Chapter 1: This is what life is all about

  "The target left his residence, got into a taxi and headed south on Xuefu Road."

  "Keep your distance, beware of being discovered."

  "Got off at Changfeng Alley and bought a cup of soy milk and two meat-filled buns."

  "The target is heading towards Wuwei Road through Changfeng Lane."

  "Seize the opportunity!"

  The conversation in the dark was unknown to outsiders, Qin Yan held a meat pie in his right hand and a soy milk in his left hand, eating while walking towards Wuwei Road.

  He has just arrived in Pingjiang and is not very familiar with the route. He only saw the general location on the internet, so he had to ask people for directions next.

  When he bought roujiamo just now, he inquired about the location of Lvyi Group.

  That's right!

  He came to find someone, looking for Wu Xin who had almost harmed Jiang Xiaoyan not long ago. However, this time it was not blackmail, but tonight was Su Ying's annual dance party, and he wanted to give Jiang Xiaoyan a surprise. Unfortunately, he didn't know many people here, so he could only find Wu Xin, after all, he was the chairman of the Green Day Chemical Group.

  Just as he was about to turn onto Wuwei Road, he finished eating his meat pie and drinking soy milk, threw the packaging into a trash can, rubbed his belly and suddenly walked into a small alley.

  The alley was less than two meters wide and deep, with no one in sight. Qin Yan walked a long distance before stopping and saying, "I've been worried about you all the way, come out."

  Whoosh!

  A lithe figure flashed out from one side of the alley, if it weren't for the modern atmosphere filling the surrounding buildings, you would have thought that this person had returned to ancient times.

  Wearing a black tight-fitting garment, flat soft shoes, a black scarf covering her face, and a black cloth wrapped around her head, only her hands and a pair of eyes could be seen, standing quietly three meters away from Qin Yan without moving.

  A flash of surprise clearly flickered in the other person's eyes, surprised that they had discovered him. After all, when he was following them earlier, he had deliberately kept a distance and theoretically shouldn't have been found out. However, Qin Yan, who had initially appeared calm and composed, was also filled with surprise after the other person revealed themselves.

  "Didn't you come from that side?"

  Qin Yan still thought it was someone sent by the higher-ups to kill him, despite being filled with doubts in his heart, thinking that the higher-ups couldn't possibly find him so easily. But since they had come, saying anything would be pointless. He was very clear that escaping was fundamentally impossible, and the only way out was to get rid of the opponent.

  However, he was surprised to find that this person was not sent by the top, and his heart suddenly felt both joy and worry: the joy was that if it wasn't someone sent by the top, it would be difficult for him to pose a substantial threat, the worry was that from the opponent's actions since he appeared, he was different from the people he had met in Pingjiang over the past few days, this was a very powerful high-ranking expert.

  What does this mean?

  After going through countless dangers, he finally got rid of the pursuit above and hid his identity in Pingjiang. However, he provoked this extraordinary person again, and if things go wrong, his identity will be exposed. If the people above find out that Greedy Wolf is not dead, they will definitely send an even stronger master, and his little life will be over.

  He was just one of many experts in the organization. Even at his peak, he would never be able to contend with the entire organization, let alone now that his dantian was injured and only a tenth of his strength remained?

  "Must take out the opponent in the shortest time possible, then wipe out everyone behind him!"

  Qin Yan made up his mind and the black-clad man in front of him was added to the list of people to be killed. On the surface, however, he pretended to be very frightened: "Who are you? What do you want?"

  "I'll kill you." The other party deliberately changed their tone, making their voice sound hoarse.

  "I have no grudge against you..."

  "Die!"

  The man in black didn't give him a chance to probe the truth, and with extremely agile small steps, he rushed over, swinging his fist through the air.

  Wow!

  This is a sign of power being exerted to the limit, almost bursting with energy, from which it can be seen that the speed is extraordinary and the force is fierce, if hit, it will surely break bones and tendons.

  Qin Yan knew that he couldn't get the other party to reveal their true intentions, so he naturally stopped pretending and let out a cold hum as he quickly approached, surprisingly not avoiding the punch that came his way.

  Two fists tore through the air, producing a crisp explosive sound.

  Wow! Wow! Wow!

  Qin Yan retreated three steps, but the black-clothed man let out a muffled groan and flew backward, crashing into a trash can four meters away. He covered his right fist with his left hand, his eyes filled with shock: "You... damned! You've actually reached the fifth peak of Tianzhen!"

  Martial Arts Nine Heavens

  One to three heaviness trains skin and flesh, four to five heaviness trains tendons and bones, six to nine heaviness trains energy.

  Normally, those who can reach the third layer of heaven are already considered to be quite skilled martial artists. As for the fourth and fifth layers of heaven, it's usually impossible to cultivate one's tendons and bones to that level without at least ten or twenty years of bitter practice, and that's assuming they have a decent amount of natural talent to begin with. The black-clothed man was shocked: how old could this young person be?

  As for the inner energy above the fivefold heaven, even among martial artists, it is a rare talent, and all are masters of the highest level who have been immersed in the way of martial arts for many years, and can be counted on one's fingers.

  The man in black didn't know that Qin Yan's current strength had greatly decreased. Before his dantian was damaged, his strength was more than ten times stronger than it is now, and he was a true eight-heaven strongman.

  Qin Yan's eyes flashed with a killing intent, completely disregarding the other party's astonishment. His figure moved swiftly and rapidly closed in, his speed so fast that it left the black-clothed man pale and terrified.

