"I'm Yu Tianyang, a disciple of the Golden Lights Cave. I've long heard of Elder Zhou of the Wu's. I'm here today to learn from you!"
His voice was sonorous and powerful, with the sound of metal and stone. He was not lying and directly stated his purpose.
The whip in the Wu's groom's hand stopped in mid-air.
As the groom of the Wu's, he naturally had a good eye and knew a lot about Jianghu. Once he heard that Zhou Bao was a disciple of the Golden Lights Cave, he could not lash him anymore.
A disciple of the Golden Lights Cave?
Junior Leopard frowned slightly, so did Wu Yansheng and Lyu Yiyue. They did not expect to meet a disciple of the Golden Lights Cave in Qinlingjun City. Moreover, he was brazenly blocking their way here.
The three of them were smart people. After thinking for a while, they figured out the biggest reason.
The Mingyi School and the Golden Lights Cave had suffered such a big setback at the hands of Wang She. They had to get back at him. But how could it be so easy?
Not to mention that Wang She was already a Level Nine expert, what he had done during this period was the fuse that led to the destruction of Northern Yuan. He was also the biggest contributor.
No matter how Great Jin had evaluated Wang She's behavior before, by now, everyone had to admit that Wang She was the main reason why Great Jin was able to destroy Northern Yuan. In addition, the news that he was hunted down by the three Grandmasters of Northern Yuan and was seriously injured and carried back by Junior Leopard had spread through half of Jianghu. It was definitely unwise to find trouble with him now.
If they did not find trouble with him, they would not be able to swallow their anger. Who should they find trouble with?
Zhou Bao!
No one could figure out the relationship between Zhou Bao and Wang She. But everyone knew that they should be very close. Otherwise, Wang She would not have given Junior Leopard 19 Spiritual Stones and Junior Leopard would not have carried Wang She out of the prairie.
Since they could not find trouble with Wang She, they could find trouble with Zhou Bao to vent their anger.
This was called picking on the soft target with a stick.
"Interesting. I've been taken as a soft target!" Junior Leopard laughed in his heart. He lifted the curtain of the carriage and poked his head out. "What's there to ask? I don't accept disciples! "
"Pfft — —!" Wu Yansheng and Lyu Yiyue, who were behind him, burst into laughter.
The word "ask for advice" in this world was also a word with many meanings. However, when people in the martial arts world met each other, the so-called "ask for advice" naturally meant that they wanted to compete with you, not to learn from you.
Yu Tianyang was a handsome young man, about 17 or 18 years old. His face was pure and arrogant, and his body was like a sword. He stood ramrod straight in the middle of the road. His eyebrows were clear, revealing an aloof and refined temperament. At first glance, Junior Leopard seemed to see a second Lu Shaoyou. In fact, compared to Lu Shaoyou, Yu Tianyang's temperament was even sharper.
"Level Four cultivation?"
Of course, Junior Leopard had no interest in other people's temperament. He was only interested in Yu Tianyang's cultivation, which was only at Level Four.
A Level Four cultivator dared to challenge him?
After all, he could kill a Level Seven expert and a Level Eight expert. In today's martial arts world, even an ordinary Level Seven expert wouldn't dare to say that he could win easily, let alone a Level Four expert.
However, it was precisely because he had seen Yu Tianyang's cultivation that Junior Leopard became even more cautious. A Level Four cultivator dared to challenge him, so he must have something up his sleeve!
"Yu Tianyang, disciple of the Golden Lights Cave, greets Elder Zhou!"
Yu Tianyang turned a deaf ear to Junior Leopard's words, as if Junior Leopard had just let out a fart. He only saluted Junior Leopard with cupped fists. Then, Junior Leopard's heart skipped a beat. An incomparably sharp Qi Power emanated from Yu Tianyang's body.
For a moment, Junior Leopard even suspected that the person standing in front of him was not a person, but a sword, an unsheathed long sword.
A sense of danger rose from the bottom of Junior Leopard's heart. He could not help but raise his spirits. He slowly stepped out of the carriage and faced Yu Tianyang.
