We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

Chapter 154 Advancement to Blood Transformation (Thanks to Fatty Xie for the generous donation)

"Are you Su Chen?"

Hearing the person in front of him introduce himself, Hong Ming looked him over with suspicion.

Even though Su Chen had already revealed his true colors, he still couldn't quite believe how Su Chen's strength had become so astonishing.
After asking several questions, Su Chen answered fluently, and Hong Ming finally confirmed Su Chen's identity and accepted with peace of mind that he had an incredibly strong disciple.

At the same time, a faint sense of emotion flowed through my heart.

"Xiao Chen, what level has your strength reached now?"

Su Chen used the Unstable Force to heal Hong Ming's internal injuries. Feeling the continuous flow of energy cleansing his body, Hong Ming's complexion became rosy and his breathing became much more steady. He looked at Su Chen and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Not very high, just bone forging," Su Chen replied.

Not bone forging?

That's okay.

Wait, I think I misheard.

Only bone forging?

Hong Ming, regaining his composure, froze for a moment, then choked on his words, before laughing and crying at the same time: "You little brat..."

He didn't even know what to say.

Although he had only heard of this realm, he knew it was a level he could never reach in his lifetime. Now, Su Chen had casually uttered it in four words, which filled him with both joy and sighs.

"By the way, why did you suddenly turn back?"

Hong Ming didn't dwell on Su Chen's strength; after all, he was his disciple, and the more powerful Su Chen was, the happier he would be.

He had encountered Su Chen once before, but he hadn't seen him clearly at the time and thought he was some powerful expert.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen explained, "I ran into people from the Hong family ahead and learned that they were looking for you, so I rushed back immediately."

He felt a little guilty.

Upon learning of Hong Ming and Li Mo's accident, he didn't dare rest for a moment and rushed back overnight. He ran into Hong Ming, but missed him.

He did spot Hong Ming at the time, but thought he was just an ordinary person hiding in the bushes, so he didn't pay any attention to him.

After all, his initial goal was to find the carriage, but he never expected that Hong Ming and Li Mo would discover the clues in advance and escape.

It was only when the people who saw the Hong family later that they realized the problem. They went up to question the group and learned from them that the two had escaped.

Recalling what had just happened, Su Chen hurriedly rushed back, and as expected, the person hiding in the bushes was Hong Ming.

Fortunately, they arrived in time and Hong Jinchen did not succeed.

"By the way, Master, where is Senior Brother Li Mo?"

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Su Chen had finished healing Hong Ming's injuries, and he asked a question.

Upon hearing this, Hong Ming's expression changed drastically: "Damn it, he's still in their hands."

As they were talking, the two saw a group of people from the Hong family rushing over. When they saw Hong Jinchen on the ground, they all stood there in fear and dared not move forward.

Su Chen stood up and, without the slightest hesitation, quickly dispatched the group of people, then demanded, "Where is my senior brother?"

"You, who are you?"

Snapped!
Should I ask you or you ask me? You can't see the situation at all, you deserve to be punished!

Su Chen asked again, "Where is my senior brother?"

"On the carriage not far away."

clap clap clap!
After asking the questions, Su Chen dealt with the group and then led Hong Ming and Hong Jinchen to the official road, where they indeed saw a carriage parked there.

"Senior Brother Li Mo."

Su Chen lifted the curtain and saw the unconscious Li Mo. His expression darkened when he saw the footprints all over Li Mo's body.

I went too easy on them just now; they died too quickly.

"Xiao Chen, is Li Mo alright?"

Hong Ming leaned closer to take a look, and immediately panicked, asking with concern.

Su Chen shook his head: "It's nothing."

He grabbed Li Mo's arm, channeled his inner energy, and began to treat Li Mo's injuries.

Li Mo's injuries were not serious on the surface; he was mainly unconscious due to the corrosive force he had suffered.

After a period of treatment, all the external forces in Li Mo's body were eliminated. Su Chen let go of Li Mo's arm and breathed a sigh of relief.

It can be considered a blessing in disguise. Not only was Li Mo unharmed this time, but he also benefited greatly and will soon be able to break through to the Qi Refining Realm.

"Junior Brother Su? Is that you? Am I dreaming?"

Before long, Li Mo regained consciousness and saw Su Chen standing in front of him, muttering to himself.

“It’s Xiao Chen.” Hong Ming spoke up at the right moment, interrupting Li Mo’s wild thoughts.

His eyes widened instantly, and he sat up abruptly, looking at Su Chen and exclaiming in realization, "It really is Junior Brother Su."

