique fragrance.
The ten chickens caught this fragrance, ran over, and fought to eat it .
It could only mean one thing. The attraction of the crocodile meat was beyond imagination.
With this in mind, Su Jingxing did not stop the chickens. He allowed all ten of them to fight and finish off half of the crocodile meat.
Then, he removed the tray, put it aside and waited patiently.
It wasn't that Su Jingxing was stingy. The appetite of a chicken was only so big. If they continued eating, they might die from overeating before being poisoned.
The ten chickens actually showed no restraint when eating the crocodile meat. They didn't care about anything else. Once they managed to seize a spot, they started eating furiously.
Su Jingxing didn't want to see them die from overeating.
While waiting, Su Jingxing observed carefully and found that although the ten chickens were bloated, they were full of vigor and showed no signs of being poisoned.
The four roosters even got into their positions and started fighting.
Su Jingxing waited for half an hour. After making sure that there were no problems with the ten chickens, he turned around and walked into the house. He stir-fried the remaining crocodile meat with seasonings and condiments and finished the big plate as breakfast.
He had to admit that it was very delicious. There was the delicacy of wild mountains and rivers, as well as the special texture of Mutated Beast meat. It also gave him a refreshing and comfortable feeling from head to toe.
After he finished eating, he didn't feel bloated because the crocodile meat was quickly digested after entering his stomach. It turned into a cool energy that flowed through his body. It spread through his limbs, organs, and even his brain. Everywhere it passed, it felt like drinking iced spring water in summer.
It was not the kind of bone-chilling coldness that would make one tremble. Instead, it was the kind of gentle coolness that felt like stroking the finest silk.
This feeling became more prominent as time passed.
On the way to the crematorium, Su Jingxing's mind was exceptionally clear.
As for tempering of the body, there was not much.
Su Jingxing tried to circulate the Nine Steps Trampling Heaven and refine it, but he didn't get much of a reaction. He just left it be and allowed himself to enjoy the comfortable touch.
During the process of moving corpses, his entire body felt cool and refreshing.
It was not until three hours later that the feeling disappeared.
Su Jingxing had decided to bring the rest of the crocodile flesh out.
It would be a waste to leave such Mutated Beast flesh to rot in the underground pond.
When he found out that his extraction range had increased, Su Jingxing couldn't wait to bring them all back.
That's right, this giant crocodile's flesh could actually enhance soul power!
At first, Su Jingxing had thought that it was an illusion.
After a few tests, he agitatedly confirmed that his extraction range had really increased.
Before this, Su Jingxing's extraction range was ten meters.
With him as the center, he could extract cards from corpses within a ten-meter radius.
Yesterday, it was still ten meters too.
Today, however, it had grown by two meters to 12 meters.
These two meters were automatically added after a night's sleep?
Or is it due to the increase in my true energy cultivation?
No!
It is impossible that it's due to sleeping, and this isn't the first time my true energy cultivation has risen. If they could boost my soul power, it would have been done long ago. There is no way it will happen only now.
The only explanation is that I ate eaten crocodile meat in the morning!
It was easy to verify this point.
After work, Su Jingxing rushed to the Tai Ming Mountain Reservoir.
Activating Advanced Hearing, he listened carefully to his surroundings. After confirming that there was no one around, he pretended to go swimming and entered the reservoir.
He released his true energy externally and dived into the cave. When he reached the underground pond, he retrieved all crocodile flesh that he had dropped the night before and placed them in his palm space.
This time, he discovered a species of silver fish at the bottom of the pond while going for the crocodile flesh.
One was the size of two fingers. Yet they moved very quickly and had a beautiful physique.
Su Jingxing tried to catch a few, but he failed. When he released his true energy in the water, not only was the resistance strong, the commotion was also huge.
The silver fish were very vigilant. Before Su Jingxing even got close, they would sense him and disappear from sight.
The corner hole at the bottom of the pond connected to other waterways.
Su Jingxing didn't have much time to play with silver fish, so he gave up quickly.
With the discovery of the silver fish, he finally figured out what the giant crocodile had been eating for the past 200 years.
Only the giant crocodile's ability to hide its aura would allow it to catch…
Er, no, it should be said that only a giant crocodile could make the silver fish swim into its mouth by themselves.
Since Su Jingxing ate the crocodile meat, that would be considered indirectly consuming the silver fish.
…
Back at his small courtyard at the foot of the mountain.
Su Jingxing took out the crocodile meat he had brought back, cooked it again, and finished a large pot.
After that, he enjoyed the cool and comfortable sensation for three hours. Then, he quickly rushed to the crematorium through the air, hid in a corner, controlled the distance, and extracted cards.
After a few attempts, he successfully confirmed that his extraction range had increased by another two meters!
What a surprise!
This was a wonderful and pleasant surprise.
Su Jingxing had only brought back a few pieces of flesh for a taste after killing the giant crocodile because he knew that Mutated Beast flesh was rare.
Unexpectedly, he got a taste of great benefits!
It was still unclear what use the glowing willow tree had.
However, the giant crocodile flesh delighted Su Jingxing.
Increase soul power.
This was an ability that only rare treasures and pills possessed.
For example, the Spirit Accumulation Pill.
On top of being able to turn invisible and conceal all auras, the flesh of this giant crocodile that Su Jingxing had killed also had this ability.
It was so surprising.
It was difficult to calculate the exact amount of soul power, but one large tray of crocodile meat to increase extraction range by two meters was still a good reference.
The gigantic crocodile was almost 40 meters long. After removing its skin and internal organs, the remaining crocodile flesh was enough to make dozens of trays.
Since it could increase his soul power, Su Jingxing was in no hurry to go to the Xuantian University Library anymore.
For the next few days, besides going to work, he stayed at home, cooked a tray of crocodile meat every three hours and finished it.
He also prepared the meat in a variety of ways——roasted, boiled, stir-fried, sliced…
After he finished all the crocodile meat, his mind was inexplicably agitated.
He swiftly rushed to the crematorium to check his extraction range.
He got a statistic——
101 meters!
The amount of soul power he had accumulated pushed his extraction range to exceed a hundred meters.
With this range, Su Jingxing didn't need to enter the crematorium to extract the cards.
Then, something even more surprising happened.
That was with his extraction. There was now no need to provide a notification and wait for Su Jingxing's response to carry on with the extraction.
When his soul power pushed his extraction range past a hundred meters, his cheat ability did the extractions automatically!
It wasn't even extracting them up one by one, but accumulating a certain amount before extracting altogether.
For example…
[Cards 30]
[Cards 50]
Ha!
Su Jingxing grinned, delighted by this change.
"An extraction range of more than a hundred meters. Is it time to change my identity?"
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Chapter 140: Xuantian University
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Su Jingxing was willing to be a corpse collector because it was easier to extract cards as one.
But now, his extraction range had exceeded a hundred meters and the extraction time could be accumulated.
Being a corpse collector was not only a waste of energy, but also a waste of time.
Although Su Jingxing was already an official employee of the crematorium, he couldn't apply for leave at every turn.
Corpse collection was different from other jobs. Once there was a corpse, they had to arrive on scene immediately.
Although he had a lot of free time, his freedom was greatly limited.
He had no choice in the past, but things were different now.
At this thought, Su Jingxing made a decision. He would find a chance to change his identity.
He had already thought about what job to switch to.
…
Tai Long Building.
The building of Tai Long Corporation's Qinghe City branch was beside Tai Long Mall.
Presently, on the top floor of the building, in a spacious office,
all the senior executives of the Tai Long Corporation's Qinghe City branch stood upright and silent.
In the office, there was only a refined and handsome middle-aged man sitting behind the boss's desk. He was flipping through a document with soft rustles.
Behind the middle-aged man was a muscular man with brands of a sun and a moon imprinted on either of his cheeks. His sharp gaze swept across the entire office.
Under his gaze, all the senior executives of the branch felt chills go down their spines and their scalps turned numb.
The originally quiet office became even quieter. Even their heartbeats could be heard.
Slap!
A muffled thud broke the silence.
All the senior executives felt their hearts racing as cold sweat broke out on their foreheads. Their faces were pale and their bodies were trembling.
However, no one dared to utter a word. They simply stood in their spots and lowered their heads in silence.
"Is this all you've gotten done after Manager Ma Zhengyang died?"
Behind the desk, the elegant middle-aged man threw down the folder and looked up at the senior executives. He said calmly, "Why didn't wasn't Nie Renchou's identity investigated till the end? There are so many things in the corporation that you weren't handled either. I'm very curious, what have you people been busy with recently?"
Silence.
The office was dead silent. No one dared to speak.
"Why? Are you mute?"
The elegant middle-aged man pushed his chair back and crossed one leg over the other. He began coolly again, "What have you people been busy with? Can't you tell me even that? Has this building changed its name? It's no longer Tai Long?"
"N-No."
The expression of a fat middle-aged man with a large head, big ears and a big belly said nervously, "This is Tai Long, of course…"
"Then who are you?" The elegant middle-aged man interrupted.
"We… We are from the employees of Tai Long." The fat middle-aged man wiped the sweat off his face and stuttered, "C… CEO Tian, we have been investigating Nie Renchou's identity all this time, but there has been no news. His corpse was left at the entrance of the crematorium and has long been turned to ashes. Without a corpse, have no clue as to where he came from or what his identity is."
"As for what we are busy with, CEO Tian, you might not know since you just arrived. The Shi Family from the Western District of Qinghe City has been wiped out. Every faction is fighting over the assets they left behind. Although most of them have been divided up by the Li, Zhou, Qi and Wang families, and the Iron Thread Sect, the rest are still worth a lot of money…"
"So, you've been busy seizing territory?" the elegant middle-aged man interrupted again.
"…" The fat middle-aged man opened his mouth and replied nervously, "Y-Yes."
"Well, in that case, I should commend you for earning more territory for the corporation."
The elegant middle-aged man chuckled and said, "I just wonder how much you've seized."
"Not… not much." The fat middle-aged man smiled awkwardly. "Just… just half a street of shops…"
"That's not bad." The elegant middle-aged man nodded and praised them. "You guys did a good job. You've done a great job expanding the corporation's territory. All of you have rendered great service."
"Not at all, not at all. This is what we should do." The fat middle aged man squeezed out a smile as he bowed and smiled apologetically.
"If I say you have credit, then you have credit. And credit should naturally be rewarded."
The elegant middle-aged man raised his hand and smiled. "This reward will be delivered tomorrow or the day after. You will get it by then."
"Ah?" The fat middle aged man was greatly shocked when he heard this, and his mouth gaped open.
The others also revealed looks of surprise. However, the group of people were no longer as frightened as before. Their faces regained color, although they did not know what the reward was.
"Don't worry, you'll know when the time comes." The elegant middle-aged man kept them in suspense. "There's nothing else now. You can leave and carry on with your own work."
"Alright, alright. CEO Tian, we'll leave now."
When the fat middle-aged man heard that, he hurriedly lowered his head and bent down, retreating to the door.
The others followed behind and left the office as quietly as possible.
Everyone came out and closed the door.
"A bunch of pig brains."
The elegant middle-aged man looked at the empty office and said coolly, "Not doing what they should do and doing a bunch of things they shouldn't have done. Ma Zhengyang is a good-for-nothing, no wonder he was killed on the streets!"
At this moment, the elegant middle-aged man was no longer as calm and smiling as before. His face was filled with anger.
"Go and investigate."
With a somber face, he said coldly, "F*ck this bunch of trash. I don't know when we'll be able to find the map. You go and handle this matter. I give you full authority!"
"Yes."
Behind him, the muscular man with the brands on his face replied calmly.
"I'll give you a direction to follow. Xuantian University."
The elegant middle-aged man exhaled and said in a deep voice, "It'll be easier to find the map if we go to Xuantian University!"
"Yes!"
"By the way, don't make a big fuss when you go there. There are quite a few old fellows in Xuantian University who are quite powerful." The elegant middle-aged man said calmly, "With them around, if you make a big fuss, you might just stay there forever."
"Understood!"
…
The sky was high and the clouds were thick. The sun shone brightly in all directions.
On the main road in the center of Changyang Prefecture, three cars were driving at a constant speed against the breeze.
In the car in the middle was a young man with light golden hair. He leaned against the car window and looked at the scenery outside with a blank expression.
"Seventh Young Master, don't worry. We've already confirmed it."
Seated across from the young man was an old man with meticulously groomed hair and beard. He said in a deep voice, "After the final deduction of the data model, the location has been determined to be in Qinghe City."
"It's in Qinghe City, everyone who knows has long learned about it." The young man said calmly, "Also, Elder Hu, how many times have I told you not to call me Young Master?"
"What else can we call you if we don't call you Young Master?" A young girl with a ponytail asked playfully. "You are a Young Master after all. We can't possibly call you Seventh Brother, right?"
"Sure." The young man turned around and looked at the girl. He smiled and said, "I'm more comfortable with Seventh Brother than Seventh Young Master."
"Tch, that's for you, but not us." The girl stuck out her tongue. "Seventh Brother is a no. How about Seventh Master?"
"Fine, spare me." The young man raised his hands in surrender. "Seventh Uncle is still around. If I call myself Seventh Master, people will think that I want to replace him."
"You have replaced him, Seventh Young Master." Behind the girl, a strong man with a strong aura spoke in a throaty voice. "We haven't lost yet. Let's see who dares to look down on Seventh Young Master after we get the item in our hands!"
"Alright, you can say that here, but mind your mouths when we're outside!"
The old man warned in a low voice, "Seventh Young Master's affairs are top secret. If any of you leak them, I'll kill you myself!"
"Yes."
When the young girl and the others heard this, their expressions turned serious and they answered in unison.
"Uncle Hu, you're doing this again." The young man shook his head helplessly. "We are all on the same side. There's no need to emphasize this every time. I believe everyone knows what to do."
"It's alright, Seventh Young Master. This is a necessary reminder in case we forget." The girl stuck out her tongue and grinned. "I believe we'll definitely succeed this time!"
"Haha, I hope to count on that." The youth laughed. "It's too early to speak about success now. Everyone knows it's in Qinghe City, but no one knows exactly where it is."
"Xuantian University!"
The old man continued, "According to our final analysis, the map with the information should be in Xuantian University!"
"Really?" The young man's eyes lit up.
"It's true." The girl rushed to answer. "The map is at Xuantian University. We just have to go to Xuantian University to look for it. Of course, the Qinghe City's Xuantian University branch campus is very big. It'll be a little troublesome to find the map."
"This is not a problem." The young man waved his hand. "Locking on to Xuantian University will save us a lot of trouble. All that's left is finding the map, things will be much simpler."
"That's true. Compared to the entire Qinghe City, Xuantian University is indeed very small." The young girl gripped her fists in encouragement.
"So, we're going straight to Xuantian University?" A brawny man with a large head touched his head and asked foolishly.
"Of course!"
…
Xuantian University.
In the principal's office.
"Principal Liu, welcome, welcome, I was wondering why the magpies were chirping non-stop today1, turns out it's because of Principal Liu's arrival."
Ma Shifeng, the skinny principal of the Xuantian University's Qinghe City branch campus, held the hands of a white-haired old man in both hands and shook vigorously. His face was full of smiles.
"Haha, I have come to disturb Principal Ma."
The old man's face was flushed as he sat on the sofa under Ma Shifeng's lead.
"How can it be considered a disturbance? I've long wanted to invite Principal Liu to come over to our side to give lessons to the students, but I just couldn't. This time, Principal Liu, all our teachers and students can't wait to welcome you," Ma Shifeng said with a smile.
"Sigh, I'm ashamed." When the elder heard that, he sighed and smiled bitterly. "I'm not afraid of Principal Ma laughing at me. These few years, I've been completely obsessed. I don't bother with the affairs of the outside world at all, and I've missed and lost a lot. It wasn't until some time ago when I was brought to my senses that I suddenly came to an enlightenment. At the mention of this matter, I'm really ashamed!"
"This is human nature, Principal Liu, you don't have to blame yourself, I think that it's a good thing to be able to realize your wrongs. As for the past, let it pass," Ma Shifeng comforted.
"That's right. I can only let bygones be bygones." The old man sighed. "Although the past has passed, I don't have the face to stay in the school anymore. While I can still move around, I want to go to the various schools and walk through them again, leaving behind my final footprints. Look, when I came to Changyang, I came to visit and obtrude on you, Principal Ma."
"Not at all, Principal Liu. It's the Qinghe branch campus' honor to have you here."
Ma Shifeng said seriously, "Principal Liu, don't worry. In the next few days, we will certainly have you satisfied. We'll have someone bring you around every corner of the school. We will definitely not let you leave with regrets."
"Alright, alright." The old man nodded repeatedly and said bitterly, "I really didn't expect to have to trouble people when I'm already at this age."
"Look, you're getting at it again."
…
The headquarters of the Ci En Bank's Qinghe City branch.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
A warm round of applause sounded in the lobby of the first floor of the Ci En Building.
Hundreds of uniformed bank employees stood around them and clapped excitedly as they watched a group of people walk in from the main entrance.
"Look, everyone from the head office is so good-looking."
"You hussy, who do you have your eyes on now?"
"Hehe, there's no need to guess. It must be CEO Lu. Speaking of which, CEO Lu is already in the sixth-grade at such a young age. How impressive."
"That's right. No one in Qinghe City has reached the sixth-grade at the age of 20, right?"
"…"
Amidst the applause, the employees in the corner gathered and discussed in low voices.
The handsome man leading the group of people smiled and nodded to the two sides from time to time.
Finally, under the lead of the Qinghe branch leaders, they arrived at the top floor of the building.
"CEO Lu, this is Yunlong Tea. Have a taste."
A smiling middle-aged man respectfully served the handsome man tea.
"President Wang, you don't have to go through so much trouble." The handsome man took the teacup and said with a smile, "I just came to Qinghe City's Xuantian branch campus to participate in the exchange competition. I won't be staying here for long. I came here today only on my father's request. I also wanted to take a look at the situation here. I have no other intentions."
"No, no, CEO Lu, your visit brings light to our humble branch. All of us have eagerly anticipated your arrival," the middle-aged man said seriously. "We're so excited. CEO Lu, please don't say that."
"Alright." The handsome man resisted the urge to roll his eyes and did not say anything else. He took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and said indifferently, "This is my first time coming to Qinghe City. I wonder which places in Qinghe City are more fun?"
"For example, are there any outstanding attractions in Xuantian University?"
The handsome man paused and added.
"Um…" The middle-aged man faltered." Um… there seems to be quite a lot, right? "
"Is that so?" The handsome man raised his eyebrows. "That's great. With so many places, this exchange competition shouldn't be too boring."
"Of course, of course." The middle-aged man smiled.
Inwardly, he found it strange.
Fun places in Xuantian University?
There isn't anything outstanding in Xuantian University, is there?
He wondered what this young CEO Lu from the head office was thinking.
He had come all the way to Qinghe City's Xuantian branch campus to participate in some exchange competition.
How idle, seriously.
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Chapter 141: Wondrous Things
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Night.
Xuantian University.
At three o'clock in the morning, the university campus shrouded in darkness was completely silent.
Occasionally, the sound of insects could be heard from some corners. After a while, it would disappear.
Under the moonlight, a ghostly figure streaked across the sky and emerged from the clouds, landing on the rooftop of a building in the northeastern corner of the campus.
The top structure of this tall building was rather special. It was like a bowl was placed upside down at the top.
As a result, moving from the rooftop to the windows required a huge turn.
If it were anyone else, they would have taken quite a bit of effort to enter the window from the rooftop.
Not Su Jingxing.
He, who had disguised himself as Yang Jian, took a few steps at the edge of the rooftop and calculated the location of his target window. With a flash, he flew down along the wall like a gecko and easily bypassed the poles that seemed to promise electric shocks to arrive outside a window.
Stepping on the wall,he maintained his true energy and tapped lightly on the four corners of the glass window.
Crack!
The thick glass began to crack from four corners until the whole piece peeled off.
Swoosh!
Su Jingxing put the broken window glass into his palm space and walked through the window into the room like a ghost.
Throughout the entire process, not a single sound was made. The Ghost Python Breath-holding Technique had been executed way back when he was on the rooftop and had been maintained until now.
At the Peak of Perfection, the Ghost Python Breath-holding Technique hid his aura, heartbeat, and breathing so much that they were almost inaudible.
If a person was not within a meter of Su Jingxing, they would not be able to detect or hear him.
Moreover, there was no wind tonight, so the plan went surprisingly smoothly.
Su Jingxing easily entered the top floor of Xuantian University Library, which was the library where important documents, ancient books, and other information were stored.
On the rows of bookshelves, important books passed down from ancient times were neatly arranged.
Su Jingxing walked slowly along the aisle, looking for a suitable classification from the labels on the sides of the bookshelves.
What category does a ring and a glowing tree belong to?
Miscellanies? Metals? Plants?
Su Jingxing searched as he walked.
Occasionally, he would stop by a bookshelf and pick up a book to flip through quickly.
As the room for precious documents, there were naturally cameras installed in the corners of the ceiling to monitor the situation in the library 24 hours a day.
The reason why Su Jingxing could move around so easily and casually pick up books to read was because he had hacked into the surveillance system of Xuantian University Library through his computer before coming here.
He copied an empty video in advance. Then, he calculated the time and covered the surveillance footage ten seconds before he entered.
It was late at night, 3am in the morning. There was no one in the library. The contents of the video was almost the same as the real-time surveillance footage.
Therefore, Su Jingxing wasn't worried about being discovered. Even if he was out, it didn't matter.
He was wearing a cloak and a visor. It wasn't as if he had any intention of stealing a book. He was just checking for information. He didn't believe that the guards of the library would take him on at the risk of destroying the library.
As such, Su Jingxing was not in a hurry to leave.
He walked rows of bookshelves to look for suitable books.
Simple Explanations of Array Formations, True Energy for Beginners, Basics of Alchemy, Analysis of Mutated Beasts…
Many of the ancient books that only had fragments of their contents on the Internet were here.
Su Jingxing flipped through them quickly and put them back.
Even with his photographic memory, he could not read so many books.
Anyway, the books were always here. He could come and read them when he needed to.
What Su Jingxing was most eager to find were rare records about glowing trees and the like.
After walking around for a long time, he finally reached a bookshelf and saw a copy of Record of Wondrous Things, he picked it up and flipped through a few pages before his eyes lit up.
Found it!
The Record of Wondrous Things was an ancient book about various rare items and happenings.
Although the entire book was not very old, the paper was specially made. It could be stored for hundreds of years, capable of withstanding exposure to water, oil, and wind.
Thus, even though it was a duplicate version, the content, words, and patterns recorded on it were very clear. There was also a unique aura about it that made one feel inexplicably fascinated.
Su Jingxing's soul power was strong, so he was not afraid of this. He quickly flipped through the pages and found the content he wanted.
Five Elements Ring!
The strange ring he had obtained from the treasury vault in the Shi Family's secret base was actually an item of natural formation.
It resembled a ring, but the original shape of this item was similar to begin with.
People noticed that they looked very similar to rings, so they slightly altered them.
The ability of such rings, as the name suggested, was to possess the power of the five elements. It could be controlled, released, or absorbed.
And the prerequisite to controlling them was to have great soul power.
If one's soul power wasn't strong, he wouldn't be able to utilize it.
On this point, all Five Elements Rings were the same. There were even records of how to control them using soul power.
Su Jingxing was delighted and quickly memorized this information.
Then, he continued flipping through the pages and found the glowing tree.
Concentration Fruit Tree!
The actual name of the glowing willow tree in the underground cave was Concentration Fruit Tree.
From its name, one could tell how special this tree was.
Concentration!
The fruits produced by this fruit tree possessed the ability to pull together attention, which was also the effect of increasing one's soul power.
Su Jingxing couldn't help but think of the giant crocodile when he saw the text.
Eating the crocodile meat boosted his soul power. Previously, Su Jingxing thought that it was because of the giant crocodile itself.
Only now did he understand that the giant crocodile's meat had such an effect, probably due to the Concentration Fruit Tree.
The pages recorded that the Concentration Fruit Tree flowered every 30 years, bore fruit every 30 years, and the fruits would ripen in 30 years.
In other words, it would take nearly a hundred years to get the fruits.
Although the giant crocodile was guarding the entrance of the cave, the tunnel connecting it to the empty cavity was very spacious. At least for now, the giant crocodile could still crawl through the tunnel and enter the cavity.
Therefore, it would have eaten at least one Concentration Fruit having stayed in the underground cave for 200 years.
The reason why it was once was because it took time for the Concentration Fruit Tree to grow.
It was stated that it would take 81 years to grow from a sapling into a tree.
When the fruits have ripened, they will automatically fall off.
And it would take another cycle of nearly a hundred years for them to grow again.
In other words, if Su Jingxing wanted to eat the Concentration Fruit, he would have to wait 70 to 80 years.
Previously, Su Jingxing had looked around the Concentration Fruit Tree, but he did not see a single flower.
If there was no other way, he would have to wait that long.
However, at the end of the introductory pages of the Concentration Fruit Tree, there was a passage.
"Set up high-level Energy Gathering Array Formations around the Concentration Fruit Tree. They can help the Concentrating Fruit Tree to flower and bear fruit in advance.
"If there are no high-level Energy Gathering Array Formations, one can also set up many basic Energy Gathering Array Formations.
"The lowest requirement is the Energy Gathering Stone. Bury Energy Gathering Stones under the Concentration Fruit Tree following the trials of a basic array formation, and the effect of flowering and bearing fruit in advance will still be present."
