Chapter 151: Good Things Are Kept for You

Wang Dezhi's eyes were blood-red, glaring viciously at Lu Yu; that gaze seemed to carry tangible killing intent, and if looks could truly kill, Lu Yu would likely have died a hundred times over by now.

"If you feel I am toying with you, then satisfying you a little is not out of the question."

Lu Yu shrugged, carelessly waving the Dagger that flickered with a cold light in his hand, and said in a cold tone, "Rest assured, my blade is very fast; you won't feel much pain."

"Don't!" Wang Dezhi was scared out of his wits in an instant, nearly collapsing to the ground.

He wouldn't feel pain? Then was the excruciating agony he had suffered before just an illusion?

"Friend, please don't kill me. Whatever you want to ask, just speak up; as long as I know it, I will tell you everything."

He was in tears, begging bitterly.

After all, no one is truly willing to die, even if the hope of survival is as faint as a candle in the wind.

"Fine, I ask you, that woman—why did you kill her?" Lu Yu lowered his head slightly, his gaze sweeping over the cold corpse on the ground, and asked coldly.

"Her?" Wang Dezhi was slightly stunned, then let out a cold snort, his face full of disdain: "This shameless bitch was actually flirting with other men behind my back; why keep her if I didn't kill her?"

The corners of Lu Yu's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a meaningful smile as he said, "This seems a bit different from the version I heard outside."

Wang Dezhi's complexion turned extremely ugly in an instant, as if someone had poked a sore spot.

"I heard you all talking about some horse bandits; I'm quite curious." As Lu Yu spoke, he used the Dagger to lightly pat Wang Dezhi's cheek.

"Speak, what exactly is going on?"

"This matter..." Wang Dezhi hesitated for a moment, and after weighing the pros and cons, he still recounted the general sequence of events.

However, he deliberately concealed some key information, such as the fact that those horse bandits were actually instigated by him in secret, and that he had sent people to notify Li Meng and the others.

Even though Wang Dezhi held back, Lu Yu had already roughly sorted out the ins and outs of the whole affair by the time he heard this.

He sneered and mocked, "You are truly ruthless. That man surnamed Yao kindly told you the news, wanting to share the spoils with you, yet you went straight for the kill."

Wang Dezhi gave a dry laugh and said shamelessly, "If there is one less person to share, won't I get more benefits?"

In reality, he knew clearly in his heart that keeping that guy around would always be a hidden danger.

If horse bandits appeared outside the city again one day, it would be easy for others to link it to him, and he might even be threatened in return; that would put him in a passive position.

"So that's how it is."

Lu Yu couldn't be bothered to expose his lies.

As it stands now, those who knew about this matter were either dead by his own hand or had lost their lives at the hands of the guy in front of him.

"Friend, I've answered everything you asked, so is it..."

Wang Dezhi was full of fawning, and just as he was about to continue, a cold light flashed before his eyes, followed immediately by a heart-piercing pain that swept through his entire body like a surging tide.

He was terrified, instinctively clutching his neck with all his might, trying to stop the blood from gushing out like a fountain; his mouth was wide open, wanting to shout loudly, but he could only make a faint sound.

A few seconds later, accompanied by a muffled "thud," he fell straight to the ground.

Before dying, endless regret welled up in Wang Dezhi's heart.

Had he known it would end up like this, he might as well have fought the other party to the death; why end up like this, not only losing his precious Space Item,

but also suffering torture, only to ultimately fail to escape death and lose his life at the other party's hands.

Lu Yu stood quietly several meters away, his expression as cold as frost, without a ripple in his eyes.

His gaze slowly swept across the entire living room, and he shook his head slightly.

He couldn't help but wonder to himself, if that person named Su Chungui had just acted like nothing happened back then, would it not have triggered this whole series of events?

Afterward, he turned around, not in a hurry to leave, but first tilted his head to listen to the movement outside.

