Misguided practice of sinister cultivation techniques: Slander! The problem lies with you all, not me!-Chapter 1052 - 546: This Female Knight Masters All of Young Hero Duan’s External Martial Arts_2

As the leader was killed, coupled with the newfound courage of the Jade Girls and the help from the local populace, the once rampant Great Love Yangren were completely defeated, either dead, injured, or on the run.

Qingbai City was filled with jubilation.

The Young Hero statue outside the city was quickly re-erected, with the head reattached.

Previously, whether Qingbai City possessed Heroic Spirit remained a question, as many inside considered Duan Yun a demon, and even the prestigious families seemed to pay lip service.

Following this event, only one thing was proven—this place inherently belongs to heroes.

The seeds of Heroic Spirit were planted years ago, and now, under external stimulation, they have blossomed.

This can be described as an enclave outside the Heroic Land.

Though the Great Love Yangren were defeated and fled, everyone knew they would surely return.

Thus, they needed to continuously grow stronger!

Then kill them all!

At that moment, the newly risen Jade Girls all had a combat-ready glint in their eyes.

"Young Hero Duan, I trust you!"

In the courtyard, Li Shuiwang exclaimed loudly, his eyes turned red, and two streaks of red Sword Qi shot out from them.

This Sword Qi was entwined with a blood-like aura on the surface, passing directly through two stones.

Afterward, the stones began to glow red, flashing, followed by a 'crack' as they shattered, revealing honeycomb-like holes within.

These were signs of the stones being corroded by the red Sword Qi.

Li Shuiwang wiped the blood from the corner of his eye, then knelt before the Young Hero statue inside the shrine, knocking his head against the ground several times.

"Young Hero, you have many Divine Skills. Not many are passed down outside, like the Iron Blood Sect's 'Iron Blood Skill', the Great Hero Sect's Heroic Fist, and so on. I've heard of them all; I must learn all your Divine Skills and do whatever I desire!"

He had just finished speaking when a nearby Jade Girl companion said, "Shuiwang, I happen to have the Iron Blood Skill here."

"Give it to me!"

....

Regarding Duan Yun's Cultivation Techniques circulating in the Martial World, most people fear them because there are many versions, some of which are extremely wicked, already straying from the scope that Duan Yun transmitted before, while others secretly collect them.

These people collect these Cultivation Techniques as a guarantee, waiting for an opportunity.

Take someone like Li Shuiwang, for instance; to avenge, he ultimately practiced the 'Jade Sword True Understanding'.

There are many in the Martial World practicing Duan Yun's Cultivation Techniques; the Jade Sword Sect, Great Hero Sect, have already formed considerable forces. But someone like Li Shuiwang, who is determined to gather all of Duan Yun's Cultivation Techniques within himself, is likely the first.

In the outsiders' eyes, this is like continuing to poison oneself—a poison does not kill, so immediately move to the second, the third, aptly named Poison King incarnate.

...

When Duan Yun arrived in the Qingbai City area, he found his statue had already been re-erected, simply feeling it was a bit novel.

It was not until he was dining in the city that he learned about everything within Qingbai City.

"Goodness, this statue is so new; turns out it was toppled once, and the head even fell off."

On hearing this, he pulled out a small booklet, heavily marking the Great Love Sect's crimes.

Duan Yun didn't ease his grudge against the Great Love Sect due to the Jade Girl's victory in Qingbai City.

Victory belongs to others, but the hatred of toppling his statue is his own, as Young Hero Duan always maintains clear distinctions between rewards and grudges.

Upon receiving this news, Duan Yun did not even have a decent hotpot meal before setting out.

After leaving the city, he walked on water with extraordinary grace.

Remembering the first time he traversed this river, when he went to pierce through it, unleashing floods, Duan Yun couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.

Despite having participated in numerous famous battles as a Young Hero, this particular rescue from the flood remains a self-admired triumph.

Running on the river, his momentum stirred billows of water, and he felt his heart broaden.

