Chapter 160 : Killing with a Single Strike
That’s right.
After summarizing the few clues, Su Jingxing was 99% certain that Feng Tiejian’s strange body was due to eating in Scholar Restaurant.
In other words, the He Family was behind Feng Tiejian’s intentional transformation.
The people who had come to capture Feng Tiejian were most likely from the He Family.
The black shadow, who had used a kitchen knife spirit weapon last night and had a stronger cultivation than Li Linzhou, was also from the He Family.
After keeping a low profile for 400 years, the He Family was probably the actual most powerful family clan in the entire Qinghe City.
Even though the third-grade He Rengu had died, they still had peak fourth-grade martial artists.
Other than the He Family, no one else knew how many of such experts there were.
Even though Su Jingxing was really eager to know why the He Family “reared” Feng Tiejian,
because he knew that the He Family was behind this, he had no choice but to pack up his ideas.
He had no choice.
Compared to the Shi Family, the He Family was even stronger.
No one knew how many fourth-grade experts they had hiding in the dark. Before he figured it out, Su Jingxing would not investigate further.
For now, it was safer for him to wait patiently for the Concentration Fruit to ripen.
Feng Tiejian had been sent to the prefecture city overnight. As long as he didn’t court death, the He Family wouldn’t be able to find him.
Two months later, after Su Jingxing had completed the visualization of the Demonic Heaven Trampling Elephant Diagram, achieved the solidification of the Heaven Trampling Elephant and was more confident, it wouldn’t be too late to pay attention to the He Family.
…
He made a decision.
Su Jingxing returned to Qinghe City and no longer paid attention to the situation outside. He stayed at the crematorium in peace.
That afternoon, they received a phone call from a shocking murder case that requested for the Corpse Collection Team to go pick up corpses.
Su Jingxing followed Kong Dabao and his partner to the crime scene in the city.
The Tai Long Building beside Tai Long Mall!
The deceased had a powerful background.
At the headquarters of the Tai Long Corporation, the vice-president from the prefecture city, Tian Huaizhao, and his subordinates, an elite team of sixth-grade martial artists, had all died on the top floor of the building.
“Tsk tsk, I heard that when Vice-President Tian Huaizhao died, there wasn’t the slightest sound of fighting. The people downstairs didn’t hear anything from upstairs at all.”
In the corpse transportation truck, Kong Dabao looked at the message he had just received on his phone and exclaimed.
“What’s so strange about that? The murderer must have used poison,” his partner said lazily.
“Poison?” The driver pursed his lips and said, “These bosses of large corporations, dying from poison gas, they’ve gotten off lightly.”
“Whether he was poisoned or not is still debatable,” Kong Dabao continued. “Anyway, we’ll know later. What I’m curious about is that he’s a vice-president from the prefecture city and the Tai Long Corporation is also a large corporation. How could someone be so bold as to sneak into the top floor of the building and kill Tian Huaizhao in Tai Long’s territory!”
“It might not be an infiltration,” Su Jingxing interjected. “Perhaps he’s someone that Tian Huaizhao knows, a distinguished guest that Tian Huaizhao had personally received him. Only, they had a sudden conflict, and Tian Huaizhao couldn’t dodge it and died.”
“If that’s the case, it would explain why there was no sound when Tian Huaizhao and his men died,” Kong Dabao’s partner speculated.
“If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be easy to find the murderer?” Kong Dabao was suspicious. “Even if there aren’t surveillance cameras in the office, there should be cameras installed in the corridors, elevators, and lobby of the building, right?”
“Hey, since they dared to poison him, they naturally wouldn’t expose themselves,” his partner analyzed. “I even suspect that there are spies inside the Tai Long Building.”
“According to what you’ve said, Tian Huaizhao died because of an internal strife?” The driver was wide-eyed.
“Most likely,” said his partner, with an enigmatic expression.
Su Jingxing saw it and held back his laughter.
The few of them had only started a discussion in the truck because they were bored.
In truth, no matter how Tian Huaizhao died or who the murderer was, it had nothing to do with them, even though the impact of this incident was huge.
It was obvious that since Tian Huaizhao had come from the headquarters of the prefecture city, but died in the Qinghe branch office, and in the office on the top floor of the Tai Long Building at that,
the headquarters of the Tai Long Corporation would be furious at the way he died. Even their rivals would be filled with righteous indignation and send experts to investigate the cause of his death.
Then, they would find the murderer and execute him!
This was because Tian Huaizhao represented the entire Tai Long Corporation.
That the murderer dared to break into the top floor of the Tai Long Building to kill someone was equivalent to stepping all over the Tai Long Corporation.
This grudge was undoubtedly even bigger.
If there was a third-grade expert in the team sent by the Tai Long Corporation headquarters, the show would get interesting.
