"Xie Tian! Haha, I've heard a lot about you. You really live up to your name! " Xu Zhantang walked into the Inner Yard boldly. He glanced at the corpses on the ground and raised his eyebrows. "But isn't Brother Xie Tian being too polite to welcome me with the corpses of the Black-tiger Gang?"
Xie Tian bowed slightly, then straightened his back and said in Silence, "I've heard a lot about Young Master Xu. The corpses of a mere Brute Force State Level Nine are not worth mentioning. Only the corpses of the First Master of the Robber Stronghold in Hexi are worthy of your attention."
Qiu Yang was stunned and couldn't help but look at Xu Zhantang.
The forthright smile on Xu Zhantang's face froze for a moment, then he asked with great interest, "You know me very well?"
"Young Master Xu already knows that I'm just a country boy. There's no need to ask." Xie Tian stretched out his right hand and invited Xu Zhantang and Qiu Yang to sit down.
Xu Zhantang did not give up. He raised his hand to block the teacup in front of him. He raised his chin at Xie Tian and said with a smile, "Tell me, this young master likes to hear about myself from other people's mouths. Let's see if I am as mighty and domineering as I imagine, looking down on everyone in the world!"
Xie Tian put down the teapot and looked at Xu Zhantang in Silence. He suddenly smiled and said, "Indeed."
"Haha! When an honest man flatters, his power is unstoppable! "
Xu Zhantang was beaming with joy. The atmosphere in the Inner Yard suddenly became peaceful. Even the corpses were covered with a layer of warm holy light, as if they were about to ascend to heaven.
"Where's Marshal Xie?"
Xu Zhantang's sudden question immediately drove away the false peace. The Inner Yard suddenly became gloomy. The holy light on the corpses became evil, as if they were about to fall into hell.
Xie Tian's movement of making tea was not messed up at all. He smiled faintly and said, "So Young Master also came to me because of Young Master Xu's order."
"That's right!" Xu Zhantang smiled brightly and tapped his fingers on the stone table. "He's at Inner Qi Realm Level 3. I don't believe you killed him."
Xie Tian shook his head. "If I kill him, what's the point of me coming to Bianliang? Don't you know that?"
"That's true. Marshal Xie is your sworn enemy. It's unreasonable." Xu Zhantang frowned and pondered. Suddenly, he shook his head and sighed. "That bastard Xie Shuai is also unreliable. I wanted him to play with you, but he disappeared."
Xie Tian glanced at Xu Zhantang and asked, "Young Master Xu targeted me twice just because it's fun?"
"Ha, what do you think?" Xu Zhantang couldn't help but laugh. He didn't really want to explain. In the end, he patiently counted on his fingers and explained, "Firstly, my grandfather is the Grand Marshal, and my grandmother is the Elder of the Jade Shadow Pavilion. Secondly, my father is the General, and my mother is the Fairy Chixiao of the Red Cloud Peak. Thirdly, I'm this young master. Am I qualified to play with you?"
"Yes!" Thinking of Wen Shui's words in the cave, Xie Tian didn't doubt this at all. He answered without hesitation. Then he asked, "Young Master Xu, do you still want to play with me?"
Xu Zhantang was very worried. He played with the teacup and murmured, "Why not? It's rare for me to meet someone fun. Unfortunately, Thief of River West is too weak, and Marshal Xie is hypocritical and unreliable. F * ck, there's no one else."
Speaking of this, Xu Zhantang smiled brightly again. He patted Xie Tian's shoulder and said proudly, "So I've decided to play with you personally!"
Xie Tian's movement paused slightly. Then he put down the teapot and sat facing Young Master Xu. He asked softly, "What do you mean, Young Master Xu?"
"Hey, didn't you sign up for the Inner Qi Competition?" Xu Zhantang pointed at his chest and laughed in surprise. "As soon as I heard about it, I eagerly went to sign up. What's wrong? You, a brute force state, can sign up. I, a grand inner qi state … Oh, Qiu Yang, is it tomorrow's competition?"
Qiu Yang nodded hurriedly. "Yes, Young Master Xu."
"Then you're at Inner Qi State Level 2 …" Xu Zhantang touched his chin and smiled at Xie Tian. "I heard that you're a genius. You can definitely fight someone of a higher level. Why don't you play with me?"