Previously along the road, he had been grappling with one question.

Is the Great Love Yangren still considered human, and should they all be exterminated?

Many of them displayed extreme kindness, with no aggressive tendencies, and if they were allowed to continue like that, seemingly, it would be good for the Martial World.

But at this moment, upon learning that his statue had been toppled by such people and the head had fallen, he understood.

It was all on the surface.

If this group cannot eradicate that strange Death Energy within them, they cannot be considered human.

Like zombies with temporary cognition, they are still zombies; if you show any leniency, countless people would be harmed when they act.

On this journey, he noticed the Great Love Yangren were increasing in numbers; if they continue to spread, it's bound to become catastrophic.

Duan Yun had made efforts like forcibly extracting their strange Death Energy, but once separated from their bodies, they lose their mind, become violently aggressive, or soon perish.

"How can such a situation be salvaged?"

"Only by killing!"

"This world is always so aggressively pressing!"

But now, the critical task for him is to find the main culprit, "Great Love Martial Venerate."

The source of this calamity.

He must eliminate this disaster from the source, and maybe could even obtain useful information from Great Love Martial Venerate to handle this situation.

Yet, with so many Great Love people around, how could he find the Great Love Martial Venerate?

Duan Yun had his own methods and strategies.

He could trace through absorbing memories, and besides, he believed it was like warfare, the opponent's commander is very likely at the most fortified location.

He must locate the place where the Great Love people are the most rampant.

Qingbai City obviously doesn't belong to that category; it even surpassed Beiyu City, directly resisting successfully.

This made Duan Yun very satisfied.

Truly deserving as a city saved by him.

That night, Duan Yun camped in the wilderness.

As usual, it was a flame from a bonfire, viewed from afar as the only light source here.

In fact, later Duan Yun understood why whenever he camped with a bonfire, people occasionally came over, making the place lively, as darkness surrounded this area, and a sudden bonfire made nearby people want to investigate.

This is why many experienced people in the Martial World prefer to withstand the cold without lighting a fire.

But Duan Yun did not have such worries now.

He even worried about people not coming.

Because few in the mortal world can independently challenge him now.

Tonight, no one came.

Not even a ghostly shadow.

He had deliberately chosen a place resembling a chaotic burial ground.

Out of boredom, Duan Yun habitually set up the "Jade Sword Stance."

The Jade Sword Stance was the starting point of his martial training; somewhat inadvertently, he developed the habit of practicing it when idle.

Once in the horse stance, bathed in the moonlight, absorbing moonlight for cultivation naturally followed.

Nowadays, Duan Yun could absorb Moonlight without raising his eyes to Ming Yue.

Just standing there, the Moonlight clambered wildly onto him like an eager woman meeting a robust man, exuberant and swift.

Yet tonight, during the process of absorbing Moonlight, Duan Yun noticed something peculiar.

Moonlight always felt luminous and gentle to him; it was white, without any impurities.

But tonight, he sensed a hint of red.

Opening his eyes, Duan Yun looked at the Moonlight on his skin and discovered threads of red indeed.

This was the first instance of such an occurrence throughout this time.

He raised his head to gaze at Ming Yue.

At this sight, Duan Yun couldn't help but let out a "Huh?"

Tonight's moon was large, round, like a big disk.

But Duan Yun noticed that this large disk had many holes on it.

The holes were scattered across the moon, pitted and uneven.

This was a detail Duan Yun had never spotted before.

"Could it be that my eyesight has strengthened, enabling me to see farther and finer?"

Duan Yun mused.

But he felt this couldn't be right; his vision now reached telescope-level precision, absolutely couldn't achieve this degree.

This only indicated...

The moon has changed.

The moon itself had developed these details.

In his view, the moon became potholed, riddled with holes.

Suddenly, Duan Yun's gaze narrowed.

Because he saw an eye.

A blood-red eye emerged from one of the moon's pits, gazing at him....