Chapter 226 Master Jiang Strikes
The elder instinctively shoved the stopper back in!
The Hundred Treasures Pill! The Supreme Hundred Treasures Pill!
He wouldn't admit his mistake; he had fought for every round of the auction before, but hadn't won a bid each time.
This one in the bottle is absolutely top quality!
But why would Qingqu bring this?
The Grand Elder was extremely shocked and lowered his voice to ask, "Where did this come from? Where did you get the Xuan Stones to pay for it?"
Wan Qingqu replied in a low voice, "I bought it from Zhong Danwang... I haven't paid for it yet."
Wan Qingyao added quietly from the side, "We came back to get the Xuan Stone from you."
The Grand Elder was stunned: "King Zhong Dan has it? He even told you to take the pills first before giving him the Xuan Stones?!"
This is a level seven pill! Isn't King Zhong being far too lenient? Even if it's true that almost no one would dare to renege on a disciple of the Pill Emperor, this is still far too much trust in Qingqu and his sister!
Wan Qingyao felt a little smug, but quickly suppressed it and whispered, "My brother and King Zhong Dan are old acquaintances, so he was able to get the pills first. And King Zhong Dan even gave him a discount!"
The Grand Elder was still somewhat incredulous: "An old acquaintance? How deep is our friendship? Why didn't you say so sooner?"
Wan Qingqu was a little embarrassed: "We say we're old acquaintances, but we've only met once..."
He then began by recounting how he had traveled to various places, encountered the Zhong-Wu couple during a low point in their lives, and offered them a kind reminder.
In reality, the interactions were very brief.
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After hearing the whole story, the elder suddenly understood and stroked his beard, saying, "I see."
At this moment, he looked at Wanqingqu with considerable admiration.
"I never expected that Qingqu would have such a connection with the Zhong Dan King and his wife." The elder was very happy and said with a smile, "It is your good fortune to have so many good connections, and it is also good luck for the Wan family."
Wan Qingqu shook his head: "It's because King Zhongdan values relationships too much."
The Grand Elder nodded in agreement: "King Zhong Dan is a rare and loyal person." After sighing, he said seriously, "In that case, we should gather the Xuan Stones as soon as possible and deliver them to King Zhong Dan. We must not let him down."
Wan Qingqu hurriedly said, "The Grand Elder has enough Xuan Stones; we can send them over now."
The First Elder laughed and said, "Qingqu has misunderstood. I only have 2.3 million here, which is the total amount after all the other elders' savings have been exhausted. I'm still short 500,000, so I have to go back and make up the difference."
—At the auction, the price of the Hundred Treasures Pill was between 2.7 million and 2.8 million. Since they needed something from the seller, they naturally had to offer the highest price.
Wan Qingyao quickly reminded her, "Elder, have you forgotten? I just told you, King Zhong Dan is giving us a discount!"
The elder suddenly remembered and asked in surprise, "Even with a discount, is 2.3 million enough?"
Wan Qingyao held up one finger: "One million mid-grade Xuan stones."
The Grand Elder was taken aback: "...How much?"
Wan Qingyao said with a smile, "King Zhong Dan said that he would give me a huge discount because of my brother, and it would only cost one million."
The Grand Elder did not show any joy. Instead, he frowned and asked, "You agreed? I just praised Qingqu for his good character and ability to make many friends. How dare you ask King Zhong Dan to give up nearly two million in profits based on just a word of advice? This is outrageous!" He was somewhat annoyed. "My Wan family has developed to this point. Even if we desperately need to survive, we cannot compromise our family values! Otherwise, even if we can maintain stability for a while, we will soon collapse!"
In fact, because of Wan Qingqu's character and contributions to the Wan family, the First Elder had already decided not to continue to examine other young clansmen of his generation. He was even planning to mention it to the Ancestor and then designate Wan Qingqu as the key person to be cultivated in his generation.
result……
You really can't praise someone like that?
At this moment, the Grand Elder was extremely disappointed in Wan Qingqu, staring at him with an attitude that was almost reproachful.
"Qingqu, if you had possessed such a treasure back then, you could have simply gifted it to them. Now, you could accept their kindness and say 'it's only fair.' But you only offered words; how dare you—"
Wan Qingqu, as the person involved, didn't have time to explain, but Wan Qingyao was a little anxious and quickly waved her hand to explain on behalf of her brother: "Elder, you misunderstood! My brother was going to pay the full amount, but Zhong Danwang blocked him!"
