Purgatory Artist
Chapter 341: Igniting the Fire

Chapter 341 - Igniting the Fire

Cold wind and cold rain.

On the cliff.

A ferocious man in ragged clothes walked with a rod and shouted,

"Dragon swings its tail, Tiger in the sky, Bear King's Sledgehammer!"

The iron rod danced continuously and made three moves in a row, smashing the rocks on the mountain and making a series of sounds.

The man threw away the iron rod and got into a fighting stance, "Ha ... Ha!"

He waved his fists like a madman, continuously punching out a long series of punches. Then, he stopped, panting, and his knees went soft as he knelt on the ground.

"Little brother, that's all I know. Please spare my life."

The man kowtowed and said.

Liu Ping stood at the side and thought for a moment, "Did you think of that rod technique in the chaos?"

"Yes." The man said.

"The fist technique is not bad. I can tell that it's a move that has been evolved. But I see that your moves are not complete. Are you hiding something?" Liu Ping said.

The burly man was so scared that he shuddered and said, "Little brother, I learned this set of martial arts from my master in the past. I didn't expect that halfway through, my master would be killed by the people of the evil sect. I ran away in panic and didn't learn the remaining half of the set."

Liu Ping said, "How long have you been a bandit?"

The man sighed and said, "I escaped to a village and made a living by working for others. It was peaceful for a year or two. Who knew that the evil sect would come and massacre the village again half a month ago."

"It was hard for me to do anything alone. I ran all the way out of the village and met this group of people on the way. We fought each other. They said that I could make a living and forced me to join them. I was sent to be the vanguard and wanted to take over your village."

Liu Ping smiled and said, "In the fight just now, I felt that you were the strongest in martial arts. But you didn't have the intention to kill me. You hesitated a lot when you attacked, so I spared your life."

The man didn't speak and just kept kowtowing.

Liu Ping said, "I have something to think about. Bury these people first, then we'll talk about what to do."

When the big man heard this, he knew that he had survived and was overjoyed at the unexpected good news.

"Yes!

Yes!

I'll bury them now. "

He stood up from the ground and glanced at the corpses on the ground. He couldn't help but shudder.

— — A dozen or so bandit vanguards surrounded a young man, but they were all killed by the young man.

From the moment the youngster picked up the saber, the situation had become somewhat strange.

When they fought, he had a curious smile on his face as he shuttled back and forth in the crowd. From time to time, he would comment on his opponent's moves.

However, every time he swung his saber, he would definitely kill someone.

— — -just like an evil spirit harvesting people's souls.

The burly man suppressed the fear in his heart and dug a hole with all his might. He piled all the corpses inside and then built a grave.

At this time, the rain stopped, and the wind in the mountains was as cold as a knife.

The young man stared blankly at the mountain stream, no one knew what he was thinking.

The big man hesitated for a few breaths. Finally, he suppressed the thought of stealing the horse and running away. He knelt down beside the youth again and said,

"Little brother, I burried them all."

"Oh."

The youth looked back at the grave and praised, "The corpses are exposed in the wilderness and so close to our village. It would be bad if the plague spread. You helped me solve a big problem."

"Little brother, please spare my life." The burly man kowtowed.

"By the way, does that fist technique of yours have a name?" The youth asked.

"Master said that it's called Blood Surge Fist."

"Why is it called that?"

"Master said that he didn't know either. It might mean that blood must be shed."

Liu Ping smiled and said, "This fist technique has the effect of moving blood and Qi. The main purpose should be to strengthen the body, so it's called Blood Surge Fist."

The burly man stared blankly at the youth. He thought that he had learned this fist technique for ten years and fought with the idea of "blood must be shed". Yet, the youth said that the main purpose of this fist technique was to strengthen the body. He didn't know if he should believe him.

The youth took a few steps forward and said in a low voice, "I thought about it just now. This fist technique of yours is mainly used to move the blood and Qi of 36 Minor Circulations. The moves you know are only enough for 21 Minor Circulations. If you want to complete it, the remaining moves should be done like this."

He got into a fist stance and performed 12 moves in three to five breaths. He stopped and stood still.

"Ah!" The burly man cried out.

"What's wrong?" The youth asked.

The burly man's tears flowed and he choked, "My master ... master used to fight like this. It's a pity that I didn't learn it. Now that I've seen it, I remember it."

The youth nodded and took a few more steps forward. The movements of his hands kept changing. Gradually, he was reborn from the "Blood Surge Fist Technique" and performed a completely different set of fist techniques.

The burly man stared at him with his eyes wide open. He felt that he couldn't block any of his opponent's attacks. He felt a chill down his spine.

"What fist technique is this?" He couldn't help but ask.

The youth said, "The Blood Surge Fist Technique can be used to strengthen the body, but my situation isn't too good. So, I used it to evolve a set of techniques to kill the enemy."

