Chapter 85
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Chapter 85: Justice in Sight
As February drew to a close, the spirit fields lining the road were lush and vibrant, teeming with life.
The diligent spiritual plant farmers had risen early to tend to their fields, removing weeds and pests.
Though the work was arduous, the thriving spirit rice promised a bountiful harvest, filling their weathered faces with hope for the future.
They prayed for the spirit fields to remain unharmed by disasters and for the bandits to meet their demise.
Some farmers, burdened with loads of firewood, were making their way toward Yunshan City.
In the distance, the melody of a shepherd’s bamboo flute drifted through the air.
By the edge of the field, several children with baskets were busy picking fish scale grass.
The early spring sprouts of fish scale grass were of the finest quality, and now was the perfect time to harvest them.
A bundle of dried fish scale grass could fetch a piece of sweet rice candy from a traveling merchant.
For the children of these farmers, it was the ultimate treat.
The patch of fish scale grass was soon picked clean.
Two girls, one older and one younger, clasped hands and skipped onto the road, intending to continue their harvest on the other side.
Just then, a deafening roar echoed in the distance, growing louder with each passing moment.
From hundreds of steps away, a massive cloud of dust surged forward, moving as swiftly as an arrow loosed from a bow!
As the girls crossed the road, the older girl glanced back and turned pale with fright at the sight.
She yanked her friend’s arm, trying to pull her off the road.
But the younger girl, caught off guard, stumbled and fell to the ground.
Her basket tipped over, scattering most of the fish scale grass onto the road.
"Oh no!"
The little girl cried out in distress.
Ignoring her friend’s tug, she dropped to her knees, frantically trying to gather the spilled fish scale grass.
She had worked so hard to collect these herbs, which could be traded for sewing supplies at home.
The older girl tugged at her again but couldn’t get her to budge.
By now, the cloud of dust was only thirty or forty steps away, revealing four Biqing Dragon Scale Horses charging through the haze, their breaths heavy and labored. Behind them, the outline of a high-wheeled carriage began to emerge!
The driver, seated high on the carriage, had already spotted the two little girls blocking the road.
Yet he made no move to pull the reins or slow the horses, his thin lips curling into a cruel smirk.
"Little girl!"
A farmer working in a nearby spirit field happened to witness the scene and shouted in desperation, "Run!"
But the little girl remained fixated on gathering the fish scale grass from the ground,
completely oblivious to the danger racing toward her.
Meanwhile, her companion was blankly frozen, completely unable to move.
As the tragedy was about to unfold, a grayish figure dashed across the road like lightning, snatching up both little girls at the last moment!
With a loud thud!
The two leading Biqing Dragon Scale Horses crashed into an invisible wall, rearing up in fright and letting out terrified neighs.
They nearly threw the driver off balance!
The driver hurriedly pulled the reins to control the startled horses, a fierce look appearing on his handsome face.
"Seeking death!"
He shouted angrily and suddenly swung the long whip he held in his left hand.
Whoosh!
The dark golden whip struck like a venomous snake lunging for its prey, instantly covering a distance of several steps, and viciously lashed out at Wang Chen, who had just saved the two little girls!
Wang Chen had come from his home that morning, ready to take a carriage to Yunshan City.
But he happened to see the two little girls in danger, and without a second thought, he activated his Spirit Light Shield and rushed over.
In a close call, he managed to save them.
He didn’t expect the driver, who almost crashed into them, would refuse to let it go!
As the whip whistled toward him, Wang Chen immediately held the two girls and backed away swiftly.
Crack!
The whip missed its target, creating a deafening explosive sound.
Sparks flew!
If that whip had hit him, even with the Spirit Light Shield for protection, Wang Chen would have certainly suffered some losses.
The golden-crowned driver, having missed the strike, tightened his expression, his pale face darkening as he locked his venomous gaze on Wang Chen.
"Old Seven!"
At that moment, another carriage with four horses sped by, brushing past the golden-crowned driver.
A driver dressed in a brocade robe shouted loudly from the carriage, "What are you doing? The hunt is about to begin!"
As he spoke, he vanished in a cloud of dust.
"You lowly scum!"
The golden-crowned driver spat angrily, cursing as he urged his carriage back onto the road.
Watching the carriage that disappeared in the distance, Wang Chen felt the Heavenly Dragon true form rise within his eyes.
He understood clearly.
He was likely remembered by them!
Those racing along the road were all Second-generation Cultivators from Yunshan City.
They acted recklessly, relying on their powerful backgrounds, and had always looked down on others.
In the past, many passersby had been injured or killed by these reckless drivers.
In the end, everything was settled quietly!
Wang Chen had no resources to fight against these people.
But if given another chance, he would still save others!
Even if it meant being resented by them.
After placing the two frightened little girls down, Wang Chen gently rubbed their heads and said, "Be careful from now on, and pay attention to the passing carriages when crossing the road!"
Today, they were lucky.
But such luck could not last forever!
As soon as he finished speaking, the two girls burst into tears, "Wah~"
Clearly, they were terrified.
A peasant woman hurried over, swinging her large palm to slap the little girl on the bottom.
"Running around like that!"
She was also quite scared and scolded both girls thoroughly.
Then, she turned to Wang Chen and thanked him profusely.
She almost wanted to kneel in appreciation.
Wang Chen felt a bit embarrassed.
At that moment, a carriage passed by, and he quickly waved it down to get on and head to Yunshan City.
Once in the city, Wang Chen initially planned to sell Falling Fire talismans at the talisman shop.
But suddenly sensing something, he headed straight to the northern part of the city.
There, he rented a high-level Qi Training cave.
Actually, Wang Chen had wanted to rent a mid-level Qi Training cave.
But there were no vacancies, and he didn’t want to wait, so he reluctantly spent twice the amount of spirit stones.
Two days later, when Wang Chen emerged from the cave, he had steadily advanced to the sixth level of Qi Training!
This promotion process was incredibly smooth.
It was simpler and easier than the previous two breakthroughs, with not even a hint of obstacles or troubles.
In fact, just the day before, Wang Chen had raised his experience points in the fifth level of the Five Element Technique to 499 points.
Yesterday, he completed it all at once.
Of course, during this leveling up, he didn’t consume a single point of Heavenly Merit.
Wang Chen felt that with his current root bone and comprehension, breaking through to high-level Qi Training was definitely not a problem.
But advancing to perfect mastery of Qi Training, and reaching the stage of breaking through to open a house would be difficult.
Unless he could enhance two intrinsic attributes.
That would require a lot of Heavenly Merit.
In comparison, directly increasing the technique’s level consumed substantially less Heavenly Merit.
Wang Chen was not in a hurry.
His current leveling speed was already very fast.
He had advanced three levels in just one year.
Except for extreme cases, even the geniuses in the sect couldn’t compare.
Wang Chen still needed to use the Breath Concealment Technique to disguise himself.
Otherwise, if others discovered that his cultivation level had advanced so rapidly, it would lead to serious trouble!
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