Chapter 60: Chapter 41: Talent Development, Scholar’s Distress
Translator: 549690339
As expected, the situation unfolded just like Lu Yuan had anticipated. Fang Tianying’s defeat did not put an end to the chaos caused by the Black Wind Gang. On the contrary, the turmoil seemed to expand even further.
After defeating Eagle King, the Iron Sword Sect and the government forces took advantage of their victory and launched an offensive. A large number of Iron Sword Sect disciples cooperated with the government and hunted down the Black Wind Gang members.
However, the core leaders of the Black Wind Gang were all swift-acting horse thieves. They rode fast horses and came and went like the wind, striking one place and then immediately retreating, without staying in one place for long.
This grand encirclement operation, in addition to eliminating some peripheral bandits, hardly killed any of the core leaders.
It was as if they were taking the Iron Sword Sect disciples and government soldiers for a walk around Luling Prefecture.
A cat-and-mouse game of chasing and fleeing was staged everyvvhere.
However, it was clear to discerning eyes.
Facing the Iron Sword Sect and the government forces with the advantage of being local snakes, even if the Black Wind Gang members could run fast, they would eventually be slowly eliminated.
By then, no matter how powerful Fang Tianying, the Eagle King, was, without a large number of followers, he could only become a bare commander and wouldn’t cause any huge waves.
Eventually leaving in disgrace should be the only outcome for the opposing side.
Unless.
At this time, the Black Wind Gang could produce another top-notch expert to level the gap between the top combat powers, which would allow them to stand up against the Iron Sword Sect and the government forces.
But is that possible?
It’s already a miracle for a group of nomadic bandits to have one top-notch expert. If another one appeared, making it two, even a fool could see that there must be a problem behind the scenes.
Of course, as long as you have absolute strength and a clean enough approach, even if there are problems, others will choose to turn a blind eye and not dare to question.
“It’s just unknown whether the person behind the Black Wind Gang has that
Many people wondered.
As for the cat-and-mouse game between the Black Wind Gang and the Iron Sword Sect and the government forces, besides going to the tavern every day to hear the latest news from the merchants, Lu Yuan did not pay much attention to it.
Since hearing about Fang Tianying’s defeat, he knew that there wouldn’t be any significant changes in Luling Prefecture for a short period of time.
Without changes, it means stability.
Stability represents a certain degree of order and safety.
Even if this order and safety were built on the killings outside, as long as there were no major issues in Yangmei Town, wouldn’t that be enough?
Compared to paying attention to the killings in the Jianghu, Lu Yuan preferred to spend his time on martial arts training.
“In this world, the lack of strength is a sin. One must be at the mercy of others.”
“I don’t want to sin, and I don’t want others to control my fate, so I must make myself stronger. To become stronger, I need to practice martial arts — this is the foundation of securing my life.” He understood this early on.
Jianghu is dangerous.
The recent turmoil has given Lu Yuan a vivid lesson.
What will happen to those without strength?
Old Chen and Old Spotted Head were the most obvious examples.
Both of them had honest personalities and were warm-hearted. In their daily life, they would help each other with any problem and were the standard good-natured people.
However, these good people were killed in their own homes, even though they lived peacefully in the mountains.
The danger of Jianghu, the ruthlessness of society, and the cruelty of people’s hearts were all vividly displayed.
“This is a lesson from the past.”
Lu Yuan was awakened in his heart and put it into action.
The most obvious change was that the time he spent practicing Inner Strength every day increased from two timings to four. As for the time he spent practicing Palm skills, it remained unchanged at two timings.
He needed six timings a day just for practicing martial arts, which already accounted for half the day.
He was very diligent.
However, as a result, Lu Yuan’s consumption of meat and medicinal herbs suddenly increased dramatically.
Inner Strength was the combination of the soul and the essence of the body.
There was no issue in the soul aspect. Lu Yuan had absorbed the original soul when he crossed over, so his soul power was already much stronger than ordinary people.
A powerful soul not only brought strong perception, allowing him to sense the location of prey and danger in hunting but also provided a solid foundation and recovery speed, enough to support the high-intensity consumption of practicing Inner Strength.
But there was no helping the physical aspect.
After all, he had a soul transfer, not a body transfer. There wasn’t another body for him to integrate with.
“The physical body is the source of essence and blood. If I forcibly extract the essence from my body to transform it into Inner Strength, it will inevitably lead to a serious consequence of blood depletion and severe damage to my vitality.”
“By then, I would become a dried corpse, and death would not be an exaggeration. ”
“In order to practice Inner Strength, one must not squeeze oneself into a dry person, for this goes against the purpose of martial arts practice and should not be pursued.”
Lu Yuan saw things clearly.
He was an immortal, with an infinite future. There was no need to risk one’s life for momentary strength.
Otherwise, it would be like throwing the helve after the hatchet – an utterly stupid choice.
Luckily, he had the talent for immortality, which besides giving him endless life, had another invisible benefit.
That was the solidification of his physical fitness.
It was only after two years of careful observation and experience that Lu Yuan discovered this invisible benefit.
After he crossed over and inherited the original body, from that moment on, his physical time was forever fixed at that moment..
