Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 423 Resting in Fengyang Village, Ambushing and Severely Wounded, Resentment and Rage

February 18th, the ninth year of the Great Xia Dynasty

Southern part of Chuishan Town, late at night
On the bluestone road within Jiangyan territory, five figures, two in front and three behind, were rushing south through the wind and snow. All five were carrying bundles and their breathing was slightly rapid, clearly indicating that they had been traveling for a long time.

The man on the left in the front row looks to be in his early thirties. He is wearing a white summer outfit, with a long sword hanging at his waist. He has a handsome face and his eyes exude a strong aura of authority, clearly indicating that he is the leader.

The man to his right looked older, probably in his early forties, and was wearing a yellow summer uniform. He was carrying a standard-issue sword, and it was easy to tell from his rapid breathing that he was not as strong as the leader.
The three people following behind were all dressed in black and ranged in age from 30 to 40. Although their faces were flushed and they were panting, they were still trying their best to keep up with the two in front of them, acting like followers.

The young man in white suddenly slowed down, then turned his head and noticed that the three people beside and behind him were breathing somewhat erratically. He slowly said, "Alright, we'll reach Peak Mountain Realm in another five or six kilometers. No need to rush!"

The three people behind immediately slowed down upon hearing the sound, and all breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Li Longkai, dressed in yellow, did the same. He slowed down, and after his breathing calmed down, he turned to look at the young man in white and smiled helplessly, "I have no choice but to admit defeat! It's fortunate that Lord Lin deliberately waited for us all the way. If you had really gone at full speed, let alone the three of them, even I probably wouldn't have been able to keep up."

The young man in white was none other than Lin Kai, the Hongmen Shouzheng who took office last year.

Upon hearing this, Lin Kai turned to look at Li Longkai and smiled, "There is a difference in cultivation levels. I am slightly stronger than Brother Li, so my pace is naturally faster. The three of them definitely can't keep up, but if Lord Li says he can't keep up, that would be a bit of an exaggeration."

"Alright, Lord Lin, stop comforting me!"

Li Longkai waved his hand. He was originally the deputy military commander of the East Eighth District Logistics Department. Last July, he was promoted at the same time as Lin Kai and became the military commander of the Hongmen Logistics Department.

His resume is quite impressive.

Members of the first hunting team of the Great Xia Dynasty; the first group of people to be granted titles after the Battle of Longyou; the garrison commander of Jinggu; the deputy military commander of the East Eighth District Supply Division; and now the military commander of the Hongmen Supply Division.

An impressive resume often signifies outstanding achievements. Without merit, it would be impossible to rise steadily upwards. His abilities have also improved steadily and practically, along with his resume.

When he took office at Hongmen last year, his strength was already 26. At that time, he could sense that Lin Kai was stronger than him, but only by a limited margin, at most 3 to 4.

More than half a year has passed, and his strength has increased to 29. He originally thought that the gap between him and Lin Kai should be narrowed a bit, but after this trip to Muyin, he realized that he was terribly wrong.

Last year, he could still sense the general gap between himself and Lin Kai, but now he can't see through Lin Kai's changes in Qi and Muscle at all. In other words, the gap between their strength has not only not narrowed, but has become wider and wider.

“We both use pills to improve our strength, but Lord Lin has a superior battle physique, his aptitude is better than mine, he is younger than me, and his wealth is among the top in the current Great Xia Dynasty. He can exchange for more cultivation resources than I can. With the combination of aptitude, age, and wealth, it is normal that his cultivation progress is faster than mine!”

While Li Longkai was pondering, Lin Kai had already led the four of them slowly south for five or six kilometers. He looked up and said, "We've entered Fengshan territory. The closest village to here is Fengyang Village, right?"

Li Longkai immediately nodded and said, "That's right, it's Fengyang Village, only about seven kilometers away from here."

"Seven kilometers..."

Upon hearing the distance, Lin Kai frowned and pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's too far. Then let's not go to Jingfengyang. Let's find a place to rest nearby first, and after we've rested, we'll go straight back to Hongmen."

The total distance from Hongmen to Muyin is more than 500 kilometers. Naturally, they could not possibly endure the elements and sleep outdoors the entire way. Moreover, the Ice Abyss Wilderness is full of dangers, so finding a village-level campsite to rest would obviously be safer and more comfortable.

