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Chapter 129 Murder
Chapter 129 Murder
"Clang!"
The woman named Zhang Jiaowei actually drew her sword.
The atmosphere in the room froze instantly.
"Junior Brother Luo, what's wrong with you—"
Chen Yuan's expression was one of surprise and uncertainty.
Just as he was about to ask a question, Zhang Jiaowei, who was standing to the side, impatiently pointed her sword at the other man's throat and sneered, "Junior Brother Luo, you actually dare to come back! You—"
"boom!"
Before she could finish speaking, a fist shadow suddenly magnified in her pupils.
Before she could react, her whole body was sent flying backward with a "bang," like a willow catkin in the wind.
She fell awkwardly about seven or eight meters behind her.
The sword in his hand also flew out.
Her instinctive, lightning-fast reaction caused her to leap up from the ground immediately after landing.
Her expression froze for a moment, then, following the horrified gazes of Chen Yuan and the others, she lowered her head and looked at her chest with some confusion.
Her chest had exploded.
From the front of the chest to the back.
His entire chest had been pierced.
From the bloody hole in front, you can clearly see the large black tree behind her.
She stood there with her head down for a few seconds, then leaned forward and fell to the ground with a "thud," dying instantly.
The arena fell into a deathly silence.
A gust of wind swirled around Luo Qingchen's fist, making a whooshing sound, as he looked at Chen Yuan and the others.
"thump----"
Chen Yuan's legs went weak, and he knelt down.
One moment he was full of excitement and greed, the next he was so frightened that his face turned ashen and his soul seemed to fly out of his body.
The other disciples at the Blood Exchange Realm were also frozen in place, dumbfounded.
Luo Qingchen withdrew her fist and ignored them.
He picked up the storage bag from the corpse and the sword beside it, put them away, and quickly left.
Even long after his figure disappeared around the corner, Chen Yuan remained kneeling on the ground, his expression blank, his face pale, his whole body trembling, and he dared not get up.
The other disciples also stood frozen in place, not daring to move an inch.
Beside her, beneath Zhang Jiaowei's corpse, crimson blood quickly stained a large patch of white road.
Luo Qingchen followed the path beside the cliff, spiraling upwards.
Soon, they arrived at the black stone house.
As he approached the stone house, he took out a piece of black cloth and put it on his face.
Two disciples not far away were stunned for a moment when they saw this scene, and then followed curiously.
Inside the stone house sat a gaunt old man dressed in a black robe, looking frail and aged.
At that moment, he was looking down and flipping through a book.
The book's cover bore the large characters "Illustrations of the Albizia".
This book was given to him by Zhang Duanyang.
At this moment, his normally cloudy little eyes shone with an unusually bright, lewd light.
When the light from the window was blocked, he frowned, reluctantly closed the book in his hands, looked up at the window, and said impatiently, "What is it?"
After saying that, he paused for a moment, his small eyes staring suspiciously at the figure outside the window whose face was covered by a black cloth.
Suddenly, his eyes widened.
"Whoosh!"
The next second, he suddenly stood up from his chair.
"Luo Qingchen! It's you, kid!"
Although the other party's face was covered with a black cloth, he still recognized this audacious little bastard at a glance. First, he caused him to lose the young and charming Steward Qiu, then he caused him to lose his money and a top-quality corpse slave!
Zhang Duanyang had promised him that after killing this little bastard, he would give him the remaining half of the silver and a top-grade corpse slave made from a young girl from the Black Phoenix Peak Blood Exchange Realm.
He waited anxiously for the news, only to receive the message that Zhang Duanyang had been killed at the foot of the mountain.
When he heard the news, he was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
If he hadn't been old and frail, and hadn't fought anyone for many years, he would have wanted to go down the mountain himself and tear this little bastard who ruined his plans to pieces, grind his bones to dust!
I thought the other party was a red name, being hunted down by the entire sect, and had died outside. Who knew that he would come back alive today!
At that moment, both old and new grudges surged up, causing him to lose his mind instantly.
"You little bastard, you think I won't recognize you just because you're wearing a black cloth over your face? Even if you were reduced to ashes, I'd still recognize you!"
Seeing that the little bastard seemed to be running away after he called out his name, Wei Changsong immediately reached out and grabbed his arm, then pulled him into the house through the window.
Then he grabbed him by the neck and sneered, "You little bastard! Trying to run away? You've got me in trouble—"
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a chill in his abdomen.
Looking down, he saw that a dagger had somehow pierced his abdomen.
This shock instantly brought him to a slightly clearer head, which had been clouded by anger and hatred.
"you----"
Just as he was about to use all his strength to crush the other person's neck, a fist full of power suddenly slammed into his chest with a "boom," sending him flying.
