"Since the True Qi has rged into my body, I need no longer be limited by it."
Li Chengyi gently moved his limbs, feeling the powerful body bestowed by the talents of Ouyang Qing, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Next... it’s ti to move on to the next step...."
Hisss!
In an instant, he had vanished from the spot.
The Shadow Exchange Association lost all cultivation of the original True Qi, a limitation that had restricted his previous body exchanges.
But now...
All such restrictions had beco irrelevant.
Within Quling Mansion City.
In the Pure Yang Tower of the Ouyang Family, the Family Head, Ouyang Tong, stood within the nine-story tower, gazing at the fortress-like landscape of the city in the distance.
Directly opposite the Pure Yang Tower was the slave market, a gathering place for slaves captured from all lands. rchants and representatives of great families, with their massive entourages, continually moved in and out, buying in bulk.
Martial artists for hire also gathered in groups, awaiting employnt here.
"Yuanji, has Qing’er returned?" he turned to ask his brother, Ouyang Yuanji, who had just entered.
He and Ouyang Yuanji were the core strength of the Ouyang Family at present.
Both were Fusion Imprint Martial Artists; while their individual levels of martial arts mastery varied, true strength still depended on the depth of Blood Essence and ranking on the Sealed Heaven List.
On this edition of the Sealed Heaven List, they ranked fifty-seven and sixty-two, respectively.
Even within Quling Mansion City, they were considered among the top twenty powerhouses.
This also established the Ouyang Family’s significant and influential status within the city.
"Isn’t Qing’er set to be engaged today?" Ouyang Yuanji replied, "She led people out of the city again."
"I’ve told her that realm is just a representative stage. Although the stage of martial arts can determine one’s strength or weakness, the purity of our Blood Essence Bloodline is core. Advancing with external forces like this may not be worth the loss in the end," Ouyang Tong furrowed his brows.
Ouyang Yuanji was about to respond when suddenly soone appeared behind them with a Flash Appearance and bowed to report.
"Family Head, Second Elder, Miss Qing Er has returned, but she says she has had an epiphany and went to the Family Armory first. She will co to pay respects to both elders afterwards."
"It’s fine, strength is what matters," Ouyang Tong’s brows relaxed slightly, "What about the young man she’s to be betrothed to?"
"He was not seen returning with her," the family servant replied.
At these words, both Ouyang Tong and Yuanji understood what had likely happened; the engagent was probably off again.
"Reckless...!" Ouyang Tong frowned.
"Forget it, she is our highest Bloodline talent. As long as she wishes to enhance her strength, we can handle such minor details," Ouyang Yuanji advised.
Elsewhere.
In the sixth floor of the Pure Yang Tower, the Family Armory.
Ouyang Qing pushed the door open and waved for the Ouyang family servants following her to leave.
"Do not disturb unless necessary."
"Yes."
The door closed.
She looked at the bookshelves in front of her, filled with a vast number of secret volus, a look of joy crossing her face.
Among them were not only family Blood Essence Martial Arts like the Fla of Severe Cold Technique but also several other Blood Essence Martial Arts taken by force or cunning.
Beyond those were rows of neatly arranged True Qi Martial Arts.
Li Chengyi stepped forward, picking up a Blood Essence Martial Arts manual titled "The Wing Coagulation Technique." He flipped through just a few pages before his brow furrowed slightly.
The described martial arts were based on heart techniques developed from the Ouyang Family’s bloodline.
His heart sank as he quickly perused other Blood Essence Martial Arts manuals, finding them to be the sa.
All these martial arts had been altered. Mastery of the Ouyang Family’s bloodline was a prerequisite to practice them.
"Unearthing the abilities of one’s bloodline Imprint while slowly cultivating the Second Imprint... the principle behind these martial arts is the sa..."
It seed that compared to Blood Essence Martial Arts, True Qi Martial Arts were of higher value, as they were the core thod for completely condensing an Imprint from scratch.
Li Chengyi therefore directed his greedy gaze towards the True Qi Martial Arts.
To his slight disappointnt, there was one problem with these True Qi Martial Arts – they lacked the accompanying recipes for concoctions.
Thus, he could only commit the martial arts to mory.
