You think I have mixed spiritual roots? I became an immortal through a spirit gourd, so what are you

"Finding Zhang Long shouldn't be difficult. The hardest part is finding him and killing him without revealing ourselves." Chen Huai'an looked into the distance. He wasn't the kind of bloodthirsty killer. He did this for only one purpose: to survive.

"It seems I should practice my killing techniques these next few days, learning how to kill with a single blow. Also, I need to practice my Elephant Armor Technique. It's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. Strong defense can save my life."

While the Zhang family was investigating Zhang Hu's disappearance, Chen Huai'an was also busy. He was secretly inquiring about Zhang Long, and at the same time, he was also desperately cultivating while fetching water.

Chen Huai'an has no shortage of resources; he simply takes oral pills and absorbs their medicinal power during exercise, which is much faster than when he meditates at night. Another advantage of this is that it allows him to perfectly temper his body.

Body tempering, whether it's opening up the meridians, refining the internal organs, or strengthening the bones and flesh, is all about eliminating impurities from the body. This allows you to draw upon the free-flowing spiritual energy of heaven and earth to temper your physical body.

While carrying water, he also constantly studied and practiced his hidden weapon techniques, using stones to knock down the leaves he encountered along the way as assassination targets.

This time, Chen Huai'an will not sit idly by and wait to die. He will take the initiative and eliminate Zhang Long without anyone noticing.

Analysis shows that the Zhang family hasn't questioned him about the situation yet because he hasn't been exposed. Once someone from the Zhang family comes to him to inquire about the situation, it means that Zhang Long and the Zhang family have said something.

To be honest, the Zhang family members are high and mighty; they won't reason with Chen Huai'an.

One wrong step leads to another, and Chen Huai'an has already made a mistake, putting him in a very passive position. Now, what he needs to do is turn the tables and take the initiative.

As a handyman disciple, you get two days off a month.

Chen Huai'an planned to ask Manager Wu for a day off. He intended to find a way to go to the market at the foot of the mountain. Although he had some cultivation resources, given his current cultivation speed, those resources wouldn't be enough for him to cultivate for long.

Furthermore, the Zhang family's crisis is not over. If they want to protect themselves, they need to raise their strength to a level that the other side cannot imagine before they realize what's happening. Only by creating an information gap can they survive.

Chen Huai'an didn't have any extra time. Even if he wanted to find out where Zhang Long lived, he couldn't do it openly. He could only observe secretly and slowly collect information.

It was precisely because of Chen Huai'an's cautious and prudent mindset that he avoided crisis after crisis.

At this critical juncture, if he inquires about Zhang Long's whereabouts, he will definitely be targeted by the Zhang family.

In the past few days, Chen Huai'an's cultivation has also made a breakthrough, advancing from the first level of the Body Refinement Realm to the second level.

The reason he broke through so quickly was largely due to the spiritual spring water in the purple gourd space.

He has low-grade spiritual spring water. If he has enough medicinal herbs, he can use the spiritual spring water to brew medicinal baths and cultivate the Elephant Armor Technique.

"What did you say? Zhang Hu once caused trouble for a useless person with mixed five elements spiritual roots." The person in charge of investigating Zhang Hu's disappearance was an outer disciple of the Zhang family. He had been a disciple of the Qingyun Sect's servant peak for many years and was now in the late stage of body refining. As long as he broke through to the Qi refining stage, the Zhang family could help him complete the trial mission and he would be able to join the outer sect.

At this moment, because of Zhang Hu's disappearance, he is in charge of investigating the case. In the past two days, he has been investigating everywhere and collecting information.

Because Zhang Hu was a spoiled brat who had done many things to bully men and women, he had made a fair number of enemies on the Miscellaneous Service Peak, but after checking them one by one, he had no clue what to do.

Today, he received news that Zhang Hu had bullied a disciple named Chen Huai'an. He learned that Chen Huai'an, besides having mixed spiritual roots of the five elements, had joined the sect because of the inner disciple, Senior Sister Qin. It was precisely because of this that Chen Huai'an was placed on a list of people to be closely monitored.

However, because of Chen Huai'an's relationship with the inner disciples, Zhang Mu did not immediately investigate or contact Chen Huai'an, but instead eliminated the other suspicious individuals one by one.

"A guy with mixed spiritual roots of the five elements, who opened up thirty meridians in seven days, must have some secrets. Zhang Hu's death is probably related to him." Zhang Mu finally concluded that Zhang Hu's disappearance was related to Chen Huai'an.

However, because it involved inner disciples, he did not act rashly. Instead, he reported the matter to the higher-ups of the Zhang family, letting them deal with the headache.

Chen Huai'an knew nothing about this matter; he simply believed that the Zhang family had not yet noticed him.

After three days of effort, he found Zhang Long's residence.

Having scouted the location, Chen Huai'an's next task was to take the initiative and eliminate Zhang Long.

Previously, Chen Huai'an was passively beaten; he was like a lamb to the slaughter.

But things are different now; he has the power to strike.

When he takes action, he has to carefully plan ahead; he must create an alibi.

Chen Huai'an had already thought this through, using the water-carrying as a cover for him.

Today, while completing his water-carrying task, he deliberately claimed that he had accidentally twisted his ankle while going up the mountain, which immediately slowed him down considerably.

Old Li and his old cronies were unwilling to help him. Old Li even threatened that if they didn't fill his two water tanks today, he would have to work all night.

Chen Huai'an pretended to plead for him, but the old man wouldn't listen to his explanation at all and instead put pressure on him.

Chen Huai'an kept dawdling until evening, making each trip later than the last.

The courtyard where Zhang Long lived.

"Who, who's outside?" Zhang Long had just finished his secluded cultivation and successfully broke through to the first level of the Body Refinement Realm. He sensed a shadowy figure moving around outside as soon as he finished his cultivation.

Zhang Long called out, but there was no response outside. He stretched his limbs and pushed the door open.

"call out!"

The moment Zhang Long pushed open the door, a dagger flew towards him. Before he could even react, he was stabbed by the dagger.

Zhang Long's body fell to the ground with a thud. Chen Huai'an did not linger there. After his successful attack, he lightly leaped into the courtyard, searched Zhang Long's body, took the cloth bag from his arms, erased the traces of his presence, and then disappeared into the courtyard.

This time, Chen Huai'an did not take Zhang Long's body away; he wanted to create the illusion of a revenge killing.

The Zhang family members were too arrogant and domineering among the many miscellaneous disciples on the Miscellaneous Disciples Peak, and someone wanted revenge.

Doing this is to make a big fuss, which can divert attention.

Similarly, Chen Huai'an also realized a problem: his breakthrough speed was too fast. This matter had to be dealt with, otherwise, people would definitely suspect him.

However, how should he conceal his cultivation level? Ideally, he should hide his realm so that people would think he hasn't broken through to the first level of the Body Refinement Realm.

Chen Huai'an sent the spoils into the purple gourd space and then ran down the mountain.

Now, he needs to create an alibi. Manager Wu from the canteen and Old Man Li can help him prove that he has been fetching water and has not gone out.

Zhang Long died silently; he was silenced before he could even utter a scream. Before the next morning, someone found Zhang Long lying in a pool of blood.

Zhang Long's tragic death caused quite a stir on Zayi Peak.

Who has such audacity to commit murder on Zayi Peak?