Under One Person: Please Call Me Golden Flash

Chapter 162 Zhang Zhiwei's Sinful Deeds
This person's name is Li Ding, and he is a disciple of the same generation as Lu Huizhong.

When Zhao Zhen looked at Li Ding, he also took a closer look at the black material on Li Ding's body that resembled armor.

Without a doubt, this must be the Black-tailed Armor made by the Tang Clan's weapon refiners.

A weapon refiner is a special individual who uses "qi" to refine magical artifacts, transforming materials into weapons, armor, or props with special functions.

In the world of supernatural beings, weapon crafting is regarded as a combination of art and spiritual sublimation. It requires extremely high talent and the process is full of risks, which makes weapon crafters extremely rare in the world of supernatural beings.

In the current world of supernatural beings, apart from major forces like the Tang Clan having one or two weapon refiners, the vast majority of weapon refiners are concentrated in the Heavenly Craft Hall, which is the force to which Ma Ben, the master of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, belongs.

The weapon refiners of the Tang Clan are different from the traditional weapon refiners of the Tiangong Hall. They tend to combine the Tang Clan's mechanical arts to refine corresponding artifacts.

For example, Li Ding's black-tipped armor and the large-scale barrier devices in the forbidden area of ​​the Tang Clan's back mountain are all products made by the Tang Clan's weapon refiners.

"Huizhong, it's you."

"Let me introduce myself, Li Ding."

"My name is Zhao Zhen. I greet you, Brother Li."

After seeing Li Ding slowly walk towards the three of them, Zhao Zhen also clasped his hands in greeting to Li Ding.

"You're Zhao Zhen?"

Upon hearing Zhao Zhen's name, Li Ding's eyebrows immediately twitched.

"Brother Li, do you know me?"

A hint of doubt flashed in Zhao Zhen's eyes.

In his memory, apart from this time, he had never had any dealings with the Tang Clan.

Even when he was visiting various mountain sects back then, he didn't dare to come up to the Tang Clan.

The reason is simple: members of the Tang Clan never spar with others casually, because when they make a move, their goal is always to take the opponent's life!
Moreover, at that time, Zhao Zhen was still a disciple of the Quanxing Sect, which was practically a death warrant in front of those righteous Tang Sect members!
When Xu Xin and Dong Chang joined forces to assassinate Huang Fang, the Golden Hook, didn't they even bother to find out who was with him before launching their attack?
For the Tang Clan, ruthlessness and efficiency are their means of survival; whether or not they might mistakenly kill innocent people is not something they need to consider.

Faced with Zhao Zhen's question, Li Ding slowly shook his head.

"I don't know you, but I've heard of you. At the Lu family's birthday banquet, you fought Zhang Zhiwei of the Celestial Master's Mansion to a draw, right?"

"It's true."

Zhao Zhen nodded.

Upon seeing Zhao Zhen nod in agreement, a glint of light flashed in Li Ding's eyes.

"Brother Zhao, is now a convenient time?"

"What do you mean?" Zhao Zhen frowned.

"I'd like to spar with you."

Seemingly noticing the doubt in Zhao Zhen's eyes, Lu Huizhong smiled and explained, "It's like this: many years ago, under the witness of his elders, Brother Ding fought against Master Zhang of the Celestial Master's Mansion."

As for the result... hehe~

Lu Huizhong didn't finish the second half of her sentence, but Zhao Zhen could roughly guess what it was.

Without a doubt, Li Ding must have been so badly beaten by Zhang Zhiwei that he questioned his existence. Otherwise, he wouldn't have reacted so strongly upon hearing that he had drawn with Zhang Zhiwei.

Upon realizing this, Zhao Zhen suddenly understood.

Oh, what a tragedy!
Living with a monster like Zhang Zhiwei for a lifetime can sometimes be quite discouraging.

"I see. Since Brother Li wishes to spar, I shall gladly oblige."

"Thank you."

A moment later, looking at the two people in the center of the square, Xu Xin glanced at Lu Huizhong beside him with some concern. "Sister Lu, is this really okay? According to the sect rules, aren't we not allowed to spar with outsiders casually?"
Besides, Zhao Zhen is the sect leader's guest. If something really happens to him later, how am I supposed to explain it to the sect leader?

For Xu Xin, being afraid of the rules and regulations was all nonsense.

If he were truly so dogmatic and rigid, he wouldn't have conspired with Dong Chang to secretly attack Huang Fang, the Golden Hook.

What he was really worried about was that if Zhao Zhen's skills faltered and Li Ding accidentally lost control of his strength and actually injured someone, he, who was responsible for protecting Zhao Zhen, would definitely be punished by the sect leader!
"The problem? What's the problem? Are you worried about Zhao Zhen, or are you worried about Li Ding?"

"Then naturally I'm worried about Zhao Zhen. Everyone in the Tang Clan has witnessed Uncle Li's strength, not to mention he has the Black Tail Armor to protect him."

On the other hand, Zhao Zhen is merely skilled in escape techniques; in a direct one-on-one fight, how could he possibly be a match for Uncle-Master Li?

"Simply good at escaping?"

Lu Huizhong turned her head, and a strange smile gradually appeared on her lips.

"Xiao Xu, it seems I'll have to have you practice our Tang Clan's observation techniques with Mingyi later."

"What do you mean?"

Xu Xin blinked, looking completely bewildered.

"It's alright, just watch."

Looking ahead at Zhao Zhen not far away, Li Ding couldn't help but recall the image of that young Taoist priest from back then.

"Over the years, I have always wanted to fight Zhang Zhiwei again, but unfortunately, I have never had the chance."

Since he was able to fight Zhang Zhiwei to a draw, it means that he must have his own extraordinary abilities, and his strength is at least not much worse than Zhang Zhiwei's.

"Come on, let me see just how much of a difference there is between me and Zhang Zhiwei after all these years!!"

Thinking of this, Li Ding's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

"Disappeared? Was it an illusion...?"

Zhao Zhen murmured softly, then slowly closed his eyes.

Against an opponent who has activated the illusionary body illusion, your eyes not only offer no help, but may even provide misleading information.

Rather than doing that, it's better to just close your eyes.

Over the years, Zhao Zhen has learned a lot from the little fox Hutu, one of which is how to recognize people by their "scent".

With this skill, Zhao Zhen was able to detect the infiltration of the Hieiyama ninja most of the time, thus anticipating the enemy's moves.

"it's here!"

Suddenly, with a flick of Zhao Zhen's wrist, a silver needle shot towards the trunk of a large tree.

call out!
The silver needle swiftly sliced ​​through the air, about to strike Li Ding in the tree. Left with no other choice, Li Ding had to dispel his illusion barrier and simultaneously dodge the flying needle.

puff!
The silver needle pierced the tree trunk and disappeared completely in an instant.

"Holy crap, he saw through Uncle Li's illusion barrier right from the start?!"

Xu Xin's eyes widened in surprise upon seeing this.

While Li Ding's Illusionary Body Barrier might not be considered outstanding within the entire Tang Sect, it was certainly far superior to his.

When Li Ding disappeared while shrouded in illusion, even Xu Xin couldn't find him for a long time.

But Zhao Zhen not only discovered his whereabouts instantly, but also forced Li Ding to break free of the illusion barrier with just one strike.

Xu Xin now seemed to finally understand the meaning of what Lu Huizhong had just said...

(End of this chapter)