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Chapter 90: The Great Mastery of Running Dogs, the Use of Good Luck

The voice seemed to have magic, freezing Li Qian, the Lord of the Li Fang, who was shot by thirteen arrows and was about to muster up the remaining courage to launch a desperate counterattack.

Although it was only a brief moment of distraction, nine long arrows took advantage of this gap and hit him accurately one by one.

The number of thirteen arrows turned into twenty-two arrows. The torches were still burning on the ground beside him, making his shadow look like a dead tree with dense branches.

Among these nine arrows, four hit Li Xun's wrists.

It completely eliminated the possibility of him launching a desperate counterattack.

The other five arrows all hit Li Xun's chest and abdomen, and one of them went straight into his heart.

This left Li Xun with no strength to fight back.

He could only yell:
"Geng Xuan, Geng Xuan, you are Geng Xuan!"

"No, no, no... Impossible, there's no way you can be him!"

"Who the hell are you? Who the hell are you?!"

"You changed your appearance, didn't you?

There were two people who disguised themselves and sneaked into Changpingfang, right? One died and the other survived, right?"

"..."

Geng Xuan really wanted to tease him, "Master Li, you have a very good imagination."

However, Geng Xuan did not speak.

Instead, he shot the last five arrows in the quiver, all of which "hit" the body of Li Qun, the Lord of the Li family.

Geng Xuan felt a little regretful as he saw the twenty-seven arrows stuck in his body and five of them missing the target.

The quiver that can only hold thirty-six arrows is too small and is not enough to shoot!

——Four of them were completely destroyed during the hunting and targeting of the man in camouflage uniforms and others, and there was no time to replenish them.

"No arrows? Haha, you have no arrows!

Come, come, don't you want to kill me?

If you don’t kill me today, you won’t be able to walk out of Changpingfang alive, hahahaha…”

The sudden blow seemed to have plunged Li Fangzhu into a state of hysteria.

He was not afraid, but laughed wildly.

Of course Geng Xuan would not go forward to engage him in close combat.

By weighing the thirty-two long arrows, he had figured out Li Xun's strength, which was between the Bone Refining Realm and the Marrow Refining Realm.

The powerful vitality has already touched the edge of the marrow refining realm.

However, one of the links in refining the skin, flesh, blood, or bones is still lacking, and has not fully reached the standard for entering marrow refining.

Now, he is hovering on the threshold between the fourth and fifth stages of body tempering.

His cultivation is higher than Geng Xuan's. His strength cannot be said to completely crush him, but he is definitely capable of inflicting heavy damage or even a fatal blow to him.

Geng Xuan will not relax at all when facing this kind of opponent until he has completely defeated him.

Faced with Li Fangzhu's seemingly completely insane and insane invitation to fight, Geng Xuan did not respond at all, but reached into his arms.

Soon, darts flew out from Geng Xuan's body and pierced deeply into Li Fang's body.

"Puff-"

Finally, Master Li could no longer stand and fell to the ground.

His back rested softly against the wall he had just hit with the hammer.

The madness on his face turned into fear, and he threatened:

"No, you can't kill me. If you kill me, you won't be well. If I die, all your secrets will be exposed. You can't... uh..."

Li Fangzhu's life ended with an ambiguous "uh".

What ended his life was a thin needle that penetrated through his left eye and deep into his brain.

When the little force from the needle dissipated, an egg-sized erosion area exploded in the center of his brain. No matter how strong his will to survive was, it was of no avail.

Geng Xuan put the blowpipe in his arms and walked towards Li Fangzhu, who had turned into a corpse.

His threat did not make Geng Xuan hesitate at all.

Even if it was true as Li Xun said that he had a backup plan elsewhere, if he was trapped here and disappeared inexplicably, news that was unfavorable to him would be leaked, leaving him with no place to stay in Changpingfang, he would not hesitate at all.

The current him is not the same person who just traveled through time. He already has the confidence to leave the "hothouse" of Changpingfang.

So, what if it was really exposed!

What's more, Geng Xuan analyzed in his mind that this was basically just nonsense.

