The Fat and Skinny Brothers

After organizing the spoils, the Hun Tian Ling automatically flew out, wrapping the unranked medicinal herbs. As blood flames surged, it squeezed out all their juices.

'Seems like I can learn some alchemy.' Lin Le couldn't help but have this thought.

He happened to have a set of alchemy techniques, which he had plundered from that Xiang Family alchemist. Although not very profound, it should be enough for him to get started.

'I'll see if I can practice it later. Qingli is right, constantly relying on killing, burning, and looting isn't the proper way.' Lin Le thought, then proceeded to consume the distributed pills in batches.

Now, unranked pills were treated the same as ordinary food, only fit to have their essence extracted to form Blood Essence Treasure Liquid. Only ranked pills could form a medicinal liquid.

The Blood Essence Treasure Liquid dripped, and then was immediately converted into True Qi in the Spiritual Platform Secret Realm, forming jade blocks.

After the ordinary pills were digested, the Hun Tian Ling had also finished extracting the medicinal herbs.

Tilting his head back, he drank a large amount of the medicinal liquid. With a few gulps, Lin Le finished it all.

His internal organs were like a furnace, rapidly digesting them.

"Here." Qingli also handed the reforged Tiger Bone Spear to Lin Le.

Lin Le took it and twirled it a few times, feeling that it was indeed much more comfortable to wield.

"Thanks, take me to the other two prefectures," Lin Le said to Qingli.

"Okay." Qingli blew a bubble and took Lin Le away.

An hour later.

"Spare me, ah!"

The spear pierced the head of the last gentry lord in Qinghu Town. Lin Le expressionlessly pulled out the spear.

'It truly is a world where people eat people.'

Lin Le glanced at his increased merit, sighing inwardly.

Honestly, after killing this much, he rarely encountered people who didn't grant merit after being killed. And most of them were the enemy's young offspring.

After patting the well nine times, Lin Le asked Qingli to come out and clean up.

"You've killed all the powerful figures in Qinghu Town. Where are you going next?" Qingli asked.

Lin Le looked in a certain direction: "Back to Bailian County."

"The Xiang Family has a Qi Refining Realm cultivator at the Tenth Layer," Qingli reminded him.

"Only if he's willing to come out," Lin Le turned back. "He's just an old man on the verge of death. Unless the Xiang Family is on the brink of annihilation, he probably won't make a move."

"Just be careful. If you encounter danger, just jump into the well. I can guarantee your safety at the bottom," Qingli said.

"Thank you," Lin Le said, looking at Qingli.

"No need to thank me, it's just mutual benefit," Qingli shook its head and nudged Lin Le with its head. "Just give me more Yang Qi."

"Got it," Lin Le turned his head. "Do you want to help transport the bodies to the Yan Family?"

"What do you want these dead bodies for? To refine corpses?" Qingli asked, confused.

"To send them on their way," Lin Le said softly, looking at the corpses on the ground.

At the Yan Family, the bodies were piled up like a small mountain. Lin Le circulated the Dao Induction technique to build his tower, waiting for the moon to rise.

However, before the moon rose, he received unexpected guests.

Lin Le opened his eyes and looked towards the corner of the wall.

Two brothers, one fat and one thin, but with similar appearances, stood on the wall, one holding a saber and the other a sword.

They looked wary, their faces filled with vigilance and confusion as they looked at Lin Le.

This was because Lin Le was appearing with his original appearance, which was heroic with a hint of boyishness, making it easy to see he was a young man who had just come of age.

His skin was as tender as a baby's, his black hair was tied into a ponytail, his eyes were narrow and like phoenix eyes, his eyebrows were thick and delicate. Overall, he had dragon-like brows and phoenix-like eyes, appearing refined and delicate, making people unable to help but praise, "What a beautiful young man!"

But such a beautiful young man was sitting amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Especially his lips, which were thin and delicate, yet held a hint of a smile, giving him an indescribable sinister aura just by looking at him.

