Start your cultivation journey by allocating points to your Destiny.

Lu Chen ran to the vicinity of the Green Bamboo Gang's headquarters and, as expected, saw that chaos had broken out there.

It was still smoking.

Houses were burned down, and many people died; people are carrying away the bodies.

Lu Chen's eyes darted around.

"Right now, the Green Bamboo Gang is definitely busy dealing with things here. As for Wang Bao, since he sent the signal, he might be discovered soon. And his family..."

Lu Chen chuckled.

As Wang Bao's subordinate, Qian Gui talked most about information about Wang Bao.

He immediately turned and ran towards one of Wang Bao's residences.

This is also the place Wang Bao frequents most often.

He scaled the wall, pried open the door, and began looting.

"It's a pity I don't have one of those storage bags from cultivation novels, otherwise I would have emptied this place out of everything!"

Lu Chen took a bag and filled it with all the valuables.

When they see books, they flip through them and take any that they think are of any value.

After quickly searching the entire house, Lu Chen heard what sounded like voices coming from outside. He carried the huge sack on his back, turned around, and quickly disappeared into the darkness, vanishing into the distance.

"It's a pity we don't know where Li Mantun lives, otherwise we could have taken advantage of the situation."

Lu Chen walked along the road carrying a bag, feeling a little regretful.

When he arrived at his rented house, he put the sack inside and sat on the bed.

"System, I want to upgrade the 'Dissecting an Ox's Knife Technique' to its limit!"

Luck value -10.

Instantly, Lu Chen felt as if a little figure appeared in his mind, holding a knife and practicing swordsmanship.

Lu Chen was very familiar with that sword technique.

The first move is the head-splitting strike.

There are nine moves in total.

The upgraded "Dissecting the Ox" knife technique still consists of nine moves, but the knife skills are more complex and exquisite. Like a gazelle hanging its horns, it can accurately find the enemy's weakness and, with one cut, separate the tendons and bones, as precise as a scalpel cutting a lesion, killing with a single blow.

In my memory, there were also some medicinal bath recipes.

After breaking through his limits, he can directly cultivate his Ox-Dissecting Knife Technique to the peak of the Blood Exchange Realm!

The next time I break through to the Marrow Cleansing Realm, it will still be 10 points.

On the panel, his cultivation level had unknowingly broken through to the Blood Exchange Realm.

【The Art of Dissecting an Ox - The Realm of Blood Exchange】

Lu Chen felt a tingling, itchy, and warm sensation inside his body.

Nourished and transformed by the heat, the blood becomes more concentrated, flowing like mercury, surging through the blood vessels, and circulating throughout the body, bringing nourishment to the body.

His body underwent another tempering process, and Lu Chen felt that his clothes had become a little smaller.

The bones have hardened considerably again.

The skin, fascia, muscles, and internal organs also grow stronger little by little under the flushing of blood.

The power has increased!

He swung his fist into the air with such force that a sharp crack could be heard.

He slammed his fist into a blue brick in the courtyard. Lu Chen's bones were incredibly hard, and the blue brick shattered into pieces with a "bang".

Holding a piece of brick fragment in his hand, Lu Chen suddenly exerted force.

Lu Chen crushed the fragment into powder, which then fell to the ground.

"If this were ancient Earth, I wouldn't be far from giving up beef!"

He picked up a dagger and tried to cut his arm.

This time, not even a white mark remained.

The skin is more resilient, like a thick piece of rubber, very elastic, yet incredibly tough.

"The upgrade cost a lot, and now I have 612 points of Fate and 2 points of Luck left."

"Based on previous upgrades, it cost 100 points to reach the Bronze Skin Realm, 200 to the Iron Bone Realm, 400 to the Dirty Refining Realm, and 800 to the Blood Exchange Realm. So, the Marrow Cleansing Realm will most likely require 1600 points, which is still 1000 points short!"

Lu Chen wondered if he should go out again to see if he could freeload off the villagers.

Moreover, he was very envious of the luck points provided by the Black Gang.

This gang traffics women and children, and even commits acts of forced labor and mutilation, which is utterly depraved. Perhaps this is why they provide "luck numbers".

This is doing good deeds, and it's a merit bestowed upon me by Heaven!

If he knew where the Black Stick Gang was based, he would be thinking of going straight there to raid their house and wipe them out!

"Huh, I don't know, but maybe other gangs do? Anyway, I've changed my bloodline, so I'm basically invincible in Shahu County. What am I afraid of!"

His mindset changed instantly.

"Go find the Green Bamboo Gang. If their leader was alright just now, then he's in trouble now!"

Lu Chen chuckled, packed his gear, and headed straight out, returning to the Green Bamboo Gang once more.

At this moment, there was a smell of burning wood.

The people who carried the bodies at the entrance were gone; only a few people remained, cleaning up the bloodstains and the burned-out house.

"Who is it?"

Lu Chen, whose face was covered, was spotted as soon as he approached the Green Bamboo Gang.

He didn't try to hide it or act sneakily.

In Shahu County, he is someone who no longer eats beef!

How arrogant!

He strode forward, passing right through the Green Bamboo Gang members, and ran wildly towards the center.

That was the residence of Wang Hu that Qian Gui had mentioned.

Behind him, some members of the Green Bamboo Gang, their faces full of anger, shouted for Lu Chen to stop.

However, they couldn't catch up at all. Many people also realized something was wrong, so they just shouted there without actually chasing after them; they were just putting on a show.

Their base was recently raided, resulting in numerous deaths. They are still living in fear, terrified that another powerful figure has arrived.

They don't want to die yet.

Lu Chen arrived at the heart of the Green Bamboo Gang without any obstacles.

Finally, someone blocked my way.

"Damn it, what kind of Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to run wild in my Green Bamboo Gang? Stop right there!"

A middle-aged man with a dark complexion was very displeased, his face gloomy, and he blocked Lu Chen's way.

Lu Chen glanced at him indifferently, then charged forward without stopping, crashing into the middle-aged man like a cannonball.

That unstoppable momentum and fierce force sent the middle-aged man flying.

"puff!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes widened, and his eyeballs became bloodshot.

"Wh-what...?"

His face was filled with terror, and he almost fainted from the pain. He lay on the ground pretending to be dead, too afraid to move.

Lu Chen ignored the middle-aged man who had flown up and walked into the central hall.

The main hall looked like it had just been through a major battle and almost collapsed. Many parts were smashed, and the ground was littered with broken furniture and chairs.

The floor was covered with broken tiles and rubble, as well as a lot of semi-congealed, viscous blood, which smelled of blood.

Several of the lamps hanging on the pillars of the main hall had gone out, leaving only three stubbornly shining.

A middle-aged man, covered in blood and looking dejected, sat in the front chair, his clothes torn to shreds in many places.

Seeing a figure walk into the main hall, a weak, mocking smile appeared on his lips.

"Ahem, so you couldn't wait any longer after all?"

Lu Chen: "?"

What the hell?

You've mistaken me for someone else, haven't you?

He went straight up to the man and looked at the knife wounds all over his body, some of which exposed the bone.

There are also some handprints.

They must have been surrounded and attacked.

"You didn't come here to kill me?"

Wang Hu was somewhat puzzled.