"Teacher, you're back!"
Seeing Xu Yong, Junior Leopard couldn't help but cry out in surprise.
He hadn't seen Xu Yong for a long time since the last time they parted. He was still a little worried about Xu Yong going to the Li Family in Pingzhou with the Elders of the other smelting families, even though there shouldn't be any problem in terms of safety. Now that he saw Xu Yong back, his worry was naturally gone, replaced by a layer of joy.
"Hehe, you're back!" Seeing Junior Leopard's happy expression, Xu Yong was also greatly relieved. Although he had been in the Li Family in Pingzhou these days, he had heard about what his disciple had done in Jianghu. As long as he thought that this guy had such achievements at such a young age, he, as a teacher, was naturally very happy. After all, he only had one disciple, and there was no outstanding person in the Xu Family in this generation. It was fine when he was alive, but in the future, when he was 100 years old, the Xu Family would probably have to rely on his proud disciple to take care of it!
"Teacher, is everything okay in the Li Family?"
"No, how could it be? I didn't expect you to have a good relationship with the young master of the Li Family. In a group of people, I have the best treatment. Speaking of which, I have benefited from you!"
"Li Xiu?" Junior Leopard couldn't help laughing when he thought of the Emerald Pearl Sword that Li Xiu gave to him. "He is a good person, but he is too arrogant!"
"If he didn't tell me, I wouldn't know that your original pair of hammers had been destroyed!"
"Hehe, I have another one now, don't I?" Junior Leopard said with a smile, pointing to the rather oppressive black hammer in front of the house.
"Well, not bad!" Xu Yong walked to the front of the black hammer and looked it up and down. He raised his hand and lifted the hammer. Although the hammer weighed about 1,000 kilograms, Xu Yong was, after all, a Level Five expert. It didn't take too much strength to lift the hammer. However, if he were to wield it, he would probably have to spend a lot of effort.
"Good hammer, good strength!" He lifted the hammer and looked at it carefully. "It seems that those old guys have done their best for your hammer. They have also spent a lot of good materials!"
"Yes, this hammer is not easy to forge!" Junior Leopard said with a smile.
"Take a look at what I've brought for you first!" Xu Yong said as he clapped his hands. Then, he saw four strong men outside the door carrying a huge iron hammer into the courtyard, "Huff Chi".
"I used the Extraterrestrial Meteoric Iron from the Li Family and asked a few old guys from the Jian Family for help to make it. See if it fits?"
Junior Leopard took a light breath. He raised his hand and lifted the big iron hammer that was being carried by the four strong men.
"Hmm, not bad, about one thousand jin, just right for me!" As he spoke, he took the other hammer from Xu Yong's hand. The two hammers were about the same size and weight, but the feeling of one in his hand was completely different from the feeling of holding two hammers.
This was a very strange sense of balance. Under this strange sense of balance, Junior Leopard seemed to have understood something. He waved his hands and immediately, a strong wind blew in the courtyard.
"Junior Leopard, don't mess around. This is the Wu Residence. If you wave the hammer, you will at least smash a small part of the residence!" Seeing Junior Leopard's happy expression, Xu Yong hurriedly stopped him.
Junior Leopard smiled and put down the two hammers. He asked in confusion, "Teacher, the Extraterrestrial Meteoric Iron was obtained by the Li Family after much difficulty. Why did they give it to you to help me forge hammers?"
"This is something they can't use!" Xu Yong laughed. "This piece of Meteoric Iron is a piece of whole. Although it's not big, it weighs two thousand jin. It's hard to separate it and it can't be forged. Look at the shape, isn't it ugly? There's nothing we can do about it. I and a few old guys from the Jian Family spent a lot of effort to put a hammer handle on it. The Li Family has no use for it, so they decided to give it to you as a favor. Junior Leopard, this is a favor from the Li Family. You have to return it in the future!"
"I got it!" Junior Leopard said, waving the two hammers lightly. He felt a little pity in his heart. "This thing has great strength and power. With two hammers in hand, even if I encounter a Flying Sword, it can't break my defense. But it's too big. I can't carry it with me. Damn it, if only I had a Space Equipment!"
Depressed, Junior Leopard thought of the novels he had read in his previous life. Thinking about it, those transmigrators, no matter if they were Tom, Dick, or Harry, as long as they transmigrated, they could easily get one or two Space Rings or something. If they didn't have a Space Ring, they could easily get a magic weapon pouch. Why was it that when it was his turn, there was still no trace of it after so many years?
Obviously, Xu Yong also saw Junior Leopard's confusion. He patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Junior Leopard, you should be content. Although these two hammers can't be changed, as long as you hold them in your hands and wield them, I believe that even if you meet a Level Eight expert next time, you won't lose to them in strength!"
