The Villain's Counterattack

"Fifth rebirth." Sun Yuankai suddenly appeared in a roadside tea stall, naked, causing a commotion. He knocked down several pedestrians, robbed their clothes and luggage, and quickly escaped.

This is the closest stopover point to Huayin County and the place least likely to be ambushed. The inn in Huayin County cannot be set as a resurrection point. There will probably be people watching that place. Once you are resurrected there, you will definitely be targeted, and the outcome will definitely be very bad.

The trading company is not an option either. If I show up there naked, the guards will definitely not sit idly by. I only have second-rate internal strength but no second-rate combat ability, and my experience is extremely lacking. This can be really fatal.

Now that he had been exposed, all his previous efforts had gone to waste. He could no longer use his identity as a subordinate of the Lord to intimidate Huashan. He could only sneak into Huashan and find Lin Bufan first. Once he found him, his mission would be complete. All that remained was to suppress him with divine power.

It’s a pity that this power can only be used once in each world, and can only be used on Lin Bufan, otherwise why would he suffer all these pains.

He robbed a horse on the roadside and fled before the officials arrived. He found a small path to enter the village, exchanged the horse for money and clothes, disguised himself and continued to escape. After moving five or six times, he ambushed a real carpenter, used the other party's name, drove the other party's carriage, and set off again with some new furniture.

On the way to Huayin County, there were several more officials and many more people of all kinds. They were holding weapons and glaring at passers-by, but no one acted rashly. Sun Yuankai, with a hunched back and a few black spots on his face, covered his thick beard. Under their noses, he leisurely entered Huayin County, delivered the furniture, took the money, and leisurely went to the foot of Huashan Mountain to buy timber. It was getting late, so he stayed at the foot of Huashan Mountain for the night.

Huashan is a famous sect and a typical example of righteousness, but people from the Demon Sect dare not approach it. Sun Yuankai had previously obtained a lot of basic common sense from the old martial artist he hired, and the ones about Huashan were his main focus.

It was late at night. Sun Yuankai, who was sleeping in his clothes, got up and pushed the door open to leave. Tonight was dark and windy, but it was the best time for the worst to happen. He sneaked out of the village, but did not dare to take the main road. He carefully walked into the small woods next to it. It was even darker inside and he almost fell several times.

Suddenly, a sneer sounded behind him. Sun Yuankai's whole body trembled, and a wooden stick suddenly swept across, but it hit a lonely place. Only a deep male voice sounded from a big tree: "But is Mr. Sun Liuyuan in person?"

Sun Yuankai knew he was exposed, but he didn't understand how. In this poor, backward world, without all sorts of supernatural talents, how could anyone have tracked him down? What had he done wrong to be exposed so quickly?

He checked Sun Liuyuan's memory over and over again. Apart from casting wide nets to catch fish and using a large number of people to monitor and investigate everywhere, he could not find a second way. Even the primitive method of tracking with hounds was rarely known in this world, and he had not seen any trace of hounds.

"You've got the wrong person. I'm Carpenter Zhang from Xihua Village." Sun Yuankai struggled a bit, but the man laughed and said, "Mr. Sun, your sincerity is lacking. My fellow disciples and I have traveled thousands of miles from Songshan to the capital, and then from the capital to here. Last night, we witnessed Mr. Sun's godlike skills firsthand, so it's impossible for us to be mistaken. Let me introduce myself. I'm Le Hou from Songshan. I'm the Deputy Head of the Songshan Sect, and I'm honored to meet you, Mr. Sun."

"Great Yin-Yang Hand Le Hou?" Sun Yuankai was shocked. Why were the Songshan Sect members in Huashan? Did they really track him all the way here? Had he really left so many loopholes along the way that they could have tracked him all the way here?

The man who came was none other than Le Hou. In fact, he wasn't the only one. Zuo Lengchan had brought five or six bodyguards with him, determined to obtain the "Star Absorbing Art." Even after learning that this man's target was the Huashan Sect, he didn't back down. Furthermore, after a conversation with Yue Buqun last night and understanding that he didn't want to get involved, he became even more unscrupulous, even directly placing several of his fellow apprentices in the villages at the foot of Huashan Mountain to wait for him.

Zuo Lengchan was very clever and his reaction was very quick. If he had been a day later, he would not have been able to stop Sun Yuankai. Seeing this, Sun Yuankai could only helplessly say, "Mr. Le, please be advised. I do not have the secret manual of the Star Absorbing Technique with me. I do not even know this magic myself. I dare to swear to heaven that I absolutely do not have that thing. Otherwise, I will be struck by lightning and die miserably!"

Le Hou landed lightly on the ground and said with a smile, "The Star-Absorbing Art is a demonic technique of the cult. It seems to harm others and benefit oneself, but it will cause endless troubles. My senior brother is a genius and created the Ice God Palm to restrain this evil technique. Our Songshan Sect does not covet this evil skill, but we also do not want it to spread in the martial arts world. Originally, Senior Brother Leng was going to kill you to eliminate the future troubles, but I didn't expect that after witnessing a good show yesterday, I am even more curious about the secret of your immortality. Do you have any explanation?"

