4: Chapter 4: Wind-Stepping Technique! Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect!

"Flowing Cloud Hand!"

Just like how every protagonist in TV shows shouts out when using a Move, Qin Muyuan rushed in front of the broad-robed big man, his throat vibrating as a voice exploded from his mouth.

The broad-robed stout man had already recovered from his shock by this moment.

He still didn't understand how Qin Muyuan could withstand four arrows completely unharmed, but seeing Qin Muyuan leave the surrounding county soldiers behind and charge straight at him, he still sneered:

"Such trash martial arts as the Flowing Cloud Hand, and only at the Second Realm, you want to kill me? Aren't you daydreaming!"

With that, the broad-robed big man stepped forward with his right foot, his figure sinking, his aura restrained, and his hands loosely cupped into a circle in front of him, as if embracing Yin and Yang.

Just as Qin Muyuan's Flowing Cloud Hand carried the wind to shake towards him, the broad-robed stout man's arms flowed like Tai Chi, meeting Qin Muyuan's fiercely violent head-on strike.

Bang!

The next second, a force far more fierce and explosive than imagined slammed heavily onto the broad-robed stout man's hands.

The sneer on the broad-robed stout man's face instantly froze. His hands, which were originally as if embracing Yin and Yang, were violently shaken apart, and a loud "Puff" sound came from his arms, flesh and blood instantly flying everywhere from his upper and lower arms, bones shattering!

Under the explosive force of the Flowing Cloud Hand, the broad-robed stout man was struck as if by lightning, his arms shattered into pieces in an instant!

Having shattered the arms, the force of the Flowing Cloud Hand did not decrease, transmitting upward along the arms and slamming into the broad-robed stout man's internal organs.

"Puff!"

The broad-robed big man spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, completely unexpected that the youth before him had such explosive force!

This isn't the Second Realm of Flowing Cloud Hand, but the Third Realm!

This old schemer hid his true strength when he dealt with those county soldiers earlier!

The broad-robed big man's eyes split open with rage:

"Insidious and cunning..."

"What are you yapping about? A small grunt should have a small grunt's way of making an exit."

Qin Muyuan couldn't care less about what he wanted to say. He deployed the Flowing Cloud Hand once more, violently shaking it against the wide-open broad-robed big man, striking squarely on his chest.

Bang!

The broad-robed big man endured this strike raw, his heart instantly shattered under this blow, and he fell backward in disbelief:

"To think... I'm just a small grunt..."

Thud.

The broad-robed big man's body stiffly collapsed to the ground. Qin Muyuan immediately turned his head and looked at the county soldiers nearby who were completely frightened out of their wits.

"Scared silly? Being scared silly still counts as time."

Qin Muyuan took a step and slaughtered his way into the crowd!

[Completed Quest: Escort Xiao Chang out of Heishui Prison, and kill all Heishui Prison official pursuers]

[Reward: EXP +100, Mall Points +1000, Xiaoshan Country Regional Fame +50, Colorless Wind-Treading Step *1]

"So slaughtering all the pursuers is also considered being judged as getting rid of the official pursuers."

Qin Muyuan nodded. It seemed that the quest's settlement conditions were quite user-friendly.

Turning his head, he looked at Xiao Chang, who was stunned with shock.

After completing the previous quest, a new exclamation mark appeared above Xiao Chang's head again.

"T-Too strong!" Xiao Chang saw Qin Muyuan without a single injury, his eyes wide as saucers:

"How on earth did Brother do it? Didn't you get hit by four arrows just now? Why are you acting like nothing happened at this moment..."

Qin Muyuan directly interrupted his words: "Skip, skip, tell me the next quest... Hey wait, it should be... Is there anything else you need help with?"

Qin Muyuan's interruption made Xiao Chang's previously brewed emotions disjointed.

However, having gone through that ordeal in the prison, Xiao Chang also understood Qin Muyuan's personality, and he quickly said:

"There is, Brother, there is! After witnessing Brother's strength, I would like to hire Brother to escort me to Hongyan Prefecture in Huoyun Country. When I return home, there will certainly be a heavy gift to thank you!"

