"Next, it's time to leave Lin County."
After breaking through to the Blood Refining Realm, Gu Qingfeng's senses had become much more acute. The entire Lin County gave him an intense feeling of discomfort, the blood mist hanging in the air was filled with a bizarre and ominous aura.
In his eyes, Lin County had now become a dead land.
Staying here
would only lead to certain death.
However.
Before leaving Lin County, Gu Qingfeng consolidated his cultivation realm by consuming and refining the remaining three Blood Refining Pills.
After breaking through his cultivation, the restrictions on consuming Blood Refining Pills had also significantly lessened.
Three Blood Refining Pills.
Gu Qingfeng took only one day to refine them completely.
However.
The Blood Refining Pills were truly worthy of the elixirs used by martial artists in the Blood Refining Realm. As the three pills were refined, he felt that his energy and blood strength had greatly increased. If he truly had a large quantity of Blood Refining Pills, breaking through to the mid-level of the Blood Refining Realm likely would not be a problem.
The cultivation of a martial artist.
First, it relied on martial arts, and second, on resources like elixirs.
The former needed no further explanation, as martial arts like the Mountain Shattering Fist and Iron Body Skills essentially involved specific methods helping martial artists to refine their own bodies, thereby reaching higher levels.
If there were no corresponding martial arts, one could only slowly fumble their way forward alone.
Then.
There were the elixirs.
If there were no corresponding martial arts to refine one's body, being adequately supplied with elixirs would suffice.
With an adequate supply of elixirs, breaking through became an easy task.
On the second day after breaking through to the Blood Refining Realm.
Gu Qingfeng finally decided to leave Lin County.
Immediately.
He took Gu Yang and headed toward the city gate.
Before long.
The two arrived at the city gate.
Only to see that there were constables and yamen runners guarding the city gate, which made Gu Qingfeng frown, but he did not stop his steps.
At the same time.
The constables guarding the place also noticed his presence.
"There is an order from the magistrate, no one is allowed to leave Lin County without permission,"
the leading middle-aged constable said coldly.
Gu Qingfeng did not reply. Instead, he looked at the other constables and yamen runners, observing that each of them instinctively gripped the hilts of their swords with their right hands, staring at him coldly, as if they would attack at the slightest disagreement.
"Did you hear what I said..."
Just as the middle-aged constable was about to reprimand him, Gu Qingfeng suddenly let go of Gu Yang's hand, dashed forward, and slammed his shoulder into the constable's chest.
"Boom!"
Gu Qingfeng's body was as hard as iron, and with a tremendous force, the constable's chest caved in, and his whole body was flung across like a wilted weed, dead before hitting the ground.
"Audacious!"
"Kill him..."
The remaining constables and yamen runners were shocked, drawing their long knives in unison, intending to kill Gu Qingfeng right there.
However.
Just as they were about to make a move, Gu Qingfeng acted first, his right fist striking out like a golden dragon. In one constable's horrified gaze, he punched the constable square in the face.
Bang—
The force was enough to split mountains and crack stones, and the constable's head burst open like a watermelon.
At this moment.
The other constables and yamen runners' attacks also arrived.
Bright knives, driven by fierce winds, chopped down with ferocious intent. The constables and yamen runners wore savage expressions, anticipating the moment when Gu Qingfeng would be chopped into pulp.
However.
When the knives fell, the expected spray of blood did not appear. The blades seemed to strike hard rock, and the powerful recoil even chipped several of the blades.
"What!"
The constables and yamen runners were shocked.
At that moment, Gu Qingfeng turned around, grasped one of the blades with five fingers, and with a squeeze, the long knife, forged from refined iron, shattered. Several shards flew out, piercing through the bodies of several constables and yamen runners in an instant.
"Ah!"
The excruciating pain caused them to scream miserably.
But when they saw Gu Qingfeng's silhouette, their previous arrogance disappeared, and they begged for mercy, faces filled with panic.
"Spare, spare me!!!"
"Let me go—"
Gu Qingfeng's expression remained cold and harsh, punching each one individually, entirely killing all of them amid their pleas for mercy.
This battle had started suddenly, and ended just as swiftly.
In just a few breaths, all the constables and yamen runners had been killed.
Beside him, Gu Yang stood there, staring at the scene filled with blood and corpses, his small face dazed, unsure if he was scared or something else.
When Gu Qingfeng came to him, the strong scent of blood snapped Gu Yang back to his senses.
"Father..."
"Now that the blood mist spreads everywhere and they've intentionally sealed the city gate to trap us here, this world is like that. If you don't kill, others will kill you. In chaotic times, mercy only harms oneself.
Today, your father gives you the first lesson, do not act unless necessary, but once you do, eradicate your foe completely to prevent future troubles."
Gu Qingfeng's expression was solemn, the murderous aura after the slaughter surging around him.
Gu Yang was stunned for a moment, then looked at the bodies on the ground and finally nodded vigorously, "I understand, Father!"
"That's for the best."
Gu Qingfeng observed Gu Yang's reaction, seeing he wasn't greatly afraid of death, and felt satisfied.
His greatest worry had been.
That Gu Yang would fear killing, being naturally kind. Such a nature would be fine in peaceful times.
But in these chaotic times, it would only harm himself.
Having lived in this world for more than twenty years, Gu Qingfeng had seen so much killing. Even though he hadn't genuinely killed anyone before now, he had deeply understood these chaotic times.
When he really killed for the first time, Gu Qingfeng felt no great turmoil inside, feeling strangely excited in some unclear way.
Indeed.
Excited.
Regarding such changes in himself, Gu Qingfeng didn't hold much repulsion. He glanced at the constables' and yamen runners' bodies. With the commotion here, it wouldn't be long before the authorities arrived.
Thinking of this, he didn't plan to linger further, immediately taking Gu Yang's hand and heading into the blood mist outside the city.
Not long after Gu Qingfeng and Gu Yang left, other citizens who had been hiding emerged slowly.
"Who is this fierce man, daring to kill the authorities!"
"That man looks familiar, isn't he an instructor from the Golden Bull Martial Arts Hall?"
"He must have a death wish, not only killing people but also daring to leave the city?"
Many citizens were shocked by the recent scene. Having been in Lin County for years, some recognized Gu Qingfeng.
Upon hearing 'Golden Bull Martial Arts Hall,' some people's faces relaxed.
They looked at the bodies on the ground, clearly fearful, but when they glanced at the blood mist beyond the city gate, their eyes flickered, pondering something unknown.