Yang Xuan walked over, intending to ask Wu Dehui when Li Chi would return. Just now, Yang Xuan had already sensed a surging force of qi and blood beginning to revive. There was no need to ask—this was definitely Tian Can. Fortunately, he had entered Hua Jin. If he were still at the An Jin level, he would not have sensed it at all.
"Brother Hui, Brother Chi, are we leaving? I feel like that man in black is about to wake up."
Li Chi laughed. "He's been dead for so many years. How could that be possible?"
Li Chi really had a crow's mouth. Tian Can's hands and feet began to move slowly, startling Yun Luo and Xiao Man.
Xiao Man said anxiously, "Tian Can is still alive. Let's go."
Li Chi asked in surprise, "Why are you two so flustered? Where are you going?"
"Tian Can is about to wake up. He's the number-one expert of the evil sects under heaven, and his martial arts are incredibly powerful." After saying that, Xiao Man moved to block Tian Can.
Yang Xuan could only feel exasperated. Xiao Man had no chance in hell of blocking him.
"Brother Chi, move aside."
Mountain-Pressing Lean. Yang Xuan muttered under his breath and slammed into the mountain wall. With a boom, the wall shattered and rubble fell, opening a huge hole. The group filed out one after another.
"Brother Xuan, you're amazing! Is that a martial art you just learned?" Li Chi asked.
"We can talk after we get away." Yang Xuan spoke irritably. The surging qi and blood was only slightly weaker than his own. Worse, Tian Can's Inner Force was terrifyingly powerful. Yang Xuan felt that, compared with his own, it was at least no weaker, if not stronger. As the number-one expert of the evil sects, Tian Can had certainly experienced countless battles. Yang Xuan had only sparred with Li Shuwen and killed Fujita Go. As far as actual combat went, he was still just a rookie. Against Tian Can, he would definitely lose. Although he could escape, there were four burdens behind him, and not one of them would be able to get away.
They fled back to their lodgings—or rather, a bed-and-breakfast. Once inside the room, Yun Luo also learned about the situation. Yang Xuan secretly took a box from his storage space. That's right, it was the one he had taken from Tian Can. He opened it to inspect the contents. Tsk, wasn't it just a ginseng root?
Yun Luo spotted it immediately and cried out in shock, "A Millennial Korean Ginseng King!"
So this is the Millennial Korean Ginseng King? It doesn't look like much.
System appraisal:
Name: Millennial Korean Ginseng King Function: Increases lifespan by approximately 900 years. The effect is halved with each additional root consumed.
What a good thing! Humans truly had no resistance at all to anything that could extend their lives.
Let's try the optimization and enhancement functions. Yang Xuan lightly touched the Millennial Korean Ginseng King. System, optimize.
When he checked its attributes again, they had changed.
System appraisal:
Name: Millennial Korean Ginseng King Function: Increases lifespan by approximately 1,200 years and grants 20 years of first-rate Inner Force. The effect is slightly reduced with each additional root consumed.
Not bad, not bad. Every living creature and plant had more or less some flaws in its genes or inborn and acquired qualities. Yang Xuan guessed that the optimization function filled in those flaws and perfected them.
System, enhance.
System appraisal:
Name: Millennial Korean Ginseng King (+1) Function: Increases lifespan by approximately 2,500 years and grants 50 years of first-rate Inner Force. The effect is reduced slightly with each additional root consumed.
"What's the 1 in the parentheses supposed to mean?" Yang Xuan asked weakly. After all, there hadn't been anything like this when he enhanced the Great Revitalizing Pill.
"Host, because your strength has greatly increased and you have gained a new cultivation system, the system will gradually evolve as well. An item can be enhanced multiple times, up to the peak of its materials. Each enhancement will consume ten times more physical energy than the previous one."
Because the Millennial Korean Ginseng King was of a much higher energy level than the Great Revitalizing Pill, Yang Xuan now felt utterly exhausted. There was nothing he could do but deal with Yun Luo first and then hurry to rest.
Yun Luo asked, "How did you get a Millennial Korean Ginseng King? I remember Tian Can ate it back then."
"Then I don't know either. Anyway, I took it from him."
"I didn't expect Tian Can to have two Millennial Korean Ginseng Kings. He fooled all of us." Yun Luo's expression darkened.
"I'm going to rest first. You all chat." Yang Xuan sounded exhausted.
Yang Xuan dragged his weary body over to lie down and sleep. Sigh, next time I'll enhance it before going to bed. Otherwise, my body really can't take it. If I encounter a powerful enemy after enhancing something, I'll be finished.
