Nightmare Despair

Chapter 114 The Twenty-One Forms of the Third Rank

Zhou Kai has been staying at the hotel a regular place lately.

Firstly, the accommodations here are better, and secondly, it's more convenient.

He requisitioned a suite on the 18th floor of the Xishan Hotel. The suite was spacious and large enough for him to exercise at any time.

After finishing his chores, Zhou Kai was listening to Hu Yuan report on various matters. It was nearly 11 p.m.

Hu Yuan pushed the wheelchair and stopped three meters away, respectfully saying, "Do you still remember the Wang family? They're the group that attacked you before."

Zhou Kai squinted and said, "I remember, you've been jumping around again?"

"Indeed, weeds should be removed as soon as possible; leaving them to live for a couple more days only pollutes the air."

Hu Yuan nodded and said, "That's right. Wang Jinquan's older brother posted a bounty inside the hotel again this noon. I have already intercepted the bounty notice, so no one will accept his request."

As he spoke, he handed the Wang family information in his hand to Zhou Kai.

Zhou Kai glanced at it and didn't bother to look at it again; it wasn't as detailed as the one Lin Sheng had given him.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Kai smiled and said, "Help me register an account."

"Accept this commission in my own name."

Hu Yuan's breath hitched, and his eyes widened in shock.

Is he going to personally drive the entire Wang family to their knees?
I don't know what the root cause of this hatred or grudge was.

Despite his astonishment, he supported Zhou Kai's actions and obeyed his orders.

"Yes, sir, I'll get it done in five minutes... Will the reward be deposited into your account first?"

Zhou Kai said coldly, "I don't want to say it a second time. Same as always, wash it clean before giving it to me."

Hu Yuan: "Understood, I'll get on it right away."

……

With the Xishan Hotel under Zhou Kai's control, it's practically equivalent to controlling the local assassin resources. Crushing the Wang family would be easier than crushing an ant.

But he insisted on doing it himself.

Seeking revenge and settling scores, witnessing it firsthand, is a crucial part of the process.

Moreover, with Lin Sheng's intelligence, Zhou Kai knew everything about the Wang family of Xishan. He even knew that Wang Jibei, the eldest brother of the Wang family, was a Zhenjin disciple who had been expelled from the Yulongliu faction before joining the Caobang.

Over the years, it is said that its strength has not diminished but increased.

Zhou Kai planned to use him as a starting point, firstly to seize the opportunity to obtain information about the Fish-Dragon Flow martial arts; secondly, to fight a battle along the way and replenish the chariot's supplies.

The Wang family's plans will be carried out tomorrow night.

Tonight, Zhou Kai will be fully prepared for the upcoming second mandatory draft.

"Falcon strike...hawk talons."

"I should be able to learn Tiger Fist and Black Wolf Fist within two days."

"Three streams and twenty-one forms".

"There's definitely a huge secret hidden here."

Having experienced many nightmares, Zhou Kai is particularly sensitive to the number "seven".

Now, having learned from Chen Ping that the three major schools of martial arts each have seven advanced martial arts techniques, it's hard not to think deeper about this.

"What would happen if I mastered all twenty-one forms of the third-rate school?"

With this as his long-term goal, Zhou Kai had no choice but to pursue the path of true martial arts.

Because the secret medicine will corrode and modify the human body, causing the Qi-inducing martial arts to be incompatible with each other, anyone who practices both will be courting death.

But True Martial Arts is different.

Since it doesn't involve high concentrations of special secret medicines, as long as my energy allows... I can learn it all.

call.

Zhou Kai exhaled a breath of stale air, his eyes gleaming.

At that time, experience points were scarce, and he was always thinking about saving money and increasing revenue.

He once thought the secret medicine would be a new source of experience.

The ability to increase experience points by consuming secret medicines is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst for Zhou Kai, who, as a Nightmare Walker, is already inevitably susceptible to being corrupted by abnormal forces.

Fortunately, he won't lack experience points anymore. As his strength increased, after several trials and errors, he found a perfect positive cycle.

There is no longer a need to find new sources of general experience points.

……

"Uncle Wu, you're finally back... Where are my master and the others?"

At 11:40 PM, Chen Ping met with Wu De and others in a small county town under the jurisdiction of Xishan City.

Despite his injuries, Wu De looked remarkably well.

It seemed that compared to the gains of this trip, these minor injuries were completely negligible.

"We're still busy with the True Martial Alliance matter, but we should have a result within a week."

"It's not that easy to snatch a piece of meat from a territory shared by three families."

After saying that, his expression relaxed again.

Wu De chuckled dryly and said, "However, those big shots are happy to see it happen."

"Why?" Chen Ping asked.

“Saving on secret medicines and expanding the influence of martial arts, why not?” Wu De snorted. “Anyway, the cultivation techniques are all in the hands of third-rate people. No matter how strong the True Martial Alliance is, it’s just a good dog at best.”

Chen Ping said in a deep voice, "That's a good thing."

Wu De shook his head and said, "Don't be too happy yet. This is the only good news. There are still two pieces of bad news."

Chen Ping asked in surprise, "Is there any worse news than... the appearance of the wolf-shaped warriors of the Blue Leopard School in the Western Mountains?"

Wu De said, "That's about right."

"The Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs is incompetent. Xishan is likely to enter a nightmare period soon, and martial arts forces from the surrounding six cities are rushing to its aid."

"That's one of them."

Wu De's expression turned truly grim at this point: "Secondly. The Vesta family's long-standing residence in the Western Hills is ultimately a threat. And that damned Church of Light, another group of them is coming to Red Star..."

Chen Ping: "The Cult of Light? I've never known much about them. Could you tell me more about them, Uncle-Master?"

Wu De: "The Twilight Knights of the Church of Light have spread the word that a cult that they once destroyed has resurfaced in Red Star."

“In a few days, the Diram family will send people to West Mountain to search for traces of the cult in Red Star together with the Vista family.”

"Martial arts and the Marking System are inherently incompatible. Now the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs is in a mess, people from the six cities outside are pouring in, and with the Church of Light on top of that... it's hard for the water in Xishan not to boil over."

"You guard the martial arts school well, keep a low profile, and wait for your senior brother to return."

Chen Ping scratched his face, interrupting him, "Uncle-Master, I have some personal matters to attend to. I'll leave the martial arts school to Zhou Kai."

Wu De's eyebrows stood on end.

"Who?"

……

[In the depths of a dark nightmare, the creations of earth and fire await your arrival... Welcome back, summoned one.]

When Zhou Kai opened his eyes, the fireplace and the nursery were simultaneously displaying these words.

The nonsense about the special structure of these shelters sometimes has some value.

"A creation of the earth and fire?"

Zhou Kai stared at the line of text, memorizing the key words, before sitting down facing the fireplace.

He uttered a soft command to manifest, and all the cipher slips that had been taken from the notebook and stored elsewhere fell into his hand.

Ever since he got his hands on that codebook, Zhou Kai has tried to decipher the ciphers whenever he has a spare moment in real life.

It's similar to how I used to take out sticky notes and memorize English words whenever I went to the bathroom in high school...

This password is quite difficult. It's been several days, and Zhou Kai has only managed to decipher two pages.

"It's just one step away, a few minutes should be enough."

Taking advantage of the fireplace's light to dispel the chill seeping into his body, Zhou Kai pulled out paper and pen and continued writing and calculating.

Soon, the first encrypted message was completely deciphered.

"Stop living in a daze, wake up, we're already hanging by a thread..."

(End of this chapter)