Chapter 79-80

79. The Pirate Conspiracy!

Lin Fei had an expressionless face. But the surrounding Nine Profound Sect disciples couldn't help but feel a tremor in their hearts!

Though the sect master had mentioned that Lin Fei had slain two martial artists at the acquired seventh level and they were not doubting their leader's words, they had never witnessed Lin Fei's prowess firsthand. In their hearts, there was still a trace of uncertainty.

Now, seeing Lin Fei eliminate an acquired sixth level pirate with a single saber stroke, their doubts vanished.

Lin Fei truly deserved the title of "Chief Disciple"!

Having drawn his saber, Lin Fei had no intention of sheathing it again.

"Whoosh."

Lin Fei displayed his Leaping Technique, darting to another pirate's side in an instant. With a slash of his saber, thirteen shadows enveloped the pirate.

"Thud."

The pirate's head was severed by Lin Fei's saber and fell to the ground.

More than twenty pirates in total. Those who were difficult to subdue or couldn't be stopped temporarily, Lin Fei personally dealt with. The Leaping Technique was perfectly suited to this situation, like a fish in water.

"Your Leaping Technique has demonstrated its might, invigorating its spirit and increasing its cultivation progress by 50%."

"Your Leaping Technique has broken through to transcendence!"

The system's voice resounded in Lin Fei's mind. It was the sound of the Leaping Technique's cultivation progress.

"This Leaping Technique must be lively in nature. The more I utilize it, the faster its cultivation progress will be. Perhaps, this Leaping Technique could reach perfection!"

Thoughts flashed through Lin Fei's mind.

For Lin Fei, his lightness skill didn't need to be overly demanding; it merely needed to be sufficient.

For example, the Flowing Clothes Skill. It had always been at the transcendence level. Once it reached transcendence, there was no further progress.

However, Lin Fei wasn't concerned. The transcendence level was more than enough.

However, it seemed that the Leaping Technique was more than just transcendence. It could very likely reach perfection.

With the transcendence Leaping Technique, Lin Fei moved even faster.

In the blink of an eye, among the twenty-odd pirates, nearly ten were slain by Lin Fei. Another ten were killed by Nine Profound Sect disciples. Only two were captured alive.

This was Lin Fei's command. They needed to keep some alive for questioning.

"Kneel!"

The Nine Profound Sect disciples brought the captured pirates before Lin Fei. These two pirates were only at the acquired first or second level. With their hands broken, they couldn't resist.

"So, what was your plan?" Lin Fei asked.

"We intended to infiltrate the city, then seize the opportunity to open the gates and signal our man. At that time, our people would be lying in ambush outside the city. Once the signal was released, they would storm into the city, seize the gates, and wait for more of our forces to enter Haizhou City, eventually occupying it."

"Where did you come from?"

"We are pirates, all of whom have committed various crimes and fled to the sea, where we were taken in by our leader. Our lair is on an island. As for its name and how to get there, only a select few."

Lin Fei understood.

These pirates had a lair on an island overseas. But the nautical chart was in the hands of the pirate leader. Only the leader knew the exact route.

Lin Fei continued to ask, "Why not just be pirates at sea and plunder ships instead take the risk of coming ashore to raid villages and towns? Even more so, attempting to attack Haizhou City doesn't seem like your typical pirate behavior."

Lin Fei's gaze was sharp. He stared coldly at the two pirates. They hesitated for a moment.

Lin Fei calmly said, "Separate them, whoever speaks the truth first can live. If someone speaks too late, kill it!"

Hearing Lin Fei's words, the two pirates no longer dared to conceal anything. They hurriedly blurted out, "We'll tell you, we'll tell you."

"You're right, attacking villages and even Haizhou City would result in greater losses.

But it's our leader's command, and no dissent is allowed. Those who disobey are killed by the leader.

As for why our leader insists on attacking villages and even Haizhou City, we have no idea."

Lin Fei continued to interrogate them further and he found that these two truly didn't know why the pirates were attacking villages and Haizhou City.

It was too difficult for the pirates to attack Haizhou City. The losses would be too severe. What could have driven the pirates to attack Haizhou City at any cost?

"Mo Wen."

At this moment, Mo Wen had already treated his injuries. His arm had been severed. It was now useless.

"Your arm was lost in the line of duty. I will report to the Nine Profound Sect, so your merits and demerits can offset each other. However, you can no longer serve as the city lord of Haizhou City."

"Thank you, chief!"

Mo Wen clenched his teeth. He was somewhat unwilling. However, he knew his career was essentially over. Now he could only return home to retire. For him, this might not necessarily be a bad thing. Living in the martial world, one might lose their life someday.

"Find out the real purpose of those pirates as soon as possible. Especially the villages, we must find out what the pirates have done."

Lin Fei issued the command. So, the people of the Nine Profound Sect began to take action. They sealed off the gates of Haizhou City and secretly sent out spies to investigate the villages that had been raided by the pirates. Apart from that, Lin Fei just waited quietly in Haizhou City.

One day, two days, three days...

