Chapter 196: Chapter 99: Secret Technique (Part 3)

Lin Zheyu thought to himself.

Back then, when facing the man from the Nine Nether Sect, he didn’t give the opponent a chance to catch his breath.

He even constantly monitored the actions of the man in the black and red robe, concerned that the opponent might use poison. If the man reached into his robe for something, Lin Zheyu would immediately interrupt him.

Lin Zheyu recalled that he still had some elixirs at home which he had taken from the man in the black and red robe, two of which he couldn’t understand.

He left them there, not discarding them.

Perhaps among them was the elixir that the man tonight consumed.

“First, change out of these clothes, find a river to wash, and remove any scents that might be on me.”

Lin Zheyu mused to himself.

He didn’t head towards his courtyard but instead went to a secluded forest area on the outskirts.

In a corner of the dense forest, Lin Zheyu dug up some clothes and medicinal powder from the ground.

These were things he had hidden there in advance for emergency use in situations like the current one.

Lin Zheyu didn’t know what clues his pursuers used to track him, but changing clothes and removing any scents on him was definitely the right move.

He found a secluded stream, changed clothes, sprinkled on some deodorizing powder, and then hid in the forest, not rushing to return.

Rustle~~

The forest made rustling sounds.

Time passed, the sky gradually brightened, and a streak of golden sunlight slanted across the distant horizon.

The day had dawned.

“Even if the Nine Nether Sect’s methods are superb, after a whole night, they shouldn’t still be able to trace me, right?”

Lin Zheyu pondered privately.

He leapt down from the tree, his figure flickering as he headed towards his courtyard.

Returning to his little courtyard, Lin Zheyu acted like nothing happened and continued his life of martial arts training and Poison Canon study.

Meanwhile, the major families like the Xu Family, the Xing Family, and the Zhao Family were in somewhat of a disarray.

“Brother, who do you think helped us?”

“Could it have been the Deputy Commander?”

Xu Jingwu looked at several corpses on the ground, speaking with some confusion.

Beside him stood a burly man with a square face, about the same height as Xu Jingwu.

The man named Xu Yunhu was the current patriarch of the Xu Family and also Xu Jingwu’s cousin.

“No, the Deputy Commander was kept busy by Xing Boxuan, it couldn’t have been him,” Xu Yunhu shook his head and replied.

He was just as perplexed, not knowing who had helped them last night.

But no matter what, since the person was on their side, they did not need to worry too much.

“Perhaps it’s a powerful figure indebted to our Xu Family. Since the person doesn’t want to reveal themselves, we need not investigate too deeply.”

“When the Xing Family and the Zhao Family come over, just act natural and pretend the helper was someone we recruited.”

“Having recruited such a strong ally, they must be quite anxious now. We can take this chance to extort them a bit,” Xu Yunhu said indifferently.

Lately, he had been worrying about leaving Songyi City, losing a considerable amount of hair in the process.

Some powerful figures he knew were either unreachable or simply wouldn’t help, and some even demanded such high prices that it would be better to just hand over some benefits to the Xing Family.

Unexpectedly, an unknown powerful figure showed up last night and resolved his urgent crisis.

In the afternoon.

Lin Zheyu found Mr. Chen Peijun and informed him about Zhao Guanbin’s death from the night before.

He didn’t mention that he had killed him, but rather said that an unknown powerful figure killed Zhao Guanbin in the conflict.

Mr. Chen was stunned for a moment after hearing the news, then continued fishing as if nothing had happened.

However, unlike usual, he didn’t fish until it got dark and instead packed up early and went home.

Two days passed quickly.

No one from the Nine Nether Sect came looking, and there were no fights between the families in Songyi City.

Lin Zheyu heard that several families seemed to have reached an agreement, though he wasn’t clear about the specifics. Anyway, the last time he saw Xu Jingwu, Mr. Xu seemed very happy.

Lin Zheyu’s life returned to its previous calm.

Tomorrow morning is the day to set out, and Lin Zheyu has packed everything. The courtyard left by Master Liang Song was given to Senior Brother Han Mo.

All the silver taels were exchanged for gold, totaling two hundred seventy taels of gold, eighteen taels of silver, and thirty-six batches of medicinal herbs.

Lin Zheyu didn’t need to carry much: a few changes of clothes, silver taels, herbs, and some poisons and antidotes.

The black-silver gloves from the man in the black and red robe of the Nine Nether Sect had been reforged by a craftsman from the Feihong Gang, now serving as his weapon.

With the black-silver gloves on, he didn’t have to worry about his opponent’s weapons during combat.

After learning the Mountain Shattering Palm, the Six Harmonies Saber Skill became non-essential to him, and he abandoned his previous saber in favor of the black-silver gloves.

Returning from a gathering with his brothers from the Feihong Gang, Lin Zheyu reeked of alcohol, but his eyes remained exceptionally clear.

After reaching the Qi Blood Four Transformations, his physique became incredibly robust. Ordinary alcohol felt like he was drinking water, and it was impossible for him to get drunk.

Back in the room, he fetched four batches of Blood-Nourishing and Bone-Strengthening Soup herbs and a wooden basin, then leapt into the darkness.

It had been four days since his last breakthrough limit; today marked another opportunity for a breakthrough.

Lin Zheyu found a desolate wilderness spot, ensuring no one was around, and fully executed the Qi and Blood Burst Skill, propelling his body like a cannonball.

His legs could support the unrestrained use of the Qi and Blood Burst Skill, while his palms could only perform the Mountain Shattering Palm sixteen times each consecutively.

Bang!

Lin Zheyu rampaged through the forest, unleashing terrifying force, causing heavy sounds underfoot.

Indulging recklessly, the Qi Blood within his body would deplete after about four minutes.

Five minutes later, he stopped in a secluded grove, his chest heaving up and down.

After exhausting his Qi Blood, he practiced his fist skill in the woods.

Boom, boom, boom!

Thumping sounds echoed.

Executing the Wild Bull Fist in concert with the Golden Swan Skill, dull thuds resonated through the dense forest.

Lin Zheyu’s form was ethereal, moving swiftly through the forest, his fists incessantly pounding against tree trunks, crashing them down.

As time passed, the aura he gathered grew increasingly robust.

Lately, Lin Zheyu had been focusing on enhancing other cultivation techniques, neglecting his training of ’Momentum,’ which he felt had declined.

This ’Momentum’ was derived from his understanding of the cultivation technique, but Lin Zheyu lacked the corresponding Martial Dao belief.

Without establishing a dominating, invincible Martial Dao belief, any slackness caused the hard-earned ’Momentum’ to diminish.

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