Chapter 26: A Bumper Harvest—Another Special Skill Gained!

Swish—

Guo Jinnian immediately did a backflip, dodging the arrow.

But that arrow was like the sounding of a horn—immediately after, a greater volley of flying darts, flying locust stones, spikes, and broken roof tiles burst forth!

Whiz whiz whiz—

Zip! Zip! Zip!

In an instant, all manner of hidden weapons filled the sky.

The targets: the Guo family team led by Guo Jinnian, and the Zhenwu Guards led by Chen Kang!

Of the hundred-plus wandering cultivators scattered about, standing on rooftops and walls, fully half of them launched the attack!

Several dozen people struck together, supporting Luo Zhaoyu!

No matter the sympathy, no matter the sighs—offending the Guo family, offending the Zhenwu Office, was seeking death.

But with actual benefits on offer, a Xiantian-level martial art at that, it was a different story!

Men die for wealth, birds die for food.

A single Xiantian martial art was enough to make wandering cultivators gamble their lives for it!

It was just that the sheer number of attackers startled everyone.

"Hahahaha—"

Luo Zhaoyu laughed heartily, turned, and fled.

"Thief, don't run!"

Guo Jinnian roared furiously, his form stepping into the air, darting after him in pursuit.

Whiz whiz whiz—!

Broken roof tiles and flying locust stones immediately came shooting at him in a dense volley; Guo Jinnian had no choice but to block, and his form dropped back to the ground.

Chen Kang was the same—intercepted by flying locust stones, broken roof tiles, and flying darts.

Though they were only wandering cultivators, anyone who could survive in the jianghu had no small strength. Hit by a flying locust stone, it wouldn't kill, but it would wound—not to mention the poisoned flying darts.

The two groups were pinned in place for the moment, watching helplessly as Luo Zhaoyu ran farther away.

A dozen-plus wandering cultivators guarded his rear.

"After him!"

Chen Kang let out a furious roar, erupted his inner force, and shot through the air in extreme-speed pursuit.

The wandering cultivators who had been throwing flying locust stones and broken roof tiles also followed behind.

Their help was real, but they weren't here to cover the rear. If Luo Zhaoyu really fled and vanished, where would they go to claim the Xiantian martial art?

And so.

Luo Zhaoyu ran at the very front, the wandering cultivators followed behind him, and at the rear were the teams led by Chen Kang and Guo Jinnian.

Nearly two hundred people, sprinting across rooftops and through alleys, moving toward the city gate.

Chen Mu fell to the very back.

On the way, he passed the corpse of the giant black hound.

【Corpse detected. Loot?】

"Yes!"

As expected, he could loot a card!

Swish—

Chen Mu tapped his toe, sprang up onto a rooftop, and followed the large group ahead at an unhurried pace from a distance.

He reached into his pocket to inspect his newly acquired card.

Skill Card (Special)!

Another special skill card.

He silently willed it to activate, and the card transformed into a stream of light that surged into his body.

The next instant, Chen Mu had gained a new ability.

Wind-Listening!

It was a super-enhanced sense of hearing.

Within a certain range, as long as the wind stirred, Chen Mu could hear every sound—including pinpointing its direction.

The common name for it: listening to the wind to discern position!

Not only could he discern position, but with a calm focus, he could also "hear" a target's heartbeat and breathing!

As for how large that range was, he'd have to test.

But for now, using it to track Luo Zhaoyu was more than enough.

Luo Zhaoyu was focused entirely on fleeing, while several dozen wandering cultivators helped him, clashing off and on with the people led by Chen Kang and Guo Jinnian.

And once fighting broke out, deaths were inevitable, leaving corpse after corpse behind.

Chen Mu tailed at the very back, drawing near these corpses.

【Corpse detected. Loot?】

"Yes!"

【Corpse detected. Loot?】

"Yes!"

……

Up ahead, the fighting and slaughter left corpses in their wake.

In the rear, Chen Mu kept looting card after card.

Internal Force Card! Power Card! Internal Force Card! Skill Card!

Experience Card!

While chasing, he checked and discovered another new type of card.

Experience Card!

As the name suggests, this kind of card can let a person gain all sorts of experience.

For example, combat experience!

