Under One Person: Dressed as Lü Liang, with vests all over

Chapter 184 The Demon Blade Appears?

"Dan Shi!? Are there really people in this world who can do that?"

The outer disciples of the Tang Clan were all astonished, and for a moment, discussions arose one after another in the cave.

"No wonder the sect leader insisted on appointing that person as the new sect leader. It turns out he actually knows the legendary Tang Sect technique, Dan Shi!"

"Yes, I thought the Dan Shi technique was lost long ago. I didn't expect there would still be someone who knows it... It's said that no one can solve the Dan Shi technique. Is that true?"

"I don't know, it happened a long time ago, it should be true..."

"Wow, isn't the person who's going to face Dan Shi in a terrible situation? The ability he just used seemed to be telekinesis. How is he supposed to fight Dan Shi?"

"Who cares? Even if the Quanxing members are beaten to death, it won't be a disgrace!"

"..."

"Cough cough."

Tang Miaoxing coughed lightly, interrupting the disciples' discussion.

He pointed to the inner disciples dressed in white training uniforms who were already in the cave, and said:

"Dan Shi is the supreme technique of our Tang Sect, so it is indeed true. In recent years, your inner disciples have not gone anywhere; they have been following this senior to practice Dan Shi!"

"Since the Quanxing disciples who have trespassed into the Tang Sect want to see Dan Shi, then you may all have a good look."

……

The battle is about to begin.

Everyone consciously stepped aside, clearing a space in the center of the cave for the two who were about to duel.

As Lü Liang passed by Wang Ye, he gently patted Wang Ye's shoulder and said:

"Take it easy, don't hurt Senior Xu."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ye was filled with disbelief and couldn't help but retort:
"Old Lu, you really dare to dream big, and you think too highly of me. Who is Senior Xu? He was one of the Thirty-Six Thieves back then, and he is also proficient in the Tang Clan's unique skill, Dan Shi... I should be thanking my lucky stars if I can protect myself, how could I possibly be expected to take it easy?"

There are quite a few people who share the same thoughts as Wang Ye, especially the outer disciples of the Tang Sect.

Upon hearing Lü Liang's words, they all glared at him with anger and resentment, whispering amongst themselves in discontent.

"This Lü Liang is too arrogant. He's completely disregarding everyone else."

"Hmph! I hope that senior goes all out and teaches them a lesson!"

These whispers reached Wang Ye's ears clearly, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly involuntarily.

He glanced at Lü Liang, who was already standing next to Tang Miaoxing, and said with a accusatory look, "Old Lü, are you deliberately trying to make me look bad?"

Lu Liang responded with an extremely sincere expression, which made Wang Ye wonder: Could it be that Lu Liang's reminder just now was sincere?
With this slight doubt in mind, Wang slowly turned his gaze to Xu Xin.

At this point, a large area in the middle of the cave had been cleared out.

Wang Ye and Xu Xin stood on opposite sides of the open space, their eyes locked.

Neither of them made the first move, but instead observed each other.

This stalemate lasted for several minutes, and the scene seemed to stand still.

Suddenly, Wang Ye's pupils contracted sharply.

Because he keenly sensed that Xu Xin's aura had suddenly changed.

No, it wasn't just Xu Xin; even the atmosphere in the air had changed.

Almost everyone present simultaneously sensed this unusual feeling.

"What's going on? What happened? I suddenly got goosebumps all over my body."

A Tang Clan disciple, his face full of doubt, muttered under his breath.

"do not know……"

The others also looked bewildered, their expressions focused to the point of tension, their eyes fixed intently on Xu Xin, afraid of missing any detail.

"Don't blink, don't blink, you can't miss a single moment!"

"This is a legendary Tang Clan technique that's supposedly been lost. I never thought I'd actually have the chance to see it today!"

However, it wasn't long before everyone began to express their confusion.

"Huh? Has the Pill Devouring technique already been activated? Why can't I see anything?"

"The senior's aura seems to have suddenly disappeared..."

……

Beneath Wang Ye's feet, the Qimen Dunjia formation had already quietly begun, completely enveloping Xu Xin.

That is why Wang Ye's perception is exceptionally sharp.