[Quest: Escort Xiao Chang back to the territory of the Xiao Family in Hongyan Prefecture, Huoyun Country]

[Quest Reward: EXP +200, Mall Points +1500, Huoyun Country Regional Fame +50, Colorless Killing Intent Perception *1]

Sweeping a glance at the quest rewards, Qin Muyuan nodded:

"Alright, let's set off."

"Please wait a moment, Brother, I'll go get some travel expenses."

Saying this, Xiao Chang squatted on the ground to loot corpses.

There's even intelligent corpse looting?

Qin Muyuan was taken aback. The game design was truly detailed, even including the segment where an NPC loots another NPC's corpse!

While Xiao Chang was looting corpses and picking up travel expenses, Qin Muyuan opened his personal panel.

[Name: Qin Muyuan]

[Rank: 2]

[Talent: I Love Killing (Gold), Essential Master (Gold)]

[Cultivation Technique: Colorless Flowing Cloud Hand Third Realm (23%); Colorless Wind-Treading Step First Realm (0%)]

[Mood Value: 100 / 100 (All Attribute Bonus 250%)]

[Skill: None]

[Inventory: None]

Having obtained 100 EXP from the quest reward, his Rank had risen to Rank 2.

After leveling up, Qin Muyuan felt that his physical fitness had greatly improved. In addition, the full-attribute bonus brought by the max mood value had also increased from 200% to 250%.

"With this magnitude of improvement, it truly lives up to being a mowing-style exhilarating game."

Once Xiao Chang finished looting corpses, Qin Muyuan, guided by Xiao Chang, walked out of the county office.

Outside was an antique small-county street. The game officials had made it quite exquisite; not only were various stalls and snacks fully made, but even the reactions of the NPCs on the street were extremely realistic.

Seeing Qin Muyuan come out of the county office covered in blood, one passerby NPC after another was so frightened that they hurriedly hid under the wooden frames of the street stalls.

When Qin Muyuan approached, he could still see NPCs covering their eyes and murmuring repeatedly, "I didn't see anything! I didn't see anything at all."

Even, Qin Muyuan casually plucked a mutton skewer from the roadside and shoved it into his mouth, tasting the extremely realistic aroma of meat between his mouth and tongue.

"Realistic! Extremely realistic!"

Qin Muyuan praised greatly.

He discovered that after he took a mutton skewer, Xiao Chang actually pulled out two copper coins from his pocket and silently placed them on the mutton skewer vendor's stall.

"Not a bad NPC, he's a gentleman!"

Qin Muyuan gave Xiao Chang a thumbs up.

"H-Huh?" Xiao Chang didn't hear what Qin Muyuan's previous sentence meant, but he understood the latter sentence "gentleman", so he immediately put on a serious expression and said:

"Gentlemen of our generation naturally would not embezzle a single cent from the hardworking common people!"

Heishui County was not big. Soon Qin Muyuan followed Xiao Chang to the archway entrance of Heishui County.

At the entrance, there were only four guarding county soldiers. They had just extorted a commoner who wanted to enter the county when they saw Qin Muyuan covered in blood.

"Stop! Hands in the air—"

Wind-Treading Step!

Qin Muyuan stomped with his feet, acting as if riding the wind as he instantly crossed a distance of more than ten meters, arriving beside the guarding county soldiers.

The Flowing Cloud Hand blasted out, killing towards the four surrounding county soldiers.

By the time Xiao Chang rushed over from more than ten meters away, the battle was already over, and Qin Muyuan had already ended the lives of all the county soldiers.

"So strong..."

Xiao Chang looked at Qin Muyuan's figure, his eyes filled with envy and admiration.

If not for falling ill at the age of seven and being sickly ever since, he would also want to become a martial arts master like Brother...

Wait, didn't he still not know Brother's name?

Not even knowing his benefactor's name, Xiao Chang suddenly felt it was impolite and asked:

"Brother, may I venture to ask for your name and which sect or master you inherited your teachings from?"

Name? Inherited teachings?

Qin Muyuan thought to himself that integrating the game character naming phase into the game itself made for a quite novel design.

He pondered for a moment and said:

"My name is Qin Muyuan."

He decided to use his real name; only then would the sense of immersion be realistic.

Xiao Chang immediately bowed respectfully, called out "Brother Qin", and then asked respectfully: "With Brother Qin possessing such strength, I wonder which master you learned from?"

"Master?" Hearing this, Qin Muyuan casually said:

"Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect."