Me and countless me.

Chapter 523 The Third Power: Shifting Stars!

If he were to face Duan Yu, the Ripple Warrior, or Qiao Feng, who could transform, Li Ke felt that with his current skill level, it would be quite troublesome.

But if it's the Sharingan, then it's not a big problem!

He really knows this person well!
Holding Murong Guang's delicate ankle, Li Ke didn't smell any unpleasant odor. Instead, she smelled a faint fragrance, similar to forsythia. This surprised Li Ke, because it wasn't just a simple floral scent, but rather Uchiha Hikaru's own fragrance...

No, it's Murong Guang's own flavor!
"interesting."

Li Ke couldn't help but sniff a couple more times to confirm that it wasn't the smell of sweat, but rather Murong Guang's own scent! She hadn't sweated at all!

Murong Guang immediately saw Li Ke's actions. Although he didn't understand how Li Ke had broken free from his illusion, he still immediately pulled his foot out of Li Ke's hand and kicked Li Ke with his other foot!
"You! You lecher!"

However, Li Ke dodged the kick, and the more he dodged, the more Murong Guang wanted to kick Li Ke, so he followed closely and kicked at Li Ke.

But this time, Li Ke grabbed his ankle again!

Touching the girl's delicate ankles, Li Ke was certain that she was wearing height-increasing insoles to play the role of his brother, Murong Fu!
So he grabbed the girl's boots and sure enough, he felt three layers of soles. When Murong Guang saw Li Ke grab his boots, he hurriedly called out.

Don't take off my shoes!

Although the separation of men and women was not so strict in this era, places like the feet were still not often exposed, especially for young ladies from prestigious families.

Therefore, at this moment, Murong Guang hurriedly drew his sword, wanting to stab Li Ke's palm!
Li Ke wasn't entirely driven by curiosity; more so by a desire to help Qiao Feng force out the girl's true abilities. So, without even glancing at the sword tip, he stretched out two fingers to pinch it, then snatched the sword from Murong Guang's hand and made a gesture as if he were about to take off the other man's boots!
"you!"

Murong Guang felt his boots about to slip off his feet. No longer caring about appearances, he realized his strongest sword technique had been easily broken by Li Ke, so he only wanted to escape. He retreated recklessly, but his body leaned forward, throwing a punch at Li Ke's chest, clearly caught between a rock and a hard place.

Li Ke pretended to immediately release her foot, then suddenly raised his palm, and a powerful burst of internal energy erupted out, which immediately startled Murong Guang, who had lost his balance. In his haste, the three stars in his eyes flashed again, and his body seemed to be covered with a layer of starlight, forming a human-shaped phantom behind him!
"coming!"

Qiao Feng's eyes widened immediately, for this was the famous "Star Shift" technique of the Murong family, which had shaken the martial arts world!
Beginners don't manifest a human-shaped afterimage; they can only use other people's moves against them. However, when they practice to a deeper level, an afterimage will appear behind them. Not only can they deflect other people's power and moves, but they can also launch their own attacks while deflecting them!
This is exactly what he wants to see!

"You bastard! Since you want to see it! I'll show you the Murong family sword technique, the third force beyond the Star Eye!"

Covering her eyes, which were sore from overworking, Murong Guang glared angrily at Li Ke. Then, with a wave of her hand, the star-like phantom behind her picked up the sword that Li Ke had knocked away and returned it to her hand!

At this moment, Li Ke was no longer waiting; he really wanted to witness the power of the Star Shift!

So with a single palm strike, a violent force rushed straight towards Murong Guang's face, and at the same time, Murong Guang raised his sword finger, the stars in his eyes shining brightly! Facing Li Ke's palm force, he neither dodged nor avoided, but instead let out a soft shout.

"The stars have changed!"

The next moment, she suddenly drew her sword and charged towards Li Ke, while the phantom behind her assumed the same stance. However, the instant the phantom touched Li Ke's palm force and absorbed it into the phantom, the phantom suddenly assumed the same posture as Li Ke, attacking Li Ke's palm force at a strange angle, and forming a pincer movement with Murong Guang's attack!
"What a magnificent transformation of the stars!"

At this moment, Li Ke had also figured out the secret of the Murong family's "Shifting Stars and Changing Forms" technique. It was to use a special spiritual power cultivated through some kind of training to shape internal force, forming an almost materialized internal force field outside the body to simulate the human body. Then, when it came into contact with an attack of released true qi, it used its own martial arts knowledge to make the simulated virtual meridians contain the palm force, and then redirected the palm force to attack the opponent!
This requires not only extremely high combat intelligence, reaction speed, and martial arts knowledge, but also the ability to see through the enemy's internal energy flow!