From where Xu Xin stands, his "situation" is undergoing an extremely intense distortion.

That twisted feeling was like a ferocious convergence of countless negative emotions: anger, sorrow, ferocity, violence... all kinds of emotions capable of devouring the heart intertwined to form a chilling force.

Moreover, in this situation, Xu Xin's demeanor is more like that of an inanimate object than a living person.

His aura was like a piece of dead wood that could move, as if all the vitality in the world had been completely drawn away from him and vanished without a trace.

Wang Ye wasn't the only one to notice this anomaly; Lü Liang also sensed something strange about it.

He thought to himself, "No wonder Dan Shi is the Tang Clan's top technique. Before it is activated, the aura is completely concealed. This characteristic is really too advantageous for hiding one's figure and launching a deadly assassination!"

At this moment, the Tang Clan disciples held their breath, their eyes filled with amazement, watching every move in the arena intently.

However, what happened next was completely unexpected.

I saw...

Xu Xinchao began to walk slowly, step by step, towards Wang Ye.

"call out--"

As he drew near, he launched an attack using the Tang Clan's "Instant Strike" technique.

Wang Ye immediately raised his hand to defend himself.

"Kun character - Tuheche!"

The ground in front of Xu Xin changed drastically in an instant, with soil and rocks churning and surging like a raging river, creating a terrifying scene.

"boom!"

The next second, Xu Xin was thrown backward by the sudden blast of dirt from the ground and fell to the ground in a disheveled state.

"What's going on? Where's Dan Shi?"

Upon seeing this, the Tang Clan's outer disciples who were watching couldn't help but shout excitedly.

"That's right, we didn't see Dan Shi at all! Moreover, Senior Xu Xin's instantaneous strike skill is even worse than that of an ordinary disciple of the Tang Sect. What's going on?"

"Was he deliberately going easy on Quanxing? But that Quanxing member clearly held back too. The surging earth and rocks stopped at the last moment, otherwise the senior would definitely have been seriously injured!"

……

At this moment, the outer disciples of the Tang Sect all had expressions of disbelief on their faces, while the inner disciples who had been cultivating in the Tang Tomb for a long time were much more accepting of the situation.

The bald man who brought Lü Liang and the others in explained to the puzzled outer sect disciple:

"This is always been the level you've been at..."

"What?" Upon hearing this, the outer disciples' faces grew even more puzzled.

At the same time, Wang Ye couldn't help but turn his gaze to Lü Liang.

At first, Xu Xin's aura was extremely powerful, and he was also surrounded by the mysterious halo of the Thirty-Six Thieves. Wang Ye did not dare to hold back at all and went all out to deal with him.

But just as the "Earth River Chariot" struck Xu Xin, he suddenly realized that Xu Xin's defensive capabilities were far less powerful than he had expected.

Moreover, Lu Liang's words of advice before the battle also popped into his mind: "Go easy on him, don't hurt Senior Xu."

It turns out that the sentence wasn't a joke, but a real reminder!
Realizing this, Wang Ye quickly stopped the fierce attack of the spell, turning the original powerful push into a gentle lift.

Nevertheless, Xu Xin was eventually thrown backward, but fortunately he should not have been injured.

Wang Ye secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

at this time……

Xu Xin, who had fallen to the ground, finally caught his breath.

He sat on the ground, shouting urgently to Wang Ye, "Don't move! Don't move! I haven't removed the Dan Shi yet!"

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to look in the direction of the sound.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Zhang Chulan asked, craning his neck to look around.

"Dan Shi should have been activated by now."

Zhang Lingyu stared intently at the air around Wang Ye and said in a deep voice.

"Where? Where?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chulan's eyes widened even more, and he strained to look ahead, but he couldn't see anything.

"Junior Uncle, can you see it?"

“I can’t see it.” Zhang Lingyu shook his head. “I can sense that there is something extremely dangerous there, but I can’t see it with the naked eye.”

"What a pity, why can't we see Dan Shi?" Zhang Chulan couldn't help but sigh, looking regretful. "I really want to know what it looks like."

“I can see it.” Feng Baobao, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

"Huh? Sister Bao'er, you can see?" Zhang Chulan looked at Feng Baobao in surprise.