As time passed day by day, Lin Fei remained in Haizhou City. He showed no intention of leaving. The Sect Master's order was for Lin Fei to lead the Nine Profound Sect disciples to eradicate the pirates.

But Lin Fei hadn't even taken anyone out of the city. How could they accomplish the Nine Profound Sect's mission? For a moment, the disciples of the Nine Profound Sect had their doubts about Lin Fei's approach.

"Why hasn't the chief left the city for such a long time?"

"We have already investigated, and the pirates have been entrenched in Haiping Town."

"With our strength, even if we go out, we can eradicate those pirates."

"That's right, we have already obtained solid information. Among those pirates, there isn't even a single acquired seventh-level martial artist. The strongest are only at the acquired sixth level."

"I don't know what the chief is worried about?"

Facing the turmoil outside, Lin Fei still insisted on his own view. He never went out. Because the more information he received, the more uneasy Lin Fei felt.

This group of pirates acted very strangely. Raiding villages and towns was normal. However, kidnapping all the young boys and girls without killing them was very abnormal.

Ordinary pirates, even if they needed to replenish their forces, would only recruit strong, able-bodied people. At the very least, they would kidnap some women.

But what about young boys and girls?

They were just children. They would consume a lot of food every day. This was not beneficial to the pirates at all. But this was what the pirates did in every village they raided. There must be a reason that Lin Fei didn't know.

Lin Fei felt there was a problem.

However, he had to complete the mission assigned by the Sect Master.

What should he do?

Lin Fei could only resort to the most cautious approach. That was to wait! He needed time to slowly nurture his saber.

Once the saber was nurtured for a certain period, No matter what plots the pirates had, Lin Fei would have the confidence to face them.

80. Sudden Event! Qi Cultivator

Haiping Town was occupied by the pirates.

The pirates didn't even leave, instead, they blatantly entrenched themselves in Haiping Town.

The leader of the pirates was known as the Sea Yama King.

He was a notorious pirate who had been active in the overseas world for more than a decade.

At this moment, the Sea Yama King was standing respectfully in a room.

Inside the room sat a mysterious man in black.

The face of the mysterious man in black was unclear, but the veins on the back of his exposed hands were blue-black, looking hideous and terrifying, unlike ordinary people.

"Master, there are no signs of the Nine Profound Sect disciples from Haizhou City coming out.

The disciple leading them is said to be an acquired third-level disciple named Lin Fei. But he can easily kill acquired sixth-level martial artists, he must be a top genius of the Nine Profound Sect.

Master, if they continue to stay in Haizhou City and don't come out, what should we do?"

The Sea Yama King seemed to be very afraid of this man in black.

"If they don't come out, continue to raid the surrounding villages and towns. Do not worry about the losses. As long as we gather enough Yin Blood, any losses are worth it.

Moreover, Haizhou City has rich maritime trade benefits and is one of the important sources of wealth for the Nine Profound Sect. Now that we continue to raid, the sea merchants dare not go to sea.

We can afford to wait, but the Nine Profound Sect can't. They will definitely leave the city. Once they come to Haiping Town, we will annihilate them."

At that time, attacking Haizhou City will be as easy as turning our hands."

The mysterious man in black's voice was old and hoarse.

"Master, I understand."

The Sea Yama King respectfully retreated.

......

Time hurriedly passed.

For a full two months, Lin Fei had been staying in Haizhou City.

The Nine Profound Sect disciples who had come to Haizhou City with Lin Fei were already somewhat dissatisfied.

However, they dared not say anything.

After all, the sect rules were strict.

Lin Fei was the chief disciple.

Whatever they should do, was up to Lin Fei.

But dissatisfaction was not only felt by the Nine Profound Sect disciples.

The sea merchants were also unhappy.

For two whole months, not a single ship had set sail.

The losses were enormous and hard to estimate.

Some people even secretly contacted the Nine Profound Sect.

Hoping that the Nine Profound Sect could put some pressure on Lin Fei to make him deal with the pirates in Haiping Town.

At this moment, in Lin Fei's room.

"Swish."

Lin Fei opened his eyes.

"It's almost time. Nurturing the saber for two months is equivalent to nurturing it for more than three months previously!"

Lin Fei murmured softly.

A glint flashed in his eyes.

After all, Lin Fei's Saber-drawing Technique had now reached transcendence.

Previously, Lin Fei's Saber-drawing Technique was only at the mastery level.

The effect of nurturing the saber was naturally much better than before.

"System."

Lin Fei called up the system panel.

Host: Lin Fei

Martial Arts Realm: Acquired Fifth Level

Three Vitality Technique: Fifth Level (22% Progress)

Dragon-Elephant Vajra Fist: Perfection (11% Progress)

Triple Wave Technique: Transcendence (12% Progress)

Leaping Technique: Transcendence (65% Progress)

Nine Shadow Saber Technique: Perfection (43% Progress)

Saber-drawing Technique: Transcendence (75% Progress)

Flowing Clothes Skill: Transcendence ( 0% Progress)

In these two months, Lin Fei had not only been nurturing his saber.

