One Dao Fruit a day, starting with the Dragon Taming Technique.

night.

The kerosene lamp's light was rather dim.

Xu Guang carefully examined "Seeing the Gods" and "Returning to the Hexagrams".

He was quite curious about both of these techniques. Among the techniques he was currently practicing, the Twelve-Story Strength and the Nine-Story Mountain were incomplete. If he could master the Returning Lines, he could use them to derive subsequent techniques.

Jian Shen simply felt that it could be linked to the Dragon Taming Technique.

After all, a true dragon should be considered a deity, right?

The night grew deeper.

There was a chill in the air.

In the shadows, a figure slowly walked along the shadow of the wall, almost completely lifeless.

"How greedy! A mere clerk like him manages to acquire such a large courtyard."

The shadowy figure thought to itself.

Looking through the paper window at the shadow still reading under the kerosene lamp, the dark figure felt a secret joy.

Even the genius on whom the government troops placed high hopes was nothing special.

Soon, he stopped in front of the artificial rockery that had just been delivered that day.

We were planning to start with the east wing.

Then a long black shadow appeared in front of him.

The shadow didn't seem to belong to the surrounding vegetation.

He slowly raised his head and saw a figure standing perfectly still on the artificial hill not far away.

"Who are you…"

Before the words had even finished,

The people on the artificial hill moved.

One punch.

The fist landed.

The dark figure suddenly changed color and retreated rapidly.

Xu Guang raised an eyebrow slightly; this lightness skill is quite impressive.

Surprised, he didn't slow down his movements at all, taking a step forward, resembling a large black bat in the night.

laugh!

"Please spare me, senior!"

……

"An account book? What secrets does Zhang Hu's account book hold?"

Xu Guang was somewhat surprised that the visitor was from the Qing Shuo Sect.

He had already forgotten about this faction, but he never expected that they would come looking for him for an account book.

The shadowy figure was named Bai Shui, the twin brother of Bai Yue, a disciple of the Qing Shuo Sect.

"We work for Jiedushi Sun Ganxuan, and the account books record the transactions between Sun Yinglong and Wu Daoren."

Xu Guang recalled the contents of the account book, but there was no account information for Sun Yinglong.

Just as they were about to begin the torture again, Bai Shui panicked and quickly said, "This is very dangerous. To avoid being discovered, we have always used two ledgers, one open and one secret. Only when the accounts match can we have the true master ledger."

Xu Guang narrowed his eyes.

He felt as if he had been inexplicably drawn into some great storm. Sun Ganxuan's collection of Sun Yinglong's accounts must mean he had plans to take action against Sun Yinglong.

"General, spare my life! I also know something else: Daoist Wu knows where Lord Fushan is! I overheard the sect leader and elders talking to myself."

Upon hearing this, Xu Guang was about to say something more when suddenly the hairs on his body stood on end.

laugh!

A pebble suddenly whizzed past him and disappeared into the artificial hill behind him, causing a large rock to suddenly shatter.

Xu Guang turned to look in the direction from which the pebbles had been shot.

Not far behind the artificial hill, a pale-faced old man with a hooked nose appeared out of nowhere. He exuded an extremely powerful aura, as if he existed in harmony with the heavens and earth, just like...

He should have been there.

"Young man, isn't it a bit inappropriate to treat my disciple like this?"

Seeing that Xu Guang remained silent, the old man smiled. "After all, you wouldn't want your descendants and relatives to be treated like this, would you?"

Xu Guang's eyes turned cold as he glanced at Bai Shui, whose face was bruised and swollen from the interrogation.

"Are you threatening me?" Xu Guang smiled.

"It's not a threat, it's just stating a fact," the old man said calmly.

Xu Guang stepped forward. "The facts? Then let me see who you are, that you need to tell me the facts?"

His muscles surged rapidly, and streams of blood and energy suddenly expanded and spread throughout his body.

"What right do you have to threaten me?"

boom!

In an instant, the ground beneath Xu Guang's feet exploded, and he, like a phantom, spun several times in mid-air, like lightning descending from the heavens and earth, rushing towards the old man.

One punch!

His fist swelled up to a fist size, looking somewhat out of proportion to his body.

The old man's pupils contracted rapidly. He raised his arms, and a series of buzzing sounds, like those produced when a furnace is opened for alchemy, emanated from his body as his internal energy rapidly gathered in his forearms.

boom!

