Chapter 123 - 116: Xie Feichen, In? Fight?

The task of collecting herbs was extremely simple and could generally be completed within a day. If he wanted to go back and kill the remaining four brothers, he had to be fast! Jiang Shu swallowed a few Blood Strengthening Pills without a second thought. His qi and blood were surgingly replenished within his body. The five Qu Zhanyun brothers were very close and rented a large courtyard together in East City. Perhaps it was because of their feud with him. As long as Qu Zhanyun was not there, the four brothers seldom left the courtyard, content to practice martial arts within it. "If Big Brother catches that beast, I’ll definitely have him flayed a thousand times!" Yuan Yong declared. "And as for that little bitch, once Big Brother reaches the Refining Internal Realm, what’s a little branch family miss worth!" "As long as that little bitch leaves the county city, I’ll bind her even if it means kidnapping! If the Zhang Family pursues it, we brothers can simply move to Heishan County!" Yuan Yong spoke with venom. His palm was still wrapped in white cloth. With his right hand gone, all other thoughts had vanished. He only thought about tearing that youth to shreds! However, just as his words fell, a sound of wind came from outside the courtyard! The bright flash of a blade suddenly appeared! Even Qu Zhanyun couldn’t withstand Jiang Shu’s three strikes, let alone his subordinates. Jiang Shu, who had rushed over hastily, didn’t pause for a second. He leapt into the courtyard and swung his blade! Yuan Yong couldn’t even react in time before his head flew into the air! Fierce Tiger Jumping! Black Tiger Heart-picking! White Tiger Carrying Corpses! Jiang Shu’s blade techniques were incredibly fast; one strike per person. In the courtyard, roars of anger, cries of pain, and the clashing of weapons rose and fell in an instant. The stench of blood spread. All passersby outside the courtyard kept their distance. Clearly, the commotion inside was too great. Small Soaring Skill! Toad Leaping! Little Northern Dipper Step! A burst of qi, blood, and internal force propelled Jiang Shu out of the courtyard. After a few bounds, he disappeared from the crowd’s view. Two quarters of an hour later, upon receiving reports from passersby, a thunderous shout erupted from the Inspection Department: "Impudence! Where did that scoundrel come from!" A figure dashed out, heading towards the large courtyard. Their speed was far beyond what any Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist could match. 「...」 The county city is indeed the county city. In just two quarters of an hour, officials from the Inspection Department have already mobilized! It’s well-known that murderers often return to the scene of the crime. Jiang Shu returned discreetly, wanting to see how the county city’s officials would handle the situation. The facts proved that while Yongning County city was very large, the government’s control over it was still extremely strong. The East City gate was immediately sealed, and Government Officials began searching house-to-house for the murderer. If the murderer were still in East City, he would surely be apprehended and brought to justice within ten days. Unfortunately, at this time, Jiang Shu was no longer in Yongning County’s East City, let alone the Da Jing Dynasty; he was nowhere to be found. 「Jiangnan Academy.」 In his dormitory, the night was vast and dark. Jiang Shu was not in a hurry to sleep. He opened a laptop not connected to the internet. On the desktop were various files. During his time in the county city, aside from practicing martial arts, he had also been collecting all sorts of information through his own channels. Some were purchased from the Danxia Chamber of Commerce, some were regularly sent by Zhang Ruo, and some were overheard from martial artists in the streets and taverns. Every day, he summarized and extracted the important information. The giant python I encountered in Pingling County must be the Fog Python, ranked twenty-seventh on the Exotic Species Beast List. It must have just reached adulthood, ascending to the third order at the time. That’s why Qiu Yushan was able to slay it using a series of methods. If a few more years had passed, the Fog Python’s strength would certainly have received a huge boost. By then, forget one Qiu Yushan; even two or three Refining Internal Realm Martial Artists would probably have been swallowed by it. I really stumbled upon a great opportunity back then. The Fog Python’s flesh and blood strengthen the internal organs. If one consumes enough, even without the internal force cultivation for the Refining Internal Realm, a martial artist with strengthened internal organs would undoubtedly be much stronger than a regular Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist in a fight! It’s just a pity my strength was too weak at the time to take it all. Jiang Shu couldn’t help but shake his head. At that time, I was still practicing martial arts at home. The Fog Python’s body was enormous. Forget dragging it home; it wouldn’t even fit in my small room. Even if it did, upon returning, how would I face a second-order Mutant Beast then? I certainly can’t wait until I reach the peak of Dark Force to go back. Throughout one’s life, various opportunities will be encountered. Only with sufficient strength can one seize them one by one! The biggest difference between a great clan and a wealthy family isn’t in their highest combat power. On the surface, a great clan’s strongest members are at the Refining Internal Realm. Compared to the wealthy families in the county city, this is just one realm higher. But in reality, that’s not the case. The real difference between a great clan and a wealthy family lies in their output of geniuses. In the Da Jing Dynasty, only martial artists who reach the Refining Internal Realm by eighteen can be called true geniuses, with the potential to make it onto the Little Dragon Tiger List! The reason the Zhang Family ranks lowest among the great clans isn’t just because it can’t compete in terms of highest combat power. The most important reason is that their most famous genius, Zhang Yunsu, only reached the Refining Internal Realm at nineteen. Whereas Zhao Chengxuan, the Zhao Family’s true genius, became a Refining Internal Realm powerhouse at seventeen. He has now even left the county city to improve himself in Yunzhou’s capital. It’s said he has even joined the headquarters of the Danxia Chamber of Commerce! The Danxia Chamber of Commerce establishes branches throughout Yunzhou’s county cities not just for business convenience. There’s another important reason: to scout for talented geniuses and invest in them early. After all, in the Da Jing Dynasty, a Martial Artist’s realm and combat power are everything. No matter how big a business is, without strong warriors and a sufficient number of core martial artists to support it, it’s all just an illusion. Eighteen years old, Refining Internal Realm... The requirement is truly outrageous, but I’m almost there myself. I wonder what kind of treatment the Danxia Chamber of Commerce here in the county city will offer me when the time comes. Jiang Shu thought to himself. Once he became a Refining Internal Realm Martial Artist, he was determined to visit the Danxia Chamber of Commerce. No matter how big the county city was, the best he could get there was only the lowest grade of middle-tier Cultivation Technique. Only by joining the Danxia Chamber of Commerce would he have a chance to acquire a Cultivation Technique to refine his five vital organs! Moreover, compared to the great clans and the government, the chamber of commerce was undoubtedly much more liberal. After all, he wouldn’t be becoming a patron of the chamber; he was being invested in by the Danxia Chamber of Commerce! What the chamber valued was his future. Once a genius they invested in truly made it onto the Little Dragon Tiger List, their future was bound to be as a powerhouse in Yunzhou! And perhaps they would even go further. For the chamber, this was far more valuable than thousands of Refining Internal Realm patrons. It was a mutually beneficial situation. Of course, if I can’t step into the Refining Internal Realm by eighteen, everything is just a fantasy. He saved the new document titled ’County City Government Official Strength Information.’ Jiang Shu closed the laptop and enjoyed a comfortable sleep. When he woke up, it was already noon the next day. He turned on his phone, and with no time to respond to the many messages, he directly clicked on Xie Feichen’s avatar. "Are you there? Fight?"