Chapter 17: Murong Qing

Murong Qing looked at the Heaven Wolf Gang hall masters present with a disdainful gaze, slightly impatient, and casually waved his hand, signaling them all to rise.

He had been cultivating perfectly fine in Dragon City, but was suddenly dispatched to a backwater little place like Lianshan City.

The Murong Clan’s sphere of influence included many cities, some of which were truly lucrative, but Lianshan City clearly wasn’t one of them.

However, although Murong Qing was arrogant, he had the qualifications to be so.

He had already stepped into the Lunhai Realm in his early thirties, while Jiang Kaitai was over seventy and had only cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Compared to Murong Qing, Jiang Kaitai’s cultivation speed was as slow as a snail.

“Tell me, what exactly is going on with the Blood Sacrifice extermination incidents in the city?”

Jiang Kaitai immediately recounted the events.

There were a total of four Blood Sacrifices; before Murong Qing arrived, he had blood sacrificed two more wealthy families.

After finishing, Jiang Kaitai said with reddened eyes, “My only remaining relatives were also exterminated by that demonic Blood Sacrifice. It’s just a pity that my strength is too lowly, and I’ve never been able to capture that damned demon. With Young Master Murong here today, we will surely apprehend him!”

Jiang Kaitai kept his head lowered, but in his heart, he had already cursed the Murong Clan a hundred times.

He knew the Murong Clan’s style and that they didn’t place much importance on a small city like Lianshan City.

So, according to his estimation, it would take the Murong Clan at least half a month to a month to get wind of the situation, and then they would dawdle before sending someone to investigate and resolve it.

But it had only been a few days; how had the Murong Clan arrived so quickly?

Now that Murong Qing was here, he was right under the Murong Clan’s watchful eyes, and the risk of the Blood Sacrifice was dozens of times greater than before!

“So, after so many days of these incidents, with four families exterminated and hundreds dead, you haven’t caught even a single trace of the perpetrator?”

Murong Qing looked at Jiang Kaitai, his face showing undisguised contempt: “Trash! Utter trash!”

The many hall masters present watched their Gang leader being berated and didn’t dare to breathe heavily.

Jiang Kaitai remained with his head lowered, his attitude humble.

“I am indeed trash and must rely on Young Master Murong to take action.”

Murong Qing snorted lightly, lightly tapping the armrest of the chair beneath him with his fingers. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly said, “Bring me the map of Lianshan City, and tell me the times of the Blood Sacrifices again, down to the exact hour.”

Jiang Kaitai’s body trembled slightly. After a brief pause, he immediately sent someone to fetch the map.

“Of the four families exterminated, two were only discovered after daybreak, so we only have estimated times, not specific ones.”

Jiang Kaitai didn’t dare to hide anything and reported everything truthfully.

“It doesn’t matter; approximate is fine.”

Murong Qing glanced at the map, then silently calculated in his mind. After a while, he suddenly snorted coldly.

“I originally thought it was some Demonic Path practitioner who had cultivated evil arts, picking a small place like Lianshan City to harvest the life force of living people.

I didn’t expect it to be an ancient Blood Sacrifice Formation that connects heaven and earth. Interesting, interesting. What is this person trying to do by setting up a Formation and performing Blood Sacrifices in a place like Lianshan City?”

Putting away the map, Murong Qing said directly, “The person causing the Blood Sacrifices is setting up a Formation, but it’s clear he’s just following a Formation diagram step by step, completely an amateur.

With this kind of Formation-based Blood Sacrifice, the time and location must follow the pattern of the Formation diagram. He doesn’t have the ability to change it, nor would he dare to. So, this person will definitely continue to act.

If I’m not mistaken, this person will continue the Blood Sacrifice tomorrow night.

Find someone familiar with Lianshan City’s streets and terrain to follow me. Make sure they’re strong enough; I don’t want them unable to keep up with my speed.”

Chen Yuan was slightly surprised.

Murong Qing might be arrogant, but he truly had real skills.

Judging by his demeanor, he was not only proficient in martial arts but also had some knowledge of Formations. He immediately discovered the pattern behind the Blood Sacrifice exterminations and deduced that the other party was performing Blood Sacrifices according to an ancient Formation.

This way, catching the perpetrator would undoubtedly be much easier.

Jiang Kaitai’s mouth twitched slightly.

If the person who came was an incompetent fool, he could still delay and cover things up.

He didn’t expect Murong Qing, who seemed arrogant and brainless, to be quite capable, seeing through the true core of his Blood Sacrifice at a glance.

However, as Murong Qing said, Jiang Kaitai didn’t know Advanced things like Formations.

The method of blood sacrificing the Divine Artifact was also something he followed step by step from a diagram; he couldn’t change it and didn’t dare to.

Even with Murong Qing here, he could only grit his teeth and continue with the Blood Sacrifices.

But fortunately, he had many Death Warriors under his command. Even if he had to pile them up, he could roughly force the Blood Sacrifice to succeed.

“Oldest, you go with Young Master Murong.”

Jiang Kaitai didn’t think of deliberately delaying Murong Qing in the matter of guiding.

Lianshan City was just a small city; Murong Qing wanted someone to guide him simply because he didn’t want the trouble of memorizing the map.

If he deliberately caused trouble here, it would be easy to give himself away.

“Yes, Father!”

Qin Yuancheng immediately perked up.

Being able to speak with and build a relationship with a big shot from the Murong Clan was something he had dreamed of.

“Third, you go with Murong as well.”

After a pause, Jiang Kaitai also sent Chen Yuan over.

He knew Qin Yuancheng’s mouth; he spoke without thinking.

