Why did you provoke that old man? He's a reincarnation of a deity!

In the shadows at the edge of the camp, Xiao Nian stood there leaning on his cane, looking to others like an ordinary old man.

Jiang Shi stopped. He turned his head, squinted his blue eyes, and looked the white-haired old man up and down before laughing:

"Brother Yu, do you have no one else to use? Your last trump card is this eighty-year-old man? Are you trying to make me laugh to death?" Jiang Shi laughed loudly.

"You can consider it. Five million will save your life."

Yu Hu stared intently at Xiao Nian, his voice hoarse: "Five...five million?"

That's the revenue they made from bombing the Jiang Gang for two years. Should they give it all to him? But if they don't give it to him, they'll lose their lives.

"Yes. Give me five million taels after tonight. You live, and the deal is done." Xiao Nian's tone was calm.

"You have quite the nerve!" Jiang Shi was furious that he had been ignored. He wanted to tear this arrogant old man to pieces.

Yu Hu's mind raced. The thought of losing five million taels of silver made his heart tremble. But pain was better than death.

Try anything, even if it seems hopeless!

He swallowed hard and nodded vigorously: "I'll give it! Five million taels! As long as we can get through tonight, not a penny less!"

Xiao Nian nodded, then slowly walked to the center of the open space, leaning on her cane.

Jiang Shi withdrew the hand that was pointing at Yu Hu and turned around to look at Xiao Nian with interest.

He had traveled all over the country and seen many things, but this white-haired old man in front of him was the one he disliked the most.

"Old man, are you tired of living?" Jiang Shi said with a smile, his tone condescending.

"You're trying to buy time to save Yu Hu's life? Don't worry, you won't last a second longer in my hands."

Xiao Nian looked at him as if he were a dog on the side of the road.

"You are a novice earth mage. Your magic power is less than 30% concentrated. Casting Earth Wall requires two breaths of charging, and the area of ​​the Earth Swamp will not exceed one zhang."

A smile appeared on Xiao Nian's lips.

"With your mediocre skills, you dare to come here and swagger around?"

Jiang Shi's smile froze completely on her face.

With each word Xiao Nian spoke, his pupils contracted a little.

"How did you know? You're asking for it."

"Not only do I know you're not skilled enough, but I also know you're currently gathering magic power, planning to ambush me with the Earth Spike Technique." Xiao Nian interrupted him, slamming her cane on the ground.

"Don't save them up, it's tiring to watch."

Jiang Shi's expression changed, and he suddenly flung his hand, sending three earthen cones flying from the ground with a sharp whistle, aiming straight for Xiao Nian's three vital points in the chest and abdomen.

When a lion hunts a rabbit, it uses its full strength. The speed of the move he used was so fast that even a martial arts master with mastered meridians couldn't react in time.

Xiao Nian glanced at the ground listlessly.

He tapped his cane lightly on the ground, and an invisible spiritual force spread out from him.

The three earthen cones flew to within a step of him, then exploded simultaneously, turning into three plumes of dust that fell down without even touching the hem of his clothes.

Jiang Shi's face turned from white to green. This old man in front of her was dangerous! Could it be the most dangerous old man her master had ever spoken of—Zhang Tianshi?

At this moment, he held nothing back.

He suddenly took two steps back, chanting magic incantations. The ground beneath his feet trembled violently, and a crack about ten feet long appeared in the ground. Gravel and sand coalesced in front of him to form a thick earthen wall.

Earth Wall Technique, his strongest defensive magic, has never been broken in battles overseas.

Xiao Nian watched him finish all that and shook her head: "Too slow."

He raised his right hand, then extended his index and middle fingers and made a light sweeping motion in the air.

A condensed white light shot out from the fingertip, silently piercing through the earthen wall.

With a soft "poof," a round hole about the thickness of a thumb appeared in the center of the earthen wall.

The white light continued to fly forward, grazing the tip of Jiang Shi's ear.

A small piece of skin and flesh had broken off from the edge of Jiang Shi's right ear, and a drop of blood had seeped out.