The more Energy Gathering Stones there were, the shorter the time it would take for the tree to bear fruit!
Of course, correspondingly, the effects of these fruits would be significantly poorer than the fruits that matured following a normal timeline.
For example, eating a Concentration fruit that matured normally could increase one's soul power by one.
In comparison, fruits that matured in advance would only do so by 0.4, or even 0.3, or 0.2.
Not only was Su Jingxing not discouraged, instead, he was pleasantly surprised.
Since it was able to reduce the waiting duration of decades to a few months, what were slightly weaker effects?
This difference could be easily made up with multiple accelerations of maturation.
Although Su Jingxing didn't know how many times such accelerated maturations could be carried out in advance, and it wasn't written in the book, even if it could only be done three times, he would have made a killing.
When the boost in his soul power increased his extraction range past a hundred meters, Su Jingxing tried the visualization of the Demonic Heaven Trampling Elephant Diagram.
This time, he successfully persevered, and visualized a vague Heaven Trampling Elephant.
If he had enough Concentration fruits, he could eat them and continuously increase his soul power.
Fully visualizing and condensing the Heaven Trampling Elephant would not be a problem at all.
Once the Heaven Trampling Elephant was solidified, it could continue to grow stronger. It could run, roar, stomp, and charge in his consciousness.
When his visualized Heaven Trampling Elephant had reached that extent, Su Jingxing would even dare to clash with a martial artist in the top ranks.
What was the most terrifying thing about a martial artist in the top ranks?
It was not true essence, but Martial Art True Intent!
To put it bluntly, true essence was true energy, a qualitative change brought about by quantity.
If Su Jingxing could extract True Energy Cards, he could accumulate up to thousands or even tens of thousands of years of true energy cultivation.
In this aspect, he did not fear the true essence of a martial artist in the top ranks at all.
As long as he had sufficient true energy, he would be able to overwhelm the true essence all the same.
What Su Jingxing was wary about top-ranked martial artists was Martial Art True Intent.
Shi Zhinie, the pseudo third-grade, almost had him on his knees and unable to control himself.
What was the reason?
It was the power of Martial Art True Intent!
Martial Art True Intent could interfere with reality through the mind.
Once this formless power was released, the most direct impact would be on the consciousness and soul. One would be pressured to the point of losing self-control.
The area of effect was very large too, ranging from tens of meters to hundreds of meters long and thousands of meters.
For example, the Ethereal Sword Immortal's Martial Art True Intent could cover an area with a radius of over 80 meters.
In the face of such power, no matter how much true energy one had, he was unable to release it. The consciousness was already suppressed, so how could the release be done?
Therefore, the best way to deal with a top-ranked martial artist was to run.
The faster you run, the better. The farther you go, the better.
Otherwise, one would have to endure the terrifying suppression on the soul.
Of course, if one had a spirit weapon on hand, or if he struck first with a sneak attack, or assassination, that would beat another matter.
In the tens of thousands of years of human history on Earth Star, there were quite a few top-ranked experts who had been assassinated.
If there was no need, Su Jingxing naturally did not want to go against these martial artists either.
However, if he had the ability to go head to head against them, he would be more than happy to do so.
Visualizing the Demonic Heaven Trampling Elephant Diagram was one way.
After eating the Concentration Fruit, he would increase his soul power and visualize a tangible Heaven Trampling Elephant.
A clear route!
With this in mind, Su Jingxing put down the Record of Wondrous Things, turned around, and walked to a bookshelves he had passed by before. He found the Simple Explanations of Array Formations.
There were dozens of basic array formations recorded inside.
Su Jingxing chose three types and memorized them all in his mind. Afraid that he would forget, he took out his phone and silently snapped a few photos.
The main thing was that the basic array formations all came with an illustration and detailed explanations.
I'll take photos, just in case.
After he was done, Su Jingxing put the book back on the shelf and did not stay any longer. He quickly left the library through the same window he had come in from.
Leaning close to the wall, Su Jingxing took out the piece of glass that he had removed from his palm space and put it back together with glass cement.
Finally, he executed his lightness skill and soared into the sky, disappearing into the horizon.
He did not return to his small courtyard at the foot of the mountain.
Su Jingxing went straight to the Tai Ming Mountain Reservoir and went through the underground cavern to reach the cave.
In the spacious and quiet empty space, the white light from the Concentration Fruit Tree was still dazzling.
Su Jingxing circled it and moved some stones away, creating an empty spot for the array formation.
Then, he took out all the Energy Gathering Stones, unlocked his phone, and started to set up the basic array formation according to the illustrations on it…
"Hmm, what happened?"
Suddenly, Su Jingxing's eyes widened. He was a little stunned.
The photos of the basic array formations in his phone were all blurry.
It was not just one photo, but all the photos. They were all blurry and the lines could not be seen clearly.
"What's going on?"
Su Jingxing narrowed his eyes and pondered over the reason.
There is nothing wrong with the phone, but the photos are blurry.
"Is there something wrong with the pages of Simple Explanations of Array Formations?"
Su Jingxing's eyes lit up.
This Simple Explanations of Array Formations was also a copied version. The original version was probably in the headquarters of Xuantian University.
Almost all the books in the Qinghe City branch campus were basically replicas.
Su Jingxing could understand if the original versions had this function.
After all, the contents of some ancient books, including the pages, had been specially processed and preserved.
It was impossible to replicate them.
What Su Jingxing didn't expect was that even a replica had this function.
"Aren't they forcing people to steal books?"
Su Jingxing was puzzled.
If they couldn't even take photos of the replicated version, wouldn't that be forcing others to simply take the books away?
"Or is Xuantian University so confident that no one will steal them?"
Su Jingxing shook his head.
Su Jingxing couldn't help himself, not to mention others.
He had never intended to bring the books out, but from the looks of it, he had no choice but to do so.
Even though Su Jingxing had also memorized a few basic array formations, in order not to make any mistakes, he still decided to go back to the library immediately to bring out the whole Simple Explanations of Array Formations.
At the very most, he would return the book after his array formations were set up.
Just do it.
Su Jingxing immediately turned around and left the underground cave. He returned through the same way, left the reservoir, and headed straight for Xuantian University.
Along the way, he upped his speed to the fastest, moving almost at the speed of lightning.
In less than ten minutes, he returned to the top floor of Xuantian University Library.
Just as he was about to use the same method to enter the library…
The sound of rushing wind suddenly came from behind him.
Su Jingxing caught it and immediately flashed to hide in a corner.
His aura, heartbeat, and breathing were concealed, almost disappearing.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The moment Su Jingxing finished his concealment, five figures moved through the night sky and quickly landed on the rooftop.
"Everyone, move quickly!"
One of the men lowered his voice and ordered.
"Understood."
The other four quickly took out their tools.
There were ropes, daggers, and ropes.
Soon, in less than five minutes, a zip line was made, and at the edge of the rooftop, near one of the windows, a mount was clamped.
Then the man who spoke first secured the rope to his waist, and with a leap, descended.
In less than two seconds after he did…
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Chapter 142: Silencing
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Swish!
A cold glint suddenly flashed in the night sky, accurately hitting the zipline and cutting the rope.
The man who was descending lost his point of support right away. Caught off guard, he began falling to the ground.
"Big Brother!"
"Bastard!"
The four people who had stayed behind on the rooftop saw this scene and immediately let out exclamation and low shouts.
Fortunately, the man who fell was a sixth-grade martial artist. In his realization, his body rolled in mid-air. He released his true energy and stepped on the air. At the final moment, he managed to stabilize himself and successfully landed on the ground.
Even so, the fear still lingered. His face was pale and covered in sweat.
"Who is it!"
The man shouted as he turned his head to look in the direction of the dart. Killing intent shot out from his eyes.
"Continue!"
He took out a walkie-talkie and locked his gaze on a building a hundred meters away as he ordered.
"…Okay, Big Brother."
On the rooftop, the four people who received the order were stunned at first, then they threw down another rope.
One of them tied to his waist and turned to descend.
This time, no more darts came flying. The descending person successfully reached a window on the top level of the library.
With a rope holding him, the descending man pressed himself against the wall, retrieved his tools, and quickly removed the window glass.
Then, he swiftly entered the library through the window.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
A strange sound was heard. Two more people came down from the rope and entered the top floor of the library through the open window.
One was left on the rooftop while the other stood on the ground, guarding the air and ground respectively.
Su Jingxing, who was hiding in the corner, blinked when he heard the movements of the five people.
It seemed that he was not the only one who had designs on the ancient books here in the library.
This group of five, and people lying low in the building a hundred meters away.
Including Su Jingxing, there were three teams.
And they were very lucky. All three teams had coincidentally bumped into one another.
More importantly, the experts guarding the top level of the library had yet to appear.
During Su Jingxing's previous operation, he had sensed his surroundings, but hadn't found anyone guarding the place.
Aren't there experts guarding the top level of Xuantian University Library 24 hours a day?
Why have they disappeared in the early hours?
Did they forget or were they lured away?
Or perhaps, they were affected by other external forces and happened to be away at this time of the morning?
Su Jingxing thought to himself.
A moment later, he quietly walked out from the corner. Instead of approaching the person on the rooftop, he moved swiftly along the wall from another direction and circled around before entering the library through the open window.
Inside the room, the three people who had entered earlier were searching for their target on the rows of bookshelves.
Su Jingxing entered silently. Without alerting them, he first found the Simple Explanations of Array Formations and put it into his palm space.
Then, like a ghost, he left through the window and still made a big detour to return to the rooftop.
Because the structure was an upside down bowl, both people on the rooftop and the ground didn't notice him.
His speed was too fast.
Su Jingxing completed his mission, and no one in the two teams noticed.
The reason why Su Jingxing returned to the rooftop was because when he was about to charge into the sky, he suddenly spotted a person standing on the rooftop of a building in the distance. He was looking towards the library.
This person's aura was almost completely concealed, but with the support of Su Jingxing's Night Vision and Distant Vision, he still got a clear look of the person's appearance.
Liang Yiqing!
The Director of Xuantian University Library.
The appearance of this director meant without a doubt that Xuantian University was aware that something had happened to the library.
Apart from Su Jingxing who wasn't discovered, the other two teams were most probably monitored.
And three people from one of the teams were still on the top level of the library, looking for their target.
Su Jingxing didn't know what realm Liang Yiqing was in.
Just in case, Su Jingxing decided to return to the rooftop and hide in a dark corner. It wouldn't be too late to leave after Liang Yiqing had dealt with the two groups of people.
At the same time, he wanted to see how Xuantian University would deal with the people who sneaked into the top level of the library.
Kill them directly? Or cripple them?
Killing was too ruthless. It would not be good for Xuantian University as they could easily make enemies.
But with crippling, what extent would they go to? Break the limbs? Or their dantian?
Su Jingxing was very interested.
No one on the Internet exposed these things.
As for recognizing Liang Yiqing, it was because his photo was published on the official website of Xuantian University together with information about his relevant position.
The position of Director of Xuantian University Library was not one an ordinary person could hold.
Although Liang Yiqing kept a low profile, his name was also recorded with the authorities of Qinghe City. He was a key target to look after.
It could be said that Su Jingxing happened to be present at the right time so that he could stay behind to watch the show.
This wait lasted for more than ten minutes. When the three people who entered the top floor of the library got the information they wanted, they slid down the rope to the ground.
The person left on the rooftop also descended to the ground. The five of them gathered together and prepared to retreat.
Swish!
A cold glint suddenly appeared again. It flew out from the building a hundred meters away and headed straight for the five people gathered together.
One of them was unable to dodge in time, and his shoulder was struck, causing him to let out a pained cry.
Although his mouth was quickly covered by his companion, his shout still broke the silence.
Logically speaking, at this point, Liang Yiqing should have made a move.
However, he was still standing on the roof and showed no intention of moving.
Su Jingxing sensed for changes in Liang Yiqing's aura, but there was actually nothing abnormal.
How strange!
"Does Liang Yizhan know these two groups of people? Or is he waiting for the two groups of people to engage each other so that he can benefit from it?"
Su Jingxing squinted and felt that his second guess was more likely.
Indeed.
Less than half a minute after the dart was thrown, a figure dashed out of the building a hundred meters away. He used his lightness skill and stepped on the air to arrive in front of the five startled people.
"Thinking of leaving? Put down what you found in the library."
The person said coldly in a deep voice.
He was dressed in black from head to toe and had a mask concealing half his face.
To see his face clearly, the mask had to be removed.
"Snatching our stuff?"
The leader of the team of five sneered when he heard the threat. "You really don't know what's good for you. Someone's actually thinking of snatching something from my hands!"
"Go, move fast and cripple him! Old Man Liang will be back in ten minutes, let's finish this quickly!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The three uninjured men held short swords in their hands and released their true energy to attack the threatening man in black.
Dang dang dang!
As the man in black retreated, he brandished a dagger and easily broke the siege of three people.
"Die!"
When the leader saw this, his expression changed. He rushed over and joined the battle. The four of them joined forces and surrounded the black-clothed person.
Instantly, the black-clothed man fell into a disadvantageous position. The leader was the strongest, and his participation had a big influence.
The fight was almost one-sided, forcing the man in black to retreat repeatedly.
Su Jingxing stood on the rooftop and listened to the commotion. Without much effort, he visualized the entire battle in his mind.
The man in black was at a disadvantage!
Moreover, he was increasingly becoming no match for them. Facing the ferocious attacks of the leader, he kept stepping back.
"He's probably going to run."
Su Jingxing muttered inwardly.
Sure enough, after another half a minute, the man in black realized that he could not defeat them and decisively flashed to escape.
However——
"It's too late to leave now!"
A deep and aged voice sounded.
Boom!
The sound of rushing wind burst out.
A majestic aura rose from the roof of a distant building and descended on the heads of the men in black and the five-man team instantly.
Liang Yiqing had made his move!
Su Jingxing heard the commotion and came out from the corner. He stood at the edge of the rooftop and watched the situation on the ground.
As soon as Liang Yiqing appeared, the black-clothed man didn't leave. Instead, he approached the five-man team. The weapon in his hand flickered with cold light…
Plkch!
A strange sound was heard, and blood sprayed into the air.
It was the injured member of the five-man team whose throat was slit by the black-clothed man.
As blood splattered, his eyes widened as he stared at the sky in disbelief. Then, he fell straight to the ground and stopped breathing.
"Third Brother!"
"Ahhh! I'll kill you!"
The leader and the three remaining people went crazy upon seeing this.
"Liang Yiqing! I take orders from Director Lu Chen of Ci En Bank. This fellow killed my Third Brother. If you don't want someone from Xuantian University to die, help me catch him!"
The leader shouted angrily at Liang Yiqing who had landed.
As soon as he finished speaking, he pounced madly towards the man in black.
Liang Yiqing was speechless.
Su Jingxing was speechless.
Damn, this guy is so arrogant!
Not only did he steal the information on the top level of the library, he even threatened Liang Yiqing!
Ci En Bank?
Lu Chen?
Su Jingxing knew of the former. The ancient banknotes in his palm space were issued by the predecessor of Ci En Bank.
This bank was a giant and was a multinational bank. Its business spanned more than ten countries.
Su Jingxing didn't know who Lu Chen was, but he knew that he must have a powerful background.
Otherwise, the leader would not dare to use him as a trump card.
Su Jingxing only knew that the very first founder of Ci En Bank was called Lu Cien!
So this Lu Chen is from the headquarters of Ci En Bank?
Su Jingxing's eyes flickered.
While feeling surprised at Lu Chen's background, he was also speechless at the man in black who played weak to catch his opponent.
That's right, this fellow had previously fallen into a disadvantageous position and was forced to retreat in defeat. It was all an act.
Su Jingxing could more or less guess what his motive was.
Fool Liang Yiqing!
As expected, the black-clothed person clearly knew that Liang Yiqing had already appeared.
Earlier, he deliberately lost because he didn't want to fight with Liang Yiqing and chose to retreat.
Who would have thought that Liang Yiqing wouldn't let him go?
He clearly hadn't gotten what he wanted and yet wasn't even stopped from living.
The man in black decisively stopped concealing himself and showed his hand!
Once he struck, he killed the injured member of the five-man team.
This left the leader with no choice but to expose his identity and threaten Liang Yiqing to help.
Would Liang Yiqing help?
Su Jingxing watched from a distance with interest.
Swish! Swish!
Boom!
The sound of rushing wind, tearing, and explosions resounded almost simultaneously.
Liang Yiqing moved!
The old man was actually helping them to deal with the men in black!
"Has Xuantian University taken a loan from Ci En Bank?"
Su Jingxing smacked his lips.
It wasn't that he couldn't accept this fact, but he was a little surprised that Liang Yiqing had acted so quickly.
After all, Xuantian University was a faction with a legacy of around a thousand years. Although it was a little decentralized and its overall power was not strong, it was not weak either. It was also considered a top faction among the surrounding countries.
Now, he was giving aid once he was threatened by a person. It must be because Xuantian University owed Ci En Bank something.
The man in black might be concealing his strength, but…
"F*ck, what's going on!"
Suddenly, Su Jingxing's pupils constricted as he looked at the changes in the scene.
That's right, it was an unforeseen event.
After Liang Yiqing entered the playing field, he started targeting the man in black. However, after approaching the four other men, he suddenly changed his target. He acted and killed another person from the team of five with a single palm strike.
This scene shocked both the leader and the black-clothed man.
"You…"
Boom!
Liang Yizhan struck out with his palm. His terrifying true energy erupted and released a majestic aura, striking the leader at close range.
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With a crisp sound, the leader was hit in the chest. His entire chest caved in, and he flew back more than ten meters before finally collapsing to the ground, dead.
"Big Brother!"
In their shock and anger, the remaining two men shot hidden weapons and poison powder at Liang Yiqing. Then, they each chose a direction and escaped separately.
Yes, they didn't risk their lives to seek revenge on Liang Yiqing. Instead, they chose to flee.
The same went for the black-clothed man, he chose a direction and swiftly flew away.
The capabilities that Liang Yiqing revealed were actually that of a fourth-grade!
None of them were a match for a fourth-grade expert.
Therefore, they decisively chose to flee. If they didn't, they would die.
Liang Yiqing's motive behind this strike was very simple.
To silence them!
As long as both groups of people were dead, no one outside would know what had happened tonight.
So what if they were from Ci En Bank?
Without evidence, what could the Lu Family do to Xuantian University?
"Tsk tsk, how domineering."
Su Jingxing witnessed the entire process and quickly thought it through. He praised Liang Yiqing's decisiveness inwardly.
"Impressive, as expected of the Director of Xuantian University Library."
It made sense, how could a fourth-grade expert bow down so easily?
A sixth-grade martial artist dared to threaten a fourth-grade expert. He was simply courting death!
Just as Su Jingxing was looking into the distance, Liang Yiqing caught up to the three fleeing people.
A fourth-grade expert was chasing after a certain someone with everything he had.
Under the eruption of his true energy, be it speed or strength, it was not something that a sixth-grade martial artist could compare to.
Liang Yiqing only completed a few sprints before catching up to the three of them and killing them.
The moment the three of them died, Su Jingxing's heart skipped a beat. He felt as if he was being watched.
Immediately, he turned his body sideways and looked at the roof of a building hundreds of meters away. He saw a person looking at him through binoculars.
When Su Jingxing looked at him, the other party was shocked and immediately turned around to run away.
"Tsk, this is going to be interesting."
Su Jingxing did not chase after him. Although the other party had discovered him, he was wearing a mask and a cloak. It was impossible for them to recognize him.
The true wounding power of this person who escaped had been put on Liang Yiqing or Xuantian University!
Liang Yizhan killed two groups of people. One of them was from the headquarters of Ci En Bank.
Putting the man in black aside, once the people from the Ci En Bank headquarters were to learn that the five-man team had been wiped out, Xuantian University would be in big trouble.
Liang Yiqing who had acted to kill them would face even more trouble.
In short, things were going to be lively for Xuantian University subsequently!
Su Jingxing was secretly delighted and didn't remind Liang Yiqing.
It was not that he did not want to, but the commotion here had attracted experts from other corners of Xuantian University and they were rushing over.
If Su Jingxing didn't leave now, he would have to stay and fight with them.
Pushing off the ground, he circulated his true energy.
Whoosh!
Amidst the rushing wind, Su Jingxing soared into the sky and first landed beside the three corpses. He extracted the card, then quickly rushed into the night sky and disappeared into the horizon.
"Damn it!"
…
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Chapter 143: Why?
On the grass not far away, Liang Yiqing looked at Su Jingxing who disappeared in the air, his expression extremely grim.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The sound of rushing wind approached.
On the ground and in the air, figures were dashing towards Liang Yixiao.
"Old Liang, what's going on?"
A burly man with a rough voice was the first to arrive. He landed on the main road at the periphery of the grass and glanced at Liang Yiqing. Looking at the scattered corpses, he then asked with a frown, "Who are these people?"
"I don't know about the one in black. The other five are from the headquarters of Ci En Bank."
Liang Yiqing's expression was overcast as he shared in a low voice, "Their superior's name is Lu Chen!"
"Lu Chen? The eldest son of the Lu Family, the one who just arrived in Qinghe City yesterday?"
Ma Shifeng walked over on large strides and said in a deep voice, " What are people from the Lu Family doing here? The Lu Family has the same materials that we have on the top level of the library!"
"I don't know." Liang Yizhan's face was still dark. "I only left for two hours and three groups of people had come to the library."
"Three groups?"
Upon hearing this, the burly man who was the first to arrive scanned the surroundings and asked doubtfully, "Aren't there only six corpses here? You said that five of them were a team, why…"
"The third has left."
Liang Yiqing wore a somber expression as he explained, "The other party's ability to conceal his aura is extremely terrifying. I didn't discover him from the start until the end. It was only when he soared into the sky and left that I realized that there had been another person here at the library tonight!"
"Wait a minute, you said he soared into the sky?" A plump middle-aged man blinked and asked, "Are you sure he wasn't stepping on air or water?"
"I'm not blind."
Liang Yizhan scowled as he snapped, "If he had walked on air, could he have left successfully?"
"I'm just confirming it." The middle-aged man touched his big belly and smiled bitterly. "The third person is a fourth-grade martial artist. We're in trouble now."
The burly man who arrived first was silent.
Ma Shifeng was also silent.
The others had shut up as well.
Liang Yiqing pulled a long face all this while, and fear flashed past his eyes.
Stepping on the air and flying in the sky for a short period of time.
This ability could be achieved by most sixth-grade martial artists as long as their lightness skill was good.
In fact, such flying could not be considered true flight. It was just gliding.
However, only fourth-grade martial artists were capable of soaring into the sky and sweeping by swiftly.
Those in the fifth-grade could not achieve this, let alone sixth-grade ones.
Even the lightness skill cultivated was of a very high level, it would still be useless.
The reason was simple——their cultivation was insufficient to support the flight!
It would require at least 50 years of true energy cultivation to charge into the sky and fly quickly in the air.
Those with true energy cultivation of more than 50 years were basically fourth-grade martial artists.
Especially this fourth-grade expert. His concealment skills were so outstanding that Liang Yiqing did not notice him from the start to the end. It was obvious how powerful the other party was.
If he had wanted to assassinate Liang Yiqing, there would be no way for Liang Yiqing to escape.
This was the reason why he was wary and still shuddering with fear.
Same reason.
A fourth-grade expert had his eyes on a certain piece of material on the top level of the library. Could they defend against it?
Maybe.
But was there a need to become enemies with a fourth-grade expert over some materials?
There was no need for that!
Given his realm, he could've just approached them to borrow the materials.
Although the materials and ancient books on the top level of the library were precious, most of them were replicates. It was not a big loss to lend them out.
Did he have to go so far as to sneak in secretly?
The same went for Lu Chen from Ci En Bank.
Why was he looking for the materials kept on the top level of Xuantian University's library?
Ma Shifeng, the burly man, and the others were both suspicious and troubled when they thought of this.
"What did these two groups of people take?"
Ma Shifeng took a deep breath, broke the silence and asked.
"I just checked. Two maps."
A skinny tutor handed Ma Shifeng two maps that he had found on the corpses.
"There's nothing on the man in black that Elder Liang mentioned," another female tutor added.
"Mm."
Ma Shifeng nodded and took over the map. Under the light from the street lamps, he opened them and took a look.
The others moved closer and looked at the map.
"Aren't these the flow direction map of the Sky Water River and the route map of the Green Cloud Mountain Range? What are they doing with these two maps?"
"Who knows? Maybe they're looking for some kind of treasure, like the Jin Mushen treasure trove that the Shi Family purposely spread news about."
"Heh, Jin Mushen's treasures really exist. It's just that no one knows where they are."
"Based on what you said, they should have gone to the Shi residence to search for the map. Why did they come to us for the maps?"
"I guess they're mad."
"…"
A few tutors gathered together and discussed in low voices.
Meanwhile Ma Shifeng, Liang Yizhan, and the others pondered with frowns.
Compared to the trouble of killing two groups of people, they were more curious about their motives.
Why were they looking for maps of Sky Water River and Green Cloud Mountain?
…
At the same time.
In an ordinary estate on the east side of the university town.
"Seventh Young Master, the photo is out."
Someone shouted in the sealed room.
At once, five people rushed out of the other rooms and came to the living room.
"How did it go? Did you find out who it was?" The girl with a ponytail asked happily.
"See for yourself."
A young man sitting in front of the computer pushed the monitor screen to the side.