The experience summed up by a dead martial artist over hundreds or thousands of battles in his lifetime.

Chen Mu gained it instantly!

Combat awareness is hard to cultivate; mostly innate.

But combat experience can be acquired after birth.

Having martial techniques but no experience—even with full ten-tenths combat power, being able to bring out three-tenths would already be good.

An experienced martial artist, with a hundred points of combat power, can bring out two hundred points!

Loose cultivators wandering the jianghu are most skilled in this aspect.

Chen Mu followed behind the group picking up bargains, picking up to his heart's content!

"Clang clang clang~"

"Ah!"

"Die! Die!"

Screams, roars, the clash of weapons…

Nearly two hundred people, tangled into a chaotic melee, a roaring uproar.

Wherever they passed, they stirred up shrieks and exclamations, the crowd fleeing in all directions.

Luo Zhaoyu, running at the very front, fled with his head down, but was still blocked at the city gate.

The city guards defending the walls used arrows to force the large group to a halt, shooting dead one jianghu loose cultivator after another, compelling the others to retreat and dodge, no longer caring about Luo Zhaoyu.

"Take him down!"

Chen Kang's face was ashen; he drew his blade and charged at Luo Zhaoyu.

Guo Jinnian also stopped watching the show; he drew his sword and attacked Luo Zhaoyu.

The two joined forces to deal with Luo Zhaoyu alone.

Luo Zhaoyu was also decisive. Seeing escape was hopeless, facing the joint attack of Chen Kang and Guo Jinnian, he suddenly pulled a secret manual from his chest, and the longsword in his hand spun out sword flowers.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle~

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Without caring about himself, sword light wrapped around the secret manual, shredding the entire book to pieces.

"Hahaha…"

Luo Zhaoyu, his body pierced by blade and sword, threw his head back and laughed. Though he had only laughed a few times, he vomited a great deal of congealed blood, his body swaying on the verge of collapse.

The next moment, with a "thud," he collapsed to the ground, and with his last strength, weakly spoke.

"Want…the secret manual…next life…then…"

As the words fell, his body convulsed once, and he died on the spot.

"…"

At the city gate, silence fell for a time.

The remaining jianghu loose cultivators who hadn't fled far, Chen Kang and the guards of the Town Martial Office, Guo Jinnian and the Guo family people, the city guard squad.

Everyone looked at Luo Zhaoyu lying on the ground in silence, their expressions varied.

Dead…

Luo Zhaoyu was dead, killed under the blades and swords of Chen Kang and Guo Jinnian, but before dying, he had also shredded the secret manual recording the Innate martial art into fragments.

These fragments, at this moment, blown by the wind, fluttered all over the sky.

Fragments the size of dandruff—forget gathering them all, even if gathered, they couldn't be pieced together.

One could only say Luo Zhaoyu was ruthless enough!

"…"

"Hmph!" In the silence, Chen Kang sheathed his blade, turned, gave a cold snort, and strode away.

The jianghu loose cultivators scattered around vanished one after another at top speed.

Guo Jinnian didn't move. His face was unspeakably ugly, his gaze dark, almost wringing out water.

"Take the corpse away for me!"

Dropping this stiff sentence, Guo Jinnian forced a smile, walked over to the city guard commander, and thanked the other for stepping in to intercept.

A few Guo family members sheathed their blades and swords and stepped forward to collect the corpse.

Seeing this, Chen Mu walked slowly with his head lowered, approaching from the side.

Very soon…

【Corpse discovered. Pick up?】

"Yes!"

Card obtained!

Chen Mu continued forward, but turned a corner and walked into a shop.

A moment later, he came out of the shop and strode away.

A new card had appeared in his pocket—a Skill Card!

He silently chanted to use it, and obtained a martial technique.

It was the *Sweeping Cloud Sword*!

The *Sweeping Cloud Sword*, mastered to the realm of complete fusion!

To his delight, the *Sweeping Cloud Sword* turned out to be a Pre-Heaven martial art!

Outsiders only knew that the *Sweeping Cloud Sword* had nine moves in total, with eighty-one variations.

But if one cultivated the *Sweeping Cloud Sword* to the realm of transcendent mastery, one could unleash a tenth sword!

This tenth sword was a Pre-Heaven martial art!