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

Chapter 185: Create Demand Where There Is none, and Breakthrough

Shadow Killer is no longer the same Shadow Killer it used to be; it no longer treats customers like Su Chen, who are at least fourth-class, with the same courtesy.

Since the Shadow Assassins headquarters moved to Dafeng City, the number of customers at Huayue Tower has increased several times, with hundreds or even thousands of martial artists coming to trade every day.

The increase in the flow of people also led to an increase in the number of staff, which inadvertently wasted Su Chen's time and money.

However, for the sake of the Qi and Blood Pill, Su Chen had no choice but to grit his teeth and persevere.

dong dong dong.

"Come in."

A voice came from inside, and Su Chen opened the door and went in.

"What does the guest need?" the masked man asked expressionlessly.

Su Chen cut to the chase: "I want to buy information about Luo Huaiwu's whereabouts."

"I'm sorry, sir, there is no latest news about this person at the moment." The masked man frowned and sized up Su Chen for a while before shaking his head.

Strange, this is the third person to ask about Luo Huaiwu today. Could it be that Luo Huaiwu has some secret?
He fell into deep thought, but his face remained calm.

Su Chen simply asked a routine question, and seeing that the other party did not know, he left ten taels of silver and took his leave.

The masked man was still thinking about Luo Huaiwu, feeling that the fact that three people had come to ask him about it in a row was a bit unusual.

dong dong dong.

However, he didn't have time to think about it at the moment and continued to serve the next guest.

What do the guests need?

The masked man received seven or eight guests in succession, his voice somewhat hoarse.

The newcomer was a robust old man; you could feel his full, well-developed muscles even through his clothes.

He said, "Is there any news about Luo Huaiwu here? I want to know where he is hiding now."

It's Luo Huaiwu again?
The masked man's heart skipped a beat, and his face beneath the mask became more solemn. This was the fourth guest to ask Luo Huaiwu a question.

He shook his head again, replying, "Sorry..."

"Alright!" The old man was slightly disappointed and let out a long sigh.

This sigh made the masked man even more suspicious, as he felt that Shadow Assassin had overlooked something.

Otherwise, why would so many people be asking about Luo Huaiwu?
Even after the old man left, the masked man was still thinking about what had happened.

After serving three or four more guests, a middle-aged man with a kind and honest appearance walked in.

Before the masked man could speak, the honest-looking middle-aged man asked, "I'm here to buy the latest information on Luo Huaiwu's whereabouts."

It's Luo Huaiwu again!
The masked man's heart skipped a beat; this was the fifth one.

What exactly is going on with that group of people handling the information?

They can't even find Luo Huaiwu's whereabouts, what a bunch of useless people!
Helpless, he could only give the same answer as before.

The middle-aged man snorted and stood up, expressing his dissatisfaction with the masked man's reply.

"Guest." Before leaving, the masked man called out to the other party, who thought there was news. But all he heard was the masked man say, "The price has increased this time. You will need to pay fifty taels."

"You son of a bitch... I didn't ask you anything, and you're trying to charge me fifty taels? Why don't you just rob me!"

The masked man chuckled, "Please rest assured, guest. Just because we don't have it today doesn't mean we won't have it tomorrow. Luo Huaiwu is worth the price."

"You bastards, you're a bunch of skinflint!"

The middle-aged man cursed and took out twenty taels of silver, then slammed the door shut and left.

“Follow him and find out what he wants from Luo Huaiwu.”

Inside the room, the masked man's cold voice rang out. He wanted to see what these people wanted from Luo Huaiwu.

"Yes."

Disguised as a middle-aged man, Su Chen walked out of Huayue Tower with a face full of indignation. His expression gradually relaxed, but he was secretly overjoyed.

My plan worked.

The Shadow Assassins have already started targeting Luo Huaiwu.

The little tail behind it is proof.

Su Chen wasted no time. Right now, Shadow Killer only had suspicions and was unsure why so many people were targeting Luo Huaiwu, so the plan had to continue.

After wandering around for a while, he revealed himself and dealt with the tail behind him.

Then he changed into new clothes and disguised himself, returning to Huayue Tower countless times.

The same scenario happened again.

The masked man felt a little numb.

