Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 265 - 253: Third Level of the Divine Might Realm
"How did you know?" Ye Xin was taken aback, involuntarily speaking out loud.
After saying that, she realized she had been too careless, and an expression of resigned bitterness appeared on her face.
"Actually... my name isn’t Feng Yu!" Qin Qing laughed, "I’m not from the Northern Pass. I’m from the Qin Residence in Tianjue City, my name is Qin Qing!"
By now, there was nothing left for Qin Qing to hide. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
Ye Xin and her brother were also being hunted, and he found himself pursued as well.
It seemed they were both castaways at the ends of the earth.
"Brother Qin, however it is said, this time I must thank you for saving us!" Ye Xin expressed her gratitude again, and then asked, "Brother Qin, how did you know that the item my father left behind was a stele?"
"Because from the first time I met you, I was able to sense the aura on your bodies. You must also be cultivating the technique from the stele, right?" Qin Qing said.
"Yes!" Ye Xin nodded.
Getting this response from Ye Xin, Qin Qing grew even more excited.
He had come to the Northern Pass precisely for the stele.
Unexpectedly, he had encountered one so soon.
"May I take a look at your stele?" Qin Qing thought for a moment before finally asking.
"Of course!" This time, Ye Xin didn’t hesitate at all, "Our lives have been saved by you, Brother Qin, after all, the stele is but a material possession."
"Besides, Brother Qin, you are a good person. If you were a bad person, you wouldn’t need to tell me all this, wouldn’t you just kill me and take the stele?"
As she spoke, Ye Xin had already retrieved the stele from her Spirit Ring.
When the stele appeared in front of Qin Qing, that familiar aura assaulted his senses once again.
"That’s right! It’s exactly this kind of stele!"
Qin Qing took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart.
His hand gently caressed the surface of the stele, and soon a power within began to resonate and emerge.
It was as if this power resonated with Qin Qing’s bloodline.
Qin Qing closed his eyes, beginning to absorb the ceaseless stream of power flowing from within the stele.
This power, merging with his blood, made his blood boil like never before, and his strength grew continuously.
Qin Qing immediately began to practice the Emperor Dragon Secret Technique, sitting down right there and starting his cultivation...
A night’s time passed quickly.
Qin Qing let out a long breath and stood up.
Ye Xin and her brother Ye Jiang were right beside him. Seeing Qin Qing stand, both siblings stood too and approached him.
"Brother Qin!" Ye Xin called out to him and then, pulling her brother along, she said, "Xiao Jiang, quickly thank Brother Qin. It was he who saved us yesterday!"
"Thank you, Brother Qin!" Ye Jiang’s voice was a bit childish, but he thanked Qin Qing earnestly.
"It was nothing." Qin Qing said, waving his hand with a smile, "Besides, you lent me the stele to examine and practice with. If anything, I should be thanking you!"
After a night’s cultivation, Qin Qing’s cultivation had grown again.
He had successfully broken through to the Third Level of the Divine Might Realm!
"Thanks to the energy within the stele, I broke through to the Third Level of the Divine Might Realm overnight. If I can find the other seven steles, my cultivation will increase by a great deal!"
Thinking of this, Qin Qing was even more eager to find the other seven steles as soon as possible.
Indeed, within the stele was an energy that could directly help Qin Qing enhance his cultivation.
This energy could not only directly increase his cultivation but also further strengthen his physical body.
Moreover, Qin Qing had also confirmed one of his suspicions that the Blood Burning Secret Technique was not an independent technique.
The Blood Staining Secret Technique was only a part of it.
If he wasn’t mistaken, the nine steles put together might form a supreme body-forging secret technique.
Qin Qing still couldn’t fully deduce how powerful this technique was, but merely from the secret techniques obtained from the existing two steles, he could glimpse its potential.
If he could gather all nine steles and their secret techniques, merely by the strength of this technique, he might gain a foothold on the entire Tian Nian Star. He could even contend with the Ancient Families and Sects of the Ancient Countries.
"Ye Xin, keep the stele safe!"
Qin Qing signaled for Ye Xin to safeguard the stele.
"Brother Qin, don’t you need to consult the stele for your cultivation anymore?" Ye Xin asked again.
"No need!" Qin Qing shook his head. He had committed the mental method inscribed on this stele to memory, and the power that seemed to come from ancient times within the stele had been completely absorbed by him.
