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

"Master's wife, you smell so good!"

Tang Zhengxiong lay in He Youchan's bedroom, greedily inhaling the scent He Youchan had left on the pillow, bedding, clothes, and shoes. Finally, he reluctantly let go and carefully restored everything to its original state.

He was afraid that He Youchan would return and see something amiss, and then severely punish him or expel him from the martial arts school.

After leaving He Youchan's bedroom, Tang Zhengxiong washed his hands.

Several vicious dogs, recently purchased by his master's wife, barked hungryly at him from the side.

"Woof woof woof—"

"What the hell are you calling for? I haven't even eaten yet, and you're all starving!"

Tang Zhengxiong snorted coldly and went to the backyard alone. He sat in the rattan chair where his master Jiang Chongyan often sat, his eyes gloomy.

"That night at the restaurant, I heard the two men surnamed Cao and Bi say that the patrolman surnamed Li from Crescent Moon Island was at the Bone Refining Realm."

"The two young masters, Cao and Bi, are of extraordinary status; what they say must be true."

"From what I've heard, the only patrol officer surnamed Li on Crescent Moon Island is that little bastard Li Nian!"

"Li Nian, this peasant from the outer city, managed to break through the Blood Gate and achieve Bone Refinement in such a short time. He must know the secret technique of fishing for treasure fish and rely on the treasure fish to achieve Bone Refinement."

"If I obtain the secret technique for catching that treasure fish, I might one day reach the Transformation Realm, a level even my master cannot attain!"

"At that time, that curvaceous and fragrant master's wife..."

Thinking about it, Tang Zhengxiong swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing.

Immediately, a murderous glint flashed in his eyes.

"That peasant Li Nian has already returned to the city. If we don't kill him this time, he'll catch even more treasure fish in the future, and his cultivation will improve even further. It will be much harder to kill him then."

"I've only just broken through to the Bone Refinement stage, so my foundation isn't very stable yet. I'll wait for that idiot Xiong Gang to come back and have him help me wear down that kid Li Nian before I finally take action to finish him off."

"Damn it, I don't know which bastard came to my martial arts gym to cause trouble. Otherwise, I would definitely go find that kid Li Nian tonight!"

Thinking about it, Tang Zhengxiong's face showed resentment.

laugh!

Just then, the sound of an eagle swooping down to catch a rabbit suddenly came from behind Tang Zhengxiong.

Turning his head, he saw a dark shadow obscuring the bright moon behind him, its shape resembling a giant eagle, its ferocious talons extended, poised to strike him.

Tang Zhengxiong sensed something was wrong and immediately jumped up from the rattan chair, quickly assuming a fighting stance and shouting at the dark figure:

"Who dares to be so bold as to—ah!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, the dark figure had already darted in front of him, one hand gripping his shoulder. The five fingers, like iron hooks, dug deep into his bones, and the cracking sound of bones being broken could be faintly heard.

Just as Tang Zhengxiong screamed in agony, the claws suddenly ripped apart.

Hiss!

With a sound like a wild beast tearing flesh, Tang Zhengxiong's otherwise fine shoulder was ripped apart by the bone-strengthening technique.

Tang Zhengxiong was greatly shocked.

Although his cultivation had reached the Bone Refining stage, he was not among the best in Bone Refining, and his bones were far from reaching Iron Bones, but they were still several times stronger than those in the Blood Refining stage. Yet, they were still broken by a single claw.

This shows how powerful the newcomer is.

Seeing that he was no match for them, he hurriedly lowered his head, knelt down, and begged for mercy, shouting:

"Senior, please forgive me..."

Before he finished speaking, he bent down, reached into his waistband, pulled out a handful of lime, and suddenly threw it at the face of the dark figure.

"A trivial skill!"

The shadowy figure sneered inwardly.

"The Great Prajna Dragon Soaring Technique!"

A low shout rose in his heart.

The dark figure flickered and vanished suddenly before Tang Zhengxiong's eyes.

"ghost?"

Tang Zhengxiong was taken aback.