He stopped his fists and turned to the burly man, saying:

"If you help me bury the corpse, as a reward, I can teach you this set of fist techniques that specialize in killing people, or I can teach you the lost half of the 'Blood Surge Fist Technique' of your sect — you choose."

The burly man didn't hesitate at all: "Please teach me my master's fist technique, I'll repay you even if I have to be your slave in my next life"

"Not bad — — but with your skills, in this chaotic world, I'm afraid your sect's inheritance will still be lost" Liu Ping said.

The burly man was suddenly enlightened. He kowtowed and said: "Please accept me as your servant, I'll do my best."

"What's your name?"

"Xu Sheng."

"Xu Sheng, I'm Liu Ping. Follow me back to the stronghold."

"Yes."

The two of them pulled their horses, collected the weapons and Equipment from the bandits and headed down the mountain.

About half an hour later.

Liu Ping and Xu Sheng drove their horses back to the stronghold.

Xu Sheng looked around, only to see that there weren't many people in the stronghold, only a few old and weak people.

A few old people were surrounding a large vat, using a ladle to fill it with water and drinking.

"It's Rootless Water!"

Xu Sheng's eyes lit up.

A woman limped forward and handed a ladle of water to Liu Ping. Liu Ping received it and passed it to Xu Sheng, waiting for him to finish it all in one gulp before asking: "You don't have Rootless Water to drink?"

"The plague is rampant, and it hasn't rained for too long, we can only drink the water from the streams in the wilderness — — after drinking it the last time, 8 of us fell sick and died" Xu Sheng said.

"That's why you came to rob the stronghold?" Liu Ping asked.

"I only found out after becoming a bandit that even bandits can't survive in this day and age" Xu Sheng smiled bitterly.

The woman seemed to be the person in charge of the stronghold. She cautiously looked at Xu Sheng and said:

"Liu Ping, this person is — —"

Liu Ping recalled the information that popped up in his mind, smiled and said: "Auntie Wu, don't worry, he's a friend I met when I was studying outside, he helped me chase away the bandits just now"

The woman and the old people's expressions finally relaxed.

"Since he's your friend, please come and have a meal with us" Auntie Wu greeted him.

Xu Sheng looked around and whispered: "Have all the strong men and women of your stronghold gone to the battlefield?"

"Of course" Liu Ping answered.

According to his memory, the humans of this world have been continuously defeated, to the point where they have no choice but to summon all the strong men and women to the battlefield.

As for the enemy — —

They're a type of demonized humans, they worship a certain cult and no longer consider themselves as humans, single-mindedly wanting to destroy the entire human race.

Liu Ping and Xu Sheng looked around.

— — the sky was already dark, but there wasn't a single spark of light.

Xu Sheng sighed: "The evil cult has gone too far"

Liu Ping recalled something else.

After the evil cult appeared, they declared that anyone who dares to use fire will be cruelly tortured and killed — —

They've always done the same.

Over time, in these remote villages that aren't protected by the city, no one dared to use fire anymore.

Liu Ping pondered: "Without fire, there's no cooked food or boiling water, people get sick easily and lose their strength easily — — without fire, there's no smelting of metal, this is also the reason why the villages are slowly dying out and unable to resist the evil cult"

He glanced at Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng lowered his voice: "I do have a lighter, but no one in the entire bandit group dares to use fire"

"Give me the lighter"

"Here"

Liu Ping received the lighter and was about to use it, but was stopped by the woman on the side.

"Liu Ping — —" Auntie Wu worriedly said.

"Tomorrow the bandits will attack the village, tonight we'll eat cooked food and drink boiling water" Liu Ping said.

If the bandits attack, they'll die, if the evil cult attacks, they'll die, so it's better to eat a good meal first and have the strength to fight to the death.

Auntie Wu sighed and said nothing else.

Xu Sheng whispered: "This place is very far from the frontlines, the evil cult won't be able to infiltrate this far, so there's no need to worry about them for now"

He purposely raised his voice so that the old, weak, sick, and disabled around him could hear him clearly.

Quite a few people gulped, their eyes glowing.

"Then let's eat a good meal" Liu Ping smiled.

He blew on the match to ignite it.

At the very next moment.

Shui Shu who had been hovering in the air opened her eyes and muttered: "Fire is the border between life and death, it's purification, sublimation, destruction and rebirth — — it's here!"

Liu Ping felt something and glanced at the lighter in his hand.

An eye appeared from the flame, staring straight at him.

Liu Ping could feel the other party's emotions — — -

It was praise and anticipation.

Shui Shu chuckled and said: "It seems its power is being destroyed, so even the slightest bit of hope that you humans bring will attract its attention.

At the very next moment.

The eye was gone.

The flame was still a flame, silently burning in the darkness.

A line of burning text quickly appeared:

[The Law of Fire has encouraged you, your power will be protected by the flame]

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