Chapter 1: Dark Night Gaoliu City Killing Stars It was already night, and the stars and moon were dim. The earth fell into endless darkness. The wind howled outside the city, like the sound of ghosts crying and gods weeping, which was chilling. Gaoliu City has been built for 260 years. There are "gods" living there who keep evil spirits out. There are few evil spirits in the city, but under the peace, people's hearts are unsettled and disasters happen frequently. Therefore, the City Defense Office formed two "patrol teams" to maintain order, one for day patrol and the other for night patrol. "Boss, we caught the flower thief." "Just as Fifth Master expected, it's not from our neighborhood." "Fuck! This guy is so damn ugly."
"No wonder the girls he raped wanted to commit suicide. Looking at his face makes me want to vomit." "..." More than ten men in black robes tied up the short and ugly man and threw him beside the well. This ugly man was beaten and kicked, with bruises all over his body. He looked up, his eyes bloodshot. The blood on his forehead flowed down his temples, making his ugly face even more hideous and distorted. "You so-called Night Watchmen are all useless. How could you possibly ambush me in advance?" He gnashed his teeth, full of dissatisfaction: "Besides, I found this woman on the street on a whim!" Bang! A young man in a black robe stepped forward and kicked him on his disgustingly ugly face, sneering, "Do you think that the woman who was enjoying the view from the high building has an outstanding temperament, beautiful looks, and a great figure, especially her extremely long legs. Even her clothes are exactly what you like?" "That's the paper figure that Fifth Master drew after visiting many girls you raped, combining their common features and the clothes they wore that day!" "There are 38 tall buildings in the 12 blocks in the southern part of the outer city. She has appeared on 23 of them!" "The purpose of climbing a tall building is to be far away, to see things that are not real, but are hazy... and to inspire imagination." "We always use a sedan chair to bring her to the courtyard. It's been three days in a row, and we finally found a dirty rat like you!" The young man couldn't hold back his anger, so he put away his knife and went forward to start punching and kicking him again. When everyone saw what was happening, they all went up to him, added some tricks, and acted extremely cruelly. "You bastard, you've learned a lot of tricks, and your kung fu is pretty good, so you can make money anywhere. If you have money, why don't you just go to brothels? Why do you have to be a flower thief?" "Eh? You got any silver on you?" "If you have money, why don't you go to a brothel? It doesn't cost that much, but you have to torture decent girls!" "Disgusting! Bah! He's simply a pervert! Even worse than a pervert!"
Amidst a flurry of punches and kicks, accompanied by screams, someone reached out and pushed open the gate. Then a cold voice slowly sounded behind everyone. "Stop! As a night watchman, you should enforce the law and uphold justice. Beating prisoners at will is breaking the law knowingly and you must be punished!" "Fifth Master!" Everyone stopped, turned around and looked, bowed respectfully and shouted in unison. "..." The man looked like a young man, dressed in black, showing off his muscular body. He had a handsome face, cold features, an indifferent expression, and a chilling aura emanating from his body. He walked slowly and stood in front of the ugly man, with his head lowered and expressionless. The ugly man finally caught his breath, his face bruised and bloodied. He raised his hands and panted, "What this brother said is right. You beat the prisoners and you are breaking the law knowingly! If you keep on beating me, I'll die..." "According to the new law revised this year, I didn't kill anyone. If I spend a little money, I will have to serve a few years of hard labor for such a trivial matter!" "If you beat me to death, it would be murder with intent. Even if the City Guardian lets me off, you will lose your skin!" He managed to stand up, gasping for breath and crying out in pain. Many people in black robes looked at each other and stood where they were, but no one stepped forward. Then, the Fifth Master still had no expression on his face, but he reached out to hold up the man who was about to fall, and said calmly, "I didn't realize you were familiar with the law?" "People like us who commit crimes should know what a capital crime is, right?" The flower thief turned his head and said, "Brother, you told them to stop beating. Obviously you know the local laws. May I know your name?" "Impermanence." "Five brothers... Oh my god! Killing stars?" "it's me." Wu Ye still had no expression on his face and reached out to grab his neck. He looked directly into the other person's fear-filled eyes and slowly exerted force with his palms. Then he turned his head and looked at the black-clad night watchmen, and said solemnly: "You can't kill anyone by beating them like that just now." Click! The flower thief had his neck broken. "The suspect refused to plead guilty, used sleight of hand to try to get away, and attempted to resist, so he was brought to justice on the spot!" I only heard the Fifth Master say this, and then he said calmly: "The law has been revised recently, and it will be stricter than before in the near future." "As night watchmen, you must strictly follow the laws and regulations during this period. You must not break the law knowingly and beat the prisoners at will." "But for someone like him who resists arrest, there will be no problem if he is brought to justice on the spot."
