Episode 16: Ye Wen!

  In the afternoon, there was only one exam, and it ended at 2:30. Li Yan hastily packed up his stationery and left school to head home. On Sunday, he still had to treat someone's illness, so he needed to make some preparations. If nothing else, collecting some herbal essences to refine a set of Hundred Herb Needles was necessary.

  Bai Cao Zhen: Originating from the secret transmission of Qingmu Sect, a major sect of Xian in the Mu Yuan star domain, it is made by collecting the essence of plants and refining them into wooden needles. There are thirty-three roots in total. Not only does it possess great power when used against enemies, but it also contains the spiritual energy of hundreds of herbs. According to legend, combining Bai Cao Zhen with Qingmu Sect's Huitian Zhen Fa can achieve the miraculous effect of reviving dead wood and bringing the dead back to life.

  Indeed, the Spring Needle technique is not easy to master and cannot be fully refined in a short period of time. However, roughly refining it shouldn't be too difficult. Later on, if there's an opportunity, it wouldn't hurt to take some time to thoroughly refine it, as it would be a rare treasure.

  After all, he had looked up a lot of information over the past few days. Let's not mention anything else for now, but there were indeed many types of medicinal herbs on this earth, enough to meet the requirements for refining the Hundred Herb Needle. Before finding the heavenly materials and earthly treasures needed to refine other precious items, the Hundred Herb Needle was his best choice.

  Just as Li Yan was thinking, he suddenly came back to his senses and looked around, only to find that the road ahead was blocked by a dozen or so thugs. His brow furrowed unconsciously, and he had a bad feeling, instinctively sensing that this time, trouble had arrived.

  "You're Li Yan, the idiot from Longtan No. 2, right?" The leader of a group of yellow-haired thugs, holding a photo in his hand, looked at Li Yan with disdain in his eyes.

  "Who are you?" Li Yan spoke calmly, with a hint of a smile on his face. He was showing the photo to people, and this guy looked like he was still quite professional.

  "Listen up, kid! Remember that the one who taught you a lesson today is called Huang Feng!" The yellow-haired thug had an arrogant look on his face, but seemed to be completely nonchalant about revealing his own name to Li Yan.

  "Hornets? Never heard of them." Li Yan was telling the truth.

  "Hmmph!" Yellow Horn's face turned cold, and before he could even speak, a younger brother popped out from behind him, glaring fiercely at Li Yan, shouting angrily: "Hey! You little brat, you don't even know our Bee Brother? Let me tell you, around these streets, everything is decided by our Bee Brother. If you know what's good for you, you'd better apologize to our Bee Brother right now. Otherwise, today we'll make sure you're crippled and spend the rest of your life lying down!"

  "Are you kidding me? You're blocking my way for no reason just to chat with me? If you want to fight, hurry up! I've got things to do today and don't have time to waste on you guys!" Li Yan couldn't help but shake his head at these professional thugs, feeling quite speechless.

  "What the hell?!" Upon hearing this, not only the little brother who had just spoken up with a fierce tone, but also the yellow bee and more than a dozen other thugs, couldn't help but pause for a moment, then a surge of anger burst out from their chests, as if even their hair was about to stand on end.

  "Good kid, no wonder Wang said you're an idiot, you're quite capable!" The hornet's chest heaved violently for a few moments before his arm swung out and he bellowed: "Brothers, get him!"

  "Up, waste this kid!" Hearing the hornet's command, more than a dozen hoodlums beside him immediately shouted and rushed up. Apparently, these hoodlums had no intention of fighting Li Yan one-on-one. Although they were just street thugs, with over ten people attacking together, it was quite intimidating.

  Although it's not far from school, it's located on a relatively remote road. If it were an ordinary person, even asking for help would be somewhat troublesome, but for Li Yan, it was a good place to solve troubles.

  One of the thugs who was rushing to the front had already arrived, Li Yan smiled slightly and immediately took a half step back with his feet slanted, just avoiding the punch that he swung out with all his might. Then he stretched out his hand and pressed it against his face, and with a slight push from his foot, there was a loud "bang" sound. The thug's occipital bone directly hit the hard cement road surface, although Li Yan had intentionally restrained most of his strength, but still couldn't help letting out a mournful cry after suffering such a heavy blow.

  With just this one move, the momentum of the other small hooligans who rushed up was greatly reduced. After all, they were just a group of small hooligans who usually bullied some honest people, but when they encountered Li Yan, a tough guy, they became somewhat flustered.

  Li Yan casually stretched his limbs, and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he said calmly, "Hurry up with your moves, I've still got things to do after this is over!"

  "What the...?!" In that instant, Huang Feng was completely stunned. He had never thought that this guy would still have a few tricks up his sleeve. However, when he looked at his own side and counted himself, there were eleven people in total. Suddenly, he regained his confidence and furiously shouted: "You little brat, I didn't think you were a skilled fighter! But we are ten people, don't you think you're Ip Man or something? You think one person can take on ten?"

  "Right! Brother Feng is right, let's go together and beat him up!" It was the same little rascal who had spoken up earlier, and he seemed to be quite convinced by Brother Feng's words, and immediately responded with a shout.

  As soon as this was said, the rest of the hoodlums immediately became spirited again. Ah, with the big brother included, there were eleven people on their side! Even if Ye Xun was fierce, he could only take on ten at most. This kid was just a high school student, how could he be more powerful than Ye Xun? At this point, they became ruthless and rushed forward all at once!

  Seeing this, Li Yan couldn't help but shake his head. Yes, Ye Xun was a master of the previous generation, but he could only take on ten people at most. However, the other party was fighting against ten top-notch karate black belt masters, while they were just a group of small-time hooligans with combat power of only 0.8. How could the two be compared?

  To say more, Ye Wen is very powerful, but after all, he is just an ordinary martial artist. Although he is called a master of the generation, in Li Yan's view, he can only be regarded as having just stepped into the realm of martial arts, and in the practice of martial arts, he is at the bottom. As for Li Yan, he has now condensed his true energy and belongs to the pre-heavenly peak of a master-level martial artist.

  It's nothing, facing such a small mixed gang, let alone just over ten, even if thousands of them come, for him, wanting to knock them all down is just a matter of time.

  To be honest, the gap in strength between these two sides is really too big, it's not an exaggeration to say that they are worlds apart.

  Hehe......... With a faint smile, Li Yan's feet didn't move, and with an seemingly casual stretch of his hand, he instantly grabbed the arm of a small thug. With a burst of force in his hand, he sent the thug crashing to the ground with a loud "thud". The thug was left dazed and disoriented, having lost all ability to fight back.

  He knew that this world was still relatively peaceful, and taking lives was a serious violation of the law. So, he acted with great restraint, neither leaving them with obvious injuries nor hidden dangers, waiting for the time when their hands and feet would be numb and their bodies weak, to see how they could still come out and stir up trouble!

  With the first one down, the others didn't retreat in fear, but instead became even more ferocious and charged forward together. Li Yan, however, was unstoppable, taking them down one by one with ease. In no time at all, over a dozen of these thugs, including their leader, were sent crashing to the ground.

  Although they didn't seem to be seriously hurt, the beating still left these little rascals rolling around on the ground in agony, wailing incessantly.

  Li Yan let out a cold snort, then patted his hands together and adjusted his clothes. Without even looking at the wailing young thugs on the ground, he turned around and left.