Su Jingxing thought inwardly.
…
The corpse transportation truck arrived at Tai Long Square.
Su Jingxing, Kong Dabao, and his partner got out of the car, put on their gloves and masks, and carried a stretcher to the entrance of the building.
A crowd had gathered on both sides of the entrance, with security personnel maintaining order.
As for the Martial Suppression Office personnel, they must be on the top floor of the building, where the corpses were found.
The appearance of Su Jingxing and company immediately caused a small-scale discussion.
“They claimed that no one had died? Who are they kidding? The crematorium’s corpse collection team is here.”
“That’s right. If the Tai Long Corporation wants to keep this a secret, they should have a better understanding of where they are.”
“Maybe they have their difficulties.”
“Difficulties my ass. The people are already dead. Are we going to leave their corpses in the building to become Corpse Puppets?”
“…”
Su Jingxing suddenly had a bad feeling as he listened to the discussions going on in the crowd.
Sure enough, as soon as the three of them stepped into the building, they were stopped by a middle-aged man and a few others.
“Wait, who asked you to come here? Get out! Get out! There aren’t any corpses here for now!”
Annoyed, the middle-aged man gestured impatiently for Su Jingxing and company to leave.
Kong Dabao took a few steps forward and said irritably, “No, you were the ones who called. And now you’re asking us to leave again?”
“We called? You must be mistaken. We never called!” The middle-aged man’s face was somber. “Cut the crap now. There’s nothing for you. Go back to wherever you came from.”
Kong Dabao glared at him. “Hey, what’s wrong with you? Do you think we would lie to you? Can you even take responsibility if a corpse turns into a Corpse Puppet?”
The middle-aged man’s expression changed. “Like I said, there is nothing for you here now. We never called the crematorium!”
With that, he turned around and left, waving at the others. “Chase them out!”
“Yes sir,” said a group of burly men in black suits, crowding around Su Jingxing and company.
Kong Dabao was furious. “You guys…”
“I’m the one who called them,” a cold voice said.
The middle-aged man, Kong Dabao, and the others present all turned to look at the entrance when they heard the commotion.
The Chief of Control of the Martial Suppression Office Western District Branch, Sun Ye, strode over with a group of soldiers from the Martial Suppression Office.
The moment he saw Sun Ye, the middle-aged man’s expression turned livid.
Kong Dabao and his partner were confused.
“What’s going on? There weren’t Martial Suppression Office personnel at the scene?” asked Kong Dabao, scratching his head.
“That goes without saying. From the looks of it, the Tai Long Corporation was clearly trying to keep this a secret for now. In the end, someone leaked the news and exposed it,” whispered his partner excitedly.
Rubbing his chin, Kong Dabao sighed. “Looks like it is a big show. A big corporation sure is complicated. The internal strife has come to such an extent, they’re even refusing to let go of the corpses.”
“…” Su Jingxing was at a loss for words as he listened to their conversation. “Why do you guys have so many dramatic thoughts?”
Imagination was one thing, but it would be ridiculous if one went overboard.
…
“I don’t think we called you, Chief Sun.”
Ignoring Su Jingxing and company, the middle-aged man stopped Sun Ye and his men. In a low voice, he said, “This is Tai Long’s territory. If there are any problems, we, Tai Long, will resolve them first. If we can’t, we will naturally call on the Martial Suppression Office for help.”
“And?” asked Sun Ye expressionlessly.
“And what?” asked the middle-aged man, stunned. “Did I not make myself clear? If you can’t solve the problem, we’ll look for you. Now that we’ve solved the problem, we don’t need you anymore. Please leave as you came.”
“My apologies,” said Sun Ye, grinning. “This is Qinghe City. The land of your Tai Long Building is in Qinghe. As long as it’s within Qinghe City, the Qinghe Martial Suppression Office has the right to oversee criminal cases!”
“Heh. Like you said, that’s for criminal cases. We don’t have a criminal case here, so what business of yours is there?” sneered the middle-aged man.
“We’ll know when we get to the top floor,” said Sun Ye. He pushed the middle-aged man away and strode towards the elevator.
“Stop right there!”
The middle-aged man turned his body to the side and hurried forward to intercept him. “Chief Sun, our chairman has given instructions to leave this matter to him. The chairman is already on his way and will arrive in Qinghe City in half an hour!”
“It’s fine.” Sun Ye spoke indifferently as he walked. “Your chairman is free to come. We won’t hinder his investigation of the murderer. If he can find the murderer, it would save us a lot of trouble.”
“You…” The middle-aged man was furious. He wanted to stop Sun Ye, but was dragged together with him towards the elevator.
To put it bluntly, he wasn’t the top person in charge, and his strength was only in the sixth-grade. On the surface, he seemed to be at the same level as Sun Ye, but that wasn’t how things worked out.
