Eternal Life: My Talent Increases by 1 Point Every Day

Chapter 281: Chapter 190: The Attack

’What is this? This piece of hide is so tough... it can withstand a full-power strike from me and absorb all the force.’

A moment later,

Fang Yue gazed at the King of Heaven with Broad Eyes, Liu Guangmu, whom he had beaten to death with a flurry of fists. He held a palm-sized piece of ancient leather he had found on the body, sighing softly.

He had easily caught up to Liu Guangmu just moments before. Liu Guangmu was no match for him and took several more hits after just a few exchanges, one of which was a punch to the chest.

But that punch felt strange to Fang Yue.

The strike, which should have been fatal, felt like it had landed on a bundle of cotton—soft and yielding, completely absorbing the impact.

Sure enough, Liu Guangmu was completely unharmed after taking the blow.

Finally, after Fang Yue managed to kill him, he found this piece of beast hide over his chest.

’Ordinary swords and blades can’t even leave a mark. Even when I hack at it with my weapon, I can only make a shallow indent, not cause any real damage.’

After testing it, Fang Yue was left in a state of profound shock at the properties of this unknown beast hide.

’What kind of animal’s hide is this tough? It’s simply no ordinary object.’

’The value of something like this probably can’t be measured in money, can it?’

’If I’d known, I would have left Liu Guangmu alive to ask about this item’s origin.’

However, Fang Yue didn’t dwell on his regret. What was done was done. Besides, while the hide was extremely valuable, its drawback was also very obvious.

It was too small. A single palm-sized piece was useless for making any effective armor.

One could only use it as Liu Guangmu had, as a Heart-Protecting Mirror.

After searching a while longer and finding nothing else of value,

Fang Yue returned to the Medicine Hall’s manor and loaded the grain the bandits had collected onto a horse-drawn cart he had procured.

Then, driving the cart laden with supplies, he headed back the way he had come.

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"Upper Envoy, I’ve heard that someone wiped out our contact point in Udon Town. And Liu Guangmu, the man you’re looking for, seems to have been active in that area recently?"

On a small hill a hundred li from Udon Town, a masked man in black knelt on one knee, delivering his report.

The green-robed man seated atop a tall horse frowned slightly and mused, "Perfect. We’ll go take a look at this Liu Guangmu. That item has been in his possession for long enough. It’s time to get it back."

"Yes, Upper Envoy!" the black-robed man replied respectfully.

"Oh, right," the green-robed man asked suddenly, "have you found the Observatory’s Demon Sealing Node in this area?"

The black-robed man faltered for a moment, then replied, "Reporting to the Upper Envoy, we have been searching the vicinity for a long time but have found nothing."

But at that moment, a closer look would have revealed the black-robed man’s body was trembling slightly, and the black mask covering his face was already half-soaked with sweat.

"Oh, you still haven’t found it? What a useless piece of trash! Tell me, what use is there for my Blood Dragon Platform to keep a waste like you around? Heh heh, you’d be more useful as practice for my cultivation!"

The green-robed man let out a cold, sinister laugh. As he spoke, he extended his palm and made a grasping motion.

"BANG!"

The kneeling, black-robed man instantly exploded into a mist of blood.

"Hmph. A bunch of wastes, can’t even find one simple thing. Now I have to go to the trouble of finding it myself. Truly deserving of death!"

The green-robed man snorted coldly, spurred his horse into a gallop, and quickly disappeared ahead.

「A quarter of an hour later.」

The hundred-li distance passed in the blink of an eye.

"He’s actually dead. Who did this?" The green-robed man had arrived in Udon Town, only to discover that a massacre had just occurred. Numerous bandits lay dead.

The green-robed man scanned his surroundings.

He soon found Liu Guangmu’s corpse. Seeing him, the man’s expression turned completely black.

Liu Guangmu was dead, and the item he was looking for had vanished without a trace.

He had no clue who destroyed the contact point, and there was nowhere to even begin investigating. That, combined with his mission to destroy the node, all piled up at once, making the green-robed man’s expression utterly foul.

"Damn it all... Whoever did this had better pray I don’t find them. Otherwise, I’ll make them pay a terrible price."

As he spoke, a chilling look appeared on the green-robed man’s face.

A cold, murderous intent shot from his eyes, like a viper flicking its tongue.

Just then, the green-robed man heard something whistling through the air.

An instant later, a feathered arrow embedded itself in the wall to his left.

"What’s this?"

The green-robed man scanned the area. Through his Sensing, he could tell that the person who had been hiding nearby and shot the arrow was already retreating at high speed.

After confirming no one else was around, the green-robed man pulled the arrow from the wall and took the note attached to it.

"The place you are looking for is at..."

’So it’s there,’ he thought, reading the note’s contents.

The green-robed man instantly understood. No wonder they hadn’t been able to find the Demon Sealing Node after all this time. The Observatory had hidden Yuan Lei there!

The green-robed man crushed the note, and with a flicker, his figure vanished from sight.

「Meanwhile.」

Not far from Udon Town, on another small hill.

Luo Wei and Wu Wende’s Scholar’s Attendant were hiding behind a large boulder, watching the green-robed man’s actions from afar, a flash of terror in their eyes.

’That man is terrifyingly powerful.’

’He clearly just seems to be an Innate Grandmaster, but for some reason, looking at him feels like staring at some unknown, ferocious beast.’

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