Chapter 533 - 298: Unexpected News
Chapter 533: Chapter 298: Unexpected News
This small old man is the leader of the merchant caravan’s guards. Although his martial arts are quite ordinary, he has spent his life wandering the martial world, and can be considered experienced and knowledgeable.
However, his position often involves dealing with mountain bandits and road robbers.
Therefore, even looking back at his life, he hasn’t seen many people who could achieve such a result with two chopsticks.
In that instant, his mind trembled, and he no longer believed Chu Qing’s earlier words about being a novice.
He only felt that if this person meant harm, even all of them together wouldn’t be able to oppose him.
In his heart, there was both fear and an inexplicable excitement.
Chu Qing’s gaze occasionally swept across his face, knowing he had scared the old man. It seemed that his plan to mix with the caravan to mooch food and drink might not work.
As for those two whose feet were pierced by the chopsticks, at first their bodies froze, then they let out a loud scream.
They became violently angry:
"Who is it?"
They squatted down to pull out the chopsticks, looked around, and saw Chu Qing slowly standing up.
The anger in their hearts instantly dissipated completely.
Though the pain in their feet was intense, their voices carried a hint of timidity:
"Who... who are you? Why, why meddle in our affairs?"
"I am Han San."
Chu Qing spoke calmly:
"Do you two... know Niao Shisan?"
The two exchanged a glance, suddenly flicked their sleeves simultaneously, and instantly a white mist spread.
It wasn’t any kind of bewildering drug, but lime powder.
Chu Qing frowned slightly:
"Useless stuff."
With a wave of his sleeve, he gathered the white mist all in one place, then with another sweep, the white mist turned into a line. Before the two could leave the inn’s door, one of them was pierced through the chest by the white line.
He died on the spot.
Immediately, Chu Qing’s fingers closed in a phantom grip, his inner breath turned, and the other person felt his body involuntarily rising into the air, caught by a great force from behind.
Scenes around quickly moved forward, and then he found himself in Chu Qing’s grip.
This scene left everyone inside and outside the inn speechless.
They felt that this ’Han San’ seemed like an immortal, able to retrieve objects and people across the air.
The small old man’s heart was pounding...
Earlier, he pierced someone’s foot with chopsticks, proving the extraordinary depth of his inner power.
Now, he used lime powder as a weapon, forcibly piercing a person’s chest.
This couldn’t be described just by deep inner power; it was horrendous, terrifying news!
Compared to that, the Dragon Capturing and Crane Controlling technique seemed unimpressive.
"Hero, spare me, we were just following orders."
The person in his grip hurriedly begged for mercy, feeling as if his meridians were simultaneously frozen and burned, the excruciating pain echoing through his body.
He couldn’t help but cry out a hundred times more miserably than before.
It was Chu Qing’s inner strength permeating his meridians, now embodying the Yin and Yang Qi from the Nine Chapters of Divine Jade, used without concern.
The intensity of this Qi was something ordinary people couldn’t withstand.
The person’s martial arts, in Chu Qing’s eyes, were only mediocre, suffering from less than one percent of the Yin and Yang Qi, yet producing such an effect.
"Too unreliable."
Chu Qing shook his head slightly disappointed, as this person was only harmed by Yin and Yang Qi. The dreadful Profound Celestial Black Gold Palm had yet to be unleashed, and he was already like this.
If truly subjected to the harsh interrogation using Profound Celestial Black Gold Palm, he likely would say anything?
Casually throwing the person to the ground, he sat down nonchalantly at the guards’ table.
Next moment, it seemed the guards woke from a dream, gathered around the small old man with nerves on edge.
Chu Qing paused for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, asking:
"Following orders, whose orders?"
The person thrown to the ground felt his pain slightly easing, facing Chu Qing’s question, wanting to remain silent yet too scared.
Thus he spoke timidly:
"It’s... it’s by the order of ’Little Knife King’ Li Shengxing’s steward... Wang... Wang Kuan...
"He said that, he said his family’s servant stole something, asked us to help catch him."
As he spoke, he took a paper from his pocket, offering it to Chu Qing.
Chu Qing didn’t take it but instead looked into his face:
"You said... that steward’s name is?"
"Wang... Wang Kuan."
The person was surprised, feeling a strange joy in his heart.
Could it be this person and Steward Wang were old acquaintances?
If so, perhaps he wouldn’t die today...
Both Wu Qianhuan and Gentle exchanged a glance, appearing somewhat shocked.
Chu Qing had always been looking for someone named Wang Kuan, but given how common the name was with no specific features, it was indeed hard to find.
Unexpectedly, he encountered one here.
Wu Qianhuan poured a cup of liquor casually and handed it over to Chu Qing.
Chu Qing smiled, accepted it, and took a sip:
"Wang Kuan... Little Knife King Li Shengxing?
"Who is this person?"
The person on the ground paused, seemingly not expecting Chu Qing’s limited knowledge, not knowing Li Shengxing.
About to speak, Chu Qing heard the small old man’s voice from behind:
"Little Knife King Li Shengxing is a famous hero in the martial world. It’s said that his saber technique is called the Eight Sufferings Cutting Karma Saber, extremely outstanding.
"Jianghu people intended to call him ’Knife King,’ but Li Shengxing didn’t dare use it.
"Because above him are the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns, the Sword Emperor Dongfang Jinghong; the title of Knife King is close to Sword Emperor, lest it offends.
"Therefore, he calls himself ’Little Knife King,’ differentiating from the Sword Emperor."