Wizards begin with Occlumency.

the next day.

Link declined his senior brother's offer to accompany him and left the branch alone.

He had visited the provincial capital twice and had seen the most detailed map of it, so he was not as unfamiliar with the provincial capital as others might think.

Without disguising himself, Link followed his planned route, leaving home at dawn and wandering the streets and alleys of the provincial capital all day until the moon was high in the sky before returning to the martial arts school.

In the less than a year that Li Sisi, the seventh senior sister, had been studying in the provincial capital, Lin Ke visited every place, whether it was a place he frequented or a place he had only been to once or twice.

They acted openly and aboveboard, making all their actions perfectly clear to those who were watching Bajiquan Martial Arts School and Link.

I'm not worried at all about being assassinated or by any other tricks.

Some even hope that those or forces hiding behind the scenes will lose patience and jump out now.

Link only had incomplete prenatal mysteries during his reincarnation and before the age of three; after the age of three, he regained his memories.

Well... aside from the wizarding knowledge of the wizarding world.

He has a very deep and clear understanding of his situation and goals.

Having already spent seventeen years in this world, accumulating enough strength to venture out and cause trouble, he certainly cannot continue to live peacefully as he did in the past seventeen years.

After investigating and dealing with the matter of his seventh junior sister Li Sisi's "early romance", Link plans to make a trip to Tianshui County to visit the Jiang family of Tianshui County and see how that overly naive single mother has been doing all these years.

"Junior brother, how did it go? What did you learn?"

It seemed that Senior Brother Shi had been waiting for Link to return, and he immediately inquired about him upon seeing him.

"We didn't find much. We just checked the places Seventh Senior Sister had been to and looked for anything suspicious."

Link did not hide anything and explained the truth.

It's indeed difficult to spot problems at a glance if you only glance at the surface.

It's only natural that we didn't gain much.

However, whether or not one has any guesses or deductions in mind is another matter.

"From which direction do you plan to begin your investigation?"

Senior Brother Shi frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "I'll go with you tomorrow. I've spent a lot more time in the provincial capital, so I'm more familiar with it than you are."

Link still refused: "Senior brother, you're busy with the martial arts school. I'm fine investigating on my own. Anyway, we discovered it in time. Seventh Senior Sister is fine right now, so there's no rush to get to the bottom of this. We can take our time."

"Alright."

Brother Shi did not persist.

The provincial capital branch is more than just a martial arts school; it encompasses a whole industry.

Currently, there is a lack of capable people who can help Senior Brother Shi.

Later, Master Li's secret disciples who had reached the graduation standard were given priority to be sent to Fourth Senior Sister and the others.

If Senior Brother Shi wants to get helpers, he must either train them himself or wait for his junior brothers and sisters who are about to graduate.

Therefore, Brother Shi does have a lot to do every day.

My previous neglect of my seventh junior sister was due to certain reasons, not intentional.

"Senior brother, you should get some rest. I'm a little tired too, so I'll head back to my room first."

Link and Shi Shi got along very well, and they said whatever came to mind without any pretense.

"Okay, you should get some rest."

Senior Brother Shi nodded, got up and left the main hall, returning to his room with his hands behind his back.

Link glanced at his senior brother's back, then turned and walked toward the small courtyard his senior brother had arranged for him.

After returning to his room, Link didn't rush to sleep. He first spent half an hour practicing his skills, then shook his body to shake off all the sweat and dust, restoring himself to cleanliness and dryness before finally going to sleep.

Always keep singing on your lips and always keep practicing your fists.

Since he is restricted from using witchcraft, he must adapt to local customs and use worldly cultivation methods to enhance his strength.

Whether facing an enemy or protecting oneself, there is room for maneuver.

As for the methods of cultivation in this world...

Lying on the bed, Link's eyes were closed, seemingly asleep, but in reality, he was using his spiritual power, which far surpassed that of a martial artist in the Unity Realm and was almost comparable to that of his master, Li Shuwen, who was in the mid-stage of the Void Realm, to sense everything in the bedroom.

Ten years have passed, even if one's mind is locked and knowledge is sealed.

However, through self-study and a vague sense of it, Link managed to figure out some methods of manipulating mental power similar to those of the True Spirit Wizard system.

"Watching" hangs above the window, directly facing the bed, formless and intangible, an eyeball-shaped means of reconnaissance/eavesdropping/surveillance. Link felt a slight ripple in his heart.

"Does such an evil technique still exist in this world?"

The eye-shaped surveillance device, when perceived with mental power, exudes a nauseating and sinister aura.

