Li Xian's Crushing Defeat at Black Wind Stockade! The Villagers' Sky Falls! Su Mo Borrows Power!

The news that Li Xian wanted to wipe out Black Wind Stockade had not spread for long when word of his crushing defeat there thundered across the land, shaking Shuanglin Village and several surrounding villages.

All the villagers and hunters were instantly dumbfounded. Li Xian had lost—and lost miserably.

According to the villagers who had remained outside at the time, Li Xian had charged into Black Wind Stockade alone. They had heard fierce fighting erupt inside, but before long, Li Xian had fled the stockade covered in blood. As for the white horse he had been riding, the people of Black Wind Stockade had hacked it into more than a dozen pieces and roasted it on the spot.

Some said that if Li Xian had not run fast enough, the people of Black Wind Stockade might have killed him and roasted him too.

Of course, there was some rumor-mongering and exaggeration in that, but Black Wind Stockade's strength and terror once again cowed all the surrounding villages, leaving countless villagers and hunters trembling with fear.

Even a Martial Artist as powerful as Li Xian, who had returned from the outside world, had not been a match for Black Wind Stockade. He had been beaten half to death and barely escaped. How could villagers and hunters like them possibly stand against Black Wind Stockade?

The villagers felt as if the sky had collapsed!

After Village Chief Yang Baishu had Li Xian carried back to the village, he immediately sent someone to Qingshan Town to fetch a physician to treat him. This time, the village chief, Yang Baishu, a man in his fifties, no longer had the glory and pride he had shown when leading Li Xian's horse at the village entrance. Instead, he had visibly aged by more than ten years.

It was not only Village Chief Yang Baishu who had changed. Many of the old hunters who had once been stirred and fired up were the same. They all felt that this scourge, Black Wind Stockade, might never be wiped out in their lifetimes.

Li Xian had faced Black Wind Stockade and suffered a crushing defeat and severe injuries. Apart from him, who else could deal with Black Wind Stockade?

At the same time, Li Xian's crushing defeat also made people wonder: Was Black Wind Stockade truly afraid of Li Xian?

If they were not, then why had the people of Black Wind Stockade not dared descend the mountain and forcibly take Zhang Tieshan's daughter, Zhang Qian, when Li Xian returned to the village? After all, when the people of Black Wind Stockade had left, they had explicitly declared that they would invite a Major Leader from the stockade to come out of seclusion.

Many people could not make sense of this.

No one knew that the few bandits who had descended the mountain to forcibly seize Zhang Tieshan's family had already died in the snowy wilderness outside the village, on the road into the mountains. Their killer had been the hunter Su Mo, and Su Mo had thrown their corpses into the mountains to feed the beasts.

But after Li Xian had been badly injured by Black Wind Stockade, the rumors concerning Zhang Tieshan's family resurfaced. Some speculated that the people of Black Wind Stockade would most likely descend the mountain soon to abduct Zhang Qian and take her up there.

These rumors left Zhang Tieshan's entire family furious and terrified.

Li Xian had been helpless against Black Wind Stockade. Zhang Tieshan's family was even more helpless.

"Li Xian entered the mountains to wipe out Black Wind Stockade, only to be beaten half to death and flee back?"

Su Mo soon learned of the matter from Uncle Chen Shan. He had guessed that Li Xian's return to the village might not have been solely to visit Grandma Li, but he had not expected Li Xian to be planning to destroy Black Wind Stockade outright.

Li Xian was a Martial Artist at the peak of the Body Tempering Realm, yet he had still been beaten bloody inside Black Wind Stockade and barely escaped. This practically confirmed that Black Wind Stockade most likely had experts in the Meridian Opening Realm.

Black Wind Stockade might even have more than one Meridian Opening Realm expert...

At the same time, according to Uncle Chen Shan, some of the people inside Black Wind Stockade had already realized that Li Xian came from Anyuan County Town. If Li Xian had not unleashed his full power and chosen to flee for his life, it would have been difficult for him to escape Black Wind Stockade alive.

