Who Are You?

Night fell.

In a courtyard at the fish market.

Jiang Yunhe, who had transformed himself into Chen Hai through a bone-shrinking disguise method, sat cross-legged in a room, sensing Lin Chu's location through the Wedding Robe Divine Art.

"Lin Chu is hiding in the county town?"

"Does that brat want to devour all the martial masters in the Canal Gang?"

Jiang Yunhe's gaze was cold, and he frowned.

"That brat is already preparing for his seventh blood exchange. If he really devours that many martial masters and completes it, even I won't have an easy time taking him down."

"Will the Brocade-Clad Guard stand by and do nothing?"

He was suspicious, and worried as well.

If the Brocade-Clad Guard really did nothing and let Lin Chu devour that many martial masters and complete his seventh blood exchange, what if Lin Chu detected him because their cultivation levels were close?

"No, the Brocade-Clad Guard would have a hard time answering for that. The Canal Gang is the Yin Mountain Prefecture's Han Household's lackey."

"The Brocade-Clad Guard has only sealed off the whole of Qingzhou to keep me from escaping, so they can wait for that pacification commissioner to act."

"That pacification commissioner had to deal with the Five Dragons Cult and couldn't spare the time before, but half a year has passed now..."

"I can't wait any longer!"

Jiang Yunhe's cold eyes turned vicious. He might not have much time left.

If he didn't take a gamble now, he wouldn't have the slightest chance.

"Eight or nine tenths of the martial Dao True Intention in my body has been worn away. I'll use that brat to wear away the last tenth!"

He grew angry at the thought of Xu Fan asking for a yard after being given an inch during the day!

If he hadn't needed to maintain his disguise and avoid being discovered by the Brocade-Clad Guards hidden in the fish market, he would have slapped that small fry to death long ago.

A martial master who had stumbled upon some predecessor's martial arts and luckily completed two blood exchanges dared to push his luck in front of him.

Since he was courting death, Jiang Yunhe would oblige him!

If Xu Fan died on Peach Blossom Spring Lake, no one would discover him for a while, so Jiang Yunhe wouldn't have to worry about being exposed.

"As long as I recover from my injuries completely and then devour Lin Chu, I can easily complete my ninth blood exchange. Once I take the Emperor Flow Serum, even Zhu Xiuwen will die!"

Jiang Yunhe took a deep breath, retrieved the jade bottle containing the Emperor Flow Serum, and headed silently for Peach Blossom Spring Lake.

The Wedding Robe Divine Art was especially sensitive to Qi and Blood, and he had learned where Xu Fan's reed marsh was during the day, so he found the place easily.

He made no effort to conceal himself and disdained a sneak attack, landing directly on the black-canopied boat.

He had learned everything there was to know about Xu Fan's background. Xu Fan had practiced martial arts for seven months at most.

Completing two blood exchanges in seven months would make him a genius even in all of Yin Mountain Prefecture.

But Jiang Yunhe's cultivation was... eight blood exchanges!

He needed no fancy tricks. He could simply crush Xu Fan with superior strength.

"Who are you?"

Xu Fan was cooking a treasure fish and had sensed someone approaching long ago.

Late at night, there were few fishermen on Peach Blossom Spring Lake.

A martial master with such abundant Qi and Blood and formidable strength was clearly up to no good.

But after condensing the Azure Origin Wheel, his Law Power had grown even more abundant. With the Golden Light Technique and Divine Movement Technique also mastered, he naturally feared no martial master.

"You don't need to know who I am."

"You only need to know that you offended someone you shouldn't have today."

"However, you should feel honored that your Qi and Blood cultivation can become my nourishment."

"After tonight, perhaps my name will resound throughout Great Qin, and others will remember you because of me."

Jiang Yunhe stood with his hands behind his back, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly as he waited to savor Xu Fan's fear.

After all he had said, even the stupidest person would know he cultivated the Wedding Robe Divine Art, wouldn't they?

A wedding robe was just what the name implied: everything others cultivated over their lives would become his wedding robe!

From the cautious care he had taken when he first obtained the Wedding Robe Divine Art, he had gone on to achieve some success, enjoying unrivaled fame for a time.

