Hunting Immortals and Demons

Lu Yan was practicing his fists in a bamboo forest when he suddenly heard a clamour from the village.

"It seems to be mother’s voice."

Lu Yan’s face changes subtly, and he stops.

This bamboo forest was already close to Kaoshan Village, not far away. Lu Yan was now close to a limit breaking state, his Qi-blood overflowing, his hearing and vision sharp, he heard Wang Cui’s voice in the clamour.

Without any delay, Lu Yan hurried back.

"Brother Yan, it’s terrible, your father wants to fight with Wu Chaofeng and his gang."

As soon as he entered the village, an old lady saw Lu Yan and anxiously said.

"Wu Chaofeng..."

A chill ran down Lu Yan’s spine.

Wu Chaofeng was also close to a limit breaking state, his Qi-blood overflowing, his strength far exceeding ordinary people. Lu Qingshan was great in archery and had once been a second breakdown warrior whose body was more robust than ordinary people as he had been tempered by Qi-blood. However, if a real fight broke out, Lu Qingshan might not necessarily be Wu Chaofeng’s match.

Moreover, Wu Chaofeng had two helpers.

Lu Yan sped up his steps and quickly returned home.

His house was already surrounded by numerous villagers who came to watch the excitement. Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui were confronting Wu Chaofeng, Li Shi, and Li Mu.

"Lu Qingshan, like I said, I’ll only take half of the meat. Don’t insist on the courtesy just to end up drinking the punishment."

Wu Chaofeng, holding a kitchen knife with a fierce look on his face, looked like a vicious wolf.

"Impossible, that meat is something we risked our lives hunting, you can’t take it."

Lu Qingshan said.

"Hmm. We’re all villagers of Kaoshan. Why is it that you guys can eat meat every day while we have to stick with coarse grains and wild vegetables?" Li Mu shouted.

"If you want to eat, you can hunt yourself."

Lu Qingshan said.

"Lu Qingshan, you think that hunting is all thanks to your own efforts. If it weren’t for us protecting Kaoshan Village, it would have been destroyed by bandits and wild beasts long ago. Without a safe place to live, how could you hunt peacefully? Therefore, you should share the animals you catch so that everyone can enjoy it."

Wu Chaofeng coldly said.

At such shameless words, Lu Yan almost burst into laughter out of anger.

He pushed through the crowd to the front of the house, drew his bow and aimed at Wu Chaofeng and his gang.

Li Mu was holding a hoe, and Li Shi was holding a pole. Seeing Lu Yan aiming at them, they were nervous.

But Wu Chaofeng remained calm, holding the kitchen knife in front of him and said: "Lu Yan, do you want to do it? Try it."

In the end, Lu Yan didn’t make a move.

There were three opponents. If he didn’t hit with one shot, Lu Qingshan might be fine, but Wang Cui would inevitably be in danger. If hit by the kitchen knife or hoe, the consequences would be unbearable.

Furthermore, even if he could hit, killing people under the watchful eyes of all would possibly incur the pursuit of Liu Family, the feudal lord.

After weighing the pros and cons, Lu Yan made his decision.

"Father, give it to them." Lu Yan said.

"Yan’er, but you..."

Lu Qingshan was reluctant. That meat was necessary for Lu Yan’s cultivation.

But looking at Wang Cui beside him, he sighed in his heart. If a fight really broke out, he would have difficulty even protecting himself, not to mention guarding Wang Cui.

"Dad, it’s okay, give it to them."

Lu Yan’s gaze was determined.

"Fine, alright." Lu Qingshan finally backed down.

"Ha-ha-ha, Lu Qingshan, your son knows what’s best."

Wu Chaofeng sneered triumphantly and ordered Li Shi and Li Mu to carry the boar meat.

The two of them carried away more than a hundred catties of meat, then the three of them left smugly.

The villagers around looked at so much boar meat in Lu Qingshan’s house, and their eyes turned red.

"Do you all want some?"

Lu Yan stood holding his bow. Lu Qingshan also held his hunt bow and stood with Lu Yan.

The villagers chilled. They didn’t have the martial arts power of Wu Chaofeng and his men. Although they were greedy, they didn’t dare to grab. Eventually, they gradually dispersed.