He shook his hands, picked up the purse, poured out half of the silver, threw the rest to the night watchman, and left without looking back. Everyone looked at his departing back, and looked at each other in silence. After a while, the young man who had just spent money at the brothel said, "Master Wu is really ruthless." Another person said, "Why else would he be called a killer star?" The middle-aged man in the lead had a complicated expression on his face: "Fifth Master has been assisting our Night Watchmen in solving cases for less than two years, and there are at least eighty suspects who have died at his hands." The man who spent money at the brothel couldn't help but sigh: "It would be great if Master Wu could always help us with our cases." "Don't overthink it. We, the night watchmen, are just small characters under the command of the City Guard House! Master Wu is not of the same kind as us..." The middle-aged man whispered, "I heard that the Fifth Master was from the Heavenly Guards, but for some reason, he was not promoted and was bullied, so he was transferred here to help us with the case and accumulate merit." After a pause, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that he was too ruthless and murderous. I'm afraid that this will be used as a handle by others... I'm afraid that I won't be promoted this time." - The man called Fifth Master walked out of the yard and closed his eyes slightly. A piece of text emerged in my mind. Name: Lin Yan. Kung Fu: Five Elements Internal Breathing Technique. Cultivation: Peak of Inner Strength (996/1000) + Magical power 1: Eat evil! Supernatural Power 2: Demon Suppression! The technique is as follows: Thunder Blade Level 87 (100/) + Paper-cut horse (12/100) + Disguise (67/100) + Breathing Technique (21/100) + Evil spirit: 3 strands. "It's still missing two strands of evil spirit." Lin Yan frowned slightly, thinking: "This flower thief has entered the threshold of the martial arts realm. His skin, flesh, tendons and bones have been tempered to a certain degree. But if I kill him, I will only get three strands of evil spirit." He felt somewhat helpless, as he was just a little bit away from breaking through to the Essence Refining Stage. Before I knew it, it has been two and a half years since I awakened my wisdom and recalled my past lives, and embarked on the path of spiritual practice. Initially, he accumulated evil spirits by slaughtering pigs and sheep, and his progress was slow. After more than half a year, he finally tempered the four realms of skin, flesh, tendons, and bones. These four levels are known as the first major hurdle in martial arts. Later, by chance, he met an important man and was invited to join the Tianshi Division, under the pseudonym Wuchang. Not long after, the big shot nominated him as the flag bearer of the outer city. However, the headquarters of the Tianjian Division in the inner city rejected the application, believing that his qualifications were too shallow and his achievements too few to be qualified for the position of flag bearer. That's why he assisted the night watchman, arrested the criminals, and accumulated merits. But he was an upright man who hated evil, so he usually left no one alive. This resulted in his merits and demerits often offsetting each other, and to this day, he has not accumulated enough merit to be promoted to flag-bearer. But during this period, he gained a lot of evil energy, and he rose by eating evil, and his cultivation progressed like a unstoppable force.
The second major stage in martial arts is divided into two levels: blood refining and marrow cleansing. "I reached the second level of martial arts a year ago. It took me only half a year to complete 'blood refining' and 'marrow cleansing'!" "The third level is to strengthen the internal organs, which is called 'internal strength'. I have reached the peak of it!" Lin Yan thought to himself: "According to the records in ancient books, before the changes in heaven and earth, warriors at the peak of inner strength were already the pinnacle of ordinary warriors and the limit of human physical strength." "But in this era after the changes, only those who enter the Tao through martial arts and transcend the mundane world can be considered to have truly entered the realm and barely have the power to protect themselves!" "This step is called the Refining Essence Realm!" He paused and looked back. The city is brightly lit. It was dark and silent outside the city. This is an era of chaos and disorder, where the strong prey on the weak, evil spirits run rampant, and demons and monsters roam about. This Gaoliu City was built 120 years ago and has gradually restored the embryonic form of the human civilization system. It is still in a rough and barbaric period, but it seems to be gradually developing and improving. "After all, I was born in Gaoliu City, so the beginning of my time travel is not too bad." Thinking this, Lin Yan walked into the alley and rubbed his face. Then he peeled off a layer of skin. The cold and resolute face is just a disguise. His true appearance actually looked quite handsome. The skin that had been hidden under the mask for a long time was so white that it seemed bloodless. He took off his black robe and turned it over, revealing a pale yellow robe that was washed out and even had two or three patches on it. The person who walked out from the other end of the alley was no longer the famous killer Wu Ye in Gaoliu City. He was a thin, delicate, and simply dressed boy from a poor family. In the darkness of night, he walked quietly from the southern part of the city, along the alley, and passed through the gate. After walking briskly for a long time, I came to an old street and a dilapidated house at the end. This shabby house is only six steps wide from side to side and less than twelve steps from front to back. The first thing you see when you enter is the kitchen. There is a small door separating the room and a wooden bed inside. This is his home. This was a place his grandfather's generation had bought in this chaotic and disordered world after they fled to Gaoliu City and used up all their savings. "Ok?"
