Chapter 165 The real murderer behind the scenes
The skeletons that rushed towards Zhou Chen were all frozen into ice sculptures the moment they came within one meter of his body, and then fell to the ground and broke into countless pieces.

Zhou Chen raised his hand and shook it slightly in the direction of the secret room. A cold air entered the secret room through the gap in the wall. In an instant, everything in the secret room began to freeze. Seeing this, Cheng Yaolin's true energy burst out, and his eyes emitted black light.

Zhou Chen, who was standing outside, suddenly sensed the danger and immediately retreated out of the room. The moment he retreated, the secret door of the secret room exploded, and a group of skeletons rushed out and pounced towards Zhou Chen.

The loud noise also alarmed the servants guarding the Cheng mansion. In a blink of an eye, Zhou Chen was surrounded by a group of skeletons. The servants guarding the mansion were so scared when they saw this scene that they dared not come forward. At this time, Leng Ningshuang and the other person also jumped down from the roof.

"The Demon Suppression Division is investigating the case. All outsiders should retreat immediately." He took out his badge and the guards fled the yard after seeing the Demon Suppression Division's badge. What kind of masters could there be in such an ordinary village? Except for Cheng Yaolin who was a sixth-rank warrior, the strength of these guards was at most eighth-rank.

They had already fled from here out of fear after hearing the name of the Demon Suppression Division. At this time, all the surrounding skeletons pounced towards the three of them. Before Leng Ningshuang and the other two could make any move, they heard Zhou Chen laughing and saying, "You want to deal with us with these little things? You are underestimating our Demon Suppression Division."

Zhou Chen waved his hand and the cold air scattered, freezing all the skeletons present. Although Zhou Chen tried his best to suppress the influence of the cold air on Leng Ningshuang and the others, they still felt a chill that penetrated their hearts and instantly swept through their bodies.

At this time Cheng Yaolin walked out slowly. He was standing on the steps with gray hair and looked at the three people. "Why do you have to force me to take action? I just want to prolong my life a little. Why are you forcing me?"

Wang Yong shouted, “Bullshit! How can you bear to harm so many innocent girls just to prolong your life by a few years?”
"They are just ants. Not to mention me, there are so many people in the Great Xia court who are using the lives of innocent people to practice. Why don't you do anything about it?"
What he said was right. Zhou Chen had indeed heard about these things during his time in the Demon Suppression Division, but they were all hearsay and there was no evidence at all. "I don't care about others. Anyway, it is wrong for you to kill innocent lives, so you should be punished."

"Hmph, let's see if you have the ability to do that." He said this and waved his hand. A black vortex appeared behind him, and a huge skeleton arm flew out of it and slapped Zhou Chen and the other two directly.

"You guys step back and I will meet him." Zhou Chen did not use any martial arts. He just gathered a trace of true energy in his right hand, and then punched the skeleton arm.

There was a sound of bones breaking, and the huge skeleton arm was instantly smashed to pieces by Zhou Chen's punch.

Zhou Chen put his fist back and rubbed his right wrist with his left hand. He shouted softly and released his true energy, and the chill immediately rushed towards Cheng Yaolin.

In an instant, the true energy that was originally running at a high speed suddenly stagnated at this moment. Cheng Yaolin's face changed slightly. The next moment, Zhou Chen had come in front of him. Before he could make a move, he saw a ray of light shooting out from between Zhou Chen's eyebrows and hitting Cheng Yaolin's chest directly.

With a loud bang, Cheng Yaolin's chest exploded and he flew backwards into the room. The bonus of the Nine Nether Mysterious Ice had no effect on the Eye of the Ultimate, because the Eye of the Ultimate was a fire-attributed attack, which was inherently incompatible with the ice attribute. Originally, the power of this move would be greatly reduced when performed with ice-attributed true qi, but because of the demon pattern as a medium, the power was not reduced.

At this time, the flesh on Cheng Yaolin's chest had turned black, and there was a faint smell of meat. Despite such serious injuries, he was not dead and still had a breath left.

The order was to capture him alive if possible. The Demon Suppression Division would not let this kind of person die easily, but would torture him to death slowly. Just when Zhou Chen tied him up and prepared to take him away, suddenly small pieces of black mist appeared on the ground around them.

Before he could react, several bone spurs emerged from the black fog and pierced Cheng Yaolin, who screamed and died on the spot. Zhou Chen immediately activated his Extreme Eye and saw the murderer in an instant. He saw a man in black looking at him from the rooftop 300 meters away. He sneered and ran away.

The Frost Phantom was activated, and Zhou Chen stepped into the void and chased after the opponent. However, he didn't know what means the opponent used. He actually used his true energy to condense a pair of wings behind him. With a flap of his wings, he quickly distanced himself from Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen couldn't catch up with the other person at all. He could only stand in the air and sigh. Zhou Chen returned to Cheng Mansion. After returning, Leng Ningshuang handed something to him.

This is an ordinary jade pendant, nothing special about it. Leng Ningshuang just found it in the place where the man in black was hiding. Although he hid it well, he still exposed his target when he escaped.

Zhou Chen accepted the jade pendant and then took Cheng Yaolin's body back to Wu'an County. They were in no hurry to get back to Wu'an County before dawn. After returning, they handed in their tasks. Zhou Chen also told Qinglong about the man in black. Qinglong didn't say much and just asked them to go back and rest.

Zhou Chen did not go back, because this mission was completed, and he could also get a Xuan-level martial arts book as agreed. Although he could only choose a Xuan-level mid-grade martial arts at most, this was enough to make Zhou Chen excited.

Beforehand, Zhou Chen had agreed with Leng Ningshuang and the others that he didn't want anything for this mission but a martial arts book, so the two naturally had no objections.

The guard of the library was not surprised to see Zhou Chen. He just said, "Go, you can only choose lower-grade or mid-grade Xuan-level martial arts."

Zhou Chen bowed to express his gratitude, then went straight up to the library. After entering, he did not stay for too long and went straight to the floor where the Xuan-level martial arts were stored. Although the area of ​​this floor was the same as the one below, it contained far fewer martial arts techniques than the Huang-level martial arts floor.

Apart from the techniques, martial arts can be divided into many categories, including weapon martial arts, fist and kick skills, or light skills. There are also some auxiliary martial arts, such as martial arts that can increase the lethality of one's own martial arts after being performed, or martial arts used for healing and recovery.

There are also many less popular martial arts, such as talismans and musical instruments. Zhou Chen selected for a long time and finally chose a book called Ao Long You. This martial art belongs to the summoning type. It can use true energy to condense a giant dragon to assist in the attack, and it can also carry people to fly.

After selecting the martial arts, Zhou Chen left the library. After handing the secret book to the library keeper, the keeper's expression changed slightly but he didn't say much. After handing the original martial arts book to Zhou Chen, he sat on the recliner and went to sleep.

Zhou Chen did not rush home but came to the courtyard of Team 19 and began to practice Ao Long You. This martial art did not have fixed moves. It only required strong true qi support. At the same time, it was necessary to open up several hidden sheath points in the body, plus a unique mental method, before it could be performed.

Zhou Chen spent an entire morning practicing, and followed the instructions in the secret book to allow the true Qi to flow through fixed sheath points in his body. He kept making mistakes at the beginning, but after trying dozens of times, he finally succeeded.

(End of this chapter)