There is at least a 90% chance that Li Xun's sneaking into this place and everything he did here were all secret actions he took while avoiding everyone!
Now is the most important autumn hunting season of the year in Changpingfang!
All families and everyone put in their utmost enthusiasm and dedication.

As the head of the fang, Li Xun was naturally the core figure. It would have been fine if he had not fulfilled his duties, but he actually took advantage of the hunting team members' absence and sneaked into their home while they were fighting for the entire Changpingfang, risking his life. What kind of behavior is this?
If this matter were to be exposed, not only would he not be able to become the abbot, he would be drowned by everyone's spit.

Therefore, Geng Xuan was basically certain that his actions this time were most likely concealed from everyone, and he did not even dare to tell his closest people!

Geng Xuan was thinking about this when he suddenly saw a thick red gas floating towards him.

[Capture the remaining energy, do you want to refine it? ]

"Yes."

Geng Xuan seemed to see a small flame burning between his eyebrows.

As this feeling fades, a new piece of information emerges in my mind.

【33 good lucks and 1 bad luck. 】

This profit was in stark contrast to the seven hunting team members from Wanfufang who had backgrounds as spies from other states.

Master Li lived up to his strength and status as a monk. Even if Duan Tianpeng, the ugly beggar with deformed legs, the peddler and others were included, he could be ranked fifth on his "Good Luck Contribution List".

On the contrary, the profit from black luck is only a little, almost nothing.

This shows that Li Fangzhu’s background is really very simple.

For him, he himself is the biggest backer.

In other words, if Geng Xuan killed people who were directly related to Li Fangzhu, such as his wife and children, he would have even more bad luck.

But now I have actually killed this possibility right at the source.

Therefore, the bad luck was given a little symbolically.

What level of threat is this?
Even if his murder of Li Fangzhu were to be exposed one day in the future, no one would come after him to kill him. At most, his relatives and friends would curse him behind his back. Even if there was revenge, it would be of a "no pain" level to him.

Geng Xuan felt completely relaxed.

This also shows that the threatening words that Master Li Fang said before his death were really just nonsense.

Killing him would only reduce your troubles, not increase them.

……

Geng Xuan came to Li Xun and quickly cleaned up the mess.

After being searched thoroughly and all the arrows and javelins on his body were removed, he was simply wrapped in his own blood-stained clothes and thrown into the corner.

Then Geng Xuan quickly turned around the underground space to see what he had taken out from the wall.

Fortunately for Geng Xuan, Li Xun took out several bags containing weapons and threw them aside instead of taking them anywhere else.

Obviously, he didn't think much of these things. He searched so carefully, obviously with greater expectations.

But he has not discovered all the cultivation techniques, especially the two ninth-rate secret techniques, "The Earth-Walking Chapter" and "The Running Dog Chapter".

Compared to those packages that are packed with many weapons and inevitably have many gaps, the small book wrapped in waterproof paper is indeed on a different level of difficulty to find.

Geng Xuan came to a wall and quickly took out the "Running Dog Chapter" which was hidden deep inside.

He first went to carry Dahuang out of the passage. The man and the dog came to an open space beside the pool. Geng Xuan put Dahuang aside, lit the oil lamp on the wall, and began to quickly flip through the Nine Streams of Secret Arts in his hand.

Because he had a relatively comprehensive understanding of this Nine-Flow Secret Art before, but there were still some shortcomings in some key points, and he was unable to form a complete understanding.

Now, he doesn't need to read it word by word, he just needs to fill in the gaps in his understanding.

With this kind of purposeful reading, only about two hours later, the information he had been waiting for appeared in Geng Xuan's mind.

[The host has understood the essence of the concept of "Running Dog Chapter" and has a fully tamed mountain dog, meeting all the prerequisites for mastering this skill. You can quickly get started by consuming three points of luck.]

【whether?】

Just from this information, we can see how different this "Running Dog Chapter" is from the various methods of cultivation in the past. In the past, whether it was the body-tempering method or various skills, including the "Earth Walking Chapter" which was also a nine-level secret technique, the prerequisites were "adequate cognition" + "adequate body".

