Chapter 255: Chapter 254: They Are All Useless! (Subscribe Please)
"Speak, what is going on?"
Yan Ming looked at these people expressionlessly, his gaze as if he were looking at a few reptiles.
"Repeat what you just said." Fang Yun spoke: "If your words differ from before, be careful of your worthless lives."
"Yes, yes, yes."
The few of them exchanged glances, quickly nodding and recounting the sequence of events like spilling beans from a bamboo tube.
After finishing, Yan Junwei and Tian Guo exchanged glances, their eyes showing some anticipation.
As expected, they saw the City Lord himself.
Should they not receive some rewards? Like top-grade Qi Blood Pills, which even powerful Martial Artists are entitled to in the merchant houses.
With the identity of the City Lord, giving each person one bottle would be too stingy. At least, it should be two or three bottles for each.
It would be even better if there were some other rewards.
Bai Hong’s heart felt like fifteen buckets drawing water, up and down unpredictably.
He genuinely didn’t want to get involved in this matter, but in the martial world, sometimes one can’t help themselves.
He could only hope that the City Lord of Anshan City would let him leave safely later.
As for the two or three people from the merchant house, their faces were deathly pale, heads lowered, not daring to make any sound.
Since Lu Yang got into trouble at the association, these few persons were clueless.
Their dereliction of duty would certainly be on their heads.
Of course, if they found the culprit, their fate might be the same as the few bodies on the ground.
Thinking of this, it was perhaps better not to have discovered anything.
Yan Ming frowned deeply after listening.
It was the same as what Fang Yun said previously, just with many more details.
Overall, it seemed that yesterday morning, Guan Dehua hurriedly left the city with his men, likely because he received Song Hailong’s call about his brother’s death, thus hastily going for revenge.
Both parties went to that Chen Family Stronghold.
In the end, all dozens of well-armed people, including several Meridian Refining Martial Artists and even a C-level Awakened, went missing.
"Hahaha."
At this thought, he suddenly burst into laughter.
Yan Junwei and Tian Guo were so frightened they almost collapsed.
What’s so funny here? Shouldn’t he be furious?
"Useless, all useless! So many people can’t even handle a small stronghold!"
Yan Ming abruptly ceased his laughter, his eyes showing a sharp look, staring at a few people: "And you too, a bunch of useless! I’ve fed you for so many years, given you elixirs that even those in the Martial Arts Association can’t get, and this is how you repay me?"
Yan Junwei, Tian Guo, and a few others were stunned, not reacting when a blaze suddenly engulfed them, and in almost no time, the flames swallowed them whole, bringing excruciating pain like a tidal wave.
"Ah! Mercy! Mercy!"
"City Lord!"
"Mercy!"
The few of them screamed heart-wrenchingly, begging for mercy.
Yan Junwei and Tian Guo found it utterly unbelievable.
They thought reporting such crucial information would earn the City Lord’s reward.
As it turned out, the other party was not moved at all and treated them as worthless trash.
Yan Ming slightly curled his lips, seemingly enjoying the scene.
Beside him, Fang Yun acted as if he hadn’t seen anything, his expression normal.
After tens of seconds, they turned into charred corpses, emitting thick smoke.
"Brother Yan, what’s next?"
Fang Yun finally asked.
"Look for Meng Xue."
Yan Ming said coldly: "Check where Guan Dehua went and who dared to slap my face."
"Alright."
Fang Yun nodded and followed.
Undoubtedly, this matter was quite mysterious.
However, the truth couldn’t be hidden from that person’s eyes.
Just hope that Guan Dehua is still alive.
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[Divine Arrow Technique: Initial Glimpse (0%), Traits: Strength of One Ox Level 1, Gathering Spirit Level 1]
Seeing the unlocked traits, Chen Fan’s face showed a smile.
Two hundred and forty experience points were well spent.
Each level-up increases power by 100 points, and spirit attributes by 30%.
His spirit attributes now almost reached thirty hundred thousand points.
Not to mention a 30% increase, even 10% would be significant.
"Perfect Divine Arrow, Gathering Spirit Level 5, traits stack together, will spirit power exceed a million?"
Chen Fan’s eyes lit up.
A million spirit power can keep Celestial Response active for over ten seconds.
This alone made the arrow technique worth learning.
"Continue, there must be stronger traits later."
Chen Fan added four hundred eighty experience points.
The spirit power in his mind grew even stronger.
