The Nani Fashion Issue By:Kinoshita Nakui 4.8/5 Ratings 2.3 K Reads 3.6 M Words Tags Synopsis: Chapter 285: Yu Lingzi Unleashes His True Nature, Junior Uncle's Killing Intent Is Hard to Conceal
Chapter 285: Yu Lingzi Unleashes His Nature, Little Martial Uncle's Murderous Intent Is Hard to Conceal 45
"Convincing people with reason, is that using fists to make people submit?"
Yu Lingzi always felt that the steps of this little martial uncle's "convincing people with reason" were a bit off.
Convincing people with reason, shouldn't it be about persuading people with logic to win them over?
Who starts by imdiately resorting to violence, beating the other party until they're lying on the ground, and then calmly explaining the reasoning?
The order is completely reversed!
"However, it seems Little Martial Uncle's thod of 'convincing people with reason' is more effective."
He thought to himself, "If we ca here and started reasoning right away, we'd probably still be arguing by now, and we'd definitely not out-argue Fan Kongliu, only ending up half-dead from anger."
Fan Kongliu was pinned under the Moon-Embracing Hall, unable to climb out, but with the strength of his Golden Body, he wouldn't be crushed to death.
Qixia Taoist Temple wasn't very large, with seven or eight large and small pavilions and palaces, plus so scattered dwellings for idle Taoists. The place was called "Qixia" because every morning, radiant light would shoot into the sky and hang there. By evening, the light would automatically retract and sink back into the mountain.
This wonder of Qixia Taoist Temple was related to a well. The well had water year-round, its water sweet, and several chains hung inside it. In the morning, the radiant light would fly out from the well and hang in the sky; at night, it would return to the well.
Beneath the radiant light, the Morning Glow Palace was built. Every morning, the palace bathed in the radiant light, drawing attention.
Right now, it was late morning, the radiant light at its most beautiful. Inside the Morning Glow Palace, many musicians were busy adjusting the tuning of instrunts like the pipa, qin, zheng, sheng, and huang. There were also several palace maidens striking chi bells, and dancers adjusting their costus, occasionally showing off a pose.
They were rehearsing the "Song of Heroes Subduing Demons," which told the story of the ancestors of the Thirteen Great Clans following the True King to suppress demons, praising the deeds of the Thirteen Great Clans' ancestors.
This dance piece was prepared for the Young Master's twenty-fourth birthday celebration, a congratulatory gift from Ma Xueqing, Jiang Fangshu, and others to the Young Master.
The Young Master's twenty-fourth birthday was extrely important. Ma Xueqing and the others had begun preparing gifts since last year. Saintess Xuan's trip to Carriage Capital to retrieve the Dark Spring Swimming Dragon Sword was her intended gift for the Young Master, but it was unfortunately seized by Chen Shi.
Ma Xueqing and the others had also prepared other gifts, but this dance piece was equally important.
The True King was the Young Master's ancestor. The Young Master aspired to ascend to the throne and beco the new True King. This dance piece, while flattering the Young Master, was also a declaration of loyalty, signifying that the Thirteen Great Clans would follow the Young Master just as their ancestors followed the True King.
Ma Xueqing, Li Tianqian, and others sat opposite, quietly waiting for the performance to begin.
"I heard Senior Brother Yu Lingzi went to find Chen Shi yesterday evening."
Ma Xueqing said with a faint smile to Jiang Fangshu sitting beside her, "I heard he was defeated by Chen Shi, injured. Elder i who was with him was also severely wounded, sent back through the air to Xianyun Taoist Temple to recuperate, with his antlers broken off."
Jiang Fangshu said, "Yu Lingzi is warm-hearted and restless. Hearing about Shen Hongniang's incident, he rushed over in a flurry, only to be severely injured by Chen Shi. But he didn't manage to test Chen Shi's strength. If it were , I would definitely have tested Chen Shi's capabilities."
Li Tianqian said, "Though both Buddhist and Taoist sects are holy lands, their foundations are much shallower compared to the great clans."
Everyone nodded in agreent.
Xia Dingtian asked, "If Yu Lingzi's sect learns he was severely injured by Chen Shi, will they be furious and seek revenge for him?"
Ma Xueqing shook her head, "I'm afraid not. Those Taoists at Xianyun Taoist Temple are truly like idle clouds and wild cranes, not concerning themselves with anything. Tai Hua Qing Palace sent them to the Western Capital, and they act every day like 'don't you dare bother , I'm trying to beco an immortal.' Besides ditating and cultivating, they don't care about anything else."
