Chapter 3

"Never did I think that I would have the interest to kill two martial disciples with my own hands. Fortunately, those guys don't know, or they would laugh at me! How embarrassing!" Shi Feng muttered to himself.

If only Ming An and the coachman could hear Shi Feng's words, they might have risen from the dead, cursing, "Damn, you stabbed us to death, and now you think it's embarrassing to have killed us."

Shi Feng reached out and took off the light blue ring that Ming An wore on his left middle finger, holding it in his hand.

Shi Feng's mind stirred, and a strange connection formed with the ring. Instantly, a series of items stored in the ring flashed through his mind.

This was a storage ring, crafted by an alchemist, with an internal space for storing items.

Storage rings were extremely precious. In Canghai City, only the heads of the four major families each possessed one.

People were no longer surprised by this audacious young man who dared to kill a second-rank alchemist, let alone take his storage ring.

The treasures inside a second-rank alchemist's storage ring were unimaginably rich. However, for this young man to take them, he would need to have the life to enjoy them.

People seemed to see Shi Feng suffering the most cruel and vicious punishments in the world, his body covered in blood, flesh torn, limbs missing, lying in a cold, dark prison cell, barely alive, unable to live or die.

But at this moment, Shi Feng looked calm, as if nothing had happened. He put on the light blue ring on his left middle finger, turned around, and looked at the thin, frail figure.

Shi Ling was still standing there in a daze. Seeing Shi Feng walk towards her, she quickly ran up and hugged his leg, her voice choked with tears: "Brother... sniff... Ling wants to go home, take Ling home, Ling is scared."

Looking at his sister, who had been his only companion in this life, and recalling the bits and pieces before he regained his memory, Shi Feng's calm face showed a gentle smile. He lovingly patted the little one's head, picked her up, and said softly, "Be good, my little princess, don't cry. Brother will take you home."

After saying this, Shi Feng turned around, glanced at the black stallion pulling the carriage, and with a flick of his left hand, a long, snow-white sword with a cold, icy glow appeared in his hand.

He walked to the back of the horse and slashed the rope connecting the carriage and the horse.

Just as Shi Feng was about to mount the horse with Shi Ling, a hoarse voice suddenly sounded: "Young friend, please wait a moment."

Shi Feng's brows furrowed, and he looked in the direction of the voice. He saw an old man in black attire with white hair step out from the crowd. The old man had a ruddy complexion and steady breathing, clearly a martial artist.

"9-star Martial Master?" Shi Feng immediately recognized the old man's martial arts cultivation.

If he had dealt with those two like slaughtering chickens, it was because they were only martial disciples, and he could compensate with his world-class martial techniques and combat skills from his previous life, predicting and outmaneuvering them.

However, the gap between martial disciples and martial masters was vast, like an unbridgeable chasm. As the saying goes, brute force can overcome ten techniques, just like an adult versus a child.

"Old Bai."

"Ah, it's Old Bai."

"Hello, Old Bai."

As soon as the old man appeared, everyone greeted him, showing that he had considerable prestige in the city.

Old Bai nodded to everyone in turn.

Shi Feng watched the old man approaching him, his brows furrowing deeper. "Who are you? What's the matter?"

Old Bai stopped three meters away from Shi Feng and said solemnly, "I am Bai Tianxin of Tianyi Martial Hall. Do you really intend to leave like this?"

"What do you mean? Do you want to stop me?" Shi Feng's face darkened at Bai Tianxin's words.

Bai Tianxin shook his head and sighed, "I didn't want to, but do you know what a grave mistake you've just made? You killed Ming An, a second-rank alchemist of Tianfeng Sect. They will eventually find out about this. If we can't give them a satisfactory explanation, it might endanger the innocent people of Cangyue City."

"What! Tianfeng Sect! It's actually Tianfeng Sect!" The crowd's faces changed dramatically at the mention of Tianfeng Sect. Just the name was like a heavy mountain, pressing down on them.

"It's actually Tianfeng Sect, a superpower that has stood in our Yunlai Empire for thousands of years, with unimaginable depth. It's said that they have several Martial Emperors as their protectors, and their sect leader is on par with our emperor."

Shi Feng also knew from his past memories that he was now in a country called Yunlai Empire in the Eastern Domain.

The vast Tianheng Continent was so large that no one knew its true size. However, ancestors had divided it into five regions: Eastern Domain, Southern Domain, Western Domain, Northern Domain, and Central Province.

Just in the Eastern Domain alone, there were hundreds of countries and sects.

Yunlai Empire was just one of the medium-sized empires among these hundreds of countries.

