Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Murder

“Junior Brother, why don’t you speak? Calculate how many spirit stones are needed.”

Miao Qian said with a smile.

He casually took all the spirit talismans from the stall and continued,

“Speaking of which, you have quite a few talismans here, four Blazing Fire Talismans, six Concentration Talismans.”

Seeing this, Jiang Hao didn’t think much else and politely said,

“One Blazing Fire Talisman is three spirit stones, one Concentration talisman is five spirit stones.”

“Four Blazing Fire Talismans are twelve spirit stones, six Concentration talismans are thirty spirit stones, a total of forty-two spirit stones.”

“Senior Brother, just give me forty spirit stones.”

“Forty spirit stones? Junior Brother, you’re really giving me a bargain,” Miao Qian nodded, acknowledging the price.

However, when it came time to settle up, he suddenly feigned surprise and exclaimed.

“What a coincidence, Senior Brother didn’t bring that many spirit stones today. How about this, I’ll bring the spirit stones to you tomorrow? If you’re really worried, you can follow me to Tianhuan Pavilion, and I can give them to you once we get to my place.”

After saying this, Miao Qian wore a teasing smile and specifically asked,

“What do you think, Junior Brother? Want to come with me to Tianhuan Pavilion?”

Jiang Hao lowered his eyelids and sighed inwardly.

What’s the difference between going to Tianhuan Pavilion and courting death?

With this thought, he could only give up.

Just endure it a bit longer.

“Senior Brother must be joking. Then I’ll wait here for Senior Brother tomorrow,” he said politely.

“Good,” Miao Qian put away the talisman, smiling.

“Make sure you’re here tomorrow waiting for me. Otherwise, if I don’t give you the spirit stones, you might accuse me of bullying the weak.”

“Of course not,” Jiang Hao shook his head.

Then he watched as the other party left.

He packed up and left the spot, with some people around him naturally witnessing everything, but no one paid too much attention.

Because this kind of thing happens all the time.

Without support or having offended someone, these situations arise.

……

Night.

On the way to Tianhuan Pavilion.

Miao Qian, accompanied by a Junior Brother, walked along the mountain path, laughing:

“Today was a good haul. I happened to encounter someone who had offended our master and gave him a good beating.”

“Senior Brother is so lucky. I hope to become as strong as Senior Brother one day,” the Qi Refining ninth level youngster said, complimenting after hearing the details.

“Enough, I’ll give you a spirit stone,” Miao Qian said with a proud face.

Today, he had sold the talisman and earned more than thirty spirit stones.

“Will Senior Brother go tomorrow?” the Qi Refining ninth level youngster asked.

“Of course, not just tomorrow, I’ll go every day from now on,” Miao Qian’s voice was low and slightly sinister.

“I’ll also call other Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters to go, to make him cough up all his spirit stones.”

“In the end, he’ll be just another corpse under Tianhuan Pavilion.”

Seeing Miao Qian’s grim expression, the Qi Refining disciple didn’t dare to say more.

He had heard that this Senior Brother secretly admired Senior Sister Yun Ruo and ended up only seeing her corpse.

The disciple from Duanqing Cliff was hated by many.

When he saw Miao Qian’s expression improve, he wanted to say something.

But before he could speak, he suddenly felt a blow and then lost consciousness.

The sudden noise alerted Miao Qian, who immediately looked back,

“Who’s there?”

Thud.

As he turned his head, a dagger pierced his neck.

This sudden attack panicked him.

When he tried to create some distance, another dagger stabbed into his neck.

Blood gushed out profusely.

In terror, Miao Qian clutched his neck but didn’t see anyone.

He struggled to speak.

“Senior, there must be some misunderstanding.”

Thud!

At that moment, a long sword pierced through his body from behind.

Someone behind him had thrust a sword through him.

“Senior, spare my life.”

Miao Qian pleaded.

However, another long sword appeared in front of him and stabbed directly into him.

Thud-

Then, several spirit swords pierced him from various angles.

Finally, a long spear nailed him to a tree.

As Miao Qian was about to breathe his last, a dark figure approached him and slowly removed his storage treasure.

“You… why?”

As he asked this question, the shadow spoke in a calm voice.

“I’ve come to collect the money.”

In that moment, his pupils shrank.

How could he, a Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator, die so easily at his hands?

After confirming the other party was dead, the shadow quickly disappeared.

A long time later, the Qi Refining disciple regained consciousness.

When he saw Miao Qian’s dead body, he was so frightened that he ran up the mountain.

Jiang Hao sat in the hall, counting the spirit stones with a slight frown.

“Only sixty? A Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator can be this poor?”

As an inner disciple, Jiang Hao had over a hundred spirit stones during his Qi Refining period.

This Senior Brother, at the Foundation Establishment mid-stage, should be receiving twenty to thirty spirit stones a month.

Yet he was so poor.

And this was after selling his spirit talismans.

Otherwise, it would have been only about twenty.

“Forget it, I still made a profit,” Jiang Hao shook his head.

He had deliberately used those spirit swords and also intentionally didn’t retrieve them.

After all, there were too many, and it was good to use some up.

There was no need to kill that Qi Refining disciple.

Everyone had seen what happened today.

If Tianhuan Pavilion suspected him, one more or one less person made no difference.

In theory, no one should trouble him because his cultivation level was clear for all to see.

As an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, it’s impossible for me to defeat Miao Qian, who is at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Moreover, he’s shrouded in purple qi, which makes him undetectable.

But theories are useless; Tianhuan Pavilion has been known to frame people without evidence before.

“It all depends on Liu Xingchen now, to see what his attitude is.”

Jiang Hao realized that as an inner disciple, without evidence, the worst that could happen to him would be compensation.

And if Liu Xingchen shows even a slight bias, he won’t face any trouble.

This way, he could also confirm whether Liu Xingchen has his eye on him.

Of course, what he fears most is the discovery of evidence.

The next morning, as soon as Jiang Hao stepped out, he saw Liu Xingchen standing outside.

As expected, he’s come, Jiang Hao thought without showing any reaction.

“Junior Brother, we meet again,” Liu Xingchen said, gesturing towards the courtyard.

“Let’s talk inside.”