Chapter 31

Chapter 31: He bought my insurance

At that moment, Bone Blade had lost all signs of resistance. His hands and feet were tied, and his head lolled in unconsciousness. He was being carried on the shoulders of a tall and muscular man.

Next to the burly man, there was another man in a black fur coat. He was an old man with a hunchback.

Perhaps it was because of this distinctive feature that he didn’t wear a mask to hide his face. Beneath his messy gray hair was a face full of wrinkles, as well as a pair of piercingly cold eyes. His whole body exuded a cold killing intent.

The spiritual fluctuations rolling off his body were stronger than the others. In fact, they even surpassed Captain Thunder and the Blood Shadow Team Leader. He was clearly at the seventh level of Qi Condensation.

Xu Qing had never seen a scavenger with this level of cultivation in the camp.

“Boss, this fog came at a bad time. What should we do about the other meat treasures we marked?” While Xu Qing watched from a distance, the burly man carrying Bone Blade spoke in a hushed voice.

“It’s all because of this meat treasure. He wasted our time with all his running around.” The old man in black looked coldly at the unconscious Bone Blade. After thinking for a bit, he shook his head.

“Call everyone else over. We’ll leave first and come back to find those meat treasures after the fog dissipates.”

“The big boss is really too much. Why can’t he just grab them straight from the camp? Instead, he waits for them to enter the forbidden area before making us go and grab them.” The burly man muttered a few words in dissatisfaction, but the old man beside him snorted coldly.

“What the big boss wants is a steady flow of income, something your pig brain probably can’t comprehend. If he directly arrested people in the camp, how would the camp go on operating?”

The burly man didn’t seem to take these words seriously, but he also didn’t talk back. Obeying the old man’s instructions, he took out a whistle and blew it. Soon, the two black-clothed men Xu Qing had seen before came over.

Xu Qing didn’t stop them, nor did he make a move at all. He squatted atop a tree in the distance, coldly watching the entire process.

After confirming that there were indeed only four black-clothed men, Xu Qing glanced at Bone Blade as they were about to leave.

If he didn’t come across this matter, if Bone Blade hadn’t bought insurance, or if this happened outside the forbidden area, Xu Qing wouldn’t bother. He wasn’t a saint and didn’t have the time and energy to go around saving others.

But he had his own principles.

Those who bought his insurance, he would guarantee that they left the forbidden area. After leaving the forbidden area, he wouldn’t concern himself with their life and death.

So the next moment, Xu Qing’s body rushed out like an arrow fired from a bowstring, leaving afterimages behind him as he shot straight toward the burly man carrying Bone Blade.

His previous hiding spot was extremely well-hidden, and his movements now were like lightning, so the three weaker black-clothed men didn’t notice him at all. Only the old man at the seventh level of Qi Condensation could barely react.

The old man turned around quickly as his expression changed, raising his right hand as he did so. Instantly, numerous ice blades manifested and shot through the air.

But he was still too late. By the time the ice blades appeared, Xu Qing had already arrived next to the burly man. A gust of wind billowed out in all directions, causing Xu Qing’s long hair to flutter. Reflected in his sharp eyes was the cold gleam of the dagger in his hand, revealing towering killing intent!

The dagger slashed across the burly man’s throat with such great force that this cultivator of the fifth level of Qi Condensation didn’t have the slightest ability to resist. Before he could even scream, his head flew up into the air.

Blood splattered everywhere!

As the burly man’s corpse fell, Xu Qing grabbed Bone Blade by his clothes and dashed into the distance with a few leaps.

After throwing the unconscious Bone Blade aside, Xu Qing turned around and coldly stared at the remaining three black-clothed men.

All of this happened in a flash. By the time Xu Qing had retreated a distance away, the burly man’s head, eyes still wide-open, fell to the ground at the same time as his body and the old man’s ice blades.

Instantly, a silence fell over the surroundings. The old man in black and his two companions looked at Xu Qing in unison, hearts pounding with shock.

"Kid!"

One of the two black-clothed men behind the old man opened his eyes wide and blurted out a name after seeing Xu Qing.

“Shut up!” The black-clothed old man in front immediately growled.

His subordinate also noticed his own slip of the tongue, so he immediately fell silent.

Xu Qing took a deep look at the three black-clothed men. The previous words had already revealed everything.

“Kid, this matter has nothing to do with you. Leave immediately, and I can pretend that you never showed up.” The black-clothed old man had a gloomy expression as he stared at Xu Qing. He spoke slowly without trying to hide anything.

At that moment, there was a gust of wind. It blew past Xu Qing over to the three black-clothed men, stirring up the leaves on the ground and making a rustling sound.

As the wind blew, it seemed that the fog grew thicker.

Xu Qing fell silent and didn’t speak.

Bone Blade had regained consciousness a long time ago, only pretending to still be unconscious. However, hearing the old man’s words, he grew anxious. He was worried that Xu Qing would give up on saving him, so he quickly opened his eyes.

In his opinion, the best way to ensure his safety was to make Xu Qing have no choice but to fight a life-or-death battle. There was only one way to do this, so he shouted out loudly.

“Kid, don’t listen to him. These guys are the camp owner’s men. Many of the scavengers who mysteriously disappeared over the years were actually secretly captured by them and sold to convoys as treasure breeders! This is the camp owner’s biggest secret!”

Bone Blade’s words made the black-clothed old man narrow his eyes. He looked back at Xu Qing before speaking again.

“I’ll give you one last chance, mind your own business!”

