"Lei Ao of Lei Hall, the godson of Lei Mu, head of the Lei Family, and one of Lei Hall's Four Great Guardians!"
Su Chen recalled some information about Lei Ao.
Lei Hall was Qingcheng City's undisputed number-one power, controlled from behind the scenes by the Lei Family of Qingcheng.
The assassin who had tried to kill his cheap father, Su Mengbai, was at Lei Ao's manor.
That meant Lei Ao was connected to this matter.
It seemed he should visit that manor when he had time.
He might be able to uncover something.
But who had spread the news about the Fifth-grade Lotus Platform on the black market?
Su Chen pondered this as he casually tossed Ling Tianhe aside.
Thud!
Ling Tianhe's body hit the ground.
Cough, cough!
He drew in great gulps of air, staring at Su Chen in shock.
One question kept echoing through his mind: why was Su Chen so strong?
He was at the Innate Mid Stage, yet he had been completely powerless to fight back against Su Chen.
He couldn't believe it, and he couldn't accept it.
But when he remembered Su Chen's vicious expression and icy killing intent, his whole body trembled. Cold sweat streamed down his back.
He hurriedly suppressed his resentment.
Struggling to his feet, he stood to one side, not daring to speak.
"I thought you were still unhappy and were going to keep attacking me?"
"But Uncle Ling, you should cherish your life. If you attack me again, you'll have no value to me anymore!"
"There are plenty of people in this world. One more or one less makes no difference!"
Su Chen looked at Ling Tianhe.
"Tower Lord, I wouldn't dare!"
Ling Tianhe bowed as he replied.
"You wouldn't dare? I hope so."
Su Chen spoke calmly.
If Ling Tianhe tried anything again, he would beat him to death.
Their two clashes had stirred Su Chen's blood. He really liked this feeling of violence.
It made him like this martial world even more.
"Have Golden Wind Fine Rain Tower's agents investigate the news about the Fifth-grade Lotus Platform on the black market with all their might. I want to know who put it out and whether it's true!"
Su Chen ordered.
"This subordinate will see to it at once!"
Ling Tianhe hurriedly replied and started toward the secret chamber's door.
"Fix yourself up. Don't let anyone notice anything is wrong."
Su Chen glanced at Ling Tianhe.
"This subordinate understands!"
Ling Tianhe immediately tidied himself up and adjusted his breathing, trying to hide his injuries as much as possible.
"Where is Lei Ao's manor?"
Since he knew about it, he naturally had to investigate.
"Outside the city, in the western suburbs, beside Baili Slope."
"Go."
Now that he knew the location, Su Chen waved Ling Tianhe away.
Ling Tianhe took his orders, opened the secret chamber door, and left. He quickly departed from Su Mansion.
Su Chen, meanwhile, didn't leave the secret chamber right away.
Instead, he stayed inside to cultivate.
Although he had Invincible Divine Blade Bai Tianyu on his side, he still needed strength of his own.
His own strength was the foundation.
He couldn't rely entirely on Bai Tianyu.
He regulated his breathing and suppressed the violent impulse that had surged through him earlier.
Finding an intact spot, he sat cross-legged and exhaled a breath of stale air.
He cleared his mind of distractions.
Then he began to cultivate.
Judging from what had happened today, the fierce and powerful Vajra Primordial Force suited someone like him, who had no martial arts experience.
Its punches were savage and forceful; its sheer momentum could overwhelm an opponent.
Ling Tianhe cultivated a technique called Purple Blood Skill.
He was at the Innate Mid Stage, yet the energy he unleashed was still weaker than Su Chen's.
So Su Chen decided to continue cultivating Vajra Primordial Force.
He would first cultivate it to the second stage.
Soon, the Vajra Primordial Force inside Su Chen began to circulate.
Last night, drawing on his innate energy, he had already completed the first three layers. Now he was cultivating the fourth.
As it circulated,
the energy in his body grew far more abundant than it had been during the first three layers. A stream of blood qi also wound through his inner force, surging toward his flesh and rapidly merging with it.
As time passed, the fusion grew faster and faster.
Su Chen could feel his flesh growing noticeably stronger.
After a while,
Su Chen suddenly felt hungry.
Although Vajra Primordial Force cultivated inner force, it was also a body-tempering technique, so it consumed a great deal of energy.
He took out the Qi and Blood Pills he had won in the draw. They were ordinary pills, fifty to a bottle.
He swallowed some to replenish his blood qi.
After recovering some of his blood qi, Su Chen got up, straightened his clothes, and left the secret chamber.
Outside the secret chamber,
Steward Fu was pacing back and forth.
Ling Tianhe had come out, but Su Chen still hadn't emerged. Steward Fu had wanted to enter the secret chamber, but the door wouldn't open. It must have been locked from the inside.
So he could only wait there.
When he saw Su Chen come out, Steward Fu immediately went up to him. "Young Master, are you all right?"
"I'm fine. Have some food prepared for me, preferably meat. Cultivating used up quite a lot."
Su Chen said.
Steward Fu froze at Su Chen's words.
He had thought Su Chen was inside the secret chamber thinking things over, or hiding there for safety.
He hadn't expected Su Chen to be cultivating inside.
"Is something wrong?"
Seeing Steward Fu's bewildered expression, Su Chen couldn't help asking.
"No. I'll have something prepared for you at once!"
Steward Fu immediately went to make arrangements.
Su Chen glanced at the sky outside.
It was probably around one in the afternoon. In the morning, he had only dealt with a few things, and after that he had been cultivating.
He hadn't realized so much time had passed.
After I eat, I'll go to the streets and buy some blood-qi pills.
Cultivating Vajra Primordial Force consumed a lot of blood-qi pills.
The two bottles he had drawn wouldn't last long, so he planned to buy some more.
He could have asked Steward Fu to prepare some pills for cultivation.
But he still didn't trust Steward Fu.
He was worried Steward Fu might tamper with the pills.
With his current abilities, he couldn't tell whether a pill had been tampered with, so he thought he'd buy them himself.
And he could take the chance to look around Qingcheng City's streets.
As for how to leave without anyone knowing he was going out,
Su Chen planned to use the secret passage in the secret chamber.
Soon, Su Chen finished his meal, set down his chopsticks, and turned to Steward Fu. "Steward Fu, I'll continue cultivating this afternoon. Don't disturb me while I'm at it."
Steward Fu was a little surprised to hear that Su Chen wanted to continue cultivating.
He said, "Young Master, martial arts can't be mastered in a day. You could visit Second Madam more often."
Su Chen paused slightly at Steward Fu's words.
Steward Fu's meaning was obvious.
He was telling Su Chen to seek help from Second Madam in the rear courtyard.
"I will, when the time comes. Thank you for the reminder, Steward Fu."
Su Chen nodded. Judging by his actions so far, Steward Fu didn't seem to have any ill intent toward him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have offered the reminder.
After entering the secret chamber,
Su Chen took out a set of ordinary hemp clothes he had prepared earlier from his Space Ring and put them on. Then he altered his appearance slightly, put on a hooded cloak, and left.
The secret passage opened into an abandoned, dilapidated house.
Su Chen checked his surroundings. Seeing no one, he stepped out of the passage.
This was one of Qingcheng City's slums.
Broken-down houses stood everywhere, and the narrow alleys were filled with clamor.
Su Chen didn't linger. He headed toward Qingcheng City's busiest street.
Along the way, he also bought a loose black cloak.
It concealed his figure better than the simple black clothes he had worn before.
After all, he had a lot to do in the coming days and needed to hide his appearance.
He didn't want anyone to recognize him by his build.
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