Chapter 188: Force Feature: Humbleness
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Lin Yan hid in a corner and looked askance. Zhang Yangzhou was clearly getting more and more excited as he asked. He kept pushing the doctor to ask about all kinds of details.
Then, he pulled the doctor around and entered Lin Yan’s blind spot.
Lin Yan frowned slightly and walked out of the corner. He entered the teahouse and looked into the medical hall from another angle. He saw that Zhang Yangzhou, who was disguised as an old man, had already walked out.
Lin Yan quietly watched as he staggered with each step. After the man walked for a short distance, his figure suddenly flashed and he entered the medical center to take a look. His eyes turned sharp. The doctor was dead!
The body was leaning against the corner. Those who didn’t know better would think that it was sleeping.
“Kill him to silence him…”
Lin Yan went out of the medical center and started to follow Zhang Yangzhou at a leisurely pace. He was prepared to capture Zhang Yangzhou and ask him clearly when there was no one around.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yangzhou changed lanes and walked out of the city.
Lin Yan’s expression darkened slightly, but he still followed. Not long after, Zhang Yangzhou left the city gate and walked out.
Lin Yan originally felt that Zhang Yangzhou might have discovered him, so he lured him out of the city to settle it.
However, he did not expect that Zhang Yangzhou seemed to have his own destination. As he sped up, he kept removing the disguise on his face without any intention of stopping.
His speed was not fast, and it was at the Tough Realm. Lin Yan controlled the distance behind him and followed from afar.
After walking for more than ten miles, he followed Zhang Yangzhou up a short mountain. Zhang Yangzhou clearly did not discover him, but had his own destination.
He searched the short mountain for a while. In the end, under a towering tree, he lifted a hidden cloth and a pitch-black hole appeared.
A look of joy appeared on his face. Just as he was about to climb down the hole, he suddenly heard a voice behind him. “What are you doing?”
Zhang Yangzhou trembled and jumped out. He turned around and looked behind him in shock. He exclaimed, “L-Lord Lin?”
Lin Yan walked over step by step and pointed at the hole in the ground, but his eyes never left Zhang Yangzhou. “Zhang Yangzhou, what is this? Didn’t you say that you were sick?”
A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Zhang Yangzhou’s face. He smiled apologetically and said, “Lord Lin, I, I came up the mountain to dig herbs. I accidentally discovered that there seems to be a hole in the ground here. 1 think it was dug by some squirrel or Mountain-Piercing Mouse.”
“Oh.” Lin Yan didn’t comment and suddenly asked again, “Then, who’s the little girl who doesn’t wake up?!”
Zhang Yangzhou’s expression changed drastically. He stared at Lin Yan and said gloomily, “You followed me?”
Lin Yan said calmly, “Lord Ling asked me to look for you because she cares about you.”
Zhang Yangzhou’s expression changed. “Lord Lin, there are some things in this world that can’t be casually asked. You’re just a small patrol guard in the lower city. There are some things that you can’t participate in.”
Lin Yan looked at him coldly. “Can I take it that you’re threatening me?”
Zhang Yangzhou’s expression gradually turned cold. “So be it. No matter what you heard today, pretend you didn’t hear it, okay?”
Lin Yan stared at Zhang Yangzhou, not understanding where Zhang Yangzhou got his confidence to threaten him.
“I’m afraid… 1 can’t! It’s not easy for me to explain to Lord Ling.”
Zhang Yangzhou’s expression became even gloomier, like linen dyed with ink. “You’re just a small Tough Realm cultivator in the lower city. Do you really think you’re so great because I call you lord? You haven’t even seen the real sky and don’t understand what’s good for you. You… are courting death!”
Zhang Yangzhou took a deep breath and suddenly activated his strength. His fingers took the shape of a phoenix eye and suddenly struck his chest three times.
Lin Yan could clearly see that the three consecutive strikes were shockingly powerful. They were completely at full strength, as if he wanted to kill himself. They hammered the center of his chest.
The truth was that a trace of blood flowed from the corner of Zhang Yangzhou’s mouth. The three strikes just now had already injured him.
“You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit…”
Lin Yan’s expression changed slightly. Zhang Yangzhou’s clothes fluttered even though there was no wind. A suppressing and powerful aura suddenly soared from his body, and a terrifying power awakened in his body.
