Chapter 154

"Are you not afraid that one day things will be exposed? Do you think that by acting in secret, no one will ever know? You will never know just how terrifying these great families truly are!"

Feeling his strength rapidly draining away, Shang Jin knew he could not possibly escape this time, yet a cold sneer appeared on his face instead.

Because he knew that once the person before him took action, they could hide it for a moment, but they could absolutely never hide it for a lifetime. One day, this person before him would be torn to shreds by those in the grip of fury!

"My lord, a person like you will never know how high this sky truly is!"

With a slight exertion of force, a sound of snapping bones rang out. Shang Jin, whose neck was being gripped in his hand, immediately had his limbs go limp just like the young gentleman from before, his life force completely extinguished.

Watching Shang Jin, who had been tossed aside like roadside weeds, Cai Zhong could not help but laugh coldly, a look of triumph creeping onto his face at some unknown moment.

"As long as I use your influence to find that thing, and combine it with my Blood Killing Technique, it won't be long before I am invincible in the world. In this World, who else could kill me!"

"So confident; this official feels you won't be able to escape from here!"

Suddenly, an indifferent voice rang out, causing the crazed laughter of Cai Zhong to come to an abrupt halt. He was all too familiar with this voice, so familiar that he wished he could have finished him off early every single day.

"Shen Yu, Shen Hengzhi!" Turning his head, he saw that several figures had appeared outside the prison cell at some point, and Shen Yu, who led them, was the first to catch his eye.

"Cai Zhong! This official truly did not expect to meet you here. I intended to go fishing tonight; I didn't catch any fish, but I did run into an old friend!"

"Shen Hengzhi!" Gritting his teeth as he looked at the other party, Cai Zhong's original excitement vanished completely; he feared he would not be able to leave today.

"I killed them here; will you not stop me, Magistrate Shen?"

"People like this deserve to die; why would I stop you!"

"Is that so! But perhaps you don't know that by not stopping me, you have committed the greatest error. In the eyes of those people, there is no difference between the perpetrator and the bystander!"

A smile reappeared on his face, and Cai Zhong raised his head, his face covered in a layer of blood at some unknown moment. In an instant, his entire body soared into the air, crashing toward the wall to the side.

"Want to leave?" With his hand resting on the hilt of his sword, Shen Yu did not even lift his eyelids; the sharp sword was drawn and sheathed in a mere instant. Yet Cai Zhong, who had been thinking of fleeing madly, was smashed down from mid-air.

"Grandmaster Realm—no, still a bit short of it!"

It had only been a little over a year, and Cai Zhong had already reached the near-Grandmaster level; how did he manage it!

"Shen Hengzhi, I'll be waiting for you!" Fresh blood flowed from his mouth in large gulps, yet even now, Cai Zhong's eyes remained fixed on Shen Yu's side.

Those blood-red eyes and that crazed look made one feel a sense of trepidation.

However, very quickly, the expression in those eyes vanished completely. Being able to struggle for so long while dying actually surprised Shen Yu a little. This Cai Zhong's strength was not top-tier, but his vitality was somewhat beyond imagination.

"Drag him away, and clean this place up!"

"My lord, wait a moment!" Whether it was a professional habit or not, after Cai Zhong was killed, Liang Ruyue stepped forward and rummaged through his body. Soon, a white undershirt appeared in his hand.

This scene left Shen Yu and the surrounding Constables somewhat dumbfounded. Big brother, you are a person of status and reputation after all; it's one thing that the man is dead, but you are even stripping his undershirt—this is going a bit too far.

"My lord!" Holding up the undershirt, Liang Ruyue walked over excitedly. "Just now, this subordinate noticed that this person seemed particularly concerned about something in his bosom, as if he wanted to hide something!"

"And there was nothing in his bosom, except this undershirt, which was not only kept with great care but was also clearly often rubbed. Therefore, this subordinate guesses that there must be a secret inside!"

As he spoke, Liang Ruyue toasted the undershirt over a torch, adding, "To know if this is as this subordinate thinks, the conventional methods are nothing more than soaking in water or roasting over fire!"

"If that doesn't work, then this subordinate will try other methods. But this subordinate feels that since this person was so concerned about it even at the moment of death, it means this secret is definitely not small!" "My lord, look!" Under the roasting of the torch, many dense, tiny characters soon appeared on the garment. These characters were very small, but they could barely be made out.

"There really is something!" After taking the undershirt, Shen Yu carefully examined it by the firelight, but his brows furrowed tightly afterward.

"Kill kin, kill children, sever all emotions and intentions! Blood Killing Technique? What an overbearing Cultivation Method, what a tempting technique!"

