Blind Spot
Chapter 430 - 393 Pine Pattern Three

Chapter 430: 393 Pine Pattern Three

After strolling down the main street for a while, Li Chengyi headed straight towards the outskirts of the city.

He was curious about how the people in this place managed their food, clothing, and other necessities.

Outside the city, one would occasionally encounter the vicious Blood Creatures, and it was truly frightening for civilians to live under such conditions, facing the threat of danger at any moment.

Under such circumstances, did ordinary people still have the mindset to farm?

He quietly left through the city gate and circled around Xinmeng Town.

He discovered that there were indeed some sparse fields and farms surrounding the town.

There were plenty of crops planted, and they also raised many cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, and dogs.

The fertility of the black soil underfoot was astonishing, and the crops were growing very well. A stream that ran close by, named Xuan Creek, served as the major water source for these fields.

The town’s patrol teams could be seen everywhere nearby – it was evident that the town was making a great effort to maintain these fields.

Leaving the town behind, Li Chengyi leisurely followed the dirt road, picking up speed as he headed in the direction away from the town.

With his speed, ordinary people would only feel a gust of wind passing by and would not be able to catch a glimpse of his figure.

Just a few minutes later.

A dilapidated village appeared before the road.

The village was located on the right side of the road, with a stone stele erected at the entrance that read: Jingwei Village.

Standing at the entrance to the village, Li Chengyi could see inside—nothing but broken walls and desolation.

At this point, there were hardly any people on the road, only the occasional Xuan Crow flashing overhead and moving off into the distance to deliver messages.

’This place will do.’

Li Chengyi stepped into the village.

These days, he had not only been practicing his skills. As an adult from a technologically advanced modern society, when faced with something unknown, it was instinctive to analyze and research the unknown using the knowledge system he possessed.

He did the same.

Studying Pine Pattern Energy had become his greatest pleasure these days.

Next, it was to look outside and see if there were any places where he could absorb Evil Thoughts.

The last time, the Lurker woman in the red dress gave him 6% Evil Thoughts, which made Li Chengyi realize that these so-called infected creatures could also become fertilizer for his own Evil Thoughts.

Thus, his leaving the city was also a chance to try his luck and see if he could encounter a new infected Lurker or even a red-eyed disease to test his strength.

Regrettably, after more than a month outside, he had not encountered a single person.

This direction was not the route he had taken to reach Xinmeng Town but rather led through Xinmeng Town and continued forward on an unfamiliar road.

He had wanted to expand the map, but ahead it was completely uninhabited.

He entered the village familiarly, arriving in front of a large, dilapidated house at the center.

Li Chengyi walked through the half-hanging wooden door and entered the spacious central courtyard.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, his gaze fixed on a nearby adobe house, where a faint scent of unfamiliar people wafted out.

"Who is there? Come out," he demanded in a low voice.

The door of the yellow adobe house had already collapsed, revealing a dark space inside.

"Don’t... don’t kill me!!" A scruffy little boy, dressed in a set of nice but dirty and tattered thin silk clothes, came out trembling.

In his hand, he held the braised pig’s trotters that Li Chengyi had left here for his own food and drink.

"That’s my stuff," said Li Chengyi coldly.

"I... I was just too hungry... I’m sorry!!" The boy immediately bowed deeply.

"Who are you? How did you get here? Why are you alone?" Li Chengyi asked, frowning.

"I... my name is Liu Mingyang... I was on my way to visit relatives in Hualian City when bandits attacked... all the people in the caravan died, only I survived by playing dead." The boy, about eleven or twelve years old, spoke clearly and logically, indicating that he had received a good education.

In this place, someone with such a level of education usually came from a decent background.

But none of this was of concern to Li Chengyi.

What interested him was the mention of bandits by the other party.

"Bandits? Where did you encounter them? It should be not far from here, right?" His eyes shone with a glint as he asked.

In these days, just the cost of his food and drink had completely depleted the silver he had inherited, and now he even owed his second sister two Silver Coins.

Fifteen times the refining speed for True Qi and maintaining the large amount of food necessary for this powerful body, all these required the consumption of silver.

The amount he had before was simply not enough, far from enough, so Li Chengyi had to find a way to earn extra money.

"Uh... over there..." Liu Mingyang pointed in a direction far to the left of Li Chengyi.

Whoosh.

In the blink of an eye, the figure disappeared from his sight.

Li Chengyi activated Shadow Flash and instantly appeared in the shadow of a withered tree thirty meters away.

Stepping out of the shadows, he sprinted in that direction at high speed.

Pine Pattern Energy, driven by his sprinting footsteps, naturally flowed to his legs, increasing his explosive power, reducing fatigue, accelerating recovery, and enhancing the resilience of his skin, muscles, and bones.

This power could be described as a cure-all, able to enhance the body comprehensively.

This allowed Li Chengyi, who already possessed terrifying speed, to take it up a notch, reaching nearly four times the speed of sound.

Without any Flower Language Technique, not wearing the Floral Dress, and without using Soft Qi, such speed was already extremely exaggerated.

If he added various amplifications, he was confident he could reach six to seven times that speed, though specific testing was required to confirm.

He felt increasingly that coming here had been very worthwhile.

If True Qi continued to develop, perhaps he could catch up to the terrifying speed of those at Grade Eight or Grade Nine just with his own physical body.