Chapter 3874 — Truly Inexplicable
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At first glance, it really did look rather like what Kang Jingming had been doing when he used his elixir-fire bomb.
"Are you certain?" Nan Tianguan's brows knitted at once.
"Your disciple is certain!" Yu Jiang spoke with absolute finality. Kang Jingming's elixir-fire bomb really was strikingly similar to that move he had witnessed before; even if there were slight differences, he would insist on it now beyond any doubt, lest Nan Tianguan force him to go probe someone else next. Doing that sort of thing too often carried enormous risk!
Seeing Yu Jiang so adamant, Nan Tianguan had no further doubts, and fury surged in his eyes. "So that means this brat Kang Jingming is very likely that Lin Er? He dares make a fool of me - has he eaten a bear's heart and a leopard's gall, thinking I won't kill?"
"Your disciple wouldn't claim absolute certainty, but judging by this elixir-fire bomb and the cunning way the brat deliberately diverted our attention earlier, it's eight parts out of ten!" Yu Jiang was seething as well. He was, after all, an inner disciple of Chongtian Pavilion, yet he had been toyed with by a mere newcomer like Kang Jingming. He simply could not show his face after that.
Boom! Before Yu Jiang's voice had even faded, a boulder beside Nan Tianguan crumbled to powder in an instant, drawing a crowd of curious Chongtian Pavilion newcomers who pointed and whispered among themselves.
That boulder had been shattered by Nan Tianguan in a fit of rage. At this moment he wished he could tear that brat Kang Jingming to pieces before everyone's eyes, but he was no reckless fool. However fierce his anger, he knew he absolutely could not strike at Kang Jingming in public, and so could only vent his fury on the boulder nearby.
Pinned by the gloomy stares of Nan Tianguan and Yu Jiang, Kang Jingming felt a chill crawl up his spine despite the broad daylight and the crowd around them, and he wondered inwardly what on earth was going on.
What the hell was wrong with these two? Instead of going off to finish Wei Zhao, why had they come over here glaring at him like murderous demons?
With everyone watching, Kang Jingming had no choice but to steel himself and walk over, asking of his own accord, "Eldest Senior Brother, is there something you need?"
Nan Tianguan was the managing eldest senior brother of Chongtian Pavilion. In principle, any disciple of Chongtian Pavilion, newcomers included, had to address him as eldest senior brother. Kang Jingming's use of the title might smack of self-aggrandizement, but strictly speaking it was not wrong.
Nan Tianguan gave him a cold look and said without expression, "I have already looked into Wei Zhao's side. This time I truly must thank Steward Kang for his guidance. Rest assured, I will keep it in mind, and I will repay it in due course."
Kang Jingming assumed the two of them had already finished off Wei Zhao, and was overjoyed. "Not at all, not at all! Serving Eldest Senior Brother is a junior brother's duty - what repayment could there be? Eldest Senior Brother is far too kind!"
He assumed the repayment Nan Tianguan spoke of would be some great boon, and his heart swelled with happy anticipation. Nan Tianguan was, after all, the managing eldest senior brother of Chongtian Pavilion, and surely would not be stingy. Little did he know that the repayment Nan Tianguan meant was nothing at all like what he imagined!
"Rest assured, I won't be polite." Nan Tianguan gave a cold smile and turned away with Yu Jiang.
Watching the two figures recede, Kang Jingming, joyful as he was, could not help feeling somewhat baffled. Why did the way those two had looked at him just now seem so... cold and sinister?
"Martial Uncle, what do we do next?" Yu Jiang could not help asking along the way.