Martial Saint with Passives

The meat of an entire Top Grade Exotic Beast...

The deer wasn’t large, but it still weighed over a hundred pounds.

Jiang Che’s eyelid began to twitch.

’How much would this be worth?!’

’Maybe I should eat another one...’

As the thought arose, Jiang Che quickly shook his head.

’What am I thinking? If the Cangyun Sect finds out, it’s all over...’

Afterward, Jiang Che went outside the Deer Garden and began to search the two bodies.

After all, the biggest taboo in murder is not looting the corpse after the kill.

After a thorough search, he found gold notes worth a total of 1,200 taels of gold, some loose silver, a few bottles of Elixir Pills, a Secret Manual, and some miscellaneous items.

’One thousand two hundred taels of gold... That’s enough to last me for a good while!’ Jiang Che rejoiced inwardly.

As for the Elixir Pills, their origin was unknown, so he didn’t plan on taking them directly. He would find someone to appraise them later.

’As for this Secret Manual...’

It was nighttime and the light was too dim for Jiang Che to read clearly. He could only vaguely make out the three words on the cover: ”Withered Cicada Scripture.”

’Withered Cicada Scripture? I don’t know what kind of Cultivation Technique it is. I’ll just put it away for now.’

Jiang Che wrapped everything he had found in a piece of cloth and hid it on his person.

Then, he surveyed the scene and began to think about how to dispose of the two bodies and the devoured deer.

After all, the second biggest taboo in murder is not destroying the evidence after the kill.

After all, Jiang Che was only in the Early-stage of Force Integration.

It would be impossible for him to kill two Demon Sect spies in the Bone Forging Realm.

Revealing an appropriate amount of strength could attract attention and investment from others.

But revealing too much would only arouse suspicion.

This place wasn’t like Lin Yuan City.

Here, masters of the Refining Organ Realm were a dime a dozen, and True Masters were everywhere.

People like that could crush him with a single finger.

He had to be cautious.

On the other hand, killing members of the Demon Sect could easily invite retaliation from their experts.

’I can dump the bodies somewhere, but the traces at the scene...’

Jiang Che noticed a small hut inside the Deer Garden. An idea struck him, and he went inside.

’Let’s see if there’s anything useful in here...’

He opened the door and found the interior was very simple. Besides a bed, there were only some miscellaneous items.

It looked like a temporary resting place for whoever managed the Deer Garden.

He began to rummage through the clutter but found nothing he could use.

He felt the bed and found that it was empty underneath, so he reached under it.

’Huh? What’s this?’

His interest piqued, Jiang Che dragged out what he had found.

What he pulled out was a pair of huge human feet, carved from wood!

The feet were several times larger than a normal person’s, and their soles were caked with mud.

’This... could this be the truth behind the Bigfoot?’

Jiang Che felt around again and found a trumpet-shaped object carved from wood.

He blew into it and discovered that the sound it made was identical to the one he’d heard from the ”Bigfoot” earlier!

”So that’s it... This is the truth behind the Big Foot!”

Jiang Che understood everything.

Why no one could ever find ”Big Foot.”

It was all just a trick played by those two Demon Sect spies!

Their goal was to lure Xiang Wei away so they could steal the Blood Amber Flowers!

”Wait... if that’s the case...”

Jiang Che suddenly thought of something. He took the wooden soles and went outside the Deer Garden.

Then, he activated his Transformation.

He held the wooden soles up and compared them to his own feet after his Transformation.

’They’re almost the same size!’

Jiang Che quickly came up with a way to avoid exposing himself.

Then, in his Black Armor Form, he went on a rampage, leaving numerous Big Footprints and Fist Seals everywhere.

He also erased the footprints previously faked by Jin Hao and Shi Chen.

Looking at the devastated scene, Jiang Che nodded in satisfaction.

”Right, there’s this too!”

Jiang Che took out some of the loose silver and put it back on the bodies.

’The bodies can’t be too clean, or people will suspect I took their things...’

Next, he picked up the wooden trumpet again and blew a loud blast.

Then he left, taking the large wooden feet and the trumpet with him.

Jiang Che didn’t go directly to the Blood Amber Flower Field to find Xiang Wei. Instead, he went to the spot where he had been patrolling earlier.

There was a rest area here with a bonfire already lit.

Then, Jiang Che smashed the large wooden feet and the trumpet to bits.

