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Chapter 91: Black and Thick Oil Pit

Pang Yinlong struggled with all his might and realized that his shoulder bones, limbs, and waist were in excruciating pain. A numbing sensation instantly spread throughout his body. The force and blood energy that he had painstakingly gathered dissipated immediately.

After trying countless times, Pang Yinlong finally gave up completely.

He did his best to turn his head and look at his shoulder and chest.

A few bronze nails that were as thick as a thumb and had a square rhombus head were mottled and ancient. They were deeply nailed into his shoulders, knees, and waist. Blood dyed the surrounding clothes red and dried into a red flower of blood.

A thick and tough special rope wrapped around the bronze nails and tied him up tightly. He could not move at all.

Dragon Binding Nail…

According to the mysterious young man, this Dragon Binding Nail had been soaked in special medicinal mud for 49 days. Coupled with a special technique and the refined Dragon Binding Tendon Rope, it could completely suppress the blood energy and strength of a Noble Realm martial master. It was definitely impossible to break free.

…..

Initially, Pang Yinlong did not believe it. However, right now, he was filled with despair.

There was a creak.

The door opened and Pang Yinlong's eyes narrowed slightly. The mysterious young man had walked in!

Beside him was a strange person who looked like a small giant with long arms and legs.

For the past few days, Pang Yinlong had been left in this narrow and dark room. Other than having someone feed him every day, the mysterious young man seemed to have disappeared and did not care about him.

Until today, this young man appeared again.

"What do you want to do to me?!"

"What's the hurry? Don't 1 need time to build the venue?"

The mysterious young man pushed up his golden-framed round glasses and raised his finger. "Ada, carry him. Let's go."

"Let go of me! Let go of me!"

However, Pang Yinlong could not struggle at all and was carried on the shoulder of the huge strange person like a chicken.

The view changed and light flowed. Before long, Pang Yinlong was carried by the giant to an empty room at the side of the City Lord Manor.

The young man reached out and pushed or pressed the door. A dark door opened on the ground of the room.

There was a staircase that went straight down inside. The young man went down first, and the huge strange person followed closely behind, carrying Pang Yinlong down.

"Where are you taking me?!"

However, the young man did not answer.

As he continued to descend along the dark passageway, there were obvious traces of ax chiseling on the surrounding stone walls.

However, after walking for a while, it became a natural cave.

After they walked for an unknown period of time, the sound of water suddenly came. The surrounding walls of the pit gradually lit up with a thin halo.

"This is… the Netherworld River, the underground Ghost Market?"

Pang Yinlong naturally recognized that the halo was clearly the strange halo in the Netherworld River.

Soon, the halo in front of him widened. It was indeed the Netherworld River that emitted a dark blue mysterious halo, illuminating the entire cave dome.

A trace of shock flashed through Pang Yinlong's eyes. He had been to Ghost Market before, but the river in front of him was extremely unfamiliar.

Therefore, this was another section of the Netherworld River!

As a Noble Realm martial master, Pang Yinlong vaguely knew some strange secrets. He had heard of the mysteries and vastness of the underground world.

Therefore, this mysterious young man had actually dug a path to the new section of the Netherworld River from the City Lord Manor.

The three of them continued forward. After walking along the river for a long time, their vision suddenly widened.

In front of them was a natural underground valley that occupied an area as huge as Dragon Gate Pavilion, like an underground palace.

The high dome was filled with jagged blood stalactites. The Netherworld River flowed slowly past the center of the Sky Valley, emitting a mist-like halo that enveloped the entire square. It was cold and quiet.

The young man did not stop and continued forward.

Pang Yinlong tried his best to raise his head. The terrain of the valley in front of him was rather flat, but there was a deep pit that was ten feet wide every once in a while. It was obvious that it had been artificially dug.

The entire valley's surface was filled with such deep pits. Half of the pits were filled with some kind of pitch-black, oil-like thick liquid. Some were deep and some were shallow, like a huge chessboard filled with black pieces.

There were also more than ten scattered figures like the giant strange person under him wandering back and forth between the many deep pits.

They were covered in blood, and there was a long steel fork or iron hook hanging from their waists. Behind them was a huge stone rod that was like a pestle magnified a hundred times.

At that moment, Pang Yinlong's gaze was attracted by a deep pit in the distance.

The pit was filled with pitch-black liquid. Just now, something in the liquid seemed to have suddenly moved!

Under the greenish-blue halo, the surface of the liquid seemed to be covered in a layer of reflective membrane that trembled slightly.

Suddenly, a pitch-black human hand that did not reflect any light suddenly stretched out from the membrane!

Pang Yinlong's breathing quickened.

Someone was buried under the thick liquid!

The hand was completely covered in thick black ointment. There was no human skin at all.

It was like a drowning person, twitching and trembling on the surface of the water, trying to grab hold of a life-saving straw. However, strangely, the hole was clearly not deep enough to bury a person, but the person's body did not float up at all under the thick black liquid.

At some point, a huge strange person had already arrived at the edge of the deep pit and was watching quietly.

In the empty and silent underground valley, a completely black arm was silently struggling in despair.

Suddenly!

Layers of ripples appeared under the skin of the black arm, as if countless worms and ants were crawling back and forth.

