Tyrant Sky Martial Soul
Chapter 28 Wicked Man in Black Scarf_1

Chapter 28: Chapter 28 Wicked Man in Black Scarf_1

"Big brother, don’t waste words on this boy, he should have quite a lot of silver on him, after all, that Howling Moon Wolf could sell for thirty or forty thousand."

"Right, kill this boy, and he’s bound to have silver banknotes on him!"

The two Black Scarf Thieves exchanged a glance, greed evident in their eyes, and, flanking from the left and right, they lunged at Ling Xiao with long swords in hand.

Martial Artists of the Martial Veins Third Layer working together certainly presented an imposing momentum, their blades tearing through the air and whipping up gusts of wind.

"Ignorant fools!"

Ling Xiao sneered, disdainful. If it had been before his breakthrough, he would have indeed been somewhat apprehensive, but today?

He just happened to be able to take these two Black Scarf Thieves and claim a reward.

As the attackers closed in, Ling Xiao’s feet lightly shifted, and in the next moment, he gracefully leapt up, landing behind them.

"Kid, if you’re capable, don’t run!"

"Heh, do I need to run?"

"Hundred Steps Flying Sword!"

All of a sudden, he raised his hand, and the flying sword on his back shot out, the Gentle Breeze Sword turning into a bolt of lightning, piercing straight through one of the thieves’ throats.

"Aaargh—!"

The scream cut off abruptly as the Black Scarf Thief, hand reaching out as if to grab Ling Xiao, had already lost focus, the pupils in his eyes dilating.

Moments later, he lay on the ground, motionless.

"You killed my big brother, I’ll take your life!"

The other didn’t flee, his long sword imbued with True Qi, desperately swinging it at Ling Xiao.

But such swordsmanship didn’t even require a glance from Ling Xiao.

This time, he couldn’t be bothered to use the Hundred Steps Flying Sword Technique, instead, his feet moved, and with the Soaring Cloud Step, he soared up in an instant, closing in on the Black Scarf Thief, and then he threw a punch.

A bowl-sized hole was blasted directly through the thief’s chest and back.

"You! You! How is this possible!"

The dying Black Scarf Thief couldn’t comprehend, under the same Martial Veins Third Layer, how could the gap be so vast.

Meanwhile, about a few hundred meters away from here, a pair of eyes also displayed a look of terror.

"If this child is not eliminated, he will become a major threat. That speed is terrifying..."

This person was none other than Li Xingyun.

He had thought that the two Black Scarf Thieves, even if they couldn’t kill Ling Xiao, would at least be able to severely injure him, and by then, with his intervention, there would be no chance of failure.

But the outcome turned out to be far beyond his expectations.

Ling Xiao’s strength already differed little from his own, and that speed far surpassed him.

Had it not been for his reliance on Advanced Martial Arts, Li Xingyun would almost have lost the thought of opposing Ling Xiao by now.

Ling Xiao cast an inadvertent glance in that direction, smiled disdainfully, and then searched the bodies of the two Black Scarf Thieves.

These two actually had two hundred taels of silver on them, as well as two Breakthrough Pills—this was indeed a windfall.

He took these items and placed them directly into the Mountain and River Map, then picked up the corpses of the two men as if they were pigs and took to the air, flying towards the Ling Family.

Just arriving at the entrance of the Ling Family, those members of the Ling Family who had once looked down on Ling Xiao now showed eyes full of astonishment.

"Hey, isn’t that one of the Black Scarf Thieves? I heard that even the weakest of the Black Scarf Thieves have a cultivation level of Martial Veins Third Layer!"

"It couldn’t have been him who killed them, right? He was just a second-layer Martial Veins, eh? No, that’s not right, when did Ling Xiao break through to the Martial Veins Third Layer? That was way too fast!"

"It’s true, hey, what’s going on here?"

These people were all well aware that just over ten days ago, Ling Xiao was still just a first-layer Martial Student.

At that time, everyone could bully Ling Xiao.

But now, Ling Xiao had astonishingly advanced to a Martial Artist of the Martial Veins Third Layer.

This rapid improvement was truly astounding.

