Horrible Incident

Lu Zheng was bewildered.

He asked, "Why do I need to learn internal techniques if your Technique is unity to both?"

Ravyn laughed lightly.

He replied, "I said it is the unity, so if you treat it as an external technique, then you can have an internal technique. After all, the internal technique in my Technique only helped you feel the mana, absorb them, make them your own, and attain higher rank through it with comprehension. If you get rid of that with the same level of internal technique, then you can acquire the external technique concept of my Technique.

By then, it will completely remove the tyrannical effect of the Technique, preventing you from going completely insane.

Do you remember the effect of Ocean's Qi Heart Technique and its rules? It was the same on the internal technique on my Technique.

If you refuse to abide by the internal technique of my Technique, it will consume you and even break your mana core, to which what you called Qi Deviation."

Lu Zheng could remember the effects and rules of the Ocean's Heart Qi Technique, which increases inner peace and mental clarity.

If he continued to oppose them, it would result in a backlash, leading him to receive Qi Deviation.

He certainly did not want it to happen.

Although he was still having a headache processing Ravyn's information, he got the gist of it.

"So, I must obtain the internal technique equal to your technique, right?" Lu Zheng asked for clarification.

Ravyn hummed in response.

"That's right."

"But, what specific rank is it?"

"..."

Ravyn was silent for a while, before replying, "I will just tell you. I still can't grasp your world currently. You need to explore more."

Lu Zheng nodded.

Despite having a slight heartache knowing he could not obtain Ravyn's Technique yet, he knew he would still obtain it in the future.

There was no point feeling depressed about it.

What he focused on now was the future.

"I did not think you are that talkative," commented Lu Zheng out of the blue.

He even did it subconsciously.

"..."

He received no words from Ravyn, but he felt chills crawling on his spine.

He knew he did something wrong.

"S-Sorry…"

The sudden terrorizing sensation vanished, giving him a big sigh in relief.

Lu Zheng focused on the present, sweeping his eyes to his surroundings and concluded there were no enemies for his sword to be unsheathed.

He mumbled, "I will find a room first and use the Qi Gathering Pills to finally ascend the Intermediate Rank."

He glanced at the moon and perceived there were still three hours left before dawn.

He could use one hour to rent a single night private room and eat the Qi Gathering Pills to have ten yello Qi Pills.

By then, he would have become Intermediate Rank.

Lu Zheng stride towards the headless body of Yu Long, grabbed the leather pouch, seized the two silver coins, and pushed it on his leather pouch, closing them tightly.

Now, he had three gold coins, fifteen silver coins, and two Qi Gathering Pills, causing it to bulge on his waist, becoming conspicuous.

Yu Long's leather pouch held no more value on him, as it only possessed hundreds of copper coins, so he casually threw it randomly.

It dropped near the head, causing Lu Zheng to glance at it without changing his expression.

He turned his back from the horrible scene and began to walk away.

Minutes after, there was a noise of hurried footsteps, consisting of hundreds of individuals, arriving at the scene.

Their expression turned ugly when they saw severed limbs, headless bodies, and decapitated heads of the internal members.

Their hearts palpitated.

After all, they were external members of the Scorching Blade Clan, and the corpse of internal members they were seeing was someone they knew… they acknowledged as stronger than them.

However, seeing them in a state where they lost their head, even painting their face in horrified expression on their death – appearing like they saw the God of Death coming to take out their life – instilled fear in their hearts, causing their body to tremble in terror.

The external members on the front even took a step back, their foreheads sweated with bullets, and their breathing quickened.

"Give way!" A shout thundered from the back, snapping them awake.

Soon, they opened a path and looked behind, seeing ten internal members walking past them with an unsightly expression.

They arrived at their fellow internal members' corpses, and they gritted their teeth in anger.

They closed their fist tightly, causing it tremble, as their eyes burned in rage.

Ever since the sudden war with the Azure Tide Clan, they believed no one would attempt to humiliate them like this, massacring even their internal members, severing their limbs and heads, like it was nothing.

They must provide an explanation about the horrible incident tonight to the Clan Head, or their head would roll to the ground like Yu Long and others.

The most front internal members, while fuming in anger, faced the internal members, sweeping his gaze on the external members.

Randomly stopping his eyes on a certain individual, he pointed at him, saying, "You. You are the oldest here. Report this matter to the elders. Immediately!"

The individual quivered, his lips trembled, as he replied, "B-But–"

"Don't you hear me?" He received a death glare, and his heart jumped.

He could not refuse anymore as he lowered his head and nodded.

"What are you waiting for? I said, "Immediately!""

He was startled, soon turning their back on them as he hurried towards the Scorching Blade Clan headquarters to report it.

He was not expecting to live longer after he reported.

He knew he was chosen because he was older and it would be much better than choosing younger to die early.

He knew the internal member must have a scapegoat to appease the anger of the elder.

And he was unfortunately chosen…

He could only curse his bad luck.