After reaching 1st Realm Initial Insight 1% with Picking Flowers and Leaves.

Su Que recalled that night when he fought "Greedy Wolf" Zhang Bengen, Zhang Bengen wrapped Myriad Poison True Qi around a poisoned hidden weapon.

'If Myriad Poison True Qi is powerful enough, there's no need to poison the hidden weapon.'

Su Que remembered the method to poison the hidden weapon extracted from Zhang Bengen's mouth.

Obtaining the poisons required for poisoning is not easy; most must be purchased on the black market.

Moreover, after purchasing the poisons, you have to mix them yourself.

So many steps make it too troublesome.

Su Que's mind stirred, and he wrapped Myriad Poison True Qi around a rock.

The rock was instantly enveloped with a faint purple aura.

Then, Su Que flicked his wrist, unleashing both Power and True Qi!

The stone "shushed" out, piercing through four large trees in a row before losing momentum and falling to the ground.

Looking at the holes in the trees, Su Que noticed light smoke wafting around the holes, and the surrounding areas withered and turned black.

'If I continue practicing like this, my poison and hidden weapon skills will be no less than those of a Tang Sect Assassin!'

Su Que picked up a few more stones from the ground and continued throwing them.

The cultivation progress of Picking Flowers and Leaves increased rapidly.

...

Zhang Bengen was just a Class C Tang Sect Outer Disciple Assassin, a loner, so his disappearance would not concern anyone.

But Ou Tianhao, a young genius from a branch family of the Ou family, had been missing for days, naturally drawing the family's attention.

His father, Ou Haquan, a martial artist who had opened twelve meridians, brought a few family experts.

Together with his uncle Ou Haofeng, a Centurion of the Thunderbolt Army and an expert who had opened ten meridians, they led dozens of military experts to Jade Water City.

Accompanying them was Zhan Qingtian, the County Magistrate of Jade Water City.

After Ou Tianhao and the Tang Sect Assassin "Greedy Wolf" arrived one after another, Zhan Qingtian packed his bags and left Jade Water City, heading to Prefecture City to make arrangements and hope for military experts to be sent to Jade Water City.

Now, with Ou Tianhao missing in Jade Water City, Ou Haquan and Ou Haofeng returned to Jade Water City with Zhan Qingtian to investigate Ou Tianhao's whereabouts.

Zhan Qingtian only mentioned that Ou Tianhao went to Bai Wuji's villa that night and did not say that the Tang Sect Assassin "Greedy Wolf" later came looking for him.

That night, he heard from the constables that they saw the mysterious expert who killed Bai Wuji at the villa.

However, without finding Ou Tianhao, they could not determine whether Ou Tianhao was alive or dead.

More importantly, they could not determine whether it was the Tang Sect Assassin or the mysterious martial artist who killed Ou Tianhao if he was indeed dead.

If Ou Haquan knew that the Tang Sect Assassin "Greedy Wolf" went to Bai Wuji's villa because of information from Zhan Qingtian, he would certainly kill Zhan Qingtian.

That night, Zhan Qingtian instructed the people at the Government Office not to spread the news about the Tang Sect Assassin's visit.

The constables, fearing they would be implicated and with nothing to gain, kept their mouths shut.

Led by Zhan Qingtian, Ou Haquan and his men went to Bai Wuji's villa and saw the traces of the fight.

"This is... Tang Sect's Hidden Weapon!"

Ou Haquan and Ou Haofeng recognized the Tang Sect's hidden weapons on the ground and trees.

"Could it be that Hao'er was killed by the Tang Sect Assassin?" Ou Haquan's eyes turned red, staring at the Tang Sect's hidden weapon, gritting his teeth.

"Brother, look over there!"

Ou Haofeng quickly spotted several broken trees, with only stumps left on the ground.

The trees were withered, but the shattered meridians at the break were still visible.

"This is the Seven Injuries Fist!"

Ou Haquan also recognized this famous martial arts fist technique.

"Here we see traces of battles involving Hao'er, a Tang Sect Assassin, and a mysterious martial artist, but we don't know who killed Hao'er or who captured him!"

Ou Haquan furrowed his brows.

"Zhan Qingtian!"

Ou Haquan suddenly called Zhan Qingtian.

Zhan Qingtian startled, immediately stepped forward.

"In your county, is there a martial artist proficient in the Seven Injuries Fist? Surely they know something!"

Zhan Qingtian replied, "Indeed, there was a mysterious martial artist who killed Bai Wuji not long ago; I heard from my constables that this martial artist is proficient in the Seven Injuries Fist."

"Oh, how does he look, and can you find him?" Ou Haquan asked.

Zhan Qingtian said, "He wears a mask and cloak, so his appearance is hidden. However, he is quite muscular and nearly nine feet tall."

Ou Haquan resumed, "I'll arrange my people, you arrange yours. Let's search within Jade Water City!"

Zhan Qingtian instantly agreed.

A few days later, they indeed found a person, a butcher from the west side of the city, surname Zheng.

His height is nine feet, and his physique is truly like a stone tower.

Under him are more than a dozen followers, and he has five concubines at home.

Although this Zheng Tu is usually overbearing, after learning about the identities of Ou Haquan and others, he behaves like a sheep encountering a wolf.

A towering nine-foot figure even greater than Ou Haquan, trembled involuntarily.

Ou Haquan immediately tested Zheng Tu's martial arts.

The test revealed that Zheng Tu only knew a few tricks and essentially did not know martial arts.

Probing with True Qi found that Zheng Tu's body had not undergone Qi Blood refining.

'Could it be that he's learned an extremely powerful concealment technique?'

Considering his son's life and death, he didn't want to miss any possibility, so he hit Zheng Tu heavily.

After beating Zheng Tu to death, the man never revealed any martial prowess from beginning to end.

'It seems it's not him...'

'Of course, it's also possible he kept hiding his abilities until death...'

'Better keep searching.'

After killing the man, Ou Haquan and his men walked away without so much as blinking an eye.

The onlookers, seeing Ou Haquan's dominance, stepped aside when he turned, fearing to provoke him.

Among the dispersing crowd, Su Que also left quietly, his eyes twitching slightly.

'In this world, those with great power can so easily disregard human life!'

'Although I'm invincible in this small county, I'm still too weak in the entire Liang Kingdom!'

'Even with over two hundred years of lifespan, I'm afraid of getting inexplicably involved in strange events, leading to a senseless tragic death.'

'Like this Zheng Tu, who could have foreseen when drinking and singing yesterday that today, he'd die because he's too tall and strong, slain by a famous Meridian Opening Realm expert in the Prefecture City?'

As the people slowly dispersed, Su Que also left the crowd, heading towards the city outskirts.

He needed to relocate his supplies from Cyan Flower Mountain.

Usually, when practicing martial arts, he would choose different places.

He had been to many forests within a hundred miles of Jade Water City.

The trees bore marks from his training.

He planned to move his Cyan Flower Mountain supplies further into the mountains.

Once those people found his traces in the woods, most likely they would search within a hundred-mile radius of Jade Water City first.

In that range, even with hundreds of people, it would take months to search thoroughly.

If it was further out, the area would be larger.

In this area, there are more mountains, more forests.

Those people have minimal chance of finding his stash.

With his now exceptional Lightweight Skill, his speed has greatly increased, so even a long journey is nothing to him.

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