Soon, the entire arm seemed to be filled with blood and water. It was clearly twisted abnormally, and huge sarcomas expanded one after another.

Pffft!

With an extremely soft explosion, the arm actually exploded!

Bones, black blood, and minced meat splattered in all directions like fireworks of flesh and blood!

Pang Yinlong's heart skipped a beat. What was that?! He had exploded from the inside!

The rippling black liquid also exploded into fine bubbles before calming down again.

Standing beside the huge pit, the strange person's face and body were also stained with some flesh and remains.

However, he did not move at all. He took out a long-handled steel hook from his waist. The hook was curved and mottled, like a fish hook. He plunged it into the water and pulled.

A naked corpse that was covered in thick black liquid and was extremely incomplete and could barely be seen as a human figure was hooked out by him.

He skillfully pulled the corpse to the edge of the deep pit and casually threw it to the side.

Then, he reached out and took off the huge limestone rod on his back. He held the tail with both hands and smashed its rough head down on the broken corpse!

Once, twice, dong dong dong dong…

It was as if he was pounding medicine, smashing the broken corpse into pieces. The blood and flesh that was squeezed out splattered in all directions. The already broken corpse was smashed into meat paste.

Then, the strange man used the huge stick as a broom and swept the corpse into the deep pit of black liquid. He pushed all the soil and dust in.

The meat paste slowly sank into the black mud and quickly disappeared, leaving only the black liquid pit that had calmed down again.

The strange person also seemed to have finished his work. He turned his head and noticed that there was a commotion in another deep pit. He turned around and headed in that direction.

Pang Yinlong's body was chilling.

What the hell was this?

What were these people doing?!

At a glance, there were more than 40 such deep pits in the entire valley.

Could it be that there was a person at the bottom of every deep pit?!

The young man seemed to have noticed his shock and comforted him. "Don't be nervous. You're a precious ingredient. You're different from these meats."

Pang Yinlong's body trembled violently and his limbs turned cold. Even his breathing seemed to have frozen.

The three of them had already entered a brand new cave at the end of the Sky Valley.

At the last glance before turning the corner, Pang Yinlong suddenly saw a hand extend from another deep pit.

However, that hand did not explode. Although countless tumors swelled up, slowly, the tumors calmed down and it returned to the appearance of a human hand.

…..

Pang Yinlong did not know if it was his imagination, but that hand seemed to be thicker and longer than before…

After turning a corner, the valley landed behind him and Pang Yinlong could not see anything again..

Chapter 92: Green Fog and Earthquake (1)

Two months later.

In the dense forest, greenery was everywhere, and it was wild and simple.

Lin Yan bent down and pushed aside the grass. From the middle of a withered Fetal Spine Grass, he picked out 20 to 30 grayish-white short-bearded grass stems that were extremely difficult to discover. He broke them and put them in the second bag on his left waist.

This was called Spring Withered Grass. It was a medicinal herb that was extremely poisonous and could cause hallucinations.

Generally speaking, it was hidden in the Fetal Spine Grass and was very easy to be treated as withered Fetal Spine Grass. Unless one was experienced, it was very difficult to recognize it.

Lin Yan didn't get up. He reached out to push away the grass and carefully observed the traces on the ground.

Generally speaking, places with Spring Withered Grass would have a poisonous scorpion living there. It had a certain symbiotic relationship with the Spring Withered Grass.

…..

"Found it…"

Lin Yan pulled hard on the grass. At the pit in the ground, more than ten thumb-sized scorpions suddenly saw light and began to escape in all directions.

Lin Yan stretched out his fingers like lightning and pressed them on the backs of the scorpions. One by one, he pressed more than ten scorpions to death.

Although this unknown poisonous scorpion was small, the poison in its poison sac was quite powerful. If an ordinary person was stung, they would suffer very serious nerve paralysis symptoms and would not recover for a day and night.

Lin Yan removed the poisonous scorpion's body and kept its tail and poison sac. He carefully placed them into the first bag at his left waist.

There were two bags hanging on his left and right waist. They were sorted and stored the various herbs and poisonous insects he had picked.

He stood up and looked around.

Guangchuan Mountains was vast, and countless primitive mysteries were hidden in the layers of mountains.

In the past two months, other than shuttling through the forest, tasting all kinds of herbs, and collecting medicine, he had also deliberately expanded his circle to explore the surrounding terrain.

This mountain was already 70 to 80 miles away from the Ji Village. It was already considered the depths of the Guangchuan Mountains.

He took out a yellow silk cloth and roughly marked the location with the carbon block he carried with him.

This was a map he had casually recorded. It was very rough, but it could help him record the direction in the Guangchuan Mountains.

Putting away the map, Lin Yan pressed the two bags on his left waist. The poisonous insects and grass inside were bulging.

Normally, although he could find poisonous insects and plants in the mountains, the total number was not much. At most, it was only a third of today's.

However, today, he did not know if it was because of his good luck or some problem. Ever since he entered this mountain, he could encounter poisonous grass, poisonous insects, and poisonous snakes in a few steps. His two bags were almost full.

On the contrary, he had almost never seen the more common herbs.

Lin Yan was about to go back when he suddenly frowned.

The surrounding insects and ants had stopped at some point. There was the rustling sound of bushes swaying as they quickly approached him from the mountain.

