Lin Feng picked up the cup of wine and drained it in one gulp.
The strong liquor entered his mouth and slid down his throat into his stomach.
The reaction was no longer as intense as it had been the first time.
Lin Feng felt a warm sensation rise in his belly.
The warm current lingered in his stomach for a while, and just as its energy was about to erupt, the panel absorbed it and converted it into enhancement points.
"One sip gave me one point!"
"When I was at late Skin Refining, one sip gave me five points. Now it only gives me one.
That's quite a steep drop!"
Lin Feng glanced at the enhancement points on his panel and sighed.
Still, it was pretty good. At least one sip of wine was worth a whole meal for him!
Then Lin Feng drank one mouthful after another.
By the fifth cup, he could no longer hold on!
It felt as though a fire were burning inside him!
Five sips were already his limit!
"Looks like not all of this energy can be converted instantly!"
Lin Feng muttered, then sealed the remaining wine inside a gourd.
He would save it to drink tomorrow!
Name: Lin Feng Cultivation Art: Vajra Art Cultivation: Outer Refinement Realm—Bone Forging (41/200)+ Divine Ability 1: Ingestion Divine Ability 2: Avert Calamity Techniques: Tiger Roar Fist (2/20)+ Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing (20/20)+ Gale Leg Technique (20/20)+ Iron Shirt (1/40)+ Enhancement Points: 9
Today's meals, the gains from the Slaughterhouse, and half a gourd of Great Drunken Immortal Brew had added up to nine enhancement points!
Lin Feng did not add the nine points to his cultivation.
He planned to accumulate more tomorrow, then raise it in one stroke, directly advancing his cultivation to the middle stage of the Bone Forging Realm. At that point, both his cultivation and combat strength would rise by a great margin!
With two martial techniques at perfection added to the mix, even if someone at late Bone Forging Realm came, he would not be afraid!
"Hall Master Sun, how about it? You wouldn't want Protector Gu to find out about you and his concubine, would you?
Tsk, tsk. With Protector Gu's temper, once he finds out, he'll probably twist your head right off!"
Xu Qiang smiled sinisterly at Sun Ming, a hall master of the Green Snake Gang standing before him.
Veins bulged across Sun Ming's hands!
Rage and fear grew within him!
His originally fair and handsome face had turned incomparably ugly.
"Captain Xu, he's a trainee of the Demon Purging Division! The Demon Purging Division—do you even dare lay a hand on someone from there?"
Sun Ming gritted his teeth and asked.
"Hehe, he may be a trainee, but he's still merely a martial artist at late Skin Refining!
Could it be that Hall Master Sun, a dignified middle-stage Bone Forging Realm expert, is afraid of someone at late Skin Refining?
If you assassinate him, you might still live. If you refuse, and fall into Protector Gu's hands, Hall Master Sun, I'm afraid you'll certainly die!"
With the air of a man holding all the winning cards, Xu Qiang continued threatening Sun Ming.
At those words, the light faded from Sun Ming's eyes.
He could not understand how Xu Qiang had learned about his tryst with Protector Gu's concubine.
Now someone had seized upon his weakness.
Xu Qiang was threatening him into assassinating a Demon Purging Division trainee named Lin Feng.
If he did it, would that not mean handing the other party an even bigger hold over him?
Would his life and death not depend on the other party's mood from then on?
"No! Even if the sky falls, he is still a trainee of the Demon Purging Division. Asking me to provoke the Demon Purging Division, Captain Xu thinks too highly of me!"
Sun Ming said coldly.
"Heh. Since Hall Master Sun doesn't wish to do it, I won't force you. If I go over to Hall Master Gu's place now, he probably hasn't gone to rest yet!"
As he spoke, Xu Qiang rose to his feet and prepared to leave.
"Wait! It is difficult.
But I never said I wouldn't do it!
The price must go up!
Two thousand taels, and one Bone Forging Pill!"
Sun Ming's tone abruptly changed as he spoke!
"Fine! Hall Master Sun is indeed straightforward! The one thousand taels from before will count as the deposit. As for the Bone Forging Pill, even I cannot obtain one so easily!
It will take time!
Once the task is complete, I'll give it to you together with the rest."
Xu Qiang said.
"No! At the very least, the Bone Forging Pill must be given to me before the operation.
Acting within the city is far too dangerous. We must wait until that brat leaves the city before making a move.
Otherwise, if we fail to kill him in a single strike and draw others' attention, the outcome will be death!
This period of time should be enough for Captain Xu to obtain the Bone Forging Pill, shouldn't it?"
Sun Ming said.
Xu Qiang's brow furrowed slightly as he looked at Sun Ming.
Sun Ming merely stared straight ahead, wholly unconcerned with Xu Qiang's gaze.
"Fine! But Hall Master Sun had better not try any tricks!
And don't even think about secretly leaving Kaiyang County!
Since I was able to uncover your secret, I naturally have a way to track your whereabouts!"
In the end, Xu Qiang agreed to Sun Ming's higher price.
If he wanted the other man to do something so dangerous, he naturally had to pay a certain price.
As for the Bone Forging Pill, he could only ask the Chief Constable for it!
The next day, Lin Feng went to the Slaughterhouse as usual +2, then to the Demon Purging Division +2.
At the Demon Purging Division, he continued practicing his saber techniques and tempering his strength.
At noon, he again brought General Ding a meal from the cafeteria.
What he had not expected was that after he returned home, Pan Liancheng, the owner of the Slaughterhouse and Old Wu San's brother-in-law, came to visit with Old Wu San, carrying some precious cuts of meat.
After what had happened last time, Zhao Sheng had gritted his teeth, borrowed some money, and taken out all the silver he had saved over the years.
He had bought a residence in the Outer City.
They happened to arrive together and invited Lin Feng over for a drink!
Lin Feng then went with Pan Liancheng and Old Wu San to Zhao Sheng's place to eat and drink.
Lin Yu had long been bustling about there, busy with preparations.
Pan Liancheng was a merchant. Aside from running the Slaughterhouse, he also owned a small shop in the Outer City.
Naturally, he was happy to make more connections.
Lin Feng could tell that although Pan Liancheng appeared prosperous on the surface, he actually lived in constant fear, treading on thin ice.
It was only because his martial cultivation was weak and he had no patron to rely on.
Normally, he could only barely gain a foothold in the Outer City by using silver to grease palms.
For Old Wu San's sake, Lin Feng did not mind helping him out when he could.
But anything beyond his own abilities was absolutely out of the question!
After the food and wine had been enjoyed to the full, Lin Feng walked home alone.
But halfway there, he suddenly felt a warning prickle in his heart, and his right hand settled on the pig-slaughtering knife at his side.
Then he turned around.
A figure seemed to flash past, followed by several faint footsteps.
Lin Feng gave chase, only to discover that it was a dead-end alley with no one there at all!
"Did I drink too much and see things?"
Lin Feng shook his head, muttered, and left the area directly.
A short while later, a figure emerged from the darkness.
"What a vigilant brat!
Looks like I can't keep following him so casually!
Otherwise, I'll startle the snake in the grass."
With that, the person pushed off with his feet, vaulted over the wall, and left.
After a while longer, Lin Feng emerged from a corner!
His perfected Gale Leg Technique let him come and go without a trace. The other party had not noticed at all that he had doubled back during that time.
"Judging from his build and aura, it wasn't Xu Qiang!
Looks like they really did send someone to keep an eye on me!
His cultivation seems to be at least Bone Forging Realm.
Sigh, a thief's heart never dies!"
Lin Feng sighed, then quickly headed toward his home.
He had to hurry and raise his cultivation!
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