Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 358 Many thanks for your teachings, Grandmaster Uncle (Seeking monthly votes, I'll try to write another chapter later)
Sun Yanwan planted the Ruyi Cudgel in the ground, a faint yellow light emanating from her hand, and said calmly, "Thank you for your teachings, Grandmaster Uncle!"

Zhou Shuyou's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he exclaimed, "You actually mastered the Xuanhuang Pagoda transformation too?"

Sun Yanwan showed no sign of pride and replied, "I had some doubts at first, but after just fighting with my grandmaster, I understood the key to it."

Zhou Shuyou was completely shocked and shouted, "How is this possible? This is absolutely impossible!"

Sun Yanwan asked curiously, "Why is it impossible? I am a disciple of Songyang and have a deep understanding of the Xuanhuang Scripture. My grandmaster uncle has also clearly demonstrated the tenth transformation of Xuanhuang. If I still can't comprehend this, how stupid must I be?"

Sun Yanwan's words were like a magic wand, each word like a blow, striking Zhou Shuyou's heart and shattering the confidence of this grandmaster of the Songyang School.

He was imprisoned for fifty years, frantically thinking about how to take revenge if he could get out. He pondered the mysteries of martial arts every day, and it was only a few years ago that he suddenly understood and comprehended the tenth transformation of Xuanhuang.

Sun Yanwan only glanced at it, yet she was able to grasp its essence completely...

Zhou Shuyou felt a sense of weakness throughout his body!

But what Sun Yanwan said was by no means empty boasting. In the fight between the two just now, the changes in his Xuanhuang Pagoda were indeed no match for this young man who "claimed to be Zhang Yuanqiao's disciple".

Suddenly, Zhou Shuyou felt a glimmer of hope and asked, "Are you really Zhang Yuanqiao's apprentice?"

Sun Yanwan smiled brightly and said, "How could I dare to betray my master and ancestors?"

Zhou Shuyou shouted, "I'm going to investigate! You could never have lied to me."

The disheveled old man leaped into the air, but fell straight down mid-air, landing on the ground motionless.

Sun Yanwan focused her attention on the enemy, thinking to herself, "Could this be some kind of scheme? This scheme is too crude."

After a while, Sun Yanwan saw that Zhou Shuyou was still not moving, so she reached out her Ruyi Cudgel and poked him, channeling a stream of true energy into him. She then discovered that her grandmaster uncle had indeed fainted.

These martial arts masters were imprisoned, so how could they not be under some kind of restraint?

Their true energy was suppressed by various techniques, and some even had their dantian, meridians, limbs, and bones destroyed...

Although Zhou Shuyou was just an ordinary Xiantian realm cultivator back then, he was, after all, the junior brother of Feng Zushi. Therefore, the ancestor personally used an extremely vicious method to imprison his true qi, called: Tianwu Imprisoning Dragon Nail!

This binding technique requires one to cultivate all four mental techniques—Heavenly Martial Dragon Collapse Force, Heavenly Martial Mountain Moving Technique, Heavenly Martial Treading the Sea Tide, and Heavenly Martial Dragon Stepping Technique—to the Innate Realm before it can be used. It is extremely vicious.

Zhang Xianwei released all the prisoners from the Tianwu Prison, but of course he didn't release them all. Zhou Shuyou escaped and, with his decades of profound skill, forcibly suppressed the seven Tianwu Prisoner Dragon Nails within his body, allowing him to use martial arts for a short time.

The person who used this technique was the old ancestor of the Da Lang Dynasty. It was already extremely remarkable that Zhou Shuyou was able to suppress it and use his martial arts without hindrance for a short period of time.

Zhou Shuyou had just assassinated Zhang Qingxi and then came to kill Sun Yanwan. He had fought with people twice in a short period of time, and his true energy could no longer suppress the Dragon-Trapping Nail. He also did not expect that in just a short time, this young man could easily master the tenth transformation of the Xuanhuang Scripture. His emotions were so turbulent that he suddenly suffered an injury.

