I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 74 - 68: The Vengeful River Dragon
The incident that Qin Yuesheng encountered did not have much impact on the Blessing Festival. After all, there were so many people in the whole city, and they were only fighting on one street, affecting at most a few hundred people.
The unluckiest was the old man who was shot in the chest by Li Tianle’s arrow and died that night despite rescue efforts. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
Afterwards, as the authorities took over, the street was cordoned off, and all the corpses of the men in black killed by Qin Yuesheng were taken back to the yamen by constables. This matter officially entered the investigation stage.
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Crash!
A pile of teapots and teacups were pushed to the ground by Wang Meng, smashing with a clang, none surviving intact.
"Are you telling me that Tianle took people with the Qin family young master as the first target, but not only lost, they were all killed?" Wang Meng looked at Chen Sheng, his face ashen.
"Gang Leader, that’s exactly how it went. Last night, Master Tianle instructed the gang to find the young master of the Qin family who went out, intending to make a good start by killing him first and then destroy the Qin family. Who would have thought that the young Qin master was not only capable but actually defeated Master Tianle."
Chen Sheng replied, sweating profusely.
At this moment, Wang Meng resembled a furious lion; any move that displeased him could result in a miserable outcome.
Chen Sheng glanced subconsciously at the great hall floor not far away, where four bodies torn in half lay, members of the Fierce Tiger Gang.
"Where is Tianle now?"
"I, I’m not sure, but I heard a storyteller say that everyone who fought with the Qin family young master last night, they all...all...all died."
Wang Meng’s hand suddenly clenched tight, and Chen Sheng felt his throat instantly squeezed, his collar so tight he almost couldn’t breathe.
"Gang, Gang Leader, spare me, you should go find that Qin family young master for revenge, it has nothing to do with me," Chen Sheng cried out in terror.
"The Qin family!" Wang Meng’s eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce light, and he directly threw Chen Sheng aside and stormed out of the hall.
"Cough, cough." Chen Sheng coughed, clutching his throat.
Fortunately, he diverted Wang Meng’s rage in time; otherwise, another few moments and he might have been strangled by Wang Meng.
Thinking of this, Chen Sheng couldn’t help but feel a little fearful, simultaneously feeling a sense of relief.
Luckily, Wang Meng didn’t know he had told Li Tianle that Qin Yuesheng was just an idle and incompetent scion, otherwise, with Wang Meng’s peculiar thinking, he would definitely be considered jointly responsible for Li Tianle’s death.
"It’s over, it’s over, this Wang Meng might recklessly charge into the Qin Mansion in broad daylight. After all, Cyan Yang City is under the jurisdiction of the government. If that truly happens, he won’t fare well and might even bring trouble to the Fierce Tiger Gang."
Looking in the direction Wang Meng left, Chen Sheng couldn’t help but worry.
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The backyard of the Qin Mansion.
Qin Yuesheng was practicing the Bear and Badger Stance, listening to Cao Zhengchun recount the events of escorting Su Lanyin back to the Su Mansion the previous night.
"Young Master, Miss Su was very worried about you. After leaving you last night, she was anxious the whole time."
"I know."
Qin Yuesheng slowly stood up, casually grabbing a handful of herbal slices from the stone table in the gazebo and stuffing them into his mouth.
Though he didn’t have pills to take, just eating herbs for the past few days had allowed Qin Yuesheng to accumulate a small amount of All-Purpose Essence, totaling 155 points.
Opening the super assistant, Qin Yuesheng checked his current data status.
In terms of skills, a lot of All-Purpose Essence was needed, and given that a new passive could only be obtained after advancing two realms, without a large infusion of All-Purpose Essence, the benefits weren’t substantial.
For Qin Yuesheng, what urgently needed points was the Vajra Iron Aspect and the Profound Celestial Treasure Mirror.
Once these two External Forging Skills reached completion, he would officially enter the Outer Forging Perfection realm, thus eliminating any weaknesses across his whole body, and gaining the qualification to cultivate Internal Cultivation Methods.
"Last time when the five-dimensional attributes were unlocked, I could continue enhancing them. Because I didn’t have All-Purpose Essence, I couldn’t add points then." Looking at the attribute bar with all five dimensions at 15.0, Qin Yuesheng used up his accumulated All-Purpose Essence.
Just like before, he added to Physique, Strength, and Agility first, and would return to address Spirit and Charm upon hitting a bottleneck.
With his extensive experience, Qin Yuesheng found the use of Spirit and Charm attributes to be quite significant, at least Spirit had been utilized several times; as for Charm, he hadn’t yet seen its strengths.
He could only slowly discover it in the future.
All-Purpose Essence – 50
Physique 15.0 → 20.0
All-Purpose Essence – 50
Strength 15.0 → 20.0
All-Purpose Essence – 55
Agility 15.0 → 20.5
Having used up all remaining All-Purpose Essence, Qin Yuesheng’s attributes suddenly increased substantially.
Breaking through the 20-point threshold, there was an immediate surge of boundless energy within Qin Yuesheng, and with any slight movement, his entire body emitted a cracking sound like firecrackers.
The rapid frequency of this sound was quite unnerving; the noise made Cao Zhengchun involuntarily flinch, extremely unaccustomed to it.
However, Qin Yuesheng soon brought everything to a halt.