"It's not just strength!" Junior Leopard sighed in his heart. "If I had these two hammers in my hands when I met Granny Long, I wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. I could directly smash her to death with the hammers. And it wouldn't be so dangerous when I met Buyan Gerel!" With this pair of iron hammers, even if Buyan Gerel had reached the level where his Internal Qi was as hard as steel, he could still break the steel!
In the final analysis, whether it was a Level Seven expert or a Level Eight expert, they mainly won in two aspects. One was the strength of the body, the other was the degree of condensation of the Internal Qi, and the other was the protective Gang Qi.
But no matter the strength of the body, the degree of condensation of the Internal Qi, or the Gang Qi, they all had a limit. When the cultivation reached Level Seven and above, the body was as hard as steel, the Internal Qi was as hard as steel, and the Gang Qi was both hard and soft. It was a combination of attack and defense. But what if the power of the attack broke through their limit?
Just like now, Junior Leopard was holding two iron hammers weighing one kilogram. He swung them with his Internal Force and added the mental cultivation method of the Extraordinary Strength Fist. When the hammers came down, no matter what the opponent's body was as hard as steel, the Internal Qi was as hard as steel, and the Gang Qi was both hard and soft. It was a combination of attack and defense.
That was the suppression of absolute power!
Why was the sword practitioner called the group with the most powerful attack power?
It was because they had the absolute power to suppress their opponents. Perhaps they were not like Junior Leopard, who could wave two 2000-kilogram iron hammers like the Dancing Lantern Grass, but the Sword Qi they had cultivated could produce a powerful destructive force in a very small area. It was enough to seriously injure the practitioners whose ranks were far above them.
Moreover, if they had a good Flying Sword in their hands, the lethality would be even greater.
"Well, don't show off here!" Seeing Junior Leopard's happy and thoughtful expression, Xu Yong walked up to him and patted him. "Put away the hammers. Don't you feel tired holding them all the time?"
"Oh, yes!" Junior Leopard smiled and put the two hammers together. With a loud "dong", he threw them directly in front of the door and deep into the mud.
These two hammers were so heavy that he was not worried that they would be stolen.
When they entered the house, a servant came in to make tea.
"How is it? Are you used to living here?"
After entering the house, Xu Yong looked up and down at Junior Leopard's house and asked with a smile.
"It's okay. The Family Head and First Elder have put in a lot of effort!"
Junior Leopard said. Indeed, this yard was connected to Xu Yong's yard and was similar in size. However, although Junior Leopard's strength and reputation had far surpassed Xu Yong's and they were both Elders in the Wu Family, he was still Xu Yong's disciple after all. They were master and disciple. No matter what, his treatment could not be better than Xu Yong's. However, Xu Yong was a person who did not put on airs among the Elders of the Wu Family. He did not have too many requirements for his own treatment. In this way, it was somewhat difficult for them.
Now Junior Leopard's yard and several rooms were similar to Xu Yong's, just a little more elegant. It was in line with Junior Leopard's taste, which made him very satisfied.
"Of course they have put in a lot of effort. In the past 500 years, the Wu Family has only one disciple like you!" Xu Yong drank a mouthful of tea and said with a little pride.
"Teacher, you flatter me!"
"I'm not flattering you. What I said is the truth. Not only in the Wu Family, but even in the Great Jin, there are very few young people like you in the history. However, you are really too young. It is not necessarily a good thing to be successful and famous at such a young age!"
Junior Leopard nodded and said, "Teacher, you are right. However, I am not considered to be successful and famous. I am just lucky to have some reputation!"
"It would be great if everyone was as lucky as you!" Xu Yong said, "I was worried that you were too fast and would arouse some people's jealousy. Now it seems that I was worried for nothing. Because your current achievements have already made those who are jealous of you unable to catch up with you for a lifetime. Therefore, their jealousy has turned into awe!"
"Then, let them spend their lives in awe!" Junior Leopard picked up the teacup and took a sip. His tone was full of confidence.
"What's your next plan? Are you going to be an Outer Core Elder in the Wu Family? Or do you have other plans? I heard that you have a small business outside! "
"No matter how big the business is, it can't compare to the annual income of a refined iron mine!" Junior Leopard smiled and said, "My business outside is mainly used to settle down my family. You also know that I have a big family!"
"That's true. However, you don't have to worry too much. Jianghu has its own rules. Grudges in Jianghu have nothing to do with family. This is an iron law that has been passed down for thousands of years. No idiot dares to break it!"
"That's not necessarily true. Didn't Xue Wuya exterminate the He Family of Yangzhou?"
