Chapter 86

(Diarrhea, well, a man, squatting in the toilet for half an hour, a bit late, don't mind it.)

With the teacher not around, Li Hao quickly returned to his cautious state.

In front of the big boss, being low-key is never a bad thing.

Being high-profile might earn Hou Xiaochen's favor, but... is it necessary?

He wasn't familiar with Hou Xiaochen and had no feelings for him, so he didn't need the other's favor.

What he needed was for Hou Xiaochen to provide some protection in the short term. As for this, it wasn't a deal between him and Hou Xiaochen, but an agreement reached between the teacher and Hou Xiaochen.

So, Li Hao judged that Hou Xiaochen wanted him to show his value, which wasn't necessarily about protection.

Moreover, would Hou Xiaochen hand him over?

No, he wouldn't!

A man who could speak of independence, if he handed Li Hao over now, the Night Patrol would surely be unstable. Even if everyone understood that handing over Li Hao could save a lot of trouble, Li Hao was a member of the Night Patrol, and that couldn't be changed. Handing over one of their own for temporary peace, who would fight for such a traitor king?

Exposing any secrets would at most gain some resources, but the cost might be even greater.

This was Li Hao's assessment.

So, in front of Hou Xiaochen, he was very low-key and didn't show any special qualities. As for his strength of breaking through the hundred and reaching perfection, Hou Xiaochen probably didn't take it seriously either.

After all, he wasn't the once invincible Yuan Shuo.

He was just a new recruit, Li Hao.

Having comprehended sword momentum and earth momentum, Li Hao was now in a period of growing strength and was also trying to integrate these two momentums. Although he felt he could step into the Thousand Struggles realm at any time, Li Hao wasn't in a hurry.

If he stepped into the Thousand Struggles realm now, he would just be the next Liu Long.

What Li Hao wanted wasn't just to become a Thousand Struggles warrior.

The teacher had integrated five momentums, and Li Hao needed to at least integrate two momentums. This way, he could quickly become powerful after stepping into the Thousand Struggles realm, comparable to the middle or peak of the Sun Radiance realm, rather than just defeating some early Sun Radiance warriors... that would be a waste of time.

Li Hao, walking behind, was thinking about these things.

He also thought about the ruins.

"The ruins will likely continue, and Hou Xiaochen and the others won't let it go. When too many people pay attention, there won't be a chance. So, tomorrow's trip to the ruins will probably be fine, but the people entering..."

He considered it, maybe there would be fewer people, or more strong ones.

Would Purple Moon from Red Moon enter after the others died?

It would be better if Purple Moon entered. At this moment, Li Hao even hoped Purple Moon would enter. If she entered, she might be an extra helper in a critical moment... after all, Red Moon didn't want Li Hao to die in the ruins.

It all depended on whether Ying Hongyue had given such an order to Purple Moon.

"After entering the Thousand Struggles realm, I also need to quickly nurture my divine essence. The teacher nurtured five momentums, and I can start with one, either sword or earth momentum, which requires enough earth energy or metal energy."

Sword belongs to metal, and earth belongs to earth.

The teacher nurtured heart fire ape, absorbing the life energy of a full Three Suns, which required over a thousand cubic meters of fire energy.

Li Hao had absorbed some before, but he still needed to prepare at least a thousand cubic meters.

At this moment, he was thinking about where to get a thousand cubic meters of earth energy or metal energy.

"One Three Suns, or four or five Sun Radiance warriors would do."

"The Night Patrol aside, Red Moon is down to just Purple Moon. Bright Island is destroyed, and the current situation of Sword Gate is unknown, making it hard to act... Flying Heaven or Yanluo? Yanluo is the first target..."

He thought of Yanluo.

Yanluo might be the most suitable target for him.

"Water momentum isn't urgent, but it can also be prepared in advance. Zhang Ting is suitable for this."

"Yanluo, I know Li Dahu is earth-based, but he's only at the early Sun Radiance stage... their leader is a Three Suns..."

And the Wheel King who came today, he didn't know if he would enter the ruins.

His thoughts had already wandered far. Although he was just at the breaking hundred stage, he was already eyeing Sun Radiance and even Three Suns warriors.

If anyone knew, they would probably think he was crazy.

"Li Hao!"

At this moment, Hou Xiaochen suddenly called out from ahead.

Li Hao quickly stepped forward and bowed, "Minister!"

Hou Xiaochen turned to look at him and smiled, "You seem to have a lot on your mind. Is there any pressure?"

Li Hao was startled, a lot on his mind?

I was just thinking, you can tell just by looking?

"No, I'm just a bit worried about my teacher."

"Oh, Yuan Shuo... don't worry. He's been through a lot and won't fall for such a small matter. Besides, since he left, he must have been prepared."

