I am Jinshan Youxia

"Forget it, we're completely clueless. Let's hear what Wu Yazi and Su Xinghe have to say. For now, let's go see if the Li family is Li Qingluo or the others."

Zhang Chengyi decisively abandoned thinking about some overly perverse questions, flipped over and jumped out of the window, and floated towards the Li residence.

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A few minutes later, at the Li residence.

found it.

Zhang Chengyi slowly landed in the garden's long corridor, which was filled with all kinds of camellias. With the addition of the Li family, the probability of Li Qingluo being here was more than 80%.

"Who dares to trespass into the Li residence!"

The woman, busy in the garden, looked up and, seeing a strange man, did not panic. Instead, she shouted and prepared to attack.

"laugh!"

Zhang Chengyi raised his hand and flicked his finger, pinning the woman to the spot. Then, he strolled leisurely around the Li residence as if he were in his own home.

All I saw along the way were women, old, young, and tiny; not a single man. And none of them could communicate normally. Their subconscious thoughts were either to shout or to grab any strange man.

Her martial arts skills weren't particularly high, but at least at the level of Bao Qianling before she fell asleep; she was a master among the lesser villains.

"What brings you here, sir, to sneak into my residence?" As I ran into the inner courtyard, a woman of about forty years old blocked my way with a long sword in her hand.

Zhang Chengyi sized up the woman in front of him. She was cold, elegant, and had a cool, aloof demeanor. She was agile and seemed to have practiced body-strengthening techniques. Her internal strength was quite good, enough to block his casual One-Finger Divine Skill.

"Not bad," he complimented, then raised his hand.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Ordinary people need to regulate their breathing and circulate their internal energy to unleash a single One-Finger Divine Skill that can determine the outcome of a battle, but in Zhang Chengyi's hands, it becomes a small water gun with unlimited bullets, shooting out dozens of fingers in the blink of an eye.

The woman's face paled, and she tried her best to defend herself with her long sword, but in a second, her hairpin was knocked away, her black hair fell loose, and her clothes were torn open by the strong wind, revealing her fair skin. Several acupoints on her body were struck, and her long sword clattered to the ground. She froze, motionless, with an expression on her face that was both crying and laughing.

"Sister Mei Jian!"

Not far away, a woman exclaimed and approached with her familiar Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique). With a sway of her body, she and the beautiful woman who had been acupunctured disappeared from the spot.

"Wang Yuyan, it really is you and your daughter."

Zhang Chengyi looked with a smile at yet another master he had created. Qiao Feng had disappeared, chaos reigned everywhere, and his martial arts breakthroughs had been fruitless. Now, finally, there was good news: he had found a familiar figure.

"Zhang, Zhang"

Wang Yuyan, holding Mei Jian, stared at the man not far away, speechless. It was as if the words in her mouth were stuck together with glue, and she couldn't get them out.

Chapter 110 Northern Darkness Yin-Yang Technique

"oi, long time no see."

Zhang Chengyi smiled with relief. "Where is your maternal grandfather, Wuyazi?"

"Oh, eh?" Wang Yuyan's slightly fearful expression stiffened for a moment, then she relaxed and said, "It really is you, Uncle Zhang."

With such a strange way of greeting and that lazy demeanor, there couldn't be anyone else.

"What do you mean 'it really is me'?" Zhang Chengyi spread his hands and said, "Is there possibly another me?"

Wang Yuyan's smile turned bitter as she said, "It's a long story... Hey, Uncle Zhang, come with me, I'll take you to find my mother."

"Ok?"

Zhang Chengyi sensed something was wrong and said, "No, has another version of me really appeared?"

“Someone disguised himself as you, Grandpa Zhang, and caused quite a stir.” Wang Yuyan led the way, saying as they walked, “My maternal grandfather is currently in the Valley of Immortality and Springtime, so he probably won’t be able to come out to see you right now.”

"So you're still alive, right?" Zhang Chengyi nodded. Then it's nothing to worry about; being alive is a good thing.

He really lives a long life; Wu Yazi will be turning 140 next year, won't he?

Wang Yuyan sighed and said, "My maternal grandfather went into a state of demonic possession thirty years ago. He was only lucid for a few hours each day, so he used the earth's power to trap himself in the Valley of Immortality and Longevity with an array."

"Living there for a long time can preserve youth, but one will die if one leaves the valley. The valley is full of strange and supernatural things. There used to be a divine book called the Eternal Youth and Longevity Technique, but it was taken away by the Ancestor Xiaoyaozi. Only a spring of water that can grant immortality when drunk is left, but outsiders dare not enter."

“My maternal grandmother, Tianshan Tonglao, and Uncle Su Xinghe all moved in. Fifteen years ago, my maternal grandmother and Tianshan Tonglao ran away in a fit of anger, and soon they aged terribly.”