Long before they set off, they had already planned their route and where they would rest and resupply along the way.

The original plan was to rest in Fengyang, but Lin Kai said that they would just find a place to rest anywhere, which would be considered a last-minute change of plans.

Li Longkai was actually a bit tired and wanted to find a village to rest, but considering that Fengshan was already next to Hongmen, and the straight-line distance from here was less than 40 kilometers, it would obviously be more comfortable to rest in Hongmen, so he nodded in agreement.

The three followers behind him naturally wouldn't have any objections, so when Li Longkai nodded in agreement, Lin Kai immediately looked around to see if there was a suitable place for the five of them to light a campfire and rest.

"Sir, we've run out of water and coal. Using firewood to fetch water is too slow. Why don't we go to Fengyang Village to rest?"

But at that moment, one of the three attendants behind them stepped forward with his hands clasped and spoke hesitantly.

When the attendant stepped forward, Lin Kai raised an eyebrow slightly. After listening to the other party's suggestion, he first turned his head and exchanged a subtle glance with Li Longkai before nodding: "That's right, we can't go 40 kilometers without water. Let's stick to the plan and go to Fengyang Village to rest!"

After Lin Kai finished speaking, he led the way south; Li Longkai quickly followed, his brows immediately furrowing; the attendant who had made the suggestion followed the two, his eyes flickering slightly; in the end, the two had no objections and quickly followed the four.

The extremely cold environment of the Ice Abyss naturally provides ample water.

But that water is not drinkable at all.

At a normal campsite, people usually take slightly cleaner snow or ice, melt it with high temperature, filter out the impurities, and then drink the water directly.

Because the temperature in the icy abyss is extremely low, melting water is also extremely difficult. Firewood has low heat, so the melting speed is naturally far slower than that of coal, which has higher heat.

In the early days of the Great Xia Dynasty, water was also obtained in this way. However, with the rapid development in recent years, the artisan department has deepened its research on water and discovered that the cleanliness of drinking water determines people's health and even lifespan to a certain extent. Therefore, the requirements for drinking water have become increasingly higher.

The normal water intake process at Daxia is the same upfront, but the subsequent water filtration process is different.

Normal campsites only use a sieve cloth to sift out the obvious impurities in the water, and then it can be drunk directly. However, sifting out the obvious impurities is only the first step in the Great Xia water filtration process. The second step is to dissolve coal powder in the water, and wait for the coal powder to absorb and settle all the finer impurities in the water before the third step is to use the cold sunlight of the day to freeze the purified water again, and then obtain a pure ice block that can be drunk directly after melting.

Lin Kai wasn't from the Craftsmen's Department, and he didn't know why Mu Dong made the water collection process so complicated. However, Mu Dong had publicly declared that as long as one drank this pure water source for a long time, the risk of illness would be greatly reduced, and lifespan could be increased by at least 20%.

Who wouldn't want to get sick less often and live a few more years?

Therefore, ever since Mu Dong made this method of water collection public, almost every family in Daxia that had the means used this method to collect water.

Of course, that was in Great Xia.

When you're traveling, you don't have as many requirements, but you don't really have to fetch water on the spot. Lin Kai and his group of five bought their water and supplies from village camps along the way.

Therefore, the attendant's suggestion was indeed plausible.

Soon, the five of them saw a small village appearing in the distance to the south.

The village was nestled between two small hills, and if you disregard its size, it was somewhat similar to Shuanglong Valley, where Xia City was located.

It was the dead of night, a time when humans should be active, but the small village in front of them was extremely sparsely populated. Lin Kai and his group called out more than a dozen times at the village entrance before three middle-aged men at the Earth Digging Realm shakily came out. After negotiating with them, they led them into the village.

Soon, three middle-aged men led them into the best house in the village. The middle-aged man in the lead gave instructions to the other two, who immediately went outside and brought back five strings of animal meat and a bucket of clean water.

The middle-aged man took the two items, placed them on the table, and then turned to Lin Kai, cupping his hands in greeting, saying, "Please forgive me, sir. The village suffered a great disaster last year, and now there are only about 400 people left. We are a small place and don't have anything good to offer, only this animal meat and clean water."

"Chief Zhu, take the meat back! We just need some clean water, I won't take it for free..."

Thinking of the tragic state of Fengyang Village, Lin Kai frowned slightly, took out a small piece of silver from his pocket, and handed it to the middle-aged man.

