Martial Saint through Reading

"This cultivation technique can condense the Qi and Blood Power, it’s easy to begin with, but the further you cultivate, the more difficult it becomes," Luo Lin said.

"Condensing the Qi and Blood Power?!" Ling Hao and Ji Yong raised their eyebrows.

Whether it is the Tiger and Python Body Refining Technique or the Body Refining techniques of the Martial World, the Qi Blood condensed is the same, the only differences are the difficulty, speed, and power of cultivation.

Just by condensing the Qi Blood, it could be said to be more advanced than the Tiger and Python Body Refining Technique.

"Generals, I have had a quiet room prepared for you..."

"Thank you, Lord Luo," the two, having obtained the cultivation technique, were in noticeably better spirits.

The two left first, Lin Zhenwu bowed towards the Prison Chief and then followed them out.

Luo Lin gazed out the door, his eyes gradually turning from calm to stern, with a hint of greed.

That was a glance filled with hunger and greed at the sight of a delicacy.

He sat in the chair for a long time, as if he had repressed those emotions.

Then, his figure vanished. When he reappeared, he was in a dimly lit chamber.

There was more than just him in the chamber.

"Young Master, Elder Qee," Luo Lin bowed in greeting.

"Why are you so late?"

The girl crouched in a corner of the chamber, tearing at something in her hands, dripping with blood, filling the room with a foul stench.

"Lord Prison Chief, business is busy indeed."

Luo Lin remained calm, completely unfazed by the girl’s mocking tone.

"Forest Envoy, did the two Strong Bone Realm Tiger Armor Army members take the bait?" Qi Huanrong asked.

Luo Lin’s real name was Lin Luo, a Forest Envoy of the Blood Evil Sect in Baiyuan County.

"Rest assured, Elder Qee, Young Master, tonight the net will surely be cast," Lin Luo replied.

"Can you defeat them?" the girl suddenly stood up and asked with a playful smile.

"Young Master, rest assured. I will personally lead three hundred sect followers to form a Blood Evil Array, with the Forest Envoy assisting. Those two Strong Bone Realm Tiger Armor Army members will certainly die."

"Unless five hundred Tiger Armor Army soldiers arrive tonight, forming the Tiger Armor Army Formation."

"Or, if another expert above the Middle Stage of the Strong Bone Realm suddenly emerges in this little Baiyuan County."

Qi Huanrong’s voice was calm, as if everything was under control.

"It will take another day for five hundred Tiger Armor Army soldiers to arrive, and it’s impossible for another Strong Bone Realm expert to appear in Baiyuan County, let alone one above the Middle Stage," Lin Luo remarked equally calmly.

Upon hearing this, the girl threw away the bloody item in her hand, her small eyes shifting, and said, "I only need the heart; the rest is for Elder Qee and the Forest Envoy."

"Thank you, Young Master." Lin Luo’s face rarely showed a hint of joy. "I wish the Young Master success in achieving Divine Skill Great Success."

"Divine Skill Great Success?" the girl pouted. "It’s just breaking through the Strong Bone Realm. If that’s considered Divine Skill, haven’t you, Great Domain Envoy Lin, already achieved Divine Skill Great Success?"

"Even more powerful than our Sect Leader of the Blood Evil Sect."

"..." Lin Luo fell silent.

"Forest Envoy, it is almost time," Qi Huanrong interjected to ease the tension.

Lin Luo merely bowed in salute, his expression cold as he left.

"Uncle Qee, did you see that attitude from Lin? He doesn’t even regard me as the Young Master!" the girl pouted.

"Young Master, the Forest Envoy’s status is different; he is part of the Sect Leader’s many strategies. When the day comes to raise troops, this Baiyuan County will need the Forest Envoy to take it," Qi Huanrong said respectfully. "Young Master should hurry to enhance your strength. In as short as five years, or as long as ten years, the sky here will be different."

"If the Young Master can become a Blood Child before then, that would mean... a future Prince..."

"Alright, alright, I understand, I’m working hard on my cultivation, see?"

The girl retrieved the bloody item she’d thrown away, crouched in the corner, tearing at it before stuffing it into her mouth.

...

Chu Ming went out in the morning and returned before lunchtime.