He smiled faintly. "It seems that you're not here to ask me to be your teacher?"
"Don't play dumb, Chief!" Yu Tianyang sneered. "You know very well why I'm here!"
"That's true!" Junior Leopard curled his lips, discarding the last bit of goodwill he had for this humorless fellow.
"Since you want to learn from me so badly, then let's do it!" he said in a seemingly casual manner.
Yu Tianyang raised his eyebrows slightly. "Then, excuse me!"
With a lift of his fingertip, a white streamer shot towards Junior Leopard's face. It was so fast that Junior Leopard could not react in time.
"My God, what is this?!"
Junior Leopard let out a strange cry, shrank his head, and dodged the white light in an extremely embarrassing manner. However, before he came to his senses, a threatening chill and a sharp Sword Qi came from behind.
"Damn it, it's a Flying Sword!"
This time, Junior Leopard finally knew what his opponent was using.
He spread his arms and shot up into the air like an arrow. He regretted not bringing the big iron hammer with him.
A Flying Sword!
This was a very unfamiliar name to the people in the martial arts world. Perhaps they had heard of it, but even if they had, they would not care about it.
This was because it was a very distant term. If Junior Leopard had not heard Wang She talk about ancient times, he would not have thought that Yu Tianyang had refined a Flying Sword.
In the early period of the Middle Ages, sword cultivators once dominated the world. This was because, at that time, the natural treasures of the Antiquity Age had disappeared, and the rich Qi of Heaven and Earth had also dissipated. Some cultivators had to give up the Antiquity Age's Cultivation Method for the sake of cultivation. They began to take a different path and looked for another way of cultivation. Therefore, various celestial devices appeared.
Compared to the Magic Treasures of the Antiquity Era, the Magic Weapons of the Medieval Era usually had to be refined and fused with the Divine Sense before they could be used. Moreover, the power of the Magic Weapons of the Antiquity Era could not be mentioned in the same breath as the crazy Magic Weapons of the Antiquity Era.
The Flying Sword was the most famous celestial device.
In the early period of the Middle Ages, all kinds of sects focused on sword cultivation, supplemented by other celestial devices. All of their cultivation was focused on a sword. This was because the flying sword was extremely powerful and fast. However, as time went by, the same problems as the celestial devices and spells of the Middle Ages appeared.
The mineral veins that could be used to make Flying Swords were gone.
It was said that when sword practice was at its peak, the sky was filled with Flying Swords. Any practitioner whose cultivation reached Level Four could fly on a sword. The biggest schools of sword practice, such as Mount Shu and Emei, had tens of thousands of disciples. Each disciple had a Flying Sword. Over time, the resources were exhausted. What was worse was that these Flying Swords were refined by people. Even if the owner of the Flying Sword died, the brand left on the Flying Sword would take a lot of effort to get rid of. Therefore, the use of the Flying Swords decreased. In the following tens of thousands of years, sword practice declined. With the decline of sword practice, all kinds of sword skills were scattered. Later, some people occasionally obtained a Flying Sword and sword skills, but they only used them as ordinary auxiliary celestial devices. They were no longer like the sword practice in the medieval period, who regarded them as their lives and entrusted all their cultivation to them.
Celestial devices ushered in a peak of prosperity. For the current practitioners and people in the martial arts world, many powerful celestial devices in the medieval period were called magic weapons.
Let alone humans, no matter how high or low your cultivation was, whether you were a grandmaster or a beggar, you were all the same. Celestial devices were actually the same as Flying Swords. They needed all kinds of materials and the essence of the world to be refined. When sword practice was at its peak for a period of time, all the materials used to forge Flying Swords were used up. Later, celestial devices flourished for tens of thousands of years, but all the materials used to forge celestial devices were used up. In the end, they had no choice but to play with themselves. Why?
To refine their bodies, of course!
In this era, not to mention Flying Swords, even the most common celestial devices in the medieval period had become popular, let alone the Flying Sword.
The above was a digression!
After all, celestial devices were few and far between in this era, let alone Flying Swords.
