Chapter 38 - Chapter 38: Chapter 38: The Zhang Family Brothers, Death (2/2)
Originally, he had considered using an Invisibility Talisman, but fearing it might not be secure enough, he eventually opted for the System Space.
What followed was the final scene.
Lin Jing emerged from the System Space, and without giving the two men time to react, he immediately detonated the Five Thunder Talisman, killing them both.
By the time Lin Jing reached Shi Yu Alley, it was already a quarter past Zi Time.
However, as soon as Lin Jing arrived, he saw Wei Zhengqing waiting there with a tower-like, muscular man beside him, displaying exaggerated muscles, giving off an impression that he could tear apart tigers and leopards barehanded.
Lin Jing came before Wei Zhengqing, apologizing with sincerity,
“Brother Wei, I’m sorry, I encountered some unexpected troubles on my way, which made you wait for quite a while.”
Wei Zhengqing stared at Lin Jing, sizing him up, then said bluntly,
“You’ve killed someone.”
Lin Jing paused for a moment, then inspected himself from head to toe and found nothing amiss.
The brawny man standing beside Wei Zhengqing, however, was amused by Lin Jing’s actions.
“Hahaha…”
“Stop looking, the killing aura hasn’t dissipated from you yet. It was through the aura that Old Wei deduced you’ve killed people.”
see.”
Lin Jing replied with an embarrassed smile before saying earnestly,
“I won’t lie to you, Brother Wei, I did just kill two people—Zhang Sen and Zhang Lin, the Zhang brothers.”
“The Zhang brothers, if I remember correctly, they both had a mid-stage Qi Refinement cultivation, right?”
Upon learning that Lin Jing had killed Zhang Sen and Zhang Lin, Wei Zhengqing showed no particular reaction, as if their deaths were insignificant.
“My goodness…”
The iron tower-like muscular man exclaimed.
“I thought you were just a fledgling, but it turns out you’re quite ruthless.”
“Just a beginner in Qi Refinement, yet you’ve killed two mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators.’
“I’m really curious to know how you did it.”
Wei Zhengqing glanced at the muscular man and introduced Lin Jing,
“This is Yan Xiong, you can call him Big Black Bear or Big Bear. His cultivation is at the late-stage Qi Refining, same as mine. If I’m not around, you can go to him if you need anything.”
Yan Xiong scratched his head and said with an awkward smile, “Don’t listen to
Old Wei; just call me Old Yan.”
“To be honest with you both, I actually took advantage of a trick, which is this.”
As he spoke, Lin Jing took out a talisman from his Storage Bag.
“Five Thunder Talisman!”
The two immediately recognized the talisman upon seeing it.
“No wonder you were able to kill those two Qi Refining cultivators.”
After saying this, Yan Xiong expressed some regret,
“That’s a talisman that can threaten Foundation Establishment cultivators, yet It was used on two mid-stage QI Retimng cultivators.
“Tsk, tsk… what a waste…”
Wei Zhengqing countered, “There’s nothing wasteful about it. When one is in a perilous situation, any means used for self-preservation cannot be considered too extravagant.”
Yan Xiong did not dare to argue and muttered under his breath.
“Of course, I understand that; it’s just a shame about the talisman. If only you had let me handle it, crushing them would have been as easy as squashing chicks, and we could have saved that Five Thunder Talisman.”
“Were those two seeking to harm you?” Wei Zhengqing did not pay any more attention to Yan Xiong, instead, he turned to inquire from Lin Jing.
“Yes.” Lin Jing nodded.
“They had secretly followed me since I left my house, and later on, they even revealed their intent to kill me.”
“So, I decided to use their plan against them, leading them to a deserted alley and eliminated them with the Five Thunder Talisman.”
After explaining, Lin Jing added,
“Moreover, I found out that the theft in my house that day was committed by the two of them.”
After pondering for a while, Wei Zhengqing said,
“Some time ago, they owed a large amount of Spirit Stones to the Qianjin Pavilion, and they were under a lot of pressure to repay. During that time, you were consuming Superior Spirit Rice every day.” “Clearly, you were showing wealth inadvertently.” Lin Jing felt ashamed as it was indeed the case..