His thin, withered body crashed through the stone house and flew outside.
Before he could land, a blur flashed by and slammed a punch into him with a loud bang, knocking him to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.
His eyes widened in terror, and just as he was about to speak, the fist suddenly enlarged in his pupils.
"boom!"
His head exploded instantly, killing him instantly!
Luo Qingchen picked up the storage bag from him, then went into the dilapidated stone house, rummaged through the drawers, found two five-hundred-tael silver notes, put them into her own storage bag, and then left the stone house.
Outside the stone house, the two disciples who had just followed him were now frozen in place, staring at him in disbelief.
Both of them were core disciples of Black Phoenix Peak, and they were also acquaintances.
One of them was Hu Changhe, who was ranked tenth.
One of them was Yuwen Daxiong, who was tall and robust, and ranked first among his siblings.
The way the two of them looked at him at that moment was as if they were looking at a terrifying monster.
Luo Qingchen glanced at the two of them, cupped his hands in greeting, and said, "If anyone from the Enforcement Hall comes to question us, I would like to ask you two junior brothers to be witnesses. Deacon Wei attacked us without cause, and I fought back desperately to protect myself, which is how I survived."
The two men froze for a moment, then immediately nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes! That's right! We saw it with our own eyes; it was Wei Zhi who attacked first! Senior Brother Luo—you acted in self-defense, absolutely in self-defense! Well done! Well done!"
Hu Changhe immediately cursed again, "That old bastard, relying on his position as a steward, often bullies the female disciples on our peak. I heard he also frequently goes to brothels and doesn't pay. He deserves to die!"
Yuwen Daxiong quickly added, "My older sister told me that this old bastard often goes to Hundred Corpse Peak to play with some corpse slaves. I guess he's already colluded with that bastard Zhang Duanyang. Senior Brother Luo, you did a good job killing him!"
"Then I'll have to trouble you two junior brothers."
Luo Qingchen didn't linger any longer. She cupped her hands in farewell and left.
The two of them stared at his retreating figure, frozen in place. Only after he had gone far away did they look at each other, bewildered.
Then, they all looked at Wei Changsong's corpse, which was no longer human, behind the stone house.
"There are a total of six thousand five hundred taels of silver —"
As she walked, Luo Qingchen checked the silver in her two storage bags.
The female disciple named Zhang Jiaowei only had five hundred taels.
There were a total of six thousand taels of silver in Wei Changsong's storage bag and drawer.
Adding to his previous silver, he now possesses a total of 40220 taels of silver.
When he returned the way he came, he was almost at the black stone bridge when he saw that a lot of people had gathered around the body of the female disciple named Zhang Jiaowei.
The body was still lying there, unclaimed.
When the disciples saw him, they first gasped in surprise, then their faces changed, and they immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look him in the eye.
"Senior Brother Luo————"
"Luo—Senior Brother Luo—"
As he walked past, the disciples all lowered their heads, bowing with fear and respect, no longer daring to utter a single word, or even to look up at him.
Among these people were disciples in the Blood Exchange Realm who greeted him warmly at the beginning, witnessed his cave being destroyed and his predicament being in dire straits, and then gloated behind his back; and disciples in the Spirit Nourishing Realm who smiled and chatted with him in the training ground, but immediately formed a team to hunt him down after he became a red name.
At this moment, these people all put on a different, respectful and humble face.
Only after he crossed the stone bridge did the disciples dare to cautiously raise their heads, but they still dared not speak loudly, for fear that he would hear them.
Luo Qingchen arrived at the main peak and then returned to the management office.
At that moment, several people were queuing up at the office to handle their business.
When he reached the back and stood behind a female disciple, the disciples in front of him suddenly turned around and stole glances at him.
"It's that Junior Brother Luo—"
"Shh, he's already Senior Brother Luo—"
Clearly, the news that he had advanced to the Strength Realm and his red name had been removed had already been released at the main peak.
At each intersection he had passed, the red-name quest list for him was no longer visible on his quest log.
Inside the stone house, after helping one disciple complete the procedures for leaving the mountain, Yang Jiujiang looked up and was about to ask the next disciple when his gaze suddenly fell on him. He paused for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Nephew Luo, didn't you just go back? Why are you here again?"
"What's wrong?"
At this moment, not only the disciples in line, but also other disciples passing by stopped to watch curiously.
Luo Qingchen said, "There's no one in charge of the Black Phoenix Peak core disciples' office anymore, so there's no one to help me get a new cave dwelling."
Yang Jiujiang was taken aback upon hearing this, and asked, "Isn't Deacon Wei there?"
Luo Qingchen said, "When I arrived, Steward Wei was still there. However, for some reason, he suddenly attacked me and tried to kill me. I could only fight to protect myself, and then I accidentally killed him. So, now no one is helping me get a cave dwelling."
