Chapter Twelve: The Murderous Intent Revealed

  For dozens of days, Xu Hua spent most of his time in the small hill in the backyard of the Xu Mansion. During this period, Luo Cheng would visit every evening, and his gains were not small. If only considering strength, Luo Cheng had already surpassed most warriors, but if talking about killing enemies, he was still inexperienced.

  Within ten days, Luo Cheng had already begun learning the "Na Qi Jue", as for the "Sui Shi Quan" he hadn't fully recognized the text on it yet, so he hadn't started practicing. Although Xu Hua was helping him, the first step of Na Qi wasn't easy to pass. Most of the young masters in the Xu household start learning Na Qi at eight years old, but it takes three or four years for them to enter the door of Na Qi. Naturally, Luo Cheng couldn't possibly reach that level in just a few days.

  In these ten days, Luo Cheng's progress was not small, but compared to Xu Hua, it was like a small trick versus a big one. Since he successfully condensed his life energy into a crystal ten days ago, he had been absorbing the life energy of plants and trees on a large scale. The crystal, which was originally only the size of a sesame seed, had grown to the size of a grain of rice after ten days of condensation, with an incredibly rich amount of life energy inside, enough to rival the total amount of life energy in a Martial King's body. Xu Hua called this kind of crystal "Life Crystal".

  Xu Hua has sucked out the vital energy of all the plants on this small hill for ten days, and now the entire hill is basically devoid of greenery. It looks like a desolate dead land, with only dry tree trunks standing upright, leaving only that one lonely small pond.

  After today, Xu Hua will not come to this place again. Soon, someone will discover the anomaly of this place. He didn't expect that under the full display of "Devouring Life Technique", in just ten days, he would turn this small hill into a dead land. He really underestimated the strange power of this overbearing technique.

  "Your Highness..."

  In the wilderness, Xu Hua was practicing the first layer of "Bolt Fist". At this time, Luo Cheng's voice came from afar, his tone revealing joy. Today, Luo Cheng finally recognized all the characters in "Shattered Stone Fist" and could start cultivating, so he was overjoyed. After leaving Xu Hua's study, he immediately ran to this secret place behind the Xu family's backyard.

  "Rumble... rumble!"

  Xu Hua's fists were clashing, producing a series of muffled thunder-like sounds that seemed to be inaudible. This Thunder Fist had been practiced to perfection, and every move could produce a deafening crash, but Xu Hua's realm was still shallow, and being able to hear such a sound was already not easy.

  Seeing the young master practicing his fist, Luo Cheng hurried over with quick steps. Now, every step Luo Cheng took was a distance of one zhang, much faster than ten days ago. After dozens of breaths, he arrived beside Xu Hua and quietly stood by, waiting for the young master to finish.

  "Hmm..."

  "Clasping his fists and exhaling slowly, Xu Hua faced Luo Cheng and said: 'Why did you come so early today?'"

  "Gongzi, I can already cultivate 'Shi Shi Quan'."

  "So soon..." Xu Hua said subconsciously, Luo Cheng heard the surprise in his words and was delighted. Xu Hua continued: "That's right, it just so happens that I planned to set out ahead of schedule today, and since you can cultivate the 'Shi Shi Fist' now, this period of time won't delay your cultivation either."

  Lu Cheng was somewhat surprised by the young master's words and said: "Young Master, wasn't it originally planned to leave in twenty days? Why did you suddenly decide to leave?"

  After following Xu Hua for ten days, Luo Cheng became more casual in his conversations with Xu Hua, unlike the initial stiffness.

  "You've also benefited from this vital energy during this time, right?" Xu Hua said casually.

  Luo Cheng nodded, if it were before, he wouldn't have dared to think that in just ten days, he could go from being an ordinary person to a warrior. But now, having personally experienced it, he had no choice but to believe. However, this life force was obviously extremely precious, and if others found out about it, they would inevitably come to fight over it. The young master actually gave him his own life force, which showed how much he trusted him. At the same time, Luo Cheng also thought of the abnormality of this place - after being drained of its life force by the young master, this land had completely become a dead zone, and would inevitably be discovered in the future. If others found out that the young master often came here, when they linked the young master to the strange changes in this place, the young master would be in danger...

  "I originally thought that the spiritual energy of the plants and trees in this small hill would be enough for us to absorb for a month, but I didn't expect it to be completely depleted in just ten days. Without a source of life energy, I decided to set off ahead of schedule. On our way to Luocheng, we can still secretly absorb some life energy."

  If Xu Hua hadn't condensed the Crystal of Life, the spiritual energy of the plants and trees here would have been enough for the two of them to use for a month. However, after condensing the Crystal of Life, no matter how much more life energy he could absorb, since he had made up his mind to properly increase his strength, waiting until he stood at the pinnacle of all living things before spreading his own way, then he wouldn't waste a single moment.

  "Sir, on this journey, you will inevitably encounter unpredictable events. Your strength is great, but being too kind will only harm yourself! Luo Cheng knows that you have a good heart, but sometimes kindness can be a sin. We don't have the luxury to be kind yet..."

