Ming Country’s Black List is a list of trendous significance, containing only the top ten strongest figures of Ming Country’s underworld.
Rain Covering Sword Lang Fan Yun from the Angry Flood Dragon Gang currently ranks first on the Black List as the unparalleled strongman.
Left-Handed Blade Feng Han once ranked even higher than Lang Fan Yun on the Black List.
However, he was a man unwilling to be lonely, enjoying traveling around to challenge strong opponents and hone his saber skills.
Because of his dealings with Gong Rongyue, the mistress of Angry Flood Dragon Gang’s chief military strategist Ghost Rope Ling Zhantian, he ended up making enemies with the gang’s top expert Rain Covering Sword Lang Fan Yun and suffered a terrible defeat in their confrontation.
This defeat had troubled Feng Han ever since, as he constantly sought to redeem himself and defeat Lang Fan Yun.
However, last year, while Chi Zunxin launched a major attack on the Angry Flood Dragon Gang, the two fought again, and Feng Han still suffered a miserable defeat, but since then, he actually grew to admire Lang Fan Yun even more.
Now, it seed like Jiang Dali knew his intentions and directly proposed recruiting him by defeating Lang Fan Yun.
Under normal circumstances, Feng Han would scoff at such a proposal, either thinking it an overestimation of abilities or a high and mighty attitude, feeling such a challenge needed no help from others.
But just then, having been defeated by Jiang Dali so quickly and now even his life being under threat, Feng Han’s pride was no longer existent.
He also harbored a hidden expectation to see which of his two victors, Jiang Dali or Lang Fan Yun, was stronger.
The ergence of this thought was perhaps due to the always competitive nature in his heart wanting to defeat Lang Fan Yun.
Or perhaps there was another reason — no matter who won or lost between Jiang Dali and Lang Fan Yun, the outco was sothing he wanted to witness.
If Jiang Dali were to lose, then the recruitnt pitched to him today would undoubtedly be a joke.
And if his dreamlike admired opponent Lang Fan Yun were to lose...
At that thought, Feng Han didn’t know what to hope for, only the words "impossible" surfaced in his mind.
Even though Jiang Dali’s currently demonstrated strength shocked him, deep down, he still couldn’t believe Lang Fan Yun could be defeated.
But he still intensely wanted to witness just that...
"Fine!"
Feng Han glared coldly at Jiang Dali and declared solemnly, "If within one year, you can defeat Lang Fan Yun, I, Feng Han, am willing to serve you for three years."
"That would be excellent!"
Jiang Dali nodded satisfactorily, "It might not even take a year before I have a battle with Lang Fan Yun. There aren’t many who can motivate the village chief to challenge on his own, Lang Fan Yun is one, and there aren’t many people I personally recruit, you Feng Han, are one."
With that, Jiang Dali reached out and grasped with one hand.
The Dragon Capturing Hand’s Qi Force erupted, instantly snatching the Heavenly Weapon treasure sword from Feng Han.
"This is your sword; you can leave. I hope you will have beco stronger when you co to join us."
"No need!"
Feng Han raised his hand to stop him, refusing to take the sword, and said coldly, "If you defeat Lang Fan Yun, I will co for the sword myself."
His words implicitly assured Jiang Dali to rest easy: The sword in his hand ant his life was in his hand, and the bet remained effective. If he never defeated Lang Fan Yun, there was no need for him to co and join or retrieve the sword.
"Indeed, a man of character. I’ve always been persuasive with reason, and this Feng Han will eventually submit to !"
Jiang Dali watched Feng Han’s staggering figure leaving without further obstruction, glanced at the second rank famous weapon treasure sword Heavenly Weapon in his hand, and casually inserted the sword back into the sheath on his back.
More than the treasure sword, he valued the person who wielded the sword.
But so people can’t be recruited through sheer coercion alone.
True experts in this world first and foremost have a strong inner spirit.
But how could a person with a strong spirit easily subdue to others?
