An Ran's internal energy burst forth like a bright light in the dark night sky, instantly attracting many of the monks in Tianlong Temple. Among these eminent monks was a striking young man in white.

These high-ranking monks surrounded An Ran and Li Mochou. Ben Yin, the bearded man and current head of Tianlong Temple, asked, "May I ask who you are and why you have intruded into Tianlong Temple?"

"My name is An Ran. This person's surname is Li, and my given name is Mo Chou." Seeing that the other party did not get angry and was still treating her politely, An Ran also followed the local customs and introduced herself, "Our purpose here is also very simple, just to see the sword manual of the Six Meridians Divine Sword."

"You, are you also after the Six Meridians Divine Sword?" The young man in white blurted out before Ben Yin could speak.

"I'm sorry." Ben Yin glanced at Duan Yu and sighed, "The Six Meridians Divine Sword is a secret of Dali that is not passed on. Only the descendants of the Duan family can see it. Sir, please come in!" Compared with his previous polite treatment, Ben Yin's tone was obviously much more aggressive now.

This is also normal.

After all, their Duan family is the royal family of Dali, not an ordinary martial arts sect. Although Dali is only a small country, it is still an independent and sovereign country.

Even when the Great Wheel King Jiumozhi spied on their Six Meridians Divine Sword manual, he did so under the guise of exchanging Buddhist teachings. But the man before him was so brazen and direct, revealing his hand so openly.

This guy simply doesn't take the entire Dali Kingdom seriously.

"Don't get me wrong." An Ran smiled and shook her head, saying, "I don't really care much about the Six Meridians Divine Sword, and I don't need it. So, it's not that I covet your family's sword manual."

"Oh?" Ben Yin looked at An Ran and raised his eyebrows.

"Of course." An Ran's smile remained, but she changed the subject. "Although I don't care about the sword manual, my wife wants to see it." She glanced at Li Mochou.

ecstasy!

Li Mochou remained calm on the surface, but she was ecstatic inside. This joy even shook her mind, making her body feel a little numb.

Wife!

He actually admitted that I was his wife. What a surprise! This wave of huge profit!

774 An Ran's Dominance

What, wife?

The name An Ran stunned the monks present, as well as Duan Yu. After all, An Ran looked only fourteen or fifteen years old. Meanwhile, Li Mochou, while her image and temperament had been transformed, was still at least in her early twenties.

In feudal times, it was quite common for an old man to marry a young woman. However, it was very rare for ordinary people to have an old woman and a young husband.

So they had a preconceived notion that they were just companions, or even more precisely, siblings. They never imagined they were actually husband and wife.

This is really... a little unexpected.

"Amitabha." As if to calm his own shock, Ben Yin chanted the Buddha's name and said, "If that's the case, then it's even more unacceptable. My Six Meridians Divine Sword is passed down to males, not females, even among the Duan family's descendants."

Skirt-lifting maniac:?

Miss Beaver: ? Well, is there such a thing as this?

Lazy Kitten: Damn! I feel offended! This won't work! I'm going to punch you!

Book illustrator: Don't be impulsive, stay calm. This has always been the case in ancient society, and women's low status has been around for a long time. This has become a universal social problem, so there's no need to get angry about it.

Lazy Little Kitten: As a bald man, you actually discriminate against women. I don’t even discriminate against bald men!

Book Artist: Poof!

Skirt-lifting maniac: Hahahaha, I support Luoluo! Feel free to discriminate against bald donkeys!

Lazy Kitten: Come on, I don’t have many bald guys here.

As everyone in the group chatted, An Ran laughed again. "You seem to have misunderstood something."

"What?" Ben looked puzzled.

"What I just said was not a request." An Ran raised her hand and said lightly, "It was a notice." As soon as she finished speaking, a cold light suddenly burst out from her fingertips.

Click.

A cold light flashed, and the stone lion that originally stood in front of the hall instantly disintegrated. It turned into pieces of debris and scattered everywhere.

hiss.

Everyone present who witnessed this scene gasped, a chill running down their spines. What had just happened? Martial arts? Sword energy? Could it be that the other party had already mastered the Six Meridians Divine Sword?

But this doesn't make sense!

The other party was obviously not a descendant of the Dali Duan family, so how could he possibly possess the Six Meridians Divine Sword? Moreover, in Ben Yin's opinion, even the authentic Six Meridians Divine Sword would not be able to achieve such power.

"I'm determined to get this Six Meridians Divine Sword manual." An Ran withdrew his hand and said indifferently, "It's just the difference between me taking it myself and you personally delivering it to me."

Upon hearing this, Benyin, Benxiang and the others were all silent.