The leader surnamed Zhu took the silver and realized that it weighed at least a pound. His expression suddenly froze, and he immediately waved his hands and hurriedly declined.

"My lord, not even a drop of clean water, absolutely not, absolutely not..."

"Alright, we're just passing through and won't be staying long. You should go back first and let us get some rest."

The white-clad youth with an extraordinary bearing was clearly someone who had deliberately given him so much silver because of the village's dire situation. The Zhu family leader couldn't help but realize this and looked up at Lin Kai, his expression inevitably showing some emotion.

"Thank you, esteemed sirs. Zhu Fu takes his leave!"

After Zhu Fu and the other two left, Lin Kai found a seat by the window, turned his head to look at the situation in the village, shook his head and sighed, "Longgu Town basically doesn't care about these villages. If we had known this would happen, the lord would have been better off taking over Fengshan as well, so that these people wouldn't have to live such a hard life."

Fengshan was originally Jiangxia territory, but it was taken over by Dajue Temple. After Dajue Temple was destroyed, Chuishan wanted to occupy it, but was stopped by Daxia. In the end, Xia Hong made the decision to assign Fengshan to Longgu Town.

In the final battle of Ba Shang, Dajue Temple, in order to revive the five-headed, masked Maitreya, used the Yuanhun Pill to kill more than 90% of the people in the village-level camps within its territory. Fengyang Village, which was located around the Fengshan camp, was naturally among them.

Fengshan is not far from Hongmen. As the guardian of Hongmen, Lin Kai's task was to collect information about the surrounding villages. Therefore, he was familiar with the situation of all the villages in Fengshan, not just Fengyang Village.

With the population plummeting by 90% in an instant, and all the top combatants wiped out, one can imagine the dire situation that village-level camps like Fengyang Village, which were once controlled by Dajue Temple, are now in.

Jiangxia is slightly better off. They suffered heavy losses in the battle with Dajue Temple. In order to fill the town's population, Jiangxia has moved all the remaining population from the village camps within its territory to the town, which is why their resource pressure has become so great recently.
Dragon Valley is different. After all, they did not engage in a direct battle with Dajue Temple, so the town's losses were not significant, and there was no need to replenish the population. Therefore, they basically did not manage the village-level camps in Fengshan and Longzhou. Judging from the current situation, they probably won't even be able to receive tribute.

"After all, the lord's sights are set on the entire Nine Towns. Taking Ba Shang and Jiu Qu has already made the other towns somewhat uneasy. If he takes a few more places, our Great Xia will truly become the target of everyone's ire..."

Li Longkai was also aware of the situation. He paused slightly, shook his head, and continued, "It's not difficult for these people to save themselves. They just need to go to Hongmen. The Civil Affairs Department has already opened a shelter in the city. As long as they serve in the shelter for two years, they can obtain permanent residency in Hongmen. As long as they don't commit any crimes afterward, becoming a member of the Great Xia will be a piece of cake."

Upon hearing this, Lin Kai immediately burst into laughter.

Li Longkai was unaware that the idea for the shelter was his own, and that the Civil Affairs Commissioner, Ying Yi, had started the shelter after taking his advice.

"I estimate that Brother Ying hasn't relayed the message here yet. When we get back, I'll tell him to speed things up. It's definitely not okay for Da Xia to take these people away on its own. We must let them run to Hongmen on their own. That would be the only way. Even if Longgu Town finds out, they won't be able to say anything wrong about us."

Zhu Fu and his group all possessed the cultivation level of the Earth Digging Realm. Theoretically, 40 kilometers along the bluestone road to Hongmen shouldn't be too difficult. Clearly, they were unaware of the Hongmen containment station.

"Tell him about it when you leave! Of these four hundred people, only twenty are at the Earth Digging Realm. Hunting is difficult enough for them. Right now, they can probably only barely make ends meet. If they encounter any difficulties, they'll probably all die!"

After Lin Kai finished speaking, he glanced casually at the attendant beside him, and then gave Li Longkai a subtle signal with his eyes.

Li Longkai immediately understood, turned to look at the follower who had suggested coming to Fengyang Village to rest, and said with a smile, "Chengping, I remember you were originally from the Beehive people, and it was only in the second year of the Great Xia Dynasty that you were incorporated into Xia City, right?"