"Alright, let me take a look and see… Eh!"
The girl opened her mouth and appeared speechless. "Who can tell from this outfit?"
The photo on the computer screen captured a half-body shot of Su Jingxing wearing a cloak and a mask.
"It was expected."
The young man with light golden hair said calmly, "Brother Wang said when he came back that he had just captured the target and was discovered by him. He was able to detect it immediately from hundreds of meters away. This person is an expert, he's at least in the fifth-grade!"
"Most importantly, Little Wang discovered that there were two other groups of people there besides this mysterious masked man!"
The old man, whose hair and beard were meticulously groomed, said in a low voice, "These people coincidentally went to the top level of the Xuantian University library in the early hours. What is their motive? It's worth pondering."
"Er, you mean that their motive is the same as ours?" The girl's expression changed.
The young man with light golden hair also frowned slightly. "If they really share the same motive as us, things will become troublesome."
"Yeah." The young man who was playing with the mouse added, "If it's the same, I'm afraid the news has been leaked."
"We all want to find the map. The problem is that no one knows where the map is. We only know that it's in Xuantian University!"
"Not necessarily."
The eyes of the well-groomed flashed. He analyzed, "Although the news has been leaked, not many people know about it.. Also, the map hidden in Xuantian University might not necessarily be a map!"
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Chapter 144: Big Client
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Tai Ming Mountain Reservoir.
Plop!
As the water splashed, Su Jingxing released his true energy and enveloped his entire body. He then dived into the underground cave.
Familiar with the route, he soon arrived at the underground cave.
Standing in front of the Concentration Fruit Tree, Su Jingxing took out the Simple Explanations of Array Formations and the Energy Gathering Stones from his palm space.
Flipping through the pages of the book, he found a basic array formation. He buried the Energy Gathering Stones in the ground according to the nodes of the array formation.
This basic array formation could be stacked, as long as there were sufficient Energy Gathering Stones, it could be expanded outwards continuously and the array formations would increase.
With every stack, the effect would be doubled.
For this reason, Su Jingxing took out all the Energy Gathering Stones and formed three circles around the Concentration Fruit Tree following the lines of basic array formations to triple the effects.
Tripled effect, the acceleration of maturation would be three times faster.
It was not enough!
In order to have the Concentration Fruit Tree to move through 90 years time within a few months, it had to be at least ten times faster.
If the acceleration of maturation could be sped up by 20 or 30 times, it would take even less time.
The problem was, where could he get more Energy Gathering Stones?
This thing could not be found on the market. Even in the black market, they were rare. The major factions did not even have enough for themselves.
It was the same for the martial arts families in Qinghe City like the Li, Zhou, Qi and more families.
They used Energy Gathering Stones to set up their special training rooms.
The same went for the Martial Suppression Office and the City Guard Office. They basically won't sell Energy Gathering Stones.
Unless one used other treasures to trade with them!
Did Su Jingxing have any extra and useless treasures?
Nope.
The spirit weapon, Thunderbolt, the newly obtained Five Elements Ring, a few secret abilities, ultimate arts like the Nine Steps Trampling Heaven were all of use to him.
The Blood Drop Heretic Art was a possible option.
Su Jingxing just had to memorize the martial arts theories inside.
As for the function cards, he would never let anyone else know about them.
In any case, Su Jingxing had no use for the Blood Drop Heretic Art, nor would he ever choose to use it.
Let's leave it to the Martial Suppression Office to safeguard. It will save me worries and effort.
The only thing to worry about was whether Li Linzhou would be tempted by the Blood Drop Heretic Art and cultivate it in private.
Although the Blood Drop Heretic Art was incomplete, if one cultivated it, they could advance to the third-grade!
Even though there was only a single grade difference between the fourth and third grades, they were poles apart.
Ignoring true essence, just Martial Art True Intent alone could make most martial artists go crazy for it.
Take for example Shi Zhinie. Such an ambitious and ruthless character would kill countless people and stop at nothing in order to advance to the third-grade.
Li Linzhou had been stuck at the fourth-grade for more than ten years now.
Su Jingxing could not guarantee that he could resist the temptation of advancing to the third-grade and reject the Blood Drop Heretic Arts.
If Li Linzhou were to fall into the same trap and get addicted to the Blood Drop Heretic Art, starting a killing spree to advance to the third-grade,
Su Jingxing would be an accomplice. The consequences were too severe.
At this thought, Su Jingxing gave up on the idea of exchanging the Blood Drop Heretic Art for Energy Gathering Stones.
Instead of creating future trouble with endless casualties, he might as well try to buy it in private.
Whether it was the information about the Energy Gathering Stones or the stones themselves, he would exchange for them using money.
As long as the price was right, Su Jingxing didn't believe that no one would take the bait.
The 10 billion Great Yu dollars had been transferred. Su Jingxing had no use for the money. If he left them in the bank, it would be benefiting the bank.
The remaining people of the Stone Annihilation Alliance could be put to good use again. He would get Shen Qian and the others to spread the news, collect information about the Energy Gathering Stones, or purchase them.
That's right, let's do it this way!
He made up his mind.
Su Jingxing left the underground cave and returned to his small courtyard at the foot of the mountain.
When he reached home, the sky was already bright.
He sent a text message to Shen Qian using his phone and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
After washing up, he casually made some food.
Just as he sat down, a notification sounded on his phone. He clicked on it and saw that it was indeed Shen Qian's reply.
No problem!
Seeing this, Su Jingxing made a call and explained everything in detail.
In the end, he instructed, "If there are any ready-made Energy Gathering Stones for sale, send me a message. I'll go collect them."
"Yes, Senior." Shen Qian replied respectfully on the other end of the call. "I will inform you immediately if there is any news."
"Yes, regardless of whether there are ready-made Energy Gathering Stones or just information about it, as long as you complete a transaction, you will be rewarded with one million Great Yu dollars," Su Jingxing said.
"No need, no need."
Hearing this, Shen Qian quickly rejected, "We are very honored to be able to work for Senior, how can we accept money? Senior, don't worry, we…"
"Alright, that's it." Without waiting for Shen Qian to finish, Su Jingxing hung up the call.
He had no lack of money, so there was no need for him to owe others favors.
Although even if he did, Shen Qian and the rest would not dare to say anything.
But that was not Su Jingxing's style of doing things. Previously, both parties had a common goal, they shared a cooperative relationship.
Now that he was contacting them when there was no longer a common goal, it was better for their relationship to be simpler.
The price Su Jingxing offered was enough remuneration.
Even including the purchase of Energy Gathering Stones and information about them, the price was quite high.
Shen Qian and the others spread the news. In less than half an hour, many people in Qinghe City knew that there was a big client who was willing to pay a lot of money for Energy Gathering Stones!
Very soon, an operation regarding the Energy Gathering Stones began to grow that morning.
Su Jingxing himself stayed at the crematorium to move corpses and extract cards.
The next morning, Gu Bo called him once he appeared at work.
"Little Su, there's an outdoor task. Why don't you come with me?"
"Sure." Su Jingxing nodded.
The two of them immediately got into the corpse transportation truck. Gu Bo drove them to the southernmost waste-to-energy plant in the Western District.
The task this time was to pick up a corpse from the plant.
There were many sources of electricity in Qinghe City.
Hydropower, thermal power, wind power, geothermal power, etc.
The most important was hydropower. 60 years ago, in the upper reaches of the Sky Water River, big money was spent to build a dam and establish a large power plant.
Wind power generation was employed by building windmills on the mountains on the periphery of the Green Cloud Mountain Range.
Geothermal power generation was not large here.
In the beginning, thermal power was burning coal. Now it was basically burning garbage. There were two power plants in total.
They were located in the southernmost part of the Western District and the northernmost part of the Eastern District.
Su Jingxing and Gu Bo were heading to the power plant in the south of the Western District. It was the larger one.
The corpse transportation truck drove at full speed. When they arrived at the power plant, there were many people gathered at the entrance.
"What happened?"
Puzzled, Gu Bo pressed the horn.
"They're here, they're here. Everyone, move aside." A middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader stood on a high ground and shouted at the crowd, "The corpse transportation truck is here. Everyone, make way."
"What's there to make way for! The corpse of a dead person whose cause of death is unknown can't be transported away!"
"Yes, hand over the murderer. Otherwise, no one can take the corpse away!"
"What are you doing? If we don't take the corpse away, are we supposed to leave it here, let it turn into a Corpse Puppet and kill everyone?"
"F*ck off. Little Yan has only been dead for less than an hour. How can she become a Corpse Puppet so quickly?"
"Hehe, who knows if there are any Corpse-raising Insect Eggs nearby."
"That's right! Hurry up and transport the corpse away. You people are not afraid of death, but I haven't lived enough!"
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Chapter 145: Not Human
All sorts of curses rose and fell, resounding non-stop.
A group of people blocked the entrance and were making a racket. Their voices spread far and wide.
Seeing this, Gu Bo stopped the truck and waited for an outcome.
Since the people at the power plant were not anxious, he was even less anxious.
Su Jingxing leaned against the window and listened for a while, figuring out the cause of the commotion.
A young employee named Yan Xiyu suddenly died.
The cause of death was a huge force striking the chest, causing the entire heart to collapse.
But the murderer could not be found.
Naturally, the person-in-charge in the power plant was eager to have the corpse collected and cremated as soon as possible.
The compensation and whatnot could be slowly calculated afterwards.
But Yan Xiyu was very popular, especially when he had taken over his late father's duties. Many of the workers at the power plant were his father's old friends.
After Yan Xiyu's father passed away, these people took care of him in all aspects.
Now that Yan Xiyu had suddenly died, they had to pursue the matter to the end no matter what. They joined hands to force the power plant to find the murderer.
As for the group of people who were arguing with them, their relationship was ordinary.
Compared to finding the murderer, they were more afraid of Yan Xiyu's corpse suddenly turning into a Corpse Puppet.
Because of this, they worked hard to stand by the power plant and to push for the corpse to be dealt with as soon as possible.
The two groups of people quarreled non-stop. The manager in charge shouted until his voice was hoarse from the side, but it was useless.
Yet the transport trucks that were transporting the garbage arrived one after another and stopped behind the corpse transportation truck.
The pungent smell spread out in all directions.
Su Jingxing simply held his breath and stopped breathing.
Gu Bo took out a mask and put it on. He was so angry that he jammed the horn.
The transport trucks behind also honked loudly.
It couldn't be helped, even the drivers found it smelly too!
Under the pressure of the loud horns, the two groups of people finally stopped and made way.
Of course, Su Jingxing was more willing to believe that they had called a truce because they couldn't stand the increasingly pungent smell.
The stench at the garbage power plant was strong to begin with, not to mention a row of transport trucks filled with garbage parked together.
It could be said that the smell was unconquerable.
…
Without any obstructions, the corpse transportation truck and transport vehicles quickly entered the gate.
After entering, they separated.
The corpse transportation truck went straight to the where the corpse was left, at the corner of a warehouse.
When Yan Xiyu's body was discovered, he was collapsed in a corner with his back pressed against the wall. There was a dent in the wall, and the edges were full of cracks.
Su Jingxing got out of the truck and quickly scanned the scene. He found a lot of mucus on the ground.
There were traces of mucus in the corners and on the cement ground…
Although it wasn't much and not quite conspicuous, Su Jingxing could tell at one glance that there was something wrong with the mucus.
"The murderer is not human?"
Su Jingxing's heart skipped a beat.
This thought sprouted because the mucus left behind on the scene was very much like the secretion of some animal.
This secretion didn't smell that bad, or perhaps, the stench was being masked by the smell in the garbage power plant!
"What's the matter, Little Su?"
Gu Bo's voice came from the side. Su Jingxing came back to his senses and shook his head. "Nothing. I just feel that this deceased died quite tragically."
"Indeed," Gu Bo said coolly without batting an eyelid. "I've seen many worse than this."
Su Jingxing was speechless.
Alright, Team Leader Gu was right.
As a corpse collector, the numbers of corpses he has seen in tragic states must be countless.
Su Jingxing put on gloves and cooperated with Gu Bo. They put Yan Xiyu's body into a body bag and put it in the back of the truck.
Then they closed the door and prepared to leave.
Boom!
Right then, a loud bang was heard from the area ahead on the right.
Accompanied by the horrified screams of the power plant staff and…
The roars of Mutated Beasts!
"Ah! There's a monster!"
"Run, run!"
"Get lost! Get lost!"
"Roar!"
A low, ear-piercing roar rang out, releasing a terrifying sound wave that swept out in all directions with the factory as the center.
Everywhere it passed, the people who were running were all screaming in pain. They were kneeling on the ground, hugging their heads and covering their ears as they shrieked endlessly.
Electronic equipment exploded one after another, releasing sparks and electric arcs.
The electric generator in operation stopped working on the spot, shooting out countless electric currents.
Swish! Swish!
Boom boom boom!
Bang!
Muffled explosions resounded non-stop, even turning into violent explosions.
A frightening shockwave swept through most of the power plant.
Gu Bo, who was half-kneeling on the ground and covering his ears, was sent flying by the shockwave right under Su Jingxing's eyes. He crashed into the corpse transportation truck and fainted on the spot.
People who ended up like him were everywhere.
For a time, Su Jingxing was the only one who was not affected in the huge power plant.
He released his true energy to form a protective barrier around himself.
Looking at the broken cameras, Su Jingxing decisively dashed to a corner, took out his mask and cloak, and quickly put them on. Then, he brought out his treasure throwing daggers. Following the direction of the roars, he soared into the sky.
Crack! Crack!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Boom!
Sparks flew and electric arcs shot out. Loud noises could be heard from time to time.
Su Jingxing, who had leaped into the air, saw the power plant's buildings collapse at the first moment.
A silvery-white snake that was as thick as a water bucket rapidly shuttled through the ruins, spitting out electric arcs.
No, it wasn't a snake, it was an earthworm!
A silvery-white earthworm that was more than ten meters long and as thick as a water bucket opened its toothless mouth. It was crazily devouring the electric arcs in every corner and in the air.
An earthworm that ate electricity, a mutated earthworm beast!
Earthworms were invertebrates. It had become a Mutated Beast, not because of the infection by the Beast Spirit Devil Insect.
Rather, it was a natural evolution that came suddenly!
To be honest, Su Jingxing was a little surprised when he saw the big guy.
A mutated earthworm that devoured electric arcs, did it mean that it had stored a lot of electricity in its body?
Thunderbolt, the spirit weapon that had finally recovered, was lacking the supplement of electricity.
Wasn't the appearance of this mutated earthworm giving him a large "battery" for free?
That's right. In Su Jingxing's eyes, the mutated earthworm that was now roaming on the ground was a "battery" !
No matter how it turned into a Mutated Beast, why it rushed out of the ground, destroyed the power plant, and absorbed the electric arcs,
Su Jingxing was bent on having it!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
His treasure throwing daggers tore through the air and flew towards the mutated earthworm at once, hitting the enormous body that flashed with electric arcs.
In the end——
Bang bang bang!
With muffled sounds, the three throwing daggers were repelled. At the same time, a series of sparks bloomed, and under the stimulation of the electric arcs, another explosion occurred.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Interesting."
In midair, Su Jingxing saw this scene and decisively switch to use fist techniques.
He circulated 60 years of true energy cultivation. Locking onto the mutated earthworm that had stopped moving and had raised its ugly head, he punched down!
…
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Chapter 146: Since You Can't resist, Just Accept Your Fate
Boom!
A silvery-black fist imprint smashed down from the sky, causing the empty air to explode.
The violent force that was released descended and formed a clear circular pathway through the air.
At the end of the pathway, the mutated earthworm opened its mouth and roared into the sky.
Roar!
The terrifying sound wave was born again. It was like an assault cannon that was released from the mouth of the mutated earthworm. It moved upwards to meet the silvery-black fist imprint.
The two collided in midair——
Bang!
A deafening blare echoed hundreds of meters away.
The shockwaves from the collision swept out in all directions.
Everywhere it passed, things collapsed, shattered, or split apart.
Amidst the chaotic sounds, the silvery-black fist imprint and the terrifying sound wave neutralized each other.
One moving down, one pushing up.
A strange buzzing sound could be heard as the air vibrated.
The fist imprint was obliterating the sound wave. The sound wave was also obliterating the fist imprint.
The two forces were evenly matched, and it seemed like they would be contending against each other for a long time.
Su Jingxing took this in and decisively added another punch.
Boom!
The air exploded.
Another silvery-black fist broke the air and dropped straight down.
The two fists merged together, and the power that burst out in an instant destroyed most of the terrifying sound wave with a bang. The remaining half hit the head of the mutated earthworm.
Bang!
With a muffled sound, the mutated earthworm was struck to the ground and it twitched three times. Electric arcs shot out from its body.
Crack! Crack!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The mutated earthworm, which was in great pain, shook its body and crazily swung its tail into the surrounding ruins.
With every strike, an object would shatter or the cement ground would crack.
Lots of electric arcs shot out and scattered everywhere like snakes.
Following the principle of reducing waste, Su Jingxing took out Thunderbolt and wrapped it in his true energy. Then, using the technique of Saber Control with Energy, he moved Thunderbolt towards the ground to absorb the electric arcs.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
Sparks flew.
Once Thunderbolt came into contact with the electric arcs, it started to swallow them.
It was as if it had been starving for countless years.
No matter how many electric arcs the mutated earthworm released, Thunderbolt would swallow them all.
The mutated earthworm soon discovered this change.
It no longer cared about Su Jingxing who in the air, nor did it understand why Su Jingxing had stopped attacking.
After the mutated earthworm discovered that Thunderbolt was absorbing the electric arcs, it was furious. It even temporarily suppressed the intense pain it was feeling.
It's ugly mouth, which had become numb from the impact of the punch, opened widely at the first moment. Its body as thick as a water bucket charged towards Thunderbolt.
Under Su Jingxing's astonished gaze, it directly swallowed Thunderbolt!
Then, with a flick of its tail, its body slithered quickly and left the cement ground. It burrowed into a patch of dirt and disappeared.
In midair, the corners of Su Jingxing's lips twitched. He didn't chase after it, nor did he attack the soil.
It was not that he had abandoned Thunderbolt. Instead, this act by the mutated earthworm was too helpful!
The mutated earthworm thought that Thunderbolt was just an electric equipment that could be easily handled given its digestive ability.
After quickly absorbing the electricity, the residue could be immediately spat out.
But in fact, when Thunderbolt entered its stomach, it was like a hungry wolf plunging into a flock of sheep. It was even a huge flock of sheep that were everywhere and it could devour these delicious and plump sheep as it wished.
Without needing Su Jingxing's thoughts to guide it, Thunderbolt had already started absorbing electric arcs crazily.
Just as Su Jingxing had guessed, the mutated earthworm's body contained a large amount of electricity.
Now this electricity was being absorbed by Thunderbolt.
No matter how hard the mutated earthworm tried to control it, it could not the connection off.
Bam!
Mud splattered as a figure burrowed out from the ground.
Roar!
The mutated earthworm that had returned to the surface was writhing about on ground. It opened its mouth and tried to spit out Thunderbolt.
Unfortunately, the Thunderbolt was like a nail that was fixed firmly on its abdomen, absorbing electricity non-stop.
Roar! Roar!
The earthworm mutant beast rolled, snarled, and roared hysterically, but it could not shake off the Thunderbolt no matter what.
Su Jingxing was amused as he watched from midair.
"Cough…"
"You were the one who wanted to swallow it. I didn't put it in there."
"What's that saying again? Since you can't resist, just accept your fate."
"You asked for it yourself…"
"Oh? There's such a thing?"
Suddenly, Su Jingxing's eyes narrowed as he watched the mutated earthworm that had suddenly split into two, and he raised his brows slightly.
The regenerative ability of earthworms was indeed very strong.
If it broke into two pieces and loses one of them, it could regrow.
The problem was that Su Jingxing wouldn't allow that!
On the ground, the mutated earthworm suddenly broke into two pieces and immediately separated to flee. But before it could move, Su Jingxing had already circulated 350 years of true energy cultivation to condense a terrifying pressure that held the mutated earthworm down on the spot.
At the same time.
He controlled Thunderbolt that in the air to strengthen its absorption ability and absorbed large electric currents that were visible to the naked eye from the broken body of the mutated earthworm.
Faced with the suppression of 350 years of true energy cultivation, the two halves of the earthworm beast could barely move, let alone escape separately. They were frozen on the spot and the mutated earthworm could only watch as electric currents flowed out of them and entered Thunderbolt.
Roar! Roar!
The earthworm mutant beast roared with grief and indignation, and an ugly mouth appeared on its tail as it roared incessantly.
Mutated Beast were all intelligent, and the mutated earthworm was no exception.
At this moment, it knew that it had met its match.
Struggling with all his might, it howled non-stop, begging for mercy.
Unfortunately.
Su Jingxing ignored the struggling roars. He circulated his soul power madly and controlled Thunderclap to absorb the electric currents at the greatest speed.
Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi!
Bright electric light blossomed in the air.
The mutated earthworm's roars gradually became softer.
Along with it, the electric currents absorbed by Thunderbolt were also decreasing.
The last electric current flowed out of the mutated earthworm and entered Thunderbolt.
Crack! Crack!
An electric spark bloomed in the air and the scene came to an abrupt halt.
The finger-sized Thunderbolt regained its silence and floated in midair.
The two halves of the dark-brown mutated earthworm were lying limply on the ground, motionless.
But Su Jingxing knew that it wasn't dead yet. It was just exhausted.
So——
Boom! Boom!
The air suddenly exploded, and the explosion reverberated around the mutated earthworm.
Su Jingxing used the Air Splitting Palm from a distance. When the palm imprint appeared, it had already struck the mutated earthworm's broken body.
It shattered into pieces on the spot.
[Card1]
Su Jingxing took out the card he had extracted and held it in his palm to read the information. He wanted to see what function card he had picked up.
The result was very surprising.
Life Extending Card!
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Chapter 147: Choice
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The Life Extension Card did not extend one's lifespan, but one's vitality.
Unlocking it would allow one to obtain a stream of boundless vitality that would allow withered trees to sprout leaves in spring and old trees to bloom.
For naturally aging human cells, it can effectively slow down the process and rejuvenate a person.
As for broken organs, lesions, and missing organs, the effects were limited.
The latter needed the Regeneration Card.
The Life Extension Card only provided vitality.
Even so, Su Jingxing was pleasantly surprised.
Concentration Fruit Tree!
He did not need the Life Extension Card for the time being. On the contrary, would the boundless vitality obtained from unlocking this card be useful to the Concentration Fruit Tree? Would it be able to speed up its maturity?
With strong vitality, the growth of plants would be affected to some extent.
For example, they would grow bigger and be of better quality.
As for whether it could accelerate the maturation, Su Jingxing didn't know.
Although he wasn't sure, it wouldn't stop Su Jingxing from using the Life Extension Card on the Concentration Fruit Tree.
It was because it was a Concentration Fruit Tree, a heavenly treasure, not an ordinary plant!
Of course, it was unclear whether injecting a tremendous amount of vitality into the Concentration Fruit Tree at one go was a good or bad idea.
If it failed to accelerate the maturation and caused the Concentration Fruit Tree to mutate, Su Jingxing would suffer a huge loss.
It would truly be a double loss.
On the contrary, if it really did accelerate the maturation, the benefits would be great.
Energy Gathering Stones were hard to come by after all. Most of them were in the possession of large factions, while individual martial artists had very few.
Even if the area was expanded to the entire Qinghe City, there still weren't many Energy Gathering Stones.
Even if Su Jingxing managed to buy all of them, they wouldn't be of much help to the Concentration Fruit Tree.
Therefore, this was a choice, a big gamble.
He would either be able to harvest the Concentration Fruit in advance or waste a Life Extension Card. Problems might even arise with the Concentration Fruit Tree.
What should I choose?
Su Jingxing pondered to himself. He put away the Life Extension Card and did not use it for the time being.
This was not the time to think about anything else.
A Mutated Beast had appeared in the waste-to-energy power plant. Amidst the panic and screams earlier, someone had called the Martial Suppression Office, the Public Security Team, and even for ambulances.
Right now, the vehicles were already on the road and rushing towards the power plant.
Su Jingxing's outfit was not suitable for him to meet those people.
Immediately, he descended from the sky and collected Thunderbolt before picking up his three treasure throwing daggers.
Then, he found an empty corner, put away his cloak and mask, and ran back to the parking area of the corpse transportation truck.
He smeared some mud on his face and laid down on the ground, pretending to be unconscious like the others.
Although the battle with the mutated earthworm had ended quickly, the continuous roars of the mutated earthworm and the sound waves still knocked everyone inside and outside the power plant unconscious.
Fortunately, there weren't many dead people, and Su Jingxing didn't extract many cards.
This was also the reason why he was relaxed.
In comparison, Su Jingxing was rather pleased with the effect of his true energy cultivation.
Earlier, he had circulated all of his cultivation to suppress the mutated earthworm, immobilizing it. This was the first time he had used this secret ability.
The origin of the secret ability came from an ancient book called "Extensive Use of True Energy".
It was something Su Jingxing had unintentionally discovered when he was searching for information on the Concentration Fruit Tree on the top level of Xuantian University Library. At that time, he had flipped through a few pages and memorized this small ability.
Extensive Use of True Energy. As the title suggested, it was an ancient book about how to use true energy.
While it might seem easy to manipulate one's true energy cultivation to suppress, there was a very high requirement to it.
A hundred years!
