Chapter 37: Chapter 34: Being Watched_1
Vajra Body, unlike the martial arts that Lu Yan had practiced before, was a type of hard technique.
Once cultivated, the body became extremely hard.
Naturally, parts of the body that were already hard became even harder.
The entire body was like a vajra, not only providing a significant increase in defense, but also in power. It was a type of martial art that integrated both offense and defense.
The downside was it was extremely difficult to practice.
It was hard to get started with, and even harder to advance to higher levels.
"It indeed suits me well."
For him, with the Dao Book, as long as he got started, he would not fear the difficulty of cultivation.
He began to practice eagerly.
After his trip to Juchi Mountain, he understood the importance of defense fully.
His current weakness was his lack of defense. If he had not worn the armor that time, he would not have been able to withstand Liu Xingren’s palm attack.
Originally, if Sun Xiang had higher defense, he would not have been sneak attacked by Lu Yan’s sleeve arrow, being pierced into the ribs, and killed by his reduced combat power.
Second-rate martial arts were much more challenging to practice than third-rate martial arts.
With Lu Yan’s current martial arts realm, it took only five days to get started with third-rate martial arts.
But to cultivate the Vahra Body, it took a full month just to get started.
After initiating, the Dao Book indeed fused another avatar of the Vajra Body.
However, Lu Yan found out that regular meat had no effect on the Vajra Body.
Even during the beginner stage, it seemed to have no effect.
Lu Yan was speechless, it seemed that regular meat could only be eaten to fill the stomach and provide basic nutrition for the body in the future.
In fact, after the third limit-breaking, the effect of regular meat was much less than before. Although it could still accumulate Qi-blood, the speed was slow as a snail.
Lu Yan could only improve by eating martial food.
A jin of Martial Food could improve the progress of the beginner stage of the Vajra Body by 10%.
A jin of Dried Martial Food could increase the progress by 20%.
Of course, this was when he was not practicing, not accumulating Qi-blood. During cultivation, the progress was reduced by half.
The next day, after disguising himself, Lu Yan went to Linglan Chamber of Commerce and bought ten jin of Dried Martial Food.
Simply relying on fresh Martial Food was not enough.
For every few days, he went to Wuke’s House for a meal.
And he, as a second limit-breaker, a Red-clad Guard, ate a meal of Martial Food every four days, which was barely enough to make ends meet.
If he wanted to improve quickly, he could only rely mainly on Dried Martial Food, although it was expensive, he had no choice.
This kind of resource like Martial Food was all controlled by the Feudal Lords.
"If only I could occupy a Blood Land Vein, raise a batch of Alien Beasts, hire a few martial chefs to cook martial food for me, that would really be wonderful, lying down while cultivating."
Now, Lu Yan could only daydream about it and lacked the ability to do so.
Lu Yan practiced at a rate of two Jin of Dried Martial Food a day. Five days later, the ten jin of Dried Martial Food he had purchased was finished.
He disguised himself again and went to the Linglan Chamber of Commerce, this time purchasing twenty Jin of Dried Martial Food at once.
By the time the twenty jin of dried Martial Food was finished, the Vajra Body had already entered the third level ’Integration’.
When Lu Yan operated the Vajra Body, his skin emitted a faint golden color, as if forged by gold and iron, both his strength and defense had increased significantly.
"I need to buy Dried Martial Food again, this time, I better buy more."
Lu Yan thought to himself.
He stuffed a stack of Silver Tickets into his arms and headed to the Linglan Chamber of Commerce. This time, he bought a hundred Jin of Dried Martial Food in one go, almost emptying the inventory of the Linglan Chamber of Commerce.
In terms of Silver Taels, he also spent a total of three thousand taels.
These few times buying Dried Martial Food, he had already spent more than half of his silvers.
Lu Yan carried the Dried Martial Food on his back, changing directions several times along the way, bypassing seven or eight alleys, making sure no one was following him before returning home.
One hundred Jin of Dried Martial Food, saved a bit, should be enough for two months, finally, he would not have to go to the Linglan Chamber of Commerce frequently.
.....
Not long after Lu Yan left the Linglan Chamber of Commerce, a figure walked out from there and met with two middle-aged men in a room at an inn.
"Fu Sheng, did you call us here because you have a ’target’?"
A middle-aged man with a goatee and triangular eyes asked.
"Yes, this guy just bought a hundred Jin of Dried Martial Food in one go."
Fu Sheng nodded.