His Three Vitality Technique had also reached the fifth level.

Lin Fei was now a genuinely acquired fifth-level martial artist, with incredibly profound inner power.

His inner power was even comparable to that of acquired eighth-level or ninth-level martial artists.

Lin Fei thought his inner power might be deeper than that of an average acquired ninth-level martial artist.

If combined with his Saber-drawing Technique, the extent of Lin Fei's strength was unclear even to himself.

With a significant increase in strength, Lin Fei felt more confident.

No matter what schemes the pirates had, Lin Fei was not afraid.

"Someone, summon the Nine Profound Sect disciples."

Lin Fei got up and went to the entrance of the Nine Profound Sect Branch.

Soon, a large number of martial artists gathered at the entrance of the Nine Profound Sect Branch.

In addition to the Nine Profound Sect disciples, there were many people who originally belonged to the branch.

These were the forces that the Nine Profound Sect could mobilize. There were as many as two or three thousand martial artists!

Of course, the most important ones were the twenty inner disciples that Lin Fei had brought from the Nine Profound Sect to Haizhou City.

Each of them was very strong and could fight ten or even a hundred enemies.

"Greetings to Senior Brother Lin."

"Greetings to the chief."

Everyone bowed when they saw Lin Fei.

Lin Fei glanced over and slowly said, "You've been holding these two months.

But today, you'll get to kill to your heart's content!

No matter what schemes the pirates have, just kill them.

All listen to my command, attack Haiping Town. If the pirates do not surrender, kill them without mercy!

Let's go!"

With a wave of Lin Fei's hand.

The martial artists of the Nine Profound Sect immediately left Haizhou City in a mighty force, heading towards Haiping Town.

Haiping Town was not far from Haizhou City. It would take about an hour to get there.

When Lin Fei and the others arrived, they found that the pirates in Haiping Town had already prepared for the battle. This was also quite normal.

"Kill!"

Lin Fei didn't need any formation.

After all, martial artists were different from armies.

Martial artists had outstanding individual strengths.

Having martial artists form a formation would actually restrict their performance.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."

One by one, the martial artists displayed their movement techniques and quickly rushed into Haiping Town.

The pirates couldn't stop them at all.

In terms of sheer strength, the pirates were still much weaker.

Lin Fei didn't even need to take action.

He waited until everyone had entered Haiping Town before stepping in.

In the town, bodies were everywhere.

There were people from the Nine Profound Sect Branch. But there were more pirates.

"Are these pirates so weak? How could such weak pirates dare to occupy Haiping Town and even try to attack Haizhou City?"

Lin Fei found it very strange. He became even more cautious in his heart.

"Senior Brother Lin, the pirates have been surrounded in a manor. The manor is said to house the pirate leaders. Pirate leader Sea Yama King is also hiding inside."

A Nine Profound Sect disciple came to Lin Fei and reported.

"Let's go have a look."

Lin Fei's figure flickered and quickly went to the manor.

Outside the manor, many Nine Profound Sect disciples had surrounded the entire place.

They initially tried to attack, but they encountered strong resistance and suffered heavy losses.

So, they waited for Lin Fei to make a decision.

Lin Fei carefully observed the manor.

Shadows were moving inside.

Obviously, there were many pirates in the manor.

They should be the main force of the pirates.

The ones killed in the town earlier were just cannon fodder.

The enemy had retreated to the manor.

Were they preparing to use the manor as a defensive position?

Or did they think there was something advantageous in the manor that could be used to resist the attack of the Nine Profound Sect disciples?

...

Lin Fei couldn't see anything strange about the manor.

However, at this point, even though he had a faint feeling of unease, he didn't have time to worry about it.

"Charge in and kill everyone inside!"

Lin Fei finally gave the order.

"Kill!"

Immediately, the Nine Profound Sect disciples outside the manor charged into the manor.

Lin Fei's figure also flickered.

He used the Leaping Technique, instantly traversing dozens of meters, and entered the manor.

Inside the manor, there were indeed many pirates and their strength was very formidable.

"Swish, swish, swish."

Lin Fei displayed the Leaping Technique.

He was like a fish in water.

Every his saber slashed and a pirate's head was sure to fall.

Gradually, the entire manor's ground was stained red with blood.

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Nobody noticed the sky above the manor seemed to gradually darken.

Moreover, the blood on the ground seemed to flow slowly in a specific pattern.

"What's this...?"

Lin Fei was the first to notice something was wrong.

Everyone in the manor seemed to have become bloodthirsty.

Even Lin Fei.

Deep inside, he felt agitated.

He wanted to kill.

This situation was obviously not right!

"Something's wrong, retreat!"

Lin Fei immediately issued the order.

He used the Leaping Technique, trying to leave the manor.

"Buzz."

However, it was already too late.

The next moment, the entire manor was enveloped in a layer of blood.

It seemed as if an invisible wall had trapped Lin Fei and the others within the estate.

"Formation, there's a Qi cultivator!"

Lin Fei's eyes narrowed slightly.

He immediately recognized that this was a formation that could only be set up by a Qi cultivator.