Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 1267 - 177: Mountain and River Finger

The next day.

The sky was overcast, with a light drizzle.

As the autumn rain fell, the weather turned cold instantly.

Today, Jiang Ning also stopped practicing the Summer Chronology Manual because he found that when the sky didn’t clear up, practicing would be inefficient.

It was no different from before sunrise or after sunset.

He had no choice but to start practicing sword in the cold autumn rain.

As the sword light flashed, countless raindrops falling from the sky converged toward him.

With continuous gathering, a circular water curtain gradually formed around him.

On the other side.

A bald man with a scarred face slowly appeared at the city gate of Dongling City.

He looked up at the three characters above the city wall.

"Dongling City."

He slowly read these three characters and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After that, he slightly lowered the brim of the hat on his head, covering the upper half of his face, and walked slowly toward the city gate.

"Stop, inspection!!"

Seeing Li San, who only showed his chin, approaching as if he wanted to enter the city, a captain among the soldiers guarding the city gate immediately stepped forward.

"Please remove your hat!"

Upon hearing this, Li San, the domineering blade, slightly raised his chin menacingly, then slowly lifted his hat.

Under the hat, a pair of eyes, like bronze bells, looked at the captain.

"Is this enough?"

When the words fell.

The captain guarding the city gate shuddered all over, then quickly stepped back.

"That’s enough! Please, proceed!!"

Hearing the respectful tone of the captain, Li San, the domineering blade, nodded immediately and strode toward the city.

It wasn’t until Li San’s figure disappeared that the captain let out a long sigh of relief.

"Captain, who was that?" Seeing the tense and battle-ready look on his captain’s face, a soldier guarding the city gate immediately asked in confusion.

"Li San, the domineering blade!" the captain replied.

"Who is Li San, the domineering blade?" someone among the soldiers asked in confusion.

Hearing the confusion behind him, the captain wasn’t surprised either.

Li San, the domineering blade, was most renowned and widely talked about in Yuntuan State.

In Zeshan State, Li San’s notoriety wasn’t widespread, so it was quite normal for people not to know.

He knew about Li San, the domineering blade, due to his duties as a captain responsible for city guards.

Being a captain, he needed to remember the court’s wanted criminals from various places.

Li San, the domineering blade, was a major criminal wanted by the court.

He was also an elite master who had long been listed as a Grandmaster.

Thoughts flashed across the captain’s mind.

Immediately, he spoke: "Er Zhu, quickly go and report to the Inspection Office, stating that Li San, the domineering blade, the head of the Thirteen Linked Rings in Yuntuan State, a major criminal wanted by the court, has entered the city."

Upon hearing this, the soldiers guarding the city behind him shuddered in unison.

They understood the implication of these words.

"Yes!"

...

Above Nu River.

Li San, the domineering blade, slowly crossed the suspension bridge over Nu River and passed through the towering city walls built along the riverbank.

Entering the East District, he instantly saw the wide and orderly roads.

The drizzling autumn rain fell on the bluestone bricks, but the flowing water appeared clear.

"Bah!!"

Separated by a bridge, in a vastly different environment, Li San, the domineering blade, couldn’t help but spit heavily.

Then, he steadfastly walked toward Jiang Ning’s residence.

On the other side.

Upon hearing from the messenger from the Inspection Office, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but frown.

"What else did the Residence Master say?" he asked again.

Hearing this, the messenger respectfully replied to Jiang Ning.

"The Residence Master also said that Li San, the domineering blade, is likely coming for you because ever since he entered the city, he has been heading toward your residence."

Jiang Ning immediately nodded: "Please extend my gratitude to the Residence Master on my behalf!"

When the words fell.

Jiang Ning waved his hand, and a leaf shimmering with golden light fell into the messenger’s hand.

"Thank you, my lord!!" The messenger, seeing the golden leaf in his hand, was overjoyed and quickly thanked Jiang Ning.

Afterward, he took his leave and left.

Jiang Ning also stirred his Divine Thought.

In an instant.

Most of the East District fell into his mind.

He also saw Li San, the domineering blade, mentioned by the messenger.

Sturdy and tall, wearing a hat.

Seemingly slow in movement, but in fact moving quickly.

Because Li San’s stride was too large.

One step being more than half a zhang.

After observing for a moment, seeing Li San step steadily toward his direction, he immediately trusted Zhao Yulong’s speculation even more.

Li San was highly likely coming for him.

"If he’s coming for me, we have no grievances, never intersected paths, and even though I’ve progressed greatly in the past two years, I don’t have many enemies!"

Jiang Ning muttered, a contemplative look flashing in his eyes.

"Maybe it’s related to Zhi Xuan Mountain!"

After pondering for a long time, he could only think of this possibility.

A few days ago, Fang Yu of Zhi Xuan Mountain had died at his hand.

This kind of deep hatred couldn’t be easily put aside.

And now, as the Dongling County Patrol Envoy himself.

Though the official position doesn’t seem high, its representative significance is different.

If a County Patrol Envoy is assassinated, it would be enough to anger the entire Inspection Office, and even the Martial Saint Mansion would be outraged by it.

According to what he knew, such an event actually occurred last year.

But it didn’t happen within the Guangning Prefecture’s scope, nor was it a County Patrol Envoy who died. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

It was a Residence Master of a county who died, a position equivalent to Zhao Yulong’s.

In the end.

A Jiuzhou Patrol Envoy intervened.

A Jiuzhou Patrol Envoy, at the peak of First Grade Martial Arts, singlehandedly split the sect’s location of Ten Thousand Caves Mountain.

The sect, both its higher-ups and lower members, suffered eighty percent casualties.

After that incident, no such events have occurred in the Inspection Offices across the Thirty-six Prefectures of the Nine States.

"If Li San, the domineering blade, is coming for me, where does his confidence come from?" Observing the direction in which Li San, the domineering blade, was advancing, Jiang Ning once again expressed his doubts.