[Divine Arrow Technique: Slight Achievement (0%), Traits: Strength of One Ox Level 2, Gathering Spirit Level 2]
No new traits unlocked.
Chen Fan thought again and consumed nearly a thousand experience points, this time gained a memory.
[Divine Arrow Technique: Entering the Hall (0%), Traits: Strength of One Ox Level 3, Gathering Spirit Level 3, Tracking Arrow Level 1]
"Tracking Arrow?"
Chen Fan was a bit surprised.
[Tracking Arrow: Active Skill, consumes 1000 True Qi Value, 500 spirit power. Once activated, a single arrow can sense the enemy’s breath and track for attacks. Each skill level increases the number of tracking arrows by one.]
After watching for a while, he found it quite interesting.
This trait didn’t enhance the arrow’s power.
And Level 1 only allows shooting one tracking arrow. Even if the technique reaches perfection, it can only shoot three at a time.
The advantage is that it’s a guided arrow that can track, turn, and hit the opponent from various strange angles.
But using such arrows is somewhat impractical.
If they could stack with the Sun-Shooting Arrow or Flaming Arrow, it would be different.
Its effect would be like a guided missile.
"I wonder if more traits can be unlocked later?" Chen Fan pondered.
His intuition told him there should be.
Unlocking these three traits doesn’t seem to capture the essence of this arrow technique.
Consuming nearly six thousand experience points again, [Divine Arrow Technique] finally reached the Perfection Realm.
[Divine Arrow Technique: Perfection (cannot be upgraded), Traits: Strength of One Ox Level 5, Gathering Spirit Level 5, Tracking Arrow Level 3, Divine Arrow Level 1]
[Divine Arrow: Active Skill, activated with a minimum of ten thousand spirit power. It visualizes spirit power into arrows, causing double the mental damage to the opponent’s divine soul. Every skill level upgrades the damage by one fold.]
After reading, Chen Fan took a deep breath.
This Divine Arrow didn’t need physical arrows.
Precisely speaking, it didn’t need real-world arrows as it visualizes the practitioner’s mental power into arrows, like sword beams or saber qi, but clearly harder.
This aspect is highly impressive.
And highly practical too.
Firstly, the power, twice the mental damage means his ten thousand spirit power arrow causes twenty thousand spiritual damage.
By comparison, Soul-Annihilating Finger only deals single mental damage.
Secondly, its attack range is much bigger.
Soul-Annihilating Finger’s range is about a hundred meters, weakening if further.
And Divine Arrow’s range depends on the bow’s range, extending as far as the bow reaches.
If paired with the Sun-Shooting Arrow’s Arrow Shooting the Sky trait, the range doubles again.
Chen Fan felt these traits should work together.
Because the visualized mental arrow is still an arrow.
To be safe, he should test it later.
For now, three arrow techniques reached the Perfection Realm.
Even with the same bow, his combat power has increased by more than twice.
Facing the Fire Scaly Pig again, he has multiple ways to kill it.
But first, there’s an important issue, True Qi.
It’s like a game’s blue bar, without it, powerful skills can’t be used.
Chen Fan glanced at the remaining experience points, over 320,000.
"Lots of experience points left; learn some pill formulas first to avoid running out later when other skills need too much experience."
He had four True Qi Pill formulas, two for top grade, one for top-grade, and one for Celestial grade.
Chen Fan thought and started from the least likely to produce top-grade True Qi Pills, going from easy to difficult.
Once all four alchemy reached the perfection realm, then combine them.
"Wonder how the effect will be."
Chen Fan’s eyes showed some anticipation, then focused on the skill bar.
[True Qi Pill Alchemy (Gu Jun): Completely Ignorant (0%)]
He added one point, the skill level increased by 0.4%.
"So high?"
Chen Fan widened his eyes in surprise.
The Awakened Association’s top-grade Qi Blood Pill beginner level needed only 150 experience points.
True Qi Pill Alchemy beginner level required 400 points, more than twice!
"Not good?"
He looked at the other three alchemies, especially the Celestial-grade Qi Blood Pill one.
The beginner level must need over a thousand points?
Even the highly skilled Awakened Association people couldn’t perfect this alchemy and create Celestial-grade True Qi Pills.
He focused again, adding the remaining three hundred points at once.
A flash of insight in his mind.
[True Qi Pill: Initial Glimpse (0%), Traits: Pill Formation Level 1, Low Grade]
Same traits as Qi Blood Pill Alchemy beginner, but the probability may differ.
Chen Fan took a deep breath and began adding points.