Spirit Crane Piercing Cloud Fist

He came from a martial arts lineage. Though it could not compare with the Fang family, it was still one of Yong'an City's prominent clans.

What could a butcher who slaughtered pigs cultivate in the way of an elite technique? He probably knew only a few crude village forms.

Suddenly, his body moved like a dancing spirit crane, nimble beyond measure. The distance of more than twenty paces vanished in just two breaths, and he appeared before Chu Feng.

"Crane Strike!"

Wang Linghe curled his hand into a claw like a spirit crane's beak and viciously stabbed it toward Chu Feng's temple.

If an ordinary martial artist were struck by that blow, even if he did not die, he would become a fool!

A fierce wind struck his face. Chu Feng's half-lidded eyes opened slightly, and a coldness surfaced on his face.

"For such a small matter, you still struck with such venom."

Chu Feng raised his hand and caught Wang Linghe's lightning-fast fist.

His wrist trembled, and his strength exploded. Wang Linghe's sleeve ripped apart inch by inch, while his arm was twisted into a pretzel in an instant.

"Ah!"

Wang Linghe let out a painful roar. His other hand transformed into a five-fingered claw, and unwilling to give up, he tried to peck out Chu Feng's eyes.

Chu Feng kicked out. Before Wang Linghe's claw could even touch him, he was sent flying.

His entire body flew seven or eight meters before he landed on the ground, his life or death unknown.

Chen Shi Tou was dumbstruck. He had never expected that the master he had taken would actually be a martial artist—and a powerful one at that.

"Shi Tou, let's go."

Chu Feng had not dealt a killing blow because he had faintly sensed a prying gaze.

"Oh... Master, are you a martial artist? That move just now was incredibly cool. Can you teach me?"

Chen Shi Tou came back to himself and hurried after him, chattering beside Chu Feng.

As he spoke, the corner of Chen Shi Tou's eye suddenly caught sight of what was behind them. Wang Linghe was holding a dagger, his face twisted viciously as he lunged toward Chu Feng's lower back.

"Master, look out..."

Without even turning his head, as though he had eyes in the back of his head, Chu Feng's right hand flashed out and seized Wang Linghe's wrist.

He exerted force. Wang Linghe cried out in pain, and the dagger fell from his hand.

Then Chu Feng's foot struck him squarely in the chest, sending his entire body flying backward.

Chu Feng caught the falling dagger with his left hand. His wrist trembled, and the dagger shot out like a falling star, striking Wang Linghe between the brows and severing his last breath.

[Killed a Flesh-Tempering martial artist. Plundered five years of lifespan.]

[Plundered technique: Spirit Crane Piercing Cloud Fist.]

Chu Feng did not stop. He had originally not wanted to expose too much, but since someone insisted on courting death, he would grant their wish!

His figure moved like lightning, and in the blink of an eye he reached the two servants still lying on the ground.

His feet stamped down like heavy hammers. The two servants' chests caved in, blood spilling from the corners of their mouths as their breath faded away.

These two had followed Wang Linghe in running rampant without restraint and had beaten and killed no small number of ordinary people. Killing them was absolutely no injustice!

"Bah! Despicable wretches. How could Miss Xing'er possibly like someone like you?"

Chen Shi Tou spat at the corpses and cursed viciously.

Chu Feng said nothing. Instead, he raised his head and looked toward the empty roof eave, his expression thoughtful.

Then he pulled Chen Shi Tou away from the corpses, where he had still wanted to whip them, and searched fifty taels of silver from the three men.

That practiced manner made Chen Shi Tou deeply suspicious that his master had another profession.

When Chen Shi Tou saw the exquisite folding fan and the jade pendant at Wang Linghe's waist, he wanted to step forward and take them.

But Chu Feng yanked him away. Along the road, he casually handed Chen Shi Tou twenty taels of silver.

"Those things are easy to trace. Don't let greed bring disaster upon you."

