Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 87 - 83: Cut the Grass and Remove the Roots (Request for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 87: Chapter 83: Cut the Grass and Remove the Roots (Request for Monthly Tickets)

Outside the docks of West City, within a civilian residence.

Deng Longshu was sitting opposite a middle-aged man with a longbow and quiver, by the window.

A jar of aged wine, a dish of marinated beef, a bowl of peanuts, a plate of pig ears, and the light drizzle outside the window made for a very cozy scene.

After a few cups of wine, Gong Wei suddenly asked, "Brother Deng, is what you said really true?"

"Brother Gong, would I lie to you?"

Deng Longshu picked up another cup of wine, clinked it slightly with Gong Wei’s, and drank it all in one gulp, "That lad killed my nephew, I’ve been investigating for several days. They just happen to be returning from the mountains with hefty gains, which is why I invited you, Brother Gong.

According to the information, this kid has more than three thousand taels of silver on him and a Star Weapon, not to mention a Pill bestowed to him, which should also be worth over a thousand taels.

Killing him, we’ll definitely make a big fortune."

Gong Wei dabbed the wine stain at the corner of his mouth, and cautiously said, "Brother Deng, it’s not that I don’t trust you! A youngster at Dining Dawn Fifth Layer, Brother Deng, isn’t he something you can handle easily? Why do you need my help to share a slice of the pie?

The belongings on this youngster, it’s a windfall for one person, but split between two, it’s not much."

Hearing this, Deng Longshu suddenly laughed, "Brother Gong, we’ve known each other for over a decade, I won’t lie to you, this kid most likely has a life-saving Emblem on him. I can kill him, but there’s uncertainty, so I’d like you to watch from a distance, help me cover this gap, to avoid any mishaps."

"Brother Deng is cautious."

"Better safe than sorry."

"Then afterwards this..." Gong Wei hesitated to directly say.

"Brother Gong, my name is already listed at the Jinshan Taoist Institute and the Lord-lieutenant Mansion, I can’t stay in Jinshan county city anymore. Once I’ve avenged this blood feud, I will flee far away, I will bear the name of a killer, and it has nothing to do with you.

All of his possessions, I only want one Star Weapon, the rest are all yours, how about that?"

Hearing this, Gong Wei couldn’t help but laugh heartily, proactively reaching for the wine cup, "Brother Deng, always straightforward!"

"So, when do we make a move?"

"Wait for news."

"Wait for news?"

"Jinshan Taoist Institute is closed today, nine times out of ten, this kid will go home to visit his family. I’ve already sent someone to watch him, if there’s news, we’ll set out.

Rainy days are perfect for making a move, all traces and scents will be washed away by the rain." Deng Longshu chuckled.

"Indeed, rainy days, perfect for killing. Here, drink up!"

The two of them were both at Dining Dawn Seventh Layer in cultivation level, so this amount of wine didn’t affect them much, and they drank freely.

minutes later, footsteps suddenly approached from outside, and Deng Longshu’s gaze instantly sharpened.

From start to finish, Deng Longshu was very alert.

A knock sounded, and Jiang Sheng’s voice came from outside, "Master Deng, it’s me, I’ve got news!"

"Mm, Jiang Sheng, come in quickly!" Hearing Jiang Sheng’s voice, Deng Longshu was overjoyed and looked at Gong Wei, "The news is here."

The narrow courtyard door was pushed open, what first entered the sight was an umbrella, but as the person came in, Jiang Sheng suddenly fell silently to the ground, he had been thrown aside by Xu Jin.

"Master Deng, I heard you were looking for me, Xu Jin?" Xu Jin casually tossed the umbrella aside, revealing his true identity, dressed in the uniform of the Star Patrol Commander.

"Star Patrol?"

"It’s you!"

Deng Longshu and Gong Wei looked at each other, shock rising in their eyes, neither of them had expected someone to find them right at their doorstep.

Just as Xu Jin had begun speaking, he had already made a move.

Under his feet, the Flying Star Step burst forth, instantly rushing to the window. With a lift of his hand, a series of Star Arrows bombarded Deng Longshu.

"Let’s kill him together!" Deng Longshu shouted explosively while retreating, deflecting Xu Jin’s relentless incoming Star Arrows with slashes of his knife.

