Chapter 114: The Princess Pays Respects

Night fell. In the graveyard deep within Xinglong Ling, Lin Feng, who had been acting as a grandfather basking in the sun all day, finally had to get to work.

"Burying one hundred corpses a day is best. Any more and the internal energy in my body surges too violently, and my meridians can't quite handle it; any less and it doesn't have much effect!"

Having just finished burying one hundred corpses, Lin Feng stopped his movements. This was enough for him.

He then began to exercise his body again, throwing out a set of fierce, powerful punches on the spot.

"ROAR!!!"

As he stood tall and threw his punches, his violent internal energy boiled within him, gradually swirling outside his body to form the shape of a great tiger with a white forehead.

"BOOM! BOOM!"

This set of Fierce Tiger Seven-Kill Fists was the strongest martial art he had acquired to date. An ordinary martial artist could use it to overcome the strong with the weak or fight to the death.

In Lin Feng's hands, it was used with both form and spirit; even his internal energy, which was approaching three hundred years, dissipated to form a White Tiger avatar outside his body.

The White Tiger governed slaughter. As he punched, the great tiger tore and clawed; a single strike could shatter rock and leave deep fissures in the ground.

"Hoo~"

After finishing the set, Lin Feng slowly withdrew his energy, and the White Tiger phenomenon gradually dissipated with the wind.

"The further I go, the harder it is to increase my internal energy. What used to provide ten years of energy now barely provides one year's worth."

Feeling the surging internal energy in his body slowly calm down, Lin Feng began to think seriously about what to do next.

Relying on a sufficient supply of corpses, his internal energy could continue to rise, but the corpses in Linzhou and Liuzhou were ultimately finite.

"The talisman techniques given by that old Daoist priest certainly have some merit, but I haven't mastered the basics yet, so I won't consider them for now."

"With my current internal energy and martial arts, dealing with ordinary major *Guiyi* is no longer a problem. Dealing with *Li Gui* (Fierce Ghosts) is still a bit of a stretch, but as long as I have a *Guiyi* weapon in hand, I can dismember them!"

"As for other methods... the inheritance of the Hundred Crafts of Heaven is indeed specialized in restraining *Guiyi*, but most of it involves turning oneself into something neither human nor *Guiyi*. However, some of the techniques still hold great value for me!"

Lin Feng casually took out a *Guiyi* dagger. This item had been given to him by Su Xiao. Over this period, Lin Feng had continuously used it to dismember *Guiyi*, making the dagger even colder and sharper.

"The inheritance of the *Gui* Blacksmith—if I had such skills, it would be of no small help to me. At the very least, I could forge stronger weapons!"

Lin Feng had acquired more than one type of ordinary blacksmithing skill, but there was still little news regarding the inheritance of the *Gui* Blacksmith.

"Perhaps I should ask Li Yanbing. Since the Suppression of Strange Office can produce these *Guiyi* weapons, they must have the relevant inheritance or successors!"

Thinking of this, such a thought arose in Lin Feng's mind. Compared to his own inefficient collection, relying on the Suppression of Strange Office was clearly a better method.

Meanwhile, on Qianyuan Mountain in Xinglong Ling, Li Yanbing brought Princess Qingyuan to the location.

"This is the place where the senior you mentioned resides?"

Looking at the desolate mountain and wild ridges before her, Princess Qingyuan appeared somewhat displeased. She could accept Li Yanbing being rude to her, but being treated like a monkey was not something to be happy about.

"That's right!"

Li Yanbing knew what she would think just by looking at her expression, but she did not care about this point.

She had done what she was supposed to do; was she expected to serve the other party with extreme caution?

"Junior Li Yanbing pays respects to the Great Sage Equaling Heaven senior!"

Arriving before the mound of dirt on the mountaintop, Li Yanbing cupped her hands, bowed, and said loudly.

"Junior Li Yanbing pays respects to the Great Sage Equaling Heaven senior!"

"..."

After calling out three times, the surroundings remained silent. Princess Qingyuan, watching from behind, even felt an inexplicable sense of eeriness.