  "Be careful!"

  At the critical moment, a thin figure darted out from the side, blocking the black-clad man's path, and struck out with a withered fist.

  Bang!

  Qin Yan came quickly and left quickly, unable to hold his figure, retreating seven or eight steps in a row, looking at Cheng Yaojin who suddenly appeared halfway with a shocked face.

  That certainly wasn't Cheng Yaojin, but an old man who looked like he was in his fifties or sixties.

  The old man wore a plain blue cotton shirt, black cloth shoes, and was about 1.65 meters tall, thin and dry as if he would fall down with just one blow of the wind.

  "Isn't the young man being too ruthless?" The old man grumbled.

  In the previous duel, he had a suspicion of sneak attack, but his strength was indeed stronger than Qin Yan's. This is beyond doubt, and this is also the reason why he taught Qin Yan in this tone: among martial artists, strength is respected because he is stronger than his opponent, so he can teach his opponent, it's that simple.

  "Is that all? Then try something even more ruthless." Qin Yan didn't care about him at all, his body moved again and made another breakthrough, his speed increased by several folds.

  With a loud whoosh.

  Due to the high speed, plastic bags, paper scraps and other trash on the ground were blown away in all directions by the fast-moving air.

  "A mantis trying to stop a chariot, overestimating one's own strength! Hmph!" The thin old man's face turned cold, this young whippersnapper was too unaware of his place.

  "Uncle Hong! Don't hurt him!" The man in black shouted urgently.

  "I know."

  "Idiot."

  Qin Yan sneered, his fist wind shook and emitted a low hum, as if he wanted to tear the air in that area apart, as if he wanted to poke a hole in the sky.

  Pomelo!

  "Get in!"

  The thin old man let out a startled cry, and then the whole person was like a cannonball, flying five meters away under Qin Yan's fist.

  Qin Yan's attack succeeded, and his figure accelerated again, charging forward. He then leaped into the air, about three meters high, transforming into a swift eagle pouncing on a rabbit, with one foot aimed at the emaciated old man who was unable to get up from the ground. The old man, however, was not one to give up easily; knowing he couldn't defeat Qin Yan, he resorted to using his most shameless and dishonorable move - he rolled away like a lazy donkey.

  A loud crash!

  Qian Jun's foot stomped on the solid cement ground in front of the old man, and a small piece of dense cracks appeared at the spot where he fell.

  It can be imagined that if he was kicked by this foot, his old life would have been handed over.

  One move to avoid another, as the saying goes "fist fears youth", Qin Yan not only has stronger strength, but also has an advantage in age. Since he had made up his mind to kill, why would he give his opponent a chance to breathe?

  His right foot had just landed when the old man dodged with a lazy donkey roll, and he immediately used his right foot as a pivot to whip his left foot in a spinning kick towards the old man who had just gotten up.

  The old man's three souls and seven spirits were all scared away, his right hand had already been dislocated and injured from the previous punch, and now he could only use his leg to block the incoming kick.

  Whip your legs!

  Its power is enormous, and its lethality is shocking.

  With a low thud, the old man crashed into the wall of the alley like a kite with its string cut off. If he hadn't been at the peak of his physical strength, with fourfold heavenly energy, he would have broken every bone in his body.

  Even if his physical fitness far surpasses that of ordinary people, this collision would have taken half his life. He felt as though his internal organs were about to shift, and his whole body ached to the point of splitting apart.

  "Master! Stop it, I'm Su Hao!" The man in black pulled down the black cloth on his face and shouted loudly.

  "Who?"

  Just as he was about to continue his attack, he stopped. Qin Yan never expected that the person who ambushed him would be that guy he had met once at a food stall.

  But thinking about it, he felt relieved. Having been in Pingjiang for only a few days, he had already offended many people, but to him, those people were all trash. Even Lin Ling's skills were just average, at most reaching the late second heaven or early third heaven. The only one who made him feel that his strength was not bad was Su Hao.

  He took a deep look at Su Hao, and instead of withdrawing his killing intent because of their acquaintance, his killing intent grew even stronger: "Everyone should pay the price for their own actions, and you're no exception."

  That one side of fate may be deliberately arranged by the other party, and precisely because they have seen each other once, in order to ensure their own safety, these two people cannot stay.

  Originally thought that revealing his true identity would be the end of it, but instead he got a stronger killing intent. Su Hao felt death approaching for the first time.

  Killing intent!

  Let him be shocked and terrified by the killing intent!

  He never knew how one person could have such a sharp killing intent, as if he had experienced thousands of killings and crawled out of the mountain of corpses and sea of blood to become a killing machine.

  "Master... I... I was just curious, to try out your strength, really!"

  Su Hao's voice was a bit stuttered, he really didn't have any ulterior motives, just out of curiosity. This curiosity started from the first time they met at the big stall, and in recent days, he had been absent because he was trying to investigate Qin Yan's past through his family's power, but nothing came up, so he thought of this method to probe, but unexpectedly brought unnecessary deadly disaster.

  "Little friend, we really didn't have malicious intentions."

  The thin old man no longer had the arrogance of before, and in front of a strong person, he didn't have the capital to be arrogant. He covered his chest which was hurting slightly and stood up: "Young master wants to make friends with you, but you also know that for families like ours, there are many considerations. To avoid young master being careless in making friends..."