Chapter 3437 — The Arrogant Kang Jingming

Kang Jingming felt rather impressive, heading out on business with three top-tier experts and Xiao Er at his side. Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that one day he would be this impressive!

Heh heh. I, Kang Jingming, am the smartest, the most sensible of them all! Wei Zhao, running into me is your bad luck! Trash like Zhao Qibing is only fit to exist as my underling—only I am worthy to be your opponent! I, Kang Jingming, am the strongest!

Zhao Qibing was actually a little depressed too. He had once been the heir of a mighty hidden family, while Kang Jingming was nothing but a profligate young master from a family that could not even be called a family—there was no comparing the two. And yet now, here he was, serving as Kang Jingming's lackey!

But there was no helping it—when you live under someone's eaves, you have to bow your head! Who told Kang Jingming to be, in his present identity and station, the son-in-law of the Five Luminaries Sect's Ancestor Xuanchen? And the three of them, though they were experts at the peak of the late Heaven rank with Great Perfection in strength—stronger than Kang Jingming—well, one also had to consider who had granted them that strength!

The Five Luminaries Sect and the Center held their lifelines in their grip. Their strength was there for all to see, but if they failed to receive their regular injections, they would be no different from ordinary people—worse off than before, even. So if they wanted to keep the power of top-tier experts, they had no choice but to be the Five Luminaries Sect's dogs.

Even so, a dog with a home was better than the stray curs they had once been. At least they felt that if they ever laid eyes on Wei Zhao again, that would be the day Wei Zhao died.

"Second Senior Brother, why don't we pay the secular Kang family a visit first?" Kang Jingming was eager to show off his strength to the secular Kang family, so they would see just how well he was doing for himself these days.

"No problem. Whatever Junior Brother Kang says goes—this operation is entirely led by Junior Brother Kang!" Xiao Er nodded hurriedly. His seniority was below Xiao Yi's; had Xiao Yi come out with Kang Jingming, the two would naturally have consulted each other on matters. But now, Kang Jingming held the reins entirely.

Kang Jingming nodded in satisfaction.

This time, Kang Jingming's return home was a true homecoming in silken robes. He arrived at the gates of the Kang family with all these top-tier experts in tow! The Kang family as it stood was still a relatively independent entity—not counted among the secular families, yet its status had already risen above the secular families, even above the hidden families!

Because the cultivation world all knew that the Kang family had produced an Eighth Elder of the Mystic Core Sect, and those slightly better informed also knew that Kang Jingming was Ancestor Xuanchen's son-in-law. So who would dare provoke an existence like the Kang family?

Of course, others did not dare provoke the Kang family—but in truth, the Kang family was not especially comfortable either! Because they did not dare provoke others! Those secular families and most of the hidden families all belonged to Wei Zhao's camp, and Wei Zhao was a figure who gave even Kang Jingming a headache. How would the Kang family dare provoke him?

So the Kang family only skimmed a few small benefits and could not secure the big advantages. With the Mystic Core Sect's backing, they did some modest business—and even that was badly squeezed by the Automatic Medicine Cauldron.

"Zhaoming, what's this?" Kang Jinglong was now the young head of the Kang family. Hearing from the servants that Kang Jingming had returned, he hurried out to greet him—but there, standing outside, were several experts at the peak of the late Heaven rank with Great Perfection in strength. Kang Jinglong was scared half out of his wits!

He had already cultivated the mental cultivation method and mnemonic verses Kang Jingming had given him and had taken a small step into the cultivation world. His own strength was poor, but that did not stop him from sensing the strength of other cultivators!

"Haha, let me introduce you. These three were all fine experts of the former Zhao family—now they are my underlings. They are all experts at the peak of the late Heaven rank with Great Perfection in strength!" Kang Jingming gestured at Zhao Qibing and the others.

"Ah!" Kang Jinglong was startled. These three had already reached the peak of the late Heaven rank with Great Perfection in strength? But his brother's strength had not changed at all—how could he command so many experts?

And they were not from the Five Luminaries Sect but from the Zhao family—that was rather strange!

"Greetings, Young Master Kang!" Zhao Qibing, Zhao Guangyin, and Mian Huatang hurriedly cupped their fists and said. These three knew how to read the situation: Kang Jinglong's strength was lowly, but when you got down to it, Kang Jinglong was Xiao Shiyi's brother-in-law—her husband's elder brother—so how would they dare show him disrespect?

"Oh?" Kang Jinglong was all the more astonished and hurriedly nodded to them.

"This is my Second Senior Brother, also an expert at the peak of the late Heaven rank with Great Perfection in strength!" Kang Jingming introduced.

"Young Master Kang—I'll just call you Brother Kang, haha!" Xiao Er said with great warmth and modesty.

"This..." Kang Jinglong was somewhat at a loss: "Zhaoming, tell your brother—how have you become so impressive now?"

"Haha, actually, this time my father-in-law sent me to investigate a matter. It is most likely connected to Wei Zhao, so I brought these experts along, and if the opportunity arises, we will kill him while we're at it!" Kang Jingming said lightly.

"Ah! That's wonderful!" Kang Jinglong said at once. "You're going to do away with Wei Zhao? Zhaoming, do you know how much I hate that Wei Zhao? My own fiancée sleeps with him every day—your brother is suffocating with frustration! Sure, when people speak of the Kang family, because you're the Eighth Elder of the Mystic Core Sect and Ancestor Xuanchen's son-in-law, they look up to me and to our Kang family—but what they say behind our backs, who knows! Our family is so impressive, and yet we're still not as impressive as that lone cultivator Wei Zhao. It's really—ah, it's too much to put into words!"

"Brother, rest assured. In the past I couldn't settle this, but this time, so long as it has anything to do with that Wei Zhao, he is dead without question!" Kang Jingming said with swagger.

"Uh—and if it has nothing to do with him?" Kang Jinglong asked hastily.

"If it has nothing to do with him, then I'll fabricate a connection and make it have something to do with him! Rest assured, brother—I want him dead even more than you do! Wahahaha!" Kang Jingming laughed wildly and arrogantly. With four experts at the peak of the late Heaven rank with Great Perfection in strength in his grasp, he felt that killing Wei Zhao would be as easy as turning over his hand—no effort required at all!

The pressing task was to investigate whether the Bubble Separation clan had anyone still lingering here. Kang Jingming had already subconsciously concluded that the Bubble Separation clan had helped Wei Zhao and the Song family—otherwise, with Wei Zhao's strength, slaying four experts at the peak of the late Heaven rank with Great Perfection in strength would be nothing but a fool's dream. Kang Jingming simply did not believe it!

"Haha, you really are impressive now, little brother. Well then, this matter is in your hands! Once that slut Wang Xinyan is dragged back, just see how I'll torment her! How dare she put horns on me—I'll dye her hair green, I'll torture her to death!" Kang Jinglong's heart had already begun to warp. The blows Wei Zhao had dealt him had driven him half to madness. (To be continued.)