Chen Changqing looked in the direction where the Tracking Thread extended.
The corners of his lips lifted slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.
He had already seen, back at the tavern during the day, that Dai Hai and his group were no good people.
They ran rampant outside, oppressing the common folk.
Moreover, the fear those diners had displayed upon seeing Dai Hai made it even clearer.
The people of this area feared the Black Wind Stronghold to the bone.
"Since I've run into you."
"Then you can only blame your bad luck."
"You're all... walking AFK Points!"
Chen Changqing murmured softly.
Back when he was still in the Outer Sect Seven Courtyards, he had once gone on a mission to Green Creek Village under Elder Liu Mu's lead.
There, he had encountered a large number of Demon Sect cultivators.
After a fierce battle, Chen Changqing discovered something.
After killing members of the Demon Sect, he had actually received AFK Points.
At first, he had not known what AFK Points were for.
Only later did he learn that AFK Points could be used to improve AFK efficiency.
After returning to Mount Shu's outer sect, he had spent one thousand AFK Points in exchange for triple AFK efficiency.
And now, he had encountered the Black Wind Stronghold, which had committed every imaginable evil.
How could Chen Changqing possibly miss such a fine opportunity to harvest AFK Points?
After thinking for a moment, Chen Changqing came back to himself and immediately darted in the direction indicated by the Tracking Thread.
With the Shu Mountain Movement Technique unleashed, his figure was like a phantom, silently blending into the night.
The night was black as ink, and the mountain wind wailed.
Guided by the Tracking Thread, Chen Changqing soon arrived at Black Wind Mountain, where the Black Wind Stronghold was located.
At this time, inside the stronghold's main hall.
The pot-bellied Dai Xiongfeng was entertaining his subordinates with food, wine, and revelry.
Dai Hai was naturally among them.
After returning earlier, he had told Dai Xiongfeng about how Chen Changqing had bullied him at the tavern.
After learning of it, Dai Xiongfeng had not immediately gone to seek justice for his son.
Seeing Dai Hai's gloomy expression, Dai Xiongfeng slowly stepped forward.
"Hai'er."
"Rest assured."
"Tomorrow, your father will personally go down the mountain and bring back those two who bullied you."
"When that time comes, you may deal with them however you wish!"
At this, Dai Hai curled his lips and said.
"Father, by the time you get there tomorrow, those two will probably have fled without a trace already."
Dai Xiongfeng smiled smugly and replied.
"They are merely Foundation Establishment cultivators. Don't forget, your father is a Core Formation cultivator."
"They will not escape from the palm of my hand!"
Seeing how confident Dai Xiongfeng was, Dai Hai's expression finally improved considerably.
"Then I'll have to trouble Father to capture those two bastards and bring them back."
"They dared to hit this young master!"
"Let's see if I don't skin them alive and pull out their tendons!"
Whenever he thought of Chen Changqing, Dai Hai's heart brimmed with hatred.
At this moment, outside Black Wind Mountain.
Chen Changqing looked up the mountain and saw the bright lights halfway up its slopes.
"Everyone in there is AFK Points."
As he spoke, the corners of his lips rose slightly, cold light flashing in his eyes as he darted straight into the mountain.
Before long, Chen Changqing arrived at the outskirts of the Black Wind Stronghold.
He did not choose to conceal his tracks, instead striding forward openly.
"Who goes there?"
He had not gone far when a sharp shout suddenly rang out.
Looking over, he saw several Black Wind Stronghold bandits closing in, their wary eyes fixed on Chen Changqing as they sized him up.
These men were not particularly strong either, only around the second or third level of Qi Refining.
Hearing the bandits' challenge, Chen Changqing gave a cold smile.
"The one here to take your dog lives!"
Whoosh!
The instant his words fell, an invisible surge of Sword Qi abruptly erupted.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft...
Before those bandits could react, Sword Qi had already pierced through each of their throats, and they fell into pools of blood.
At the same time, system notifications sounded in Chen Changqing's mind:
[ Ding! ] [ Killed a Black Wind Stronghold bandit. AFK Points +7. ] [ Ding! ] [ Killed a Black Wind Stronghold bandit. AFK Points +10. ] [ ... ]
Hearing the system notifications, Chen Changqing smiled in satisfaction.
Earlier, he had still been somewhat worried.
He had not known whether killing people from the Black Wind Stronghold would grant him AFK Points.
Now, he no longer had any concerns!
Next, Chen Changqing did not waste any time and continued slaughtering his way into the stronghold.
"Where did this little wretch come from? How dare you trespass into my Black Wind Stronghold!"
Pfft!
A bandit at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer had only just shouted when Chen Changqing's Sword Qi sealed his throat!
[ Ding! ] [ Killed a Black Wind Stronghold bandit. AFK Points +20. ]
Chen Changqing did not slow his steps, weaving through the stronghold like a phantom.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Wherever the sword light passed, blood splattered and bandits fell one after another!
[ Ding! ] [ Killed a Black Wind Stronghold bandit. AFK Points +8. ] [ Ding! ] [ Killed a Black Wind Stronghold bandit. AFK Points +7. ] [ Ding! ] [ Killed a Black Wind Stronghold bandit. AFK Points +10. ] [ ... ]
As Black Wind Stronghold's bandits continued to fall, Chen Changqing's AFK Points grew at a rapid pace.
At the same time, the commotion caused by Chen Changqing's killing spree spread throughout the Black Wind Stronghold.
Inside the main hall.
Dai Xiongfeng was still drinking and making merry with his subordinates.
Suddenly, hurried footsteps sounded from outside the hall.
Following the sound, they saw a bandit stumble into the hall, his face filled with terror.
"Chief! This is bad!"
"An... an outsider has killed his way up the mountain!"
As the bandit's shout rang out.
The previously noisy hall suddenly fell silent.
After a brief silence, everyone wore expressions of disbelief.
"Damn it!"
"What's going on?"
"Who is so bold?"
"To dare act so wildly in our Black Wind Stronghold?"
"Has he grown tired of living?"
The crowd was indignant. Their Black Wind Stronghold was a powerful force within a hundred-mile radius.
They had occupied this place for so many years, burning, killing, plundering, and looting, yet no one had ever dared interfere!
Never had they encountered anyone bold enough to come knocking at their door to kill!
"Hm?"
Upon hearing this, Dai Xiongfeng's brows sank slightly, and he slammed his palm onto the table as he rose.
"Who dares cause trouble in my Black Wind Stronghold?"
What left Dai Xiongfeng utterly stunned was this.
The moment his words fell, sounds of fighting suddenly erupted outside the hall.
"Kill..."
Bang! Bang!
But the battle cries quickly faded away.
It was not difficult to guess that the outsider had killed his way here.
Seeing that there was no longer any movement outside, everyone exchanged glances, each seeing the panic and bewilderment in the others' eyes.
Boom!
At that moment, a figure smashed straight through the doors and crashed heavily into the center of the hall.
Everyone focused their eyes and saw that it was the Black Wind Stronghold's Fourth Chief.
Gasp!
Seeing that the Fourth Chief had already stopped breathing, everyone sucked in a cold breath, and the atmosphere instantly grew tense.
One had to know that their Fourth Chief was a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.
Yet he had been thrown inside like a dead dog?
He had died without even letting out a scream!
Before the crowd could recover from their shock, footsteps slowly approached from outside the hall.
Tap, tap...
Before long, a youthful figure bathed in moonlight appeared at the entrance to the hall!
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