My Apprentice Is Too Diligent

Chapter 68: You Can't Escape! (Please Subscribe)

Squeak!

The door was pushed open from the outside.

A man in his thirties, slender with medium build, long arms, thick eyebrows, and bright eyes, stepped into the study.

"You've come really early, and it's quite fortunate."

The man glanced at Chen Wuji, his lips curling up. "You've gathered all the incomplete maps that record the location of the Alchemy Cave, right?"

"Hand over the map, and I can give you a chance..."

Whoosh!

Chen Wuji's figure flickered and rushed towards the window, leaping out into the air.

Swish~

Swish!

As soon as he landed, he swiftly moved, flying over the wall and leaving the backyard.

The dim county town, empty streets, and quiet alleys.

Chen Wuji flew swiftly, heading straight for the outskirts of the city.

However, without needing to look back, he sensed a presence behind him, closely following.

Such incredible speed!

Chen Wuji had already pushed his lightness technique to the limit, his perfect Lightning Steps, accompanied by a sense of artistic conception, making his mind exceptionally clear. As he sprinted and moved, he accurately avoided all obstacles.

But the presence behind him never disappeared, always hanging on, no matter how Chen Wuji changed direction.

A True Qi Realm martial technique?

A special Treasure Weapon enhancement?

A speed-based lightness technique even higher level than Lightning Steps?

Chen Wuji couldn't figure it out.

All he knew was that he had encountered an opponent this time.

Although he was momentarily stunned upon hearing the news of the "Ascending Cloud Good Fortune Pill" in the study, as a Martial Master, even if someone in the True Qi Realm approached the study, Chen Wuji would be able to sense it.

However, this man in his thirties approached silently, and Chen Wuji didn't notice a thing.

This indicated that the opponent's technique of concealing their breath was extremely proficient.

In terms of cultivation, without any surprises, the opponent was at least at the Fourth Layer of the True Qi Realm.

For such a master to coincidentally appear in the backyard of the county government...

Chen Wuji's first thought was that the mysterious forces behind Yang Qin, Zhao Feihu, and Xiong Zengtong had arrived!

It couldn't be guaranteed that the man in his thirties chasing after him was a representative of those forces.

But the probability was high.

Regardless of whether he was or not, Chen Wuji had to find a way to shake him off or take him down!

Whoosh~

Whoosh!

The night wind blew.

Chen Wuji stepped on the wall, left the county town, and leaped into the mountains, disappearing into the darkness.

"You can't run away."

A mocking voice came from behind.

While Chen Wuji sprinted at high speed, he silently calculated the distance between them.

He focused his mind and activated the Illusory True Soul Art.

When he turned into a bend and sprinted a distance, he suddenly turned around and flew back.

As the man emerged from the bend, Chen Wuji met him head-on with a palm strike.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The air exploded, forming a continuous blast.

True Qi erupted, fully releasing the Three Yang Force.

The strike produced eight times the strength, pouring out and bombarding the man.

"Ha~"

The man chuckled lightly, not dodging or evading, but instead circulating True Qi in the palms of his hands, directly resisting the attack.

Boom~

Boom!

With a dull and oppressive explosion, accompanied by countless chaotic streams of force, the surroundings were swept up in the mountains, breaking and snapping trees.

The ground and mountain walls were plowed with gullies, soil flying, and rocks thrown into the air.

"Your martial arts are not bad..."

Hmm!

Suddenly, the man's pupils contracted, his face stiffened, and his body swayed.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Invisible Soul-Annihilating Blades, three consecutive slashes from a distance, followed right after the Three Yang Force, locking onto the man without any warning.

His spirit suffered a heavy blow, and the man stopped in his tracks, desperately resisting.

Whoosh~

Swoosh!

The wind howled as the afterimage flashed by.

"Splat~!"

A spray of blood shot out from the man's neck.

"You..."

The man's eyes widened in anger, filled with shock, astonishment, unwillingness, and disbelief.

Fresh blood gushed uncontrollably, stinging his purplish skin as it crawled up his face.

"You... you... can't escape!"

Thud~

The man fell backward onto the ground, his purple face wide-eyed, refusing to close in death.