Gong Wei’s eyes jerked a few times and in the next instant, the Starlight burst forth under his feet, he hesitated no more and rocketed into the sky, tearing through the roof, he was fleeing!

As if joking!

The Star Patrol had come knocking right at their doorstep, to fight head-on was simply foolish!

Seeing Gong Wei fleeing directly, Deng Longshu almost wanted to kill Gong Wei, this coward, so damn cowardly.

But Xu Jin’s attacks were unexpectedly fierce.

Star Arrows one after another.

Although only at the Fifth Layer of Dining Dawn, the power of the Star Arrows he launched was almost as strong as the Seventh Layer, making it extremely tough for Deng Longshu to cope.

However, before Deng Longshu could deal with the three consecutive Star Arrows launched by Xu Jin in an instant, light burst under Xu Jin’s feet, and in an instant, he rushed right up to Deng Longshu. The long knife came slashing, and a torrent of Star Ring fiercely poured out.

In an instant, Deng Longshu was struck to the ground.

The starlight on the long knife surged, and one slash cut Deng Longshu, breaking his guard and making him spit blood as he fell back.

Deng Longshu fell back, and Xu Jin quickly followed.

In that moment, one Star Arrow after another, four consecutive shots.

Bang bang bang bang!

The explosions of the Star Arrows and Deng Longshu’s screams resounded simultaneously.

Four Star Arrows, two of them hit his abdomen, blowing a large hole straight through, the other two, directly broke both of Deng Longshu’s legs at the knees.

Seeing Deng Longshu severely wounded, starlight burst under Xu Jin’s feet, and he shot up from where Gong Wei had fled.

He saw Gong Wei fleeing towards the distance.

With Xu Jin severely injuring Deng Longshu, it had all taken just two or three seconds, and Gong Wei hadn’t even made it a hundred meters.

In an instant, starlight burst continuously under Xu Jin’s feet, the light from the Chasing Wind Boots shining brightly.

With one Flying Star Step, he covered a distance of over forty meters.

Gong Wei, who had just made it a hundred meters, only turned back to look, and was filled with terror.

Too fast.

This Dining Dawn Fifth Layer Star Patrol Commander, too fast, faster than Seventh Layer, he simply couldn’t escape.

Without a moment’s hesitation, while speeding forward, he turned around, took his bow, placed an arrow, and shot!

Whoosh!

With arrows carrying Starlight, they zoomed toward Xu Jin at high speed.

Seeing the arrows approaching, Xu Jin merely set off a burst of Starlight under his feet and instantly pivoted to charge once again at Gong Wei.

Of course, even if hit, Xu Jin wasn’t afraid.

He was not just protected by the Starlight Shield and the Star Shield, but he was also wearing the Croc Dragon Soft Armor.

One arrow couldn’t hurt him.

But it could significantly slow down his speed.

Therefore, Xu Jin dodged.

By the time Gong Wei shot the second arrow, Xu Jin had already charged to within ten meters of him.

A punch was hurled out, the Star Radiance Burst forth, directly smashing the hastily shot second arrow in a head-on clash.

The Starlight under his feet burst once more as he instantly closed the distance.

The bowstring slashed toward Xu Jin’s neck like a blade, but Xu Jin swung his arms continually.

Each swing launched an explosive Star Arrow.

The Star Arrow hit Gong Wei’s chest first, sending him crashing down toward the ground and also neutralizing the threat of his great bow.

While Gong Wei frantically tried to counter, he was already cursing Master Deng’s ancestors inwardly for getting him involved with such a genius!

Had he known that Xu Jin could release Star Skills instantaneously, he wouldn’t have partaken, much less shown his face!

Damn it, he was getting screwed over!

Xu Jin seized the opportunity.

In the moment of fierce chase, his fingertips kept flicking.

Even though Gong Wei was experienced and wore two layers of Inner Armor, when the fifth Star Arrow came blasting, it sent Gong Wei spewing blood.

The sixth Star Arrow blew open a huge hole in Gong Wei’s chest, and the seventh Star Arrow burst right through.

The eighth Star Arrow was wasted...