A shocking beast roar suddenly exploded. The wood swayed, and a huge black shadow jumped out. It lifted the dead branches and rotten leaves and pounced at him.

Lin Yan's eyes narrowed slightly. What pounced over was a white-fronted tiger with bared fangs and brandished claws!

It was ten feet long, had a yellow skin and bronze eyes. Its mouth was like a bloody basin, and its muscles and bones were strong. When it ran, it was like a heavy war chariot with peerless might. In the blink of an eye, it pounced in front of Lin Yan.

"Bastard!"

Lin Yan's figure quickly adjusted to a posture for him to exert strength. His blood energy surged, and the muscles and bones in his body suddenly tightened. Endless force rose from the ground and passed through his legs. It twisted along his waist and hips and surged into his fist. With the force of a thousand pounds, he tore through the air like a cannonball and struck out.

Bang!

The punch landed on the tiger's forehead!

A huge force erupted, and the tiger's huge body instantly stopped. The flesh on its neck piled up layer by layer, but its body seemed to be frozen in midair.

The mud under Lin Yan's feet cracked layer by layer, but his fists were like steel spears. They were straight and did not bend at all.

Time seemed to have stopped for a moment. A surging wave of air blew, and the Fetal Spine Grass on the ground scattered.

The tiger let out a miserable cry and rolled away. It collided with a towering tree, causing cracks to appear on the tree trunk. Then, it fell heavily to the ground.

Lin Yan took a step forward and pounced forward. He raised his fist high and it was filled with blood. It swelled up and smashed down on the tiger's neck.

BANG!

Under an unparalleled force, the tiger was suddenly beaten down. The ground seemed to tremble, and a wave of air blew away, causing dust to dissipate.

When Lin Yan retracted his fist, the huge tiger's forehead caved in. Blood spewed from its mouth and nose, and its neck bones were twisted. All that was left was a tail that swept away the dead branches and leaves on the ground.

Lin Yan retracted his fist and exhaled slightly. The scorching airflow seemed to spit out a sharp white arrow.

In the past two months, his strength had improved every day. Compared to two months ago, he was even stronger.

This tiger weighed hundreds of kilograms. If it was an ordinary Tough Realm cultivator, it might have taken a lot of effort. However, it was unlucky to have dared to show its claws to him.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard more rustling sounds of wood rubbing and shaking.

Lin Yan frowned slightly and tilted his body.

A wild boar that was half the height of a person with a red mark on its butt jumped out of the dense forest. Then, in a panic, it passed Lin Yan and fled down the mountain.

Then, there was a fat fox, a giant ape that was as tall as two people, a strange creature with white fur on its four hooves that looked like a horse, but was not a horse, nor was it a deer…

Dust billowed and the mountains shook. The ferocious beasts in the mountains seemed to have been stimulated by something terrifying and ran away one after another. Group after group, they fled down the mountain crazily.

It turned out that the unlucky tiger was also fleeing..

Chapter 93: Green Fog and Earthquake (2)

Lin Yan's hand formed a claw and grabbed a huge tree trunk. He quickly climbed up the tree and stood on the tall tree trunk.

A hundred beasts galloped, surging under his feet like a tide.

Lin Yan looked up at the distant hill. The dense forest kept trembling, and mud and dust flew. The loud sound shook the air, covering a large area of the forest. Clearly, there were more ferocious beasts escaping from the depths of the Guangchuan Mountains.

What happened?

Lin Yan's eyes darkened.

"This is…"

He suddenly realized something. He narrowed his eyes and looked carefully at the top of the mountain.

…..

On the top of the mountain, there was a thin layer of green fog that seemed to be surrounded by smoke.

This green fog was extremely faint and was hidden in the dense dark green of the forest. It was extremely difficult to discover. It dissipated when the wind blew, but it kept replenishing. It seemed to be floating from behind this mountain, deeper into the Guangchuan Mountains.

Could it be an earthquake?!

Lin Yan had seen it in his previous life. Before the earthquake, because of the crust's activity, the gas underground mixed with mineral particles would spew out, producing a colorful and strange fog.

As he was carefully observing, suddenly, an extremely miserable moo sounded from the flying dust on the mountain.

It sounded like some kind of bull-like creature.

Lin Yan frowned slightly. Was there a stampede?

However, in the next moment, the roars and wails of beasts actually sounded continuously. They all came from the smoke and dust that covered them. Some were extremely short, and some were continuous. Then, they slowly lowered and disappeared.

Lin Yan looked over. On the hill, earthen yellow mud and dust billowed, covering the sky. He could only see countless black shadows running inside, but he couldn't see anything else.

He didn't feel any tremors, and the earthquake wouldn't cause such a miserable cry. What exactly happened in the dust?

At this moment, a speeding black shadow gradually overtook the dust and slowly revealed itself in front of the dust. It was a huge gray wolf that was completely gray and comparable to a calf. It ran out.

Just as it was about to leap out of the dust…

Suddenly, a cold light appeared!

Lin Yan's breathing tightened.

A bronze sickle-shaped blade covered in barbs drew a ferocious arc and suddenly slashed down from the dust. It pierced through the gray wolf's waist and abdomen and nailed it to the ground.

