Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

Vegetable market.

"It's really pitiful! The entire Cao family is about to be executed at this moment!"

"What 'pitiful'? Haven't you understood the deeds of the Cao family over these years? They have committed so many atrocious acts, they deserve their death!"

"Yes, they deserve their death! If it weren't for the Cao family, how could I have sold my daughter!"

Upon hearing this, the people beside her looked at her with disdain and then silently moved away.

On the other side.

Jiang Ning arrived at the vegetable market and saw the remaining two hundred or so people of the Cao family kneeling on the empty ground.

The crowd surged around, cursing and accusing the people of the Cao family.

Some even threw rotten vegetable leaves at the people of the Cao family.

"Seeing the Cao family in such a plight does evoke some sighs", Jiang Li remarked somewhat emotionally.

Jiang Ning nodded slightly.

On the other side.

"Is that Jiang Ning?" The man who had entered the city in the morning immediately spotted Jiang Ning.

"It's him!" Vice Officer Jin from the military camp observed for a moment and then nodded.

The man took another look at Jiang Ning.

Suddenly, Jiang Ning turned his head and looked over.

Seeing this, the man smiled at Jiang Ning and then averted his gaze.

Jiang Ning also slowly withdrew his gaze.

"Such keen perception, this Jiang Ning is no ordinary person!" the man remarked, "No wonder Cao Rong died by his hand."

"Sir, the entire Cao family is being executed today, should we intervene?" Vice Officer Jin asked in a low voice.

"Cao Rong is dead, what worth does the Cao family still have? Intervene in what?" the man said indifferently, "Besides, Hong Minghu is not easy to deal with!"

Meanwhile.

Jiang Ning, leveraging his strong senses, easily heard this conversation in the noisy vegetable market and instantly gained some insight.

"Is that the messenger from the military camp mentioned by Feng Jiuge?"

"From his words, it seems he, like Feng Xiaochen, Feng Jiuge's father, isn't looking to trouble me either."

The sun overhead gradually moved higher, and soon it was a quarter past noon.

On the stage.

An official held a scroll, listing one by one the crimes committed by the Cao family.

After summarizing, the County Magistrate sitting on the stage threw the execution sign on the ground in front of him.

"Execute!"

With a loud shout, the sign fell.

Spurt—

The executioner sprayed strong liquor on the large cleaver.

The next moment.

The cleaver fell, heads dropped.

Blood immediately sprayed more than three feet high.

For a moment, the execution ground was awash with excrement, and some of the kneeling Cao family members even fainted.

At this time, seeing the severed heads rolling on the ground, Jiang Li couldn't help but flash a look of pity in his eyes.

"Ah Ning, do you think there might come a day when our family could fall to such depths?"

"It won't!" Jiang Ning said calmly, then looked at Jiang Li, "Elder brother, just go ahead and spread your branches and leaves. As long as I am alive, there will be an everlasting foundation for the Jiang family."

Hearing this, Jiang Li couldn't help but grin.

"Ah Ning, spreading branches and leaves can't just depend on me! You are also not getting any younger, it's about time for you to start a family!"

"When I was your age, Minger had already had his one-month celebration."

Jiang Ning heard this, smiled, and said, "Such things are up to fate!"

...

"Vice Officer Jin, let's go!" The man looked indifferently at the last of the Cao family on the execution ground, then turned and walked away.

Vice Officer Jin hurried to keep up with his pace.

On the other side.

Jiang Ning also said, "Elder brother, it's over! Let's go!"

"Alright!" Jiang Li nodded.

...

This noon, over two hundred members of the Cao family were beheaded at the vegetable market, blood flowed like rivers, turning the soil red.

Towards the end, many people could no longer stand the bloody scene and turned away one after another.

Among the spectators, some vomited up their overnight meal due to the overbearing scent of blood.

...

Returning home later.

Jiang Ning put everything aside and continued practicing boxing.

Seeing the downfall of the Cao family, not only was Jiang Li deeply moved.

His emotions were no different.

Before, the Cao family flourished incredibly, managing the Luoshui County's canal transport, involving in salt and iron.

They had a finger in both legal and illicit worlds.

But as soon as the Inspection Office was established, with Hong Minghu's arrival.

He sought to make an example out of the Cao family, no one dared to oppose.

And now, even when moving against the Liu family, Xu Zhengnan, originally deeply connected with the Liu family, did not hesitate to kick them while they were down, becoming the main driver behind the Liu family's downfall.

The tragic end of these two great families, the Cao and Liu, all came from being weaker in power.

With his current prominence, possessing both strength and authority, different powers sided with him in the dispute with the Liu family.

Concerning Hong Minghu and the Cao family, there was nothing more to say.

Thus, Jiang Ning was distinctly aware that today, with his superior power, various forces could stand by him.

But on a future day, should he become weaker, the same forces would treat him as they did the Liu family, all descending to kick him while down.

To avoid ending up like the Cao and Liu families, one must have both strength and status.

Like now, if he hadn't taken up the position of Deputy Commander at the Inspection Office, how could he have such standing only with his current strength?

To talk about the strong, there's always someone stronger.

No matter how powerful, unless you are unmatched in the world.

If charged, eventually someone could take you away.

But it's different when wearing the official mantle of the Inspection Office.

Even though various forces guessed Cao Rong was killed by him, what of it?

Feng Xiaochen chose duplicity and non-opposition.

Having left Dongling County's military camp today, replacing Feng Xiaochen to handle the matter of Cao Rong in Luoshui County, he also chose not to conflict with him.

And there's also the Valley Master of Medicine King Valley, Lu Qingshan, a Peak of Fifth Grade top-tier expert.

Clearly guessing that he had killed Liu Qingsong, he also took their gift meant for Prince Huaian, the Leopard Embryo Shapeshifting Bone Forging Pill, for himself.