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Chapter 96 Golden Silk Armor
This was not Wu Ming's first time killing someone, and he had gradually become more skilled at examining corpses. He directly used his soul sense to probe, tore open the robes, and with a single scan, he thoroughly examined all the items on the bodies, then took them out one by one.

Aside from their inner disciple badges, the three Black Fiend Sect inner disciples had only some loose silver coins on them. They had virtually nothing of value except their weapons, but Wu Ming glanced at them and determined that their value was roughly equivalent to the Crimson Python Spear in his hand, worth at most a few dozen taels of silver.

Being an inner disciple of the Black Fiend Sect sounds impressive, but in reality, unless you rank highly within the sect and possess exceptional talent and aptitude, you still have little status and live a frugal life.

Xu Mo's situation is different.

Wu Ming found a true disciple's waist token, seven gold leaves, two loose silver ingots, and a specially made medicine bottle containing twenty-three red pills the size of a thumb.

The gold leaf and the broken silver, when converted together, were worth about two or three hundred taels of silver, which was about the same as the silver coins Shen Lian carried with him. For an ordinary family, this would be a huge sum of money, but for Wu Ming now, it was still quite considerable. Wu Ming couldn't recognize the bottle of pills, but he roughly judged that they should also be a special kind of pill that could enhance blood and qi.

Chen Gui once said that those who can make pills are rare and valuable. The value of this bottle of pills must be far more than a few hundred taels of silver. As for the specific value, we still need to ask Chen Gui to appraise it.

In addition,

Xu Mo's Golden Snake Soft Sword is also a treasure. Judging from its material, it is made of refined gold and soft iron, and its value is very high. It may be slightly cheaper than the Crescent Moon Saber that he got from Shen Lian, but it is still worth a thousand gold pieces.

However, like Shen Lian's Crescent Moon Blade, this weapon is not easy to use in the short term. Wu Ming still does not want to attract too much attention at this stage, as it would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"Golden silk soft armor..."

After searching Xu Mo's belongings, Wu Ming stripped him of a dark gold soft armor. The armor was very thin and light, weighing only about ten kilograms, even lighter than the bright silver light armor he was wearing, but its actual defensive power was much stronger.

This kind of inner armor is also an extremely precious item. Wu Ming had seen it in the merit exchange book of the Cautious Punishment Department before. The requirement of 20,000 merits made him hesitate, but he did not expect to get one at this time.

"As expected of a sect disciple who has achieved three blood coagulations, he has more and more treasures on him than the last."

Wu Ming couldn't help but sigh.

This also shows the huge difference in status between three-times and two-times blood coagulation. Several inner disciples with two-times blood coagulation were like paupers, while both Shen Lian and Xu Mo had treasures of extraordinary value.

In reality, while disciples of sects like Shen Lian and Xu Mo might suffer casualties while training outside the city, it's generally rare. They all have various means of self-preservation, and when they encounter experts of similar strength, they usually won't engage in life-or-death struggles. For example, tonight, if Zhou Huai'an were here, Xu Mo wouldn't have made a move at all.

In a short period of time, both the Black Fiend Sect and the Profound Jade Sect had disciples who died at his hands, almost all due to his underestimation of him.

"Xu Mo".

Wu Ming put away Xu Mo's many belongings, and then looked at Xu Mo's true inheritance waist tag, which had his surname and unique mark on it. Wu Ming was not very familiar with this name.

Although experts who have achieved the third stage of blood coagulation are considered pillars of their respective forces, their numbers are also quite large. Even though he is in the Cautious Punishment Division and can freely investigate intelligence files, it is impossible for him to remember all the martial artists who have achieved the third stage of blood coagulation. At most, he can only remember the most famous figures in each force. He is still a little short of Xu Mo.

but,

In Wu Ming's judgment, killing Xu Mo would cause even more trouble than killing Shen Lian if the news got out. After all, Xu Mo's strength was far inferior to Shen Lian's, but he had a precious treasure like the Golden Silk Soft Armor, and might have a stronger background than Shen Lian.

But Wu Ming didn't think too much about it. As the saying goes, "the more lice, the less itchy they are." The number of people who died at his hands gradually increased, and he didn't care how many people he offended. In the end, they all disappeared without a trace, making it difficult to trace them back to him.

Swish, swish, swish.

Wu Ming skillfully threw the corpses and everything else into the Demon Subduing Realm.

Just after Wu Ming cleaned up the traces at the scene, movement finally came from afar again. In the darkness, many figures walked towards them, carrying torches that swayed in the wind.

When the group of people arrived, the leader was Zhou Ruoyun, followed by the clan chief Wu Qu, as well as Wu Yang and other warriors from Wu Village. In addition, there were more than a dozen burly men, all of whom were able-bodied young men from Wu Village.

"What a magnificent worm!"

Wu Yang, holding a torch, approached and was immediately startled when he saw the tiger's corpse.

