Chapter 30

Dark clouds covered the moon, the north wind howled.

The night grew darker.

Torches were lit in front of the Qin mansion, many people gathered here: the chief clerk of the city lord's manor, the head of the Xiang Family, the steward of the Liu Family, and a person from the Cao Family.

The Sun Family also sent someone.

Also, Sun Gan, the chief of the Black Dragon Guard in Ten Thousand Peace City, came, bringing many guard garrison personnel; this is a massive force of the Great Qin Dynasty that oversees sects and martial artists.

Great power, strong strength—even the city lord's manor dare not provoke them lightly.

However, they usually cannot interfere in local affairs, and ordinary people find it hard to know of this force.

They looked at the corpse of the cat-eared maiden, their faces all grim.

"Our family head and Xiang Ding agreed to a life-and-death battle, fight to the death." Because Qin Feng was seriously injured and could not receive guests, Zhang Fu then received everyone, merely recounting the events in front of the manor gate: "Xiang Ding was no match, about to be killed, when suddenly a masked person appeared and rescued him."

But he looked toward the head of the Xiang Family.

Xiang Rong's face was grim.

"The family head went to pursue and kill." Zhang Fu continued to stare at Xiang Rong, his eyes naked with killing intent: "Soon we caught up; after the great battle, we were about to behead the bandit. Xiang Ding and the person who rescued him suddenly cried out for help in the darkness, and this demon appeared, they joined forces to attack the family head."

"If it weren't for a strong expert suddenly appearing to help, the family head would have been killed."

"Even so, the family head is seriously injured and on the verge of death!"

"Lord Sun!" Zhang Fu clasped his fists toward Sun Gan, speaking angrily: "The Xiang Family colludes with demons; how should we deal with them?"

"Zhang Fu, you're spitting blood!" Xiang Rong finally couldn't hold back, shouting loudly: "My Xiang Family has always abided by our duties; how could we collude with such demons? Someone did see it—a demon suddenly appeared and attacked Qin Feng; nine times out of ten they knew of Qin Feng's monstrous talent and wanted to assassinate him."

"Xiang Rong, you're talking out of your ass!" Zhang Fu flew into a rage, eyes bloodshot: "I suspect our old family head was secretly killed by your Xiang Family; look, seeing our Qin Family weak, you let your son bully us to the door—if not for our family head's some strength, your son would have wiped out our whole clan. Seeing we were losing, you couldn't help but summon the demon you colluded with. As a human, yet colluding with other races, you deserve the extermination of nine clans."

"You, you, you old bastard..." Xiang Rong grew even angrier.

The two then started arguing.

Finally, the corpses were taken away.

The cat-eared maiden's.

There was also another corpse that no one recognized.

Xiang Rong also had to go along to the guard garrison.

Qin Feng, who was bathing, heard Zhang Fu's account, smiled, didn't mind, then got up and returned to his room to sleep.

As for the injury?

It has fully healed.

The next day, in the dining hall.

"There's an old legend!" As Zhang Fu watched Qin Feng eat breakfast, he slowly said: "In ancient times, humans and demons coexisted, and even demons ruled the world, reducing humans to food and plunging them into endless darkness. Then, at some unknown time, humans rose, demons gradually vanished, and no longer appeared in the world."

"I, an old servant, have lived long and know some rumors, but I don't know if they're true."

"But I've heard that the Black Dragon Guard of our Great Qin Dynasty was originally created to deal with demons and half-beasts."

"Actually, if I hadn't seen it today, I would hardly be able to confirm whether they truly exist."

"Truly an eye-opener."

Zhang Fu exclaimed in amazement.

"Yeah, an eye-opener." Qin Feng said, "Grandpa Fu, what exactly are half-beasts?"

"I've heard they are offspring born from the union of humans and demons, possessing demonic traits and also human form." Zhang Fu hesitated: "I'm not sure of the details either. Probably only the Black Dragon Guard truly understands; family head, if you ever get the chance, you could look into it."

Qin Feng nodded and then said: "Just why would they target me?"

