Chapter 101.2: The Three-Month Promise; The Mind at Peace; One Slash to Kill Chen Shan! (II)

With that, Lu Changsheng left the room, and his final words lingered in Yun Haitang's ears as they echoed throughout the quiet space.

Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng returned to the courtyard of the Four Seas Gang.

"Heavenly Maiden, primordial yin..." A faint smile appeared at the corner of Lu Changsheng's mouth. In truth, he did not care about primordial yin at all.

His true condition was for Yun Haitang to mobilize the Heavenly Maiden Sect's forces and help him search for the rare treasures required by the Celestial Treasure-Refinement Secret Technique.

Of course, this would only happen once she had already secured her standing as the Heavenly Maiden.

In addition, who could say for sure how long it would take Yun Haitang to reach the Hundred Cauldrons Stage? With Lu Changsheng's Perception, he would have most likely broken through to the Divine Fortification Realm or even higher by then.

Why would he rely on Yun Haitang's primordial yin at the time?

However, Yun Haitang's decision to give it up to him was her own decision to make. The decision to take it also depended on Lu Changsheng. After all, there was no such thing as a free lunch in jianghu.

In the following days, Zhanhai City became extremely chaotic. Every day was filled with news about the Alum Core Ore. Either some Divine Strength expert who had seized it was beaten to death, or a Divine Strength martial artist had reaped some benefits as a bystander.

Lu Changsheng didn't wish to participate in the commotion. Moreover, he still had his agreement with Yun Haitang. Since he was going to help Yun Haitang seize the position of Heavenly Maiden, he needed to become even stronger before then.

As for how he could become even stronger, Lu Changsheng chose to go out to sea and comprehend the Wave Intent out in the ocean. His progress in the Wave Intent became extremely slow after reaching ten percent, but he could still improve.

Today, Lu Changsheng jumped out of the sea and landed on the deck.

"Wave Intent has reached twelve percent!" Lu Changsheng had just obtained some new insights into the Wave Intent. "Another month has passed. Everything I've built up has reached its peak. I can finally attempt the fourth ascension through the Dragon Gate!"

Lu Changsheng hoped that the fourth ascension would raise his strength to ninety cauldrons of strength. To ensure everything would go smoothly, Lu Changsheng used the fire seed once more and cleared away his distracting thoughts.

Before long, the jumble of thoughts within him faded away, and he finally reached peak condition.

"Ascend through the Dragon Gate!"

Lu Changsheng did not hesitate. It was as though he had transformed into a massive dragonfish; he was no longer a carp. The dragonfish was enormous, and its strength was equally massive. With a single leap, it rushed upward, instantly clearing the first three Dragon Gates and arriving before the fourth.

BOOM!

Lu Changsheng passed through the fourth Dragon Gate with extreme ease, as though he wasn't feeling even the slightest strain. His preparations had paid off in spades. Had it not been for the Wave Intent and the fire seed purifying his thoughts, he wouldn't have leapt through the Dragon Gate so smoothly.

After leaping through the fourth Dragon Gate, Lu Changsheng began another round of marrow transformation and blood replacement. At this point, his level of strength was now equivalent to ninety cauldrons.

He was just one round of marrow transformation and blood replacement away from the Hundred Cauldrons Stage.

Lu Changsheng immediately summoned the status panel to check his condition.

[Status Panel]

Host: Lu Changsheng

Perception: 933 (Hidden Dragon in the Abyss)

[Skills]

Blood Qi Sword Crafting Secret Technique: Sword Crafting 7 months 22 days

Wave Intent: Progress 12%

Celestial Treasure-Refinement Secret Technique: Second Layer

Ninefold Carp-Dragon Ascension: Fourth Level

Nine-Character Mantra: Initial Mastery

During this month, he devoted himself fully to practice. Even the speed at which he trained his martial techniques was extremely fast. He had already practiced thirty techniques to Perfection. Right now, his Perception was drawing closer and closer to the 1000 points threshold.

As for martial techniques, Lu Changsheng was not worried. At worst, he would simply go to the Four Seas Gang to exchange for more.

However, his Nine-Character Mantra had stagnated at Initial Mastery. It was as though he had encountered a bottleneck. Even though Lu Changsheng's Perception had already exceeded 900 points, he still couldn't fully comprehend the Nine-Character Mantra.

Of course, the greatest increase in strength came from the Blood Qi Sword Crafting Secret Technique. In two months, the secret technique would have a total of ten months of accumulation time, which meant an accumulated strength surpassing a thousand cauldrons!

This was Lu Changsheng's true trump card!

With the Blood Qi Sword Crafting Secret Technique in hand, he was unafraid of anything unexpected.

During this period of time, his consultations lasted only half a day. In the afternoon, he'd go out to sea to train and return at night. Even so, he had plenty of merit. There were simply too many patients, and they all converged on his consultation room because of his soaring reputation.

