Feng San was missing!
That was Lin Shuguang's first reaction.
If that Red-Clothed Woman really was connected to the Martial Artists from the Blood Desolate Land, then it could only mean that the materials from the Desolate Ghost Ape King's corpse had exposed him.
And the only person who knew about those was Feng San, yet there was no word from him now. Could he already have been...
Lin Shuguang frowned.
Under the cover of night, a cold wind sprang up along the deserted street, making the banners on the roadside shops flap loudly.
The darkness seemed ready to swallow even the faint light of the streetlamps in one gulp, leaving a chill everywhere.
Only where Lin Shuguang stood was it like a dazzling sun, impervious to all evil.
He narrowed his eyes, his face solemn.
The next second, he turned without hesitation and headed for the nearby Snack Shop.
Thinking things through was such a pain...
If she dared come, he'd cut her down!
Early that morning.
The Storm Martial Arts School welcomed an uninvited visitor dressed in red. Though her face was deathly pale, her piercing eyes left the students in the Martial Arts Hall trembling with fear, afraid to approach.
When Song Shi saw Chen Xian arrive, he did not immediately go over to kill her. He opened the door and said casually, "Come in."
The two left, one following the other.
Everyone on the Training Ground exchanged looks. None of them knew Chen Xian's true identity, but they knew perfectly well that an ordinary person's presence could never be as powerful as this woman's.
She had to be an expert!
Entering the Small Room Lin Shuguang had visited just the night before, Chen Xian looked straight ahead. "Senior, please give me the antidote."
Song Shi actually laughed at that. "You tried to kill a student of my Martial Arts Hall, and now you want an antidote from me? Are you really not afraid I'll kill you with a single palm strike?"
As though she had nothing to fear, Chen Xian said coolly, "If you wanted to kill me, Senior, you wouldn't have let me in."
Song Shi's smile faded, and he looked at her coldly. "Don't try to talk your way around me. Give me a reason not to kill you."
Every hair on Chen Xian's body stood on end. She took a deep breath, looked straight into Song Shi's eyes, and said word by word, "My younger brother died. He was involved."
Song Shi frowned. He really did not know the circumstances behind this.
Yet that slight frown sent a chill through Chen Xian's heart. She had said that precisely to bluff Song Shi.
But his reaction!
This martial arts expert actually knew nothing?
Could it really not have been them?!
"Senior... do you really not know?"
Song Shi gave her an indifferent glance. "Killing you would be as easy as turning my hand. Would I need to lie to you?"
Chen Xian's face turned deathly pale. Facing the oppressive aura radiating from Song Shi, she still gritted her teeth and said:
"May I ask-may I ask what cultivation level your disciple has reached?"
"At his age, what do you think?" Song Shi said flatly.
Chen Xian's face grew several shades paler, and she stood rooted to the spot as though in a daze.
Her younger brother, Chen Yao, had reached Six Resonances of Bone Tempering.
That little bastard was not even a Martial Artist. How could he possibly have killed her brother?
But who was the real killer?!
"Did you really not kill the Desolate Ghost Ape King, Senior?" Chen Xian forced the question out against all that pressure.
Song Shi frowned again. What on earth was all this about?!
Chen Xian was utterly lost.
"Then who exactly killed my brother? My brother said he was going to kill the Desolate Ghost Ape King, but in the end, both he and the Desolate Ghost Ape King died..."
Song Shi was in no mood to watch her stand there in a daze. He waved a hand. "Go. Leave Huai City before tonight!"
Chen Xian came back to her senses, but showed no intention of leaving. "Senior, the antidote-"
Song Shi glanced over with cold eyes. "Get out!"
Knowing she would not get the antidote, Chen Xian turned decisively to leave.
But just as she opened the door and was about to leave, she suddenly spoke again. "I investigated before I came. The Storm Martial Arts School has never opened a branch in Huai City... Senior, who exactly are you?"
A martial arts expert with such formidable strength was hiding his identity and living tucked away among ordinary people, and even the Special Management Bureau had failed to discover anything amiss.
Chen Xian did not believe Song Shi was simply playing at life among mortals. He was definitely plotting something!
With that, her figure instantly vanished from the spot.
Song Shi did not pursue her. Instead, he turned to tend his flowers and plants, his expression unruffled.
That afternoon, Ye Tianhao came to the Martial Arts Hall, unaware of what had happened that morning.
He looked around, then frowned at Peng Chao. "Where's Lin Shuguang? Why don't I see him?"
A whetstone that good was not easy to find.
Peng Chao's eyes flickered, and he shook his head. "He hasn't come yet. Ever since you defeated him last time, he hasn't been coming to the Martial Arts Hall as often. He's probably scared."
"Scared?" Ye Tianhao paused at that, then sneered in disdain. "If that's really the case, how is he any different from trash? Looks like I overestimated him."
He turned, drew a wooden saber, and pointed it at Peng Chao. "You'll be my sparring partner today."
Peng Chao's face lit up. "It would be my greatest honor."
"Is this a Blood Sea Heart Lotus seed?"
Wanmao Street, Tianheng Pharmacy.
Old Jin carefully examined the lotus seed Lin Shuguang had handed him, his face flushed with excitement. "You're really selling this?"
"Name a price," Lin Shuguang said casually.
Old Jin rubbed his chin. "The Blood Sea Heart Lotus is extremely rare. It's a main ingredient in many high-level pills... Well, we're all friends here, so I won't shortchange you. This thing is immensely useful to me, too. How about six hundred thousand per seed?"
The price was fair, so Lin Shuguang agreed.
Old Jin suddenly gave a sly grin. "You've still got more, haven't you? I can buy them all. Want to consider it?"
Lin Shuguang's expression remained unchanged. "This is the last one. If they hadn't already stopped doing much for me, I wouldn't have brought it out to sell."
Old Jin believed him and kept saying, "What a shame." "If you get any treasure medicine in the future, you can come to me first. I'll definitely offer you a fair price. After all, we're both friends of Old Feng."
Feng San?
Lin Shuguang asked casually, "Has he contacted you lately?"
Old Jin paused. "Now that you mention it, I hadn't noticed. Has it already been three days since he contacted me? Could he have gone out of town to buy stock?"
After receiving the money, Lin Shuguang also greeted the Old Man with a Smoking Pipe at the entrance with a smile, then disappeared into the crowd.
Inside Tianheng Pharmacy.
The Old Man with a Smoking Pipe looked at Old Jin. "Blood Sea Heart Lotus, tsk, tsk. That's not something just anyone can get."
Old Jin carefully put away the lotus seed. "That's why I say he's a man blessed with good fortune. With this Blood Sea Heart Lotus seed, I've got a better chance of refining my new pill."
The Old Man with a Smoking Pipe suddenly said, "Could things with Feng San..."
At that, Old Jin looked up and shook his head. "Leave him be. If he hasn't contacted me yet, it means he's not at the end of his rope."
The Old Man with a Smoking Pipe understood. He lay back down on the wooden chair and took a puff from his pipe.
"I'm getting old. I can't understand you young people anymore."
Lin Shuguang returned home carrying a bag of fried chicken.
After saving up over these past days, his wealth had now reached 1.4 million.
His cultivation had also reached Three Resonances of Bone Tempering (2%).
If he had not still needed to adjust to the violent power brought on by his breakthrough, he truly would have wanted to sell everything he owned and desperately "heal" himself.
"When I've got no money, I go all out fighting. When I've got money, I go all out healing!"
"If you dare glare at me, I'll dare cut you down!"
Before you continue