Chapter 1438: Master (Part 3)

Zuo Wugang hadn’t really heard of such a thing: “What if he can’t make sense of it, or can’t bring himself to act?”

“Then he will lose human energy, and his cultivation level will actually suffer. This cultivation method is just so strange, no wonder this guy is so particular about rules.”

Zuo Wugang listened and became even more confused: “A thug can mess around and still gain human energy? I heard Master Wu say before, the cultivators Above the Clouds gain human energy solely by the territory, right?”

Qiu Zhiheng said: “There are hundreds of ways to gain human energy; relying on the territory is just one of them. Thug methods are another, and transforming into a god is yet another.

But these thug methods, once used, you’re stuck with them for life, it’s hard to switch to another path.”

Zuo Wugang felt Qiu Zhiheng was different from before: “Head Qiu, where did you learn these things? Did Lu Dongliang teach you back then?”

Qiu Zhiheng didn’t speak. These things were certainly not taught by Lu Dongliang. Lu Dongliang himself had to explore the Above the Clouds affairs and didn’t have much to teach Qiu Zhiheng.

These things were taught to him by Xu Han. Qiu Zhiheng had helped Old Xu a lot, so naturally, Old Xu wouldn’t shortchange him.

Tan Jinxiao waved his knife around, his voice getting louder, while Zuo Wugang rolled up his sleeves: “I just don’t believe it, aren’t the cultivators Above the Clouds made of flesh? Just let me strike first, and I can finish him off with one blow!”

Qiu Zhiheng glared at Zuo Wugang: “How many times have I told you? Things must be done according to plan.”

Zuo Wugang anxiously rubbed his hands: “I didn’t say I want to chop him now; I just can’t wrap my head around this.”

“Do you understand why you’ve kicked him twenty times and still couldn’t hurt him?”

Zuo Wugang raised his eyebrows: “My punches and kicks might be lacking, but with weapons…”

Qiu Zhiheng said: “In the Golden Cultivation Skill, there’s a move called the Golden Helmet and Silver Armor. He has a layer of golden armor on him. Even if you strike with a knife, you can’t hurt him, but if he strikes, you’re ninety-nine percent dead.”

“Golden Armor?” Zuo Wugang was shocked, “What is that armor made of?”

“What do you think?”

“It’s the armor from Gold Cultivation?” Zuo Wugang shivered all over, stomping his shoe sole hard on the ground.

Tan Jinxiao, with his knife in hand, shouted fiercely: “If you don’t come out today, I’ll go in with this knife and take over the shop; the shop will be mine in the future. Old and young, witness this! Anyone who disagrees, let’s talk to this knife!”

Thud!

A granny suddenly collapsed in front of Tan Jinxiao.

Tan Jinxiao was stunned.

The granny, clutching her belly, cried: “You damned beast, why did you cut me with your knife?”

“Hey, you shouldn’t say that carelessly!” Tan Jinxiao looked at the granny and said, “You suddenly charged at me, and my knife is eight feet away from you, so I didn’t touch you!”

Tan Jinxiao wouldn’t be fooled by this; being an expert in swindling, he couldn’t let others swindle him. He explained clearly, the knife didn’t touch, meant it really didn’t touch.

But those watching the drama were all focused on the restaurant earlier, and nobody noticed the knife incident. Now, suddenly a granny appeared, covered in blood, everyone was baffled but felt sorry for the granny.

Tan Jinxiao sensed the human energy shifting, the wind was about to change. If he didn’t hold the ground, his cultivation level would diminish.

Yet, he remained calm, reasoning with the granny: “Granny, let’s talk this over. I have no grudge against you; why would I cut you?”

The granny didn’t reason with Tan Jinxiao. She turned to look at the car, protecting a man on it, crying: “Son, why did you leave your mother behind!”

“Son?” Tan Jinxiao was stunned. Those on the car were his men; how were they the granny’s son?

“Granny, you must have mistaken; this is my brother!”

The granny pointed at the man and said, “This is my son.”

“He really is my brother!”

“He truly is my son, you can ask him if you don’t believe!”

“I ask…”

This can’t be asked. These men were pretending to be corpses; even if asked, they can’t speak.

Forget asking, regardless of the granny’s origins, let’s play along with the act.

“The old and young witnessed it, my brother’s mother has arrived! The white-haired sending off the black-haired. Zuo Wugang, you beat the man, come out and take a look!”

The granny cried: “You harmed my son, and then hired a beast to cut me, this beast won’t die a good death!”

Tan Jinxiao lowered his head and said: “Granny, let’s make things clear, I wasn’t hired by them.”

“If you weren’t hired by them, why are you holding a knife?”

“I’m holding the knife to fight for justice for you!”

“You fight for my justice, then why cut me?”

“I’ve already said, I didn’t cut you.”

“Then who cut me with this knife?”

“How would I know…” Tan Jinxiao felt something off, the more he spoke, the more tangled it became.

Qiu Zhiheng said to Lu Yuanxin: “Release the first wave of insects.”

Lu Yuanxin released the first wave of insects, primarily flies and undeveloped flies.

The flies flew toward Tan Jinxiao, Tan Jinxiao paid no attention, practitioners of Alchemy don’t care about flies, let alone things being quite tricky now.

Qiu Zhiheng held a portrait, marked by Lu Yuanxin, told Zuo Wugang: “Old Zuo, your turn, make sure to remember, don’t miss the spot behind the heart!”

“Don’t worry, this task won’t go wrong.”

Zuo Wugang went downstairs, shouting as he stepped out: “Tan, why bully the granny?”

Tan Jinxiao turned back and said: “This is my brother’s mother, she came today to settle scores with you!”

Zuo Wugang asked: “Why did you slash my brother’s mother?”

Tan Jinxiao replied angrily: “Stop stirring trouble, this person wasn’t cut by me!”

The granny cried: “You’re all in league! You’ve harmed my son and now want to harm me!”