"How? That thief... did he show up?"
Chu Feng asked in a low voice without looking back.
"Back to senior brother, the thief... seems to have completely disappeared. There has been no movement for more than ten days."
Song Xiang's Adam's apple rolled, and he replied bravely.
The air in the study suddenly stagnated, and Chu Feng's fingers tapping on the window lattice suddenly stopped.
He turned around slowly. Under the candlelight, his handsome face was covered with an intractable haze, and his eyes were as sharp as ice picks, piercing Song Xiang.
"Three True Disciple, what do you think?"
"The three senior brothers have been stationed here for more than ten days, but there has been no sign of the thief. They are quite impatient... Senior brother Sun Mo even bluntly said that the sect has many affairs and cannot spend time here for a long time. Ask... when can we withdraw."
Song Xiang felt the invisible pressure, fine cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his voice became drier.
Chu Feng's brows couldn't help but frown, and his heart couldn't stop feeling irritated.
Zhao Wuji, Sun Mo, and Li Qinghong are, after all, disciples of True Disciple. They have a transcendent status and are not his direct subordinates.
Inviting them to take action is based on friendship and the huge profits promised.
Now more than ten days have been fruitless, and the three of them have decided to leave. If they try to force them to stay, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive and harm their harmony.
But if the ambush is withdrawn, what will happen if the thief comes back?
The people under his command are in panic, how can they be comforted?
Various thoughts flashed through his mind rapidly. He took a deep breath, suppressed the raging anger and anxiety, and said in a deep voice.
"Send a message to the three True Disciple, please be patient for a while longer. As compensation, I am willing to add another fifty thousand taels to the reward for this operation... to an additional 150,000 taels per person. Please be sure to stay here for a while longer!"
One hundred and fifty thousand taels!
Song Xiang Hearing this, the corners of his eyes jumped suddenly, and his heart was horrified.
This is a sky-high price! Even for True Disciple disciples, it is an extremely rich resource.
Senior brother really spent a lot of money this time!
"Yes, senior brother, I will go to summon you immediately!"
Song Xiang didn't dare to say anything and quickly agreed.
"Wait."
Chu Feng called Song Xiang, walked behind the desk and sat down, rubbing his eyebrows with his fingers, a look of exhaustion and confusion on his face.
"Song Xiang, in your opinion, who is this thief...? Why is he trying to get in trouble with me?"
Song Xiang cautiously took a few steps forward, pondered for a moment, and whispered.
"Senior brother, you have made many enemies over the years. There are many who have the strength and motivation to do this. If you count them down, there are many suspects."
"Tell me about it."
Chu Feng raised his eyes and looked at Song Xiang.
"Within the sect, among True Transmission Courtyard, those who have had issues with you...Zhang Yuan True Disciple is one of them. Deng Clan was originally planning to affiliate with Zhang Yuan True Disciple, but later he switched to your sect."
"He has always held a grudge against this, and his cultivation has reached the late stage of the sixth level. He has few opponents among sixth-level warriors, so he may have committed a crime."
Chu Feng nodded slightly, without comment.
"Outside the sect, among Seven Sects, True Disciple 'Ghost Hand' Ming Cang of the Nether Pavilion lost in the competition for heavenly materials and earthly treasures with you, and once promised revenge; True Disciple 'Crazy Tiger' Tu Lie of the Tyrant Blade Sect, his brother was injured at your hands and died..."
Song Xiang reported several names in succession, all of which were people with good reputations who had issues with Chu Feng.
Chu Feng Listen, your eyes change. These people are indeed suspicious and have corresponding strength and motives.
"And..."
Song Xiang hesitated for a moment and lowered his voice.
"Brother, I think Fang Han is also suspected!"
"Fang Han?"
Chu Feng was startled at first, and then as if he had heard some extremely ridiculous joke, a cold sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Just him?"
He shook his head slowly, his tone decisive, with undisguised contempt.
"Absolutely impossible!"
"Senior brother, why?"
Song Xiang is puzzled.
"In terms of strength, he is now at the sixth level and has the ability to subdue Deng Xiong. In terms of motivation, he has a deep grudge with you, and there is no doubt that he has a desire for revenge..."
"The motivations and strengths may be somewhat consistent, but one thing is absolutely impossible!"
Chu Feng interrupted him, a glint of Insight flashed in his eyes.
"The thief came and went without a trace. He couldn't even trace the Zhou Kun Deacon I invited."
"This requires Breath Concealment Secret Technique with extremely high attainments. At least one Medium Grade Breath Concealment Secret Technique needs to be practiced to a high level!"
He stood up and walked to the window, with his back to Song Xiang, his voice filled with determination.
"Fang Han Although I can't deal with this kid, I have to admit that his cultivation Sword Technique has improved very quickly."
"But because of this, it is even more impossible for him to have the energy to practice Breath Concealment Secret Technique to a high level!"
"Human energy is limited. To maintain the current speed of improvement, he must have devoted all his energy to cultivation and offensive techniques. He cannot have leisure and distraction to practice Breath Concealment Secret Technique."
Chu Feng turned around, looked at Song Xiang, and said very firmly.
"So, it can't be him. If he had such secret skills, it would be impossible for his martial arts advancement to be so rapid!"
Song Xiang heard this and thought about it carefully, and immediately felt that Chu Feng's analysis was very reasonable, with a look of surprise and admiration on his face.
"Senior Brother Mingjian! It's because Junior Brother is not thinking carefully. From this point of view, the suspicion of Fang Han can indeed be eliminated, then... the scope will be narrowed down to the few people mentioned before."
