Chapter 81: Body Tempering Level Six, Alarm

To outsiders, Nierbojiade City still appeared as usual.

The disappearance of the Earth Wolf Gang was merely a tiny, fleeting ripple on the surface of the water.

Yet internally, within the upper echelons of the Nierbojiade City officialdom.

It had already triggered a massive earthquake!

None of the officials who received the Black Business Card took the initiative to expose that they had been warned.

Yet, through their astonishing political instincts, they sensed the changes in their colleagues and thus guessed at certain facts.

In the port district of Gade City, the man in sunglasses, who served as an important assistant, along with those officials waiting to make a profit, were quite surprised to receive notice that the boss had canceled his original plans.

Once the specific news arrived and they learned the Earth Wolf Gang had vanished overnight, the man in sunglasses suddenly realized the truth, secretly guessing that those people must have an immense background, to the extent that even the boss had been warned by those above!

And when the man in sunglasses used his connections to see the hostages' testimonies from the security personnel investigating the scene.

His eyes widened, and his first reaction was that this was impossible!

But after reading so many descriptions, although the mental states varied greatly, the key content in the testimonies was almost identical.

Not to mention the video footage and photos from the scene, which were so clean they looked unscientific.

Consequently, as a Nierbojiade City native of many generations.

The man in sunglasses' simple faith made him unable to help but lean toward believing the hostages' testimonies: there were Ghost Gods secretly helping the Easterners!

The Ghost Gods had driven the rats to attack those desperate thugs of the Earth Wolf Gang and had taken away all things unclean!

This fit the local legends of Ghost Gods perfectly.

Among the primitive religions hidden in the dense forests here, there was no shortage of Ghost Gods that drove rats, cockroaches, and all sorts of venomous insects and snakes.

Some villages were even influenced by sects like He Mama from the distant north, and had begun to worship Ghost Gods whose statues resembled cats, dogs, or rats.

And as the number of hostages' testimonies grew, the local security personnel could not hide the secret at all.

In less than a morning, at least one-third of the people in Gade City knew about this strange incident, and soon, amidst enthusiastic discussion, they reached a consensus: those Easterners were not to be trifled with!

They were protected by Ghost Gods!

Thus, after Huang Zong and the other five were ruthlessly kicked out by Shu Daoren early in the morning while they still wanted to cultivate a bit longer.

They soon noticed the change in the locals' attitude toward them.

It seemed there was less jealousy and resentment, and more awe and fawning?

Huang Zong and the others were initially puzzled, but after collecting information and slowly ruminating on it.

The six of them made a firm decision to help Shu Daoren take the fall for this.

On the surface, they would absolutely never admit to any talk of Ghost Gods; the rescue of the hostages had nothing to do with them—it was just a good person who couldn't stand the villains and decided to act with chivalry!

As for Ghost Gods driving rats, that was complete nonsense!

In secret, however, they would act as inscrutable as possible.

They were determined to play the part of the riddle-maker, letting those officials and businessmen guess and fill in the blanks themselves!

Having settled on a strategy, Huang Zong and the others felt at ease.

Afterward, they began to discuss how to complete another heavy responsibility entrusted to them by Shu Daoren!

Purchasing military hardware!

And preferably heavy individual firepower with sufficient power!

The justification was also quite sound: Shu Daoren was already nearing the end of his life and was no longer afraid of losing face; using some modern weapons to arm himself was perfectly reasonable!

Furthermore, in Shu Daoren's view, these weapons could only unleash their true potential in the hands of transcendent beings, achieving feats beyond the reach of ordinary people!

For example, the Automatic Rifle that Shu Daoren had casually acquired this time was used with perfect accuracy in his hands.

"Buying a small amount of light and heavy weapons isn't actually difficult; there are illegal arms dealers around Nierbo who would even dare to sell tanks and artillery, so selling us this little bit isn't hard."

"It's not even hard to buy heavy machine guns or even autocannons that should be mounted on vehicles if we're willing to pay extra, though the transaction point can't be here; perhaps we'll have to ask the Daoist to pick up the goods."

"Weapons are easy to handle; ammunition is the real difficulty."

"Fortunately, the Daoist doesn't need us to buy explosives this time, only to customize various detonators and other parts, otherwise we'd likely be labeled a terrorist organization by the Nierbo authorities."

Having been frightened by this incident, everyone could understand buying a few guns and cannons to protect their own factory area; if you pay enough, they might even allow you to mount a machine gun on your own rooftop.

In any case, that bit of weaponry and that small base amount of ammunition wouldn't be able to stop the tanks and helicopters of a regular army.

But, if you were to stockpile tons or tens of tons of explosives... then one would have to wonder what exactly you were planning to do!

Pot Heaven.

After seeing off Huang Zong and the other five, Su Ping began to take stock of the harvest from this trip.

He only dared to act like this in a place like Nierbojiade City.

There was no Sky Eye, no intelligent big data, and not even qualified investigators.

Moreover, various factions were locked in a stalemate, and even if someone were interested, they would find it incredibly difficult to collect any useful information in depth.

The investigation budget would likely not even be enough for the middlemen to carve up layer by layer.

In those hostage testimonies, they could only describe how the outside suddenly became chaotic, followed by gunfire, screams, and the sound of various things being smashed and falling to the ground.

At most, they added words like "rats" and "so many rats" heard amidst the cursing.

The hostages couldn't hear any more valuable clues.

With no surveillance and no crime scene, relying solely on hostage testimonies to reconstruct the scene was truly a bit difficult for the local personnel involved.