Only those whose true energy cultivation had reached a hundred years or more would be able to control their true energy to exert a terrifying pressure that could suppress others even without releasing it externally.
Those with a cultivation of less than a hundred years wouldn't be able to achieve it.
That was also the reason why the secret ability was called a small one.
How many people possessed a hundred years of true energy cultivation?
It could be said that one could determine the strength of a fourth-grade martial artist using this secret ability.
Those with 60 years of cultivation or a hundred years of cultivation were all considered to be in the fourth-grade. However, would their capabilities be similar?
Clearly, a martial artist with a hundred years of cultivation would be stronger!
40 years of true energy cultivation was enough to make up for the gap in other aspects.
The difference between those with a hundred years of cultivation and two hundred years of cultivation was even greater.
Su Jingxing had a true energy cultivation of 351 years. It was not an exaggeration to say that he could defeat all fourth-grade martial artists!
Cough cough!
…
After lying on the ground and pretending to be unconscious for a while, the ambulances, the Public Security Team, and the Martial Suppression Office arrived at the power plant in succession.
The arrival of a group of people caused the entire power plant to immediately go from silent to noisy.
Cleanup, rescue, searches…
Dozens of people were moving in and out of the power plant.
Su Jingxing listened to the commotion and slowly "woke up" with the help of the medical staff.
Then, he tried to move his limbs and "confirmed" that he was fine. He refused to go to the hospital and took over the role of the heavily injured Gu Bo, who was still unconscious. He moved the corpses onto the corpse transportation truck and drove back to the crematorium.
After returning to the crematorium and handing over the corpses, he told the manager about the incident and rushed to the hospital to visit Gu Bo.
By the time he got to the hospital, Gu Bo was already awake. His diagnosis was a slight concussion and some damage to his eardrums. In the next six months or so, his hearing would be impaired.
All in all, it was still alright. Compared to the others who had died, it was already a blessing in disguise.
Then, as expected, Su Jingxing accepted the Martial Suppression Office's questioning.
It was mainly regarding the Mutated Beast and the expert(s) who killed it.
Regarding this, Su Jingxing naturally "told the truth". He only heard the roar and then fainted. He didn't know what happened after that.
He did not know how the Mutated Beast appeared, what it looked like, who killed it, and who the person (people) who killed it looked like.
This was the truth.
Except for Su Jingxing, everyone else in the power plant, except for the few who had seen the enormous body of the mutated earthworm, only heard roars.
Then, there was nothing else.
And the few who saw it were all dead.
Being able to see the mutated earthworm meant that they were right beside it.
This mutated earthworm that devoured electricity had such a terrifying roar. At such a close distance, it would be strange if those people didn't die from the impact of the sound waves.
Thus, the Martial Suppression Office did not get much information for their investigation.
The mutated earthworm could still be examined and identified through the broken parts left at the scene.
Yet there were absolutely no clues as to who killed it.
It would be better to leave Li Linzhou to feel troubled over this.
…
Back at the small courtyard at the foot of the mountain, Su Jingxing excitedly took out Thunderbolt and sensed how much energy this blood spirit weapon had accumulated.
One-tenth… No, one-twentieth!
After absorbing the electric power of the mutated earthworm, Thunderbolt now filled one-twentieth of its energy reserves.
It didn't look like much, but Su Jingxing calculated that it was enough for him to use seven or eight times.
Of course, not for attacks, but a boost in speed. He could experience a true lightning teleportation!
…
Ding dong!
A text message notification sounded.
Su Jingxing kept Thunderbolt and unlocked his phone.
"Senior, there's news about the Energy Gathering Stones!"
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News has come so quickly?
Su Jingxing raised his eyebrows and immediately dialed Shen Qian's number.
The call connected.
"Senior."
"How many Energy Gathering Stones does the other party have?" Su Jingxing asked.
"Two pieces," Shen Qian replied. "The other party said that they were passed down from their ancestors. One piece is big and one piece is small. The big one is 15 centimeters long and the small one is about 10 centimeters."
"Sure, I'll take it all. Ask when the other party wants to close the deal."
"Well, the other party mentioned it in advance. If Senior wants it, then we'll do the transaction tomorrow night at the South Bank Bridge in the Western District," Shen Qian quickly replied. "It'll be at 11:30 PM."
"Sure. I'll wait at the bridge. Tell the other party to come on time."
"Yes, Senior."
Su Jingxing hung up.
Completing the transaction at 11:30 PM at the South Bank Bridge.
Is the seller of the Energy Gathering Stones being cautious, or do they have other ideas?
Su Jingxing chuckled and put his phone away.
No matter what, given his current strength, he had nothing to fear.
The price that Su Jingxing offered for the Energy Gathering Stones was calculated according to its weight.
Five million Great Yu dollars for one kilogram!
This price was significantly high, but Su Jingxing was not short of money. What he lacked was time, so he deliberately set a high price to lure out the people with the Energy Gathering Stones.
And a ten-centimeter long, palm-sized Energy Gathering Stone weighed a kilogram.
In other words, if the two Energy Gathering Stones to be traded tomorrow night were real, the seller would be able to get more than 12 million Great Yu dollars.
For ordinary people, it was equivalent to becoming rich overnight, and it was the kind where they did not have to pay taxes.
For Su Jingxing, it would speed up the ripening of the Concentration Fruit Tree.
As such, he hoped that they were real.
…
There was no need to test Thunderbolt's abilities.
After all, there were only a limited number of times they could be used.
He could test out the might of the Five Elements Ring he had obtained from the Shi Family's treasury vault.
After taking out the Five Elements Ring, Su Jingxing first condensed his soul power and used the method of controlling the ring to sense for the energy attribute of this wondrous object.
And…
"It's actually frozen?"
Su Jingxing was shocked.
Five Elements Ring, aren't the five elements supposed to refer to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth? Why would it have an ice attribute?
Or does this ice attribute belong under the water attribute?
In essence, that could be the case.
When ice melts, doesn't it become water?
When water freezes into a solid state, isn't that ice?
With these thoughts in mind, Su Jingxing didn't pursue the matter any further. Instead, he used his surging soul power to carefully sense this frozen ring.
A moment later, he frowned slightly.
After a thorough examination, he received two pieces of news, one good and one bad.
The good news was that although this frozen ring was damaged, it could still be used.
The bad news was that because the ring was damaged, it would disintegrate after three uses at most.
If the process of transferring energy was too intense, then there was only one chance to use it!
It was equivalent to using it as a trump card.
Su Jingxing felt that it was a pity, but he didn't take it to heart.
After all, it was free.
Having one to three chances of using it was already making a killing.
Correspondingly, Su Jingxing also gave up on testing the might.
These trump cards could only be used as trump cards for now.
…
In the afternoon.
Su Jingxing continued to move corpses.
In fact, now that his extraction range was more than a hundred meters. No matter where Su Jingxing was in the crematorium, he could extract cards.
He was still doing the monotonous job of moving corpses because he had not gotten an opportunity.
An opportunity to reveal that he was a martial artist!
However, even after a few days, it did not come up.
Su Jingxing was patient so he was not anxious.
Unexpectedly, when it was almost time for dinner in the evening, his chance came!
…
Clang!
A loud noise suddenly came from the farewell ceremony hall, startling everyone in the hall.
"What's the situation over there?"
"I don't know."
"I think a crematorium employee dropped the corpse."
"Huh?"
…
Amidst the discussions.
Pa!
A loud slap sounded from the north corner of the farewell ceremony hall.
What followed was an angry roar. "How do you work? Did your eyes not grow well, or did your hands not grow well? You don't even know how to move corpses. Did you grow up eating shit? Did the crematorium recruit you to drop corpses? Ah!"
Pa! Pa! Pa!
The slapping sounds did not stop.
"Stop hitting, stop hitting. He didn't do it on purpose."
Voices begging for mercy rang out.
"Old thing, get lost!"
The person who had struck out was furious and continued with the slaps. "How dare you throw my dad on the ground? I'll cripple you!"
"Stop!"
With a shout, Su Jingxing rushed into the farewell ceremony hall at a speed slightly faster than ordinary people. Kong Dabao followed behind him.
The first thing Su Jingxing saw when he rushed into the hall was a ferocious-looking young man kicking Feng Tiejian who was on the ground.
"Enough, stop!" Su Jingxing sped up again and rushed over.
"Stop my ass!"
The young man ignored Su Jingxing and continued to kick Feng Tiejian. He increased his force and raised his foot high in an attempt to break Feng Tiejian's palm.
Hu!
Bam!
A muffled bang resounded as the young man's figure retreated backwards. He stepped back repeatedly on the ground, and almost lost his footing before falling to the ground.
It was Su Jingxing who "arrived" in time and kicked him away.
He did not use much strength, less than a thousand catties.
Even so, the young man still felt an excruciating pain in his chest, as if a few of his ribs were broken.
"A ninth-grade martial artist?"
The young man with an ugly expression endured the pain and glared angrily at Su Jingxing. He growled, "So what if you're a ninth-grade martial artist? I'm one too!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he used footwork that alternated between flashing left and right as he pounced towards Su Jingxing.
"Mountain Splitting Palm!" The young man roared.
"Stacking Waves Fist!" Su Jingxing also shouted in "cooperation".
Using the first few moves of the Hundred Steps Reigning Fist together with his footwork, he started an "intense" battle against the young man in front of dozens of people in the farewell ceremony hall.
Bang! Bang!
Pa! Pa!
Bang! Bang!
After ten exchanges, Su Jingxing suddenly sped up and struck the young man's arms that he had hastily crossed in front of his chest.
With a cracking sound, the bones in the young man's arm were broken. Under the heavy hit, he was pushed back more than 10 meters and collapsed onto the ground. He spat out a mouthful of blood and groaned incessantly. He lost his arrogance and superiority from before.
Due to the suddenness of the exchange, the fight ended quickly.
Everyone was stunned. Some were shocked, some were confused, and some were dumbfounded.
It was only when Wu Shouhan hurriedly led his men into the main hall and shouted for them to stop that everyone came to their senses.
Then——
"Amazing!"
"This young man is not bad. With such strong combat ability, I think he will reach the eighth-grade soon."
"Yes, yes. He's definitely not in the ninth-grade given how outstanding he was. The key is that this brother looks too young. I wonder if he's even 20?"
"20? You're thinking too much. I know this young man. His name is Su Jingxing. He's not even 16 this year."
"What!?"
…
The hall was noisy.
Wu Shouhan and the others, who had just entered, were stunned.
"What's going on?"
Wu Shouhan patted the dazed Kong Dabao on the shoulder.
"Little… Little Su is… is a ninth-grade… no, eighth-grade martial artist!"
Kong Dabao stuttered as he answered. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Little Su is an eighth-grade martial artist!"
"What!"
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Chapter 149: Amazing, Little Su
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Wu Shouhan and the others were shocked.
An eighth-grade martial artist?
Su Jingxing is an eighth-grade martial artist!?
"Re… repeat yourself."
Wu Shouhan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He said in a deep voice, "You said that Little Su, Su Jingxing is an eighth-grade martial artist? Are you sure? Are you sure?"
"Well…"
Kong Dabao opened his mouth and came to his senses. With a bitter smile, he said, "I don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know?" Wu Shouhan glared at him.
"I really don't know." Kong Dabao took a deep breath as he pointed at Su Jingxing, Feng Tiejian, and the young man who was lying on the ground. He quickly narrated the entire incident.
In the end, he sighed and said, "Regardless of whether he's in the ninth grade or the eighth grade, Little Su was amazing just now. With just a few punches and kicks, he defeated that guy. Everyone present can be a witness."
"Yes, I can bear witness."
"Me too!"
"Old Wu, your crematorium is filled with hidden talents. There's such a young eighth-grade martial artist, I heard that this little brother isn't even 16 years old yet?"
"I don't think he's in the eighth-grade…"
"Even if he's not in the eighth-grade, he's still at the peak of ninth-grade!"
"That's right!"
…
The surrounding crowd started discussing excitedly.
Wu Shouhan took a few deep breaths as he took them in.
So many people have seen it, which means that this isn't a prank.
Su Jingxing is really a martial artist!
At this thought, Wu Shouhan calmed himself down and hurried forward on quick steps.
Seeing this, the others hastily followed behind.
"Director, you're here."
Su Jingxing, who had just helped Feng Tiejian up, scratched his head in "embarrassment" when he saw Wu Shouhan.
"Mm."
Wu Shouhan nodded his head and looked at Feng Tiejian who still looked spaced-out. He then glanced at the young man who was being helped up by his family and said seriously, "I have already learned what happened. You don't need to worry. The crematorium will handle the subsequent matters, so you don't need to stay here. How about this, come with me to the office first."
"Okay." Su Jingxing nodded cooperatively.
Wu Shouhan then pointed at two managers and said coolly, "The two of you stay behind to handle the rest of the matter. Compensate and fine them accordingly. Although we won't cause trouble, we're not afraid of trouble!"
"Yes, don't worry, Director. We know what to do."
The two managers nodded and walked towards the young man's group.
Wu Shouhan turned around and led Su Jingxing and Feng Tiejian to his office.
Seeing this, Kong Dabao followed along with the others.
On the way, they bumped into the security team that was rushing over.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. We're late. We overslept with our afternoon nap. We didn't expect this to happen. By the way, how's Little Feng?"
The captain of the security team, Old Song, looked at Feng Tiejian with concern.
"I… I'm fine." Feng Tiejian replied absent-mindedly with his swollen face.
"That's good, that's good." Old Song heaved a sigh of relief. "Since you're fine, we…"
"All your bonuses for this month are gone."
Wu Shouhan interrupted expressionlessly.
"Huh?" Old Song was stunned.
"Why, do you have a problem with that?" Wu Shouhan arched an eyebrow.
"No, no." The corners of Old Song's eyes twitched. He quickly waved his hand and said, "This was indeed our mistake. We deserve the punishment, we deserve it."
"Hmph!"
Wu Shouhan sneered coldly. Then he ignored him and left on large strides.
Su Jingxing followed.
Kong Dabao pulled Feng Tiejian behind him.
They left quickly, leaving the security team behind with grim expressions.
Among all crematorium staff, the security team was the most comfortable.
Although most of them were ordinary people, the remaining half were not talented and relied on hard work to reach the ninth-grade.
However, the work they were responsible for was also easy. Daily patrols, and stopping relatives of the deceased from causing trouble.
Because corpses had to be incinerated as soon as possible, in many circumstances, the corpse would have been incinerated into ashes before their loved ones arrived. Some relatives would cause trouble because of this.
These people were basically ordinary people so it was easy for the security team to deal with them.
If it was a martial artist causing trouble, the security team would immediately dissuade them from the side.
After a long time, the security team gradually became lazy. Almost all of them were wily old foxes, and their patrolling figures were rarely seen.
As the director of the crematorium, Wu Shouhan knew the state of the security team. However, he had been enduring and was waiting for an opportunity to tidy the team up.
Today, Feng Tiejian was beaten up. His opportunity was finally here.
Of course, compared to dealing with the security team, Wu Shouhan was more concerned about Su Jingxing's ability.
In the director's office.
"Come, Little Su, strike with all your might."
Wu Shouhan stood beside a measuring machine and gestured for Su Jingxing to punch.
Kong Dabao and the rest stood around waiting anxiously.
Even Feng Tiejian who was applying ointment recovered from his trance.
It was already confirmed that Su Jingxing was a martial artist.
But whether he was in the eighth or ninth-grade was to be deliberated.
For martial artists in the lower ranks the amount of power that one could burst out with without making a move was the key to doing so.
Although Su Jingxing had told him on the way that his internal force still "could not" be exuded externally,
Wu Shouhan insisted on testing it.
Sure, let's have that.
Su Jingxing controlled himself and started "performing".
Bang!
He clenched his left hand into a fist and punched the machine.
A string of numbers flashed on the dial.
When the numbers stopped jumping——
2815
Bang!
He clenched his right hand into a fist and landed another punch on the measuring machine.
When the numbers stopped jumping——
2736
"Haha!"
Wu Shouhan, who had been holding it back the whole time, finally couldn't hold it in any longer when he saw the two statistics. He burst into laughter. "Good, good, very good!"
"That's right, Little Su, well done!"
"Impressive, almost in the eighth-grade. Little Su, impressive!"
"…"
The others around echoed in agreement.
Kong Dabao and Feng Tiejian were also wide-eyed in disbelief and joy.
This was especially true for Kong Dabao. After recovering from his shock, he came to a sudden realization. "I understand now! I understand now!"
"Did Little Su move out to make it more convenient to practice martial arts?"
"…Yes." Su Jingxing was grateful for his imagination, even though it was the truth.
But for it to come from Su Jingxing himself and for others to say it, they were two different matters.
Pa!
Upon receiving confirmation, Kong Dabao clapped his hands and became even more excited. "I knew it! Little Su, why would you move out because you're obsessed with a woman? So it's because you want to practice martial arts!"
"By the way, Little Su, does your little girlfriend "Wan Rong" have any complaints when you practice martial arts everyday?"
Su Jingxing was speechless.
…
"Alright, everyone calm down."
Wu Shouhan took a deep breath and calmed himself down. He gestured for everyone to quieten down and said happily, "Everyone has seen Little Su's strength. I've decided to change his position and promote him to the vice-captain of the security team. How is that?"
"Sure."
"Yes, that's a good thing."
"I support this too!"
"…"
Everyone, including Kong Dabao, raised their hands in agreement.
The captain of the security team, Old Song, was not as strong as Su Jingxing.
He was so close to 3,000 catties and the eighth-grade.
Su Jingxing was fully qualified to be the vice-captain.
However, Su Jingxing was a little "hesitant".
"Well…"
"If you have any questions, feel free to ask." Wu Shouhan smiled encouragingly.
"Ahem, it's like this." Su Jingxing smiled in embarrassment. "I have no problem with being the vice-captain. Thank you, director. But, um, can I take on part-time duties with the Corpse Collection Team at the same time?"
"I prefer to head out to the scene and increase…"
"No problem!"
Before Su Jingxing finished his explanation, Wu Shouhan agreed.
"Since you like to go out, why don't we do this? You can be the vice-captain of all three teams, the Corpse Collection Team, the security team and the transport team at the same time!"
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Chapter 150: Someone Wants To Harm Me!
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Huh?
Everyone present was stunned when they heard this.
This vice-captain was not referring to the smaller teams, but the entire teams.
Su Jingxing's capabilities were enough for him to take on the role.
However, taking on three roles at a time had never happened before.
Of course, everyone present could more or less see through Wu Shouhan's thoughts.
Show sincerity in recruiting the talented!
Su Jingxing was not even 16 years old and was already at the peak of the ninth-grade.
Before the age of 20, he would definitely be able to advance to eighth, or even seventh-grade.
And before the age of 30, he had a 90% chance of reaching the sixth grade.
Once Su Jingxing advanced to the sixth-grade, with him being an employee of the crematorium, Wu Shouhan would have great credit.
Even the crematorium staff would benefit.
This was also the reason why no one objected to Wu Shouhan promoting Su Jingxing to be the vice-captain of the security team.
Once Su Jingxing advanced to the sixth-grade, everyone would benefit.
However, making him the vice-captain of all three teams at the same time. Was that too much?
Even Su Jingxing was stunned by Wu Shouhan's offer.
His excuse was that he liked to go out on outdoor tasks. But it was because going out was his only chance to encounter things.
For example, the Corpse Puppet that Mei Jinju turned into, several branches of the Black Tiger Gang being destroyed, and the mutated earthworm in the power plant this time.
He would not be able to encounter these happenings at all if he were to stay in the crematorium all day.
Only by going out would he have a chance of doing so.
For this reason, Su Jingxing tried to see if he could take on part-time duties. He didn't expect Wu Shouhan to be so supportive, directly offering him the position of vice-captain of three teams.
Is he afraid that I will run away, or is he trying to ruin me with flattery?
At this thought, Su Jingxing coughed lightly and said in rejection, "Thank you, Director…"
"Look at you, you're still calling me Director. Call me Uncle Wu!" Wu Shouhan interrupted.
"…Uncle Wu." Su Jingxing grinned. "Thank you for your high regard, Uncle Wu, but to be the vice-captain of three teams at the same time, I'm afraid that I don't have enough time and can't handle so many things. Being vice-captain of the security team and doing part-time duties as a corpse collector is enough."
Wu Shouhan fell silent. After a moment, he said, "You're right. I didn't consider everything thoroughly. It's not worth it to take up time you could use to practice martial arts for other things."
"No…"
"You don't have to say anything, I understand." Wu Shouhan reached out to interrupt him. "I understand, really. Compared to practicing martial arts, everything else is trivial."
Su Jingxing was speechless.
Fine. Whatever you say, old man. It saves me the trouble of finding excuses.
"That's it then. We'll do as you say. You'll be vice-captain of the security team with part-time corpse collecting duties. If you run into any problems, you don't need to apply for leave. You can just go and let me know when you're back." Wu Shouhan said with big smiles.
"Thank you, Uncle Wu." Su Jingxing hurriedly thanked him.
He could confirm now, Wu Shouhan wasn't trying to ruin him with praises. Instead, he was trying to bind him to the crematorium.
If it were anyone else, there was a 90% chance that they would quit and leave the crematorium if they could become an eighth-grade martial artist in a few months time.
Currently, all the martial arts workers in the crematorium had no talent and relied on hard work to get where they were.
The person with the highest realm was Wu Shouhan, eighth-grade.
With the talented ones, for the sake of their future, who would stay at the crematorium?
In the eyes of others, Su Jingxing was a pretty talented person.
In order to keep Su Jingxing, Wu Shouhan naturally offered generous conditions.
The vice-captain of the security team and part-time corpse moving duties were all trivial matters.
The real benefit was that he did not need to apply for leave!
If it weren't for the fact that the crematorium was a government institution, Wu Shouhan would have told Su Jingxing directly that he didn't even need to come to work. He just needed Su Jingxing's name in the crematorium.
Su Jingxing caught this hidden hint.
Many of the people present did too.
Although they were envious, no one objected.
As always, as long as Su Jingxing remained a part of the crematorium, everyone would benefit.
Because of this, everyone tacitly acknowledged Su Jingxing's upcoming post.
If you want to go to work, then come. If you don't want to, then don't!
…
This matter was settled.
The office had a cheerful atmosphere, everyone in the office congratulated Su Jingxing.
Su Jingxing cooperated and invited everyone to a hotel in the Western District for dinner.
Everyone agreed readily. Seeing that it was about time, they immediately set off.
Su Jingxing had also informed the ones staying behind that he would take away their share and bring them to the canteen.
He could spend the money for this dinner without any worries.
On the way.
Su Jingxing found a chance to ask Feng Tiejian what was going on with him over the past few days. His mind had been wandering.
Feng Tiejian was beaten up by the young man because he was distracted while moving the corpse and accidentally dropped the corpse on the ground.
He had been in this state for almost two days.
Su Jingxing didn't want to interfere at first, but thanks to him, he completed the job change, so he decided to check in curiously.
And…
"I think someone wants to harm me."
Feng Tiejian's face was swollen like a pig's head. With a terrified expression, he said blankly, "I realized that there have been people following me every day over the past few days. They wanted to harm me!"
"Um…"
The corners of Su Jingxing's eyes twitched.
He had never expected this answer.
Someone wants to harm Feng Tiejian?
Feng Tiejian is just an ordinary official employee of the crematorium. Although he likes to eat, drink, and play, he has never made enemies with others. On the contrary, he has a carefree personality and has many friends.
Now all of a sudden, someone has appeared and stalked him, wanting to do harm to him…
Is Feng Tiejian delusional?
Here, Su Jingxing coughed lightly and said, "Maybe you've been overworked these few days and started hallucinating. I suggest you take a few days off to rest."
"No, I'm not lying to you, really!"
Feng Tiejian was a little agitated. "There are really people following me. There are a total of three of them! They think that I don't know. Every once in a while, they will switch. Hmph, I discovered this long ago. They want to harm me. I won't let them succeed. Isn't it just hiding in the crematorium? It's fine. I won't leave from today onward. If they have the guts, they can come into the crematorium!"
"…That works too."
Su Jingxing couldn't think of any better words to comfort him, so he nodded in agreement.
If someone wants to harm him, he can just hide in the crematorium?
Dream on!
Looking at Feng Tiejian's condition, he had most likely been triggered by something. He had become a little crazy.
Su Jingxing was not his father, he could not care so much.
…
After dinner.
Su Jingxing had officially taken up his new post and was now the vice-captain of the security team. He no longer needed to work with Kong Dabao and to monotonously move corpses.
Su Jingxing had a new uniform and his own small office. Occasionally, he would go out and patrol the area.
The crematorium staff he met along the way all congratulated and greeted him. Su Jingxing also nodded in response.
When they greeted him, a word would be tagged with "Little Su"——captain.
Together, "Captain Little Su" was everyone's new nickname for Su Jingxing.
Of course, there were people who were envious and jealous, but no one dared to speak sarcastically to his face.
It was still the same explanation. Su Jingxing was a martial artist. A martial artist who was almost in the eighth-grade before he was even 16 years old.
His status and identity were already different from ordinary people.
Whether they were envious or jealous, they only dared to discuss it in private.
No one would be so bold as to speak to his face.
Su Jingxing was mentally prepared for this.
He automatically ignored these discussions and spent most of his time in the small office, cultivating a few secret abilities.
Ten o'clock at night, he would knock off and go home.
The transaction was set to be at 11:30 pm.
Su Jingxing immediately prepared the Great Yu dollars and transferred them to Shen Qian in advance so that she could be prepared.
