Old Dog!

The sun was already high. Feeling the potent effect of the Blood-Qi Pill, Li Chengfeng's heart stirred.

He did not go back first, but ate his fill of lunch in great mouthfuls. With the intention of practicing Archery, he cultivated for half an hour, digested the food in his stomach a little, then took a midday nap.

After the nap.

Li Chengfeng woke up from bed and felt that the fatigue in his body had completely vanished, while the medicinal power of the Blood-Qi Pill in his stomach had also disappeared without a trace.

"One pill can last half a day?"

Sensing the effect of the Blood-Qi Pill, Li Chengfeng's eyes shone with a strange light. In the end, he could not help swallowing another Blood-Qi Pill, then took up his long spear and trained fiercely in the courtyard.

Until nightfall...

[Skill: Taiji Fist]

[Level: Proficient (867/2400)]

[Effects: Whole-Body Power; Clear Power]

"I can practice twenty-one times at night!"

Feeling the increase in number, Li Chengfeng's eyes sparkled, joy filling his heart.

Steward Wei of the Zhang Estate might come at who knew what time. Before that, naturally, every extra bit of strength he could gain was for the best.

Now this pill could actually let one day equal the effect of two days. How could that not be a pleasant surprise!

"There are seven left. They can last three and a half days!"

Li Chengfeng made a rough calculation in his heart. Feeling that there was still some medicinal power left in his body helping restore his stamina, his eyes brightened. He let out a long breath, strode into the courtyard, and washed himself with the warm water Liu Yuniang had boiled.

After bathing, he ate his fill, then happily hoisted Liu Yuniang up and carried her to the bed.

"Little donkey, slower, yo..."

"..."

One round of the Taiji Great Spear increased Taiji Fist proficiency by three points. Forty-one rounds a day meant one hundred and twenty-three points!

Like this, practicing the spear every day, three and a half days later...

"Huff, huff~"

In the Small Bamboo Forest, Li Chengfeng mustered the last of his strength and practiced the Taiji Great Spear once more. After one round, his stamina was exhausted. He spat out a mouthful of turbid air, eyes flashing with sharp light as he looked at the skill information before him.

[Skill: Taiji Fist]

[Level: Proficient (1296/2400)]

[Effects: Whole-Body Power; Clear Power]

"With Blood-Qi Pills, cultivation really is fast."

Li Chengfeng sighed inwardly, but looking at the remaining proficiency, then thinking that there would be no pills to use tomorrow, he could not help sighing aloud as well.

He did have the thought of asking Zhao Lie where this pill had come from, how much each one cost, and how to buy them...

The herbal shops and medicine stores in the city did not sell this thing...

But after thinking of the Black River Gang's identity, in his heart he still was not willing to have too much involvement with such a force.

Otherwise, he feared that once the Zheng Estate's problem was solved, new trouble would come knocking at his door.

Thus, Li Chengfeng could only sigh silently, go to the courtyard entrance, eat lunch together with Liu Yuniang, wipe off his sweat, drink a bowl of tea, practice Archery to digest his food, then return to his room to rest.

By the afternoon, when Li Chengfeng trained again, without the support of the Blood-Qi Pill's medicinal power, he truly felt somewhat unaccustomed to it. He could only sigh and practice Taiji Cultivation Power with the great spear step by step, in proper form.

"..."

Amid cultivation, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

That morning, Li Chengfeng moved over a stool and told Liu Yuniang to stay inside the house and not come out. Holding the great spear fitted with the refined-steel spearhead, he sat quietly inside the open courtyard gate.

After waiting not too long, a burst of footsteps came from far to near. He calmly opened his eyes, put the stool he had been sitting on back into the courtyard, and stood with his spear in hand.

"Tap~"

A burst of footsteps came from outside the courtyard. After they reached the outside of the courtyard and stopped, Li Chengfeng lifted his eyes and looked.

Two people he did not know... He silently moved the stool he had just carried over back again and continued sitting.

After a while longer, just as Li Chengfeng was growing somewhat impatient and thinking of going back to continue practicing the spear, another burst of footsteps came.

His brows furrowed. He simply walked out the door impatiently to look, and with this look, his brows knitted.

Five sturdy servants, three more than before.

Were they planning to use force?

Li Chengfeng's face darkened.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

A burst of footsteps drew near. Steward Wei brought five sturdy servants to the front of Li Chengfeng's courtyard and stopped, looking at him with a smile on his face.

He was just about to speak when Li Chengfeng's words cut him off first.

"You old dog, I already said that Liu Yuniang is my wife now, and I have no intention of selling her. Yet you really came to me for an explanation."