"There are rumors outside that Ling Xiao entered the Fulong Mountain Range a few days ago and just happened to come across a severely injured Howling Moon Wolf, as well as a field full of medicinal herbs."

"I know about that too, that Howling Moon Wolf seemed to have been injured by Li Xingyun leading the Li Family Members, but unfortunately, the Li Clan lost three or four disciples in the process, even Li Rui died. When they went back to get help, this kid took advantage of the situation,"

"How shameless!"

"He’s simply a disgrace to the Ling Family!"

"Exactly, if I had those materials from the Howling Moon Wolf and those herbs, I could break through too!"

"I bet those two Black Scarf Thieves just got lucky this time."

"Definitely!"

...

Hearing these buzzing sounds like flies.

Ling Xiao not only wasn’t angry but instead revealed a proud smile.

In the past, nobody would notice him unless they wanted to vent their anger on someone, and then they’d think of him.

But today, their words were filled with jealousy and envy, which made him feel immensely honored.

Although the events that occurred in the Fulong Mountain Range had been completely misrepresented, it was fine as long as the Li Clan didn’t come looking for trouble.

Currently, he was just a ninth-class family member whom the clan would discard without hesitation.

If he could achieve good results at the annual competition, or earn a hundred merit points, then he would gain the protection of the Ling Family.

He went to the Reward Good and Punish Evil Hall, turned in the corpses of two Black Scarf Thieves, and received a reward of two hundred silver and twenty merit points.

Ling Xiao then rushed to rent a house. In the Ling Family, as long as you had money, renting a nice house was actually quite easy.

Since it was only for a few months, Ling Xiao simply rented a large house for a hundred silver a month.

It had all the facilities inside.

A practice room, two spacious bedrooms, as well as a living room, courtyard, kitchen, and even two servants.

He paid the silver, took the contract.

Ling Xiao then returned to the old house, where the construction crew had already arrived and began demolishing the old house to prepare for reconstruction.

He didn’t plan to make the new house too big; after all, he couldn’t possibly live there forever. Plus, it would just be him and his grandfather; too big a house would be inconvenient to clean.

So just two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a practice room would be sufficient.

But the materials had to be of good quality.

After discussing the house matters, Ling Xiao, with his grandfather Hong Qi and the help of the construction crew, moved their belongings to the rented place.

After getting busy with all this, Ling Xiao re-entered the state of seclusion.

Having a dedicated practice room was indeed better than an ordinary bedroom, at least it was safe and wouldn’t be disturbed.

Additionally, practice rooms generally have special constructions that can withstand strong shocks.

Even tens of thousands of pounds of force wouldn’t be able to blast through it, which gave Ling Xiao better conditions for training.

He closed his eyes, and Ling Xiao first entered the Mountain and River Map for an inspection.

The herbs were growing very well now, and the few monster beast cubs were living happily, which made Ling Xiao feel a bit guilty about using them as medicinal ingredients.

"Congratulations, your Mountain and River Map has upgraded to level three. You have obtained new cards—Level Three Farmer, Level Three Herdsman, Level Three Craftsman."

"Craftsman? That’s a new profession."

Interested, Ling Xiao clicked to see the introduction of the craftsman card and couldn’t help but smile.

"This is a group of craftsmen capable of anything. They can forge various weapons, equipment, tools, and as their level increases, their abilities will become stronger and stronger!"

"Everything crafted by these craftsmen will have special properties. Would you like to summon a craftsman now?"

"No rush."

Even though Ling Xiao currently had several tens of thousands of silver and an untraded Howling Moon Wolf carcass, building a house was expensive.

Moreover, he hadn’t decided what to have the craftsmen make, so it was better to wait.

Right now, what he wanted to do more was to cultivate the Bull Demon Technique.

He already had Crimson Sun Technique, Barbaric Bull Strength, Falling Star Fist, Bursting Qi Technique, Qi Recovery Technique, Fierce Tiger Descending Mountain Step, Hundred Steps Flying Sword Technique, and two other intermediate-level body movement techniques to devour.

How much will the Ox Demon Technique improve?

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