"Brain matter mixed with blood flowed on the ground; Nan Batian and Liu Laoguai exchanged glances, both feeling profound regret."
"Had they acted with a bit more decisiveness a moment earlier, the old beggar wouldn't have died, and they wouldn't have lost their chance to extract the secret of the Seventeen Dragon Capturing Palms."
"They searched the old beggar's body but found nothing. It seemed the secret manual wasn't on him—after all, such a valuable text wouldn't be carried around."
"Nan Batian and Liu Laoguai looked at Qimu Ge with a slight sense of disappointment."
"Qimu Ge, too, lamented as he looked at the corpse on the ground, 'What a pity, the strike was decisive.'
"Nan Batian said, 'Indeed, this stubborn old man... By the way, Commander Qimu Ge, where are the other Beggar Sect disciples?'
"Upon hearing this, Qimu Ge ordered, 'Bring them over!'