After the family split up, I achieved martial arts sainthood.

The night was vast and boundless.

Like a black curtain, it obscured the sky.

The night sky was pitch black, devoid of any light.

The remaining crescent moon has disappeared without a trace.

This made the streets and alleys of Qingyuan County dark and desolate.

Gu Xin walked alone on the street, his solitary figure like a ghost in the darkness.

Cao Bao's death did indeed leave behind some future troubles.

Fortunately, Gu Xin had anticipated this and had already devised a solution.

However, he had originally planned to go a little later.

However, things didn't go as planned.

Suddenly, Liu Mei appeared out of nowhere and spread the news that Cao Bao was eyeing Li Jinyu's girlfriend.

Gu Xin had no choice but to hurry and deal with it as soon as possible.

"To prevent the Qinglin Gang from implicating Brother Jin Yu and his group, the higher-ups of the Qinglin Gang need to know that Cao Bao's death has nothing to do with them."

"If we want to make it clear that Cao Bao's death has nothing to do with Brother Jin Yu and his gang, then we need to let the Qinglin Gang know that Cao Bao's death is not a personal grudge, but a public feud."

He stirred up trouble, making it unclear to the Qinglin Gang whether he killed Cao Bao because of a grudge against Cao Bao or because of hatred towards the Qinglin Gang.

By complicating matters, the Qinglin Gang would stop dwelling on Cao Bao's personal grudges.

This forced the Green Forest Gang to focus all their attention on hunting him down.

Only in this way can Li Jinyu's entire family be extricated from this situation.

"In this way, I can also acquire their cultivation techniques while hunting down the Green Forest Gang, using the knowledge gained from battle to improve my own strength."

This can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Gu Xin's deep eyes gradually became brighter and brighter.

[Cultivation Level: Not Yet Entered the Realm]

[Technique: Walking Horse Stance (Mastered to perfection, can be deduced]]

[Techniques: Galloping Horse Fist (Mastered) can be deduced, Galloping Horse Saber (Slightly Proficient) can be deduced, Galloping Horse (Slightly Proficient) can be deduced...]

Cultivation experience: 4 years

"The deduction is proceeding at breakneck speed!"

After making a decision, Gu Xin remembered that he still had several years of cultivation experience left, so he quickly solidified his strength once again.

You've already grasped the subtleties of galloping horses, but feel your understanding isn't thorough enough, so you're determined to practice more.

Your natural talent isn't exceptional, but you believe that hard work can make up for it, and that even a slow bird can start flying early.

After three years of diligent practice, you have finally gained a deeper understanding of the galloping horse technique.

[Galloping Horse: Masterful Skill]

Cultivation experience: 1 years

As the simulation ended, Gu Xin felt that his legs had become stronger.

My lower body became more stable, and my leg muscles became firmer.

After moving around in place for a while, I felt as light as a swallow and as agile as a feather.

……

"Clang!"

"Stop hitting! Stop hitting! Please, gentlemen, stop!"

As Gu Xin was stretching his muscles, he suddenly heard a woman's cries for mercy coming from the street ahead.

Accompanied by pleas for mercy, there were also dull thuds of punches and kicks.

Which poor family has suffered this disaster?

"Not going to fight? Fine, but give me the money."

A lazy, cold laugh echoed in the darkness.

"Grandpa, we have no money, we really have no money. We just barely managed to pay the incense money three days ago, and now we can't even afford three meals a day."

Then came the woman's wailing complaints.

"We don't care about that. Cao Bao is dead, and the higher-ups have ordered us to investigate the murderer. If you don't want to get involved in this, you'll have to pay hush money. If you don't pay a penny less, we'll cut off a finger from your man."

As the lazy, cold laugh faded, bursts of laughter erupted around them.

Hush money?

Gu Xin approached quietly, his brows furrowing slightly.

These bandits from the Green Forest Gang are using Cao Bao's death as an excuse to amass wealth.

"We didn't kill Cao Bao, so why should we pay him hush money? Guo Yue, you're just taking this opportunity to extort money and bully people on purpose."

