Heimu Cliff truly lived up to its reputation for peril.
The peaks were as if carved by a knife, their eagle-feather-like sharpness piercing the azure sky.
Above and below the mountain, vegetation thrived lushly.
Even the cliffs were adorned with rigidly growing cedars and mountain elms. Even palm-sized patches of ground were blanketed with lush green moss.
Fortunately, Jiang Dali had honed his Qinggong across the sheer cliffs of Wuliang Jade. Relying on the sixth realm’s Wild Goose Formation combined with the fourth realm’s Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill, he handled such precipices with ease.
His figure leaped consecutively, now gliding like a wild goose across the sky, now scrambling like a gecko along the sheer cliff faces, swiftly crossing over from the most dangerous and deserted western rock faces to reach the top of Heimu Cliff.
As soon as he reached the top, he heard clamorous killing shouts ahead.
There, around the inner hall, a large number of Sun and Moon Divine Sect’s cult mbers were besieging a spot, with a continuous stream of mournful screams.
Among those screams, intermittent heart-stopping sword cries burst forth, whose fierce Sword Intent and chilling light made one shiver from afar.
"Ling Hu Chong, Dugu Nine Swords!"
Jiang Dali squinted from afar at the scene.
At this mont, just the Inner Qi Ling Hu Chong had cultivated from learning the Absorption Star Technique and Yijinjing could surpass his by quite a margin, and his Dugu Nine Swords reached the Divine Transformation.
"Ha ha ha ha ha—A bunch of chickens and pots, has that castrated man Dongfang Bubai only trained you into such jelly-legged shrimps? Where is that castrated man Dongfang Bubai? Let him roll out and face !"
A terrible laughter, like beating drums and gongs, echoed from within the fight, spreading into waves of brutal sound.
With a thunderous explosion, over a dozen cult mbers of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect were blasted away by the surging Qi Force.
An imposing and dominant figure of an old man, encircled by Qi waves, erged from the crowd.
"Ren Woxing!"
Jiang Dali was awe-stricken.
Such profound Inner Qi could very well rival Zhang Wuji who had reached Great Success in the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
Ren Woxing had once unified the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, dominated the Five Mountains Sword Sects with his devilish influence, indeed not a figure with an empty reputation.
Taking advantage of the lee, Jiang Dali dared not delay and imdiately searched for the Sun and Moon Divine Sect’s treasure vault atop the chaotic Heimu Cliff.
The location of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect’s treasure vault was no secret.
Players who had joined the Sun and Moon Divine Sect in his previous life had revealed it on the Jianghu Forum.
Although that player hadn’t ventured too close, they had managed to capture approximate photographs of the location.
At this mont, Jiang Dali followed the coordinates rembered from his previous life, searching through Heimu Cliff.
The space atop the cliff was small, and even though it was constructed with intricate layouts like the Nine Square Diagram, it was not enough to confound one’s sense of direction.
Jiang Dali searched, but found himself increasingly close to the inner hall where the battle raged on.
He suddenly realized that the treasury was inside the inner hall.
At this mont, the people including Ren Woxing were fiercely fighting inside the inner hall, causing the beams to tremble with overwhelming Qi Force, and soone could die miserably at any mont.
"I’ll wait for their fight to end and then go to the Secret Valley to seek Dongfang Bubai before sneaking into the treasury."
Jiang Dali quickly moved and hid in the corridor beside the inner hall, poking a hole through the tough, thick paper on the window to secretly observe the battle inside.
In TV dramas, the scenario where one can poke through the window paper just by dampening it with saliva is utterly nonsensical; this kind of hard, thick window paper is as tough as leather paper. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have withstand years of weathering, nor could it be easily pierced just by moistening it with saliva.
While Jiang Dali was spying, he saw that Ren Woxing and others had the Sect mbers completely disordered, suddenly hearing Ren Yingying shouting, "Yang Lianting!"
Imdiately, there was another burst of fighting.
Then ca Ren Woxing’s wild laughter, "So, Dongfang Bubai fancied such a weakling as yourself, Dongfang really ruined his brain with his training!"