"A hundred Jin of Dried Martial Food."
The triangular-eyed man’s eyes turned fervent.
A hundred Jin of Dried Martial Food was worth three thousand taels.
"Who is this person? Be careful not to kick an iron board."
Another middle-aged man spoke, appearing to be more cautious.
In Changfeng City, there were not many who could fork out three thousand silver taels effortlessly just to buy dried Martial Food.
"I have no idea who he is. This person had disguised himself, changing his appearance, but based on my experience, he’s not very old. We just need to find his location and gather some information discretely. If conditions permit, we can make our move," said Fu Sheng.
The man with triangular eyes asked, "Did you send someone to tail him?"
Fu Sheng shook his head and replied, "This person is very cautious. If we were to tail him, we would just be scaring him away."
"Then how do you plan to find his location?"
"As the deputy head of Linglan Chamber of Commerce’s guard team, you think I wouldn’t have my ways? I have smeared Swallow’s Saliva, an effective tracking agent, on the dried Martial Food he bought. As long as he is still within Changfeng City, he won’t be able to escape the tracking of the fragrant swallows."
Fu Sheng said this with a certain pride.
"Being the deputy head of the Linglan Chamber of Commerce’s guard team, yet plotting behind their backs, they won’t let you off if they find out," the man with triangular eyes chuckled.
"As long as we are careful and eliminate all traces of our doing, who will know?" replied Fu Sheng.
He spoke bravely, but in reality, he was quite anxious.
If the other party had bought ten or twenty jin of dried Martial Food, he would have let it slide, not daring to take the risk personally.
But the other party had procured one hundred jin in one breath, such a generous display had tempted him.
Anyone who could buy so much at once most likely still had some money left. If they got their hands on it, it would be enough for his cultivation for a while.
Practicing martial arts was really expensive, and his monthly salary from the Linglan Chamber of Commerce Guard team was far from sufficient, far from enough.
He was not afraid of these two men betraying him, as they were notorious robbers known as the Wo Ye Double Evil. They had come from Wo Ye City in Qingfeng County. If he were to reveal their whereabouts, they would be doomed for sure.
Hence, they were in the same boat.
"When should we make our move?" another man asked.
"We move tonight, any later and things might change," replied Fu Sheng.
"Alright."
...
That night.
Fu Sheng and the Wo Ye Double Evil met in a secluded alley, all three of them had their faces covered with black cloth, leaving only their eyes and mouth visible.
In Fu Sheng’s palm was a small bird, which looked very much like a swallow.
This was a Fragrant Swallow, a special kind of bird. Once something was smeared with swallow’s saliva, the fragrant swallow could smell it and track it from a distance.
After Fu Sheng gently whistled, the fragrant swallow took flight, heading in a certain direction.
Half an hour later, they arrived outside Lu Yan’s house.
The three of them exchanged glances.
Judging by the house, it didn’t seem to be the dwelling of a highly skilled martial expert. They had previously worried that it might be a master who had broken through the limit five times, disguising himself.
If the person was indeed a five-time limit breaker, they would have to give up.
"So, proceed?" the man with triangular eyes asked.
"There are quite a few beggars nearby. They normally beg in this area and are sure to know the background of this family. Let’s grab one of them and find out. You two keep watch here, I’ll be right back," said Fu Sheng as he vanished to interrogate a local beggar. After getting the information he wanted, he swiftly snapped the beggar’s neck and dumped the body into a sewage ditch.
To be on the safe side, he grabbed another beggar from a different location, interrogated him and then similarly killed him before quickly returning.
"Did you get the information? What’s the identity of our target?" the triangular eyed man asked.
Fu Sheng nodded and replied, "Got it, our target is a Red-clad Guard, around fifteen or sixteen years old. Seems like he just moved here about a year ago."
"A fifteen or sixteen-year-old Red-clad Guard has so much money?"
The triangular eyed man said.
"He must have lucked into some fortune," replied the other man from Wo Ye Double Evil.
"Let’s proceed," murmured Fu Sheng, his eyes blazing.
If they didn’t dare to act against a fifteen or sixteen-year-old Red-clad Guard, then they might as well quit their trade.
Swish, swish, swish!
The three of them jumped over the fence, entering the yard.
They might not have known Lu Yan’s cultivation level, but how strong could a fifteen or sixteen-year-old Red-clad Guard be?
No wonder this person was so cautious when buying Martial Food, even to the extent of disguising himself.
