Urban Martial Saint

Luan Ping stood next to the Corpse Ghost Dragon, seeing the Corpse Ghost Dragon’s confident demeanor, his mood also became excited.

In truth, Luan Ping originally sought refuge with the Corpse Ghost Dragon merely to survive. However, in this moment, his thoughts began to gradually change. Because he was well aware of his own situation, given his own strength, trying to extend his life was not an easy task, especially with so many masters in the world. But being with the Corpse Ghost Dragon was different.

The Corpse Ghost Dragon has lived for over three hundred years, and can truly be deemed the foremost master of this era. Throughout the world, there was practically no one left who could compete with him. Even the Buddhist Shakya and Taoist Wuji were definitely not opponents for the Corpse Ghost Dragon. The Corpse Ghost Dragon was coming forth to seize the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates, seeking the opportunity to extend life, and no one could challenge him. He was also the one most likely to find a method for extending life.

Luan Ping seeking methods to extend his life on his own had very slim hope indeed. But being with the Corpse Ghost Dragon was different; the Corpse Ghost Dragon had the greatest hope of finding the opportunity for longevity. By following the Corpse Ghost Dragon, he naturally could also share in some of the benefits, and this was just what he wanted. Having lived to this age, his only hope was to live a few more years, and now that wish might possibly be realized through the Corpse Ghost Dragon, his mood naturally began to change too. From initially wanting to purely survive, it had transformed into wanting to fully assist the Corpse Ghost Dragon, struggling for the opportunity to extend his own life!

”Grand Master, how can you restore all your strength?” Luan Ping asked.

The Corpse Ghost Dragon glanced at Luan Ping and said coldly: ”The fastest way is to find twenty peak masters and let me drain their cultivation power and life force, which would fully restore my peak strength!”

”That’s probably impossible.” Luan Ping scratched his head and said: ”It’s not like the old days; nowadays, Huaxia’s peak masters, even combined, aren’t many. To round up twenty, even if we kill all of Huaxia’s peak masters, it wouldn’t be enough.”

”Can’t gather twenty, just find as many as can be found first.” Corpse Ghost Dragon said: ”I can also supplement by other means, although it’s relatively time-consuming. In fact, if I drain one full peak master’s inner strength, my power could surpass peak masters. Unless encountering the most outstanding among the peak masters, ordinary peak masters aren’t my match. If I could absorb two peak masters, my power would surpass all peak masters, reaching a new level, and barely anyone in the world could rival me, which is almost enough!”

”Only need two peak masters, that’s easy.” Luan Ping quickly said: ”Nalan Jingwei’s inner strength is quite strong, among peak masters he’s considered an outstanding figure. Grand Master, why don’t we start with him? Absorbing his inner strength will definitely restore your strength greatly!”

”Hmph.” The Corpse Ghost Dragon coldly looked at Luan Ping and said: ”Are you thinking in my best interest, or are you trying to get me to avenge you?”

Luan Ping indeed wanted the Corpse Ghost Dragon to first deal with Nalan Jingwei, really aiming for revenge on Nalan Jingwei. After all, he was Nalan Jingwei’s martial uncle, and over the years, Nalan Jingwei had always been obedient and honest in front of him. But this time, coming out to help Nalan Jingwei, the result was that Nalan Jingwei unceremoniously left him here, naturally making him very angry. Having barely survived, the thing he most wanted to do now was to annihilate the Nalan Family to vent his pent-up anger!

”Grand Master, Nalan Jingwei’s strength is very strong, and he has no interactions with other peak masters.” Luan Ping said softly: ”Other peak masters, more or less, have connections with various forces, making a move on them often draws out more powerful figures, tugging at one affects the whole. But Nalan Jingwei is despised, and most other peak masters have a grudge against him; if we make a move against him, other peak masters wouldn’t help him, he’s the most suitable target.”

”Hmph, don’t play this sly trick, I know better than you!” Corpse Ghost Dragon coldly said: ”You aren’t understanding the Nalan family’s power well enough, the Nalan family is absolutely not as simple as they seem outwardly. In my current situation, it’s better not to provoke this family!”

”Why?” Luan Ping asked in surprise: ”Grand Master, I’ve lived in the Nalan Family all these years, I’m very familiar with their situation. The Nalan Family doesn’t have any hidden power, right?”

”Is that so?” Corpse Ghost Dragon glanced at Luan Ping, coldly saying: ”Then let me ask you, who is the most outstanding young person in the Nalan Family now?”

Luan Ping replied: ”Uh, there’s one person named Nalan Tiancheng, who recently received direct teaching from Nalan Jingwei. Moreover, this person has exceptional talent and is successful in martial arts, making him the most outstanding young person in the Nalan Family.”

”Then what is this Nalan Tiancheng’s status in the Nalan Family?” Corpse Ghost Dragon paused and said seriously: ”Is he the next Family Head of the Nalan Family?”

