This Hua Tuo ointment wasn't received in vain; I'd like to ask for your help. Yu Daochen grinned.
Su Lai patted his chest. "Just say the word, Master Yu. As long as it doesn't involve money, I won't hesitate to help."
Yu Daochen didn't beat around the bush. "I want you to teach Zhou Fu combat skills."
Su Lai frowned, confused. "Master Yu, if it's about combat skills, you're no worse than I am. And as for magic, honestly, our corpse-salvaging techniques aren't suited for combat."
Yu Daochen shook his head. "Brother Su, isn't your strength, reaching the Heavenly Rank, solely due to your combat skills and techniques?"
Su Lai's strength was at least enough to enter the Heavenly Rank. While Yu Daochen was indeed not weak in combat skills, he was still a bit behind the seasoned Su Lai.
Su Lai understood Yu Daochen's intention. "You want this kid to improve his ranking in the Fengtian Tournament."
Yu Daochen nodded. "Exactly. If it relies on magic, Zhou Fu is undoubtedly weaker than others. He can only compensate with combat skills, and it's the only thing that can be improved in the short term. Youngsters nowadays only focus on cultivating magic and lack combat experience. And when it comes to combat experience and techniques, you are the most suitable person."
Su Lai nodded in agreement. Most young people nowadays only focused on cultivating magic and neglected the most important thing: hand-to-hand combat.
It was like you had a machine gun, while the other person only had a handgun. If they were at a distance, you would surely win. But if they were face-to-face, it would be a matter of who could shoot the other in the head first.
In actual combat, at close range, there often wasn't enough time to use magic.
"Alright, I'll take this on," Su Lai agreed. After all, he had accepted the ointment and felt obligated.
Seeing Su Lai agree, Yu Daochen was relieved. He never did business at a loss.
"By the way, Old Su, why aren't you staying at a hotel? This isn't like you."
Yu Daochen was a bit curious. Given his personality, he would seize any small advantage.
Su Lai shot him a look. "Am I that kind of person?"
"Aren't you?" Yu Daochen retorted.
Su Lai was speechless. This guy knew his personality inside and out.
"Do you think I don't want to? But something here feels off." Su Lai dropped his lewd smile and became serious.
Yu Daochen frowned. "What feels off?"
Su Lai shook his head, unsure. "I can't quite say. It's possible there's more than one water ghost in that water?"
Yu Daochen's face changed. "More than one water ghost?"
Before Yu Daochen could finish speaking, Su Lai suddenly turned his head to look outside the door and raised his hand, signaling for silence.
Yu Daochen nodded. Su Lai tiptoed to the left of the door. Yu Daochen grabbed a chopstick from the table and nodded.
Su Lai nodded. The moment he yanked the door open, Yu Daochen shot the chopstick.
A masked man in black quickly dodged, but still couldn't evade completely, and was hit in the shoulder.
Su Lai quickly pursued, with Yu Daochen close behind.
Rushing out of the wooden house, Su Lai gave chase and heard Yu Daochen shout from behind, "Brother Su, dodge!"
Su Lai sidestepped. Yu Daochen had already formed a hand seal and inhaled sharply, spewing a stream of flames towards the black-clad figure.
The black-clad figure didn't hesitate and leaped directly into the water.
Splash~
The black-clad figure jumped into the fish pond. Zhou Fu, who had come out of the wooden house, saw the blood on the ground and shouted to the two, "He's not a ghost."
Yu Daochen and Su Lai exchanged a look and nodded. Since he wasn't a ghost, he would have to surface to breathe.
The fish pond wasn't very large. Su Lai went to the other side to guard, while Yu Daochen guarded opposite Su Lai.
Zhou Fu went to turn on the large lights. "If he's human, he has to breathe. I don't believe he won't surface," Yu Daochen instructed Zhou Fu beside him.
Zhou Fu nodded and ran to turn on the large lights. Fish ponds are equipped with large lights for fishermen working at night.
The light from the large lamps illuminated the entire fish pond. Yu Daochen and Su Lai stared intently at the movements in the pond.
After more than ten minutes, no one had surfaced. Yu Daochen frowned and looked at Su Lai opposite him. Su Lai also shook his head.
However, there were many martial sects, and quite a few people knew breath-holding techniques. This was something both Yu Daochen and Su Lai understood.
The two continued to stare at the pond for two hours, but there was still no movement from the water.
Yu Daochen's expression turned grim. Had that guy escaped?
"Su Lai, do you think that guy escaped?" Yu Daochen shouted to Su Lai across the fish pond.
Su Lai shook his head. "No. We've been watching the whole time; he shouldn't have been able to escape."
If he could escape from both of them, it meant that guy was at least a Heavenly Rank expert. But if that were the case, he wouldn't have been injured by the chopstick Yu Daochen threw.
"Let's wait a bit longer. I refuse to believe this guy won't surface," Su Lai shouted to Yu Daochen across the fish pond.
Su Lai was somewhat unwilling. Even though they, the corpse salvagers, spent most of their time in the water, they could only hold their breath for a little over an hour at most.
"I'd like to see who this person really is," Su Lai snorted and continued to stare intently at the water's surface.
In the early morning, the sky was fully lit. Yu Daochen blinked his dry eyes and sat down on the ground. "I can't do this anymore. What kind of creature is this guy to be able to hold his breath for so long?"
Su Lai on the opposite side also gave up and walked over. "It's been so long. Either he's already died in the fish pond, or he's escaped."
The two looked at each other and said in unison, "There's a secret passage!"
This was the only explanation now, otherwise, no one could hold their breath for so long.
"I'll go look for the secret passage. Brother Su, you go rest first. We still have corpse salvaging to do today." Yu Daochen said and prepared to search for the secret passage.