Regardless of whether the Energy Gathering Stones in the other party hands were genuine or not,
there was no harm in making preparations.
Of course, if they were discovered to be fake and the other party even has thoughts that they shouldn't have, Su Jingxing didn't mind teaching them a lesson.
Thus…
He stayed in the small courtyard at the foot of the mountain until past eleven o'clock. It was almost time.
Su Jingxing took out his cloak and mask and put them on. He came to the courtyard and soared into the sky.
He flew through the air toward the trading location.
At the South Bank Bridge of the Western District.
At this time, the bridge above the Sky Water River in the Western District was empty.
Only the occasional car whizzed past and disappeared around the corner.
When Su Jingxing arrived, it was five minutes before the transaction time.
Three people were already standing on the bridge.
His Night Vision and Distant Vision were activated at the same time. Su Jingxing looked into the distance and realized that the three of them seemed rather imposing. They seemed like desperados.
Su Jingxing was not afraid at all. He quietly landed under a tree less than ten meters away from the bridge.
Then, he slowly walked towards the three of them.
His secret ability, Advanced Hearing, was activated once again and he listened to the conversation between the three people.
"How is it? Is he here yet?"
"Not yet."
"Speaking of which, this mysterious big client isn't bluffing, is he? 5 million per kilogram? Is he really offering such a high price?"
"Whether it's true or not, we'll know later."
"I'm just afraid…"
"You have Energy Gathering Stones in your hands?" Su Jingxing's voice sounded, interrupting their discussion.
Whoa!
"You scared me." The bald man among the three jumped back when he heard the voice. Then, he touched his head and looked at Su Jingxing with a glimmer in his eyes.
"Cough cough."
Another middle-aged man with a beard was also startled. However, he quickly calmed down and looked at Su Jingxing. He probed, "May I ask if you are the person buying the Energy Gathering Stones?"
"Yes."
Su Jingxing lowered his voice and said in a deep voice, "Where's the Energy Gathering Stones? Bring them out for me to examine. If they're real, I will make payment immediately."
The three of them fell silent.
They exchanged glances.
After a while, the middle-aged man with a beard said, "It's like this. For safety reasons, we only brought one stone…"
"I understand." Su Jingxing interrupted and said quickly again, "Show me what you brought."
"…Alright."
The middle-aged man and the two others looked at one another and took out a small package. They opened it and handed it to Su Jingxing.
Swoosh!
Su Jingxing waved his hand and released his true energy to pull the energy stone towards him from a distance.
10 centimeters long, palm-sized.
After sensing carefully and confirming that it was real, Su Jingxing nodded and said, "I'll give five million Great Yu dollars for this Energy Gathering Stone."
"Sure, sure," the middle-aged man replied hurriedly.
Seeing this, Su Jingxing took out his phone and dialed Shen Qian's number.
After the call connected, he said "transfer five million" and hung up.
The middle-aged man and the bald man were excited when they heard that and waited expectantly.
Su Jingxing said nothing.
Five minutes later, the middle-aged man's phone rang with a notification. He took it out to take a look, and tapped around. When he put it down, he could not hide the joy on his face. "I've received it. Five million!"
"Great!"
Hearing this, the bald man and his companions were very spirited.
"Since the payment is in, the deal is closed."
With these words, Su Jingxing shot into the sky.
In less than a breath, he disappeared into the horizon.
The trio were stunned at this sight.
After a long time…
"Fourth… fourth-grade?"
The bald man swallowed his saliva, his face covered in shock. "He… he's a fourth-grade?"
"I… I saw it." The middle-aged man took a deep breath. While his eyes were filled with shock, relief appeared on his face. "Fortunately, we didn't attack just now…"
"Stop talking!"
The third person raised his hand to cut him off. He looked around and his body trembled slightly. "Don't say those words!"
The bald man and the middle-aged man immediately shut their mouths.
Those words? What words?
Fish in troubled waters!
The three of them were all sixth-grade martial artists. They didn't have any backgrounds or backers. They plundered for a living. Over the past few years, they had worked together and killed many martial artists.
The Energy Gathering Stone that they had traded with Su Jingxing this time had been seized from someone else!
This time, they had also come with the intention of robbing.
After Su Jingxing checked the goods and paid, they would snatch the stone back and extort another sum from him.
Of course, this was part of the plan. If Su Jingxing had come with others and there were four or five martial artists in the middle ranks here together, then it would be a normal transaction.
Just now, after Su Jingxing readily made payment, they wanted to use a secret signal, but unexpectedly, Su Jingxing immediately flew away.
He did not step on air or walk on water. Instead, he charged into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.
This level of true energy cultivation… F*ck, only a fourth stage cultivator could achieve this!
Would they dare to rob a fourth-grade expert?
Truly not knowing what death was!
Terror, lingering fear, and shock.
The three of them stood rooted to the ground, their backs drenched in sweat.
It was only when a car drove over from the other end of the bridge and they heard the sound that they suddenly came to their senses.
The next moment, they started running without another word.
As for the next transaction…
There was no second Energy Gathering Stone!
They had told Shen Qian earlier, one big and one small, two Energy Gathering Stones.
The bigger one was a fake.
Although the trio claimed that they hadn't brought it, it was actually kept in their pockets.
Originally, their plan was, if Su Jingxing was alone, to use the second fake stone to force Su Jingxing to buy it after he bought the first one.
That's right, the trio had come up with several plans.
But after knowing that Su Jingxing was a fourth-grade martial artist, all the plans were made useless.
Another transaction, to force a sale?
With their lives gone, there would be no need for a trade!
…
The night wind blew.
Su Jingxing executed the Eight Steps Rising Dragon and flew in the air.
He released his true energy to cover his entire body, forming a protective barrier of true energy that kept him fearless of the air resistance and the strong winds.
Instead of returning to the courtyard at the foot of the mountain, he headed straight for the Tai Ming Mountain Reservoir.
Yes, Su Jingxing wanted to take a gamble.
He would use the boundless vitality of the Life Extension Card on the Concentration Fruit Tree.
If he were to fail, he would waste a Life Extension Card and also possibly affect the Concentration Fruit Tree.
If he was successful, he would obtain the Concentration Fruit in advance.
There was a 50% chance of winning this gamble.
Su Jingxing was willing to take the risk!
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Chapter 151: Alive?
Of course, the reason why Su Jingxing dared to take the gamble was because after his soul power increased substantially, his sixth sense as a martial artist was also strengthened along with it.
This subconscious feeling expanded from a sudden impulse to a simple prediction.
After the thought of unlocking the Life Extension Card and using it on the Concentration Fruit Tree appeared, Su Jingxing did not sense anything else.
The lack of a situation was a good sign!
Therefore, Su Jingxing decided to take a gamble.
…
He followed the underground tunnel and arrived at the underground cave with familiar ease.
Su Jingxing stood in front of the Concentration Fruit Tree and took out the Life Extension Card. He took a few steps back. The moment he unlocked it, he swiftly retreated to the corner of the cave.
Swoosh!
The light released by the card immediately enveloped the tree.
A surge of vitality burst forth from the light and wrapped around the Concentration Fruit Tree, targeting the tree for an unknown mutation.
Was it accelerating growth, turning it bigger or smaller, or would there be a lesion?
Su Jingxing stood in the corner, waiting anxiously yet eagerly.
Buzz!
Buzz!
The giant Concentration Fruit Tree was like a heart in the light, vibrating the air and releasing a buzzing sound.
At this moment, the glowing trunk and branches could not be seen at all.
The entire Concentration Fruit Tree was like a big ball of light. The bright light washed away all the darkness in the underground cave, as if it was daytime inside it. It was as if there was a sun emitting endless light, dispersing all darkness.
Su Jingxing had no choice but to close his eyes for the time being and sense the changes in the Concentration Fruit Tree using the secret ability of the Advanced Hearing.
The boundless vitality released by the Life Extension Card was currently carrying out deep changes with the Concentration Fruit Tree.
Buzz!
Buzz!
The buzzing continued. The changes to the Concentration Fruit Tree spread to Su Jingxing. Its vitality was becoming more affluent.
It was as if the Concentration Fruit Tree had been triggered in some way and was also erupting with its own vitality.
The Energy Gathering Stones buried under the ground around the Concentration Fruit Tree were also showing unusual changes.
It had attracted the soil layers inside and outside the underground cave and the underground river at the edge, and the ley lines beneath the earth.
All the worldly energy in the area gathered at the roots under the powerful guidance of the Energy Gathering Stones. Then, it was channeled into the trunk of the Concentration Fruit Tree through the roots.
Wave after wave.
In Su Jingxing's perception, all the worldly energy everywhere, above his head and beneath feet, in the air, the ground, and river water was being absorbed by the Concentration Fruit Tree.
Under the stimulation of the boundless vitality, the wondrous tree seemed to come to life.
Like it had gained its own consciousness, it constantly absorbed worldly energy.
As for the changes after absorbing so much energy, Su Jingxing couldn't see or sense them.
He could only confirm that the vitality of the Concentration Fruit Tree was getting stronger and stronger.
It was many times more than the vitality that was unlocked from the Life Extension Card.
Su Jingxing could not tell what would happen to the Concentration Fruit Tree with so much vitality.
He had finally experienced what it meant by change always going beyond plans.
The information regarding the Concentration Fruit Tree recorded in the Record of Wondrous Things did not contain descriptions of it automatically absorbing worldly energy.
But now, it had appeared. It could only be said that the person who wrote the book did not know the details of the Concentration Fruit Tree.
Su Jingxing didn't dare to interfere in such an unforeseen event.
All he could do was wait anxiously and patiently.
Ten minutes.
Half an hour.
An hour.
Two hours.
…
Five hours had passed, but the Concentration Fruit Tree was still enshrouded in light and hadn't stopped mutating.
10 hours passed, but the Concentration Fruit Tree was still mutating.
20 hours passed, the Concentration Fruit Tree was still mutating.
However, Su Jingxing sensed good news.
The Concentration Fruit Tree's boundless vitality was already weakening at a very fast rate.
At the same time, the movement of absorbing the worldly energy in the underground, in the water, and air had also disappeared.
It was as if it had fought a battle and only the finishing touches were still ongoing.
Su Jingxing waited for more than three hours before he opened his eyes and looked at the tree.
As expected, the light surrounding the Concentration Fruit Tree was slowly dissipating.
First, the outline of the tree was revealed, then the crown, branches, leaves, and fruits!
The fruits had appeared!
30 years to flower, 30 years to bear fruit, 30 years for the fruits to ripen.
To eat the Concentration Fruit, he would have to wait for 90 years.
This time, Su Jingxing took a huge gamble. He used the Life Extension Card to stimulate the Concentration Fruit Tree and actually "awakened" this wondrous tree. It absorbed the energy underground, in the water, and in the air. In one go, the time required was shortened by decades, the flowering was skipped and fruits the size of an infant's fist were born.
The half red and half green Concentration Fruit was obviously not ripe.
When the red color faded and the fruit turned completely green, it would completely ripe.
The Concentration Fruit recorded in the Record of Wondrous Things was not red, but green.
Looking at the color, without relying on external forces, it would take more than 10 years before the Concentration Fruits become fully ripe.
More than 10 years, Su Jingxing didn't want to wait either.
10 days seemed more like it.
With this in mind, Su Jing walked back to the Concentration Fruit Tree, dug up the soil, and checked the spots where the Energy Gathering Stones were buried.
As expected, there were quite a few Energy Gathering Stones that lost their luster and turned into gray stones.
Initial estimates showed that at least half of the Energy Gathering Stones had lost their function.
The remaining half was also much dimmer.
Clearly, the Concentration Fruit Tree had destroyed more than half of the Energy Gathering Stones while using them to absorb worldly energy.
The Energy Gathering Stones lost their effect and turned into ordinary stones.
It was clearly unrealistic to have the Concentration Fruit Tree devour energy again to accelerate its maturation.
Su Jingxing would have to get more Energy Gathering Stones and replenish the stock.
Or, extract a second Life Extension Card.
This probability of the latter was even lower.
Su Jingxing obtaining more Energy Gathering Stones was a more reliable option.
…
He made one circle around the Concentration Fruit Tree. Other than bearing fruit, there were no other changes.
After confirming that there was no problem, Su Jingxing left the underground cave and returned to his small courtyard at the foot of the mountain.
I've just become the vice-captain, and I've already skipped work, coming out here for a day and night.
I wonder what people in the crematorium are saying about me behind my back.
Su Jingxing flew in the air and thought to himself.
Suddenly, the sound of fighting came from the ground.
Su Jingxing, who was dashing through the air, subconsciously looked down.
Activating Night vision and Distant Vision, he saw two groups of people fighting in the forest on the shore of the Sky Water River.
There were only three people in one group and eight people in the other group.
The realms of the two groups seemed to be about the same.
Therefore, the difference in numbers caused the first group of people to be suppressed and forced to retreat. They were totally fighting while retreating.
When Su Jingxing looked down from the sky, a woman among the trio had only lasted a few seconds before she was suddenly hit and fell to the ground, losing her ability to escape.
A young man beside her roared angrily when he saw this.
Then…
Then, his entire body suddenly glowed.. It was like he had turned into an electric light bulb, his skin, eyes, and hair all turned golden!
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Chapter 152: A Century Old Monster
"This is… Super Saiyan?"
In the air, Su Jingxing's pupils constricted slightly as he looked at the man who had transformed into a golden human with astonishment in his gaze.
His entire body is golden in color. There is definitely something up with this fellow's constitution or bloodline.
That was because Su Jingxing could sense that his current state was not a result of martial arts or secret ability, but purely from the power in his body.
Such strength would mean either a unique constitution or a bloodline legacy.
Those with the former were called transcendent body martial artists, while those with the latter were called bloodline martial artists.
There was no way to pass down a transcendent body, though some people were born with all kinds of special spiritual bodies. Heaven-defying opportunities in the future would also change their physiques.
On the other hand, bloodline martial artists could pass down their bloodline generation after generation.
Even if an accident happened in the middle, and the bloodline was diminished, it would suddenly rise again in a certain generation.
The Shi Family's Three Yin Candles Blood was an example.
Therefore, the young man who had transformed into a golden human in the forest now was outstanding in at least one aspect——physique or bloodline.
Of course, it was also possible for him to have both, even though the probability of that was extremely low.
But in history, there were indeed people who were both transcendent body martial artists and bloodline martial artists.
What was it for this young man?
Out of curiosity, Su Jingxing was in no hurry to return. He descended from the sky and stopped on top of a big tree. He used the Ghost Python Breath-holding Technique and concealed all his aura. He looked at the young man from afar and his subsequent movements after transforming into a golden human.
Powerful!
After transforming into a golden human, the young man's strength, speed, explosive power, impact, defense, and destructive power were all amplified several times.
Su Jingxing couldn't estimate the exact amount.
That was because the young man only needed a few charges to completely wipe out the other group of people chasing and attacking them.
One of the leaders among them was very powerful. If he was not in the fourth-grade, he would be a peak fifth-grade.
This was determined by the fluctuations of true energy released.
Facing the young man who had transformed into a golden human, the burly leader unleashed his full strength and did not dare to hold back. The true energy fluctuations he released contained at least 50 years of cultivation.
Less than 60 years, but more than 50 years.
At this stage, he could either be a fourth-grade or fifth-grade martial artist.
For now, it was difficult to make a judgment. He could only be certain once he faced him and exchanged blows.
Hence, watching his fight with the young man, Su Jingxing could only see how powerful the young man was after transforming into a golden human.
In less than three exchanges, the burly leader was killed.
In an instant, the young man's terrifying impact split the corpse into several sections.
To be honest, if it was Su Jingxing, he would not have been a match for the young man unless he released at least 300 years of true energy cultivation.
This was what was frustrating about transcendent body martial artists and bloodline martial artists.
Of course, compared to the Three Yin Candles Blood of the Shi Family that could only assist in one's cultivation to break through to the next realm, the uniqueness of this young man was even more prominent.
It was completely one-sided oppression.
"If this fellow is also a bloodline martial artist, then there are differences in strength between bloodline martial artists."
Su Jingxing murmured.
He only knew of the existence of bloodline martial artists, but he did not have in-depth knowledge.
This young man…
Hmm?
All of a sudden, Su Jingxing raised his eyebrows in surprise.
It was because the young man was looking at him!
At a distance of 700 to 800 meters, in the night at that, the young man had actually discovered Su Jingxing. His bright golden eyes seemed to be really discharging electricity as he looked at Su Jingxing with wariness and coldness.
"Interesting."
Su Jingxing chuckled but didn't dodge or get angry.
With a tap of his toes, his body flew up high like a giant bird and rushed towards the area where the young man and company were.
Buzz!
The air vibrated.
An even more dazzling golden light was suddenly released from the young man's body.
This beam of light dispersed the darkness and illuminated a radius of a hundred meters.
The originally dark forest instantly became bright and radiant.
However, Su Jingxing didn't slow down. He continued to fly towards him under the young man's fixed gaze.
During this process, Su Jingxing could clearly sense the overflowing combat intent emanating from the young man.
Even those this combat intent contained shock, fear, and restrained rage,
Su Jingxing was still approaching quickly.
However, when he was about 80 meters away from the young man's group, Su Jingxing suddenly turned around and soared into the sky.
He sped up and wrapped his body in true energy before disappearing into the horizon.
…
Thump!
In the forest, as he watched Su Jingxing disappear into the air and sensed the aura of this unknown expert completely disappear, the young man's body went limp and he fell back onto the ground.
The golden light on his body also disappeared in an instant, and the forest returned to darkness.
"Seventh Young Master!"
"Seventh Brother, are you alright?"
When the young man's two companions saw this, they hurried over and surrounded the young man with worried expressions.
"I… I'm fine."
The young man was lying on the ground, panting heavily. "I'm just… just exhausted."
"It's all my fault." The woman blamed herself. "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have used your bloodline power."
"It has… nothing to do with you." The young man let out a breath and said, "Just now, a fourth-grade expert was watching us from afar."
"Ah?" Another man heard this and exclaimed, "There was someone nearby?"
"Fourth-grade?" The woman widened her eyes.
"Yes, he's in the fourth-grade." The young man slowed down his breathing slightly. "He had been watching us from afar. I don't know his background, whether he's friend or foe, or he could just be passing by. But in my perception, he's very strong! He has at least a hundred years of cultivation!"
Tss!
The man and the woman sucked in a breath of cold air.
A fourth-grade martial artist with a hundred years of cultivation. Ordinary fourth-grade martial artists were no match for such an expert.
"Don't worry, he has already left."
The young man exhaled. "When he flew toward us earlier, I thought he had some ulterior motive, but he suddenly turned around and disappeared into the horizon."
"Huh?"
The two others were stunned.
"This… What is that expert trying to do?"
"Who knows." The young man bitterly smiled. "No matter what, it's still a good thing that he left. I never expected to almost be targeted by an old monster with a hundred years of cultivation while coming out here to try my luck this time!"
A century old monster. This was a form of ridicule towards martial artists who had a cultivation of more than a hundred years when they were in the fourth-grade.
Su Jingxing, who had returned to his small courtyard at the foot of the mountain, did not know that he had had the honors of becoming a "century old monster".
At this moment, he took out the few cards he had just extracted and checked them one by one.
The content of one of the cards surprised him..
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Chapter 153: There Is A Third-Grade Martial Artist In Qinghe
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It was a Memory Card.
It contained 10 years of memories of a man named Ge Yuzi from when he was alive.
Ge Yuzi was from Ci En Bank, it was unclear when he joined them.
In any case, at the very beginning of the 10-year memory, he had already joined the Ci En Bank.
All Su Jingxing knew about the Ci En Bank was that its biggest shareholder was the Lu Family.
Lu Cien was the founder of Ci En Bank in its early days.
But that was in the past, in ancient times.
A hundred years ago, the owners of Ci En Bank had taken turns to run it.
One of them was naturally the Lu Family, while the other was the Zeng Family.
According to Ge Yuzi's memories, the Zeng Family's ancestors were not from Ci En Bank at all.
On the contrary, a Zeng Family's son had married into the Lu Family1and their status in the Lu Family was very low.
Unexpectedly, the Zeng Family's second generation rose to prominence.
The Zeng Family ancestor who married into the Lu Family had an extremely talented son.
After he grew up, for some reason, he insisted on taking the Zeng name.
As there was the blood of the Lu Family flowing in his veins and because the person helming the Lu Family then doted on him, he was allowed to have the surname Zeng.
As a result, as soon as this exception was made, all the direct descendants of the Lu Family with great martial arts talent in the later generations changed their surname to Zeng.
Although members of the Zeng Family also had the Lu Family's bloodline, cracks appeared between the other descendants of the Lu Family that didn't have Zeng blood and the Zeng Family.
This rift had not been resolved until today. Instead, the descendants of the Zeng Family had not changed their surname back to Lu since a hundred years ago. They had also joined Ci En Bank to seize power.
The Lu Family descendant that Ge Yuzi was following was Lu Chen, whom Su Jingxing had heard of before.
Lu Chen's status in the Lu Family was not bad, but he was not one of the top few.
As his follower, Ge Yuzi was naturally not any better off. In Ci En Bank, he was just a small leader of a branch.
He had come to Qinghe City with Lu Chen this time because Lu Chen had come to the city to find a map.
A mysterious map that could allow Lu Chen's realm to advance by leaps and bounds and become a third-grade powerhouse.
Ge Yuzi did not know what secrets this map contained, where it was hidden, or whose hands it came from.
He only knew that the mysterious map was in Xuantian University, but he did not know its exact location.
They were hunting the young man who had transformed into a golden human and his companions because they had been following the trio for a long time.
Lu Chen sent people to Xuantian University to look for the map. After they never returned, he made use of his connections to investigate. In the end, they realized that the trio were also looking for the map.
Hence, he had Ge Yuzi lead his men to tail after them. The latter had left the city that night and came to the mountain forest. Their intended destination was the Tai Ming Mountain Reservoir but the reason was unknown.
Ge Yuzi fought with them completely because he and his men were exposed.
When Su Jingxing saw this, he guessed there was an 80% chance that the trio were heading to the Tai Ming Mountain Reservoir because of the Concentration Fruit Tree.
The Concentration Fruit Tree absorbed the energy in the air, underground, and in the water. It caused quite a commotion.
Su Jingxing was mentally prepared when he was underground.
When he came out previously, he didn't find anyone near the reservoir and was a little puzzled.
Now, he finally figured it out. The trio had been paying attention!
It was just that they were very unfortunately followed, yet were fortunate enough to discover Ge Yuzi's group who was doing that.
Then, the two groups of people got engaged in a fight.
Su Jingxing saw everything that happened subsequently.
At this moment, the section of memory that Su Jingxing was interested in was not about the trio, but when Ge Yuzi went with Lu Chen to visit a local martial arts family in Qinghe City.
The He Family!
Not the Li Family, nor was it the Zhou, Wang or Qi families. And absolutely not the Shi Family that Su Jingxing had destroyed.
It was the He Family who kept an extremely low profile.
In any case, Su Jingxing had never heard of a martial arts family with the surname He in Qinghe City.
To be called a martial arts family, the family must have a fourth-grade expert.
And the influence of the martial families that had fourth-grade powerhouses wasn't weak. They were quite well-known too.
But this He Family was an exception.
Su Jingxing and the original Su Jingxing were both young, so it was normal for them not to know.
However, even in Wan Rong's 40 years of memory, he was unaware of the He Family's existence. That was astonishing.
According to Ge Yuzi's memories, when he visited the He Family with Lu Chen, he had asked Lu Chen about this family's background. He wondered why, given Lu Chen's identity, that he had to humble himself to visit them.
In the end, Lu Chen's reply shocked everyone with him.
That was, this He Family might have a third-grade powerhouse!
In both the Li Family and the Martial Suppression Office, fourth-grade was the highest realm in Qinghe City.
This extremely low-profiled He Family actually had a third-grade expert. This was too shocking.
Of course, what Lu Chen said was a possibility, not a certainty.
The reason why Lu Chen couldn't confirm it was because he wasn't sure if the previous patriarch of the He Family, the third-grade expert, was still alive.
That's right, the previous patriarch of the He Family was a third-grade big shot!
Lu Chen was sure of this because he had seen it with his elders before.
That was when he was young. Now that almost 20 years had passed, he wasn't sure if the other party was still alive.
When they arrived at the He Family's residence, the person who received Lu Chen was not the previous patriarch but the current one.
At that time, Lu Chen had tried to meet the elderly patriarch, but he was perfunctorily rejected by the current patriarch.
They did not tell Lu Chen whether the elderly patriarch was dead or alive.
Anyway, after Lu Chen left, he threw a tantrum but did not dare to say anything.
According to Ge Yuzi's memory, Lu Chen had revealed a lot of information when he was cursing.
The He Family was possibly in the know about the mysterious map that Lu Chen was looking for!
However, Lu Chen wasn't sure if the elderly patriarch of the He Family was still alive. He didn't dare to offend them.
That was why he didn't force them to speak about the situation.
Regarding the He Family's information, Ge Yuzi waited for Lu Chen to calm down before asking carefully.
Then, an old and low-profiled martial arts family that had existed since the founding of the Yu Nation for 400 years all the way until today, was exposed to Ge Yuzi.
Through Ge Yuzi's memories, Su Jingxing also saw everything in his "mind".
400 years!
The He Family had a history of as long as 400 years.
It was more than a hundred years longer than the Li Family, the number one martial arts family in Qinghe City.
