Chapter 44: Absolute Kill

Feeling the Cold Intent coming from all four directions, Luo Puxin trembled all over.

Although he is not a Qi-Blood Warrior, he still has some understanding of the way of Qi-Blood.

Now, however, he has a question.

It is... it is that Chen Yan only had his Awakening a few days ago, right.

Right.

It was a few days ago, right.

Or has it already been a month since the Awakening.

"Not bad, actually." He turned around, facing away from Chen Yan, and commented indifferently:

"When did you have your Awakening?"

Chen Yan felt strange; didn't you already know?

Luo Puxin coughed dryly:

"I understand that you value the way of Qi-Blood, but you must be clear that Limit-Breaking Awakening is a selection method of Zhou Ming. Zhou Ming is the remnant consciousness of an Ancient God; in its eyes, living beings are merely numbers, and it only wants Strong Ones."

Luo Puxin turned around:

"Therefore, you cannot abandon Horizontal Refinement for the sake of Qi-Blood. The way of Horizontal Refinement explores the limits of the human body and is the foundation of your strength and survival."

Ancient God...

Chen Yan whispered.

"Ancient Gods are powerful beings that have existed since time immemorial. Nowadays, there are no living Ancient Gods in Xia Country, but there are still some in the Outer Realm. You cannot view them as friends of ours; they should be partners, or even enemies."

Luo Puxin explained briefly in a sentence or two, not wanting to say more.

Limit-Breaking Awakening is of great significance; Ancient Gods also need peak Strong Ones to help them, which is why Limit-Breaking Awakening exists.

Xia Country does not reject Limit-Breaking Awakening; warriors must compete, and Xia Country also needs peak Strong Ones.

But in the end, it is still a bit too cruel.

Thinking of this, Luo Puxin said earnestly:

"You must attach more importance to Horizontal Refinement!"

Chen Yan's Pupil narrowed, and he nodded:

"I will. These past few days, learning the 【Red Heart Fist】 has indeed been somewhat difficult."

Luo Puxin smiled. Of course it's difficult; you haven't even learned the 【Red Gang Mysterious Strike Fist】 and are learning the 【Red Heart Fist】 directly—it's definitely hard.

"What is the Casting Degree of your heart?" Luo Puxin asked lightly.

"It should be thirty-five," Chen Yan said. Just now, he converted his Qi-Blood, and the quality of his Qi-Blood turned into the high-quality Yin-Zhe, so the Casting Degree must have decreased.

Luo Puxin was stunned.

Holy Crap.

At this speed, are you going to reach the Hundred Meridians in a month?

"Very good, but you must also attach importance to Horizontal Refinement!" Luo Puxin said.

"Understood!" Chen Yan nodded:

"I have some questions regarding the 【Red Heart Fist】 that I would like to ask Brother Luo."

Luo Puxin nodded with satisfaction. Chen Yan has accepted the Tianjiao Cultivation of the Military Martial Guard, and one of the terms is his own guidance.

That is, Private Training.

"Practice the Red Heart Fist once," Luo Puxin said. He came today to conduct a surprise inspection.

To nitpick and put some pressure on Chen Yan.

To make Chen Yan value Horizontal Refinement.

He is not wrong; he wants Chen Yan to be strong enough. As for the Origin of his talent, if it's gone, it's gone.

After it's gone, you will still have Qi-Blood, and you will even be stronger than the vast majority of True Source Awakening.

You will also have safety.

Chen Yan's Pupil focused. He could feel the seriousness in Luo Puxin's eyes. He bent his body slightly, power circulating within his body, and a pale red wave of Qi hovered and swirled between his Fists.

Luo Puxin was stunned, his head tilted as he looked at Chen Yan.

Boom!

With one punch thrown, the air vortex exploded in reverse, and waves surged throughout the entire Cultivation Room.

Silence.

Chen Yan looked at Luo Puxin, who was looking at him with a calm expression.

Chen Yan felt a chill in his heart. Is it not good enough?

He believed he had worked hard enough these past few days.

Boom!

Another punch.

Boom, boom, boom!

Chen Yan threw several punches in succession, and Luo Puxin didn't speak for a long while.

He pursed his lips tightly, just looking at Chen Yan like this, somewhat dazed.

Truly dazed.

He thought of the progress he made when he first started his Cultivation Technique.

He thought of what his progress was like when he only started learning the 【Red Heart Fist】 after he had already achieved Seventy-Two Pattern Unity.