The First Elder's expression was still not good. Although he waited for her to continue, his tone was still not good. He only asked, "How can King Zhongdan persuade you to accept a number of Xuan Stones that is comparable to most of the Wan family's reserves?"
Wan Qingyao answered crisply, "King Zhong Dan said that if my brother dares to give more, he will break off all ties with him!"
Grand Elder: "..."
His lips twitched, and he opened his mouth again.
And... it really got blocked.
Zhong Danwang's words sounded like a joke, but... we can't just stuff back the full amount of Xuan Stones and gamble that Zhong Danwang won't break off relations with Qingqu, can we?
The Grand Elder looked at the Wanqing Canal.
Wan Qingqu gave a wry smile. Of course, he wouldn't be so shameless; he was truly innocent.
The elder was a little embarrassed. He cleared his throat and said apologetically, "I misunderstood Qingqu."
Wan Qingqu wouldn't mind at all. Instead, he said sincerely, "I understand that the Grand Elder is worried that I will go astray."
The Grand Elder patted Wan Qingqu on the shoulder and said with a smile, "King Zhong Dan sincerely wants to repay this favor. The fact that he can joke with you like this means he already considers you a friend."
Wan Qingqu smiled and said, "It is my wish to befriend Brother Zhong and Brother Wu."
Who wouldn't want to befriend someone who remembers even this small favor? It's just that he's not strong enough right now to keep up with their progress, so it's probably difficult for him to develop a deep friendship with them... He should work harder in his cultivation in the future, so that his two friends won't laugh at him for having such an unambitious friend.
The Grand Elder nodded: "There's no reason for friends to always take advantage of each other. When we get back, I'll take you to raid the Ancestor's garden and get some rare level-six herbs to give to King Zhong Dan. Once the Ancestor has successfully extended his life, he should also get some resources and find some treasures that King Zhong Dan can use."
Wan Qingqu said, "We need to find a suitable excuse. Otherwise, given Brother Zhong's temperament, I'm afraid..." He couldn't help but feel a little helpless, "...he might say something that's hard to handle."
The elder said cheerfully, “What’s so difficult about that? We’re friends now, just write him a letter. Don’t mention anything else, just say which city you went to today, what medicinal herbs you collected to make into local specialties, and bring them to him along. Tell him which city you went to tomorrow, and what rare and precious materials you found for cultivation, and share those with your friend as well. And on another day, send him more to celebrate his birthday…”
As he spoke of this, he recalled how Qingqu Xiaozi always mentioned Zhongdan Wang's Daoist partner whenever he spoke of him. This suggested that Zhongdan Wang must be inseparable from his Daoist partner at all times. Moreover, Zhongdan Wang had remembered Qingqu Xiaozi's favor back then because of his Daoist partner, so they must have been inseparable as husband and wife, unable to leave either of them out.
So the elder added, “Write letters to both King Zhong and King Dan, and send double gifts. You can also remember both of their birthdays.” He couldn’t help but stroke his beard and laugh, “Once you’re more familiar with each other, you can inquire when they’re getting married and send them extra wedding gifts.”
Wan Qingqu was immediately inspired and flattered, "The Grand Elder is wise and extraordinary, and is brilliant and powerful."
The elder chuckled and pointed at him with his finger.
Wan Qingyao, standing to the side, also started laughing.
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Zhong Cai's figure was easy to spot; Wan Qingqu and the others quickly found him.
After much deliberation, the elder felt that it would be more sincere for him to go in person, but since King Zhong Dan was now friends with the younger generation of the Wan family, it would be better not to be so formal and let them interact as friends.
So the Grand Elder put one million mid-grade Xuan Stones into a mustard seed bag, which was then delivered by Wan Qingqu and his sister.
As for the Grand Elder himself...
He had hidden the Hundred Treasures Pill and had already gone to gather the other members of the Wan family, preparing to return to the Wan family as soon as possible to give the pill to the ancestor so that he could finally be at peace.
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Less than half an hour later, Zhong Cai saw the Wan siblings again.
Wan Qingqu smiled and handed over the mustard seed bag, jokingly saying, "I dare not give you too much; please have Brother Zhong and Brother Wu count it."
Zhong Cai raised an eyebrow and glanced at Wan Qingqu. He felt that Wan Qingqu seemed to be treating them more naturally, as if they were friends.