Even though his knowledge of witchcraft was sealed, Link immediately recognized that the eye-shaped surveillance device, which hadn't appeared when he left home this morning, was indeed made by using evil magic to create a human eye.

In other words, in this world's extraordinary cultivation system, besides the overtly recognized human immortal martial arts and mechanical martial arts, there are also some unorthodox and illegitimate methods.

After careful consideration, Link felt it made a lot of sense.

The Human Immortal Martial Arts System emphasizes the balance of the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit, without any bias.

The mechanical martial arts system doesn't place much emphasis on Qi, but rather on Jing (essence), and leans more towards Shen (spirit).

It is highly possible that a supernatural system based entirely on "gods" could have emerged during the development of mechanical martial arts, or even before the advent of mechanical martial arts.

However, throughout the history of cultivation in this world, methods such as visualization/meditation have existed, but they have not been able to significantly increase spiritual power.

Therefore, for practitioners in this world who want to perform witchcraft-like techniques based on "god," relying solely on the practitioner's own "god" is far from sufficient.

Poorness leads to change, and change leads to continuity.

Some cunning and heartless people will naturally set their sights on the "gods" of others.

Thus, the origin of evil magic came into being.

Link recalled that he noticed the abnormal changes in his seventh junior sister, Li Sisi, because these changes were very similar to the cognitive manipulation methods of the True Spirit Wizard in his vague impression.

With both pieces of evidence corroborated, Link immediately concluded that some evil organizations or societies secretly existed in this world.

Nowadays, certain cult organizations or societies, for reasons that are still unclear, have set their sights on Bajiquan Martial Arts School.

"Some rats in the gutter!"

Muttering to himself, Link left behind a warning system and went to sleep peacefully.

They're just a bunch of rats who dare not stand in the sun and act openly; there's no need to pay them too much attention.

Find them, kill them, drag them out and leave them to bake in the sun.

Link already had a plan in mind for how to find them.

As the saying goes, people leave their mark wherever they go.

As the saying goes, when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

If the other party dares to leave evil surveillance in Link's bedroom, we must be prepared for Link to find them by following their trail.

Otherwise, they will be met with a merciless iron fist!

While Link was sleeping soundly, some people were very anxious.

"Yunmei, how is it?"

Wei Bowen secretly slipped out of his home and, without his father Wei Hanshan's knowledge, found his cousin Yun Xinying, with whom he was strictly forbidden to associate.

Looking at the blurry image through the basin of water in front of her, Yun Xinying said calmly, "What's the panic? What's there to panic about?"

"We have to panic, Yunmei."

Wei Bowen had a look of panic on his face. "Li Sisi's father is Li Shuwen, who roamed the southern underworld twenty years ago. He is now using the alias Li Shuwen."

After learning about this last night, Wei Bowen went to look up information today to see just how terrifying the person who made his father, Wei Hanshan, so afraid was.

It's better not to look at it, because you won't have any concept of it.

After seeing it, Wei Bowen was terrified from noon onwards and has not yet emerged from the shadow of fear.

No wonder the development of mechanical martial arts in the Southern martial arts world is slower and worse than that in the Northern martial arts world.

It turns out that twenty years ago, Li Shuwen, who was known as the "master of both spear and fist," single-handedly killed his opponent.

He earned the reputation of "Li Shuwen, the sharpshooter, whose fists are unmatched and whose marksmanship is unparalleled".

However, he was later framed by some people from the Mechanical Martial Arts, who accidentally injured the righteous man, and he changed his name and went into seclusion.

It's good that Li Sisi is alright. But if something really happened to her, the entire Wei family wouldn't be enough for Li Shuwen to slaughter alone.

How could Wei Bowen not be afraid?

"It's just Li Shuwen, why are you so afraid? You're spineless!"

Yun Xinying turned off the spell, interrupting her surveillance of Link, and said with a sneer.

"Um?"

Wei Bowen exclaimed in surprise, then quickly realized what was happening and asked, "Do you have a way to deal with Li Shuwen?"

"certainly."

Yun Xinying said arrogantly, "If we can't deal with Li Shuwen, why would we bother to make Li Sisi fall in love with you...good-for-nothing?"

The truth is the most hurtful.

Wei Bowen always dressed in a refined manner, with a splendid appearance, but in reality, he was a scoundrel inside and out.

At such a young age, he was obsessed with romantic love and had no ambition for studies or career.

Those who cultivate the path of immortality and martial arts cannot endure that kind of hardship.

Those who practice mechanical martial arts cannot endure the pain.

As a result, Wei Hanshan was extremely disappointed in Wei Bowen. If he hadn't been Wei Bowen's only son, he would have already chosen another successor.