This stele now had no other use for him.
"Mm, all right then!" Ye Xin put the stele into his Spirit Ring.
"Let’s go. We’ll head back to the tent first."
Qin Qing said and then gathered all the money and items from the ground that originally belonged to Zheng Baohe and his men.
Then, the three of them returned to the campsite where they pitched their tents.
In fact, the campsite was not far from the lake.
It wasn’t long before the three had made it back.
By this time, it was already bright daylight.
Old Yang was up, exercising his muscles and bones against the morning sunlight.
Additionally, Zhang Ding crawled out from a tent nearby.
Seeing Qin Qing and the other two return, Old Yang came over with a smile, "Brother Feng, where did you three go so early in the morning?"
"We had some matters to attend to," Qin Qing thought for a moment, then smiled, "to settle an old score."
"Oh?" Old Yang paused slightly, seemingly realizing something, then continued, "So did you settle this old score?"
"Settled. It’s done!" Qin Qing said with a nod and a smile.
"Oh? That’s good, then!" Old Yang took out his old smoking pipe and took a couple of puffs.;
Zhang Ding, out of curiosity, said, "By the way, where are Brother Zheng and his men? It seems like they’ve been missing since late last night?"
"They left!" Qin Qing said with a smile.
"Left?" Zhang Ding looked puzzled, then added with some concern, "Why would they leave all of a sudden? We haven’t reached Wu City yet; what if we run into bandits again?"
At this point, Zhang Ding was still unaware that the biggest bandit they had encountered on their journey was right by his side.
"They’ve left, they’ve left. Anyway, we’re only a day’s journey from Wu City!" Old Yang said indifferently, even showing a look of relief.
Qin Qing smiled slightly. It looked like Old Yang had guessed something.
According to Zheng Baohe and their plan, on this final day, they would have probably stripped everyone of their possessions.
Even the goods of these merchants would have been taken away.
At this moment, the other merchants also heard the conversation between Qin Qing and the others, and all came out from their tents.
"Why did Brother Zheng and his men leave?"
"What should we do now?"
"There’s still one day’s journey left. They took our money; why did they just leave like that?"
"If we encounter bandits on this last day, wouldn’t this trip have been for nothing?"
The merchants were still muttering among themselves.
"Everyone, we all know that there’s only one day left. If nothing happens today, everyone can safely reach Wu City," Qin Qing motioned for everyone to calm down and continued, "Moreover, before Brother Zheng left, he gave us some money, saying that it was to compensate for the losses everyone suffered along the way."
As soon as they heard Qin Qing say this, the merchants’ eyes lit up, and they all came over to him.
Qin Qing took out the silver notes.
These silver notes were all from Zheng Baohe and his men.
After Qin Qing collected them, he stored them in his Spirit Ring.
"Now let’s tally up all the losses and compensate based on what was lost along the way," Qin Qing said with a smile.
Soon, each of the merchants received silver notes corresponding to their losses, all except for one person.
This person was Zhou Wanfu.
"Brother Feng, look... everybody has received their silver notes. How come I haven’t received mine?" Zhou Wanfu approached with a forced smile while speaking ingratiatingly.
"Yours?" Qin Qing looked at Zhou Wanfu and then slapped his forehead, "Look at me, I’ve completely forgotten about Boss Zhou... Let me count it for you. How much have you lost along the way?"
Upon hearing Qin Qing, Zhou Wanfu’s smile grew even brighter, and he hastily said, "In total, almost five thousand taels! Brother Feng, four thousand taels will be enough for me; consider the remaining thousand taels as my way of making your acquaintance!"
A faint smile always played on Qin Qing’s face as he looked at Zhou Wanfu, whose expressions changed as easily as flipping through a book, and he couldn’t help but admire this ability.
"Four thousand taels?" Qin Qing nodded, counting the silver notes, then suddenly slapped his forehead again, "Oh no. Boss Zhou, look at my memory... Brother Zheng specifically said that your losses will not be compensated! I’m really sorry..."
"What?" Zhou Wanfu’s face fell immediately upon hearing Qin Qing’s words.
"Brother Feng, are you sure Brother Zheng said that?" Zhou Wanfu looked at Qin Qing and asked again, "Brother Qin, could it be that Brother Zheng gave you the silver notes, but you just won’t give them to me?"