“This power… Yellow Grade Noble Realm!”
At this moment, the aura emitted by Zhang Yangzhou was somewhat similar to Wu Qinglei’s. Although he was slightly weaker, he had undoubtedly reached the Yellow Grade Noble Realm!
Zhang Yangzhou’s face was as dark as water. “You caused me to lose another portion of my strength… Die!”
His body suddenly swayed, as if a phantom had suddenly elongated. He instantly approached Lin Yan and clawed at Lin Yan’s chest.
This move contained the power of the Noble Realm and was activated with the Yellow Grade Force Feature. Not to mention the Tough Realm, even a Yellow Grade Noble Realm cultivator of the same realm would find it very troublesome to block it.
Zhang Yangzhou’s expression was ferocious, as if he could already see the cruel scene of Lin Yan’s chest being pierced by him and his heart being crushed.
In the next moment, a white light suddenly lit up.
Endless lightning suddenly bloomed!
Zhang Yangzhou’s expression changed drastically. In an instant, he was drowned by endless lightning. His force defense was broken easily, and electric currents that were like electric thorns instantly surged throughout his body, causing his entire body to stiffen. He almost could not maintain his claw.
The force under his feet surged crazily, wanting to shoot him back.
However, after a few inches, a terrifying invisible force came from behind him and grabbed his waist and shoulders. The force was so terrifying that it almost broke him in half. No matter how he activated his force, he could not move at all and was bound in midair!
Zhang Yangzhou turned his head in shock and trembled violently. “Dragon, dragon!”
An invisible green dragon grabbed his waist with one claw and pressed on his shoulder with the other. Its ferocious dragon head flowed with greenish-yellow lightning that was like liquid. It was sinister and terrifying!
Lin Yan’s hair danced with static electricity, and wind and lightning flickered in his eyes, as if a lightning god or wind demon had descended. As his eyes flickered, the green dragon phantom roared and tore off Zhang Yangzhou’s right arm!
“Ahhh!”
Zhang Yangzhou screamed miserably. In the next moment, wind blades danced and cut off one of his legs at an angle. Then, the dragon claw grabbed his left shoulder and squeezed.
Crack! Crack!
The left shoulder bone was also shattered into powder.
Then, the lightning, wind, and green dragon all dissipated. Zhang Yangzhou, who had one hand broken and one hand crippled, fell to the ground like a broken sack.
Lin Yan’s face was pale, and there was sweat on his forehead. It seemed like he could easily subdue Zhang Yangzhou, but in fact, the eruption of the Yellow Grade power was really terrifying.
The Azure Dragon Riding Wind and Thunder was greatly disturbed. If he had not injected all his strength, he would not have been able to cripple Zhang Yangzhou.
He slowly walked to Zhang Yangzhou’s side and searched him. He was extremely lucky to find a parchment made of sheepskin and a piece of jade the size of a child’s fist. It was shaped like a heart but was made of crystal clear jade.
“This is…”
Lin Yan’s gaze suddenly focused as the Golden Bodhi Scripture trembled violently. This was actually a Spirit Marrow!
This Spirit Marrow was larger than any of the Spirit Marrows Lin Yan had seen so far. Furthermore, it was in the shape of a heart. It made Lin Yan inexplicably think of the Spirit Marrow that he had seen in the underground ruin.
Lin Yan opened the parchment again. There was actually a Force Feature recorded on it!
“Humbleness: You can compress your strength and seal it, returning to the Tough Realm. When you nourish your strength and break through, you can increase your purity with all your might. If you unseal it in advance, your strength will be depleted and your foundation will be injured. Remember to use it carefully.”
Below, there were corresponding mental state, visualization, and Unusual Item names.
No wonder Zhang Yangzhou could hide from Liu Lanqing and Ling Shuangxue’s eyes. It turned out that his Force Feature was to hide his cultivation.
He looked around and casually found a vine to tie Zhang Yangzhou, who seemed to have woken up, to the tree trunk.
Lin Yan moved a stone and sat opposite Zhang Yangzhou, slowly calming his breathing.
Zhang Yangzhou finally opened his eyes in a daze. He felt his empty arms and leg, and his expression was extremely tragic.
Lin Yan put away the parchment and propped himself up on his knees.. He said seriously, “Zhang Yangzhou, who’s the little girl who doesn’t wake up?!”