Xiuxian, I can travel to another world

Chapter 251 Backhand
Just as Gu Xinglan rolled up his storage bag and was taking stock of his spoils, a fist suddenly appeared from behind him.

The five fingers, as smooth as jade, were curled together, and the protruding parts of the knuckles resembled quenched blades.

The skin on the back of my hand was taut, with faint spiderweb-like veins rising up, as if it held a world within it.

Boundless power lies hidden deep within.

The fist landed silently on Gu Xinglan's back, without even activating the protective aura of her robe.

until...

"boom!"

The violent force of the punch exploded in an instant.

Gu Xinglan's clothes instantly turned to dust, and her skin, flesh, and bones were torn apart by the immense force.

Blood mist filled the air.

"what!"

He screamed in agony, his body contorted and deformed.

Zhu Ju's figure appeared, and he raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Body-refining hard skills?"

His punch was delivered with all his might, and theoretically it should have been able to shatter the opponent's body.

now.

The goal was not achieved.

However, just as the punch was about to explode, a resilient force prevented the punch from advancing any further.

Gu Xinglan
Surprisingly, he also practiced body refinement techniques, and quite skillfully at that, having already reached the first level of body refinement.

I've never seen any signs of him practicing body-refining techniques before. Could it be that he also benefited from what he received last time?

Even so, he was still seriously injured when Zhu Ju ambushed him without any warning.

"Who?"

Severely injured, Gu Xinglan was filled with shock and anger. She suddenly summoned her flying sword and slashed backward, then charged forward.

escape!
That attack just now must have come from a body cultivator at the second level of body refinement. If he wasn't injured, he naturally had nothing to fear.

But the force of the punch is still raging inside his body, tearing flesh and breaking bones, damaging his internal organs; if this drags on, he will surely die.

"Crash..."

As expected, the flying sword missed its target.

All around him appeared countless palm-sized blades, hundreds of which formed a cage that trapped him inside.

Wind and Thunder Blade Wings!
聚！
Zhu Ju made a hand seal and gently pointed forward.

"Om..."

Hundreds of flying knives trembled in unison, then transformed into streaks of light that hurtled towards the trapped figure.

"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding..."

Gu Xinglan roared repeatedly, his body flashing like a ghost, and his flying sword swirled around him to block the flying knives.

One after another, talismans and magical artifacts were thrown from his hands, frantically counterattacking the incoming blade light.

For a while.

The wind and thunder blade wings could not advance an inch.

"Who?"

"I am a cultivator from the Cloud Whale Merchant Guild. Aren't you afraid of retaliation from the Cloud Whale Merchant Guild for attacking me?"

Gu Xinglan shouted repeatedly, first threatening and then begging for mercy:

"stop!"

"Fellow Daoist, please retreat now, and I, Gu, swear I will never retaliate!"

"Heh..." Zhu Ju chuckled softly, urging his Wind and Thunder Blade Wings to suppress his opponent while his figure flashed into the arena.

"Shh!"

Five-colored divine light swept over.

Most of the things Gu Xinglan threw out were swept away by the divine light, followed by a vast and mighty force descending from the sky.

Five fingers turning to the sky!

The left hand extends slowly but swiftly.

The void was imprisoned, and immense power erupted. Gu Xinglan's eyes widened in horror as she stared intently at the descending palm.

magic weapon!

It's not that he doesn't want to move.

No matter what.

Faced with that overwhelming power, he was so badly injured that he couldn't even move a finger.

Let alone being seriously injured, even if he were fully recovered, he would probably be powerless to resist.

Do not!
A roar erupted in his heart, and in the final moment before his physical body shattered, a familiar face came into view.

Zhu Ju?

It turned out to be him!

How could it be him?
"boom!"

As his left hand pressed down, Gu Xinglan's body exploded, turning into a shower of blood.

The five-colored divine light rolled inward, enveloping the storage bag and flying sword, and then disappeared from the spot with the escape light.

Since we've already offended them, to avoid future trouble, we might as well just eliminate them directly, so we don't have to keep thinking about it.

Just for a moment.

Zhu Ju had already committed murder, looted goods, and fled far away, disappearing without a trace.

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Yunwhale Chamber of Commerce.

Fang Zhenghao, the head of the Fang family, swept his gaze across the other side with a gloomy expression.

