Chapter 671: Ancient Tome Exchange, Hidden Dangers and Old Monsters (Guaranteed Monthly Ticket Request)
No matter how a person was once a martial arts expert, if their scapula is locked and they're imprisoned for over three months, they will inevitably appear haggard and extremely disheveled.
However, Tianshan Tonglao is an exception.
This old monster has cultivated the Eight Desolates and Six Harmonies Only I Am Supreme Skill continuously, undergoing rejuvenation multiple times. Even if her power dissipates, she can restore it, and each time she does, she becomes stronger than before.
In over three months' time, Tianshan Tonglao has not only regained her century-old power, but her face has also rejuvenated; she looks youthful with white hair, fair skin, and red lips.
She doesn't look like a centenarian but rather like a young girl with dyed white hair.
Jiang Dali entered the prison cell and, upon seeing Tianshan Tonglao in this form, couldn't help but exclaim in wonder and praise her repeatedly.
"Respected Black Wind Village Chief, are you now even going to disregard this old woman? Just how long do you plan to keep me here?"
Tianshan Tonglao closed her eyes, not even glancing at Jiang Dali, and scoffed with a cold smile.
Jiang Dali chuckled, crossing his arms, "I plan to release you today."
Tianshan Tonglao's white brows quivered, "It seems today is either my day of death or my calamity."
Jiang Dali let out a hearty laugh, shook his head, "I won't kill you. I'll let you return to Lingjiu Palace. But as a price, I'll take away your power, and from now on, Lingjiu Palace will have a new master."
Tianshan Tonglao's eyes snapped open, staring coldly at Jiang Dali, "You want to control Lingjiu Palace? Dream on!"
"Hehehe..."
Jiang Dali chuckled dismissively, "If it were three months ago, I might have been interested in Lingjiu Palace. But now, Tonglao, even if you give it to me for free, I couldn't be bothered to manage this mess."
Tianshan Tonglao said fiercely, "I am rather curious, who else dares to take over Lingjiu Palace? Dares to serve as the head of the Carefree Sect? Though Wuya Zi is dead now, our sect's ancestor Xiao Yaozi might not be absent."
Jiang Dali smiled, "That's perfect. I actually want to meet the esteemed Xiao Yaozi, but unfortunately, this senior has already vanished in the martial world."
Saying this, he clapped his hands.
Suddenly, the sound of chains and gates opening came from outside.
Several figures walked in from outside.
Leading them was a person wearing a black mask with gold trim, of well-proportioned build. The two individuals on either side were different; one had a cold demeanor and held a saber, his eyes occasionally calm, occasionally bewildered. The other wore a veil, had a graceful figure, and walked elegantly.
"Grandma, Feng Ying has come to take you back."
The veiled woman saw Tianshan Tonglao and her eyes lit up. She immediately stepped forward, bowing respectfully to Tianshan Tonglao with smiles at the corners of her eyes.
"It's you!"
Tianshan Tonglao's eyes fixed, then she coldly chuckled while glaring at Feng Ying. Her gaze gradually flashed with a fierce light as she laughed in anger, "So it's you, it's you, good girl, good. You've been able to persuade the Black Wind Village Chief to hand Lingjiu Palace over to you; indeed, it's a good tactic. Looks like I do need to retire and let the capable take over, handing Lingjiu Palace over to you! You must manage it well for me!!"
Speaking the last word "well" concurrently.
Tianshan Tonglao suddenly opened her mouth with a "pfft," a stream of saliva swiftly congealed into ice and transformed into the Life and Death Talisman, shooting at Feng Ying with lightning speed.
Such a sudden change was indeed too swift.
Feng Ying's eyes froze; she didn't react before feeling the frost hit her face.
Suddenly, a hand appeared before Feng Ying's face with a remnant shadow, the hand clad in lock armor immediately emitted a threatening palm power.
Crack—!
The Life and Death Talisman shattered with a bang, turning into ice mist and scattering.
Ting Shui calmly withdrew his lock-armored hand.