After confirming there was no one in the corridor, he carefully opened the door and slowly walked out.

Warm sunlight spilled onto him, yet Lu Yu sighed softly.

He prayed silently in his heart, hoping this matter would come to an end here.

But he also knew he couldn't afford the slightest carelessness and must race against time to improve his strength.

If one day that Awakened from the Wang Family discovered he was the mastermind and came knocking, that would be trouble.

Lu Yu went downstairs and arrived at the bustling main street. He looked left and right, then walked toward the alley where the old man was.

From afar, one could hear the hawking of wares one after another.

Through the bustling crowd, Lu Yu saw the old man sitting on a small stool at a glance.

On the street stall in front of the old man, more than a dozen Secret Manuals were scattered about.

It was just a pity that the stall was cold and cheerless, with almost no one showing interest; it was deserted.

Lu Yu couldn't help but feel a surge of secret joy, but immediately warned himself not to be happy too soon.

This old man looked like the type with no bottom line; who knew if he had taken the previous matter to heart at all.

"Take a look, come and see..." Seeing someone walking toward him, the old man quickly stood up and shouted at the top of his lungs.

When he saw clearly that the person coming was Lu Yu, his voice stopped abruptly, and then a flash of wild joy crossed his eyes as he said excitedly, "Little brother, it's actually you?"

"Mm, it's me." Lu Yu responded indifferently, then heard a burst of whispering from the surroundings.

It was nothing more than saying that the sucker had appeared again, what a foolish boy, and the like.

"Little brother, you finally came." The old man's eyes were red with excitement, as if he had seen a savior, and he pointed to the pile of Secret Manuals in front of him, saying, "Hurry and take a look; these are all rare goods, I've been keeping them waiting for you to buy."

"Is that so?" As Lu Yu spoke, his gaze quickly swept over the Secret Manuals.

Upon seeing this, his complexion suddenly turned somewhat ugly.

Although these dozen or so Secret Manuals all seemed incredibly domineering just from their names, as if they contained infinite power.

However, there was no sign of the "Thirteen Taibao Hard Qigong" or "Golden Bell Shield" he had mentioned last time.

As for the Mental Secret Manual, looking at the names of these dozen or so books, it was clear there were none of those either.

"Old man," Lu Yu raised his head, his tone carrying a trace of displeasure, and said, "Have you forgotten everything I told you before?"

The old man immediately piled a smile on his face and said, "How could that be, little brother? Of course I've kept the good stuff for you!"

As he spoke, he winked at Lu Yu, looking quite comical, and then reached into his bosom, carefully pulling out three small booklets.

On the cover of the first book, the six large characters "Thirteen Taibao Hard Qigong" were written in a crooked hand.

Lu Yu did not reach out to take them immediately, but instead looked at the old man suspiciously and said, "Are you sure these three are real?"

"Little brother, what kind of talk is that?" Upon hearing this, the old man immediately appeared somewhat displeased.

"I specifically saved them for you until now; quite a few people came by wanting to see them during this time, but I didn't let them. Look, I've been keeping them tucked in my bosom the whole time, treating them like treasures."

Lu Yu muttered to himself, fearing that perhaps no one had come to look at them at all.

"Little brother, do you want them or not? If you don't, I'm going to put them away." As the old man spoke, he feigned an attempt to tuck the three Secret Manuals back into his bosom.

"The old rules: let me examine them first. If I feel there's no problem, I'll buy them," Lu Yu said unhurriedly.

"Fine, but we have an agreement: you can only look at half," the old man said while handing the three Secret Manuals into Lu Yu's hands.

Lu Yu opened the first book and began to browse through it carefully.

Seeing this, the old man chuckled and said, "Little brother, this Thirteen Taibao Hard Qigong is not so easy to practice.

Although once mastered, one can reach the Realm of being Invulnerable to Blades and Spears, the suffering one must endure is truly not something an ordinary person can withstand. I advise you, just looking is enough."