Luan Ping shook his head and said: ”Of course not, Nalan Jingwei is very stubborn and values the concept of the eldest grandson. Although Nalan Tiancheng is very strong, he has always cultivated the wayward grandson Nalan Tianyu as the next Family Head!”

”Do you think Nalan Jingwei is a fool?” Corpse Ghost Dragon asked again.

”This...” Luan Ping looked at Corpse Ghost Dragon, not knowing what he was implying with these questions, shaking his head and replying: ”Nalan Jingwei is more astute than anyone, he’s certainly not a fool!”

”That’s it!” Corpse Ghost Dragon said: ”As you just mentioned, that Nalan Tianyu is far inferior to Nalan Tiancheng, yet he still wants to cultivate Nalan Tianyu as the next Family Head, why do you think this is? Since Nalan Jingwei is not a fool, would he really want to entrust the family to a scoundrel’s hands?”

”This...” Luan Ping was even more surprised, staring at Corpse Ghost Dragon, whispering: ”Grand Master, what do you mean...”

Corpse Ghost Dragon frowned and said: ”This involves the Nalan family’s greatest secret, and you’ve lived in the Nalan Family for such a long time and don’t know?”

”What secret?” Luan Ping’s face was embarrassed, he truly didn’t know any secret.

”The key person in the Nalan Family isn’t named Nalan!” Corpse Ghost Dragon looked at Luan Ping and said word by word: ”The key person is named Aisin Gioro!”

”What!?” Luan Ping couldn’t help but shout, having lived for over one hundred years, he surely understood what significance the surname Aisin Gioro represented.

”The Nalan surname originally comes from the Jurchen, and later the Yehe Nara from the Qing history also comes from this. The Nalan family, in fact, is the descendant of Yehe Nara, which you should recognize what identity that implies!” Corpse Ghost Dragon said seriously: ”The Nalan Family isn’t royalty, Aisin Gioro is. For many years, the Nalan Family outwardly appears to be the Great Nalan Clan, but in fact, they’ve always been supporting the descendants of Aisin Gioro. Even though the descendants of the Nalan clan might be extremely talented, ultimately they are born to support Aisin Gioro’s descendants. If I’m not mistaken, that Nalan Tianyu should be someone from the Aisin Gioro clan!”

”Is there really such a thing?” Luan Ping was shocked, remaining silent for a while before urgently saying: ”But no, Nalan Tianyu is Nalan Jingwei’s grandson, born to Nalan Jingwei’s son, this can’t be faked.”

”Is that right? Have you personally seen Nalan Jingwei’s son give birth to this Nalan Tianyu?” Corpse Ghost Dragon asked with a cold smile.

”This… No, I haven’t…” Luan Ping replied.

”Exactly!” Corpse Ghost Dragon said coldly: ”The Nalan Family excels at deceiving the world, how can outsiders freely know these matters. Despite your long stay within the Nalan Family, how many of their secrets do you know?”

Luan Ping couldn’t help but sigh, he never expected the Nalan Family to have such secrets. Listening to the Corpse Ghost Dragon say this, he was indeed greatly shocked. Who would have thought that the Nalan Family, actually held such a hidden matter?

If Ye Qing were here to hear this, he would surely be equally shocked. You must know, Shakya had mentioned Nalan Tianyu before, saying that if he wasn’t blessed with a good surname, he would have long died. At that time, none understood what Shakya meant, but now it’s finally clear, that Nalan Tianyu is not bearing the Nalan surname, but is a descendant of the Aisin Gioro!

With such a surname, no wonder Nalan Tianyu did many things, and Nalan Jingwei still showed such partiality to him. It’s unavoidable, Nalan Tianyu equals royalty, the Nalan Family only exists to assist him, who dares show disrespect?

”You don’t even know the Nalan family’s secret, it seems you truly don’t know the level of power the Nalan Family possesses!” Corpse Ghost Dragon said coldly.

”Is the Nalan Family truly powerful?” Luan Ping asked softly: ”It doesn’t really seem so; you know, back when Joyous Monk caused trouble at the Nalan Family, aside from Nalan Jingwei, no one could stop him. If the Nalan Family’s power were really so formidable, how could Joyous Monk have thrown Nalan Family into such chaos?”

Corpse Ghost Dragon said seriously: ”I’m also uncertain about how powerful the Nalan Family truly is. However, I do remember that, one hundred years ago, Nalan Yong personally visited Nanyang to see me, exchanging one page of Taoist Incantation, and obtained the cultivation methods for the Human-shaped Gu!”

”Human-shaped Gu!?” Luan Ping’s face changed, he naturally heard of the matters related to Human-shaped Gu. You know, Corpse Ghost Dragon also practiced Human-shaped Gu to prolong his life. This suggests that people from the Nalan Family also knew this method, might there be some among them who have also lived to the present?

”Human-shaped Gu is the longevity method I created myself, though its effect is far inferior to Buddhist and Taoist magic methods, it certainly can allow a person to live several dozen extra years!” speaking about his creation of Human-shaped Gu, Corpse Ghost Dragon was also full of pride, after all, being able to create a longevity method is no simple matter.