It was unexpected that Yu Feiyang had a Flying Sword. No, it should be said that he was a sword practitioner!
A sword practitioner!
From the medieval period to the present, it was a very strange word.
But there was no doubt that the decline of sword practitioners was not because they were not strong enough, but because they had no swords.
No one could deny the strength of sword practitioners. For practitioners who put their whole life's cultivation and faith in the sword, as long as they had a good sword, they could create a miracle.
The most praiseworthy thing about sword practitioners was that they could challenge people of higher levels. If a Level Three sword practitioner had a good sword and a good set of sword skills, he could even challenge people of several levels. In the medieval period, there were often disciples of some super sects who took a few peerless swords and slashed around. Some Elders whose cultivation had reached the Mysterious Realm from small and medium sects had nowhere to hide. This was because the attacking power of the Flying Sword was extremely strong. No matter how strong one's body was, it was only strengthening one's body. It could not withstand the killing power of the Flying Sword.
This was also Yu Tianyang's biggest reliance.
Junior Leopard could kill an expert of Level Seven or Eight with a cultivation of Level Four. He could also kill Junior Leopard with a cultivation of Level Four. He relied on the Flying Sword in his hand and his confidence.
"The Golden Lights Cave has cultivated a sword practitioner!" Junior Leopard groaned inwardly. The terrifying thing about the Flying Sword was that it was one with the sword practitioner's divine thoughts. Wherever the sword practitioner's will went, the sword would go.
Even though Junior Leopard's body movement was extremely fast, he was still grazed by the sword light twice. Suddenly, the sharp Sword Qi entered his body and began to attack his tendons and meridians.
"Go!" At this moment, Junior Leopard didn't dare to hide anything. He waved his sleeves and 49 Demon Devil Needles were released. 49 thin black lights fiercely met the white sword light.
"Ding, ding, ding, ding —!"
A crisp sound rang out. The Demon Devil Needles and the sword light collided. The white sword light slowed down for a moment. Junior Leopard took the opportunity to leap up and pounce on Yu Tianyang.
Yu Tianyang let out a clear whistle. With a shake of his white sword light, he instantly broke through the blockade of the Demon Devil Needles and rushed toward Junior Leopard's back. His speed was several times faster than Junior Leopard's Body Movements. The sharp Sword Qi rushed to Junior Leopard's back before the sword light, forcing him to dodge again in disarray.
"I don't believe it!" Junior Leopard shouted. He waved his hands and the Demon Devil Needles danced with his movements. In essence, the Flying Sword and Junior Leopard's Demon Devil Needles were both celestial devices. Junior Leopard now used the Demon Devil Needles like a Flying Sword. With a turn of his divine thoughts, he separated three Demon Devil Needles into three vital parts of Yu Tianyang's body. The remaining 46 needles continued to circle the white sword light.
"Hmph, since you want to compete with me in celestial devices, I'll fight you to the end!" Junior Leopard laughed coldly in his heart.
Seeing the three Demon Devil Needles rushing toward him, Yu Tianyang's expression finally changed. He used his body movement and retreated.
"Retreat? Let's see how far you can retreat!" Junior Leopard laughed heartily. As he dodged the white sword light, he continued to let the Demon Devil Needles tangle with the sword light. At the same time, he continued to control the three needles to chase after Yu Tianyang.
The scene was comical. The two of them were controlling their celestial devices but not fighting. Junior Leopard's powerful cultivation was useless. Such a scene hadn't been seen in many years.
After all, there weren't many rich people who owned two celestial devices these days!
After dodging a few times, Yu Tianyang found that the three Demon Devil Needles were following him like maggots attached to his bones. Finally, Yu Tianyang became impatient. He waved his hand and let out a shrill roar. The white sword light that was fighting with the other Demon Devil Needles suddenly split into two and arrived at his side, knocking away the three Demon Devil Needles.
"Splitting Sword Light?" Junior Leopard's eyes widened. He couldn't tell that this kid, who was so young and didn't have a high cultivation, had such attainments with the Flying Sword.
