Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 53

Chapter 53: Breakthrough!

“How can this kid be so strong?!”

Wu Qian was unwilling to believe it, but the facts were laid out before him.

He was in excruciating pain all over his body, his chest felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer, and he had lost the ability to fight.

If he continued to fight, he would definitely be beaten to death tonight!

“No, I have to call for Big Brother!”

Wu Qian retreated repeatedly, intending to leave.

His big brother, Wu Neng, was a master of Three Strands of Qi and Blood, and mastered even stronger martial skills. Taking down Chu Liang would definitely not be a problem.

“Just leaving like that?” Chu Liang asked calmly.

“Chu Liang, let’s just stop here, I admit defeat!”

“Weren’t you going to kill me?”

“That was just said in the heat of the moment! I was angry at that Song Zhong, and in a moment of anger, I came back to find you.”

“Oh?”

Chu Liang chuckled and asked, “You were angry at Song Zhong, why didn’t you go find them, but came to find me instead?”

“I…”

Wu Qian opened his mouth, hesitating, seemingly pondering.

But the next moment, he suddenly kicked up the dust in the yard, kicking up a cloud of dust, and then leaped onto the courtyard wall.

He turned back and gave a cold look, sneering, “Chu Liang, I was just talking to you to stall for time… My big brother and the others are just ahead, if you have the guts, come after me!”

With that, he prepared to jump down from the courtyard wall.

He was certain that Chu Liang wouldn’t dare to chase after him. After all, Chu Liang alone couldn’t possibly be a match for an entire demon hunting team.

But at that moment, he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.

“Not good!”

Wu Qian cried out in his heart.

He didn’t even have time to react, his body went limp, and he fell headfirst off the courtyard wall.

Poisoned!

He was horrified, and immediately understood his situation.

“What kind of poison is this?”

Wu Qian’s face was pale, he had no idea how he had been poisoned.

During the fight just now, Chu Liang hadn’t used any hidden weapons, nor had he used any sharp weapons, and he hadn’t inflicted any bleeding wounds on Wu Qian.

“It’s poison smoke! How can there be such a terrifying poison smoke?”

Wu Qian couldn’t think of any other possibility.

He was right.

In the shadows of the corner of the yard, a small mouse with sleek fur was holding an unsealed porcelain bottle, which contained the “Seven Steps Down” sleeping smoke.

When the two had distanced themselves earlier, Chu Liang guessed that Wu Qian was going to escape, and signaled to the little mouse to open the porcelain bottle.

Just a few words of conversation were enough time for Wu Qian to inhale a sufficient amount of the sleeping smoke.

Chu Liang looked calm, patted the dust off his clothes, walked calmly to Wu Qian, and smiled, “Master Wu, I was also just talking to you to stall for time.”

“Chu Liang, my big brother Wu Neng…”

“My demon beast went out to scout, and it told me that your big brother and the others are not outside.”

“Chu Liang, you… you…”

Wu Qian wanted to say something, but his neck was already being gripped by Chu Liang.

His eyes bulged, his face flushed, his whole body trembled violently, and he struggled with all his might.

But he had inhaled too much sleeping smoke, and now his strength was less than that of a child. He was completely unable to resist, and he couldn’t even utter a word of threat or beg for mercy.

For a moment, the fear of death enveloped Wu Qian.

He felt a chill run down his spine, and suddenly regretted being so arrogant. If he had known this would happen, he should have called his big brother Wu Neng and the others to deal with Chu Liang together.

No… that’s not right!

With that terrifying poison smoke, even if the entire demon hunting team came together, they would still be no match for Chu Liang!

They would all die no matter how many came!

Thinking of this, Wu Qian’s heart trembled, and he began to struggle desperately again, using his last bit of strength, trying to send out some kind of message.

But Chu Liang didn’t give him the chance.

“Crack!”

A crisp sound.

Wu Qian’s body shook, his limbs went limp, and he stopped moving.

Chu Liang had snapped his neck.

“It’s still better to snap the neck, there’s no blood splatter. I should try to use this method to kill people in the future.”

Chu Liang searched Wu Qian’s body, but only found a few taels of silver.

