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Chapter 129 Playing

Outside the Chen residence, in the alley, Zhong Shuyu, unable to move, became even more anxious when she saw that her young mistress was silent again.

What does "breakthrough in the face of battle" mean?
Why don't you continue?
What's the situation inside?

She was almost frantic with worry when suddenly, her vision blurred and her mistress vanished into thin air. She was shocked. What was her mistress going to do?
She instinctively tried to shout, but found that the restraints on her body were still in place, and she still couldn't move or make a sound.

A sense of foreboding arose in her heart...

……

Sword energy crisscrossed the courtyard.

Wan Laosan felt as if he were in a furnace. With each sword strike he made, a wisp of scorching true energy would invade his body, burning his meridians.

At first, his powerful internal energy easily neutralized this foreign energy. However, as time went on, he discovered that things were not so simple.

As more and more internal energy invaded his body, he realized how vicious and troublesome the opponent's internal energy was. Unbeknownst to him, some of his meridians had already been damaged.

He was filled with shock and anger, wondering, "What kind of cultivation technique is this kid practicing?"

Wan Laosan's surname is not Wan, but Qi. His father and Qi Yanxiong are distant cousins ​​who did not know each other before.

He came from a poor family and lost his father at a young age. To make a living, he went to work on ships when he was a teenager, but on his first voyage, he encountered pirates. Because of his young age, he was kidnapped and taken to the pirates' den.

Later, thanks to his cleverness and outstanding martial arts talent, he became the godfather of a pirate captain.

Years later, he had become a minor pirate leader. When he returned to his hometown to visit his mother, he learned that she had been receiving kindness from a distant cousin for the past few years. So he went to express his gratitude.

That uncle was Qi Yanxiong. It was from that time onwards that Qi Yanxiong secretly funded him, providing him with intelligence, cultivation techniques, and martial arts skills...

Qi Laosan's success today is inseparable from Qi Yanxiong's strong support. If it weren't for the first-rate martial arts manual Qi Yanxiong gave him, he would never have been able to break through to the fifth rank before the age of forty.

It was precisely because of his incredibly powerful internal energy that he was rarely matched at sea. Even against martial artists of the same level, he could defeat them and earn a considerable reputation.

Unexpectedly, today he encountered a young upstart who had just broken through to the fifth rank, and he was actually suppressed.

How could he not be alarmed?
At this moment, Wan Laosan—no, Qi Laosan—had long since given up on capturing the other party and was only thinking about finding an opportunity to escape.

It's different in the city than at sea.

The vast ocean holds no escape. If you encounter an enemy and engage in combat, there are only two outcomes: death or submission. There's nowhere to run, and no matter how skilled you are in martial arts, it's useless.

But we're on land now, we absolutely have to seize this opportunity!
Qi Laosan was full of ambition; how could he be willing to die here?
In the brief moment he was distracted, a flash of sword light slashed from an angle he could never have imagined.

Startled, he quickly withdrew his hand. At the critical moment, the damaged meridian slowed down the flow of his true energy, causing his movements to falter for a second.

In that instant, he paid a heavy price.

In a flash of sword light, the right hand holding the knife was severed at the wrist.

"what--"

Qi Laosan let out a painful roar, like a wounded wild beast.

Just when he thought he was doomed, the sword stopped right in front of his throat, and Chen Ming said, "You lost!"

A glimmer of hope rekindled in Qi Laosan's heart, and he said in a hoarse voice, "I admit defeat! I'll leave it to you to do as you please."

As a pirate, it is not shameful to submit to the strong. After becoming a pirate, he submitted to seven or eight people in succession.

Then he saw a satisfied smile appear on Chen Ming's face as he said, "Very good, I want to fight you again. Pick up the knife."

"what?"

This request left Liu Laosan momentarily speechless, completely stumped.

……

On the rooftop, the woman in red stared intently at Chen Ming in the courtyard, her eyes gleaming with a burning light, as if she were looking at a rare treasure.

"That's right, he must have also cultivated the Taiyin True Scripture, otherwise, there would be no way he could have progressed so quickly, to the fifth level of the Blazing Sun Divine Skill... No wonder Uncle Shang values ​​him so much..."