Sun Yanwan did not return home. Instead, he found an inn nearby and booked a superior room. He stripped Zhou Shuyou naked, examined him, and pondered for a moment, thinking to himself, "This is a legitimate elder of the Songyang Sect. Although he hates the Da Lang royal family, he has no grudge against me. There will always be a chance to explain."

"We must save them!"

He was intimately familiar with the Heavenly Martial Divine Skill and activated the transformations of the Taiyi Azure Spirit Fan, locating the seven Heavenly Martial Dragon-Trapping Nails lurking within Zhou Shuyou's body. Although named "nails," these were not physical objects but rather a mass of true energy, fused with his meridians, like a leech, impossible to expel. Sun Yanwan circulated his inner energy, and after a short while, with a soft laugh, pulled a wisp of black energy from Zhou Shuyou's body.

The black mist, even after leaving the person, did not dissipate, but lingered for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, which greatly surprised Sun Yanwan and made her admire the person who performed this technique.

He didn't know whether it was the ancestor or the former emperor Zhang Xianwei who placed the Dragon-Imprisoning Nail on Zhou Shuyou, but regardless of who did it, it was an extraordinary divine skill.

With one of the Dragon-Binding Nails gone, Zhou Shuyou's internal energy immediately became more active. He took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and exclaimed in horror, "How come one of the Dragon-Binding Nails is missing?"

Sun Yanwan smiled and said, "It was your grand-nephew who helped you burn one."

Zhou Shuyou looked disbelieving, but then smiled slyly and said, "If you can burn another one, I'll believe you."

Sun Yanwan laughed and said, "You are my grandmaster uncle. Whether you believe it or not, I will still take action."

He remained wary of Zhou Shuyou, so he was quite cautious when he made his move, lest this grandmaster suddenly attack.

Having learned from the first experience, the second Dragon-Binding Nail was easier to remove. In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Sun Yanwan pulled it out. Seeing a cloud of black energy emerge from his body, Zhou Shuyou's face also showed fear. He had been tormented to the point of near death by the Heavenly Martial Dragon-Binding Nails, and even after secretly cultivating the Xuanhuang Pagoda, he still couldn't dispel the seven Dragon-Binding Nails in his body.

Because these seven Dragon-Binding Nails had been inside his body for too long, they had become tainted with the properties of his true energy, causing him great distress.

Zhou Shuyou had considered going back to the Songyang Sect and asking some of his nephews for help, but he always wanted to kill the emperor first and vent his anger.

Sun Yanwan helped him dispel the two Dragon-Binding Nails, and Zhou Shuyou believed her somewhat, asking, "Tell me, what's going on now?"

Sun Yanwan then recounted how he and his senior brother had joined forces to kill Zhang Xianwei.

Zhou Shuyou pondered for a moment, then said, "Zhang Qingxi is Zhang Yuan's illegitimate son!?"

Sun Yanwan looked embarrassed and was about to explain, but then felt that it might be better not to explain.

Seeing his embarrassed expression, Zhou Shuyou clapped his hands and said, "No wonder!"

"Please help me continue to remove the Dragon-Trapping Nails."

Sun Yanwan spent most of the night pulling out the fourth Dragon-Binding Nail. Zhou Shuyou suddenly roared and forced out the last three Dragon-Binding Nails with his supreme profound skill.

With all seven Dragon-Binding Nails pulled from his body, his true energy flowed freely through his meridians, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter, saying, "Zhang Longdi!"

“I’m going to dig up your grave right now and drag your body out to feed the dogs.”

Sun Yanwan couldn't help but ask, "Who is Zhang Longdi?"

Zhou Shuyou exclaimed, "That's the person who captured me back then. When I was young, I was playful and didn't like practicing martial arts. At that time, I was only at the Innate Realm. I ran into Zhang Longdi and fought him. He captured me alive."

"I originally thought that as a martial arts practitioner, losing a duel was no big deal, but I never expected him to send me to Tianwu Prison and torture me in every way possible..."

(End of this chapter)