Sun Ye was the Chief of Control of the Martial Suppression Office. Now that Tian Huaizhao was dead, the Martial Suppression Office’s interference was inevitable, and no one could stop them.
Even if he made a forceful move and chased Sun Ye out, it would bring the stronger Commissioners of Defense, or even Li Linzhou himself.
By then, the Tai Long Corporation would be at a disadvantage.
Tian Huaizhao had died an unclear death, and if they offended the Martial Suppression Office again, how could the Tai Long Corporation maintain its footing in Qinghe?
This was precisely what the middle-aged man was considering, and so he reluctantly followed Sun Ye to the crime scene.
…
Watching the group leave, Kong Dabao asked Su Jingxing, “What do we do?”
“Of course we follow,” his partner said with a grin. “Didn’t you hear what Chief Sun said? He called us here. If Chief Sun can go up, so can we!”
“Yeah,” Su Jingxing agreed. He asked coolly, “What are you waiting for? Let’s go.”
With that, he strode towards the elevator.
“That’s right, let’s go!” said Kong Dabao’s partner, clapping his hands. He called Kong Dabao and followed suit.
The three of them walked past a group of burly men in black suits who were looking at each other, unsure of what to do. Then, they headed straight for the elevator.
There was nothing wrong with Kong Dabao’s words.
Since Sun Ye had already gone up, Su Jingxing and company were no exception.
They had not received any orders, so it was best for them to stand aside.
More importantly, no matter where the corpses were, it was best to cremate them first.
If they were to turn into Corpse Puppets, as subordinates, they would only be at the forefront and die the quickest.
With that in mind, the group tacitly made way for Su Jingxing and company to reach the elevator.
They took the elevator and headed straight to the top floor.
When they exited the elevator, they reached a spacious, flat-floor office.
Immediately, Su Jingxing extracted 14 cards.
Then, he scanned the entire floor and saw corpses on the ground outside the partition.
These people were not poisoned to death, but killed by weapons.
The movements were swift, and almost all of them died from a single strike—either to the neck or through the chest.
As a result, blood splattered all over the ground, and the smell of blood was overpowering.
Inside the door at the far end, Sun Ye and company were examining a corpse closely.
Su Jingxing took a glance from afar and shifted his gaze away. Together with Kong Dabao and his partner, they began moving corpses.
Even though Kong Dabao and his partner had guessed wrong, they were right about one thing——Tian Huaizhao’s fate had nothing to do with them.
As members of the crematorium’s Corpse Collection Team, they only had one job——move corpses!
The corpses were put into body bags. Kong Dabao and his partner worked together while Su Jingxing worked alone. After making a few trips up and down, they loaded all the corpses—except for Tian Huaizhao’s—into the corpse transportation truck.
The middle-aged man had stopped them from moving Tian Huaizhao’s corpse.
In his words, the other corpses could be sent to be incinerated.
But, no one was allowed to touch Tian Huaizhao’s corpse.
Sun Ye didn’t say anything at the side either. Seeing this, Su Jingxing didn’t insist.
With several sixth-grade martial artists present, even if Tian Huaizhao turned into a Corpse Puppet, they would be able to kill him immediately.
Su Jingxing naturally had no objections.
Gathering Kong Dabao and his partner, they drove back to the crematorium with a dozen corpses.
“Sigh… To think that Tian Huaizhao wasn’t poisoned to death.”
Along the way, Kong Dabao sighed again. “The person who killed him was incredible. I took a glance at his corpse and realized that he only used one move to finish Tian Huaizhao off. That Tian Huaizhao was a fifth-grade expert, but he was killed with a single strike. This is ridiculous.”
“What else?”
Kong Dabao’s partner replied lazily. “This was clearly done by an acquaintance. It’s normal to be able to kill the target with one strike when he is unprepared!”
“Yeah,” said Kong Dabao, sighing. “Who would have expected an acquaintance to do that? It’s like…”
“Watch out!”
Su Jingxing yelled. Seated in the front passenger seat, he quickly grabbed the steering wheel and wrapped his true energy around the brakes to stabilize the truck.
“How…”
Thump!
A dull thud came from outside the car.
Accompanied by the sound, the corpse transportation truck shook. Its tires burst, and the remaining parts let out ear-piercing from rubbing against the ground.
Su Jingxing had grabbed the steering wheel early, stopping the truck from flipping in the driver’s panic. Instead, it continued driving along the road. Finally, the driver stepped on the brakes and stopped the truck steadily on the road.
The other cars that followed behind stopped as well. An accident did not occur.
Before the drivers of these vehicles could curse in rage, more than a dozen black-clothed martial artists, wrapped from head to toe, suddenly soared into the air from the left and right sides of the road.. They landed on the roof of the corpse transportation truck!