Hearing his cousin Yun Xinying's undisguised denigration, Wei Bowen still had some self-respect and couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

When Yun Xinying called him a good-for-nothing, she wasn't just making things up.

They have all changed Li Sisi's perception. Wei Bowen couldn't really win her over. If he's not a good-for-nothing, what is he?

This led to a mishap, which alerted the Bajiquan Martial Arts School to the problem.

However, this Link is indeed quite troublesome.

While today's visit may seem like a cursory glance, according to Yun Xinying's secret observations, Link has already discovered some clues.

Fortunately, they had already severed ties and discarded those locations and people.

Otherwise, he might actually find out.

"snort!"

Yun Xinying groaned, her heart filled with resentment.

She decided to teach Link, who was relentlessly pursuing her and acting arrogantly, a lesson.

When Wei Bowen saw the sinister smile on Yun Xinying's lips, he couldn't help but recall the scene of being teased and tormented by her, and he subconsciously shivered.

Without even saying goodbye, Wei Bowen quietly left the room and rushed home.

"waste!"

Yun Xinying glanced at Wei Bowen's fleeing figure, snorted disdainfully, and then ignored him.

She began to rack her brains about how to teach Link a lesson without letting him find out about her.

A moment later, a brilliant idea came to mind.

"Hehehe..."

Yun Xinying couldn't help but let out a chilling, sinister laugh.

Wei Bowen sprinted a few steps to his own manor next door, pushed off with his feet, and leaped over the wall.

"I thought you slept at your cousin's place again tonight."

As soon as he landed, Wei Bowen heard his father, Wei Hanshan, sigh in a low voice, which immediately made him break out in a cold sweat.

"No...nothing like that."

Wei Bowen stumbled over his words and stammered in reply.

"Nothing like that? I think you just don't dare to do it."

Wei Hanshan was furious when he recalled how Wei Bowen had been drained dry overnight by that vixen Yun Xinying.

This good-for-nothing never learns his lesson. After being taught a lesson once, he actually dared to get involved with Yun Xinying again.

Aren't you afraid that you might not wake up one morning?

Not alert at all.

With a deep sigh, Wei Hanshan suppressed his emotions and coldly asked, "Speak, what did you say to her tonight, and what was her response?"

Seeing that his father didn't intend to pursue the matter, Wei Bowen felt relieved; it was good that his father wasn't blaming him.

After calming himself down, Wei Bowen replied, "Yunmei is monitoring Link's movements. She also mentioned that they targeted Li Sisi just now because they wanted to get rid of Li Shuwen."

"Oh……"

Upon hearing this, Wei Hanshan let out a cold laugh.

"Father, what do you mean by this?"

Wei Bowen was somewhat puzzled as to the deeper meaning behind Wei Hanshan's reaction.

"They think they can take on Li Shuwen?"

Wei Hanshan's eyes were full of sarcasm. "With their low-class tricks, do you think they can deal with Li Shuwen? Sending more people would be a waste of time."

"Impossible, right?"

Wei Bowen mustered his courage to retort, "I have personally witnessed how amazing Yunmei and the others' magic is."

"magic?"

Wei Hanshan chuckled and turned to leave.

"Father, is there anything I don't know? Please tell me in detail."

Wei Bowen quickly followed up, pressing for details.

He was indeed very curious about these things and wanted to know why Yunmei and the others' magical arts were considered so insignificant compared to Li Shuwen in his father's eyes.

There are many things you don't know.

As they walked, Wei Hanshan asked, "Do you know why Li Shuwen retired from the martial arts world and no longer has any involvement with it?"

"It is said that the righteous man was accidentally injured in a trap set by the mechanical martial arts."

Wei Bowen stated the information he had found that morning.

"Your sister Yun's faction was also involved in that scheme. Guess what else Li Shuwen accomplished besides accidentally injuring the righteous man?"

Wei Hanshan asked a question with profound meaning.

Wei Bowen immediately shook his head: "I can't guess."

"Hehehe..."

Wei Hanshan smiled before speaking, then his tone suddenly turned serious as he said, enunciating each word clearly, "Li Shuwen slaughtered all 187 people without sustaining any injuries!"

"ah!!!!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Bowen immediately exclaimed in surprise.

The fact that one person could kill 187 people is already shocking and unbelievable.

Still unharmed?

No wonder that in recent years, in the martial arts world of the South, whether it is the Immortal Martial Arts or the Mechanical Martial Arts, few people have mentioned Li Shuwen's deeds.

That's really too perverted.

It makes mechanical martial arts seem incompetent, and human immortal martial arts are not much of a glory compared to other martial artists of the same era.

Terrifying indeed. (End of Chapter)