He was in a good mood, so he took the mustard seed bag and moved closer to Wu Shaogan. He and the two of them deliberately probed their souls into the mustard seed bag and muttered something to each other.
Wu Shao forced a smile and cooperated with Zhong Cai.
The two of them indeed scanned the area in a flash and determined the number of Xuan Stones.
Zhong Cai said with satisfaction, "That's more like it!"
Wan Qingqu said with a smile, "It is a great joy to reunite with you two. However, I have family matters to attend to, and you two also have your own affairs to attend to, so I will take my leave now. But after I have finished my family matters, I will write to you both, so please do not refuse to receive it."
Zhong Cai readily agreed, "Of course I will receive it! It's just that I might not be able to get back in time, so please don't take offense, Brother Wan."
Wan Qingqu naturally understood that it was always difficult to be distracted by cultivation and alchemy, and that a period of seclusion would take up a lot of time, which was quite common.
He joked with a smile, "I might not be able to reply in time."
Zhong Cai looked at Wu Shaogan with a grin.
Wu Shaogan took out a gold token and handed it to Wan Qingqu, saying, "With this, the message can be delivered."
Wan Qingqu nodded and accepted it, also providing a voucher of his own—so that if Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan ever visited the Wan family in the future, they could easily contact him using this voucher.
Wu Shaogan took it and carefully put it away.
The two sides quickly took their leave.
Wan Qingqu took Wan Qingyao away and went to reunite with the Wan family as soon as possible.
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After everyone left, Zhong Cai continued to work with Wu Dongxiao.
Wu Shaogan also walked behind with Xuan Bing.
Several hours later, Zhong Cai told Wu Dongxiao to go and discuss things with the other alchemists, and Xuan Bing went with Wu Dongxiao.
Zhong Cai then pulled her husband, Lao Wu, to a corner.
At this moment, Zhong Cai suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, Lao Wu, where's Master Jiang? I haven't seen him at all."
However, Zhong Cai quickly realized what was going on and tentatively asked, "Could it be that you went to solve a problem?"
Wu Shaogan smiled and nodded.
Zhong Cai remembered that incident and snorted.
Then, the two began to communicate telepathically.
The opening is a long string of ramblings by Zhong Cai.
[Isn't that the Nirvana movie where they couldn't afford to film the life-extending medicine and even took their anger out on my master? That old geezer!]
[I think I heard he's from the Thousand Silk Sect. Master Jiang said that Peng Maolin is supposedly in the mid-stage of Nirvana? He can't even create an avatar yet, and he's already so arrogant, even trying to kill my master!]
Master Jiang can definitely handle this! We just need to wait for him to come back!
Wu Shaogan nodded slightly.
[Master went with a clone of Grandmaster; this time, they will definitely be able to save Peng Maolin's life.]
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Nirvana cultivators are not easy to kill, but unless they reach the late stage of Nirvana, they only have one life.
Although Peng Maolin is a veteran Nirvana cultivator and should be very experienced, the combat power of a martial arts cultivator is not determined by their age—there are many prodigies who are invincible at the same level at a young age.
Take Wu Shaogan for example. He has always been victorious in every battle and is also good at long-distance fighting. At the same level, no one is better at fighting than him, and no one can endure as long in battle as he can.
Take Jiang Chongguang for example—he's only a little over two hundred years old. He was already considered young when he reached the Spirit Transformation Realm, and he'll be even younger when he goes straight to Nirvana. He was able to achieve unparalleled combat power at the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and even at the early stage of Nirvana, his combat power is not to be underestimated.
Moreover, Jiang Chongguang had absolutely no sense of martial ethics.
He didn't go there specifically to fight alone or find someone to spar with; he went there to kill people!
then……
His father split into two to stop them, while he himself was responsible for fighting.
It would be best if he could take down the enemy himself, but if he couldn't, then his father would have to take over.
The clone and the original body are at the same level.
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In addition, Jiang Chongguang had actually been keeping an eye on Peng Maolin.
If Peng Maolin had left earlier, Jiang Chongguang would have chased after him directly, but Peng Maolin also participated in the subsequent alchemy exchange meeting.
Although Peng Maolin was secretly staying in an inconspicuous place, seemingly patiently waiting for something, several days passed. Peng Maolin clearly wanted to go to Sang Yunchu's place, but because Sang Yunchu had invited other high-level alchemists to a secret gathering, and he was not accompanied by any of the alchemists, he could not go with them.
