Chapter Thirty-One: Racing with Death

  Lingtian's affairs were handled by those Ling farmers, Su Dong focused on staying at home to cultivate, under the effect of the Four Gate Double Python Array, whether it was spiritual power or Bi Luo Huang Quan Jiuzhong Tian, they all improved rapidly.

  Sigh~

  Su Dong collected his stance and ended a morning of practice.

  The Yellow Spring seems more difficult than Su Dong imagined, and Su Dong has already shown signs of breaking through, but he hasn't been able to break through for a long time, and I don't know what the reason is?

  Assuming it was an ordinary martial skill, Su Dong could have gone to the martial arts hall to ask the instructor, but unfortunately, this was a mysterious and obscure technique from the Nine Heavens of Bi Lu Huang Quan. Su Dong didn't even know where this skill came from, let alone find someone to consult with, so he had no choice but to feel his way through like a blind man crossing a river, taking it one step at a time.

  At dusk, Su Ning returned home and said to Su Dong: "When I was about to leave, I met our principal, who asked me what level your spiritual power has reached now? I told him that I'm not clear either."

  Su Dong smiled slightly and said, "Don't mind him."

  Su Ning said: "Why don't you go to the martial arts hall and try that testing machine? I'm also curious about how strong your spiritual power is now. The other night, I saw you practicing martial arts, it was so impressive! You must have already entered the fourth stage, right?"

  Su Dong shook his head and said, "I'm a Ling Nong now, no need to test any spiritual power levels."

  Su Ning knew that his brother was saying this on purpose, so he just shrugged and didn't take it seriously. In his mind, Su Dong was already very powerful.

  Since Su Dong and Yang Taosi had a falling out, he rarely went to the martial arts hall. At first, Zhou Xing still came to teach Su Dong some basic skills. As Bi Luo Huang Quan's nine-layered heaven strengthened, Zhou Xing found that Su Dong's basic skills were already very solid. He wanted to teach Su Dong some martial techniques, but Su Dong's spiritual power was too chaotic and not suitable.

  So Zhou Xing doesn't often come to disturb Su Dong anymore, but he still occasionally comes over to sit around at home.

  Yang Taishi originally thought Su Dong was just temporarily sulking and going to be a Ling Nong, and would come back to beg for himself in a few days.

  It's already June! Su Dong not only didn't beg Yang Taosi, but also made a nearly bankrupt Ling Nong Place bustling with activity! There is no sign of returning to the Wu Guan to practice martial arts at all!

  At first, no one looked good at Su Dong's time, he tested his spiritual power three times in a row, and three times shocked the entire martial arts hall to burst!

  Everyone was waiting with bated breath for Su Dong's performance, but he didn't show up! Everyone wanted to know if Su Dong was still crazily improving himself, but Su Dong deliberately kept everyone in the dark!

  Now Su Dong has become a mystery, no one knows what level he is at now or what his strength is.

  Plop!

  A sandbag was thrown from outside the wall of Su's house and landed right at Su Dong's feet.

  This was the signal agreed upon by Su Dong and Bai Xiaoya. The two little foxes of the Bai family were afraid of the Feng Shui formation in the Su family's courtyard, and didn't dare to come in. When they wanted to find Su Dong, they would throw a sandbag into the courtyard, and Su Dong would go over when he saw it.

  ……

  Knock open the door, only to see Bai Xiaoya and Bai Qing both looking very excited. Su Dong said: "What are you two so happy about? Did you make a fortune or something?"

  Bai Xiaoya ran over and grabbed Su Dong's arm, her face raised with a mischievous smile, saying: "The excitement isn't because of us, but because of you."

  "Why me?" Su Dong asked in confusion, pointing at his own nose.

  Mmm-hmm~

  Bai Xiaoya nodded repeatedly and said: "You ordered us to find a villager living in Wufeng Mountain, and Bai Qing sister finally found him!"

  Su Dong was taken aback, and only then did he notice that Bai Qing's forehead was still covered in sweat, which she hadn't had time to wipe away, and her body was also dirty, presumably from helping Su Dong search for someone.

  That piece of mother jade is very important to Su Dong, with it, Su Dong can forge his first Qimen artifact!

  And with the six jade stones plus that mother stone, they will form a set! The power will double in growth!

  Su Dong's heart was filled with gratitude, and he said anxiously: "You've really worked hard for me, this person is very important to me, you've helped me so much, I'll definitely repay you heavily in the future!"

  Bai Qing hastily waved her hand, her face flushing as she said: "My mistress and I owe a great debt to Master Su for his protection. If not for him, it would be difficult for us to stay in this Cold Star City. Helping you with errands is the least I can do."

  Su Dong let Bai Qing go change her clothes first, and he waited in the living room with Bai Xiao Ya.

  At first, the two little foxes thought they were Su Dong's slaves or something, but after a long time, they found out that Su Dong really didn't care about their identities and treated them as friends.

