Rakshasa's Plot, Ghost-Shadow Step Mastered

Wei Chen had always been known for his ruthless heart and savage hands. Now, his voice was stern and fierce, his powerful true qi surging through the hall.

Everyone's blood essence boiled in response, and their faces turned deathly pale.

Luo Dalong, seated below, was so frightened that he dropped to his knees before the hall on the spot, wailing bitterly:

"Gang Leader! Gang Leader, please do not be angered! There is something deeply suspicious about this matter!"

"I have a great secret to report! It is truly not that I, Old Luo, cherish my life, but that brat is absolutely hiding something earth-shaking..."

"I beg Gang Leader to let me explain and hear me out!"

As soon as he said this, everyone was drawn in.

They had just returned from Rubble Ward after collecting the corpses, and they too could not make sense of it.

Zhao Liqiu had been at Qi Accumulation Third Tier, and he had brought two hall masters and over a dozen saber fighters.

Such a force had gone to capture that Chen brat, a butcher by trade, yet in the end, only Luo Dalong had escaped alive.

He looked thoroughly terrified as well. If there was nothing strange about this, who would believe it?

Wei Chen had already been left with nowhere to vent his fury. Hearing Luo Dalong speak thus, a cold gleam burst forth from his eyes.

"Then speak. If I hear even half a sentence of evasion, watch your head!"

Luo Dalong let out a long breath upon hearing this and immediately began recounting what had happened.

"Gang Leader, you do not know this, but that Chen brat is merely in Body Tempering!"

"Yet he can Exhale Qi into a Sword! He condensed a mouthful of yin-baleful true qi and sliced through Old Zhao's skull from afar!"

"I saw it all clearly at the time."

"That brat's chest and abdomen swelled, and his tongue burst with thunder. The qi sword he exhaled pierced through two walls and flew at least three zhang!"

The moment those words came out, the surrounding hall masters could no longer sit still. They rose one after another and shouted angrily:

"Impossible! Old Luo, are you making wild claims here because you fear the Gang Leader's blame?!"

"That is right! To Exhale Qi into a Sword, one must condense twelve strands of true qi!"

"Not only that! With such penetrating force, even ordinary internal arts may not be capable of it."

"If this is true, could he have cultivated a secret Profound Grade internal art?"

The people around them immediately sucked in cold breaths, then every pair of eyes gleamed green!

How many internal cultivation methods existed in the martial world? More than could be counted.

Large and small sects and martial academies were as numerous as the hairs on an ox.

Yet ninety percent of them were crude breathing methods like the Rampaging Bull Force, too shabby to be displayed.

Only internal cultivation methods of Yellow Grade Mid-Tier and above could be considered worthy of inheritance and propagation.

As for Profound Grade internal arts, they were already the utmost limit that martial artists in a remote frontier town like Everlasting Prosperity Town could dream of.

Such martial arts were usually passed down only within true sects and were considered secret transmissions!

The reason Wei Chen was so formidable was precisely because he cultivated a Profound Grade Low-Tier secret true art!

"Crimson Blood Blazing Sun Art."

By cultivating it, one could refine the flesh and blood of demons and monsters, generating tyrannical inner qi with an intensely yang nature.

Paired with his unfathomable saber techniques, he killed people like cutting grass. When his blade emerged, no blood was seen.

That was the origin of the title "Ghost-Hand Saber."

Those who saw him strike often had their throats cut before they ever glimpsed the blade's edge.

Now that they had heard that a mere butcher named Chen might also possess a Profound Grade true art, who could still remain seated?

"Gang Leader! Secret true arts usually have origins that can be traced!"

"I had people investigate this morning. That brat only entered Liu Qingcang's tutelage through trickery, and it has not even been half a day!"

"He cannot be cultivating Azure Dragon Martial Academy's secret true art. This boy must have encountered a tremendous fortuitous opportunity!"

Wei Chen had remained silent all along. After hearing this, he snorted coldly.

"Since that is so, I shall make the trip myself and see what methods this brat truly possesses."

Wei Chen had been thoroughly enraged and had already decided to cast aside all concern for face and act personally.

He was determined to capture Chen Mu in one stroke, torture the secret out of him, and then suppress and kill him on the spot.

The others were instantly greatly encouraged and began flattering him one after another.

"Gang Leader is wise!"

"With the Gang Leader taking action, that brat will be unable to escape even if he grows wings!"

But at that moment, a cold laugh suddenly rang out from the outer courtyard of the Red Whale Gang.

"The mighty Red Whale Gang Leader actually has no shame, bullying a junior!"

"If this news reaches Liu Qingcang's ears, I wonder whether you will still have such courage?"

The voice was hoarse as a night owl, enough to make one's heart tremble with fear.

"Who?! Who is outside? Get out here!"

Everyone was utterly shocked.

This was the Red Whale Gang's main hall, its Hall of Brotherhood! There were no fewer than dozens of experts inside and out!

There were more than ten hall masters in the Qi Accumulation Realm alone!

Yet no one could detect where the speaker was. The voice was elusive and difficult to trace, like a ghost or phantom.