Crack~

Chen Wuji lifted his foot and kicked the head like kicking a ball, completely extinguishing any signs of life.

Then, he squatted down, gasping for breath.

This time, when he launched a surprise attack, Chen Wuji didn't hold back anymore. He poured out all of his True Qi and exhausted his mental strength in one go.

As a result, he caught the opponent off guard and unleashed the full power of his killing move.

At this moment, Chen Wuji's brain throbbed with pain, slowly recovering.

In the space of his dantian, the True Qi in his Qi Sea began to circulate.

In the surrounding mountains and forests of the dark night, the sound of insects chirping was incessant.

Chen Wuji stood guard by the corpse, resting for a while before slightly recovering some True Qi and the pain in his brain subsided.

He stood up, took two steps forward, and examined the body.

He found an iron plate, two small porcelain bottles, a heavy short sword with a wide blade, as well as several silver bills and a dozen or so pieces of silver.

Nothing else.

A True Qi Realm expert like him only carried such a small amount of things?

Chen Wuji checked again and confirmed that there was nothing else.

He had no choice but to put these things away, lift the body, find the head, and throw them both into the mountain stream.

Then, he returned to the county town and went back home.

Along the way, he confirmed that no one was following him and relaxed.

In the underground training room.

Chen Wuji took out the spoils of war and first examined the iron plate.

The material was somewhat special, with the word "born" engraved on the front and another word on the back.

Shi Zhang.

"The dead guy is called Shi Zhang?"

He flipped the iron plate over and checked it twice, confirming that there were no other markings.

Clearly, it was an identity plate.

Obviously, this Shi Zhang was a formal member of the mysterious force behind Yang Qin and Zhao Feihu.

As for whether he was the envoy mentioned by Yang Qin, it was uncertain.

After flipping through the identity plate for a while, Chen Wuji put it down, picked up the two porcelain bottles, opened them one by one, and looked down at the pills inside.

He sniffed the scent, which was similar to the "Qi Condensation Pill" but more concentrated than the "Qi Condensation Pill."

"A higher quality Hua Qi Pill?"

"If that's the case, one bottle is a Hua Qi Pill, what kind of pill is the other bottle?"

Chen Wuji pondered, recapped the bottles, checked the silver bills, totaling three thousand liang.

Finally, he carefully examined the heavy short sword, only to find that it had no edge.

"What's the use of carrying an unsharpened short sword?"

Chen Wuji concentrated his mind, carefully sensing and inspecting the hilt and blade of the sword.

After three times, he didn't find any markings or hidden mechanisms. The only problematic part was that the blade was a bit heavy.

"Could it be..."

Suddenly, a possibility flashed through his mind. Chen Wuji held the hilt of the sword, mobilized his True Qi, and enveloped the sword, trying to inject it.

Whoosh!

The short sword suddenly absorbed the True Qi and emitted a red light.

The blade, which had not been sharpened, continued to lengthen as it was covered in the red light.

It grew to three and a half feet long, and the blade flashed, automatically sharpening itself, sharp and dazzling.

The short sword turned into a long sword.

The surface of the blade was also wrapped in a circle of flames, flames transformed by True Qi, possessing the real burning and scorching power.

"A Treasure Weapon!?"

Chen Wuji's heart skipped a beat.

It turned out to be a Treasure Weapon, a weapon that, when infused with True Qi, possessed the power of flames!

A Treasure Weapon was not an ordinary weapon.

Even the two fine iron swords given by Zhang Keyan couldn't compare in terms of Law Manifestation.

Because every Treasure Weapon, in addition to the basic attributes of sharpness, toughness, and strength, also possessed special abilities.

Flames, frost, swift wind, scorching sun, illusion, hallucination, bloodthirst, poison...

Various incredible abilities were the precious aspects of a Treasure Weapon.

"If Shi Zhang had held this flame Treasure Weapon just now..."

Chen Wuji took a deep breath, stabilizing his mind.

In any case, this flame Treasure Weapon was now his!

"What did Shi Zhang mean by 'I can't escape' before he died?"

(End of this chapter)