Chapter 68: Disguise

Standing in the middle of the courtyard, Chen Yu stared blankly as Chen Yan and a group of villagers used knives to cut the meat.

In the courtyard lay a massive Qingjiu Snake; the villagers had been busy for a long time but were completely unable to cut through the snake skin, so it was Chen Yan who was busy butchering the snake meat.

Chen Yu's eyes revealed a look of worry at this moment; she could not clearly tell her Elder Brother about the assassination attempt.

But to be so ostentatious right after encountering an assassination attempt was truly not Chen Yan's style.

Why?

"Xiaoyu, there is already a Martial Officer at the Hundred Meridians realm monitoring your home, but just now your Brother and that person exchanged a few glances; perhaps they are here to protect your family."

Chen Yu nodded; her Brother had joined the Martial Officer department, which was a matter that made her happy.

"Actually, it makes no difference whether my Brother is ostentatious or not."

Chen Yu whispered in her heart:

"If my Brother is not dead, he will be noticed; doing this might even make that person lower their guard."

"Correct." The Red Skirt Woman smiled lightly:

"I hadn't noticed, but your Brother is actually bold and meticulous; perhaps he has already made some secret plans with the Martial Officer department in private."

Chen Yu frowned, still feeling somewhat uneasy.

It was just that her Master was not in a position to intervene again now.

"Now, if you want to find that person, you must reach the Gold Rank in the Tianbei Fist Tournament; only then is it possible to attract that person's attention.

He does not dare to be too obvious, otherwise that family from the Five Clans will definitely notice."

Chen Yu nodded, clenching her slender little hands.

"Master..." Chen Yu whispered in her heart, looking at Chen Yan who was still busy; the other party cast a very cheerful smile toward Chen Yu.

"What is it?" the Red Skirt Woman asked.

"Is it possible..." Chen Yu's gaze sank:

"My Brother has already guessed some things, and he is doing this to attract attention for me?"

"How is that possible?" The Red Skirt Woman was stunned and stopped speaking.

At this moment, she also noticed Chen Yan.

That youth, whose features were becoming increasingly handsome, looked like a banished immortal who had descended to earth under the sunlight.

Now, he was chatting very happily with the villagers, and every time he spoke, the villagers beside him felt a sense of awe and trepidation.

Warm, cheerful, like a graceful youth, kind to others.

It was as if nothing had ever happened.

Yet yesterday, she had seen with her own eyes this youth's demonic posture—crazy, in a Rage, a state that made one's Spirit fear.

The disguise... was too good.

With a boom, the Red Skirt Woman's red lips parted.

Could someone truly be this clever?

A child who had only lived in the Hometown, even if his talent was very good and he was very diligent, how could he guess those things based on a few clues?

Impossible?

But, if it were impossible.

Why would the other party disguise himself like this?

Why not tell others he had achieved Awakening of his SoulRefining?

Right!

The Red Skirt Woman's gaze flashed; she had almost forgotten that she herself had previously detected a trace of SoulRefining scent on Chen Yan.

She perceived again.

The Red Skirt Woman's gaze trembled; she could no longer feel it!

A Strong One had placed a better restriction on him!

Who?

Someone from the Martial Officer department?

How could such an expert exist in a small Yunmeng City?

A restriction that could completely shield even her own Perception?

Even if she was currently only a Soul, it shouldn't be like this.

Mysterious!

The Red Skirt Woman was stunned for a moment, suddenly finding that the youth she had previously not cared about had suddenly become incomparably mysterious.

Personality, hidden cards, background—all had become mysterious!

How is that possible!

She herself was...

Becoming increasingly shocked, the Red Skirt Woman nevertheless collected her thoughts and said to Chen Yu:

"Don't think too much; your Brother couldn't possibly have guessed. You must focus on your Cultivation Technique; once you are strong, all crises will not be a problem."

"Mm."

Chen Yu nodded heavily.

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Inside the courtyard, it was bustling with noise; everyone was cutting the Ancient Beast Meat, busy and happy.

In the morning, Chen Yan had led people to bring down five Ancient Beasts from Qingshan Mountain.

There were also three that he had asked the Principal of Qingshan High School, Zhang Yue, to help send to the city; there were many markets in the city that purchased Ancient Beasts.

There was not much edible meat on one Ancient Beast, as the meat in many places was condensed with ancient intent.

Although not much, and fundamentally incomparable to an Ancient Divine Beast, it is still highly toxic to the average person.