Jiang Dali hurriedly poked another hole in the window paper to adjust his view.
He then saw Ren Woxing holding a man with a handso beard in his hand, laughing disdainfully.
Beside him, an old man with white hair and a beard, his hands and feet shackled in iron, glared and said fiercely, "Sect Leader, this Yang Xiao’er has been misleading our brother Dongfang all along, sending soone to impersonate him and falsely issue orders daily—how hateful!"
"This Yang Lianting... is actually a player? Has the family planted this Yang Wei so swiftly into the scene?"
Jiang Dali was shocked and finally saw clearly the black nickna floating above the bearded face of Yang Lianting.
Clearly, the person was a player and not really Yang Lianting.
However, Ren Woxing and others couldn’t see the nickna floating above the player’s head, completely unaware that the Yang Lianting they were holding was just a fake, an Abnormal Person.
But the Yang Lianting impersonated by player Yang Wei, held by Ren Woxing and others, wasn’t panicking at all; instead, he retorted sharply, irritating Ren Woxing who slapped him several tis, causing his flesh to split open and his blood bar to drop significantly.
Yet, being a player, he was essentially fearless of death, cursing even more fiercely.
This scene surprisingly made Ren Woxing take a second look, laughing in extre anger, "Well, you weakling, I didn’t expect you to have a poor strength but a fiery temper. Aren’t you afraid of dying? Speak up now, where is Dongfang Bubai, or else I will skin you alive."
Yang Wei laughed heartily, "To live is no joy, and to die is no fear. Though I, Yang Lianting, am but a minor character, I’m not one to cower under threat. If you have the guts, kill and see if I even frown!"
"Damn it!"
Ren Woxing was furious, his aura bursting with vehence, wishing he could kill the man in his grasp, yet ultimately considering his need to find Dongfang Bubai, he refrained from striking.
"This Yang Wei, having successfully disguised as Yang Lianting, must have gained Dongfang Bubai’s trust by now. Yet he refuses to disclose Dongfang Bubai’s whereabouts—what could he possibly be scheming?"
Jiang Dali frowned deeply.
He was now aware of how terrifying and capable the family was.
This disguise of Yang Wei as Yang Lianting likely cost the family considerable resources and effort.
They would first have to nurture soone like Yang Wei, who slightly resembled Yang Lianting, perhaps even going as far as giving him plastic surgery, and then train him to mimic Yang Lianting’s speech and behavior exactly, and the final step would be to completely eliminate the real Yang Lianting.
Especially the last step of eliminating the real Yang Lianting probably required the family to deploy a very strong expert, as it would otherwise be difficult to kill him, surrounded by nurous experts in the Sect.
At that mont, the fake Yang Lianting began to make demands.
"Tell the Sect Hierarch’s whereabouts, and I might just do it," Jiang Dali spoke. "Doesn’t Ren Woxing always boast that your Absorption Star Technique is stronger than the Sunflower Treasure Book?
"Show your Absorption Star Technique now, and let see just how strong it really is.
"And Ling Hu Chong, I want to know how powerful your Yijinjing, Purple Mist Divine Skill, and Dugu Nine Swords really are.
"Spill it all.
"I might get so happy that I’ll decide to disclose the Sect Hierarch’s hideout."
"So, it turns out he’s after the Absorption Star Technique, Yijinjing, Purple Mist Divine Skill, and Dugu Nine Swords...
"Indeed, any family that plants a man here has great designs, possibly even designs on the Sunflower Treasure Book.
"However, I still haven’t figured out what use these Mixed Martial Arts World skills would be in another world?
"Could it be that the family has so secret that allows them to truly cultivate the Martial Arts of this world?"
Suddenly, Jiang Dali thought of Little Knife entering the Forget Oneself state and Ting Shui achieving the No-Self Realm.
He had an epiphany.
In the path of Martial Arts, obsession is the only way.
If one could truly be obsessed, perhaps so real results could be cultivated.
Otherwise, if it were rely a ga-like play, how could it truly drive one to madness?
Perhaps... both Little Knife and Ting Shui, even in another world, had also realized the true essence of Martial Arts, and the Martial Arts they learned could exhibit so power there too.