Although they were furious, they had no choice but to admit that what the other party said was true. With the martial arts displayed by the other party, they really had no way to resist.

But personally delivering the Six Meridians Divine Sword's sword manual to the other party is definitely impossible.

After all, they represent the face of the Dali royal family. If they retreat here, the face of their Dali Kingdom will be lost. But if they don't retreat, what else can they do?

They couldn't resist each other.

Moreover, facing such a martial artist, it is meaningless to use secular imperial power to oppress him. After all, Dali is just a small country. If someone directly snatched the sword manual and ran to the Song Dynasty, what could they do?

What a dilemma!

At this moment, all the monks of Tianlong Temple felt difficult and uncomfortable.

At this moment, Duan Yu suddenly said, "You, you are too domineering! The Six Meridians Divine Sword originally belonged to the Duan family of Dali. You are trying to steal it!"

"You're right, it's robbery." An Ran didn't deny it, and said bluntly, "You're weaker than me, so I'll rob you. Isn't that par for the course in this world? The tribute you gave to Xixia, isn't that also robbery? Xixia can rob, but I can't?"

"You..." Duan Yu's eyes widened in anger, and he said, "You are just making up stories!"

"Fraudulent arguments?" An Ran blinked and smiled, "Do you think paying tribute to Xixia is also a matter of course?"

"Amitabha." Just as An Ran finished speaking, an elderly voice rang out. Following this, the door to the Tianlong Temple lobby slowly opened.

The old monk, sitting with his back to the crowd, looked even more imposing than the other monks. "This layman is right. The offerings we paid to Xixia are indeed robbed. If Xixia can rob us, then this layman can certainly do the same."

"Master Kurong." Upon hearing the old monk speak, all the monks present showed respect on their faces.

This person is considered a BUG-level figure in the entire Dali today, and his strength is also unparalleled in the entire martial arts world. When Wuyazi convened the Zhenlong chess game, the first thing he asked was whether this person would come.

In fact, Master Kurong was not only a master of martial arts, but also a master of Buddhist philosophy. The fact that he agreed with An Ran's words was enough to prove that he had indeed escaped some kind of reincarnation.

But this doesn't mean he will give in.

"But the layman should also know this," Kurong continued, his voice steady. "Even if you possess all the magical powers to force us into submission, we will perish together with you and never compromise."

As the words fell, the fire gradually lit up.

That was the flame of the Six Meridians Divine Sword's sword manual being ignited. In order to defend the dignity of the Dali royal family, Master Ku Rong even burned the sword manual.

"Very good. With people like you, Dali can indeed survive for decades." An Ran nodded appreciatively and said, "If you don't even have the courage to face the threat head-on, then it's really disappointing."

"Sir!" Ben Yin said coldly with a gloomy expression, "The sword manual has been burned now, why are you still staying here?"

"Although the sword manual is gone, we still have another account to settle." An Ran grinned and laughed.

"Are you determined to fight us to the death?" Duan Yu frowned and said angrily.

"I was clearly robbing just now, I admit that." An Ran shrugged and said, "But now I want to talk some sense with you. I want to ask you, do you have to return something you borrowed from someone?"

"Your Excellency, you mean to say that our Tianlong Temple borrowed your things?" Benxiang stepped forward and asked in a cold voice.

"It's not your Tianlong Temple, but your Duan family's heir." An Ran looked at Duan Yu and said calmly, "Under the Wuliang Mountain, the Langhuan Jade Cave. The Jade Maiden stone sculpture, the Beiming Divine Art."

"You, you..." Duan Yu's eyes widened, and he was stunned for a moment.

775 Compromise

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Xiaoyao Sect disciple." An Ran smiled and said, "So, you don't have to worry about us being mortal enemies."

"Then, you..." Duan Yu no longer had the righteous indignation he had before, and now his expression was very embarrassed.

Li Qiushui had said at the beginning of the first volume of the Northern Divine Art that anyone who inherited my skills would kill all the Xiaoyao Sect disciples. Duan Yu had never killed a single one, so how could he possibly kill someone?

Therefore, he kept this matter hidden in his heart and never intended to carry it out. Moreover, he also thought that no one knew whether this fairy sister was still alive, so no one would come to him about this matter.

Unexpectedly, someone actually came to the door.

As for why the other party knew that he was the one who inherited the legacy, Duan Yu didn't think about it. At this moment, his heart was filled with embarrassment and uneasiness.

"The fairy sister you imagined is the mother of my wife." An Ran once again revealed a shocking piece of information, which shocked Duan Yu.

"This this……"

"You took something from her house, so it makes sense for us to come to her house, right?"