The man was suddenly called out by Li Longkai, and a flash of panic crossed his eyes, but he quickly recovered and nodded in reply, "I am a nobody, I did not expect Lord Li to remember me so clearly."

Li Longkai immediately shook his head with a smile and said, "You're not exactly an unknown nobody. I've heard that back then, the lord infiltrated the Hive under the alias Hong Yu. You took a fancy to the lord's sword and almost got into a fight. Is that true?"

Upon hearing Li Longkai mention this matter, Cheng Ping's expression froze. Recalling the absurd incident seven years ago, a bitter smile first appeared on his face before he bowed to Li Longkai and said, "Cheng Ping is terrified. I never imagined that even you, sir, knew about this..."

He paused for a moment, then continued with a look of gratitude, "Back then, thanks to the lord's magnanimity, he didn't hold a grudge against Chengping. In addition, I also made some contributions after the Hive was incorporated into the Great Xia."

Thanks to these achievements, I not only settled down in Xia City, but my cultivation also rose steadily, breaking through the Cold Resistance level long ago. Now I've even become a member of the Hongmen Supply Depot, serving under Lord Li. Whenever I think of these things, Cheng Ping is filled with gratitude towards the lord. May the lord live ten thousand years, and may the Great Xia Dynasty live ten thousand years..."

Seemingly triggered by Li Longkai's recollections, Cheng Ping instantly thought of many things, and when he spoke the last sentence, he was clearly moved, his voice even slightly choked up.

Li Longkai nodded. When it came to expressing gratitude to Lord Xia Hong, most people in Xia City reacted much the same way Cheng Ping did, so he wasn't surprised.

"You lack the aptitude for battle physique. If you hadn't become a member of the Great Xia, let alone your current strength of 14 manes, it would be questionable whether you could even break through to the Cold Resistance level..."

At this point, Li Longkai paused, then changed the subject and asked, "Regarding the case of your eldest son Chengyang's murder last month, the prison authorities still haven't come up with any results. Are you still a little angry about that?"

Upon hearing this question, Cheng Ping's expression stiffened slightly. He almost subconsciously glanced at Lin Kai, but he immediately realized that his behavior was inappropriate. He quickly lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "I firmly believe that the Prison Warden will investigate this matter thoroughly."

Li Longkai sighed slightly and shook his head, saying, "Chengping, your son just accidentally bumped into Lord Lin in the South City. You don't suspect that Lord Lin killed your son, do you?"

"My subordinates dare not!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Ping looked extremely frightened and immediately knelt down before Lin Kai.

Seeing his reaction, Li Longkai shook his head repeatedly.

Lin Kai then placed his sword directly on Cheng Ping's knees, preventing him from kneeling down.

"If you don't doubt me, then you don't need to kneel down!"

Cheng Ping stood frozen in place, and had no choice but to slowly stand up. He cupped his hands and was about to speak when he was interrupted by a knock on the door.

thump thump thump...

"My lords, my chief said that you must be tired from your journey, so he prepared some fruits and cooked food and ordered us to bring them to you for your enjoyment."

"Lord Lin just gave too much money. It seems Chief Zhu is quite hospitable!"

"They are indeed hospitable..."

Hearing Li Longkai's words, Lin Kai first smiled and nodded in response, then turned to the door and continued, "Come in! I'm a little hungry."

crunch...

The wooden door was pushed open from the outside. It was nighttime, and two middle-aged men dressed in ordinary cotton clothes slowly walked in. The man on the left was carrying a large string of freshly roasted meat, while the man on the right was carrying a wooden tray filled with washed fruits.

As soon as the two entered, the room was filled with a fragrant aroma. Lin Kai and Li Longkai couldn't help but sniff, their appetites seemingly whetted.

"Your leader is quite sensible; put it over here on the table!"

Lin Kai smiled and waved, gesturing for the two men to come in.

The two men were only at the Earth-Digging Realm. When they came in, they were clearly a little uneasy. They stood at the door and didn't dare to move. Only after Lin Kai gave them permission did they slowly walk towards the table.

The person on the left seemed to be more talkative; he started introducing himself to Lin Kai and the others with a smile when he was still five or six meters away from the table.

"Sir, this beast meat isn't anything valuable, just something to fill your stomachs. But these fruits are a specialty of our Fengyang Village..." *Whoosh*

Unfortunately, the person was interrupted halfway through their sentence.

