The Immortal Wife Is Like A Cloud

Chapter 101: Reopening the Secret Treasury

Upon leaving the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and purchasing some beast meat, Su Jingzhen returned directly to Peach Blossom Alley.

Despite his brief delay at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, he noticed that many familiar neighbors in Peach Blossom Alley had already locked their doors.

Evidently, even the cultivators of Peach Blossom Alley were fleeing Linjiang City in significant numbers.

Su Jingzhen also observed that many neighbors’ doors had been forcibly broken open.

The simple protective arrays guarding these courtyards had long been dismantled.

“Sigh…”

Su Jingzhen could not help but sigh.

Indeed, many cultivators had fled Linjiang City, but numerous marauding cultivators from outside the city were now flooding in.

Previously, with the protection of the Huayang Sect, these ruffians dared not rampage.

Now that the Huayang Sect had fallen, the semblance of order it maintained had completely disintegrated.

The Evil Moon Sect had not yet begun to formally manage Linjiang City, making these past few days a carnival for the marauders.

Realizing this, Su Jingzhen heightened his vigilance.

Yesterday, he had indeed made a significant impact at the Huayang Sect plaza, killing two of the sect’s key figures with two bricks.

But so what?

Not all marauders recognized him, nor would everyone fear him.

“I hope Daoist Luo can quickly finish his tasks and start managing Linjiang City.”

Since the Evil Moon Sect had brazenly started occupying the territory, they must have intentions.

If Linjiang City continued in this chaotic state, it might soon become a truly anarchic place.

As Su Jingzhen reflected on this, he arrived at the school gate.

He pushed the door open and entered directly.

However, the moment he stepped into the school, his vigilance heightened abruptly.

Upon entering, he detected a strong scent of blood.

Glancing towards the peach tree, he saw a black-clad corpse lying beneath it.

Next to the corpse stood another figure.

From this figure, Su Jingzhen sensed an intense murderous aura.

This person was likely a killer of many.

Under the cover of this murderous aura, Su Jingzhen could not discern the level of this person’s cultivation.

At this moment, the person had their back to Su Jingzhen.

A blood-dripping flying sword was in their hand.

The scene was indeed quite unnerving.

The blood energy within Su Jingzhen’s body began to surge.

Instinctively, his right hand pressed against his storage bag, which he had not yet changed.

Part of his blood energy also gathered at the Surging Spring acupoint on his left foot.

Silently, he had entered his strongest combat state.

The figure before him, whether a marauding cultivator purposely targeting him or an assassin sent specifically for him, was clearly hostile.

With the Huayang Sect’s distress talismans no longer effective, there was no one to save him. He had to rely solely on himself.

“Whoosh!”

As Su Jingzhen remained on high alert, the black-clad figure under the peach blossom tree still did not turn around. Yet, the blood-dripping flying sword in his hand suddenly shot towards Su Jingzhen.

The strike came unexpectedly, filled with murderous intent.

In an instant, Su Jingzhen pulled out the black brick from his storage bag. The blood energy in his right hand’s Labor Palace acupoint erupted fiercely!

For this initial strike, he chose not to dodge. He had to test the opponent’s strength. If he dodged the first strike, he might be forced into a passive defensive position for the rest of the encounter.

As the flying sword neared, he swung the brick with full force.

“Ding!”

A crisp collision sound rang out in the air. The flying sword was struck by the brick and sent hurtling back.

In that brief moment, Su Jingzhen felt the sharp sword energy emanating from it and a powerful recoil through the brick.

The force was so strong that it destabilized his stance, causing him to stagger back a dozen steps until he crashed into the school gate behind him.

Su Jingzhen’s heart was heavy with concern. He wasn’t sure if his opponent had used full strength in the sword attack, but he had exerted all his power in that brick strike. Despite that, he was still at a disadvantage.

The opponent’s aura remained concealed, indicating the use of a concealment technique.

Nonetheless, Su Jingzhen now knew his opponent was at least at the peak of Qi Refinement, possibly even at the Foundation Establishment stage.

A formidable foe!

After regaining his footing, Su Jingzhen glanced at his right hand holding the brick, noticing the cracked skin and bleeding at the base of his thumb. Meanwhile, the opponent’s flying sword had already returned to his hand.

After this strike, the black-clad man finally turned around. To Su Jingzhen’s surprise, he did not conceal his face.

It was the face of an extremely ordinary middle-aged man, the kind that would blend into a crowd without a trace.

At this moment, the man looked at Su Jingzhen with a faint smile on his lips, his murderous intent even more apparent.

“They say the teacher at the Enlightenment School in Peach Blossom Alley is a hidden master, but it seems that’s not the case.”

Before Su Jingzhen could respond, the man glanced at the black-clad corpse on the ground.

“I’ve taken care of a marauding cultivator for you. If Mr. Su isn’t as strong as rumored, then you might as well join him today.”

Hearing this, Su Jingzhen’s heart grew heavier. The man knew who he was and likely knew about the impact of his two bricks yesterday.

Despite that, he still came, indicating that this man’s strength was at least equal to Chen Jinshi’s, possibly at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Could he be from the main Huayang Sect?

Or from the sects of the eight Golden Core cultivators present yesterday?

Su Jingzhen pondered this again.

Those so-called righteous sects seemed to hold a significant grudge against the Evil Moon Sect. And with him being visibly close to the Evil Moon Sect, killing him to warn the Evil Moon Sect was highly plausible.

At least, that’s what Su Jingzhen thought at this moment.

He sighed slightly in his heart, hesitated no longer, and immediately allocated two hundred points to Body Cultivation.

?Body Cultivation: Three Secret Treasures Opened!

Flesh Body Spiritual Embryo (First Layer).

Next Unlockable Secret Chamber: Labor Palace Acupoint (Left) 0/200?

?Remaining Points: 86?

Just as Su Jingzhen had expected, after unlocking the Surging Spring acupoint in his right foot, his body’s level reached the Flesh Body Spiritual Embryo stage. The next unlockable secret chamber, as he had guessed, was the left hand’s Labor Palace acupoint.

Random order, unlocking the four limbs!

Moreover, the required points had not increased, which made him extremely excited.

At this moment, he felt a burning sensation in his right foot, as if an endless stream of power was emanating from there.

He had leaped directly from the eighth layer of the Flesh Body Mysterious Embryo stage to the first layer of the Flesh Body Spiritual Embryo stage, a significant breakthrough in realm.

In terms of strength, as a proper Body Cultivator, he was no weaker than those at the Foundation Establishment stage.

This substantial increase in his strength was not outwardly visible at all.

This is also the ultimate confidence for him to play the pig and eat the tiger, and surprise others.