Immortality Begins with Breathing Exercises

Chapter 68: Chapter 56: Prey and Hunter

After dealing with a few bandits, Lin Zheyu didn’t bother with their corpses.

Such bandits are everywhere in Beast Roar Mountain, and murders happen here almost daily, so a few bodies don’t mean much.

Moreover, with ferocious beasts all over Beast Roar Mountain, it won’t be long before these people end up in their bellies.

After looting the items from their bodies, his bag was bulging.

He continued on his way.

Encountering two more groups of ill-intentioned people, he easily dealt with them, and Lin Zheyu’s bag couldn’t hold any more.

”Not a bad haul, with so much random stuff, it should at least sell for two or three silver taels, right?” Lin Zheyu pondered.

He had changed his bag for a bigger blue one he took from a bandit.

Wearing it on his back, the bag was bulging, filled with many valuable items.

Inside were all sorts of bottles, jars, and messy powders he’d never seen before. Unfortunately, he couldn’t identify them and could only sell them through the right channels later.

”Walk about another three miles, and I’ll reach the main road.”

”Along the main road, it’s about a mile to where Mr. Han is stationed, I might as well visit Mr. Han.”

Lin Zheyu leaned against a tree trunk, studying the map.

After over an hour of rushing, he finally approached Lion Valley.

Lion Valley is a large mountain valley surrounded by mountains on all sides, with a vast area and lush forests both inside and out, filled with miasma, poisonous insects, and dense fog.

Lin Zheyu set out in the morning and reached Lion Valley around the hour of Shen, which is just after 3 PM.

If he were familiar with the paths through the forest, he could have arrived in less than two hours, but most of the time was spent studying the map and finding the way.

With this experience, he wouldn’t waste as much time the next time he comes.

...

Beside the main road near Lion Valley.

Han Mo was stationed here with elite troops.

Ha-ha!

In the camp, a unified and awe-inspiring shout resounded.

The soldiers were training under Han Mo’s leadership.

In past years, the closer it got to the year’s end, the more caravans traveled along the main road.

However, this year, due to the chaos of rebellion, many caravans either didn’t come or had their goods transported early to Songyi City, resulting in far fewer caravans on the main road.

”In two days, I’ll be able to return. After another month of diligent practice, I might have a chance to break through to the Qi Blood Realm.”

Han Mo thought to himself.

He practiced the Six Harmonies Saber Skill with a long saber in hand.

The soldiers behind him were in perfect sync, forming a military formation.

The soldiers’ Essence, Qi, and Spirit were connected with Han Mo, brewing intense killing intent in the formation.

This was their usual training method.

Simply forming the military formation without excessively drawing on the soldiers’ Essence, Qi, and Spirit wouldn’t overly deplete them.

Only with years of staying in formation could the soldiers adapt better, and the leader could perfectly wield this special energy.

”Kill!”

The soldiers shouted in unison, their voices shaking the heavens.

As the shout echoed, the blood and Qi inside Han Mo surged, making his blood boil.

As a leader in the military formation, one advantage is the ability to temper his Spirit amid the killing intent, using the special energy gathered from the formation to gain early insights into the Qi Blood Realm.

Over time, it can increase the chance of breaking through to the Qi Blood Realm.

”Report!”

”A caravan ahead, three miles away, was attacked by bandits.”

”Report——”

”A caravan on the left, five miles away, encountered an attack!”

”Report!”

”...”

As Han Mo was immersed in understanding his body’s blood and Qi, scouts riding horses rapidly arrived, reporting the condition of the main road.

”Deploy the troops!”

”Huang Zihang, lead thirty elite soldiers five miles to the left and pursue and clear out the bandits discovered there.”

”Ma Fan, lead fifty elite soldiers to defend the camp. If any enemies attack, show no mercy!”

”Huang Jun, select twenty elite soldiers to accompany me three miles to annihilate the bandits.”

Han Mo issued the military orders methodically, knowing they only had enough manpower to support two locations at once.

However, those caravans had some capabilities themselves, so Han Mo wasn’t overly worried about their safety.

They were stationed here only to prevent the bandits from becoming more rampant.

With Songyi City’s military strength, they couldn’t enter the mountains to wipe out bandits but could only pursue and clear those daring to attack the caravans.

If they saw one, they would chase one, serving as a deterrent to the bandits, preventing them from staying long on the main road or engaging in prolonged confrontation.

With fear in their hearts, the bandits would rob and flee, not causing the caravans excessive loss of personnel and goods.

...

”Halt, military encampment ahead. Unauthorized personnel, please refrain from approaching!”

Arriving at the place where Mr. Han was stationed, Lin Zheyu was stopped by a soldier.

”I am Lin Zheyu, Mr. Han Han Mo is my senior brother, please announce for me,” Lin Zheyu said.

”Mr. Han’s junior brother?”

”Please wait outside. Mr. Han has gone out to suppress bandits and will return shortly. Until Mr. Han returns, no one is allowed to enter the military camp.”

The soldier softened his tone but still did not let Lin Zheyu in.

The camp was where they stored important items like supplies and weapons, not for just anyone to enter.

Without any proof that this person before him was indeed Mr. Han’s junior brother, they dared not let Lin Zheyu in.

”Mr. Han has gone out to suppress bandits? Which direction did he go?” Lin Zheyu curiously asked.

He was now very interested in the bandits, even though he hadn’t found any silver taels on them, the life-saving and enemy-killing medicines and poisons from the bandits were valuable and could sell for a good price.