This is the sixth one.

This is the sixth guest to come and inquire about Luo Huaiwu's whereabouts.

He wanted nothing more than to beat up those Shadow Assassins who were gathering information, but why hadn't he heard anything from Luo Huaiwu yet?

Do they all just eat rice?

Su Chen was naturally unaware of the turmoil in the masked man's heart, but he could sense a sense of indignation in his tone.

He paid no attention and waited for the masked man's monotonous reply.

As expected, Su Chen did not get any new information about Luo Huaiwu from the masked man.

But before he left, the masked man told him that he could come back and ask again tomorrow.

"That's about enough, it's time to switch roles."

After leaving Huayue Tower, Su Chen wandered around the clothing shops outside, bought a set of clothes, and then found a secluded place to change.

He returned to Huayue Tower, but this time he wasn't there to buy information; he was there to sell it.

To prevent the plan from going wrong, Su Chen still found the masked man who had been tortured by Luo Huaiwu seven or eight times.

What do the guests need?

The masked man hadn't been serving customers; instead, he had relayed the situation to his superiors, who instructed him to pay close attention and send people to investigate.

As usual, the masked man asked a question and waited for Su Chen's reply. But when Su Chen spoke, the masked man was stunned.

"I have information about Luo Huaiwu's whereabouts for sale."

Su Chen changed to a softer voice, a voice that often makes others less wary.

Upon hearing this, the masked man's pupils narrowed slightly, a fact that Su Chen keenly noticed.

"price?"

The masked man took a deep breath and stared at Su Chen without moving, as if trying to see through the veil to the face beneath it.

"It's free," Su Chen said with a smile.

"Then what do you want?" The masked man's expression turned serious.

Sure enough, Su Chen's voice rang out the next second: "Five hundred Qi and Blood Pills, three hundred Blood Strengthening Pills, and one hundred Blood Enhancing Pills."

"Hiss, you're insane!"

Before the number was even finished, the masked man couldn't help but gasp, his eyes widening as he stared at Su Chen in disbelief.

Su Chen chuckled lightly: "Luo Huaiwu is definitely worth the price."

The masked man did not answer. He quickly calmed down and shook his head, saying, "At this price, even the Moon Worshiping Thief is not worthy of it, let alone Luo Huaiwu."

Five hundred Qi and Blood Pills, three hundred Blood Strengthening Pills, and one hundred Blood Enhancement Pills—these pills, if added together, would be close to a million taels of silver.

"Then let's compromise." Su Chen gritted his teeth and made the difficult decision.

The masked man still didn't agree, so Su Chen had no choice but to ask, "Then how much are you asking for?"

"Please wait a moment, sir." The masked man stood up. He couldn't make the decision himself and planned to ask the branch manager.

"it is good!"

Su Chen sat quietly in the room, waiting.

A full half hour later, the masked man returned to the room and said, "Shadow Killer can buy this information, but the price is only fifty Blood Strengthening Pills."

"Add another hundred Blood Strengthening Pills," Su Chen bargained.

The masked man shook his head without replying.

Su Chen didn't mind and stood up decisively.

With a creak, the door opened, but the other person still didn't speak.

"Eighty Blood-Strengthening Pills".

The moment Su Chen stepped out of the room, the masked man's voice echoed softly.

Su Chen smiled and turned around, saying, "Deal."

Half an hour later, Su Chen walked out of Huayue Tower with eighty Blood Strengthening Pills.

As expected, someone was following him.

However, such stalking was of no use to Su Chen, who found an opportunity to eliminate his opponent.

After checking the time, Su Chen realized it was almost noon and found a restaurant nearby to have a hearty meal.

In the afternoon, Su Chen disguised himself as a strong old man and went to Huayue Tower to find the masked man.

“It’s you.” The masked man had some impression of the strong old man and recognized him the moment he saw Su Chen.

Before Su Chen could speak, the masked man said with certainty, "You're here to inquire about Luo Huaiwu, aren't you?"

To his surprise, Su Chen shook his head: "No, I'm here to sell information about Luo Huaiwu."

"Sell?" The masked man's expression froze upon hearing this.

