Chapter 371: Chapter 260: Lu Qing’s Peculiar Attitude
Seeing the gray-clothed Great Han fall to the ground and scream in agony, not only was the girl bewildered, but the red-clothed woman and the skinny man were also utterly shocked.
They had not expected at all that the gray-clothed Great Han, who had reached the Perfect Bone Marrow Realm in his cultivation, would be unable to handle even a random passerby.
More importantly, they had not seen clearly how Lu Qing had made his move.
They only felt a blur before their eyes, and the gray-clothed Great Han was already on the ground, all his limbs ruined.
The two trembled as they looked toward Lu Qing, now realizing they had terribly misjudged the situation.
The seemingly frail youth before them was actually a monster in disguise, his cultivation far beyond their imagination.
Lu Qing turned his head in their direction.
The hearts of the red-clothed woman and the man trembled, intending to beg for mercy, but the next moment, several whistling sounds rang out.
Both suddenly felt severe pain in their limbs, and unable to support themselves any longer, they fell to the ground, rolling and screaming in agony.
It turned out that at some unknown point, Lu Qing had shattered their limb joints with pebbles in the blink of an eye.
A faint voice came, causing the still-screaming red-clothed woman and her companions to jolt abruptly, immediately silencing them.
Even though their limbs were still in intense pain, they could only clench their teeth and endure, not daring to make a sound.
“All right, you can continue speaking, why did they want to harm you?”
Lu Qing looked at the girl who was staring in astonishment and spoke.
Feeling Lu Qing’s calm, like still water, gaze, the girl shivered, regaining her composure.
She glanced at the red-clothed woman and her companions, who had previously been imperiously arrogant but were now lying on the ground like dead dogs, their faces filled with terror, and she realized that she had indeed encountered her savior.
“Young master, these three wanted to kill me to snatch the Xuanxin Sect’s token in my hand,” the girl said.
“What’s so peculiar about that Xuanxin Sect token?”
“The Xuanxin Sect token I have was bought by my father for a large sum of money. With this token, one can attend the Xuanxin Sect’s disciple induction ceremony held every three years.
These three wanted to steal the token to take my place in the Xuanxin Sect’s disciple induction ceremony.”
Lu Qing curiously asked, “The matter of accepting disciples is no small affair. Doesn’t the Xuanxin Sect have precautions? Can anyone just participate?”
The girl replied somewhat helplessly, “Originally, that was the case, but my father, to save money, bought a cheaper unregistered spot.
This spot only has one token, and as long as you go to the Xuanxin Sect with the token, you are qualified to participate in the ceremony. The Xuanxin Sect does not inquire about the origin of the token.”
A strange feeling arose in Lu Qing’s heart.
It sounded to him as if this so-called disciple induction ceremony of the Xuanxin Sect was not so serious.
It seemed not so much about recruiting disciples as it was about accumulating wealth?
“Since this spot is so important, why did your father feel safe letting you travel with these three?” Lu Qing continued to ask.
“Who could have expected them to be such beasts in human skin!”
Speaking of this, the girl became agitated and glared angrily at the red-clothed woman and her companions.
“These three had received my father’s kindness a few years ago, and in the city, they always showed great respect to my father, addressing each other as brothers.
Who knew they had already set their sights on the token in my hand? No sooner had we left the valley than they forced me to turn over the token and even… even thought…
If I hadn’t hidden the unique hidden weapon my father gave me and struck them unawares to escape, I might… I might have already…”
The girl, still thin-skinned despite being shaken with anger, could not bring herself to speak the sordid details.
But everyone could guess what she meant.
“Do you have any last words you’d like to say?”
Lu Qing looked at the red-clothed woman and her companions.
Hearing this, the three red-clothed figures were terrified, beginning to plead in a mournful voice, “Young hero, we know we were wrong. Please, show us mercy and spare us. We won’t dare…”
However, before they could finish their pleas for mercy, Lu Qing had already flicked three pebbles.
The sounds of breaking air sounded, and suddenly all three stiffened, a blood hole appearing in each of their foreheads. Their eyes went blank, and their bodies could no longer move.
“I didn’t expect to start a killing spree just upon arriving in Central State,” Lu Qing said with a shake of his head, “Master Ma, throw these corpses down the cliff.”
Then turning to the girl, “Miss Hu, can you walk on your own?”
The girl, still stunned by Lu Qing’s decisive and ruthless methods, immediately came back to her senses.
She looked at her leg, showing difficulty, “My leg was whipped by that wicked woman, and it seems like the bone is broken.”
“Let me have a look,” Lu Qing said without hesitation, reaching out to touch the girl’s leg, “Yes, the lower leg bone is broken.”
It was not just the bone that was broken; the leg was also a bloody mess.
That the girl had so far managed not to faint was a testament to her strong will.
“Miss Hu, we have medicine in the wagon. Shall I set the leg bone first and then apply some medicine?”
The girl’s face flushed red, and she answered in a voice as soft as a mosquito’s.
This was because her current appearance was a bit shameful: her clothes were disheveled, and there were other unsightly aspects.
“Zi’an, bring down the medicine box.”
Lu Qing, however, did not mind the girl’s disheveled state, and after calling out for the medicine box, he began to set the girl’s leg.
With Lu Qing’s martial arts cultivation and knowledge of human skeletal structure, setting a leg bone was naturally a piece of cake.
Moreover, since the girl’s leg bone was cleanly broken into two pieces, rather than shattered, healing it was even simpler.