Saying this, Hou Xiaochen continued walking and asked, "Do you have a good method for extracting and absorbing blood spirits?"

Li Hao immediately replied, "Not really. The extraction method is known to the minister. As for absorption... it's simple. If a martial artist absorbs it, there will definitely be an improvement, but the general breathing method might be less efficient. The Five Animals Breathing Technique would be more efficient."

"Is it inefficient?"

He fell into deep thought, walked for a while, and then asked, "Would your teacher mind teaching the Five Animals Breathing Technique to others?"

"No!"

Li Hao shook his head, "The teacher didn't say, so I don't know his thoughts. But since the teacher didn't say, I can't teach it to others."

He didn't know what Hou Xiaochen was planning, but the Five Animals Breathing Technique definitely couldn't be taught to others now.

Of course, if the teacher successfully adapted it and it was effective for nurturing the five organs, allowing people to directly nurture the five organs, then the current breathing technique could be taught.

Just like the teacher created the Five Animals Breathing Technique, the previous simple breathing method was taught to others, including Wang Ming and the others.

This was the core of the martial artist's inheritance, keeping a trick up one's sleeve.

Only teaching it to core disciples.

It was impossible to be completely selfless and teach the core techniques to everyone.

"Um."

Hou Xiaochen didn't say more about this, and after walking for a while, he asked, "Do you want to enter the ruins tomorrow? Your teacher asked me to protect you. The ruins are dangerous. If you don't want to enter, it's not mandatory. You can stay with me."

"Minister isn't going?"

"I'm not going."

Hou Xiaochen smiled, "If I enter, others might not dare to. I'm also afraid that if I enter and come out, the Night Patrol outside might be gone."

He had to stay outside to oversee and wait for other strong forces to arrive.

With him there, he could still intimidate them.

If he entered and lost contact, the entire Silver Moon's superhuman system would be in chaos.

"Yutong?"

Li Hao asked again.

"She's not going in."

Hou Xiaochen smiled, "She's just a secretary, not a strong person. Would she need protection if she went in?"

Beside him, Yutong's cold face showed a faint smile.

Li Hao nodded and didn't say anything more.

If you say so, then it's so.

...

Back at the base, Li Hao didn't follow Hou Xiaochen anymore.

He returned to his tent.

This morning, the teacher was still there, but now the teacher was nowhere to be found. He didn't know if the teacher's injuries could heal, and how many strong people would target the teacher this time.

Although the teacher was very powerful, with the rise of superhumans, even if not above Three Suns, a few late Three Suns would be enough to challenge the teacher.

In the past, with the teacher's protection, even if there were enemies and dangers, there was still a mountain to rely on in the end.

But now, who could he rely on?

Back in the tent, Li Hao sat on a simple stone bed, thinking about everything.

A moment later.

Liu Long came in.

Seeing Li Hao sitting there, seemingly deep in thought, he said, "Don't go into the ruins tomorrow."

"Go in!"

Li Hao looked up, smiled at Liu Long, and asked, "Why not go in?"

"Boss, do you also think that since the teacher left, I should keep a low profile, hide well, and preferably hide in a remote place, waiting for the teacher to reappear?"

"That's not what I mean, but you are in danger now..."

"Um, I know!"

Li Hao nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Boss, can you help me with something?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Teach me how to extract mysterious energy."

Yes, Li Hao didn't know how to do it.

Liu Long might know. Yun Yao used to do it, but Li Hao thought it shouldn't be too difficult, and many people knew how to do it.

He didn't ask the Night Patrol, but he felt more comfortable asking Liu Long.

Liu Long frowned slightly but quickly said, "The old method was complicated, but now it's much simpler. This time, many Sun Radiance and Three Suns died, and their bones are the best storage devices! Also, energy storage boxes have been introduced recently. You know about them, right? They are good. After a superhuman dies, their energy doesn't dissipate quickly but concentrates in their flesh. If you have an energy storage box, you can just put the flesh in it."

"When you need to use it, crush the flesh, and the energy will naturally dissipate."

Li Hao nodded. An energy storage box would indeed be much simpler.

So, he should bring one into the ruins.

As they were talking, Wang Ming rushed in and said urgently, "Sword Gate, Yanluo, and Flying Heaven have all arrived! It looks like the exploration of the ruins will continue."

Li Hao quickly left the tent.

At this moment, a group of people were in the distance, not entering the camp, but waiting for the Night Patrol to come out.

Li Hao hurriedly ran over... Wang Ming couldn't catch him and followed, whispering, "What are you doing?"

"Watch the show!"

Li Hao brushed him off.

It wasn't just for the show, but to choose targets.