Yang Sheng laughed, "Yu Lingzi having these three martial uncles is truly a stroke of bad luck."
Jiang Fangshu chuckled, "As martial uncles, not avenging Yu Lingzi is worse than us friends."
Ma Xueqing couldn't help but laugh, "But it's mainly Yu Lingzi's fault for being too impulsive."
"Exactly!"
Everyone joked and laughed, "Everyone just talked about standing up for Shen Hongniang, clearing obstacles for the Young Master, but no one actually moved. Only he rushed out."
Gu Yan'er, with a worried expression, said, "The Young Master used Chen Shi's hand to eliminate Shen Hongniang, this thorn in his side. We of the Thirteen Great Clans should repay him sohow. But, Chen Shi's cultivation and strength are not inferior to ours. How do we repay the Young Master? Do we really have to fight him to the death?"
Like Ma Xueqing, she was also one of the Young Master's pursuers. She was beautiful, taller than Ma Xueqing, but her skin wasn't as fair, and her chest wasn't as ample.
The two won often competed subtly. Whenever Ma Xueqing was present, Gu Yan'er would wear shoes with higher soles to emphasize her height advantage. And Ma Xueqing would wear lower-cut dresses, with fluttering sleeves revealing more fair skin.
The Young Master was always surrounded by many won, vying for attention.
Ma Xueqing smiled, "Yan'er, is your life so cheap? We're not going to fight that barbarian to the death. After listening to the music, we'll have the clan elders step in, warn Chen Shi, and make him give up competing for the top scholar position."
Gu Yan'er said with a smile, "Sister Qing'er is right. But Sister Qing'er calling Chen Shi a barbarian, this little sister disagrees. Chen Shi was, after all, the top Child Prodigy across fifty provinces back then. How could he be a barbarian? Perhaps he's a dashingly handso young man, a perfect match for Sister Qing'er!"
The two won engaged in subtle verbal sparring. Such jealousy and rivalry were common between them, so the other scions of the great clans paid it no mind.
At that mont, the voice of the music troupe leader ca from below, "Esteed masters, we are ready."
Ma Xueqing, Gu Yan'er, and the others stopped talking, each turning their gaze to the stage.
Servants closed the palace doors, dimming the light inside the hall. Then, light began to glow from the stage.
Suddenly, thunderous explosions ca from outside, like the thunderous roars produced by soone's fist punching through the air.
"It's that monk Fan Kongliu again, using his Golden Body!" Everyone frowned.
Gu Yan'er instructed a servant, "Go hang a few silencing talismans. Don't let that monk disturb our music listening."
Several servants hurried to the courtyard of the Morning Glow Palace, activated the silencing talismans. The talismans rose into the air, burning quietly, preventing outside sounds from entering the Morning Glow Palace.
Inside the palace, music suddenly began. Dancers gracefully entered the stage to the lody, each striking a pose.
Outside, more booming sounds echoed, followed by the sound of Fan Kongliu's fingers being broken and his screams. Yet, even if he scread his lungs out, he couldn't disturb those listening to the music.
The Moon-Embracing Hall above the white jade pathway collapsed with a deafening roar, but those inside the Morning Glow Palace remained completely unaware.
Chen Shi and Yu Lingzi arrived outside the Morning Glow Palace, by the ancient well.
Yu Lingzi told him about the well's origin, "This well is quite sinister. I heard there were originally five chains inside, representing the Five Elents. Over ti, one broke from disrepair. The chains in the well clattered noisily, as if sothing was trying to climb out. At that ti, a Great Ascension Realm existence from the Western Capital personally ca to sit guard here, suppressing the disturbance in the well, and ordered this Morning Glow Palace built to suppress it. Since the palace was built, nothing has happened with this well."
"This is called a Dragon-Locking Well."
Chen Shi examined it and said, "This well is definitely not a remnant. The aura is wrong. Remnants have a more ancient aura, with an obscure, circulating energy. This well, though also ancient, lacks that obscure energy. What's suppressed inside is probably the Western Capital Dragon King from the True King's Era."
Yu Lingzi was shocked, "How do you know?"
Chen Shi said, "My grandpa told about such wells before, used to suppress dragons. He also said if you encounter such a well, the area below is likely vast, containing a dragon palace. These iron chains hang from the well mouth, extending all the way down to the dragon palace below. Five chains pierce the dragon king's heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, locking his Five Elents transformations, preventing his escape."