The gray wolf howled into the sky. It was originally fleeing at high speed, and due to inertia, it could not stop. It actually cut open more than half of its waist and abdomen. It howled violently, and blood and flesh flowed all over the ground.

In the next moment, ten thousand beasts galloped past. Smoke and dust filled the air, instantly hiding the gray wolf in the smoke.

What was that!

Was it a human or some kind of creature?!

Lin Yan's eyes flickered. The scythe-shaped blade just now looked like a weapon at first glance.

However, when he thought about it carefully, it was as if a mantis's limb had been magnified a hundred times, revealing a primitive and awe-inspiring feeling that came from living creatures.

Lin Yan had the intention to retreat. He couldn't stay here for long.

Suddenly.

BANG!

With a loud bang, Lin Yan felt the tree under his feet shake violently. He almost lost his balance and grabbed the tree tightly to stabilize himself.

Looking down, he saw a burly brown bear running into the huge tree under his feet in a panic, almost breaking it.

The brown bear was also bleeding from the collision. It lay on the ground and twitched.

"Where did this stupid bear come from…"

Suddenly, the huge tree under his feet shook again and fell back at a distorted angle, almost causing Lin Yan to fall.

A crazy black bull actually stepped on the brown bear's corpse and collided with the huge tree, causing it to tilt.

Lin Yan grabbed the tree and pulled hard to maintain his balance.

"Something's wrong!"

Was it an accident for a brown bear to collide with it, and another bull to collide with it? Were they targeting him?

But soon, Lin Yan realized that he was thinking too much.

Among the beasts running under their feet, some animals suddenly staggered one after another, as if they were unconscious. As they ran, they suddenly fell out of inertia, knocking down the surrounding animals and making them unable to get up again.

Like dominoes, more and more animals flipped over and rolled. Even if they were only slightly injured, they could not get up.

In just a few breaths, the sound of a hundred beasts galloping suddenly disappeared and became silent. The dense forest under his feet was filled with the corpses of wild beasts. There were almost no injuries on their bodies, as if someone had suddenly cut off their power supply. They all fell to the ground and stopped moving.

No matter how bold Lin Yan was, he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle. It was as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on him, and his entire back turned cold.

Looking over, the commotion on the mountain actually slowly calmed down.

Without the running animals, the dust quickly dissipated.

As expected, on the hill from low to high, countless huge ferocious beasts seemed to have fallen asleep. They quietly lay on the entire hill, dense and extremely terrifying.

"They're all dead!"

Lin Yan was slightly shocked. He couldn't stay here anymore. Hurry up and leave!

However, before he could jump down from the tree, something unexpected happened again!

In an instant, the ground trembled and the rocks cracked. It was as if an angry giant had grabbed the mountain and was shaking it violently!

Earthquake!

It was really an earthquake!

The tree under Lin Yan's feet was already crooked. At this moment, it broke from the middle and fell.

Lin Yan stabilized himself and ran down the tree trunk like a bolt of lightning. Then, he stomped hard and sent the thick tree flying. He used the momentum to flip over and land on the ground.

Without waiting for him to catch his breath, a huge tree on the left also flipped sideways and fell high, smashing down on Lin Yan's head.

Lin Yan was like a swimming dragon as he dodged the tree trunk to the right. At the same time, he turned around and kicked the tree trunk that was as thick as a person.

The mountains began to roar, and the ground was roaring. Landslides and huge trees toppled. The dust and gravel bounced up and down excitedly and kept shaking. Waves of dark brown dust sprayed into the sky.

The earth dragon had completely turned over!

Lin Yan's expression was ugly. One after another, there was no end to it!

His feet were like the wind, and the surrounding scenery retreated with lightning. Along the way, huge rocks rolled down and trees fell, but he either dodged or punched and kicked them away.

When he encountered the cracked ground and the landslide, he relied on the extremely fast speed given by the Dragon-Shaped Fist to jump up and cross it as if he was walking on flat ground.

This was a close call. After running for more than ten kilometers, Lin Yan gradually felt that the ground was stable and no longer moved. Only then did he slow down.

He turned around and looked at the mountain where he came from. His expression suddenly froze.

In the earthquake, many cracks appeared on the mountain.

Thick green smoke spewed out of the crack in the mountain like the breathing of a mountain, forming a green smoke miasma that enveloped the entire mountain.

The leaves withered, and the grass was withered. The withering was spreading out at an extremely fast speed. In an instant, only tall and twisted bare tree trunks were left in the original forest that was filled with greenery and lush vegetation, like a group of unwilling corpses.

"This green fog is poisonous! Those animals were all poisoned to death?"

Lin Yan recalled that when he was running just now, he did seem to have breathed in a few mouthfuls of fishy air that produced some burning blood energy.

Recently, he had consumed a lot of Nether Return Powder. He was very short of poisonous creatures…

Lin Yan's eyes darkened. He turned around and left, not looking at the poison at all.

It was true that he lacked poisonous creatures to cultivate. However, the bronze scythe that flashed in the dust just now clearly said that this poisonous creature was very dangerous!

There was an earthquake. He did not know if Xiaozhi was affected in the Ji Village…

Lin Yan didn't stop. He sped up and left..

