Murderer

After everyone returned to Chashanshao, they acted as if nothing had happened and went back to their respective homes.

Su Hao and Wu Yuntian sat opposite each other at the stone table in the courtyard and talked about what had happened to them in the past year.

Su Hao said three sentences. The first was that the teachers in the Martial Arts Academy were nice. The second was that the classmates were very kind. The third was that he had learned a lot and thus advanced to the rank of grandmaster.

Wu Yuntian only said one sentence, that Chashanshao was the same as before.

Then, both father and son could see the stories that had happened to each other from these simple statements. They had a deep understanding.

After a moment of silence, Su Hao unpacked his giant package and introduced the gifts to Wu Yuntian one by one.

Wu Yuntian listened attentively throughout without speaking. After Su Hao finished the introduction, he didn't even ask where Su Hao got so much money to buy so many things. Instead, he carried these items into the house.

When Wu Yuntian came out again, Su Hao asked, "Father, have you made any progress with the blood - qi enhancement wave?"

Wu Yuntian frowned, nodded, and then shook his head. "I have a bit of a feeling, but I can't achieve the effect of controlling it at will as you described."

Su Hao could understand. It was extremely difficult for a person to precisely find that tiny amount of special substance in the body without the support of system data.

The reason why he had smoothly discovered the blood - qi enhancement wave, a special substance, was that the system had collected a large amount of data, processed it, and then presented the result directly to Su Hao.

Even he didn't know how to help Wu Yuntian because he couldn't show the data in the pin - ball space to others.

Su Hao nodded. "Take your time. Having a feeling is a good start."

Suddenly thinking of something, Su Hao added, "Father, do you know about 'beast patterns'?"

Wu Yuntian shook his head. "I know, but I only know that it's related to advancing to the rank of grandmaster. I don't know anything else."

Su Hao said, "Beast patterns are indeed the key to advancing to the rank of grandmaster. As long as you successfully engrave the beast pattern into your body and construct a new blood - qi circulation network, you can do it. So, as long as there is a corresponding beast pattern, you can also advance to the rank of grandmaster, Father.

However, the beast pattern in my body can't be given to you. Because my beast pattern is too complicated, and the academy has regulations that private teaching is not allowed. I've promised the teacher. So, later I'll help you get another..."

Before Su Hao could finish, Wu Yuntian interrupted him directly. "I understand!"

He added, "Even if there is a beast pattern now, I can't advance to the rank of grandmaster."

Su Hao was puzzled. "Why?"

Wu Yuntian sighed. "My blood - qi intensity has reached the last bottleneck. It hasn't reached the limit of my body, so it's far from meeting the minimum requirements for advancing to the rank of grandmaster."

Su Hao thought thoughtfully. "Is that so?"

Wu Yuntian smiled bitterly. "You've never encountered the so - called blood - qi bottleneck since you were a child, so you can't feel it. My former teacher told us that to advance to the rank of grandmaster, we must condense our blood - qi to near the limit of our body to have a chance of success."

Then he looked at Su Hao. "I've got a bit of an idea about the blood - qi enhancement wave you told me about, and it gives me a glimmer of hope to break through the blood - qi bottleneck. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be stuck here for the rest of my life and can't make any progress."

Su Hao felt Wu Yuntian's helplessness and fell into deep thought.

He didn't think he was a genius. So, if he could master the blood - qi enhancement wave, others should be able to as well.

Therefore, Su Hao added a long - term task to his log: Simplify the path of martial artist advancement.

After thinking for a while, he added another one: Uncover the secrets of the special runes.

If he could complete these two tasks, Su Hao would be able to change the whole world with his own power.

Martial artists would no longer keep ordinary people out. The transformation of blood - qi would no longer be extremely difficult, and the engraving of beast patterns would no longer be a secret.

If a large number of grandmaster martial artists emerged in this world, the situation of the human race in this world would become better.

He had obtained a lot of unimaginable knowledge from this world, so he was grateful. And this was the best way Su Hao could think of to give back to this world.

"My knowledge reserve is not enough. What I need most now is to learn more about beast patterns and blood - qi theories."

To thoroughly research a matter, break it down into simple steps, and compile it into a textbook that everyone can understand is not an easy task. Besides the need for wild imagination, what is most needed is profound knowledge.