Thinking this, Jiang Dali was startled as if he had found the answer.
Just then, within the hall, Ren Woxing burst into a wild laugh, actually revealing the crucial ntal thod and techniques of the Absorption Star Technique.
"So it turns out you, youngster, admire my Absorption Star Technique, I don’t mind telling you.
"But, terms concerning my excellent son-in-law’s Martial Arts secret techniques will have to wait until after we find Dongfang Bubai, otherwise, I’ll smack you dead! Listen carefully... ’Always like an empty box, always like a deep valley...’"
Jiang Dali imdiately tightened his grip on the Calamity Relief Beads and the Ice Soul Jade Bracelet, listening intently.
In less than a few monts, he had heard the entirety of the Absorption Star Technique.
Jiang Dali felt a shift in his facial expression.
He imdiately checked.
"You have listened to Ren Woxing recite the Human-rank Ultimate Skill ’Absorption Star Technique’ incomplete ntal thod. Assisted by the Ice Soul Jade Bracelet, you have learned the ’Absorption Star Technique’ partial manual."
"The Human-rank Ultimate Skill ’Absorption Star Technique’ partial manual?"
Jiang Dali frowned, suddenly realizing that Ren Woxing must have recited an unimproved version of the Absorption Star Technique.
Such a version could indeed only be considered incomplete.
However, since he wasn’t primarily practicing the Absorption Star Technique, he wasn’t too concerned.
If it was for reference purposes, the theories within the Absorption Star Technique could still be greatly beneficial to him.
At this mont, the one masquerading as Yang Lianting, Yang Wei, who apparently also got the panel prompt, knew the technique was incomplete, asked a question, and completely angered Ren Woxing, who imdiately broke his limbs.
Yang Wei scread out in pain.
Although players aren’t afraid of dying, they do fear pain.
Such direct breaking of limbs was unbearable for Yang Wei, who then knew that Ren Woxing was truly angered and that he needed to back off.
Right away, Yang Wei softened his stance, indicating his hope to assist Ren Woxing and others in finding Dongfang Bubai and then obtaining Dugu Nine Swords and other secret manuals.
Watching this, Jiang Dali could not help but shake his head inwardly.
Given Ren Woxing’s personality, once Dongfang Bubai is found, the first to die would be Yang Wei. How could he possibly continue to be blackmailed and restrained by him?
"It looks like there’s no chance to hear more about Yijinjing and other ultimate techniques... This Yang Wei is but a poor pawn raised by the family to plunder secret manuals.
"The family was able to plant him here, certainly having monitored Yang Lianting closely, aware of his daily routine and habits. Thus, they must also have other agents within the Divine Sect."
Reflecting on this, Jiang Dali suddenly felt a chill, instantly sensing sothing was amiss.
"Other hidden agents! Not good!"
He was shocked when he realized that, from just now until now, the Nine Yang Marrying Robe Divine Skill’s Spiritual Sense seed a bit sluggish, sensing surrounding Qi chanism less sensitively, as if affected by sothing.
That mont of realization.
Suddenly, three faintly piercing sounds of breaking wind attacked, targeting his nape, back, and waist, sinister and ruthless.
"Needles... Three needles!!"
Jiang Dali cursed inwardly, feeling the fierce Qi Force coming at him and estimated the formidable damage. If he resisted head-on, he might truly fall into a crisis.
In that instant, he did not hesitate as his Inner Qi burst forth, and the Golden Nine-Ring Blade behind his back trembled with a buzzing sound as it shot out of its sheath.
A dazzling burst of golden light sprang forth imdiately.
Ding Ding Dang Dang—
Filled with Evil Qi, the Sword Intent burst forth wildly, and the saber, unsheathed in an instant, knocked away two silver needles, while the last needle, about to hit Jiang Dali, was directly deflected by the powerful Finger Strength bursting from his fingertips.
But at that instant, Ren Woxing and others in the inner hall were also alerted.
"Which rat dares to skulk around! Co out!"
Ren Woxing roared, his breath sweeping ferociously as he fiercely grabbed towards the house’s gate, the Absorption Star Technique violently erupted...
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