Chapter 94: Unconscious

After completely increasing his speed, Lin Yan quickly left the poisonous fog mountain.

The surroundings returned to the green ancient forest. Other than the occasional mud and dust, there were almost no traces of an earthquake.

It seemed that the mountain just now was the epicenter of the earthquake. The further out he went, the smaller the impact.

Lin Yan heaved a sigh of relief. The Ji Village was so far away, so it must be fine.

He relaxed and slowed down his pace. Along the way, he even tasted a few unfamiliar new herbs and picked some herbs that were needed for the Bone Tempering Ointment or were helpful to blood energy.

Clearly, after leaving the mountain, the frequency of the poisonous fog appearing decreased, and the medicinal herbs became normal.

Soon, he passed through a verdant forest and returned to the col where the Ji Village was.

…..

At a glance, Lin Yan heaved a sigh of relief. The Ji Village was safe and sound. There were no changes. Clearly, the earthquake did not affect this place.

After asking a villager and receiving the same answer, Lin Yan was completely relieved.

On the way back to the village, Lin Yan passed by the forest on the east side. He stopped and walked in.

Indeed, Pang Feiyan was in the forest.

She was not tall and had a round face. She looked adorable. She was wearing a tight white suit and used a red silk cloth as a belt.

At this moment, she was raising her head. Her two fair little hands were clenched into fists with the center of her fists facing outwards. She raised her head diagonally and looked straight at the clouds floating in the sky.

It was supposed to be a stretched and comfortable posture, but she did it as if she was surrendering, especially on her delicate baby face. Her mouth was wide open, revealing a stiff smile, so much so that she looked like a fool.

Noticing Lin Yan's arrival, Pang Feiyan put down her hands and the silly smile on her face disappeared. She ran over quickly and said dejectedly, "Lin Yan, I've already tried the method you taught me. Why is it still useless?"

Lin Yan opened his mouth and could only say in the end, "Perhaps you haven't relaxed enough. You have to relax completely."

In the past two months, Pang Feiyan had gone completely crazy and cultivated day and night.

Although she was not very smart, her talent was alright. The results of her martial arts training were actually obvious, and her strength had improved greatly.

However, when she learned from Zang Wei that Lin Yan had cultivated the Dragon-Shaped Fist so fast, she was completely dissatisfied with her progress.

She directly found Lin Yan and asked him for advice on how to quickly increase his strength.

Lin Yan was naturally perfunctory.

However, Pang Tong found him and said that Pang Feiyan had been training too crazily recently. In order to take revenge, she had been possessed.

He hoped that Lin Yan could use this opportunity to deceive Pang Feiyan and let her rest well.

Lin Yan actually expressed his doubts. How could a cultivator be so easy to fool?

However, Pang Tong emphasized that Pang Feiyan's brain was not very bright, so he could boldly fool her.

After asking for Eldest Senior Brother's opinion, Lin Yan made up a few cultivation secrets such as "stretching his hands", "looking up at the sky", "smiling", and "fusing with the world".

Pang Feiyan actually did not doubt it at all. As if she had obtained a treasure, she did it every day when she was free.

But in the end…

Lin Yan thought of how Pang Feiyan had raised her hands high and smiled foolishly as if she was being hung up. He felt that Pang Tong and Eldest Senior Brother's worries were completely unnecessary.

She would not be possessed by anyone!

Pang Feiyan seriously memorized Lin Yan's "secret trick" just now. She held her chin and thought seriously.

Lin Yan took out a second bag from his right waist and handed it to Pang Feiyan.

"These are the herbs 1 found today. It's been hard on you to prepare the Bone Tempering Ointment."

Pang Feiyan took it and her eyes lit up. "It's not bad. Have you gone deeper?"

Lin Yan nodded. "1 even encountered an earthquake. Did you feel anything here?"

Pang Feiyan shook her head in confusion. "1 didn't feel anything."

After chatting for a while, Lin Yan turned around and left. When he passed by the village square, Eldest Senior Brother Zang Wei was teaching Hu Wa and a few other youths martial arts.

He had completely given up on his martial arts breakthrough and wanted to nurture more successors of the Dragon-Shaped Fist.

Other than pulling Lin Yan to teach the Five Animal Hands Technique from time to time, he often went deep into the Guangchuan Mountains to hunt wild boars, bison, and other animals to support his disciples in martial arts.

Seeing Lin Yan, Zang Wei walked up in a few steps. His eyes were filled with anticipation and nervousness. "Lin Yan, have you broken through?" "Eldest Senior Brother, I just touched the Combination level the day before yesterday. How can 1 break through in a day?" "Others might not be able to do it, but you might. I've never seen it before. In just two months, you've practiced the Dragon-Shaped Fist to the level of Combination. I'll believe a freak like you if you say that you've reached the Great Accomplishment realm tomorrow." "…Eldest Senior Brother, I'm a human, not a freak."

"Is there a difference?"

Zang Wei waved his hand and ignored him. He turned around and went to teach Hu Wa and the others.

He felt that Eldest Senior Brother had also become obsessed.

As Lin Yan walked back, he focused and opened the Golden Bodhi Scripture.