His body returned to normal.
"Hah!" He unleashed a punch.
Numerous afterimages appeared, the fist wind howling, akin to the sound of tearing through the air.
At the same time, Qin Yuesheng exerted his strength and leaped up, reaching a height of six or seven feet.
Feeling the physical enhancement brought by the attribute boost, Qin Yuesheng immediately started performing the Tiger-Crane Plum Blossom Hand on the spot. At this moment, the Tiger-Crane Plum Blossom Hand was faster, more agile, more graceful, and more vigorous.
Qin Yuesheng seemed to be in a state of selflessness, stopping only after completing an entire set. Cao Zhengchun stood beside him, dumbfounded. Even though he didn’t know what technique Qin Yuesheng was practicing, it didn’t stop him from feeling that this martial art was of high caliber.
"Ah!"
"Help!"
Suddenly, the direction of the main hall of the Qin Mansion came a series of booming sounds, as if a building was collapsing.
The backyard was quite close to the main hall, so Qin Yuesheng heard it clearly.
"What’s going on?" Qin Yuesheng said.
"Young master, I’ll go check it out."
"No need, I’ll go myself." Qin Yuesheng waved his hand, swiftly heading out with the Spiritual Swallow Body Skill, quickly rushing in the direction of the commotion.
"Ah!"
"Boom!!!"
A large redwood beam fell down with a crash, and a considerable amount of the roof fell along with it, so it was only a matter of time before the entire structure would collapse.
Wang Meng’s face was twisted in madness as he swung his fists wildly, smashing everything that came into his sight.
A hundred-year-old porcelain, shattered.
A famous artist’s Mountain Residence Painting, shattered.
An expensive Qilin root sculpture, shattered.
In just a short while, the Qin family had lost at least several thousand taels of silver.
"Qin family young master, get out here!" Wang Meng shouted, with a sword sheath strapped across his back, and he drew his large saber in one swift motion.
Anyone who was familiar with Jiangnan’s Fierce Tiger Gang knew that Wang Meng’s reputation was established by a blade skill called ’Five Tigers Breaking Gate.’ This blade skill was incredibly destructive and powerful, and it performed exceptionally well in the hands of someone with great physical strength.
More than a dozen constables rushed over after hearing the news, each brandishing an iron blade towards Wang Meng.
This man barged in from the main gate of the Qin Mansion, rampaging straight to the main hall, with many innocent maids and household servants dying miserably under his fists and kicks, his cruelty appalling.
The occurrence of such events was already a negligence from the Qin Mansion’s constables, and naturally, they intended to make amends at this moment, with the best way being to kill this murderer in front of them.
Seeing more than a dozen constables coming at him, Wang Meng’s chest was full of rage with nowhere to vent, so he immediately swung out the first move of the Five Tigers Breaking Gate, ’Horizontal Blade Breaking the Mountain.’
This strike was fast and fierce, and the constable at the forefront didn’t even have time to react, being instantly cleaved in two with a single strike.
Wang Meng’s large saber was extremely sharp, cutting through a person like cutting tofu, without any hindrance.
As he swung his blade back for another slash, yet another constable was cut in half along with the blade, without any room to retaliate.
Wang Meng’s strength was on an entirely different level from them, and it was as if he was slicing through vegetables, leaving the scene covered in blood, with dismembered bodies all around.
"Qin family young master! If you don’t come out, I’ll kill all your lackeys!"
Wang Meng grabbed a young maid by the back of her neck. She was only thirteen or fourteen and had never been through such a terrifying situation. Naturally, she was trembling with fear and pale-faced.
Seeing Wang Meng about to swing his saber to kill, an urgent voice suddenly came from a distance.
"I’m here, spare her life!"
Pop!
However, the saber had already swung down, sending a good person’s head flying over half a yard away, leaving a glaring trail of blood on the ground.
The moment he heard the commotion, Qin Yuesheng rushed over at full speed, but the situation unfolded beyond his imagination, with an innocent life disappearing right before his eyes.
This young maid hadn’t done anything wrong to deserve such a fate.
"Are you the Qin family’s young master?" Wang Meng flicked his knife, flinging the blood off the blade.
"It’s me. Who are you? Why did you trespass into the Qin family mansion?" Qin Yuesheng slowly clenched his fists.
No matter the reason, just because Wang Meng killed so many people in the Qin Mansion, Qin Yuesheng already had no intentions of letting him go.
This person must either die, or wish for death.
There must be an outcome.
"Remember this, I’m here to take your head!" Wang Meng charged forward abruptly, directly attacking where Qin Yuesheng stood.
Wang Meng was truly one of the villains listed in Jiangnan’s Hundred Famous Thieves, with a presence that was overwhelmingly imposing. As he swung the Five Tigers Breaking Gate, the blade lights filled the air like a flood, sweeping all around.
Qin Yuesheng only felt a white light flash before his eyes, with numerous blade lights enveloping him from all directions.
The sense of pressure was like a boulder weighing down on Qin Yuesheng’s shoulders. This Five Tigers Breaking Gate of Wang Meng’s genuinely had reached a level of mastery.
Blade skill, blade intent, blade momentum.
The three combined, its power had reached the limits of Outer Forging.
Even if a master of the Inner Power Realm were to be there, they would probably have to consider whether they should take this strike head-on.
