Daqian Martial Saint

Constrained at every turn, Liu Yuanhua couldn’t help but feel disheartened.

The hardest thing for him to accept was that Cao Yingxiong was merely a Loose Cultivator, while he himself had the backing of a Noble Family!

In comparison, the advantage should have been his! But...

However, none of that mattered anymore. Cao Yingxiong was dead.

They had competed for the better part of their lives. Now, with Cao Yingxiong’s death, he felt an emptiness inside.

Liu Yuanhua slumped into the large chair, utterly at a loss.

A long, long time passed before Liu Yuanhua gradually came to his senses.

A person’s death is like a lamp being extinguished. No matter how magnificent someone was in life, they were now just gone with the wind. Some people’s journeys are short, others’ are long. He had been overshadowed by Cao Yingxiong for most of his life and had thought it would always be that way. But Cao Yingxiong was dead, his journey cut short.

As for him, he still had so many possibilities and opportunities ahead! It wasn’t impossible for him to surpass the heights Cao Yingxiong had reached today!

With the man dead, he had an epiphany. Without Cao Yingxiong, he might never have made it this far.

In the following days, more and more details about Cao Yingxiong’s death were revealed, and Liu Yuanhua grew more alarmed with everything he heard.

Bronze skin, a powerful physique, and a ferocious demeanor!

Masterful Palm Techniques and Leg Techniques! Also cultivated a Finger Technique!

Brutal methods, fierce and powerful attacks!

The Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill! A Vajra Image!

...

’Not yet in the Grandmaster Realm, yet he could kill Cao Yingxiong! Another expert from the Dragon and Tiger Chart?!’ Liu Yuanhua’s expression was one of shock, his heart unable to find peace for a long time.

Even if Cao Yingxiong didn’t quite have the combat power of someone on the Dragon and Tiger Chart, he wasn’t far off! For his opponent to kill him on the spot, leaving him no chance to escape, meant the gap between them was immense! From start to finish, Cao Yingxiong had been completely suppressed!

Also...

Aside from his Tiger Roar Dragon Cry Technique, Cao Yingxiong also possessed a unique Force Dissipation Technique similar to the Eighteen Falls of Clothing. An ordinary expert from the Dragon and Tiger Chart, even if they could break his defenses, would have found it difficult to pose a real threat to him! His ability to survive was truly formidable!

So, defeating Cao Yingxiong might have been easy, but killing him...

Not even the Vice Beicang Garrison Commander, Xue Kunsheng, the ”Vajra Demon-subduing Chain” ranked two hundred and thirty-third on the Dragon and Tiger Chart, could have been certain of killing Cao Yingxiong!

But the final result was... Cao Yingxiong died a horrible death on the spot! Not even a complete corpse was left behind! It was easy to see how brutal and ferocious his opponent’s methods were!

And...

The Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill! This was a true Top Divine Skill!

Even the Divine Skill Dragon Elephant Dominating Body Technique, which had become widely known recently due to the auction, was merely a substitute for the Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill.

When he was still a young man, he remembered an expert who had cultivated the Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill to Perfection and called himself the Mountain Elder. His ranking on the Dragon and Tiger Chart was extremely high. It seemed that after rampaging for a few years, he had vanished without a trace, and no news of him had been heard since.

Now, decades later, a successor to the Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill had appeared in the world again...

”Sigh!” Liu Yuanhua let out a long breath. ”These are troubled times!”

If even an expert like Cao Yingxiong could die so mysteriously, what chance did others have?

The Trade Routes were treacherous, with turbulent undercurrents far from the calm seen on the surface.

The news of Cao Yingxiong’s death came from Lin Wanying, the Qiankun Bureau expert who had escaped with severe injuries.

As an expert at the Profound Light Middle Realm and a Silver Gong Qiankun Envoy Candidate for the Qiankun Bureau, Lin Wanying’s reputation was considerable. Since the news came from her, no one would doubt its reliability. Liu Yuanhua had wanted to learn more details, but unfortunately, due to her grave injuries from that day—worsened by her reckless use of a Burst Secret Technique afterward—Lin Wanying probably wouldn’t even be able to get out of bed for some time and needed to recuperate quietly.

Regarding Cao Yingxiong’s death, Liu Yuanhua never once suspected Chen Ping’an. Although Chen Ping’an had mentioned his conflict with Cao Yingxiong, Liu Yuanhua simply never considered them to be in the same league.

’Chen Ping’an killed Cao Yingxiong? That’s an absurd fantasy!’

Even if Chen Ping’an was a monstrous talent, he was simply too young! Forget killing Cao Yingxiong; just surviving an encounter with him would have been a milestone achievement for Chen Ping’an.

Top-level, peak-level, or even Dragon and Tiger Chart-level combat power was no joking matter! Only those who had reached that domain could truly know its substance!

Just as Liu Yuanhua was entertaining such thoughts, the young Chen Ping’an, through Zhao Lianzhi, the Bureau Chief of the Dispatching Bureau, delivered a startling surprise.

Soul-Severing Saber Li Pingjiang, a disciple of the Celestial Net Sect’s Grandmaster, the Seven Extremes Elder, had died in Five Peaks Mountain City. His head was hung from the city wall!

”What did you say!?”

Liu Yuanhua’s face twisted, his muscles tensed, and the corners of his mouth pulled down in utter astonishment.

’Chen Ping’an did it?’

Receiving such shocking news back-to-back, Liu Yuanhua was completely overwhelmed.

Killing an important figure from the Celestial Net Sect was naturally a good thing worth celebrating. But hanging the head on the city wall was too radical a move; it would undoubtedly infuriate the Seven Extremes Elder completely.

Especially at this critical juncture, the higher-ups might not be prepared for the consequences!

”Quick! Report this to the State Garrison Command immediately!”

This involved a Grandmaster, which was beyond the normal jurisdiction of the Weishui Garrison. No one knew what kind of wrath would be unleashed when this news reached the ears of the Seven Extremes Elder!

This was a Veteran Grandmaster who had entered the Mid-Jade Balance Stage!

The Seven Extremes Elder!

When Liu Yuanhua was young, he had grown up hearing legends about him! Back then, the Seven Extremes Elder would still cause a stir from time to time, but many years had passed without any news of him. The ones truly making waves now were his disciples and their disciples in turn!