"Well, focus on investigating Zhang Yuan, Li Hun, Tu Lie... a few people. Send extra manpower and pay close attention to their movements!"
Chu Feng ordered in a cold voice.
"Yes! Junior brother understands!"
Song Xiang bowed to accept the order and hurriedly retreated.
Chu Feng was once again the only one left in the study. He looked out the window at the thick night, with a cold glint in his eyes.
"No matter who you are, if you make me pay such a price... I will definitely find you out and cut you into pieces!"
Zi Courtyard, Room C-7.
Fang Han sat cross-legged on the bed, with his five hearts pointing toward the sky and his mind concentrated.
A piece of True Spirit Pill, which is the size of a longan and has a refreshing medicinal aroma, has been taken. The pure and majestic medicinal power melts in the body, like a warm current.
<Mystic Wind Art> Operating at full power, at sixty-four times Root Bone Talent Amplification, he absorbed the power of the refining medicine at an astonishing speed.
Internal Qi is like all rivers returning to the sea, surging into the newly opened Jianliao Acupoint.
Although the four major talents of Root Bone, Sword Art, Footwork, and Secret Techniques have all been increased to sixty-four times, during practice, Fang Han can clearly feel that the speed of improvement in cultivation is obviously faster than that of Sword Technique, Body Movement, and Secret Techniques.
The reason is also very simple.
Earth Heart Stone Milk!
The drop of Earth Heart Stone Milk awarded by the sect greatly improved his root bone qualifications, which greatly improved his original ordinary root bone qualifications.
Then he got sixty-four times the terrifying increase of Root Bone Talent. The two were superimposed, making Root Bone Talent far stronger than Sword Art Talent, Footwork Talent, and Secret Art Talent. Therefore, his improvement in cultivation was much faster than Sword Technique, Body Movement, and the secret technique.
Looking inside, inside Jianliao Acupoint, the originally empty Acupoints has now been filled by more than 95% with pure dark blue Internal Qi, and it is still growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The feeling of swelling and fullness becomes increasingly clear.
"At this rate, Jianliao Acupoint will be fully charged Internal Qi tomorrow at the latest, reaching the bottleneck of mid-sixth grade..."
Fang Han silently estimated in his heart.
It has only been more than half a month since breaking through Sixth-Rank Early Stage, and my cultivation has already improved to this point.
This speed of cultivation, if spread, would be enough to shock the world.
He gathered his mind, stopped thinking too much, and completely immersed himself in the practice, guiding Internal Qi, washing and filling Jianliao Acupoint over and over again.
The sky is bright.
Fang Han slowly stopped the exercise, opened his eyes, and a wisp of deep green light flowed and disappeared under his eyes.
After a morning of practice, the Internal Qi in Jianliao Acupoint was filled with a lot of energy, and I was full of energy.
He got up to wash up, tidied his clothes, hung up the "Flowing Wind" sword, pushed out the door, and went to the cafeteria to eat.
The cafeteria was buzzing with people, and the disciples gathered together in twos and threes. Most of the topics still revolved around the battle between senior brother Luo Yuntian and You Xin a few days ago. There were many sighs and emotions in their words.
Fang Han had breakfast in silence, then got up and went to the Instruction Hall.
Today is the fifteenth day, which is the day Chen Xuan Elder teaches.
Fang Han found a seat near the front and sat down, waiting for the lecture to begin.
Soon, Chen Xuan Elder, surrounded by Deacon, slowly walked into the hall and sat down on the futon at the top.
He glanced at all the disciples in the audience, especially Fang Han, Yun Qianyue, Li Feng, etc. He paused slightly, and then slowly spoke, his voice was steady and powerful, reaching the ears of every disciple.
"Today, I will tell you that a few days ago, our senior brother Luo Yuntian fought against the Nether Pavilion senior brother You Xin."
Upon hearing this, all the disciples immediately became energetic and pricked up their ears.
Although many of them went to watch the battle that day, to be honest, they didn't quite understand it. After all, the strength of the two of them was much higher than them.
"Luo Yuntian uses 'Azure Cloud Sword Art', You Xin uses 'Nether Ghost Claw', both are Top-tier Martial Art, based on my observation, both of them are at Fourth Grade Late Stage, and both of them have practiced Top-tier Martial Art to the level of 'Proficiency Realm'..."
Chen Xuan Elder described the battle situation that day in detail, analyzing the martial arts used by both sides, Internal Qi's application, and emergency responses one by one. His insights were insightful and pointed to the key point.
"This time Luo Yuntian True Disciple lost, not because of inferior martial arts, but actually because Body Movement was slightly inferior."
"You Xin's 'Nether Shadow Phantom Form' has acquired the samadhi of treacherous changes. It can move and dodge in a small space even better, so it can find flaws and achieve success with one strike."
He glanced at everyone and spoke seriously.
"It can be seen that in martial arts competition and offensive martial arts are important, Body Movement is also indispensable. It can even determine the outcome at certain critical moments."
"In your cultivation, you must not focus only on attacking and neglect Body Movement."
When all the disciples heard this, they all looked thoughtful.
Because the Martial Dao Stele test only focused on attack power, they were indeed a little dismissive of Body Movement and need to pay more attention in the future.
"Elder, you just mentioned 'Top-tier Martial Art', what is Top-tier Martial Art? How is it different from High Grade martial arts and Grandmaster Martial Art?"
At this time, a disciple in the audience who had never heard of Top-tier Martial Art couldn't help raising his hand and asked curiously.