Chapter 29: The Butcher's Terrifying Power

  At this time, from a distance, Da Zhuang led Xiao Ling over and actually knelt down: "Thank you, sir, for saving our lives."

  Oh no!

  Xia Lin was startled at the time, this kind of kneeling ceremony was the first time he had experienced it, and subconsciously wanted to dodge, but soon he realized that doing so would be impolite.

  Taking a deep breath, Xia Lin forced a calm smile and helped Da Zhuang and the others up: "Yesterday, seeing you stop me so fiercely, I suppose it was also for the sake of our lives. You don't owe me anything."

  "But, speaking of which, I'll say it loudly, you and Xiaoling..." Summer said with a hint of playfulness.

  Xiao Ling's face suddenly turned red, and Da Zhuang patted his chest and said: "I was afraid that Xiao Ling's father would not agree before, so I didn't dare to say it. Now I'm not afraid, I'll go propose tonight!"

  "Alright."

  Xia Lin nodded silently, often it's only after losing something that one knows to cherish it, but how many people have the chance to make amends like Da Zhuang?

  Just as he was thinking about something, the village headman walked over and said to Xia Lin: "Young Master Xia, may I have a word with you?"

  Xia Lin nodded: "I was thinking of this."

  Then the two of them entered the village chief's hut.

  The village head calmed down for a moment, composed his emotions, and then said slowly: "I heard the young master say earlier that he is from Heifeng Village, and this trip is also for Xiaoshan Village?"

  "Not bad." Xia Lin nodded, "The target of the task is over here. Originally it was not certain, but if there's only one small stronghold around this area, it should be them."

  "En." The village head nodded, but said with some worry: "Young master, how well do you understand the strength of Xiaoshan Stronghold?"

  "Not very clear."

  Xia Lin shook his head, this was also the reason he came to talk to the village chief. The strength of Xiaoyao Village was unknown, and it was too dangerous to rush up blindly, only by understanding the strength in advance could he make a correct judgment.

  "In that case, I still suggest that the young master seek help from Heifeng Village." The village chief sighed, "In Xiaoshan Village, the village head is a self-proclaimed butcher, with a sturdy build and an ugly face. He's extremely cruel and has only been seen once when he first came, at which time Xiaoshan Village suffered heavy casualties."

  "There are two capable assistants beside Butcher, one is Du Yuan, that mountain bandit you just killed. The other is Chou Yan, whose strength surpasses Du Yun's, and is at the eighth level of Body Tempering."

  Xia Lin's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Du Yuan and Chou Yan's strength, one was Forging Body Seventh Layer, the other was Forging Body Eighth Layer, so what about Butcher's own strength?

  It seems that the village chief noticed the doubt in Xia Lin's eyes, and slowly said: "The butcher's strength, we don't understand, but according to the mountain bandits' unintentional revelation, the butcher... seemed to have come here after failing to break through the vortex boundary and losing hope."

  Summer is approaching, and the eyelid is jumping wildly, but the air whirlpool fails?

  Isn't that the pinnacle of the 9th layer of refinement? The most supreme existence in the entire refinement period! No wonder Butcher dared to be so arrogant and reckless, who can stop him in this small place under the vortex realm?

  Even if it's... Xia Lin now, it won't work!

  "Damn it." Xia Lin's eyes flashed with cold light, but it wasn't because of the butcher's strength, rather...the allocation of this mission!

  Normally, it would be absolutely impossible for him to arrange such a task.

  To know, before going to war, even Xia Cheng was only just breaking through the 9th layer of the Forging Body, how could he possibly be a match for a Forging Body peak expert who had the qualifications to challenge the Cyclone Realm? Not even 100 Xia Chengs would be enough! Unless he devoted himself to cultivation for one or two years, broke through the Cyclone Realm, and only then could he trample the Butcher under his feet.

  So such a task, scheduled on his head, is much more interesting.

  "Xia Ye has been quite active lately, Father must be keeping a close eye on him. Any slight movement would be enough to drag him down into the abyss, so it's unlikely that Xia Ye would come out and send himself to his death at this time. But these tasks are so unreasonable, and if they can deceive Father, then there should only be..."

  Xia Lin thought of this and his eyes sparkled, "That damned Second Elder!"

  "It's interesting, all along, among the Xia family disciples, Xia Cheng has been considered to have the best talent. It seems that over these years, Second Elder has already regarded Xia Cheng as a legitimate heir and cultivated him accordingly. But now I suddenly appear out of nowhere, I suppose Second Elder must be quite displeased. After all, if I were to take first place, then Second Elder's efforts in cultivating Xia Cheng would have been for naught."

  "Furthermore, considering the relationship between Natsuno and Jiro... The one who made the move must be him, no doubt."

  In a short period of time, Xia Lin's mind was filled with countless thoughts, and based on this little bit of information, she had already analyzed who the mastermind behind the scenes was.

  Two elders, go back and settle accounts with you again!

  "Xia Gongzi?" The village chief saw Xia Lin's thoughtful appearance and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

  "Alright."