When he was about two meters away from the table, Lin Kai suddenly drew the Qianwu Sword from the table. At the same time, three blood-red holy runes quietly appeared between his eyebrows, and an extremely fast silver sword blade suddenly stabbed towards the person in front of him.

How terrifying is Lin Kai's strength?
His sudden attack caught everyone off guard.

However, Li Longkai is an exception!

He attacked almost simultaneously with Lin Kai, but because he was slightly weaker, his horizontal saber was only just drawn when Lin Kai drew his sword. The saber was also a step behind and suddenly slashed towards the person holding the wooden tray.

While the two men's attacks varied in speed, it was certain that their targets—the two middle-aged men who had entered carrying the meat and fruit—had no time to react.

The sword light and the blade's edge appeared simultaneously. The first thing that showed on the faces of the two middle-aged men was astonishment and panic. They were clearly not prepared at all for Lin Kai and Li Longkai's sudden attack.

But it must be said that their reaction speed is terrifying.

The surprise and panic on their faces lasted for less than a breath before quickly turning into fierceness and ruthlessness.

The man on the left immediately released the meat, raised a long knife hidden behind it, and held it to his face to defend himself; the man on the right suddenly raised his hand, and a silver longsword cleaved the wooden plate in two, then slashed horizontally, colliding violently with Li Longkai's blade.

Pfft...

Keng!
"Dongning!"

Chen Yiqing used his longsword to block Li Longkai's blade, his body flying backward two or three meters. The solemnity and horror on his face had not yet disappeared when he realized something and suddenly turned his head to look to his left. When he saw Chu Dongning's situation, his eyes widened in fury and he let out a roar.

He blocked Li Longkai's blade, but Chu Dongning on the other side wasn't so lucky.

Chu Dongning's original intention was probably to use the blade to block Lin Kai's straight sword strike. He was obviously very confident in his own strength and had enough confidence to see through Lin Kai's sword strike.

It was this overconfidence that cost him dearly.

Lin Kai's sword strike, both in power and speed, far exceeded Chu Dongning's expectations. Not to mention using the blade to block the sword's edge, Chu Dongning hadn't even fully raised his longsword before Lin Kai's Qianwu sword had already pierced through his left chest, right in front of his heart.

Chu Dongning looked down at Lin Kai in front of him, his face filled with astonishment. Realizing his life force was rapidly draining away, he suddenly gathered his last bit of strength and roared, "54 Mane, run, fast..."

puff!

"You two scoundrels, do you think you can get away?"

Lin Kai withdrew his longsword without hesitation, slashed it horizontally across Chu Dongning's neck, and leaped forward, charging straight at the other person.

"Dongning..."

With his heart pierced and his neck slashed, Chen Yiqing let out a mournful cry, knowing that his good brother was beyond saving. Even though he was filled with hatred, he still pushed Li Longkai away and broke through the house to escape outside.

54. Chu Dongning's last cry was clearly telling him Lin Kai's true strength, urging him to run. How could he not understand that?

"54 mane? How could it be 54 mane? I've watched it so many times. He made a move before, it was clearly only 35 mane, clearly only 35 mane..."

As Chen Yiqing fled, he was inwardly screaming. He and Chu Dongning had known each other for over thirty years. Although they were not brothers, their relationship was closer than that of blood brothers. Now, because of his misjudgment, he had caused Chu Dongning to lose his life. The regret and anger in his heart were unimaginable.

"After hiding for more than half a year, I've finally found you, you scoundrel!"

But now is clearly not the time for him to be angry and regretful.

As Lin Kai's voice rang out, a sword light suddenly attacked from behind. Knowing that he could not escape, a fierce glint flashed in Chen Yiqing's eyes. He raised his sword, turned around, and suddenly slashed at the sword behind him.

Clang...

As their swords clashed, Chen Yiqing's tiger's mouth trembled violently. Looking at Lin Kai in front of him, a deep sense of horror finally appeared on his face.

Chu Dongning wasn't wrong, no, he should have said too little.

This Lin Kai has a strength of at least 55!
They've surpassed me... this... how is this possible?

call out…………

Lin Kai naturally saw the horror on Chen Yiqing's face, but at this moment he was only angry and didn't care at all. He suddenly flipped his longsword and pointed out more than a dozen sword beams in front of him, each move aimed directly at Chen Yiqing's vital point.

