Chapter 301: Chapter 126: Wood Snake Seal! Bloodline Divine Skills!_2
As he finished off Mu Jin, Su Changkong felt a jolt in his body, an inexplicable chill as if some unknown power had invaded his being!
“What is this…?”
Startled, Su Changkong immediately checked himself for changes and soon noticed a new green mark on the back of his hand, like vines or a serpent—a ghostly green mark!
“What’s going on? As I killed Mu Jin, did a force from his body seep into mine, leaving this mark?”
Confounded, Su Changkong had killed many, even demon monsters, but this was the first time he had slain a scion of an ancient family, and he hadn’t expected such bizarre circumstances to occur.
“What is this mark? Is it for tracking me?”
His expression shifting uncertainly, Su Changkong looked at the mark on his hand. He tried to use his True Qi to disperse it, but he could only make it invisible temporarily. As soon as he ceased his True Qi, the mark would reappear, as tenacious as a bone-deep tumor.
“And this Mu Jin… the art he used was clearly demon art! Could it be that the so-called millennial families are all demon monsters?”
Su Changkong frowned deeply as he looked at the corpse on the ground.
The millennial families were enigmatic, with scant records about them; it was only known that these families were incredibly powerful, some predating the founding of the Great Flame Empire.
Even the founding members of the Flame Emperor’s royal family were said to be from these families and top-tier ones at that! That was how they could dominate others!
With Mu Jin using what seemed like demon art, Su Changkong couldn’t help but wonder: could a group of demon monsters be ruling the Great Flame Empire? The very thought was chilling!
However, if the millennial families were indeed a group of demon monsters, such a fact would have surely caused an uproar and shaken the world, prompting all martial artists to rise in rebellion or rebellion, instead of the quiet that prevailed.
There might be deeper secrets at play, but they were beyond Su Changkong’s understanding for now.
“I should not linger here. I need to take Mu Jin’s body with me and dispose of it!”
Without delving any further, Su Changkong first needed to deal with the aftermath of the battle. After checking that no easily identifiable marks had been left, he cleaned up the bloodstains and then quickly dragged Mu Jin’s body away.
Su Changkong planned to carry Mu Jin’s body further away before burning it to thoroughly erase all traces. While it might be futile, as the saying goes, ‘no corpse for a death, no person for a disappearance,’ with no body of Mu Jin found, the Dafeng Iron Cavalry could only assume Mu Jin was “missing,” and any delay was worth it.
Half an hour after Su Changkong left, two figures rapidly arrived at the scene: it was Chief Tie He of Ten Thousand from the Dafeng Iron Cavalry and the tall, fierce woman who had come with Mu Jin.
“Mu Jin’s been gone for so long, could he have run into trouble?” the tall woman worriedly furrowed her brows.
Mu Jin had pursued the mysterious figure who had killed Huangfu Honglang, and since he hadn’t returned for so long, Tie He and the woman had swiftly dealt with the Iron Sword Sect matter and followed the direction Mu Jin had left in to check on the situation.
The two couldn’t help but worry about Mu Jin potentially encountering trouble, but on second thought, Mu Jin, being a scion of an ancient family, should hardly face any threats in the vicinity of Dafeng State City, apart from the Four Great Generals—so there shouldn’t be a problem!
“Here are signs of a battle!”
Quickly, Tie He and the woman spotted where the forest trees had been snapped and impressions littered the ground as though a colossal beast had rampaged through.
“These battle signs are recent—it’s where Mu Jin fought with that person.”
Tie He examined the traces on the ground with a grave expression, easily surmising that the disturbance here was from the recent conflict between Mu Jin and the mysterious person, where they had come to blows.
“No sign of either their bodies; did Mu Jin win, or was it that mysterious figure?”
The woman also frowned tightly. Although they searched around, neither found a body. While she asked this question, both knew something very well in their hearts.
“Mu Jin… is in trouble!”
If Mu Jin had won, he should have returned, not disappeared. If the mysterious person had won, they likely would have disposed of Mu Jin’s body and then left.
As they exchanged glances, both saw the alarm in the other’s eyes. It was highly probable that Mu Jin had fallen victim!
“Who is this mysterious person… who killed Huangfu Honglang, and likely Mu Jin as well?”
Tie He’s brows knitted tightly.
Mu Jin was eccentric and prone to sudden madness, but as a scion of an ancient family, he was no weakling. And yet, it seemed he had severely underestimated the mysterious person and had vanished, likely dead.
“Mu Jin… such an unfathomable madman! Why did he have to pursue that mysterious figure? Now that he’s created such a mess, we’ll probably be held accountable!”
The tall woman angrily chastised.
They could have coexisted peacefully without provoking each other, yet Mu Jin inexplicably insisted on a pursuit, perhaps irritating the other party which led to their fight and the current situation.
Taking a deep breath, Tie He said, “Let’s not talk about this to anyone for now; it could be that Mu Jin is still tracking that mysterious person and may reappear tomorrow. Whether he’s alive or dead is yet to be confirmed. We’ll report to the commander and state governor after we go back.”
If an ordinary chief of ten thousand were missing, that alone would be no small matter, let alone Mu Jin who was not just one of Dafeng Iron Cavalry’s chiefs of ten thousand, but also a scion of a millennial family. His disappearance was likely to stir up no small commotion!