Man Harbors Killing Intent, Heaven and Earth Overturn!

By the time he returned to the martial arts school, it was already dark.

Huo Yuanhong changed out of his blood-stained clothes and then consumed all the remaining nourishing medicinal soup.

He then sat quietly, sensing the threads of power emerging and replenishing his nearly depleted stamina.

The "Tiger in the Cage" and "Ape in the Mind" killing techniques were potent, capable of doubling one's strength and will in a short period, but they also severely taxed one's physical endurance.

Tonight, he had used the killing techniques twice during his intense battles, for a total duration exceeding ten breaths. He felt as if his entire body had been hollowed out, leaving him severely depleted.

This level of depletion would typically require half a month of medicinal recuperation for anyone else.

But he was different!

His absorption rate of medicinal properties, much like his cultivation speed, was hundreds of times faster!

In less than an hour, he went from barely being able to walk to feeling rejuvenated and full of vigor, his body brimming with energy!

Even his injuries were almost fully healed.

"Hidden Strength practitioners are already people of status and influence; they wouldn't associate with gangs..."

"As long as I can deal with those few major gangs that have Hidden Strength practitioners holding them down, things should quiet down for a while..."

When the first hint of light appeared on the horizon, Huo Yuanhong emerged from the training room and entered the martial arts school's courtyard.

At this moment, the courtyard was already filled with people – children, women, and the elderly stood quietly, waiting.

There were about one hundred and twenty to thirty people, all with red-rimmed eyes, and some were weeping silently.

Despite their grief, they dared not make a sound, fearing they might disturb the master resting inside the martial arts school.

These were the families of the deceased chauffeurs from the car transport guild. To prevent them from being targeted by gangs during the night, Huo Yuanhong had asked his senior sister, Fang Yu, for help in gathering them at the martial arts school.

Although the martial arts school's instructors wouldn't directly intervene on his behalf, if anyone dared to cause trouble at the school, the instructors would still act to protect the school's reputation.

Therefore, with the Chauffeur's Association reduced to only a handful of members and unable to protect these families, the Divine Spear Martial Hall was their only safe haven!

Given his status as a direct disciple of the school master, he had the standing to bring in some elderly and young women and children, allowing them to crowd into the martial arts school's guest rooms.

Even though they had to share rooms, with more than ten people per room and poor conditions, it was at least safe, and they had food and drink.

"Brother Huo, I want to practice martial arts and avenge my father. Can I join the martial arts school too?"

Seeing Huo Yuanhong approach, a young boy asked expectantly.

The other boys around him also looked over, their youthful eyes filled with anticipation, longing, and admiration.

Huo Yuanhong was very familiar with this kind of gaze.

It was exactly like his own past.

It was as if he were seeing...

countless past versions of himself, and his heart was stirred with an indescribable emotion.

Especially these boys, who had just lost their fathers, the pillars of their families, and were now left with orphaned mothers and children...

"Junior Brother."

Senior Sister Fang Yu, standing beside him, tugged at Huo Yuanhong's sleeve and shook her head at him.

Huo Yuanhong understood his senior sister's meaning.

The Divine Spear Martial Hall could not possibly accept the children of these chauffeurs.

He was here because Li Shuxing had withstood the pressure from the Martial Bureau.

But these children were different; they lacked the protection of a peak master, and the Martial Bureau wouldn't turn a blind eye. They would certainly target them!

"So... even letting them practice martial arts and take revenge themselves is not allowed..."

Meeting the expectant gazes of the boys, Huo Yuanhong fell silent, unable to speak for a long time.

The prohibition of martial arts for commoners was part of a larger agenda pushed by the aristocratic families. Except for the rare peak masters, no one dared to openly defy this grand scheme!

For these boys, these boys who had lost their loved ones, to be able to practice martial arts openly and honorably, there was only one way...

He had to become a peak master!

A supreme master who could sweep through even the peak masters, just like his own master!

Only then would he have the hope of protecting these boys.

"The person behind the Blood Axe Society is most likely Wu Yankun of the Wu family!"

Fang Yu handed over the information she had, which pertained to Wu Yankun of the Wu family, along with some speculations from Fang family intelligence personnel.

This eldest young master of the Wu family was the legitimate eldest son and the nominal heir apparent.

His father was the current head of the Wu family, and his mother was the sister of the head of a certain aristocratic family. He could be considered a direct descendant of the direct lineage of aristocratic families.

However, in his youth, he had encountered complications during his martial arts training, causing his progress to halt at the Hidden Strength stage, with his path forward severed. He could only watch as others surpassed him, leading to a volatile and fanatical personality. He became the Wu family's sharpest blade for external affairs, committing all sorts of offensive acts.

Wu Yankun knew that he was being used as a tool by the Wu family, but he didn't care. Instead, his actions became increasingly reckless. With no hope in martial arts, his greatest aspiration was to become a great contributor remembered by future generations of the Wu family and aristocratic families, etching his name in history!

He would stop at nothing to achieve this.

His instigation of the Blood Axe Society's assassination this time was likely intended to provoke Li Shuxing into killing him directly!

Because of his special status, regardless of the reality, he was at least the first in line to inherit from the aristocratic families on the surface. If Li Shuxing, without evidence, used his power to kill him, it would easily cause others to feel sympathy for the same fate, and it might even become the fuse that ignites the powder keg!

Simply put, this was a madman, a madman who had gone completely insane for the sake of being recorded in history! He craved to be killed by Li Shuxing using his power advantage, to trigger a conflict between the aristocratic families and Li Shuxing!

"Killing him doesn't require Master to make a move."

"Uncle Liu was too lonely, too solitary..."

Huo Yuanhong read the portrait over and over, memorizing it in his heart, before expressionlessly crumpling the information in his hand into a ball.

Then, he returned to the training room, picked up his spear, and practiced shot after shot while visualizing the Buzhou Mountain Fundamental Diagram.

Silence, without a sound.

It was like a tiger confined to a cage, silently accumulating strength, waiting for the imminent explosion!

[Baji Quan (Mind and Intent United (429/600))]

[Baji Quan (Mind and Intent United (430/600))]

[Baji Quan (Mind and Intent United (431/600))]

He started practicing from the early morning, and by the time evening arrived, the suppressed urge in Huo Yuanhong's heart finally erupted.

He thought of the suffocating despair of his ten years of bitter apprenticeship, only to be expelled by the Gentleman Sword and have his martial arts dreams crushed.

He thought of how he had finally achieved something, wanting to give his father and those who had been kind to him a better life, to see him succeed step by step and become their proudest achievement, only to have his dreams crushed again by a madman, the feeling of suppression, pain, and near madness...

He thought of Uncle Liu, who had feared death his entire life, but ultimately risked everything for him and fought others, only to have nothing after his death. The Chauffeur's Association, which he had worked for his entire life, was gone. Even Uncle Liu's own son looked down on him, thinking Uncle Liu was just a gangster, a failure who would eventually be beaten to death...

He thought of the orphans from the car workshops, those young men, and the expectant, eager looks in their eyes when they looked at him, wanting to practice martial arts...

He thought of the pressure from the aristocratic families, how the martial arts instructors had all retreated, none of them optimistic about him or willing to step forward to kill the leader of the Blood Axe Society...

"In this world, the aristocratic families are the greatest evil..."

Huo Yuanhong raised his head, as if seeing the majestic Buzhou Mountain in the Fundamental Diagram suddenly collapse! Heaven and earth were overturned!

The urge in his heart finally bloomed completely, transforming into a martial intent:

Man harbors killing intent, heaven and earth overturn!

[Baji Quan (Mind and Intent United (600/600))]