The deaths of the members of the Three Towns Chamber of Commerce were orchestrated by a mastermind, a fact confirmed as early as the beginning of October last year. However, to avoid alerting the perpetrator, both Da Xia and Ba Zhen agreed not to disclose the information, hoping to provoke the perpetrator into making another move.

As Da Xia had predicted, from October of last year to February of this year, more than a hundred people in the Eight Towns were brutally murdered. Each time, the perpetrators would leave behind their companions alive and then use their memories to frame Da Xia.

The Eight Towns were actually feeling the pressure and were preparing to go public. Their thinking was simple: once the case was made public, the person would realize that his framing was useless and would naturally stop killing.

Lin Kai was naturally unwilling to do so. If the matter were made public, the other party would either run away or quit the business, making it impossible for him to get the person out of the picture.

If it were just the people of Bazhen who died, Lin Kai wouldn't say anything. Since Bazhen wasn't willing to take revenge, he naturally didn't care either.

The problem is, this person started taking action against the people of Daxia in January of this year.

Five people were killed in total, using the same method as before: leaving survivors and then altering the memories of the witnesses to make them believe that the real culprit was someone from Bazhen.

Chengping was the last victim!
The first four times, Lin Kai directly sent someone to notify Xu Ning in Ba Shang, asking Xu Ning to come and unlock the altered memories of the four people.

It wasn't until Cheng Ping's eldest son, Cheng Yang, was killed, and Cheng Ping returned, that he vaguely couldn't say who the murderer was. Coincidentally, three days before Cheng Yang was killed, he had bumped into him once in Nancheng. Combined with Cheng Ping's position in the Logistics Department, which made him Li Longkai's subordinate, and the fact that he occasionally had contact with him, Lin Kai instantly realized that the man was planning to take action against him.

So this time, he didn't call Xu Ning, letting Cheng Ping develop as he pleased. He just discussed it with Li Longkai beforehand, asking him to keep an eye on Cheng Ping. Everything else was normal, so he pretended not to know anything.

He had pretended to leave the city three times before, the first time alone, and the next two times with a subordinate, but he failed to lure out the murderer. Only then did he realize that this person's level of caution far exceeded that of ordinary people.

The purpose of this trip to Muyin Town was to discuss the Three Towns Martial Arts Tournament to be held in June this year. Originally, only Li Longkai needed to go, but Lin Kai keenly realized that this was an excellent opportunity, so he proposed to go together. He not only deliberately asked Li Longkai to bring Cheng Ping along, but also inadvertently revealed the route they were going to take to Cheng Ping in advance.

Actually, it was less than 40 kilometers away from Hongmen. Lin Kai had just given up, thinking that the other party would not make a move this time. That's why he changed his route instead of going to Fengyang Village and just found a place to rest.

To everyone's surprise, Chengping then took the initiative to suggest going to Fengyang Village.

He and Li Longkai immediately realized that the other party was going to make a move in Fengyang Village.

Given these major premises, and the fact that they had just said they didn't want any animal meat, Zhu Fucai had only been gone a short while when he suddenly sent in two strangers to bring them fruits and cooked meat.

Even if the two people Lin Kai saw at the time were indeed only at the Earth-Digging Realm, he still had to take action based on the principle of better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free.

Fortunately, he didn't kill the wrong person!
Thinking of the enormous impact this person had had on Hongmen over the past six months, as well as his acts of murder and framing Daxia, Lin Kai's anger surged, and his actions became increasingly ferocious.

Clang...

Unfortunately, the strength of the person in front of him was clearly far beyond his imagination.

His base strength was only 35, but with the bonuses from the sacred runes and martial arts techniques, his maximum strength could reach over 55. Even so, the person in front of him could still fight him to a standstill.

Lin Kai's longsword was once again deflected by his opponent. He glanced behind him and saw that Li Longkai was only a dozen meters away. A look of joy immediately appeared on his face. He suddenly swung his Qianwu sword in several sword flowers, tightly entangled his opponent, and did not allow him to escape smoothly.

"You want me to stay? You're far from strong enough!"

Chen Yiqing could easily see through Lin Kai's intentions. Although he desperately wanted to kill him, he knew perfectly well that if Li Longkai arrived, the two of them working together would leave him severely injured, if not dead. Therefore…

He looked up and suddenly met Lin Kai's eyes. Immediately, two tiny black needles shot out from his pupils and flew straight towards Lin Kai's pupils.

laugh……

However, Lin Kai was prepared for the sudden attack of the black needles. He quickly reached into his robes with his left hand and took out a piece of yellow candle.

