Chen Changqing looked in the direction where the Tracking Silk extended.
The corners of his lips lifted slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.
Back at the tavern during the day, he had already seen that Dai Hai and the others were no good people.
They ran rampant outside, oppressing the common folk.
Moreover, judging from the fear those diners had shown upon seeing Dai Hai,
the people of this area were terrified of the Black Wind Stronghold.
"Since I ran into you,"
"you can only blame your bad luck."
"You're all... walking AFK Points!"
Chen Changqing murmured softly.
Back when he was still in the Outer Sect Seventh Courtyard, Elder Willow Wood had led him to Qingxi Village on a mission.
There, they had encountered a large number of Demonic Sect cultivators.
After a fierce battle, Chen Changqing discovered
that after killing members of the Demonic Sect, he had actually gained AFK Points.
At first, he had not known what AFK Points were for.
Only later did he learn that AFK Points could be used to increase AFK efficiency.
After returning to Shushan's Outer Sect, he had spent one thousand AFK Points in exchange for triple AFK efficiency.
And now, he had encountered the Black Wind Stronghold, which had committed every evil imaginable.
How could Chen Changqing possibly miss such a fine opportunity to harvest AFK Points?
After thinking for a moment, Chen Changqing came back to himself and immediately flashed off in the direction indicated by the Tracking Silk.
With the Shushan Body Technique unleashed, his figure was like a ghost, silently melting into the night.
The night was black as ink, and the mountain wind wailed.
Guided by the Tracking Silk, Chen Changqing quickly arrived at Black Wind Mountain, where the Black Wind Stronghold was located.
At this moment, inside the stronghold's main hall,
the pot-bellied Dai Xiongfeng was entertaining his men with food, drink, and revelry.
Dai Hai was naturally among them.
After returning earlier, he had told Dai Xiongfeng about how Chen Changqing had bullied him at the tavern.
After learning of it, Dai Xiongfeng had not immediately gone to seek justice for his son.
Seeing Dai Hai's gloomy expression, Dai Xiongfeng slowly stepped forward.
"Hai'er."
"Rest assured."
"Tomorrow, your father will personally head down the mountain and bring back those two people who bullied you."
"When the time comes, you can deal with them however you wish!"
Hearing this, Dai Hai curled his lip.
"Father, by the time you get there tomorrow, those two will probably have already fled without a trace."
Dai Xiongfeng smiled smugly and replied,
"They're merely Foundation Establishment cultivators. Don't forget, your father is a Core Formation cultivator."
"They won't be able to escape from the palm of my hand!"
Seeing how confident Dai Xiongfeng was, Dai Hai's expression finally improved considerably.
"Then I'll have to trouble Father with capturing those two bastards and bringing them back."
"They dared to hit this young master!"
"I'll skin them alive and pull out their tendons!"
At the thought of Chen Changqing, Dai Hai's heart brimmed with hatred.
At this moment, outside Black Wind Mountain,
Chen Changqing glanced up the mountain and could see lights blazing halfway up its slopes.
"Everyone in there is an AFK Point."
As he spoke, the corners of his lips rose slightly. Cold light flickered in his eyes as he headed straight into the mountain.
Very soon, Chen Changqing arrived at the outskirts of the Black Wind Stronghold.
He did not choose to conceal his tracks, instead striding forward openly.
"Who goes there?"
Before he had gone far, a sudden shout rang out.
Looking again, several Black Wind Stronghold bandits had already surrounded him, staring at Chen Changqing warily.
These men were not particularly strong either, only around the Second or Third Layer of Qi Refining.
Hearing the bandits' challenge, Chen Changqing gave a cold smile.
"The one here to take your dog lives!"
Whoosh!
The instant his words fell, an invisible burst of Sword Qi erupted.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Before those bandits could react, Sword Qi had already pierced each of their throats, and they fell into pools of blood.
At the same time, a System Prompt sounded in Chen Changqing's mind:
[Ding!] [Black Wind Stronghold bandit killed. AFK Points +7.] [Ding!] [Black Wind Stronghold bandit killed. AFK Points +10.] [...]
Hearing the System Prompts, Chen Changqing smiled in satisfaction.
Earlier, he had still been somewhat concerned.
He had not known whether killing people from the Black Wind Stronghold would earn him AFK Points.
Now, he no longer had any reservations!
Next, Chen Changqing did not waste any time and continued his killing spree toward the interior of the stronghold.
"Where did this nobody come from? How dare you barge into my Black Wind Stronghold!"
Pfft!
A bandit at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining had only just shouted when Chen Changqing's Sword Qi sealed his throat!
[Ding!] [Black Wind Stronghold bandit killed. AFK Points +20.]
Chen Changqing did not stop moving, weaving through the stronghold like a ghost.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Wherever his sword light passed, blood sprayed and bandits fell one after another!
[Ding!] [Black Wind Stronghold bandit killed. AFK Points +8.] [Ding!] [Black Wind Stronghold bandit killed. AFK Points +7.] [Ding!] [Black Wind Stronghold bandit killed. AFK Points +10.] [...]
As the Black Wind Stronghold bandits continued to fall, Chen Changqing's AFK Points rose at a rapid pace.
At the same time, word of Chen Changqing's slaughter spread throughout the Black Wind Stronghold.
Inside the main hall,
Dai Xiongfeng was still drinking merrily with his men.
Suddenly, hurried footsteps sounded from outside the hall.
Following the sound, they saw a bandit stagger into the hall, his face filled with terror.
"Great Chief! Something's wrong!"
"An... an outsider has fought his way up the mountain!"
As the bandit's shout echoed out,
the once-noisy hall suddenly fell silent.
After a brief silence, everyone wore expressions of disbelief.
"Damn it!"
"What is going on?"
"Who is so bold?"
"How dare he run wild in our Black Wind Stronghold?"
"Is he tired of living?"
Everyone was indignant. After all, their Black Wind Stronghold was a powerful force within a hundred li of this area.
They had occupied this place for years, burning, killing, looting, and plundering, yet no one had ever dared to interfere!
They had never encountered anyone who dared to come to their door and kill!
"Hm?"
Upon hearing this, Dai Xiongfeng's brows sank slightly. He slammed his hand on the table and rose to his feet.
"Who dares cause trouble in my Black Wind Stronghold?"
What left Dai Xiongfeng utterly stunned was that
the moment his words fell, a burst of fighting erupted outside the hall.
"Kill..."
Bang! Bang!
But very quickly, the cries of battle faded away.
It was not hard to guess that the outsider had made it here.
Seeing that there was no longer any movement outside, everyone looked at one another, their eyes filled with panic and confusion.
Boom!
At that moment, a figure smashed straight through the doors and crashed heavily into the middle of the hall.
When everyone focused their eyes, they discovered that it was the Black Wind Stronghold's Fourth Boss.
Gasp!
Seeing that the Fourth Boss had already stopped breathing, everyone sucked in a breath of cold air, and the atmosphere instantly grew tense.
Their Fourth Boss was a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.
Yet he had been thrown inside like a dead dog?
He had not even managed to let out a scream before losing his life!
Before everyone could recover from their shock, slow footsteps approached from outside the hall.
Tap, tap...
Not long after, a youthful figure bathed in moonlight appeared at the entrance to the hall!
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