Thus, to recruit such people, one must impress them, not intimidate them with tricks like poison.
Now as Black Wind Village grew larger, finding capable people beca increasingly rare, and Jiang Dali also found himself in desperate need of talents.
To harvest true loyalty, he could emulate Zhuge Liang capturing ng Huo seven tis, persuading with reason multiple tis.
Left-Handed Blade Feng Han, whether it be his temperant, pursuit of the Sword Dao, or potential, was a person worth his attention and recruitnt.
It seed as though he had been defeated by a few sword strikes from him, appearing not so strong.
Yet in the Martial World, those who could survive a few strikes in his Destruction State and not die, could indeed be considered experts.
After letting Feng Han go, on the other side, Cangling Master, having just consud the Three Corpses Brain God Pill, was completely subdued by Wan Wan, not daring to resist.
And Duan Yu, also disheveled, watching Jiang Dali easily defeat Cangling Master, Feng Han, and Jiumozhi, three great experts, was annoyed though dared not seek further trouble.
Instead, he couldn’t help but recall the recent stories of the brotherly respect after the fight between Nan Dali and Beiqiao Feng from Jianghu.
Having witnessed the strength that Jiang Dali had just demonstrated, he couldn’t help but believe the rumors of Black Wind Village Chief fighting equally with his sworn brother.
With mixed feelings, he truly didn’t know what to think.
"What about it, Su Sect Leader, now that I’ve driven away these annoying folks, can the chess ga continue?"
Just then, Jiang Dali turned and asked Su Xinghe with a smile.
At this remark, Su Xinghe felt infuriated.
If it were not for the shocking strength displayed by Jiang Dali making him nervous, he would indeed have strongly scolded him at this mont.
But even though he dared not lash out, his dissatisfaction was evident in his tone, "Village chief, you’ve truly made things too difficult for this old man. These heroes were all invited by , but now they are either injured or have fled, making it seems no one can break the Jinglong Chess layout."
"Oh? Hasn’t Sect Leader Su figured out where the lifeline of this ga lies?"
Jiang Dali smiled inscrutably and pointed lightly at the chessboard.
Seeing him act so seriously, Su Xinghe couldn’t help but look towards the chessboard that was nearly sealed by Xuzhu.
However, no matter how he looked at it, he genuinely couldn’t see any possibility for a coback.
Thinking that the Black Wind Village Chief was just putting on airs to save face, he snorted coldly, stepped forward, and took a white piece surrounded by black pieces which Xuzhu had choked, followed by placing another black piece, looking towards Jiang Dali.
"Now the little monk’s suicidal piece you ntioned has been captured by this old man. If I press forward one more step with this black piece, how will you respond, village chief?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the bystanders including Xuan Nan, Duan Yu, and the Han Valley Eight Friends also grew curious and doubtful, not knowing what could possibly be done with the ga at this point.
As for Xuzhu, he stood there dumbly scratching his head, not believing himself that there could still be room for maneuver after he had "ssed up" the ga like that.
Only Duan Yanqing stared thoughtfully at a blank space on the board, his eyes revealing surprise and realization.
"Hahaha, I broke your chess ga once before, what difficulty is there in breaking it again now?"
Jiang Dali laughed confidently, gestured with his hand, and shouted lowly.
"Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng, co here!"
Not far away stood a group of Players dressed uniformly in Black Wind Village mountain bandit outfits.
Among them, the leader Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng, sporting a green title above his head, imdiately brightened up, scurried over, and saluted Jiang Dali respectfully.
"Village chief! What are your orders?"
Jiang Dali waved his hand, "Drop the formalities. Just sit down and take over from the village chief in this ga."
Upon hearing this, Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng was montarily stunned, his gaze shifting towards the board full of black and white pieces, his head spinning slightly.
Although he knew a bit about chess, handling the complex Jinglong Chess that had stumped countless heroes was a daunting prospect indeed.