What happened next shocked Junior Leopard even more. The split sword light blocked the three Demon Devil Needles. Yu Tianyang whistled again. The sword light that was entangled with the other 46 Demon Devil Needles turned into countless white sword silks. The number of sword silks was even greater than his Demon Devil Needles.
"Ding, ding, ding, ding!"
After a series of clear sounds, Junior Leopard's Demon Devil Needles were knocked away. The sword silks separated and came together, forming a large net that flew toward Junior Leopard.
"What kind of freak are you?!"
Feeling the sharp Sword Qi, Junior Leopard almost threw out the Poison Cold Shield and waved his hands.
His hands danced in the air.
"Damn it, no wonder this guy has the guts to find trouble with me. His swordsmanship has reached such a high level!" Junior Leopard cursed in his heart. He didn't dare to hide anymore. With a wave of his hands, the Demon Devil Needles that had been knocked away by the Sword Qi gathered around him. They weren't used for offense or defense. Instead, they formed a strange formation according to their respective positions.
Demon Devil Formation!
This was the first time Junior Leopard had used the Demon Devil Formation against someone after he had cultivated it. He hadn't even used it against the Level Eight Buyan Gerel that day.
Once the formation was formed, the Demon Devil Qi on the 49 Demon Devil Needles connected together. The temperature within a 100-foot radius around Junior Leopard suddenly dropped.
The chilly Demon Devil Qi surrounded Junior Leopard like fog, forming a black barrier. As soon as the net-like sword silks came into contact with the black barrier, the sword light immediately dimmed.
Junior Leopard shouted in a low voice. The range of the Demon Devil Formation suddenly expanded, enveloping all the sword light within it.
The white sword light was like a swimming dragon, rampaging through the formation. But no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't get away from the Demon Devil Needles.
The Demon Devil Needles formed into a formation were more than a hundred times more powerful than when they were used individually. At this time, the 49 black needles were linked together, and all of their power was linked together. Touching one was equivalent to touching 49 needles, and there was also the Baleful Yin Qi that was stimulated by this formation.
Yu Tianyang was a genius in swordsmanship. With his cultivation at Level Four, he was able to display two high-level sword cultivator moves, the Division of Sword Light and Sword Qi Threads. But no matter how high-level they were, he was only able to use them with his cultivation at Level Four. He wasn't like Junior Leopard, who had two External Elixirs. Using such high-level sword skills would consume a considerable amount of Internal Qi.
Moreover, the Flying Sword needed divine thoughts to control. Once the Demon Devil Formation was formed, it began to faintly isolate Yu Tianyang's divine thoughts. After a few collisions with the Demon Devil Needles, the Flying Sword lost control and began to run amok within the formation.
Yu Tianyang knew the situation was bad. His expression changed abruptly, and he pounced on Junior Leopard.
At this moment, Junior Leopard was surrounded by a layer of black Demon Qi. If he recklessly rushed into the black fog, it would be no different from walking into a trap. How could the Demon Devil Formation be so easy to break through?
He was confident that once he rushed into the formation, he would be able to control the Flying Sword again.
One Sword to Break All Techniques, All Techniques to One Sword!
This was the state that all sword cultivators pursued for their entire lives!
However, this state was what they pursued, and it was also what Yu Tianyang pursued. He was far from reaching this level. Even if he could control the Flying Sword again, he wouldn't be able to break through the Demon Devil Formation that Junior Leopard had set up. Moreover, even if he entered the formation, he still wouldn't be able to connect his divine thoughts with the Flying Sword.
Junior Leopard wouldn't be so foolish as to let him keep trying.
As soon as Yu Tianyang rushed into the formation, he felt as if he had gone from a sunny day to a world of ice and snow. He couldn't help but shiver. When he looked at the formation again, he saw that his sword light had been blocked by several Demon Devil Needles and had returned to its original form. His divine thoughts seemed to have been frozen in the formation, unable to penetrate it no matter how hard he tried. Knowing that this was bad, he tried to escape. Junior Leopard naturally wouldn't let him go so easily.
