Starting with fishing, I've traversed a chaotic world of demons and martial arts.

December 31st.

Sunlight pierced through the clouds and covered the white snow.

At this time, the snow in Anlan County had not stopped and continued to fall.

The momentum was just a bit weaker than last night.

Li Tianxing dressed neatly and opened the window.

The cold wind, mixed with snowflakes, blew against his cheeks, making Li Tianxing more awake.

Tomorrow is the new year, but the snow hasn't stopped yet.

"This snow is truly a harbinger of a bountiful harvest!"

Li Tianxing sighed inwardly...

"Now I have mastered my fishing skills."

Besides fishing...

The remaining two techniques, the Five Poisons Returning to Origin Palm (which I've only recently begun learning) and the extremely difficult-to-upgrade Gu Technique, are still in the beginner stage.

But apart from these two, all my other cultivation techniques have reached the minor completion level!

Therefore, my combat strength cannot be judged solely by the Blood Activation level within the Blood Bone Realm!

Take Huang Feng, for example, a useless person with weak blood and qi...

Although his strength is at the marrow nourishing level of the Blood Bone Realm.

But it can only withstand two of my punches!

Li Tianxing's cultivation level has greatly increased, and he has also made a preliminary assessment of his own strength.

Li Tianxing then remembered what Hei Yan had told him: today he was going to hunt down the River God.

In addition, the Black Dragon Gang's unusual behavior was discovered some time ago...

Li Tianxing then turned to Xiao Yuan and Zhang Li and said:

"The streets will be very chaotic today, so for your safety, I won't take you out."

The two had originally planned to go shopping with Li Tianxing.

But upon hearing what Li Tianxing said, they could only obediently nod.

Li Tianxing patted their heads:

"You two be good and behave. After I'm done with these last couple of days, I'll take you shopping!"

Something might happen today, so for safety's sake, I'll take you to Hongyun Martial Arts School.

Li Tianxing took Xiao Yuan and Zhang Li out.

They were sent to Hongyun Martial Arts School.

……

However, Li Tianxing did not stay at Hongyun Martial Arts School for long.

Instead, he walked out of Hongyun Martial Arts School.

I'm getting ready to go check out Qinghe Wharf...

It was snowing on the street.

However, this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the people of Anlan County for welcoming the New Year.

At this time, the streets and alleys of Anlan County were almost full of people.

The atmosphere was extremely lively...

At Qinghe Wharf, crowds gathered even more.

The voices of the crowd were like a pot of boiling water, one wave after another.

It kept making gurgling noises.

Not only that, a large altar was also set up at Qinghe Wharf.

A dense crowd of people thronged in front of the altar...

The smoke from the incense and candles on the altar was so thick it was impossible to disperse.

Mixed with the hot breath exhaled by people, it formed a low-hanging gray cloud.

People were talking amongst themselves in front of the altar.

"Why do I feel like there are so many people worshipping the river god this year?"

"Yes, there seem to be a lot more people on the streets than before."

"Not just on the streets, there are more people at Qinghe Wharf than before!"

"May the river god protect us! May the river god protect us!"

I hope that next year my family will have enough to eat and wear.

"..."

Li Tianxing hadn't even reached Qinghe Wharf yet...

I could feel the lively atmosphere at the dock.

However, his pace gradually slowed down.

Li Tianxing glanced unintentionally behind him.

The two people dressed as vendors also slowed down.

They stopped a short distance behind Li Tianxing and began hawking their wares...

"Strange, those two men dressed as merchants seem to be following me?"

Li Tianxing slowed his pace and arrived at a noodle shop on the street.

He sat down inside the noodle shop and began to speak:

"Waiter, a bowl of beef noodles, please!"

It's cold, add more chili!

"Alright, please wait a moment, sir."

Soon, the beef noodles were served.

Li Tianxing sat in the noodle shop, eating his noodles with his head down, lost in thought...

Could he be a person from the Song or Ming dynasties?

He was still bothered by what happened a couple of days ago, so he sent someone to secretly follow me.

Another possibility is that they are from the Black Dragon Gang!

Apart from those two, I haven't offended anyone else, have I?

……

Two men dressed as vendors stood not far from the noodle shop.

They were talking in hushed tones.

One of the thin men spoke first:

"Brother, has he found us?"

"Probably not. It's snowing today, and there are so many people on the streets. How could he be that sinister?"

Another man who looked like an old man responded.

The thin man unfolded the portrait in his hand and glanced at it.

The person in the portrait looks exactly like Li Tianxing...

The thin man whispered:

"Why does Master Pang want us to follow him?"

The old man responded:

"I don't know, but I heard that this kid has a grudge against Zhang Xiaohao of the Black Dragon Gang."

Didn't we get the Black Dragon Gang's support this time?

So the hall master told us to first probe this kid's strength and weakness.

The skinny man scoffed:

"I see. Judging from this kid's appearance, he's not even fully grown yet..."

The old man's tone suddenly became somewhat tense:

"Wait, where's that kid?!"

The thin man was taken aback. He quickly put away the portrait and looked towards the noodle shop.

But Li Tianxing had vanished without a trace!

The old man squinted and looked towards the distant corner.

Li Tianxing's figure flashed by in an instant!

"It's around the corner ahead, hurry and chase after it!"

"Damn, this kid's pretty clever!"

The two stopped hiding and quickly chased after Li Tianxing.

……

Li Tianxing disappeared into the alley.

However, he wasn't very fast; every time he sped up, he would check behind him to see if anyone was following him...

Li Tianxing was not trying to escape.

It was to disguise the two vendors...

Leading from the bustling streets into this sparsely populated alley!

Five minutes later...

The thin man, slightly out of breath, said:

"Hurry up and catch up with him!"

Although the old man was also panting heavily, he was in much better condition than the thin man.

"This alley is so winding!"

Did this kid manage to escape right under our noses?

The two stood back to back, looking at the alley in front of them.

Inside the alley, the lanes are haphazardly arranged.

At this point, they had no idea where they had ended up or whether they had lost track of Li Tianxing.

Snowflakes drifted down from the sky and landed on their heads.

At this moment, heavy snow began to fall, and the alley was deserted and extremely quiet.

"Shhh—"

The sound of their shoes crunching through the snow reached their ears.

It broke the silence!

The old man frowned and said:

"Watch out, it looks like someone's coming!"

The thin man looked in the direction from which the footsteps came:

"His steps are very steady, without the slightest wavering..."

He's probably a trained fighter, watch out!

The two men threw away the loads they were carrying as a disguise...

They are ready for battle!

At this moment, Li Tianxing's voice came from inside the alley:

"I have no grudge against either of you..."

Why are you two secretly following me?

Li Tianxing appeared in their sight, stepping through the snow.

The thin man squinted and sized up Li Tianxing:

"That cunning kid has managed to track us down!"

But instead of running away, you came back to find us.

What does that mean?!

Don't you want to die fast enough?

Li Tianxing smiled slightly, his killing intent concealed:

"Hehe, hopefully it'll be a while..."

You can still stand here.

Instead of lying on the ground wailing!