Chapter 412: Chapter 215: This Dish Is Extremely Precious
When the chicken slipped and couldn’t be picked up again, Master Feng grabbed the piece with his hand, along with tears and snot, and shoved it into his mouth.
Outside the cabin, Xu Qing, who had somehow removed his gloves, silently withdrew his left hand from Eunuch Xu’s neck.
His left hand had undergone refining through a dark object, and now the death aura surrounding it had reached its peak. Just by touching Eunuch Xu’s skin, in the next moment, the eunuch fell to his knees with a contorted expression, and the black-purple veins sprang forth from the neck, spreading across his face, chest, back, and limbs.
Attacked by the death aura, Eunuch Xu couldn’t make a sound, as if performing a silent play, futilely scratching his cheeks where the black web spread until his pupils dispersed.
These events happened in the blink of an eye. After dealing with Eunuch Xu, Xu Qing walked into the cabin with an expressionless face.
Master Liao, who was preparing to interrogate Master Feng again, froze momentarily, then showed a look of realization.
"You are not the cook on our ship; you’re the one who killed my godson, aren’t you?"
Xu Qing smiled slightly; he had considered storming into the cabin to strike first or using the Four-sided Lean Banner to move in closer and save Master Feng.
But he didn’t expect the old eunuch to remain as calm as an old dog, without a trace of panic even when seeing him enter.
Xu Qing sat at the table, and just before Master Feng was about to succumb to the poison, he raised his right hand and knocked him out.
He then casually tossed him out of the cabin door and sat himself down in the position that Master Feng previously occupied.
It seemed as though he had no acquaintance with Master Feng, throwing him out merely because he wanted to sit down.
Liao Jinzhong didn’t mind and continued to focus his gaze on Xu Qing.
"Are you a man of the martial world, or a practitioner of the way?"
"The way?" Xu Qing appeared intrigued by this term: "What is the way?"
Asked by Xu Qing, Liao Jinzhong was momentarily taken aback.
"It seems you are not of the way, then you are a fellow practitioner of martial arts. Yet, among the few famed masters of the martial world, aside from them, I can only find one person."
Liao Jinzhong calmly said, "I heard that years ago when King Changting was on campaigns in the Northern Territory, he befriended the descendant of a renowned general, who once helped King Changting break through eighty thousand black-armored troops singlehandedly. When I first heard of this, I had just entered the master’s threshold. If that person were still alive, even if both masters, I might not stand a chance against him."
"This dish is indeed excellent; sir, why not have a taste," Xu Qing ignored Liao Jinzhong’s words and instead commented on the dish before him.
Seeing the old eunuch not taking the bait, Xu Qing decided to abandon discretion entirely.
Since you like to chatter, then let’s have a good talk and see who breaks first.
"Eunuch Liao, well, I’ve heard some news lately," Xu Qing said as he scanned the attendees with a smile, "I heard that for years you’ve been secretly capturing people from the martial world, all skilled in martial arts, but once they enter your doors, they become corpses or missing; no one can find their whereabouts.
Conversely, Eunuch Liao’s cultivation has progressed rapidly, and you seem younger and younger every day; is this matter strange or not?"
"Baseless! Nonsense!"
Always calm and composed, Liao Jinzhong’s voice suddenly sharpened.
"Why the rush, sir? Snake liver is best for calming fires, have a taste and cool down."
"I’m not angry."
Liao Jinzhong stared at Xu Qing for a moment, then turned to look at the eccentric individuals beside him: "Do I look like I’m angry?"
Daoist Crane continued observing with the eyes and heart foreign to distractions, while beside him, the Southern Barbarian covered in pheasant feathers and adornments, and next to him, the Demon Hunting Captain, both sweating on their foreheads and restless.
Some things should not be heard; once heard, even if one survives today, one might die of unnatural causes someday!