Xu Qing ignored Bone Blade’s words. The cause and effect of this matter had nothing to do with him. His thoughts were very simple and straightforward.

Those who bought his insurance, he would guarantee that they left the forbidden area. After leaving the forbidden area, he wouldn’t concern himself with their life and death.

“He bought my insurance.” Xu Qing said seriously.

The black-clothed old man’s gaze turned even colder, but the next moment, a sneer appeared on his face. He suddenly raised his hands, and a huge red ring inexplicably appeared under his feet.

Gusts of cold wind suddenly rose into the sky from the ring, as if forming into a tornado. The aura given off by this wall of wind was astonishing.

“Kid, you're still too inexperienced. You actually gave me time to cast a spell, so… you can go die.”

The old man let out a low growl and his hands trembled violently. Suddenly, the wind wall around him became fiercer, and countless blood-colored ice blades began to form inside of it.

At the same time, the two black-clothed men beside him sneered, circling around to pincer Xu Qing from the left and right.

Bone Blade fell into despair.

But Xu Qing’s expression remained calm and steady from the very beginning. When the two figures approached him from the left and right and the old man’s ice blade storm seemed about to erupt, he spoke softly.

“I should also thank you.”

Almost at the same moment Xu Qing spoke, the two black-clothed men rushing towards him suddenly stopped in their tracks.

Their faces blackened in an instant and their eyes widened with horror as streams of black blood began flowing from their seven orifices.

It was as if they had been poisoned and they couldn’t even breathe. The two were terrified to the extreme and wanted nothing more than to run away.

But before they could even take a few steps backward, they spurted out huge mouthfuls of black blood and lost all the strength in their bodies. The two black-clothed men staggered and fell to the ground, convulsing violently. Their expressions were filled with extreme pain, as if they were undergoing unspeakable torture, and they uttered horrific screams. But the next moment, they suddenly went limp and died.

Bone Blade was incredibly shocked by this scene, and the black-clothed old man who was casting the spell felt explosions go off in his mind. The storm around him suddenly became unstable.

At this moment, black blood began streaming from the old man’s eyes.

“You…” The old man’s expression changed drastically, and he was unable to maintain the stability of his spell. He suddenly pushed his hands outward, forcing the ice blade storm to detonate in advance.

However, because of his chaotic mental state, this attack didn’t cover everything in the area despite its great power. Xu Qing grabbed Bone Blade and easily avoided the ice blades.

Watching the other party retreat, constantly taking out and swallowing pills, Xu Qing made no move to stop him. With the terrified Bone Blade beside him, he murmured softly.

“One, two, three…”

The moment the word ‘three’ came out, the black-clothed old man spat out a huge mouthful of black blood, which even seemed to contain bits of rotting internal organs.

The black-clothed old man staggered, but he didn’t fall to the ground. Although his face was pale, he seemed to have retained some strength, and he was about to continue running away.

Xu Qing frowned when he saw this and rushed out. He instantly caught up with the old man, and as the other party’s face revealed despair, Xu Qing punched out.

A ferocious Imp Shadow instantly appeared from his fist. It rushed directly towards the old man with a cackle.

Boom!

The old man’s body shook, and the clothes on his chest instantly turned to ash. His heart collapsed, and he died.

When his body fell to the ground, his chest caved in. Shockingly, the flesh and blood in the collapsed chest cavity actually formed the face of the Imp Shadow.

“Theoretically, once the seven poison powders that I spread in the wind mix together, they should have killed him after a few breaths. How could he still have strength left… It seemed that there is still room for improvement.”

Xu Qing muttered, ignoring the stunned Bone Blade, and started collecting his spoils. Finally, he took out the corpse-scattering powder and sprinkled it on the three corpses.

A harsh hissing sound spread through the silent forest, and all three corpses turned into blood.

After finishing all this, Xu Qing turned to look at Bone Blade.

Bone Blade was already shaken in both body and mind from Xu Qing’s actions, and the figure of the young man in front of him suddenly seemed to become the most terrifying thing in the world.

So when Xu Qing’s gaze swept over him, Bone Blade immediately trembled.

And when he trembled, he felt that it was a little difficult to breathe, and the skin on his hands turned green. This scene almost made his mind collapse.

"Fellow Daoist Kid, I, I... I was also poisoned."

“With all this wind, everyone nearby will be poisoned.” Xu Qing said calmly.

"The antidote, give me the antidote..." Bone Blade was anxious as he felt a tingling feeling from all over his body.

"There is no antidote to my poison." Xu Qing looked up at the fog approaching from the distance, speaking another sentence amid Bone Blade’s despair.

"I came to save you because you bought insurance, but you can’t rely on that to play tricks."

“Fellow Daoist Kid, I was wrong, I know I was wrong, my body is starting to tingle, look, I’m turning green…”

Bone Blade trembled. He saw his hands darkening, and the scene of the two black-clothed men dying after bleeding from their seven orifices surfaced in his mind. The panic in his heart reached its peak.

Xu Qing glanced at him coldly before waving his right hand and throwing over a packet of medicinal powder.

Bone Blade quickly caught it and directly poured everything into his mouth, fearing that it wouldn’t resolve the poison if he swallowed too little. Soon, the green color on his body faded, but his face began to swell.

“What did you feed me? My mouf feelf a widdle num…” Bone Blade felt that his face was swelling, and he couldn’t speak clearly. He looked at Xu Qing with a blank gaze.

Xu Qing glanced at Bone Blade, whose face had swollen into a pig’s head, and spoke lightly.

"It's also poison."

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