After all, shouting in such a pitch-black place in the middle of the night was strange no matter how you looked at it. Plus, the early winter night was still a bit cold, which only made one feel more creeped out.

"Click, click, click."

Suddenly, the mound on the mountaintop began to move. A palm stretched directly out from the soil, and then a wooden figure painted with half-new, half-old red lacquer slowly stood up from the dirt.

"Senior, this junior has come today to report an important matter to you!"

"This is Princess Qingyuan, the beloved daughter of Prince Li. She has some items in her possession that you require, and she specifically wishes to pay respects to you. I could not make the decision on my own, so I brought her here."

Seeing the wooden figure, Li Yanbing did not hesitate and stated her purpose directly.

"Junior Qingyuan pays respects to the Great Sage Equaling Heaven senior!"

Only then did Princess Qingyuan understand the situation, and she immediately stepped forward to pay her respects to the wooden figure.

"What items?"

The wooden figure had no reaction to her arrival; only two blood-red characters appeared on the ground.

"Senior, I have brought one thousand catties of Century-Old Yin-Sinking Wood, one Millennium God-Offering Stele, and two Underworld Clay Bowls!"

Seeing these two characters, Princess Qingyuan spoke immediately. Although she did not know what these things were for, using them to build a good relationship with this senior was clearly worth it!

"Can be exchanged for five hundred heavy-armored *Zhiren*, or accumulate ten items to exchange for one opportunity for me to take action!"

As Princess Qingyuan's voice fell, new blood-red characters gradually formed on the ground. Seeing these words, her eyes widened instantly, and a massive wave surged in her heart.

Then, many things that had been unclear before were suddenly understood!

No wonder this semi-saint had repeatedly protected Luohe City; no wonder this Li Yanbing had a large number of powerful *Zhiren* in her hands!

Clearly, these were all things the other party had exchanged by collecting these items. Now, such an opportunity for exchange had fallen into her hands!

"Reporting to senior, I choose the latter!"

Almost instantly, Princess Qingyuan made her choice, then took out a wooden box containing the items and brought everything out.

"Accepted!"

Accompanied by the spread of some filthy blood, the items disappeared quickly. At the same time, this single blood-red character was left on the ground; clearly, this was the other party's response to her.

"Thank you, senior!"

Princess Qingyuan immediately bowed again to thank him, her heart pounding non-stop!

Because she knew very well what such a promise meant. As long as she collected the remaining items as quickly as possible, she would be able to obtain an opportunity for a semi-saint to take action!

Such a thing would cause countless people to break their heads trying to obtain it anywhere else, yet now it had fallen to her!

"Click, click, click."

The wooden figure turned to look at Li Yanbing. Finding that she seemed to have nothing to say, it returned directly into the mound.

"Let's go, the senior needs to rest!"

Li Yanbing said to Princess Qingyuan with a complex expression, then used her *Gui* Domain to leave the place.

A strange smile appeared on Princess Qingyuan's face, and she also disappeared. Although she had only received a few words from the other party tonight, it had been a huge harvest!

After the two left, the top of Qianyuan Mountain returned to silence. The cold night wind blew, and everything appeared desolate.

However, not long after, Li Yanbing's figure appeared once more. She bowed to the mound and said, "Thank you, senior, for remembering our old ties. This junior is deeply grateful!"

The exchange reward the wooden figure gave Princess Qingyuan was far lower than hers; clearly, this was the special treatment he gave her!

"Inheritance of the *Gui* Blacksmith, can be exchanged for one thousand heavy-armored *Zhiren*."

Suddenly, filthy blood slowly seeped out from within the mound and gathered before her to form this sentence.

After seeing these blood-red characters clearly, Li Yanbing was first confused, then overjoyed, and said directly:

"In this great defeat of the rebel army and the reclamation of Linzhou, I have also obtained many items that you require. However, they are still within Linzhou territory. Tomorrow, I will bring these items and the inheritance of the *Gui* Blacksmith to pay respects to you!"

"Accepted!" ===== CHAPTER 115 =====