"It's not the same. Xue Wuya exterminated the He Family of Yangzhou not because of grudges in Jianghu. Moreover, the He Family of Yangzhou had no one who could threaten him. You are different. You have great strength and the ability to take revenge. So …!"
"So this so-called iron law is actually supported by each person's strength, right?" Junior Leopard laughed and said.
"That's right. In this world, all interests must be supported by strength. You have been in Jianghu for so long. You should be very clear about this!" Xu Yong nodded and said, "Alright, I won't disturb you anymore. I've just come back and I'm really tired. I'm going back to rest. You should also take a good rest. Stay in the mansion for a few more days and communicate with your brothers!"
"I understand!" Junior Leopard nodded and saw Xu Yong out of the yard.
In the following days, he really did as Xu Yong said. He ate, drank, and chatted with a few familiar disciples of the Wu Family, such as Jin Nanqing and the others. These few disciples who mingled with him were all accomplices who went out to carry out the task together with them. They cheated the 10 carriages of medicinal herbs together. Junior Leopard didn't need to put on any airs of an Elder when he was with them.
After a few years, these few disciples formed a small circle in the Wu Family.
As the saying goes, what kind of people have the best relationships in this world?
Going through the same window together, visiting prostitutes together, carrying guns together!
In the final analysis, they were partners who did immoral things together. Everyone knew each other well, so it was easy to get along with each other. There wouldn't be so many false things. For example, Junior Leopard, Jin Nanqing and the others. Although Junior Leopard's cultivation had long surpassed them, when they met again, there was nothing strange about it. When they met and smiled, a lot of things could be saved. These few people cheated 10 carriages of medicinal herbs secretly.
They did it very secretly. With Jin Nanqing as the leader, everyone obtained great benefits from these medicinal herbs. Their cultivation grew extremely fast. Although they couldn't be compared to Junior Leopard, this kind of freak, they were among the best among the Wu Family's inner core disciples. Especially Jin Nanqing, his cultivation had already reached the peak of the Skin-Toughening Realm. He was only one step away from the Bone-Forging Realm. Once this step was taken, the Wu Family would have one more Elder. In addition, with his relationship with Wu Yunzhu, even if he couldn't become the core figure of the Wu Family in the future, he would be sent out to take charge of a place with real power. Therefore, in the Wu Family, he was also very popular. And this circle, in the Wu Family, was naturally the most powerful group among the Wu Family's inner core disciples.
Now, even the Wu Family's Eldest Young Master had to give them some respect.
Junior Leopard didn't have the mood to care about the Wu Family's affairs. He also didn't care about the grievances within the Wu Family. However, he was still very close to these disciples who cheated with him in those days. They mingled together, having a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days. They made a lot of noise for a while.
Of course, Junior Leopard didn't just mess around with this group of disciples in the Wu Family. He had been paying attention to the situation of the war between the Jin and Northern Yuan.
The situation of the war was not unexpected. Northern Yuan was completely finished. The 500,000-strong army of the Great Jin swept across the prairie. Not only did they destroy the royal court of Northern Yuan, but they also destroyed a group of Elders of the Tribal Joint Alliance that had been passed down for 10,000 years. The Great Jin's army swept across the prairie.
Ba Siba was killed and Mie Chen was seriously injured. Kunlun Master saw that the situation was not good and returned to Kunlun Mountain. He announced that he would seal the mountain for 10 years and no longer care about external affairs. Northern Yuan's morale had already hit rock bottom. Northern Yuan's masters and experts also fell apart under the joint attack of the Jin's martial arts world. The three Level Eight experts, who were known as the Four Great Wolves of the prairie along with Bao Ri Gerel, were all killed in the battle under the siege of the Mingyi School and Tian Long Taoism. This time, all the schools and well-known families of the Jin's martial arts world turned out in full strength. They rushed into the prairie and crazily robbed money, goods, and women. It was a devastating blow to Northern Yuan. The population of each tribe in the prairie was severely damaged. Most importantly, this time, the Jin didn't talk about mercy. In the end, the army changed from killing people on sight to capturing people on sight. They captured 70 to 80 percent of the population of the prairie to the Central Plains and handed them over to the traffickers to be sold to other countries. The Jin also announced the ownership of the prairie at the first instance.
What followed was the tedious finishing work, the distribution of various interests, the game between the big families and schools, and the attempt of a medium-sized well-known family like the Wu's to get a piece of the pie. It was a lively performance.