Holy Crap!

Luo Puxin roared in his heart; Chen Yan's 【Red Heart Fist】 at this moment is almost at Entry Level, damn it!

It was just a hair's breadth away from Entry Level!

He hadn't learned the basic 【Red Gang Mysterious Strike Fist】.

【Red Gang Mysterious Strike Fist】 is the External Refining Martial Arts corresponding to the 【Red Gang Body Casting Canon】, while 【Red Heart Fist】 is an ultimate technique derived from 【Red Gang Mysterious Strike Fist】.

What Chen Yan is doing now is like already knowing how to do advanced mathematics without having learned elementary school math!

Something isn't right, something really isn't right.

He had just said that Chen Yan didn't pay attention to Horizontal Refinement.

Holy Crap!

"Stop for a second." Luo Puxin called out to Chen Yan:

"Let me teach you the Red Gang Mysterious Strike Fist first; this is the foundation of the Red Heart Fist."

Luo Puxin called out to Chen Yan, wanting to teach some basics first.

Teaching a bit is nothing to be ashamed of.

Whether you want to learn advanced tutorials or not, it is better to solidify the foundation first.

It's not like you can always use an ultimate technique to fight others, right?

Right?

Luo Puxin was stunned, feeling a bit uncertain.

…………

It lasted until eleven o'clock at night.

Luo Puxin arrived feeling complicated, and he left feeling just as complicated.

He felt even more complicated now.

Besides feeling complicated about Chen Yan, he was now also feeling complicated about himself.

Why was it so difficult when he learned the 【Red Gang Mysterious Strike Fist】 in the past?

He looked up at the night sky, feeling that the world was very lonely.

Suddenly, he spotted two people.

"What are you doing, acting all sneaky!"

Luo Puxin walked along the street and scolded the two of them.

He was already filled with anger.

Zhang Qingsi and another sturdy-looking Youth turned pale, hurriedly bowed to Luo Puxin, and then quickly ran back to their residence.

…………

In the dark night.

Chen Yan ran through the countryside, his speed exceptionally fast.

【Po Saint Realm: Level 3 (50/75)】

【Sacred Fruit:

Force: (44/100)

Blood (25/100)

Technique: (4/100)

Body: (87/100)】

At night, Chen Yan took another 【Force】 character Sacred Fruit, and the negative conditions of his body were swept away.

Luo Puxin's guidance was indeed extremely effective; after taking a 【Technique】 character Sacred Fruit, Chen Yan's understanding of 【Red Heart Fist】 became much deeper.

Entry Level!

It was just that Luo Puxin did not show any signs of praise.

As for the 【Red Gang Mysterious Strike Fist】, it was the foundation of 【Red Heart Fist】 to begin with, so Chen Yan found it relatively simple to learn.

On his chest, the second Force Pattern had almost solidified, reaching about ninety percent.

He had not rested for several consecutive days, but fortunately, the Sacred Tree helped him solve this problem.

Because of the existence of Yin Zhe, Chen Yan constantly felt a sense of oppression before him, forcing him to become strong as quickly as possible.

Chen Yan took a black metal card out of his pocket and pressed his index finger on a certain spot on the metal card; several lines of text suddenly appeared on it.

【Optional Mission: Kill Ye Yong, base reward fifty Martial Merit Points.

Ye Yong's address: Yunmeng City, Zhang Xing Street Road……】

【Optional Mission: Join the Tianbei Fist Tournament and obtain BronzeRank certification, reward fifty Martial Merit Points.

Tianbei Fist Tournament contact point: Yunmeng City, Wuxing Road……】

【Cultivation Technique Task: Condense the second solid Grain Mark within one week, reward fifty Martial Merit Points. (1/7)】

【Cultivation Technique Task: Reach fifty percent Heart Casting Degree within one month, reward fifty Martial Merit Points. (1/30)】

【Cultivation Technique Task: Kill a First-Order Ancient Beast, reward ten Martial Merit Points for each.】

【Cultivation Technique Task: …………】

…………

This was the Martial Merit Card; the moment Luo Puxin handed it to Chen Yan, it meant that Chen Yan had entered the candidacy for the Military Martial Guard.

And the mission to kill Ye Secretary was clearly on it.

Chen Yan clicked on the first mission, and instantly that string of text turned orange.

It was equivalent to confirming the mission.

