The appearance of this mark reminded him of the first circular mark.
"Could this mark be another circular mark?"
Lin Sheng murmured.
His eyes, however, grew brighter.
"If that's the case, doesn't this mean the mountain and sea scroll can be upgraded or, perhaps, completed?"
"Maybe when this mark is fully activated, I'll be able to enter the body again."
The more he thought about it, the harder it was for Lin Sheng to hide his excitement.
The effect of entering the body was extremely powerful, especially the stronger the exotic beast entered, the stronger the effect, which was a completely growth-oriented effect.
If he could enter the body of another fierce beast, the effect would undoubtedly be even more terrifying.
After all, while the amplification effect of fierce beasts is strong, it is often quite singular.
If he could use entering the body to rationally combine the amplification effects of the entered fierce beasts, the amplification gains he could obtain would definitely not be as simple as 1+1=2.
Furthermore, since a second mark can appear, it's not impossible for more to continue appearing.
"But what caused this mark to appear?"
Lin Sheng frowned slightly, unsure of the reason for the mark's appearance.
He recalled that he only discovered this after breaking through to the Forging Tendons Realm.
"Could the appearance of the mark be related to my Breakthrough in Realm?"
The first circular mark appeared on him when he first arrived in this world.
It was only by slaughtering pigs and sheep daily that he gradually activated this circular mark completely.
As thoughts turned in his mind, Lin Sheng had his own deductions.
"The appearance of the mark should be closely related to my Realm Breakthrough. As for whether breaking through a Realm will open up a mark, I will be able to draw a conclusion when I break through to the next Realm."
Now that the second mark has appeared, activating it should also require a large number of exotic beasts.
"No, not a large number of exotic beasts, it should be a large amount of exotic beast blood. When I activated the first mark, it wasn't because of the number of Rock Sheep and mountain pigs I slaughtered, but rather the blood I inevitably came into contact with during the slaughter."
Lin Sheng sat on the steps, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the surface.
"I'll have to try it myself to know exactly how."
Thinking this, he was already impatient to find a few wild beasts to try it out.
It was a pity that this was Waguan Street; although it was a slum area, it was still within the County Town, so finding a few wild beasts wasn't that easy.
Unless he went to a place like the Slaughterhouse.
After a brief thought, he abandoned the idea of going to the Slaughterhouse.
Although he had Wang Dehai's connection, there were too many people and eyes, and if someone noticed something, the gains wouldn't outweigh the losses.
"Forget it, there's no rush. I'll test it when I return to Yangping Mountain. In any case, the amount of beast blood needed to activate this second mark is definitely not small."
"What needs to be done now is to first get a few Cultivation Techniques."
Thinking this, he suppressed his excited thoughts, turned around, and planned to go back inside to rest.
In Yangping Town, because of Ma Long's presence, he hadn't dared to sleep too deeply on those nights, lest the other party disregard everything and directly attack him.
Now that the other party was dead and he was in the County Town, he didn't need to worry so much.
However, just as he was about to enter the house and close the door, his footsteps suddenly paused.
As if sensing something, he turned his head and looked towards the outside of the courtyard.
But with the wall blocking the view, he couldn't see clearly outside.
His gaze fell on the top of the wall to one side, and after only a few breaths, a fluffy little head peeked out from the top of the wall.
When he saw this thing, Lin Sheng was startled at first, but quickly recognized it.
"Is this a weasel?"
Speaking of which, he hadn't seen a weasel many times in this world.
This weasel was lying on top of the wall, its nose twitching, its two small eyes like soybeans fixed on Lin Sheng, and then it immediately scurried onto the roof.
"Interesting."
Lin Sheng narrowed his eyes, shifting his gaze from the weasel to the courtyard gate.
Thump, thump, thump...
Soon, there was a knock at the courtyard gate.
Then, a sweet female voice came from outside the door.
"Is anyone there?"
"My little Huang got into your house, could you open the door and help me look for it?!"
The woman's voice sounded quite anxious, as if the so-called little Huang was quite important to her.
"Coming, please wait a moment."
Lin Sheng's eyes flickered, he paused, then stepped towards the courtyard gate.
With a creak, the courtyard gate opened.
Revealing a face with some beauty.