Her emotions were surging, and she was unable to control herself for a moment.

Previously, she had not placed her hopes on Chen Ming for a simple reason: the sun alone cannot last. The "Blazing Sun Divine Skill" was an extremely yang and powerful technique, making it incredibly difficult to cultivate.

It's not very noticeable during the body tempering stage, but once you reach the sixth rank and cultivate pure Yang true qi, it often takes a very long time to break through to the next level, or even for a lifetime.

The last person, General Xu, who cultivated the "Blazing Sun Divine Skill" to the third rank, possessed exceptional talent but also used a trick to barely reach the third rank. As a result, his skill never improved further afterward.

To master this technique, one needs a naturally pure Yang body; it's simply impossible for an ordinary person to achieve it.

That's why the woman in red was so excited when she discovered that Chen Ming had broken through to the fifth rank.

In fact, she had already found someone with a pure Yang physique and had been keeping him by her side for almost ten years. After obtaining the "Blazing Sun Divine Skill," she immediately sent it to him and had him begin cultivating it. In the past few months, his progress has been extremely rapid.

At this rate, he could potentially break through to the third rank within ten years.

She naturally placed all her hopes on this person.

However, she never expected that Chen Ming would give her such a huge surprise. Even after cultivating true qi, her cultivation level advanced by leaps and bounds.

He went from the sixth rank to the fifth rank in less than a year.

Just now, she thought that the boy had switched to practicing a different technique, so she came over in person to confirm it.

She saw with her own eyes that Chen Ming's body was indeed filled with pure Yang Qi.

This was such a huge surprise that she could hardly contain her emotions.

"At his current rate of progress, he might have a chance to break through to the third rank in less than five years!"

The woman in red felt her heart pounding even harder as she thought about this.

She suddenly felt a pang of regret. Last time, she had considered recruiting him, but due to a momentary lapse in judgment, she failed to make a move.

Fortunately, it's not too late now.

As the woman in red was lost in thought, she saw Chen Ming below sever "Wan Laosan's" left hand in just over a dozen moves.

His posture was like that of a cat toying with a mouse. He clearly intended to slowly and cruelly torment his enemy to death, and the smile on his face looked so tyrannical.

This personality is very much to her liking.

"kill me--"

With both of his hands severed, "Wan Laosan" was utterly desperate and realized that the other party was just toying with him.

Chen Ming plunged his sword into his chest, ending his sinful life.

You have killed a level 56 enemy and gained 50000 experience points.

Fifty thousand points!
Adding to the two times I just defeated him, one for 10,000 points and the other for 5,000, that makes a total of 65,000 points. That's quite a lot.

Chen Ming wiped the blood off his sword, sheathed it, and looked up at the rooftop opposite him. It was empty.

He was puzzled. "I clearly sensed someone just now."

Could it be Du Caiyue?

Since he didn't make a move, he's obviously not an enemy. The most likely explanation is that Zhao Xiyan asked Du Caiyue to protect him before she left.

Chen Ming asked, "Did Miss Su see that person on the roof just now?"

After a long while, just when he thought Su Zhining was not going to pay attention to him, she finally spoke up, "That is a third-rank official."

Third grade?

Chen Ming was stunned.

……

In the alley, Zhong Shuyu, who had been waiting anxiously, finally saw her young mistress return. "Miss—"

She only realized she could speak when she opened her mouth.

"Walk."

The woman in red flicked her sleeve, used her inner energy to lift her up, and flew away from the spot, giving her no chance to speak.

Zhong Shuyu was in mid-air and couldn't speak.

After a while.

The two returned to the courtyard.

The woman in red suddenly said, "I want you to go and stay by his side. Are you willing?"

"what?"

Zhong Shuyu was taken aback at first, then her breathing became rapid, her face filled with anticipation and trepidation, "Miss... he... he... he's alright?"

"He's not dead. In fact, he killed Wan Laosan and the others. He has a powerful expert by his side."

Zhong Shuyu couldn't help but burst into tears of joy.

(End of this chapter)