As long as Ye Yong was killed, there would be Martial Merit Points.

Martial Merit Points can be exchanged for various Cultivation Methods, Martial Techniques, weapons, and precious medicines belonging to the Martial Officer Department……

This gave Chen Yan a path to become stronger.

If he hadn't joined the candidates, even if Chen Yan became stronger, where would the rewards come from?

Chen Yan laughed, the speed under his feet becoming even more rapid, kicking up rolling waves of dust on the ground like wind and lightning.

He spat a shallow red mist from his mouth, and within the Po Saint Realm, lights of gold, orange, and green colors continuously intertwined.

Luo Puxin was right; he had indeed been too relaxed regarding the path of Horizontal Refinement.

Thinking of this, his speed became even faster.

The distance from the center of Yunmeng City to Luoshan County is not far, about one hundred kilometers or so.

According to Chen Yan's current speed, combined with his Breathing Method, he could arrive in about two hours.

It was already past one o'clock in the morning.

Inside Yunmeng City, the lights were brilliant.

Chen Yan clicked on the first mission on the Martial Merit Card again; in an instant, the text on the Martial Merit Card changed, turning into a map route.

It marked the locations of various surveillance cameras and methods to avoid them; Chen Yan walked into a small alley, dodging and hiding, walked to the front of a Xiao Yuan gate, and flipped over inside.

The Xiao Yuan was decorated extremely exquisitely; this entire row was a Bie Shu Qu for the wealthy.

Chen Yan marveled to himself; every inch of land in Yunmeng City is worth an inch of gold; this small villa must have cost a fortune.

Compared to Yunmeng City, Qingshan Town is truly dilapidated.

Operating his Breathing Method, sounds from inside the house reached his ears.

"Damn Chen Yan, damn Luo Puxin, I'm not finished with them!"

"Oh, calm down."

"Gong Qing told me; I'll go to Lao City for a few days first and come back after a while. By then, Shen Yiwei should also have fallen."

"Exactly, just a kid from a backwater place; wouldn't it be simple to deal with him then?

I was even thinking of spending some money to have that kid killed for you."

"Forget it, don't come; you handle things too crudely."

…………

Chen Yan listened carefully; inside the house were the voices of Ye Secretary and a Woman.

Ye Secretary was currently smoking by the window, Cold Snort.

He wanted to kill the kid who broke his finger.

Chen Yan Frown, why was there another person?

He had chosen this time period, yet it was the middle of the night.

After pondering for a while, Chen Yan left.

At the same time.

Five thousand meters away from where Chen Yan was, on the roof of a building reaching the clouds, two people stood, looking toward Chen Yan's side from thousands of meters away.

"Looks like he's given up; this Chen Yan's heart is still too soft. If it were me, I'd just kill them both."

Among the two, a Woman spoke; her figure was curvaceous, and she wore Black Clothes, as if blending into the night.

"Is this the Horizontal Forging Prodigy that Vice Chief Shen mentioned?" Another man spoke, Frown:

"Clicking on a mission in the middle of the night, causing the two of us to have to come over to grade him."

There was a hint of complaint in the man's eyes.

They were Military Officer of the Military Martial Guard, but they were Fu Zhi Ren Yuan; collecting data, planning schemes, and grading actions were their jobs.

"No, that Chen Yan doesn't seem to have left." The Woman spoke at this moment.

"Hmm?" The man looked over, only to see Chen Yan at this moment going to a shop, taking a bottle of frozen mineral water, and walking out.

"If the mission can't be completed, just go buy a bottle of water." The man laughed, finding it increasingly ridiculous; he still had to go play cards.

"Hmm, after he leaves, let's grade him," the Woman sighed and said:

"Zero points, not even the basic reward."

The two were speechless; you aren't going to struggle a bit more?

Buy a bottle of water and just leave?

Yet, they saw Chen Yan walk into a residential building near Ye Yong.

"What is he doing going there?" The Woman Frown, leaped lightly, hundreds of meters away, jumped to the roof of another building, and changed direction to watch Chen Yan.

At this moment, Chen Yan was standing in front of a window in the residential building's Corridor, taking the Ice Crystal out of the bottle and rubbing it between his Finger.

Soon, a small Ice Crystal the size of a pea was pinched between Chen Yan's Finger.

"What is he trying to do?" The man had also come over by now, looking at this scene in surprise.