The next instant, Gong Wei’s lifeless body fell heavily. Xu Jin landed afterwards, lifting the heavy corpse of Gong Wei, the Flying Star Step erupting, and in just three breaths, he had returned to Master Deng’s courtyard.

In Master Deng’s courtyard, with his legs both broken, Master Deng was crawling and trying to stem his own bleeding as Starlight surged toward the wound on his abdomen, while he moved toward the backyard.

The backyard had a drain channel that led straight to the Golden Sand River several tens of meters away!

Seeing Xu Jin return, Master Deng’s every movement ceased, hope was lost.

There was no escape.

Master Deng merely laughed wretchedly while staring fixedly at Xu Jin.

"Master Deng, your men are not very impressive," Xu Jin said as he threw Gong Wei’s body next to Master Deng, simultaneously launching a Star Arrow directly into the Star Pattern on Master Deng’s Central Star Palace.

In an instant, Master Deng spewed blood again, his body’s Starlight dissipating.

"Summon your accomplices, and I’ll grant you a quick death!" Xu Jin looked at Master Deng and said.

This was the reason why Xu Jin had not immediately killed Master Deng.

Such scum had to be thoroughly eradicated, and Xu Jin also had to try to root out any remnants to eliminate potential dangers.

"You little mongrel! Pah!"

Master Deng spat out a mouthful of filthy blood, "I only regret that my greed didn’t lead me to wipe out your entire family earlier!

Otherwise, that alone would have been enough to make you regret for a lifetime!"

Xu Jin’s eyes sharpened, and he instantly turned to look at the trembling Jiang Sheng in the corner of the yard.

This guy had his limb joints removed by Xu Jin, and although now free, he couldn’t run.

"Does he have any more accomplices?"

"I don’t know, but I know where several other remnants of the Heavenly River Gang are hiding," Jiang Sheng hurriedly said.

"Jiang Sheng, you..."

Swish, swish, swish!

With four slashes, Xu Jin severed Master Deng’s limbs, causing him to scream incessantly as rain mixed with mud soaked into the wounds, making Master Deng’s screams even more tragic.

Suddenly, Xu Jin’s expression changed, Star Power surged into Mingji Star Pattern in his Lower Star Palace, and in an instant, everything around became a few shades clearer.

People were approaching.

And not just a few.

Most likely, they were the county guards or the Star Patrol Guard.

"Lucky for you, be a better person in your next life!"

With a flourish of his long sword, Xu Jin beheaded Master Deng!

For such a mortal enemy, it was better to personally execute him; if allowed to live—even if imprisoned—who knows what trouble he might stir up!

Eradicate the roots!

One minute later, Xu Jin searched Gong Wei and Master Deng’s bodies, pulling out a package wrapped in oilpaper from each, likely containing silver notes, along with two bottles of Star Refilling Pills.

The long sword in Master Deng’s possession was also a First Tier Star Weapon, and Gong Wei’s great bow surprisingly too.

That was a satisfactory gain.

As soon as he had finished collecting, he saw Xianbing leading several people in a fast approach. Upon seeing Xu Jin standing unharmed, he let out a sigh of relief, "I missed the excitement!"

"It’s not too late.

Brother Lu, this Jiang Sheng, was a remnant of the Heavenly River Gang, and he knows quite a few hiding places of other remnants. I’ll leave him to you. And take care of these two bodies too; they tried to ambush and kill me, but I took them down!" Xu Jin said.

Xianbing, hearing this, was delighted, "Remnants of the Heavenly River Gang, that’s no small achievement, Brother Jin, let’s go together!"

"You handle it, I need to go home and see my sister, it’s been a while!" Xu Jin said.

"That’s fine, don’t worry, Brother Jin, your share won’t be less, after all, you caught this horn!" Xianbing said.

Without further ado, Xu Jin entrusted Jiang Sheng to Xianbing and left.

The journey home was delayed, his clothes were dirty, and he was even covered in blood, unsure whether his sister Jiang’er had returned yet.

Helplessly, Xu Jin first went back to the Taoist Institute, changed into clean clothes, and bought a new umbrella, before heading to the East City tower to pick up his large bundle, and with an umbrella in the rain, he hurried toward Xu’s Manor.