Chapter Nineteenth Return to Cangzhou City

  The old man's pale face showed a bitter smile as he hastily invited Wang Chen into the house.

  Although it was late afternoon, the dimly lit room was already blurry and unclear. The old man lit a oil lamp, under the dim light of which the room was in disarray, with tables and chairs placed chaotically, jars shattered all over the floor, and torn clothes scattered everywhere!

  The desolate scene made Wang Chen's anger even more intense.

  The old man bowed his head, lifted up a brick from under the bed, and took out a letter. "This is a letter left by Tiesheng before he went to rescue Meimei, saying that if he didn't come back, give it to you..." The old man said, tears streaming down his face!

  Wang Chen gently tore open the envelope and looked inside.

  My brother Wang Chen:

  My brother knows that his life is not going to be preserved, but the hatred for killing his wife cannot be unreported. He only leaves one daughter and one father, hoping that his brother will take care of them instead.

  ………….

  Do not seek revenge

  Brother Zhang Tieliu's handwriting

  After reading the short piece of paper, Wang Chen already knew the whole story. It turned out that Li Qingzhu had not given up on that day and was still lusting after Zhang Tie's wife's beauty. A few months after Wang Chen left, he sent someone to kidnap Zhang Tie's wife while she was shopping on the street, and later when Zhang Tie went to demand her return, he only found her nearly raped corpse.

  Zhang Tie, although simple and honest, was also young and vigorous. He couldn't bear the humiliation and wanted to take revenge. As a result, he was killed by Li Qingzhu's father, who was a senior member of the Dragon and Tiger Society with great power and influence. The matter was thus settled. Only one daughter and her elderly father-in-law were left behind.

  After reading the letter, Wang Chen felt a suffocating pain in his heart.

  With a slight flick of his wrist, the letter in Wang Chen's hand turned to dust. The old man caught sight of this movement and was shocked in his heart! His tears also stopped, staring blankly at Wang Chen.

  After a moment of silence, Wang Chen pretended to reach into his bosom and pulled out five silver notes from his storage bag, handing them over to the old man.

  "Zhang Tie is as close to me as a brother, and I will naturally avenge his grievances. However, I no longer wish to be involved in worldly affairs, so his young daughter can only trouble her uncle to take care of her! Take these silver notes and leave immediately tonight, hire a horse carriage and head to the capital city!"

  The old man heard the words, paused for a moment and started packing his things. After a while, the old man went to another house to pick up Zhang Tie's daughter. The little girl had a smile on her round face, and Wang Chen held the child in his arms, feeling much calmer.

  Dada

  The sound of the carriage came over, Wang Chen and the leader of the merchant group exchanged a few words, and casually crushed a treasured sword in the mortal world. The leader was shocked and politely sent the two onto the carriage.

  As he was about to leave, Wang Chen pulled the old man back, took out an ancient book and handed it over. "This is a rare book, consider it as a dowry from me, your uncle, for Zhang Tie's daughter's future marriage! Remember not to let outsiders see it!"

  Wang Chen reminded him once again, and after the carriage left, he turned around and left!

  "That's all I can do. The capital city is already under the control of Prince Liang, it's not as chaotic as other places, should be much safer, next..."

  Wang Chen stared in the direction of the Dragon and Tiger Gang, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes!

  ………………………………………

  The second night, Cangzhou City South, Luanyun Gang.

  A young man sat beside a tomb, holding up his wine cup and muttering to himself in front of the tombstone. He took a sip of wine, said a few words, then drank some more!

  At the front of the tombstone were two human heads, with fresh blood splattered all around, looking even more terrifying in the dark night. The young man didn't seem to care!

  This young man was naturally Wang Chen, and the two skulls were naturally the heads of Li Qingzhu's father and son who were killed by Wang Chen to sacrifice Zhang Tie!

  "Brother Tie, this wine is my belated congratulatory wine for you, congratulations on marrying Mei girl..."

  "This cup of wine is to thank you for the few times you wielded a giant sword for me, just us two have been closest over the years, we've been together since we were nine, now... we're separated by heaven and earth..."

  "This cup of wine is for myself, rest assured, brother has already avenged you..."

  "You don't know, I've already cultivated immortality. Originally, I didn't know how to face you in the future, but then you left and are still so good to me... not letting me be embarrassed..."

  Drunk, Wang Chen was really drunk. If there was still someone who made Wang Chen worried after embarking on the path of cultivation, it would only be Zhang Tie. They had been together since they were nine years old in the Dragon and Tiger Sect, like brothers, helping each other out, drinking together; when Zhang Tie got into trouble, Wang Chen drew his sword without saying a word, and even offended the sect's elder for it; when Wang Chen needed a giant sword, Zhang Tie saved up all his silver coins to have one made and gave it to Wang Chen.

  Neither of them said anything like "sworn brothers". Zhang Tie was taciturn and not good at expressing himself, while Wang Chen felt that the feelings between brothers were too great to be expressed in words, and didn't need to be said.

  Late at night.

  Wang Chen didn't use his spiritual power to force the alcohol out, and after drinking it all, he lay down on the ground and fell asleep. He was really exhausted, from his young wandering days, to the struggles of the Dragon Tiger Gang, to the life-and-death battle in Yangzhou, and now being separated from his good friend by life and death, Wang Chen deserved a good rest.

