A Dark and Stormy Night, Perfect for Murder and Arson!

Chen Changqing looked in the direction the Tracking Silk extended.

The corner of his mouth lifted slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

Back at the tavern during the day, he had already seen that Dai Hai and his men were no good.

They threw their weight around outside, bullying the common folk.

And from the fear the diners showed when they saw Dai Hai, it was even easier to judge.

The people in this area were terrified of Black Wind Stronghold.

"Since we've run into them,"

"then they can only blame their bad luck."

"You're all... walking AFK points!"

Chen Changqing said quietly.

Earlier, when he was still in the Outer Sect Seventh Courtyard, he had gone on a mission to Qingxi Village under Elder Willow Wood's lead.

There, he encountered a large number of Demon Sect cultivators.

After a bout of slaughter, Chen Changqing discovered.

After killing those from the Demon Sect, he actually obtained AFK points.

At first, he didn't know what use AFK points had.

Only later did he learn that AFK points could be used to improve AFK efficiency.

After returning to the Shushan Outer Sect, he spent a thousand AFK points and exchanged them for triple AFK efficiency.

Now, he had run into the villainous Black Wind Stronghold.

How could Chen Changqing miss this good chance to harvest AFK points?

After thinking for a moment, Chen Changqing snapped back to reality, then flickered away in the direction the Tracking Silk guided.

Under the Shushan Body Technique, his form moved like a ghost, silently merging into the night.

The night was as dark as ink, the mountain wind howling.

Guided by the Tracking Silk, Chen Changqing soon arrived at Black Wind Mountain, where the stronghold was located.

At this moment, inside the stronghold's main hall.

The potbellied Dai Xiongfeng was hosting a group of his subordinates, eating, drinking, and making merry.

Dai Hai was naturally among them.

Having returned earlier, he had already told Dai Xiongfeng about being bullied by Chen Changqing at the tavern.

After learning this, Dai Xiongfeng did not immediately go to seek justice for his son.

Seeing Dai Hai looking gloomy and unhappy, Dai Xiongfeng stepped forward slowly:

"Hai'er."

"Don't you worry."

"Tomorrow, your father will personally go down the mountain and bring those two who bullied you back."

"Then, they'll be yours to deal with!"

Hearing this, Dai Hai curled his lip and said:

"Dad, by the time you go tomorrow, those two will probably have long since fled."

Dai Xiongfeng smiled smugly and replied:

"Just a couple of Foundation Establishment cultivators. Don't forget, your father here is a Core Formation cultivator."

"They can't escape my grasp!"

Seeing Dai Xiongfeng speak with such confidence, Dai Hai's expression finally improved a bit.

"Then I'll trouble Father to catch those two bastards."

"How dare they hit this young master!"

"I'll skin them alive and pull their tendons!"

Thinking of Chen Changqing, Dai Hai's heart was filled with resentment.

At this moment, outside Black Wind Mountain.

Chen Changqing looked up the mountain and could see the bright lights halfway up.

"Everyone in there is nothing but AFK points."

As he spoke, the corner of his mouth curled up, a cold gleam flashing in his eyes, and he directly flickered into the mountain.

Soon, Chen Changqing arrived at the outskirts of Black Wind Stronghold.

He did not choose to conceal his tracks, instead walking forward openly and boldly.

"What kind of person goes there?"

He had not gone far when a sudden shout rang out.

Looking again, several bandits from Black Wind Stronghold had already surrounded him, their eyes fixed warily on Chen Changqing as they sized him up.

These men were not highly cultivated either, only at the Second or Third Layer of Qi Refining.

Hearing the bandits' challenge, Chen Changqing let out a cold, light laugh:

"The one who takes your dog lives!"

"Xiu!"

The moment the words fell, an invisible Sword Qi suddenly erupted.

"Puff, puff, puff..."

Before those bandits could react, their throats were each pierced through by the Sword Qi, and they collapsed into pools of blood.

At the same time, the system's prompt sounded in Chen Changqing's mind:

[Ding!]

[Killed Black Wind Stronghold bandit, AFK Points +7.]

[Ding!]

[Killed Black Wind Stronghold bandit, AFK Points +10.]

[...]

Hearing the system prompt, Chen Changqing smiled with satisfaction.

Earlier, he had still been worried.

Unsure whether killing members of Black Wind Stronghold would earn him AFK Points.

Now, there were no more concerns!

Next, Chen Changqing did not dawdle, continuing his charge deeper into the stronghold.

"What petty thief dares trespass into my Black Wind Stronghold?"

"Puff!"

A bandit at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining had barely shouted his challenge before his throat was sealed by Chen Changqing's Sword Qi!

[Ding!]

[Killed Black Wind Stronghold bandit, AFK Points +20.]

Chen Changqing's steps did not pause; he flitted through the stronghold like a ghost.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

Wherever the sword light passed, blood splattered, and bandits fell one after another!

[Ding!]

[Killed Black Wind Stronghold bandit, AFK Points +8.]

[Ding!]

[Killed Black Wind Stronghold bandit, AFK Points +7.]

[Ding!]

[Killed Black Wind Stronghold bandit, AFK Points +10.]

[...]

As the bandits of Black Wind Stronghold continued to fall, Chen Changqing's AFK Points grew rapidly.

At the same time, the commotion of Chen Changqing's slaughter spread throughout Black Wind Stronghold.

Inside the main hall.

Dai Xiongfeng was still clinking cups with his subordinates.

Suddenly, the sound of urgent footsteps came from outside the hall.

Following the noise, they saw a bandit stumbling and crashing into the hall, his face full of terror:

"Chief! It's bad!"

"An... an outsider has killed his way up the mountain!"

As the bandit's shout rang out.

The originally noisy hall suddenly fell silent.

After a moment of stillness, everyone looked utterly incredulous.

"Damn it!"

"What's going on?"

"Who is so bold?"

"How dare they cause trouble at our Black Wind Stronghold?"

"Are they tired of living?"

The crowd seethed with indignation. After all, their Black Wind Stronghold was a local power for a hundred li around, having occupied this territory for years, burning, killing, and looting without anyone daring to intervene!

They had never encountered someone bold enough to attack them directly.

"Oh?"

Dai Xiongfeng's brow furrowed slightly at the news. He slammed the table and rose abruptly.

"Who dares to run wild in my Black Wind Stronghold?"

What left Dai Xiongfeng utterly stunned was this—

No sooner had his words fallen than the sounds of fighting erupted from outside the hall.

"Kill..."

"Bam! Bam!"

But soon, the clamor of battle faded away.

It wasn't hard to guess that the outsider had fought their way in.

Seeing the silence outside, the crowd exchanged bewildered glances, confusion and panic plain in each other's eyes.

"Boom!"

Just then, a figure smashed straight through the main doors and crashed heavily into the center of the hall.

The crowd focused their gaze—it was the Black Wind Stronghold's Fourth Boss.

"Hiss!"

Seeing that the Fourth Boss had already stopped breathing, the entire assembly drew in a sharp breath. The atmosphere instantly grew tense.

After all, their Fourth Boss was a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.

And he had been thrown in here like a dead dog!

He hadn't even let out a single scream before his life was snuffed out!

Before the crowd could recover from the shock, slow footsteps approached from outside the hall.

"Tap... tap..."

Before long, a young figure, bathed in moonlight, appeared at the entrance of the hall!