Even though Su Jingxing had been through a lot during this period of time, he couldn't help but feel deeply moved by this martial arts family that hid in the dark and never developed their own faction. They only held onto a Scholar Restaurant and kept a low-profile for four hundred years.
Compared to the Li Family and the Shi Family, the He Family was frighteningly low-key.
It was easy to keep a low profile for a while, but to do that for 100 to 400 years was unimaginable.
There were too many examples of family clans with wise ancestors but foolish descendants.
Even the Li Family had almost gone extinct because of their descendants' stupidity.
The He Family, on the other hand, was able to maintain their position for 400 years. Outsiders never knew and never paid attention to them.
"There must be a secret!"
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Chapter 154: True Essence Card!
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This He Family definitely has secrets.
Su Jingxing knew about the Scholar Restaurant. It was a century-old restaurant located on an old street between the Western District and Southern District.
It had a very good reputation, but business operations were average.
There were rumors about Scholar Restaurant circulating online.
It was said that someone had once recommended himself to help the boss promote the business and expand the influence of the restaurant. The person suggested opening a branch in the prefecture city.
In the end, he was rejected by the boss of Scholar Restaurant. The excuse was that they were very satisfied with the current situation and did not want any major changes.
Since the boss was not interested in expansion, the others were naturally discouraged.
Su Jingxing had casually read the information then and didn't take it to heart.
From the looks of it now, the He Family had been intentionally maintaining the status quo of Scholar Restaurant!
A martial arts family with 400 years of history, on the surface, ran a restaurant. The boss even came from a family of chefs. Who would have thought that they were martial arts experts?
"Third-grade…"
Tsk!
While he was left speechless, Su Jingxing sighed from the bottom of his heart.
The number one expert in Qinghe City was Li Linzhou, but there should be a few people with similar strength to him in secret.
For example, the Li and Zhou families' old patriarchs.
These martial families with legacies for hundreds of years had deep foundations and many of their members were powerful.
Just like Shi Zhinie.
If not for the fact that he had suffered Qi Deviation while cultivating the Blood Drop Heretic Art, he would not be weaker than Li Linzhou.
Similarly, no one knew that the He Family was 400 years old, not even Li Linzhou.
After all, Li Linzhou had only been the Commander of City Governance of the Martial Suppression Office in Qinghe City for less than ten years.
However, the Li, Zhou, Qi families were all local martial arts factions with legacies of over a hundred years. There was a 99% chance they knew about the He Family.
Including the Shi Family.
In order to advance to the third-grade, Shi Zhinie had gone on a killing spree, cultivating a heretic art. Perhaps he had been provoked by the He Family.
Who knew if a martial arts family suspected to have a third-grade martial artist would suddenly go crazy?
Even though they had kept a low profile for 400 years, the more low-profile they were, the more fearful they were.
The Shi, Li, Zhou and Qi families…
All the factions that were aware of the He Family's existence were wary of them!
Even Su Jingxing felt a little apprehensive.
Before seeing this section of the memories, Su Jingxing dared to go to any place in Qinghe City.
With his true energy cultivation of 351 years, he was not afraid of anyone.
But now, knowing that there might be a hidden third-grade big shot in Qinghe City, Su Jingxing thought that it would be better to keep a low profile.
Mm, even a third-grade big shot was keeping a low profile, so he, a person in the fifth-grade, had no reason not to.
"Looks like 351 years of cultivation is not enough!"
Su Jingxing narrowed his eyes.
If my cultivation is insufficient, I shall continue to increase it.
With this in mind, Su Jingxing unlocked all the True Energy Cards he had extracted. He then absorbed and converted the true energy into Heaven Trampling True Energy.
Then, he took out three True Energy Cards from his reserves. He unlocked and absorbed the true energy to accumulate 400 years of true energy cultivation!
"400 years of true essence cultivation, how long can I last against true essence?"
Su Jingxing's eyes flashed.
…
The next day.
Su Jingxing went to work at the crematorium early in the morning.
The moment he walked in, he extracted a bunch of cards.
After that, he did not rush to read the information. He first patrolled the area and greeted people he knew before returning to his office. He took out the cards and checked what function cards they were.
Internal Force Card, Strength Enhancement Card, Essence Energy Card, Strength Enhancement Card, Skill Card, Internal Force Card…
They were all ordinary cards. Even though there were Skill Cards, they did not contain martial arts or secret ability. Instead, they were culinary skills.
Such life skills could be repeatedly extracted. Su Jingxing basically placed them all in a corner of his palm space.
The other Internal Force Cards were accumulated. The Strength Enhancement Cards and Essence Energy Cards were unlocked. The Strength Pills and Essence Energy Pills obtained were stored separately.
After that, he continued tempering his true energy and honing his secret abilities.
Two hours later, he went out to patrol the area again.
When he returned to his office, another bunch of cards appeared in his palm space.
As usual, Su Jingxing took them out one by one, held them in his palm, and read their descriptions.
Strength Enhancement Card, Strength Enhancement Card, Essence Energy Card, Essence Energy Card, Internal Force Card, Strength Enhancement Card, True Essence Card, Essence Energy Card…
Still the same, they were all ordinary cards. The only card that stood out was the True Energy…
Hold on!
Suddenly, Su Jingxing's body shook, his eyes filled with shock.
He quickly drew out one of the cards and read the information again.
He had seen right. It was indeed a True Essence Card!
It was a True Essence Card with three years of cultivation.
"True Essence Card, True Essence Card…"
Su Jingxing murmured, unable to hide the shock on his face.
The True Essence Card, as the name suggested, unlocked to give a ball of attributeless true essence.
But, is true essence something that an ordinary martial artist could possess?
Top ranks!
Only martial artists in the top ranks will have true essence.
The card cannot fool.
This meant that among the corpses I've extracted from earlier, there is a corpse of a third-grade powerhouse!
A third-grade expert in Qinghe City has died?
Nope.
If there is, the entire city would be in an uproar.
Is there a third-grade expert in Qinghe City?
Su Jingxing didn't think so before midnight.
But after watching Ge Yuzi's memories, Su Jingxing knew that there might be one in Qinghe City.
The previous patriarch of the He Family, who had been keeping a low profile for 400 years!
Lu Chen from Ci En Bank was not sure if the elderly patriarch was still alive.
Now, Su Jingxing was 99% sure.
He was dead!
The True Essence Card he extracted most likely came from this previous patriarch of the He Family.
This news was too shocking and hard to believe, but it could be verified.
The verification method was very simple. Su Jingxing put away all the cards and walked out of the office. He went to the information room and pulled out all the information about the people who had died.
He checked every file one by one and found a suspicious entry.
He Guren!
This was an old man called He Guren. He was 98 years old.
Cause of death, complete aging of major organs.
Which meant that it was a natural death due to old age.
In the eyes of others, this piece of information wasn't anything special. At most, they would sigh at He Gu's peaceful passing, truly a natural death.
But in Su Jingxing's eyes, it was full of questionable points.
He Guren, He, He1!
A 98-year-old dying of old age?
It would probably take another 20 years.
When Lu Chen met the previous patriarch of the He Family when he was young, this third-grade expert was already in his nineties.
If the other party had lived until now, there was no doubt that he had reached the end of his lifespan.
118 years old!
As for why the He Family falsified the information, even giving the relatives who sent He Guren off the surname He,
it was clear that they did not want any accidents, just like their style of keeping a low profile for 400 years.
After all, if news of a third-grade expert's death were to spread, the commotion it would cause would be unimaginable.
The He Family was probably already familiar with how to carry out their funeral arrangements quietly.
If Su Jingxing had not used his cheat ability and extracted the True Essence Card, he would not have known.
Of course, whether He Guren was the previous patriarch of the He Family or not, he still needed to verify.
Find out this old patriarch's real name!
"If I can be a hundred percent sure that He Guren is the previous patriarch of the He Family, I'm sure the Li Family will be very happy!"
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Chapter 155: Made A Killing!
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Not just the Li Family. The Zhou and Qi Families would be delighted as well.
No one likes to have a knife hanging above their heads forever.
Now, only Su Jingxing knew that the "knife" might have disappeared.
In order to verify that the "knife" had completely disappeared, Su Jingxing snapped a shot of He Guren's photo in the file.
Then, he contacted Li Lilou and arranged to meet him at the southern bank of the Sky Water River.
Last time, they had worked together to deal with Shi Zhinie. After that, they had exchanged contact details.
If there was anyone in the entire Qinghe City who knew the exact details of the He Family best, it would definitely be the Li Family.
Su Jingxing contacted Li Lilou because he wanted to use the Li Family to confirm He Guren's identity.
Regardless of whether his identity was real or fake, the Li Family should be very interested.
If it was fake, there was no loss.
However, if it was real, Su Jingxing would be able to strike a deal with the Li Family with this piece of information.
A deal for Energy Gathering Stones!
…
Beep beep…
The southern bank of the Sky Water River.
Beside the road.
A car honked and stopped at the edge of a platform.
Click, thump!
Li Lilou opened the door and got out of the car. He waved at the driver to drive the car away.
He then strode to the end of the platform, his gaze landing on Su Jingxing, who was wearing a cloak and a mask.
"Guest Elder Lin, long time no see."
Li Lilou laughed heartily as he walked.
"Fourth Master Li."
Su Jingxing turned around and looked at Li Lilou. He lowered his voice and said, "I asked Fourth Master here today because I have something I would like to consult you about."
"There's no need to be so polite. Guest Elder Lin, just call me Fourth Li."
Li Lilou smiled and said, "I don't know what you want to know. But as long as I have the information, I will tell you everything."
"He Family, Scholar Restaurant!"
Su Jingxing spoke calmly, his eyes fixed on Li Lilou.
As expected, the moment he said the words "He Family, Scholar Restaurant", Li Lilou's expression changed slightly and a strange look flashed through his eyes.
"He Family? What He Family?"
Li Lilou looked confused. "Is Guest Elder Lin talking about the martial arts family in the Southern District founded by He Xiaofeng?"
"Heh, Fourth Master clearly knows which He Family I'm referring to, so why ask even though you already know the answer?" Su Jingxing was indifferent. "The He Family that has been around for 400 years. They're so low-key that few know of their existence. Fourth Master, don't tell me that even the Li Family hasn't heard of them either?"
Li Lilou was silent.
After a while, he sighed and said, "I'm sorry, I'm eating my own words. Guest Elder Lin is right, we do know of the He Family's existence. The He Family that has existed for 400 years, tsk tsk."
"Everyone in Qinghe City says that the Li Family is the number one martial arts family in Qinghe. However, the true number one martial arts family is the He Family! The He Family that has been staying behind the scenes for 400 years and is rarely known by outsiders!"
"Because the He Family has a third-grade expert?" Su Jingxing asked.
"Yes and no." Li Lilou, who had opened up, looked at the surface of the Sky Water River and said in a low voice, "Although the He Family produces third-grade martial artists every few decades, what we are truly wary of is the secret of the He Family."
"What secret?" Su Jingxing was curious. "If it's difficult to share, you don't have to say it."
"There's nothing difficult, because we don't know either." Li Lilou smiled. "No one knows the secret of the He Family, not even their own people. Only the patriarch of each generation does. Before the previous patriarch passes on, he or she will pass the secret on to the next patriarch. Clearing the room and passing it on verbally, they have handed down the secret for 400 years.
"This secret is the key to the longevity of the He Family. It's also the key to their birth of top ranked experts.
"The Li Family has been trying to find out more about them, but we never dared to confront them openly and cause conflict.
"Guest Elder Lin, you've experienced just how terrifying a powerhouse in the top ranks is. Shi Zhinie merely cultivated a heretic art and forcefully advanced to pseudo third-grade. Yet he nearly suppressed all of us.
"The He Family, however, has a true third-grade expert!
"The Li Family has a ban. We must not disturb the He Family before we have a third-grade expert."
"So, the Li Family should know a lot about the He Family, right? Except for that secret," Su Jingxing interrupted.
"Yes, we do know most of their situation." Li Lilou nodded his head. "What about the He Family do you want to find out from me?"
"The previous patriarch," Su Jingxing said in a low voice. "The previous patriarch of the He Family. Does Fourth Master know his name and what he looks like? Do you have a photo?"
"He Rengu. The previous patriarch of the He family is called He Rengu."
Li Lilou replied, "I've forgotten what he looks like, but there are photos of him at 50 years old."
"Can I have a look?" Su Jingxing held back his excitement.
He Rengu, He Guren.
Su Jingxing would never believe that these two names were not related.
"Well…" Li Lilou muttered.
"I have news about He Renhu." Seeing this, Su Jingxing maintained his composure and said, "I'm sure Fourth Master knows that He Rengu is a third-grade expert. Now, I have news about him. Are you interested?"
"…Yes!"
Li Lilou gritted his teeth. "Please wait a moment, Guest Elder Lin. I'll call the patriarch now and have him get some to find a photo of He Rengu and send it to me."
With that, he took out his phone and walked to the other side to dial the number of the current patriarch of the Li Family.
Su Jingxing stood where he was and did not activate the secret ability, Advanced Hearing, to listen in on Li Lilou's whispered report.
A few minutes later, Li Lilou finished his call and waited for a while.
With a strange ring, he received an image on his phone.
Li Lilou tapped on the picture and walked back to Su Jingxing with his phone, handing it to him.
"This is He Rengu. Taken when he was 50 years old."
Li Lilou pointed at the enlarged picture on the phone and said, "At that time, he wasn't in the third-grade yet and was still moving around outside. This picture was taken when he was traveling with his wife. At that time, cameras couldn't print photos automatically. After he took the photo, he went to a roadside photo studio to develop it. We took advantage of the situation and kept the photo."
Su Jingxing didn't say anything. He took the phone and looked at the middle-aged version of He Rengu.
In his brain, it slowly deduced to become He Rengu's aged appearance.
He then compared it to the photo of "He Guren" taken from the crematorium file.
When compared, it was confirmed!
He Guren and He Rengu were the same person!
The previous patriarch of the He Family, a third-grade expert, had died of old age yesterday.
Without comparing his appearances at 50 years old and 118 years old, no one could tell.
The deduction of this aged appearance was very simple.
With Su Jingxing's current soul power, he could easily handle it.
After comparing, it was verified.
He Rengu had used the alias "He Guren" and died with the He surname. In order to keep a low profile, the He Family had done a lot.
…
"How is it, Guest Elder Lin? Did you discover anything?"
Li Lilou waited for a while, but when Su Jingxing didn't say anything, he couldn't help asking.
"I'm done."
Su Jingxing retracted his gaze and returned the phone to Li Lilou. He then changed the topic and asked, "May I ask Fourth Master if the Li Family has any extra Energy Gathering Stones?"
"Ah…"
Li Lilou was stunned for a moment. Then, he thought of something and asked, "Is Guest Elder Lin the big client who is spending a lot of money to buy Energy Gathering Stones?"
"If you're talking about the person who recently offered five million dollars per kilogram to purchase the Energy Gathering Stones, yes, that's me."
Su Jingxing replied frankly, "I'm currently short on Energy Gathering Stones. If the Li Family has extra, I'll buy them from you. I can even offer a higher price from before."
"This isn't a matter of price, although the price offered by Guest Elder Lin is very high."
Li Lilou smiled. "If you want the Energy Gathering Stones, we have no lack of them. If you want to trade the information about He Rengu for the right to purchase the Energy Gathering Stones, you don't have to. As long as the information you provide is true, the Li Family is willing to give 500 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones!"
As expected of the number one martial arts family in Qinghe City.
300 years of history, who knew how many Energy Gathering Stones they had accumulated.
The Shi Family also had 100 years of history, but they only left behind about a hundred kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones.
Of course, the Li Family wariness towards the He Family was also beyond Su Jingxing's expectations.
One piece of information for 500 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones.
The Li Family was indeed wealthy!
"Fourth Master, take a look at this first."
Su Jingxing didn't answer immediately. Instead, he took out his phone and opened the photo he had taken in the morning of He Guren and his relevant information for Li Lilou to see.
The latter took it and enlarged the photo. As he studied it, he asked doubtfully, "Is there a problem with this person? He Guren, 98 years old, died of old age, very…"
"Hold on!"
Suddenly, Li Lilou's expression changed. His eyes widened as he stared at He Guren's aged face.
As he read, he quickly unlocked his phone and tapped on the photo of He Rengu that he had just received.
The two phones and the two photos were placed side by side and compared carefully.
The next moment——
"This… this…"
Li Lilou's entire body was trembling. Surprise, astonishment and disbelief appeared on his face.
"He… he…"
After comparing, he looked up at Su Jingxing, his eyes filled with excitement.
"That's right. It's exactly what you think."
Su Jingxing said calmly, "He Guren is He Rengu. He died yesterday and was cremated this morning."
"Good!"
Li Lilou roared and looked up at the sky, unable to contain his excitement and ecstasy.
"Good, good, wonderful! Hahaha!"
Amidst the laughter, Li Lilou walked around in circles several times.
Su Jingxing took this in and did not rush him. He waited quietly.
He didn't know the Li Family's attitudes towards the He Family, but judging from Li Lilou's reaction, the Li Family had feared the He Family for a long time.
The entire Li Family wished for He Rengu to die!
After a while.
Li Lilou suppressed his joy, took a deep breath, and said excitedly, "Guest Elder Lin, this information has come at the perfect time. This is great, 500… no, 800 kilograms. For this news, we are willing to give you 800 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones! They'll be sent to you immediately!"
Without waiting for Su Jingxing to say anything, he sent the photo of He Guren's file to his phone.
Then, he returned the phone to Su Jingxing, took his own phone, and quickly walked to the side to report the situation to his patriarch.
Su Jingxing took the phone and was not anxious either. He listened to Li Lilou's excited voice.
Ten minutes later, Li Lilou turned around and shouted at Su Jingxing, "Guest Elder Lin, the 800 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones have been packaged. They will be transported here in 15 minutes."
"Thank you." Su Jingxing smiled.
"No, no. We should be the ones thanking you." Li Lilou sighed with emotion. "Although I don't know where you got the information about the He Family and the death of He Rengu, it's enough that the information is true. Our Li family has profited greatly. We will always remember your kindness."
"There's no need for this, Fourth Master. I was lucky to find He Guren's information by chance and learn about the He Family," Su Jingxing replied calmly without much change in his expression.
Li Lilou's words sounded nice, but in reality, the 800 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones was the remuneration for the information Su Jingxing had provided.
Su Jingxing was well aware of this, and he had no complaints.
It was originally a transaction to begin with.
Furthermore, He Guren was He Rengu. The news of the death of the previous patriarch of the He Family, a third-grade expert, could be sold to the Zhou Family and the Qi Family!
Selling a piece of information to multiple parties.
Su Jingxing would make a killing.
…
When men from the Li Family transported the two heavy chests over in a truck, Li Lilou personally unloaded and brought them to Su Jingxing. He personally opened the chests and showed Su Jingxing the Energy Gathering Stones of uniform sizes inside.
After confirming that there were no mistakes, Li Lilou handed the two chests to Su Jingxing. He then got into the truck and left quickly, returning to the Li residence.
Su Jingxing looked around. After making sure that no one was watching, he put the two chests into his palm space.
Then, he contacted Zhou Wencen and arranged to meet on a platform on the southern bank of the next river section.
Su Jingxing rushed over first. After half an hour, Zhou Wencen arrived in a car.
Going straight to the point, Su Jingxing again probed Zhou Wencen to see if the Zhou Family knew about the He Family's existence. After confirming, he took out his phone and opened He Guren's photo to let Zhou Wencen compare it to the photos of a younger He Rengu.
The Zhou Family had also collected photos of He Rengu when he was young.
The Zhou Family had photos of him as a youth, a middle-aged man, and even at 70 years old.
Zhou Wencen was equally shocked when he compared the two photos.
The news of He Rengu's death also shocked him.
Subsequently, as expected, when Su Jingxing proposed to purchase the Energy Gathering Stones from them, Zhou Wencen represented the Zhou Family to give Su Jingxing 300 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones for free.
Similar to the Li Family, the Zhou Family also quickly delivered 300 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones to Su Jingxing.
After accepting the 300 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones, Su Jingxing went on to contact Qi Xinjue.
He also asked to meet Qi Xinjue at a platform of a different section of a river. When Qi Xinjue arrived, he shared the news of He Rengu's death.
The Qi Family also had photos of He Rengu. After Qi Xinjue compared and confirmed the information, she gave Su Jingxing 400 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones on behalf of the Qi Family.
800, 300, 400.
A total of 1,500 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones!
The news of He Rengu's death was traded for so many Energy Gathering Stones.
I wonder if the He Family will be furious if they find out.
Su Jingxing chuckled to himself.
Of course, he didn't care what would happen to the He family.
Although He Rengu had died, there must be many fourth-grade experts in the He Family.
It won't be easy for the Li, Zhou and Qi families to deal with the He Family.
But how they fought had nothing to do with Su Jingxing.
Su Jingxing returned to the Tai Ming Mountain Reservoir with 1,500 kilograms of Energy Gathering Stones and entered the underground cave.
Surrounding the Concentration Fruit Tree, he put down all the Energy Gathering Stones according to the lines of a basic array formation and buried them underground.
With everything settled, the glow emitted by the Concentration Fruit Tree suddenly became brighter.
Based on the quantity of these Energy Gathering Stones, Su Jingxing estimated the time when the Concentration Fruit would ripen.
In the end, he got a rough gauge.
One and a half months, about 50 days!
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Chapter 156: There Is Really Someone Targeting Me!
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More than ten years of growing was shortened to two months.
Su Jingxing's efforts were not in vain.
Indeed.
Great factions had the greatest collection of heavenly treasures like Energy Gathering Stones.
It would take a very long time for him to purchase and such a big amount from independent martial artists
Su Jingxing would find a year or two slow, let alone a decade.
Now all was good.
The Energy Gathering Stones that he had obtained from the Li, Zhou and Qi families successfully resolved his troubles.
Within two months, he would be able to get large amounts of Concentration Fruits, increase his soul power, and visualize a condensed Heaven Trampling Elephant.
Once the Heaven Trampling Elephant was successfully visualized, it could run and roar in his consciousness.
Then Su Jingxing would then have the confidence to clash with Martial Art True Intent.
The true meaning of Martial Art True Intent was to disrupt reality with one's mind, using attacks and suppression targeted at the soul level.
The Demonic Elephant Stomp was also a mental attack.
With powerful soul power, the terrifying pressure of Martial Art True Intent would basically become a decoration, ineffective against Su Jingxing.
So.
For the next two months, Su Jingxing would wait patiently.
It wouldn't be too late to pay attention to the 400-year-old He Family after he successfully visualized the Heaven Trampling Elephant.
…
Hence.
In the subsequent days, Su Jingxing went to work at the crematorium every day, arriving early and leaving late.
In the eyes of others, there was nothing else to say.
Although Su Jingxing was nowhere to be seen on the first day of his promotion, over the past few days, Su Jingxing arrived earlier and left later than anyone else.
With such a professional attitude, no one could say anything.
They couldn't ask Su Jingxing not to work so hard, could they?
The duties of the vice-captain of the security team were actually very light. He just needed to appear occasionally and patrol the area.
Su Jingxing, on the other hand, patrolled almost every two hours, forcing the rest of the security team to follow suit.
Of course, after Wu Shouhan cracked down on the security team, all the security guards became more serious. At least, they were much better than before.
Su Jingxing saw all these, but he didn't say anything.
Since he spent most of his time in the crematorium, he naturally extracted almost all the cards available.
The Internal Force Cards, Strength Enhancement Cards, and Essence Energy Cards kept accumulating.
When he went out with Kong Dabao, Feng Tiejian, and the others, he would also pick up True Energy Cards.
After five consecutive days, he was loaded with gains.
It was just that every time he saw Feng Tiejian, the fellow's nervous and absent-minded appearance made him speechless.
It had been more than a week, but Feng Tiejian still felt that there were people who wanted to harm him.
The consequence of being overly nervous was not being able to eat well or sleep well. He had visibly slimmed down and he had dark eye circles every day.
His weak, dazed and jumpy state gave Gu Bo, who had returned to the team, a headache. He personally stepped in and approved Feng Tiejian's leave to rest. He thought it was best for him to go to the hospital.
But Feng Tiejian stubbornly resisted to the end and refused to leave the crematorium no matter what.
No one knew what his logic was. He thought that hiding in the crematorium meant no danger.
Looking at his situation, not only did he have persecutory delusions, he also had the ability to foresee danger.
But wasn't that nonsense?
Su Jingxing refused to believe it until that night.
It was almost midnight. Su Jingxing was on his last round of patrol. When he was preparing to go home, he bumped into Kong Dabao and his new partner. Kong Dabao had lost the game he was playing during this free time and was cursing. Su Jingxing walked over and glanced at his game screen.
At that moment, Su Jingxing, whose mental perception had covered the crematorium, sensed two people quietly climbing over the wall and entering the crematorium.
Climbing over the wall instead of using the entrance. They are clearly problematic.
Su Jingxing decisively used his secret ability, Advanced Hearing, and locked onto the two people who had entered.
With the enhancement of his soul power, the range of this secret ability had also expanded. It now covered an area with a radius of more than 250 meters.
Coincidentally, Kong Dabao was playing games in the backyard of the crematorium.
Su Jingxing stood beside him. The entire area was within the range of his hearing.