"Master, this is too much..." Chen Shi Tou held the twenty taels of silver in both hands, his heart surging with excitement.

"Take it. It was free, anyway. Once you return, forget everything that happened today. Don't mention it to anyone. And forget Miss Xing'er too. She isn't suitable for you."

"B-but..."

"Oh, all right." Chen Shi Tou naturally did not want to, but when he saw the stern look in Chu Feng's eyes, he finally nodded.

At that moment, at the place where Chu Feng had just fought.

On the roof eave stood a breathtakingly beautiful woman. She was graceful and statuesque, her figure like a willow in spring, her brows and eyes picturesque, her full red lips slightly parted.

"What a vigorous man. The aura on him smells so good. I really want to take a sip."

At the thought, a fiery-red tail could not help slipping out from beneath her spacious robes and swaying in every direction.

"Sister, there is something delicious. I want some too..."

A breeze swept past, and another slightly younger woman appeared on the roof eave.

The two women's brows, eyes, faces, and figures were all extremely similar. Standing together, they resembled twin lotuses growing from one stalk, difficult to distinguish in beauty.

The woman stroked the newcomer on the head and said gently, "Little sister, don't be impatient. Once we find the Protector, all the people in this city will be food on our platter..."

"Now? We can have a little appetizer..." As she spoke, the two women looked toward the corpses on the ground, which were still warm.

The girl whooshed forward, pouncing on them as she kept calling out,

"Big feast, big feast..."

Her coquettish, childish voice echoed through the sky, like a mischievous girl from the neighboring household.

On the way back to Hongyun Restaurant, Chu Feng recalled the tiny movements of the woman called Xing'er.

"That woman probably isn't human. She may be the demon Li the Old Man mentioned!"

That method of extracting a person's vital essence was truly unfathomable. If his skin, membrane, and sinews had not all been cultivated beyond their limits, his essence might have been stolen as well.

After guessing the woman's identity, Chu Feng had no intention of vanquishing demons and eliminating evil.

First, her strength was unknown, and he did not yet know whether she had accomplices.

Second, he was not some guardian of the righteous path who had to fight and kill whenever he saw a demon.

Third, Chu Feng's lifespan had not yet been exhausted, and his own strength still had room to rise. He had neither the time nor the need to clash with a demon of unknown origins.

"She had better not provoke me. Otherwise, I will certainly taste what a demon's lifespan is like!"

Chu Feng's strength had greatly increased. He was confident that in Yong'an City, only a handful of people could threaten him.

As the saying went, those with great skill were bold. Naturally, he would not cower at every shadow.

Back at Hongyun Restaurant.

Chen Shi Tou exchanged a greeting with Chu Feng and then vanished, clutching the twenty taels of silver. Wherever he hid it, he feared someone would steal it.

Watching Chen Shi Tou's departing back, Li Zhenshan smiled.

"Your master is quite the oddball, isn't he? Chen Shi Tou looks haggard, his steps are unsteady, and his vitality is listless. Those are clearly the symptoms of overindulgence in wine and women."

Li Zhenshan felt that he had misjudged Chu Feng. He had originally thought this youngster would be a fine piece of jade, but who would have thought he was rotten to the core?

He had actually taken his own disciple to a brothel?

Chu Feng refused to shoulder that unjust accusation and hurriedly said, "Old Li, don't slander me. I didn't do that!"

"Then what happened?"

Li Zhenshan was stunned. He did not believe he could have judged wrongly.

Chu Feng then recounted what had just happened.

"Keep making it up. Go on, keep making it up... Let me see what other tricks you can invent."

"Demons have even appeared now? If you really encountered a demon, your vitality-filled body would be a rare delicacy. You would be the first one the demon ate. So how is it that nothing happened to you, while Chen Shi Tou alone had most of his essence sucked away?"

Chu Feng said helplessly, "How would I know? Maybe I have an extraordinary natural endowment, and she couldn't drain me..."