Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

78: Night-lighting stone lion, blue fire copper furnaceSteward Xu suddenly began to doubt if what he was practicing was truly a high-grade True Martial arts.

Perhaps, even if Young Miss Xu Yanran cultivated the Black Fiend Skill to Major Achievement, and increased her strength several times over, it would never be this powerful!

This Young Master Qin has truly opened his eyes!

On the other side, the two Lin Family brothers were also stunned.

They were a branch of the Lin Clan from the Prefecture. Thirty years ago, after the current head of the Lin Family main branch became the Governor of Yuan Province, he purged the opposing factions within the clan.

Afterward, they were ordered to move to Black Mountain City to investigate a cold case from that year.

For them, they had seen too many Prodigies in the Prefecture, but even so, they had never seen anyone comparable to the person before them!

They could see traces of their Golden Statue Skill on the three-zhang demonic body just now, and besides the Golden Statue Skill, there were at least two other True Martial arts no weaker than the Golden Statue Skill!

But the problem was, the Golden Statue Skill was the Lin Clan’s Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique, definitely one of Yuan Province’s top-tier True Martial arts!

Even in the entire Great Xia, there weren’t many True Martial arts that could rival the Golden Statue Skill!

And now, they could see three of them on one person! And perfectly Fused into one body!

No! At least three!

This was simply outrageous!

Exchanging glances, they nodded secretly. It seemed they would need to build a good relationship with this Chief of the Red Tiger Gang in the future.

Not only because of his current strength, but also because with three top-tier True Martial arts gathered in one body, this Chief Qin must have an extraordinary Opportunity.

To the extent of their Lin Family, they held reverence for things like Luck and destiny.

Qin Jiang’s gaze swept over the crowd. Even without hostility, it was like an invisible sharp sword cutting through them.

“Everyone, the Xu Family will stay here to guard the city gate. For the rest, please have the Lin Family lead the reinforcements to the east of the city,” he said.

The eldest Lin brother nodded, “Many thanks to Chief Qin for the reinforcement this time. If not for Chief Qin’s arrival, the west of the city would probably have fallen. If you have leisure in the future, you are welcome to visit the Lin Family. My second brother and I will surely give you a warm welcome!”

Qin Jiang smiled and nodded, “Once the Fiend crisis is resolved, I will definitely pay a visit to express my gratitude for the Cultivation Technique.”

“Good, then we shall take our leave first!”

After the Lin Family left with their people, only the Xu Family remained on the city wall, cleaning up the battlefield and repairing the damage to prevent another attack by the skeleton army.

Qin Jiang stood by the city wall, looking at the mist outside the city, his expression not relaxed.

“Qin-ge, there’s something I want to tell you,” Xu Yanran walked over and said.

Qin Jiang looked at Xu Yanran and asked with a smile, “What is it?”

Xu Yanran thought for a moment, organizing her thoughts, “Although the farmland outside the west of the city isn’t a bumper harvest, it’s still within normal production.

This Fiend siege, normally speaking, the County should have sent reinforcements by now, but it seems there’s been an accident.

Therefore, Yanran speculates that this Fiend siege might not be so simple, and perhaps it affects more than just Black Mountain City.

The Stone Lion River in Black Mountain City is one of the sources of the Canglang River. If measures are set up here, leveraging the advantage of the water flow, an entire County or even several Counties could be affected.

Therefore, Yanran intends to sell all of our Xu Family’s stored grain after the Fiend siege, which could make a large profit.

If that doesn’t work, we can donate it to the County to smooth things over, open the granaries to alleviate the disaster, and earn a good reputation, which will have many benefits for future actions.”

Qin Jiang’s eyes moved slightly upon hearing this. He hadn’t expected Xu Yanran to have such thoughts.

Actually, it was normal when you thought about it. If they didn’t even have this much capability, the large Xu Family would probably have already fallen apart.

“Whatever Yanran wants to do, just go ahead and do it, but—”

“But what?”

Xu Yanran was delighted when she heard the first part, but then became a little nervous when she heard the word ‘but’.

Qin Jiang smiled, raised his hand and slowly clenched it into a fist, “You only need to smooth things over when you can’t clench your fist. If your fist is big enough, they’ll be the ones smoothing things over with you. So, you can’t slack off in your Martial arts.”

Xu Yanran was startled by these words and couldn’t help but recall the night the Xu Family was annihilated. She was very young then.

