204: Kill if you have to

One family… five families… fifteen families… Chu Qing was like a diligent little bee, braving the wind and snow, passing through streets and alleys, cleaning up the Constables who had troubled him during the day.

During the cleanup, he discovered something interesting:

On the quiet streets late at night, many Masked Men in black passed through the streets and alleys, hurrying along.

When they met, they only nodded quickly and passed by each other.

Moreover, the later it got, the more men in black there were.

Besides the men in black, there were also some strange people who caught Chu Qing's attention.

Eight burly men in red carried a sedan chair, rushing back and forth, which was very odd.

There were old beggars leaping across the rooftops of prominent families.

There were alluring and charming young women, dressed in rags, staggering through the wind and snow.

And there was an old woman selling roasted chestnuts late at night.

Chu Qing kept a respectful distance from these strange people.

"The nightlife in Zhou City is much livelier than in Shiji County."

Before he knew it, he arrived at the last family.

This was the family of a Golden-robed Constable.

His residence was decent; apart from the Doorman's room, which still had a light on, all other rooms were dark.

Chu Qing cleaned the rooms.

To his surprise, the Golden-robed Constable was not there.

Finally, he went to the Doorman.

The Doorman was honest and loyal; he answered whatever Chu Qing asked.

The Doorman even voluntarily went to the kitchen to get him a meal and a pot of hot wine.

If the Doorman hadn't secretly put powder in the hot wine, Chu Qing wouldn't have killed him.

Unfortunately… he snapped the Doorman's neck and threw him into the snow.

Chu Qing waited for the Golden-robed Constable inside the Doorman's room.

"Your whole family is quietly waiting for you to come back."

"I hope you don't disappoint me."

He learned from intelligence in Worldly Affairs that the Golden-robed Constable had just started practicing the Five Viscera and Six Bowels.

He felt that he should be able to contend with the other party to some extent.

"tendons and bones increase strength; Flesh increases recovery; the Five Viscera and Six Bowels enhance endurance."

"You haven't reached the Perfection of Skin and Hair, so I can kill you."

A delicious meal was finished.

The person still hadn't returned.

Chu Qing didn't care and began to cultivate on his own, waiting silently.

Ten minutes… an hour… During this time, a Masked Man in black passed over the roof, making a rattling sound as he stepped on the tiles.

Chu Qing stared at the roof, really wanting to rush up and beat the other person violently.

Making so much noise in the middle of the night, wasn't that disturbing someone's peaceful sleep?

Around one in the morning, a knock on the door sounded.

"Open the door!"

Chu Qing got up, his steps crunching on the accumulated snow, and walked to the door.

Through the door, he could already smell alcohol.

Outside the door, the Golden-robed Constable's mumbling could be heard.

Clang!

A Chain Spear dropped.

Outside the door:

The Golden-robed Constable shivered, and most of his drunkenness dissipated.

The sound of a chain?

When did the Doorman get a chain?

No, this isn't right.

There's an enemy.

The Golden-robed Constable's hand gently rested on his sword hilt, his gaze fiercely fixed on the door.

The two men, separated by the door, stared ahead, sensing each other's position.

The wind and snow swirled.

They lashed against the door, making a soft creaking sound.

Clang!

The long sword was unsheathed.

Whoosh!

The Dragon Snake Chain Spear shot out.

Boom!

The door exploded.

The Chain Spear shredded the sword light, tore through the wind and snow, and pierced the Golden-robed Constable's shoulder.

"How dare you! I am a Golden-robed Constable! What crime is it to attack an official of the government?"

The Golden-robed Constable was both shocked and enraged.

He hadn't expected to be injured as soon as they exchanged blows.

Chain Spear!

And it was a double-headed Chain Spear.

In an instant, he thought of the famous top Secret Inheritance in the First Limit—overlord spear.

The prerequisite Cultivation Technique for this Secret Inheritance was the Chain Spear.

Those who could use this Cultivation Technique were all Young Masters of a Prominent Family, all with backgrounds.

He let out a low growl.

He grabbed the chain and pulled fiercely.

"No matter who you are, if I grab your weapon, I'll have a chance to counter-kill!"

As soon as he grabbed the Chain Spear,

Chu Qing abandoned the Chain Spear.

He extended both hands, his hands empowered by over three hundred and sixty Golden Tendons.

