After confirming that no one was pursuing them for over ten minutes, Bai Ziyue finally breathed a sigh of relief and stopped.
"This ti, I guess not many people were able to escape.
Huang Guangzhao’s several subordinates are probably all dead; I don’t know how he fared himself.
As for Zhou Wei and the others..."
Bai Ziyue remained silent.
From what he saw, Zhao Cauldron had died tragically, Fu Courtyard was slain by soone, and Wang Erniu, due to his low strength, was the first to be killed by an Inner Cultivation Martial Artist.
Amidst the chaos, he didn’t notice Zhou Wei...
Without thinking more, Bai Ziyue’s gaze fell on the jade box in his hand.
Opening the jade box, two fist-sized fruits, flickering with a faint golden light, lay quietly inside.
"Golden Spirit Fruit!"
The fruit, full of spirituality, made one’s mouth water at first sight.
The only thing that made him feel a bit regretful was that the two fruits were not in their completely mature state, so their effects might be slightly weaker than expected.
However, the two spirit fruits were already enough to break through his cultivation barrier and refine Inner Strength.
After closing the jade box, Bai Ziyue placed it into the beast hide bag he carried with him.
"Soul Energy 32540."
Glancing at the amount of Soul Energy, Bai Ziyue’s expression remained calm.
An increase of over ten thousand points of Soul Energy could no longer move him.
Suddenly, Bai Ziyue’s body moved, and his gaze instantly looked towards his rear.
A figure dressed in grey ordinary clothes, with a pale face and several noticeable knife wounds, was sprinting towards him.
Seeing Bai Ziyue, the person’s expression lit up with joy and he slightly changed direction, quickly approaching him.
The newcor was Zhou Wei.
Bai Ziyue did not expect him to escape successfully either.
"Leader Bai!"
Zhou Wei shouted excitedly.
Having survived a narrow escape and suddenly encountering an acquaintance, his excitent was beyond words.
"Are your injuries alright?"
Bai Ziyue glanced behind him, confird that no one was pursuing him, and asked.
"It’s not a big deal."
Shaking his head, Zhou Wei’s expression quickly grew sorrowful as he said, "It’s just that Zhao Cauldron, Courtyard, and the others are not coming back...
Leader Bai, if only we had listened to you from the beginning, this wouldn’t have happened..."
"It’s already in the past."
Bai Ziyue shook his head, not wanting to dwell on the matter, and instead said, "Let’s go. This place isn’t safe."
"By the way, where are you heading next? I’m planning to go straight back to the city. If you are returning to Cyan Mountain dicine Garden, we should part ways here."
After walking for a while, Bai Ziyue suddenly stopped and looked at Zhou Wei.
Zhou Wei hesitated for a mont, but then, thinking about that group of Nine Seals Sect disciples who would surely return to the city now, and how dangerous it would be if he encountered them, he said, "I am planning to head back to Cyan Mountain dicine Garden first."
"Then, let’s part ways here. By the way, please inform Steward Li for that I won’t be coming back for a while."
After a mont of silence, Bai Ziyue added, "Also, be careful."
"Farewell!"
Zhou Wei nodded earnestly and quickly headed towards Cyan Mountain dicine Garden.
Bai Ziyue turned onto a small path, quickly heading towards the city gate.
Half an hour later, Bai Ziyue descended the mountain and stepped onto the main road.
Soon, the city gate ca into sight, with people coming and going, nothing different from usual.
Just as he was about to line up to enter the city, he saw a group of gang disciples hurriedly rushing out from the city.
The leader of the group was one of the gang’s elders. Based on the description from his cheap senior brother, Bai Ziyue recognized that this elder was Zhou Elder, a second-class expert within the gang.
"Looks like sothing happened again, considering the Sunburst Gang is in such a rush."
"You wouldn’t know this since you’re new. Just one incense stick of ti ago, a Sunburst Gang disciple returned to the city covered in blood."
"They must have encountered a powerful enemy, and now the Sunburst Gang is surely going out for revenge."
"In the southern area of the city, even mountain bandits dare not provoke the Sunburst Gang. Who could be so bold as to cause trouble here?"
"Who else could it be? It’s definitely the Nine Seals Sect. The conflict between the two major forces has grown increasingly dangerous recently. It’s normal to encounter life-and-death struggles outside. In no ti, one of them will likely be eradicated, just like what happened between the Nine Seals Sect and the Iron Armor Sect back then."
...
Even though the people in front were whispering, Bai Ziyue heard them clearly. His heart stirred as he guessed that another mber of their group might have escaped.
But who could it be?
Soon, Bai Ziyue confird the person’s identity from the discussions.
Law Enforcent Steward of the Sunburst Gang, Huang Guangzhao.
"So he escaped too..."
Bai Ziyue’s eyes flickered, and he quickly followed the crowd into the city.
...
Outside Wujiang County, twenty miles away, at Cyan Mountain dicine Garden.
Having just crossed a mountain, Zhou Wei saw the dicine Garden in the distance, and a trace of joy imdiately appeared on his face.
"You must be Zhou Wei, what’s going on?"
At this mont, a figure approached from afar, seeming sowhat puzzled as he asked.
"Manager Zhang? What are you doing here?"