He threw the pieces into the bonfire and burned them to ash.

He thought for a moment, feeling that something was still missing.

’If I’m going to put on a show, I might as well make it convincing...’

He clenched his fist, slammed it into his own chest a few times, and then broke his own arm.

He controlled his Strength, forcefully preventing his wounds from healing.

’This should be enough...’

With that, Jiang Che got up and hurried toward the Blood Amber Flower Field.

When he arrived, he found the battle there had already ended.

Many bodies lay on the ground.

Half of them belonged to the patrol members, but the other half were Martial Artists clad in black.

In addition, several of the black-clad Martial Artists had been captured alive, bound tightly with ropes.

It seemed Xiang Wei’s participation had successfully thwarted the Demon Sect’s operation.

Seeing Jiang Che arrive, Xiang Wei breathed a sigh of relief and said:

”Junior Brother Jiang, you really escaped! Wait, you’re injured?”

Jiang Che shook his head. ”Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother Xiang. It’s just a minor injury. I’ll be fine after a few days of rest.”

Xiang Wei said, ”Good. I’ll give you time off. Don’t come back until you’re fully recovered!”

Jiang Che said, ”Thank you, Senior Brother Xiang!”

”Don’t be so polite with me!” Xiang Wei then sighed with emotion. ”I just never imagined, Junior Brother Jiang, that your combat ability would be so formidable. To think you could hold your own against two Bone Forging Realm Martial Artists! I really misjudged you before!”

Jiang Che smiled. ”Actually, it’s all thanks to you, Senior Brother Xiang, for draining their Qi Force. That’s the only reason I could barely handle them. If their Strength had been at its peak, I would have been no match for them at all.”

Xiang Wei nodded. That did make sense.

No matter how strong a Force Integration Martial Artist was, they couldn’t possibly be a match for a Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist.

After all, there was a fundamental difference in their Strength!

He suddenly said hatefully, ”I can’t believe Jin Hao and Shi Chen were actually Demon Sect spies! If I ever get my hands on them, I’ll make them pay!”

Jiang Che said, ”Actually... they’re already dead.”

Xiang Wei was stunned. ”Dead? How did they die? Did you kill them?!”

Jiang Che shook his head. ”You must be joking, Senior Brother Xiang. How could I possibly have killed them?”

Xiang Wei thought about it and agreed. ”Then how did they die?”

”It was the Bigfoot!”

Jiang Che put on a frightened expression, as if recalling something terrifying.

Xiang Wei said in surprise, ”The Bigfoot?!”

Jiang Che nodded. ”That’s right. I was fighting the two of them when a huge, dark figure suddenly rushed out of the woods and beat Jin Hao to death on the spot! I was so scared I just took off!”

Xiang Wei suddenly recalled Jin Hao’s earlier description and asked:

”Was the Bigfoot over ten feet tall, covered in black fur, and looked like a big savage?”

Jiang Che was taken aback. How could Xiang Wei’s description be so specific?

”I didn’t get a clear look. It seemed to be dark and hulking. I was too scared at the time, so I just ran and didn’t dare to look back.”

He didn’t dare be too specific, for fear of exposing his lie.

Xiang Wei frowned. Something about this whole thing felt strange.

He had once suspected that the Bigfoot was a lie fabricated by Jin Hao and Shi Chen, a ploy to lure the tiger from the mountain.

But hearing what Jiang Che said, he was now a little uncertain.

Suddenly, he recalled that after returning to the Blood Amber Flower Field, he seemed to have heard the Bigfoot’s howl again.

It was just that he had been busy fighting the Demon Sect members at the time and hadn’t paid it much mind.

”Let’s go. We’ll take a look.”

Xiang Wei decided to go check the scene immediately.

If ”Big Foot” really did the killing, there would definitely be traces left at the scene.

The two of them then went to the Iron-Horned Deer Garden.

They saw Jin Hao and Shi Chen, who had been beaten to a pulp.

There were also huge Big Footprints and Fist Seals everywhere.

And even an Iron-Horned Deer that had been eaten alive, stripped down to the bone.

The scene of what must have happened flashed through Xiang Wei’s mind.

He couldn’t help but gasp.

He finally believed that the Bigfoot was real.

All of this evidence was too real. It didn’t look faked!

Seeing Xiang Wei’s expression, Jiang Che knew he had finally bought the whole story and breathed a sigh of relief.

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