Despite this, one could still carve off over fifty jin of edible portions from a five-hundred-kilogram Qingjiu Snake.

These were all Ancient Beasts with strength in the Five Viscera Realm.

Selling all three Ancient Beasts would fetch at least one million.

Of course, there was also an Ancient Beast on Qingshan with strength roughly at the Hundred Meridian Late Stage.

Chen Yan had informed the logistics officer of the Martial Officer Town about that one's location.

On the Martial Merit Card.

Chen Yan also received Martial Merit Points for killing Ancient Beasts: ten points for an Initial Stage Five Viscera Realm, twenty for Mid Stage, and fifty for Late Stage.

As for the Hundred Meridian Initial Stage, one was worth one hundred points, while the Mid and Late Stages were two hundred and five hundred points respectively.

Of course, to obtain Martial Merit Points, one had to hand over the Beast Meat.

Chen Yan only handed over the one from the Hundred Meridian Late Stage.

As for the remaining five Five Viscera Realm ones.

Chen Yan kept one at Jia Li and gave one to Wang Laoshi.

The rest were sold for money, which would also help add to the family's Foundation.

Just from hunting Ancient Beasts yesterday, Chen Yan had obtained five hundred points.

These were fine, but Chen Yan's Cultivation Technique mission harvest was even greater.

Starting with Horizontal Refinement, Chen Yan had increased by five Force Patterns.

This was fine.

Regarding SoulRefining, the progress was unimaginable.

Chen Yan perceived his body; the Casting Degree of both his heart and liver had reached one hundred percent.

The third organ, the Spleen, had already been opened, and its Casting Degree had reached thirty percent.

A total of over seventy Qi Blood Potions were all consumed, directly helping the Po Saint Tree grow one 【Blood】 character Sacred Fruit.

A single 【Blood】 character Sacred Fruit now was equivalent to seventy of the past!

Such massive Qi Blood Energy was enough to allow others to open three, or even four, viscera.

But Chen Yan had only opened one more.

This was not because Chen Yan had leaked Qi Blood Energy during his cultivation.

On the contrary, with the help of Yin Zhe, Chen Yan had truly absorbed one hundred percent.

The reason he only opened the third organ was, first, because the Casting Degree of Chen Yan's second organ was still one hundred percent.

Second, it was because of Yin Zhe.

Yin Zhe was the attribute of Chen Yan's Qi Blood, and in another aspect, it represented the quality of Chen Yan's Qi Blood.

The Qi Blood quality of an average Five Viscera Realm was merely Common Grade; Chu Xuansheng was better, but only around Shangpin Level B.

But Chen Yan's Yin Zhe had now reached Shangpin Level B, and not just an ordinary Shangpin Level B; the Qi Blood quality was extremely high.

The Qi Blood Chen Yan absorbed in the future would also be converted into Yin Zhe.

Chen Yan returned to the bedroom to drink a cup of tea, took out the Martial Merit Card, and looked at the mission list.

【Optional Mission: Achieve Gold Rank certification in the Tianbei Fist Tournament, obtain One Thousand Martial Merit Points】

【Optional Mission: Assassinate Chu Feiyuan, reward three thousand Martial Merit Points】

【Cultivation Technique mission: Condense three new substantial Grain Marks within one week, reward two hundred Martial Merit Points. (1/7)】

【Cultivation Technique mission: Spleen Casting Degree reaches seventy percent within one month. Reward five hundred Martial Merit Points (1/30)】

【Cultivation Technique mission: Kill one First-Tier Ancient Beast, reward ten Martial Merit Points.】

The mission column had refreshed.

Chen Yan exited the mission column and saw his Martial Merit Points balance.

One thousand eight hundred.

He could go exchange for things again.

Chen Yan felt grateful in his heart; he had met many bad people, but he had also met quite a few benefactors.

Walking out of the room, Chen Yan looked at Chen Yuhu, who was chatting and laughing ear-to-ear with others in the courtyard, and also laughed.

With a flash of Mu Guang, Chen Yan saw a familiar figure.

"Dad, I'm going out for a bit." Chen Yan said, laughing as he left.

"Alright, don't forget to go to your Wang Laoshi's place." Chen Yuhu said with a laugh, thinking to himself that Wang Yang must be startled right now.

The sun climbed higher, the feeling of sweltering heat grew more intense, and in the quiet Tian Ye, the cicadas chirped and grasshoppers hissed.

