Building Good Relations

With a single finger strike, Xiang Yang killed Fan Zhuxuan. He bent down and searched the man, but unfortunately found nothing. He was cleaner than a face scrubbed bare—he did not even have a single coin on him.

"Don't waste your effort. Fan Zhuxuan was extremely cautious. He would never carry important things on his person, nor would he leave behind any secret manuals. Everything was stored only in his head. Now that you've killed him, the unique arts of the Piaoxue Dao have been lost forever."

The battle between Xiang Yang and Fan Zhuxuan had been devastating. The nearby townsfolk had fled far away long ago; only Sun Tao had followed from beginning to end and witnessed it all.

Now, seeing Fan Zhuxuan slain by Xiang Yang, he used his lightness skill to leap onto the roof and stand beside Xiang Yang.

"Where is the second half of the Heart Demon Reversal Scripture? This man's martial arts were no joke. If I did not have a few tricks up my sleeve, not only might I have failed to kill him—I might have been slaughtered by him instead."

Xiang Yang straightened up, regret visible on his face. Then he turned to demand the second half of the Heart Demon Reversal Scripture from Sun Tao, his tone less than pleasant. This was not what the other man had originally promised.

"Rest assured. This is the second half of the Heart Demon Reversal Scripture. I prepared it long ago. Combined with the first half, it becomes the complete demonic Dao art. The might of the Heart Demon Reversal Scripture is enough to make up for the regret of losing the Piaoxue Dao's martial arts.

"As for Fan Zhuxuan, his martial arts exceeded my expectations somewhat. But you still won, didn't you?"

Sun