He then burst into laughter.

After laughing, Li Mo looked at Hong Ming and asked, "Master, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Thanks to Xiao Chen for showing up in time, otherwise we would have been captured," Hong Ming explained.

At this point, Li Mo couldn't help but look at Su Chen and ask, "Junior Brother Su, who exactly are they, and why did they capture us?"

Su Chen did not explain to the two of them immediately, but said, "I will explain this to you when we get back."

"Where are you going?"

Seeing Su Chen stand up, Hong Ming and Li Mo asked in unison.

"It's nearby, Master. Senior Brother Li Mo, please wait here for a moment. I'll be right back."

Su Chen left a message, then turned and left. Before leaving, he picked up Hong Jinchen and took him away.

For some people, it's time to pay their debts.

Finding a secluded spot, Su Chen woke up Hong Jinchen, whose face was red and swollen.

"Hmph, kill me or torture me, it's all up to you!"

His mouth was slightly lisp, but it didn't stop him from speaking. Hong Jinchen gave a cold snort with an air of "death before dishonor."

"Are you serious?"

Upon hearing this, Su Chen raised an eyebrow and raised his palm to strike, but Hong Jinchen instinctively dodged it.

Hong Jinchen did not reply, but only gave a disdainful sneer.

Seeing Hong Jinchen's stubbornness, Su Chen sneered repeatedly; the anger in his heart had not yet subsided.

Snapped!
I told you to hide.

Snapped!
I'll teach you to be arrogant.

clap clap clap!
Serves you right for being so stubborn.

The dozens of slaps, though delivered without any force, still possessed terrifying power, leaving Hong Jinchen with a bruised and swollen face, bloodshot pupils, and a face swollen like a ball.

Wow.

Hong Jinchen quickly dodged it.

Su Chen looked at Hong Jinchen with amusement. Although the guy didn't beg for mercy, his face was full of pleading, and his eyes were brimming with tears, like a wronged child.

"What's your name?" Su Chen lowered his arm and asked casually.

Upon hearing this, Hong Jinchen's lips twitched slightly. "You've been fighting for so long, and you don't even know my name?"
Despite feeling a thousand frustrations and ten thousand angers, he didn't want to be beaten again and decided to stop being stubborn. He honestly replied, "Hong Jinchen."

"I'll give you a chance. Now send a message to Hong Jinfeng and ask him to come and rescue you." Su Chen took out a piece of paper and said indifferently.

"you……"

"Stop talking nonsense and write!"

Su Chen raised his hand, too lazy to listen to Hong Jinchen's nonsense, and said sternly.

Hong Jinchen clenched his fists and glared at Su Chen through gritted teeth.

The humiliation we suffer today will be repaid a hundredfold in the future!
Snapped!
Sensing his gaze, Su Chen slapped him again, shattering any remaining hesitation he might have.

He dared not show his emotions in front of Su Chen anymore. He picked up the paper, but hesitated to start writing.

At the sound of Su Chen's cold snort, Hong Jinchen shuddered and weakly said, "I don't have a pen..."

"Use your blood!" Su Chen replied coldly.

Hong Jinchen opened her mouth, then pursed it, her heart seething with anger.

The humiliation we suffer today will be repaid a thousandfold in the future!
"Hmm?" Su Chen's urging voice rang out.

Hong Jinchen trembled and nodded repeatedly, then touched the corner of his mouth with his finger, which quickly became stained with blood.

After thinking for a moment, Hong Jinchen wrote down a distress message.

Very brief, but all the information is there.

The main problem is that I don't bleed much, so I can't write many words.

With Su Chen watching him closely from the side, he dared not write too much.

"Rewrite it, only write the time and place, don't write anything else," Su Chen said abruptly.

Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier!

Hong Jinchen nearly cursed out loud, wishing he could kill Su Chen or be killed by Su Chen to avoid being tortured.

Snapped!
However, at that moment, Su Chen slapped Hong Jinchen, leaving him somewhat dazed. Su Chen said, "I see you're out of blood, so I'll give you some."

Hong Jinchen: "...!"

The humiliation we suffer today will be repaid a thousandfold in the future!
After cursing Su Chen's ancestors eighteen times in his mind, Hong Jinchen wiped the corner of his mouth with his finger, and with a heart full of anger, wrote down a sentence as required.

"I've finished writing."

After finishing writing, Hong Jinchen handed it to Su Chen, who greeted him with Su Chen's enormous iron hand.

*Slap.* “Just send it out as soon as you finish writing it. Do I have to teach you how to do things?” Su Chen said coldly.

