Chapter 378

"Ah..."

Su Su Qiming's voice was shrill, his body already swaying; the pain of his severed arm twisted his features, his eyes filled with fear, looking at Xu Yang as if at a demonic god.

Xu Yang's gaze was cold, devoid of any sympathy, his golden finger piercing the air to point at Su Su Qiming's dantian.

"Puchi!"

Finger force erupted; Su Su Qiming shuddered all over, his face turning ashen, like a deflated ball, his breath rapidly declining.

With one finger, Xu Yang shattered his entire body of qi.

His eyes bulged round, his gaze full of venom mixed with fear and pain.

He never thought that coming to kill a Foundation Establishment disciple of the Ziyang Sect would end this way.

"Tell me all the elixir formulas you know!"

Xu Yang's five fingers tightened around Su Su Qiming's throat, not continuing to strike the killing blow.

"Impossible!" Su Su Qiming clenched his teeth tightly, his gaze venomous.

Although he did not know what use the formulas he knew would be, he could not let Xu Yang succeed.

"Puchi!"

Xu Yang grabbed Su Su Qiming's other hand with his five fingers and pulled hard, immediately tearing off the arm that had long been twisted like a hemp rope, exposing white bones.

"You beast." Su Su Qiming was in heart-rending pain, his head spinning with dizziness.

Killing a man is just a matter of cutting off his head, yet this beast actually tortured him.

"You have one more chance to speak. I only want the formula for the Marrow Cleansing Realm elixir. If you obey, sparing you is not impossible." Xu Yang said coldly, killing intent shrouding Su Su Qiming.

"I do not know the formula for the Marrow Cleansing elixir, and do not think I am a three-year-old child who will believe your shameless words. If you have the ability, kill me; the Su family will sooner or later find someone to take revenge on you."

Su Su Qiming very much wanted to live.

But he knew Xu Yang would not let him go; letting him return would only be a dead end for Xu Yang. His wisdom could not fail to see through this point; with Xu Yang's ruthlessness, he would not leave a living mouth to cause trouble for himself.

"How could you not know the formula for the Marrow Cleansing Realm elixir?"

Xu Yang frowned, unable to judge the truth or falsehood in Su Su Qiming's words.

Su Su Qiming wore a face of mockery: "You mud-leg, what do you think the Marrow Cleansing elixir formula is? There are countless forces big and small in Qingyang City; the forces possessing the Marrow Cleansing Realm elixir formula are few and far between."

Could it be that he really did not know?

"Then go die."

Xu Yang feared that delaying too long would cause problems, so he did not plan to continue the interrogation; his gaze turned ice cold: "If you are born a son in your next life, remember to teach him well; do not let him become a reckless and arrogant prodigal."

Speaking thus, he slowly raised his palm and struck down with force, chopping onto Su Su Qiming's forehead.

"Crack!"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of bone cracking, Su Su Qiming shuddered all over; his forehead immediately collapsed, brain matter splattered open, his body fell softly to the ground, and regret appeared in his eyes which were gradually losing their luster.

If he had not relied on his identity as an alchemist to neglect disciplining Su Che, cultivating a domineering and arrogant character, he would not have met this calamity today.

Xu Yang began to search the corpse, but did not obtain anything good, only a few hundred taels of silver.

"Two alchemists dead; the Su family will probably go mad."

He did not know if anyone in the Su family knew about Su Su Qiming and Su Jie coming to kill him; if so, he would truly face the Su family's retaliation.

Two carefully cultivated alchemists dead; the blow to the Su family would definitely be huge; all businesses related to elixirs would suffer influence and impact, and the entire family might collapse because of this.

Under such circumstances, it would be strange if the Su family did not go mad.

But under such circumstances, he could not help but kill Su Su Qiming and Su Jie.

Fortunately, he had refined two more batches of Gathering Yuan Elixir, enough to cultivate for several months.

After several months, even if he could not directly resist the Su family head-on, he would not be without the power to resist.

Lifting the two corpses, Xu Yang rushed into the mountain forest; two quarters of an hour later, he was already more than ten li away from the place of the fight, found a deep bottomless cave, threw the corpses of Su Su Qiming and Su Jie into it, and only then continued to return to the Ziyang Sect.

Under the scorching sun, several disciples guarding the Shanmen hid inside a pavilion, saying some words without substance.

"Two days, and Xu Yang has not returned; he must be dead; another Ten Heroes genius has fallen."

Tian Jing said this while talking with several companions, thinking in his heart.

Wait until I have time to go to Qingyang City to get the Returning Yuan Elixir promised by Su Su Qiming, and my cultivation base will rise significantly again.

"Do not blame me; I just wanted to go further; who made you provoke the Su family alchemist? He sent someone to find me early; I simply did not dare to refuse."

Tian Jing defended himself for the matter of causing Xu Yang's death, responding to his companions' words half-heartedly.

"Someone is coming!" Suddenly someone said.

Everyone subconsciously looked up, seeing a figure gradually becoming clear on the mountain path in the distance.

"Xu Yang!"

All of them recognized this person's identity; it was indeed the Ten Heroes genius Xu Yang who left the Shanmen two days ago.

They saw him carrying a bundle in his hand, from which came a clinking sound; he soon arrived at the Shanmen and showed his identity token.

They all knew Xu Yang, so they did not check carefully, letting Xu Yang enter the Shanmen.

"Hmm?"

Xu Yang's heart stirred; he discovered that among this group of disciples guarding the Shanmen, one person's gaze at him was somewhat different.

Others were just normally scanning and observing, but only this person's gaze carried surprise and confusion, as if very surprised by his appearance.

His gaze swept over imperceptibly; he remembered this person was called Tian Jing, who had once done a mountain patrol mission with him.

Tian Jing was indeed very confused; did not Su Su Qiming want to kill Xu Yang? How did Xu Yang return?

Could it be that in two days, Su Su Qiming also failed to find Xu Yang, or did the message I transmitted earlier have a flaw, and Su Su Qiming did not receive the message I transmitted?

Thoughts turned in his heart; when Xu Yang's back disappeared, Tian Jing stood up and said: "I suddenly remembered I have something to handle in the city today; I forgot to ask for leave. You watch the Shanmen; I will be back soon."

Someone said discontentedly: "Tian Jing, why do you have so many things to do? Do you want to slack off and go to the city to be comfortable, leaving us brothers here to guard?"

Tian Jing said, "It's not laziness; I truly have matters to attend to. I'll be back in at most half an hour. Brothers, please bear with me. If an overseer comes to check, please help cover for me. When I return, tonight's wine is on me."

"Get going quickly, and remember your words."

Hearing Tian Jing's promise to treat them to wine, the few immediately let him leave.

There is almost nothing to do at the Shanmen; as long as an overseer does not come to check the post, one person missing matters little.

If an overseer truly comes to check the post and discovers someone is missing, the deduction of contribution points would fall on Tian Jing, having nothing to do with them.

"Rest assured, tonight's wine will be plentiful!" Tian Jing patted his chest and quickly walked out of the Shanmen.

He had to find out why Xu Yang had returned alive: whether Su Su Qiming failed to find Xu Yang, or whether Su Su Qiming was killed by Xu Yang.

After leaving the Shanmen and reaching a place with no one around, Tian Jing began to Shi Zhan Qing Gong, speeding toward Qingyang City.

Just as more than half the journey was covered, a figure suddenly stood on the mountain path ahead, as if waiting for a long time.

Xu Yang!

Tian Jing's pupils contracted violently, his heart filled with utter shock.

How could Xu Yang appear here?

"Brother Tian is in such a hurry to descend the mountain; are you going to report the news?" Xu Yang smiled.