Peng Maolin then felt a renewed sense of malice and murderous intent, and then left.
Jiang Chongguang, who had been keeping a close eye on things, quickly followed.
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After exchanging a few words with Wu Shaogan, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan stopped dwelling on the topic.
Finally, this is how it ended—
Zhong Cai said firmly, "Master Jiang, you've worked hard."
Wu Shaogan smiled and nodded in agreement.
Zhong Cai continued, "I'll have the puppet order a big meal for Master Jiang later, to help him recover!"
Wu Shaogan nodded again and agreed, "Then let A-Cai order the dishes."
Zhong Cai patted her chest and said, "No problem!"
After the two made their plans, Zhong Cai quickly took out paper and pen and started writing on them while talking to Wu Shaogan.
After everything was settled, Zhong took out a level seven puppet and told it to go to the largest restaurant in Canglong City to prepare a level eight dish. There would be a lot of ingredients to gather, but since they had been hosting a lot of Nirvana cultivators recently, they should have already prepared everything, so there shouldn't be any problems.
The puppet obeyed and went to do as ordered.
Zhong Cai then slowly re-entered the alchemist group.
Wu Shaogan walked beside him, accompanying him as he looked around...
Suddenly, a group of people started looking for Zhong Cai.
Zhong Cai looked up and realized that these were the Pill Kings who had been researching the Rejuvenation Pill before.
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Tens of thousands of miles away, within a sea of sand.
In the endless yellow sand, two incredibly powerful warriors were engaged in battle.
Each strike possesses terrifying power, almost like a tidal wave, whipping up vast amounts of surrounding yellow sand and nearly creating a sandstorm!
The sandstorm spread wildly, whipping up yellow sand that covered the sky and almost dyed the entire sky yellow.
Even more terrifying is that the yellow sand contains extremely dense energy, constantly forming sandstorms and exploding, emitting bursts of roar!
Amidst the sandstorm, two towering shadows stood out starkly.
On the left, a tiger as huge as a mountain is attacking a thick python that is hundreds of feet long!
The python's tail thrashed and whipped wildly, striking the surrounding yellow sand and creating countless huge sand pits, which were then filled by even more sand that lashed against the python's body.
The python has already had many scales torn off.
The tiger has a brilliant golden color, which is especially dazzling in the sunlight. Its fur is like real gold, but it glistens with a sharpness and hardness that gold could never have!
Each time the tiger pounced, it tore a chunk of flesh from the giant python's body.
The giant python twisted its body rapidly, its tail flashing as it tried to coil around and strangle the tiger!
However, the giant python was always at a disadvantage.
No matter how the giant python tries to surround the tiger, it will nimbly evade it and make it impossible to catch it!
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A sharp whistling sound came, as if tearing through space, with a flashing, ripping sound—
The python's tail swept straight up, shattering a sandstorm, and hurtled straight at the tiger's face!
But the tiger is as swift as lightning, its claws striking out with incredible speed—
"Smack!"
A crisp, loud bang!
The terrifying tiger claws ripped open the python's tail!
The python's tail flew back and slammed into the yellow sand, causing blood to gush out instantly...
The moment the tiger's claws opened, the sharp tips tore at the python's tail, creating a long gash.
This isn't over yet.
The tiger charged straight ahead and quickly reached the giant python.
It was much larger than the python, and it raised its tiger claws to stomp hard on the python's head!
The giant python slithered away with incredible speed, suddenly dodging!
The tiger, however, seemed to have anticipated this, and its jaws already descended—
In an instant, a huge chunk of flesh was bitten off the back of the giant python.
The giant python let out a mournful and indignant hiss!
Its tail thrashed repeatedly, as if realizing its defeat and lack of fighting spirit, it buried its head down, trying to escape into the yellow sand.
However, the tiger then pounced.
The tiger's mouth has caught the python's tail!
Immediately, the tiger violently shook its head!
The giant python was actually dragged down by the tiger and slowly pulled out of the yellow sand!
That's terrifying force!
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Suddenly, the giant python opened its mouth to beg for mercy, and the voice that came out was that of an old man.
"Young friend Jiang, we have no grudge against each other, so why are you chasing after me? No matter how unintentionally I offended you, please show mercy! I don't have much time left, so please let me live out my last days!"
