Daily News: You promised yourself to be a fisherman, but you've become a martial arts god?

Five miles away.

Fog forest.

Behind the dense bushes beside the road, several burly men dressed in coarse linen shorts with their sleeves rolled up and arms exposed were lurking in the shadows.

Under a large tree nearby, two men leaned comfortably against the tree, drinking wine and tearing into meat with gusto in the moonlight filtering through the shadows.

The leader was as tall as a tower, with a black snake tattooed on his face, making him look fierce and menacing.

The man beside him was relatively thin and had a sleazy look on his face.

The sleazy man put down the wine jar and said worriedly:

"Second Brother, can Third Sister handle those two young ladies from the Yi family by herself?"

"Don't worry at all. The intelligence report states that the escorting kid is a newbie who has never seen blood before."

The man in the tower didn't seem to care and continued eating meat and drinking wine.

"You know what Third Sister's personality is like. If I don't let her go, she'll kill several of the men under our command."

"Let her go alone this time, so as to save her from continuing to harm our people."

"Third Sister has broken through the second level of Blood Refinement and has been licking blood on the edge of the knife for many years. No one at the peak of Blood Refinement is her match."

"What you should be worried about is how Third Sister will torture that chick that's being trained in blood."

The sleazy man nodded in agreement.

Then, with a lewd expression, he said:

"Second brother, those two girls from the Yi family are top-notch beauties. If we catch them later, should we take turns...?"

"Shut up!"

Before the lewd man could finish speaking, the man in the tower gave a low shout.

The man in the tower glanced around warily and whispered a reprimand:

"I'm warning you, those two girls from the Yi family were specifically requested by the head of the family!"

"You know how badly the boss is. If you dare to act recklessly, we'll all be buried with you!"

Upon hearing this, the sleazy man shrank back and changed the subject:

"Second brother, when is eldest brother coming?"

"I don't know. Ever since my elder brother obtained that treasure, he's been spending all his time cultivating in the lake. His cultivation has progressed by leaps and bounds, and he's already reached the peak of the Bone Refinement stage!"

"So fast! If our eldest brother breaks through to the Dark Force realm and rises to a higher position in time, we'll all be able to enjoy the benefits!"

"So don't disobey your older brother. If you really want to play around with women, go to a brothel after you're done. You can do whatever you want there, nobody will care!"

"Judging by the time, Miss Yi's carriage should have arrived at Third Sister's place by now..."

...

The carriage carrying the two young ladies of the Yi family.

Cao Hongyuan and Bi Yichen were very talkative, and they chatted incessantly with the two young ladies of the Yi family along the way.

They talked about everyday life at the university and their fellow students.

Cao Hongyuan looked at the Yi sisters and asked:

"Yui, Aki, which senior in the academy do you admire the most?"

"In terms of talent, cultivation, and appearance, of course it's Senior Brother Wen Jingran!"

Yi Jieyi did it without hesitation.

Cao Hongyuan nodded in agreement and said:

"You have excellent judgment! Senior Brother Wen broke through the Dark Force Realm at the age of twenty-two and entered the inner sect. He is the academy's undisputed number one genius!"

"I disagree. I think Senior Brother Song is the most amazing!"

Yi Mingxi disagreed and raised her small face to say.

Bi Yichen agreed with Yi Mingxi's statement, saying:

"Although Chief Song only entered the Dark Force realm at the age of twenty-seven, he accumulated knowledge and experience, and in just two and a half years, he entered the Transformation Force realm, surpassing those senior brothers and sisters who were once superior to him, becoming the number one disciple in the inner sect, the chief disciple!"

As he spoke, the boy with the surname Bi looked at the group mysteriously and said:

"Do you know why Chief Song suddenly unleashed his accumulated talent?"

Yi Jieyi and Yi Mingxi exchanged a glance and shook their heads.

Bi Yichen explained smugly:

"I heard it from some senior outer disciples."

"It is said that Chief Song has a younger sister, whom he dotes on and has often boasted about to his fellow students at the university."

"Later, his sister was kidnapped, raped, and murdered, and his personality changed drastically afterward."

