Chapter 152: No Umbrella and No Blade on a Rainy Night

"How is the situation outside the city?"

"It doesn't bear thinking about; it's very bad."

Li Heng shook his head and said softly. It would be no exaggeration to say that the current Bei'an City is trapped in hell. If this situation isn't resolved, it won't matter how many Second Heaven experts come.

"You don't need to tell me that, kid; I know."

Meng Lingyun said in a deep voice, shaking his head.

"I wanted to ask, what did you discover outside the city? Wang Donglai rushed over to me earlier, saying you had run out of the city. I was wondering at the time why you would run out at a moment like this."

"Thinking it over, perhaps you discovered something."

"The old man's eyes are like torches." Li Heng offered a compliment.

"I did indeed discover some things, such as the fact that a Ghost Domain from the Yin World has truly descended. It is not a Ghost Domain newly spawned due to dense Yin energy, but a Ghost Domain where demons and Weird exist within the Yin World!"

He omitted some information and stated the general situation.

As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Lingyun's pupils shrank.

"Has the situation already deteriorated to this extent?"

Li Heng nodded and said no more.

Just like that, the two fell into a silence, entered the Inner City, returned to the Demon Suppression Division, and arrived at a courtyard where Meng Lingyun had prepared a welcome banquet in advance.

However, Meng Lingyun was in no mood to eat now.

Hearing the news Li Heng had revealed, the feeling of anxiety in his heart grew more severe; the boulder in his heart became heavier, hanging suspended. Even though the table was filled with delicacies—braised pork knuckle, Nine-Turn intestines, soy-sauce duck, Eight-Treasure chicken, and so on—the aroma was pungent.

Yet he felt as if he were chewing wax.

At this moment, Ma Suxuan, who had been dealing with the three Wang Family Second Heaven experts for a long time, finally returned. Seeing the large banquet table, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. "At a time like this, you two still have the mood to eat and drink?"

Meng Lingyun gave a bitter smile and hurriedly told her what Li Heng had said.

Ma Suxuan frowned; this was too fast.

"The situation is dire now; what does the Prefecture have to say?"

"Nothing to say; no one has sent word yet."

She responded with a cold expression.

"Nothing to say? That shouldn't be. This kind of matter can be considered a Great Tribulation. Never mind the Prefecture, it should have alarmed the Capital by now, so why hasn't anyone sent word?"

Meng Lingyun was greatly surprised.

"Hmph, I'm afraid my message was intercepted by someone."

Ma Suxuan sneered.

"But you don't need to worry; I have prepared a backup plan. Even if I am not at the Prefecture and the Grand Division Chief is in seclusion, that fellow cannot cover the sky with one hand!"

"Compared to that, I am more worried about these three Wang Family Second Heaven experts."

She looked somewhat worried.

Oh? Li Heng, who was eating leisurely, also looked up.

Seeing their confusion, Ma Suxuan began to explain.

"Those three Wang Family Second Heaven experts came here to investigate the death of Wang Xuanzhi, and incidentally, they are also tasked with resolving this disaster and reinforcing the seal at the Sanshan Gathering."

"However, their primary mission is likely still the death of Wang Xuanji. If they cannot find the real culprit, they likely won't do anything else. Moreover, they even told me they want to re-establish the temple!"

Speaking of this, Ma Suxuan showed a sneer.

"I am just afraid that once they establish the temple and obtain the Incense Wish Power, they will immediately turn their backs on us. In order to investigate the Wang Xuanji affair, they might forcibly suppress us on some trumped-up charge!"

Hearing this, Li Heng smiled slightly; establishing a temple again.

These temples really aren't afraid of being smashed.

"I might be fine, but you two might not be."

Ma Suxuan shook her head.

The two naturally understood what Ma Suxuan meant. After all, Ma Suxuan was the daughter of a noble family; even if the three truly had the ability to forcibly suppress Ma Suxuan, they would likely be wary of the consequences.

But the two of them were not from any noble family.

Although they had no suspicion, do noble families really need suspicion to act? They could simply use Absolute power to suppress the entire city and then investigate one by one; they would eventually find something.

And if they really couldn't find anything?

They could just take a scapegoat back to fulfill their duty.

Who could guarantee they wouldn't be the scapegoat?

"Ling Yun, can you contact that friend of yours? Although I have no Causality for the killing, he does. If he is not in Bei'an County, that's fine, but if he is, he will likely be found by the Wang Family Secret Technique."

"Rather than that, it would be better to be proactive and set a trap to ambush the three of them!" Ma Suxuan's words were filled with killing intent.

Meng Lingyun felt very helpless upon hearing this.

"Suxuan, I really am not lying to you this time. I don't even know that person at all; he likely just borrowed my name to do things." He spread his hands, indicating he didn't know.

Ma Suxuan frowned at this, and in the end, could only sigh helplessly.

"Then I have no other way; I can only wait and see when the reinforcements from the Prefecture arrive. If they still don't arrive, I'm sorry, but I can only abandon Bei'an City and take you two away early."

After saying this, she felt restless and turned to leave.

Meng Lingyun stood there, stunned, not knowing what to say.

"Old man, go after her now."

Li Heng reminded him, and Meng Lingyun finally snapped out of it, hurriedly chasing after her. Seeing this, Li Heng shook his head while eating; when it comes to love, the brain just isn't sharp anymore.

However... Wang Family Second Heaven experts, is it?

He sneered; it seems these three have never died before!