The mount of mountain bandit players nearby also began to stir slightly, so murmuring in surprise.
"No way? The Boss is actually letting Captain Miao Renfeng try to solve the Jinglong Chess?"
"I admit Captain Miao Renfeng’s eyes are quite sharp, but that only works on won. To discern the shifting flaws in a chess ga is asking too much, isn’t it?"
"Shh—keep it down. The village chief’s special skill is to make the impossible possible. This is pretty standard."
"Stop shushing, I’m about to pee. We’re speaking from so far away, the village chief definitely can’t hear us; we can be a bit more audacious."
Jiang Dali, whose hearing was of course capable of picking up the Players’ discussions, quietly took note of those two players who were gossiping about him. His gaze then fixated on Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng, who had no choice but to nervously sit in front of the chessboard.
Almost the mont Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng sat down, his panel popped up with a prompt.
"You have triggered the quest ’Strong Break Zhenlong’
Quest Details: Black Wind Village Chief Jiang Dali has ticulously created an opportunity, aiming to boost his own man to break the Jinglong Chess and obtain the Carefree Sect’s Wuya Zi’s mantle.
Quest Requirents: Under the covert guidance of Black Wind Village Chief Jiang Dali, solve the Jinglong Chess.
Quest Reward: Favoritism of Black Wind Village Chief ( 100 Favor), Contribution to Black Wind Village 300, Wuliang Mountain Village Grotto Heaven cultivation opportunity 3, Possibility to inherit Wuya Zi Carefree Sect’s mantle."
"Shit!"
Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng read the quest details and couldn’t help but let out a low cry, his eyes nearly lighting up, he imdiately straightened up brimming with eagerness.
Apart from the other rewards, just the cultivation opportunities at Wuliang Mountain Village Grotto Heaven already highly sought after in the Martial World Forum was sothing countless Players dread of securing—a good reason alone to join Black Wind Village.
And about obtaining a great figure like the Carefree Sect’s Wuya Zi’s mantle, that was really like a pie falling from the sky.
"Prepare to make your move! You shall play the ga with Sect Leader Su and break this Jinglong Chess for him to see."
Jiang Dali instructed Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng with a low shout. anwhile, his lips vibrated, and recalling so mories from a past life about how Xuzhu had broken the ga, he used the technique of True Word Great Handprint to secretly transmit a voice into Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng’s ears.
"Place your piece in the empty spot that appeared after the previous white piece was removed."
Just as Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng was hesitating not knowing where to place the piece, suddenly hearing Jiang Dali’s transmitted voice which tickled his ears like a faint mosquito, he imdiately determined the position and placed the piece in the empty spot that had appeared.
This move brought a stunned expression to Su Xinghe, who had been maintaining a stern face, his eyes showing disbelief.
Su Xinghe, who had deciphered thousands of variations of the Jinglong Chess thoroughly, could not believe that anyone’s move could escape the solutions he had worked out.
But Xuzhu initially made a haphazard move that ended up sacrificing a large chunk of white pieces, fundantally breaking the logic of the ga.
Anyone with a slight understanding of the principles of Go would never make such a suicidal move.
Yet unexpectedly, after Xuzhu blindfoldedly made a move which sacrificed a large chunk of white pieces, the situation beca unexpectedly clear. Although the black pieces held the upper hand, the white pieces now had room to maneuver and were no longer in a bind as before.
Now that Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng made such a move, it was like a candle lit in the darkness, shining brilliantly. The white pieces were no longer gasping for survival, but instead painted a respectable picture.
"This... this Big Dragon actually survived? Just now I didn’t see the opportunity hidden within it, truly a case of being too close to see clearly."
Su Xinghe let out a long sigh, recalling that Jiang Dali might have already seen this move and feeling both ashad and admiring.
And just at that mont, Jiang Dali had already lightly smiled, his gaze suddenly shifting to Duan Yanqing who was intently watching the ga, and stealthily transmitted his voice over...
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