In less than half an hour, having morized all that was of value, Li Chengyi left the Armory.
Then he proceeded in the direction of the Ouyang Family’s treasure vault, as rembered by the rged Ouyang Qing.
Reaching the third basent level, at the entrance to the treasure vault, he was stopped by two guards.
"Miss Qing Er, this is the Family’s treasure vault. None but the Family Head and the elders may enter!"
"I am the future Family Head, and the Family Head is my father. I will have access to the vault sooner or later. Do you dare stop ?!"
Imitating Ouyang Qing’s deanor, Li Chengyi walked up to the doors of the treasury and pushed forcefully.
The guards thought to stop her but dared not touch her.
They could only watch as Ouyang Qing brazenly entered the treasury through the main door.
The door led to a short corridor that continued to an inner portcullis gate.
The portcullis gate, a silvery white, was made of an unknown material and carved with the image of a massive panther, six-winged and enveloped in flas—obviously the bloodline origin of the Ouyang family.
Li Chengyi approached the gate, bit his finger to draw blood, and dabbed his blood on the gate.
Hum...
The gate slowly rose.
Such was the privilege of the main family bloodline.
She stepped forward, about to enter.
"Sister, you cannot go in. This is against the rules," a sowhat familiar male voice called from behind.
Li Chengyi turned around to look.
The speaker was a tall youth in a green and white outfit, his features bearing a resemblance to Ouyang Qing, clearly her younger brother.
"Ouyang Shenyen. What now, you would stop too?" Li Chengyi’s eyes narrowed, "I have made leaps in my martial path, and in my enlightennt, I need certain special heavenly and earthly treasures to break through my cultivation. I have no need for gold or silver coins. Would you stop over this?"
"I...." The young man was none other than Ouyang Shenyen, whom he had encountered on the street before eting Li Chengyi.
Now facing Ouyang Qing, he didn’t have the sa arrogance as before, but instead looked troubled. He didn’t dare make a sound when being reprimanded.
"Don’t bother if there’s nothing important! Get lost!" Li Chengyi reprimanded using the tone he rembered Ouyang Qing using.
Ouyang Shenyen had no choice but to retreat.
Watching him retreat, Li Chengyi entered the main gate.
In an instant, his eyes were dazzled by the massive heap of gold and silver treasures piled up like a mountain.
What stood before him were boxes filled with the Ouyang Family’s accumulated wealth.
In the rectangular space, countless boxes were densely stacked, one on top of another, arranged neatly and ticulously.
In the corner of the wall was a black shelf displaying strange and precious treasures.
He quickly approached and surveyed the items on the shelf, one by one.
An unknown turtle shell, coral emitting a colorful fluorescence, a black base of a mirror, and the silvery-white fur of so unknown animal.
A weird creature statue carved from athyst, a bizarre ruby as if filled with black seawater inside, and miniature masks crafted from gold, and so on.
Li Chengyi grabbed a few easy-to-carry items and stuffed them into his clothes.
But as he continued to scan, a strange object appeared before his eyes.
It was a fan-shaped shield with a colorful luster.
The bottom of the shield was sharp with a grayish-white color, gradually transitioning to a mix of deep and colorful hues at the top.
It was also carved with many patterns along the edges, reminiscent of the natural designs produced by the tumultuous stacking of waves.
’This...’ Li Chengyi frowned, extending his hand to touch the shield.
The shield was nearly one and a half ters in both width and height, with the thickness of an egg, but oddly, it did not feel heavy when picked up.
’Wait... this thing... could it be...!?’ Suddenly, Li Chengyi recalled the knowledge/mory he had acquired for making Imprint Orbs, which included encounters with materials from the Illusory Color Dragon.
The Illusory Color Dragon was a gigantic creature with a large body covered in colorful scales.
’Never mind that, I’ll take it first!’ He imdiately picked up the shield and made another round through the treasury. After stuffing a few of the most valuable-looking items into his clothes, totaling nine treasures, he then turned and left the treasury.
Ouyang Shenyen was still waiting outside, looking at him eagerly as he erged.
"Didn’t I tell you to get lost? Didn’t you understand?!" Li Chengyi suddenly spoke up.
Ouyang Shenyen’s body shook, and he moved back two steps, attempting to speak.