The golden tiger also emitted a sound, but it was like a thunderclap.
"If you want to kill Junior Brother Sang, then I will naturally kill you. There's no point in saying more, just prepare to die!"
Upon hearing this, the golden tiger clenched its teeth even tighter.
Blood splattered!
He bit off the python's tail!
The giant python was very cunning; it actually took this opportunity to sever its tail and escape!
However, the golden tiger reacted extremely quickly and pounced again—
The giant python still couldn't escape the tiger's jaws, and was forcibly bitten and gnawed repeatedly, constantly letting out miserable screams.
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After several hours, the giant python was finally bitten into seven or eight pieces. No matter what tricks it used, it could not escape the tiger's hunt. Only the python's head and a small part of its body remained, barely clinging to life.
The python was still hissing and begging for mercy, but the tiger ignored it.
Finally, the tiger stomped out again—
With a loud bang, the python's head was crushed into a bloody pulp!
The tiger then let out a cold snort, stretched out its body, and quickly shrank back down.
Before long, it transformed into a burly man, much taller than ordinary cultivators, and his whole body looked like a small mountain.
This is Jiang Chongguang.
At that moment, he curled his lip and said, "Pathetic."
It was a complete waste of his father's clone; it was never used at all.
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The giant python that fought against the tiger that Jiang Chongguang had transformed into was actually Peng Maolin in disguise.
The reason the two were able to change like this is because, coincidentally, their companion treasures were both rare beast souls.
Peng Maolin's is a python beast spirit, while Jiang Chongguang's has a more impressive background.
Its full name is: Sky-Splitting Golden Tiger.
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The Sky-Splitting Golden Tiger is a rare beast with the potential to reach the ninth rank. If it dies of old age, it can basically reach at least the eighth rank.
How much it can achieve depends on the abilities of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Tiger.
The Golden Tiger that Jiang Chongguang summoned was at the ninth rank, first stage in its previous life, and it gave Jiang Chongguang the aptitude of the middle level of the Heavenly Rank.
Later, Jiang Chongguang had many extraordinary encounters. Coincidentally, he unexpectedly obtained the crystal formed from the soul power scattered by the beast's soul after the fall of the Sky-Splitting Golden Tiger—referred to as "Soul Crystal".
Jiang Chongguang had the Sky-Splitting Golden Tiger directly refine the Soul Crystal.
The Golden Tiger absorbed the same type of soul crystal smoothly, which further enhanced its strength, directly reaching the third stage of the ninth rank!
This may seem like a small improvement, only two minor levels, but once you reach level nine, it becomes very difficult to advance any further, whether in terms of resources, cultivators, or anything else.
With just one Soul Crystal, Jiang Chongguang's aptitude underwent a complete transformation, reaching the lower grade of Immortal!
Jiang Chongguang's cultivation speed naturally increased even more.
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When cultivators who possess rare beast souls reach the peak of the Spirit Transformation stage, they will no longer need to have the beast soul possess their bodies and acquire certain abilities from the beast soul to fight against their opponents.
In this realm, the beast souls have already condensed into physical form. Although they can only detach from the primordial embryo and walk on their own in the later stages of Nirvana, they can already resonate with cultivators at this moment, allowing cultivators to use the power of the beast soul's physical form to transform their physical body into the form the beast soul had in life.
Therefore, Jiang Chongguang revealed the form of the eighth-level, first-stage Heaven-Splitting Golden Tiger, while Peng Maolin revealed the form of the eighth-level, second-stage Giant Python.
At the same time, the strength of this Sky-Splitting Golden Tiger is actually a combination of Jiang Chongguang and the beast soul entity. Although it cannot exert twice the power, it can still reach one and a half times the power—the same is true for the giant python.
Then……
Jiang Chongguang quickly tore Peng Maolin's python body to pieces.
The once massive and winding python was utterly helpless in the face of the Sky-Splitting Golden Tiger.
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Jiang Chongguang walked over again, wrapped his palm with his soul power, and then reached into the giant python's body, pulling out a ball of purple light.
This is Peng Maolin's Taoist temple.
The Dao Palace will take physical form when it reaches the Palace Building Realm. At this moment, the shape of a small python can be vaguely seen inside, which is the python beast soul.
Inside the Beast Soul lies Peng Maolin's primordial soul.
After that, the beast soul and the elemental soul should be destroyed together.
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