Chapter 113: (105) A Blade That Splits Mountains in a Single Stroke, Blood Battle with Xu Tian (Seeking Monthly Tickets, Recommendations, and Subscriptions)_1
“Old Pei and Wei Xia…” Tang Huoyang wanted to explain on behalf of Pei Jinye but was interrupted by the arrival from the Night Patrol Department, “Sorry, I was asking him, not you. If possible, you can remain silent or leave.”
Tang Huoyang frowned, feeling that there was something deliberate and targeted about the other party’s way of questioning.
However, Teacher Chang spoke up too, signaling him to be quiet.
“Pei Jinye is not a child, you should let him finish.”
“Alright, Teacher Chang, I’ll shut up, but I hope some people don’t deliberately ask trap questions,” Tang Huoyang shrugged and sarcastically implied a sentence.
The person from the Night Patrol Department seemed not to hear, staring at Pei Jinye silently with an oppressive gaze.
Pei Jinye calmly said, “I didn’t see the deceased often, to the best of my memory, just two face-to-face encounters. If you insist on speaking of grudges, I don’t know how to evaluate them. On the 24th of last month, right on the cross-river bridge, he attempted something improper towards a girl who appeared at the restaurant yesterday, and I caught him in action; I think you can retrieve surveillance footage to verify…”
“We will,” said the middle-aged man from the Night Patrol Department, nodding calmly. Soon after, a young man came in through the door, whispered something into his ear.
The middle-aged man nodded and looked at Pei Jinye, “Where were you at 10 o’clock last night?”
“At home.”
“Any witnesses?”
“Do my parents count?”
“Besides them?”
Pei Jinye faced the other person’s aggressive manner and calmly replied, “There’s an electronic eye at the entrance to my home.”
“Okay, thank you for your cooperation. If needed, we will contact you again. Please do not leave Da Peng City during this time,” the middle-aged man handed over a statement for Pei Jinye to sign.
Pei Jinye did not sign immediately but took it and carefully looked it over.
The middle-aged man’s eyebrows twitched slightly, but he said nothing more.
After signing, Pei Jinye handed it back.
The middle-aged man looked at Teacher Chang and politely nodded, “Thank you for your time.”
Teacher Chang’s gaze followed the group as they left, and Tang Huoyang, feeling indignant, said, “What’s going on, acting like Old Pei is a suspect when clearly, I also had a conflict with Wei Xia. Damn it, as if they’re looking down on someone.”
Teacher Chang somberly said, “With your puny frame, if you tried to kill Wei Xia, you’d be the one getting taken care of. The Night Patrol Department’s suspicion towards Little Jinye is recognition of his strength. However, after examining Wei Xia’s body, the explosive force it exhibited is definitely not common; linking it to Little Jinye right now is probably their hasty and wild guesswork in a moment of desperation.”
Shaking his head.
Teacher Chang, with hands clasped behind his back, slowly departed, “Troublesome times, the both of you should also refrain from causing trouble outside.”
After watching Teacher Chang leave,
Tang Huoyang sat down beside Pei Jinye, looking somewhat downcast, “Initially, I thought the death of Wei Xia, that scourge, was a good thing. Why aren’t these Night Patrol Department guys out there catching the murderer instead of coming here to bother us… Mad, I don’t believe there isn’t something fishy going on here.”
Pei Jinye picked up his teacup and took a sip, his gaze profound.
Of course, something was fishy.
And that puppet master was nearby…
After the Night Patrol Department personnel got on the car, no one expected there was still someone seated in the back.
“Boss, just as you thought, he denied everything…” the middle-aged man cautiously reported, but he hesitated before still expressing his thoughts, “What he said was all true, and according to the latest intelligence we have, just last night… a private detective secretly investigated Pei Jinye’s family situation, and according to the footage they shot, Pei Jinye indeed stayed home all night after returning and did not leave again.”
Xu Tian maintained a pose of resting with closed eyes and simply hummed a nasal “Hmm” in response.
The middle-aged man carefully glanced at him and signaled the young driver to start the car.
They also did not engage the hovering mode.
It seemed that after last night’s car accident involving Wei Xia, the hover system had raised concerns among many people.
Today, during the daytime, the stocks in the car sector were all deep in the red, a sight too tragic to behold.
