Give It All to Me

"Hiss—"

Jiang Tian drew a sharp breath, murmuring, "Truly terrifying... how is this any different from using a sniper rifle in my past life?"

If he had possessed such a method when fighting the Black and White Elders, why would he have been suppressed and beaten for so long?

A single punch would have been enough.

Thinking of this, Jiang Tian shifted his focus, and the panel appeared before his eyes.

[Host: Jiang Tian]

[Lifespan: 16/100]

[Realm: Qi Gathering]

[Mastered Martial Arts: Five Animals Creation Play (Perfected), Sharp Metal Brilliant Qi Gathering Method]

[Traits: Martial Dao Sacred Body (Red) (1+/100000), Heaven-Defying Comprehension (Red) (1+/100000)]

[Momentum: Tiger in a Cage, Deer in the Snow, Bear in the Cave, Ape in the Cliff, Bird in the Rain]

[Trait Points: 7542]

Jiang Tian's eyebrows twitched slightly.

His lifespan had increased by another twenty years, bringing his total to one hundred.

In his past life, this would have been considered a very long life indeed.

However, what surprised him slightly was that this Sharp Metal Brilliant Qi Gathering Method did not have a proficiency progress bar like his martial arts; there was no division into Entry, Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, Micro-level, or Perfected.

It was rather strange.

As for this "Qi Gathering Realm," he would tentatively consider it what Wang Yun referred to as an "immortal."

"Heavenly Fire Sect..."

Jiang Tian muttered to himself.

It seemed necessary to go and take a look at the Heavenly Fire Sect.

He shook his head, suppressing the distracting thoughts in his mind, and turned to walk toward the mountain of gold that had just been drained of its Qi.

That pile of gold and silver had now completely lost its luster, looking gray and dull, like a heap of rotting scrap metal.

Jiang Tian reached out, his fingertips just brushing against a gold bar.

"Puff—"

The gold bar instantly turned into fly ash, scattering at his fingertips and vanishing without a trace as the rainwater washed it away.

Immediately after, the entire mountain of gold collapsed like a row of dominoes, piece by piece, turning into a sky full of gray dust that was swept by the rain toward the low-lying areas.

In just a few breaths, that small mountain of gold had completely disappeared into the curtain of rain, as if it had never existed at all.

Jiang Tian hid the porcelain pieces in a nearby cave.

It was inconvenient to carry these things, and he didn't know what the situation was like inside Blackwater County, so it was better to find a place to hide them and retrieve them later. He covered the cave entrance with branches and loose stones, and only after confirming that no traces were visible did he turn and leave.

Before long, he arrived outside the city gates.

At the time, to save time and fearing that Wang Yun would run too far, he hadn't entangled himself with these armored soldiers, simply carving out a bloody path.

But looking at it now, the armored soldiers outside the gate were all dead, their corpses lying scattered on the ground, each one charred as if burned by something high-temperature, and a nauseating smell of burnt flesh permeated the air.

Jiang Tian's expression tightened.

Could something have happened?

But these were all camp soldiers' corpses; even if something had happened, it was to his advantage.

He didn't dwell on it and hurried toward the Li Family estate at top speed.

At this moment, the Li Family was in total chaos.

Servants were running back and forth in the courtyard, clutching boxes and carrying bundles, knocking over vases and crushing porcelain, leaving the ground in a mess.

Li Yuanhao stood in the center of the courtyard, his face full of anxiety, shouting orders at the crowd until his voice cracked.

"Quick! You must be quick! That porcelain takes up too much space, leave it all behind!"

"Master, what about these few boxes of gold?"

"No! Leave it all behind!"

"The Heavenly Sun Sect people are coming! This is all a trap! It's all a trap set by that dog Fang Ping! While the situation hasn't fully stabilized yet—"

Li Yuanhao's voice stopped abruptly.

His pupils dilated suddenly, his mouth opening and closing as if someone had grabbed him by the throat.

Following his gaze, one could see a thin golden line suddenly appear in the center of a servant's face as he was moving goods, running straight as a ruler from left to right.