LATER, Lu Yan learnt about the incident from the mouths of Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui.

It turned out that Lu Qingshan and his wife had to come back home early today due to some urgent matters, and ran into Wu Chaofeng and his men stealing boar meat. They were caught red-handed by them.

In the heat of the moment, Lu Qingshan picked up his bow, and Wu Chaofeng and his men grabbed kitchen knives and hoes to confront Lu Qingshan, hence the scene just now.

"Mother, cook some more meat for me, as much as possible. I need to train my fists."

Lu Yan said, then turned around to walk to the bamboo forest. An icy killing intent flashed in his eyes as he turned around.

Two hours later, Lu Yan returned. Wang Cui had already cooked a large pot of wild boar meat, about a dozen catties or so.

Lu Yan ate five catties in one go and continued to practice his fists in the bamboo forest until the sun had set.

Lu Yan ate the remaining five catties of wild boar meat and continued to practice in the bamboo forest.

"Soon, soon."

Lu Yan was swinging his fists frantically, his entire skin glowing red. The Qi-blood in his body was circulating in his twelve meridians and 144 tributaries, causing the veins on his arms to bulge like little snakes.

Half an hour later.

The circulation of Qi-blood in Lu Yan’s body reached its peak. In a trance, he seemed to see a door.

"Sealed Door!"

Lu Yan was overjoyed.

His cultivation level had finally reached its current peak and touched the Sealed Door.

Next, as long as he can break through the Sealed Door, he can step into the ranks of the limit breaking warriors and jump out of the category of ordinary people.

He circulated his Qi-blood, rushing towards the Sealed Door like a tidal wave.

Boom!

He seemed to hear a rumble from within his body, but the Sealed Door remained firm and was not broken.

Lu Qingshan had told him, the Sealed Door could not be broken with one touch. To break the Sealed Door, he needed patience.

Lu Yan continued to force his Qi-blood to impact the Sealed Door. As he kept hitting the Sealed Door, there seemed to be a faint light permeating from his body.

This light gathered in the air and even formed a door eventually.

"Alright, sealed door projection, break for me."

Lu Yan was neither scared nor shocked, he took a big step forward, his fists wrapped in black threads, and his Iron Thread Fist at the peak of perfection directly bombarded on the sealed door projection.

Boom!

The Iron Thread Fist at its peak, with overbearing and harsh grim power, caused violent vibrations on the sealed door projection, and a crack appeared on it.

Average people who practice third-rate martial arts and reach the overflown state of Qi-blood, appear to be almost breaking their limits, but their overall martial arts ability, having achieved integration at most, fall far short in terms of strength when compared to reaching the peak.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Lu Yan launched three consecutive punches on the sealed door projection. More and more cracks appeared on it and finally, with a loud bang, it exploded.

The moment the sealed door projection exploded, the sealed door inside his body exploded simultaneously. Lu Yan felt much lighter, like a restriction had been lifted.

Simultaneously, he felt a tingling sensation in his body, the muscles, and bones. Qi-blood, like a converging sea, overflowed from his muscles and bones and flowed into his body’s meridians.

The total amount of Qi-blood in his body quickly increased. In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, it increased by 30% before it became stable and stopped increasing.

A human body is like a water tank, with limited capacity. When it’s full, it overflows.

Breaking the sealed door and releasing potential is equivalent to increasing the volume of the water tank, doubling its capacity.

Meaning, after breaking one sealed door, the total amount of Qi-blood can increase by double. But it’s not an increase out of nowhere. The reason he was able to increase by 30% just now is due to the energy stored deep in his body that wasn’t yet digested.

The following seven days will be a period of rapid increase, provided there is an ample supply of meat.

With enough meat, he can fill up the remaining 70%, allowing his Qi-blood volume to increase by double compared to before the breakthrough.

Lu Yan immediately went home and asked Wang Cui to cook a large pot of meat.

Lu Yan enjoyed his hearty meal and as soon as he finished eating, he immediately started practicing his punches, converting the energy from the meat into Qi-blood quickly.

"Yan, did you... did you break the sealed door?"