As an older martial artist, he had seen demons before, but never encountered a tiger demon of such enormous size. Although it was lifeless and merely a corpse, it still gave him an invisible sense of oppression. Clearly, if he were to face this tiger demon, he would be no match for it and would be unable to withstand even a single blow.

"This guy was the one who committed the crime in the village the night before last?"

When Wu Yang thought back to the night before, when they and Wu Qu had chased each other out in the dark for a while, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

"It should be the other end."

Wu Ming explained, "There are two tiger demons on this mountain. When I found it, this tiger demon was attempting its third transformation. It had already completed part of the transformation, which is why it has such a huge physique. The other tiger demon is much weaker. The one that attacked the village that day was probably the other tiger demon. It didn't want to confront you directly because the transformation of this tiger demon had reached a critical moment, and it needed the other tiger demon's protection."

Upon hearing Wu Ming's explanation, Wu Yang suddenly realized something.

On his way here, he heard Zhou Ruoyun say that there were two tiger demons on the mountain.

Wu Qu stepped forward, touched the strong bones of the tiger demon, and couldn't help but sigh, "In just over two years, your strength has far surpassed mine. I'm afraid I wouldn't last more than a few rounds against this tiger demon."

The able-bodied men in Wu Village were mostly Wu Ming's distant and close relatives. Now, looking at Wu Ming standing there in his official robes, they all had a bit of envy and admiration in their eyes. They were all villagers, but now their status and position were worlds apart.

"Without the clan leader's early support, I wouldn't have the skills I have today."

Wu Ming didn't take credit, but spoke to Wu Qu.

Upon hearing this, Wu Qu laughed a few times and said, "I also fought for martial arts back then, but I ended up stuck in this situation. Among the generations of people in our Wu Village over the years, you are the one with the most outstanding talent. I only hope that you can continue to move forward and go as far as possible, so that you can bring glory to your ancestors and our entire village can also inherit your glory."

When he first brought Wu Ming into the city, he thought that if Wu Ming could make a name for himself and reach his level, that would be great. But now, in just over two years, Wu Ming has already left him behind and has a real chance to break through to the third stage of blood coagulation and climb to a higher level of martial arts. Thinking back to when Wu Ming encountered evil spirits and almost lost his chance to learn martial arts, he was filled with emotion.

As the saying goes, those who survive a great calamity are destined for good fortune, and this is now a testament to that.

soon.

Led by Wu Qu, many able-bodied men from Wu Village cut down nearby trees, pulled out the hemp ropes they carried, made a simple carrying frame, placed the tiger demon's corpse on the frame, and then lifted it up in a grand procession down the mountain.

After repeating this process twice, the corpses of the two tiger demons were transported to the entrance of Wu Village.

Until dawn.

Almost everyone in Wu Village gathered at the village entrance, pointing and whispering about the corpses of the two tiger demons, one large and one small. Some of them had relatives or friends who had been eaten by the demons and hated them intensely. One of them stepped forward and kicked the demon to vent his anger, but the kick didn't feel like hitting flesh and blood. Instead, it was like kicking an iron plate, and he fell to the ground in pain, grimacing.

"Make way! Make way, everyone!"

Suddenly, a shout came from above.

Not far away, Zhou Huai'an led his men to the vicinity of Wu Village. In addition to the Shenxing Division members who had regrouped, there were also some people from the Zhenyao Division in the group.

Zhou Huai'an approached and briefly examined the corpses of the two tiger demons before smiling and looking at Wu Ming, who was walking over. He said, "I've heard about what happened. You did a good job! If this beast had completed its three transformations and become a true great demon, it would have been very troublesome. Even I would have had a hard time dealing with it. It would have taken ten times the effort to kill it. Now that you've nipped it in the bud, you've done a great service."

If a three-transformation demon were to be born near the city, the situation would indeed be extremely serious. A demon of this level might even be able to cross the city walls of Jingye City and wreak havoc inside, enough to cause widespread panic.

Furthermore, a demon who has reached the third transformation is far stronger than a demon who has reached the second transformation. Even if he has mastered the unity of skills and is a top expert among the three blood coagulations, he might be able to defeat the opponent in a one-on-one fight, but it would be extremely difficult to kill him. To hunt down a demon who has reached the third transformation, it usually takes three to five experts working together to have a chance.

"It was all just luck."

Wu Ming's attitude was quite normal at this time. He did not take credit for it. The benefits he received from Xu Mo and the other Black Fiend Sect disciples far exceeded what the two tiger demons could have brought.

Zhou Huai'an smiled and said, "Even though you discovered it at the right time, this tiger demon has already completed part of its transformation. If your spear technique hadn't reached the Unity Realm, you probably wouldn't have been able to deal with it. Alright, I will report the truth. Just hand over the corpses of these two tiger demons to the Demon Suppression Division for disposal. The Demon Suppression Division will then calculate your merits."

(End of this chapter)