Yang Jiujiang:
The disciples in line and those watching from the surrounding area looked at each other in bewilderment.
Most of the people here know that after he broke through from the Blood Exchange Realm to the Spirit Nourishment Realm, he immediately came up and plotted to kill Manager Qiu on Black Phoenix Peak.
After all, that Manager Qiu was once famous for her beauty, and many people had slept with her.
So the incident caused quite a stir at the time, and everyone naturally knew that he deliberately seized an information gap to go there and commit murder.
I never expected that this would happen again!
Moreover, this guy actually said it openly, grandly, and without batting an eye.
"I don't know why?"
"Striving to protect oneself?"
"You accidentally killed him?"
You're kidding me!
The room fell silent for a few seconds.
Yang Jiujiang gave a wry smile and said, "Nephew Luo, you—that Wei Changsong is so old, almost half his body is buried, he probably won't live for many more years, and you—"
Luo Qingchen respectfully said, "Senior Uncle Yang, it really was Wei Zhi who started it. There were two junior brothers there who witnessed it; they can testify for me."
"Why----"
Yang Jiujiang sighed and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, alright, you don't need to queue anymore. Go wait over there for a while. After I've finished helping them with their business, I'll personally escort you back to your cave. Hmph, just in case you accidentally kill someone on the way."
Luo Qingchen didn't say anything more and stepped back to the side of the road.
The disciples watching from all sides had different expressions. They stole a glance at him and then immediately lowered their heads and left.
They started whispering among themselves once they were a distance away.
"This Senior Brother Luo is incredibly ruthless! Last time, he just broke through to the Nourishing Spirit Realm and killed a manager; now, he's just broken through to the Strength Realm and killed another one!"
"No wonder that Senior Uncle Yang looked so worried and sighed just now. Senior Uncle Yang is also in charge, and he's probably afraid that when Senior Brother Luo breaks through to the next realm, he'll come and kill him again."
Seeing the long queue, Luo Qingchen prepared to sell the two storage bags she had just picked up at the general store. She had only taken a few steps when Yang Jiujiang, inside the stone house, hurriedly called out, "Where are you going again, kid?"
Luo Qingchen said, "This junior will go to the general store over there."
Yang Jiujiang immediately said, "Are you sure you didn't suddenly remember someone and are going to swindle them again?"
Luo Qingchen said, "This junior will go sell things."
Yang Jiujiang snorted coldly and said, "Hurry up and come over after you've sold your stuff! Don't wander around before the news of your red name being removed spreads throughout the entire sect!"
Luo Qingchen agreed and went to the general store.
When he arrived at Senior Sister Xiong's general store and took out two more storage bags, Xiong Hong's lips twitched a few times, and she looked at him with envy: "Junior Brother Luo, you've struck it rich again? The speed at which you've made your fortune is a bit too fast, isn't it?"
Luo Qingchen said, "It's just good luck."
Xiong Hong: "————"
Soon, Luo Qingchen accepted the two silver notes and prepared to return to the manager's office.
Just then, a cautious voice suddenly rang out from the side: "Luo—Senior Brother Luo?"
Luo Qingchen turned her head and saw Zhang Dong, who was heavily pregnant.
When I first entered Black Phoenix Peak, this Junior Brother Zhang was very enthusiastic, and I learned a lot of information from him.
"Junior Brother Zhang, is something the matter?"
He spoke politely.
Zhang Dong immediately put on a humble and ingratiating smile, a complex look in his eyes, and said with a smile, "I heard that Senior Brother Luo has broken through to the Strength Realm. I happened to see it over there, so I came to congratulate him."
Luo Qingchen said, "Thank you."
Zhang Dong wanted to say something more flattering and affectionate, but then he thought about how different their current status was, and feared that the other party would find it annoying, so he had to swallow his words.
He suddenly leaned closer and whispered, "By the way, Senior Brother Luo, is your medicine person living in a pharmacy down there? I heard you also bought a maid to keep in that pharmacy? If you have nothing to do now, you should go down there quickly."
Luo Qingchen narrowed her eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhang Dong lowered his voice and said, "Senior Sister Jiang from Hehuan Peak has been going to Medicine Man Town to cause trouble for them these days. She said that you used violence to forcibly take away her medicine man, and after you became a red name, she—at noon, I personally saw her take two disciples to Medicine Man Town again, she—"
Before she could finish speaking, Luo Qingchen had already turned around and walked away quickly.
After Yang Jiujiang, the person in charge of the affairs office, finished dealing with the disciples queuing up, he found the roadside still deserted. The kid hadn't returned yet, and his heart skipped a beat: "Why hasn't that kid come back yet? Did he go off to kill someone again?"