Martial Sage from the Vajra Skill

Chapter 283: Chapter 163: A Crippling Blow

Tian Jing suppressed his shock and forced a smile. "What are you talking about, Brother Xu? I just remembered something urgent and need to head into the city."

Of course, Xu Yang didn’t believe him. He trusted what his own five senses had captured.

The day he left the Purple Sun Sect, the look in Tian Jing’s eyes had been strange. Combined with the fact that Su Qiming and Su Jie had waited for him on the road for two days, it was obvious someone had revealed that he was leaving the mountain.

Xu Yang gave a smile that made Tian Jing’s skin crawl. "It’s fine if you don’t admit it. I know you were the one who tipped off Su Qiming. Because as for Su Qiming and Su Jie, I’ve already slaughtered them."

’What?!’

’Su Qiming and Su Jie are both dead? Su Qiming was a Bone Marrow Cleansing Martial Artist!’

Tian Jing was horrified. He could no longer maintain his forced composure, and a chill ran down his spine. ’How could Xu Yang possibly have killed Su Qiming?’

BOOM!

In that instant, Xu Yang moved. His body vanished, streaking toward Tian Jing like a bolt of lightning.

The surging aura of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm crashed down, its pressure weighing on Tian Jing’s heart like a massive stone.

Before Xu Yang even reached him, Tian Jing was scared out of his wits, his limbs turning ice-cold.

"You’ve... you’ve already achieved Marrow Cleansing..." he couldn’t help but cry out.

’Marrow Cleansing... Xu Yang has already achieved Marrow Cleansing. Did he really kill Su Qiming and Su Jie? How could a Martial Artist like Su Qiming, who had been in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm for years, be killed by someone who just broke through?’

Panic seized Tian Jing’s heart. With no time to think, he turned to run without hesitation.

But before he could even turn around, Xu Yang closed in, wrapped in a fierce gale of Gang Qi. A large hand clamped around his neck, lifting him up like a helpless chick.

A domineering wave of Golden Gang Qi surged forth. Tian Jing, with his mere Qi Cultivation Gang cultivation, was instantly subdued by Xu Yang, who then carried him off into the mountain forest.

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he brought Tian Jing to a secluded spot. "Tell me, who else knows that Su Qiming wanted to kill me?"

Terror filled Tian Jing’s face. "I don’t know! I was only responsible for sending them a message when you left the mountain."

The pressure from a Bone Marrow Cleansing Martial Artist made him feel like a sheep facing a tiger. He couldn’t stop his body from trembling.

Bone Marrow Cleansing Martial Artists were too terrifying. He had been subdued in a single move, utterly powerless to resist. Killing him would be as easy as crushing an ant.

He didn’t dare hide anything, answering whatever Xu Yang asked.

Xu Yang’s gaze was ice-cold. "Besides you, is there anyone else in the Purple Sun Sect spying on me for Su Qiming?"

Tian Jing shook his head. "No more, it’s just me. Spare me, Brother Xu! I was forced into it. The Su Family came to me for help, and I didn’t dare refuse. I never truly meant to harm you.

"Spare me, and I swear I’ll never mention this to anyone."

By the end, his voice was tinged with a sob.

He wasn’t a courageous person to begin with. Among the current generation of disciples, all the bold ones were risking their lives in the Yunling Mountain Range, searching for opportunities.

He was the type who was afraid of death, content to stay at the Purple Sun Sect with his meager contribution points.

"What else do you know? Tell me every last detail," Xu Yang snorted coldly.

Tian Jing said, "I don’t know much. Su Jie found me and just said that someone had sent an anonymous letter to Su Qiming, saying you might be connected to the Blazing Blade. Then he told me to notify them when you left the mountain."

’An Ping!’

A sharp glint flashed in Xu Yang’s eyes, his killing intent surging.

As far as he knew, the only person who would connect him to the Blazing Blade and try to report him for a reward was An Ping, but Shen Liang had scared him off.

’To think that bastard still wouldn’t give up. He wrote an anonymous letter to Su Qiming, trying to use him to get me killed.’

"Any last words?" he asked, looking down at Tian Jing.

Considering how much the man had told him, he would give Tian Jing a chance to speak his last words.

Tian Jing trembled all over, saying fearfully, "Spare me! I’ve told you everything! I was blinded by greed! If you let me go, I’ll give you all my contribution points, and in the future..."

"It seems you don’t want to say your last words."

Xu Yang’s gaze turned frosty, and he suddenly tightened his grip.

CRACK!

The sound of breaking bone echoed. Tian Jing’s body shuddered, his eyes bulging wide as blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

His neck bone had been shattered, crushed by Xu Yang’s raw strength.

His limbs twitched a few times unconsciously, and then he stopped breathing.

Xu Yang bent down and searched the body. Besides a few dozen taels of silver, he found twenty contribution points.

’Not bad!’

The discovery of twenty contribution points made him happier than finding several hundred taels of silver would have.

Casually tossing Tian Jing’s corpse aside, Xu Yang returned to the Purple Sun Sect.

A few of the disciples garrisoning the mountain gate watched with confusion as Xu Yang returned, left again, and then returned once more.

But since they didn’t know him well, they didn’t feel it was their place to ask.

They waited for Tian Jing to bring them wine, but even by nightfall, he hadn’t returned. They could only curse him for being untrustworthy, completely unaware that he was already dead.

[Killed Su Qiming. Points +20]

[Killed Su Jie. Points +3]

[Killed Tian Jing. Points +20]

[Martial Arts Longevity Points: 369]

’Killing Tian Jing gave me the same number of points as killing Su Qiming. He really would have been a lingering threat.’

The next day, the first thing Xu Yang did upon opening his eyes was to look at the panel.

Fortunately, after noticing the strange look in Tian Jing’s eyes, he hadn’t left. Instead, he had hidden and watched, then followed Tian Jing as soon as he left the Purple Sun Sect.

Otherwise, if he had let Tian Jing reach the Su Family, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

...

「Two days later. The Su Family.」

"Investigate! Send everyone out to investigate! What exactly did Qiming and Ah Jie go to do? Why haven’t they returned after so many days?" Su Jianye roared.

With Su Qiming and Su Jie gone for many days without returning, the Su Family was in chaos.