Feng Baobao nodded and described it in a calm tone:

“I saw many tiny dots around him, like raindrops, suspended in mid-air. He was stuck.”

Upon hearing this, everyone around widened their eyes, trying to find the "little raindrop" that Feng Baobao had mentioned.

However, even after their eyes had become sore from looking, they still hadn't found anything.

……

Wang Ye also realized something at this moment.

He tried his best to maintain his current posture, while holding his breath and concentrating fully.

"Luanjin Tuo!"

He noticed that Xu Xin's movements had slowed down.

Wang Ye stared intently at Xu Xin, who slowly extended two fingers and gently moved them in the air.

As the two fingers moved, something invisible in the air seemed to change as well.

But, it’s still not enough!

"Turtle-fly flow, five times the fly flow!"

Wang Ye's eyes instantly turned red as he exerted his full power.

Finally, the blurry appearance of Dan Shi vaguely appeared before his eyes—it had no color, no smell, and not even a fixed shape.

It floats in the air in a form similar to an atmosphere, difficult to detect, yet it contains deadly danger.

"The character '艮' (Gen) – Earth flows into the wall!"

Wang Ye immediately used magic to erect a solid earthen wall around himself as a defense.

However, in an instant, he saw many fine holes appear on the earthen wall, and these holes were precisely where the transparent energy was suspended.

This situation is as if Dan Shi had ruthlessly devoured the "soil" in the path.

Wang Ye suddenly realized why this unique skill was called Dan Shi; the "Shi" in Dan Shi meant to devour.

Finally, Xu Xin stopped moving his fingers, and the unsettling sense of distortion in the air dissipated.

"That's fine," Xu Xin said.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ye's tense nerves finally relaxed.

He raised his hand and rubbed his stiff shoulders; his body had almost stiffened into a stone just now in order to avoid the pill's bite.

The Tang Clan's Dan Shi (丹噬) truly lives up to its reputation.

Thinking of this, Wang Ye bowed slightly, cupped his hands to Xu Xin, and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Xu."

Xu Xin remained seated on the ground, looking up at Wang Ye with his eyes half-closed, his gaze full of inquiry.

"Heh, I didn't expect you to be a warlock."

"That move you just used was quite something."

"Hehe, Senior Xu, you flatter me." Wang Ye scratched the back of his head somewhat embarrassedly and responded modestly.

……

A genuine smile of appreciation appeared on Xu Xin's face, but inwardly a storm was brewing.

His praise of Wang Ye just now came from the bottom of his heart.

The mysterious opponent before us is no ordinary person.

When using the Bagua technique, he hardly needs to make hand gestures. He can freely perform the Kun technique by standing in the Xun position. This kind of unique technique application is something Xu Xinshengping has never seen before.

Moreover, recalling what had just happened, if the other party hadn't stopped in time, he would have been seriously injured.

Xu Xin slowly stood up, his gaze sweeping over the Tang Sect outer disciples who were still stunned and immersed in shock, and began to explain:

“I have been imprisoned here to atone for my sins since I was nineteen. I am no longer qualified to practice the other skills of the Tang Clan. Studying Dan Shi has become my only training course. After all, passing on this unique skill to the Tang Clan is also a way for me to atone for my sins.”

"So although I am weak, my mastery of the Dan Shi technique is no exaggeration. Even if Senior Brother Yang Lie were to be resurrected, he would be no match for me in this one skill alone."

"As for ordinary superhumans, let alone guard against it, even if the Dan Shi is right there, they won't be able to detect it."

Upon hearing this, the disciples of the Tang Clan began to discuss it enthusiastically once again.

"Dan Shi truly lives up to its reputation as a Tang Clan secret technique. The moment Senior Xu Xin used Dan Shi, my hair stood on end."

"By the way, I just heard from the sect leader that the inner sect disciples are all learning Dan Shi? I'd like to learn too, but I don't know if I'm qualified?"

Not only the Tang Sect disciples, but also the remaining members of the Quanxing Sect, as well as Zhang Chulan and his group, were discussing the battle that had just taken place.

