Chapter 595: Knowing Weakness (7/10, extra chapter for

"Name: Yese Liming."

"Realm: Xiantian First-Rate."

"Strange Realm: Blood-Rank High-Rank."

"Spirit Root: Strange Spirit Root."

"Status: Strange Curse 【Black Rain】."

"HP: 7000/7000."

"Internal Force: 6000/6000."

"Strange Value: 6000/6000."

"Control Force: 6170 【Base: 6150】 【Status/Boost: +20】."

"Disarm Force: 6140 【Base: 6120】 【Status/Boost: +20】."

"Comprehension: 7.9. 【Special Attribute】"

"Talent: Night's Breath 【Human-Rank Superior】."

"Strange Talent: Still World."

"Human-level Martial Art: Analysis Pupil 【Human-Rank Inferior】."

"Innate Martial Art: Innate Qi Shield 【Xiantian First-Rate】, Aura 【Xiantian First-Rate】, Shadow-Treading Steps 【Xiantian Third-Rate】, Dark Moon Blade Technique 【Xiantian Third-Rate】, Night Flow Mental Method 【Xiantian Third-Rate】, Coiling Tree Mental Method 【Xiantian Third-Rate】."

"Acquired Martial Art: Nine-Turn Chain Blade 【Damaged】, Starfire Blade Technique 【Acquired Third-Rate】, Water-Sky Blade Technique 【Crude Martial Art】, Blazing Fire Mental Method 【Acquired First-Rate / Ninth Layer】, Starfire Mental Method 【Acquired Third-Rate / Third Layer】."

"Lifespan: 3 years, 1 month."

After escaping Qingsi County, cooperating with 【Night Rain】, Fang Yue could barely be said to have killed quite a few strange beings.

But once one's strength reached this level, the attributes gained from killing strange beings were no longer obvious.

Even with massive kills, the improvement was limited.

Then there was lifespan — after narrowly escaping death to flee Heiqing Shanmai, Fang Yue's lifespan was down to just this little bit.

Fang Yue now had a profound impression of how terrifying pill poison was.

If his lifespan hadn't been longer, he really would have been burned to death by pill poison on the road.

He couldn't act recklessly next time. Without 【Night's Breath】 suppressing it, pill poison was truly terrifying to the point of explosion. No wonder Natives rarely dared to take pills while enduring 【pill poison】 — turns out they really couldn't handle it.

Looking again at the back of his hand, the mark of the strange curse 【Black Rain】 sat there quietly. Ever since it had been driven back, it had shown no further movement.

If he didn't know how terrifying this thing was, and that the mark had always been there without ever fading, Fang Yue would have thought it was truly behaving itself.

Also, it had been two days since he'd seen any 【Yin Messengers】 coming to claim his life. Although Fang Yue couldn't see them, the sensation of a Yin Messenger's hand piercing into his heart was still something he could feel.

Since he was fine, that proved the Yin Messengers truly hadn't come.

Staying on guard all the time wasn't a solution either, let alone the fact that against 【Yin Messengers】, Fang Yue had absolutely no means of defense.

That thing was eerily horrifying, with no way to deal with it at all.

Since that was the case, he might as well relax and put his time to use.

Mental Methods and the like definitely couldn't be cultivated in the wild.

Without a reliable guardian, cultivating a Mental Method outside was tantamount to suicide.

So the only thing he could practice was Martial Techniques. After some thought, Fang Yue chose the Dark Moon Blade Technique.

Time passed quickly. Fang Yue tried to immerse himself in cultivation, but for some reason, he was always restless and unable to draw his blade smoothly.

Enduring his impatience, it wasn't until the latter half of the night that he suddenly recovered his usual feeling. His blade came out smoothly in one stroke, and he became immersed in cultivation.

When the second day's dawn arrived.

Fang Yue discovered that Shuimei and Pi Sanzai were dead.

They had died silently, died peacefully and serenely.

Not even a trace could be found.

As if… killed by 【Yin Messengers】.

A chill crept into his heart.