"Old man, by your logic, if I had been killed by those two dogs, it would have been my fault for not seeing it coming, and I would have deserved it. Now that I killed them, it's a grave sin?" Shi Feng said coldly.

Bai Tianxin, who was called an old man, didn't get angry. He still looked righteous and continued, "Actually, you didn't have to kill them. As long as they were alive, the matter could be resolved gradually. Alas... but now... well, it's too late. Just surrender yourself, I don't want to fight you."

"Resolve my ass!" Shi Feng shouted fiercely, "If I hadn't killed those two, they would have killed me. What resolution? Old man, the path of martial arts is about moving forward without hesitation. You are so timid and fearful, lacking the heart of a hero. How can you achieve greatness in martial arts!"

"Ah!" Bai Tianxin's body trembled at Shi Feng's final words. Shi Feng's words were like a magic sound, shaking his soul, and like a sudden enlightenment, he understood something.

Something he had been trying to grasp for years seemed to appear before him. The realm he had been unable to cross for years now seemed as thin as paper, ready to be pierced with a finger. He was in a strange state of mind.

"Hmph, old man, this time you got lucky!" Shi Feng ignored Bai Tianxin, holding Shi Ling and leaping onto the black horse. Just as Bai Tianxin was about to stop him, he suddenly calmed down, enlightened, and sat down cross-legged on the street.

"Go!" Shi Feng kicked the horse's belly, and the black stallion, in pain, neighed and galloped away.

"This..." The crowd on the street was stunned. They didn't understand what had just happened. Wasn't Old Bai going to catch the young man? How did he end up being scolded like a junior by the young man, and then sit down so strangely?

When someone sensed the change in the elemental energy, a voice suddenly shouted, "Old Bai... Old Bai is advancing! Our Cangyue City will have another Martial Spirit!"

"What!"

...

"What? Dead!"

In Cangyue City, at the Hai family residence.

In the main hall, the head of the Hai family, Hai Batian, let out a shocked cry. Usually dignified and authoritative, Hai Batian jumped up from his chair, at a loss, muttering, "It's over, it's over, it's over."

"This is really over." Thinking of the terror of Tianfeng Sect, Hai Batian's agitated heart couldn't calm down. "To investigate that strange object, we spent a great deal to invite a second-rank alchemist from Tianfeng Sect, Ming An. How could this happen? How can we explain this to Tianfeng Sect?"

"What to do, what to do? Will my Hai family's century-old business be destroyed by me?" Hai Batian was restless, pacing back and forth. He wanted to tear the murderer apart, skin him alive, and cut him into pieces.

Thinking of the murderer, Hai Batian realized he didn't know who it was. He shouted at his subordinate, who was standing below, "Speak! Who did it?"

"My lord... when I arrived, Lord Ming An and the coachman Li San were already dead. I didn't see the murderer, but I heard from the inn's waiter that the murderer is a fifteen-year-old boy living at the foot of Xiuling Mountain outside the city, named Shi Feng."

"What are you standing there for! Go and bring that beast back, alive or dead, quickly!" Hai Batian roared.

"Yes, my lord!" The subordinate bowed and hurriedly ran out of the hall to gather his men.

...

Outside the city, the black horse slowed down, carrying Shi Feng and Shi Ling along the mountain path. It had been nearly an hour since they left the city.

"Brother, we haven't bought medicine for Mother yet. What will happen if she doesn't have medicine?" The little one, Shi Ling, said, turning her head and looking at Shi Feng with watery eyes.

"Shh, be good, don't talk, don't move." Shi Feng whispered in Shi Ling's ear, placing his right hand on her chest.

The moment Shi Feng regained his memory, he felt a malevolent aura hidden within his body. He immediately absorbed it with the Nine Nether Meditation, converting it into the purest elemental energy, the unique Nine Nether Energy of the Nine Nether Supreme.

It was precisely because of the malevolent aura in his body and the death energy absorbed from the second-rank martial disciple that he advanced so easily.

Later, he examined Shi Ling's body and found that she also had malevolent aura within her.

Shi Feng's right hand on Shi Ling's chest was absorbing the malevolent aura from her body.

According to his memories, his mother's condition had been deteriorating, now bedridden, due to the influence of the malevolent aura.

"It's actually a Yin Sha land!" Shi Feng couldn't help but laugh. A Yin Sha land not only greatly aids his cultivation but also indicates the presence of a Yin Sha treasure.

Thinking of the Yin Sha treasure and the kind, familiar face, scenes of years of affection flashed before his eyes. Now that he could cure the illness that had plagued her for years, Shi Feng was eager to return home.