As merchants from the East China Sea, their actions against the Xiang family of Bicui Lake have violated the rules established by the Chamber of Commerce over thousands of years.

Of course, there needs to be an explanation.

"Master Tang is the only second-tier high-grade array master in the Chamber of Commerce, and he also possesses the complete array diagram of the Chamber of Commerce's array. If he escapes and leaks the array diagram, the Chamber of Commerce is very likely to suffer a great disaster."

"Brother Yan."

His voice was icy:
"Back then, your Yan family solemnly guaranteed that you would never lose control of Master Tang, which is why we agreed to let him watch the Chamber of Commerce's third-tier formation. Now that this has happened, what do you have to say?"

"Furthermore, by eliminating the Xiang family, we broke the rules. Who would dare to do business with the Chamber of Commerce in the future?"

"Hmph!" Yan Weiran snorted coldly.

"Everyone knows how important Tang Yuanshan is. As long as we can find him, it's worth destroying the Xiang family."

"He fled the Chamber of Commerce... Doesn't our Yan family feel heartbroken?"

"Sigh!" someone sighed softly.
"The Yan family has never mistreated him."

"Back then, Tang Yuanshan was just an unknown first-order array master, who had only opened four of his innate apertures."

"His parents were killed and he had nowhere to go. It was our Yan family that took him in, helped him achieve his Dao foundation, gave him all kinds of resources related to formations, and even gave him marriage and family. I never thought that even so, he would still be unwilling. He is an ungrateful wretch."

"It's pointless to say these things now," a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator of a different surname hissed.
"Find Master Tang as soon as possible. Even if we can't capture him alive, we must kill him. Otherwise, the leakage of the array diagram will cause endless trouble."

"And the Yan family too!"

"Because of your family, the Cloud Whale Chamber of Commerce has gone to great lengths and even broke the rules by attacking Green Lake Island. They will definitely have to give the other families an explanation."

“That’s right.” Fang Zhenghao nodded: “This kind of thing shouldn’t have happened in the first place. Perhaps… the Yan family’s power in the Chamber of Commerce needs to be limited to some extent.”

Hear the words.

Many people in the room had shifty eyes.

The Yunjing Chamber of Commerce is currently dominated by the Yan family, while even the Fang family can only huddle in a corner.

It would be a good thing to take this opportunity to weaken the Yan family.

"Fellow Daoist Fang."

Yan Weiran's eyes were deep and unfathomable:

“Our Yan family has planted several secret methods on Tang Yuanshan. Without anyone’s help, he will never be able to get under the Yan family’s control.”

"Because of your Fang family's 'Mysterious Ice Flame' these past few days, we were distracted and that gave Tang Yuanshan the opportunity..."

"What do you mean?" Fang Zhenghao slammed his hand on the table, his face full of anger.

"You suspect that our Fang family is behind this?"

"Whoever did this, the Yan family will definitely find out." Yan Weiran's eyes were icy as he swept over everyone present.
"In recent years, the Yan family has suffered repeated calamities, even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator has perished, and Tang Yuanshan has even escaped..."

"I know some people are not convinced by the Yan family, but if I find out that someone is secretly using some underhanded tactics..."

"I will never let you off easily!"

"boom!"

The divine pressure of a cultivator at the peak of the Dao Foundation descended from the sky, striking everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer.

For a while.

Everyone's expression changed drastically.

The Yan family is furious!

Also.

In recent years, many cultivators of the Yan family have died or been injured. Now, Tang Yuanshan has escaped with the array diagram, and they have not been able to obtain any Core Formation spiritual items. Everything has gone wrong. How could Yan Weiran, as the head of the family, not be angry?
Fang Zhenghao's eyes flickered. He wanted to take the opportunity to incite others to join forces to weaken the Yan family's power in the Chamber of Commerce, but now was not the right time.

…………

Underground on Cloud Whale Island.

The pitch-black passage stretched downwards, its destination unknown.

Yan Weiran followed the passage to an area that emitted a faint spiritual light, and waved his sleeve to light the torches around him.

"call!"

The flames rolled.

A huge metal cage came into view.

The surface of the iron cage was covered with countless dense runes, ensuring that the figure inside could not escape.

He's not the only one here.

Several key figures from the Yan family, including Yan Nanshuang, who possessed astonishing talent in formations, were also present. Everyone watched the figure inside the iron cage in silence.