In the end, this matter would most likely wait until the file reached the safe above, only to see the light of day when it quietly lay down in the shredder with its peers.

Of course, intelligence personnel from various major powers would also notice this incident and report it as just another strange occurrence.

And then... and then there would be no then.

If you were talking about decades ago when there was hype and money to be made, the intelligence personnel might have had some interest.

Now? Now, this kind of case couldn't even be used to scam a budget!

When there's no benefit, intelligence personnel will slack off just the same.

In a sense, the rate of slacking off in this Yuanling is even far higher than in other places!

And if, by any chance, it really gets noticed and discovered.

The one to take the blame would be the villain-styled Shu Daoren, and the Burial Ground, which looks unimpressive at first glance.

What does that have to do with Su Ping and the Yunlai Sword Immortal!

Su Ping first took inventory of the weapons and ammunition.

I have to say, young people these days are truly fierce.

This batch of desperadoes had over seventy long and short guns in total, and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

There were also more than ten homemade grenades and five packs of explosives.

It is a pity that when these things were not prepared, they didn't play any role at all in the face of the rat swarm's surprise attack, and their owners fell first.

This is also the awkwardness ordinary people face when confronting extraordinary beings familiar with modern firepower.

In the face of the extraordinary, the shortcomings of ordinary people are too obvious.

Besides weapons, there were several boxes of cash, which contained mostly currency from the Eastern Ancient Kingdom, aside from Flower Flag Country dollars.

These are also the most recognized universal currencies in Nierbo and surrounding areas.

However, in Su Ping's eyes, these are not as useful as gold; Su Ping plans to keep the Eastern Ancient Kingdom currency for pocket money, and throw the rest to the Registered Disciples when the time comes.

Finally, Su Ping turned his gaze to the box he had obtained.

He bathed and changed clothes, then heated up the pool water soaked with Flowing Pattern False Dragon Fish to wash his hands.

Only then did Su Ping open this unexpected prize.

"Unh!"

"This is..."

Su Ping opened the box and saw a large number of metal parts inside.

Memories immediately flooded his mind regarding various new types of individual weapons he had been cramming on the internet recently.

He quickly found the memory of this weapon.

Click, click!

After dozens of seconds of assembly.

In Su Ping's hands appeared a new model of Heavy Sniper Rifle, styled similarly to a Barrett anti-materiel sniper rifle but a size larger.

This sniper rifle should be second-hand equipment salvaged from the battlefield, but it was well-maintained, with no visible defects.

As a new model, this sniper rifle, designed to be used in conjunction with combat unit individual auxiliary equipment, weighs as much as 30 kilograms, more than twice that of the old models!

However, with the increase in weight, its power, initial bullet velocity, and magazine capacity are all much stronger than the old models.

And this weight, which others would see as a flaw...

Su Ping lifted this sniper rifle easily with one hand and toyed with it casually.

As if that thirty-kilogram weight did not exist at all.

"It's a pity there's only one; otherwise, a heavy sniper in each hand, with a rocket launcher on the back, that is the romance of a Body Cultivator!"

Su Ping looked at the bullets and found only fifty rounds of ordinary ammunition and twelve rounds of Armor-Piercing Bullet.

As for armor-piercing incendiary bombs, he did not find any.

"It seems that the leader of those jackals might really have a secret?"

"Otherwise, he wouldn't have had the chance to come into contact with, or even resell, this kind of individual weapon that has only been equipped in the last ten years!"

"But it's nothing more than finding a channel and making contact with some black or white gloves stationed abroad by the Flower Flag Country."

"Others might care, but why would I?"

Su Ping tried test-firing the sniper rifle a few times.

After three shots, he found the feel and easily hit a target a thousand meters away.

However, considering the astonishing five senses of those Cultivators in the Cultivation World.

It is best to shoot within a hundred-meter distance, striving not to give the opponent time to react.

Maximize the effect of a modern firepower sneak attack!

After having a bottom line in his heart about the weapon in his hand.

Su Ping took out the generator and began to perform Body Refining with electric current!

"Hiss!"

"Using electric current for Body Refining is actually effective; in an environment rich in Spirit Qi, it feels no worse than when bathing with a Body Tempering Medicine Pack."

"Next time I soak in the medicine pack while using electric current for Body Refining, will I have double the cultivation speed?"

"Plus, being able to eat False Dragon Blood grass carp, I feel that my path as a Body Cultivator might start late but arrive first, reaching Foundation Establishment faster!"

Three days later!

Linyue Villa.

Su Ping returned from the Pot Heaven, having already relied on eating the full-fish feast made from those five grass carp.

He stepped into the sixth level of Body Tempering without any setbacks!

Sixth level of Body Tempering, and still one-fifth of the Ten Directions Annihilation Body!

Combined with the Beidou Tanlang Fist!

Now, Su Ping feels quite good about himself, already confident that he can beat those adult Demon Beasts to death with his bare fists!

Of course, if he really encounters them, Su Ping will still choose to resolve it remotely if he can!

"Demon Beasts encountered in Jin Feng City?"

One day later, Su Ping received an alert from Jin Feng City.

Five adult Demon Beasts raided this neighbor of Jinque City, broke through the city wall, and rampaged for more than two hours before fleeing.

Over there, it is suspected that these Demon Beasts are slaughtering mortals in a planned manner, and they are suspected to be heading in the direction of Jinque City!

Jinque City subsequently sounded the alarm.