Wuxia: Slay enemies to boost your cultivation; my power is boundless!

After leaving Xiaohe Town, they returned to the riverbank where they had improved their martial arts skills after killing Han Long.

Xiao Bieli stopped his horse.

[Host: Xiao Bieli.]

[Cultivation Level: Mid-stage Rank 6]

【武功：易筋经（31/100）、狂风刀法（圆满）、十三太保横练功（圆满）、铁布衫（圆满）、梯云纵（圆满）……五虎断门刀（圆满）、金钟罩（50/100）大力金刚指10/100）、招式入微、铜皮、身轻如燕。】

[Experience value: 9860]

[To be claimed: Sword Drawing Technique.]

"Sword drawing technique?"

Xiao Bieli looked at the sword-drawing technique waiting to be claimed on the panel and said softly:

"extract!"

boom!

Countless methods for practicing the art of drawing the sword flooded his mind, along with a wealth of experience in the art, as if he had already been practicing it for a long time.

A moment later, Xiao Bieli opened his eyes and murmured:

"It really is Fu Hongxue's sword-drawing technique!"

"It's just a simple move: draw your sword, slash, and sheathe it!"

"However, it's only five percent of the proficiency. Basically, it takes two or three years of continuous practice every day to draw the sword, slash, and sheathe it."

"I've gained quite a bit of experience points... I'll raise my cultivation level first!"

"Consuming 5,000 experience points to upgrade the Yi Jin Jing!"

[Realm Level: Late Stage of Rank Six!]

[Yi Jin Jing (36/100)]

boom!

A surge of pure true energy erupted from Xiao Bieli's dantian and flowed into his limbs and meridians. In just a moment, the Du meridian was opened.

He has reached the late stage of the sixth rank.

call!

Xiao Bieli exhaled a breath of turbid air, and white gas emerged from his mouth, transforming into a streak of white smoke that slowly dissipated half a meter away.

"I still have 4,800 experience points left. Even if I upgrade the Golden Bell Shield, I won't reach the maximum level. I'll use 1,000 experience points to upgrade the Draw Sword Technique first!"

boom!

Countless experiences of drawing and sheathing his sword flooded Xiao Bieli's mind, as if he had drawn and sheathed his sword tens of thousands of times in that instant.

His hands, which already had many calluses from mastering two sword techniques, developed another layer of calluses.

【Sword Drawing Technique (15/100)】

Swish!

A flash of light, and the tree branch overhead broke into several pieces and fell to the ground.

"My attack speed has increased by 20%!"

"No ordinary swordsman of the same level can withstand a single strike from me."

With this thought in mind, Xiao Bieli said softly:

"Consume all experience points to improve your sword-drawing technique!"

boom!

That feeling returned, and Xiao Bieli's hands were burning hot.

【Sword Drawing Technique (53/100)】

……

At this time,

Deep in the mountains and forests of Linshui County.

"Cough cough!"

Han Wuyin coughed up blood and staggered.

"Chen Xing, the 'White-spotted Tiger,' is indeed a formidable martial artist!"

"I wonder if Shen Lang has been hunted down."

He left before Shen Lang, and both of them ran into Chen Xing on their way out. He only managed to escape from Chen Xing now. If there is more than one Chen Xing from the Sanjiang Alliance, Shen Lang will probably be in danger.

……

Baiyun Villa.

There were more than a dozen corpses in the council chamber.

The atmosphere was quiet.

There were only four people standing in the council hall: Baiyun Manor Master Bai Tiancang, Second Master Wei Yong, and two sixth-rank elders.

They looked at the corpse on the ground, their faces grave.

Wei Yong spoke up:

"Zhou Chang was first poisoned, and then beheaded with a single blow."

“I found these fine needles on the corpse, coated with a deadly poison. Even if Zhou Chang hadn’t been beheaded, he wouldn’t have survived.”

