Danwu Refining Spirit

Chapter Forty-Six: Tie Changqing's Bitter Pursuit

In contrast, Xiao Chong was in a much happier mood now.

After opening three acupoints in his body, he was able to withstand six shots from Tie Changqing, which greatly exceeded his expectations and also boosted his confidence in killing his opponent.

What pleased him most was the comedic effect of the Thunderbolt. Although it had no real power, it was always an exhilarating thing to make Tie Changqing suffer a setback.

A hundred feet away, Xiao Chong held a metal tube, thicker at the front and thinner at the back, about a foot long, and placed the thinner end over his eye, carefully observing Tie Changqing's every move.

"Thousand-Mile Eye" is the new name Xiao Chong gave to the metal tube, which of course uses the principle of a telescope.

It must be said that some of the craftsmen on the Tianyun Continent are highly skilled. Forget about the rough work of crafting round tubes; the fact that two thin pieces of crystal were polished to a mirror-like smoothness using some secret method is truly remarkable.

Of course, what Fatty brought were all spare parts, made in different workshops, which needed to be assembled before they could be used. Xiao Chong didn't want such a powerful military weapon to be scattered everywhere.

Now that grenades and binoculars—that is, lightning bolts and telescopes—are in place, if a sniper rifle is added, then the basic equipment of special forces will be complete.

But the scenario of being shot in the head from hundreds of meters away is something he can only dream about. Xiao Chong doesn't understand any gun manufacturing technology, nor does he think he has any talent in this area.

After blasting Tie Changqing's face, Xiao Chong didn't run far, but instead kept circling around him. Tie Changqing saw him as a thorn in his side, and Xiao Chong saw Tie Changqing as a target he had to eliminate in the hunting competition.

One hundred zhang is a relatively safe distance. Even a peak Martial Apprentice wouldn't be able to easily detect the slightest sound beyond this distance. Therefore, Xiao Chong maintained this safe distance, quietly observing Tie Changqing's movements.

"Although Fatty seems a bit unreliable, he's quite methodical in his work, much better than Dingling. With proper training, he could be a good steward."

Seeing Tie Changqing fall into the water in a sorry state, Xiao Chong smiled slightly, mentally appraised the fat man and the spirit of the cauldron, then put the Thousand-Mile Eye into his backpack and disappeared from the spot.

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It had been eight days, and they still hadn't captured Xiao Chong in one fell swoop, which made Tie Changqing extremely anxious.

Since their first encounter, he has faced his opponent twice more, but each time the opponent makes a quick contact and leaves, like a slippery eel, never engaging in direct confrontation.

Moreover, the opponent would always pull out some strange and unheard-of weapons. Although these weapons weren't very powerful, they caused a lot of trouble and were quite a headache. For example, there was that sphere that almost made him the least attractive person in Flying Moon City.

"Cowardly as a mouse, cunning as a fox"—this is Tie Changqing's new definition of Xiao Chong.

It was truly shameful that he had felt a trace of fear when Xiao Chong made the life-or-death decision with him in front of everyone.

He felt utterly ashamed before his family, before Situ Mingyue, and even more so before the people of Feiyue City who had placed such a huge bet on him.

Shame is akin to courage, and anger follows shame. This made Tie Changqing determined to kill Xiao Chong at Broken Soul Ridge.

Although the two were gambling on a life-or-death situation, and even if the other managed to escape the hunting competition unscathed, he would still inevitably be slaughtered outside the mountains, the effects were clearly different.

Not to mention that he secretly placed a bet in the Silver Hook Gambling House controlled by his family, the fact that a peak martial artist couldn't do anything to a nobody who had only been tempering his body for three months in just half a month would be enough to kill him if word got out.

As a cultivation prodigy who appears only once every three hundred years in the Tie family, and the best among the young disciples, the family has poured a tremendous amount of effort into Tie Changqing, showering him with all sorts of cultivation resources.

Before leading his family disciples to participate in the hunting competition, the family head, Tie Motie, repeatedly instructed them to overpower the other two families and show the heroic nature of the Tie family men.

Winning is only the bare minimum requirement. Not only must you win, but you must win spectacularly, ideally with overwhelming force, so that the Xiao and Situ families can't even lift their heads.

If Tie Changqing were to perform exceptionally well in the competition, the Tie family would immediately propose marriage to Miss Situ Mingyue of the Situ family on his behalf. At that time, with the Tie family riding high on their victory, the Situ family would have no choice but to agree, whether they wanted to or not.

The thought of Situ Mingyue's beautiful face and hot figure ignited Tie Changqing's lust, his blood rushed to his head, and the scene he had imagined countless times resurfaced in his mind.

One moment he was witnessing Xiao Chong being tortured piece by piece before his eyes, and the next he was seeing Situ Mingyue writhing and moaning beneath him. The two scenes kept intertwining, and the two different pleasures kept merging, driving him to the brink of madness.

"what!"

With a beast-like roar, Tie Changqing's eyes suddenly turned bloodshot, and two long spurts of blood shot out from his nose, reaching a distance of more than three zhang.

The seas churn with furious turmoil, and the three rivers tremble with blood-stirring rage.

It must stop, or it might kill me! I absolutely cannot bear the unfortunate reputation of becoming the first genius in the Tianyun Continent to die from a nosebleed!

After a long while, Tie Changqing, whose clothes were soaked with sweat, finally managed to restrain his evil thoughts with great willpower, thus preventing a tragedy from happening.

Exhausted, unsteady on my feet, and feeling dizzy – this was caused by excessive nosebleeds and insufficient blood and energy.

But it doesn't matter, the genius Changqing Gongzi can crush that ant with just a flick of his little finger.

Full of confidence, Tie Changqing once again embarked on the arduous journey to find Xiao Chong.

But why does the iron spear I usually carry feel unusually heavy today?