Chapter 21: Sacrifice for a Friend

Kang Kang Qian Deng looked back in astonishment, watching Qian Chen who was charging forward, and felt immense regret in his heart: "Why did I doubt such a righteous person earlier?"

The life-taking copper hammer flew toward Qian Chen's chest, while Qian Chen had just turned the Heaven-Net Umbrella to the back and sent Kang Kang Qian Deng out. Suo Suo San Guan's face already revealed a bloodthirsty smile. The more tragic the scene, the more excited he was. He had already thought about how to use this point to torture Kang Kang Qian Deng later, for example... using the corpse of this kid who saved his life as a weapon?

Forcing him to personally hack and kill the corpse of his savior?

At this moment, the jade ring in Qian Chen's hand had already flown out from his wrist, just a bit faster than the copper hammer, flying to the top of Suo Suo San Guan's head, instantly looping down and strangling Suo Suo San Guan's thick neck. This strangulation shockingly cut off Suo Suo San Guan's breath.

Once the breath was chaotic, the method of operating the copper hammer also became chaotic.

Qian Chen's figure flashed, stepping on the copper hammer and flipping over Suo Suo San Guan's head.

Suo Suo San Guan, who was holding the jade ring strangling his neck with both hands, had blood rushing to his brain, and a face full of flesh was already flushed red. Qian Chen said disappointedly, "Sure enough, it's still impossible to strangle the head of a tempered martial artist with protective qi!"

"Blood-Dropping Son! What use are you!"

Qian Chen said to the Long Quehuan with a look of disgust, "You can only release some five poisons... poison a brute who doesn't use his brain, right!"

After saying this, Suo Suo San Guan had already stopped struggling, and his sturdy body shockingly knelt down.

His neck, strangled by the Long Quehuan, swelled to the thickness of an adult's thigh, and it was densely covered with black lines, which had even crawled onto Suo Suo San Guan's face. When his eyeballs were also filled with black lines, this brute of the Twelve Yuan Chen—the Horned Fighting Divine Monk—stopped breathing.

The Green Phosphorus Golden Scorpion just poked out from the forbidden space of the Long Quehuan.

"Killing the Twelve Yuan Chen, for each one killed, the kill reward is 500 merit, and the assist reward is 200 merit."

"Completed: Divine Monk Chengwu (Kill), Horned Fighting Divine Monk (Kill)"

Kang Kang Qian Deng and the others were already stunned. Things happened too fast for people to react. Someone said like a dream, "Isn't he a disciple of the Medicine King, Recluse Wanchen? I see him blushing often..."

Qian Chen blushed immediately upon hearing this, even dyeing his ears red.

He coughed twice and explained, "I am a disciple of the Medicine King, so it is very normal for me to know how to use poison, right!"

"And I am really just a newcomer to the Wu Lin, I don't understand anything. I just took advantage of this villain being distracted by Hero Kang to secretly use poison to plot against him, which is why I succeeded. Actually, I don't have any real skills!"

Everyone hurriedly turned their eyes to Kang Kang Qian Deng, as if asking: "Is that so?"

Kang Kang Qian Deng waved his hands hurriedly, "Brother Qian is joking." He smiled bitterly, "I lacked experience and was forced into a dead end by Suo Suo San Guan in just one exchange... Brother Qian's poison..." He seemed to find it hard to evaluate this kind of sinister sneak attack, so he had to turn the topic stiffly, "Brother Qian was able to save my life when I was defeated, his strength must be extremely high..."

Qian Chen smiled slightly. This Three Absolute Swordsman had never thought that Qian Chen didn't strike first because of cowardice, nor did he think that Qian Chen striking only at the end was to use him to lure the enemy into revealing a flaw. Or even if he had such thoughts, he didn't have any dark intentions.

Such an upright person was actually quite cute.

There are some people who, even if you save their lives, they first think about whether you ate an extra mouthful of their rice... This kind of person is not cute, but unfortunately, there are quite a few of them.

So he smiled, "The Horned Fighting Divine Monk has been killed here. Let's hurry and support other places!"

Kang Kang Qian Deng and the others' expressions turned solemn, "Exactly, the Twelve Yuan Chen cannot be underestimated. Other heroes must also be struggling. With us as a fresh force, we must hurry over!"

