Chapter 3838 — Preparing to Finish the Job
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Master! Master! How are you?" Once he came to his senses, apart from slapping his own face, the first thing Yu Jiang did was check whether Nan Tianyong was alive or dead.
After searching for a long while in the deep crater beneath his feet, Yu Jiang finally found the barely-breathing Nan Tianyong beneath the pile of mud at the very center. Though death was near, he was, after all, a peak late-Foundation Establishment expert. Even ravaged at such close range by a top-tier true qi bomb, he had stubbornly clung to his last breath—his vitality far beyond that of ordinary people.
"Tch, still not dead." At the sight, Yu Jiang shook his head in disappointment. Nan Tianyong was his master, his backer and patron, yet in this situation, he actually wished Nan Tianyong would just die like this.
Once Nan Tianyong died, the matter would inevitably blow up, and then this Lin Er, who had appeared out of nowhere, would have nowhere to hide. Then, as long as he seized the right opportunity, there was still hope of snatching the Star Ink Stone back.
And beyond that, Nan Tianyong was, after all, a peak late-Foundation Establishment expert. Any single item on his person was a precious treasure that Yu Jiang could only dream of stumbling upon. If Nan Tianyong became a corpse now, then all the treasures on his body would belong to Yu Jiang!
To make a windfall and, at the same time, blow the matter up so that Lin Er had nowhere to hide—if he could kill his cheap master Nan Tianyong at this very moment, then for Yu Jiang it would be killing two birds with one stone.
Yu Jiang narrowed his eyes, killing intent flickering in his gaze. The old thing was already at death's door anyway—so why not just send him on his way?
Heaven, Earth, the Sovereign, kin, and master—the teacher is as a father, and killing one's master is as killing one's father!
And yet, though the act of killing one's master was, wherever it was placed, an unpardonable sin, and would surely bring the world's contempt if discovered—what if it were not discovered?
At this very moment there was no one around but Yu Jiang and his dying master Nan Tianyong. Even if he truly steeled his heart and killed his master, no one would ever know.
What was more, he could easily pin the whole crime on Wei Zhao. After all, a top-tier killing move such as had never been heard of or seen before—one that could even kill a peak late-Foundation Establishment expert—well, if word of that got out, plenty of people would believe it!
Moreover, if Yu Jiang truly made such a claim, then even Wei Zhao himself would probably believe it, for he would have no chance to confirm whether Nan Tianyong had been killed by his top-tier true qi bomb, and would never imagine that Nan Tianyong had in the end died at the hands of his own disciple!
Slowly, Yu Jiang walked over to Nan Tianyong's side. By now Nan Tianyong was more than half buried in mud, his breathing already as faint as an ordinary person's, and the thought of killing his master grew ever stronger in Yu Jiang's mind.
In the end, Yu Jiang bared his teeth in a savage grin and secretly gritted his teeth. With profit before him, even one's own father could be killed—let alone a mere cheap master!
"You're already hurt this badly anyway. Rather than lingering on and wasting resources, wouldn't it be better to leave all these resources to your disciple? Don't worry, your disciple will avenge you, Master!" A cold light gleamed in Yu Jiang's eyes, and at his fingertip, a sword qi quietly gathered.