Black Wind Stockade's strength drove Su Mo's urgency to obtain a Body Tempering Cultivation Technique to its peak. After all, he had killed quite a few people from Black Wind Stockade. If the truth came to light one day, his current cultivation would certainly be unable to withstand them.

At the very least, he would not be able to stand against that Meridian Opening Realm expert in the stockade.

Moreover, the black-clothed man had once said that Black Wind Stockade had considerable ties to a major gang in the county town. All of this made Su Mo exceedingly cautious.

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That was why he was desperate to improve his cultivation and strength. The village did not have a Body Tempering Cultivation Technique, but Li Xian might have one.

Li Xian's crushing defeat had struck the villagers awake like a bolt from a clear blue sky: Black Wind Stockade could not possibly be destroyed.

A few days later...

Within the village, at Village Chief Yang Baishu's home.

After receiving treatment from the physician, Li Xian had managed to stabilize his injuries. However, his vital energy and spirit were extremely listless, and the high spirits he had possessed when returning to the village were gone.

Clearly, Black Wind Stockade had dealt him a heavy blow.

"There are quite a few Body Tempering Realm Martial Artists inside Black Wind Stockade, and several Meridian Opening Realm experts hidden among them. In particular, Black Wind Stockade's Great Leader is in the Meridian Opening Realm. If I had not unleashed my killing move and decisively fled for my life, those Meridian Opening Realm experts would certainly have taken my life. Black Wind Stockade actually has multiple Meridian Opening Realm experts. Why aren't the officials outside doing anything about it?"

Li Xian lay on the sickbed, his face pale, but his eyes frighteningly gloomy. Clearly, the matter of Black Wind Stockade had gone beyond his expectations and control. Now, there was no way he could resolve the scourge of Black Wind Stockade alone.

What puzzled him even more was that there were Meridian Opening Realm experts among the bandits of Black Wind Stockade—and more than one. Did the officials and constables outside not know? Were they simply allowing Black Wind Stockade to occupy Qingliang Mountain and run rampant?

"Since I can't resolve the disaster of Black Wind Stockade, the only option is to return to Black Eagle Sect and ask my senior brothers and sisters there to help me!"

After pondering for a moment, Li Xian pulled himself together again. Although he could not deal with Black Wind Stockade, the senior brothers and sisters in his sect certainly could. He planned to ask two Meridian Opening Realm senior brothers and sisters to take action and come to Qingliang Mountain to wipe out Black Wind Stockade.

Although he had suffered a crushing defeat and nearly died, Li Xian had not forgotten his original intent. He still wanted to destroy Black Wind Stockade.

With that thought, Li Xian rose and went to bid farewell to Village Chief Yang Baishu. He also told him that the matter of Black Wind Stockade would not end like this.

He, Li Xian, would return.

When Li Xian left Shuanglin Village, some villagers still went to see him off. Li Xian was deeply moved by this. He swore that he would definitely invite his senior brothers to come, eliminate Black Wind Stockade, and win the villagers a life of peace.

Not long after Li Xian left the village entrance, a figure suddenly appeared ahead. The figure was dressed very plainly, but Li Xian recognized him. He had once hunted in the mountains with this person and shared game with him.

"Su Mo, we haven't seen each other in years. Did you wait here specifically to watch me make a fool of myself?"

The person was none other than Su Mo.

Li Xian recognized him at a glance and jokingly spoke up. Clearly, his failure against Black Wind Stockade had not truly broken him.

"No! I came to borrow something from you."

Su Mo shook his head. Li Xian had charged into Black Wind Stockade without fear of death so the villagers would not suffer oppression. How could Su Mo look down on him or laugh at his misfortune?

However, he had come here today for a Body Tempering Cultivation Technique.

Su Mo knew how precious a Cultivation Technique was, which was why he had used the word "borrow."

If Li Xian did not have one, he would find another way.