An Chen completely ignored the question, stepping forward to grab his neck.
Sensing his neck being grabbed, the thug struggled violently, but An Chen’s grip was not something he could break free from.
An Chen gritted his teeth and exerted force, a crisp snap came from the thug’s neck, and An Chen slowly released his hand, causing the thug to slump to the ground.
Only then did An Chen’s heart begin to pound fiercely.
He had killed before, so this time when he killed again, no great waves were stirred in his heart, but he still felt a sudden wave of nausea.
After all, he was not some cold-blooded killer.
But in An Chen’s view, this was the optimal solution.
The two were definitely not the kind of people who had a sudden idea to make quick money last time; there were very likely others behind them.
An Chen had also seen several similar cases in the news in recent days, all involving Transcendent being kidnapped. The police had already linked these cases, describing them as “organized and premeditated” crimes.
An Chen guessed that the reason these bandits who kidnapped Transcendent were Cultivator was probably because the organization behind them provided them with Cultivation Technique, which allowed them to Cultivate.
Su Xiaojiu inspected the two bodies, confirming they were dead. She then grabbed their wrists and checked the backs of their right hands.
Both had something applied to the backs of their hands. Su Xiaojiu wiped it away and saw the gate-shaped marks on their hand backs.
“Confirmed, they are both Transcendent.”
She casually flicked her hand, appearing completely unfazed; the two corpses didn't scare her at all.
“How many people have you killed?”
An Chen looked at Su Xiaojiu and suddenly asked.
“Not many, actually, it was mostly when I encountered mountain bandits just before Transmigration last time that I killed more.”
“Then why do I feel like you’re indifferent to killing?”
Even though An Chen now roughly understood what Kyushu was like, and knew that the law of the jungle was ingrained in the genes of Kyushu’s people, An Chen was still puzzled by this.
“In our family, everyone has this lesson.” Su Xiaojiu looked up and thought for a moment: “The city prison managed by the Fire Phoenix Sect doesn’t lack death row inmates. When we reach a certain age, Father will arrange for someone to take us there… Actually, it’s not just us; most Disciple within the Fire Phoenix Sect have to go through this lesson.”
It's just that not all Disciple have to kill with their own hands; more people just watch.
After all, there aren’t that many death row inmates.
Just hearing this, ordinary people might think that all Cultivator in Kyushu are bloodthirsty, but upon closer thought, there really isn’t any problem with it.
If Chen Sheng and Jiang Cheng hadn’t forced him to kill that gang leader, An Chen probably would never have killed anyone.
However, in Kyushu, and even on Earth, the world is becoming increasingly dangerous. The appearance of Cultivator has introduced many unstable factors into society, and public order maintenance methods targeting ordinary people are not necessarily effective for Transcendent and Cultivator.
This is also why An Chen encountered such robbers.
They believed themselves to be extraordinary and beyond the constraints of ordinary law, so they dared to brazenly kidnap people.
In such circumstances, being soft-hearted seemed quite ridiculous.
If An Chen had spared their lives, these people would likely not learn their lesson and would instead return with more people.
Kill when necessary.
This was a very important lesson An Chen learned from two not-so-excellent Senior Brother.
Clearly, Su Xiaojiu had understood this principle long ago.
“What should we do now?”
“Let's just leave. Let some unlucky person find these two bodies and call the police. We should hurry home now.”
The two quickly returned to the residential area. No sooner had they climbed over the gate than two police cars arrived, and several police officers entered the area.
The person who called the police seemed to be the security guard at the gate.
An Chen’s mind stirred, and as he passed the second floor, he glanced outside.
He was surprised to find Zhou Limin still on the ground, motionless.
An Chen was startled, went over to check Zhou Limin’s carotid artery, and found that Zhou Limin still had a pulse. An Chen immediately understood that the towel stuffed into Zhou Limin’s mouth probably contained an anesthetic, causing Zhou Limin to enter a comatose state.
Several police officers were now following the security guard downstairs. An Chen immediately slipped into the stairwell and ran back home.
Back home, An Chen and Su Xiaojiu released their Stealth Talisman state.
An Chen changed his clothes, and Su Xiaojiu even changed into her pajamas.
An Chen looked down again and saw an ambulance driving into the residential area, but behind the ambulance was a black SUV with a familiar logo on its body.
Kunpeng.
Indeed, events related to Transcendent always involved them.
The SUV stopped in the residential area, and the figure who got out of the car was still Zhang Wei.
An Chen felt a headache.
Was Kunpeng short on people, or was Zhang Wei stuck with him?
Why was it always him!
An Chen silently counted in his mind, and soon, his door was knocked.
At this time… Zhang Wei probably hadn't even gone to the second-floor scene, but came directly to find him.
An Chen first glanced out the window and saw that medical personnel had already carried Zhou Limin out on a stretcher, moving him towards the ambulance.
“An Chen? Is An Chen home?”
Finding no sound from inside, Zhang Wei outside knocked louder and asked.
An Chen walked to the door, pulled it open abruptly, and Zhang Wei, who was leaning against the door, was pushed out.
“What are you doing?”
Zhang Wei rubbed his hands and raised an eyebrow at An Chen.
“What’s going on downstairs?”
“You ask me? Who should I ask?”
An Chen frowned.
“In this building, you two great masters are here, what do you two not know?”
An Chen let out a “hmph” from his throat.
“I heard the sirens just now. Police cars, ambulances, and your Kunpeng all came, which means it must be an Awakening event… Tell me, what exactly happened?”
Zhang Wei carefully scrutinized An Chen’s expression, suspiciously asking:
“You really don’t know what happened.”
An Chen had an exasperated expression.
“Do you really think I’m in the Returning Void Stage? I don’t have the ability to project Divine Sense, so how could I observe everything happening in this building? Besides, don’t you have the ability to track me? Don’t you know where I went and what I did?”
Zhang Wei sighed.
“It seems it really has nothing to do with you.”
An Chen suddenly felt relieved.
In fact, he was also gambling that Kunpeng couldn't detect them.
It seems that the string of aura-concealing beads Hong Shan gave him was really effective, and Su Xiaojiu also had her own means of hiding her aura.
Then the only means of monitoring them for Kunpeng members was visual observation.
Coupled with the Stealth Talisman, Cultivator below the Spirit Nurturing Stage couldn't detect them.