Tianshan Tonglao uttered a surprised "hmm," looking at the masked Ting Shui, her voice rasping as she laughed, "Such strength among abnormal people is rare.
I was wrong, I've always underestimated you abnormal people.
The Black Wind Village Chief foresaw your potential early on and made efforts to recruit and cultivate abnormal people, perhaps that's why I'm in your hands now..."
Ting Shui glanced at Jiang Dali, who emitted a black aura of extreme danger all over, then looked at Tianshan Tonglao solemnly, "Indeed, you're right. Most of you indigenous people underestimate us abnormal people.
It's not just prejudice; it's the reason you'll ultimately be eliminated.
But Master Jiang is different; he never underestimated us abnormal people. It's not that he lacks prejudice, but he has greater foresight.
His power, like his vision, has always far surpassed most of you."
"Enough."
Jiang Dali interrupted calmly, "I don't have much time. Time to fulfill the agreement. Ting Shui, have you brought what you promised me?"
Ting Shui's eyes flashed, looked at Heartbroken Little Knife.
"It's here."
Heartbroken Little Knife took out a scroll from his coat and handed it to Jiang Dali.
Tianshan Tonglao smiled sadly, "Turns out my worth is no more than a mere book."
Jiang Dali held the ancient manuscript, lightly laughing dismissively, "You're as stubborn as the stone in a latrine, foul and hard, and you can't utter anything useful, yet you voluntarily antagonize me.
To me, you're worthless. Fortunately, these abnormal people have some use for you."
With that, Jiang Dali suddenly spun like a top, sidestepped to Tianshan Tonglao in a whirling motion, and struck with his palm.
His palm rapidly enlarged before Tianshan Tonglao's eyes, resembling a dustpan as it swiftly descended.
Tianshan Tonglao laughed loudly, her face and all her skin suddenly bulging with dark blue veins, yelling, "No one can force me to do anything against my will."
A severe and fierce aura suddenly erupted from Tianshan Tonglao's body. The power was so immense, it completely disregarded her locked scapula and directly assaulted her heart.
"How fortunate! I love forcing people to do what they don't want the most!"
Jiang Dali snorted coldly, his eyelid slightly drooped, and his palm remotely exploded with an enormous suction force.
Instantly, the explosive True Qi that had just condensed within Tianshan Tonglao suddenly wilted, drawn from her pores and forcibly absorbed into Jiang Dali's body.
"Ah—!"
Tianshan Tonglao screamed in pain and anger, her voluminous robes violently fluctuated, half a lifetime's worth of power was entirely drained, rapidly absorbed by Jiang Dali.
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A quarter of an hour later.
Jiang Dali transmitted the True Qi of the Eight Desolates Only I Am Supreme Skill absorbed into the Evil Emperor Relics, and then expelled the Life and Death Mother and Child Worm from Ting Shui's body, before walking out of the cell indifferently.
Ting Shui and the other three quickly descended the mountain with Tianshan Tonglao.
Looking at Tianshan Tonglao, who was in a coma, besides Feng Ying, who was about to complete the task of rescuing the Palace Master and rise to become the new Palace Master of Lingjiu Palace, Ting Shui and Heartbroken Little Knife couldn't feel happy.
Ting Shui sighed, "The Black Wind Village Chief is definitely not an ordinary protagonist of ancient texts. His speed of becoming stronger is too fast, even if we exhaust all efforts and cultivate day and night, we can't catch up.
Once Tianshan Tonglao fought with him, she could still last three hundred rounds, now I'm afraid she can't even withstand one move."
Heartbroken Little Knife said coldly, "His saber skill has also improved greatly, I want to stay and learn the saber from him."
Ting Shui sneered, "Do you think he will teach you?"
Heartbroken Little Knife, "I don't need him to teach the saber, everyone's saber skill can only be their own to be most suitable, I only need to stay by his side and watch him use the saber, and I can learn a lot."
Ting Shui nodded knowingly, "You are right, everyone's path is only suitable for themselves to be the most appropriate, if you can watch his saber skill more, it can also bring inspiration and greatly benefit your self-created saber skill. But unfortunately..."
