The Heavenly Court is gone, I don't want to be a True Lord.

Xu Dong reacted quickly, and by determining the direction from which the fierce wind was coming, he had already assumed a defensive posture.

He crossed his arms in front of his chest and glared angrily.

With a bang.

At the moment of impact, a dull echo reverberated along the riverbank.

The soil beneath Xu Dong's feet was ripped up by the shock, leaving two deep gullies in the ground.

"Who are you!?"

Zuo Qi remained silent, stomped his left foot hard on the ground, and twisted his entire body with his waist and hips. His bones cracked and popped as he mobilized the power of every bone and muscle in his body. His right arm lashed out like a snake emerging from its hole, containing the power to shatter mountains.

His opponent was a master of the third level of internal cultivation. Although his strength was slightly less, his ability to withstand blows was far superior to his because the third level of internal cultivation involved training the five internal organs.

Therefore, when fighting Xu Dong, you must never use a strategy of trading injury for injury.

Zuo Qi quickly made a judgment in his mind.

This was the first time he had faced a master of the third level of cultivation at his peak. The encounter was sudden, and although he was taken aback, he was also somewhat excited.

Xu Dong had already realized that the attack was made by this young man whom he looked down upon.

Although the reason is unknown, now is not the time to dwell on it.

As Zuo Qi threw his second punch, he had already struck first, his fist moving like the wind, carrying a terrifying force. It wasn't straight, but rather drew a strange and enchanting arc. Although it was aimed at Zuo Qi, the wind from his fist went up and down unpredictably.

Click!

One punch went wrong, and the two of them, with perfect tacit understanding, simultaneously wrapped their arms around each other's arms.

Zuo Qi felt a surge of overwhelming internal force flowing through his arm into his torso, causing a tingling sensation from his arm to the left side of his body.

Xu Dong was also somewhat surprised, feeling the icy chill on his arm.

"What kind of boxing style is this?"

The two of them asked at the same time.

Naturally, they received no response. In fact, the two of them, even more tacitly, used their other free hands to strike each other.

Bang bang bang!

Fists and palms clashed, each move met with a counter.

Xu Dong became increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed. His power was being subtly suppressed by his opponent. If it weren't for the fact that the Xu family's Shadow Wind Fist had been mastered and contained hidden force, he might have suffered a loss in this exchange.

During their exchange, he also determined that his opponent was only at the second training level.

This was unbelievable to him; he had actually fought to a draw with a second-level practitioner, and was even being slightly suppressed!

Zuo Qi, however, became more and more confident as he fought; the so-called three training sessions were nothing more than this.

He is indeed tough, but he is no less so, or rather, he had underestimated himself before.

Those who reach the third level of cultivation have strong internal organs and can withstand impacts far exceeding those of those at the second level. For example, Zuo Qi's Ice Sea Fist Seal, after its second tempering, contains icy and hidden energy in its fists and palms. Second-level experts simply cannot withstand it, but third-level experts can steadily withstand it by relying on the strength of their internal organs.

The Life attribute represents vitality; the stronger the vitality, the more durable one will be.

In other words, he might not be afraid of a fighting style that trades injuries for injuries.

With this in mind, he threw even more vicious punches, sometimes even ignoring the appearance of openings.

boom!

Another punch collided. Zuo Qi took half a step back, while Xu Dong took three steps back, squinting his eyes.

The next moment, he suddenly looked towards where Chen Xun was.

Zuo Qi and Chen Xun are working together. If we capture this kid, Zuo Qi will definitely be wary, and then...

To his surprise, Zuo Qi seemed to have been waiting for him to do so.

As he moved, Zuo Qi lunged forward, and his already formidable strength increased by another three percent.

Xu Dong was, after all, a seasoned veteran, and a sense of crisis was ingrained in his very being.

As the man charged forward, he forcefully twisted his body, his right fist flashing like a venomous snake probing its hole, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound that tore through the air.

laugh!

Zuo Qi seemed to have anticipated his move. As Zuo Qi threw a punch, his fist, which had been moving straight, suddenly twisted around Zuo Qi's arm like a vine wrapping around a tree.

A chilling, highly penetrating aura instantly erupted from Zuo Qi's palm and surged wildly into Xu Dong's arm.

"not good!"

Xu Dong's expression changed drastically. In desperation, he forcibly twisted his body and contracted his bones, his arm bones making a cracking sound. At the same time, he raised his foot and kicked Zuo Qi in the groin.