The hovercar accident once again aroused everyone’s concern.
Despite public relations efforts by major automobile manufacturers, the increasing concerns were becoming more worrisome.
Suddenly, inside the car.
A middle-aged man whispered, “Commander, there is a new discovery. A suspicious target was caught on the electronic eye on Nanjian Road.”
Xu Tian’s eyes snapped open, “Has an identity comparison been made yet?”
“It is being compared,” the middle-aged man said cautiously. “Xing Tian simulated the target’s behavioral trajectory along Nanjian Road and found that he vanished near Osmanthus Alley in the city center.”
“Osmanthus Alley?” Xu Tian frowned, tapping on the virtual screen on his wrist, and quickly pulled up the location of the target.
With just one look, he saw the conspicuous location of Sky God International.
He paused for a moment.
“Sky God International?”
Right then, the middle-aged man spoke softly, “Xing Tian has released data. Based on behavioral comparison and personal analysis, we have found the perpetrator!”
“Who is it?”
Xu Tian looked on with an odd expression on his face.
“You had a grudge with Wei Xia, when did this happen, and why didn’t you come to find me? I could have helped mediate between you at that time.” Inside the club, Jiang Lingsu stood in front of Pei Jinye, the scent of her perfume making Tang Huoyang frown in disapproval.
He really didn’t like this young girl, especially knowing that she was a person with a malicious heart, he disliked her even more.
Pei Jinye responded indifferently, “Why is Senior Sister so concerned about my affairs?”
Jiang Lingsu’s smile remained unchanged, “Junior Brother Pei may have heard about my affairs, but rumors are always somewhat true and somewhat false. I don’t want to explain, but what I want to say is, I bear no malice towards you, whether you believe it or not, it is indeed the truth.”
“Senior Sister is overthinking it.” Pei Jinye shook his head, “I am wholeheartedly committed to martial arts and generally don’t care much about external affairs. I don’t want to talk about Wei Xia anymore, justice resides in the hearts of the people…”
“Wei Xia was indeed a bit too proud, otherwise he wouldn’t have…” Jiang Lingsu looked genuinely remorseful.
Pei Jinye simply stated, “Senior Sister, the dead should be respected.”
Jiang Lingsu’s feigned expression of lament suddenly became stiff, and with an awkward nod, she agreed, “Yes, the dead should be respected.”
Both fell silent.
Pei Jinye, who was touching the wooden post in front of him, suddenly said with enthusiasm, “Senior Sister, shall we?”
Jiang Lingsu pulled a face, outright refusing, “No, you practice by yourself. I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave first.”
And with that, she hurriedly left, afraid that Pei Jinye would ask her to stay.
She had come to understand that this Junior Brother Pei really had a problem with his mind.
Does he not have any desires or emotions!!!
Pei Jinye, with an expression of “what a pity,” watched the Senior Sister swiftly walk away with her delicate body twisting, then he withdrew his gaze, his eyes becoming extremely calm again.
Does this woman really take herself too seriously?
Too bad, he liked naturally pure women.
“Jiang Lingsu, did she leave?” Tang Huoyang looked around when he came back.
“She left,” Pei Jinye nodded.
He practiced on the ironwood post for a while but found it dull.
It was a pity that Tang Huoyang was intentionally avoiding eye contact with him, and he dared not challenge him to a fight just yet.
Pei Jinye felt somewhat listless for the time being.
He turned around.
Just in time to see Teacher Chang, holding a smoking pipe and walking towards him slowly and steadily, Pei Jinye fell into contemplation.
He hadn’t forgotten that Teacher Chang had appeared in the memories of Uncle Tang of the Tang Family.
“How’s your training with the Twelve Lotuses coming along?” Teacher Chang suddenly asked.
It made Pei Jinye’s heart skip a beat, “It’s passable.”
As soon as he finished speaking, his vision blurred.
Teacher Chang’s figure disappeared from the spot.
Pei Jinye hastened to step forward into a bow stance, raising his arms to block.
There was a “bang”.
Dust rose all around.
Tang Huoyang, who was meditating, suddenly found himself covered in dirt, bewilderedly raising his head to look to one side.
