Chapter 62: Eerie Home

Just as Li Yi was training hard at the training base.

Old city district.

The three people from the Practitioner Association didn't leave. They lingered in this area even after Li Yi left by car. They inquired about some news, confirmed the building, floor, and apartment number where Li Yi lived, and actually went to the fruit shop next door to buy some fruit, preparing to pay a visit.

Calling it a visit was actually putting pressure on Li Yi, wanting Li Yi to hand over that martial art technique.

The temptation of a martial art technique was something practitioners couldn't resist. Learning a powerful technique not only greatly improved one's own strength, but more importantly, the huge benefits hidden behind a new technique. In the face of such benefits, no one would be unmoved. Even Yang Yi Long couldn't pass this hurdle, let alone Zhao Zhao Jingqiao and the others.

So the three of them were very urgent, wanting to be the second person to eat the crab, because a new technique only had the highest value before it spread.

"Just now, a resident living here said that Li Yi's parents were also practitioners before, but later something went wrong and they became 'stagnant ones'. Now they have been lying in medical pods for several years and are still in a coma, not yet awake." Walking in the dim, old corridor, Qian Kai spoke up suddenly.

Zhao Zhao Jingqiao, carrying a large bag of fruit, laughed and said: "Whether Li Yi's parents are stagnant ones doesn't matter to us. What matters is that we can enter his home at any time and visit his parents. That's enough. We don't need to do anything; we just need to put the fruit next to his parents' medical pods. Li Yi will understand our good intentions."

"Putting pressure on Li Yi is indeed a way, but doing so also offends him completely. In the future, if this Li Yi turns things around, he will come to settle the score with us first. No, not just us; our families will also suffer his retaliation. He was able to take down eight practitioners alone; he's not a pushover. Zhao Zhao Jingqiao, shouldn't we reconsider? After all, once we force our way into Li Yi's house, there's no turning back."

Cai Cai Jianming's expression shifted slightly, and he actually had thoughts of retreating, because he had a family too and was worried about retaliation.

"I've already offered one hundred and fifty million, and he wasn't moved by this price, which shows that what he cares about isn't money. And the three of us, Spirit Perception Realm practitioners, gathered together, and even drew our guns, yet that Li Yi still wanted to make a move on us, which shows he isn't afraid of us. Ordinary threats are useless. I guess his only weakness is his family."

Zhao Zhao Jingqiao stopped in his tracks, then turned to look at the two of them: "How big the benefits behind a new technique are, you all know. This money can not only make us and our families live worry-free for a lifetime, but it can also raise our cultivation ceiling and let us go a step further. Besides, I said before that after we get Li Yi's technique, we will move our families away immediately and won't give him a chance to retaliate. Of course, I won't force you. Whether to go or return, you can still choose now."

Afterward, he stood still, waiting for Qian Kai and Cai Cai Jianming's reply.

If the two of them were determined to retreat, then he wouldn't insist and would have to be forced to give up this idea.

"Since we're already here, how boring it would be to leave at this time. While this Li Yi is still a Spirit Medium Realm practitioner, let's take him down. As for the future, heh, after the Heaven-Tilting Incident, who knows if this world will even have a future?" Qian Kai sneered, not intending to retreat.

"What about you, Cai Cai Jianming?" Zhao Zhao Jingqiao asked.

Cai Cai Jianming's gaze shifted. He thought about it in his mind, then gritted his teeth and said: "Let's gamble. I hope everything goes smoothly."

Zhao Zhao Jingqiao smiled, said no more, and continued walking up the stairs.

Soon.

The three of them arrived at Li Yi's door.

The broken door had been repaired casually with a few wooden planks, and a trace of fishy stench still lingered in the air. The blood in the cracks of the building was still shocking. Although everything had returned to calm, one could imagine what kind of dangerous fight had taken place here seven days ago.

Out of politeness.

Zhao Zhao Jingqiao still knocked on the door.

But the room was empty, and there was no response.

"There shouldn't be anyone else in his house," Qian Kai said. "If we want to go in, we have to break the door."

"Then break the door," Zhao Zhao Jingqiao said indifferently.

A door couldn't stop practitioners.

Zhao Zhao Jingqiao just placed his hand on the door and pressed hard.

The door panel deformed, the steel lock collapsed, and the door creaked open slowly.

However, as soon as the door opened, a cold, chilly breeze blew out from the dim and oppressive living room, making people's hair stand on end and their hearts feel inexplicably cold. At the same time, some kind of intuition of the Spirit Perception Realm practitioners appeared, seeming to warn Zhao Zhao Jingqiao and the others not to enter here, otherwise dangerous things would happen.

"Is it an illusion?" Zhao Zhao Jingqiao's expression shifted slightly.

It was just an empty house; why would his spiritual perception give a warning?

However, he wasn't the only one who felt this way. Qian Kai and Cai Cai Jianming on the side also felt the same way.

But they didn't take it to heart. After all, this was the safe old city district, and it was Li Yi's home. It was impossible for there to be danger. If there really was danger, how could Li Yi's family of three have lived here for several years?

So the three of them didn't think much and broke into this house.

Once inside.