Unlike most people who focused on the pill itself, Lü Liang keenly captured some other key information during the competition.

"The poison of Dan Shi is incurable, however, its application has a certain range limitation..."

"Therefore, if you are fighting someone who has mastered the Dan Shi technique, the best strategy is to keep as much distance as possible and then use ranged abilities like poison needles to kill them..."

Lu Liang's gaze fell on Xu Xin.

He felt that he needed to refresh his opinion of Xu Xin.

In the recently concluded competition, Xu Xin's performance was quite remarkable, displaying both triumphant victories and the wisdom to conceal his true abilities.

In order to demonstrate his power, Xu Xin used this battle as a platform to showcase the terrifying power of Dan Shi to everyone.

His strategy of concealing his true strength was to deliberately choose to launch a sudden attack only after getting close to Wang Ye.

This behavior easily leads bystanders to subconsciously assume that the Dan Shi ability can only be used at close range.

However, the conditions for using Dan Shi are not actually so limited.

Although the number of pills condensed by different cultivators varies, and their attack range does differ, the difference is not as significant as it appears on the surface.

During the Battle of Mianshan, Tang Bingwen, the former leader of the Tang Clan, once made a move. He could only produce three pills at a time, but his attack range was longer than others, reaching more than ten meters.

Judging from Xu Xin's strength, even if his attack range is not as good as Tang Bingwen's, it is impossible for him to be restricted to only three steps before he can use Dan Shi.

Therefore, Lü Liang guessed that Xu Xin's various behaviors were all intentional, with the aim of causing misunderstandings among the public.

Xu Xin knew that the details of his battle today would inevitably spread, and people outside would mistakenly believe that Dan Shi could only be used at close range.

In this way, if someone were to fight against Tang Clan Dan Shi in the future, they would be less vigilant in terms of distance.

The Tang Clan members are able to catch their opponents off guard at crucial moments.

Looking at Xu Xin, Lü Liang readjusted his opinion of the old man in his mind.

When he was young, Xu Xin was a clever and rebellious person. Although he is now old, he is still a shrewd individual.

However, upon closer examination, all of this is actually quite reasonable.

If Xu Xin were truly a simple-minded, honest, and reckless person, Tang Miaoxing would never have considered passing the position of Tang Clan leader to him.

……

While Lü Liang was pondering, Tang Miaoxing walked steadily to Xu Xin's side.

At this moment, Tang Miaoxing's face was filled with an undisguised sense of pride. Clearly, he was extremely satisfied with the effect of Xu Xin's use of Dan Shi in establishing his authority.

Tang Miaoxing raised her hand and gently placed it on Xu Xin's shoulder, then pushed Xu Xin forward.

Seeing this, Lü Liang knew that the real highlight was about to begin.

As expected, Tang Miaoxing cleared her throat and announced loudly:
"You've all witnessed Dan Shi; now, it's time to meet the new sect leader!"

……

Half an hour later, Xu Xin, who had changed his name to "Tang Xin", successfully took over as the new leader of the Tang Clan.

Zhang Chulan, beaming with enthusiasm, quickly stepped forward to congratulate Xu Xin:

"Congratulations, Sect Leader Tang! Congratulations, Tang Clan!"

"Hehe, senior, I have a few questions I'd like to ask you, about Wugensheng..."

However, Zhang Chulan was interrupted by a noise coming from the cave entrance before he could finish speaking.

The person who walked in was Tang Ming, who was originally on duty at the outer gate.

"Tang Ming, what brings you here?" Tang Miaoxing asked, her brows furrowed in confusion.

At this moment, Tang Ming looked extremely serious. He took a few steps closer to Tang Miaoxing and Xu Xin and said in a low voice, "There are some guests visiting from the new outer campus. They claim they want to see the Tang Sect Leader."

"Which sect are you from?"

“It’s not a domestic force.” Tang Ming lowered his voice even further.

"They claimed to be from the Fish-Dragon Society, a group of four, all from Japan. The leader was a middle-aged man who said they had come to inquire about the Demon Blade."

"A Japanese? A demon sword?"

Upon hearing these two words, Xu Xin's previously calm eyes suddenly snapped open, instantly igniting with excitement.

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