Chapter 70: The Swordsman of Greenpeak Mountain
Chapter 70: The Swordsman of Greenpeak Mountain
"Finally found you! These black-skinned... these captains, they really don't treat martial artists as people."
Zhang Tu Hu grabbed Shen Yi's shoulder and sighed in relief, "It's good, it's good that nothing happened."
Seeing the ruffian covered in mud and dust, Shen Yi couldn't help but slap him, leaving a palm print on his clean long robe...
Shen Yi was truly suspicious of where the ruffian had gone and what he had been up to with his old flame.
Was he really playing so openly?
"Hey! You got promoted so quickly?"
Zhang Tu Hu glanced at Shen Yi's sleeve, noticing the cloud pattern, and his expression turned to shock.
Shen Yi glanced at his big belly and said indifferently, "I think you're about to give birth."
"Haha, Body Tempering is like this, you wouldn't understand."
The ruffian scratched his head and hesitated, "I know you're powerful, but it's better to keep a low profile recently."
Finally, he got to the point.
Shen Yi led him into the house and poured two cups of well water that had been boiled and cooled earlier, handing one to him, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Tu Hu took the cup and drank it without ceremony, gulping it down his throat, "Don't you know? Something big happened in Linjiang Prefecture!"
Shen Yi leaned against the edge of the bed, took a sip of the cool water, and looked at him.
If he remembered correctly, he had just returned from Linjiang Prefecture.
Fortunately, Zhang Tu Hu's next sentence dispelled his doubts, "Do you remember the swordsman of Greenpeak Mountain I told you about last time?"
"The one with over twenty concubines, each treated with chivalry and tenderness?" Shen Yi's eyes flickered with complexity.
"Yes, him."
Zhang Tu Hu wiped his mouth with his sleeve, "You should know that Greenpeak Mountain is a powerful force..."
"I don't know." Shen Yi shook his head honestly.
Hearing this, Zhang Tu Hu pulled at the corners of his mouth, feeling like he was gossiping with a neighbor about their daughter-in-law, but then he was speechless when the other party asked, "What's a daughter-in-law?"
"You're at least a captain in the Demon Suppressing Bureau, and you don't even know the territory you're in charge of... In Qingzhou, they are the top forces, the six major sects, and the four great families, all with Condensation Core masters. Zhao, Qian, Sun, and Li, the swords of Greenpeak Mountain, the thieves of Pazha Valley, and the Taoists of White Cloud Temple."
Zhang Tu Hu's five fingers weren't enough, so he extended his other hand, "There's also the swordplay master of Xafeng Manor... Anyway, you just need to know that in Qingzhou, they are second only to the Demon Suppressing Bureau."
"What about Vajra Sect?" Shen Yi asked casually.
Zhang Tu Hu smacked his lips, "Without Condensation Core internal strength, they should be considered third-rate. But they have half of the Body Tempering Technique, and the leader relies on this to transcend the Jade Dew Realm with his physical body. Although weaker than true Condensation Core masters, they can still easily deal with Jade Dew Perfection cultivators. They barely squeeze into the second-rate category."
Hearing this, Shen Yi became interested, "What's this Body Tempering Technique?"
"How would I know?" Zhang Tu Hu sighed, "Not only do you need exceptional talent, but you also have to chant sutras and practice the Dharma for fifty years to have a chance to learn this technique."
He was already in his forties and had yet to reach the Jade Dew Realm.
A hint of desolation flashed across his expression.
"Forget that, let's talk about you."
Zhang Tu Hu took a deep breath, "That swordsman from Greenpeak Mountain is the most talented disciple on the mountain. At a young age, not even one hundred and fifty years old, he has already shown signs of reaching the Condensation Core Realm."
Shen Yi listened silently, unsure of how this was related to him.
"A few months ago, he had to leave Linjiang Prefecture for a while. One of his concubines, pregnant, secretly climbed to the county office and, in full view of everyone, gave birth to..."
Zhang Tu Hu's body tensed, his eyes serious, "A malevolent dragon."
The cup in Shen Yi's hand suddenly shook.
"The evil dragon was born prematurely and devoured its mother, leaving not even a bone fragment."
"What's even more chilling is that this swordsman has been on Greenpeak Mountain for over a hundred years, and his wives and concubines are often abducted by demons, their whereabouts unknown. Who knows how many he has fathered!"