As he spoke, Bi Yichen slowly poured himself a cup of tea, whetting the appetites of the three people in the car.

He continued only after being urged by the other party:

"In order to take revenge, Chief Song was extremely ruthless to himself, often teetering on the edge of life and death, breaking through the shackles of his body time and time again. Everyone thought he was crazy and that all he was doing was in vain."

"However, Chief Song succeeded!"

"This obsessive dedication, this 'no madness, no success' mentality, allowed him to overcome his lack of natural talent and surpass those who were more gifted than him!"

Upon hearing this, the other three exchanged glances and shook their heads in disbelief.

Yi Chen had anticipated this, so he wasn't angry about it.

He took a small sip of tea and said:

"At the time, I didn't believe it either, just like you, until later..."

"I specifically checked Chief Song's place of origin and found out he was from Yunxi County, Qingyun Prefecture. So I sent people to investigate, and guess what?"

"What's wrong?"

The other three looked on with curiosity.

Bi Yichen said, word by word:

"true!"

As she spoke, she sighed and said, "Chief Song's sister is also pitiful. I heard that the Song family raised money to ransom her, but for some reason, that thief went back on his word, raped her, and cruelly murdered her, leaving her body exposed in the marketplace!"

"Has that thief been brought to justice?"

Yi Jieyi clenched her fists, her beautiful eyes heavy.

Yi Mingxi, standing to the side, also wore a look of hatred on her small face.

Bi Yichen shook his head and said:

"Many years have passed since this incident, and the Song family is quite wary of it, so no one knows the details."

At this point, the laughter and chatter in the carriage ceased.

Seeing that the beauty was unhappy, Cao Shaoan glared at Bi Yichen and cursed him inwardly for talking about such unpleasant things.

Bi Yichen refused to admit his mistake and cursed inwardly, saying that the topic was brought up by the boy surnamed Cao.

The two blamed each other, glanced at each other, and then turned their heads away.

"Finally, some peace and quiet."

Outside the carriage, Li Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

Listening to too much of this unverified gossip can easily cloud one's judgment, so it's best to listen to as little as possible.

Pulling herself together, Li Nian looked at the system window, where a golden punctuation mark was right in front of her.

Looking ahead, under the bright full moonlight, a young woman, supporting an elderly woman, hurriedly blocked the road from the side, shouting shrilly:

"Grandpa, please save us, grandmother and granddaughter!"

Whoa!

Seeing this, Zheng Changgong suddenly pulled on the reins and forcefully stopped the carriage.

The carriage stopped just in time in front of the woman and the old woman.

Zheng Changgong felt a lingering fear and shouted sternly:

"Are you out of your minds? If I hadn't pulled the horse back in time, you two would have been run over and killed!"

As an official or soldier of the government, killing someone in a traffic accident is a serious crime!

The woman, with tears streaming down her face, said:

"Sir, I had no choice."

"Today, my family went into the forest to look for food, but we were attacked by bandits. My family was killed by the bandits, and only my grandmother and I escaped."

"Please, sir, take us to the prefectural capital to report to the authorities and have the bandits arrested, so we can avenge my family!"

The woman was dressed as a peasant woman. She was plump and curvaceous, with a prominent bust and buttocks. Although her face was covered in mud, her features were beautiful. She was a rare beauty among rural women.

His sorrowful, tearful appearance was so pitiful that I felt sorry for him.

Seeing that Zheng Changgong did not respond, the seemingly frail old woman knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly and crying out for her mother:

"Please, sir, have pity on us, grandmother and granddaughter, and give us a ride!"

Zheng Changgong felt reluctant, but it wasn't his turn to make a decision yet, so he looked at Li Nian with a questioning gaze.

Li Nian remained unmoved, watching the grandmother and granddaughter with great interest.

The location of these two people coincided perfectly with a gold medal.

One of them must be the Bloodstained Water Bandits of Shenyuan Village!

After a moment, he stood up and looked down at him, saying:

"Your whole family was slaughtered, and only the two of you weak women managed to escape. You're really something!"

"Or perhaps, those bandits were just too incompetent!"

"Perhaps the bandits of Shenyuan Village are having trouble adapting to their new life on land, becoming spineless?"