"Please, let me go! I—I have old folks at home and young ones to feed. My whole family depends on me. I had no choice but to obey orders. Please, show mercy and spare me!" Yan Rong pleaded desperately with Qin Guan.
Qin Guan remained expressionless. "What do your old folks and young ones have to do with me? Besides, if I didn't want to kill you, I wouldn't have chased you all this way."
Swish!
As soon as Qin Guan finished speaking, he slashed Yan Rong's throat with his sword.
"You were an academy instructor, and you're this poor?" Qin Guan pulled off Yan Rong's Storage Bag and found only two Soul Swords, three Second-grade Pills, a mid-grade, Profound-rank Sword Technique, and ten Low-grade Spirit Stones inside.
Unexpectedly, there was also a stalk of Jade Bone Immortal Orchid Grass.
After putting away the Storage Bag, Qin Guan hurried toward Luyun City.
A quarter of an hour later, Qin Guan suddenly stopped on the road. An old man in a black robe had appeared in front of him.
The Black Robe Elder looked at Qin Guan. "Boy, have you seen a middle-aged man fly past here?"
"No." Qin Guan shook his head, then walked past the Black Robe Elder.
"Stop! Did I say you could leave?" When he saw the Soul Sword strapped to Qin Guan's back, the Black Robe Elder hurriedly called after him.
Qin Guan stopped and turned to look at the Black Robe Elder. "Grandpa, do you need something?"
"Which faction are you from?" The Black Robe Elder frowned slightly. Qin Guan had not the slightest trace of Spiritual Power about him and looked completely ordinary, yet he carried a priceless Soul Sword so openly. What was that about?
Noticing the Black Robe Elder's unfriendly attitude, Qin Guan grew displeased. "What does it have to do with you which faction I'm from?"
"How dare you be so insolent to me? Leave the sword on your back, and I'll spare your life!"
As the Black Robe Elder finished speaking, a powerful aura suddenly radiated from him.
He had chased all this way without finding Yan Rong, so he probably wouldn't catch up now. He might as well take this boy's Soul Sword; then the trip wouldn't be a complete waste.
Qin Guan looked at the Black Robe Elder. "You're robbing me?"
"You could put it that way." The Black Robe Elder smiled.
"I have some other things here, too. If you want them, I'll give you everything—as long as you don't kill me!"
As he spoke, Qin Guan hurriedly took out a Storage Bag and opened it to show the Black Robe Elder.
When he saw the Soul Swords, pills, and Spirit Stones inside Qin Guan's Storage Bag, the Black Robe Elder's eyes immediately burned with greed.
"Fine. Give me those things, and I'll let you go." The Black Robe Elder smiled.
He hadn't expected to run into such a wealthy fat sheep. This trip hadn't been in vain after all!
"Here." Qin Guan held out the Storage Bag to the Black Robe Elder.
The Black Robe Elder glanced at Qin Guan, then strolled toward him unhurriedly. At the same time, the right hand hidden behind his back quietly gathered a powerful surge of Spiritual Power in its palm.
The boy in front of him was clearly suspicious, and the Black Robe Elder had been on his guard from the start. Still, there were hardly any people in Qingzhou who could hurt him. If this boy tried anything underhanded, he wouldn't hesitate to take his life.
Just as the Black Robe Elder came within half a zhang of Qin Guan, Qin Guan suddenly vanished.
The Black Robe Elder's heart lurched. He was just about to retreat when Qin Guan suddenly appeared at his left side.
Seeing this, the Black Robe Elder slammed the Spiritual Power he had gathered in his right palm straight into Qin Guan's chest.
Qin Guan neither dodged nor flinched. He grabbed the Black Robe Elder's left wrist.
Bang!
At the same time, the Black Robe Elder's palm landed squarely on Qin Guan's chest.
Qin Guan flexed the muscles of his chest and raised an eyebrow. "That's all you've got, and you still dare rob people?"
Seeing that Qin Guan was completely unharmed, the Black Robe Elder was struck with utter astonishment. Still reeling, he punched toward Qin Guan's face. This time, he held nothing back and put all his strength into the blow.
Facing the Elder's full-force attack, Qin Guan still didn't dodge. Instead, he rammed his head straight into the punch.
Bang!
Crack!
"Ah!"
The Black Robe Elder's fist slammed into Qin Guan's forehead. It felt like striking an unyielding block of iron. Qin Guan's head snapped the bones in his hand, leaving the entire arm hanging limply at a bizarre angle.
"Young master, spare me! Please, spare me!"
The Black Robe Elder looked at Qin Guan in terror and hurriedly begged for mercy.
"Where did you come from?" Qin Guan suddenly realized that the Black Robe Elder seemed to have come from the direction of Luyun City.
"I came from Luyun City," the Black Robe Elder hurriedly replied.
"Are you from the Spirit Sword Academy?" Qin Guan suddenly raised his voice.
Seeing Qin Guan's hostile expression, as if he had a grudge against the Spirit Sword Academy, the Elder hurriedly shook his head. "No, no! I'm Black Dragon, a Guardian Elder of the Cloud Mist Sect. I'm not from the Spirit Sword Academy!"
The Cloud Mist Sect!
At the mention of the Cloud Mist Sect, Qin Guan's expression turned serious. "Did you go to the Nan Family to look for Qin Guan?"
"Yes, yes!" The Black Robe Elder hurriedly nodded.
Swish!
Just as the Black Robe Elder finished speaking, a sword suddenly pierced through his throat.
"You—you..."
The Black Robe Elder wanted to ask why Qin Guan was still killing him when he belonged to the Cloud Mist Sect, but before he could get the words out, he fell.
Qin Guan pulled off the Black Robe Elder's Storage Bag and hurried toward the Nan Family.
He had thought that after he killed Su Lie and Yan Rong fled, the Xiao Family's rabble wouldn't pose much of a threat. He hadn't expected the Cloud Mist Sect to show up, too.
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