The man's angry and indignant shouts then rang out.

Like a thunderclap, it seemed to tear the night apart.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

But the angry shouts were met with the sound of several vicious punches and kicks.

"Stop hitting! Stop hitting! Gentlemen, we'll give it to you! We'll give it to you!"

The woman's desperate cries rang out again.

"Hey, you surnamed Chen, you'd better have a wife who knows what's good for you."

A lazy voice chuckled mockingly, then impatiently called out, "Hurry up and pay, we need to hurry to the next place."

"Sir, please grant us a few more days! We beg you to give us a few more days! We'll definitely hand over the money obediently in a couple of days."

The woman pleaded tearfully, and as Gu Xin drew closer, he could hear the sound of her kowtowing repeatedly.

"There's no time to let this slide. Who knows when the murderer who killed Cao Bao will be caught? Once that bastard is caught, what right will we have to control you?"

The laughter grew louder, filled with undisguised sarcasm.

This is blatant bullying.

"But sir, we really have no money right now."

The woman beat her chest and stamped her feet, crying in utter despair.

"No money? If you don't have money, then use your daughter as collateral."

A lazy voice sneered coldly: "Isn't that perfect? ​​Our brothel hasn't had a new virgin in a long time."

"No! No! Sir, my daughter is only eight years old, she's only eight years old!"

"Eight years old? Isn't that even younger?"

The languid voice showed no pity whatsoever, but instead exuded an undisguised wicked amusement.

"You beasts! Guo Yue, you bunch of animals, you have absolutely no sense of reason!"

The man's shouts were filled with grief and indignation.

As Gu Xin drew closer, he clenched his fists in response.

When these thugs couldn't extort money from people, they decided to send their eight-year-old daughters to brothels to be defiled.

As Gu Xin heard the story more clearly, the murderous intent that had been building up in his chest gradually intensified.

The brutality and cold-bloodedness of the Green Forest Gang are truly appalling.

If they found out that Jin Yu Ge and Cao Bao had a deep-seated grudge over a woman's stolen from him, given the nature of these bandits...

Gu Xin couldn't even imagine what that scene would be like.

"Hey, trying to reason with us? You, surnamed Chen, have you ever heard of the Green Forest Gang ever reasoning with anyone?"

The languid voice turned cold and sharp: "The Chen family's patience is limited. You'd better give us a straight answer: will you pay the hush money or not?"

"We'll pay! Sir, we'll pay!"

"Since you're paying, then take the money! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll kill you."

A lazy voice sneered: "You guys have been badmouthing Cao Bao a lot behind his back, haven't you? That shows you harbor resentment towards him. Even if we insist that you killed Cao Bao, the higher-ups won't blame us in the slightest."

"You have no evidence, so why are you fabricating stories to slander me?"

The man's voice was filled with grief and indignation.

"evidence?"

The lazy voice laughed even more unrestrainedly: "What a fucking joke! When does the Qinglin Gang ever need evidence? I speak without evidence; what I say is the evidence."

good good!

What an overbearing Qinglin Gang!

Gu Xin felt a surge of murderous intent rising within him, which he could no longer suppress.

"Since the Chen family refuses to pay, then we'll take someone as payment. Take them away!"

The lazy voice, having lost patience, beckoned to the gang members around him to forcibly take away the Chen family's eight-year-old daughter.

"I don't want to leave my parents, I don't want to! Let me go, you bad people, let me go..."

The child's voice was filled with fear and terror, crying and struggling.

But the Qinglin Gang members showed no sympathy whatsoever.

"You beasts! You damned beasts, you'll all get your retribution sooner or later..."

The Chen couple tried to stop them, but before they could even get up, they were kicked to the ground and punched and kicked by the Qinglin Gang members.

"Retribution? In this awful world, such a thing exists? If it does, then we'd really like to see it for ourselves."

The lazy voice was dismissive and showed no restraint whatsoever.

They have clearly become accustomed to lawlessness.

"You really want to see it? Then I'll grant your wish."

The languid voice had barely faded when a chilling voice rang out behind them.