"He..." The Woman opened her Mouth, saying strangely:

"He doesn't want to use an Ice Crystal to smash Ye Yong to death, does he?"

Yet, they saw that the residential building window where Chen Yan was located and the villa window where Ye Yong was located were on a slanted straight line.

"Funny, isn't he just a Horizontal Forging Prodigy?" The man laughed.

Is he in a Dream?

Wanting to kill someone with a small piece of Ice Crystal.

You need that precision, and you need that clever force.

He thought this, but he stopped speaking, because over there, Chen Yan's right hand was raised, his body bent to the side, and he had already prepared the motion to throw the Ice Crystal.

Wisps of imperceptible energy overflowed from his Finger, controlling this small ice ball.

He was at least one hundred meters away from Ye Secretary; if he threw it directly, the precision would definitely not be enough.

But he had the energy, which could control the direction of the ice ball at a certain distance and could also increase its speed.

Moreover, there is an advantage to using ice cubes for an assassination.

That is, after the ice cubes melt, others won't even be able to find the murder weapon.

Inside the Villa, Ye Secretary was smoking a Cigarette, his Mu Guang cold; the more he thought, the angrier he became, and looking at the Woman on the bed, he said fiercely:

"And Gong Qing, he's also a coward. Damn it, if I were to..."

Crack!

A crisp sound rang out, and Ye Secretary was Stun, as if something had hit him somewhere.

He was just preparing to search for it.

Crack!

This sound originated from the back of his Brain; his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed onto the floor, blood flowing from the back of his Brain.

"Old Ye?" The Woman on the bed let out a Scream and ran toward Ye Yong.

Crack, bang!

The vase behind her shattered.

A sense of Scream appeared in the Woman's eyes, and she was somewhat terrified.

Crack!

An extremely small ice ball struck her Crown, a blood hole quickly appeared, and the Woman's body fell backward.

Both of them were dead.

On the roof of a building in the distance, the man and Woman who were monitoring Chen Yan opened their mouths wide.

They looked at each other in dismay.

"Go clean up the aftermath!"

The Woman spoke; at this moment, she couldn't care about anything else. They were Fu Zhi Ren Yuan, and they had to finish all the work of the Fu Zhi Ren Yuan.

"Mm... mm." The man nodded, his expression somewhat complex at this moment.

Just like that, they were killed?

It serves them right that the other person is a Heavenly Pride, while they themselves are only Fu Zhi Ren Yuan.

"What score should we give?"

"Let's go back and ask Vice Chief Shen."

As the two spoke, they entered the Villa and began to clean up; soon, the man carried away the Corpse of Ye Yong and the other.

The Woman continued to inspect the surroundings to see if there was anything missed, her heart filled with emotion as she recalled the Method Chen Yan had used at the time.

Walking to the window, the Woman measured the distance between this place and that building; it was about a hundred meters, right?

The Woman felt emotional in her heart; this Method was indeed somewhat brilliant.

The next instant, her complexion turned deathly Paleness.

She saw that on the floor above the one where Chen Yan had originally been, a Youth with a refined Appearance walked out from the Darkness and stared at her quietly.

Chen Yan!

He hadn't left!

She, the Fu Zhi Ren Yuan who was monitoring him, had been discovered by the other party.

The Woman froze in place, truly not knowing what to do, and could only wave her hand while Laughing.

Opposite her, Chen Yan nodded and Disappear into the Darkness.

"Scary." The Woman let out a long sigh of relief and then left.

Time passed slowly.

A tall figure, pitch-black all over, floated into the room.

"Strange, there really is no one here. Could it be that Tianbei gave me false information?" Chen Yu frowned, a Golden Formation Disk appearing in her Pupil.

In the Consciousness World, the Red Skirt Woman spoke:

"There is a smell of blood in the air; someone just died here."

Chen Yu was startled. Who was it?

Did Ye Yong have other enemies?

"The Corpse was disposed of very cleanly; it was professional," the Red Skirt Woman said.

"Let's go. If the other party returns, you will be in danger."

Chen Yu nodded, though a trace of doubt remained in her heart:

"Teacher, could it be that my Brother was the one who acted?"

She understood her Elder Brother's personality very well.

"Disciple, why can't you go three sentences without mentioning your Brother?"

The Red Skirt Woman felt helpless. Did she have a brother-obsessed Disciple?

It didn't even make sense.

Chen Yan was still in Luoshan County; how could he kill someone?

And be so professional about it?