The two people who had climbed over the wall and entered the crematorium immediately rushed to the morgue. Su Jingxing followed their heartbeats and moved quickly until he was close to Feng Tiejian, who was leaning against a wall drowsily.
Feng Tiejian's partner was also playing games beside him, waiting to knock off.
As Su Jingxing listened, the two people who had climbed over the wall rushed towards Feng Tiejian. The moment they did, their breathing was suddenly concealed and they temporarily disappeared.
Even though he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Su Jingxing was 99% certain that these two people wanted to harm Feng Tiejian!
So.
Su Jingxing did not hesitate and made a prompt decision. He placed his right palm behind his back and circulated the Air Splitting Palm. Without a sound, he silently delivered two palm strikes from a distance.
Beside him, Kong Dabao and his new partner didn't notice anything.
Feng Tiejian and his partner, who were 70 to 80 meters away, suddenly heard a muffled sound.
Bang! Bang!
It was like a sudden clap of thunder.
The moment Feng Tiejian and his partner snapped back to their senses, they saw two men in black rushing towards them, each holding a short sword that glinted with cold light.
Then, two palm imprints suddenly appeared out of nowhere and hit their bodies. One of them flew back, while the other flew to the right at high speeds.
The one thrown backwards crashed into a pillar, spitting out blood.
Those who flew to the right smashed into the wall, causing the entire wall to shake. Fragments fell, and as he slid to the ground, they also spat out blood. His hands and legs were trembling non-stop.
However, these two people were tough enough. They were clearly severely injured and in unbearable pain, but they got up immediately and quickly retreated.
However, Su Jingxing would not allow that.
Bam!
Thud!
As before, he struck out with his palm soundlessly. His palm strikes were like thunderclaps as he struck out twice more, hitting the two people who were escaping through the air.
They were beaten until they vomited blood again, falling onto the ground, the pain unbearable.
The reason why Su Jingxing didn't kill them directly was because he wanted to capture them alive and interrogate them.
Unexpectedly, the two people lying on the ground seemed to know that they had been targeted and that they could no longer escape. They actually used their short swords to commit s*icide, stabbing their blades into their hearts.
As Su Jingxing listened to the heartbeats disappear, he extracted two cards.
Sacrificial soldiers!
The two people who killed themselves so decisively reminded Su Jingxing of their identities. There was a high chance that they were sacrificial soldiers who had been trained since young!
Only large factions would nurture and had the ability to nurture such sacrificial soldiers.
Feng Tiejian was just an ordinary worker at the crematorium, why would he be targeted by them?
Su Jingxing was puzzled.
"Murder!!"
A sharp cry broke the silence in good time.
It was Feng Tiejian's partner. He finally regained his senses and screamed in fear.
The entire crematorium was alerted.
"What's going on?"
Kong Dabao put down his phone and raised his head to look in the direction of the voice. "It seems like someone is shouting murder over there?"
"Someone has probably died?" his partner responded in surprise and doubt.
"It's murder." Su Jingxing retracted his cultivation quietly and frowned. "I'll go take a look."
"Wait a moment, I'll come too." Kong Dabao followed.
"And me." His partner fell in last.
The three of them quickly rushed to the corner where Feng Tiejian and his partner were.
On the way, the others who heard the scream also rushed out.
They gathered into a group and arrived at the fastest speed possible.
"What happened? Feng Tiejian, why are… F*ck, who killed them?"
The first person to arrive was just about to ask what happened when he saw two corpses and was shocked.
"Who are they?"
"They're in black. One look and you can tell they aren't good people."
"Feng Tiejian, you killed them?"
"…"
Those who had rushed over were shocked, stunned, and confused.
However, Feng Tiejian remained rooted to the spot and did not respond at all.
It was still his partner who managed to regain his composure. Trembling, he replied, "It's them… They want to kill… kill us! But, we… we were saved… saved…"
Uttering broken sentences, he recounted what had happened.
Upon hearing him, Kong Dabao and the others were all surprised.
Someone really wanted to harm Feng Tiejian!
This fellow had been acting like a lunatic for the past few days. It wasn't fake, it had really happened.
He was being followed and harmed!
"Old Feng, what have you done?"
After a moment of shock passed, Kong Dabao couldn't help but ask.
"That's right. What exactly did you do out there for people to keep targeting you? They even want your life."
Wu Shouhan received the news and led a group of people over. He shouted from afar.
"Feng Tiejian! Wake up!"
Pa!
Seeing this, Kong Dabao slapped Feng Tiejian's shoulder with great force, jolting Feng Tiejian back to his senses.
"Ah, ah! Don't kill me, don't kill me!"
Feng Tiejian, who had sobered up, let out a series of screams as he staggered backward.
"The people who want to kill you are dead."
Kong Dabao snapped, "Tell me, what exactly did you do to get targeted?"
Feng Tiejian was dazed again.
Su Jingxing searched the bodies of the two sacrificial soldiers but found nothing.
He pulled off their masks and looked at their faces. He did not recognize them.
"Without a doubt, they are sacrificial soldiers."
Wu Shouhan swept his eyes over the two corpses and said in a deep voice, "Able to send out sacrificial soldiers to deal with Feng Tiejian, this means that the other party's background isn't simple. Feng Tiejian, you had better tell us honestly what you've done!"
Pa!
Kong Dabao slapped Feng Tiejian's shoulder again, waking him up.
"I… I don't know." Feng Tiejian came back to his senses and said with a trembling voice, "I didn't do anything! Believe me, I really didn't do anything! I don't know why they targeted me!"
"Tch!"
Kong Dabao looked at him with disdain. "You're still hiding it at this point?"
"No, I really don't know!" Feng Tiejian went berserk. "Everything I did a week ago was no different from the past. I ate good food, had fun, and went to the same places. I didn't meet any bad people or get into a conflict with others. I have no idea why they followed me and wanted to harm me!"
"Then why are you hiding in the crematorium?"
Before anyone else could say anything, Su Jingxing asked, "You said that you don't know. It's indeed possible. Maybe you just saw something unintentionally, that's why you were targeted to be silenced. Let's put this question aside for now. What I want to know is, why are you hiding in the crematorium and knowing that you can escape harm by staying there?"
This was a crucial question.
That's right, it was Su Jingxing who saved him this time.
But that was because Su Jingxing and Feng Tiejian had a good relationship and Feng Tiejian had helped him before.
Knowing that someone wanted to harm him, Su Jingxing couldn't just stand by and watch.
But that didn't mean that Su Jingxing was willing to be a tool for others.
This was because from this angle, the mastermind behind the scenes knew about Su Jingxing's existence!
Su Jingxing used to be Yang Jian, and recently, "Guest Elder Lin".
He believed that he had never revealed his true identity.
The person who targeted Feng Tiejian knows me?
He shuddered at the thought of it!
…
"Ah, um."
Feng Tiejian was stunned when he heard that. "Can… Can I say that it's in… intuition?"
"Your intuition tells you that someone will help you in the crematorium?" Wu Shouhan asked in disbelief.
"That's right! You were able to avoid a calamity just by relying on your intuition. Old Feng, are you so powerful?" Kong Dabao's eyes were wide.
"Is Feng Tiejian a genius? A hidden genius?"
"Perhaps it was his spiritual awakening that allowed him to grow overnight."
"Don't joke around. At this moment, I believe that Feng Tiejian's intuition is fake."
"Sigh, what makes you think he's lying? I think Old Feng is telling the truth!"
"I think it's true, too, because I've had similar intuition before."
"…"
The others chimed in and started discussing Feng Tiejian's words.
Su Jingxing took everything in and frowned slightly.
Intuition?
If Feng Tiejian's intuition is really that accurate, then his mental strength might really be outstanding.
The sudden impulse isn't something that only martial artists possess.
Ordinary people have them as well. Due to certain matters, they will suddenly feel terribly panicked one day.
Calling it telepathy was an exaggeration, but there was a subconscious connection. Such cases did exist.
For a moment, Su Jingxing couldn't judge.
However, he was certain that Feng Tiejian wasn't lying.
Compared to Feng Tiejian, Su Jingxing's soul power was extremely massive, and his ability to predict things was even sharper.
…
"Um, you guys asked why Feng Tiejian was targeted and assassinated. Aren't you guys curious who saved him?"
A manager suddenly spoke, breaking the noise and causing everyone to be shocked into silence.
"That's right. Who saved Old Feng? Did you see?"
A curious expression appeared on Kong Dabao's face as he looked at Feng Tiejian and his partner.
"No."
Feng Tiejian's partner shook his head. "We only saw those two people rushing towards us. Then, before their blades hit us, they were sent flying by palm imprints that suddenly appeared."
"Right, the person who saved us is very powerful. He only used four palm strikes to leave those two fellows immobile!"
He looked excited.
The others were also astonished.
"Tsk tsk, I'm afraid those two aren't even in the seventh-grade, yet they were injured without even seeing who struck them. The person who saved you must be at least in the sixth-grade!"
"Do you even need to ask? If he's not a sixth-grade martial artist, would he be able to execute a palm strike from a distance?"
"Attacking from afar, could it be the Air Splitting Palm?"
"It's the Air Splitting Palm!"
Wu Shouhan gave the final word. He looked at the palm prints left on the two corpses and analyzed, "The expert who saved the two of them used the Air Splitting Palm. Judging from the wounds, the other party has at least cultivated the Air Splitting Palm to Perfection!"
"Amazing!"
"Yeah, so impressive."
"Um, since when did our crematorium have a sixth-grade expert?"
"Maybe he's not just a sixth-grade, maybe he's in the fifth-grade!"
"Why don't you say fourth-grade?"
"…"
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Chapter 157: I Am One!
Everyone discussed among themselves, making all sorts of guesses.
Kong Dabao patted Feng Tiejian's shoulder and said enviously, "Old Feng, you're really something. You actually received the protection of a sixth-grade expert. Tell me, when did you get to know the person?"
"Um."
Feng Tiejian was rendered speechless yet he said excitedly, "I don't know, nor do I know that expert. As I said just now, my intuition was just more accurate."
"Tch, if you didn't know him, would he have saved you?" Kong Dabao said disdainfully.
"Right, Old Feng, just tell us. When did you get to know a sixth-grade expert?"
The manager also grinned.
When the others heard this, they too looked at Feng Tiejian with hope in their gazes.
With an expert at least a sixth-grade expert as his backer, Feng Tiejian could leave the crematorium and go to other higher-level departments to have fun.
"I really didn't."
Feng Tiejian scratched his head and spread out his hands helplessly. "I really don't know him. He saved me just now. Perhaps he just happened to pass by and helped me when he saw injustice."
"Your guess might be true."
Su Jingxing continued, "The other party saved you, but that doesn't mean that he must know you. If there really is a sixth-grade expert in the crematorium, I believe Uncle Wu would have found out long ago."
With that, Su Jingxing looked at Wu Shouhan.
"Indeed."
Wu Shouhan said in a deep voice, "I've been in the crematorium for nearly 20 years, but I've never seen or heard of a sixth-grade expert! Do you think any martial artist in the middle ranks would be willing to stay in the crematorium?"
Yes.
I am one!
Su Jingxing thought to himself but his countenance remained unchanged.
Under normal circumstances, indeed, no martial artists above the sixth-grade would be willing to stay in the crematorium.
Even if they would have the position of Director.
In other words, the expert who saved Feng Tiejian was not "from" the crematorium. Instead, he happened to pass by and saved Feng Tiejian as an act of convenience.
This was also the result of Su Jingxing's deliberate attempt of guiding the conversation.
He wanted everyone to divert their attention.
Otherwise, once news of Feng Tiejian knowing the person who saved him spread, there would be huge repercussions.
"Uncle Wu, given Brother Feng's situation, can you temporarily arrange for him to join the Martial Suppression Office?"
Su Jingxing struck while the iron was hot. He looked at Wu Shouhan and asked, "This time, an expert passed by and saved him. There will be no one else next time. If the mastermind dispatches men to attack Brother Feng again, he will be in danger!"
"No!"
Feng Tiejian almost blurted out. He shook his head and said, "I'm not going to the Martial Suppression Office. I'm staying in the crematorium. I'm not going anywhere!"
"Holy f*ck, are you stupid?" Kong Dabao glared at him. "You said yourself that the expert who saved you was just passing by. Do you think that the next time the murderer comes, someone will pass by and save you again?"
"This…" Feng Tiejian was speechless. He thought for a moment and clenched his teeth." I think…"
"You think? Does what you think work?"
Wu Shouhan berated, "Let's not talk about anything else. If you stay here, do you know that it will affect others? You may not be afraid of death, but don't implicate others!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Feng Tiejian completely shut his mouth and lowered his head, not daring to utter another word.
That's right. If he hadn't been saved just now, not just him, his partner would have died as well.
The person who killed him would never let the news leak out. Anyone who was with him would definitely be killed along with him.
This was no joke!
Su Jingxing saw this and heaved a sigh of relief.
It was not that he was unwilling to continue giving help, but if Feng Tiejian were to remain in the crematorium, it would indeed implicate others.
This time, Su Jingxing had found out in advance and managed to save them.
What if the mastermind sent more people to the crematorium next time and Su Jingxing couldn't manage the situation?
Thus, arranging for Feng Tiejian to hide in the Martial Suppression Office was imperative.
If it was someone else who was being followed and murdered, hiding in the Martial Suppression Office naturally wouldn't be that easy.
But to Wu Shouhan, this was not a difficult task.
With his connections and identity, he managed to settle everything in less than half an hour.
The Martial Suppression Office personally came to take Feng Tiejian away and send him to their headquarters in the Central District.
That's right, not the Western District branch, but the headquarters in the Central District, Li Linzhou's territory!
With Li Linzhou's protection, Feng Tiejian's safety was basically guaranteed.
Of course, it wasn't that Su Jingxing would wash his hands off the matter from here.
Feng Tiejian was his friend after all. If he had been kept in the crematorium and Su Jingxing were to save him many times, he might expose himself.
It was different now that he had gone to the Martial Suppression Office.
Su Jingxing could hide behind the scenes and look after him.
The murderer would hardly take action during the day and only targeted Feng Tiejian at night.
This way, Su Jingxing could continue to stay at the crematorium during the day and leave at night to wait beside the headquarters building in the Central District.
Based on Su Jingxing's deduction, since the mastermind had failed once, they would definitely try again.
Even if Feng Tiejian was hiding in the Martial Suppression Office headquarters, they would still send people to infiltrate the place.
This interval would not be too long.
Three days to a week.
The logic was simple.
A faction that could nurture sacrificial soldiers wouldn't openly oppose the Martial Suppression Office, but in secret, they wouldn't fear them.
Not to mention that each of these major factions had their own people planted within the Martial Suppression Office
It was the same for the Li, Zhou, Qi families and the annihilated Shi Family.
And the facts proved this.
At three in the morning of the second day, Su Jingxing, who had disguised himself as Yang Jian, and put on a cloak and mask, was waiting at the top of a building next to the headquarters of the Martial Suppression Office. He saw three figures climb the wall and sneak into the Martial Suppression Office from the corner.
After entering, there wasn't the slightest bit of activity from the huge Martial Suppression Office.
Just as Su Jingxing couldn't help but prepare to go over, the three figures that snuck into the Martial Suppression Office carried Feng Tiejian and climbed over the wall again.
Su Jingxing was stunned.
They aren't directly killing Feng Tiejian, but are taking him away?
The mastermind wants him alive?
What exactly did Feng Tiejian do? Why are they so adamant on targeting him and even want him alive?
Confused, Su Jingxing prepared to stop them.
Whoosh!
A cold beam of light suddenly appeared out of nowhere and descended from the sky, charging towards the three figures carrying Feng Tiejian.
When it was ten meters away, the cold light split into three and each shot toward a figure.
Among them, the figure carrying Feng Tiejian flew close to the ground.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Rip! Rip! Rip!
The sound of rushing wind and strange noises sounded at the same time.
The three figures that had just come out from the right wall of the Martial Suppression Office headquarters' building and were running along the quiet path were all struck.
Two of them had their chests penetrated through their backs, and they died on the spot. One of them had his feet severed, and his entire body fell to the ground. Feng Tiejian, who was carrying his shoulder, rolled on the ground three times, letting out a muffled groan like a pig being slaughtered.
Li Linzhou's cold voice echoed in the night.
"Since you're here, won't you come out to meet me?"
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Chapter 158: Li Linzhou Lost
There is someone else nearby?
Su Jingxing's heart skipped a beat. He activated the secret ability, Advanced Hearing, to the maximum and listened carefully.
No one!
At least within his listening range, there was no one.
Su Jingxing activated his Night Vision and Distant Vision to the maximum. He scanned beyond his listening range inch by inch, but he didn't find anyone.
This fellow who was hiding in the dark had good concealment methods.
Su Jingxing sighed and prepared himself.
Li Linzhou was still around. It would not be easy for the other party to take Feng Tiejian away.
Swish!
A black shadow suddenly shot out from the dark forest on the right side of the Martial Suppression Office's headquarters building, rushing towards Feng Tiejian.
In the process of rushing, it split into two, two into four, four into eight, eight into 16!
In less than three seconds, 16 black shadows appeared in front of Su Jingxing's eyes. They also appeared in the vision of Li Linzhou, who was at a window on the seventh level of the headquarters building.
After the 16 shadows appeared, they dispersed and dashed towards Feng Tiejian.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Sword energy filled the air, emitting a bright light.
Li Linzhou leaped out of the window and landed on the path.
The long sword in his hand swung through the air, releasing streaks of sword energy to attack the 16 black shadows.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The 16 black shadows moved like ghosts, and half of them easily avoided the sword energies.
The remaining half were struck by the sword energies. With a series of explosions, they exploded into mist and disappeared.
But very quickly, in less than two seconds, the eight shadows that had dodged each split into two shadows, restoring the total to 16 shadows.
All the black shadows had the same goal: to pounce on Feng Tiejian and leave with him.
Seeing this, Li Linzhou naturally would not allow the other party to succeed. His sword energy continued to sweep across, and his entire person also flew over, moving close to Feng Tiejian and standing beside him.
In front of Feng Tiejian, he defeated the black shadows that pounced over.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Muffled explosions resounded through the night without end.
The black shadows exploded one after another and split up to produce more of them.
There seemed to be an endless stream of people charging madly towards Li Linzhou from all directions.
Feng Tiejian, who had a rope tied around his body and a cloth stuffed in his mouth, was dumbfounded.
On the roof, Su Jingxing's eyes flashed.
These black shadows were formed from true energy!
Each time a shadow exploded, a portion of true energy would be consumed.
Continuous explosions would only deplete the true energy.
Li Linzhou's sword energy was the same. It was condensed using externally released true energy.
Destroyed a black shadow with each strike seemed powerful, but which one consumed more energy? Su Jingxing sensed carefully and found that they were similar.
In other words, a manifestation of true energy was just enough to offset out a streak of sword energy.
The final victor would depend on whose true energy cultivation was stronger.
Su Jingxing did not know how many years of cultivation Li Linzhou had.
He did not know the cultivation level of the mastermind who was still hiding in the dark either.
But as the two consumed each other, their true energy decreased.
Su Jingxing finally discovered where the mastermind was hiding.
The third level of a shop that was across the road in front of the Martial Suppression Office!
As his true energy was increasingly depleted, the aura of the mastermind could no longer be concealed.
Su Jingxing sensed it, and so did Li Linzhou.
He immediately swung his sword quickly and defeating the four black shadows that were rushing towards him from behind. With a slash of his sword, he quickly flew out.
Swoosh!
Boom!
The rainbow-like sword energy made a turn in the air and headed straight for the third level of the shop across the road from the entrance of the Martial Suppression Office.
Boom!
A black shadow rushed out from the third floor. Facing the sword energy, a palm imprint slammed out and collided with it, turning everything into nothingness.
As the violent energies wreaked havoc, the black shadow's true body stepped into the air and charged towards Li Linzhou.
This time, he did not manifest any more true energy clones. Instead, with a kitchen knife in hand, he landed on the path where Li Linzhou was.
Swish!
The kitchen knife radiating a blinding glow under the night sky.
After slashing down, there was no knife energy released. Instead, there was an illusory knife shadow.
One, two, three, four…
In the blink of an eye, countless almost transparent blade shadows danced in the air and surrounded Li Linzhou tightly.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The sword energy around Li Linzhou increased the frequency of attacks and shot out rapidly in all directions.
The two forces collided——
Dang! Dang! Dang!
The sound of metal clashing echoed in the air.
In the face of the densely-packed and terrifying blade shadows, Li Linzhou's sword energy only lasted for two breaths before it disintegrated, turning into a large amount of energy that burst out in all directions.
The swarming blade shadows immediately struck Li Linzhou.
Pu!
Li Linzhou spat out a mouthful of blood.
The protective true energy around his body disintegrated in half a second. He was sent flying more than ten meters away by the impact of the blade shadows. He crashed into the small forest and broke seven to eight trees. Finally, he landed on the ground, creating a human-shaped dent.
He lost…
As the number one expert of Qinghe City, even if it was only on the surface, Li Linzhou was one of the most powerful figures in the city. However, he had lost this time.
He had lost to a mastermind whom he didn't even get a clear look of, a mastermind who had defeated him with just a kitchen knife!
Of course,
the reason why Li Linzhou was defeated so quickly was firstly because his true energy cultivation was inferior to his opponent. Using his sword energy to fight the black shadows in the earlier half had already consumed more than half of his true energy.
The second reason was that the kitchen knife used by the mastermind was not a semi-treasure weapon or a treasure weapon. Instead, it was a spirit weapon!
Su Jingxing couldn't tell whether it was an ancient spirit weapon or a blood spirit weapon.
However, he was a hundred percent certain that the kitchen knife was a spirit weapon.
That was because the densely packed transparent blade shadows did not carry any true energy or internal force fluctuations. It purely a unique force.
This force shot out straight from the kitchen knife.
And its might was so terrifying. Clearly, this was an ability that belonged to the kitchen knife itself.
Which made it a spirit weapon!
This was the first time Su Jingxing had seen the strength of other spirit weapons. He did not expect it to be such a situation.
The mastermind behind Feng Tiejian's capture was a powerful fourth-grade cultivator, and he even had a spirit weapon.
What did Feng Tiejian do to be targeted by such an expert?
In his bewilderment, Su Jingxing controlled his body and Thunderbolt appeared in his palm.
Whoosh!
Like a ghost, he crossed the air and descended above the path on the right side of the Martial Suppression Office headquarters building.
The black shadow that had just lifted Feng Tiejian and was about to leave sensed something wrong and suddenly slashed towards the sky.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Countless invisible blade shadows danced in the air again and surrounded Su Jingxing tightly.
Boom!
It was like a thunderclap from a blue sky
Under the control of Su Jingxing's will, Thunderbolt that floated in midair shot out over 10 thick bolts of lightning carrying terrifying heavenly lightning and swept through the surrounding space.
Electric arcs coiled around him. Wherever they passed, the blade shadows would disintegrate into nothingness.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Boom boom boom!
As resounding as thunderclaps, the lightning snakes danced wildly.
Energy surged and stirred the air, and all the blade shadows disappeared.
In less than five seconds, Thunderbolt won the first exchange!
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On the ground.
Feng Tiejian's eyes grew even wider and rounder
In the small forest.
Li Linzhou had just sat up. The corners of his eyes twitched as he revealed a shock gaze.
Spirit weapons…
Spirit weapons usually make rare appearances once every few years. Tonight, two had appeared!
One was a kitchen knife with transparent blade shadows. Its lethality was terrifying.
If it wasn't because Li Linzhou's physique had been tempered and the true energy he cultivated possessed defensive capabilities, that wave of blade shadows earlier would have taken his life.
In other words, this kitchen knife spirit weapon was enough to kill most fourth-grade martial artists.
Yet.
Against another small sword spirit weapon, the attacks of the kitchen knife spirit weapon could not withstand a single blow.
The blade shadows that filled the sky shattered into nothingness within a few seconds.
The lethality of the thick lightning bolts released by the sword spirit weapon…
No, to be precise, it's destructive power was even greater!
Li Linzhou could sense that the destructive strength carried by glowing lightning snakes was like real heavenly lightning and thunder.
It was a terrifying spirit weapon with the power of lightning and thunder!
The abilities of the kitchen knife spirit weapon were completely suppressed in the first round.
In most cases, the power of heavenly lightning and thunder could indeed suppress most spirit weapons.
Li Linzhou had thought of this, as had the black shadows' true body.
The latter immediately abandoned Feng Tiejian and moved swiftly. As he changed directions, he split into two, two into four, four into eight.
The eight figures first gathered together and weaved around. Then, they suddenly spread out and charged in all directions.
Su Jingxing saw this and did not stop by controlling Thunderbolt to attack again.
He simply watched as the eight figures disappeared into the darkness.
Firstly, Thunderbolt's energy was limited, so he had to save where he could.
Secondly, even if Su Jingxing continued to use Thunderbolt, he could not guarantee that he could take down the other party.
After all, the other party also had a spirit weapon in his hands, even though its abilities were suppressed by Thunderbolt.
However, there was a limit to the number of times Thunderbolt could be used while Su Jingxing didn't know how long his opponent's kitchen knife spirit weapon could last.
What if the energy of the kitchen knife spirit weapon could erupt continuously?
In that, when the Thunderbolt ran out of electrical power, it would be Su Jingxing's turn to face the overwhelming attack of blade shadows.
Thirdly, the other party was simply too fast. In just a few seconds, the eight figures had already dashed several hundred meters away.
If Su Jingxing wanted to catch up, he would have to use Thunderbolt's ability.