Later, her Xu Family had been wandering between various cities, and it was only in recent years that they had managed to establish a foothold in Black Mountain City.

But her Xu Family’s main branch was almost completely wiped out.

If her grandfather were still alive, how could they have ended up like this?

At this thought, her eyes became sharp, “That’s natural. I cultivate Martial arts diligently precisely so that one day I can return with dignity!”

Qin Jiang smiled. If he had not forged an indomitable heart, he might have asked about the Xu Family’s origins.

But now, to him, none of that was important anymore.

Walking this path, even if there are myriad tribulations, he would break through them with his own strength.

His gaze crossed the hundred-meter-wide open space outside the west of the city, looking at the surging Fiend mist.

Xu Yanran followed his gaze, and just as she was about to speak, she suddenly froze, then became panicked.

She saw a stone lion emerge from the Fiend mist, its body wreathed in Fiend mist, and a pure black jade bead at its glabella.

This was the stone lion from the source of the Stone Lion River!

But what truly made Xu Yanran panic, even terrified, was that this stone lion had a pair of blood-red eyes, emitting a faint glow.

Although the red light was faint, it was extremely penetrating, carrying a terrifying sense of oppressive power that shook one’s soul!

Xu Yanran’s body trembled, “An Eye Fiend! The Eye Fiend born in the Fiend Domain is actually it!

This is definitely not an existence that a True Martial Artist can deal with! There is a fundamental difference between a True Martial Artist and an Eye Fiend! Even Qin-ge—”

Before her thought even finished, Qin Jiang beside her had already vanished, his instantaneous burst of speed leaving the sound barrier behind.

The next moment, a three-zhang demonic body appeared in front of the stone lion, and a huge fist slammed down, compressing the air beneath it into visible ripples of Qi!

Boom—!

With an earth-shattering roar, dust flew everywhere, and even those on the city wall felt the tremor.

As the dust gradually dispersed, the stone lion’s entire body was sprawled on the ground, its head hammered into the earth, and faint cracks could vaguely be seen slowly repairing themselves.

Qin Jiang shook his fist, a trickle of blood splattering. It was his own blood.

‘So hard!’

As expected of a super Fiend that could contend with Secret Martial Artists. Even with his current Fusion of over a dozen high-grade True Martial arts, he still couldn’t inflict too much damage on this guy.

On the city wall, Steward Xu stared blankly at the three-zhang demonic figure in shock. Only now did he realize how ridiculous his previous guesses about Qin Jiang had been.

An Eye Fiend! This was an Eye Fiend!

And it was actually punched to the ground?!

On the other side, Xu Yanran was also frozen, staring blankly at this scene outside the city.

Qin-ge, is Qin-ge a Secret Martial Artist?!

She shook her head, dismissing the thought in an instant.

The Xu Family also had secret Martial arts, and she knew very well that it was impossible to cultivate Secret Martial arts in Black Mountain City.

But this also meant that Qin-ge was contending with an Eye Fiend at the Realm of a True Martial Artist!

An Eye Fiend comparable to a Secret Martial Artist!

She had personally witnessed how powerful Secret Martial Artists were! They were even highly ranked in the County!

Her Xu Family back then had become one of Ningan County’s three prominent families and nine noble clans precisely because it had three Secret Martial Artists guarding it!

Boom—!

Another loud bang echoed in her ears. Xu Yanran quickly looked over, only to see Qin Jiang already entangled with the stone lion, charging into the Fiend mist.

Without reason, a panic arose in her heart, but at this moment, there was nothing she could do.

Inside Black Mountain City, the flames of war spread and became entangled in various places.

Outside the city, downstream of the Stone Lion River to the east of the city, the Fiend mist covering the river suddenly surged.

Bang—!

A massive ironwood warship, almost occupying a third of the river channel, broke through the Fiend mist against the current with an unstoppable momentum!

The warship leaped on the river. On its bow, a majestic figure stood with arms crossed over his chest, looking down at Black Mountain City in the distance with arrogant disdain.

“Hmph!”

With a cold snort, tendrils of Azure Fire erupted from his body, scorching the Fiend mist with a ‘hissing’ sound, gradually forming a hundred-meter-tall Azure Fire Bronze Furnace in the sky!

A majestic aura, like heavenly might, pressed down, releasing terrifying Azure Fire that dispelled the pervasive Fiend mist!

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