After Zhou Yuan left the Jun Sima Mansion, he found a teahouse to rest.
While drinking tea, he recalled his experience in the Military Sima Mansion and quickly figured out the reason for what happened.
"Cai Cheng had no need to lie to me, let alone fabricate stories about his mother."
“There are many Painted Skins in the city, and none of them have any intention of driving me away out of disgust.
It must be that the old woman with painted skin sensed me when I was experimenting with my skills last night."
"The Three Talents Seal gathers all the essence, energy and spirit, and is quite powerful.
Perhaps the Painted Skin sensed a threat, so it made up a story of good fortune, bad luck, and evil, determined to drive me away."
If the old lady in the mansion was a normal person, Zhou Yuan would definitely not think too much about it.
But it is a ghost with painted skin, hiding in the military Sima Mansion and it definitely does not like to be Cai Cheng's mother. Zhou Yuan had to think about it too much.
"Cai Cheng is indeed valuable. Whether in the military camp or in Jing'an City, he is considered a top figure.
Even the Painted Skins have set their sights on him, disguising themselves as his relatives to monitor his life."
Zhou Yuan was thinking about how to deal with this matter, whether to pretend not to know or secretly provide some clues.
When he turned around to pour tea, he saw four 【Level 7 Painted Skin Scoundrels】 walking into the teahouse.
"Brother, you took our seat, shouldn't you give an explanation?"
After all, the Painted Skin Old Lady is an important spy for the Painted Skins. There are several Painted Skins of various professions waiting for her to contact and pass on information in the streets and alleys.
As soon as Zhou Yuan left the Jun Sima Mansion, the old woman with painted skin passed the information she had discovered to a painted skin dealer.
Therefore, the four Painted Skin scoundrels followed Zhou Yuan to the teahouse, ready to test his strength.
If Zhou Yuan's strength is limited, they will naturally kill him. If Zhou Yuan is strong, they can make adjustments and include Zhou Yuan in the surveillance range.
But what the four Painted Skin scoundrels didn't expect was that Zhou Yuan went downstairs and left before they could finish their provocative words.
"Hey, don't run away. No matter what you say today, you have to give us brothers an explanation."
Crowded places seem to be humans’ home turf and more suitable for avoiding danger, but this is not the case.
Zhou Yuan knew without hesitation that the Painted Skin Scoundrel would definitely dare to kill someone. The worst that could happen was that he would be arrested by the Painted Skin officers who would arrive after hearing the news.
When they are in prison, there might be Painted Skin jailers to help them. They cannot die, and the government office of Jing'an City cannot punish them.
If you are lucky enough to think that they won't dare to act recklessly because there are too many people on the street, that would be extremely foolish.
Whenever the Painted Skin scoundrels show off their fists and feet, there will be many people watching; if they show weapons, the crowd will scatter and flee.
So Zhou Yuan ignored them, turned around, went downstairs, joined the crowd and left.
"He's there, don't let him get away. The Black Tiger Gang is doing business, everyone else please stay away."
Four painted-skin scoundrels were chasing them closely, and the painted-skin girl who was leaning against the railing and smiling was openly showing them the way.
Pedestrians on the street all avoided the attack, and the girls from brothels even tried to pull the Painted Skin Girl away, asking them to mind their business.
At this moment, the city seemed to be divided into two parts, one part was the human beings who were unaware of the truth and lived in peace, and the other part was the painted skins who knew the truth but had bad intentions.
Zhou Yuan glanced at his inventory: 112 Golden Wound Medicines, 35 Jade True Powders, and 237 Rice Balls.
In terms of weapons, there are more than 60 swords, spears and shields, 20 sets of leather armor, and 13 sets of bows and arrows, all of which are equipment dropped from dungeons.
"You guys have mistaken your identities, I am the boss."
Adequate restorative medicine, multiple full-level skills, and the high-burst Three Talents Seal.
Zhou Yuan actually has higher output and a thicker health bar than the dungeon boss 【Level 5 Bandit Leader】, and his skills are even more overwhelming.
Just four level 7 monsters are not enough to defeat this boss. It’s hard to say about those above level 10, but with the blood recovery and endurance of the medicine, you should be able to fight them.
"Run, you're quite a runner, why don't you run anymore?"
After the four 【Level 7 Painted Skin Scoundrels】 chased to a dead end, they found that Zhou Yuan had an extra knife in his hand, as if he was planning to kill the four of them in this secluded street.
"How rude of you to use a knife! Watch out for Grandpa's clothes. If they get torn, I'll skin you alive to mend them."
"Do you know who I am?"
"Haha..., he asked us if we knew who he was. Boy, this is not your military fort.
You're just a small Jing'an, but you really think we don't dare to take you and kill you. Let's see if your skin is tough."
Zhou Yuan wanted to get some information out of him, but the Painted Skin scoundrels didn't give him a chance. They took out daggers and skinning knives from their pockets and surrounded him.
"It seems there's nothing more to discuss. Well, I'll try to keep someone alive for questioning."
Zhou Yuan's words made the four Painted Skin Rogues feel very funny.
This guy must have gone crazy after staying in the military camp. He has no shield or armor, and no comrades around him. He would die if he was hit by two swords. How could he have the confidence to deal with the four of them?
Obviously, when they were sent to attack Zhou Yuan's painted skin, they were not told that Zhou Yuan might be a warrior, they were only told who to kill.
"If you brag, you'll die."
The moment the four Painted Skin rogues surrounded him, Zhou Yuan used a bottle of Yuzhen Powder to restore his mana.
Then he swung his sword with his right hand and used the "Sweeping Thousands of Troops" move from the Eight Styles of Breaking the Edge, and with his left hand, he formed the Three Talents Seal and slapped the head of a painted-skin rogue.
Zhou Yuan's sword, which had four points of essence, was extremely fast and powerful. With one sharp blow, he knocked the two Painted Skin rogues down directly.
These guys are not as strong as level 7 monsters, and their attack methods are similar to those of the bandits and swordsmen in the dungeon.
I think that layer of skin is not only their camouflage, but also limits their strength.
"No!"
The battle started in an instant, and the enemy became timid in an instant.
Use the mana recovery potion to temporarily activate the blue bar attack, and fully demonstrate the cohesive core of the Three Talents Seal based on strength and sourced from Qi.
At the moment the Three Talents Seal was activated, Zhou Yuanli's left palm first turned red, and then ignited a visible flame of blood.
"Bang!"
The Three Talents Seal with the blood flame special effect was slammed heavily on a 【Level 7 Painted Skin Rogue】.
The next moment, 【Level 7 Painted Skin Rogue】 exploded like a balloon, and broken skin flakes splattered everywhere.
A black ghost broke out of the skin, its health bar was directly reduced by half. After a wailing sound, it quickly pounced towards the shadow in the corner.
The skills supported by the blue bar are indeed powerful. The blood flames caused by the Three Talents Seal are like a cancer attached to the bone, constantly burning its body that is like smoke and shadow.
"Ah, it hurts, give me some skin, give me some skin."
All this happened at the moment the two sides fought.
The four confident Painted Skin rogues never imagined that one of their own would be seriously injured or even killed in just one fight.
"You, you..., you are a warrior!"
"I'm not, don't talk nonsense, you know too much."
If Zhou Yuan robbed the painted skin rogue, it was clearly him who broke the painted skin and discovered the hidden ghost, so how could it be said that they knew too much?
"Bang!"
Another painted-skin rogue was beaten to death, and the wailing of the evil spirit and the soul-devouring blood flames scared the remaining two painted-skin rogues.
"Don't come over here, help, someone is killing someone!"