Earth and metal energy users were his primary targets. He needed to figure out which of these forces' strong people met his expectations.

Also, he needed to see if there were any hidden strong people, and if so, stay away from them.

Now was a good time, as all these people had come.

When the teacher and Sun Yifei were fighting, these people were too far away, and even if they could see the light spheres, they weren't very clear. Now was a good time to see clearly.

For example, the previous Purple Moon, Li Hao could see clearly that the woman was very strong, and she had a divine spirit weapon, possibly even stronger than Sun Yifei, maybe a peak Three Suns or even above Three Suns?

The probability of being above Three Suns wasn't high, likely a peak Three Suns.

From a distance, he saw similar light spheres again.

They should belong to the Wheel King.

The leader of Yanluo seemed to be on the same level as Purple Moon, and this guy also seemed to have a divine spirit weapon. Li Hao could vaguely see a dragon or snake-like thing moving inside him from over a hundred meters away.

Li Hao realized that these divine spirit weapons seemed to be in animal forms.

Or rather, the light spheres they presented were like that.

The actual shape might be some kind of weapon.

Could it be that these divine spirit weapons were made from animals... or, more precisely, spirits or demons?

Like a black panther?

The black panther could barely be considered a spirit, not a true demon. The black panther hadn't appeared today, and Li Hao didn't pay much attention. The guy was smart and probably sensed too many strong people and found a place to hide.

"Not a Five Elements user!"

Li Hao looked at the Wheel King and judged that he wasn't a Five Elements user. The shape of the light sphere seemed more like a wind user.

The light sphere was more erratic, similar to Huang Yun.

He continued to observe and found that Yanluo should have another Three Suns user.

Sure enough, behind the Wheel King, he saw a second Three Suns user, whose light sphere seemed smaller, comparable to Hailian Chuan, possibly a peak early Three Suns user.

"Hmm... This is good, seems to be a metal user!"

Li Hao became interested and quickly shifted his gaze.

A metal user was good, but unfortunately, he was a Three Suns user.

He continued to observe. This time, with the arrival of several strong forces, they would likely all come to avoid problems if a strong person left, or they might have already prepared to enter the ruins and didn't want to set up camp again.

Yanluo didn't have too many people, about 30 or so.

Flying Heaven had even fewer, only about 20 people, all wearing hoods.

The remaining Sword Gate had the most people, nearly 50.

Clearly, as a local organization, Sword Gate had attracted many superhumans, but their quality was much lower compared to the other two. Li Hao saw that some were just entering the Moon Shadow realm, and some were even Starlight Warriors.

He looked around and saw that some small organizations hadn't left and had also joined in.

"Yanluo has two Three Suns, Flying Heaven... Flying Heaven has two as well!"

Li Hao was secretly shocked. With so few people, Flying Heaven still had two Three Suns, but none seemed to be on the level of the Wheel King.

He looked at Sword Gate... slightly surprised. Besides Hong Yitang, Sword Gate seemed to have another Three Suns user, but very low-key, hiding in the crowd, not showing any signs. Additionally, Sword Gate seemed to have some martial artists that Li Hao couldn't see through.

"Sword Gate has two Three Suns!"

Li Hao was incredibly surprised. This meant that the Night Patrol, besides Hou Xiaochen and Yutong, might not be as strong as Sword Gate, as they only had Hailian Chuan as a Three Suns user.

What was going on?

The Night Patrol might not be as strong as the three major organizations, but it shouldn't be weaker than Sword Gate, right?

"Without Red Moon, these guys are still so strong!"

As for Sun Radiance users, there were even more.

The most Sun Radiance users weren't from Yanluo or the Night Patrol, but from Flying Heaven!

Li Hao was secretly shocked. He carefully counted and found that Flying Heaven had 22 hooded people, two Three Suns, and 13 others who were likely Sun Radiance users, with only 7 being Moon Shadow, and all above Full Moon.

"Damn!"

Weren't Sun Radiance users supposed to be rare?

This time, everyone was taking it seriously. The Night Patrol had 7 Sun Radiance users, and Li Hao thought it was a lot, but it seemed it wasn't that many after all.

These guys, were they all coming out in full force?

At this moment, Hou Xiaochen came out and didn't make any small talk, directly saying, "Tomorrow's trip to the ruins, I've thought about it. Let's set it for 6 a.m. Is anyone backing out? If not, we'll enter early tomorrow morning! As for the ruins, we can all go in together. After entering, there will be several paths. We can split up or stay together. If we don't go in together, the ruins' gate can only be opened once a month, and we'll have to wait until next month or until everyone comes out..."

In the distance, the tall Wheel King calmly said, "It's fine, but we need to discuss other aspects as well