Inside the iron cage...

"Tang Yuanshan".

Yan Weiran spoke slowly:
“Over the years, the Yan family has treated you well, yet you not only fail to repay their kindness, but also try to betray them and run away.”

Have you lost your conscience?

The person locked in the iron cage was none other than Tang Yuanshan, a guest elder of the Yan family and a second-tier high-grade array master who had escaped and disappeared.

The Yan family had already captured him and imprisoned him here.

"Heh..." The old man, with disheveled long hair and kneeling in the center of the iron cage, looked disdainful.
"If the Yan family truly trusts me, they should let me cultivate the Great Evolution Heart Sutra. With my talent in formations, I can definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort by cultivating this technique. Why am I still at the early stage of the Dao Foundation stage at over two hundred years old?"

"If I had the Great Evolution Heart Sutra, I'm afraid I would have already reached the Dao Foundation Perfection, or even formed the Golden Core!"

"Hmph!" one person snorted coldly.
"Greed is never enough, a snake swallows an elephant."

"For two hundred years, the Yan family has given you resources, helped you establish your Dao foundation, and provided you with a family. They have given you everything they should have, yet you are still not satisfied?"

"Among the many retainers of the Yan family, besides you, are there any others who hold high positions but still haven't changed their surname to Yan?"

"Tang Yuanshan," another member of the Yan family spoke up.
"Hand over your insights into formations, and for the sake of our two-hundred-year friendship, we'll let you have a safe journey."

"We can also treat your descendants with kindness."

"Bullshit!" Tang Yuanshan suddenly turned ferocious, waving his hands and roaring loudly:

"Back then, when my entire family was robbed, it was your Yan family who secretly orchestrated it. My Dao body was also destroyed because of your Yan family..."

"The Yan family only wants to exploit my talent in formations for their own gain; they would never truly care about me, Tang."

"I hate!"

"I only regret that I am not strong enough to get rid of you bunch of scoundrels. You will never learn anything from me!"

He was acting frantically, roaring incessantly, as if he were insane, and the words he uttered were terrifying.

Yan Nanshuang looked astonished.

Yan family...

Did they really treat Master Tang like that?
"Who told you that?" Yan Weiran asked with a serious expression.

"Not many people know about this."

"Hey!" Tang Yuanshan snorted coldly.

"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it in the first place. The Yan family will pay the price for their evil deeds sooner or later."

"Naive." Yan Weiran shook his head.

"In this world, the strong prey on the weak and only the fittest survive. There has never been any such thing as good being rewarded and evil being punished."

"It's all a bunch of lies and nonsense."

"You're not going to tell me?"

He gave a cold laugh:
"Now you have no choice."

Master Tang used to be the top formation mage of the Cloud Whale Chamber of Commerce, so the Yan family couldn't do anything to him.

At least not on the surface.

just now.

Tang Yuanshan is a traitor to the Chamber of Commerce and a stray dog. The Yan family has plenty of ways to torture him, and even has the method of soul-searching. They are sure they can get something out of him.

However, the aftereffects of soul searching on Dao Foundation cultivators are too great, and it is very likely to damage the soul and cause memory loss. It will not be used unless absolutely necessary.

Fortunately, people have already seized the opportunity and have the time and means to extract what the Yan family wants.

"why?"

Tang Yuanshan suddenly spoke:
"Why did my teleportation array teleport me here?"

"Nan Shuang." Yan Weiran turned his head, a cold smile on his face:
“Tell him.”

"Yes," Yan Nanshuang replied, and stepped forward.
"Master Tang is only a second-tier high-grade array master, yet he can repair a third-tier teleportation array, which is quite remarkable."

"However, that was just a simplified, non-directional teleportation array, not a true teleportation array. The Yan family has also done some research on teleportation arrays, which is something you don't know, Master Tang."

She sighed:
"Hollow bones, cloud marrow..."

“We’ve tampered with the items Master Tang acquired, so your plan to teleport you thousands of miles away using the array will not succeed; you will only end up in this unknown prison.”

"Ever since they learned you were leaving, the Yan family has been secretly planning this. There's no way you can escape."

"..." Master Tang looked up, his expression shifting back and forth, and gave her a deep, complex look:
"it is good!"

"Your talent in formations is no less than that of Tang back then. It is no wonder that I, Tang, lost to you today."

(End of this chapter)