Chapter 256

Duan Fei felt as if struck by a thunderclap on a clear day; his face instantly turned deathly pale, his limbs went limp, and he collapsed directly onto the ground.

Tu Xuehua and Lu Xiaoyu exchanged glances.

The chief escort of the Long Dragon Escort Agency, Liu Zhongyuan, is dead like this?

And without a trace of his body or bones.

Ren Yingying was also somewhat surprised, then looked toward Jiang Sishui.

Jiang Sishui said indifferently, "The deceased is gone; the most important thing is to avenge him so he may rest in peace in the Nine Springs. If you continue to delay, the murderer will escape far away."

The murderer? Avenge him?

Liu Mingluan's crying halted; she turned her head, tears streaming down her face, and gazed at Jiang Sishui: "You... you can find the murderer?"

Jiang Sishui nodded.

Liu Mingluan suddenly rose, gripping Jiang Sishui's hand tightly, and said excitedly, "You... you find the murderer for me, let me avenge him, and I will surely repay you!"

"And me! As long as you can avenge my Master, my life, Duan Fei, is yours from now on!" Duan Fei also declared loudly.

Jiang Sishui: "..."

You are a grown man; giving your life to me, I wouldn't want it either!

As for Liu Mingluan...

This Miss was not of peerless beauty, but she was a beauty chosen from a hundred.

In his past life while watching the drama, Jiang Sishui had not formed much of an impression of her, so naturally, he could not speak of liking or disliking her.

Now, face-to-face contact, especially with their skin touching at this moment, naturally brought a different feeling.

Subconsciously, his thumb rubbed against the back of her hand.

Delicate, soft, and excellent in texture!

Liu Mingluan's cheeks grew hot.

Although Jiang Sishui's movement was small, as one of the parties involved, how could she not feel it?

And for a man to do such a thing to a woman... although she was still young, she was not ignorant of everything.

Instinctively, a maiden's shyness surged in her heart.

But immediately, this shyness was swept away by grief and hatred.

Afterwards, with Jiang Sishui's help, the group erected a clothes-and-hat tomb for Liu Zhongyuan on the spot, then pursued the murderer.

A quarter-hour later, a herb gatherer carrying a bamboo basket entered the group's sight.

Jiang Sishui glanced at the "Treasure-Seeking Luo Pan," put it away, and in a flash blocked the herb gatherer.

That herb gatherer appeared to be in his forties or fifties, with a thin face and a black mustache above and below his mouth; suddenly blocked by someone, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

The herb gatherer clasped his fists, about to engage in some empty pleasantries, but Jiang Sishui did not waste words with him and directly used the "Soul-Stealing Great Art."

This was the benefit of learning spiritual secret techniques; encountering such matters, one could solve them with the simplest and most brutal method, without worrying about being deceived.

"What is your name?"

"Oufeng."

Oufeng?

Duan Fei and the other three looked at the bamboo basket filled with herbs on the herb gatherer's back, feeling slightly surprised in their hearts.

Could this person be Oufeng, the divine doctor renowned throughout Jinzhou?!

Was he connected to Liu Zhongyuan's death?

However, none of them spoke to obstruct Jiang Sishui; watching the two ask and answer, their expressions revealed tension.

They heard Jiang Sishui get straight to the point: "Did you take the 'Heavenly Mutilated Foot' secret manual?"

"Yes."

"Where did you get this manual?"

"The chief escort of the Long Dragon Escort Agency, Liu Zhongyuan."

"Did you kill him?"

"Yes."

"You are merely of the weak Post-Heaven cultivation; how could you kill him?"

"With poison."

"One last question: how did you know Liu Zhongyuan had the 'Heavenly Mutilated Foot' secret manual on him?"

Oufeng, expressionless and mechanically, said: "The Qisha Sect ambushed He Long; my son Jinghao happened to pass by and, out of righteousness, rescued him."

"Jinghao saw he was severely injured and originally intended to send him home, but He Long refused and left alone."

"Afterwards, Jinghao, unable to rest easy, secretly escorted him all the way until He Long entered the Long Dragon Escort Agency."

"Upon returning, Jinghao mentioned this to me and also said He Long gave Liu Zhongyuan a wooden box with patterns on it."

"Seeing the matter was suspicious, I had him draw the patterns."

Hearing this, Jiang Sishui understood immediately: "So you recognized that this thing was related to Gu Gu Jianhun. However, you did not know beforehand that the 'Heavenly Mutilated Foot' secret manual was inside the box?"

"Yes."

"Tsk tsk, indeed ginger is spicier when old. Liu Zhongyuan took the manual, even deceiving the Qisha Sect, yet he could not deceive you!"

Jiang Sishui praised, then extended his hand: "Give me the manual."

Oufeng hesitated not at all, rummaged through the pile of herbs in the bamboo basket on his back, pulled out a silk scroll, and handed it to Jiang Sishui.

Jiang Sishui took it, then released the control of the "Soul-Stealing Great Art," and waved his hand at Duan Fei and Liu Mingluan, who had long been unable to hold back.

The two rushed straight at Oufeng.

284 Above the Heavenly Art, Martial Dao Divine Powers!

Jiang Sishui paid no attention to the people around him and began flipping through the "Heavenly Remnant Kick" secret manual on his own.

The silk scroll was wide and long, densely covered with characters from top to bottom.

【Heavenly Remnant Kick】

【Introduction】

Utterly yin, utterly evil, utterly strong; bizarre and treacherous, supremely sinister and wicked, unmatched in killing intent. It dominates through leg qi, and is a martial Dao divine ability that merges the momentum of heaven and earth into one body.

【Moves】

First Form: Heaven and Earth Heartless;

Second Form: Sea of Sin, Demon Born;

Third Form: Myriad Demons Chaos the World;

Fourth Form: Blood Floods Mountains and Rivers;

Fifth Form: Heaven Cracks, Earth Splits;

Sixth Form: Jade and Stone Perish Together;

Seventh Form: Ten Thousand Calamities Hard to Recover;

Eighth Form: All Living Beings Slain;

Ninth Form: Three Realms Annihilated;

Tenth Form: Heaven and Earth Reborn.

【Cultivation Method】

One, From Outside to Inside.

Reverse the meridians throughout the entire body, and like a whale swallowing, draw in the negative forces existing between heaven and earth—such as baleful qi, killing qi, evil qi, poisonous qi, miasma…

Then use evil to subdue evil, use poison to fight poison, to purge the impurities and impure true qi within one's own body, then transform the negative into the positive, reverse one's own power, and obtain strength multiplied compared to normal cultivation, to accelerate the enhancement and tempering of one's own "essence, qi, and spirit."

Two, Inner Three Harmonies.

From outside to inside, cultivate "qi united with strength," "intent united with qi," and "heart united with intent," thereby cultivating the "Heavenly Remnant Heaven-Defying Strength."

【Heavenly Remnant Heaven-Defying Strength】

One, Characteristics.

Unyielding and unstoppable, ever-victorious, perfectly unified, supremely refined, domineering and majestic, primordial and effortless, possessing the additional effect of autonomous bodily protection—defense and rebound.

Two, Function.

It can drive the cultivation of one's own true qi, promote the accumulation and refinement of true qi, and enhance the purity, density, and might of true qi.

It can coordinate with any kind of Internal Energy Cultivation Method, enhancing its might while cultivating internal energy. Endless cultivation, with no limit.

【Variations and Power】

The variations of "Heavenly Remnant Kick" are unfathomably treacherous, and its power is without end.