Martial Saint through Reading

”Is there something on my face?” The Medicine Maniac wiped his face. ”Oh, just blood. Your Third Leader, or something.”

Boom——

It was like being struck by five thunderbolts. Teng Qian was initially frozen in place, and then his body began to tremble.

”Me-Medicine... Maniac...”

The Medicine Maniac extended his blood-and-black-medicine-stained right hand, gently placing it on Teng Qian’s shoulder.

”You recognize me, huh? Looks like my reputation as the Medicine Maniac is quite big in your Blood Vine Castle.”

”Se-Senior...” Teng Qian’s mouth quivered, too terrified to speak properly.

”We’ll talk about your issues later; I have an urgent matter that I need your help with.”

Soon after.

”Ah——”

A shrill scream echoed from within the iron building.

...

In the side hall of the Blood Vine Castle Master Fort.

Jiaang Jing sat by the window, holding a piece of golden fragment, staring blankly at the moonlight.

”Sister, are you thinking of mother again?” Jiaang Yan walked over to ask.

Jiaang Jing nodded, lifting the golden fragment to look at it, her eyes full of longing.

Under the moonlight, the golden fragment shimmered with a golden glow, cold yet soft.

This item was left by the two sisters’ mother, and they would take it out whenever they missed her.

”Sister, what exactly is this piece of golden fragment?” Jiaang Yan touched the fragment and asked.

Upon hearing this, Jiaang Jing put away the fragment, and with a solemn expression said, ”Little Yan, this item is incredibly tough. Even with all my strength, I couldn’t leave a mark on it. Its origin must be extraordinary.”

”Yes, not only is it tough, every time I touch the golden fragment, I feel a calming presence as if mother is nearby...”

Boom Boom Boom——

As the two sisters were speaking, a thunderous sound suddenly erupted in the distance.

”Sister... what’s happening outside?” Jiaang Yan rushed to the door, ”Sister, all the guards keeping watch on us have left!”

Jiaang Jing immediately went to check.

”They’re really all gone!”

Through the window, it seemed a great battle was taking place outside.

”Sister, could it be that someone is attacking the Blood Vine Castle?” Jiaang Yan exclaimed with delight.

Attacking the Blood Vine Castle?

Jiaang Jing’s brows slightly furrowed.

The Blood Vine Castle that even the Xirong County Government couldn’t capture, who would dare attack it?

Bang——

Despite her doubts, she wasted no movements, unleashing the power of the Strong Bone Realm, blasting open the door with a punch.

”Let’s go take a look.”

Jiaang Yan tightly gripped the Jingyan Dual Blades, her face now only filled with tension instead of allure.

...

In the Blood Vine Castle Master Fort.

Half a moment ago, the magnificent main hall was now collapsed into ruins.

”Who exactly are you?”

The Blood Vine Castle Master stood amidst the collapsed ruins, wiping blood from the corner of his mouth, looking fearfully at the person ahead.

”I already told you, the one who’ll take your life.” Chu Ming stepped forward.

This seemingly ordinary step landed with the force of ten thousand pounds, fiercely striking Teng Sect’s chest.

”We’ve never met, no grievances or enmity, why do you want to kill me?” Teng Sect quivered and retreated.

”No grievances or enmity?” Chu Ming’s tone was cold, as he stepped forward three more times.

Burning three forces of Qi and Blood Power, it only took ten moves for him to make Teng Sect, the Blood Vine Castle Master, vomit blood.

Meridian Unlocking Realm?

The number one bandit leader of Xirong County?

One of the top five masters in Xirong County?

It seems they’re not much after all.

”What do you want? My Blood Vine Castle can give you anything.” Teng Sect was scared but not panicked, probing with his words.

”Your life.” Chu Ming remained unmoved.

My life?

Teng Sect’s heart burned with anger, yet he was helpless.

He truly couldn’t beat this mysterious stranger who suddenly appeared.

The person before him was impenetrable, seemingly only interested in his life.

As he was at a loss, two figures approached from the shadows.

Xiaojing? Little Yan?

Teng Sect’s eyes lit up with a flicker of realization, seemingly coming up with a strategy.