Xie Tian seemed to be thinking about something and did not reply. Seeing this, Xu Zhantang laughed and stood up. He affectionately patted Xie Tian's shoulder, whispered something in his ear, and walked away.
Xie Tian was still sitting by the stone table and did not move for a long time even after the stars had climbed into the night sky.
Zheng Chun and Xu Zhantang's arrival made him realize that he seemed to have done something wrong. When Zheng Chun mentioned her cousin, her face was full of confidence, as if she was certain that he would lose. Xu Zhantang even invited him to fight in front of him and intentionally reminded him that his opponent would be Young Master Xu, who was at Inner Qi State Level 2 …
What was so different about Inner Qi State Level 2?
Xie Tian did not know, and no one could explain it to him now. After thinking for a while, he closed his eyes. Not long after, he saw the word "Evil" in the sky.
Below the word, the words "Brute Force State Level 10" and "Complete Cultivating Essence Cultivation Skill" had faded away, replaced by the words "Book of Qi".
Book of Qi was the book he burned in the cliff cave. It was placed in the cliff cave by the Mad Old Man for him to cultivate in the Inner Qi State. At first, he was a little confused as to why there were ten books in Brute Force State but only one in Inner Qi State.
After studying Book of Qi, he understood the reason.
When a martial artist reached the peak of Brute Force State, his body would produce a trace of the most basic Inner Qi. With this trace of Inner Qi and the help of Inner Qi cultivation method, his Inner Qi would gradually become thicker and purer.
When a martial artist's Inner Qi could break through the first meridian of the Twelve Standard Meridians, it meant that he had reached Inner Qi State Level 1. At that time, the martial artist's Inner Qi would have the strength of two tigers, which was a force of two thousand catties.
Therefore, the Inner Qi State was to increase the Inner Qi in the body through cultivation. One book was enough.
Unfortunately, he still didn't understand what he had done wrong.
After a long time, Xie Tian couldn't figure it out. He felt a rare trace of impatience. For the sake of tomorrow's competition, he had to force himself to calm down. He carried Boss Jia back to the room and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something. He sat on the edge of the bed and pointed his fingers at Boss Jia's face. Not long after, wisps of milky white Essence Qi entered Boss Jia's seven orifices.
The lights in the Zhou Family's meeting hall had been lit for several hours.
In these few hours, Zhou Boran and Zhou Zhaoyang were very quiet. The ten or so elders of the Zhou Family talked until their mouths were dry and their heads were dizzy. In the end, one of the elders had to comfort them. "Master, Zhaoyang, don't worry. Even if Xie Tian has the ability to fight Inner Qi State Level 1, he will definitely lose to a Level 2 martial artist."
"That's right. Everyone knows that Inner Qi State Level 2 opens up two main meridians. Once two main meridians are opened up, Inner Qi will circulate endlessly and the body's defense will multiply. Even if Xie Tian is a monster, he won't be able to hurt his opponent. How can he win? Besides, there are Inner Qi State Level 3 martial artists signing up for this year's competition … "
Zhou Boran glanced at Zhou Zhaoyang, who was in a daze, and sighed. "How could I not know this?"
"Master, what are you worried about?"
"I'm worried …"
Without waiting for Zhou Boran to finish, Zhou Zhaoyang stood up and walked towards the door. Just as he reached the door, he stopped and said indifferently, "I'm going to sign up for the Inner Qi State Competition now. Don't worry, father."
As soon as he said this, all the elders were speechless. It took them a long time to recover. They all looked at Zhou Boran and said anxiously, "Master, you can't! Absolutely not … "
Zhou Boran shook his head and sighed bitterly. "What I'm worried about is not Xie Tian's cultivation, nor is it the fact that he will shine brilliantly tomorrow and completely overshadow the sun. What I'm worried about is his courageous heart of martial arts! Ask yourselves, when you were at Brute Force State Level 9, did you have the courage to do such an impossible thing? "
All the elders were silent, but they were so shocked that they couldn't control themselves.
In Wanzhou's Jianghu, there had been many examples of Brute Force State Level 9 defeating Inner Qi State Level 1, but there had never been a precedent of someone defeating Inner Qi State Level 2. This was a line that absolutely could not be crossed, because this line represented the truth.
