Chen Xing was right.
This was an open scheme with no solution.
Chen Xing had likely been watching him for a long time, which led him to confront Jiang Wangzu directly.
He might not have concrete evidence that Jiang Wangzu had slept with his Sister-in-Law or kept Falsified Accounts. However, he had pieced together enough from various clues to make some guesses.
Whether the accusations were true or false, Chen Xing only had to voice them in front of everyone. Even without evidence, they would drive a wedge between Chen Tai and Jiang Wangzu.
That was why Chen Xing thought he had Jiang Wangzu in his grasp.
He wanted to extort a large sum from Jiang Wangzu.
But Jiang Wangzu had only a few Silver Dollars left.
Even if he had more, he would never compromise with Chen Xing.
Chen Xing was a wolf no amount of money could satisfy. Jiang Wangzu could not afford to give him an opening.
“Since the problem cannot be solved, solve the person who raised it.”
“That is the optimal solution!”
Jiang Wangzu had already sentenced Chen Xing to death in his heart.
“You little bastard!”
“Do you think my reputation as Rongsheng Street’s Double-Flower Red Staff is fake?”
“Since you refuse to hand over the money, I’ll take it myself!”
“And I’ll let you know what happens when you defy me!”
Chen Xing stepped forward and threw a straight punch at Jiang Wangzu’s face.
Martial arts were killing techniques!
If one did not strike, nothing happened. But once one struck, blood was certain to flow!
Chen Xing embodied these words to perfection.
Chen Xing was a martial artist at the minor achievement in strength training level. Although his stance training was a complete mess, even his techniques were only half-baked.
After years of clawing his way up from the Cao Gang’s lowest ranks, Chen Xing had risen from a lowly Ruffian to Rongsheng Street’s Double-Flower Red Staff. He had honed an effective set of street-fighting skills.
He expected the punch to crush Jiang Wangzu’s nose and make stars burst before his eyes, but Jiang Wangzu’s response disappointed him.
Jiang Wangzu tilted his body and turned his head, dodging Chen Xing’s punch. He drove a fist into Chen Xing’s left ribs, breaking several of them with a blow that carried more than a thousand catties of force.
“Ah!”
Chen Xing roared in pain. Enduring the agony, he swung a backhand punch at Jiang Wangzu.
Jiang Wangzu turned his fist into a claw and caught Chen Xing’s fist with Black Tiger Claw. He turned his body and used the momentum to twist Chen Xing’s right arm into a pretzel.
Crack, crack, crack!
Bones cracked and popped throughout Chen Xing’s body. Pale splinters pierced his flesh and protruded through it, while blood gushed out, staining most of his body red.
Chen Xing stared at Jiang Wangzu in disbelief, his voice trembling from the pain as he said:
“Black Tiger Fist!”
“How do you know big brother’s Black Tiger Fist?”
“I’m his own cousin. He didn’t even teach Black Tiger Fist to me, so how could he have taught it to you?”
“Could it be that you really have something to do with… Crack!”
Before Chen Xing could finish speaking, Jiang Wangzu twisted his neck apart!
Some things had to stay buried in his stomach. If he said them aloud, they would bring disaster upon him!
“Why seek death?”
Jiang Wangzu searched Chen Xing’s body and found more than fifty silver dollars, which counted as an unexpected boon.
As for how to destroy the evidence and dispose of the corpse?
Jiang Wangzu’s eyes shifted as he thought of a solution.
Under cover of night, he found a worn burlap sack, stuffed Chen Xing’s corpse inside, and threw it near Longjiang Wharf.
“Big fellow, I’ve brought you a midnight snack. I hope you won’t disappoint me!”
A Humanoid Aberration lived near Longjiang Wharf, and Jiang Wangzu trusted it to dispose of Chen Xing’s corpse.
He was not worried that anyone would trace Chen Xing’s death back to him.
Chen Xing had investigated him in secret, noticed his recent lavish spending, and decided to extort him.
Certain that he had Jiang Wangzu in his grasp, Chen Xing would not tell anyone about his plans.
Even if he had told others that he planned to extort Jiang Wangzu’s Silver Dollars, they would not have believed Jiang Wangzu could kill him.
Even taking the worst-case scenario.
Even if Chen Tai learned that he had killed Chen Xing, so what?
Chen Xing had been the one to break the rules first.
Even if Chen Tai targeted him, he was not afraid.
Although he still had a long way to go before reaching great achievement in strength training,
His Iron Crotch Technique at the Perfection Level and Golden Twin Kidneys had greatly enhanced him.
On top of that, he possessed the strength of minor accomplishment in Black Tiger Fist.
Even if his overall strength was inferior to Chen Tai’s, Jiang Wangzu would not let Chen Tai slaughter him at will!
Gulp!
Gulp!
Gulp!
Jiang Wangzu had turned to leave when he heard Longjiang’s waters.
That aura capable of making blood congeal came again.
Suppressing the intense discomfort in body and mind, he hurried away from Longjiang.
He felt that the creature in the water was growing more terrifying.
Perhaps it would break through its shackles and rise to another level before long.
Once it came ashore, all of Shen City might become its hunting ground!
Still, when the sky falls, someone taller will hold it up. Jiang Wangzu’s priority was to improve his strength as quickly as possible.
…………
Early the next morning.
Longjiang Wharf.
“A-Xing!”
“My dear younger brother!”
“Who was it?”
“Who killed you?”
“Tell me!”
“I’ll avenge you!”
Chen Tai raged like a maddened tiger.
His underlings kept their distance, each afraid that the crossfire would catch them.
That morning.
A floating corpse appeared at Longjiang Wharf. Its internal organs, brain matter, and blood had all disappeared.
The corpse was none other than Chen Xing, whom Jiang Wangzu had thrown into Longjiang the previous night.
Thus, some Cao Gang ruffians familiar with Chen Xing “recognized” him.
Someone soon notified Chen Tai.
While Jiang Wangzu slept until dawn, then ate several meat buns and drank a bowl of lamb soup, he eventually made his way to Longjiang Wharf.
“How could Brother Xing, such a good man, be gone?”
“Boss, you must take care of yourself in your grief!”
Jiang Wangzu put on a show of lament and sighed.
“A-Zu, you’re clever!”
“Tell me, who killed A-Xing?”
When Chen Tai saw Jiang Wangzu arrive, he grabbed him by the collar and nearly lifted him off the ground.
He stared at Jiang Wangzu with a savage expression.
Chen Xing was his cousin. It was impossible for him not to grieve over Chen Xing’s death.
He did not even know how to explain this to his Third Uncle.
Moreover, Chen Xing was a Martial Cultivator at the Minor Achievement in Strength Training level—an expert who had Entered the Profession and grasped its principles.
He had been Chen Tai’s capable general, his true right-hand man.
Without Chen Xing, his forces had been greatly weakened!
“Boss, has Brother Xing incurred enmity with anyone?”
“For people in our line of work, if someone is murdered, revenge is the most likely reason!”
“But I’ve been on Patrol Duty at Longjiang Wharf and haven’t had much contact with Brother Xing or the others, so I don’t know what has happened around him lately.”
Jiang Wangzu pretended to be ignorant while knowing the truth.
Hearing this, Chen Tai first froze, then murderous intent erupted from his eyes.
“The Blue Society and those bastards on Xinglong Street. They must have done this!”
“This isn’t over!”
Chen Tai ground his teeth as he spoke.