Sword drawn from the constellations, poison as its edge.

Chapter 261 Xuan Ming
Upon hearing the four words "May you stay young forever," Wang Yuyan was overjoyed. She smiled radiantly and whispered, "Hehe, you're so kind!"

Seeing her appearance, Azi was displeased and cried out, "The poison has taken effect! The poison has taken effect! Big Ginger, come and take care of me!"

Jiang Mingzhe sighed. As these women became increasingly dependent on him and their feelings for him became harder to conceal, his days grew more and more difficult.

He couldn't help but wonder if he should follow his father-in-law's example and separate these women.

However, there was no immediate plan, so he had no choice but to return to Dengfeng and help Azi master the Divine Foot Scripture to completely neutralize the poison of the Ice Silkworm.

He then used his inner force to dispel the cold poison from the fat monk's body. When the fat monk woke up and saw the corpse of the ice silkworm, he wept bitterly, overwhelmed with grief, as if he had lost a loved one.

Duan Yu, out of curiosity, inquired further and learned the monk's background—

The fat monk's Buddhist name was Huijing. He was a disciple of the Hui generation of Shaolin Temple and a student of the monk Xuantong, who passed away after being reprimanded by Jiang Mingzhe.

Xuan Tong meticulously studied the Breaking the Precepts Blade Technique, transforming the single blade into a double one, which was a unique innovation. However, because of this, he was tainted by the killing intent in the blade technique, making him extremely irritable. He was also very strict with his disciples, and would beat and scold them for the slightest mistake.

Unfortunately, Huijing was not a good person. He didn't like practicing martial arts or meditation, but only liked drinking and eating meat. When working in the temple, he was cunning and sly. He also often went to the villages to steal chickens and dogs and peep at the old women taking baths.

One day, when he was caught peeping, the village chief reported him to the Shaolin Temple. Knowing that he would be severely punished, Huijing simply ran away and, relying on his superb swordsmanship, lived a carefree and happy life in the martial arts world.

When the news reached Shaolin Temple, they sent people to arrest him. Huijing, upon learning this, dared not linger in the Central Plains any longer. Remembering that Tantric monks could drink alcohol, eat meat, and peep at women bathing, he fled westward, determined to join Tantric Buddhism and become a lama.

Unexpectedly, he was unfamiliar with the roads and wandered into the Kunlun Mountains, where he got lost. He encountered a venomous python with scales like iron, impervious to blades. Huijing thought he was surely doomed, but suddenly, this ice silkworm appeared from the side and effortlessly froze the python to death, eating its venom glands.

Seeing how ferocious the insect was, Huijing was terrified. She quickly sprinkled realgar powder that she carried with her to repel snakes and insects. Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good. The ice silkworm was very scared. Huijing's courage grew, and after some effort, she actually caught the extremely poisonous insect and put it in her wine gourd.

From then on, Huijing had a powerful bodyguard as she roamed the Kunlun Mountains.

No matter what poisonous insects or wild beasts they encounter, as long as they release the Ice Silkworm, they will be invincible.

The two of them worked together, one swallowing poison and the other eating meat, their cooperation was extremely tacit. For some reason, the Ice Silkworm regarded the gourd as its dwelling and did not harm Huijing.

Huijing was lonely with no one to accompany her, so she would talk to Bingcan from time to time to relieve her boredom. In her words, she referred to herself as her master and elder, which was similar to the feeling of people in later generations who call their cats and dogs "Mom and Dad". She really regarded Bingcan as a close companion.

After some time, a group of lamas went into the mountains and captured a large number of poisonous creatures. Huijing took the opportunity to follow them out of the Kunlun Mountains. However, when he saw the lamas capturing poisonous creatures, he was afraid that they would take away his ice silkworms. So he gave up the idea of ​​converting to Tantric Buddhism and rushed back to the Central Plains, intending to find a remote temple to stay in for the rest of his days.

