Slaying Huang Bao! Leaving with a flick of the sleeve!

Clutching seventy taels of silver, Lin Guanhuo walked quietly on the road back to the miscellaneous room of the county office.

"I thought I could sell it for thirty or forty taels at most, but I didn't expect Scarred Madman to be so knowledgeable and willing to pay seventy taels."

Lin Guanhuo rejoiced inwardly.

He had inquired before, and a First Rank Martial Art on the market was worth at most thirty taels of silver.

The fact that the Precept Breaking Saber Art could now sell for a higher price indicated that the killing techniques contained within it were indeed extraordinary.

As Lin Guanhuo walked, he weighed the cloth bag in his hand, which was filled with banknotes and loose silver.

With this money, he would have enough for a month's medicinal baths and meat.

At this moment, he was passing through a withered forest outside the city.

This forest was rarely frequented.

There were only a few scattered footprints on the snow-covered ground.

"Hm?"

Suddenly.

Lin Guanhuo's steps halted, and his brow furrowed.

Days of martial arts practice and drawing his sword had sharpened his senses.

He could feel that ever since he left the Mad Saber Martial Arts School, a presence had been following him.

"Come out, you've been following me all this way."

Lin Guanhuo turned around, his gaze coldly sweeping towards the back of a withered tree.

"Heh, interesting."

As he spoke, a cold laugh echoed.

A tall figure in black, with a masked face, slowly emerged from behind the tree.

Holding a long saber, he blocked Lin Guanhuo's path.

"Kid, you're quite alert." The black-clothed man's voice was low and laced with mockery. "Since you know you're being followed, why don't you quickly kneel down and hand over the money?"

Lin Guanhuo looked at the man's figure and said calmly, "Scarred Madman sent you, didn't he? You bought the book and then immediately wanted to kill me and rob me of my money? Your Mad Saber Martial Arts School's business practices are truly shrewd."

Upon hearing this, the black-clothed man's body stiffened noticeably.

Afterward, he slowly reached up and removed the black cloth from his face, revealing a face with thick brows and large eyes. It was Huang Bao, who had come to the county office's miscellaneous room to act tough that day.

At this moment, the hypocritical mask on his face was completely torn apart, leaving only a sinister look.

"Since you recognize me..."

Huang Bao twisted his neck, his eyes brimming with killing intent. "Then you must die!"

Huang Bao couldn't be bothered to waste words. He was in a hurry to complete his task and collect his reward money.

Huang Bao had even thought about which little sprite he would pick at the Spring Red House that night.

The next instant!

Huang Bao stomped his foot hard, his aura as a ranked martial artist fully displayed. He attacked immediately with a killing move.

"Bang!"

The accumulated snow on the ground exploded.

As a First Rank Body Tempering Realm martial artist, his explosive power was immense. He moved like a hunting leopard, instantly covering seven to eight meters. The long saber in his hand whistled through the air as he fiercely chopped down towards Lin Guanhuo's head!

This saber strike was powerful and heavy. If it landed true, it would be enough to cleave a person in two.

"Die!" Huang Bao sneered.

However, the next second, his smile froze on his face.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound of metal striking metal.

Lin Guanhuo's long saber had been unsheathed at some point, and it steadily blocked the powerful and heavy saber strike!

Although his arm felt slightly numb and the snow beneath his feet had caved in a bit, he had indeed blocked it!

This scene surprised even Lin Guanhuo himself!

One or two months ago, he was still a weak ordinary person, utterly without strength, and could have died without a burial place with just a casual push from a demon.

And now, he could directly contend with a ranked martial artist!!

This, was the martial path?

"What?!"

Huang Bao was clearly taken aback. "You... you have a saber too??"

"You're a martial artist??"

Huang Bao's expression changed drastically. Lin Guanhuo looked like a mere laborer from the yamen.

Just like his cousin, someone who just coasted by, doing nothing.

How could he possess such strength and reaction speed?

"You've got some foundation."

Lin Guanhuo's expression was blank. He exerted force in his arm, violently knocking Huang Bao's long saber aside. This time, it was Lin Guanhuo's turn to attack.

