Chapter 33: Qin Hao Watches the Play, Fatso Pretends to be Foolish

  Deep night, bright moonlight, all sounds are quiet.

  Many shops have closed, and the pedestrians on the street have mostly gone home, leaving only a few people wandering around. The bustling city has dispersed, leaving behind a quiet and serene night scene.

  At this moment, Qin Hao was hiding in a abandoned small courtyard, crouching at the edge of the already collapsed wall, with half his body hidden in the darkness, only exposing one head, staring intently at a magnificent large mansion hundreds of meters away.

  At the entrance of the mansion stood two robust men, their standing posture was refined and their physique was straight, at a glance it could be seen that they were martial artists with solid foundation.

  Qin Hao's eyes suddenly shifted upwards, and in an instant, the plaque with the words "Lin Fu" entered his line of sight. The characters looked like they were carved into the wood, adding a few more points to the grandeur of this mansion.

  Qin Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, gazing at the Lin family not far away. At this moment, his breathing had been suppressed to the lowest limit, and his body was like a statue.

  The black clothes on his body, the mask on his face, made his figure completely merge into the darkness, like a black wolf lurking in the shadows, waiting to pounce on its prey at any moment.

  The people on duty outside Lin's mansion came and went in shifts, changing several times, and the few pedestrians on the street also disappeared into the distance. Inside Lin's mansion, there seemed to be no movement at all.

  It wasn't until nearly an hour later that a young man in magnificent attire and two men in green robes emerged from the Lin estate.

  Next to the Lin Mansion gate, under the light, Qin Hao could identify that the young man in magnificent attire was indeed Lin Bi. The two men in green robes had a steady breath and stood firmly with their lower body stable and heavy. From their aura, Qin Hao could confirm that although those two were not at the Spiritual Profound Realm, they were not far off from him who only needed one more step to enter the Spiritual Profound Realm.

  As he estimated their strength, Qin Hao's expression became increasingly serious. He took a half step back with his right foot, leaned back with the upper half of his body, and completely hid in the shadow of the broken wall, with only a pair of pitch-black pupils still staring tightly at the three people.

  Lin stepped out of the door and looked around in all directions, glancing at several places around the Lin family's house. After repeating this process several times, he finally withdrew his gaze and headed straight along the city wall towards the south of the city.

  Two warriors in green robes followed at a steady pace.

  Qin Hao and others followed quietly behind him after they had run for hundreds of meters.

  Along the way, Qin Hao relied on the "Thousand Mile Wind Chasing" technique to easily keep up with the three figures. Although the two blue-robed warriors were cautious and looked back several times, Lin Bi also deliberately took a few detours, but Qin Hao was always able to steadily follow behind them.

  At the same time as the three of them, Qin Hao also divided his attention to pay attention to the surrounding situation, to see if anyone was secretly following him, after all, he didn't want something like "Huang Que" to appear.

  After more than half an hour, Lin Bi finally put away his suspicions and stopped deliberately taking a detour.

  Qin Hao was also certain that no one should be following him within half an hour.

  Although today, in the daytime, at Tian Nan Fang, the fatty was selling martial skills and it was a hot topic, everyone knew about it, but those who wanted to use force to rob him were few, and even fewer could put it into action.

  Low-level martial artist, unable to snatch things from Lin Bi's hands.

  A family with the ability to take it, but won't do so. After all, for a family, middle-level martial skills are valuable, but not enough to make them offend the Lin family.

  It was only then that Lin Bi dared to leave the Lin residence with just two guards. And these two guards, perhaps were merely used to intimidate some people who didn't know better.

  But what Lin didn't expect was that there was someone who didn't care about the consequences, and as long as it involved the Lin family, he would do his best to destroy him, had already been secretly watching him.

  Three people ran ahead, one person followed slowly behind, and the four of them moved quickly through Tianlang City.

  As we gradually approached the south of the city, the houses on both sides of the road became more and more ordinary, transitioning from originally tall mansions to some simple small courtyards, and some ordinary trees and flowers began to be sparsely distributed on both sides of the road.

  I don't know how long I've been running, but the road has changed from its original bluestone to sandy ground, and there are no longer houses on either side. Instead, trees of varying heights surround me, and the sound of insects chirping fills the air. Moreover, in the distance ahead, a dense forest can be vaguely seen.

  In the distance, the mountains and forests are pitch black. At this moment, even though the moonlight is bright, it can't illuminate the scenery inside at all. The occasional mountain wind blowing by makes a low humming sound, making it look like there's an air of mysterious and eerie atmosphere.

  This is the Blue Quiet Forest within Tianlang City.

  A hundred years ago, the place was lush with Blue Quiet Grass, which many demonic beasts liked to devour to supplement their energy. Later on, this land gradually gathered a large number of demonic beasts, including several high-level second-tier ones, equivalent to the Seventh to Ninth Layer of the Spiritual Profound Realm in human martial arts.

  As a result, the residents living nearby gradually moved northward, and this place gradually became deserted and became a forest of monsters.

  This year, due to the hunting of warriors, the second-level demon beasts in Blue Quiet Forest have become extinct, leaving only some first-level demon beasts, so the danger has decreased a lot.