Suddenly, a streak of red light flashed before his eyes. Ouyang Shenyen was horrified, unable to react in ti before he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
Boom!!
In the midst of the loud impact, Ouyang Shenyen spat blood as he was struck by a palm and sent flying, slamming against the stone wall behind him, which was lined with an extrely hard special stone material.
By comparison, Li Chengyi’s full-force, bare-handed burst could reach a strength of four hundred tons. This was the enhanced power after the Second Imprint.
If combined with various augntative bursts, he could unleash a terrifying force of nearly five thousand tons in an instant.
This ti, with a casual palm strike, he shattered Ouyang Shenyen’s breastbone. Caught off guard, Ouyang Shenyen sustained critical injuries, a re exertion of force for Li Chengyi.
Ouyang Shenyen, far inferior to the previous Town General Song Judao, couldn’t withstand such a blow and imdiately fell unconscious, vomiting blood.
"What are you looking at! I’ll cripple anyone who dares to send a ssage!" Li Chengyi looked around, warning the surrounding Ouyang Family servants.
Then, laden with treasures, she suddenly turned into a red blur and burst out of the treasure vault.
At this ti, on the ninth floor, Ouyang Tong and another were chatting leisurely about the business and the situation in the city.
"Report! Miss Qing Er took a few treasures from the vault and left," a servant quickly reported.
Ouyang Tong nodded indifferently.
"Let her be, it’s just a minor matter."
"She wasn’t interested in these before; it seems she might have truly had an epiphany and made a breakthrough this ti," Ouyang Yuanji said, sowhat pleased, stroking his beard with a smile.
"That’s true," Ouyang Tong also smiled, "We used to force them on her and she wouldn’t want them, even found them annoying, and now she finally knows to take them herself."
"Report!" A second servant rushed in. "Miss Qing Er has injured the fifth young master."
"It’s normal for the younger generation to fight and play," Ouyang Tong said indifferently, not particularly concerned.
"The fifth young master’s life is in danger, and he has already been sent for ergency treatnt!" the servant hurriedly added.
"... Did he have a disagreent with Qing Er? With her good temperant, it must be him stirring up trouble again and provoking her," Ouyang Yuanji frowned.
"After the rescue, send the fifth young master to Qingwei Academy for seclusion, and don’t let him anger Qing Er again," Ouyang Tong decided on the course of action.
"That’s a good idea," Ouyang Yuanji nodded in agreent.
"Report!" Just after the previous two servants left, a third servant arrived in haste and bowed to report.
"Miss Qing Er has packed up and left."
"Going out for a walk is good, staying at ho all the ti is not," Ouyang Tong said with a smile.
"Miss Qing Er also left a note... saying that..." the servant hesitated, seeming afraid to speak.
"Did she say sothing unpleasant? Just say it, we know her temper. Before, we wanted to arrange a marriage for her, and it seems we angered her," Ouyang Yuanji said with a wry smile.
"It’s... Miss Qing Er said that her actions before were too cruel, and she has been tornted by the guilt night and day, so she has decided to leave and does not plan to co back. She intends to do sothing aningful and spend the rest of her life atoning for her sins. To seek a better afterlife for the innocent souls she has wronged."
"Miss Qing Er also said, to have the Family Head forget about her, as if she had never been born..."
The Ouyang brothers fell silent.
The smiles on their faces gradually faded...
God damn conscience!
Knowing Ouyang Qing’s character, how could they be unaware? When did such a cruel, bloodthirsty, and neurotic daughter, responsible for no less than dozens of deaths, suddenly make a complete one-eighty and claim to be condemned by her conscience??
Bang!
"Which way did she go!!?" Ouyang Tong roared furiously, his palm shattering the table beside him.
"Unclear... my strength is too weak..."
"Then what are you waiting for? Summon all the elders, search for her!!!" Ouyang Yuanji’s eyes turned red as he suddenly leaped up.
Ouyang Qing was the treasured hope of Ouyang Family’s future; if she were to run away like this...
Then, in the future...
"I said we should have sent her away for marriage! Look, look what spoiling her has turned her into!!?"
"It’s my fault! Once she is found... I will send her to Tianlu Prefecture imdiately!!"
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