The Ice Silkworm exuded a chilling aura, and Huijing, who spent his days with it, inevitably suffered from its icy poison. He remembered that the Six Yang Righteous Qi Pill of his temple was the best at dispelling the cold, so he decided to secretly return to Shaolin Temple to ask his fellow disciples for some pills for him. Unexpectedly, he encountered the wicked Ah Zi, and his dear companion died as a result.

He told Duan Yu about these things, crying as he spoke, tears streaming down his chubby face.

Duan Yu felt great sympathy and immediately pleaded with Jiang Mingzhe for mercy. Jiang Mingzhe was too lazy to make things difficult for the monk, so he let him carry the corpse of the Ice Silkworm and go to Shaolin Temple, sobbing.

As for those few arrogant beggars, Jiang Mingzhe casually broke their collarbones and told them to go back and report to their respective branch leaders: Jiang Mingzhe was entrusted by Xiao Feng to go to the Luoyang headquarters soon to reorganize the Beggars' Clan.

Upon returning to Dengfeng, the group stayed at Longyuan Baosi for more than half a month. During this time, Azi finally mastered all thirty-six diagrams of the Divine Foot Scripture, and the deadly poison of the Ice Silkworm in her body was transformed into extremely powerful and cold internal energy.

In the original novel, You Tanzhi, who mastered the Ice Silkworm Divine Skill, was a good-for-nothing. Apart from his excellent internal strength, all his martial arts skills were learned from A Zi, who was blind at the time. Even so, he still managed to seize the position of Beggar Clan leader by force.

The current Azi is even more powerful than in the original story. With this internal energy, the power she can unleash far surpasses that of You Tanzhi, making her a top-tier master in one step.

Earlier, in the Sword Lake Cave of Wuliang Mountain, A Zi obtained three divine skills behind the bronze mirror. She chose to cultivate the White Rainbow Palm Force, and let Jiang Mingzhe practice the Hanging Cloud Sword Technique and the Netherworld Ghost Hand.

Ah Zi underestimated this divine skill far too much back then.

In the original story, when Li Qiushui mastered the skill, even Tong Lao was amazed. At that time, both of them were already in their eighties or nineties, which shows how difficult this skill was to learn.

The difficulty of this skill lies precisely in its requirement for internal strength.

Ah Zi has put a lot of effort into this skill, but she hasn't made much progress until now, when her internal strength has greatly improved, and she has finally been able to unleash an extremely sharp and powerful palm strike.

The wonder of this skill lies in the two key points of invisible palm force and the ability to turn at will. Although Azi's internal strength is now incredibly profound, it does not have the gentle, water-like characteristics of the Lesser Formless Skill. Instead, it follows a cold and murderous path.

Therefore, although the palm force can be released, it can only go straight, not to mention turning, it cannot even have a little more arc.

The formless nature of the palm strike also disappeared. When A Zi struck out with her palm, it was a grayish-white palm strike with a chilling aura, like an extremely cold freezing current, with an extremely powerful momentum.

Fortunately, Azi wasn't the type to get stuck on details. She only sought to make her martial arts powerful. Although her palm strikes couldn't bend or become invisible, they were still incredibly powerful and fierce.

Therefore, Azi racked her brains for a whole night and came up with a new name. The next day, she proudly declared to everyone that her talent was too great. She had deduced something new from the "not so great" White Rainbow Palm Force and created a world-shaking ultimate skill - Xuanming Divine Palm!
Upon hearing the name, Jiang Mingzhe was both surprised and intrigued, wondering if the insidious martial art that caused Zhang Wuji so much suffering in the world of Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber originated from here.

Now that Azi's problem was solved, he didn't waste any more time, and the group left Dengfeng again for Leigu Mountain.

This time, the journey was smooth. After traveling south for several days, we asked for directions along the way and found Dalong Mountain without any trouble. The so-called Leigutai is the main peak of Dalong Mountain, which is two or three hundred feet high.

The group walked up the mountain path, and after climbing more than a hundred feet, the path suddenly became steep, making it difficult for the horses to walk. So they tied the horses to trees and the group climbed on foot. After walking another hundred feet, Jiang Mingzhe frowned, as he could faintly smell a putrid odor.

(End of this chapter)