"If I say it's a gift from heaven, would you believe it, Mr. Le?" Sun Yuankai threw the wooden stick on the ground. The other party was a senior first-class master, who was also ranked very high among the first-class, while he was at the bottom among the second-class. There was no way they could compare, but this might be a good opportunity.

Le Hou laughed and said, "If Mr. Sun tells me seriously, I am willing to listen carefully."

Sun Yuankai kicked the wooden stick seven or eight meters away, then found a large tree to sit down with his back against. He sighed and said, "I, Sun Liuyuan, was originally just an ordinary four-bag disciple of the Beggars' Sect. Because of my excellent carpentry skills, I became the head of a secret intelligence base in the capital, reporting directly to Master Li. That day, someone stole my business, and their background seemed a little unusual. I was ordered to investigate, and I made a big scene on the pretext of something. After returning..."

"I must have died in my own carpentry shop. My heart was broken by a poisonous insect." Sun Yuankai's words made Le Hou's whole body tense up. In the middle of the night in the wilderness, a grown man told you in person that he was dead. What kind of experience was this?

"People do have souls after death. My soul met a god, who gave me a mission: find a man named Lin Bufan and kill him, otherwise the world will be in chaos. In order to give me the power to protect myself and to better complete the mission, the god gave me a chance, a chance to summon him and copy his martial arts into my own."

Sun Yuankai paused for a moment, and Le Hou felt as if he were listening to a fairy tale. "I am of low status, and it is very difficult for me to find someone. I never thought I would get a piece of news from Altar Master Li. There is a disciple in the Huashan Sect named Lin Bufan. Someone who can attract the attention of the Lord God must be no ordinary person. After I learned about the general situation of the Huashan Sect, I guessed that this person is the one the Lord God is looking for."

Hearing this, Le Hou immediately understood why Sun Yuankai had traveled so far to Mount Hua. He then listened as Sun Yuankai continued, "I'm a Beggar Gang disciple, responsible for intelligence in the eastern district of the capital. I can't leave easily, and I don't have the strength to travel the world on my own. So, I set my sights on Altar Master Li, who claims to be a highly experienced master with countless travel experiences."

"So I got him drunk and used his blood to draw the great formation pattern taught by the great spirit. I used up the only chance the great spirit had given me to replicate the martial arts of Altar Master Li. But at this moment, I was ambushed and the ritual was interrupted. Altar Master Li was injured by the backlash, and in the end, I only received an incomplete martial arts inheritance from Altar Master Li. Afterwards, I was abducted and taken to the enemy's territory and brutally murdered. After my death, I relied on the grace of the great spirit to resurrect in my own carpentry shop, but found that Altar Master Li had already awakened. He mistakenly believed that I had practiced the evil Star-Absorbing Art and tried to rob me. At this time, the murderer who killed me twice returned again."

Le Hou was so fascinated by what he heard that he said casually, "The murderer is the elder of the Demon Cult, a female demon who is good at using poison. You are unlucky. You provoked her and that's why she targeted you."

Sun Yuankai said helplessly, "Competitors are enemies. I make a living from this, so I have to work hard for it. I escaped from the clutches of Lord Li and that female demon, and met the general of the Nine City Military Department. I thought I was saved, but Lord Li died. The general also thought I had some magic and wanted to steal it. I had no choice but to escape through the secret passage, hoping to quickly complete the task assigned by the gods and get the reward that might help me escape from this predicament."

"I'm sure Mr. Le knows everything that happened afterwards. I underestimated the power of that female demon and was easily taken down by them. On the way, she was brutally blinded, her tongue cut off, and her tendons severed. If she hadn't been resurrected after death and fully restored by the gods, I'm afraid..."

Sun Yuankai sighed, "To complete my mission, I braved enormous risks all the way west. I was ambushed several times by scoundrels and even died in a shady shop. This taught me that my limited abilities and experience were simply not enough to travel this far alone. So, I resorted to various shady practices, stealing money from unscrupulous wealthy families and hiring martial arts escorts to escort me."

"But I never thought that the matter of the demon magic would cause such a big disturbance. Those evil people are too cruel. I died again last night. This is the fifth time." Sun Yuankai had just finished speaking when he heard Le Hou ask, "Do you have the ability to choose the place of rebirth after death?"

Sun Yuankai was slightly stunned, then he realized and nodded, "Indeed."

"I don't believe it. If what you said is true, I am willing to take you to Huashan to see Lin Bufan, but how can I believe you?" Le Hou looked at him deeply. Sun Yuankai's whole body tensed up, and a bad feeling filled his whole body. In the darkness, Le Hou's figure instantly appeared in front of him, and his iron-like palm slapped down fiercely.