I am the villain in the book

The second day of the second lunar month: Dragon Heads Up.

In an open space within Misty Cloud Mountain, swirling white mist churned, a tiger demon lay dead on its back, legs in the air, while Wei Changtian sat cross-legged in the mist, breathing steadily.

Surging spiritual energy of heaven and earth circulated within his body, and when it flowed through the Yongquan acupoint, it would be transformed by an invisible force into strands of pure inner force, which would then surge into the dantian.

As the accumulated inner force grew, the area of the Qi Sea in the dantian gradually expanded, finally reaching some kind of limit at a certain moment.

However, this limit did not stop the expansion of the Qi Sea.

Waves of inner force swept out like a sea of clouds, gurgling and surging into the sixty-four meridians within Wei Changtian's body in an instant.

Although the empty Qi Sea was now as clear as if it had been washed, its area was more than thirty percent larger than before.

Fifth Grade!

He succeeded!

Suddenly opening his eyes, Wei Changtian only felt a sense of clarity in his vision, and he could even see the strands of hair of Yang Liushi, not far away, swaying in the wind, as well as the two small protrusions at the position of her chest.

Cough, she's still wearing such thin clothes in the middle of winter.

Shaking his head, he slowly stood up, looked left and right, and felt the changes brought to him by the "clear vision and hearing" of the Fifth Grade realm.

His eyesight was indeed better, and his hearing was also more acute.

But it always felt a bit like a tasteless rib...

Forget it, anyway, it didn't take much effort for me to break through to the Fifth Grade.

Even using the word 'breakthrough' is not appropriate.

The Wei family's ancestral Heaven-Rank inner skill, 'Returning Origin Skill', has the greatest function of having no bottlenecks when improving one's realm below the Fourth Grade, and everything comes naturally.

This also means that I will be able to break through to the Fourth Grade so easily.

Well... judging from the speed of absorbing a demon beast's cultivation every three days, it should take at most half a year.

Standing in place for a while, he stepped to Yang Liushi's side.

"Young Master, this time you took a little longer than usual."

Yang Liushi reached out and picked off the grass seeds stuck to Wei Changtian's clothes, and said softly, "You also absorbed more white mist."

Wei Changtian nodded, answering nonchalantly: "Yeah, I broke through to the Fifth Grade."

"Oh! Really?"

Yang Liushi was stunned, then smiled happily, "Congratulations, Young Master!"

"Alright, let's go back."

Wei Changtian didn't show much joy, shook his head, and strode down the mountain path.

Yang Liushi followed closely behind with some doubts, and then suddenly heard a sentence.

"Wear thicker clothes in the future."

"Ah?"

In the carriage speeding back to the city.

Yang Liushi had obediently put on a small cloak, and was now looking at Wei Changtian with anticipation.

"Young Master, can you take this servant girl with you to the poetry gathering tonight?"

Every year on the second day of the second lunar month, when the Dragon Heads Up, all the major cities of Da Ning will hold a "Spring Dragon Poetry Gathering" to show respect to the dragon and pray for rain, so that the heavens will protect the harvest.

And this year, it is said that the Spring Dragon Poetry Gathering in Shu Prefecture will be particularly lively.

Because the Poetry Saint Su Wu will be there.

In this era, the appeal of a well-known literati is enormous, probably no less than that of top-tier celebrities in his previous life.

Once the news that Su Wu would appear at the Shu Prefecture Spring Dragon Poetry Gathering spread, countless literati and poets flocked from all over the country, just to catch a glimpse of the style of this Da Ning's number one poet.

However, most of these people can only watch from afar as fans, and if they want to participate in the poetry gathering, they must be invited by the "organizer", the Begonia Poetry Society.

Wei Changtian was one of those invited, and he was also prepared to participate.

But he was not going to see Su Wu, or to show off his poetry skills.

But rather...

"No."

Shaking his head without hesitation, Wei Changtian looked at the somewhat disappointed Yang Liushi, and said in a deep voice: "Tonight will be very dangerous."

"Dangerous?"

Yang Liushi was stunned: "It's just a poetry gathering, where does the danger come from?"

"You don't need to worry about where it comes from."

Wei Changtian didn't plan to explain the Liu family's conspiracy in detail, and sighed softly: "But I estimate that many people will die."

"Ah?"

Yang Liushi's eyes widened instantly, her first reaction was not to get to the bottom of it, but to grab Wei Changtian's sleeve and earnestly persuade him:

"Then, then Young Master, you shouldn't go either!"

"I have to go."

Wei Changtian looked at the sky outside the carriage window, which was already tinged with dusk, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Otherwise, this play won't be able to start."

Shu Prefecture City, Li Mansion.

The Li family is in the jewelry business, and their business is very large, with more than a dozen silver shops and treasure pavilions in Shu Prefecture City alone.

The most fundamental reason why they can occupy a place in this highly profitable industry is the support of the Liu family.

"Sect Master Yan."

In the secret room, Liu Zongliang knelt down in front of a handsome man with a "thump", his face full of grief and indignation: "Please, Sect Master, help this boy and help the Liu family avenge this blood feud!"

"Young Master Liu need not be like this."

Saying "need not be like this", the man did not move at all, and his calm expression seemed to have some pride.

"Since I have agreed to this matter, I will definitely do it."

"However, as said beforehand, I will only kill that thief alone, and the rest will require Young Master Liu to find a way to deal with it himself."

"That's natural, that's natural."

Liu Zongliang responded repeatedly, and his heart couldn't help but be overjoyed.

This time, the Liu family had made thorough preparations, vowing to kill Wei Changtian in one fell swoop.

More than a hundred warriors in the middle of the Third Grade realm, plus three in the Third Grade, and one in the Second Grade.

Although this is far from all the power that the Liu family can mobilize, it is basically the limit if they want to avoid attracting attention.

What's more, he was launching a sneak attack and assassination.

Unless no!

There will be no accidents!

Liu Zongliang took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the excitement and anger in his heart.

All preparations are for tonight!

Wei Changtian must die!

South of the city, Li Yan Pavilion.

Although it is called "Pavilion", this place is actually a high-end inn, which usually caters to wealthy merchants who come to Shu Prefecture to travel and play, or to do business.

However, the Li Yan Pavilion in recent days has been somewhat different from usual.

"Old Li."

Standing by the window, Ning Yongnian, dressed in a blue robe, looked down at the prosperous and bustling Shu Prefecture City, and casually asked:

"Do you think Wei Changtian will go tonight?"

"Your Majesty, this servant dare not say for sure, but based on this son's character..."

Li Huaizhong bowed and replied in a low voice: "This servant thinks he will go."

"Hmm."

Ning Yongnian paused, and then asked: "Then who do you think will win between him and the Liu family?"

"The Liu family is probably not a match."

This time Li Huaizhong did not hesitate: "If the Liu family had not been exposed, it would be difficult to say who would win or lose."

"But now that Wei Changtian already knows the Liu family's plan, he must have made sufficient preparations, and under such circumstances, the Liu family, let alone succeed, I am afraid it will be difficult to retreat completely."

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"Old Li, you seem to be a little afraid of this son..."

Turning his head to look at Li Huaizhong, who was bowing his head in silence, Ning Yongnian chuckled:

"But that's right, after all, he once killed Chang Shuan with one move."

"It's just... I think, he may not be able to live tonight."

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Hearing this, Li Huaizhong suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with astonishment.

May not be able to live?

Obviously, the Liu family alone cannot kill Wei Changtian.

And in this way, it explains one thing—

It turns out that the man in front of him, who is calm and collected, and traveled all the way from the capital to Shu Prefecture, is not just a spectator.