If he said something he shouldn’t and angered Murong Qing, causing Murong Qing to deal with the Heaven Wolf Gang first, that would be laughable.

Murong Qing stood up and waved his hand: “Alright, everyone disperse. I’m a bit tired from traveling all day. Old Jiang, you should know the rules of my Murong Clan, right?”

Jiang Kaitai quickly said, “Of course I know. The silver cups and golden bowls are already prepared. I specially invited a chef from the Huide Restaurant to let you taste some of Lianshan City’s specialties.

And the maidservants serving you are all virgins under eighteen, from good families, absolutely clean.”

“You old fellow know how to be sensible.”

Murong Qing yawned and turned to leave, accompanied by Jiang Kaitai.

This Descendant of the Imperial Family, if nothing else, certainly knew how to put on a grand display.

Even people from the Great Xia Imperial Family probably didn’t have as grand a display as he did.

However, although Murong Qing put on a grand display, now that he was in Lianshan City, he wouldn’t be careless or slack off.

Just after nightfall, Murong Qing called Chen Yuan and Qin Yuancheng, preparing to ambush the Blood Sacrifice perpetrator.

The three stood on the rooftop of Lianshan City’s tallest building, the five-story Huide Restaurant.

Night had just fallen, and they could still vaguely see the entire layout of Lianshan City.

“It really is small. For such a tiny city to be jointly controlled by two Gangs is truly laughable.”

Murong Qing curled his lip and suddenly turned back: “Your Heaven Wolf Gang has my Murong Clan as a backer, yet you haven’t managed to swallow that so-called Blackwater Gang all these years. Your so-called father is too much of a waste, don’t you think?”

Qin Yuancheng immediately choked.

What was he supposed to say?

If he said his father was a waste and Jiang Kaitai found out, he’d be finished.

Talking back to Murong Qing? He didn’t dare even more.

Chen Yuan smiled and said, “Actually, it’s precisely because we have the Murong Clan as a backer that our Heaven Wolf Gang can maintain itself and not be swallowed by the Blackwater Gang. Everyone in our Heaven Wolf Gang is grateful for the Murong Clan’s protection.”

“Hahaha! You know how to talk.”

Murong Qing pointed lightly at Chen Yuan, very satisfied with his answer.

Qin Yuancheng looked at Chen Yuan with slight surprise.

Third Brother seemed to be getting better at talking lately.

Not only did he know how to flatter his father-in-law, but he even managed to make the Murong family member happy.

“Based on the pattern and timing of that person’s Blood Sacrifices, I roughly calculated last night that the next Blood Sacrifice will be either to the northwest or the southeast.

Whenever the other party acts, they slaughter large households with many people, clearly requiring a certain number of people.

In these two directions, are there any large households?”

Chen Yuan looked at Qin Yuancheng, signaling him to answer.

Chen Yuan really didn’t know these details; they weren’t mentioned in the original plot, nor were they in his memories from before the Transmigration.

After all, the previous Chen Yuan was a homebody martial arts fanatic, staying in the Gang practicing martial arts all day, and couldn’t even recognize all the streets in Lianshan City.

Qin Yuancheng immediately became spirited and quickly said, “The household with the most people in the northwest is the Hu family. They are the city’s largest cloth merchants, with over a hundred people.

The largest in the southeast is the Zhang Family. They have several merchant teams; besides their own family members, the managers of the merchant teams also live in the compound, also numbering over a hundred people.”

“Point out the locations for me.”

After clearly seeing the locations Qin Yuancheng pointed out, Murong Qing waved his hand and directly took Chen Yuan and the other to a tall building between these two places to lie in wait.

Upon arrival, Murong Qing directly sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and True Qi circulated around his body.

Chen Yuan could sense that strands of aura around him were being wrapped by his True Qi and drawn into his body.

This should be a secret technique for detection and perception, capable of amplifying the perception of surrounding sounds and movements.

After waiting like this for about an hour, Murong Qing suddenly opened his eyes, a glint of sharp light flashing within.

“Northwest direction! Let’s go!”

As soon as the words fell, Murong Qing moved, his entire body leaping down like a large bird, heading straight for the northwest direction.

So fast!

Chen Yuan was slightly startled.

Coming from a great clan, he certainly didn’t lack Cultivation Techniques. Whether Murong Qing’s lightness skill was good or not aside, he definitely cultivated one.

Chen Yuan couldn’t expose his cultivation level at this time and could only try to maintain his speed, trailing behind Murong Qing.

Qin Yuancheng was even more disheveled, almost unable to keep up.

At the same time, he was also puzzled: Third Brother’s cultivation was inferior to his, but his speed was quite fast.

By the time Chen Yuan arrived at the location, Murong Qing was already fighting the Death Warriors Jiang Kaitai had sent to carry out the Blood Sacrifice extermination.

Jiang Kaitai had sent only ten Death Warriors for the extermination. They had probably used Knockout Drugs; the over a hundred people of the Hu family were sound asleep, making it convenient for them to bleed them one by one.

When Murong Qing arrived, over ten people had already had several major arteries cut open for bleeding.

Seeing Murong Qing approach, these Death Warriors didn’t flee or hide but instead silently charged at Murong Qing together.

Chen Yuan didn’t take action but watched Murong Qing closely from behind.

Even if Jiang Kaitai hadn’t told Chen Yuan to follow Murong Qing yesterday, he would have found a way to stay by Murong Qing’s side.

Before seizing the seven killing stele, the more he understood about Murong Qing, the greater his chances of success when taking action.

Especially since Murong Qing was a character who didn’t appear in the original plot, Chen Yuan needed to understand him well.