Swish!

Swish!

“You spun the lottery wheel and won Great Clarity."

“Duration: 1 day.”

“Critical activated: Double critical obtained.”

“Great Clarity is doubled in effectiveness.”

Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what the next one will taste like.

Early in the morning.

"Today it’s time to practice Nine Tigers Broken Door Knife and Tiger Hair like Thread Palm."

The corners of Xun Xie's mouth were slightly upturned, with a look of anticipation on his face.

"It’s about time to take a break from the blood sac and practice at my own pace and get some more sleep, doing the same monotonous movements over and over is wearing me down mentally, I didn’t die and come to another world just to become psychotic, changing things up with those two should be enough to maintain my sanity. The lottery also supports this choice as well.”

Xun Xie's vision is not low. He has seen all of them, such as bodhisattvas, demons, anomalies, and villains.

Because of this, he was deeply aware of the treacherous and sinister world, which is full of dangers around every corner. He would not be able to feel at ease if he didn't prepare a few life-saving cards.

No time to rest and be lazy, having been lazing about in his youth previously he knew just how precious this time was, so he valued it even more.

This was true even more so for blood martial artists such as himself.

In the morning light.

Xun Xie left Song Mansion and went to Hu Mansion.

The leaves on both sides of the road are as green as the grass beneath them, and the air is filled with the scent of spring flowers.

The street was deserted, and there was no one there.

Stalls were closed and the wind was replaced the crowd.

Xun Xie was in a good mood, hummed a little song softly, and walked slowly, the big knife around his waist dangling, sometimes touching his thigh and bouncing away.

The Blood Dragon Saber’s looks were worthy of its domineering name unlike the two cats and one snake he had killed posing as Dragons, Tigers and Leopards.

Its handle was made of a strange yellow gold bone and some unknown wood, and purple silk was used to adorn the handle. A yellow tiger head spat out the tassels in fury while pinched by dragon claws.

The blade was 1.2 meters long and single edged, similar to a Cloud Head Dao in its form but edging towards a more compact and slender build, with a curve at its end and a tang construction. The blade was blood red and sucked in the light without reflecting it, a three headed dragon spitting flames and venom was carved on both the blade and scabbard.

Very imposing.

Very Handsome.

Perfect for chopping up things and people.

Xun Xie was quite proud of this saber and sometimes couldn’t resist showing it off.

This might seem foolish at first, but it was done without scruples, although it was foolish for the weak and poor to show of their wealth, he wasn’t that weak, he was the strongest beneath the coaches, and it just so happened he had one coach on his side clearly which was Old Hu and he was backed by Mr. Song who had a lofty status and sway with the new coaches and even the old as seen with Old Hu.

Being his bookboy turned out to grant a valuable status he didn’t expect.

Who would dare rob him?!

The only ones who would had to be on the same level as Old Hu but not only would they have to lower their face to deal with younger generation but they would have to deal with the repercussions afterwards as well, with both Old Hu and Mr Song being on the bright side and the official face of the Heiyun family, beating them would result in some action from the Heiyun family, especially since there was no one to cover up the deaths of the two were it to occur, especially Mr. Song.

Not to mention, was there really a hidden master stronger than they are? If so, why are they not the coaches but Old Hu, if they have demons in their heart then they will be even more wary of making a move and being exposed.

So, he was relatively safe.

He had noticed some envying eyes from Old Hu when he first brought out the knife for practice, but he let the old fellow simmer without saying anything.

When he finally spoke to him about it he said he picked it up randomly, then eventually said it was a family heirloom, seeing the opportunity to strengthen the illusion of a traditional priest like family supporting the land god, he also painted a few brushes to this identity.

Hmph~

Double Kill.

When passing the intersection...

"Hey, Big Brother!"

Suddenly, a voice came from a certain direction.

Xun Xie turned to his side, glanced in that direction, and saw on the other street at the crossroads, a timid young man with thick muscles and a bushy beard with a familiar face approached.