...

After staying in Chashanshao for three days, Su Hao said goodbye to Wu Yuntian and returned to Lingyun Town alone, moving into the dormitory of Lingyun Martial Arts Academy.

At this time, Lingyun Martial Arts Academy became desolate. The teachers were all on vacation, and it was said that they had gone on an exploration in the wild as a group. Not a single one could be seen. The only people in sight were a few scattered students staying on campus and the old man who guarded Lingyun Library.

In Su Hao's perception, the old man had extremely thick and powerful blood - qi, firmly reaching the level of a high - level grandmaster, yet even stronger than that. However, the old man was never seen going anywhere else and almost always stayed in Lingyun Library.

"Doesn't he need to go to the toilet?" A question popped into Su Hao's mind, and then he threw it aside.

The atmosphere of the academy was exactly what Su Hao wanted. He liked reading and studying in such a quiet environment.

To Su Hao's surprise, he saw Xiaomei in Lingyun Library, the little girl who was scared to cry by him in the library. Xiaomei was a book - lover.

Unexpectedly, Xiaomei also stayed on campus.

However, they were strangers to each other, at most familiar strangers. Su Hao didn't plan to pay attention to her and just read books on his own.

Time passed quickly.

In the first half - month, Su Hao both stepped up to replenish his blood - qi, striving to fill the rune network in his body as soon as possible, and stayed in Lingyun Library to read books.

Half a month later, Su Hao had finished reading all the useful materials in the library. He started visiting other libraries in Lingyun Town. When he found something useful, he would buy it, bring it back to Lingyun Library to read, and then put the book directly into Lingyun Library as a supplement to the library collection after reading.

If he couldn't afford it, he would quickly flip through it and record it all in the pin - ball space, and then read it slowly when he got back.

He was stopped by the library owners several times for this.

So, Su Hao thought of a compromise. If he couldn't afford it, he could rent it for ten copper coins for ten minutes and return it after ten minutes.

For the library owners, ten copper coins were almost free money, so they agreed to Su Hao's proposal.

In this way, Su Hao actually managed to get a book for free with ten copper coins, and both parties felt they didn't lose out.

Suddenly, one evening, when Su Hao walked out of the library, he heard a matter that almost everyone on the street was discussing.

"Be careful at night. I heard that five more people disappeared last night!"

"It's terrifying. A few days ago, people disappeared for no reason in the north of the city, and last night it was the south of the city. I don't know if it will be our turn here."

"What are you talking nonsense for with that stinky mouth? Do you want to die sooner?"

"They all say it's a killing ghost, but could it be that some fierce beast has sneaked into the city and is eating people?"

"Most likely!"

"Since seven days ago, people have been disappearing every day. It's definitely not a coincidence."

"Don't worry! The guard team of Lingyun Town has started the investigation. No matter who did it, they'll find it out soon. Whatever it is, be it a ghost or something else!"

...

Su Hao listened all the way and couldn't help frowning. "Killing ghost? Could it really be some fierce beast that has sneaked in?"

After thinking for a while, Su Hao quickly put this matter out of his mind. No matter what happened, it wasn't his turn to worry. There was still the guard team!

Although the Lingyun Town Guard Team didn't have a large number of people, it was the most powerful organization in Lingyun Town. Ordinary team members were all high - level elite martial artists. The team leaders were at least grandmaster martial artists. For higher - level positions, there were high - level grandmaster martial artists. The general captain of the guard team was a grand - master - level martial artist.

"Reading is still the most important thing."

Recently, after reading a large number of books, he had learned more about the powerful fierce beasts in the wild and understood that it was not easy to obtain a complete beast pattern.

It wasn't as he had imagined, that he could get a complete beast pattern by casually killing a fierce beast. Instead, it required a large - scale slaughter of the same kind of fierce beasts, obtaining incomplete initial beast patterns from each fierce beast's body, and then through comparison, finally getting a complete beast pattern.

Su Hao was holding a book titled "The Adventure of Martial Artist A - Qiang in the Wild" and walking towards the academy. Together with another book recorded in the pin - ball space, "Exploring the Mysteries of Fierce Beasts", these would be enough for him to read for a day.