Chapter 156: For Whom The Hammer Tolls (3)
There’s a saying about “borrowing a knife to kill someone.” It means using someone else’s power to achieve an evil scheme.
He clearly knew the Namen Sect martial artists watching would come if he lit a fire in the furnace, yet he didn’t say a word.
The old man snorted shamelessly.
“Hmph. What could I do? How could a country bumpkin who doesn’t know martial arts deal with those bastards?”
“Aren’t you being too brazen?”
“Weren’t you the ones who drew swords? It wouldn’t have mattered if blood wasn’t shed, right?”
He was basically saying they killed of their own accord without him asking them to.
Qing spoke, dumbfounded.
“Well, we’re Masters- no, I’m too much of a Master to be compared with those fodder, but anyway, since we’re stronger, those scum hesitated. Otherwise, wouldn’t they have caused trouble seeing pretty women?”