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"Nie Tian, good morning!"

Xun Xie knew this young man, and he was also the apprentice of Old Man Hu. He was fourteen years old this year. He started his apprenticeship two years ago similar to him.

Nie Tian trotted over and said with a smile, "Eldest senior brother, you are going to Mr. Hu's, right? I'll go with you."

"Okay, let's go together."

Xun Xie nodded, "Have you had breakfast?"

"I just had it." Nie Tian replied.

"What did you eat?" Xun Xie asked casually.

"It's just two meat buns and a bowl of soy milk." Nie Tian continued.

"Meat buns, ah I want to eat some too..."

Xun Xie licked his lips, casually held the handle of the knife with his right hand, like a sword romantic, he pressed his thumb against the blade, flicked it out, and pulled the knife out of its sheath in the blink of an eye.

Swish!

The blood red knife light flashed by.

Nie Tian, who was close at hand, suddenly retreated, jumping three feet away.

Then, bang!

Something fell from the sky and landed on the ground!

Nie Tian's face was sinking like a stone in water, he looked at the bloody broken arm that fell to the ground, and then looked at his right side that was bleeding profusely, having been severed at the root of the shoulder.

"You…"

Nie Tian glared at Xun Xie, his eyes were full of anger, and his brows were twisted into a knot.

"You, you!...how do you know that I'm not Nie Tian?" Broken-Arm Nie Tian took a breath and asked suspiciously.

"It's a pity..." Xun Xie showed a look of regret.

With the knife just now, he had planned to attack him by surprise, and cut this fake Nie Tian in half with one knife. But he wasn’t used to the knife nor versed with quick draw, and he was also not on the right side to cleanly do it, as expected more practice needed!

Unexpectedly, the counterfeit Nie Tian was very alert, he had been prepared for a long time, and his reaction movements were very good, and his speed was definitely higher than Xun Xie, so he avoided him and lost just an arm.

Xun Xie didn't answer Nie Tian's question, his expression was extremely focused, and blood burst out from his body, covering every part of his body.

When he broke through the third layer of blood energy, the blood energy covering his whole body was only as thick as a thin layer of paper. When he reached the fourth layer of blood energy, the thickness of blood energy grew to about five millimeters.

But after this period of time, after only two months of continuously swallowing the blood sac to nourish the blood, the blood force increased rapidly, and the thickness reached twelve millimeters, which can be described as a remarkable progress.

At this moment, Xun Xie spat out blood force from the soles of his feet and rushed out.

Swish!

Another slash.

Fake Nie Tian's face flashed sternly, his body shifted sideways past the blade, his left hand turned into a sharp claw and swept towards Xun Xie's face.

But Xun Xie's sword was only a false move, the blade turned, and the claws of the counterfeit Nie Tian were swung away with a clash of steel. He took advantage of the situation to raise the big saber and slashed down with a swift and unparalleled sword from top to bottom.

Chopping nails!

The force of this sword is heavy, fast and fierce, and it has the majestic vigor of a sword to cut through the world!

He wanted to use Nine Tigers Broken Door Knife, but he couldn’t use it seamlessly in this position needed both distance and preparation, he could try but in this battle of life and death that would be a foolish risk.

He was well versed in chopping nails, so it was his go to move currently.

The fake Nie Tian looked horrified, his body suddenly swelled, his skin turned dark blue, glowing with metallic cold light, and he looked extremely tough.

The big knife slashed on the left shoulder of the counterfeit Nie Tian, and the blade tore down the flesh and slashed all the way to the chest.

The counterfeit Nie Tian's body was split open in half, pu chi chi, and blood was sprayed indiscriminately all over the place.

Xun Xie has the blood energy to protect his body, which isolates the blood splatter, and not a drop of blood touches his body.

His eyes narrowed deeply!