"Yes!"

It's remarkable that even after being hit so many times, Hong Jinchen hasn't passed out. It has to be said, she has a very attractive face.

Very resistant!

With a whistle, a carrier pigeon specially trained by the Hong family flew over. In front of Su Chen, Hong Jinchen put the envelope into the mailbox and then tossed the envelope into the air.

Just as he was about to turn around and look at Su Chen, he saw Su Chen smile at him.

A bad feeling welled up inside me.

Snapped!
Sure enough, Su Chen slapped him so hard that he felt dizzy and saw stars, and then fainted.

Damn it, the humiliation I suffer today will be repaid a thousandfold in the future!
While unconscious, Hong Jinchen had only one thought in his mind, deeply rooted in his heart.

……

Xuan Shui Sect.

The original trio is now down to just two.

But at this moment, neither Hung Kam-Fung nor Hung King-Sui paid attention to the absent Hung Chin-Nian.

The two men looked serious. Hong Jinfeng looked haggard, as if he hadn't had a proper rest in a long time.

Hong Jingrui sighed and said, "Clan leader, Dafeng City is now a mixed bag, with various forces vying for power. In my opinion, it would be better to abandon Dafeng City."

In recent days, the situation in Dafeng City has changed drastically, giving the impression that a storm is brewing.

Many forces from the prefectural city, having received some unknown information, poured into Dafeng City in droves. Some powerful forces quickly established themselves and replaced the original forces in Dafeng City within just a few days.

As the former number one power in Dafeng City, the Xuanshui Gang was undoubtedly targeted by these outside forces. In addition, with the death of Hong Jinnian, some forces were eager to take a bite out of the Xuanshui Gang.

Today, the territory of the Xuan Shui Gang has shrunk by nearly half, and it no longer enjoys its former glory.

Even so, many powerful forces still have their eyes on the Xuan Shui Gang, and even the Hong family is quite wary of these forces.

On the table between the two men were the rescue information from the Xuan Shui Gang. They were almost driven to the brink of desperation. Every new force that entered Dafeng City would try to humiliate the Xuan Shui Gang, treating them completely as a tool for making a name for themselves.

The gang's strongest members were either injured or killed, resulting in heavy casualties. If this continues, the Xuan Shui Gang will likely become a mere shell of its former self before long.

"Have you heard any rumors?" Hong Jinfeng asked instead of agreeing.

Hong Jingrui shook his head: "I don't know. I only know that this is not the end, but the beginning. More and more prefectural forces will enter Dafeng City later."

"What exactly happened in the prefectural city?" Hong Jinfeng sighed softly upon hearing this, his tone full of doubt.

They tried to contact the patriarch of the prefecture city, but received no news. As a result, they had no idea what had happened in the prefecture city or why so many forces from the prefecture city had poured into Dafeng City.

After thinking for a moment, Hong Jinfeng finally nodded helplessly and said, "In that case, let them withdraw from Dafeng City."

Puff puff.

A carrier pigeon slowly landed on the windowsill.

Hong Jingrui responded and took the secret letter from the carrier pigeon's leg. Before he even opened it, he smelled a fishy stench.

“It belongs to Hong Jinchen.”

He opened it and frowned when he saw the words written in blood. After reading the contents, his frown deepened.

"A blood oath?"

Upon receiving the blood-written letter and glancing at the shocking blood-red characters, Hong Jinfeng's expression turned solemn.

"I'm going out for a bit. You can handle the Xuan Shui Gang matter."

Hong Jinfeng stood up and said that he planned to go out and see what had happened to Hong Jinchen.

Recently, things have been quite unsettled in Dafeng City. In the past, no one would have dared to offend the Hong family, but now, if we really talk about it, the Hong family is not even worth mentioning in this torrent of foreign forces.

Hong Jinchen may have offended this group of people.

“I’ll go with you,” Hong Jinfeng said, standing up.

Upon hearing this, Hong Jinfeng hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "Alright."

The two left Xuan Shui Sect one after the other, and arrived at the location mentioned in Hong Jinchen's blood letter in less than half an hour, but they did not see Hong Jinchen or anyone else.

"look."

Hong Jingrui took a branch from the tree; on it was a blood-stained letter with a location written on it.

Are you playing us?

Hong Jinfeng was already in a bad mood, and his face darkened when he saw the above content.

"Let's go, we'll kill them all when the time comes," Hong Jingrui said casually, seemingly unconcerned.