Of course, Anyuan Store under Junior Leopard also took this opportunity to make a fortune. Now Anyuan Store was managed by the Navy of Jiang City and still controlled the waterway of the Luo River. The new Navy Commander couldn't control the Navy that had been spoiled by Junior Leopard and colluded with the water bandits. Relying on the Luo River, Anyuan Store made a fortune. Of course, Wang Tianlei also made a fortune. He was Junior Leopard's representative in Anyuan Store and also ran the grain business. Now, his grain store was already one of the biggest in Jiang City. Even in the whole Zhonghe Prefecture, he was also a little famous.
Although many people were indignant, no one had the guts to provoke him. After all, there was an expert with the combat capability of Level Eight standing behind this grain store. Only fools and people who were tired of living would provoke such an expert for the sake of a small business in a small county.
Therefore, Wang Tianlei's business was also very comfortable. Now he even began to think of ways to extend his business to Yunzhou. He wanted to transport grain to the prairie through Yunzhou. Yunzhou was the gateway to the prairie and also the place with the most fairs. Transporting grain to the prairie through Yunzhou was definitely a very profitable thing. Moreover, for Wang Tianlei, it was also a very easy thing to do.
Because Junior Leopard was the Elder of the Wu's in Yunzhou, and the Wu's was one of the biggest well-known families in Yunzhou. It had a very mature business route and a huge network.
This thing was not difficult for Junior Leopard to do. In fact, it could be said that it was very easy to do. He didn't even need to do it himself. He just needed to hand it over to Jin Nanqing. With Jin Nanqing's current position in the Wu's, it was very easy to do.
The destruction of Northern Yuan was a foregone conclusion. The whole Great Jin was immersed in an almost frenzied mood. From the top to the bottom, from the Emperor to the common people, 10,000 years of chaos was so easily wiped out. Thinking about it now, it was like a dream.
The legendary immortal achievement was actually achieved so quickly. No one had expected it.
After achieving this immortal achievement, there was no doubt that the current Jin Emperor had far surpassed all the ancestors of the sages in history in terms of reputation and status. He could barely be called the first sage since ancient times. In a sense, the greater part of his lifelong wish had been achieved. As for the remaining part, it depended on how he would wrap things up.
In Junior Leopard's view, it was definitely not easy to wrap things up. The prairie of Northern Yuan was vast and boundless. Its area was several times that of the Great Jin. With the current system of the Great Jin, it was already not bad to manage such a large territory. In addition, there was a big fat piece of meat like Northern Yuan. It was a big problem whether the Great Jin could swallow it up. If it was not handled well, it might even cause the collapse of the whole Great Jin. It was not a difficult thing to turn from extreme prosperity to extreme decline.
In this, Junior Leopard saw his own opportunity. However, this opportunity was not now, but in the future. He still needed to observe and wait.
After hanging out with Jin Nanqing and the others in the Wu Family for a while and arranging what Wang Tianlei had entrusted to him, Junior Leopard began to think about the next step.
In terms of his nature, he was just a very indifferent person. His only and greatest ambition was to live a few more days and do something he was interested in.
Now, what he was most interested in was martial arts. As for his life, even without the cup of Prolonging Water in the Golden Goose Cup, he was confident that he could live for another few hundred years.
In a sense, the 16-year-old Junior Leopard had already completed all the goals of his life. The only thing he could pursue was stronger power.
Of course, this was the ideal state. The reality was not as simple as he had imagined.
Just like the martial arts world, it was not like what he usually heard. In Jianghu, people had no control over themselves. Since they had thrown themselves into Jianghu, most of the time, they had to go with the flow. They had to be careful of the open spears and hidden arrows around them at all times. It did not mean that they were invincible in the world just because they had a strong cultivation.
In the eyes of ordinary people, his cultivation was already very low. But Junior Leopard understood that the reason why he could have such a brilliant record with his current cultivation was because of his strange eyes and unparalleled luck. His eyes were shameful, and his luck would run out one day. At that time, how could he protect himself and his family?
At this moment, Junior Leopard finally had a deep understanding of the phrase "in Jianghu, one has no choice".
Not to mention anything else, now there was an urgent matter in front of him. That was the three-year appointment with Meng Qingrong, the Young Lady of the Meng Family. Although there was still more than a year to go, Junior Leopard was also worried about this more than a year.
It had been too long. Now the Meng Family already knew that he had killed a Level Eight expert and that he had the Demon Devil Needles, a celestial device. It could be said that they already knew one of his trump cards to save his life, and they still had a year to prepare.
For an aristocratic family like the Meng Family, a year was enough for them to do a lot of things. If they threw caution to the wind, they could even turn Meng Qingrong into a fighting monster with a combat capability above Level Eight or Nine. Even if they did not throw caution to the wind, they could still get one or two powerful celestial devices for Meng Qingrong, which was the most troublesome thing for him!
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