"Moreover... as far as I know, this Wind-Breaking Needle is a unique hidden weapon of the Liu family. It is extremely difficult to manufacture. Most importantly, the poison it is coated with is lethal upon contact with blood. It is extremely difficult to refine it."

An elder spoke up:

"You mean, it was Liu Jun who killed the Third Master?"

"But now Liu Jun is dead too!"

"And he died at the hands of a master swordsman."

Bai Tiancang looked at Wei Yong and asked:

"Could it be the person behind Xiao Bieli, whom Liu Jun is looking for, who did this?"

Wei Yong shook his head:

"This knife wound looks somewhat like... Shen Lang's handiwork!"

“These are exactly the same injuries as those on the two chieftains of Gouziling that Zhou Chang brought back before!”

Bai Tiancang frowned:

"But Shen Lang is only a peak seventh-rank cultivator?"

"How could Zhou Chang be killed?"

Wei Yong sighed:

“If it were Zhou Chang at his peak, Shen Lang would naturally be unable to kill him. But if Zhou Chang had been hit by the Wind-Breaking Needle, let alone a swordsman like Shen Lang, any seventh-rank expert would be enough to kill him.”

"I suspect that Zhou Chang and Liu Jun had a conflict, so Zhou Chang fought with the sixth-rank expert next to Liu Jun. Liu Jun then used the Wind-Breaking Needle to launch a sneak attack, which Shen Lang ultimately benefited from."

Bai Tiancang shook his head:

"Don't say those words again after you leave this room."

"After all, the Cangyuan Sword Sect is currently at its zenith... and the Liu family is not one we can afford to offend."

"Therefore, Zhou Chang can only die at Shen Lang's hands."

"Pass down the order, instructing all men under my command at Baiyun Manor to search for Shen Lang's whereabouts with all their might. A reward of one thousand taels of silver will be given for whoever finds him!"

"A reward of five thousand taels of silver will be given to anyone who brings back Shen Lang's head!"

……

An hour later.

Xiahe Town.

All the residents of Xiahe Town kept their doors and windows tightly shut, afraid to go out.

They had all heard about the bloody incident that happened at the inn an hour ago. The one who died was the young leader of the Twelve Linked Docks. Who would dare to go near him now?

Tatata!

A rapid sound of horses' hooves approached.

Hundreds of riders entered Xiahe Town and immediately surrounded the inn.

Guan Tianwu looked at the corpses scattered on the ground, his face grim.

A master from the Twelve Linked Forts rushed over, cupped his hands respectfully to Guan Tianwu, and said:

"Master, we've found the young master's body up ahead."

Guan Tianwu walked over without saying a word.

The twelve experts from the Lianhuan Dock behind him also quickly followed.

Guan Yunpeng's body lay on the ground, his body and head pieced together by someone.

The innkeeper stood not far from the corpse, filled with unease.

The moment Guan Tianwu saw his son's body, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.

Although he has more than one son, Guan Yunpeng, Guan Yunpeng is undoubtedly the most outstanding. At the age of thirty, he is already at the mid-stage of the sixth rank and has the potential to succeed him in the future.

But now it has become a cold corpse.

Qu Bufan stepped forward, examined the bodies of Guan Yunpeng and Wu Ming, and said:

"They all died at the hands of a master swordsman."

"Judging from the wounds, they are similar to those on the corpses found in the river today, with similar knife wounds."

"And their martial arts techniques are also the same."

"The timing also matches up."

"The person who killed the young master is the same person who killed Liu Jun and Zhou Chang!"

Guan Tianwu suddenly turned his head, looked at the shopkeeper, and said coldly:

Who made the move?

The shopkeeper knelt down and hurriedly said:

"It's Shen Lang!"

Wow——!

There was an uproar in the field.

Many people have heard of Shen Lang's name; he was already quite famous in Dongjiang County.

But isn't Shen Lang just a peak seventh-rank cultivator?

The young master is a sixth-rank expert!