At the very beginning of this undershirt was a Cultivation Method. With his current discernment, he could still tell the quality of ordinary techniques. However, upon seeing the specific content of the technique, to be honest, he was also somewhat shocked.

This technique completely seized the cultivation and even the essence, Qi, and spirit of others for one's own use, revealing an overbearing and evil nature in every aspect.

No wonder a mere Cai Zhong could reach such a realm in such a short time; it turns out he relied on this technique!

It is just that why is the technique on here so similar to the Blood Evil Technique of the Thousand Blood Sect? No, it should be said that this is more like an advanced version of the Blood Evil Technique. Or rather, the Blood Evil Technique seems more like a simplified version derived from this set of techniques.

Blood Killing Technique, Thousand Blood Sect—there must be a connection between the two!

"Blood Rage Sword!" Besides the Blood Killing Technique, a sword was also recorded on it in small characters, a sword that would make ordinary people unable to help but feel greed.

Blood Rage Sword, fond of human blood; once the sword is drawn, it must see blood, and if there is no blood, it will injure its master.

In the introduction above, the terror of the Blood Rage Sword was emphasized. This sword can not only absorb the power within essence and blood to strengthen itself and feed it back to the Sword Master, but it can also absorb dense killing intent, resentment, blood energy, and so on.

The thicker the Blood Evil Qi, the stronger the Blood Rage Sword becomes, eventually becoming invincible and unstoppable.

Although the introduction above was short, Shen Yu seemed to have already seen a peerless evil weapon standing tall in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Relying solely on the Blood Killing Technique to seize the power of others might be mixed and impure, but the Blood Rage Sword could purify the seized power.

In this way, combined with a specific absorption method like the Blood Killing Technique, one can not only seize the essence, Qi, and spirit of others, but even absorb wandering blood energy, resentment, and so on through the sword body to continuously strengthen oneself.

Could it be that the thing the Thousand Blood Sect has been looking for all these years is this Blood Rage Sword?

At this moment, Shen Yu thought of many things. The chaos caused by the Thousand Blood Sect back then affected several provinces, countless people were dragged into it, and once the war started, there were countless casualties.

And the Thousand Blood Sect could have developed in secret, but they still did it this way. Although it seemed grand in scale, it could not shake the foundation of the imperial court; anyone a bit clever could see this.

Yet the Thousand Blood Sect did not think to restrain themselves, knowing that defeat was only a matter of time, but instead became increasingly unscrupulous, as if they were killing for the sake of killing, to the point where Blood Evil Qi permeated everywhere.

But, if the Thousand Blood Sect of that year possessed the Blood Killing Technique and the Blood Rage Sword, then everything would seem to follow logically.

They incited slaughter, never thinking of achieving success, but were using endless slaughter to nourish the sword and practice the technique!

In this World where strength is supreme, as long as one has absolute power, everything will naturally fall into place.

Holding the undershirt in his hand, Shen Yu could not help but sigh. Even such an important item fell into the hands of someone like Cai Zhong; it is not impossible that the Blood Rage Sword disappeared after the Thousand Blood Sect was besieged back then.

The people of the Thousand Blood Sect captured the officers of the Dongning Army and tortured them, just to find one thing, and this thing is very likely the Blood Rage Sword.

But after Shen Yu's own inquiries, in fact, the massive Dongning Army knew nothing about this matter at all; those captured officers simply knew nothing. Therefore, no matter how they asked, it was impossible to get an answer.

The Thousand Blood Sect's actions could not possibly be groundless; that means only the Commander, Ye Jing, knew. Perhaps this sword is in his hands!

Previously, he thought Ye Jing had been driven mad after multiple tortures, but thinking about it carefully, it was unreasonable. So many Dongning Army officers, each of whom had undergone torture, had never said a word.

As the dignified Commander of the Dongning Army, he had also stepped out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood; how could he be so pathetic!

Therefore, Shen Yu had a guess in his heart. It is also possible that Ye Jing went mad first, and was then secretly replaced by someone else.

Thinking again that the Blood Rage Sword is a peerless evil weapon, it is extremely heavy with evil energy, and one might suffer a backlash if not careful. Without the coordination of the Blood Killing Technique, controlling the Blood Rage Sword is even more difficult.

It does not seem impossible that Ye Jing went mad from being unable to withstand the backlash of the Blood Rage Sword. It might even be that Ye Jing knew he could no longer control it and took the initiative to find someone to temporarily replace him to stabilize the morale of the army.

Alas, his own adopted son happened to be a person planted by the Thousand Blood Sect, and he dug a pit and buried himself in one go.

A Bold Guess