Kill Two More

Kill Two More

A thought passed, a year went by. When Lin Le came back to himself, he glanced at his fist, then threw a punch.

Crack, crack, crack! Three sharp reports.

Another punch—four reports.

Yet another punch—five reports.

Lin Le kept punching, and the number of cracks kept rising. Only when eight sharp cracks rang out did he stop.

White Ape Shoulder-Hunching Fist had reached major accomplishment, just one crack short of perfection.

As expected, Bone Structure greatly accelerated fist training, Lin Le thought.

Both had reached major accomplishment. Tongbei Fist was only one step from perfection, while the White Ape Spear had merely crossed its first threshold.

The gap might have seemed small, but it would take ordinary people years, perhaps even more than a decade, to make up for it.

Next came his own strength.

The lotus leaf swayed gently, and a blood-red dewdrop fell.

A rich warmth flowed from his heart. Lin Le began practicing Tongbei Fist. The introductory and major accomplishment stages of a fist art truly differed greatly. After only two rounds, he had completely digested the elixir formed from the White Ape Pill.

Back then, it had taken him four or five rounds of practice to digest the Body Strengthening Elixir.

It increased my strength by around ten jin.

The major accomplishment stage of the fist art also made Lin Le more sensitive to the condition of his own body.

Continue.

Lin Le continued practicing until he had thoroughly refined all the elixir formed from the five White Ape Pills.

"My strength now..." Lin Le found a heavy object and pressed it against his hand so he could better gauge his power. "It should be around three hundred and sixty jin."

His original strength had been a little over three hundred and ten jin, so the five White Ape Pills had added nearly fifty jin.

By his final estimate, they had added around eight jin of strength, two jin less than the first time.

So I can take around fifteen more White Ape Pills and gain another fifty jin of strength, Lin Le judged.

But after three hundred jin, Body Strengthening Powder would no longer work on him. Four hundred jin should be the limit of the White Ape Pill.

In other words, he still needed to find better medicine.

Bone Structure! Lin Le could not help sighing.

This was where the benefits of Bone Structure showed themselves. Those with poor Bone Structure had it harder because their limits were lower. They had no choice but to spend more resources to forcibly break through those limits.

If he had superior Bone Structure, then with the same resources, he would probably already have over four hundred jin of strength, nearing the peak of ordinary people.

Fortunately, Bone Structure could be changed. Though it was no easy task, it was far easier than the heaven-defying feat of growing spiritual roots.

Lin Le gripped his dagger. It was time to collect some killing karma from someone.

In a corner, two thugs huddled together and muttered among themselves.

"Xiao Hua, why do you think Brother Wang told us to watch that kid?" one thug asked his companion. "Everyone knows he trains at the White Ape Martial Arts School. Why stir up this trouble?"

The White Ape Martial Arts School was one of Baishan County's largest martial arts schools. Its students all had modest family means, and the web of connections they formed behind them was even more intimidating.

So in his eyes, Lin Le was not a particularly good target.

"You know Old Niu and Old Rat, right?" Xiao Hua rolled his eyes. "They're dead. Most likely killed by that kid. Those two were Brother Wang's capable subordinates. If he doesn't avenge them, do you think he can keep mixing in the gang?"

Those who joined gangs all cared about face.

They cared about face because only with face did they have benefits.

Lin Le had killed Brother Wang's men, which was the same as slapping Brother Wang in the face. If he did not reclaim that face, the others would rebel, greatly harming Brother Wang's interests.

So retaliation was inevitable.

"Oh." His companion nodded, then suddenly realized something. "Then aren't we in danger? That kid dared kill Old Niu and Old Rat, so he'll definitely dare kill the two of us!"

"We're keeping watch, not spying on him. What danger could there be?" Xiao Hua shrugged. Just as he was about to say more, the target's door opened, and Lin Le came out.

"The target's out. Follow him!" Xiao Hua slapped his companion and followed Lin Le.

Lin Le had a clear destination in mind and quickly arrived before a residence.

Then he vaulted over the wall and went straight inside.

Xiao Hua and his companion watched from outside.

Before long, Lin Le climbed back over the wall.

With his sharp eyes, Xiao Hua seemed to see something white drop from Lin Le's sleeve.

Once Lin Le had gone a little farther away, he and his companion immediately stepped forward. They did not need to look closely to find a small silver ingot lying on the ground.

Silver!

The two exchanged looks, each seeing the greed in the other's eyes.

"Should we go in?" his companion whispered to Xiao Hua, glancing toward the wall beside them.

There had not been much change in Lin Le's appearance. It looked like he had hidden a large sum of silver here and came by periodically to take some, so there had to be quite a bit more silver inside.

"Go in!" Xiao Hua nodded forcefully.

As for watching him, they could just make up an excuse later and muddle through it. They were all ordinary people who could die from a single stab. Was he supposed to fear Brother Wang?

The two climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard.

They looked around. The place was quiet, and judging by the dust, no one had lived here for a long time.

"You take the left, I'll take the right," Xiao Hua told his companion.

"Alright." His companion nodded and immediately began turning over chests and cabinets in search of Lin Le's little treasury.

Just as they were searching with feverish enthusiasm, a figure climbed over the wall and entered. The movement was so slight that neither thug noticed.

With a single leap, the person chopped down with a hand strike.

Bang!

Xiao Hua immediately crumpled limply to the ground.

The sound of Xiao Hua falling startled his companion. He turned around, only to see a half-grown youth pouncing toward him.

Before he could say a word, the youth unleashed White Ape Offers Fruit, striking the thug directly beneath the chin with his palm.

Smack!

The thug's head snapped back. The blow left him seeing stars, then a sharp pain burst through his neck, and he completely lost consciousness.

Splash!

A basin of cold water was poured over him. Xiao Hua jolted awake and saw the target seated across from him, watching him with an indifferent expression. That gaze did not seem to be looking at a person, but at a pig.

"Who sent you?" Lin Le asked, tossing the dagger as he looked at the awakened Xiao Hua.

"Brother Wang." Xiao Hua did not resist and immediately spilled everything he knew.

After listening, Lin Le nodded slightly. "You're smarter than the last one."

"Then, sir, could you let me off like a fart?" Xiao Hua said with a fawning smile. "I have an eighty-year-old mother above me and a three-year-old child below me to support. I really can't die!"

"Then you must have it hard, huh?" Lin Le nodded slightly and rose to his feet.

"It is hard! But for—" Before Xiao Hua could finish, a toe rapidly enlarged in his vision.

Crack! Lin Le lowered his leg and looked at Xiao Hua, who lay on the ground staring at him in disbelief. "Since it's so hard, I'll help you out for once and make sure you won't suffer anymore."

"Cough, cough!" Xiao Hua stared at Lin Le with his mouth wide open, wanting to say something. But Lin Le had shattered his Adam's apple, and his throat was already clogged with blood and flesh. He could not make a sound at all.

In the end, he helplessly lowered his head.

Another point of merit and another point of killing karma entered Lin Le's divine ability Inner Scenery.

The reason it was another point was naturally because Xiao Hua's companion had already gone ahead of him.

"The Evil Wolf Gang. What a minnow-like name." Lin Le mulled over the information and sneered.

But minnows were just right for minnows.

Lin Le turned and left. As for the corpses, it did not matter. They were merely two thugs; the constables would never seriously investigate.

His household had dealings with the yamen in this life, so Lin Le knew only too well what those constables were like.