  After falling asleep, Wang Chen was very calm and serene, his heart also felt much more comfortable, the previous feeling of depression had disappeared, but the city of Cangzhou had undergone a huge change because of this!

  Dragon and Tiger Society, Dragon and Tiger Hall.

  This is where the leader and elders of the Dragon Tiger Gang discuss matters, but tonight a huge quarrel has erupted!

  "Who can tell everyone what's going on? In an instant, more than a dozen elders died, who is that young man!"

  "Boss, this person is just making excuses! We've already investigated Zhang Tie's background and he doesn't know him at all..."

  "Boss, Liang Wang is getting more and more aggressive, this might just be a show of force from their side."

  ……

  A group of elders afterwards abandoned the compensation for more than a dozen dead gang members, and instead had a dispute over the whereabouts of the Dragon Tiger Gang.

  This is also normal, Wang Chen killed one person with one sword, and more than a dozen top masters died in the blink of an eye. The elder of the Dragon Tiger Gang was not stupid either, and if they continued to fight like this, even if all the members of the Dragon Tiger Gang were killed, it would be pointless.

  After the debate, the elders actually had a fierce fight, and finally two Zhang Lao died. The elders stopped their hands, reached a consensus, and the trend of Liang Wang's unification of Xia Guo could no longer be changed. The situation where the factions occupied the city for over 100 years will also cease to exist!

  One group of elders decided to serve King Liang, while another group decided to establish a martial arts sect and no longer interfere in politics. That night, the Dragon Tiger Gang split up.

  On the second day, other gangs in Cangzhou City learned about it and attacked Longhu Gang! Longhu Gang suffered heavy losses and fled in disarray.

  However, just a month later, with the help of Liang Wang's army, the gangs in Cangzhou were completely destroyed! The disciples of Longhu Bang not only survived but also thrived, some establishing the Wulin Gate faction on the desolate mountain, while others became officials under Liang Guo.

  After that, Xia Guo was swept away by King Liang in just over a month. The gangs were either recruited or destroyed, and some returned to the famous mountains to establish their own sects!

  The pattern of gang warfare that had lasted for over a hundred years disappeared, and Xia Guo was renamed Liang Guo, thus entering a long period of peaceful prosperity!

  But all of this has nothing to do with Wang Chen. The next morning, when he woke up, Wang Chen was shocked because the cultivation that had been stuck for half a year suddenly broke through, from Qi Refining Stage 1 to Qi Refining Stage 2.

  Although he didn't know the specific reason, Wang Chen guessed that it should be related to his own revenge and venting!

  Reading ten thousand volumes is not as useful as traveling ten thousand miles; ancient people were indeed not deceiving me!

  Now that his cultivation had broken through, Wang Chen naturally needed to stabilize his cultivation. Otherwise, rushing on the road would be of no use.

  In the desolate and nameless mountain, within a simple cave. Wang Chen quietly circulated his cultivation method, with faintly visible spiritual energy surrounding him. In his meridians, the spiritual energy ran along the lines of the Five Elements Basic Method, and each circulation increased the energy by a thread, making its quality even purer!

  At last, at a certain moment, a faint whirlwind hung around Wang Chen, and the spiritual energy surrounding him rushed into his body. After a long time, the spiritual energy in the meridians slowly merged with the magical power, and finally entered the dantian.

  "The second layer of Qi finally stabilized!"

  Wang Chen muttered to himself, filled with a mix of joy and bitterness. In just one year, he had broken through the first layer of Qi training! Wang Chen finally truly felt the difficulty of cultivating immortality.

  And this breakthrough was also brought about by the death of a good friend, and the road ahead is still very long!

  Having consolidated his newly broken-through cultivation, Wang Chen naturally got familiar with the spiritual power after the breakthrough and practiced some spells at the same time!

  Whoosh!

  A fireball shot out and hit a rock, splitting it into four pieces.

  "Not bad, the power has increased by 20% compared to before, but this fireball is too slow. If you dodge carefully, there won't be any problem at all! If you don't grasp the timing well, it's just a waste of magical power!"

  Then Wang Chen practiced several other simple spells, although he was a cultivator now, many basic spells still needed to be practiced constantly, such as the Object Removal Spell, the Spiritual Eye Spell and so on.

  The Drive Technique is the foundation of driving artifacts, and only when the Drive Technique is practiced well can the cultivator exert the maximum power of the artifact. The Lingyan Technique is a low-level technique that allows one to view the cultivation level of other cultivators who are lower than oneself. Of course, this is generally considered an unfriendly act by other cultivators.

  The main function of spiritual insight is to distinguish between ordinary people and practitioners.

  The geographical location of Xia Guo is like most countries, surrounded by natural barriers on all sides, which means that ordinary people find it difficult to know about the existence of other countries.

  The scope of the secular world actually only occupies less than one-tenth of what is in the eyes of cultivators, other places are occupied by cultivation sects, families or demon beasts, and the secular cannot reach!

  Each Bao Shi's periphery has the same illusion formation. This formation has no attack and defense power, but ordinary people will be surrounded by fog after entering, and finally go around. Only cultivators who have cultivated the Lingyan technique can enter, so the Lingyan technique is considered a technique that distinguishes between cultivators and ordinary people.