But this "Running Dog Chapter" is different. It is about "adequate cognition" + "a completely tamed dog", and has nothing to do with the physical condition of the practitioner himself.

It doesn't matter whether you are an ordinary person or someone who has cultivated to the Marrow Refining Stage. What really matters is to have a completely tamed dog.

If you don't understand the essence of its idea, you will definitely be confused.

Isn't this a secret method of training, raising and nurturing dogs? How can you confuse cause and effect and require one to have an ideal dog before one can start using this secret method?

But Geng Xuan, who truly understood the essence of the idea, did not have any such confusion.

Instead, he felt that this was precisely the brilliance and uniqueness of this secret technique.

What this secret art really pursues is not training, breeding and raising dogs; this is only a means; its ultimate goal is the "unity of man and dog."

The dog can become stronger and more spiritual, and the person who practices this secret art, when he reaches a very high level and has a deeper understanding of dogs as creatures, can comprehend and master two innate abilities.

One is a dog-like extraordinary sense of smell;
The second is a more acute sense of danger, which can also be called "danger sense" or "animal intuition."

Therefore, the appearance of this secret art is "people raising dogs", but the essence is "taking dogs as teachers".

Other practitioners learn from the various techniques and skills comprehended and created by their predecessors, or even learn from the nature, but the practitioners of the "Running Dog Chapter" take "dogs as their teachers."

"Thinking about it this way, it's not unfair for the ancient sages to say that these chicken thieves and dog thieves are not worthy of being in public." Geng Xuan thought jokingly in his heart.

However, no matter what he thought, it did not prevent him from making the right choice.

"Yes." Geng Xuan gently placed one hand on Dahuang's head and responded in his heart.

In an instant, a steady stream of insights and understandings came to my mind.

At the same time, Geng Xuan felt that he had established a closer and more real connection with Da Huang.

It was like two originally independent lives, the fluctuations of their qi now matched and connected.

Not only did he feel so, but the rhubarb he was massaging in his hands obviously felt the same way.

It pushed its head slightly against Geng Xuan's palm, humming softly.

Geng Xuan could clearly feel the joy in its heart.

【Lucky: 420
Dog Running Technique (Beginner)+】

Because it put almost no burden on the body, after absorbing all the gains from learning this secret technique, Geng Xuan immediately began to improve himself again.

"promote."

As the art of dog-trampling progressed from entry level to minor proficiency, Geng Xuan felt that the vague connection between himself and Da Huang had become clearer and closer.

Half an hour later, Geng Xuan upgraded his dog-running technique to a higher level, from minor success to major success, and the connection became clearer and tighter.

【Lucky: 402
Dog Running Technique (Great Mastery) +】

Geng Xuan, who still didn't feel any pressure, wanted to continue, but Da Huang rubbed his palm hard and made a humming sound.

Geng Xuan, who was connected to its Qi, understood what Dahuang meant without any "translation".

It wasn't acting like a spoiled child. It was clearly yelling in pain, "Enough, enough!"

Geng Xuan was stunned.

It seems that the pressure is on the dog.

Fortunately, the Qi connection established by the "Dog Running Technique" of the Great Accomplishment Realm is sufficient.

Geng Xuan placed his palm on Dahuang's bulging belly, which was originally in tatters but was barely repaired after he stitched it together with silk thread.

Looking inward, Geng Xuan was about to send the life force contained in the blood and bones into Dahuang's body along the Qi connection established between him and Dahuang.

But just when Geng Xuan was about to take action, Hong Yun, who had been keeping quiet all along, jumped out.

[Do you want to consume your good fortune to recover and strengthen your foundation? ]

Geng Xuan's eyes suddenly widened, but he responded immediately.

"Yes."

A little bit of good luck disappeared quietly, and the remaining good luck changed from 402 points to 401 points.

Geng Xuan felt a wonderful warm current coming from the palm of his hand that touched Dahuang, and flowing into Dahuang's badly damaged belly.

"Woo woo~~" Dahuang hummed softly.

