I Can Merge Techniques-Chapter 122 - 102: We... Actually Killed an Entering the Realm of Strength Expert?
Chu Fan looked at the increased Spiritual Essence on his panel, a flicker of joy in his heart.
"Qingyi!"
Fang Qingqing cried out in alarm and rushed over, helping the severely injured Shi Qingyi to her feet.
She took out a small vial, poured out a dark green Elixir Pill, and placed it in Shi Qingyi’s mouth.
A moment later, Shi Qingyi slowly regained consciousness.
Fang Qingqing turned her head to look up at the top of the cliff, her eyes meeting Chu Fan’s.
Just as she was about to speak, Chu Fan, from above, spoke first. "Second Miss Fang, how about we split the herbs in this Medicinal Herb Garden fifty-fifty?"
He had already guessed that Fang Qingqing and her companion were also here for the medicinal herbs.
If their goal had been to assassinate a Hall Master of the Blood Saber Sect, the Fang Family wouldn’t have sent only two people.
’That voice... It’s him!’
Fang Qingqing realized, remembering the events of that night.
’He... he actually knows I’m the Second Miss of the Fang Family...’
A flicker of emotion crossed her face.
"In your dreams!"
Shi Qingyi, who had just woken up, retorted angrily, "Why should we give you half?!"
"Oh? Is the Fang Family, one of the Four Great Clans, so unreasonable?" Chu Fan stood at the cliff’s edge, his voice clear. "Second Miss Fang, search your heart. If we hadn’t dealt with the grunts and the two Incense Masters, could the two of you truly have succeeded on your own?"
Fang Qingqing looked at the slain Hall Master and fell silent.
She and Shi Qingyi had teamed up against the Hall Master. Although they had the upper hand, it would have been difficult to kill him, especially since they were outnumbered before.
If the mysterious man in the Evil Ghost Mask on the cliff hadn’t intervened, even if they could have killed the Hall Master in a prolonged battle, they would have paid a heavy price!
’No—’
’Even with his help, Qingyi is now severely injured.’
Fang Qingqing nodded slightly. "Fine, you can have half!"
"Second Miss!" Shi Qingyi was stunned.
Fang Qingqing stopped her. "If he hadn’t helped, we would have paid a huge price, even if we had succeeded."
"Arguing further is pointless!"
Shi Qingyi fell silent.
’The Second Miss is still too kind.’
’There’s no such thing as reason in this world.’
’Might makes right!’
’If the other party were also at the Mortal Transformation realm, splitting it fifty-fifty to avoid mutual destruction would be acceptable.’
’But those two are clearly not even at the Entering the Realm of Strength!’
But since the Second Miss had already spoken, she couldn’t argue further. A sliver of curiosity about the two men’s identities sparked within her...
’Just who are these two? How could they defeat a stronger opponent and kill someone at the Entering the Realm of Strength?!’
Up on the cliff, Zhao Tianxing whispered, "She said we can have half. Do you believe her? What if she goes back on her word?"
A Mortal Transformation expert was no small matter. If they went down there and were attacked, they wouldn’t even have a chance to escape!
But Chu Fan just smiled and said loudly, "I trust the reputation of the Fang Family and Second Miss Fang!"
His words were for Zhao Tianxing, but they also seemed to be for Fang Qingqing and Shi Qingyi to hear.
Immediately after, he and Zhao Tianxing climbed down the vines into the valley.
As soon as they reached the valley floor, the two of them wordlessly began searching the corpses, stuffing all the money pouches into their clothes and retrieving every single Black Kite Arrow.
Shi Qingyi watched, dumbfounded.
As the two men drew closer, Shi Qingyi froze again...
According to her senses, the vital energy of these two men was at the Bone Marrow Forging Realm at most!
’No...’
’The other one is clearly at the Blood Refining Realm!’
’These two killed Tang Xiao, an Incense Master of the Blood Saber Sect, without a single scratch?’
’This is insane!’
...
After the four of them finished cleaning up the battlefield, they began frantically gathering medicinal herbs, pulling up every last one they could find from the ground.
What left Fang Qingqing and her companion speechless was—
The men seemed to know nothing about herbs, as they even pulled up a bunch of weeds and threw them into the pile!
When all the herbs had been picked, Chu Fan said, "Second Miss Fang, the Fang Family has many connections and methods, making it easy for you to sell or use these herbs internally. If we take them back, however, they’ll be difficult to offload..."
"How about this: you take all the herbs, calculate their value, and just give me my half in silver notes."
Shi Qingyi was taken aback. ’What faction does this mysterious man belong to?’
’How can he trust the Second Miss so much?’
Fang Qingqing nodded. "Alright... How will I get the money to you?"
Chu Fan said, "When the time comes, I’ll find you at the Fang Family estate."
"Okay!" Fang Qingqing nodded, giving Chu Fan a deep look. She then added, "But there are too many herbs, and Qingyi is injured. It’ll be troublesome for the two of us to move them. We’ll need your help to carry them to one of the Fang Family’s medicinal gardens."
"No problem," Chu Fan agreed.
As he spoke, he and Zhao Tianxing took out four huge cloth sacks from their packs.
Shi Qingyi and Fang Qingqing were both stunned—
They had brought sacks as well, but not nearly as large, and only one each.
But these two jokers had brought two apiece!
The four of them packed the herbs into the sacks, hoisted them onto their shoulders, and left the valley, disappearing into the forest.
「Less than half an incense stick’s time after they left—」
Zhou Tianci’s group, disguised as hunters, arrived at the base of the cliff.
Zhou Ye gripped his saber’s scabbard. "This is the place my second uncle told us about. We’ll use that long rope to climb up, cross the Black Pine Forest, and from the top of the valley..."
He trailed off, frozen.
The others froze as well, staring intently at the rope dangling from the clifftop!
"Damn it, someone beat us to it!"
Zhou Tianci was startled and shot forward like an arrow.
Ignoring the others behind him, he grabbed the rope, used his Qinggong, and rushed to the top of the cliff.
By the time Xia Huanhuan and the others had climbed up, they saw him standing on the other side of the Black Pine Forest, silently looking down at the carnage in the valley below.
His figure, standing alone, looked somewhat dejected.
Xia Huanhuan slowly walked to the cliff’s edge and looked down. Her face paled. "Isn’t that Huayang, the Hall Master of the Blood Saber Sect?!"
Zhou Ye and the others instantly stiffened—
Weren’t we told that only a single Incense Master was guarding the Medicinal Herb Garden?
Why is there a Hall Master here?
Even a distinguished Hall Master of the Blood Saber Sect was lying dead on the spot?!
"So..." Zhou Ye stammered, "should we be glad we didn’t get here sooner?"
If they really had arrived earlier, how many of their group would have survived?
The mountain wind blew up from the valley, carrying the stench of blood.
Xia Huanhuan and the others all flinched.
Even someone as normally composed as Zhou Tianci couldn’t help but shiver.
Only then did everyone realize their backs were soaked in a cold sweat, their clothes sticking clammily to their skin!
"Fuck!" Zhou Ye suddenly blurted out. "I’m fucking relieved, but also pissed off at the same time!"
The others couldn’t be bothered to respond and simply turned to leave.
Seeing this, Zhou Ye panicked and hurried after them.
Below the cliff, the valley returned to silence once more.
