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Chapter 10 Thoughts

"you……"

Seeing Li Xiuyuan kill two ninth-rank martial artists with a single sword strike...

Everyone was shocked. Li Ting even spoke, but after a long pause, she could only utter the word "you".

Li Ming stood there, staring coldly at Li Xiuyuan, his desire for the mysterious technique Lin Shuang had mentioned growing stronger.

In his eyes, Li Xiuyuan's ability to grow from a useless nobody who could never reach the next level to such a level in just two days was definitely due to the mysterious cultivation technique that he and his father had been hiding.

Even a useless person like Li Xiuyuan could grow so much in just two days. If I were to obtain it, wouldn't I be able to quickly break through to the eighth, seventh, or even higher ranks?

We absolutely must get it!

At all costs...

At this moment, Li Ming's eyes showed no trace of the fact that Li Xiuyuan had just beheaded two ninth-rank Li family guards with a single sword strike; all he could see was an uncontrollable greed.

"Xiuyuan, don't say I won't give you a chance as your older brother. As long as you hand over the hidden cultivation technique now and come back with us, I guarantee your life will be safe!"

As Li Ming spoke, a look of reluctance crossed his face, suggesting that he genuinely cared about his younger brother in the family.

Even Li Ting, who was standing nearby, heard this and immediately stepped forward.

"Li Ming, what are you saying again? That bastard Li Xiuyuan not only killed several of my Li family's guards, but also cruelly murdered my aunt and Qingqing without any regard for family ties. Such a beast must die!"

As she spoke, Li Ting immediately reached out and drew her long sword with a clang.

His murderous aura was undisguised, and his longsword pointed directly at Li Xiuyuan!

"Xiuyuan is, after all, a descendant of the Li family. Now that Fourth Uncle is dead, their lineage has already paid the price. Xiuyuan is Fourth Uncle's only remaining bloodline, and we..."

"Hahaha……"

Before Li Ming could finish speaking, Li Xiuyuan, who was standing in front of everyone, burst into laughter.

How could he not know what Li Ming was thinking?

As a time traveler, Li Xiuyuan empathized with the situation, but he had also long been an observer, clearly seeing the true colors of all the Li family members.

He knew perfectly well who was good to him, who wanted to kill him to curry favor with the Lin family, and why these people were chasing him so relentlessly.

"Li Ming, stop spouting this high-sounding nonsense. Aren't you just after that mysterious martial arts technique I possess?"

"You... Li Xiuyuan, Li Ming gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it... However, you'd better not resist and come back with us today, otherwise, I can't guarantee I won't take your life!"

Li Ting's longsword trembled, unleashing a surge of internal energy, and a chilling killing intent emanated from its silver-white blade.

At this moment, Li Ming also shook his head, looking helpless, and said:

"Brother Xiuyuan, why are you doing this? You can't fight city hall. Even if you gain power in a short time through the technique, do you know that the damage to your body caused by rapid mastery of the technique is irreversible..."

Sigh, so be it. Although you harbor deep hatred for my Li family, as your elder brother, I can't bear to see you keep making the same mistakes.

"Li Ting, capture Xiu Yuan's younger brother, but remember not to kill him."

As he spoke, Li Ming turned away, feigning reluctance.

The Li family disciples around were all moved, and their gazes toward Li Xiuyuan were filled with coldness and anger.

Li Xiuyuan almost burst out laughing while watching the performance of this future heir to the Li family.

"Alright, Li Ming, stop putting on an act. I need to get out of the city before dawn. All of you come at me at once; I'm too lazy to kill you one by one!"

"presumptuous!"

"What an arrogant guy..."

"Don't you dare lay a hand on me! I'm going to avenge Qingqing! I, Li Ting, will take that bastard's life!"

Li Xiuyuan, however, was not listening to what these people were saying at all.

The reason they didn't immediately kill these people upon their arrival was to see what tricks the young master of the Li family would pull.

After a few words, Li Xiuyuan was almost disgusted to death.

The performance was so poor that Li Xiuyuan had completely lost interest.

Fortunately, there were over twenty people in the courtyard, including six ninth-rank individuals, among whom were Li Ting, a peak ninth-rank expert, and the middle-aged shopkeeper who had returned.

In addition, there was Li Ming, who had reached the eighth rank, and he was just about to try out his newly acquired "Absorption Technique".

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Li Xiuyuan took a step forward.

It was the movement technique of "Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada".

As soon as Li Ting finished speaking with murderous intent, she felt a deadly danger enveloping her.

Just as he was about to step back, he found that his chest had been pierced by a cold force, followed by a black shadow as hard as steel that slammed into his face.

Before he could even scream, he was sent flying, spitting out mouthfuls of blood.

Looking up, they were shocked to find that, amidst a storm of sword light, more than half of the twenty-odd people in front of them had fallen in the blink of an eye.

Even Li Ming, who hadn't turned around yet, was completely dumbfounded by this scene.

"Pfft..."

With another strike, Li Xiuyuan pierced the chest of a guard, and gushing hot blood spurted out from the exposed blade.

In the blink of an eye, there were more than a dozen corpses lying haphazardly in the courtyard. Those who could barely stand or were kneeling on the ground were all true martial artists.

"Waaah... Ugh... Ah..."

Liu Fu stood there, watching in horror as Li Xiuyuan walked towards him step by step.

His eyes were filled with the terror of seeing a demon.

He wanted to beg for mercy, but without a tongue, he couldn't utter a single word. Watching Li Xiuyuan, covered in blood, walk towards him step by step, he trembled like a leaf.

Almost the instant Li Xiuyuan walked up to him, he knelt down on the ground with a "plop".

Seemingly trying to say something, the wound in his mouth, which had been treated, completely ruptured at this moment, and blood gushed out, instantly soaking the strip of cloth wrapped around his mouth.

"It seems you didn't cherish the opportunity I gave you!"

As he spoke, Li Xiuyuan reached out and pressed down on Liu Fu, the manager of the Xuanzhen Pavilion of the Li family in Jinshan City, who was kneeling in front of him and kowtowing repeatedly.

As the internal energy circulated in his dantian, the Absorption Technique was activated instantly.

Although it was the first time Li Xiuyuan had actually used this technique, he felt an unprecedented excitement and exhilaration.

Almost the instant he grabbed Liu Fu's head and began to circulate his internal energy, Li Xiuyuan clearly sensed an extremely pure internal force flowing into his body through his palm.

The energy that had just been depleted in the dantian was instantly replenished and restored.

"Ah... Waaaaah..."

At this moment, Liu Fu was trembling like a leaf, struggling frantically in pain, but under Li Xiuyuan's Absorption Technique, the internal energy accumulated in his dantian was rapidly extracted.

Fresh blood gushed from the cloth wrapped around its mouth, and its eyes quickly went from terrified to deathly gray.

"Li Xiuyuan, stop! You..."

Upon seeing this, Li Ming seemed to realize what was happening and immediately took a step forward and shouted.

Li Xiuyuan naturally ignored him, grabbed Liu Fu's hand and exerted force, his internal energy penetrating through, and with a "poof" sound, his five fingers pierced through the skull.

Liu Fu, who had been terrified and struggling frantically, suddenly collapsed and was then tossed aside by Li Xiuyuan like trash.

Then he turned around, looked at Li Ming who had taken a step forward, and smiled:

"What did you just say?"