Why is there another one?
Wait, why did I say "again"? He was silent for a few seconds, his eyes deep and unfathomable, and he looked at Su Chen intently before speaking, "What price do you want to offer?"

"Well, I don't know either. Why don't you name a price?" Su Chen scratched his head, slightly embarrassed.

"Where did you get this information from?" the masked man asked.

Su Chen shook his head, not intending to answer.

The masked man realized his rashness and changed the subject: "We already have news of Luo Huaiwu here."

“Yours are fake,” Su Chen said, his face full of resentment.

"hehe."

"Are you sure you don't want it anymore?" Su Chen asked again before leaving.

Seeing that the masked man did not reply, he could only sigh and leave.

"Wait a minute."

Su Chen had just taken a step when the other person called out to him.

"One thousand taels, will you sell?" the masked man asked calmly, then waited for Su Chen's reply, as if he already had Su Chen under his control.

"I don't want money. Give me a hundred Blood Strengthening Pills and I'll sell them."

"Fifty."

"Ninety."

Sixty.

Eighty.

"Seventy."

Eighty.

The masked man nodded readily: "Deal!"

"wrong."

Suddenly, he realized that Su Chen had stopped calling out the number eighty.

"Um, eighty Blood Strengthening Pills, please." Su Chen licked his lips and held out his hand to ask for them.

The masked man gave a soft snort and reluctantly handed over eighty Qi and Blood Pills.

"These two addresses are the same."

After Su Chen left, he compared the two purchase messages. The handwriting was different, but the specific location was the same.

"Could the address be fake?" The masked man fell into deep thought.

Recalling the negotiation between Su Chen and the robust old man, from the outside, the two looked nothing alike.

But that doesn’t mean they aren’t the same person.

Just then, a message came from above, and the masked man opened it to take a look.

It wasn't about news about Luo Huaiwu, but rather about getting as much information about him as possible; someone was willing to pay a high price for it.

This news relieved him.

"The only problem now is whether the information they're giving me is true or false."

The masked man stared at the two sheets of paper in front of him, deep in thought.

Outside Huayue Building.

"It's a pity I can't keep fleecing people anymore, otherwise I could have fleeced all of Shadow Killers."

Having sold Luo Huaiwu's information several times, Su Chen had already earned enough pills to advance his Vajra Iron Shirt technique to the next level.

If we continue to use the same old tricks, we're afraid we'll be exposed.

Moreover, he wasn't sure if Shadow Killer would believe the information he had spread.

Therefore, he needed to verify the information, so Su Chen disguised himself as a martial artist who wanted to buy information and entered Huayue Tower.

Ten minutes later, Su Chen walked out with a big smile.

Although he spent 50,000 taels of silver to buy information about Luo Huaiwu, he did not feel any regret at all.

The information about Shadow Killer's sale is exactly the same as the information about the sale he made to them, which means that Shadow Killer has confirmed the accuracy of the information.

If anyone else inquires about it later, Shadow Killer will still sell the information to them.

He wasn't worried at all that Shadow Killer would find out the truth of the news, since he had already dealt with Luo Huaiwu. It could be said that no one except him knew that Luo Huaiwu was dead.

"My information is that Luo Huaiwu will appear in Xiahe Town in seven days. Take advantage of this time to improve your strength."

After a busy day, Su Chen was also a little tired.

After returning to his rented residence, changing back into his original clothes, and restoring his appearance, Su Chen set off back to Fengbei City.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

In a courtyard, a monkey's cry startled all around.

Luo Zhuo and the other two stood in the courtyard, all staring intently at Wen Qingqiu in the bathtub, appearing unusually serious.

As the ape's cry rang out, a look of relief appeared on the faces of the three.

"It's going much more smoothly than we expected."

After Wen Qingqiu had completely calmed down, Luo Zhuo smiled faintly.

Li Jing nodded: "Yes, this means that the elder's speculation is correct. The success rate of fusion will be greatly increased if the blood of the alien beast is fused first and then the blood of the human. Instead of fusion of the blood of the alien beast and the blood of the human alternately."

"That's right. If I had known it was this simple, so many brothers wouldn't have died so tragically," Zhao Fei said with emotion.

Initially, the Demon Martial Sect didn't care about the order in which they fused the blood of exotic beasts. Later, an elder discovered this pattern from his own unique characteristics.