The fuse of the yellow candle had obviously been specially treated beforehand, and it spontaneously combusted in mid-air when Lin Kai suddenly took it out.

The moment the yellow candle was lit, the flames instantly enveloped the surroundings, and the two black needles that shot out from Chen Yiqing's pupils instantly turned into black smoke and dissipated.

"what!"

Pfft...

Chen Yiqing was clearly quite frightened by Huang Zhu, and momentarily lost his composure.

It was this brief moment of distraction that gave Lin Kai the opportunity to seize the chance. Just as he had just killed Chu Dongning, he raised the Qianwu Sword and slashed it fiercely at Chu's neck.

At the critical moment, Chen Yiqing still unleashed an extraordinary reaction speed, realizing that it was too late for him to raise his sword or retreat. He could only turn to the side to avoid the vital point of his neck.

He managed to avoid the vital spot, but the blade still managed to slash his right arm.

The strength of the cold-resistant material, including its skin and flesh, far surpasses that of ordinary people. When it was pierced so directly, blood splattered outwards, spraying two or three meters.

Chen Yiqing let out a muffled groan. Without even turning his head, he grabbed his arms and ran wildly westward.

"Run? Do you think you can escape?!"

A sinister smile appeared on Lin Kai's face. He could feel that the tip of his sword had touched the other's bone. Such an injury would not be able to recover in a short time.

The opponent's speed has been greatly reduced, and he is now completely unharmed. How could he possibly escape from me?

“Brother Li, you should go back to Hongmen first and inform Commander Liu to bring his scout battalion out of the city to help me. I will drive this scoundrel westward toward Hongmen, and I don’t believe I can’t capture him.”

"I obey my orders!"

Li Longkai, who arrived late, saw the blood on the ground and immediately realized that the man was seriously injured. Seeing that Lin Kai had already chased after him to the west, he knew that time was of the essence. He instructed his two other followers to take Cheng Ping and the body back, while he himself hurriedly rushed towards Hongmen.

Lin Kai went to chase after that person; he needed to return to Hongmen first to inform Liu Yuan.

…………

"This is bad. My right arm is severely injured. If he catches up with me again, I'm doomed!"

In the snow-covered forest on the west side of Fengshan Mountain, Chen Yiqing sensed the approaching presence behind him. His face turned deathly pale, and he glanced at the wound on his right arm, his expression growing increasingly somber.

His right arm, which was used to wield a sword, was completely injured, with his skin, flesh, and bones all broken. He had lost at least 50% of his strength. How could he possibly fight Lin Kai?

"Damn it! These mere barbarians killed Dongning and forced me into this predicament! Trash, trash, trash of the Great Xia!"

Chen Yiqing's pupils were bloodshot. He turned his head to look at Lin Kai, who was only a little over a hundred meters away from him. His face was full of resentment and anger, but not fear.

"If you like chasing, then I'll let you chase to your heart's content, you bastard!"

He suddenly took out a straw doll from his bosom, then smeared some blood on the doll's right arm wound. He then took out a painting, searched ahead for a while, and spotted a large, sturdy tree. He immediately changed course and rushed toward the tree.

"They even dared to change course!"

Lin Kai raised an eyebrow and rushed toward the tree at lightning speed.

But before he reached the big tree, the man leaped again and continued fleeing westward.

Lin Kai's expression darkened slightly, but when he realized that the distance between him and his opponent had closed by more than twenty meters, he simply snorted and continued to speed up his pursuit.

………………

The quiet, empty room of house number 492 in the East District.

A snow scene painting on the wall suddenly moved without any wind.

A blood-soaked arm suddenly emerged from the painting, and within three breaths, Chen Yiqing, his breathing disordered, lunged out and collapsed to the ground.

puff…………

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he quickly got up, took out a pill and swallowed it. Then he bandaged the wound on his arm with cotton cloth. Only then did he suddenly raise his head, his bloodshot eyes filled with hatred, and his expression was extremely sinister.

"Toying with me, killing Dongning, no wonder it didn't work for the past six months, so that's how it is, so that's how it is, what a Lin Kai, what a great Xia..."

(End of this chapter)