Pei Jinye, maintaining his bow stance and block, retreated one step, his left leg ploughing a several-meter-long mark on the ground.
Beyond the dust.
Teacher Chang, still holding his smoking pipe in one hand, slowly raised his other hand and hooked his finger at Pei Jinye, “Rotate your mental method, gather your vitality, come, hit me.”
Pei Jinye took a deep breath in secret.
Vitality surged, and his whole person shot forth like an arrow.
But Pei Jinye was very cautious, not using any abilities he shouldn’t have.
Using just the right amount of force.
Still, the explosive force surprised Tang Huoyang who opened his mouth wide, “… When Old Pei hit me, he was clearly holding back.”
Thinking this.
A bitter taste arose in Tang Huoyang’s mouth.
Mainly because after Pei Jinye’s charge, the dust on the ground suddenly shook violently.
“Not bad.”
Teacher Chang rarely complimented, raising his left hand and pressing it down fiercely.
A strong gust erupted, like a mountain pressing down, striking hard towards Pei Jinye’s iron fist.
Pei Jinye’s eyes flashed with thought.
The power of Teacher Chang’s “Quake” was much larger than his!
Was it because of the difference in the amount of blood energy?
“Slara!”
The sleeve behind Pei Jinye’s iron fist seemed to have been hit by tremendous force and exploded on the spot.
“Hiss!”
A piercing sound of air whistled suddenly as if pure force had concentrated into one point.
Pei Jinye looked surprised.
In his vision, Teacher Chang extended a finger, nonchalantly pointing it down.
The shockwave that rippled outwards seemed like a vast wave crashing against a high cliff, resonating with the deep sound of a bell, and under the clear sky, thunder exploded, instantly flipping Tang Huoyang, who was spectating, out of his spot.
A muffled “damn” could vaguely be heard within the storm.
Pei Jinye’s gaze was resolute, his iron fist struck with an unstoppable momentum.
If it had been a common man, facing Teacher Chang’s dimension-reducing strike, they might have already felt the instinct to retreat in their heart, but not Pei Jinye.
Under his punch, Teacher Chang seemed to see a sharpness, the most incisive sharpness of youth.
Teacher Chang’s eyes couldn’t help but hold a bit of admiration, appreciatively watching Pei Jinye’s punch come forward.
The moment of contact.
“Boom” went the sound.
The scorching shockwave was engulfed by a surging light as fierce as flames.
It was as if a moth that did not fear death plunged towards the sun.
After a brief visual suppression.
Pei Jinye’s vision finally cleared, and he heard Teacher Chang’s calm voice, “It’s a pity, your progress is slower than I thought. The most important thing in martial arts is the heart. You must understand your own heart, never be negligent, feel it well, and when you can control your power with ease, then you can be considered a true martial artist.”
By the time Pei Jinye looked up, Teacher Chang’s figure had already disappeared.
The ground beneath him had sunk down hard, as if it had exploded, with not a single intact piece of ground within three meters.
Thinking back to Teacher Chang’s sudden, spring thunder-like strike, he seemed to have gained some insight.
Just then, Tang Huoyang climbed out of a mud pit, his face filled with fear and breakdown, “I’m bloody innocent!!!”
Xu Tian was somewhat perplexed and took another trip to the scene of the incident.
He had just crouched down to examine the site where Wei Xia had died.
Suddenly, a dazzling flash of thunderbolt light surged from behind and slashed down.
Under the broad daylight.
This flash of blade light was filled with chilling murderous intent.
Time itself seemed to freeze.
In the fraction of a breath, Xu Tian exploded into action, his face still marked with the utmost shock.
His eyes flickered with golden light.
If it had been a new recruit from the Judgement Place, they would likely be decapitated by such a terrifying blade assault.
But Xu Tian, seasoned with experience, was not the kind of arrogant newcomer like Zhao Qianfeng to be compared with.
In an instant.
The blade light and golden light collided, and the terrifying pressure they caused shattered the surrounding trees.
The ground at the center of their clash collapsed with a boom! The earth shook!
In front was a sea of air waves and golden light; behind was scorched earth ablaze.
Pei Jinye stood unmoved like a mountain.
Both hands grasped the sword.
His aura was like a rainbow.
[Adding an extra chapter today, I wanted to ask, do you have a ticket?]