Everything happened in a single breath as Ning Hai’s body softened and gently fell to the ground like a deflating balloon.

It was an incredibly strange thing to see. Ning Hai’s blood was completely absorbed, leaving behind wilted yellow skin covering its skeleton. Even his eyes were completely dried out. He looked like a withered corpse that had been placed there for a few decades.

This scene shocked everyone at the scene. Ning Han’s body kept trembling endlessly as he stared at Ning Xiaochuan as if he were looking at the Devil. His teeth chattered non-stop. “Sicken… Sicken Ning…You… You actually learned a Devil Technique!”

The other servant was so incredibly startled that his legs gave way and he fell to the ground.

This sick man who had been looked down upon by others was terrifying. He was able to drain someone until they became a withered corpse with just one attack. This was a Devil Technique. This was clearly a Devil Technique!

Ning Xiaochuan stared at his own palm. The few drops of blood that were still there were absorbed into his pores and disappeared.

He exerted a small amount of force and the blood in his body circulated chaotically and a faint red halo that was around an inch thick appeared around his palm.

His Qi was oozing out of his body. This meant that his Qi had reached the realm of Stage Four!

He had reached a new realm by absorbing that servant’s blood and Qi!

“Is this the Northern Sea Divine Technique? Or is this the Celestial Absorbing Technique?” Ning Xiaochuan was stunned as well as he did not understand if his body had undergone any changes.

Ning Xiaochuan’s blood was circulating rapidly and he felt that his body was filled with strength. He immediately stared at Ning Han. “I’ve got nothing to do with you, why are you trying to kill me?”

Ning Han was very tempted to shout back out loud. ‘What the actual f*ck? You’re the one who killed someone here!’

However, he forcefully suppressed the fear in his heart as he gritted his teeth. “Sicken Ning, don’t you dare think that I’ll be afraid of you just because you’ve learned a Devil Technique. You… Fuck you! Kill him!”

“He… He’s learned a Devil Technique. Master Han, let’s retreat!” That servant was utterly terrified of Ning Xiaochuan. He had never seen such a horrifying death in his life before.

“What are you afraid of? His Qi is only at Stage Four. I’ll reward you with ten thousand copper coins if you kill him. If you don’t, I’ll kill you myself.”

Being coerced by Ning Han, the other servant had no choice but to attack Ning Xiaochuan. “Sicken Ning, I’m going all out. One of us will die now!”

This servant’s Qi Cultivation was at Stage Four as well. As he stomped onto the grass, he became as quick as the wind and his palms were covered in a layer of red Qi Halo.

Ning Xiaochuan did not dare to be bold. He stared intently as he moved his legs sideways. He squatted down slightly as he reached a stable stance just like a martial arts master. All he lacked was blurting out the four words, “Yong Chun, Ye Wen¹!”

What a majestic posture!

“Boom boom!”

As Ning Xiaochuan’s Qi reached Stage Four, his eyesight and hearing improved drastically. His reaction speed soared as he blocked seven to eight incoming attacks before grabbing onto the servant’s wrist.

“Creak!”

The shortsword in his heart chirped once more as the red Qi gushed towards his palm and began to suck on the servant’s wrist.

The servant’s face started twitching as he cried in fear. “Save… Me! Save me…”

Ning Xiaochuan wanted to let go as well but his arm was attached to the servant’s wrist. He could not even detach it at all.

Soon, the servant’s blood was completely absorbed and he had become a withered corpse that gently fell to the ground.

Ning Xiaochuan could feel that the blood in his body was enhanced once again. He felt like his blood vessels were like a gushing river as the amount of Combat Qi, once again, increased drastically. Although his Qi had yet to enter Stage Five, it was still a huge amount of improvement.

“Devil Technique… It’s a Devil Technique… I’m certain that it’s a Devil Technique!”

Ning Han was utterly frightened by Ning Xiaochuan. He immediately started running away as he lost it while looking at Ning Xiaochuan. “Sicken Ning has been hiding his Cultivation all this time. I need to report this startling news to father immediately.”

Ning Han was already a few miles away by the time Ning Xiaochuan reacted. It was too late to chase after him even if he wanted to.

“Roar!”

A Qilin’s growl could be heard above the great river.

Snow started falling down from up above the sky as the surrounding temperature became considerably colder.

How could it snow on such a scorching hot day?

A wave appeared in the river, transforming into an angry dragon that could turn the world upside down. A portion of the droplets had even turned sharp frost swords before raining towards him.

There was a loud cry!

