readytorunbook Chapter 206 A Deadly Intent Arises
Chapter 206 A Deadly Intent Arises
Chapter 206 A Deadly Intent Rises
Half a month passed quickly, and Lianxin City remained the same as always, showing no apparent changes.
Students in all the academies went to school or cultivated their skills as usual. Merchants in the city were doing brisk business, with trade reaching all three rivers, and were making money as usual.
However, those who pay attention will notice a phenomenon: there have been some unfamiliar faces in the Refining Heart City recently.
Lianxin City is the center of martial arts academies on the Tianyun Continent, with a strong academic atmosphere. Besides students from various academies and their entourages, the city is also home to merchants engaged in various businesses. Everyone has their own duties, and it's extremely rare to see someone idly loafing around all day.
But these unfamiliar faces were quite different. They were neither students coming to study at the various academies, nor were they vendors or merchants coming to Lianxin City to make a living. They wandered around the city all day, and no one knew what their purpose was.
Lianxin City is guarded, and the city lord's mansion also has its own guards. The guards and guards are tasked with patrolling the city every day to maintain the security of Lianxin City.
Therefore, after a while, some people noticed that something was wrong.
In the council hall of the city lord's mansion, Sheng Chunshui sat upright at a table, his eyes half-open and half-closed, listening to the report from the head of the guards.
"Lord City Lord, as you instructed, I have specially increased manpower these past few days to patrol the area, and we have indeed discovered some suspicious things."
Commander Liu stood in front of Sheng Chunshui and whispered.
"Tell me, what's suspicious?" Sheng Chunshui's eyebrows twitched slightly.
Commander Liu replied, "These past few days, there have been a lot of strangers in the city, wandering around all day. I have personally observed them, and each of them has the cultivation of a martial arts master, but none of them know their background."
"So many martial artists at the Martial Master level have suddenly appeared in Refining Heart City. I don't believe they have nothing to hide."
Sheng Chunshui raised his eyelids slightly, nodded and said, "I understand. These people are very likely related to the Martial Elders Association. You should give the order to have the patrolmen keep a close eye on their movements and tell me immediately if there is any disturbance."
"Understood. If the city lord has no further instructions, I will take my leave," Commander Liu said, bowing slightly.
"You can go now. Remember to tell your men to be careful, lest they suffer at the hands of these people."
After finishing his sentence, Sheng Chunshui waved his hand and fell into deep thought again.
Xiao Chong has been keeping a low profile lately, no longer as flamboyant as before.
Alchemy cannot stop, but it is no longer sold to the public, nor is it used to refine strange pills that supposedly beautify the skin, nourish yin and yang, or cure infertility. Instead, the focus is now on refining pills that can rapidly enhance cultivation.
Aside from keeping a portion to distribute to close relatives, all the refined pills were sent to the city lord's mansion and entrusted to the mansion's treasury for safekeeping.
In his view, the conflict between the powerful families and the Martial Elders Association of Tianyun Continent was inevitable, and since he was an enemy rather than a friend of the Martial Elders Association, he should naturally prepare more strategic materials for these powerful families.
In his spare time, he practiced martial arts.
Xiao Chong's martial arts realm has reached the peak of the Warrior realm, and the next step is to become a Martial Master. However, his cultivation method is different from others. It cannot be solved by taking pills, but requires lighting up his destiny star according to the method taught in the general outline of "Nine Transformations of the Stars".
If one cannot successfully activate their destiny star, no matter how many pills one consumes, it will only increase their cultivation level, but will not significantly improve their martial arts realm.
The fat guy and the others cultivated much faster.
Thanks to the aid of the elixirs, Fatty and Yin Feng have already entered the ranks of Martial Masters. Before Xiao Chong can refine a new elixir that can accelerate a Martial Master into a Grandmaster, all they need to do is continue to take the existing elixirs to increase the accumulation of Yuan Power in their bodies.
Qingmeng also successfully broke through to the Martial Master realm, but her situation was somewhat different from that of Fatty and Yin Feng.
The fat man and Yin Feng practiced various martial arts techniques, because martial arts cultivation can only be maximized by relying on martial arts techniques.
Qingmeng doesn't practice any martial arts techniques; her strength lies in brute force. Despite her thin and frail appearance, all the food she eats every day is well worth it.
In his confrontations with Fatty and Yin Feng, as long as Qing Meng had eaten his fill beforehand, he would always punch and kick them, completely overwhelming them.
Qingmeng's punches and kicks were completely unorthodox, yet every punch landed squarely and every kick went deep into the bone, making Fatty and Yin Feng feel like they were dying. Their hearts pounded, and they lamented the different fates they had in life.
As for Long Wu, that guy is a complete freak.
What the hell is all this talk about realms? What are those things anyway? It's just a fight, why do we need to divide realms so clearly?
As long as the elixir arrives, the Fifth Young Master is full of energy and never pays attention to others.
Therefore, even though Long Wu consumed the most of the various pills refined by Xiao Chong, he didn't care about their effects and just threw them all into his stomach. Then, in front of everyone, he started to rage.
After a few days, this guy's body was so bloated from eating that he was no longer recognizable as having his former perfect figure.
But Long Wu didn't care at all. In his words, "Is Fifth Master someone who makes a living based on his looks? The reason why Fifth Master has so many female fans is because of his personal charm!"
Xiao Chong ignored Long Wu's nonsense. Anyway, he had plenty of pills; he could refine a whole sackful every day. Eat them all as you please; did he think he'd be poor from all that?
You won't get poor from eating or dressing, but you will get poor if you don't plan ahead. There's some truth to this old saying.
It would have been fine if the days had just passed by like this, but unfortunately, things don't always go as planned, and what's meant to happen will happen sooner or later.
Soon after the number of unfamiliar faces in Lianxin City increased, a series of major events occurred.
First, a certain business offended someone and was wiped out overnight.
Some people, unaware of the truth, didn't take it seriously. "How many people do business honestly?" they thought. "Who can say they have no rivals? If they die, they die; it's no big deal!"
But what happened next was rather unusual. Several students at a certain academy were severely injured in the street by a group of unidentified individuals.
There are some hot-blooded students in the academy, and it's common for them to get into minor troubles, but those are just squabbles between students, and it's extremely rare for outsiders to harm students in the academy.
Moreover, most of these students have powerful backgrounds. Unless there is a deep grudge or someone deliberately tries to harm them, ordinary people would not do anything outrageous to these students.
The residents of Refining Heart City felt somewhat uneasy.
But what made him even more uneasy was what happened next: a guard from the city lord's mansion was assassinated in the street!
That's quite something.
That's the City Lord's Mansion! The most powerful and prestigious place in the entire Lianxin City! Anyone who dares to challenge the authority of the City Lord's Mansion is definitely not innocent!
The residents of Lianxin City sensed a murderous intent lurking within the city, causing widespread panic.