Gao Wu: I became a saint through daily settlements

"We finally escaped."

Wang Teng collapsed heavily onto the decaying leaves, his chest heaving as he gasped for breath.

After a while, he managed to calm his breathing, and a deep sense of regret, even a touch of heartache, instantly appeared on his face:

"What a waste of that 20-yuan-a-bottle Qi and Blood Potion!"

His two henchmen weren't in much better shape either; one was clutching a wound on his arm, his face as pale as paper, while the other's legs were still trembling slightly.

Upon hearing Wang Teng's words, one of his underlings forced himself to stand up and whispered words of comfort:

"Boss, don't be sad. We can buy more potions. It's good that we're alive! That evil cultivator was too powerful. We're lucky to have escaped."

Wang Teng took a deep breath, suppressed his regret, and slowly stood up, leaning against the tree trunk beside him.

He brushed the dirt and decaying leaves off his clothes, his eyes gradually sharpening, and said angrily:

"In my opinion, that person was definitely a heretical cultivator from Miao Prefecture!"

"Miaozhou?" one of the underlings asked, puzzled.

"Boss, what's Miaozhou? I've never heard of it before."

Wang Teng glanced at him and patiently explained:

"Miaozhou is a small city located on the southwestern frontier. It is remote and shrouded in miasma year-round, and is a melting pot of all sorts of people."

"My father once told me that there is an extremely sinister cultivation technique in Miaozhou that specifically absorbs the life force of living people in order to rapidly increase one's own life force cultivation. However, the methods are too ruthless and vicious, so they are despised by people."

"When that person made his move, he kept muttering things like 'nourishment' and 'blood and qi,' so he must have been practicing some kind of evil art."

"Logically speaking, this kind of sinister cultivation method should have been completely banned and disappeared from the world in the era of Tianjingsha."

"I never expected it to reappear in the world, and even in this secret realm!"

In fact, Wang Teng didn't know much about this kind of Miao witchcraft practice.

Most of them were little stories about the martial arts world that his father, Wang Dao, would tell him in his spare time, to warn him to be careful in his actions and stay away from evil ways.

Wang Teng had previously taken it as a lie Wang Dao was using to scare him, but now it seems that there really is such a heinous and evil cultivation method in this world!

"What should we do? We've already made enemies with him. If we run into him again, won't he brutally kill us?" one of the henchmen said, his voice trembling.

"We might be stripped bare..."

"Idiot! You think he won't kill us if we don't make him our enemy?!"

"His cultivation method causes his cultivation level to regress if he is separated from the life force of a living person within seven days."

"The secret realm will open exactly seven days later."

"As long as he's alive, he'll definitely kill someone within the next seven days!"

As Wang Teng was speaking, he suddenly heard a rustling sound of running.

"Hide! Don't make a sound!"

Wang Teng gave instructions to his two underlings and instantly disappeared into the bushes nearby. His two underlings quickly followed, huddled in the bushes, not daring to breathe.

"They run really fast!" Lin Yue cursed inwardly.

He had just spotted a rabbit-shaped star beast and was about to swing his sword when the beast twisted its body and dodged the blow.

"Where did he hide?" Lin Yue murmured, his eyes scanning his surroundings.

"So you're here. Let's see where you run now." Lin Yue looked at the slightly trembling grass not far away and laughed.

Just as Lin Yue was about to swing his sword, a voice suddenly came from the bushes.

"Brother, spare me!"

"As long as you don't kill me, we'll be your dogs!" Wang Teng cried.

"We can help you find more nutrients!"

"I guarantee it'll taste even better than ours!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue was taken aback.

"Where did that star beast go?"

Become a dog? And what the hell is "feeding"?

Wang Teng peeked out and breathed a sigh of relief when he realized it wasn't the same crew-cut boy from before.

"call."

"So it was a misunderstanding." Wang Teng emerged from the bushes and patted the weeds off his clothes.

After some explanation, Lin Yue finally understood what was going on.

"You mean you just encountered a psychopathic killer?" Lin Yue asked.

"That's right, that person should be practicing the extinct Blood Demon Technique of Qi Stealing."

Lin Yue had heard of this kind of demonic art that steals the life force of others.

"When something like this happens, the first thing to do is to report it to the Martial Arts Alliance."

"But in this secret realm, it's impossible to communicate with the outside world," Lin Yue thought to himself.

"So how did you guys escape?" Lin Yue asked curiously.

Wang Teng sighed, shook his head, and a hint of relief appeared on his face:

"That's a long story."

"If there hadn't been a pack of Nether Wolves at the scene, it would have been hard to say what would have happened." Wang Teng shook his head and recounted the events in detail.

"Even a genius like me, with the potential to become a Martial Emperor, could only manage a draw against that person just now."

"This shows how powerful that person is!"

"Just as I was fighting that evil cultivator to the death, a pack of Nether Wolves suddenly appeared from not far away."

"The evil cultivators gave us a chance to escape in order to avoid the Netherworld Wolves' attack."

"If it weren't for those ghost wolves, we would probably be dead here today."

After a heated exchange, Lin Yue finally understood what the person in front of him was talking about.

"Could it be the Nether Wolf I just killed?" Lin Yue wondered.

"By the way, my name is Wang Teng, what's yours?" Wang Teng said with a smile.

Adhering to the principle that more people mean more strength, Wang Teng planned to befriend Lin Yue.

"Lin Yue." Lin Yue extended a hand and shook hands with Wang Teng.

"If what Wang Teng said is true, and there is a half-step Martial Master in this secret realm who has cultivated the 'Blood Demon Qi Stealing Technique'..."

"Going it alone is not a solution; sticking together is definitely a good choice," Lin Yue thought.

"You are Lin Yue!" Wang Teng exclaimed in surprise.

"No wonder it looked so familiar," Wang Teng thought to himself.

"You know me?" Lin Yue asked, puzzled.

It's important to know that the students in this secret place come from 100 middle schools all over the country, and most of them don't know each other.

He was somewhat surprised that someone recognized him, and that the person was a student from the same city.

"Who in the entire Jiangcheng city doesn't know your name, Lin Yue?" Wang Teng said irritably.

"A young hero who slays invading star beasts, huh..."

The two of them had just sparred on the Starry Sky Battle Network not long ago, yet this person had no recollection of him at all.

They really looked down on them!

Upon hearing this, a look of understanding flashed in Lin Yue's eyes.

"Oh? You're also from Jiangcheng?" Lin Yue asked curiously.

"That's right, I'm a student from Hohai High School next door."

"Wang Teng is known as the top dog of Hehai High School," Wang Teng said proudly.