Three hundred Black Gold Bones exerted force.

The next second, his hands moved, like a blooming Sunflower:

Martial Skill. Sunflower Hand.

Bang!

The Sunflower Hand heavily struck the Golden-robed Constable's chest.

His Flesh exploded into a sunflower shape.

His sternum collapsed.

The Golden-robed Constable screamed.

He turned and ran.

"Friends of the Bingjia Sect, we have no grievances or enmities…"

"When the Sunflower sees me, it's like seeing a god!"

Chu Qing's cold voice rang out.

Martial Skill. Sunflower Hand.

Bang!

The blooming Sunflower struck the Golden-robed Constable's back.

His Flesh split open, and his spine fractured.

The Golden-robed Constable screamed.

He never dreamed that someone from the Bingjia Sect would kill him.

Thud!

The Golden-robed Constable fell to the ground.

Pfft!

The Chain Spear pierced his heart and throat.

Hot blood stained the Chain Spear.

The Golden-robed Constable tilted his head, wanting to see who it was.

However, he only saw a pair of pure white bare feet stepping on his gushing hot blood.

Blood stained the bare feet.

"This is—who?"

The next second, he felt his leg being grabbed, and then the other person dragged him, like dragging a dead dog, into the courtyard.

Scratch!

Scratch!

The wind and snow covered the steaming hot blood.

Only a deep drag mark remained, extending into the house.

Chu Qing hummed a little tune, looting the body and the assets.

After more than ten minutes, he stepped through the wind and snow, heading straight for the Martial Academy.

Not long after he left, an eight-man sedan chair arrived.

The sedan chair carriers walked up to the body, muttered something, and then carried the sedan chair away again.

The wind and snow swirled, and inside the sedan chair, someone complained:

"Ever since this guy came, my workload has increased a lot."

"This guy is really something else."

...Morning:

The wind and snow continued.

The yamen officials went to work and found that many colleagues were missing.

Soon, someone sent a message saying:

"Last night, more than a dozen brothers died, and a Golden-robed Constable also died."

The yamen immediately became chaotic.

The Constables, besides being angry, were also panicked.

Even a Golden-robed Constable died?

What are those Big Shots above trying to do?

Soon:

Corpse after corpse was brought in.

Golden-robed officials inspected the bodies one by one.

"Except for the Golden-robed Constable, everyone else was killed with a single blow."

"The killer has great strength and hard hand bones."

"The expressions of these deceased are strange; they knew the killer."

"The deceased who knew the killer were all Constables."

"The wounds on the Golden-robed Constable's body have traces of Chain Spear and Sunflower Hand."

"Those who use the Chain Spear are all Young Masters of a Prominent Family or disciples of certain Big Shots."

"They are all striving to achieve the Secret Inheritance overlord spear."

"The wounds caused by the Sunflower Hand are terrifying, but the killer has just started learning it."

"The killer has Perfected Gold Tendons, at least a master of the 365 Silver Bone, Silver Blood, Silver Flesh level."

"Otherwise, he couldn't have killed the Golden-robed Constable."

"The killer is terrifying; he killed people and wiped out their entire families."

"These methods are similar to those used by thedental clinics the night before last."

"The killer—is very likely—Chu Qing."

This group of people kept analyzing.

The many Constables of the yamen immediately frowned.

Someone mumbled:

"Chu Qing seems to be a country bumpkin."

"He entered the State Martial Academy midway; at most, he has practiced dozens of Golden Bones."

"He doesn't have the ability to kill a Golden-robed Constable."

"That's right, if he could cultivate Silver Blood and Silver Flesh, that would be truly terrifying."

At this moment, an official whispered:

"If one cultivates enough three hundred Golden Bones, combined with Perfected Gold Tendons, they can also inflict such injuries."

Many Constables shook their heads.

"Chu Qing only started cultivating in February!"

"For him to cultivate Perfected Gold Tendons is already Heaven-Defying."

"As for three hundred Golden Bones? Haha… even the most powerful Young Master of a Prominent Family has only cultivated seventy or eighty Golden Bones by now."

"How could a country bumpkin like him have so many resources to cultivate Golden Bones?"

"The killer is not Chu Qing."

"But he might know the killer."

"Or even, he hired the killer."

"Let's arrest him first and question him."