Eating the entire welcome banquet alone would normally lead to bursting. But for Li Heng, as his Qi and Blood circulated, he could quickly refine it into essence to replenish himself.

This way, he wouldn't end up with a bloated stomach, turning into a waste-producing machine.

After finishing the meal, Li Heng left directly and returned home.

He sat on the bed and began to calculate the gains from this trip; his Source Power had reached 5,775 points, soaring straight up.

Sure enough, a horse cannot grow fat without night grass, and a man cannot get rich without windfall wealth.

Li Heng sighed in his heart; the Saint truly does not deceive me.

At the same time, he could sense that he had a very deep connection with that Ancient Residence, as if as long as he summoned it and consumed power, he could make it descend here to suppress his enemies.

The so-called Protective City Array could not stop it at all!

However, Li Heng's focus was not there right now; he directly pulled up his Data Panel and looked at the two remaining percentage progress bars, which had now reached forty percent.

Time was running out, and with three Wang Family Innates descending, he had no time to wait for the Pure Yang Soul Refining Secret Technique and the Martial Sutra to finish deducing, so he planned to dump Source Power into them directly to instantly upgrade and complete the deduction.

Sensing slightly, both techniques required four hundred Source Power.

But for the current Li Heng, that was small change; he directly burned eight hundred Source Power, investing half into each progress bar, instantly upgrading them and completing the deduction.

The name of the Pure Yang Soul Refining Secret Technique was shortened to four characters: Pure Yang Classic Fragment; as for the Martial Sutra, this name named by Li Heng remained unchanged, and its content expanded to the Innate realm.

Two Light Orbs appeared in Li Heng's mind, exploding like a cosmic big bang, erupting with vast and profound information, which gave Li Heng many insights and caused his realm to improve rapidly, faintly breaking through to Innate.

The improvement of the Martial Sutra was within his expectations, evolving into an Innate Martial Dao Supernatural Ability: a fist technique that uses the three-foot radius around himself as a foundation, grasping the flow of surrounding Original Qi and the momentum of Heaven and Earth, and then, bolstered by Original Qi and the momentum of Heaven and Earth, strikes a punch of Terror.

If one were to be hit by this punch.

It would not just be being struck by Li Heng's terrifying force, but also being struck by the surrounding Original Qi and the surrounding Heaven and Earth. The enemy would not just be opposing Li Heng, but also the surrounding Original Qi and Heaven and Earth!

This punch connects Heaven and Human, and can be called the Heavenly Human Fist!

Li Heng faintly praised.

Although this Supernatural Ability did not involve the rules of Heaven and Earth, it further strengthened his output ceiling. Striking this punch, added to the Earth Divine Intent, Great Sun Divine Intent, and the bolstering of various techniques.

It would be no exaggeration to say it could kill an Innate with one punch!

As for this Pure Yang Classic Fragment.

He sensed the information within it slightly and was somewhat surprised; this technique was actually filling in its own missing parts, changing from a method of refining the soul to a technique that could systematically cultivate the soul.

The Pure Yang Soul Refining Secret Technique told him to seek items of extreme Yang, to use the extreme Yang intent of these items to infect the soul, transform the soul's yin quality, and achieve Pure Yang, without involving specific systematic cultivation.

But this Pure Yang Classic Fragment told him the incantations for cultivating the soul; by chanting the incantations and cultivating silently, one could absorb the Yang Qi between Heaven and Earth to strengthen the soul. Items of extreme Yang were no longer necessary, though having them was fine, as it would be faster.

Although the incantations were still somewhat incomplete and could only cultivate a portion, Li Heng could also foresee that as long as the "Fragment" character at the end was removed, these incantations should be complete.

He sensed slightly the Source Power required to continue filling it in.

Then... sorry, excuse me.

Because this actually consumed over five thousand Source Power!

Li Heng sighed slightly, spending money like water.

However, he also knew it was worth the price, because this portion of the incomplete incantations was enough to support cultivation at the Standard Innate realm; with the complete incantations, could it perhaps cultivate to Great Innate, or even Innate Above?

His thoughts returned to calm, and he sensed his Divine Dao clone.

Following the Divine Dao clone's arduous and unremitting efforts, the Great Sun Visualization progress had reached forty-three percent, and the Earth Visualization progress had reached twenty-six percent.

Li Heng nodded slightly; how many days had it been since then?

It seemed it was time to prepare to advance to the Innate realm.

He just didn't know when the old man would advance to Innate. If he advanced to Innate before him, what kind of expression would the old man have? Li Heng smiled slightly, thinking with a mischievous sense of humor.

He did not think much more, casting all distracting thoughts to the back of his mind.

He closed his eyes to cultivate the Taiyuan Scripture to improve his cultivation, practiced the Pure Yang Classic incantations to strengthen his soul, practiced the Three Flowers Record to construct the Essence Qi Spirit Three Flowers, and simultaneously visualized the Great Sun in his heart to promote the progress.

Thus, time slowly passed, and night descended.

Li Heng opened his eyes, and a divine light flashed within them, actually illuminating the dim room at this moment, radiating an inexplicable pressure, causing the objects in the room to begin to vibrate.

As the divine light faded, everything returned to calm.

He slowly exhaled turbid air, feeling his own combat power surging rapidly, and became increasingly confident in dealing with those three Wang Family Innates.

Splash, splash—a torrential rain poured down from the sky.

Li Heng stood up, opened the door, and looked at the dark clouds covering the bright moon in the sky, making the night sky even more gloomy.

On a rainy night, without an umbrella or a blade, it is time to kill.