Jiaang Jing and Jiaang Yan’s beauty even moved their father; he didn’t believe the man before them would remain indifferent.

Chu Ming naturally noticed the presence of the two women early on, but only took a brief glance before withdrawing his gaze.

At the same time, Teng Sect’s figure flashed repeatedly, rushing to the two women’s sides in an instant.

Before Jiaang Jing and Jiaang Yan could react, a terrifying force came from their arms, forcibly dragging them out of the shadows.

”They are my daughters, rare beauties in this world. Why not stop, and marry into my Blood Vine Castle, becoming one family?”

Jiaang Jing and Jiaang Yan’s faces turned ghastly pale in an instant.

”Teng Sect, you won’t die a good death!” Jiaang Yan cursed angrily.

”Shut up!” Already boiling with rage, Teng Sect grabbed Jiaang Yan’s fair neck.

He spoke with malice in their ears, ”Listen up, you’re this old man’s daughters, I’ll do whatever I want with you.”

Tears instantly welled up in Jiaang Yan’s eyes, while Jiaang Jing remained silent, secretly reaching for the dagger hidden in her bosom.

”What, planning patricide?!”

Such a small move could hardly escape the eyes of a Meridian Unlocking Realm master like Teng Sect. He waved his hand.

Clang Clang!

The dagger fell to the ground with a grating sound.

Subsequently, he pushed the two women into the open, looking toward the front, ”What does Sir think?”

Moonlight mixed with firelight fell on the two women’s faces, which were filled with endless hatred and unwillingness.

Tears silently fell, pitiful and sad.

Chu Ming’s expression was indifferent, as if he didn’t hear what Teng Sect said, continuing his steps.

The beauty of the two women was indeed otherworldly, something he’d never seen in two lifetimes.

To describe her as a beauty capable of toppling kingdoms wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

But... what does that have to do with him?

Throughout history, beauties have often been the source of disaster, let alone the daughter of the head of Blood Vine Castle’s bandits.

His heart was stirred for just a moment, then he brushed away the useless thought.

Tonight, it’s only for killing.

Murderous intent wrapped around cold eyes, like a sharp sword aimed at Teng Sect.

Oh no!

Fear surged instantly, Teng Sect only felt a chill at his back, as if icy blades were aimed at him.

He couldn’t care about much else and with a palm strike sent Jiaang Jing and Jiaang Yan flying, then turned and fled towards the back.

”Cough cough...” Jiaang Jing and Jiaang Yan fell onto the ruins, helpless and despairing.

But when the two girls saw the face of the person walking steadily toward them, they were taken aback.

”It’s you...” Jiaang Jing recalled meeting him once at the entrance of the tavern in Wind Vine County.

Chu Ming glanced down at the two girls, his steps not halting in the slightest.

”Senior...” Jiaang Jing’s weak voice came from behind him.

Chu Ming did not turn back, continuing to walk.

Jiaang Jing watched the back figure, seemed to muster up courage: ”Please, senior, kill Teng Sect. I... I am willing to serve you for life...”

”Sister...” Jiaang Yan weakly held onto Jiaang Jing’s arm.

However, Chu Ming’s pace didn’t show the slightest pause.

Jiaang Jing looked forward, biting her lip, as if making a huge decision.

Following which, she reached into her bosom and took out a golden fragment.

”Sister...” Seeing this, Jiaang Yan instantly realized something.

Jiaang Jing ignored Jiaang Yan, gathering strength to stand up: ”Senior, Teng Sect killed my entire family, causing my mother’s death; I have an irreconcilable grudge with Teng Sect.”

”I am willing to offer myself and this object, only hoping the senior will slay Teng Sect!”

”This object is passed down from my mother’s family, with unbreakable, focused meditation and other mystical effects...”

The chance to slay Teng Sect was only this once, she knew she must seize it.

Put enough stakes so that the master in front won’t spare Teng Sect due to his pleas or promises.

This time, Chu Ming paused his steps.

The golden fragment that Jiaang Jing took out gave him a feeling...

