Hearing the old boss's worried words, Du Qian laughed awkwardly and said, "Forget it. The master is just cheating and deceiving people honestly. Why do you have to send me to torture him..."
"You still know?!"
The old boss glared at Du Qian.
Du Qian smiled and said a few words to comfort the old boss, then hurried back to his carriage.
This carriage is said to be his, but in fact it stores all the props for the magic trick 'Rope to Heaven'.
As Du Qian was the only person in the troupe who had learned how to use the rope, it was natural for him to ride in the same car with the troupe and have to take care of himself at all times.
After all, before the system is started, the reliability of these props is related to his personal safety.
But now it is unnecessary, as he has become a master at the peak of his acquired powers. With the help of the system's magical powers, even dealing with a grandmaster is no problem at all.
Speaking of this, we have to mention the various power systems in this world.
Due to the background of the world, the power in this world is complex, and humans, gods, immortals, and demons are divided into different categories.
Almost every power system with an Eastern background can be effective here, and the upper limits are quite high.
Like the Xingyi Five Elements Boxing master who appeared in the movie and the two swordsmen that Du Qian met, they are warriors who use martial arts to prove their truth.
Warriors are divided into four realms: acquired, innate, grandmaster, and martial immortal who is comparable to true immortals and demons.
This is because the development of martial arts is entirely driven by the human race itself, so the division of realms is too rough and a complete system has not yet been formed.
The gap in strength between each realm is extremely large, with the Grandmaster realm being the largest. The gap in strength between those Grandmasters who have found their own path in martial arts and the martial artists who have just entered the Grandmaster realm is comparable to the four or five realms of the Immortal Realm next door.
In comparison, the cultivation systems of immortals, demons, monsters and Buddhas are much more complete, and the division of realms is more reasonable.
Like the Mr. Kongxu who flies a sword in the movie, he is a true immortal, and a sword immortal with extremely strong combat power among the true immortals.
Because of this, he became the world's number one exorcist and was even able to fight the Great Sage Sun Wukong, who had released the sea of demons.
Of course, this is just the division of the world of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".
In Lin Zhongtian's eyes, the true immortal-level combat power in this world is indeed a bit lame.
Only if we change to other high-energy worlds, like the huge projection of the Buddha in the sky at the end of the movie, can it be considered as a true immortal-level combat power.
Back to the topic, after returning to the carriage, Du Qian immediately took out the map and took a closer look. He found that there was a village next to Coast City called Yulong Village.
Du Qian repeated the name a few times, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
"Isn't this the village at the beginning of the story?"
"Has the emperor's protagonist halo begun to take effect?"
While Du Qian was muttering to himself, he did not forget to brag about himself so that the effect of [Self-Admiration] would take effect.
Soon, the troupe's convoy set off and began to head towards the next tour destination, Hai'an City.
On the other side, at the burial place of the young innate swordsman, three tall figures appeared there.
One of them had a gloomy expression on his face. He raised his hand, drew the sword from his waist, and swung it forward.
In an instant, a wide phantom of the Styx appeared out of thin air, as if the real Styx appeared in the world, rolling up the earth and lifting up all the ground within a radius of 100 meters.
Naturally, the charred body of the swordsman that Du Qian had kindly buried in the ground appeared before everyone.
Looking at the naked, charred corpse, the three swordsmen's expressions became even uglier.
The youngest man among them stepped forward to check and couldn't help but gasp.
"hiss……"
"Who could be so cruel as to burn Yuan to death with ordinary fire?"
The swordsman who had attacked earlier was slightly startled, frowned and asked: "Frequent fire?"
The young swordsman nodded solemnly: "Yes, it is ordinary fire!"
"I checked Yuan's internal organs and found signs of the fire being extinguished and then burned again."
“And the flames that can be extinguished by the innate true essence are definitely ordinary fires. The spiritual fires of those immortal cultivators would not be so tragic.”
At this point, the young swordsman gnashed his teeth and said, "Damn it, Yuan must have gone through a lot of pain before he died!"
"Uncle Xu, we must avenge Yuan!"
Uncle Xu's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said in a cold tone: "Revenge must be taken, but it cannot be done by force."
"That man took the jade pendant from Yuan. He was either extremely stupid and didn't know what the jade pendant was, or he did it on purpose to lure us to chase him so that he could set a trap and gain the upper hand."
The young swordsman frowned and asked, "Then what should we do?"
Uncle Xu hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's catch up and see what's going on!"
As he spoke, Uncle Master Xu's entire body glowed with black light, and a sword intent as thick as the River Styx emanated from his body, transforming into sword light that enveloped the three people and flew away in the direction of the opera troupe's motorcade.
The sword's power penetrated his body, illuminating the heaven and earth. He was clearly a martial arts master who had walked his own path in martial arts!
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Seven days later, the troupe had entered Hai'an City.
Three swordsmen from the Styx Sword Sect followed behind him and appeared beside the road outside the city gate.
Looking at the convoy where Du Qian and the others were, the young swordsman whispered, "Uncle Master, they are entering the city."
Uncle Xu frowned and said casually, "I know."
The young swordsman was quite puzzled and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Master, we found this group of people five days ago. Although we don't know who the murderer is among them, we in the Styx Sword Sect don't care about the rules of the righteous. We should just kill them all!"