Zhou Wei looked at the newcor in surprise, then hurriedly said, "We were recruited by the Law Enforcent Hall to fight the Nine Seals Sect disciples. After being defeated, I was lucky to escape and co back."
Zhou Wei didn’t suspect anything. Seeing a strong mber from the gang, he naturally started to explain quickly.
"Oh? Besides you, who else escaped?"
Manager Zhang did not answer Zhou Wei’s question but asked in a caring tone.
"Of the entire dicine Garden Guard Team, besides , only Leader Bai managed to escape safely. As for those disciples from the Law Enforcent Hall, they probably all died. I was lucky because my body technique is well-practiced, and the one chasing was just an early-stage Inner Cultivation Martial Artist, so I managed to escape."
Saying this, Zhou Wei’s face showed a bit of luck.
"Only Leader Bai escaped? Where is he?"
Manager Zhang seed to breathe a sigh of relief and then slowly walked closer, casually asking.
"He returned to the city. He also told to take leave from Steward Li..."
Zhou Wei was speaking when he suddenly felt sothing was off. Noticing Manager Zhang’s strange expression, he tensed up and hurriedly said, "Manager Zhang, what are you doing..."
"Nothing, just sending you to reunite with the others."
As he spoke, Manager Zhang’s figure flashed, and his palm, like blood, struck down hard.
Nine Seals Palm!
Bang!
A loud crash.
Zhou Wei’s chest caved in, his bones shattered, and his heart and lungs were burst by a powerful force, dying instantly.
...
"For the next few days, tell anyone who cos that I am not here. If they insist, say I am in seclusion."
Bai Ziyue said a few words to Little Tao and then went directly to his room.
He indeed needed to enter seclusion to cultivate and break through his realm.
External Forging and Internal Cultivation, the next step is the Inner Power Realm.
Only by cultivating inner strength can many martial arts techniques be truly powerful.
The martial artist’s strength would increase dramatically as well.
Even though his real combat power was already not weaker than an Inner Power Realm Martial Artist, and he had previously had the impressive feat of killing Hua Jiebin with one strike.
But this was mainly due to his extraordinary power and the fact that the Overlord Saber Technique was a combination of several strong sword techniques, and he had trained it to perfection, which naturally could unleash imnse power.
Once he possessed inner strength, the power of the Overlord Saber Technique would inevitably increase dramatically, far surpassing this mont.
Taking a deep breath, Bai Ziyue’s breathing gradually cald down.
Then, he took out a stick of Dharma Incense from his cloth bag.
Calm Spirit Incense!
This ti coming to Wujiang County, Bai Ziyue expected to have no supplies of Dharma Incense for a long ti, so he exchanged quite a few with Elder Scholar.
Not only Calm Spirit Incense, but also Gathering Spirit Incense and Soul-Attracting Incense, he had exchanged dozens of sticks to ensure that he would not lack the incense for cultivation for several months.
He directly lit it.
In an instant, rolls of fragrant smoke rose from the incense. The smoke was absorbed by Bai Ziyue, instantly making his mind clear, and his body and mind beca more pure and transparent.
Only then did Bai Ziyue take out a jade box.
Opening the jade box, two light golden fruits appeared in front of him imdiately.
Golden Spirit Fruits!
Usually, for martial artists to break through from the Inner Cultivation level to the Inner Power Realm, they need to rely on their own accumulation, then gather strength to break through the dantian barrier, thus nurturing inner strength, and this is considered truly stepping into the Inner Power Realm.
However, this thod has a very low success rate.
Out of ten peak Inner Cultivation Martial Artists, only one or two at most can successfully break through and beco Inner Power Realm Martial Artists.
If they use Qi Blood Pills and, most importantly, the Qi Storage Pills as an aid, the breakthrough success rate can be increased by thirty percent.
In that case, about four or five out of ten would break through to the Inner Power Realm.
However, the side effects are also obvious.
The Qi Storage Pill’s violent power increases the breakthrough chances but often causes great damage to the martial artist’s body.
If they fail to break through, they need at least three years of recuperation before they can try again.
Even if they succeed, it would take at least half a year of conditioning to maintain the strongest combat effectiveness, which obviously has its pros and cons.
Originally, Bai Ziyue intended to obtain the Qi Storage Pill through his elder brother Tang Zhanfei to break through.
But now, with the Golden Spirit Fruits, Bai Ziyue was free from these troubles.
"Golden Spirit Fruits are rich in spiritual power and extrely gentle in nature. Not only would they not damage the body like the Qi Storage Pills, but the chances of martial artists breaking through to the Inner Qi Realm are far greater than those using Qi Storage Pills, at least increasing the success rate to eighty percent."
Thinking this, Bai Ziyue took out a Golden Spirit Fruit.
Sensing the alluring fragrance emanating from the fruit, Bai Ziyue did not hesitate, swallowing the entire Golden Spirit Fruit in a few monts.
Sweet and delicious, leaving a fragrant aftertaste!
Bai Ziyue didn’t have ti to savor the taste as the power within him gathered instantly.
Rich, surging, powerful...
Under the gathering of all the energy, it was like a rushing river, gradually converging into a force, crashing towards the dantian.
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