Luo River Lake.
On an uninhabited desolate island.
"Phew—"
Jiang Ning dragged Tian Buyi's corpse back onto the reef.
Although he could now manage Underwater Breathing, bodily habits could not be changed in so short a time. He still could not help letting out a soft breath, then drawing in a deep lungful of fresh air.
The next moment.
He lowered his head and looked at Tian Buyi's corpse lying on the reef.
"Even Tian Buyi of the Martial Arts Eighth Rank died by my hand. Though I did have the advantage of the terrain, being able to slay an Eighth Rank expert like him proves beyond doubt that my strength has improved tremendously."
"And..." The corners of Jiang Ning's mouth could not help lifting into a faint smile as he thought to himself, And after killing Tian Buyi, I can take his corpse to claim the bounty of a hundred taels of gold.
With that hundred taels of gold, I won't have to worry about money for a very long time.
A hundred taels of gold equals one hundred thousand taels of silver. This is wealth that breaks the heavens—it can let me leap straight into becoming one of Luoshui County's rich men. Even Cheng Ran's family fortune is far from a hundred taels of gold!
At this moment, although Jiang Ning thought of this, he was not overly excited.
A hundred taels of gold was simply too exaggerated!
Even with Medicine King Valley's backing, his instincts told him this matter was not so simple.
No matter what Tian Buyi was, he was only a Notorious Bandit of the Martial Arts Eighth Rank.
What virtue or ability did he possess to be worth Medicine King Valley offering a bounty of a hundred taels of gold?
So Jiang Ning instinctively