Ning Han, who was a few miles away was pierced by dozens of frost swords. He fell to the ground and stopped breathing.

Ning Xiaochuan was shocked as he stared at what had transpired before him. It snowed in June (TN: It’s summer in June) then water condensed into ice in the form of swords and killed someone. This was a technique that could only be used by the legendary Sword Sage!

The waves were calm on the surface of the water.

A woman in white attire stood on the surface of the water. The head of the Qilin formed underneath her leg. Water was flowing about in its head and the water flow became its scales.

The woman had a veil on her. The green silk resembled a waterfall and her skin was as white as snow. The only thing revealed was her black and lively eyes. Any man was certain to remember this pair of eyes for the rest of his life when they saw it.

She was just like a beautiful sage standing at the center of the river. The cold mist was flowing around her beautiful body and the snow in the sky appeared because of her Divine Sword Technique.

This Divine Technique was known as Qilin’s Frost Sword.

Snow would descend from the sky the moment this sword technique was released.

“You… You’ve killed someone!” Ning Xiaochuan stared at the woman standing on the surface of the water. He had never seen such a beautiful woman in his entire life. She resembled a white mythical lotus floating on the surface of the water.

The masked woman’s voice was incredibly beautiful as it was as hollow as spring water dripping onto a stone. “Didn’t you kill a person as well?”

“I…” Ning Xiaochuan stared at his own palm and eventually nodded.

It was not like Ning Xiaochuan had never seen a dead body before. He was sure that the number of corpses he had seen was ten times more than the masked lady. Hence after killing someone, all he felt was a deep confusion instead of fear.

He was able to drain a human body until it became a withered corpse with just one palm attack. This was incredibly sinister and a fact that was difficult for him to accept. Perhaps this was the doing of that Devil Sword in his heart?

The masked lady smiled. ” Who would have thought that the sick man in Marquis Jiange’s Residence is a disciple of the Bloodthirsty Devil Sect. Unfortunately, your Cultivation is still too low. The difference between you and the best fourth-generation disciple from Marquis Jiange’s Residence, Ning Xiaojian was incredibly huge.”

The masked lady had mistakenly assumed that Ning Xiaochuan was practicing a Devil Technique and thought he was a disciple of the Devil Sect due to Ning Hai’s strange death. This was also why Ning Xiaochuan’s life was spared as, otherwise, the masked lady would have killed him to make sure the incident would not spread.

“Yu Yan, let’s go.”

The masked lady pointed at the river bank as a white Qi oozed out from the tip of her finger and formed into a white chain that stretched 110 feet long that was as thick as the rim of av bowl. It was like an iron dragon as she lifted Yu Yan, traveled on the surface of the water, and disappeared into the distance.

Yu Yan stared intently at the river bank as the man there grew further and further away, eventually disappearing from her sight.

The masked lady said, “The people from the Devil Sect are cruel and often use life human as a sacrifice. They drink blood from a cauldron and I advise you to not be too close to him from now on.”

“I’ll remember your words.” Yu Yan stared back at the river bank once more but all she could see was a cloud of mist. She could not see a single thing.

…

“So Combat Qi can be used in that manner as well!” Ning Xiaochuan had just witnessed the masked lady condensing her Combat Qi into the form of a metal chain. She had total absolute control over her Qi. She was the real master there and had opened Ning Xiaochuan’s eye to a whole new world!

She was the strongest person Ning Xiaochuan had seen to date.

Since the masked lady knew Yu Yan and had personally come to save her, would that mean that the masked lady was also a girl from Guanyu Tower?

As Ning Xiaochuan pondered, the smell of blood rushed into his nose. It was then that he looked at the three corpses on the ground. The two of them had been killed by him and it was obvious that he felt anxious about it since this was his first time killing someone.

However, he was mentally strong and forcefully suppressed his emotions.

“For now, let’s leave this place!”

Ning Xiaochuan immediately left the riverbank, riding the Green Deerhorse carriage back to the inner city. He returned the Green Deerhorse carriage to the merchant and he went to a shop to purchase some elixirs.

Ning Xiaochuan was able to break free from the anxiousness of killing someone because he knew that he would be dead at their hands had he not killed them. This was a world where the weak would be eaten. Hence, he had to be a carnivore as well if he did not want anyone to harm him.

What transpired that day made Ning Xiaochuan even more determined to cultivate his heart. His corpse would be by the riverbank if he were not strong enough.

After understanding this, Ning Xiaochuan relaxed once more as he entered the shop

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