"You're the owner of this house, right? My little beast got into your house, could you help me find it? Thank you very much."
The owner of the face reached out and smoothed her slightly messy hair, revealing a smile.
"Okay, come in."
Lin Sheng also had a smile on his face, he said warmly, then opened the door.
"Also, there are a few of my servants behind me, could they help me look too?"
The woman stepped inside in one stride, her gaze sweeping up and down Lin Sheng, then her eyes fell on the few mud houses in the courtyard.
"Are there others? Then come in together."
Lin Sheng's smile remained unchanged.
Before he finished speaking, several men had already rushed in.
The two big men in the lead held gleaming steel knives, while the few behind them held short crossbows.
At this moment, Lin Sheng felt a chill on his neck, and a dagger was already pressed against his neck from behind.
"Don't move, be honest with me, how many people are in the rooms?"
Xie Chunniang pressed close to Lin Sheng and said coldly,
"Only my parents are in the rooms, there's no one else..."
Lin Sheng's face showed panic, and he said with a slight tremor in his body.
"Impossible, kid, if you want to live, don't play any tricks."
Xie Chunniang glared at Lin Sheng and softly blew a whistle.
The weasel immediately jumped down from the roof, its nose twitching, and soon, as if it had discovered something, it dashed straight into the room.
"Don't bother, go in."
Seeing this scene, Ding Wu immediately waved his hand and led the Gang members behind him towards the room.
Xie Chunniang also followed behind with Lin Sheng.
"No one!?"
Ding Wu and the others followed the weasel directly into Lin Sheng's room, but it was completely empty inside.
"How can there be no one!?"
Xie Chunniang frowned. After seeing little Huang's reaction, she was certain the target was here.
Soon she thought of something, immediately tightened the dagger in her hand, and lunged towards Lin Sheng's neck.
However, no matter how hard she tried, the dagger remained motionless. Unbeknownst to her, a hand had already reached out and firmly grasped her dagger.
Her eyes widened, only to see the dagger deform and twist in the other party's large hand, finally sweeping past her neck.
"Uh..."
Xie Chunniang's eyes were filled with disbelief. She staggered back a few steps, gripping her neck tightly with both hands.
It was useless, however; streams of dark red blood flowed from her fingertips. She wanted to push open the door and leave, but the door had long since been locked shut.
The next moment, the candle in the room suddenly went out.
Then came a series of thuds and heavy breathing.
After only a few breaths, the extinguished candlelight rekindled, and light returned to the room.
The several Ya Gang members who had been standing in the room were already lying on the ground, their necks twisted and their bodies twitching unconsciously, only moments away from death.
And the strongest in the group, Ding Wu, and another Body Tempering Gang member were also kneeling on the ground, their necks gripped by the young man, one on each side, like dead dogs.
"Ya Gang people?"
Lin Sheng looked down at Ding Wu and the other man, whose faces were flushed red from being choked by the neck, and slowly relaxed his grip.
"You... who exactly are you!?"
Ding Wu said hoarsely, his eyes filled with terror as he looked at Lin Sheng.
"Looks like it is. How did you find me?"
Lin Sheng ignored the other party's question and continued to ask.
But soon he frowned, stomped his foot on the ground, on the hand that was cautiously reaching for a waist pouch.
A sound of bones breaking rang out. Before Ding Wu could scream, his neck was directly snapped.
"Forget it, there's no point in asking so many questions."
Lin Sheng shook his head slightly, directly snapping the necks of the two men. The next moment, his figure had flipped out of the courtyard, and soon he dragged several Ya Gang members who were waiting outside inside.
Compared to Ding Wu and the other two, the few he dragged in were scared out of their wits when they saw the tragic state of the room.
When Lin Sheng questioned them, they spilled everything they knew in one go.
And Lin Sheng was also very merciful, letting them die a quicker death.
After confirming there were no survivors, Lin Sheng quickly searched the bodies of everyone on the ground.
"Hoo..."
He let out a heavy breath, his gaze falling on the woman who had already lost her life.
"I didn't expect them to find me here. It seems I underestimated the Ya Gang's methods."
Lin Sheng frowned.
Now that the other party had come knocking and so many people had died, they would definitely not let it go.