The white light disappeared from everyone's sight.

He froze on the spot, his pupils shrinking to pinpoints.

The earthen wall technique has been broken.

One finger, just one finger.

"The legendary Six Meridian Divine Sword? Only those at the True Qi Realm can use it."

Jiang Shi's forehead was dripping with sweat.

"What the hell is the point of fighting? This old man could just poke me a couple of times and I'd be done for."

Jiang Shi immediately made up her mind to run away, no longer caring about her image, and threw away all her pretentious items as she ran.

Xiao Nian didn't chase after her. She just took a deep breath, her chest slightly bulging, and then exhaled.

A wisp of highly condensed white mist shot out, chasing after Jiang Shi like a bullet...

Outside the camp.

Zhao Heng and Qian Meng were still engaged in a deep exchange of muscles. Due to his pre-existing injury, Zhao Heng was forced to fight Qian Meng to a draw.

Qian Meng was completely dumbfounded when he saw Jiang Shi run away without looking back.

"Envoy Jiang, didn't you say you were going to kill them all? Why did you run away?"

"You idiot, you didn't even tell me beforehand that there was such a formidable person."

"What kind of formidable person?"

Qian Meng saw a white light chasing Jiang Shi as if it had a navigation system. The air around them was distorted by it, and everything in its path was destroyed.

"What the hell is this thing?" Qian Meng had no heart to fight and could only follow Jiang Shi.

"Envoy Jiang, please don't go! How will I live without you!"

A man, a light, and a shadow; the light and shadow chased after him, and he vanished comically from everyone's sight.

"Holy crap, this old man." The man with the cane, no longer caring about his good leg, watched as a major crisis was resolved. His eyes were wide open like saucers, and his mouth was agape.

The bald man was still fiddling with his dwindling hair: "Damn... I really am bald now."

The other martial arts masters were also extremely shocked. They wished they could slap themselves for mocking Xiao Nian just now, fearing that the old man would hold a grudge and kill them if he poked them a few times with his fingers.

Zhao Heng returned from outside the camp and saw Xiao Nian standing there unharmed. He immediately recognized that the white light belonged to Xiao Nian.

He immediately clasped his hands in thanks to Xiao Nian, saying, "This junior was blind to your greatness and did not know you were here. On behalf of the people of Jiangbei Province, I thank you for your greatness."

Zhao Heng was a man full of justice. When he heard about Yu Hu's difficulties, he immediately said that he was willing to help even if he had no money, but he did not want the opium to flow into Jiangbei Province.

Yu Hu was the first to react. He scrambled to his feet and bowed deeply to Xiao Nian, his waist almost touching the ground.

"Old Man Meng... no, Master Meng! I will never forget your life-saving grace tonight! The five million taels of silver will be delivered to you before dawn tomorrow!"

Xiao Nian nodded and looked in the direction Jiang Shi had run. The white light had stopped, which meant it must have caused Jiang Shi considerable damage.

The reason he didn't go out to chase Jiang Shi was because that white light was the limit of the spiritual power he could use. If Qian Meng appeared again, he wouldn't be able to deal with it so easily anymore.

Xiao Nian turned around and mounted the black cloud.

"Remember your five million," Xiao Nian reminded him, as it was crucial for his cultivation! "Take me to where that fat man is being held."

"Qian Biao!" Yu Hu, who had become the underground emperor of Jiangbei, was a man who knew how to get things done. He immediately told Qian Biao to take him to Lin Mumu's place.

Yu Hu stood there watching the two walk away until their figures disappeared on the horizon. Only then did he let out a long breath, his back soaked with cold sweat.

He glanced at the earthen wall on the ground that had been pierced through.

Only one thought remained in his mind: five million taels, it was worth it.

Killing someone with a breath... I've never heard of such a thing before, and I've never seen anything like it. I've certainly learned something new today. It's worth it to have made friends with such a master!

At that moment, a crazy idea popped into Yu Hu's mind:

Go all in and befriend this master!