nyslfriends Chapter 52: Interrogation
Chapter 52: Interrogation
In the world, the cultivation of demons involves two more steps than that of humans: one is the awakening of wisdom and the other is the transformation into human form. Bixia's background is definitely not bad. If she follows the normal order, she doesn't need to cultivate and can complete the transformation into human form before reaching the Qi Refining Realm.
But Bixia, just like herself, was born with her body prematurely matured by the Yellow Robe Monster using a secret method, resulting in only half of her body completing its transformation.
Only now, with the foundation laid, has this step been completely completed.
As soon as the red light dissipated, Bixia had completely entered the Foundation Establishment Realm, and even her Crimson Blood True Understanding Profound Technique had been raised to the thirteenth level.
After completing her transformation, Bixia looked at her slender little hands, touched her face, and ran happily to Cao Xing.
"Brother, is it good?"
"It looks good, even better than when I helped you." Cao Xing nodded. He had previously used his supernatural ability, Disguise, to help her conceal her beast form, but a fake is still a fake, and upon closer inspection, there were still some unnatural features.
Now Bixia has completed her transformation herself, and she looks even more exquisite and adorable.
Cao Xing glanced at the mess on the ground. Although this was a remote place, it was a spot that Li Jing and his group had chosen long ago. However, the commotion just now was too great, and it was hard to guarantee that it wouldn't be noticed.
He immediately reached out and grabbed the three corpses of He Tai, Gao Fan, and Zheng Songtao from the ground. "Let's go. We can't stay here any longer. Let's leave first."
Bixia nodded, picked up the corpses of Zhang Qiang, Cheng Jing, and Li Jing along with the magical artifacts on the ground, and leaped into the forest.
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, several Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived one after another.
The leader was Zhuang Duyou. He looked at the mess on the ground, the bloodstains, and the collapsed houses. After looking around, Zhuang Duyou's expression became serious.
"Senior Brother Zhuang, the sword energy on the ground looks like Senior Brother Zheng's Spirit-Slaying Sword. Could it be them..." A Foundation Establishment youth looked at Zhuang Duyou.
Zhuang Duyou frowned, but snorted coldly: "So what if it's them? They obviously kicked a hornet's nest. They deserve to die."
Clearly, Zhuang Duyou had heard about what Li Jing and the others were doing, but he was too lazy to care. He just wanted to keep things out of the open.
"Sigh, you guys check it again. I need to go back and report this to Master." Zhuang Duyou sighed, signaling his junior brothers to check it again to see if there were any clues. Then he took out a Cloud-Soaring Talisman, took off into the clouds, and quickly rushed towards the direction of the Upper Temple.
The group was taken aback for a moment, but then one of them immediately reacted: "Junior brothers, my stomach hurts, I need to go back to the toilet."
After saying that, he took out a Cloud-Soaring Talisman and quickly left.
"Junior brothers, I have something to attend to, I'll be going first." Seeing that the senior brothers were running faster and faster than the next one, the people behind suddenly realized and slapped their thighs: "Damn it, hurry up, they must be going to rob Li Jing and the others' cave."
Li Jing and his three companions were, after all, Foundation Establishment cultivators. Regardless of their strength, their cave dwellings contained a considerable number of treasures. If they had arrived even a moment later, these treasures would have become the possessions of others.
In a short while, the courtyard was completely empty.
Meanwhile, Cao Xing and Bixia had already escaped from outside Wutong City.
Once he was sure no one was chasing him, Cao Xing threw the bodies on the ground and began to carefully search them by tearing off their clothes.
Surprisingly, these people are quite wealthy.
Cao Xing found a bottle of Spirit-Stabilizing Pills in Li Jing's arms. This was a high-grade product, costing 1200 taels of silver per bottle.
Besides the pills, there were also two low-grade magic weapons: the Earth Element Shield and the Flying Fire Meteor Hammer.
Three Cloud-Soaring Talismans, two Five Elements Talismans, and one Thunder Talisman.
Two thousand eight hundred taels of silver.
They also found 2,500 taels of silver, a bottle of high-grade spiritual pills, two fire talismans, and five cloud-riding talismans on He Tai, Gao Fan, and Zheng Songtao.
Three low-grade magical artifacts: Golden Gauze Wheel, Spirit-Slaying Sword, and Flowing Water Cover.
What a bumper harvest!
