Chapter 197: Tiger Subduing Fist

"But if things keep going on like this, it won't be a long-term solution." Lu Yu frowned slightly, pondering to himself.

Those guys at the Merchant Guild aren't idiots; they've already sent two waves of people to take his life, yet he is still standing here perfectly fine. Even the dullest person should realize something strange is going on.

Just like the two of them were discussing earlier, if the other side sends an Awakened to do the job, it will be troublesome.

Although this possibility isn't high, he cannot afford to lower his guard.

"When I go back later, I'll raise my strength first before coming out to hunt. It's too wasteful to just leave so many Blood Qi Pills sitting there unused."

Thinking of this, his gaze turned toward the corpse in front of him. When he saw the long blade hanging from the person's waist, Lu Yu's eyes lit up instantly.

He hurried forward, reached out to unhook the long blade, and weighed it in his hand. Good heavens, it weighed at least seven or eight hundred jin.

He slowly drew the long blade, and the blade shimmered with a cold light, sharp enough to make one shudder.

Lu Yu lightly flicked the blade edge with his finger, and the long blade emitted a crisp, pleasant sound; it was indeed a Second-tier Alloy Battle Blade.

"Quite good."

Lu Yu was full of joy. A Second-tier Alloy Battle Blade of this weight would cost nearly a million at the Branch.

Looking back at the Second-tier battle blade he had been carrying before, which felt light as a feather in his hand, he figured that when Li Meng bought it, it was purely meant as a decoration.

Now with this new blade, Lu Yu felt as if a tiger had grown wings.

He put his original blade into his Space Item, and after switching to this new one, he searched the corpse again, soon finding four bottles of Blood Qi Pills.

Taking a closer look, two of the bottles were actually Top-grade Blood Qi Pills, while the remaining two were High Grade Blood Qi Pills.

Lu Yu was overjoyed, then walked over to the other corpse in front.

He unhooked the long sword from the corpse's body. The weight of this sword was on par with the long blade, and it looked very valuable. Lu Yu tossed it into his Space Item and continued searching the corpse, finding only two bottles of Blood Qi Pills this time, though they were also High Grade.

This left him slightly disappointed; it seemed that even for the Martial Artists of the Merchant Guild, Top-grade Blood Qi Pills were not something easily obtained everywhere.

Besides this, he also found a Fist Technique Secret Manual—【Tiger Subduing Fist】.

This fist technique was quite special; the practitioner must possess True Qi in their body, meaning only Martial Artists in the Vein Refining Realm were qualified to learn it.

Unfortunately, apart from this Secret Manual, no other Martial Arts Manuals were found.

"A bit of a pity."

Lu Yu couldn't help but sigh softly; it was truly regrettable not to have obtained all the Martial Arts Manuals these two had learned.

He guessed that it was only because 【Tiger Subduing Fist】 required the Vein Refining Realm to practice that one of them carried it with him to study.

However, the overall harvest was still quite good. Lu Yu calculated carefully; adding his previous stock, he now had fourteen bottles of High Grade Blood Qi Pills and four bottles of Top-grade Blood Qi Pills in his hands.

These High Grade Blood Qi Pills alone could provide him with 1.68 million Potential Points, and the price of a Top-grade Blood Qi Pill was five times that of a High Grade one.

Based on this ratio, the four bottles of Top-grade Blood Qi Pills would provide at least 2.4 million Potential Points. Calculating this, that made a total of 4.08 million Potential Points!

Such a massive amount of Potential Points, if converted according to High Grade Blood Qi Pills, would be worth 6.8 million, roughly equivalent to the price of two Advanced Fierce Beasts.

"Looking at it this way, having someone come to cause trouble isn't necessarily a bad thing."

Thinking of this, Lu Yu couldn't help but shrug; after all, this didn't even include the captured weapons and Cultivation Methods.

Suddenly, Lu Yu's heart stirred, and he subconsciously looked up toward the front, seeing two figures approaching from the distance.

"Could it be people from the Merchant Guild again?" Lu Yu frowned slightly, then sneered in his heart. Hmph, since you are bent on seeking death, then I won't be polite.

However, after seeing who it was, his hand, which had been gripping his bow tightly, slowly relaxed.

It turned out he knew both of these people; one was the President, Liu Songtian, and the other was Liu Yong.

Why would the President and the others come here? Could it be that they were worried about him?

In the distance, Liu Songtian and Liu Yong were cautiously approaching. When they saw that the figure was Lu Yu, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. They quickened their pace and rushed toward him.

When the two ran up close and saw the two corpses on the ground, their eyes immediately showed expressions of shock.

"This... isn't this Wu An and Zhong Liang? A few years ago, they were still Martial Artists at the Branch, but not long after, they jumped ship to the Merchant Guild," Liu Yong said in surprise.

These two were not weak in strength, yet they died here; could it really have been Lu Yu's doing?

Soon, the three of them met up.

Before Lu Yu could speak, Liu Yong asked first: "Little Brother Lu, you aren't hurt, are you?"

"I'm fine." Lu Yu smiled at Liu Songtian and said: "President, you and Brother Liu came over because you were worried about me, right?"

"That's right." Liu Songtian smiled bitterly and nodded. "Not long after you left, I received a call from Lao Liu, learning that you were being targeted by people from the Merchant Guild. I was truly worried, so I thought I'd come over to check the situation. I didn't expect to be a step late."

"That's right, Little Brother Lu." Liu Yong turned to look behind him and continued: "You might not know, but these two guys are famous experts in the Merchant Guild. Even if the President and I ran into them, we would have to be extra careful."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Lu Yu, his eyes full of admiration. "But you actually took care of both of them by yourself. Truly amazing."

"Brother Liu is too kind; I just had good luck and managed to succeed by chance." Lu Yu waved his hand.

"Succeeded by chance?" Liu Songtian and Liu Yong looked at each other, both wearing expressions that were not quite smiles.

There was no such simple luck. They looked around; there were almost no signs of a fight at the scene. Presumably, these two didn't even have the chance to get close to Lu Yu before being shot dead by his arrows.

"Right, President, you two wait for me here for a moment. I'll be right back," Lu Yu said, then ran toward the north.

"Ah? What is he going to do?" Liu Songtian and Liu Yong were bewildered, completely unable to figure it out.

But soon, both of them widened their eyes, their eyes full of shock.

"Grey-spotted Snake?" Liu Yong couldn't help but exclaim, his voice even trembling slightly.

One must know, if a lone Martial Artist is targeted by a Grey-spotted Snake, the danger level is much higher than encountering a violent bear. Could it be that Lu Yu even took care of this guy?

A joyful expression also appeared on Liu Songtian's face.

At this moment, Lu Yu dragged the corpse of the Grey-spotted Snake over and asked: "Brother Liu, what is the Association's purchase price for this Grey-spotted Snake?"