Move at lightning speed!
Truly being as fast as lightning.
However, in this way, Thunderbolt's electrical power would be depleted even faster.
With all these factors combined, Su Jingxing chose to let the other party leave.
In any case, Feng Tiejian was still around.
The fellow was lying on the ground with a dazed expression on his face.
Su Jingxing put away Thunderbolt and landed beside him, removing the restraints on him.
Throughout the entire process, Feng Tiejian wore a blank look. He was dumbfounded and had not returned to his senses.
Pa!
Su Jingxing patted him on the shoulder.
"Ah!"
Feng Tiejian cried out in alarm. He jumped up and sprawled on the ground. He was excited, nervous, and pleasantly surprised as he shouted, "Thank you senior! Thank you senior for saving my life! Thank you, thank you…"
"What have you done recently?" Su Jingxing asked in a low voice.
"I… I didn't do anything."
Feng Tiejian's body stiffened. With a glum face, he said with grief and indignation, "I won't hide it from Senior. I really don't know what I've done to be targeted by these people. I've been eating, drinking, and having fun as usual, I've also been slacking off at work. I've never offended anyone, nor have I argued with anyone. Why was I targeted!?"
Feng Tiejian said with a sobbing tone, "I don't have money, nor do I have any family heirlooms. I'm not handsome, nor do I have any talent in martial arts. What I like the most is eating. Is it wrong to like eating?"
"That's right. I eat it every day, but I'm not fat. But I'm not the only one with such a physique. Why are those people targeting me?"
"Just tell me what they want and I'll change!"
Su Jingxing said nothing.
His gaze that was fixed on Feng Tiejian flickered rapidly.
There was definitely something wrong with Feng Tiejian, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
If he had seen something he shouldn't have, the mastermind could simply silence him.
There is no need to go through so much trouble to send out a fourth-grade expert to capture him.
The fact that he is wanted alive shows that something about Feng Tiejian himself——his body, blood, and even organs had caught someone's eye?
Su Jingxing racked his brains and thought of various possibilities.
He released his true energy and turned it into a force that slashed Feng Tiejian's face, causing blood to spurt out.
Controlling his true energy, he wrapped it around the blood droplet and brought it before him to examine it closely.
Indeed, he did sense something amiss.
There seemed to be a hidden energy in Feng Tiejian's blood.
It was not the bloodline power of the Three Yin Candles Blood, but something like a rich medicinal power.
There is medicine in his blood?
What heavenly treasures did Feng Tiejian eat?
No!
There was something wrong with this medicinal power but Su Jingxing couldn't put a finger on it.
"Have you eaten any rare treasures or spirit herbs?"
Su Jingxing studied his blood and asked in a low voice.
Startled, Feng Tiejian, who had shut his mouth, trembled. He shook his head and said with a trembling voice, "No… no."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. I've really never eaten those before!"
Feng Tiejian gritted his teeth and said, "I'm always either eating in the crematorium's canteen or a restaurant. How can these two places have rare treasures and spirit herbs?"
That's right. It was impossible for any heavenly treasures to appear in the canteen or restaurants.
Then what was with the medicinal power in Feng Tiejian's blood?
"Guest Elder Lin."
Li Linzhou's voice sounded from behind him. "Is there a problem with this young man's blood?"
Guest Elder Lin?
Hearing this, Feng Tiejian carefully raised his head to look at Su Jingxing who was wearing a cloak and a mask. He subconsciously swallowed his saliva.
He knew Li Linzhou.
The Commander of City Governance of the Martial Suppression Office, the number one expert in Qinghe City. Yet he was no match for the black shadow with the kitchen knife.
However, this "Guest Elder Lin" in front of me had managed to beat back the black shadow. His attacks were swift and fierce. For some unknown reason, he had cut his face and retrieved a drop of blood.
There also seems to be something wrong with this drop of blood?
Wait, there's something wrong with my blood!?
At this thought, Feng Tiejian's body trembled even more violently.
"Senior L…"
Hu~
Strong winds swept through the sky.
Su Jingxing released his true energy externally to envelop Feng Tiejian. Carrying him, he charged into the sky.
He executed the Eight Steps Rising Dragon and increased his speed to the fastest. Amidst the sound of air friction resembling a dragon's cry, he disappeared into the horizon.
On the ground, Li Linzhou opened his mouth and looked at the night sky. After a while, he sighed.
If one's strength was inferior to another, one could not blame others.
…
In the sky.
Su Jingxing knocked Feng Tiejian out immediately and headed straight to the Green Cloud Mountain Range with him.
As for ignoring Li Linzhou, there was nothing much to say.
He couldn't possibly reveal that he knew Feng Tiejian, right?
He reminded Wu Shouhan to put Feng Tiejian in the Martial Suppression Office because he wanted to clean up his true identity!
For Feng Tiejian, Li Linzhou had already suffered an injury tonight. He would not trouble him anymore.
Him bringing Feng Tiejian away as Guest Elder Lin was a good thing to Li Linzhou.
The mastermind targeting Feng Tiejian was much stronger than Li Linzhou.
If Feng Tiejian was allowed to continue staying in Qinghe City and his location was learned by others, there would definitely be more people who would appear and forcibly capture him.
Therefore, Su Jingxing wanted to spare all future trouble and bring Feng Tiejian out of the Qinghe City.
Now that person is gone, I'll see what the mastermind can do!
Su Jingxing had also chosen the location to settle him, Changyang Prefecture City.
However, before going to the prefecture city, he had to make a trip to the Green Cloud Mountain Range, to the valley where the big white goose was.
Perhaps Feng Tiejian's situation was even more complicated than Su Jingxing had guessed.
However, Su Jingxing couldn't tell his exact condition, so he thought of borrowing the big white goose's ability.
The hidden contents on the last pages of the Eight Steps Rising Dragon and Nine Steps Trampling Heaven were revealed thanks to the big white goose.
Perhaps the big white goose could also make the abnormality on Feng Tiejian show up?
As he pondered, Su Jingxing sped up.
400 years of cultivation was enough for him to expend freely.
They raced to the valley.
Su Jingxing carried Feng Tiejian and landed beside the river where the big white goose was.
Then, he called out for the big white goose while peeling off Feng Tiejian's clothes.
He stripped the fellow naked and placed him on the ground with his back facing the sky.
"Ga ga! Ga ga!"
Upon hearing his call, the big white goose ran over from a distance.
Seeing Su Jingxing who had removed his cloak and mask, it flapped its wings excitedly.
"I'm sorry, Brother Goose. I've been a little busy lately, so I didn't come to see you."
Su Jingxing apologized first. He took out a big bunch of Essence Energy Pills from his palm space and tossed them to the big white goose.
The big white goose flapped its wings and leaped into the air, swallowing all the pills.
After landing on the ground, it flapped its wings vigorously and raised its head to let out two cries.
"Ga ga!"
"Ha, don't worry. There are plenty of pills." Su Jingxing chuckled and took out another big handful of Essence Energy Pills and tossed them to the goose.
The big white goose opened its mouth and swallowed them all, flapping its wings excitedly.
Seeing this, Su Jingxing took out another handful and the big white goose swallowed everything.
After this time, the big white goose did not honk anymore. Instead, it wagged its butt, looked at Su Jingxing, and called out softly.
"Er, there's indeed something I need to trouble you with."
Su Jingxing blushed with shame
It seemed like each time he came here, it was to ask for help.
However, the big white goose seemed very happy, so he laughed dryly and did not let himself feel conflicted.
With a light cough, he pointed at the unconscious Feng Tiejian, getting the big white goose to move close and radiate its glow.
The big white goose agreed readily and emitted a silvery-white glow that enveloped Feng Tiejian.
A hazy layer of red and green light appeared on Feng Tiejian's skin as expected.
Not one or two spots, but all over his body!
"What exactly is going on with this fellow?"
Su Jingxing narrowed his eyes at this sight.
Feng Tiejian has never eaten any heavenly treasures, but his body and blood were abnormal.
Could it be a mutation?
But a mutation occurring out of nowhere? Is it due to innate reasons, or caused by external factors?
If it was innate, it's impossible for him to have no reaction all this time.
But if it is external factors, why didn't Feng Tiejian sense anything himself?
Also, how did the mastermind know that changes had occurred to Feng Tiejian's body?
Or could it be that the anomaly in Feng Tiejian was caused by the mastermind?!
Su Jingxing's heart skipped a beat at this thought.
Rearing pigs!
A term suddenly popped into his mind.
Feng Tiejian had admitted that he loved to eat.
The mastermind targeted this trait of his and secretly carried out a different style of "rearing pigs" to change his body into what he desired.
Now that the "pig" was fat enough to be slaughtered, they came to capture him!
"Tss~"
After coming to this horrifying result, Su Jingxing's eyelids twitched.
If Feng Tiejian has really been reared as a 'pig', then who is the one doing the rearing?
He has a spirit weapon and his true energy cultivation is even stronger than Li Linzhou's.
Who exactly is the mastermind?
Su Jingxing's eyes flickered.
After a while, he took a deep breath and suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind.
After putting Feng Tiejian's clothes back on, he changed his facial features and hairstyle.
During the "plastic surgery", he noticed that Feng Tiejian was showing signs of waking up and knocked him out again.
After everything was settled, Su Jingxing disguised himself as Yang Jian before bidding farewell to the astonished big white goose.
Carrying Feng Tiejian, he expended a lot of true energy, circulating the Eight Steps Rising Dragon to the maximum as he headed straight for the prefecture city.
The Green Cloud Mountain Range was less than 300 kilometers away from the prefecture city.
Su Jingxing was as fast as lightning and he arrived at a remote corner of the city before dawn.
Putting on his mask, he slapped Feng Tiejian awake.
When Feng Tiejian woke up, he was bewildered and touched his own body repeatedly.
The corners of Su Jingxing's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything else. He only told Feng Tiejian that they had arrived at the prefecture city. Then, he led the shocked and dazed Feng Tiejian out of the alley and headed straight for a luxurious hotel not far away.
He asked for a luxury suite anonymously and paid for two months' stay in one go, including meals.
Su Jingxing brought Feng Tiejian into the room and said bluntly, "If you don't want to die, stay here for the next two months and don't go anywhere."
"Alright, alright. Senior, don't worry. I promise that I won't even take half a step out the door!"
Feng Tiejian raised his hand and swore. "But, Senior, why are you helping me like this?"
As he said this, Feng Tiejian carefully raised his head and sized up Su Jingxing whose face he couldn't see.
"I'm happy to. Can't I?"
Su Jingxing lowered his voice and snapped.
Feng Tiejian shut his mouth, not daring to make any more sounds.
"Cut the crap. Let me ask you. You said that you either eat at the canteen or restaurants. Which restaurant did you go to the most?" Su Jingxing asked.
"The one I go to most?"
When Feng Tiejian heard this, he scratched his head in thought. "I think it's… Scholar Restaurant! Yes, it's Scholar Restaurant! Senior, you don't know. Although Scholar Restaurant isn't a very famous restaurant, it's still a century-old restaurant. There are many dishes there that are very delicious and not expensive. I eat there once a week. Now that I calculate, it's been almost five years."
"…You went there once a week for five years?"
Su Jingxing's eyes sparkled.
"Yes, about five years."
Feng Tiejian nodded and said, "Although there were a few times when I didn't go, in general, I basically go every week."
"What's wrong, Senior?" Feng Tiejian asked confusedly.
"It's fine,"
Su Jingxing controlled his breath and said calmly, "I'm leaving first. Remember this, don't go out if you don't want to die!"
With that, he opened the door and left quickly.
Behind him, Feng Tiejian didn't dare to say anything and quickly closed the door.
…
Su Jingxing walked out of the hotel through the main entrance and returned to a remote corner. As he soared into the sky, he no longer tried to hide his disbelief.
Scholar Restaurant, the He Family!
The He Family that had kept a low profile for 400 years was actually "rearing" Feng Tiejian!
…
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Chapter 160: Killing with a Single Strike
That's right.
After summarizing the few clues, Su Jingxing was 99% certain that Feng Tiejian's strange body was due to eating in Scholar Restaurant.
In other words, the He Family was behind Feng Tiejian's intentional transformation.
The people who had come to capture Feng Tiejian were most likely from the He Family.
The black shadow, who had used a kitchen knife spirit weapon last night and had a stronger cultivation than Li Linzhou, was also from the He Family.
After keeping a low profile for 400 years, the He Family was probably the actual most powerful family clan in the entire Qinghe City.
Even though the third-grade He Rengu had died, they still had peak fourth-grade martial artists.
Other than the He Family, no one else knew how many of such experts there were.
Even though Su Jingxing was really eager to know why the He Family "reared" Feng Tiejian,
because he knew that the He Family was behind this, he had no choice but to pack up his ideas.
He had no choice.
Compared to the Shi Family, the He Family was even stronger.
No one knew how many fourth-grade experts they had hiding in the dark. Before he figured it out, Su Jingxing would not investigate further.
For now, it was safer for him to wait patiently for the Concentration Fruit to ripen.
Feng Tiejian had been sent to the prefecture city overnight. As long as he didn't court death, the He Family wouldn't be able to find him.
Two months later, after Su Jingxing had completed the visualization of the Demonic Heaven Trampling Elephant Diagram, achieved the solidification of the Heaven Trampling Elephant and was more confident, it wouldn't be too late to pay attention to the He Family.
…
He made a decision.
Su Jingxing returned to Qinghe City and no longer paid attention to the situation outside. He stayed at the crematorium in peace.
That afternoon, they received a phone call from a shocking murder case that requested for the Corpse Collection Team to go pick up corpses.
Su Jingxing followed Kong Dabao and his partner to the crime scene in the city.
The Tai Long Building beside Tai Long Mall!
The deceased had a powerful background.
At the headquarters of the Tai Long Corporation, the vice-president from the prefecture city, Tian Huaizhao, and his subordinates, an elite team of sixth-grade martial artists, had all died on the top floor of the building.
"Tsk tsk, I heard that when Vice-President Tian Huaizhao died, there wasn't the slightest sound of fighting. The people downstairs didn't hear anything from upstairs at all."
In the corpse transportation truck, Kong Dabao looked at the message he had just received on his phone and exclaimed.
"What's so strange about that? The murderer must have used poison," his partner said lazily.
"Poison?" The driver pursed his lips and said, "These bosses of large corporations, dying from poison gas, they've gotten off lightly."
"Whether he was poisoned or not is still debatable," Kong Dabao continued. "Anyway, we'll know later. What I'm curious about is that he's a vice-president from the prefecture city and the Tai Long Corporation is also a large corporation. How could someone be so bold as to sneak into the top floor of the building and kill Tian Huaizhao in Tai Long's territory!"
"It might not be an infiltration," Su Jingxing interjected. "Perhaps he's someone that Tian Huaizhao knows, a distinguished guest that Tian Huaizhao had personally received him. Only, they had a sudden conflict, and Tian Huaizhao couldn't dodge it and died."
"If that's the case, it would explain why there was no sound when Tian Huaizhao and his men died," Kong Dabao's partner speculated.
"If that's the case, wouldn't it be easy to find the murderer?" Kong Dabao was suspicious. "Even if there aren't surveillance cameras in the office, there should be cameras installed in the corridors, elevators, and lobby of the building, right?"
"Hey, since they dared to poison him, they naturally wouldn't expose themselves," his partner analyzed. "I even suspect that there are spies inside the Tai Long Building."
"According to what you've said, Tian Huaizhao died because of an internal strife?" The driver was wide-eyed.
"Most likely," said his partner, with an enigmatic expression.
Su Jingxing saw it and held back his laughter.
The few of them had only started a discussion in the truck because they were bored.
In truth, no matter how Tian Huaizhao died or who the murderer was, it had nothing to do with them, even though the impact of this incident was huge.
It was obvious that since Tian Huaizhao had come from the headquarters of the prefecture city, but died in the Qinghe branch office, and in the office on the top floor of the Tai Long Building at that,
the headquarters of the Tai Long Corporation would be furious at the way he died. Even their rivals would be filled with righteous indignation and send experts to investigate the cause of his death.
Then, they would find the murderer and execute him!
This was because Tian Huaizhao represented the entire Tai Long Corporation.
That the murderer dared to break into the top floor of the Tai Long Building to kill someone was equivalent to stepping all over the Tai Long Corporation.
This grudge was undoubtedly even bigger.
If there was a third-grade expert in the team sent by the Tai Long Corporation headquarters, the show would get interesting.
Su Jingxing thought inwardly.
…
The corpse transportation truck arrived at Tai Long Square.
Su Jingxing, Kong Dabao, and his partner got out of the car, put on their gloves and masks, and carried a stretcher to the entrance of the building.
A crowd had gathered on both sides of the entrance, with security personnel maintaining order.
As for the Martial Suppression Office personnel, they must be on the top floor of the building, where the corpses were found.
The appearance of Su Jingxing and company immediately caused a small-scale discussion.
"They claimed that no one had died? Who are they kidding? The crematorium's corpse collection team is here."
"That's right. If the Tai Long Corporation wants to keep this a secret, they should have a better understanding of where they are."
"Maybe they have their difficulties."
"Difficulties my ass. The people are already dead. Are we going to leave their corpses in the building to become Corpse Puppets?"
"…"
Su Jingxing suddenly had a bad feeling as he listened to the discussions going on in the crowd.
Sure enough, as soon as the three of them stepped into the building, they were stopped by a middle-aged man and a few others.
"Wait, who asked you to come here? Get out! Get out! There aren't any corpses here for now!"
Annoyed, the middle-aged man gestured impatiently for Su Jingxing and company to leave.
Kong Dabao took a few steps forward and said irritably, "No, you were the ones who called. And now you're asking us to leave again?"
"We called? You must be mistaken. We never called!" The middle-aged man's face was somber. "Cut the crap now. There's nothing for you. Go back to wherever you came from."
Kong Dabao glared at him. "Hey, what's wrong with you? Do you think we would lie to you? Can you even take responsibility if a corpse turns into a Corpse Puppet?"
The middle-aged man's expression changed. "Like I said, there is nothing for you here now. We never called the crematorium!"
With that, he turned around and left, waving at the others. "Chase them out!"
"Yes sir," said a group of burly men in black suits, crowding around Su Jingxing and company.
Kong Dabao was furious. "You guys…"
"I'm the one who called them," a cold voice said.
The middle-aged man, Kong Dabao, and the others present all turned to look at the entrance when they heard the commotion.
The Chief of Control of the Martial Suppression Office Western District Branch, Sun Ye, strode over with a group of soldiers from the Martial Suppression Office.
The moment he saw Sun Ye, the middle-aged man's expression turned livid.
Kong Dabao and his partner were confused.
"What's going on? There weren't Martial Suppression Office personnel at the scene?" asked Kong Dabao, scratching his head.
"That goes without saying. From the looks of it, the Tai Long Corporation was clearly trying to keep this a secret for now. In the end, someone leaked the news and exposed it," whispered his partner excitedly.
Rubbing his chin, Kong Dabao sighed. "Looks like it is a big show. A big corporation sure is complicated. The internal strife has come to such an extent, they're even refusing to let go of the corpses."
"…" Su Jingxing was at a loss for words as he listened to their conversation. "Why do you guys have so many dramatic thoughts?"
Imagination was one thing, but it would be ridiculous if one went overboard.
…
"I don't think we called you, Chief Sun."
Ignoring Su Jingxing and company, the middle-aged man stopped Sun Ye and his men. In a low voice, he said, "This is Tai Long's territory. If there are any problems, we, Tai Long, will resolve them first. If we can't, we will naturally call on the Martial Suppression Office for help."
"And?" asked Sun Ye expressionlessly.
"And what?" asked the middle-aged man, stunned. "Did I not make myself clear? If you can't solve the problem, we'll look for you. Now that we've solved the problem, we don't need you anymore. Please leave as you came."
"My apologies," said Sun Ye, grinning. "This is Qinghe City. The land of your Tai Long Building is in Qinghe. As long as it's within Qinghe City, the Qinghe Martial Suppression Office has the right to oversee criminal cases!"
"Heh. Like you said, that's for criminal cases. We don't have a criminal case here, so what business of yours is there?" sneered the middle-aged man.
"We'll know when we get to the top floor," said Sun Ye. He pushed the middle-aged man away and strode towards the elevator.
"Stop right there!"
The middle-aged man turned his body to the side and hurried forward to intercept him. "Chief Sun, our chairman has given instructions to leave this matter to him. The chairman is already on his way and will arrive in Qinghe City in half an hour!"
"It's fine." Sun Ye spoke indifferently as he walked. "Your chairman is free to come. We won't hinder his investigation of the murderer. If he can find the murderer, it would save us a lot of trouble."
"You…" The middle-aged man was furious. He wanted to stop Sun Ye, but was dragged together with him towards the elevator.
To put it bluntly, he wasn't the top person in charge, and his strength was only in the sixth-grade. On the surface, he seemed to be at the same level as Sun Ye, but that wasn't how things worked out.
Sun Ye was the Chief of Control of the Martial Suppression Office. Now that Tian Huaizhao was dead, the Martial Suppression Office's interference was inevitable, and no one could stop them.
Even if he made a forceful move and chased Sun Ye out, it would bring the stronger Commissioners of Defense, or even Li Linzhou himself.
By then, the Tai Long Corporation would be at a disadvantage.
Tian Huaizhao had died an unclear death, and if they offended the Martial Suppression Office again, how could the Tai Long Corporation maintain its footing in Qinghe?
This was precisely what the middle-aged man was considering, and so he reluctantly followed Sun Ye to the crime scene.
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Watching the group leave, Kong Dabao asked Su Jingxing, "What do we do?"
"Of course we follow," his partner said with a grin. "Didn't you hear what Chief Sun said? He called us here. If Chief Sun can go up, so can we!"
"Yeah," Su Jingxing agreed. He asked coolly, "What are you waiting for? Let's go."
With that, he strode towards the elevator.
"That's right, let's go!" said Kong Dabao's partner, clapping his hands. He called Kong Dabao and followed suit.
The three of them walked past a group of burly men in black suits who were looking at each other, unsure of what to do. Then, they headed straight for the elevator.
There was nothing wrong with Kong Dabao's words.
Since Sun Ye had already gone up, Su Jingxing and company were no exception.
They had not received any orders, so it was best for them to stand aside.
More importantly, no matter where the corpses were, it was best to cremate them first.
If they were to turn into Corpse Puppets, as subordinates, they would only be at the forefront and die the quickest.
With that in mind, the group tacitly made way for Su Jingxing and company to reach the elevator.
They took the elevator and headed straight to the top floor.
When they exited the elevator, they reached a spacious, flat-floor office.
Immediately, Su Jingxing extracted 14 cards.
Then, he scanned the entire floor and saw corpses on the ground outside the partition.
These people were not poisoned to death, but killed by weapons.
The movements were swift, and almost all of them died from a single strike—either to the neck or through the chest.
As a result, blood splattered all over the ground, and the smell of blood was overpowering.
Inside the door at the far end, Sun Ye and company were examining a corpse closely.
Su Jingxing took a glance from afar and shifted his gaze away. Together with Kong Dabao and his partner, they began moving corpses.
Even though Kong Dabao and his partner had guessed wrong, they were right about one thing——Tian Huaizhao's fate had nothing to do with them.
As members of the crematorium's Corpse Collection Team, they only had one job——move corpses!
The corpses were put into body bags. Kong Dabao and his partner worked together while Su Jingxing worked alone. After making a few trips up and down, they loaded all the corpses—except for Tian Huaizhao's—into the corpse transportation truck.
The middle-aged man had stopped them from moving Tian Huaizhao's corpse.
In his words, the other corpses could be sent to be incinerated.
But, no one was allowed to touch Tian Huaizhao's corpse.
Sun Ye didn't say anything at the side either. Seeing this, Su Jingxing didn't insist.
With several sixth-grade martial artists present, even if Tian Huaizhao turned into a Corpse Puppet, they would be able to kill him immediately.
Su Jingxing naturally had no objections.
Gathering Kong Dabao and his partner, they drove back to the crematorium with a dozen corpses.
"Sigh… To think that Tian Huaizhao wasn't poisoned to death."
Along the way, Kong Dabao sighed again. "The person who killed him was incredible. I took a glance at his corpse and realized that he only used one move to finish Tian Huaizhao off. That Tian Huaizhao was a fifth-grade expert, but he was killed with a single strike. This is ridiculous."
"What else?"
Kong Dabao's partner replied lazily. "This was clearly done by an acquaintance. It's normal to be able to kill the target with one strike when he is unprepared!"
"Yeah," said Kong Dabao, sighing. "Who would have expected an acquaintance to do that? It's like…"
"Watch out!"
Su Jingxing yelled. Seated in the front passenger seat, he quickly grabbed the steering wheel and wrapped his true energy around the brakes to stabilize the truck.
"How…"
Thump!
A dull thud came from outside the car.
Accompanied by the sound, the corpse transportation truck shook. Its tires burst, and the remaining parts let out ear-piercing from rubbing against the ground.
Su Jingxing had grabbed the steering wheel early, stopping the truck from flipping in the driver's panic. Instead, it continued driving along the road. Finally, the driver stepped on the brakes and stopped the truck steadily on the road.
The other cars that followed behind stopped as well. An accident did not occur.
Before the drivers of these vehicles could curse in rage, more than a dozen black-clothed martial artists, wrapped from head to toe, suddenly soared into the air from the left and right sides of the road.. They landed on the roof of the corpse transportation truck!
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