He changed into his own clothes, then went to find Fang Xiao.

Inside the room, with doors and windows tightly shut, an old and a young man sat facing each other.

"Young Master..." Fang Xiao sensed the subtle shift in atmosphere.

"Housekeeper Fang, when do the Criminal Defense Bureau and those two Tiger Armor Army members plan to take action?" Chu Ming asked.

"Young Master, I was just about to mention it. The Criminal Defense Bureau has already confirmed the location of the Blood Evil Sect’s girl and that mysterious Strong Bone Realm expert and plans to launch a surprise attack tonight," Fang Xiao said in a deep voice. "After lunch, Young Master and Little Shan should go to the County Government and take refuge."

Chu Ming heard this, but his expression became serious and he asked, "Will Housekeeper Fang also partake in the siege?"

Seeing Chu Ming’s changing expression, Fang Xiao’s brow furrowed. "Young Master, is there something amiss?"

In his heart, Chu Ming was no longer a mere young man; he was a high-skill, meticulous expert, more talented than anyone he had ever seen.

Having orchestrated the downfall of the Chu Family and secretly setting a trap using the cultivation technique as bait, the internal Blood Evil Sect moles in the Criminal Defense Bureau had gradually been exposed.

Catching the Blood Evil Sect’s Young Master and that Strong Bone Realm expert could eliminate the internal cancer in the Criminal Defense Bureau completely.

Chu Ming was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly: "The Wan Yuan in the Criminal Defense Bureau’s dungeon is not Wan Yuan herself, but her younger sister, disguised to look like her."

"What?" Fang Xiao’s face changed dramatically.

He was shocked that the Wan Family would use such a trick of substituting the real with the fake, and was curious as to how Chu Ming knew.

"Young Master went to the dungeon of the Criminal Defense Bureau?" He suddenly thought of a possibility.

Chu Ming did not answer but continued, "As I mentioned before to Housekeeper Fang, Zheng Xiguan of the Blood Evil Sect is actually Zheng Dongjin, the Defense Chief of the City Defense Department in the Criminal Defense Bureau."

Fang Xiao’s eyebrows twitched. "So it was him. Last night, Zheng Dongjin removed the guards, allowing the Wan Family assassins to infiltrate the residence."

He paused, looking serious, and continued, "However, this man, like Lin Zhenwu, has the status of a Junior Seventh-Grade official, holding high power."

"He holds the City Defense Department’s military badge, able to mobilize a thousand City Defense guards. Lin Zhenwu, Shao Pengshu, and I had our suspicions but dared not, and could not, act against him."

"Is this the badge you mean?" Chu Ming took the badge he had retrieved from Zheng Xiguan and showed it to Fang Xiao.

Hmm?

Fang Xiao’s eyes immediately focused, staring intently at the badge. "Young Master, you..."

His focused gaze suddenly emitted a sharp gleam.

With one glance, he was certain that the badge was indeed the Defense Chief’s badge, which had the authority to mobilize the Criminal Defense Bureau guards!

The City Defense Department Defense Chief’s badge here, what does it signify?!

It signifies...

"Zheng Xiguan is dead."

Chu Ming said calmly, as if it was the most ordinary thing.

Fang Xiao froze in place, feeling words in his throat, yet unable to say a single one.

How he died wasn’t difficult to deduce.

The Young Master not only went to the dungeon of the Criminal Defense Bureau but also casually killed the Defense Chief?

But thinking about it, with Chu Ming’s strength having reached the Strong Bone Realm, killing a Blood Circulation Realm martial artist did not seem too surprising.

Then, Fang Xiao thought of something and asked, "Young Master, what about the lady from the Chu Family...?"

"She is also dead," Chu Ming pondered and said, "Oh yes, she also had a brother..."

With that, he took out the items he had retrieved from the Wan Family siblings.

Broken silver, silver notes, jade plaques, letters, and a gold note.

Chu Ming unfolded the letter to read.

After a moment, he handed the letter to Fang Xiao. "Take a look, Housekeeper Fang."

Fang Xiao took the letter, lowering his gaze.

The contents of the letter confirmed their suspicions— the Wan Family wanted to rescue Wan Yuan.