The two men's fists and arms were stacked together, their immense strength, muscles, and internal energy intertwining and colliding.

boom!

Ripples of miasma exploded outwards, spreading outwards like waves.

The old man vomited blood on the spot, and the muscles in his arm became sunken with countless tiny blood spots.

He was terrified and retreated hastily, but Xu Guang caught up with him.

"Enough! You think you're really qualified to fight me?!"

Seeing Xu Guang relentlessly pursuing him, the old man's face turned cold, and his internal energy spun rapidly within him.

"Nine Spinning Peaks!!"

Then came a dense barrage of impacts, like raindrops.

Bang bang bang bang bang! ! !

The two exchanged blows with lightning speed, their fists and palms clashing, their whips and kicks colliding.

The sound waves generated by the collision spread outwards almost tangibly, turning into a gale that stirred up the surrounding flowers and plants.

In just a few seconds, the two exchanged dozens of blows.

Landing.

Xu Guang had a look of exhilaration on his face. This was the first time he had experienced such an evenly matched, brutal battle.

His gaze toward the old man held a hint of respect. This man, who was merely at the fifth level of the Inner Strength Realm and had just reached the Core Formation Realm, had managed to entangle with him for so long, even managing to easily neutralize the immense strength that the old man was so proud of.

Despite being somewhat disheveled, he was really... strong.

On the other side, the old man leaned against the artificial hill, his arms trembling, his internal organs churning, his inner energy flowing through his body again and again, suppressing his rampaging body. He looked at Xu Guang with fear in his eyes.

As a master of the Core Formation stage, he was already considered a top expert in the Shuocheng martial arts world. Relying on the various secret techniques of the Qing Shuo Sect, his internal energy had just doubled, and he thought that taking down Xu Guang would be a piece of cake.

But I didn't expect...

"Young friend! One should be lenient when one can. I am Yu An, an elder of the Qing Shuo Sect. We became friends after our fight. I hope you will forgive my disrespectful words before."

Xu Guang, still excited, froze slightly upon hearing the old man's words.

"Are you begging for mercy?"

The shore was covered in bruises and red marks, but he felt he couldn't lose face as an elder of a major sect. "I only cherish talent. Young friend, you don't really think I'm afraid of you, do you?"

Xu Guang's smile widened. "If you're not afraid, then continue..."

"Use your strongest methods!!"

He flashed and landed beside the old man, throwing a punch.

The old man used his light-footed skill, which was in harmony with the Six Harmonies Method, to easily dodge Xu Guang's punch. Then, he flashed behind Xu Guang and pointed a finger at Xu Guang's lower back.

"Die!"

laugh!

Without warning, a large hand grabbed his arm, and a tremendous force suddenly struck.

Yu An's expression changed drastically. What made him even more desperate was that at such a critical moment, due to the intense battle earlier, his internal energy was almost depleted, making it nearly impossible to maintain the secret technique of boiling internal energy.

The force from his arm continued to amplify, and he flew up.

Bang!

The artificial hill is broken.

With immense force and violent impact, Yu An slammed into the ground like a broken bag.

His entire body was twisted, and his face was as fierce as a vengeful ghost.

"Spare...my life!"

Xu Guang slowly came to his feet, catching his breath. "Didn't you say you wouldn't beg for mercy?"

Yu An, his hands trembling, grabbed Xu Guang's boots, pleading, "Spare me..."

Xu Guang didn't make another move, but simply said softly, "Excuse me, senior, do you know someone named Han Yue?"

Upon hearing Xu Guang's words, Yu An's pupils contracted subconsciously. In that moment of distraction, the internal injuries he had been suppressing with his inner strength erupted completely.

His whole body convulsed, his neck lolled to the side, and he died.

Xu Guang: ...

Xu Guang did not regret Yu An's death.

At least he finally learned some clues about Han Yue; the Qing Shuo Sect clearly knew some things about Han Yue.

I don't know whether my father and Xu Cheng are dead or alive right now.

……

clap clap clap!

A series of applause erupted, so clear in the night.

Xu Guang slowly looked up and saw a figure in white slowly walking towards him under the moonlight.

A cold glint appeared in his eyes.

"Tonight...it's really lively!"