But as if he had anticipated this, Zuo Qi raised his foot at the same time as he did, and he clearly saw the cold glint flashing on the tip of Zuo Qi's shoe!

A knife was hidden in the sole of the shoe!

mean!

Xu Dong was shocked and hurriedly pulled his leg back.

In just two short exchanges, he was deeply alarmed. Why could this young man always predict his moves, as if he knew exactly what he was going to do?

Thinking to myself, I couldn't help but look up curiously.

The first thing I saw was a scarlet vertical pupil.

"You...lifeblood!!"

Xu Dong couldn't help but be stunned. What kind of luck was this? He just wanted to find someone to guide him, but it turned out to be someone with supernatural powers.

In the back and forth they went, a murderous intent suddenly appeared.

Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in concentration, Zuo Qi suddenly stepped forward, his hands, which had been entangled, suddenly changed direction, and a heart-piercing elbow strike slammed out.

Xu Dong felt his blood and qi surge violently, and he felt as if all his internal organs had shifted. Then, large beads of sweat kept pouring down his face.

Besides the pain, there was also the shock of discovering that Zuo Qi was actually a person with the supernatural power of the Life Bone.

He was now certain that the person in front of him was most likely the mysterious person who had taken his water-repelling pearl!

His guess was correct, but he paid a price for it.

Zuo Qi opened his defenses with a single blow, his fists moving like the wind, carrying a chilling aura, and he unleashed a series of punches, the earth and sky trembling as they intertwined.

Click!

A dull thud came from Xu Dong's body; it was the sound of his sternum shattering and his internal organs being shaken apart.

"Is there anything else you'd like to say?"

A fleeting glimmer of light suddenly appeared in Xu Dong's previously clouded eyes. "The Xu family...will not let you get away with this!"

"The Xu family?"

Zuo Qi frowned, watching the light in Xu Dong's eyes gradually fade.

He crouched down and touched the things on its body.

All of his joints were broken, and brute force was used to leave many marks on his body, completely covering the marks of the Ice Sea Fist. Xu Dong's corpse was no longer human, and his face was completely unrecognizable.

Only then did they tie the body to stones and throw it into the river.

Xu Dong was very poor, or rather, he didn't bring anything with him on this trip. He only had a dozen or so taels of silver, a secret letter, and a token to prove his identity. The front of the token had the four grand characters "Cultivate with Heaven" on it, and the back was engraved with a small character "Xu".

In addition, when Zuo Qi was processing the body, he discovered that there seemed to be a strange little dot on the person's neck, which looked like a red mole or some kind of special mark.

This person's background is not simple. Is the Xu family... a major family in Fushan City? The three most prosperous families in Fushan City today are the Wang family by the river, the Lin family in the east of the city, and the Liu family in the south. It seems that there is no such Xu family.

Are they a family from out of town?

As he walked home, Zuo Qi suddenly remembered that he seemed to have heard of the Xu family somewhere before.

It seems to have been during the Lin family manor when he and He Xiao were helping out at Pig Mountain. One of the old pig herders there was named Cheng He, who seemed to mention that more than ten years ago, Fushan City was under the control of the Xu family…

At that time, He Xiao asked what the Xu family's background was. Cheng He only said that they used to be the undisputed number one family in Fushan City, but later they rebelled and were destroyed by the city garrison.

Is the Xu family mentioned in Xu Dong's token the same Xu family that was mentioned in Chenghekou at that time?

Zuo Qi suddenly felt a chill run down his spine; it seemed that the first family from decades ago had returned.

Is the story of "The Orphan of Zhao" repeating itself?

I hope I'm wrong, and that this Xu family in Xu Dong isn't the same Xu family from Fushan City.

As for the secret letter, the recipient was Xu You, and the writer was named Du Ming. The letter contained only one sentence: "Known, do not reply."

Zuo Qi found a place and buried the token and the secret letter.

……

Zuo Qi had thought that today's encounter would frighten Chen Xun, but to his surprise, Chen Xun's eyes lit up and he seemed quite longing for it.

He was somewhat speechless. His brother-in-law was an honest and quiet man, but his son seemed to be someone who loved to stir up trouble.

He instructed Chen Xun not to tell anyone about what happened today.

He wasn't worried that his nephew wouldn't be able to keep it a secret. During their escape, Chen Xun was much more sensible than his peers.