Later, his deeds were exposed, and the Northern Pacification Office hunted him down. He escaped several times, handling it all with ease.

After learning of the Emperor Flow Serum's effects, he ambushed and killed a True Disciple of the Clearwater Sect, only to be gravely wounded by a Grandmaster's True Intention and forced into hiding.

But after tonight, he too would be a Grandmaster!

"Who the hell are you?"

Xu Fan found him utterly baffling. He activated the Divine Movement Technique and Golden Light Technique, and in an instant, pressed a finger to the man's forehead.

The man had started spouting all this nonsense the moment he arrived.

All Xu Fan had gathered was that he cultivated the Wedding Robe Divine Art and had something to do with what happened during the day?

"You, you..."

Jiang Yunhe's eyes widened. He hadn't seen when Xu Fan came in front of him at all.

Fast!

Too fast.

So fast that even with his cultivation of eight blood exchanges, he couldn't see clearly.

Blood dripped from his forehead, and his consciousness sank into darkness along with it.

He didn't understand. Xu Fan had cultivated for only six or seven months at most, so why was he so powerful?

And what martial arts were that bizarre Movement Method and the golden light enveloping his body?

There was no answer, only unwillingness, but his body slowly fell nonetheless.

He had imagined he might die at the hands of a Clearwater Sect Grandmaster, or under Zhu Xiuwen's hand, or even be killed by that pacification commissioner.

The one thing he had never imagined was dying at the hands of an obscure fisherman who didn't even look like he had completed three blood exchanges.

Just who was this man?

"Another person who cultivated the Wedding Robe Divine Art?"

Xu Fan struck him once more in the chest, then laid the corpse flat and set about looting it.

"This man had at least seven blood exchanges under his belt. The things he brought should be pretty good."

He soon found a jade bottle and two sheepskin scrolls.

"That's it?"

"Didn't he bring any silver at all?"

After searching for quite a while, Xu Fan found nothing beyond those three items and was utterly speechless.

An expert with at least seven blood exchanges, and that was all he had to his name?

"But when you come out to kill someone, you wouldn't bring too much with you, would you?"

After thinking it over, Xu Fan forgave the man.

If he went out to kill someone, he wouldn't bring everything with him either.

"The Wedding Robe Divine Art?"

Xu Fan unrolled one of the sheepskin scrolls. The [Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram] deep in his eyes recorded it at once, and after taking a look, he tossed it into the lake.

He was already cultivating immortality; there was no real need to practice martial arts.

If he cultivated it to the peak and still couldn't match a great cultivator in the Qi Refining stage, that would be a joke.

"Above an Innate Grandmaster is a Divine Intention Great Grandmaster?"

"Seeking enemies a thousand li away? That's somewhat similar to Divine Sense. It can actually pinpoint a person?"

"The martial Dao of this world seems to have its merits too."

"Bite off more than you can chew, and you won't digest it. If it has more extraordinary abilities, it might be worth practicing. But if martial Dao only reaches the level of a Great Grandmaster, then wait for me to strike from a higher dimension."

"A bone-shrinking disguise method? That's useful. I'll keep it."

With that thought, Xu Fan recorded it as well, then picked up the jade bottle and carefully opened it.

A delicate fragrance wafted out, making his Law Power circulate a little faster.

Inside the jade bottle was a single golden fruit that gave off a faint glow.

It was shaped like an olive, with the shadow of the moon flickering on its surface.

"This thing... isn't ordinary."

Xu Fan spoke in surprise and suspicion.

A desire welled up in his heart, as though eating it would let his cultivation break through again.

"Could this be some kind of rare heavenly material or earthly treasure?"

"In any case, it's something good. I'll ask around when I get to the county town or prefectural city."

"This thing should have something to do with the moon. There's a moon's shadow flickering on it, so it should be a great help to me."

Xu Fan carefully put it away, then poled the black-canopied boat to a distant stretch of water, hacked the corpse into eight pieces, and tossed them in.

The smell of blood soon drew strange beasts, which rushed straight toward him.