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At night, on a grassy field, Lu Ming lay on a blanket, gazing at the starry sky. He hadn't seen such a starry sky in many years, and he was unconsciously captivated.

"What a pity about Qiao Feng!"

Thinking back to the news I heard during the day, I couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

Qiao Feng's birth was destined to end in tragedy. Born into the Liao royal family, he was raised by Han people from a young age and educated to serve the Han court, caught between the two countries and wavering between them.

In this era, the various ethnic groups were extremely xenophobic. The saying "Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts" was not just a saying. You must know that the northern nomadic peoples were truly ruthless and slaughtered peoples. The hatred between ethnic groups was irreconcilable.

It would have been better if Qiao Feng's true identity hadn't been exposed. Once it was, he was caught between the debt of gratitude for being raised and his blood relatives. No matter which side he helped, he was caught in the middle.

"Forget it, it's none of my business anyway. I'll just continue improving the Northern Darkness Divine Art and refining my true energy so I can break through to the Innate Realm as soon as possible!"

With his mind focused on his body, he constantly sensed the changes in his physical body and true energy, continuously adjusting the circulation route of the Northern Darkness True Energy and improving the Northern Darkness Divine Skill.

During this process, mental energy is constantly merging with true qi through collisions. With each increase in merging, the mastery of true qi increases. Places where true qi previously required coordination with breathing frequencies to circulate can now be reached with a mere thought.

This sense of control over power captivated him...

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. Since Wu Yazi had already passed on his skills to Lu Ming, the story of the Zhenlong Chess Game at Leigu Mountain was no longer included. Ding Chunqiu naturally did not cause trouble for Su Xinghe and continued to act arrogantly in Xingxiu Sea.

In the pine forest at the foot of Piaomiao Peak in the Tianshan Mountains, firelight flickered in the dense woods, creating a lively scene.

With the Crimson Sky Sword at his waist, Lu Ming strolled leisurely through the pine forest. Along the way, he encountered groups of strange and bizarre people, whose bizarre appearances made his lips twitch.

"I never knew there was cosplay in ancient times!"

These people were from the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands. They began to gather one after another after receiving a message from Boss Wu that there were unusual signs at Lingjiu Palace today. He felt that there was something wrong with the Child Granny. He also brought back a deaf-mute girl from Lingjiu Palace, intending to use the girl as a sacrifice. Therefore, he convened a meeting to discuss a plan to deal with the Child Granny of Tianshan.

All of these people had been given life-and-death talismans by the Child Granny, their lives and deaths were controlled by her, and they were forced to work for the Lingjiu Palace. The Lingjiu Palace's position in Tianshan was unshakeable, and these demons and monsters deserve much credit for that.

Lu Ming was sizing up these people, and they were also sizing up Lu Ming, their eyes full of curiosity and eagerness. They were certain that this handsome young man in front of them was definitely not from their Thirty-Six Caves or Seventy-Two Islands.

"interesting!"

Although these people were dressed strangely and their abilities varied, their methods were undeniably impressive.

For example, the one hiding in the cauldron not far away is Sang Mugong, the master of Bilin Cave in western Sichuan. He is a natural dwarf who is proficient in burrowing and using hidden weapons. After hiding in the cauldron, he can both attack and defend, making him a very troublesome opponent.

There's not much to say about hidden weapons and martial arts techniques that involve hiding in a cauldron, but the skill of escaping underground is an extremely useful method.

In addition, there was the person carrying a long sword hiding in the shadows. Lu Ming could sense a faint sword aura from him and guessed that it should be Zhuo Bufan, who was born into the Yizi Huijian Sect in the original work.

He was very interested in the sword manual in Zhuo Bufan's hand.

Back then, the entire "One-Word Wisdom Sword Sect" was wiped out by Tong Lao. Zhuo Bufan was not in Fujian at the time and was spared. He never dared to go back and fled to the desolate and cold Changbai Mountain to study swordsmanship. He accidentally obtained a sword manual left by a senior master. He practiced diligently for twenty years and finally mastered swordsmanship. He was confident that he was invincible.

After leaving the mountain, he killed several top-tier martial arts masters, which made him arrogant, and he called himself the "Sword God".

Although the claim that this "Sword God" is exaggerated in the world of Tianlong, where masters disdain using weapons, it's important to know that sword light is formed only after sword energy is highly compressed, making it extremely sharp.

However, Zhuo Bufan's internal energy cultivation was too poor; his true qi was insufficient, allowing him to only form a half-foot sword aura, unable to unleash much of its power. With his true qi cultivation, generating a three-foot sword aura would be no problem at all.

Imagine a sword suddenly unleashing a meter-long sword beam during battle, greatly increasing the attack range. Moreover, this sword beam can attack in three dimensions, making it incredibly terrifying in combat.

"Hey kid, who are you?!"

Suddenly, sharp, piercing sounds rang out from all directions, startling countless birds into flight.

"Who I am is none of your business! You'd better mind your own business first; the Life and Death Talisman on you should be activating soon... Don't I agree, Master Sangmu!"

Lu Ming stopped and turned to look at the large cauldron where Sang Mugong was hiding, and teased him with a smile.

"Kid, don't laugh at your older brother for being like that. Although we don't know when you were put under the Life and Death Talisman, we're all gathered here to deal with that Tianshan Child Granny and get the antidote for the Life and Death Talisman."

A pair of small hands stretched out from the mouth of the cauldron, and Sangmu Gong's head popped out, glaring fiercely at Lu Ming.

"hehe!!"

"You little brat, you're asking for it!"

Seeing Lu Ming mock him, Sang Mu Gong was furious. He gathered his true energy in both hands and struck the cauldron wall with a palm. With a "clang", the cauldron flew out and crashed straight into Lu Ming.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

As soon as the cauldron flew halfway out, dozens of hidden weapons shot out from its mouth, blocking all of Lu Ming's escape routes.

This was precisely the attack method that Sang Mugong often used: using hidden weapons to block the enemy's movement and then striking them with a large bronze cauldron. Even a top-tier martial arts master would die from a single blow from a bronze cauldron weighing over a thousand pounds.

If the opponent dodges, they will be attacked by hidden weapons. These weapons are all coated with highly poisonous substances, capable of causing instant death upon contact with blood.

Even if his opponents dodge the cauldron and hidden weapons and launch an attack on him, he can hide inside the cauldron and burrow underground to avoid the enemy's attacks. It is precisely because of this set of methods that he has been able to firmly hold the position of the island master of Bilin Island, and even be considered one of the top in strength among the thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands.

"A trivial skill!"

Unfortunately, this set of methods was useless against Lu Ming. He snorted coldly, activated the Northern Darkness Divine Art, and instead of retreating, his figure advanced, turning into a blur and instantly arriving in front of the cauldron's impact path. His right palm, filled with Northern Darkness True Qi, slammed down heavily.

"Sunset Melting Gold - Revised!"

Sunset Melts Gold is a rare and extremely powerful palm technique among the Six Yang Palms of Tianshan. The original Sunset Melts Gold transforms the Northern Darkness True Qi into extremely Yang Qi, with the left palm placed on top of the right palm, combining the power of the two palms to unleash a scorching attack powerful enough to melt metal.

However, Lu Ming felt that this was not cool enough, and that the simultaneous release of both palms would easily leave a flaw, so he modified the move. He used the Dragon Capturing Skill to control his true energy and the Sunlight Triple Layering Technique to stack two extremely yang palm forces, so that he could use it with one hand.

Although it is not as powerful as the original Sunset Melt Gold, it is faster and its moves are more unpredictable.