Just as Lu Changsheng made his way to the consultation room, Zhang Xuan walked up to him with a tense face and said, "Physician. Chen Shan, the deputy hall master of the Saber Hall, broke through to the Divine Strength Realm a few days ago. We just heard of that today."

"

Hm

? Chen Shan broke through?"

Lu Changsheng was slightly startled. He had fully devoted himself to martial practice and had not paid any attention to Chen Shan's affairs. After all, Chen Shan had not done anything to him, and a breakthrough was just a breakthrough. He couldn't care less about it.

Not long after, Xu Ling also arrived. With joy on her face, she smiled and said, "Physician Lu, I've reached the Divine Strength Realm. However, you should try not to leave the Four Seas Gang in the meantime. Zhanhai City is extremely chaotic right now.

"Once you leave the Four Seas Gang, Chen Shan will likely make a move against you. I've spoken to him, but Chen Shan has always been the gang leader's trusted subordinate, so he probably won't take me seriously."

Xu Ling's warning told Lu Changsheng that on the surface, the Four Seas Gang naturally had rules, and no one was allowed to privately kill gang members.

However, Zhanhai City was in chaos, so other Divine Strength martial artists could easily be made into scapegoats. In other words, he had no choice but to remain cautious.

"Thank you, Hall Master Xu. I will be careful," he replied.

After Xu Ling left, Lu Changsheng's eyes narrowed slightly. He hadn't expected Chen Shan to truly gain some momentum.

"Physician, Chen Yan has been sending people to probe us indirectly. They have been asking about the Scarless Ointment in your possession. I fear Chen Yan has already set his sights on it," Zhang Xuan said indignantly.

Chen Shan had just advanced to the Divine Strength Realm, yet he had already dared to inquire about the Scarless Ointment. This was clearly an attempt to seize the Scarless Ointment for himself.

Lu Changsheng's eyes narrowed again. In truth, he could set up a scheme. He could leave the Four Seas Gang alone and deliberately expose an opening. If Chen Shan made a move, he could kill him on the spot on account of defending himself. However, Chen Shan could avoid the bait; he was a cautious man, after all.

Forget it. There's no sense in being wary of thieves every day. Whether Chen Shan truly intends to deal with me or not, I'll go and cut him down tonight. Why should I care about anyone else's opinion?

Lu Changsheng instantly felt like a burden on his mind was lifted.

"Next..."

Lu Changsheng continued treating his patients.

As night fell, Chen Yan arrived early at the Saber Hall. Chen Yan couldn't help but say, "Big Brother, Lu Changsheng has only been holding consultations for half a day recently. No one knows where he goes in the afternoon.

"The Scarless Ointment in Lu Changsheng's hands is extremely valuable. If its production could be increased and sold to a wider audience, wouldn't it be a massively profitable business?"

Chen Shan glanced at Chen Yan and indifferently remarked, "The gang leader is still busy watching over the Alum Core Ore and has no interest in dealing with such trivial matters.

"He's just an ordinary physician, even if he were truly a renowned physician, so what? If I want to crush him, it'd be easy. Just not now. Wait a little longer."

"Yes, Big Brother." Chen Yan nodded and turned to leave.

Just as he stepped out of the main hall—

Bang!

Chen Yan's head exploded; red and white brain matter splattered all over the ground.

"Who goes there?!" Chen Shan roared, his expression changing drastically; his gaze locked on the doorway. Who would dare to kill someone in the Saber Hall of the Four Seas Gang?

A black figure emerged and advanced step by step. His eyes remained fixed on Chen Shan. There was no such figure in Chen Shan's memory. He couldn't recognize the saberman before him, but every step he took made Chen Shan feel even more nervous.

"Retreat!" Chen Shan made a decisive decision and immediately pulled back.

At the sight, a faint smile tugged at the black-clad man's face.

The black-clad man's hand gripped the saber hilt.

Slash!

A blood-colored saber light flashed across the air and appeared before Chen Shan in an instant.

"I'm also a Divine Strength expert! You want to kill me with a single slash? Dream on!" Chen Shan roared. Chen Shan didn't know what secret technique the black-clad man had employed, but it made his blood qi surge violently.

They stood ten

zhang

apart, but he could clearly hear the faint sound of rolling waves from within the saber light.

Soon, it swept toward Chen Shan like a tidal wave. He could not understand how such roaring waves could come from a saber light.

The saber light struck him, splitting him in twain.

"I-I can't accept this..."

Shock lingered on Chen Shan's face. He had just reached the Divine Strength Realm; he had just stepped onto the starting point of the glorious path of martial cultivation, but he was cut down by a single slash for seemingly no reason at all.

Thud

.

Chen Shan's two sides collapsed to the ground. The black-clad figure sheathed his saber and cast a long look toward the inner chambers of the Saber Hall. Then, his figure flickered before vanishing swiftly into the night without a trace.