  This moved the two little foxes to tears, especially Bai Qing, who had risked his life to help Su Dong find someone on Wufeng Mountain and finally did not disappoint.

  Soon, Bai Qing changed her clothes and came out, pointing the address of the mountain villager's house that was originally sold to Su Dong Shi Zhong Yu on the map.

  The mainland map was marked very vaguely, with only a rough direction and terrain, and Bai Qing carefully explained the geographical features to Su Dong one by one.

  Rolling up the map, Su Dong smiled and said: "By the way, I've arranged everything for you to go south this winter. There's a Zhou Xing Jiao in the martial arts hall, whose family is the owner of the Dazhou Shanghang in Hansheng City."

  "Every month, Da Zhou's merchant caravan has horse teams heading south. When the time comes, you can follow the people and horses of the Zhou family, they will be responsible for sending you to your desired destination."

  Su Dong had always been meticulous in his work, so before autumn arrived, he had already arranged for the two little foxes to go south.

  As soon as he finished speaking, Su Dong raised his head and suddenly found that the two small fox eyes had already turned red, with tears rolling in their eye sockets.

  Pfft~

  Bai Xiaoya finally couldn't bear it anymore and rushed into Su Dong's arms, crying loudly: "Xiaoya won't leave! I'll be your slave for the rest of my life!"

  Su Dong patted Bai Xiaoya's frail shoulders. Although this little girl still looked like a small bean sprout, her physical condition had improved greatly compared to the past. The original gloomy aura in the Su family was led here by Su Dong's array method, and Bai Xiaoya also became healthier as a result.

  "I've told you before, you are free. Don't say such things again in the future. By the time you're not free, it'll be too late for regrets." Su Dong said calmly.

  Bai Xiaoya raised her head, her face streaked with tears, and trembled as she said: "What exactly is freedom? Why do you always bring it up?"

  "Freedom is like a bird in the sky, wherever you want to go, you can go, even the king of heaven can't control it."

  ……

  The next day, before dawn broke, Su Dong rode a fast horse borrowed from Zhou Xing's home and left the city for Wufeng Mountain.

  The Wufeng Mountain area is vast, but Bai Qing, the little fox, was meticulous and explained the terrain, location, and route clearly, so Su Dong found that household by noon.

  He had once sold several pieces of stalactite to Su Dong, and this man remembered Su Dong deeply. When Su Dong asked him to take himself to the cave where he found the stalactites, and promised him twenty taels of silver, the man immediately agreed.

  The mountain dweller's surname was Xu, and he didn't have a name. Because he was the second child in his family, Su Dong called him Uncle Xu Er.

  "The mountain road is too narrow for horses to walk on, let's leave it here." Xǔ èr Gē said to Sū Dōng.

  Su Dong nodded in agreement and followed him along the mountain path.

  It was almost dark when Su Dong and the man arrived at the middle of the mountain, resting on a huge rock. Su Dong was now practicing martial arts, his physical strength far surpassed that of his youth. Xu Erge was already panting with exhaustion, while Su Dong had only just begun to sweat.

  Standing on the mountain waist, the sunset has slanted, Su Dong suddenly found that there seemed to be a black figure flashing in the distance of the forest.

  "Are there wolves in the mountains?" Su Dong thought it was some kind of wild beast and asked curiously.

  "There are, but tonight we'll find a hidden cave and light up a bonfire. Those wild beasts won't dare to come near." said Xu Ergou skeptically.

  Suddenly, Su Dong saw a thick black aura in Xu Erge's eyebrows, which was a dead knot! He would die tonight!

  "This doesn't feel right! I didn't notice anything unusual when I first saw him, how did he become like this in just half a day?!" Su Dong muttered to himself in surprise.

  In an instant, Su Dong's back felt a chill.

  The root cause is not on Xu Ergou's side, but on our own!

  Su Dong only met with Xu Erge this noon, and this ominous ending was brought upon by himself! That also means that someone will be unfavorable to him!

  "Xu Er Ge." Su Dong furrowed his brow and said thoughtfully.

  "What's up, brother?" asked Xu Ergou after taking a sip of water from his calabash.

  Su Dong took this opportunity to take a closer look and indeed it was ominous! If Su Dong's calculations were correct, this was the ominous sign of "Knife Light Blood Shadow"!

  "Let's hurry!" Su Dong said in a low voice.

  "It's not late yet, let's rest for a while," said Xi Erge.

  "If we don't go now, it'll be too late, hurry!" Su Dong pulled up Xu Ergou and started running forward.

  Xu Ergou was frightened for a moment and reluctantly followed Su Dong.

  The sunset had slanted, and the gloomy knot on Xu Ergou's face grew heavier and heavier, showing no signs of dissipating.

  As soon as he turned his head, Su Dong suddenly found that the black shadow in the distant forest seemed to flash again!

  P.S. I just finished typing and looked at the time, it's already 4am, so I uploaded it directly without waiting until noon. The life of a coder is really irregular, can't get up early indeed.