Li Chengfeng narrowed his eyes at Steward Wei of the Zheng Estate across from him, cold light shooting from his gaze as he gave a frosty snort. "Don't tell me you really think I'm made of clay?"

Hearing Li Chengfeng's words, Steward Wei, who had just been smiling and about to say something, changed expression, his face instantly darkening.

Without needing him to speak, a strapping servant beside him, long spear in hand, immediately stepped forward, his face full of anger as he shouted furiously at Li Chengfeng, "What gall! You dare speak to Steward Wei like that!"

"Hmph! I dare speak to him like that, and I dare lay hands on him like this too!"

Li Chengfeng snorted angrily. The moment his words fell, he hesitated no longer. The long spear in his hand instantly became like a silver dragon, stabbing forward with sudden force.

Smack!

A surge of Silk-Reeling Power whipped out from the long spear. The strapping servant instantly felt his hands go empty; the long spear in his grip had already been carried flying away by Li Chengfeng's force. Because he had gripped it too tightly, the force scraped a scatter of bloody marks across his palms.

A burning pain spread from his palms, and his expression changed.

"What nerve!"

Seeing that Li Chengfeng had actually made a move, Steward Wei had not even had time to think it through before the other four strapping servants around him could no longer hold back and roared out in anger.

But at the same instant their voices rang out!

Smack, smack!

Two crisp cracks rang out in succession. With a draw and a pull of the long spear, the force inside Li Chengfeng's body seemed to twist like a wrung towel, flinging along the spear shaft and lashing viciously onto the first servant who had spoken.

"Ah!"

The servant who had been the first to speak was as if struck by a giant python. He was sent flying sideways in an instant and crashed to the ground. A deep staff mark appeared across his face; after one miserable scream, he lay on the ground baring his teeth and grimacing, unable to get back up no matter what he did for the moment.

At the same time, the spear shaft had already become like a black shadow, whipping onto Steward Wei of the Zheng Estate beside him.

"Ai!"

Steward Wei only felt a black shadow coming at his eyes, but his body had no time at all to dodge. He could only wait as the flat of the spearhead struck his face. He felt a burning pain across his cheek, and a scream broke uncontrollably from him as he involuntarily fell sitting to the ground.

"It hurts, ah, ah!!!"

As he fell, his whole body was also struck by a burst of Taiji Spiral Power sent out by Li Chengfeng. That force drilled wildly through his body, hurting so much that his cheeks twisted and tears nearly fell. The wailing from his mouth grew even more forceful!

"Swish, swish!"

Li Chengfeng looked at the two people he had knocked down with two strikes, a cold smile appearing on his face. Then, without the slightest pause, his long staff swept past like a whirlwind.

The three servants behind only saw the spear-shadow flash before their eyes. An extremely powerful force instantly transmitted through the long spears in their hands, as if someone were holding their spears and yanking them outward with all his might.

"Rip!"

Under that enormous force, the long spears gripped in their hands were instantly torn from their grasp as well. Bloody marks were scraped across both hands, burning with pain.

"Ahhhhhh!"

Before they could even scream over the pain in their palms, Li Chengfeng had already lashed each of them once. Though it was clearly only a long staff striking their bodies, each of them flew backward as if smashed by a wild boar!

They only felt as though all the bones in their bodies had fallen apart, and they wailed without end!

"Swish!"

The next moment, Li Chengfeng hurled the long spear in his hand. With a hiss, it stabbed straight into the ground between the fallen Steward Wei's legs, frightening him so badly his whole body shuddered and he gave a violent chill.

"Hah!"

Wei Zhong drew in a violent breath through his throat, letting out a gasp. Only after he looked carefully and saw that his vital root had not been injured did he let out a great sigh of relief. Now he could not even care about the pain on his face, his gaze full of terror and disbelief as he looked at Li Chengfeng before him.

"Hmph! You came to me demanding an explanation? This is the explanation I'm giving you."

Cold light flashed through Li Chengfeng's eyes. His figure abruptly closed in on Steward Wei, and he bent down, staring at him with eyes full of icy light. "I just don't know whether Steward Wei is satisfied with this explanation."

!!!

Steward Wei's cheek was in agony, and his mind had been struck by the impact; he had yet to recover his senses.

"Mm? Not talking?"

Li Chengfeng narrowed his eyes. His left hand suddenly grabbed Steward Wei by the collar, lifting his entire body straight up from the ground and raising him in his hand.

"Mm..."

The sudden feeling of suffocation made Steward Wei's face flush red. An instinctive murmur slipped from his throat, and then he saw Li Chengfeng's face abruptly closing in.

"Speak!"

Li Chengfeng's eyes were ice-cold as he pulled Steward Wei back in front of him and roared the question. The sound shook Wei Zhong's head until his mind went blank, his eyes turning dull.