Qian Chen and Kang Kang Qian Deng returned to the main hall together. Only from here could they relatively conveniently support all directions. But just as they arrived at the entrance of the Five Lakes Hall, they felt the atmosphere was very solemn. Divine Monk Kongming at the entrance was gripping his tin staff tightly, and the heroes all had expressions of grief and indignation, which made Kang Kang Qian Deng feel surprised.

Even if they suffered a setback against the Twelve Yuan Chen, or even suffered heavy casualties, it shouldn't be to the point of being so dispirited.

Kang Kang Qian Deng walked forward, not even having time to say the good news that the Horned Fighting Divine Monk had already been killed, when he heard Divine Monk Kongming say, "Young Hero Kang, you are back too! Go into the hall and take a look! Sigh..."

Qian Chen and Kang Kang Qian Deng walked into the main hall and saw Hong Sihai standing silently on the main hall, his left hand supporting a low couch, on which a person was lying, motionless. Kang Kang Qian Deng only had one thought flash through his mind—who else had been harmed?

Lying on the couch was the master known as the "Qi-Swallowing Danxia" Liang Dou. He had his eyes open, his face without a trace of blood, and even a trace of shock remained on his face.

Kang Kang Qian Deng would rather he had his eyes closed, so he wouldn't have to see Liang Dou's look of disbelief.

And wouldn't have to understand a fact...

"Hero Liang was sneak-attacked and killed from behind by someone he trusted extremely!" Xu Xiaoyang of the Righteous Shanzhuang opened his mouth, "Among us, there must be someone from the Twelve Yuan Chen!"

Zen Master Kongming walked in slowly from outside the hall and said, "At this point, this old monk has nothing to hide from everyone. According to reliable secret information obtained by Shaolin, the Twelve Yuan Chen indeed have people whose identities can stand scrutiny mixed among us, and there may be more than one."

"Shaolin has secretly investigated for ten years, but what we know about the Twelve Yuan Chen is still extremely limited."

"What can be confirmed at present is: the Horned Fighting Divine Monk is one of the most vicious martial arts robbers, uses a hammer, has tempered muscles and bones, and is suspected to be the robber Suo Suo San Guan who disappeared fifteen years ago. Divine Monk Chengwu is a disciple of the Green Phosphorus Five Poisons Sect. The Divine Monk Feihuang is a martial arts magnate with quite a bit of prestige in the righteous path. The Divine Monk Corpse-Ghost is not one person, but a group of people. The Divine Monk Zhuri's art of identifying people and searching for objects is unparalleled in the world. The Divine Monk Daoyao is a woman..."

Qian Chen came to Liang Dou's remains, but saw that there were no wounds on his front, as peaceful as if he were sleeping.

Turning him over to his back, he saw the blood-stained green shirt. It seemed he had been stabbed into the heart from under the ribs by an extremely sharp weapon, but just enough not to pierce through the chest!

To be able to so easily break through a master's protective qi, the weapon used must be powerful.

According to the perpetrator's posture, from bottom to top, from under the ribs—the so-called soft ribs—straight up into the heart, the weapon used must be a dagger-like weapon. But Qian Chen discovered a subtle inconsistency on the wound, and his spiritual sense also noticed—when he turned Liang Dou's corpse, Li Qianqian, the General-Minister Old Man, flashed a trace of unnaturalness on his face.

"He definitely knows something!"

Qian Chen silently noted this down. At this moment, someone was dissatisfied with Qian Chen moving Liang Dou's remains. Xu Xiaoyang of the Righteous Shanzhuang said angrily, "Hero Liang's bones are not yet cold, and there are clues about the murderer on his body. Is this something you can move lightly?"

Qian Chen put Liang Dou's body down and asked softly, "Are there any other doctors present?"

Xu Xiaoyang stared at Qian Chen and sneered, "The divine physician Qi Qiuzi has not arrived; he was probably killed on the road by the Twelve Yuan Chen. They conspired to attack the Four Seas Hall, of course they would guard against a divine physician coming to save the dying and heal the wounded!"

"Then I am the only doctor!" Qian Chen spread his hands, "Then if I don't examine the corpse, who will?" ===== CHAPTER 22 =====