Duan Yu glanced at Li Mochou and fell silent. At this moment, the young man seemed a little at a loss, not knowing how to start.

"Yu'er, what's going on?" Looking at Duan Yu's expression at the moment, I immediately knew that his lies were not groundless.

If that's the case, we're in big trouble.

They had just said that the Six Meridians Divine Sword could not be passed on to anyone other than the Duan family members, but now their own children had taken the inheritance of someone else's sect. This was a taboo in the martial arts world.

"I, I..." Duan Yu touched his chest, feeling too embarrassed to say it.

He now placed the portrait of Bei Ming Divine Art close to his body inside his clothes. He felt that this was like the fairy sister throwing herself into his arms.

The most important thing is that Li Qiushui is not wearing anything in this portrait. This is even more embarrassing, he can't show it off at all.

"You received the inheritance through your own ability, so I can't blame you for that." Li Mochou also spoke up at the right time, looking at Duan Yu and saying, "But since you have received the inheritance, you should also shoulder the corresponding responsibilities. My mother hates the Xiaoyao Sect to the core. Are you willing to carry out her wish and kill all the Xiaoyao Sect disciples?"

"I won't kill anyone..." Duan Yu lowered his head and answered softly.

"I think so." Li Mochou smiled softly and said, "So, if that's the case, then you said earlier that my wife and I were robbing each other. Then what are your current actions? Deception, fraud?"

Duan Yu was so angry that he couldn't refute at all, and his cheeks just turned red.

"Alas." Ben Xiang sighed softly and said, "You two, this matter is my Yu'er's fault. On behalf of the Duan family, I will deal with him. I will destroy his martial arts and sever his meridians. What do you think of this approach?"

This is a difficult decision, but I have no choice but to do it.

If the Six Meridians Immortal Sword Manual hadn't been burned, it would have been easy to deal with. They could have simply given it away in exchange. But now, they had no bargaining chips at all.

At the same time, I still have some complaints in my heart.

These two people clearly had such a good bargaining chip, why didn't they just say it directly at the beginning, and had to resort to this tactic of forcing it? If you had just said that you had this relationship, wouldn't the Six Meridians Divine Sword have been given away?

"Do we look like unreasonable people?" Li Mochou asked indifferently.

That's right, you are!

All the monks present, including Duan Yu, agreed. But even if they felt this way, they didn't dare to say it. After all, they were in the wrong.

Ben Yin pondered for a moment, then suddenly spoke, "Wait, the Six Meridians Divine Sword manual has been burned. But we each hold our own sword. Can we try to restore it? Since Yu'er has taken someone else's inheritance, this is the only way we can make amends."

When he said the last part, he looked at Kurong. Seeing that the de facto leader of Tianlong Temple did not object, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's it." Li Mochou also glanced at the group leader and nodded slightly.

Skirt-Lifting Maniac: Phew, in the end I finally got the sword manual.

Book artist: There is no need to be so troublesome. It would be better to just use this condition to exchange.

Hatchet Girl: An Ran-san, you are really taking off your pants and farting.

Curly: Shut up, what do you know? Our president must have a deeper meaning behind what he does. How can you possibly understand?

Book artist: Then tell me, what is the deeper meaning?

Curly-haired boy: How could there be no deeper meaning? Who is our president? If he really wanted that sword manual, would he have to resort to such cunning tactics to steal it?

So please tell me, what’s the deeper meaning?

Curly-haired boy: You wouldn’t understand this kind of thing even if I explained it to you clearly. Your realm is too low.

Lazy Kitten: Be honest, Yin. You don't even know the real meaning of it. You just lick it for the sake of licking!

Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: Honestly, I don't understand An Ran-san's deeper meaning behind this. Is it just a bad taste?

This is an actor: It can be considered a bad taste, just want to see how these royal children will react when threatened. Overall, the monks of Tianlong Temple are pretty good, much more pleasing to the eye than some of the Buddhist disciples in Jin Yong's novels.

Lazy Little Kitten: You are talking about Shaolin, right? It’s definitely Shaolin!

Skirt-lifting maniac: What's wrong with Shaolin? Aren't they a reputable and upright sect?

Lazy Kitten: It's a reputable and upright sect, but incredibly disgusting! In The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and even this Tianlong world, Shaolin is portrayed as utterly despicable. A den of filth and intrigue! They've lost their pure faith in Buddha, instead treating him as a tool to be exploited, cloaking themselves in it.

Illustrator: Well, calm down. All religions are like this. As long as they are governed by humans, any religion will become a tool to be exploited.

Hatchet Girl: Ali-chan is deeply touched now, she is worthy of being the genuine Saint.

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