At this moment, the fake Nie Tian's body has undergone great changes. His body has soared to more than two meters tall, his belly is round and protruding, his facial features are completely distorted, his ears are big, and his nostrils are facing the sky, which actually looks like a pig's head.

"Cough cough..."

The fake Nie Tian vomited blood, and the pig's face was full of violence.

"Sure enough demon hm…Not dead yet? Chopping nails!" Xun Xie's eyes widened, and he continued to slash with the knife, forming a knife light which was as sharp as the knife itself.

The counterfeit Nie Tian shrank his neck, used a strange movement technique, rolled on the spot in embarrassment, dodged the blade, and immediately ran away.

How could Xun Xie tolerate this? he was the perfect cheat death being that could live without a heart and big injuries, clearly a demon! He must chop his head off! And stab and dig out all organs!

The tired old ‘not dead’ routine will not prosper with him! The explosive force was fully used, the ground under his feet exploded, the whole person caught up like a bullet, and slashed the counterfeit Nie Tian with a knife in the back.

The fake Nie Tian's scalp was numb, and when he turned around, the shadow of the knife quickly enlarged in his field of vision.

Poof!

This time, Xun Xie finally hacked the counterfeit Nie Tian's head, cut it open, and beheaded him.

"Hu..."

Xun Xie breathed a sigh of relief, put the knife in its sheath, stepped forward and looked at the fake Nie Tian carefully, and looked through his clothes, only to find three taels of silver, and nothing else.

Miser…

Why was everyone so poor these days?

Was being a villain not making money? You should reconsider your career choices.

"Monster, monster..."

A street vendor heard the movement and ran over to take a look. Who would have thought that when he saw the fake Nie Tian's appearance, his face turned pale with fright. He slumped on the ground; his crotch was wet, and the ground was dyed dark.

Seeing this, Xun Xie took off his coat to protect the pig's head, picked up the corpse and turned back to Song Mansion. He pondered chopping it up but sadly it was needed for evidence. Pity, he liked chopping.

Little did he know that his habit of completely destroying the corpse would cause him to be misunderstood repeatedly in future, alas he would never be able to explain, zombies, vampires, undead, cyborgs and weird rituals which were among the many cheat death methods…

To the matter at hand…

Mr. Song arrived quickly when he heard the news, and Old Man Hu also arrived soon after.

When they looked at the corpse, their expressions changed greatly: "Demon!"

Xun Xie nodded: "This demon took on the appearance of Nie Tian, pretended to meet me on the street, and was hacked to death by me."

"Nie Tian?" Old Man Hu was furious.

Xun Xie said solemnly, "Nie Tian should have been eaten by this demon within these three days."

Mr. Song said in surprise: "How did you know?"

Xun Xie: "I've always been worried that the demons will turn into people I know and attack me, so I leave a unique mark on everyone who can approach me and renew them occasionally."

Xun Xie pointed at Nie Tian, "I pointed a finger at Nie Tian and injured him, leaving a scar on his left wrist. It’s still fresh and shouldn’t heal so quickly without any hint especially since I coated my nails in special juice just to prolong the scar. Although this demon has changed into Nie Tian's appearance, he ignored the light scar, so as soon as I saw Nie Tian, I realized that he was fake."

…there was a chance he broke through to blood strength, and his regeneration was enhanced which was the original purpose of the juice he coated his nails with but for Nie Tian it was unnecessary as he hadn’t even started eating exotic animal meat yet.

Such a small scar was naturally ignored as Nie Tian himself didn’t know he had it and the demon likely didn’t inspect him carefully, there was still a margin of error in which he would be burning incense for others right now but…it was himself or others, the choice was clear, no, there was no choice. At least this way the chance of wrongful slaughter was minimized.

Anyways it was a happy ending, sort of.

As soon as Xun Xie finished speaking.

Old Man Hu and Mr. Song looked at each other, both of them were shocked and felt inexplicable. I never expected that Xun Xie's mind would be so intricate, and he could do things so carefully.

Marking everyone you know, who can do such a thing?