"Who are you, and why are you in the Yan Manor!" one of the slightly fatter men shouted at Lin Le.

"And who are you?" Lin Le retorted. "What business do you have here at the Yan Manor?"

"We're here to investigate the destruction of the Longevity Medicine Manor. We're here because Yan Dahai invited us for a drink," the slightly fatter man said, glancing at the pile of corpses. "But it seems this drink won't happen tonight."

Lin Le's expression was calm: "From the Xiang Family?"

"You could say that. Just hired mercenaries," the slightly fatter man said, drawing his saber and pointing it at Lin Le. "You should introduce yourself, kid."

"Son of Lin Chang'an, Lin Le," Lin Le stood up and flicked his sleeves. "Do you have any impression?"

"Lin Chang'an?" the slightly fatter man asked, sounding somewhat familiar.

But the thinner one seemed to have thought of something: "Your father is Mr. Lin, the one who often helps people write letters for free?"

"Yes," Lin Le nodded slightly.

"So you're Mr. Lin's son. No wonder you look..." the thinner man was about to continue praising him when he suddenly realized, "Wait, wasn't Mr. Lin's family wiped out by demons? How are you still alive?"

"You don't know?" Lin Le tilted his head.

"Know what?" The skinny man pulled the fat man further away, a bad feeling creeping in.

"My family was wiped out by a fox spirit, and your Xiang Family secretly captures martial artists from outside to feed monsters. And that monster was also a fox," Lin Le said with a smile that held no warmth, only a chilling cold. "Guess how much of a connection there is between these things?"

The skinny man gave an awkward laugh. "Could you be mistaken? Even if the Xiang Family raises monsters, it's not necessarily the same one that destroyed your family?"

"Is that so? What if I said my father had some connection with the county magistrate, and your Xiang Family has a connection with the county lieutenant?" Lin Le said leisurely.

The skinny and fat men's faces stiffened, as the animosity between the county magistrate and the county lieutenant was a well-known fact throughout the county.

If the Xiang Family wanted to eliminate rivals, they might very well have targeted Lin Chang'an.

"Haha, you sure know how to joke, kid." The fat man chuckled. "Assuming the Xiang Family does keep monsters, we're both enforcers for the Third Layer. How would we not know if the Xiang Family keeps yokai?"

Internally, however, his heart skipped a beat, because he had seen something, though he dared not investigate further.

"Who knows?" Lin Le brandished his spear. "Aren't you here to investigate the destruction of the Longevity Medicine Manor? I'll tell you directly, I did it."

"Brother, let's go!"

As Lin Le finished speaking, the skinny man grabbed the fat man and they leaped out of the Yan Manor.

He could see clearly now that Lin Le was completely consumed by killing intent, showing signs of going berserk. The pile of corpses in the courtyard was the best proof.

Moreover, Yan Dahai was a cultivator of the Third Layer. Even if his foundation was poor, he was still in the Third Layer. If the two of them dared to confront Lin Le, one of them might end up dead.

With the meager offerings of the Xiang Family, who would risk their lives for them!

Golden light pulsed from Lin Le's palm, but then dimmed. He just watched them flee.

"Aren't you going to chase them?" Qingli asked, hovering beside Lin Le.

"I can't catch them, and these two seem to have some background," Lin Le said calmly. He sensed a much stronger aura of danger from them than from Yan Dahai.

If a fight broke out, he would most likely be severely injured. Getting injured at this time was not good news for him.

"If they're still working for the Xiang Family, we'll run into them eventually. Then I'll kill them," Lin Le turned to look at the pile of corpses, from which a strong sense of resentment and Yin Qi was already rising.

"Supreme Edict: I command your lonely souls to be saved and ascend quickly. Ascend quickly!" Golden light enveloped Lin Le as he purified the resentment and Yin Qi.

Ten points of Earthly Dao merit entered his Inner Scenery.

Lin Le looked coldly at the pile of corpses. You want to become ghosts? Not a chance!

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