Lu Qingshan saw it and asked in disbelief.

After all, he had broken sealed doors twice. He was very sensitive to any anomalies related to limit breaking.

The seven days after breaking the limit are the period of rapid increase. His appetite would increase significantly.

"Yes, father!"

Lu Yan knew that he could not hide this from Lu Qingshan, so he did not conceal it.

"It’s..."

After receiving confirmation, Lu Qingshan breathed in a cold breath, his face filled with shock.

It was after some time that Lu Qingshan regained his consciousness, the joy on his face was hard to suppress.

"Yan, about your limit breaking, do not tell anyone, even your mother, do you understand?" He said with a serious warning after considering the consequences.

If practicing archery to the level of mastery in just twenty-plus days was shocking, then limit breaking in three-plus months was downright terrifying.

This kind of martial arts talent was unheard of for Lu Qingshan.

If it was just extraordinary talent, that would be one thing. That might even attract attention from the feudal lords who would consider grooming this talent.

But if the talent is too monstrous, it’s not just a matter of receiving attention. He might even be snatched away for research.

"Father, I understand."

Lu Yan nodded his head.

With Lu Qingshan protecting him, and since Wang Cui did not understand martial arts, she did not have the slightest suspicion about Lu Yan’s increased appetite. Every day, she cooked a large pot of meat for him.

Merely seven days in, the meat they had stored was almost completely eaten by Lu Yan.

His Qi-blood strength, compared to before he broke his limit, doubled. The rapid increase in Qi-blood also tempered his body, making him grow to about 1.8 metres tall.

His entire body was covered with bulging muscles full of explosive strength.

His cultivation became thoroughly stable at the first limit break.

Next, he had to keep accumulating Qi-blood. When the Qi-blood overflowed again, he would be able to break through the second sealed door.

That night, after Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui went to sleep, Lu Yan got up, took some potatoes and coarse rice, and quietly delivered them to Dagang’s Wife’s house.

These days, Dagang’s Wife and her two children had been barely surviving on some pickled wild vegetables and wild sweet potatoes kept in storage, but they wouldn’t last more than a few days. If there was nothing to eat, they’d starve to death.

Lu Yan isn’t a saint. There are many people suffering in this chaotic world and he cannot help them all.

However, when he saw this situation before his eyes and knew he could help, he couldn’t stand by idly.

After all, after the first breakthrough, food would no longer be a hindrance for them.

"Uncle Dagang, rest assured, those bastards will be sent off to accompany you."

Swish!

Lu Yan dashed towards Wu Chaofeng’s house.

As soon as he approached Wu Chaofeng’s house, he could smell the aroma of meat.

Wu Chaofeng, Li Mu, and Li Shi hadn’t slept yet and were eating meat around a big iron pot.

"Delicious, it’s so delicious, I can eat it for seven days straight without getting bored."

Li Mu stuffed a large piece of meat into his mouth, his face full of satisfaction.

"Brother Feng, our meat is almost finished, what do we do after that?" Li Shi asked.

"Of course we continue to get it from Lu Qingshan," Wu Chaofeng replied as he gnawed on a pig’s trotter.

"Brother Feng, I’m worried about a cornered dog jumping over a wall. I heard that Lu Qingshan’s archery is superb, and it’s easier to dodge an open attack than a hidden one," Li Shi expressed his concern anxiously.

"Don’t worry, that Lu Qingshan won’t dare to act against us."

Wu Chaofeng wiped the oil onto his mouth and said, "I’ve thought about this. We have three people, unless Lu Qingshan can kill all three of us— if even one of us escapes, his wife and son will become the targets of our revenge. This is his weakness, he won’t dare to gamble."

"Also, the only one in Kaoshan Village who can use archery is Lu Qingshan. If we die of an arrow, everyone will know that he killed us, and the Liu Family won’t let him off the hook."

"Brother Feng, you’re so wise." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Li Mu and Li Shi flattered him continuously.

"Lu Qingshan, in this life, I got you nailed."

Wu Chaofeng said spitefully.

Bang!

The door of the room suddenly burst open and a giant black shadow, like a fierce beast, pounced towards Wu Chaofeng.