When Lin Yan entered the door, he saw two cloth bags, one large and one small, placed next to the stove. When they opened them, they saw that the big bag contained rice, and the small bag contained salt. "It seems that the second brother has been here." As Lin Yan thought about this, a smile appeared on his face. He still has relatives in this world. My sister married and moved to the inner city five years ago, but she comes back two or three times a year. My eldest brother originally became a soldier defending Gaoliu City, but six years ago he was recruited to Qifeng City, which was considered a promotion. He also sent back silver several times. As for my second brother, after he got married, he got financial support from my eldest brother-in-law and built a house with three rooms and two corridors. Originally, when the new house was built, it was also reserved for Lin Yan's residence. But it happened that a few days before the house was built, he suddenly awakened his wisdom and remembered his past life. And two great magical powers were born, one is to eat evil spirits, the other is to suppress demons. Having lived two lives, he has considered things more deeply and knows that those with the power of "eating evil" will most likely live on the edge of a knife. You never know when you might make enemies. In addition, there were bound to be various inconveniences in his own practice, so he did not move to the new house. Because of this incident, my second brother was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick, but he couldn't beat himself, so he had to give up. But he still couldn't let go of himself, and would come over every few days with food, or rice, noodles, fish and meat. "I'll sleep for an hour, then get up and cook some porridge. It's almost time to go to the slaughterhouse to work." Although Lin Yan entered the Heavenly Guardian Division under a pseudonym, he did not give up his job at the slaughterhouse. After all, killing pigs and sheep will also generate evil energy. Secondly, this job is quite popular in the city. It was because of the connections of my sister-in-law's family that I was able to become a butcher. Moreover, there are two taels of silver every month, which can be said to be a generous salary. "At night, I helped the night patrol to solve cases. During the day, I slaughtered pigs and sheep in the slaughterhouse. I worked all year round... After deducting the expenses for food, clothing, and training, I managed to save more than 40 taels of silver." Lin Yan thought to himself: "If I save up for another ten or eight years, I can probably buy a piece of land in Wai Sanfang. Then if I continue to save up for another three to five years, I can build a house." As he was thinking this, he was about to take off his clothes to take a shower, but he heard a noise coming from outside. "Alei, the water tank at home is cracked, you have to go back and fix it." This is the voice of my second sister-in-law. "Ok?"
Lin Yan walked out quickly and opened the door. The woman outside the door looked to be in her early twenties, with a pretty face and simple clothes. "Ayan, where is your second brother?" "Second brother didn't come home?" Lin Yan's heart tightened suddenly when he heard this, and he whispered. "In the afternoon, he bought a roast chicken and said he would send half of it to you, and then he didn't go home." The second sister-in-law seemed a little confused, and said in a daze: "I thought you two brothers had drunk some wine, and he stayed here for the time being. If the water tank hadn't cracked, I wouldn't have come to call him..." "..." When Lin Yan heard this, he felt a chill in his heart and subconsciously glanced outside the city. In this world, daytime is the human world and night is the underworld. There is a magic lamp inside the town to illuminate it, so evil spirits cannot invade. Outside the city walls, the magic lamp has not arrived and evil spirits are lurking. He instantly retracted his gaze and thought to himself, "Second brother is steady and knows the dangers outside the city. It's already afternoon, so he probably won't leave the city." "It's dark now, what are you shouting at my window?" At this time, the neighbor opened the window and an old man muttered impatiently: "Your unmarried young woman came here to look for you, and she happened to meet your brother. She asked him to go home and discuss the betrothal gift with your future father-in-law." "A young girl who has never been married?" The second sister-in-law was stunned for a moment and looked at Lin Yan. Hearing this, Lin Yan smiled and said, "I see. That's all right. I'll go over and take a look later. Let my second brother go home earlier." "It's good to know where he went. Remember to let him go back early." The second sister-in-law breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to go home, but suddenly turned back and took out some change from her pocket. "You are going to get married soon. Take the girl to the temple fair in a few days. Don't be stingy with your money." "Know it." Lin Yan said this, watched his second sister-in-law leave, and then knocked on the neighbor's window. "Uncle Liu, whose family is my unmarried little girl?" "How many lovers do you have? Why are you asking me this?" The old man stuck his head out, his face full of shock, his contempt mixed with envy: "Isn't she the daughter of Chen Jiangbao? Whose daughter are you hooking up with?" "Chen Jiangbao? Got it, go to bed early." Lin Yan had no expression on his face and pushed the opened window back. He went back to the house to get a knife and ran straight to the south of the city.
In the night, his handsome face became even colder. Chen Jiangbao has no daughter! And Chen Jiangbao is dead. Yesterday morning, just outside the city, only half of Chen Jiangbao's head was left uneaten. New book by a new author, please collect, recommend and read!
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