Chapter 68: Blood Debt Repaid in Blood

  "Isn't that kid very impulsive? How could he bear not to take action?"

  In a separate courtyard house in Luoyi City, Zhang Chulang paced back and forth, muttering to himself, extremely anxious.

  "This time we really miscalculated, didn't expect this kid to be so tolerant. Seeing that none of them made a move against Li Kunfeng, it seems we all underestimated Lí Chén!"

  Qiu Qianyi's handsome face was gloomy, as if he found it unbelievable, with a chill in his eyes, and seemed to be thinking of some wicked idea.

  "Qiu Shixiong, if that kid finds Tianyun's Thirteen Treasures, won't our plan be exposed? At that time..."

  Zhang Chulang hastily said.

  Since that day when Li Chen easily defeated Yang Hua Tian at dawn, Zhang Chuyong knew that he would definitely fall into Li Chen's hands one day.

  That little monkey, it was he who broke through with the Monkey Wine and joined forces with Qiu Qiande to organize a large-scale siege, annihilating the Iron Arm Ape tribe and bringing back the gift that sought after Chu Ziyan.

  It is said that an innocent man with a jade pendant will be guilty, but if the Iron Arm Ape tribe didn't have the Monkey Wine, they probably wouldn't have invited such disaster.

  "What's there to fear? If he can't find the Thirteen Bandits, that would be best. But if he does, it'll be a dead end!"

  Qiu Qianyi gave him a sideways glance, silently cursing him as a hopeless case, but since he had some decent qualities, she had agreed to let her younger sister marry him.

  "What if... I mean what if, Lei Chen requests help from the sect?"

  Zhang Chulang said with trepidation.

  "Hey, if he's seeking the sect's help, this back-and-forth would take two days. The Thirteen Bandits would have left without a trace long ago, where can you still find any clues?"

  Qiu Qianyi sneered coldly, seemingly completely unbothered.

  "That's good, as long as he doesn't know it's us..."

  Zhang Chulung let out a sigh of relief.

  "Shut up! This has nothing to do with us. It's that old scoundrel Li Kunfeng who hired the Thirteen Bandits to kill and hunt down escaped slaves!"

  Qiu Qianyi shouted sternly.

  "Yes, yes, yes, it was Li Kunfeng who did it!"

  Zhang Chulang wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead.

  Only in his heart was he as flustered as him, but he didn't notice the cunning and vicious glint that flashed across Qiu Qianyi's eyes.

  Whoosh!

  A strong gust of wind passed by, and the clothes fluttered loudly. A figure in blue clothes shot out like an arrow off a bowstring, suddenly dashing towards the distance.

  His breath was calm and collected, his face was repressed, his eyes were slightly red, Li Chen's whole person was as cold as ice.

  But if one observes carefully, they will inevitably feel the violent and brutal tendencies suppressed within him, waiting for an opportunity to erupt.

  "The Thirteen Bandits of Tianyun, roaming the outskirts of the ancient mountain range for nearly twenty years, appearing without a shadow and disappearing without a trace. There are thirteen people in total, all of whom were top-notch experts above the seventh layer of internal breath when they first emerged."

  For nearly a decade, the Thirteen Bandits have repeatedly committed bloody crimes, prompting the Xuan Yun Sect to dispatch strong warriors to hunt them down several times. However, the bandits are familiar with the terrain of the ancient Cangshan Mountains and have managed to escape each time.

  As of the last time they made a move, it was rumored that more than half of the Thirteen Bandits were true martial artists in the Refining Realm. The strongest among them, Yun Zhonglong, had already reached the late stage of the Refining Realm.

  In his mind, the information gathered by several families in Luohuang City half a moment ago flashed through, and Lei Chen's murderous intention surged violently.

  A month ago, on this same road, I saw off Niu Shu and Liu Yue Shu's two families, with laughter and conversation still vivid in my mind.