"I asked Sun Gan, and he said it's very likely because you're too talented; they don't want you to grow, so demons tried to assassinate you."

"This..."

Qin Feng was speechless.

It really is an undeserved disaster.

They also chatted about the Xiang Family affair, and finally let it rest.

For now they paid no attention, still focusing on growth.

Anyway, last night they already established their might.

In the courtyard, under the parasol tree.

Qin Feng lay on the rattan chair, swaying, also contemplating his shortcomings.

He had no secret technique, nor any forbidden arts.

Lacking explosiveness."In terms of footwork, the Wind-Treading Step is clearly insufficient; the Carefree Wind-Riding Step, though graceful as the wind and traceless, still falls short in instantaneous burst."

"My future killing moves will likely rely on the flesh, so I need extreme speed in instantaneous explosiveness to entangle in close combat!"

"Shave? Instant Body Technique?" Qin Feng closed his eyes to ponder.

His thoughts turned, a storm of wisdom formed in his mind, various fantasy literature from his past life flashed before him, from which he sought inspiration.

He originally thought this was a martial world, but it turned out to be a gene evolution–type system.

But what about now?

Demons have appeared again! With more strange points, more extraordinary points, it seems acceptable, so creating techniques can be completely bold.

"We can also think about enhancing strength!"

"If a punch releases tenfold, hundredfold, thousandfold power, plus genetic multipliers, then..."

Qin Feng thought of this, and his heart surged with excitement.

"Xiao Qing!"

"Master, I'm here!"

"Bring out all the fist techniques and footwork from the manor and move them here."

"Yes!"

After the day turned, Qin Feng received the news that the person who rescued Xiang Ding and was killed last night was from the Fan Clan of the prefectural city.

Xiang Rong was still being held in the guard post.

The Xiang Clan was also under investigation.

"This time, even if the Xiang Clan doesn't die, they'll still lose a layer of skin." Zhang Fu was very excited.

Qin Feng, however, was not optimistic.

After all, the Xiang Clan had been operating for many years, and with the Fan Clan's connections, it was hard to destroy them through the guard post, let alone lacking solid evidence.

As for the other black-clothed person, there were no clues at all.

Xiang Ding also never appeared.

Qin Feng didn't care either; in the following time, aside from doing the medicinal bath every day without fail, he practiced the Free and Easy Sword Canon, the Free and Easy Three Absolutes, and the Three Phase Sword Finger.

Besides that, he tried to create a method.

Time flowed slowly.

Qin Feng's strength also steadily increased; this time he focused on the Nine Transformations Dragon Elephant Skill, preparing to first break through his physical strength to the Nine Transformations Realm.

Because he consumed large amounts of medicine without regard for cost, his improvement was very rapid.

The breakthrough drew ever nearer.

That day, at the training field.

Boom—

Qin Feng moved his foot, and he shot out like a meteor, like lightning, reaching extreme speed.

It was as if he crossed space in an instant.

He actually left an afterimage behind.

"Success!" Twenty meters away, Qin Feng, after stopping, couldn't help but show a look of joy.

As for the deep pit that appeared where he had just stood, he didn't care much.

Having stepped onto the path, he just needed to continue refining it.

Qin Feng circulated his Qi, swiftly flowing toward his feet, even faintly tearing his meridians, forming a terrifying impact force, and he disappeared again from his original spot, appearing on the other side.

"Although I've made some progress, I'm still far from my goal."

He originally intended to deduce a power amplification method, then form a terrifying reactive shock force for extreme explosion, but instead ended up off by a hundred thousand miles, forming a step like a rocket-spray hairstyle.

But the effect was still not bad.

"Let's just call it Instant Step, and we'll keep refining it from now on."

"But..."

Qin Feng moved his figure and arrived before a boulder over two people tall; he punched, exploding it, the rock shattered! "Power amplification, also gained a bit!"

Just as he was rejoicing, his heart stirred, and he quickly sat down cross-legged.

Under the tremor of that force, it seemed the bottleneck had loosened a bit.

(End of Chapter)