  In the quiet blue forest, at the entrance of the mountain forest, a fat man was standing upright, foolishly smiling and staring in the direction of Lin's arrival.

  Qin Hao couldn't help but reveal a relaxed smile, and he also became quite interested in what the fatty planned to do next.

  A gentle breeze floated out from the mountain forest, making a rustling sound as it passed through the trees.

  Qin Hao also at this moment, operated the "Thousand Miles Riding Wind" technique, his right foot lightly tapped on the ground, and his body shot up several meters like a willow catkin, before steadily landing on a sturdy branch. He used the surrounding dense foliage to completely conceal his figure.

  Qin Hao's movements were swift, yet extremely gentle, only making a faint sound when his body brushed against the leaves, which was covered up by the howling wind.

  After finding a good position on the branch, Qin Hao concentrated his mind, his eyes not leaving Lin Bi, and his ears perked up, eavesdropping on the conversation between the two.

  Lin Bi hastily walked up to the fatty, his face slightly displeased as he said: "Does this thing also need to be exchanged here? Ridiculous, a mid-grade martial skill of the ordinary rank can actually make me greedy and want to rob it by force?"

  "No, no. When one is out in the world, they must always be on their guard."

  "There's no need to come to this godforsaken place."

  "Isn't this because you're afraid that some rascals will take advantage of the situation and cause trouble? In these times, people with good reputations like Master Lin are hard to come by."

  Lin's expression slightly cleared up, and his tone was still cold as he said, "Have you brought the things?"

  "Here it is." The fat man smiled and pulled out three rolled-up scrolls from a tattered cloth bag.

  It can be vaguely identified that one of the scrolls is the "Tian Tian Zhang" demonstrated by today's fat man in Tiannanfang, and the other two scrolls are similar in shape. The only difference is that the color of the shaft is different from the red color of "Tian Tian Zhang".

  Lin's face color became even more gentle, and he made a gesture. The two stone statue-like men standing behind him quickly moved into action. One of them took over the scroll and sealed it in a wooden box. The other handed a similarly-sized wooden box to the fat man.

  "Six martial arts, look below."

  "No need, no need." The fat man smiled with his eyes and stretched out both hands to hold the wooden box.

  "I don't quite understand." Lin Bi suddenly asked with a playful tone, "The difference between mid-level martial skills and low-level martial skills is something even a three-year-old should know. How could you make such a transaction?"

  "Special circumstances." The fatty sneered, "Furthermore, mid-grade martial techniques aren't that rare. I have plenty of peak-grade martial techniques in my hands, if it weren't for someone asking me to find these low-grade martial techniques, I wouldn't even bother exchanging them."

  "You said you have quite a few peerless martial skills?" Lin Bi's eyes suddenly lit up.

  "Is it." The fat man seemed to have noticed nothing, nodded. Then the middle finger of his right hand protruded, resting on the edge of the box, a burst of light flowed from the black crystal inlaid on the fat man's ring, and then the entire box disappeared.

  Lin Bi's pupils dilated unconsciously, and the bodyguard he brought with him also had a fiery gaze.

  Qin Hao, on the other hand, couldn't help but let out a silent laugh in his heart.

  Void Crystal, a special material on the mainland of Tian Huan, has its own space inside. If it is inlaid on the ornament bag, it can be made into a spatial container, which can hold a large number of items.

  Those who possess such items are absolutely not lone cultivators outside, and small martial artists without a backing can obtain them. The things loaded inside these ornaments are mostly precious objects.

  Qin Hao could totally imagine how Lin Bi would react to this situation. It was obvious that the fat guy's intention was as clear as day.

  As expected, Lin Bi immediately turned his face around, and his expression became much colder in an instant. He stopped the fat man who wanted to leave from putting down the ring: "Put down the ring, you can go."

  "What?" The fat man turned his head back in surprise.

  "I said, put down the ring."

  "Are you going to rob me?"

  Lin Bi didn't say anything, his face coldly staring at Pangzi.

  "I still believed in you, how could Lin Bie ruin the reputation of the Lin family? Robbing things by force is what a young master like you should do?"

  Lin said impatiently: "Can't you understand what I'm saying?"

  "How can you be like this, how can you be like this. I'm going to fight with you, even if I'm just a weakling who's only condensed five or six layers of Qi, I won't yield."

  The fatty excitedly chattered away, at the same time taking steps forward and fully activating his technique.

  "Lin Po, cripple him, break one leg and one arm." Lin Bi ordered the man in green robe on his left side.

  The man in the blue robe nodded upon hearing this, took a step forward, and suddenly burst forth with the power of a tenth-level Wudang warrior. With an aura that was unmatched in its intensity, he strode step by step towards the fat man.

  He didn't even think of using any martial skills, as soon as he stepped into the tenth layer of Condensed Mystery, the difference between him and his previous self was like heaven and earth. The gap between a tenth-layer warrior and a ninth-layer warrior is like the difference between a robust man with broad shoulders and a weak young boy.

  Moreover, looking at that chubby kid's vacant and plump appearance, he is extremely young, it is absolutely impossible for him to have a lot of accumulation in the realm of martial arts. Naturally, that man has no confidence in himself.

  Qin Hao looked at all of this, and his eyes involuntarily flashed with a hint of sympathy.