  He also remembered that after he had established himself in the Mystic Cloud Sect, he would bring his younger brothers to the sect and teach them martial skills, so they wouldn't suffer the same hardships as him and be looked down upon by others.

  But little did I think that our parting then would be a final farewell!

  All of this, like a sharp pain in his heart, flashed through Lei Chen's mind, and the bloodshot eyes revealed no more hidden strength.

  Second-order initial martial body, the early stage of refining the truth realm, bursting out with all one's might at this moment.

  Hundreds of miles away, but just a few hours later, I arrived at a small mountain village in the distance.

  Hiss!

  In the sky, Lei Peng's figure flashed by and instantly rushed into the village.

  Silence!

  Apart from a few faintly discernible insect calls, there was only an eerie silence that sent shivers down one's spine.

  Squeak!

  The golden bird on his shoulder suddenly chirped, reminding him of the dawn, and it smelled the smell of blood.

  Thick and rich blood energy, even without the mountain wind blowing, Li Chen's keen sense of smell had already sensed it, his feet tapped lightly, and with a flash of movement, he leapt into the small village path.

  Staring blankly, I looked at the mountain village that I had once glanced at from afar. On that day, in order to avoid the pain of parting, I saw you off to the outskirts of the village and left.

  At that time, the village could still be heard from time to time, with children making noise and full of vitality. Now, there are only a few sparse insect sounds, and crows flying over the withered tree branches from time to time.

  Li Chen's body trembled as he stepped into the village, his eyes dared not look at the wide open courtyard gate.

  Because he knew that every silent courtyard was filled with lonely souls, silently accusing him.

  But in order to find the corpses of Niu Shu and Liu Yue's families, he had to go and look at those bodies lying in the pool of blood.

  Finally, in a newly built house at the northeast corner of the village, six mutilated and bloodied corpses were seen.

  Looking at the six lumps of flesh and blood that were no longer human in shape, Li Chen suddenly knelt to the ground with a thud, silent tears of blood falling from his eyes, his fingernails digging deep into his palms.

  This scene is just like what happened in Hougu Valley back then.

  "Blood debt must be repaid with blood!"

  In a desolate and eerie mountain village, a shrill howl suddenly echoed out, startling the birds flying all over the mountains to disperse in fright.

  Squeak!

  In the dim night sky, a faint hum came, as if suppressing its voice.

  Among the rubble, a pair of small hands gestured, and a glint of gold flashed in the little eyes under the night sky.

  "Only two people?"

  Li Chen's eyebrows rose slightly, his right hand subconsciously rubbed against the bridge of his nose, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

  After a day and night of carpet-style searching, both the person and the beast can be said to be seasoned trackers, and finally found the faint trail left by the other party unintentionally.

  The enemy being tracked this time is different from the warrior who attacked Kegon Valley in the past.

  That group of people hunted and killed the Iron Arm Ape tribe, then directly retreated from the ancient mountain range and went onto the main road, where they couldn't be distinguished.

  The Tianyun Thirteen Bandits, who slaughtered the entire mountain village, had always been lone wolves. Although they left behind very few clues, their tracks were still visible to one person and two beasts.

  From the wounds on the corpses in the village before, Li Chen concluded that the cultivation of the person who made the move was unlikely to be in the Refining Truth Realm.

  This situation is also different from what he knows about the Thirteen Sky Bandits.

  After a moment of hesitation, Li Chen suddenly flew up and hid his figure in the shadow of the trees under the moonlight, silently moving forward.

  Before long, they arrived at a ravine with a fire glow beside it and crouched behind a boulder to take a peek.

  Under the flickering flames, two young people of a tender age were roasting meat over an open fire, the crackling of the matches casting a reddish glow on their faces.

  In the midst of loud shouting, he would occasionally grab a wine jug beside him and gulp it down, this place was just barely at the outer edge of the ancient Cangshan mountain range. The wild beasts that usually roamed around were all killed by hunters in nearby villages, so there was no need to worry. After getting drunk, there would be no demonic beasts coming to attack.