"Later, I was buried in the valley, and my mother brought me to Sichuan."

"It's very chaotic outside. Suzhou was destroyed more than 20 years ago, and Mantuo Villa and Yanziwu Canhe Villa were not spared either."

"Uncle Zhang, sigh..." she sighed with deep emotion.

Having witnessed the changes of the world over the past thirty years, and watched it gradually become unfamiliar, I now see people who look almost exactly the same as they did years ago. Even though we didn't have much of a relationship in the past, and I was even a little afraid of them, we are now stained with the sugar called "memories".

[Impersonating me caused quite a bit of trouble. Who's a suspect? Well, okay, many people are suspects. It's normal for a few troublemakers or lunatics to appear among those ten thousand peerless masters. It seems like it's my fault again...]

Zhang Chengyi pondered for a moment and said, "How could Wuyazi have gone mad from practicing qi cultivation?"

Wang Yuyan said, "After you left, Grandpa Zhang, we quickly realized the flaws of the body-strengthening method. There is a limit to how internal force can enhance muscles and bones. My grandfather was the first to reach the limit, so he took the initiative to explore other paths."

"About a year after you left, Grandpa Zhang, my maternal grandfather developed a body-refining method by stimulating the body through meridians and acupoints. As long as you have enough internal energy, you can continue to push your muscles to become stronger, but..."

But you don't have enough internal energy, right? No wonder you developed a method for breaking through martial arts, but Li Anu didn't become strong enough to fly and escape into the ground.

'Forging' means hammering, and 'refining' means refining. Logically, it means to forge first and then refine, so that the body has room for further forging. But if you have the method but not enough energy, you are still a rootless duckweed.

Zhang Chengyi nodded to indicate that he understood the logic and said, "Continue."

Wang Yuyan continued, "Due to limited power and the fact that body-refining methods consume even more power, Master Wuyazi gained some insights from the Beiming Divine Art and found another way to create the Beiming Yin-Yang Art by using internal energy to recreate acupoints within the body."

When this martial art was mentioned, she had very complicated feelings, because it was a martial art that was never completed and was not yet perfected. The creator himself was driven mad by this martial art.

The reason she knew that Murong Fu might be related to the fire at Leigu Mountain was because Murong Fu had also practiced the stolen divine skill.

"Bei Ming is also the North Sea."

"The Great Dao of Profound Darkness, the Kun in the Sea."

"It is like a great Kun fish, which cannot be nurtured without the vastness of the North Sea."

"The internal organs are stored in the Northern Darkness, the muscles and bones are conceived in the Yin and Yang, the four symbols are condensed into the sixty-four orifices, and the eight trigrams are used to nourish the Kunpeng."

Wang Yuyan slowly recited the words that the mad Wuyazi often muttered. She used her true energy to create acupoints in her strong muscles and bones that could respond to true energy. She then used the internal energy stored in her internal organs to respond to the acupoints, connected them with her will, and pushed her power to the limit to complete the final Kunpeng descent.

This technique was created for the Heavenly Mountain Child Granny. Its ultimate effect should be that after condensing the sixty-four acupoints, she can transform into a 'Kunpeng' and no longer have her former young body.

Unfortunately, something went wrong, and the people who practiced it either went insane or died on the spot.

The enraged Wu Yazi severely injured several people on the spot and was subdued by the group. He only regained some composure the next day and asked Su Xinghe, the Eight Friends of Hangu, and some disciples of the Deaf-Mute Sect to take him away from Leigu Mountain. He entrusted the affairs of Tianlongdiya Valley to Tianshan Tonglao, his maternal grandmother Li Qiushui, his mother Li Qingluo, and Wang Yuyan.

What happened next was rather bizarre. A fake Zhang Chengyi appeared, and the four people who weren't particularly familiar with Master Zhang were suspicious. The deaf-mute disciples were transferred away, and enemies attacked in the middle of the night. They didn't know who was behind the attack from within, and Tianshan Tonglao and Li Qiushui, who hadn't received any skills from Master Zhang, were no match for the masked men.

When Wang Yuyan and Li Qingluo finally managed to defeat the invading enemy and returned to the valley, they only found their maternal grandmother Li Qiushui and Tianshan Tonglao, who had been injured.

The cave in the valley has been dug up, and the martial arts manuals containing the body-forging and body-refining methods are nowhere to be found. The unfinished Beiming Yin-Yang Technique has also been taken away.

Fearing further enemy attacks, the four of them, covered in wounds, had no choice but to be escorted away by the deaf-mute disciples who returned in shock and anger. At that time, the Western Xia was on the verge of destruction, and even though Li Qiushui was unwilling, she still went with them to Tianshan.

