After everyone left the room, Lu Zhen continued to dance like a madman.


    His eyes squinted slightly as he scanned the area.


    Some of the other beggarsy on the floor, covered with nkets, though their trembling bodies were obvious at a nce.


    After a long while, Lu Zhen finally stopped. Continue your saga on м??


    "Me, sleepy," he muttered, his eyelids growing heavy. He copsed to the floor, fallingpletely unconscious.


    "Hey, is that monster asleep?"


    "It seems so."


    "Then, what are you waiting for…"


    Everyone who had been lying in the tent with Lu Zhen quickly fled, leaving him alone in the middle of the room, sleeping soundly.


    "Hmm, it seems this mistake is the greatest danger I''ll face. Aside from her, nothing can challenge me in this camp, so there''s no need to hide my identity anymore," he mused to himself in his sleep.


    Lu Zhen silently calcted the situation, deciding to remain extremely cautious.


    It was important to note that Lu Zhen couldn''t disy his full potential right now; he couldn''t use his Qi or the Intent within his body to enhance his strength so Lu Zhen could at most deal with an ordinary First-stage Martial Artist however for the stronger ones it was hard to say.


    He slowly closed his eyes, not actually sleeping, his mind focused on two tasks at once.


    One task was toprehend the Qi pattern in the kunai, while the other was to study an unknown force that even he couldn''t detect.


    During his travels, Lu Zhen''sprehension of the Qi pattern had progressed smoothly, and he had now mastered about 54% of the entire pattern.


    His understanding of Qi had grown rapidly with it. It had taken him a year to reach 50%, so the additional 4% was a significant improvement.


    But the same couldn''t be said about this invisible force that was separating and uniting both his Qi and even Intent itself to be unstable.


    For him to study this, Lu Zhen couldn''t even sense it, so the only option left was to use his Qi, causing self-harm in the process of trying to even get a sense of this unknown force.


    "Well, there has not been much progress."


    Lu Zhen thought bitterly in his heart.


    "The progress for myprehension of the Qi pattern is also slow."


    For most people, this kind of progress would simply be heaven-shattering, but for Lu Zhen, who had juste to this martial world for a mere span of a few years, this progress felt too slow.


    Lu Zhen''s progress has simply been terrifying; nobody could likelypare him in cultivation speed, but his heart still was not at peace right now because the fate of his own city was unknown.


    Although he had established rules and regtions to ensure the city would remain peaceful, even without his deterrent power, there were still his mother, Ancestor Lu, and even Fang Ying to maintain the peace.


    But what about external matters?


    In the past, Lu Zhen could confidently say that no one would even nce at Phoenix City, as it was too secluded by the forest.


    But the inheritance cave!


    This was too important a matter, and if the forces even got wind of it, they would flock to it like wild wolves.


    Lu Zhen still vividly remembered every detail he learned from the ve who had attacked him.


    They were from that sect, which wasn''t really a threat to him now—at least not the sect itself.


    But there were still elders who remained in the sect. If they managed to spread the news about the inheritance ground, everything would be almost over.


    "The Alchemist, huh."


    Lu Zhen''s eyes shed. That death army, with countless second-stage martial artists, was all the handiwork of the Alchemist, and from what he knew, this Alchemist was a High First-stage Martial Artist.


    Lu Zhen would definitely not spare him. The Alchemist had attacked his home, and there was absolutely no way he would let him go.


    He would ughter everything the Alchemist owned, and then Lu Zhen would watch as he died in despair.


    For that, Lu Zhen needed to eliminate this invisible force and increase his strength by another level.


    "System."


    The familiar blue panel appeared in front of his crimson eyes.


    Lu Zhen''s focus was solely on the attribute section.


    --------


    [Attributes]


    [Constitution: True Divine physique (Mid First-stage martial realm)] (Intent: 1,990,90)


    [Charm: Mortal] (Third level)


    [nt Qi: second-stage martial realm] (peak)


    [Demonic Qi: second grade]


    [Mana: First Circle]


    ???


    --------


    "Hmm, I need to increase my mana circle. If I could, then I''d be able to enhance myprehension as well."


    Lu Zhen muttered under his breath. This was the main reason for his highprehension—it was all because of the mana, which directly modified and improved his soul.


    It was also the cause of his increased charm, but currently, Lu Zhen couldn''t think of a way to stimte the heart he had inscribed upon at all.


    While Lu Zhen was pondering a solution, he continued toprehend the Qi pattern. Time seemed to pass in the blink of an eye, and soon the morning sun appeared in the sky, its warm yellow rays gracing his tent.


    Lu Zhen slowly opened his eyes and stood up, stretching his body.


    "Hmm, there really is no solution I can think of."


    Suddenly, his eyes fell on the ck stone he had.


    "Maybe there is a way here."


    Lu Zhen immediately thought of this and started to sit cross-legged again to unlock more seals.


    His progress was still at 54% of the Qi pattern, butprehending another seal wasn''t a problem at all.


    If he could, Lu Zhen would have unlocked the seventeenth seal from the ck stone.


    As Lu Zhen was slowly reverse-engineering the seal, he suddenly noticed some movement and quickly put away the stone.


    "Hey, you beggar, the miss has called you into the camp."


    The second-stage martial artist who had previously pointed his sword at him came over with a ferocious expression.