Basic information:

Skills: Devour (ioo%), Five Animal Hands (ioo%), Dragon-Shaped Fist (65%), Iron Pagoda (9%)

In just two months, the Dragon-Shaped Fist had increased from 15% proficiency, facilitated by the Five Animal Hands Technique, to 65% proficiency.

If 15% was the entry level and 35% was the essence, then 65% was the combination level.

It was also a relatively obvious obstacle he had encountered since he started practicing the Dragon-Shaped Fist.

Every time he cultivated, he would feel a piece of his body that spanned from his feet to his waist. His specific muscles and bones were constantly devouring blood energy. It was itchy and sore, as if they were constantly growing and transforming.

He could sense that once he broke through this level, this area of bones and meridians would undergo some strange changes. It should be the so-called Tough Force.

There were many Strength Realm martial artists in Dragon Gate Pavilion, but there were only Pang Meng, Du Fushan, and Zang Wei at the Tough Realm. It could be seen that this obstacle was extremely difficult. Not even one person in a hundred might be able to break through it.

However, Lin Yan inexplicably felt that this round wouldn't be too difficult for him.

He was only lacking a little blood energy to polish and temper. It wouldn't be long before he could break through.

He went all the way back to his house in the Ji Village.

This was a villager's house. The original owner's family had died tragically in the hands of the gangsters. The village chief had arranged for him to stay temporarily.

He pushed the door open and entered. Xiao Lu was sitting in the corner, peeling a pot of emerald long-horned beans.

Lin Yan took off the other bag on his right waist and placed it on the wooden cabinet beside the door. "Xiao Lu, cut these herbs and dry them later." "Yes, sir."

This place was filled with medicinal herbs to nourish blood energy. They were prepared for Xiaozhi's martial arts start.

In this world, one had to practice martial arts.

"Where's Xiaozhi?" "Miss is sleeping in there." "Asleep?"

Lin Yan entered the room and took a look. Xiaozhi was sleeping soundly on the bed. Her cheeks were slightly red, and there was even a sweet smile on her face.

Everything looked extremely normal.

However, Lin Yan had a bad feeling. He recalled that Xiaozhi had an inexplicable period of sleepiness.

He came out and asked Xiao Lu, "How long has Xiaozhi been asleep?" "Less than two hours, Miss suddenly said that she was a little sleepy, so she went to bed and fell asleep." "1 don't remember Xiaozhi having the habit of sleeping at this hour."

Xiao Lu was also slightly surprised. She scratched her head. "1 think so. Miss usually doesn't take an afternoon nap…"

Lin Yan's expression darkened. He immediately turned around and entered the door. He walked straight to Xiaozhi's bed and shook her hand. "Xiaozhi, wake up quickly, Xiaozhi!"

However, Xiaozhi was in a daze. Her eyelids moved slightly, but she did not open them at all. She just continued to sleep.

Lin Yan carried her up and shook her. She still yawned and refused to wake up.

Lin Yan's expression was ugly. She couldn't wake up!

Just like last time, she seemed to have fainted!

Thinking back to the last time, Xiaozhi also suddenly started to fall asleep without any warning or reason. Later on, she strangely recovered.

No, it was not without reason…

At that time, there seemed to be an earthquake!

Lin Yan gently put Xiaozhi down. A layer of gloominess appeared between his brows. He suddenly turned his head and looked through the window. That was the direction of the poison mist mountain.

Could it be that Xiaozhi's coma had something to do with the earthquake?

However, if it was an ordinary earthquake, how could it affect one's mental state?

Or was this earthquake not that simple?

Thinking back to today, the poisonous fog that spewed out from the earthquake and the strange knife limb that flashed and disappeared, could it be that it was not a change in the earth's crust, but something else that triggered the earthquake?

…..

"Master, what's wrong with Miss?"

Xiao Lu stood by the door and was frightened by Lin Yan's expression.

"It's okay. It's not your fault."

Lin Yan wiped Xiaozhi's forehead. Her temperature was normal, just like an ordinary person.

Last time, he went to the pharmacy to get a few batches of calming soup. It seemed to have a certain effect on Xiaozhi.

He immediately stood up. "Xiao Lu, take good care of her. I'm going to the city." "But Master, it's almost dark…" "It's okay. I'll be back soon. Go get a basin of water. If Xiaozhi has a nightmare, wipe her sweat off." "Yes, sir."

Along the way out, Lin Yan was anxious. He completely let go and ran towards Ding'an City.

The sun was setting in the west. The sun had turned into a grayish orange color and hung on the side of the mountain. It was round.

When Lin Yan arrived outside Ding'an City, the sky was already covered in a layer of grayish-blue fog. He was only one step away from night.

Lin Yan slowed down.

In the past two months, he had not come to Ding'an City again. He was worried that something would happen and he would be trapped in the city.

There were people on duty at the city gate, and the gate was closed. Lin Yan also saw Xie Lingyan and Zang Wei's wanted posters. The portraits couldn't be said to be ugly, but they were completely different from Zang Wei and Xie Lingyan.

At this time, Lin Yan naturally couldn't ask the guards to open the gate for him.

Fortunately, the city wall of Ding'an City was not high. To a Tough Realm expert, it was useless.

Lin Yan circled around and found a remote corner of the city wall. His fingers bent into a claw shape and with a crisp bang, he pressed them into the wall.