Wei Chen, seated at the head, narrowed his hawk-like eyes. Suddenly sinking his qi into his dantian, he unleashed a thunderous roar:

"Playing tricks and pretending to be ghosts! I would like to see what petty wretch dares trespass into my Red Whale Gang!"

Before his words had faded, he slammed his palm down on the chair and took a great step forward, his figure soaring into the air!

With that leap, he flew seven or eight zhang across level ground, flashing from the hall into the courtyard in the blink of an eye. Then his hawk eyes suddenly sharpened as he bellowed:

"Where do you think you're going?!"

He fiercely struck out with his palm, slapping through the air toward the high western wall of the courtyard.

A crimson true qi palm imprint shot through the air, crossing three zhang before crashing onto the walltop, blasting azure tiles and broken bricks into the sky.

Only then did the hall masters rush out, and the gale unleashed by Wei Chen's palm was so fierce that they could not open their eyes.

"Not good! That person is escaping!"

Relying on his external training to withstand the gale, Luo Dalong personally saw a shadow wreathed in eerie black qi sweep over the wall where Wei Chen's palm had landed.

As the figure fled through the air, it also let out a sinister cackle and called out:

"What a 'Ghost-Hand Saber'! Your treasured blade truly has not grown old!"

"I, Rakshasa, have received today's palm strike! If you wish to act without restraint in the future, join hands with me and eliminate Liu Qingcang!"

"Three days from now, the Ghost Market will open wide! This old man shall await Gang Leader Wei's honored arrival at Yin Mountain Ferry!"

Everyone's expressions changed drastically upon hearing this. The newcomer was actually a ghost cultivator from the Rakshasa Gate!

"Gang Leader! What should we do?"

"The bastards of the Rakshasa Gate are dogs raised by those foreign tribes beyond the border. Are we truly going to cooperate with that Rakshasa?"

Listening to the clamor around him, Wei Chen's brows furrowed deeply.

Everyone in the Red Whale Gang had blood on their hands, and they had committed countless acts of oppressing the good and innocent. It would not be an exaggeration to call them steeped in every evil.

But no matter how overbearing and lawless they were, those were still matters within Great Yue. Once it involved the foreign tribes beyond the border, the nature of things changed.

"We shall discuss this later. All of you keep your mouths shut. Whoever dares spread this news should watch that their life is not forfeit."

After pondering for a moment, Wei Chen swept his sleeve and said coldly, "Luo Dalong, ignore everything else."

"Immediately investigate where that Chen brat is. The moment he leaves Liu Qingcang's sight, report to me at once."

"I will personally test his methods."

Luo Dalong's eyes lit up at once. He immediately began showering him with flattery.

"Yes, Gang Leader. This lowly one will investigate right away! The moment there is news, I will report back immediately!"

After saying that, the fellow led his men away, scattering through the town to gather information in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, Chen Mu knew nothing of the storms raging outside.

The sky had already darkened.

He had spent the entire afternoon cultivating in the inner courtyard of Azure Dragon Martial Academy and had finally mastered the Ghost-Shadow Step completely.

"Within a square inch, false and true become impossible to distinguish... it truly is an excellent movement technique."

In the courtyard, Chen Mu moved his feet, and his figure instantly became a black shadow, flashing more than one zhang away.

The instant his figure appeared beside the pond, he lightly tapped his foot and landed atop the duckweed floating on the water.

Then, borrowing the force, his entire body soared into the air. He flashed backward and descended like a shadow onto the shore once more.

The entire sequence took no more than a single breath, yet his figure had swept through the air three times like a flying bird!

Not a drop of water touched his feet. He was truly like a ghostly phantom.

"Phew..."

Chen Mu withdrew his lightness skill and brought up the panel to check the changes.

[Slaughter Register · Chen Mu (Common Bone)]

[Realm: Martial Master · Body Tempering Sixth Tier (Silver-Skin Body)]

[Internal Art: Yin Extremity Profound Baleful Art · Second Layer (600/2000)]

[Martial Arts: Hundred-Slash Baleful Blade · Entering the Hall (580/1000), Mighty Bull Fist · Reached the Pinnacle (Complete), Grass-Top Flight · Reached the Pinnacle (Complete), Iron Cloth Shirt · Entering the Hall (50/1000), Ghost-Shadow Step · Entering the Hall (80/1000)]

[Blood Essence: 6000+/6000]

[Karmic Slaughter: 0]

This half-day of arduous cultivation had further increased Chen Mu's proficiency in his two new techniques.

He had now completely mastered them.

The overflowing blood essence had also been refined by the Yin Extremity Profound Baleful Art, and his internal cultivation had improved somewhat.

Unfortunately, he was still quite far from breaking through to the third layer. If he wanted to advance quickly, he could only wait until he had accumulated enough karmic slaughter.

Just as Chen Mu was thinking this, Liu Qingluo hurried into the rear courtyard and found him.

"Junior Brother! Do you know someone named Wang Hu?"

"He is waiting for you outside the martial academy. He says there is something urgent and wants you to go with him to Rubble Ward!"

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