Raising his fingers slightly, two Demon Devil Needles pierced through his thighs. Although they didn't pierce his bones or main arteries, the Demon Devil Force contained in the needles froze all the tendons and meridians in his legs in an instant. If Junior Leopard hadn't been merciful, his legs would have been crippled.
"Since you're a disciple of the Golden Lights Cave, I'll let you go this time!"
Junior Leopard stretched out his five fingers and caught the Flying Sword in his hand.
It looked simple, but he had actually used the Nine Changes of Heavenly Birds' Claw Force to envelop the entire Flying Sword and prevent Yu Tianyang's divine thoughts from controlling it.
The Nine Changes of Heavenly Birds was a cultivation method passed down from antiquity times. It was mysterious and contained a way to deal with celestial devices controlled by divine thoughts like the Flying Sword.
After grabbing the Flying Sword, Junior Leopard rolled up his sleeves and put the 49 Demon Devil Needles back into his sleeves. He then landed on the ground.
Yu Tianyang fell to the ground, but he was still conscious. When he saw that Junior Leopard had removed the formation, his eyes flashed and he tried to regain control of the Flying Sword. Unfortunately, his divine thoughts were like a clay ox in the sea, never to return.
"Humph, now that the Flying Sword is in my hands, do you still think you can control it?" Junior Leopard laughed coldly and casually threw the Flying Sword in front of Yu Tianyang. "I don't covet your Flying Sword, but I'm warning you, this is the first and last time. If the disciples of the Golden Lights Cave provoke me again, they won't be as lucky as you!"
Having said that, he boarded the Wu Residence's carriage and lowered the curtain. The Wu's coachman's face was full of joy. He looked at Yu Tianyang provocatively and waved his whip.
"Damn it!"
With a shout, the Wu's carriage moved forward. It entered the Wu Residence and did not stop for a moment.
Only Yu Tianyang was left, his face full of anger and helplessness. His eyes flashed with unparalleled fury.
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"Junior Leopard, you were a little reckless this time. Yu Tianyang is a disciple of the Golden Lights Cave and a sword practitioner. You've crippled his legs. I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to the master of the Golden Lights Cave, will it?"
Inside the carriage, Lyu Yiyue said worriedly.
The master of the Golden Lights Cave was a Level Nine expert. Moreover, looking at what happened today, it was very likely that he was a sword practitioner who had disappeared from this world for many years. Since Yu Tianyang could control the Flying Sword, it meant that he must be his favorite disciple. Now that he was crippled by Junior Leopard, the master of the Golden Lights Cave would not let it go.
"Don't worry, First Elder. I know what I'm doing. With his injuries, he'll have to lie in bed for at least a year and a half. His legs won't be crippled!" Junior Leopard said with a smile.
"That's good!" Lyu Yiyue nodded as if he was relieved. "By the way, what you used just now was the celestial device that caused a stir in Jianghu, wasn't it?"
"I got these Demon Devil Needles from a bandit!" Junior Leopard didn't hide it. He shook his sleeves and released 49 Demon Devil Needles. They floated in front of Wu Yansheng and Lyu Yiyue.
The 49 black needles were shining with a strange black light. Lyu Yiyue and Wu Yansheng couldn't help breathing faster. If it weren't for their good self-control and the one sitting opposite them was Junior Leopard, who they couldn't suppress, they might have snatched the needles by now.
Junior Leopard smiled. He didn't care about their reactions at all. His fingers moved slightly and the 49 Demon Devil Needles were taken back. "These things helped me a lot. If it weren't for them, I would have died in the hands of that damn Buyan Gerel!"
Only then did the two of them react. They both took a deep breath and squeezed out a smile.
"Yes, you're really lucky!" Wu Yansheng said. He didn't ask in detail which bandit Junior Leopard had gotten the Demon Devil Needles from. Instead, he directly avoided the topic. "Junior Leopard, you're now an Elder of the Wu Family. We've arranged a separate yard for you. It's just next to your master's yard. You can go and have a look. If there's anything you're not satisfied with, just tell me!"
"Family Head, you must be joking. I'll definitely be satisfied with your arrangements!" Junior Leopard said. His thoughts had already jumped to other things.
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