  Xu Hua waved his hand and smiled, saying: "Hehe, you have a good heart, but I also understand these principles. In order to do great good in the future, even if it means doing evil, I am no longer my former self. Wanting to take advantage of my kindness... perhaps they will be disappointed."

  "The young master can think this way, and Luo Cheng is also at ease." Luo Cheng seemed to have put down a heavy burden, and the whole person looked more comfortable.

  Xu Hua smiled wryly and said: "You this guy......"

  Lu Cheng also smiled along with him, and the affection between them was self-evident, making people feel truly relieved.

  "Alright, let's head back and rest early today! We'll set off tomorrow after I've informed Father." The scorching sun still hung in the sky as Xu Hua and Luo Cheng walked away from this desolate land with light footsteps.

  ……

  "Big brother, do you think we've taken a wrong turn? This doesn't look like the way to the Xu family's backyard at all!" The same desolate small hill, two middle-aged men, one fat and one thin, walked in between, both with sweat dripping from their foreheads, looking very displeased.

  That fat guy, known as the big brother, had a sinister glint in his eyes and cursed loudly: "This turtle egghead Xu Chong, actually dared to cheat me, causing my two brothers to take the wrong road. Next time I see him, he'll be sorry, this turtle egghead..."

  Fatso wanted to continue speaking, but Skinny intervened, squeezing him and saying: "Big brother, that turtle son is from the Xu family. The leader said we need to cooperate with him. We can't do anything to him! Moreover, that turtle son is a martial artist who's about to break through to the Wu Wang level. Even if the two of us join forces, we still can't beat him. I don't want to be innocently bullied..."

  The fatty turned around, looking at the skinny one with a wronged expression, his face red with anger, pointing at him with his finger, trembling and unable to utter a word for half a day.

  "Big brother, don't be like this, we also have a chance to deal with him," looking at the fat man's red face, the thin man thought that big brother was hopeless about revenge and didn't think that big brother was being stifled by himself. He continued: "Although we can't take revenge on him, the leader hasn't said we can't move against others. Doesn't he have a son? That kid is also a genius of the Xu family, but only has the strength of a pre-martial artist. It's too easy for us two brothers to crush him. If he dies, his father Xu Chong will be so angry that he'll die from rage, haha! Moreover, isn't the leader's ultimate goal to destroy the Xu family? This way, we won't go against the leader's wishes and also get revenge for ourselves, a win-win situation!"

  Fatty's eyes lit up, and he burst out laughing: "Haha, good one, Second Brother! I didn't think that little brain of yours could come up with this idea! Not bad, not bad... Xu Chong, you turtle egg, don't you know that we two brothers bear the deepest grudge? You dare to play tricks on us, I'll beat you to death, you little brat..."

  "Enough of this, let's complete the leader's task first. Once we get rid of the three Xu brothers, the Xu family will likely fall into internal strife. When that happens, it'll be a case of 'the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman benefits'. Our Tianzu Gang can then take over the entire Qing Shan Town in one move! Who cares about playing with women?"

  "Big brother, now we've taken the wrong path because of Xu Chong's inaccurate map. How are we going to find that kid? If we can't find him, how are we going to kill him? If we can't kill him, our boss's plan won't be carried out." As soon as Skinny heard the word "woman", he became extremely excited and immediately wanted to complete the task, waiting for their boss to take over Qing Shan Town.

  "It's all that turtle grandson Xu Chong, turtle grandson..." The fatty was wiping the sweat from his forehead while scolding, when suddenly his eyes lit up like a mad boar, and he charged forward crazily, startling the skinny one on the side. "Big brother, what's wrong with you...?" He said halfway, then he also went crazy like the fatty and rushed forward.

  Originally, less than a hundred feet in front of the two, there was a small water pool. The two were almost scorched by the scorching sun in this desolate land where not even an inch of grass grew, and now seeing the small pool, they naturally rushed towards it like a passionate boar.

  "Haha, heaven is helping me, it turns out that the old man in the sky is still on our side, knowing we're about to die of heat, he immediately gives us a small water pool." The fatty said as he quickly took off his clothes.

  "Thud..."

  He jumped into the small pond immediately, splashing waves of water flowers.

  "Wow... it's so refreshing! The water is so cool, it's really refreshing..."

  The fat man cheered in the water, while the thin man was still undressing by the small pool and said: "Brother, you are so unrighteous, not even waiting for me."

  After finishing speaking, he jumped into the small pool with a 'plop' sound.

  "Ah, refreshing..."

  Two people were frolicking on the water's surface, this small pool was exactly the one Xu Hua had seen before. At that moment, under the small pool, at an unknown depth, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared, attracted by the rippling water flow above, and a pair of icy eyes exuded waves of cold air.

  Above the small pond, the two suddenly stopped their playful antics.

  "It's so cold, I feel like my whole body is trembling..."

  "Big brother, I also feel cold, there's something wrong with this water..."

  "Go on, hurry up, I feel something is wrong."

  The two quickly climbed up the bank, at which time the water surface shook violently, revealing a ferocious and terrifying head.

  "Ah...... Ah......"

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