  Xia Lin responded with a sound, lifted his head, and then said to the village chief: "The support may not be reliable, after all, Heifeng Village is too far from here! We took nearly ten days to get here, if we send someone back and forth again, twenty days will pass, Xiaoshan Village, can you hold on for twenty days?"

  The village head remained silent.

  Twenty days, how can we possibly hold on for twenty days? Du Yuan will die here, and in three days at most, the people from Xiaoshan Village will come down. They only have three days left.

  "Tempering Body... Peak..."

  Xia Lin let out a bitter laugh and after weighing the strengths of both sides, he could only reveal a helpless expression.

  His current bloodline's vitality is only at eighty-one percent, nineteen percent away from breaking through to the Ninth Order of Body Tempering, and twenty-nine percent away from reaching the peak of Body Tempering. The gap is quite significant. However, he is after all a member of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe, with a solid and thick power within his body, as well as an explosive force that can rival that of a typical Ninth Order Body Tempering cultivator.

  In conjunction with the extraordinary martial art skill, Lingfeng Palm, the ninth move of the Lingfeng Palm can make his strength explode again. On the surface, it seems that he can fight against Butcher.

  But he himself was clear that there was no way to fight back!

  Lingfeng Palm's ninth palm was indeed extraordinary in power, but the corresponding consumption was also extremely huge, especially for him who was still at the eighth level of Body Tempering. The blood and energy inside his body were simply not enough to sustain it.

  He can't take many blows; his internal energy will be exhausted, and then he'll be at the mercy of others.

  "Let me think of another way."

  Xia Lin hesitated for a moment, then said to the village chief: "If it still doesn't work, we can only seek help from Heifeng Village. Then Xiaoshan Village will temporarily relocate, and after a month, when Heifeng Village has eliminated Xiaoshan Village, it's not too late to return."

  "Yes, thank you, young master." The village chief said with great gratitude.

  Xia Lin smiled and nodded, indicating that it was nothing to worry about.

  Silently gazing at the distant mountain range, Xia Lin sighed inwardly, really wouldn't put it in his heart?

  The village chief didn't know, but he himself was clear about it... this is a mountain stronghold trial!

  Even if it's because of the Second Elder's reason that the task is too difficult, but if we ask for help, everything will be in vain! Haven't he been working hard all these years just to make a name for himself at this moment?

  If he asks for help, no matter how strong his strength is, he will become a joke of Heifeng Village.

  So many fake disciples had such high expectations of him, and he's just going to give up like that?

  He is really unwilling to accept it!

  The pinnacle of physical refinement... If I can't even handle the pinnacle of physical refinement now, how will I face those people who took my mother away in the future? Those who are likely to be powerful beings at the Divine Ability realm!

  Suddenly, Xia Lin felt that he couldn't give up. At least, he had to fight once, so even if he lost, he would never regret it.

  Thinking of this, Xia Lin stood up and bid farewell to the village chief.

  "Village head, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first. Let's discuss with the brothers and see if there's a good solution that doesn't require relocation."

  "Uh-huh." The village chief nodded gratefully, "Please wait a moment."

  "Really?"

  Xia Lin's figure, which was about to leave, stopped and looked at him with some confusion.

  The village chief let out a sigh, silently took out a small white paper package from a nearby cabinet, gently opened it in front of Xia Lin, revealing a large pile of white powder, and then gently closed it again.

  "What is this?" Xia Lin said with some surprise.

  "We call it Dream Powder," the village chief said. "On the west side of our village, there is a small forest where some strange plants are planted. Every year, they give birth to some small fruits. After these fruits are crushed into powder, they have extremely strong hallucinogenic power! Just inhaling a little bit can make people hallucinate."

  "After discovering these things, they were used in a battle with mountain bandits once, and the effect was very good. However... it was only that one time, after that, as soon as the mountain bandits saw this thing, they would either dodge far away or hold their breath, and this thing became useless."

  "Oh?"

  Summer's eyes shone brightly, and to his surprise, there was actually something like this! As a doctor, he was all too familiar with these things! When he had been treating the blood disorder earlier, due to the intense pain, he had searched for some anesthetics or numbing agents, but unfortunately, they didn't exist here.

  But I didn't expect that there would be direct production of this plant here. The Divine State Continent is indeed wonderfully unusual.

  "Moon Dream Powder." Xia Lin gazed at it intently, countless years flashing through his mind in an instant, various uses emerging one after another.

  If he didn't guess wrong, then the battle with Xiaoyao Village might just be a single fight!

  "Although it's useless in our hands, this is all we have in this small mountain village. Maybe it can bring you some help." The village chief said with a hint of embarrassment.

  "It's okay, it will be useful." Xia Lin said excitedly as he wrapped up the paper package and then stood up to bid farewell.

  This appearance is quite surprising to the village chief, isn't it just a packet of bewildering powder, why be so happy?

  As they walked into the small village, the villagers had already begun cleaning up. The bloody smell that filled the air did not seem to bring any fear to the villagers. In fact, when a few of them saw some of the bandit corpses, they couldn't help but step on them a few times. The Black Wind Fortress disciples also went to help out, and for a while, everyone was busy rushing about.

  Xia Lin didn't care about these things and quickly returned to her own small hut.