Qin Ning stopped, then stood up.
Unbeknownst to him, three people had appeared in the room.
“I didn’t notice… I was too careless…”
Qin Ning looked at the three men and asked calmly, “Is there something you need?”
Is there something you need?
The three men exchanged glances.
Is this brat insane?
At a time like this, what else could there be?
“Big Brother, look… the Heavenly Fire spiritual energy is so dense, and these… these are all spirit pills!”
The man on the left, who had a scar near his eye, was breathing heavily and couldn’t help but blurt out.
“They truly are spirit pills!”
The man on the right also exclaimed excitedly, “Big Brother, years ago I saw spirit pills once, and they looked exactly like this!”
Spirit pills were worth a fortune, often valued in imperial gold.
The value of a single spirit pill was enough to live comfortably for a lifetime!
“Brat, put those spirit pills down. We gentlemen are in a good mood today, so we’ll spare your life!”
“Put the spirit pills down?”
Qin Ning said indifferently, “They’re mine to begin with, why should I put them down?”
Hearing this, the three men exchanged glances and burst into raucous laughter.
“Brat, if you put them down now, you might keep your life. Otherwise…”
“Otherwise, what?”
“Then you die!”
The leader of the three men now had a dark expression, and the great saber in his hand glowed with a blood-red light.
“No need for further discussion!”
Qin Ning drew the wooden staff from his waist and said coolly, “It seems besides you lot, there are others coming too. What a nuisance… In that case, I’ll deal with all three of you first!”
Hearing Qin Ning’s words and seeing his stance, the three men were utterly stunned.
What is this youth planning to do?
Fight them with a wooden staff?
Could it be that this fellow doesn’t even have a proper weapon?
“Brat, if you scram now, we’ll still spare your life. What’s the point of taking out a wooden staff, you idiot!” the leader roared. “I’ll give you one more chance: leave, or die!”
“Then I’ll also give you one more chance: leave, or die!”
Bastard!
Qin Ning clearly didn’t take them seriously.
“Big Brother, why waste words on him? Just kill him!”
The third man grunted, lifted his great saber, and chopped down.
The saber’s tip glowed with a blood-red light, exuding a murderous aura.
Seeing this, Qin Ning didn’t even bother to dodge, instead raising his wooden staff to strike.
“You want to die?!”
A mere wooden staff, so small, trying to block such a massive weapon was nothing short of a pipe dream.
Not to mention that great saber was a mortal weapon; even a simple axe could shatter that wooden staff.
“Begone!”
Qin Ning let out a low growl, and the staff suddenly thrust into the great saber’s blade. In an instant, the third man felt a power course through his arm, shaking his meridians.
That surge of power pierced through his arm and went straight to his internal organs.
*Thud*…
In that instant, his entire body collapsed. He vomited a mouthful of fresh blood, his body convulsed, and he died shortly after.
“Third Brother!”
“Third Brother!”
The two remaining men were utterly frozen.
What just happened?
They had expected Third Brother’s saber strike to shatter the wooden staff and cleave Qin Ning in two.
But who would have thought that Third Brother would die in an instant?
The three brothers had always made a living by robbing and killing in Lingyun Mountain. This time, seeing an unusual phenomenon, they had come to try their luck.
Seeing Qin Ning was merely a youth at the sixth stage of the Jingmen Realm, they hadn’t thought much of him. But who would have thought Third Brother would be killed?
This is too bizarre!
“Avenge Third Brother!”
At this, their eyes turned bloodshot, and they charged straight at Qin Ning, heedless of anything else.
“You fools who don’t know life from death!”
The wooden staff in Qin Ning’s hand danced once more, a sharp aura erupting in an instant.
It was an incredibly powerful pressure, making it impossible for the two men to breathe.
But just a second later, when they looked at the wooden staff, it was still just a thin, meter-long stick, nothing special!
But they no longer had eyes to see.
The wooden staff dodged their blades, pierced through them, and sharply took their lives.
The three brothers were all in the Death Gate Realm, having condensed their Life Gate acupoint. The Life Gate is the most crucial point in a cultivator’s body.
Yet Qin Ning easily pierced through their Life Gates, killing them in a single strike.
Was this person really just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old youth?
Even until their deaths, the two of them couldn’t believe it.
Thus, the three Death Gate martial artists lost their lives.
Qin Ning calmly retracted his staff, putting each spirit pill into a bottle.
“It seems quite a few people have been drawn here again!”
Qin Ning looked at the chessboard in the room, then chuckled and continued, “Oh well, I’ll play along with them!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he sat cross-legged, gazing at the forest opposite the thatched hut.
Swish, swish, swish…
Sounds of tearing through the air rang out.
Figures suddenly burst through the forest, appearing outside the hut.
“Qin Ning, why are you here!”
Seeing Qin Ning, the leading young man revealed a look of surprise.
“You beast, it’s perfect that you’re here; it saves me the trouble of looking for you!”
“Lin Yusheng, the Second Young Master of the Lin family!”
Seeing this person, Qin Ning was slightly startled.
The two of them had only met a few times; what kind of enmity could there be?
“Qin Ning, your day of death has arrived!”
Lin Qiaor also stepped out, letting out a huff: “You didn’t even like the peerlessly beautiful Sister Chu Ningshi, yet you dared to humiliate Ling Feifei. After that, even after your Star Gate was crippled, you showed no remorse and dared to secretly peek at me… Today, you are certainly going to die!”
“Lin Qiaor!”
Hearing these words, Qin Ning’s expression darkened.
“Ignorance is no crime, which is why I didn’t kill you. Do you truly believe that the life of a young lady from the Lin family is more valuable than those young masters from the Ling, Chu, and Shen families?”
“I’ve spared you once already. If you dare to speak such nonsense again, I won’t hesitate to kill you a second time!”
Killing intent surged within Qin Ning’s heart.
Frightened by Qin Ning, Lin Qiaor suddenly felt a chill run through her body.
“How dare you!”
Lin Yusheng suddenly roared, “Who do you think you are? You lecherous and despicable wretch, heaven must have been blind to let you live and reach the Gate Realm. Today, I will eliminate this scourge on behalf of Ling Yun!”
As soon as Lin Yusheng finished speaking, he charged straight forward.
“Brother, let me!”
Lin Qiaor, at this moment, wanted to reclaim her dignity, so she rushed out, intent on killing Qin Ning.
“Do you truly think I wouldn’t dare to kill you?”
Qin Ning scoffed, flicked a chess piece, and threw it straight out.
That chess piece suddenly transformed. In that instant, it turned into a figure, looking exactly like Lin Qiaor.
The clothes were identical, the appearance identical, the weapon identical.
The only difference was that the transformed Lin Qiaor had a stronger aura.
“Sister, be careful!”
Lin Yusheng also charged forward at this moment.
“You won’t escape either!”
Qin Ning coldly scoffed, then shot out another white chess piece. The piece transformed into a figure identical to Lin Yusheng.
Even a Spirit Sea Realm expert couldn’t achieve such a feat, could they?