Immediately after, the top half of the servant's head slid away silently and hit the ground with a "thud."

Blood surged like a fountain.

Li Yuanhao whipped his head around to look at the doorway.

A youth was walking toward him step by step, his entire body soaked in blood, a faint golden radiance lingering on his palms.

"Jiang Tian?!" Li Yuanhao was struck with terror, just as he was about to speak.

A streak of golden light pierced through the center of his brow.

It was so fast that he didn't even have time to let out a scream.

Li Yuanhao only felt a heat at the center of his forehead, followed immediately by a chilling breeze pouring into his brain.

His vision went black, his body swayed, and he collapsed to the ground with a heavy thud.

Jiang Tian swept his gaze across the surroundings with indifference.

This was a new technique he had devised while rushing here.

It had to be said, with the blessing of [Heaven-Defying Comprehension], his ability to think through martial arts was astonishingly fast.

With a slight turn of his mind, he had grasped a new application: since the Gold Qi gathered into the body by the Sharp Metal Brilliant Qi Gathering Method was incomparably sharp, why not compress it into a line, a single point, to push that sharpness to its absolute limit?

Compress.

Condense.

Release.

Just as he was savoring the power of this new technique, an angry voice reached his ears.

"Jiang Tian?!"

"You killed my father?!"

Jiang Tian snapped back to reality and looked toward the sound. He saw Li Batian clutching a wooden box, his eyes bloodshot, glaring at him as if he were a crazed calf.

"Die!"

He tossed the wooden box aside and charged at Jiang Tian, power surging in his fists, surprisingly carrying a hint of Momentum.

Watching him charge over, Jiang Tian had only one thought in his mind.

Is there something wrong with Li Batian's brain?

He's not running away even now?

What a devoted son.

He casually flicked out a streak of golden light; the sharp Gold Qi sliced through the center of Li Batian's body, cutting him neatly into two halves.

The left and right halves of his body fell to either side, hitting the ground with two "thuds" almost simultaneously.

Jiang Tian had let all the Li Family servants go.

Though his killing intent was heavy, he was not one to slaughter the innocent indiscriminately.

But as for those surnamed Li, regardless of age or gender, he had not spared a single one.

If you don't pull out the weeds by the roots, they will grow again when the spring breeze blows.

The Li Family's wealth was not as substantial as he had expected.

Jiang Tian searched the entire residence and found a total of thirty thousand taels in silver notes, quite a bit less than the Wang Family.

However, there was plenty of hard currency, and several large chests of gold were piled in the storehouse, shining with a dazzling yellow glow.

Jiang Tian already had so many silver notes on him that carrying this hard currency was inconvenient.

He simply gathered Qi on the spot, sitting cross-legged amidst the piles of gold and silver, and operated the Sharp Metal Brilliant Qi Gathering Method to draw all the "Qi" from the gold and silver into his Dantian.

As the Gold Qi entered his body, the golden vortex in his Dantian grew larger and larger, spinning faster and faster like a forming nebula, emitting a faint golden light.

After finishing the gathering, he struck out with a palm, shattering the remnants of the metal he had drained into a floor of gray powder.

Gold and silver turned to dust, scattering with the slightest breeze.

Just as he finished doing all this, a flurry of dense footsteps reached his ears, drawing closer and closer.

It was the group led by Magistrate Fang Ping. His master, Yuan Long, was among them, bearing several wounds but still in decent spirits.

However, the ones walking at the very front were not Fang Ping.

They were a young man and woman.

The two wore uniforms of different colors—red and blue—but of the same style, with a large character for "Fire" embroidered on their chests, the strokes bold as if burned on by flames.

The man had a handsome face, and the woman was exceptionally beautiful; the two walked side by side.

The man's gaze swept across the Li Family courtyard, and upon seeing the corpses and the mess everywhere, he first frowned, covering his nose in disgust.

Then, his gaze landed on Jiang Tian, sizing him up from head to toe.

He extended his palm, fingers spread, his eyes arrogant, his tone carrying the command of someone who felt entitled:

"The Li Family has already been looted by you, right?"

"Hand over all the silver notes to me."