Chapter 3842 — The Southern Pass
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"That said. I may not think much of that trash the third one, but he was, after all, one of the Three Heroes of the Nan Clan. To let him be killed like this and do nothing would be to lose face for the Three Heroes entirely. Besides, when the leader comes back, I'd have a hard time explaining it to him." Nan Tianguan shook his head with an expression of impatience.
After brooding a moment, Nan Tianguan reluctantly rose from his grand-master's chair. "Fine, fine. Brothers after all, whatever one says. I suppose I'll put myself out and make the trip with you! Nephew, who did you say killed this trash?"
Yu Jiang started at the question, then hastily answered, "A wandering cultivator by the name of Lin Er."
"A wandering cultivator?" Nan Tianguan shot Yu Jiang a glance and could not help asking doubtfully, "My third brother may be a bit of trash, but he's still one of the Three Heroes of the Nan Clan, and his strength just barely reached the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage. How could a mere wandering cultivator have killed him?"
Across the five great islands of the Heaven Rank, wandering cultivators of humble origin were numerous, but for want of cultivation resources most of them scraped by at the very bottom—real experts were few and far between, and those above the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage could be counted on one hand.
That Nan Tianyong should have been killed on Sandie Pavilion's own territory by a mere wandering cultivator—the odds of such a thing happening were close to zero.
To kill an expert at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, and leave him not even a chance to flee, the killer would have to be at least at the great-perfection of Foundation Establishment. And finding such an expert among the wandering cultivators—easier said than done!
Yu Jiang nodded hurriedly. "Master-Uncle, I too found it utterly unbelievable that this Lin Er could kill Master. But he really is a wandering cultivator who popped up out of nowhere, and his apparent strength is only the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage..."
"Pfft! Peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage?" At that, Nan Tianguan sprayed a mouthful of tea right into Yu Jiang's face, and his pair of triangular eyes glared at him with ill intent. "Are you fucking kidding me? Tired of living, are you?"
Ordinarily, even against experts of the same rank, wandering cultivators of humble origin—naturally disadvantaged in cultivation resources—were no match for sect cultivators like those of Sandie Pavilion. In other words, even if the other man had been an expert at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, he would have had a hard time taking down Nan Tianyong—let alone at the peak of the early stage.
Even granting the wildest supposition—that the man really was a powerhouse capable of punching above his level—he could at most cross one rank. A late-stage Foundation Establishment expert striking back to kill one at the peak of the late stage was, though still exceedingly rare, not entirely unacceptable.
But that a mere wandering cultivator at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage could kill Nan Tianyong, an expert at the peak of the late stage—such bullshit no one would believe; not even a ghost would believe it!
Nan Tianguan reacting like this was only natural, and Yu Jiang had foreseen it. He could only smile bitterly, wipe the tea from his face, and hurry to explain, "Master-Uncle, don't get excited. I don't believe this Lin Er is only at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage either—it's just that the man very likely concealed his strength, and with my poor eyesight I simply couldn't see through him."