Chapter 223: Beat Him!

The night was cold, and the moonlight was cool.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two dark shadows flew back and forth in the courtyard, swift as the wind and lightning, incredibly fast. They were, of course, the two young eagles.

Chu Liang used a small knife to cut off a piece of demon beast flesh and tossed it into the air.

“Screech!”

One of the young eagles instantly flew over, opened its beak to catch it, and swallowed it whole.

Chu Liang had also given these two young eagles names.

They were, respectively, Eagle One and Eagle Two.

The two young eagles were quite satisfied with these names, praising them repeatedly, saying that Chu Liang was exceptionally literary, erudite, and practically the reincarnation of an ancient literary sage.

However, they both expressed that they were not worthy of such good names and wanted to change them.

But Chu Liang insisted that this was how it would be.

The two young eagles had no choice but to accept, after all, Chu Liang was their master.

The night was deep. Rat One and Rat Two took the two young eagles to the rat’s nest to explain Chu Liang’s experiences and personality to them.

Chu Liang himself returned to his room to rest for the night.

The next day, the sun was high in the sky.

He leisurely got up and went to the corner of the room to observe the cultivated medicinal plants.

“Huh, they’ve all sprouted!”

Chu Liang’s eyes lit up, and he squatted down to take a closer look.

There were significant changes in the pottery basin. The three bloodline fruit vines had all grown new leaves, showing much more vitality.

In addition, the three fruit pits had all sprouted, and tiny green vines had emerged from the soil.

Such changes in just one night, truly worthy of the five-colored soil and stone flesh!

Chu Liang was in a great mood, and his appetite improved considerably. He ate several more jin of flesh for breakfast.

After the meal, martial arts training!

He took the stone flesh powder, blood-replenishing pills, and Qi and blood treasure medicine, and continued to temper his Qi and blood as usual. Qi and blood were the foundation of body tempering martial arts, and one could not slack off in the slightest. It was said that body tempering grandmasters were all powerful existences with Qi and blood like dragons.

An hour later, Chu Liang finished tempering. His Qi and blood surged, and his body was burning hot.

“Hoo…”

He exhaled and immediately entered the kitchen, soaking in a wooden tub to stimulate his skin membrane and accelerate the shedding process.

The cultivation technique had many methods to accelerate skin shedding, such as striking wooden stakes or boulders with various parts of the body, or standing under a waterfall to let the water impact the skin. These were all external stimulation methods. Among them, the medicinal bath was the most extravagant and also the most effective.

Chu Liang’s medicinal bath was particularly extravagant. The various medicines were combined according to the requirements of the cultivation technique, 《Dragon Tiger Body Refining Manual》.

Just this one soak, not counting the stone flesh powder, the other medicines added up to two to three thousand silver taels.

After soaking for half an hour, Chu Liang got out of the wooden tub and returned to the courtyard to temper his Qi and blood again.

This cycle continued for the entire day.

Today alone, he spent over ten thousand silver taels just on medicinal baths.

Ordinary Skin Tempering Realm martial artists could not afford such a cost and could only rely on slow and laborious methods to gradually shed their skin.

“At most, in a month, I can shed my skin again!”

Chu Liang was full of confidence. He was not short of money at all and could completely use resources to pave a broad path for his martial arts!

He finished his training and looked up at the sky.

It was getting late.

The four great noble families controlled the Martial Alliance and had issued a command. All martial artists had to go there tonight.

“You guys watch the house. I’m going to the Martial Alliance.”

Chu Liang instructed his beast servants and turned to leave.

He went to the Martial Alliance with Hall Master Li Ren, followed by many martial arts hall disciples.

With the news spreading, Chu Liang’s status in the martial arts hall was now quite transcendent, even higher than Hall Master Li Ren’s. He had become a target of admiration for many disciples.

Ordinary disciples looked at him with admiration and awe, as if they were looking at a senior.

On the way, they encountered Shen Nong, Ye Long, and others, so they went together.

Martial Alliance, outside the Black Prison.

The night wind blew, and the lanterns swayed.

The martial artists gathered. Both the county town and the prefectural city’s martial artists had come. There were many figures, and the sound of voices was noisy.