Fang Yue gripped his two-meter black blade, tensed his nerves, and observed his surroundings, but found nothing.

So, he fled far away.

Without even properly packing his luggage, he directly left that place far behind.

This time, Fang Yue was extremely tense, traveling day and night without stopping.

Although there was nothing around him, he kept feeling that 【Yin Messengers】 were nearby, hiding in some gloomy corner, waiting to reap his life.

In his extreme tension, he encountered a large merchant caravan.

"Miss, this person is usable."

Seeing Fang Yue walking alone on the road from afar, Hai Guanjia immediately reported to the young lady.

"Why usable?" A girl, biting into an apple, dressed in casual clothes, sitting cross-legged on the carriage, glanced at the person ahead and asked, tilting her head.

"The wilderness is dangerous. Even traveling the Official Road, one person cannot brave it alone. For this person to dare do so, he must be either a madman or extremely powerful. We'll test him a bit, and we'll know the details."

"Alright, I'll go test him."

Having said that, the young lady jumped down from the carriage, weighed the heft of the apple in her hand, and hurled it forcefully at Fang Yue.

"Miss, you mustn't…"

Hai Guanjia had just started to advise, but it was already too late.

The apple left the young lady's hand and flew straight at Fang Yue.

"It's fine, it's fine, it's just a joke among people of the jianghu…"

Just as the young lady said this, the apple was about to hit Fang Yue.

Hum!!

The next instant, the violent black blade suddenly struck out.

The apple was instantly sliced into powder, and the force that followed cut straight through the carriage at the front of the caravan—horse and vehicle alike—in a single slash!

Blood burst open, chaos spread, and the crowd surrounded Fang Yue.

Yet Hai Guanjia and the young miss both stood dumb as wooden chickens, staring at the one who had swung the blade.

"... So strong!"

"Are you also heading to 【Chunuan City】?"

Fang Yue steadied his breathing as best he could.

The matter of the 【Yin Messengers】 had made him jumpy and suspicious, nearly driving him to Qi Deviation.

If it hadn't been for that thoughtless young miss tossing out an apple, causing Fang Yue to suddenly draw his blade and vent the pressure in his heart, something might really have gone wrong.

"Lord Ye as well?" Hai Guanjia asked respectfully.

"Mm."

Fang Yue didn't say what he was going to do, and Hai Guanjia didn't ask, only saying: "Then please allow Lord Ye to travel with us. We are willing to pay a fee."

The price didn't matter—Fang Yue only wanted to calm himself down.

After quoting a price at random, Fang Yue had a carriage of his own, an independent space.

Fang Yue recalled the deaths of Shuimei and Pi Sanzai, as well as his own vigil that night, and suddenly fell into thought.

Could it be... that he was simply being too sensitive?

Perhaps those two were not killed by 【Yin Messengers】!

Fang Yue recalled that night—the first half, he had been practicing the Dark Moon Blade Technique, inexplicably restless and distracted, but at some point in the latter half of the night, it had suddenly become smooth, no different from his usual practice.

At first, Fang Yue had thought he simply hadn't gotten into the right state.

But looking at it now... perhaps the moment his blade practice became smooth was the very moment the strange presence left.

And Shuimei and Pi Sanzai might have been killed by a powerful strange presence he hadn't even noticed.

Fang Yue realized he had fallen into a misconception.

Namely... thinking himself very strong.

But in reality, the dangers of the wild were not something his meager strength could sweep through!

Ever since the battle at Qingsi County, Fang Yue had been feeling overly pleased with himself.

Because he had wielded power beyond the ordinary and defeated enemies beyond the ordinary!

But in truth? That was the power of the sheepskin scroll! That was an external force!

His true self's strength was merely the Innate First-rate Realm—not even reaching Human Grade!

With only this much strength, why did he have such inexplicable confidence that he could see through other strange presences' methods, that he could attribute other strange presences' methods to 【Yin Messengers'】 methods?

That way of thinking was far too arrogant!

(End of this chapter)