The Murong family's Star Eye, which can see through the trajectory of internal energy, is used for this purpose!

"No wonder Wang Yuyan thinks your Murong family is capable of completing the third method. Even I have to admit that your Murong family's ancestors were truly amazing!"

Li Ke couldn't help but praise him, but at that moment he struck a pose from the Taizu Long Fist!
"But it's still not quite there!"

A powerful punch right at the head!

Faced with the combined attack of Murong Guang and his own moves, Li Ke used 30% of his strength!

Murong Guang felt a moment of disorientation. She felt as if she were drinking from a bottomless abyss, and just as she was worried that she might accidentally fall in, she saw a pair of eyes much larger than herself at the bottom of the abyss! Moreover, the seemingly endless shadows around these eyes were constantly enlarging and becoming clearer!
"what!!"

She screamed in agony as the sword in her hand was instantly shattered by the powerful force of the punch. Her hair ornament and clothes were also torn to shreds by the wind from the punch, and she was sent flying backwards involuntarily!
A'Zhu, realizing she had done something wrong, instinctively tried to stop him, but the moment her hand touched Murong Guang, Li Ke knew something was wrong. If no one touched Murong Guang, she would only be knocked down by her own internal force, forcing him to back down. But if someone touched Murong Guang, then his force would transfer to that person!

This was his attempt to lure out the potential Murong Fu, but he didn't expect A'Zhu to rush up and commit suicide!
So the moment Li Ke saw it, he rushed over, but he was too late. A'Zhu involuntarily spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward. Murong Guang, on the other hand, was able to stand up at this moment. However, when she saw Li Ke rushing towards her with his outstretched hand, she subconsciously hugged her chest!
Looking at Li Ke's face, she felt a bit conflicted. She felt that even if he hugged her, it was because he was an upright person, and it was she who was being unreasonable.

But just as she was thinking this, Li Ke's figure had already passed by her and caught A Zhu, who was about to fall to the ground!

"Ah Zhu! Hang in there!"

Li Ke couldn't care less about anything else. Under normal circumstances, he would have just given money to A Zhu to find a doctor. But this was because his internal energy had entered A Zhu's body, and her meridians were basically shattered by his force. Apart from the group from the Xiaoyao Sect, he was practically the only one in the world who could save her.

So Li Ke immediately placed one palm on A Zhu's back and continuously injected hot internal energy into A Zhu's body, simulating Duan Yu's ripples, quickly giving A Zhu hope for life!

When Murong Guang turned her head, she saw Li Ke holding A'Zhu. She froze on the spot for a moment, then looked at Qiao Feng with a cold face.

"Chief Qiao, have you clearly seen my family's 'Shifting Stars' technique?"

Qiao Feng nodded. He was certain that Ma Dayuan was not killed by the woman in front of him, because she was too weak.

Although his skill was quite good, even far surpassing Ma Dayuan's, his combat techniques and mentality were far too poor. Furthermore, Ma Dayuan would never meet with a woman alone. Most importantly, while Ma Dayuan's martial arts were inferior, they weren't at a point where he would silently die at Murong Guang's hands!
Therefore, the biggest suspect is still Murong Fu!

However, judging from the appearance of the "Shifting Stars" technique, Qiao Feng was still a little skeptical, because the commotion was too great. Unless Murong Fu's martial arts were even higher than his own, he could kill Ma Dayuan without using the third force, the "Shifting Stars" technique!
But is this possible?

Although Qiao Feng felt that Murong Fu's martial arts skills were no worse than his own, it was still unrealistic for him to use the "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi" technique to kill the deputy leader of the gang, because he had no other wounds on his body, only the skill of the throat-locking grappling technique, but now it seemed that it was not Murong Fu's doing at all.

"Then who is it? Is it a mole? No, let's ask Young Master Murong to go to Xingzilin to explain first, and then my driver will find the real culprit."

Qiao Feng had already made up his mind, but seeing Murong Guang's unfriendly expression, he still frowned, stepped forward to protect Li Ke, to ensure that Murong Guang would not attack Li Ke at will, and cupped his hands in greeting to Murong Guang.