Then, he pulled hard and quickly climbed up like a gecko, leaving only shallow claw marks. Soon, he entered the city.

Under the cover of the night, he no longer controlled his speed. He chose a remote alley and sped all the way to the pharmacy in Chengguang District as fast as lightning.

When he passed by Jing'an District, Lin Yan was running quickly in the alley.

Suddenly, a gentle wind blew down from the high wall on the side and rushed to his side.

The wind was light and fast. Almost at the same time as Lin Yan noticed it, it reached a position parallel to him and moved forward at the same speed as him.

"Little brother, if I may ask, do you know how to get to South Mountain Mansion?"

Chapter 95: Demon Suppression Division

The voice that suddenly appeared had a gentle tone, as if it was asking "good morning" and "have you eaten?"

However, in Lin Yan's ears, it was no less than a thunderclap.

His blood energy suddenly boiled as he subconsciously retreated to the side. At the same time, he threw a punch with a thousand catties of strength.

"Eh?"

A surprised voice came from the other side. Then, a soft but tenacious force enveloped and digested Lin Yan's punch, causing the force of his punch to be completely empty.

Lin Yan's expression changed drastically. His punch was canceled out before it could touch anything!

Only when he was 30 feet away did Lin Yan become on guard. He turned around and his pupils constricted slightly.

…..

There was not one person beside him just now, but two!

One of them was nearly 40 years old, and his hair and beard were exquisite. The other was in his twenties, and he had a warm white jade band tied to his forehead. His face was like jade.

The two of them had an air of nobility that was incompatible with Ding'an City. However, the clothes they were wearing were extremely loose. They were a full size smaller and stuck tightly to their bodies, revealing their wrists and ankles. It was obvious that they had put on the clothes at the last minute.

The 40-year-old middle-aged man in front sized up Lin Yan. His eyes lit up slightly, revealing a hint of surprise. "Little Brother, you're good at fighting. How old are you? Are you over 20?"

Lin Yan moved his feet and cupped his hands warily. "Senior, you flatter me. 1 heard that Chengyang District has such a place. It's the one in the southwest corner of the Nine Inner Districts."

The man smiled and said, "There's no hurry. With your skills and talent, it's really a waste to stay in this small Ding'an City. 1 happen to be recruiting people recently. How about it? Do you want to try?"

Lin Yan took a step back. "Senior, you're too kind. 1 still have something important to do.

If there's nothing else, 1'11 take my leave."

The middle-aged man could not help but laugh. "Little brother, you're treating me as a liar."

Lin Yan moved back.

"Alright, 1 have something urgent to do now, so 1 can't keep you. If you change your mind, you can go to South Mountain Mansion and report the name of the Demon Suppression Division, Ji Ying. Someone will naturally tell you what to do."

Lin Yan retreated again. "If there's a chance, I'll definitely visit you. Goodbye!"

With that, he turned around and left.

After watching Lin Yan disappear at the end of the alley, Ji Ying turned around in anger and amusement and asked the young man beside him, "Xiao Li, am 1 that scary?"

The young man's name was Chen Li, and he said respectfully, "Master Ji, you must be joking. That kid is so arrogant because he doesn't know your identity. If he knows what kind of fortune he missed, he'll probably regret it to death."

Ji Ying nodded.

"However, that kid does have the right to be arrogant. He looks to be three to four years younger than you, right? However, be it his speed or the punch just now, he's only a little weaker than you. It's really unbelievable."

Chen Li's pupils constricted. He knew his identity and naturally understood how unbelievable it was for a mediocre citizen of the lower city to be close to his strength despite being younger than him.

Ji Ying sighed. "This is a small pond. A big dragon has appeared."

A look of dissatisfaction flashed across Chen Li's face before he regained his composure. "No matter how big a dragon is, it has to die if it's raised in a pond."

Ji Ying laughed and said, "You're not willing to admit defeat.

"However, you're right. If you don't jump out of this small pond and can't come into contact with the true martial arts techniques, you'll never be able to nurture the blood energy characteristics.

"When you break through in the future, you can only be like these useless martial masters in the lower city. They have the name of the Noble Realm, but they don't have any force characteristics."

At the thought of this, his heart itched as if it were being scratched by a cat.

Recently, he had just been promoted and happened to be short of subordinates. It was not easy for him to meet someone with high talent. He was delighted to see him.

If not for the strict rules of the higher-ups not to interfere with the lower city easily, he would have wanted to take action directly just now and capture Lin Yan first.

However, with such talent, he must be quite famous in Ding'an City.

After he investigated and resolved the question that Ding'an City had not participated in the Dingdeng Battle, he would definitely be able to find them after spending some time.

He tugged at his tight collar. "The design of the clothes in the lower city is too poor. It's difficult to wear. Let's go. Let's hurry to South Mountain Mansion. These people are just wasting their time. They haven't replied to me for ten days in a row. This isn't how they should spend their retirement!"

The two of them walked quickly and arrived at Chengyang District according to Lin Yan's instructions.

Every city would set up a secret office to monitor and contact the people. Even the City Lord did not know.

Although this was the first time the two of them had come to Ding'an City, there were special signs on the secret offices. After walking around, they quickly locked onto South Mountain Mansion.