Zhao Zhao Jingqiao's expression turned solemn. He saw many fist marks, footprints, and palm prints on the walls, floors, and even the ceiling of the house... Those were left by Li Yi during his training, and every mark was incredibly clear, embedded more than an inch into the hard cement. If the force had been a bit more ruthless, the floor slab would have been pierced through.

He reached out and touched the side of a fist mark.

Zhao Zhao Jingqiao looked at the thick layer of dust in his hand and couldn't help but exclaim: "What a terrifying martial art technique. With one punch, the cement was turned into powder, and under such great force, there wasn't even a crack on the wall next to the fist mark. How on earth was this done? It completely defies common sense. No wonder he could take down eight practitioners alone."

"I understand Yang Yi Long now. Why even someone like him coveted Li Yi's martial art technique. If this kind of technique is learned, a practitioner's strength simply explodes. Against an opponent of the same level, they would fall in a single encounter, with no power to fight back at all."

"It seems my choice was right. Even if the price is a bit high, it's worth it as long as I can get such a martial art technique."

Zhao Zhao Jingqiao instantly entered a fantasy state, his mood began to get excited, and the image of himself practicing the punch already appeared in his mind, and he had even thought about where to set up the practice ground.

"Not bad, not bad. After I learn this martial art technique, I'll be considered a figure in the future."

As the fantasy continued, the corners of his mouth soon revealed a smile involuntarily.

But soon, Cai Cai Jianming's voice interrupted his fantasy.

"Zhao Zhao Jingqiao, found it. Li Yi's parents are in this room, but it's very strange. There are clearly two medical pods in the room, but there is only Li Yi's father in the medical pods, and I don't see his mother."

"There's such a thing?" Zhao Zhao Jingqiao walked into the room immediately upon hearing this.

This room was clean, tidy, bright, and comfortable, and the smell of alcohol and disinfectant lingered in the air, completely different from the dirty and messy living room outside. It was clear that this room had always been taken care of with care.

And in the middle of the room, two old-model medical pods were placed side by side, and various indicator lights on the medical pods were on, all running normally.

Lying in one medical pod was a middle-aged man of about thirty. Although this man had handsome and resolute features, because of his long-term sleep, his muscles had somewhat atrophied and he was somewhat malnourished, so he looked sickly.

"Li Yi is really willing to spend money. He buys nutrient solution by the box. Tsk tsk, not only does he drink golden nutrient solution himself, but the medical pods use the best No. 10 nutrient solution on the market. Fortunately, his foundation is a bit thin, he can't afford a guide, and can't afford a cultivation pod, otherwise, if he were given some time, he would really soar."

Qian Kai's attention was on other places at this moment; he saw a pile of supplies, all of which were valuable things.

"Strange." But what Zhao Zhao Jingqiao cared about wasn't this; his gaze was fixed on the second medical pod.

The medical pod was empty, and Li Yi's mother wasn't there. But this medical pod was clearly in a running state, and the nutrient solution in the medical pod had also been consumed. These various signs indicated that this medical pod was being used by someone.

"Could it be that Li Yi's mother has woken up? Things like stagnant ones waking up also exist," Cai Cai Jianming said, stating a possibility.

"If Li Yi's mother really woke up, then it's terrible. The strength of that batch of practitioners who became stagnant ones six years ago all exceeded Spirit Perception. Placed in the present, they are all top-tier experts. And they all reached this realm within just four years after the Heaven-Tilting Incident. They can be said to be true cultivation geniuses..." At this moment, Zhao Zhao Jingqiao's face turned ugly.

He didn't dare to bet on this fact.

Once a stagnant one wakes up, it would be a devastating blow to them. It's just that the probability of a stagnant one waking up is very, very small; not even one out of a hundred stagnant ones might wake up.

Could it be that he was so unlucky?

Just broke into Li Yi's house, and a stagnant one woke up?

Zhao Zhao Jingqiao was silent, and the expressions of anxiety also appeared in the eyes of Cai Cai Jianming and Qian Kai on the side.

"Let's pretend we never came today. Let's leave here."

He took a deep breath, made a decision, then opened the door, and walked out of the house without looking back.

Zhao Zhao Jingqiao dared to bully Li Yi because Li Yi was just a Spirit Medium Realm practitioner and could be handled. But if he offended a woken-up stagnant one, they wouldn't have enough lives to die.

"What bad luck." Qian Kai couldn't help but curse, not daring to stay long. After organizing Li Yi's pile of things back to their original state, he also left the room immediately.

But just as the three of them had just arrived in the living room and were preparing to walk out the door, an incredible thing happened.

The door that had been forced open... disappeared.

It wasn't closed, but truly disappeared. Where the door had been, only a bare wall remained, and this wall seemed to have been here originally, completely integrated with the surrounding environment, not looking abrupt at all.

But if this was originally a wall, then how did they get in?

"Are you kidding me? How could there be such a bizarre thing? Where's the door?" Zhao Zhao Jingqiao stared at the wall in front of him with wide eyes.

"Something's wrong. This house is very wrong. Look at the ceiling," Cai Cai Jianming's hair stood on end, and he pointed to the ceiling.

The fist marks, palm prints, and footprints left by Li Yi during his training originally existed on the ceiling, but at this moment, those marks were eerily seeping blood outward. ===== CHAPTER 63 =====