After that, he used the Corpse Dissolving Liquid to dispose of the body, poured the dissolved remains into the latrine, and briefly cleaned up the traces of the fight.

A gentle night breeze blew, and Chu Liang’s small courtyard was quiet, as if nothing had ever happened.

After doing all this, he returned to the courtyard and pondered quietly.

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The fight just now had given him a lot to think about.

“The tiger demon was very strong, strong in its natural physique and fighting ability, but in terms of skill, it was far inferior to Wu Qian.”

Chu Liang closed his eyes slightly, and the scene of his fight with Wu Qian kept replaying in his mind.

Wu Qian was a very difficult opponent.

He was experienced in fighting, his moves were flexible and varied, his attacks were sometimes strong and sometimes weak, unpredictable.

Some moves looked fierce, but were actually just feints, while others looked ordinary, but actually concealed killing intent.

Tonight, if it had been Master Hu facing Wu Qian, he probably wouldn’t have been able to withstand even ten moves, and might even have had his throat torn open by Wu Qian’s Eagle Claw within three moves.

“That Eagle Claw should also be a martial skill.”

Chu Liang thought of his torn clothes.

He had already disposed of the clothes, but the marks on them were still etched in his mind.

If he hadn’t been protected by the soft armor, Wu Qian’s Eagle Claw would definitely have left several horrifying wounds on his chest.

“And that flying needle hidden weapon, his flying needle hidden weapon emphasizes the ‘unorthodox’, hidden in his mouth, it can have an unexpected effect when fighting against others.”

The flying needle hidden weapon used by Wu Qian, in terms of quality, was far inferior to Chu Liang’s own hidden weapons that had been evolved twice.

The flying needles he spat out were not fast.

As long as one paid a little attention, they could be blocked.

But Chu Liang’s Hidden Sleeve Arrows were almost invisible and shadowless when launched, incredibly fast, even the eyes of a martial artist could hardly capture them, and they were incredibly powerful.

In fact, if Chu Liang didn’t want to fight, he could have ended it all tonight with just one Hidden Sleeve Arrow.

The entire battle process was under his control.

He could attack or defend as he pleased.

“Hu…”

A night breeze blew.

Chu Liang opened his eyes and began to practice his fist techniques in the courtyard.

His movements were slow and deliberate, each move slow, not deliberately pursuing anything, silently sensing the surging power of Qi and Blood in his body.

After a quarter of an hour, Chu Liang stopped practicing and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Breakthrough.

It happened naturally, without any hindrance.

It had been more than a month since he condensed his second strand of Qi and Blood.

Tonight, he successfully condensed his third strand of Qi and Blood!

“I’ve become a lot stronger.”

Chu Liang clenched his fist, quietly experiencing the power he possessed.

In the county town, many martial artists began to learn martial skills after condensing one strand of Qi and Blood.

For most martial artists, each breakthrough in the Blood Coagulation Realm was very long, perhaps taking several years.

Learning martial skills could help them quickly improve their strength.

But Chu Liang was different.

He had only been practicing martial arts for a little over three months, and he had already condensed three strands of Qi and Blood, a speed that was astonishingly fast.

“Congratulations, Master!”

“Congratulations, Master!”

The two little mice congratulated him in unison.

They stood on their hind legs, placed their front paws together in front of them, making a bowing gesture, looking a bit comical.

“Rat One, Rat Two, how is your strength now?”

Chu Liang was in a good mood, sat down at the stone table, and asked the two mice.

“Master, we both have strength close to Three Strands of Qi and Blood, thanks to Master providing us with enough demon beast meat.”

“Don’t mention it, the stronger the two of you are, the better.”

Chu Liang sipped his Blood Ginseng Tea and continued, “Tonight, the two of you be on alert, call me immediately if anything happens.”

“Yes!”

The two little mice immediately ran off, one out of the courtyard, and the other climbed up the big sophora tree in the courtyard.

With these two little guys around, Chu Liang could sleep soundly tonight.

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At this time, in a forest far from Qing Shi Village.

Wu Neng and the others were still waiting for Wu Qian to return.