"Qiao Feng believes that it was not you who killed my deputy leader, but... although I am also unwilling to believe it, please tell Young Master Murong that the Beggars' Clan is waiting for you in Xingzilin to clear up any misunderstandings between our two families."

"Misunderstand?"

Murong Guang was also very angry about this matter, because she really didn't do it, but both Qiao Feng and her brother Murong Fu suspected that she did it! So she was very dissatisfied, but seeing Li Ke holding A'Zhu behind Qiao Feng without saying a word, and A'Zhu's face flushed, she snorted coldly.

"Alright! I'll pass on the message! But now I want to take my Murong family's maid with me, you won't stop me, will you?"

Li Ke frowned upon hearing this, because he was in the process of reconnecting A Zhu's meridians, so he spoke directly.

“I have injured her meridians, and I am the only one in the world who can heal her. So please let Miss Azhu stay with me for a while, otherwise her lifespan will be shortened.”

"Follow you?"

Murong Guang sneered. She was furious with A'Zhu! First, she let a complete stranger into Murong Manor, then she accidentally exposed A'Zhu's disguise, and now she was even flirting with this man. So, seeing A'Zhu's cheeks flushed red from the power of the ripples, she let out another cold laugh.

"I see that you two are mutually attracted, but A'Zhu was bought by our family when she was a child. She was born a member of the Murong family, and she will die a ghost of the Murong family. Even if she is dead..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Ke appeared before her like a ghost, his cold eyes once again revealing the monster in the deep water to Murong Guang!

But Li Ke's words made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave!

"Miss Murong Guang, you don't want others to know that your Murong family is planning a rebellion, do you?"

Murong Guang opened his eyes wide, but couldn't say a word, because what the Murong family feared most was that this matter would be exposed!
Li Ke chuckled lightly, then, holding the still unconscious A'Zhu, nodded to Qiao Feng and Duan Yu before walking outside. He also pulled A'Bi, who was still hesitating about whether to plead for A'Zhu, along with him. After all, getting someone out of the Murong family's mess was a good thing, wasn't it?

Abi didn't want to leave, but after Li Ke grabbed her hand, that warm and friendly feeling welled up again, and she took a step as if possessed. But after taking that step, she saw her young lady's extremely angry face. Just as she was about to stop, she saw Li Ke throw out two silver notes.

"I'll buy these two maids!"

The silver note flew into Murong Guang's hand. She looked at the note, wanting to refuse but not daring to. In the end, she could only hold the note and say nothing.

Abi paused for a moment, then lowered her head, because she knew that her mistress had agreed.

only……

Looking at her hand being held by Li Ke, Abi couldn't help but blush. However, she had already fallen in love with Murong Fu, so at this moment, a strange thought couldn't help but rise in her mind.

"I... I was just there to take care of A'Zhu. It doesn't count as betraying you, young master. Even if you find out about this, you'll still buy us back."

She felt much more at ease after thinking about it this way, and started helping Li Ke take care of A Zhu.

This scene finally made Murong Guang unable to bear it any longer, but the fact that her rebellion had been discovered still made her take deep breaths to adjust her emotions and constantly push her chest binding to the limits of physics.

But as Murong Guang watched Li Ke walk to the street entrance, her overwhelming anger and terror made Li Ke clearly hear the sound of tearing cloth.

At this moment, Murong Guang's towering chest could no longer be concealed, his star-like eyes trembled incessantly, and his loose hair gradually took on a golden sheen due to his internal energy.

But she was still rational and knew that her cousin had to step in to handle this matter, so she thought about it for a moment, gritted her teeth, and decided to act like a crazy woman.

After all, compared to her own reputation, her cousin's cause of restoring the kingdom was more important!

This minor duke knew he was plotting a rebellion but didn't report it because he wanted gold and silver. All he needed to do was have his cousin bribe him, and then, with Azhu and Abi's loyalty...

Thinking of this, she suddenly flicked the silver note, sending Li Ke's silver note back, and then spoke with a smile.

"Young Duke! My Murong family isn't short of money! Since you like those two maids, we'll give them to you! But don't forget, Young Duke, their indentures are still with my Murong family!"

Li Ke frowned upon hearing this, then turned to look at Murong Guang, not understanding what she meant by going crazy at this moment.

But all he saw was Murong Guang leaping backwards and flying towards Murong Manor, smiling at him as he spoke loudly!
"Young Duke, if you want Azhu and Abi's indentures, come find me in Xingzilin, Wuxi!"

(End of this chapter)