The truth was right in front of them, so they ridiculed Xie Tian's arrogance. But since it was the truth, how could Xie Tian not know about it? To be able to take such a step despite knowing about it, just how shockingly strong was his heart of martial arts?
They knew very well that when an unprecedented heart of martial arts rose in Jianghu, it would become a powerful inner demon that hindered everyone's cultivation!
If one couldn't defeat the inner demon, one's cultivation would be stagnant. If one wanted to defeat it, they had to kill the inner demon!
This was what Zhou Boran was worried about. Zhou Zhaoyang had already been defeated by Xie Tian once. In order to become stronger, he even went back on his word and entered Crimson Cloud Peak to cultivate.
But at this time, Xie Tian suddenly appeared and wanted to participate in the Inner Qi State Competition. It would be fine if he didn't win, but if he did, it would be an unimaginable blow to Zhou Zhaoyang.
But Zhou Boran, who was extremely worried, couldn't take the initiative to say this. Otherwise, it would hurt Zhou Zhaoyang even more. Fortunately, Zhou Zhaoyang also understood that his martial arts career was about to be cut off by Xie Tian, so he volunteered to participate in the Inner Qi State Competition.
"Xie Tian, I'm not your opponent for now, but I won't give up!"
Standing next to the stone lion outside the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Zhaoyang looked up at the starry sky. The vastness of the starry sky made him feel a little better. He clenched his fists tightly and roared, "Tomorrow, I will use my strongest strength to fight you!"
Elder Gong's small thatched cottage was located in the property square east of Bianliang City.
Elder Gong, who was in his eighties, was very good at taking care of his body. Usually, the small thatched cottage would be dark by this time, but tonight it was brightly lit.
It wasn't the lone light in the small thatched cottage that lit up the night, but the long string of torches outside the cottage.
After sending off Yang Qiangwu, the young master of Bianliang City's Yang family, who had reached Inner Qi First Level, the old servant didn't even have time to turn around before Liu Yang, the young master of the Liu family, appeared in front of him again.
The old servant blinked and said in surprise, "Young Master Liu, you … you're not here to sign up, are you?"
Liu Yang nodded and said coldly and arrogantly, "Someone wants to cut off my martial arts career. It's not my style to sit around and wait for death. Even that coward Yang Qiangwu has signed up, how can I just stand by and watch?"
"Sigh, it's a mess, a mess …" The old servant looked worriedly at the silent Elder Gong in the small thatched cottage, thinking that the kid named Xie Tian really needed to be taught a harsh lesson.
It wasn't until the drums of the fifth watch sounded in Bianliang City that the torches outside the small thatched cottage completely disappeared. Elder Gong looked numbly at the sudden addition of twenty or so Inner Qi geniuses on the registration list. He really wanted to cross off a blood-red name on the first page.
Unfortunately, he couldn't.
He had already cut off one of Xie Tian's paths. If he also cut off this path, Elder Gong didn't dare to imagine if Xie Tian, who had nowhere else to go, would completely transform into a murderous cultivator. If that happened, even the Black Cloak Monk would be powerless.
"Xie Tian, what exactly do you want …" Elder Gong looked at the moon with his hands behind his back and sighed bitterly. "The peak of Inner Qi Level Two is not something you can surpass. Do you really not understand, or are you pretending to be confused … Sigh, these people want to kill you for the sake of martial arts …"
Xu Zhantang, Zheng Yu, Zhou Zhaoyang, Yang Qiangwu, Liu Yang …
Xie Tian didn't know that his ignorant actions would cause all the Inner Qi geniuses in Bianliang City to come out in full force. Because the martial arts hearts of these geniuses were all shocked by the courage displayed by Xie Tian.
After the shock, they had two choices in front of them. They could watch indifferently as Xie Tian moved forward bravely and never make any progress in their lives, or they could bravely charge forward, kill Xie Tian, and defeat their inner demons!
Without a doubt, when faced with the truth that the Brute Force State couldn't defeat the Inner Qi Level Two, everyone chose the second choice and stood in front of Xie Tian.
At this moment, Xie Tian was using all his strength to instill Yuanyang energy into Boss Jia. After only three tries, Boss Jia became fat.
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