Regardless of the other party's identity, such blatant bullying of the Hong family deserves a bloodbath.

Both men, filled with murderous intent, headed towards the __cpLocation indicated in the letter.

The sky gradually darkened.

Su Chen stood upright in the abandoned house, and no one knew that he was cultivating at that moment.

The reason for changing the location was that Su Chen felt there wasn't enough time if he wanted to break through.

So he temporarily changed locations to extend the time so he could start the easy mode.

Currently, the number of Qi and Blood Pills required for all four cultivation techniques is sufficient; all that's needed is to activate the easy mode for cultivation.

After two hours of cultivation, Su Chen had mastered the Profound Water Technique, the Fiery Cloud Transformation, and the Unpredictable Skill to their limits. Now, he only needed to master the Unpredictable Skill.

The method of practicing Wudinggong is to stand for a total of one hour, and more than forty minutes have passed now.

Before long, all four techniques will reach their limits.

Even if Hung Kam-Fung doesn't come, he will take the initiative to visit him.

"coming!"

Just then, a soft footstep sound came from outside the door, and two elongated figures slowly appeared at the end of the light.

As a gentle breeze blew by, Hong Jinfeng and Hong Jingrui appeared before Su Chen.

Upon seeing that there were two people, Su Chen's expression changed slightly.

"Oh it's you!"

Hong Jinfeng suddenly realized that Su Chen was responsible for all of this. He had thought that it was the work of an outside force, but he never expected that it was done by a young boy who had escaped from his grasp.

Su Chen looked at the two of them with a solemn expression, then smiled and nodded: "That's right, it's me."

Although he was slightly flustered inside, he remained calm and composed on the surface.

Although they hadn't expected the two to arrive so quickly, a delay of more than ten minutes was still acceptable.

Hong Jinfeng snorted coldly, looked around, and soon spotted Hong Jinchen, whose head had been beaten into a pig's head.

Suddenly, Su Chen swiftly lifted Hong Jinchen up, grabbed his neck, and said coldly, "I'm here to make a deal with you."

"What deal?"

A chill flashed in Hong Jinfeng's eyes, his gaze menacing.

“I’ll trade his life for the lives of my master and senior brother!” Su Chen replied.

"Impossible. You can only exchange one for the other. Your master or your senior brother, you choose one." Hong Jinfeng's icy voice rang out.

"Choose my ass, I want them all."

Su Chen naturally wouldn't fall for it, and said with a disdainful smile.

"Then go ahead and do it. You kill him, and I'll kill your master and senior brother."

Unexpectedly, Hong Jinfeng didn't care at all and used the same words Su Chen had used to threaten him to threaten Su Chen instead.

“You…” Su Chen said, feigning anger.

His expression shifted unpredictably as he hesitated to make a decision, and the situation became tense.

Hong Jinfeng and Su Chen faced off, neither showing any intention of backing down, but instead displaying an aggressive attitude.

He said, "Have you thought it through? You only have one chance."

"I've thought it through, but I need to see them before I decide. Bring them to me," Su Chen said through gritted teeth.

“I will send someone over once you’ve made your decision,” Hong Jinfeng said, frowning.

Su Chen was about to speak when Hong Jingrui interrupted him, saying, "Senior brother, this kid is deliberately stalling for time."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Hong Jinfeng's gaze suddenly sharpened as he stared directly at Su Chen. Sure enough, he noticed the change in Su Chen's expression, and his own expression instantly darkened.

"I didn't expect you to find out."

Upon hearing Hong Jingrui's words, Su Chen looked flustered, but strangely, a smile appeared on his face the next moment.

Click.

Then, in front of the two of them, he snapped Hong Jinchen's neck.

"you wanna die!"

Upon seeing this, Hong Jinfeng's face flushed with murderous intent, and his eyes blazed with intense ferocity.

"It's not me who's courting death, it's you!"

Su Chen casually tossed Hong Jinchen aside, his previous smile vanished, replaced by an intense, overwhelming killing intent.

After wasting so much time talking to the two of them, Hou Tu Que finally reached his limit.

Next comes the hunt.

His eyes flashed with a fierce light, and as he finished speaking, the surrounding air suddenly turned icy cold, with a chill that penetrated to the bone.

Su Chen roared, as if a thunderclap had exploded, and then a bloodthirsty aura surged from his body, swirling around him and condensing into a thin, blood-red veil.

Upon seeing this, both Hong Jinfeng and Hong Jinnian could not hide their astonishment and blurted out, "You, you have reached the Blood Transfer Realm?!"

(End of this chapter)