After making inquiries, they learned that there were deaf-mute disciples around the Valley of Immortality, who then joined up with Wu Yazi, Su Xinghe, and their group.

Next, the Li family settled in Shu, and Wang Yuyan went to pick up the mad Murong Fu. The Tianshan Lingjiu Palace was transformed into the Daxueshan Lingjiu Palace. The Immortal Spring Valley was located in a dangerous and remote area, and the people in the valley could not come out for long periods of time. The Li family and the Lingjiu Palace were responsible for supplying Immortal Spring Valley with supplies at the end of each month.

Until now.

It can be considered a kind of secluded life, detached from worldly affairs.

While things were in chaos outside, the Shu region managed to maintain a semblance of peace. After Li Qiushui's death, the relationship between Lingjiu Palace and the Li family became even more harmonious. Tianshan Tonglao treated Wang Yuyan almost like her own granddaughter, doting on her immensely. She even sent four sword attendants—Plum Blossom, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum—to accompany her, hoping that she would one day succeed as the Palace Master of Lingjiu Palace.

Chapter 111 Hey, I have a plan

"Ah, ah!"

As the two walked and talked, they had just left the garden when they heard two shouts, one short and one long. Looking over, they saw that the one who made the shouts was a handsome man who looked to be about thirty years old. His exaggerated expression completely ruined his good looks, giving the impression that he had some mental problems. He looked at Zhang Chengyi with a look of fear on his face, then turned around and ran away.

Wang Yuyan wanted to call out to her cousin, but then realized that Grandpa Zhang was nearby. As for why her cousin was acting crazy, it was something she couldn't talk about. In their conversation just now, she had only briefly mentioned the fire at Leigu Mountain, and hadn't mentioned at all that her cousin might have practiced the Beiming Liangyi Gong.

To her utter surprise, Grandpa Zhang immediately recognized her cousin, who had changed quite a bit.

"Murong Fu?"

Zhang Chengyi asked with a smile and an affirmative tone, then said, "He also practiced the Northern Darkness Yin-Yang Technique?"

"..." Wang Yuyan was silent for a while, then said, "I...I don't know."

Grandpa Zhang really is capable of killing people.

“Before I came here, I went to Leigu Mountain,” Zhang Chengyi said casually. “The things Wuyazi left me are gone.”

Only Su Xinghe was present when he made the agreement with Wu Yazi; anyone else who wanted to know could only find out from these two.

The caves and mechanisms are buried very deep, making them almost impossible for outsiders to find without knowing their location.

If he hadn't seen the insane Murong Fu, he might have assumed that someone had accidentally broken through the mountain wall during a fight and found him. But knowing that Wu Yazi had gone mad because of the Beiming Liangyi Gong, and then seeing a mad Murong Fu, he couldn't help but think more about it.

Wang Yuyan stopped in her tracks. With her clever little brain, she knew as soon as she heard this that she couldn't hide it from Grandpa Zhang. If she told him directly, her cousin might die. But if she didn't confess, the consequences might be worse and implicate her whole family.

A choice to be made?

She felt a chill; whichever she chose, she was giving up the other.

To everyone's surprise, Zhang Chengyi asked with genuine astonishment, "Let's go, why did we stop?"

"Uncle Zhang, I...I..." Wang Yuyan strode forward with legs that seemed to be filled with mercury, walking step by step toward the front hall, stammering and unable to utter a complete sentence.

Zhang Chengyi remained silent, and the atmosphere between them became tense. They soon arrived at their destination.

Wang Yuyan said with a heavy expression, "Uncle Zhang, please sit down first. I'll go call my mom."

Back then, Murong Fu unusually wanted to be with her at Leigu Mountain, and soon they reached the point of discussing marriage. Just as Wu Yazi did not hide the agreement from his daughter Li Qingluo, his senior sister Tianshan Tonglao, and his junior sister Li Qiushui, she did not intend to hide it from her fiancé either.

After all, the martial arts techniques they developed could be made public according to Grandpa Zhang's wishes; it was just a matter of asking a close friend.

Little did they know that someone would burn down the Valley of the Deaf and Mute and steal the secret manuals that could have been made public at any time.

But one thing is clear: many things can be given to you, but you can't take them away.

Murong Fu might even get involved in stealing what she should have easily obtained, and even Wang Yuyan, as the person involved, was unsure how to evaluate this behavior.

"Ah."

Zhang Chengyi seemed completely unconcerned, casually choosing a chair to sit down, watching Wang Yuyan leave quickly, a smile appearing on his face.

Interesting. It seems that Murong Fu was most likely involved in the fire at Leigu Mountain and also went mad after practicing the Beiming Liangyi Gong.