Similar to the black stone he obtained from slaying evil spirits, but also different.

The black stone gave him a sense of consciousness control, the golden fragment also had this feeling, but simultaneously a sense of repulsion.

”Give it to me.”

Teng Sect, though already severely injured by him, couldn’t afford to waste much time. First, get the golden fragment, then study it afterward.

Reluctance flashed in Jiaang Jing’s eyes, but she still gritted her teeth and handed over the golden fragment.

”Senior...”

”I will kill Teng Sect,” Chu Ming said indifferently.

After handing over the golden fragment, Jiaang Jing seemed to come to terms with something, bowing in respect: ”Thank you, senior.”

Chu Ming paused for a moment, took out two pills, and said: ”Take these, to prevent poisoning.”

Poisoning?

The two girls did not understand what this meant.

Chu Ming was too lazy to explain further, glanced at the two, then flashed and pursued Teng Sect.

”Sister... will he not kill Teng Sect after taking mother’s fragment?” Jiaang Yan was very worried.

Jiaang Jing looked at the two pills in her hand, her beautiful eyes sparkling.

”That senior will definitely kill Teng Sect.” In the calm voice, there was a sense of certainty.

”Sister...?” Jiaang Yan didn’t understand why Jiaang Jing was so sure.

Jiaang Jing picked up a pill and handed it to Jiaang Yan, the worry and fear on her face fading, returning to her original gentle appearance.

”Sister, you’re not going to take this pill, are you?” Jiaang Yan was immediately anxious upon seeing Jiaang Jing’s action.

Jiaang Jing, however, said nothing, opening her lips and swallowing the elixir.

She was not someone who believed others blindly but she believed that a person unmovable by feminine charm is by no means ordinary.

”Sister!” Jiaang Yan wanted to stop her, but it was too late.

”Little Yan...” Jiaang Jing swallowed the pill, her beautiful eyes looking into the distance as if painted, ”Whether this elixir is poisonous or not, I must take it.”

”Why?” Jiaang Yan did not understand.

”Because that senior will see our sincerity.”

”...”

Chu Ming, chasing out, had a glint flash across his eyes.

Under the coverage of the Sword Gourd Spirit, everything the two girls did was within his sight.

When Jiaang Jing swallowed the pill he gave, he indeed saw it clearly.

If initially, he had little feeling towards the two, then when Jiaang Jing swallowed that pill, his thoughts changed slightly.

First, sending the golden fragment to him, then swallowing the pill to show sincerity, the woman in the Strong Bone Realm named Jiaang Jing, who seemed delicate, was in fact quite courageous.

The two pills he left behind were not any poison, but antidotes capable of neutralizing most poisons, including the ’Soul-Devouring Bloodthirsty Powder’ he had the Medicine Maniac concoct.

A short pause of thought, Chu Ming withdrew his attention, fully pursuing Teng Sect.

The distance rapidly shortened, and soon a hurried fleeing figure appeared ahead.

”So fast? How is it so fast!”

In the last moment, believing he had escaped, Teng Sect was again terrified this instant.

”Is that the Fortress Master?”

”Why is the Fortress Master fleeing?”

”It looks like someone is chasing the Fortress Master?”

”The Fortress Master is one of the top five Meridian Unlocking experts in Xirong County, who could be chasing the Fortress Master?”

Where he fled, all the bandits were shocked.

”All of you get up, stop him!” Teng Sect shouted while fleeing, attempting to let the numerous bandits hold him off for a moment.

Some bandits did rush up headlong, while others, seeing the dire situation, bolted away.

Chu Ming frowned slightly, the Blood Palm swung through the air.

Nearly a hundred bandits surrounded him, unable to harm him in the slightest, but delayed him briefly.

By the time he cleared out these bandits, Teng Sect once again vanished into the darkness of night.

Fortunately, under the range of the Sword Gourd Spirit, Teng Sect was still within his probe.

Continuing the chase, approximately a hundred meters ahead, Teng Sect’s aura suddenly stopped.

With the Sword Gourd Spirit’s perception, there was another person beside Teng Sect.

The aura was strong and very familiar too.