Heartbroken Little Knife, "Unfortunately what?"
Ting Shui, "Unfortunately, he won't let you stay, and you can't catch up with him, he is always flying in the sky, if you want to stay by his side and watch him use the saber, it's as difficult as ascending to the heavens."
Heartbroken Little Knife fell silent.
This is indeed a problem.
The Black Wind Village Chief never stays in one place for long.
Often today in this country, tomorrow has reached another country, considered the most unruly among NPC Big Bosses, never stays at home guarding the territory, but goes to attack others' lairs daily.
To deal with such a Boss who has no fixed concept of territory is really difficult.
However, Heartbroken Little Knife quickly thought of an upcoming opportunity.
The decisive battle between Ding Peng and Xie Xiaofeng is about to begin.
As long as the Black Wind Village Chief knows it, he will definitely be present.
At that time, maybe he can witness the supreme saber skill of the Black Wind Village Chief after improvement.
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By exchanging a captured Tianshan Tonglao from the Yun family's hands for information related to the Divine Martial Country and the World Association's Xiong Ba from ancient texts.
Jiang Dali considered it a pretty good deal.
Through the ancient texts obtained from the Yun family, he clearly knew more information about the Divine Martial Country experts that he didn't understand in the previous life, and also learned the stunning secret when Xiong Ba was later defeated by Feng Yun.
These pieces of information will definitely be useful in the future.
After all, the World Association was the fastest-growing super power in the four years of the previous life.
In this life, as long as it continues, with Xiong Ba's ambition, it will inevitably confront the Black Wind Village sooner or later, which cannot be ignored.
"I didn't expect Xiong Ba was later defeated by Feng Yun also because he was poisoned by someone called Shakyamuni.
Who exactly is this Shakyamuni?
To be able to poison Xiong Ba silently, causing this Overlord to eventually suffer a tragic loss..."
After reading the fragmented ancient text information, Jiang Dali expertly shattered the manuscript in his hand with True Qi, his eyes showing shock and contemplation.
Increasingly feeling that the waters of the Mixed Martial Arts World are terrifyingly deep.
In the previous life, the Yun family had disclosed ancient text information about a terrifying old monster who killed Fire Phoenix, consumed Phoenix Blood, and lived for a long time.
To this day, these old monsters have yet to surface.
But just one Xiong Ba, to him, is already very formidable.
"One Shakyamuni, one old monster who consumed Phoenix Blood, and many deeply hidden old monsters, are these old monsters hiding from tribulations? Or due to some other reasons?"
Jiang Dali cannot fathom or understand.
Feeling all this might be vaguely related to the tribulations of heaven and earth, or to the Holy Dynasty.
But as he continues to grow stronger in the future, he will always slowly come into contact with some more powerful people, more terrifying events, and the threat seemingly watched by someone long gone surges again.
"The process of dominating must be accelerated, harvesting more, and becoming stronger."
Even I now cannot confidently deal with Xiong Ba, who turns out to be just someone's hunted prey; perhaps I've already entered the sights of some old monsters without knowing it."
Feeling urgent in his heart, Jiang Dali plans to officially set off after completing this transaction, to go to the Song Country Capital to accept the Song Country Emperor's award.
At the same time, he intends to personally appear and save Yue Fei, proceeding with further plans.
Before this, Dongfang Bubai and Xiao Feng and other companions have already left voluntarily on the way.
Martial persons mostly do not wish to interact with emperors and court officials, even Xiao Feng, who is concerned about the Song Country, is no exception.
Only Murong Qingqing with the Heavenly Demon Zither remained.
However, just as Jiang Dali was preparing to leave, Xu Ziling also came with Shi Feixuan to seek an audience, with matters to request.
"Shi Feixuan coming to me at this time is undoubtedly for Ming Country Zhu Wushi's rebellion. Besides that, surely not to request on behalf of Li Shimin?"
Jiang Dali's mind is clear, knowing Cihang Jingzhai is starting to call for reinforcements again.
But Cihang Jingzhai's mysterious confidence in thinking they can persuade people with rhetoric doesn't impress him....
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