The Ya Gang had two Forging Tendons Martial Artists, one at the Forging Tendons Early Stage and one at the Forging Tendons Late Stage, and who knows if there were other forces behind them.
After all, a Gang like this could quickly rise in Waguan Street and drive out the previous Fist Gang, with no reaction from various aspects of the city. This was not something a mere hooligan Gang could achieve.
"It's still a bit troublesome."
He rubbed his forehead. The current situation meant his original plan probably needed to be changed.
If he were alone, he wouldn't be afraid of anything.
But there were still the two elderly people, Xie Guilan and Lin Hong, here.
"I can't stay here any longer."
"Fortunately, only these people know about this matter for now."
He was a decisive person and had already made up his mind.
"A Sheng, what happened? What was that noise just now? Did we get robbed?!"
At this moment, the light in another room outside the courtyard turned on, and Lin Hong's low voice sounded.
"Something happened, Father, Mother, it seems we have to leave now."
Lin Sheng exhaled and spoke slowly.
Soon, a carriage slowly drove out from the narrow alley, then headed towards the city gate.
On top of a two-story pavilion across the long street of the narrow alley, a figure in a black robe watched the carriage drive away.
"Tsk... interesting, this kid is quite decisive."
The black-robed figure muttered with interest, and the next moment, his figure disappeared as lightly as a bat.
Not long after, about the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn.
With a few creaking sounds of wood rubbing.
In the narrow alley, the doors of several neighboring houses opened one after another, and people looked into the alley, their faces filled with suspicion.
After an unknown amount of time, over ten Ya Gang members appeared on the long street, constantly searching for something in the small alleys on both sides.
"Where are Old Five Ding and the others? Didn't you say they found the whereabouts of that murderer?!"
Among the group, a tall, strong man frowned and asked the scrawny, monkey-like Er Mazi beside him.
"Right here... Where did they go!!?"
Er Mazi's eyes were on the narrow alley opposite his house, looking confused.
"It's the second to last house in this alley. Old Five Ding said it himself. I remember there were still a bunch of brothers here when I left. I took advantage of them not paying attention to run and inform Leader Wang."
Er Mazi grinned a fawning smile and said.
"Are you sure?"
The tall, strong man, Wang Laojiu, said.
"This matter is absolutely true. If I, Wang Er Mazi, am lying, I..."
"Stop your damn nonsense, hurry up and take me to see."
Er Mazi still wanted to say something, but Wang Laojiu had already lost patience, cursed, and kicked him hard in the butt, almost knocking him to the ground.
He had deliberately arranged for this Er Mazi to follow Ding Wu and his group so that if they really found the murderer who killed Liu Ergou, he would know in time and get a share of the spoils.
Although Liu Yuanshan's methods were ruthless, given his doting on his useless younger brother, whoever found the murderer would definitely receive a considerable reward.
Moreover, he had heard that even the Great Leader was paying attention to this matter. If he could demonstrate his ability through this incident, it would be an excellent opportunity to make an impression. Naturally, he wouldn't let Ding Wu take all the benefits for himself.
So, as soon as he received Er Mazi's message, he immediately rushed over from Hualiu Lane with his men.
But upon arriving here, he found no trace of Ding Wu and the others.
"Could it be that that bastard Ding Wu has already captured the murderer!?"
Thinking this, he grew even more anxious.
He took the lead, dragging Wang Er Mazi, and strode into the alley.
"It's this house... That's right, it's this house!!"
Er Mazi pointed at the tightly closed courtyard gate of the residence before them, saying breathlessly.
"Here?"
Wang Laojiu's face showed suspicion. Although he looked rough and strong, his mind was quite meticulous.
He glanced around but found no trace of a fight here at all.
Based on his understanding of that reckless man Ding Wu, if he had found the target, there would have been a fierce battle here long ago.
"Damn it, could it be that this isn't the place and that bastard Ding Wu tricked me!?"
Thinking this, he suddenly realized something, cursed, and threw Wang Er Mazi aside.
He raised his foot and kicked the main door hard. With just that one kick, the courtyard gate was kicked open.
"Get in there and take a look."
Wang Laojiu waved his hand, and the Gang members behind him filed in.
However, when they kicked open the room door and saw the situation inside, they all gasped and froze in place.