Looking at the magical artifacts, silver notes, and pills in front of him, Cao Xing's face lit up with joy. Indeed, hard work does not necessarily lead to wealth; one must rely on windfall gains to get rich.
They and Wu Peng were humming and whining, but it was far more profitable to kill and rob.
"Sister, keep these two magical artifacts close to your body!"
Cao Xing gave Bixia the Earth Element Shield and the Flying Fire Meteor Hammer. As for the remaining magical artifacts, these things couldn't be brought into the open. Cao Xing planned to sell them at the Qionglou Incense Gathering and then buy himself a more suitable magical artifact.
After putting everything away, Bixia drained the remaining corpses into dried-up bodies, squeezing out all their spiritual essence. Then, she used the Netherworld Enlightenment Technique again to awaken the souls of the six people.
After the six souls were brought into physical bodies, each of them had a different expression.
Li Jing stared intently at Cao Xing, his face filled with resentment. He, a cultivator at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, had been killed by Cao Xing with a single punch, even though he clearly had many other methods.
The Chongyang Rebirth Technique ensures that even severe injuries will not result in death.
He had an earth element shield strong enough to withstand a full-force attack from a Golden Core cultivator, a flying fire meteor hammer, and a thunder talisman, but before he could even unleash these abilities, he was struck unconscious by Cao Xing's golden light sword and then had his head smashed by that kid's punch. What a pathetic death he died.
At this moment, he wished he could tear Cao Xing to pieces.
In contrast, He Tai and his two companions had a completely different feeling.
The three realized something was wrong and tried to escape, but found that their souls were completely out of their control. Terrified, they all knelt on the ground.
"Junior Brother Cao, no, Senior Brother Cao, we were wrong. Please, for the sake of our fellow disciples, let us be reincarnated. In our next life, we will be your slaves, and we will do it willingly."
Xiao Ran nodded: "Senior brothers, please don't misunderstand. I am not a bloodthirsty person. All that I did before was to protect myself. Please don't blame me."
Upon hearing this, He Tai and the other two cursed inwardly. "They killed the four of us in one go. If they weren't bloodthirsty and belligerent, how could they be so skilled at killing?"
But the situation was beyond their control, so the three of them could only force a smile and nod repeatedly: "Yes, it's all our fault, please don't take it to heart, junior brother."
"Pah, spineless!"
Seeing this, Li Jing snorted coldly and turned his head away, too lazy to look at He Tai and the other two.
"My three senior brothers, I only have one question. You've been targeting me, which clearly means you know I have money. But who told you that?"
Cao Xing stared at the three of them and pressed them for answers.
They had been watching him ever since he came down the mountain, but he had never interacted with these novice disciples, which was what Cao Xing found strange.
He even suspected that Wu Peng had tipped someone off, so he wanted to get to the bottom of this.
"It's...it's the silver note in your arms!"
"Silver notes?"
Cao Xing frowned and immediately took out the silver notes.
He Tai said, "This money was lent to you by our senior brother. It has his magic seal on it, so it's easy to tell who has money on them."
"So that's how it is," Cao Xing suddenly realized, recalling what Wu Peng had said about loans with no compound interest and no dead-end tax.
Indeed, there are no free lunches in this world.
If Wu Peng hadn't run into me today, I'm afraid I would have died without a burial place.
"Actually, it's easy to break. This magic seal can be washed off with grass ash water," Gao Fan added, reminding Cao Xing.
"Why! Why? We have no grudge against Senior Brother!" However, after hearing what the two said, Zhang Qiang couldn't stand it anymore.
He stared intently at He Tai and the other two. If Cao Xing hadn't been holding their souls in place, they probably would have already pounced on He Tai and fought him to the death.
He Tai glanced back at Zhang Qiang and snorted coldly: "During the Qionglou Incense Gathering, Senior Brother is preparing to break through to the Golden Core stage. He needs luck and opportunity. You are the nourishment that Senior Brother values."
He Tai's words were incomprehensible to Zhang Qiang and the other two, but Cao Xing understood the senior brother's intention.
As Gu Su once said, as long as a debtor is insolvent, he will eventually be liquidated. His cultivation will be transformed into flowing water to bless the creditor, and his own good fortune will also be used to pay off the debt, thus increasing the creditor's luck and averting calamity.
Borrow money first, then rob money, kill them, and then use the money as nourishment for yourself. This senior brother really has a clever plan.