Luo Zheng's cultivation at only the Life and Death Realm also puzzled Qiu Ren somewhat.
Moreover, several of the Bald Martial Artist's followers had described Luo Zheng's fighting style from the previous day to Qiu Ren. That fellow seemed to possess innate divine strength—he had actually slapped the Bald Martial Artist straight into the ore vein.
That level of strength was already enough to put Qiu Ren on guard. Thus, this time he had sent three men to follow Luo Zheng into the ore vein.
All three were Qiu Ren's capable subordinates. Although they were also ascenders, they were the cream of the crop among ascenders, and were far stronger than ordinary ascenders.
Qiu Ren had instructed the three men to secretly kill Luo Zheng.
Although Spirit Martial Saint Land did not pay much attention to the fighting and killing over the ore vein, Qiu Ren had always been extremely cautious. If too many ascenders were killed and the amount of True Essence Stones handed over decreased, the people above might hold him accountable. The soldiers managing the ore vein would have trouble explaining themselves, and Qiu Ren would have even more trouble doing so.
Therefore, under ordinary circumstances, Qiu Ren would not kill anyone. As long as someone obediently handed over their True Essence Stones, he generally would not make things difficult for them.
But when the time came to act, Qiu Ren did not hesitate in the slightest. Since Luo Zheng had dared to kill his men, he had to pay with his life. Otherwise, how could Qiu Ren maintain his foothold in this ore vein? How could he establish himself before so many subordinates?
Mu Mingxue was still immersed in confusion and speculation. Thinking it over carefully, Luo Zheng seemed to have deliberately avoided her yesterday. In