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Chapter 68 Each Using Their Own Methods, the Chasing Wind Step Reaches Perfection
Hu Hu Hu.

Ding!
A gentle breeze caressed the earth, causing the bells hanging by the window to ring out with a clear, melodious sound.

The man in black, who was healing, immediately stopped what he was doing, got up warily, went to a corner, and listened intently to the sounds outside.

This bell is connected to a trap he specially set outside; it will ring once an enemy attacks.

The sound of the bell ringing made him immediately realize that someone was outside.

"My courtyard has no neighbors, and no one usually comes to bother me. If someone does come, I'm afraid they have ill intentions!"

His heart pounded. In just a few minutes, the man in black's thoughts wandered to the ends of the earth, to who knows where.

"Who could it be? How could they know I live in this courtyard? Could it be someone from the government? No, I've only been in White Stone City for a short time, and I haven't even committed any crimes yet. There's no way the government could know. Or...it could be him?"

The man in black thought to himself, when suddenly a familiar figure flashed through his mind—it was Su Chen.

But then he thought it was impossible. With his speed, shaking off Su Chen would be a piece of cake. How could the other party have followed him to his residence?

After waiting for a while, the man in black did not hear any sounds from outside, but he did hear the whistling of a gentle breeze.

This made him relax a little, guessing that he might be overreacting and had become like a frightened bird.

"Hmm? What's that smell? Oh no, who poisoned me?!"

Suddenly, a subtle smell rushed into his brain from his nasal cavity, making him dizzy. By the time he came to his senses, it was too late, and he collapsed on the spot.

A figure slowly appeared through the window, looking at the man in black lying on the ground.

"Where am I?"

After an unknown amount of time, the man in black opened his blurry eyes and saw a man also dressed in black.

"who are you?"

He was startled and sprang up, only to find that his hands were bound.

"It's good that you're awake." Su Chen said calmly. "I came to find you because of the secret manual you possessed."

"What secret technique?"

"The movement technique you are practicing."

"You mean the Wind Chaser Step?!" The Flying Thief was taken aback.

Su Chen nodded, this time not minding to waste some more time on small talk: "That's right."

"Who exactly are you?" The Flying Thief didn't reply, but asked in a deep voice.

Seeing Su Chen rummaging through his room, he sneered, "Don't bother looking, there's no secret manual of mine in this room."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen stopped in his tracks, a strange smile appearing on his face: "Then what is this?"

Su Chen took out a secret manual from his pocket and slammed it on the table.

Upon seeing this, the master thief's pupils constricted, and he exclaimed in shock, "Impossible! How could you possibly find it..."

As he spoke, he suddenly noticed the strange smile on Su Chen's face, and immediately realized what was happening. He became furious and said, "You're playing me!"

Su Chen did not answer him, but went to the bedside and examined it carefully. Just now when he revealed the secret manual, the other party had glanced at this spot.

"Hahaha, you won't find it!"

After searching for a while, Su Chen still couldn't find it. This scene was witnessed by the Flying Thief, who couldn't help but smile.

Click.

However, his smile froze the next moment. Su Chen struck out with his palm, easily creating a dent in the wall. The soil collapsed, revealing a corner of the iceberg that was wrapped inside.

"you……"

The master thief was stunned and didn't know what to say.

A surge of anger welled up inside him. This guy had tricked him again!
"As expected, there's a secret manual!" Su Chen opened the package, saw a secret manual inside, and after flipping through it for a few seconds, he was secretly delighted.

His main purpose in coming here was to capture and kill the Flying Thief; as for finding the secret manual, it was just a flash of inspiration on his part.

He hadn't held out much hope, but to his surprise, he found the secret manual that the Flying Thief had hidden after just a few casual tricks.

"You are so despicable!"

The Flying Thief cursed angrily when he saw that Su Chen had taken his treasured secret manual for himself.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen looked at the other party, and this look immediately made the Flying Thief tremble.

"You, what do you want to do?"

Su Chen walked towards him step by step without saying a word, which made him extremely flustered and terrified.

"Wait, please don't kill me..."

Seeing the coldness in Su Chen's eyes, the Flying Thief said in a trembling voice, "You, the secret manual you have is wrong!"

Upon hearing this, the Flying Thief indeed noticed Su Chen pause slightly, which pleased him greatly. He quickly said:

"This manual only covers the most basic skills. If you want to cultivate to a higher level, you must use the Qi and Blood Circulation Method. Only I have this method, and I have already memorized it."

"If you kill me, you'll never get the method again. If you release me, I'll tell you the method, and I promise!"

Su Chen was silent for a moment, then asked in return, "Do you have money?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Where should I put it?

"There is a package in the soil under the chamber pot."

Su Chen forced himself to ignore the smell and moved the chamber pot away. Then he used a stick to turn over the soil and found a small box.

Upon opening it, Su Chen turned to the Flying Thief and said, "This amount of money isn't enough."

"Ah, how about I steal some from a wealthy family? You can have as much as you want!" the Flying Thief said, pursing his lips.

"No need!"

Su Chen shook his head, pocketed the money, then approached the Flying Thief, looking down at him condescendingly: "Don't struggle anymore, this rope isn't so easy to untie, and..."

"And what?"

The Flying Thief blurted out instinctively, only to see a pitch-black palm print come crashing down on his skull with a crisp sound—the sound of his skull shattering.

"You, you broke your promise." The Flying Thief looked at Su Chen, his face full of resentment.

After the Flying Thief was killed, Su Chen murmured, "Fool, I never promised to let you go."

After saying that, he struck the other man on the head again. Seeing that the other man did not react, he got up.

However, Su Chen did not leave. Instead, he sat on the table and began to look through the manual called "Chasing the Wind Step".

As expected, this should be a movement technique for long-distance travel, which enhances speed.

It is estimated that the Flying Thief practiced this very technique.

However, this only applies to speed; within the same level, it doesn't seem to significantly improve combat ability.

After all, this guy was the most pathetic martial artist he had ever encountered.

After reading the entire manual and practicing it once, a new line of text appeared on the panel:
Martial Arts: ...Wind Chasing Step (Beginner 1%)

[Easy Mode: ...0 uses of Wind Chaser Step (1 tael of silver per use)]

Seeing this, Su Chen silently said, "Recharge."

(End of this chapter)