Ever since he found Dahuang in the wooden house in the base, Geng Xuan felt for the first time a comfortable and cozy emotion emanating from Dahuang.

While Dahuang was immersed in the wonderful experience brought by a little good luck, Geng Xuan also had a sense of sudden enlightenment in his heart.

Because I have long used Red Luck to improve my skills and techniques, I have almost forgotten that this is just one of the many uses of Red Luck.

Besides this, another use is “treating injuries and strengthening the body”.

Geng Xuan also experienced it once personally, and the effect was immediate.

However, this function can only be used on oneself. Before today, Geng Xuan had not discovered that Hongyun could be used on other living things besides himself.

until today.

Until he established a clearer and more direct connection in vital energy with Dahuang through a "dog-running technique", it was like building a bridge and opening a water pipe between two independent life forms.

Geng Xuan also took this opportunity to understand for the first time that good luck could also have an effect on other living things besides himself.

Geng Xuan couldn't help but think of the fourth use of Hongyun, "other".

In the past, no matter how deep Geng Xuan dug, he never got a clearer answer, only the cold reminder of "please figure it out on your own".

Now, Geng Xuan felt that he might have figured out a little bit by accident.

When the healing power brought by the good luck completely dissipated, Da Huang once again touched Geng Xuan's palm with the top of his head.

The force of the top touch is obviously stronger, which shows that its condition has indeed improved.

A louder "wuwu" humming sound came out of his mouth, as if to say, "I want more, I want more."

Geng Xuan was very happy. Although things did not turn out exactly as he wished, it was a good change and better than he had expected at the beginning.

This shows that Dahuang's condition has indeed improved.

Geng Xuan then consumed a bit of his good luck, which turned into power for recovery and strengthening the body and seeped into Dahuang's body.

When this healing power dissipated again, Dahuang's condition once again showed obvious signs of recovery.

This time, there was no need for Dahuang to ask for it. Geng Xuan consumed a little bit of his red luck and finally sent it into Dahuang's body.

As the healing power dissipated, Dahuang's condition recovered again.

However, there is still some distance before things get completely better.

Just when Geng Xuan wanted to continue using his luck to help, Da Huang made another whining sound. This time, not only was the sound louder, but it was also more urgent.

The meaning is completely different from before.

"Woo woo~~" Da Huang. (Translation: "Enough is enough.")
"Ah, is it not needed anymore?" Geng Xuan asked.

"Woo woo~~" Da Huang. (Translation: "I'm so hungry.")
Geng Xuan, who understood what he meant, couldn't help but pat his head and said to Da Huang, "Wait a minute."

Having said that, Geng Xuan slipped away.

When he appeared again, he was holding a wine jar in one hand and a bowl in the other.

This is a jar of medicinal wine.

Geng Xuan certainly understood that when Dahuang said "hungry", he was not really hungry, but it was caused by the intense consumption of the body brought about by rapid recovery.

Geng Xuan first poured a bowl of wine and handed it to Da Huang. Da Huang leaned forward and stretched out his tongue to try it. The spiciness of the wine scared him and he immediately retracted his tongue. But soon, Da Huang's eyes were fixed, and his pupils seemed to have become a little bigger.

It's like getting a taste of your dreams.

Soon, Dahuang put his head close and started licking the medicinal wine in the bowl quickly.

Seeing Da Huang licking happily, Geng Xuan also put his mouth close to the jar of wine and started drinking in big gulps.

When setting out for the autumn hunt, Geng Xuan took with him all the remaining blood-replenishing pills he had, a total of sixty-one.

Before completing the rapid digestion and absorption of the "Bone Shrinking Method" to perfection, he consumed seven blood-replenishing pills every day. By the time Geng Xuan advanced his Iron Skin Skill from master to grandmaster the night before, he had only five blood-replenishing pills left.

Yesterday, I used them all.

After that, I no longer dared to practice skin refining efficiently.

But even so, Geng Xuan is also "hungry and thirsty" now.

In this way, one person took the wine jar and the dog took the wine bowl, and they all swallowed quickly.

(End of this chapter)