"I injected that person with truth serum yesterday; he is a Silver Rank Member of the Tianbei Fist Tournament, and the mission he accepted was not to kill you."

Si Wenyi looked at Chen Yan and said quietly:

"But to severely injure you in an instant, make you lose consciousness, break your Tendon and Bone, and fake it as if you had been severely injured by an Ancient Beast."

Chen Yan Frown:

"Not to kill me?"

"No, you can recall; the first shot he fired was not to kill you, but to make you lose consciousness."

Si Wenyi said quietly:

"As for the rest, he doesn't know either; someone found him and paid him to make a move on you."

"Who is it?" Chen Yan narrowed his eyes, a conjecture suddenly forming in his Brain.

"I don't know; even if the Tianbei Fist Tournament withdraws from Yunmeng City, they won't leak a single bit of information about their members."

A chill suddenly rose in Chen Yan's heart, and Si Wenyi spoke again:

"However, we of the Military Guard can track all Silver Rank Members who leave the Tianbei Fist Tournament.

As for the Gold Rank, it is difficult to detect, but Vice Chief Shen has already gone to the Tianbei Fist Tournament and has privately met with the vast majority of Gold Rank and Platinum Rank Members.

They will not make a move against you."

Chen Yan felt somewhat surprised:

"Thank Vice Chief Shen for me."

"This is what he should do; since you joined the New Dragon Guard, he should look after you.

Moreover, no one in Yunmeng City dares to provoke him," Si Wenyi said with a laugh:

"He is the only person in the entire Yunmeng City who can contend with a noble family single-handedly."

Chen Yan nodded; Shen Yiwei had said that he was an army unto himself, and he was truly one of the Strong Ones.

Just how strong was he?

Chen Yan recalled what he had seen inside the Origin Crystal of the Red Heart Fist.

A single fist to destroy a Mountain!

This was what a true Strong One was.

After parting ways with Si Wenyi, Chen Yan pondered in his heart.

Before, he had thought the Chu Family was the culprit who assassinated him, but looking at it this way, the identity of the enemy seemed even more Mist-shrouded.

Because the other party did not intend to kill him.

If it were the Chu Family, doing this would also make sense; if they killed him, Shen Yiwei would definitely suspect them.

Therefore, it was also reasonable to pretend that he had been severely injured by an Ancient Beast.

But if that were the case, Chen Yan's second hypothesis also became reasonable.

That is, there is someone who has been monitoring their family since last year and, for some reason, cannot kill them.

So they created a car accident to keep Chen Yan bedridden for a year, created a car accident that nearly left Chen Yu severely injured, and then sent an assassin to severely injure him.

Their goal might simply be to prevent Chen Yan and Chen Yu from becoming stronger.

Chen Yan's Pupil narrowed, and he suddenly opened all five senses to look at his surroundings; the wilderness was tranquil, and the summer Wind Element blew, causing green waves to ripple.

No one.

Chen Yan's Pupil was cold; this hypothesis was somewhat fantastical.

His own family were just the most ordinary villagers.

Truly ordinary.

It was not as if he hadn't asked Chen Yuhu; his mother, of whom he had no impression, was also just an ordinary woman from the neighboring village.

Her Grave was right there in the countryside.

Chen Yan shook his head; once he had a hypothesis in his heart, he had to put it into action.

Why did he choose to be so high-profile today?

He had clearly already made Preparation to hide his strength, so why did he still publicize the fact that he had killed an Ancient Beast?

In truth, it was because after having the second hypothesis yesterday, he had quickly ruled out that possibility, yet he still could not let it go.

Because the second hypothesis concerned not only himself but also his Sister, Chen Yu.

So he was still alive, and he had killed the Ancient Beast.

He wanted to tell others these things.

If there really was such a person.

Their eyes would be on him, Chen Yan, not on his Sister, Chen Yu.

If there was indeed any danger.

Come find him.

He, Chen Yan, had faced setbacks all along the way; he did not fear danger, nor did he fear setbacks.

Hiding one's strength and being high-profile were not contradictory.

He exposed his strength, but only exposed Three-tenths.

The remaining seven-tenths would be used to kill.

Those in the open, those in the shadows—kill them all.

If he killed them all, there would be no more danger.

Kill them all...

Chen Yan looked up at Heaven; the Great Sun was in the sky, the scorching sun eternal.

"Then it will be comfortable."