"You're asking for death!"

Huang Bao was, after all, a legitimate First Rank Martial Artist with extensive combat experience.

Although he was surprised, he didn't panic. He spun his long saber, blocking Lin Guanhuo's offensive. Then, relying on his great strength, he launched a stormy counterattack.

Boom!!

Boom!!

Boom!!

Saber light flashed!!

Huang Bao grew more astonished with every strike, and more annoyed.

Although Lin Guanhuo's strength was inferior to his, his footwork was agile, and the angles of his saber strikes were extremely tricky. He was actually able to fight back and forth with him!

"Is this your trump card?"

Huang Bao laughed in fury. "I don't know where you learned those few clumsy moves, but in the face of absolute strength, they're all just show! Die for me!"

He took a deep breath, his muscles bulged, and his long saber flashed with a cold light.

He unleashed the Mad Saber Martial Arts School's Martial Art, the Mountain Splitting Slash!!

Huang Bao's talent was limited. He struggled to cultivate this Martial Art, taking half a year to barely grasp its rudimentary form, but it was already his strongest killing move.

This saber strike was like the force of Mount Tai pressing down. Lin Guanhuo could feel the air around him being compressed, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

However, facing this sure-kill strike, Lin Guanhuo advanced instead of retreating.

"I've played enough."

Lin Guanhuo whispered.

In that instant, the qi and blood within his body circulated wildly along a bizarre path, and the long saber in his hand slashed out fiercely!

Precept Breaking Saber Art, Second Layer!!

Screech!!

A piercing sound exploded through the dense forest.

This blade was too fast!

So fast that Huang Bao had no time to change his move!!

He watched Lin Guanhuo's blade light flash, intending to defend!!

But he never expected that although the edge of Lin Guanhuo's long saber was still three inches away from Huang Bao's neck, an invisible, extremely sharp blade wind had already shot out from the saber!

"What??"

Sensing this, Huang Bao was greatly alarmed, and cold sweat broke out all over his head!

He suddenly realized that Lin Guanhuo opposite him might have cultivated a powerful Martial Art, with a proficiency far exceeding the Mountain Splitting Slash he himself practiced.

However... Huang Bao, who only reacted now, was too late.

Puff!

A spray of blood erupted.

Huang Bao's body, which had raised his long saber high, froze in place.

He felt a coolness on his neck, followed by the world spinning.

Thump.

His corpse fell straight onto the snow, dyeing a large patch of white red.

His eyes were wide open in death.

Lin Guanhuo sheathed his saber and looked at the corpse on the ground, his expression stern.

This was the first time he had fought someone since he began practicing martial arts.

"If it weren't for the arduous training over the past few days... I'm afraid I would have been left to rot in the wilderness today..."

"Only by practicing martial arts can one truly control their own destiny!"

Afterward, he walked forward and skillfully began searching Huang Bao's body.

For a Laborer, this could be considered an essential skill.

The quick get it, the slow get nothing.

The money they, as Laborers, managed to save was, to put it bluntly, taken from the dead.

Soon, Lin Guanhuo found a cloth bag on Huang Bao's corpse. Inside, there were about ten taels of silver.

Besides the silver, Lin Guanhuo picked up the long saber that Huang Bao had dropped on the ground.

The blade was slender and gleamed coldly. There wasn't even a nick on the edge from the recent collision.

"This saber is good."

Lin Guanhuo flicked the blade, listening to the crisp hum, and nodded in satisfaction. "If I were to get one forged at a blacksmith's, it would probably cost a few taels of silver..."

This trip, he not only earned eighty taels of silver for free but also got a good saber for free.

"Murder and arson bring golden belts," the ancients truly didn't deceive me.

Lin Guanhuo pocketed the silver, carried the Hundred Refinements Long Saber, and didn't even glance at the corpse on the ground. He brushed the snowflakes off his clothes and turned to walk deeper into the dense forest.

The wind and snow continued.

Soon, the heavy snow covered the corpse, as if nothing had happened here.

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