Flying through the night, Lin Xiaofei successfully arrived at the desolate green area outside Qingshan Town, entered the spatial bead, and smiled broadly.
The heavy sense of crisis that had initially weighed on him vanished instantly, replaced by a feeling of ease and comfort—a feeling that was indescribably pleasant.
"With Sect Leader Chen not returning and Qian Ming dead, the Qingfeng Gang branch is likely to be in chaos. If I return to the gang like this, Qian Ming's men will no longer make things difficult for me."
Lin Xiaofei thought for a moment, then turned to look at the things he had looted this time.
At that time, he was rummaging through Qian Ming's mansion. Because he was worried that someone would come, he only took a quick look and hurriedly picked up a large pile of things.
Lin Xiaofei squatted down and opened the packages in front of him one by one, carefully counting them.
"Jade, jade pendants, silver, gold, and so on, these things are worth a total of three thousand two hundred taels of silver."
The rest are books, twenty-five in total. Some are martial arts manuals, while the rest are records of cultivation experiences by novice martial artists and internal energy martial artists.
Oh, and there are also some weapons and materials for forging them.
Lin Xiaofei counted the items while calculating in his mind.
He also picked up a lot of weapons from Qian Ming's study. These weapons were all of high quality and were obviously Qian Ming's prized possessions.
He thought about it and realized that if he sold these things in Qingshan Town, others would likely recognize them as items that had been stolen from Qian Ming's room, which could then lead to him being held responsible. Therefore, he decided not to sell them and instead store them in his spatial bead. He would figure out how to dispose of them after he went to Xiagu County, since these items could be exchanged for a large sum of money.
"Iron Sand Palm, Golden Lotus Technique, Bamboo Leaf Sword Technique and other martial arts manuals."
Lin Xiaofei glanced at the manuals. There were eight manuals in total. Among them, Iron Sand Palm was Qian Ming's top-level martial art, while Golden Lotus Technique was a mid-level martial art within the gang. The rest of the manuals were some martial arts techniques of good quality.
He checked the manual one by one, but did not find the internal energy cultivation method he wanted. He had thought that Qian Ming was a peak internal energy martial artist and would definitely have an internal energy cultivation method, but he did not find it.
"This protective soft armor is a little special."
Lin Xiaofei quickly glanced at all the books, then picked up a silver-white protective soft armor and examined it. He sensed a trace of spiritual energy within the armor, which immediately piqued his interest, and he began to study it.
"This is actually a magical soft armor called the Qi-Locking Armor, which has seventeen artifact markings on it."
Lin Xiaofei's spiritual perception penetrated into the soft armor and immediately discovered that the internal structure of the soft armor contained artifact patterns.
He discovered that it was a superior-grade low-level magic robe, and then he lightly scratched the robe a few times with his longsword, slashing it three times, but the robe remained intact.
He knew that this robe was difficult to damage with ordinary swords and blades.
Without hesitation, he put on the silver-white robe, glanced down at himself, and said with a smile:
This silver-white robe suits me quite well.
"Um?"
Less than ten seconds after putting on the robes, Lin Xiaofei felt a chill run through his body and noticed some changes. He wondered to himself, "..."
Why has the vital energy flowing through my body weakened?
Realizing something was wrong, he took off the robes he was wearing and found that the flow of blood energy within him had returned to normal.
"This magical armor is quite special. It can actually slow down the blood flow in my body, thereby restraining my blood energy, and also enveloping the aura emanating from me in the armor."
Lin Xiaofei took off his robe and put it back on, going back and forth several times until he finally confirmed that the Qi-locking armor could reduce his blood flow and thus conceal his aura. This surprised him a little, but also pleased him.
As his martial arts skills improved, the blood energy within his body also became stronger, and the blood energy he emitted far exceeded that of ordinary martial artists, causing a dramatic change in his overall demeanor.
Ordinary people or ordinary martial artists cannot discern a person's level of skill. However, some martial arts masters can sense a person's aura. Once they discover that a person's aura is very strong, they can roughly estimate their level of skill.
Therefore, when he entered the peak level of ordinary people, he exuded a powerful aura, which made him a little worried that others would notice.
Once, when he entered the gang's archives, he looked up how to conceal one's aura. One method was to cultivate a certain technique to conceal one's aura, but the gang did not have such a technique. The second method was to wear a certain treasure to conceal one's aura.
Unexpectedly, among this harvest, they obtained a magical robe that could conceal their aura.
"This Qi-locking robe, even before I've begun refining it, can already conceal some of my own aura. It's a really good thing for me."
After studying the robe for a while, Lin Xiaofei felt that his blood flow had slowed down and his aura had weakened. This was a different state from not wearing the robe.
Moreover, he also discovered that when he touched the Qi-locking robe with his own spiritual power, the aura he emitted would change; the aura could become weaker or stronger.
"I don't understand this Qi-locking robe well enough yet. I need to refine all the artifact patterns and markings on it so that I can control the robe freely and completely hide the aura I emit."
Lin Xiaofei thought to himself, then slowly exhaled and began refining the magic robe.
As time passed, unbeknownst to them, the sun slowly rose over the distant mountains, and five or six hours had gone by in the process of refining the robe.
"This Qi-locking robe contains the spiritual imprint of others, making it quite difficult to refine. That's why I only refined two artifact patterns."
However, this robe has already concealed much of the ordinary peak aura I naturally exude, which is quite good.
Lin Xiaofei frowned, then smiled and muttered to himself.
This time, the magical artifact he refined was quite difficult, which made him a little unhappy. However, when he felt that the aura emanating from himself was not as strong as before, he felt relieved.
In the morning, the sky was a clear blue, and the sun shone brightly on the earth.
Amidst the trees, flowers, and grasses, the sounds of birds chirping and insects buzzing can be heard from time to time. A gentle breeze carries the faint scent of green trees and flowers in the air.
The soldiers standing at the city gate took a breath of fresh air, feeling refreshed, and watched the passersby coming and going through the city gate.
Lin Xiaofei tossed a copper coin into the money box placed at the city gate, his sword at his waist, and walked casually into the city.
On the street, many people were talking to each other, saying that since Black Wind Stronghold was destroyed, the official road was much smoother, and some bandits no longer dared to rob on the official road so openly.
As Lin Xiaofei walked along, he also heard about the death of the Left Protector of the Qingfeng Gang branch last night.
Moreover, from their words, Lin Xiaofei knew that they did not know who killed Qian Ming, and some people guessed that Qian Ming was assassinated by his enemies.
Lin Xiaofei didn't react much to this. He killed Qian Ming using immortal techniques, and ordinary people couldn't possibly find out who did it. Even if they found some clues, they could only guess that it was done by a cultivator, but they couldn't trace it back to him.
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