The corpses of thirteen great demons lay in front, some intact, some broken, with demonic Qi pervading the air and a strong smell of blood. Among them, the golden barbarian elephant was the most tragic, with only a pile of rotten flesh and broken bones remaining, unable to be pieced together.

In addition, there were many cages, and inside the cages were the unranked small demons captured from the mountains.

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“Roar! Roar!”

Some of the small demons had already resigned themselves to their fate, while others were still roaring and struggling, baring their teeth and tearing or ramming the cages.

“Heh, still trying to escape?” The surrounding martial artists laughed.

“These cages were specially sent by the Prefectural City Martial Alliance to trap demons. Even ranked great demons can’t break them, let alone you small demons. Just accept your fate. This Black Prison is your destination!”

“It’s just a pity that we didn’t capture a live great demon this time.”

“We also didn’t find that treasure. Who knows who took it…”

Speaking of the treasure, everyone couldn’t help but feel regret.

Who wouldn’t want to get such a treasure?

Many martial artists believed that the person who took the treasure was among them.

Therefore, some people deliberately brought up this matter and observed the expressions of others, trying to judge by their changes in expression.

“Chu Liang, could it be that you took that treasure?” Nangong Ruofeng suddenly spoke, his green eyes staring intently at Chu Liang, like a venomous snake, his eyes cold.

Chu Liang glanced at him indifferently and did not answer.

Nangong Ruofeng sneered, “Why don’t you answer? Could it be that you have a guilty conscience?”

Chu Liang’s expression was indifferent, still not bothering to answer. He just waved his hand to the person behind him and said, “A-Wu, beat him!”

“Yes!”

Hong Wu shouted, his voice powerful, and immediately took out the golden long staff behind him.

He held the staff, his aura bursting forth, and directly charged at Nangong Ruofeng.

Nangong Ruofeng’s expression changed, and he shouted, “Hong Wu, stop!”

Hong Wu acted as if he hadn’t heard, disregarding everything, gripping the staff tightly, and swinging it fiercely at him.

Boom!

With a loud bang!

Nangong Ruofeng’s expression changed again. He used his scabbard to block the staff and retreated several steps.

This scene immediately attracted the attention of many people.

“Isn’t that Nangong Ruofeng? I heard he lost to Chu Liang before. He’s probably still not convinced.”

“It’s really shameful. Someone from the prefectural city lost to someone from the county town.”

“They’re going to fight. Everyone, move back…”

The surrounding martial artists discussed and moved back a distance.

Hearing those discussions, a trace of anger flashed across Nangong Ruofeng’s face.

He drew his long sword and said, “Alright! Hong Wu, Chu Liang, don’t think I’m afraid of you. Since you insist on fighting, then I will…”

“Alright, stop fooling around!”

An old voice sounded, stopping the two.

The person who spoke was none other than Alliance Leader Qi Cang.

His face was full of vicissitudes, his hair and beard all white. He shouted at the few people, “Hong Wu, Nangong Ruofeng, and Chu Liang, there are important matters tonight. Don’t cause trouble, you few!”

“Yes!”

The few people all cupped their hands in salute.

Hong Wu put away his staff and retreated behind Chu Liang.

Nangong Ruofeng also sheathed his sword, his expression ugly, and he snorted coldly, his eyes quite unfriendly.

Chu Liang smiled faintly and casually threw a bottle of pills to Hong Wu, saying, “Well done, take this.”

“Yes, thank you, Big Brother Chu!”

Hong Wu immediately took the pills, his attitude very respectful, looking every bit like a servant.

Seeing this scene, Nangong Ruofeng couldn’t help but sneer, “Hong Wu, if you stayed in the Gathering of Heroes Gang, what kind of pills couldn’t you get? You had to become this Chu Liang’s servant, what a joke!”

His eyes were green, and his gaze lingered for a moment on the small porcelain bottle in Hong Wu’s hand.

“This Chu Liang himself still needs cultivation resources. How good can the pills he gives you be? He probably just bought some inferior pills from a pharmacy on the roadside!”

This statement was quite agreeable to the surrounding martial artists.

Chu Liang did not have a powerful faction as a backer. Even if he entered a Count’s manor in the future, the resources he obtained would be prioritized for himself, and only the leftovers would be given to his two followers.

The pills he just casually gave out were probably this kind of leftover, cheap medicine that was almost useless for martial arts.