Send You on Your Way

After a brief period of searing pain, Jin Cang had gradually begun to adapt, little by little regaining consciousness.

He deliberately continued screaming loudly, while secretly gathering his strength, intending to launch a sudden counterattack the moment Wang Sheng came close.

But—

Wang Sheng's caution, pinning him to the spot with blades and swords, directly plunged Jin Cang into despair.

"Who are you?"

"Who the hell are you?"

"Are you one of the Liu family, or one of my shameless senior brothers?"

"Jing Kui, is that you? You've always been close to the Liu family. Did you get the Liu family's Blood Stacking Technique and then come to kill me? If you dare kill me, Master will definitely slaughter you, you beast!"

"You treacherous little man! Even as a ghost, I won't let you go..."

Jin Cang cursed madly. He knew he would not survive, and could only vent through frenzied abuse.

At the same time, he wanted Tian Muzhen outside to hear him, so Tian Muzhen could tell their master and avenge him.

Wang Sheng listened to Jin Cang's curses and frowned slightly.

It seemed the several blades and swords from earlier had not struck Jin Cang's heart or head.

It appeared Jin Cang had consciously avoided them even then.

"Worthy of an old hand at Dark Strength. After taking my whole combo, he still isn't dead!"

Although Wang Sheng knew that if he left now, Jin Cang would likely die anyway.

He did not like leaving loose ends. What if someone from Thousand Cranes Tower produced some miracle medicine he did not know about and saved Jin Cang? That would be trouble.

So Wang Sheng strode forward and arrived beside Jin Cang.

"It's you!"

When Jin Cang saw Wang Sheng's face, no longer concealable after his body had grown larger, his body trembled, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

He did not dare believe it, nor could he believe that the person killing him was actually Wang Sheng!

How could it possibly be Wang Sheng?

That trash at the Bright Strength stage whom he had thought he could easily handle during the day, whom everyone believed had the least hope of advancing to Dark Strength!

Yet that very night, he had come to kill him!

At that moment—

Jin Cang felt unprecedented regret and hatred.

He regretted why, with nothing better to do, he had provoked this junior brother.

He hated Wu An even more, hated the Liu family. If not for them, how could he have gone to bully Wang Sheng for no reason at all?

"Let me send you on your way!"

Wang Sheng stomped down.

"Urgh!"

Jin Cang could not even shout Wang Sheng's name. He only let out a muffled grunt before his neck was snapped beneath that foot.

Jin Cang's eyes bulged wide open, unwilling to close even in death.

After searching Jin Cang, the Liu family's young master, the bald man, and the others, Wang Sheng left through an alley revealed behind the collapsed wall.

A Dark Strength martial artist skilled in concealment was hiding in the darkness behind another wall, still intending to secretly track him.

Wang Sheng suddenly stopped and punched straight through a wall beside the alley.

The Dark Strength martial artist behind it could not dodge in time. His shoulder was struck, dislocated and twisted out of shape.

Wang Sheng's massive body smashed through the wall.

Beneath countless shattered stones and chunks of rubble—

Wang Sheng threw three punches and beat a Dark Strength martial artist to death alive.

Several Dark Strength martial artists from the upper ranks of Thousand Cranes Tower had just stepped out through the doors and windows and landed atop the neighboring roof. Seeing this, they immediately sucked in a breath of cold air, their backs turning faintly chilly.

Wang Sheng glanced back at them. Were they hoping to be fishermen profiting while the snipe and clam fought?

"A misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

One Dark Strength martial artist forced a smile.

The several Dark Strength martial artists exchanged glances, then, without a word being spoken, turned and fled back into Thousand Cranes Tower.

One incense stick later.

Wang Sheng hid himself in an inn.

The commotion tonight had indeed been rather large.

Those inside Thousand Cranes Tower were all either wealthy or noble. It was not impossible that skilled experts would dare follow him.

Thus, Wang Sheng did not dare return home and came to the inn to rest and recuperate.

Of course, Wang Sheng was not injured.

It was simply that activating the second layer of the Blood Stacking Technique would leave him weakened for several days.

For this, Wang Sheng had already bought pills to replenish his energy.

Gulp!

After swallowing several pills, Wang Sheng began examining his gains.

He spread the bundled package across the table.

Several bloodstained items appeared beneath the oil lamp.

First came bloodstained gold notes and broken silver—ten taels of gold and a hundred taels of gold, worth roughly three thousand taels of silver altogether.

Leaving aside everything else, this money alone made Wang Sheng quite satisfied.

With this silver, he had enough to cultivate for some time longer. He had not even finished the Great Heaven Supplement Pills he bought last time; this time, he could additionally consider buying a protective inner armor.

Then came three cultivation manuals. One was called Flying Fish Leg and had belonged to Jin Cang. The other two were called Thunderclap Skill and Thousand Poisons Hand, taken from the Liu family's young master.

All three manuals led directly to the completion of Dark Strength, with no further path to Transforming Energy.

"The Thunderclap Skill truly has some substance to it!"

After examining it, Wang Sheng found the Liu family's Thunderclap Skill quite good. It could both deal tremendous damage and provide a means of escape at critical moments.

He happened to be lacking a leg technique right now.

As for Flying Fish Leg, it leaned toward evasive movement and agility. To Wang Sheng, it was not as comprehensive as the Thunderclap Skill.

Thousand Poisons Hand could be considered an unorthodox art, but it was extremely useful at critical moments. Wang Sheng felt that he could study it during his spare time.

If he truly needed it, he could add it to his path of cultivation as well.

The remaining gains were several Heavenly Mandate Cult tokens, one Treasure Map Fragment, a letter, and several bottles of pills.

Wang Sheng examined the Treasure Map Fragment and discovered that he would need at least five more pieces to assemble the complete treasure map.

"The Liu family's hidden treasure site."

"The Liu family claims to be a century-old Lineage, so they should understand the principle that a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Perhaps finding the treasure site could truly yield a fortune. Unfortunately, too many pieces are missing. There isn't much hope!"

Wang Sheng said helplessly.

There was no need to think about it. Most of the Treasure Map Fragments had surely fallen into the hands of the Heavenly Mandate Cult.

"This letter!"

"A letter from the Divine Incense Cult trying to recruit Jin Cang. They offered a Transforming Energy cultivation method, a thousand taels of gold, and the status of a court hundred-household officer. That is one enormous pie they've painted."

"Uh, what is this nonsense about Lady Liang, his master's wife? The Divine Incense Cult even knew Jin Cang liked his master's wife, and promised that once the matter was done, they would hand Lady Liang over for him to toy with!"

By the end, Wang Sheng could not help shaking his head.

The Divine Incense Cult was far too bold. They actually dared set their sights on a Transforming Energy Grandmaster.

The Divine Incense Cult had surely recruited more than one person. If this continued, they would sooner or later be exposed. By then, perhaps before the rebel army or the barbarians even arrived, Ershui City would already erupt into internal strife!

Afterward, Wang Sheng identified the pills. Most were pills for healing injuries or improving cultivation, similar to the Great Heaven Supplement Pill.

"The great aristocratic Liu family is finished. Something major will definitely happen tomorrow. I just hope things do not become too chaotic!"

After sorting and putting away the items, Wang Sheng sat cross-legged and thought to himself.

He still wanted to cultivate steadily for a while longer.

He now had cultivation methods and money. Even without a Transforming Energy cultivation method, unable to advance into Transforming Energy, Wang Sheng could still pile every Dark Strength method onto himself and build an utterly terrifying cultivation—one that could kill a Transforming Energy master with a single punch!