Just as he was surprised, a dark figure suddenly appeared behind him.

While Tang Zhengxiong was stunned, two hands pressed down on either side of his ears, and before he could come to his senses, a tremendous force twisted his head.

click!

With a cracking sound, Tang Zhengxiong's gaze shifted from the front to behind him, revealing a shattered throat.

His eyes bulged out, then his gaze dimmed, and his body became as limp and powerless as a lump of mud.

The shadowy figure released his grip, and Tang Zhengxiong collapsed to the ground like rotten flesh.

He died on the spot!

They didn't even know how they died!

Who killed him?

Li Nian glanced indifferently at the corpse on the ground and said:

"Too weak!"

Compared to Liu Tanqi, whom he had previously fought, Tang Zhengxiong was like a child!

"Woof woof woof—"

At this moment, several hungry and vicious dogs inside smelled the blood and began to bark wildly.

Li Nian looked over there, then skillfully searched the corpse, and put the few taels of silver and a few small ornaments he had looted into his storage ring.

Then he grabbed Tang Zhengxiong's feet and the torn flesh from his shoulder, dragged Tang Zhengxiong's corpse to the dog cage, and threw the corpse in to feed the dogs.

The vicious dog stopped barking and pounced on its prey like a hungry tiger, devouring its meal with gusto.

"Take care of the person, take the Haoran Fist Manual and leave, so as not to be discovered by the Haoran Martial Arts School and cause trouble."

Li Nian made plans.

Following the light spot marked by the system for "Haoran Fist Technique", he arrived in front of a camellia flower bed, gathered his strength in his right leg, and then kicked the flower bed hard.

boom!

With a loud bang, the flower bed exploded instantly, sending shards of porcelain and debris flying everywhere.

He didn't have time to search carefully; it would be troublesome if the other members of Haoran Martial Arts School returned.

Since Tang Zhengxiong has already been killed, once the cultivation technique is found, one can simply leave!

Composing himself, Li Nian bent down and looked down. At the bottom of the flower bed, there was a hidden compartment containing an ancient animal skin scroll. At the beginning of the scroll, there were four powerful characters sewn in gold thread: "Haoran Fist Technique".

"The cultivation technique is in hand!"

Li Nian's lips curved into a beautiful smile.

"No wonder Jiang Chongyan and He Youchan searched the ground three feet deep but couldn't find this Righteous Fist Technique."

Looking at the small hidden compartment under the flower bed, Li Nian understood.

At this moment, the disciples guarding the gate outside the martial arts school heard the commotion and realized that someone had entered the school and was walking from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard.

"Senior Brother Tang, what happened inside?"

"Senior Brother Tang, if you don't say anything, I'm going in!"

Hearing the commotion outside, Li Nian stored the cultivation technique in his storage ring, then suddenly pushed off with both feet, soaring high into the air like an eagle before disappearing into the night sky.

Meanwhile, in the ring.

The jade plate and the animal hide scroll seemed to be drawn together instantly, as if by magnetism. The animal hide wrapped around the jade plate, which emitted a crystalline luster, and obscure, incomprehensible characters were projected onto the animal hide...

...

Tang Zhengxiong went to the underworld to report for duty the next day.

Li Nian got up very early and sat cross-legged on the bed.

"Go!"

On a sudden impulse, he took out the animal skin scroll of "Haoran Fist Technique" that he had acquired the night before.

The thought settles immediately.

A square piece of animal hide landed in my hand; it felt heavy.

Ok?

Li Nian looked puzzled.

He clearly remembered that the animal skin scroll was just a small roll, not unfolded, not that heavy, and not wrapped with anything.

To his astonishment, the animal skin scroll, which seemed to be wrapped around something, suddenly shone brightly, and densely packed characters appeared in the air, accompanied by an ancient and powerful aura, like a pair of giant eyes looking down on him from the sky, making him feel his own weakness.

Li Nian suppressed the pounding in her heart and looked up at the top of the text, at the eight largest characters:

"The True Scripture of the Wheel of Reflection!"