That is, after an ordinary martial artist fuses with the blood of a strange beast to become a demon blood martial artist, they should try to reduce the number of times they fuse with the blood of strange beasts and instead fuse with human blood.

This not only reduces the risks of the fusion process and the side effects after fusion, but also increases the success rate.

However, at that time they had no choice. They were under constant siege by the Great Zhou Dynasty and had to resort to any means necessary to fuse with the blood of alien beasts.

Moreover, at that time, no one had yet figured out a way to enhance strength by fusing human blood.

By the time they found out, the Demon Martial Sect was already wanted by both the Great Zhou and Great Qian dynasties, and they could only live a life of hiding like rats.

Now things are much better. Once the new blood fusion method is used, they will no longer have to worry about the blood disease outbreak every day, and the Demon Martial Sect will usher in a period of explosive growth in strength.

"Let's observe for a few days. If there are no further problems with Wen Qingqiu, then we'll inform the sect leader and elders about this matter," Luo Zhuo said in a low voice, suppressing his excitement.

The two nodded.

"By the way, a message came from the Liang family saying that Shadow Assassins have found Luo Huaiwu's whereabouts."

Suddenly, Li Jing said, "The information is 70% accurate. The Luo family and the Dragon Guards went to Shadow Assassins to inquire about this person. They probably also plan to capture him. If we recruit Luo Huaiwu, we can confirm the relationship between the Luo family and us. Moreover, the Liang family also wants to find a scapegoat."

After listening, Luo Zhuo pondered and said, "To be able to achieve this under the siege of the Luo Clan and the Dragon Guard is enough to show how powerful this person is. It wouldn't hurt to recruit him, but before that, let's see if he can survive this calamity."

He paused, looked at Zhao Fei, and said, "Go to Shadow Kill and buy information about Luo Huaiwu. We'll go and join in the fun then."

"Okay!" Zhao Fei nodded.

……

This day.

After Su Chen used up ten Blood Strengthening Pills, he waited a short while until the Vajra Iron Shirt skill was maxed out, and then he directly activated the easy mode.

[Easy Mode Activated: Take a warm bath for forty minutes to train your Vajra Iron Shirt skill to level four.]

The warm water was already prepared, and Su Chen took off his clothes and started taking a bath. Forty minutes passed quickly.

As the panel refreshed, Su Chen suddenly shouted.

A terrifying force suddenly surged from his body, and with a loud bang, the bathtub could no longer withstand the impact and burst open.

A powerful surge of blood energy erupted from Su Chen's body, staining his skin a blood-red hue.

With this long roar, the power of blood and qi transformed into a breath of turbid air, stretching several meters away and condensing into a striking streak of light.

After a long while, the turbid qi filled with blood gradually dissipated, and Su Chen's body gradually returned to normal.

"I've moved to the fourth realm of blood cultivation, and just as rumored, my blood and qi are like a furnace."

When I first broke through, I felt a surge of powerful energy flowing through every pore, a feeling stronger than ever before.

Moreover, since I have refined my golden needles to four hundred, even if the Vajra Iron Shirt technique is improved, it will not give me the feeling of losing control of my strength.

It's fair to say that at this moment, I've reached my peak in terms of both strength and energy!

Su Chen calmed his qi and blood, quite satisfied.

At this moment, he couldn't wait to find a few strong opponents to have a good fight, to release the excitement in his heart, and to test his own strength.

But he quickly calmed down.

"There are only three days left until Luo Huaiwu appears. In these three days, let's refine the golden needles and the poisoned golden needles."

As my strength increases, my ability to suppress the poison of internal energy also becomes stronger, allowing me to condense more poisonous golden needles.

Moreover, with increased strength, the speed at which golden needles are condensed will also become faster.

However, before that, I need to have the practice room cleaned.

Looking at the mess in the training room, Su Chen smiled bitterly. He had made a mistake this time; he hadn't expected his breakthrough to cause such a commotion.

He summoned his maids and servants, instructing them to clean the training room, while he continued his cultivation.

Three days later, tonight was the time for Luo Huaiwu to appear.

After having dinner, Su Chen set off for Xiahe Town.

(End of this chapter)