"When the swordsman returned, the Demon Suppression General of Linjiang Prefecture immediately led his men to surround Greenpeak Mountain. Many disciples, all his offspring, were killed on the spot."
Zhang Tu Hu speculated, "After all, Greenpeak Mountain is a well-established major sect. The Demon Suppressing Bureau only surrounded them, but didn't exterminate them. They're probably waiting for your governor to make a decision. Recently, rumors in the martial world say that the people on the mountain are secretly trying to send away that swordsman."
He sighed, "Tsk, apart from those guarding Qingzhou, all the other inner camp captains have been reassigned to guard the mountain's base for a hundred li. This time, they're getting serious. According to the city guards, many Golden Wolf members have also been deployed there. You should lay low if you can. After all, you've just arrived in Qingzhou, and these matters have nothing to do with you. It's best not to get yourself into trouble before you've even received any benefits."
Shen Yi put down his teacup, his face calm.
He finally understood what the two men had been talking about earlier.
"This place will probably be in chaos for a while again..." Zhang Tu Hu rubbed his temples and drew out his pig-slaughtering saber, repeatedly sharpening it to gain some confidence from the weapon.
"That talented swordsman who acts as a chivalrous hero is probably just an old dragon in the Condensation Core Realm. He left the Yangchun River and came here to have some fun with his kin. He transformed into a human and gradually revealed his cultivation."
"The Demon Suppression General is powerful, but if he faces several Condensation Core Realm cultivators at once, he'll likely only manage a narrow victory. It's unlikely that they can all be exterminated."
"If that evil dragon escapes and its group of unknown offspring seek revenge on the Demon Suppressing Bureau... they know what the bureau values most, which is nothing more than us ordinary people."
After stating his purpose, Zhang Tu Hu didn't bother with pleasantries. "Come on, squeeze in. Let me stay for a few days. I'm trying to find a good teacher for my kid, but the tuition fees are too high. I had to carry goods for ten days to gather enough silver."
"You sleep. I'll go out for a walk."
Shen Yi gave up his bed and walked into the courtyard.
His thoughts were scattered.
His expression was complex, filled with caution... and a hint of barely perceptible killing intent.
If the evil dragon escaped and sought revenge, would he be one of its targets? At this point, everything seemed to fit, and he could no longer guess the origin of the young dragon that had been severely injured.
Even river demons could sense the scent of the dragon core.
Now that he had consumed the dragon core and gained the innate power of a dragon, would he emit a similar aura? Shen Yi wasn't sure; his understanding of these matters was still too limited. Since he couldn't make a judgment, he decided to consider the worst-case scenario.
His eyes flashed, and the panel appeared before him.
Previously, the Wind Thunder Demon Subjugation True Explanation could serve as a restorative medicine for his physical strength, but now that he had achieved Jade Dew Perfection, the efficiency was too low.
"If the oil lamp runs out, without using any pills, how many years of lifespan would it take to instantly restore my full state?"
Shen Yi slowly fed the demon's lifespan into the Wind Thunder Sun Melt Scripture.
He didn't expect to deduce anything new; he just wanted to sense the changes in his energy sea. As usual, he poured in years one by one.
As the prompts flashed by, his expression changed slightly.
【In the fifth year, your realm did not grow, but your robust qi and blood allowed the Melting Sun Furnace, which originally had 270 acupoints, to connect to one more.】
There was an unexpected joy, although he didn't know its purpose for the time being, but any improvement was a good thing.
Shen Yi closed his eyes and felt the heavenly earth qi quietly dissipating from his body. After a moment, he came to a conclusion.
Even though the Wind Thunder Sun Melt Scripture's cultivation efficiency far surpassed that of the Wind Thunder True Explanation, his current accumulation was more than a hundred times greater than before.
Limited by the thinness of the heavenly earth qi, if he truly depleted his energy sea and exhausted the Jade Dew accumulated over a hundred years within his body, even with his internal cultivation perfected, his meridians widened, and his body nourished for many years...
Without relying on pills, it would take at least twenty years of lifespan to replenish it.
Before obtaining a martial art capable of qualitative change, this was Shen Yi's greatest reliance.
No matter how precious the treasure medicine was, absorption took time.
But as long as he had enough demonic lifespans, he could always maintain the most perfect state.
(End of Chapter)
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