"…Why do you keep telling us not to take action?"
"What do you know!" Uncle Xu glared at him unhappily, then looked at the city gate in front of him and said in a serious tone, "There is a peerless master hidden in this troupe!"
"A peerless master?"
The two young swordsmen looked at each other.
Uncle Master Xu nodded solemnly and said in a serious tone: "This person's cultivation is extremely deep, almost to the point of returning to nature. No matter how I secretly investigate, I can only see the strength of the middle stage of the innate realm."
"But I can be sure that he is definitely not an innate warrior!"
"At the beginning, he was sitting cross-legged on a bluestone beside a waterfall, muttering to himself that he was the reincarnation of an immortal and had the potential to become an emperor. He also said that he would trample the Jade Emperor and Buddha under his feet in the future."
"I thought he was dreaming and couldn't help laughing out loud."
"In the end, he just sat there calmly and asked me to come out and meet him."
"How could I, a martial arts master, be afraid of him? I immediately showed up and wanted to kill him easily."
"result……"
At this point, Master Xu paused, and then said with an extremely complicated expression: "The young man just glanced at me, and that glance made my sword heart tremble violently, as if a sword intent appeared out of thin air and pressed against my back."
"The most terrifying thing is that the sword intent is exactly the Styx Sword Intent of my Styx Sword Sect!"
"What does this mean?"
"It means he saw through my true colors with just one glance!"
At this point, Uncle Xu's hand holding the sword was shaking a little.
He whispered: "What a terrible and vicious vision this is!"
"I dare to conclude that this person is definitely a peerless master hidden in the troupe. Either he is a reincarnation of an immortal, as he said, or he is an old monster who plays with the world and is practicing some weird skills..."
"Is... is that so?" The two young swordsmen looked at each other, both somewhat doubtful.
One of them asked curiously, "Uncle Master, you haven't finished yet, what happened next?"
Uncle Xu's face darkened: "Why are you asking? Is this important?"
The man was slightly startled, and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Wait, you are not scared away?"
Before he could finish, the young swordsman beside him quickly pressed his mute point and changed the subject, "Uncle Master, I think there is another possibility."
"After all, the Iron Book Sword Technique on Yuan's body has also disappeared."
"Is it possible that he picked up the Iron Book and then practiced the Styx Sword Art, and only then did he possess the Styx Sword Intent?"
"How is this possible!" Uncle Xu decisively denied, "You are all geniuses of the younger generation of our Styx Sword Sect. Don't you know how obscure and difficult to understand our Styx Sword Art?"
"Even if he really has amazing comprehension, it is impossible for him to cultivate the sword spirit in just two days!"
"If that's the case, then what's the difference between him and the reincarnation of the immortal I guessed?"
Hearing Uncle Xu's reasonable words, the two young swordsmen couldn't help but nod in agreement.
The young man who had not been mute-pressed whispered, "Uncle Master, what should we do now?"
"Is Yuan's revenge over?"
"How can I just let it go like this!" Uncle Xu's face was cold, "Although I don't know why he let me go, but I, Xu Fengchao, have never suffered such humiliation in my life!"
"If I can't kill him, my sword heart will be flawed, and my future practice will be hindered."
"So, even if there is no revenge against Yuan, for the sake of the Tao, I will never let him go!"
"Don't worry, I have already called the people, the sect master and the elders will be here soon."
"As for now, I see that this Coast City has a large population. The three of us can set up the Styx Formation, sacrifice all the mortals in this city, summon the surging Styx, and drown these people in the river!"
The young swordsman's eyes lit up: "Good idea!"
Master Xu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go into the city!"
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On the other side, the troupe found an inn to stay.
The one who invited them to Hai'an City was the Duan family, a wealthy family in the city. Their old man was about to celebrate his 80th birthday, so they invited the troupe to perform magic tricks for the people of the city.
However, the birthday celebration will not start until half a month later.
They changed their plans and arrived earlier, so they would stay in Hai'an City for a longer period of time.
As a big city on the sea, the inns in Hai'an City are naturally not cheap. The old owner was reluctant to pay for it himself, so after putting down his luggage, he immediately took Uncle Zhang to visit Duan's house, hoping to ask the rich man for reimbursement.
Du Qian stayed in the inn, asked the waiter for hot water, took a careful bath, and worshipped the system god devoutly. Then he sat on the edge of the bed in the inn room and called up the system panel with anticipation.
A few days ago at that waterfall, he met a kind man dressed in black.
The man heard his mumbling and couldn't help laughing out loud.
Du Qian was frightened at the time, but he was thick-skinned and didn't care about his dark history being seen by others. Instead, he took advantage of the situation and pretended to be a master and tricked the man out.
I didn’t expect that idiot would actually dare to show up.
Du Qian naturally wouldn't be polite. He immediately took off the black cloth and looked at the idiot.
Then... the system prompted him that he had broken the Dao heart of a martial arts master and rewarded him with two chances to draw a lottery.
At that time, he washed his hands and face and drew it once, but the result was a blue magical power that looked useless.
Du Qian felt that he didn't have enough luck and had to save it up, so he left it for one chance to draw a lottery.
Now, I have accumulated good luck for five days. After taking a bath and praying to the gods devoutly, I should be able to draw something good, right?
With this in mind, Du Qian said expectantly: "System, I want to draw a prize!"