Ji Ying waved his hand, and Chen Li immediately went forward to knock on the door.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Soon, an old man in his fifties opened the door.

Chen Li showed a hand sign, and the old man immediately bowed respectfully. Both sides exchanged secret signals, and the old man called the two of them in.

A blood-red lantern was lit. The old man hunched his back as he introduced the situation to the two of them and led them in.

The path was dim. Every step he took seemed to lead him into deeper darkness.

As they chatted and walked, Ji Ying's expression suddenly darkened. He stretched out his arm like a bolt of lightning and grabbed the old man by the neck. "1 felt that something was wrong with you just now! You said that the five inspectors have all gone back to sleep? However, there are only four inspectors registered on the case!"

His eyes were like copper bells as he glared. "Tell me! Who are you?! How did you know the secret signal?!"

The old man struggled with all his might. Suddenly, he took out a dagger and stabbed it at Ji Ying.

A cold light flashed in Ji Ying's eyes. He shook his wrist violently, and a huge force passed through him. In an instant, all the bones in the old man s body were shaken loose. Then, he threw him to the ground. "You're playing such a small trick in front of me?"

Suddenly.

Pa! Pa! Pa!

The rhythmic applause came from the darkness.

A weak-looking young man with golden-rimmed glasses slowly walked out of the darkness. Behind him, several strange figures hid in the darkness like ghosts.

"Cough, cough. As expected of the newly promoted Order Issuer of the Demon Suppression Division. Your eyesight and strength are first-rate. However, I don't understand. Has the dignified Demon Suppression Division also begun to interfere in the affairs of the lower city?"

Ji Ying sized up the young man, especially when he saw his exquisite glasses. His eyes immediately narrowed.

Ding'an City didn't have such exquisite gold-framed glasses. It should be said that Ding'an City didn't have glasses at all.

His mind was like lightning. "So, you killed all the people of South Mountain Mansion?" "They're not dead, but they're almost there."

Ji Ying was expressionless. "In that case, the reason why Ding'an City didn't participate in the Dingdeng Battle this year was also because of you?" "I just saved a group of innocent people and led them into greater causes."

A smile appeared on Ji Ying's face. "Very good. 1 originally thought that it would take some effort to investigate. 1 didn't expect you to come knocking on my door."

He moved his fingers and walked forward step by step. The cold light in his eyes soared. "In that case, 1'11 capture you and bring you back. It'll save me a lot of trouble!"

Behind the young man, the strange black shadows moved slightly, wanting to go forward.

However, the young man stretched out his hand and pressed it against the air. He coughed twice and said weakly, "He is not those useless martial masters in Ding'an City. This guy is in the Noble Realm and has terrifying strength. You should retreat."

After saying that, he coughed twice again and walked out weakly.

"This time, I'll do it myself."

South Mountain Mansion…

Lin Yan only slowed down when he couldn't sense the auras of the two of them at all. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his heart beat like a drum.

That middle-aged man just now…

Terrifying!

Without any warning, the man actually charged into his side and casually blocked his full-strength attack from afar.

If the man attacked him, Lin Yan would probably be no match for him.

"South Mountain Mansion…"

Lin Yan knew this place. At that time, the rice paper with the Thunder Token on it was found in the Black Tiger Gang. Behind it were the words "Chengyang District – South Mountain Mansion". That was why Lin Yan could report South Mountain Mansion's address in time.

Could it be that the expert just now was related to the Wind Thunder Pavilion of Qianyuan Prefecture?

But why did he mention a place called the Demon Suppression Division?

Did he look for Lin Yan because of Xiaozhi?

Could it be that he wanted to follow Lin Yan and find where Xiaozhi was?

Lin Yan quickly turned around and looked at the houses and alleys behind him.

The terrain in Ding'an City was too complicated. With the other party's strength, if he really wanted to hide, Lin Yan would definitely not be able to discover him.

Unlucky, too unlucky.

Lin Yan heaved a sigh of relief. He had to buy the calming medicine first.

…..

He ran all the way to the pharmacy in Chengguang District. The four wooden doors were closed.

Lin Yan was anxious and knocked on the door.

"What are you doing?! Can't you see that the door is closed?! Get lost! Come back tomorrow!" "I'm sorry, my sister is sick…" "We ll talk about it after she dies! Get lost…"

Bang!

Lin Yan's palm turned into a knife that cut through the wooden doors like tofu. With a forceful tug, a piece of the door flew away.

Then, he reached out and grabbed the other door. The two door planks were torn off and casually thrown to the ground.

Lin Yan strode into the pharmacy and said seriously to the waiter lying in the pharmacy who was about to flare up, "My sister is really sick. Please make an exception."

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his right foot gently and stomped hard. A series of cracking sounds rang out, and a circle of deep cracks like a spider web spread out from under his feet.

The shop assistant's voice was stuck in his throat. His entire face turned the color of pig liver, and he was so frightened that he could not say a word.

"Quickly call the apothecary!" "Aye, aye!"

The shop assistant trembled all over and hurriedly got up. He went in and called out the apothecary.

After the other party timidly prepared the herbs Lin Yan needed, Lin Yan put down an ingot of silver and left.

"Hey, hero, we don't need so much!"

However, Lin Yan had already disappeared at the end of the alley without looking back..