Listening to the four of them chatting in their comical manner, he gradually fell asleep. He had originally planned to sneak back that night, but it seemed that was no longer possible.
He slept like a log all night.
The following evening, everyone packed up. Yun Luo took Xiao Man, while Yang Xuan took Wu Dehui and Li Chi, and they flew across the border.
...Back in Hong Kong.
They had finally returned, after suffering through so much fear and anxiety.
Yun Luo and Xiao Man stayed at Yang Xuan's house. The place Yang Xuan rented was larger, and he was the only one living there, so the empty rooms could accommodate the two of them. More importantly, Yang Xuan still had not given up. This way, he could ask Yun Luo more questions about martial arts. Although Yang Xuan liked Wang Zuxian, he found Yun Luo's personality rather ordinary. If he got lucky, it would be even better if he could coax a few martial arts manuals out of her.
The next day, everyone went to work. Once they reached the company, Yang Xuan realized he had actually forgotten about this. Li Chi was being pursued by creditors again. It seemed Li Chi quite enjoyed pretending to be weak while hiding his true strength.
As soon as work ended, Yang Xuan heard Li Chi talking on the phone. Although Yang Xuan had initially only used Wu Dehui and Li Chi to find the cave, they had spent so much time together, and they were all young, so they had developed a decent bond. Li Chi was about to be doused in human waste. Ha, he might as well go help.
"Brother Chi, I just heard that you're going to repay your debt?"
"Brother Xuan, how could I possibly be repaying a debt? I'm going to teach them a proper lesson. They beat me every time they come to collect, and they beat me so badly. This time, I'm going to show them what's what." Li Chi spoke through clenched teeth.
That night, on an empty street—
Li Chi shouted loudly, "Gao Li Ba, Gao Li Jiu! Your Brother Chi is here! How dare you challenge me? Use whatever tricks you have!"
Yang Xuan shoved Li Chi straight into the wall, then retreated four or five steps himself. Sure enough, black dog blood, feces, and urine came pouring down instantly.
Both Yang Xuan and Li Chi were shaken. Not getting splashed was already disgusting enough; if they had been hit, the consequences would have been unbearable. Ever since Yang Xuan entered Hua Jin, whenever someone harbored malice toward him, his skin would give him a warning that felt like being pricked by needles. That was why he had dodged.
"Brother Chi, teach them a good lesson. Damn it, otherwise they'll think we're easy targets."
"I'll beat the crap out of every one of them!" Li Chi's hands swept left and then turned right. The two forces of Seven Spin Slash instantly condensed in his palms and spun outward. Everyone he struck grimaced in pain and fell to the ground.
Yang Xuan, meanwhile, strode forward and charged straight into the main group. Protective Qi Aura and telekinetic force clung to the surface of his body. He used Baji Quan, smashing out with his left fist and hooking with his right, sweeping away a large swath of people. He struck anyone he encountered, and when blades hacked at him, he shattered them. Like a giant beast, he bulldozed straight through them. This was the result of Yang Xuan not even using his full strength.
Wu Dehui and Xiao Man hurried over. Because of Yang Xuan's interference, Li Chi and Xiao Man were not together yet, but Xiao Man still secretly liked Li Chi a little. Naturally, she had rushed over out of concern.
Looking at the people strewn across the ground, Wu Dehui asked curiously, "You two did all this? You're that powerful?"
"Brother Xuan did it all! Brother Hui, Xiao Man, I'm telling you, Brother Xuan is the best at martial arts. He's amazing! He charged straight through, and not one person could block him for even a second."
Yang Xuan leaned against the railing and slowly exhaled a smoke ring. Not bad, I suppose. These petty thugs were at most ordinary people. Their strength was still lacking.
"Let's go home."
And so, whenever he had free time each day, he asked Yun Luo about martial arts and worked hard at practicing. He also resigned from his job. He had only managed to coax the Bewitching Soul Grand Technique out of Yun Luo, written it down as a manual, and learned it. Now, he was already close to perfection. Yang Xuan's mental strength was even more powerful than his physical body.
There was nothing else to do, and no more opportunities had appeared. How about I pull off something big before going back?
According to Yang Xuan's philosophy, no one ever complained about having too much money. He definitely had to make one more haul before leaving, but he could not cause too much destruction. After all, time could now be controlled in reverse at a ratio of 500:1—five hundred days in reality equaled one day in the movie world. If he destroyed too much, there would be nothing fun left the next time he came.