“Probably knows!”
A Cai couldn’t stand the pressure and blurted it out through gritted teeth.
Lu Ming’s expression didn’t change much; he had already guessed this outcome.
“The Family Head is a Third-Rank Grandmaster. If we secretly left the group, we couldn’t possibly escape his eyes. Since he didn’t stop us, it means he knew.”
A Cai explained, but A Wang, who only had half a breath left, was utterly shocked when he heard this.
He seemed to have never imagined Su Zhengfeng to be so vicious, thinking it was just something those adopted sons and daughters did behind his back, but he never expected…
Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs!
Su Zhengfeng was even more venomous than a tiger.
At this moment, he thought of their betrayal. If Su Zhengfeng found out, would they still live?
The answer was no.
“Young Master, I’ve said everything that should be said and shouldn’t be said.”
“Can you let me go?”
A Cai wore a fawning smile, but his eyes held deep vigilance, and his hand had already subtly moved to his saber hilt.
“Of course, I can. I’ll send you on your way right now.” Lu Ming also wore a gentle smile, just like his predecessor’s warm, harmless demeanor every time he saw someone from Su Manor.
However,
Clang!
A Cai still drew his saber. His movements were very fast.
But Lu Ming’s were even faster.
Bang!
A Cai’s saber was only halfway drawn when his head was shattered by Lu Ming’s punch.
White and red splattered all over the ground.
The headless corpse slowly fell.
【Slaughter Value +100!】
Lu Ming saw the System panel pop up with text only he could see, and he withdrew his fist with satisfaction.
“Young… Young Master…”
Bang!
【Slaughter Value +100!】
A Wang’s chest suffered another heavy blow, and his eyes closed unwillingly.
Lu Ming searched their bodies and found over ten taels of silver, and also took the Absolute Kill Order and a saber.
He walked out of the dilapidated temple alone.
The rain cleared, and a bright moon hung in the clear sky.
Lu Ming stood on a rock, gazing at Shouchun City in the distance.
The city was exceptionally lively tonight, with long strings of lanterns hanging like stars in the night sky.
“Hmph!”
“Rest assured, I will avenge you.”
“Whether it’s Sword King City, Golden Money Gang, or Cao Gang, not one of them will escape.”
As the mountain wind blew, Lu Ming’s eyes were exceptionally bright.
With the System, he was absolutely confident he could return and exact his revenge within a year or so.
Now!
Run!
His figure plunged into the depths of the mountain forest, while he silently chanted in his mind.
“System, add points, all to Five Tigers Severing Door Saber.”
While fists and kicks were useful, true martial arts depended on weapons.
【Ding, points added successfully. Five Tigers Severing Door Saber (8/100)!】
Buzz!
In an instant, countless experiences and vital points for Cultivating the Five Tigers Severing Door Saber flooded Lu Ming’s mind. The muscle lines on his body became increasingly defined, and a thick layer of calluses formed on his hands, as if he had been practicing saber for several years.
Clang!
The long saber was drawn from its sheath, and an aura of fierce dominance was evident.
“Ha!”
Lu Ming roared and swung his long saber horizontally.
Crack!
Two trees, each as thick as a bowl, were directly cut in half with a single strike, the cuts clean and even.
“It seems Wang Yuyan’s evaluation was correct. Yao Bodang’s Five Tigers Severing Door Saber had its power diminished because a few moves were lost, and Yao Bodang’s Internal Energy was also slightly insufficient, which prevented this saber technique from being fully utilized.”
“With these factors combined, it’s understandable that he lost to Bao Butong.”
“But the System provided the complete Five Tigers Severing Door Saber, coupled with the Shen Zhao Sutra, which remedied the Internal Energy deficiency. This saber technique is invincible, at least below the Seventh-Rank.”
Lu Ming sheathed his saber, and his figure disappeared into the forest.
At the same time, a dozen figures streamed into the dilapidated temple outside the city.
“Oh no, something bad has happened!”
Advisor Xie of the Golden Money Gang looked at the two corpses on the ground, his face grim.
They were only a little late, and these two had already become corpses. How were they going to explain this to Sword King City?
This was truly an unprovoked disaster, for no good reason.
If you’re weak, don’t get separated.
Another Cao Gang Elder, Ma Chun, turned the bodies over and examined the wounds.
“Mountain-Opening Fist!”
Ma Chun and the others immediately recognized that A Wang and A Cai had died from the Cao Gang’s Mountain-Opening Fist technique, and with just one punch.
“What?”
“Cao Gang, you actually dared to…”
Advisor Xie was shocked, and at the same time, all the Disciples of the Golden Money Gang drew their sabers, pointing them at the Cao Gang Disciples.
“Wait, what are you going crazy for?” Ma Chun roared.
He naturally understood what Advisor Xie wanted to do. The people from Sword King City were dead, and he wanted to find someone to take the blame. The Golden Money Gang couldn’t handle it, so he wanted to pin it on the Cao Gang.
But Ma Chun absolutely could not let the Cao Gang take this blame.
“Advisor Xie, these two people from Sword King City indeed died by the Mountain-Opening Fist, but it was definitely not done by anyone from our Cao Gang.”
“Master Feng had already given instructions that all the brothers in our gang were to remain in the branch today, with no one going out.”
“If you want to push the blame onto our Cao Gang, dream on!”
Hearing this, Advisor Xie narrowed his eyes, not expecting Master Feng to have gone to such lengths.
If that was the case, it would indeed be difficult to smear the Cao Gang.
Thinking of this, Advisor Xie revealed a harmonious smile.
“Elder Ma, why be so angry?”
“I was just joking around!”
“Hahaha…”
Advisor Xie waved his hand, and the Disciples of the Golden Money Gang all sheathed their sabers.
“However…”
He changed the subject, “Two envoys from Sword King City indeed died by the Mountain-Opening Fist. How do you explain that?”
“As far as I know, Lu Ming is just an unranked minor character. He absolutely couldn’t have used the Mountain-Opening Fist to kill two Early Stage Ninth-Rank Martial Artists.”
Hearing this, Ma Chun also frowned deeply.
He wondered, could it be that my Cao Gang really has an internal traitor?
Who saved Lu Ming?
However, he said aloud:
“I will personally explain this matter to the Branch Master. For now, the most important thing is to immediately dispatch people to find Lu Ming.”
“Otherwise, if Sword King City blames us, neither your Golden Money Gang nor our Cao Gang will have a good outcome.”
Ma Chun deliberately changed the subject, and Advisor Xie also had no intention of dwelling on it.
Because, as Ma Chun said, if Lu Ming couldn’t be caught, there was no way to explain it to Sword King City.
“Immediately disperse all Disciples. Using this temple as the center, conduct a carpet search within a twenty-mile radius.”
“Additionally, notify the Disciples in the city to immediately blockade all routes out of Shouchun City, whether they are official roads or small paths, block them all.”
Advisor Xie immediately gave the order.
“Our Cao Gang will also immediately blockade the Lian River waterway.”
Ma Chun also immediately expressed his stance.
Soon, the entire Shouchun City, both inside and outside, became tense.
Disciples of the Golden Money Gang and Cao Gang could be seen everywhere, checking and searching.