Yu Lingzi was half-convinced, half-doubtful, "Really?"
"My grandpa told it to as a strange tale. I don't know if it's true or not."
Chen Shi grabbed one of the chains. The chain was as thick as his arm, icy cold.
He pulled hard on the chain, quickly pulling out several dozen zhang of length, yet the chain wasn't fully extracted.
However, the sound of the chain sliding and scraping against the well wall grew louder and louder, gradually becoming deafening, as if an old ox was bellowing inside the well!
The roars grew louder, like thunder!
Chen Shi continued pulling the chain. Talisman patterns gradually lit up on the chain. Suddenly, thunderclouds gathered densely above Qixia Taoist Temple, lightning crackling and flashing!
"Little Martial Uncle, stop pulling!"
Yu Lingzi's heart pounded with fear, and he hurriedly shouted, "The situation seems off!"
Chen Shi tried to pull the chain completely out of the well. Suddenly, the chain sank heavily, as if a colossal weight was tied to the end, making it extrely difficult to pull!
Abruptly, the chain moved, actually pulling back into the well, nearly dragging Chen Shi into it!
This force was imnse, impossible to resist!
Chen Shi also felt fear. He let go. The chain imdiately clattered as it fell back into the well, the several dozen zhang of chain quickly disappearing into the depths!
The two looked at each other, hearts still pounding with lingering fear.
"There really is sothing in the well!" Chen Shi said, sowhat shaken.
They left the wellside and entered the Morning Glow Palace.
In the courtyard of the Morning Glow Palace were a few servants. Seeing them enter, they imdiately stepped forward to inquire.
Before these servants could speak, Black Pot walked into the courtyard. The servants suddenly acted as if they didn't see them, allowing the two n and the dog to pass.
Chen Shi said, "Yu Lingzi, do you understand the rules of 'convincing people with reason' now?"
Yu Lingzi hesitated for a mont, then nodded, "Martial Uncle, I understand a little."
Chen Shi said, "Apply what you've learned. Since you understand, you must put it into practice."
Yu Lingzi hesitated again, then nodded, "Disciple understands."
"When 'convincing people with reason' later, rember: reason first, force second," Chen Shi instructed.
Yu Lingzi asked for clarification, "Little Martial Uncle, what does 'courtesy first, force second' an?"
Chen Shi stood outside the main hall doors of the Morning Glow Palace, carefully sensing the movents inside, regulating his breath, and said softly, "There are many experts inside, twelve strong ones. When we can't out-reason them, we use weapons."
Before Yu Lingzi fully understood, Chen Shi had already determined the position of every person inside the hall. He lifted his leg and kicked out!
The two palace doors flew off!
Chen Shi charged into the palace!
Inside the Morning Glow Palace, the music troupe was playing, the song and dance had reached the scene where the True King conquered the Western Ox New Continent, achieving great victory, and the Thirteen Great Clans knelt before the True King, honoring him as the common ruler of the Western Ox New Continent. For a mont, music and song swelled together!
"The Young Master will surely shed tears seeing this."
Gu Yan'er wiped a tear from the corner of her eye and said to everyone, "Seeing this scene, he will understand our sincere hearts."
Everyone was nodding in agreent when suddenly, the palace doors flew off, spinning like two large cleavers, whistling toward Li Tianqian!
Li Tianqian's reaction was undeniably fast. He imdiately activated the Dragon and Phoenix Golden Splendor Record, his true energy transforming into swirling dragons and phoenixes. Simultaneously, he released his Primordial Spirit, preparing to expand its force field!
The Dragon and Phoenix Golden Splendor Record was a cultivation technique from the Yi'an Hall Collection of the Sect Leader's lineage, extrely powerful. The swirling dragons and phoenixes, surrounded by flowing light, lted the two flying palace doors.
But at the mont he lted the two doors, Chen Shi had already closed in beside him. His right hand erupted with Five Thunders, slamming it onto Li Tianqian's erging Primordial Spirit!
Li Tianqian's Primordial Spirit was blasted out of his body by the thunderous roar, severely damaged, preventing his Primordial Spirit force field from expanding.
Chen Shi stepped and turned, circling behind him, now facing Gu Yan'er. His left elbow naturally swung back diagonally, striking Li Tianqian's back heart.
Li Tianqian coughed blood, involuntarily lurching forward.
Gu Yan'er was still sitting in her armchair, unable to rise in ti, so her Primordial Spirit erged first. As Chen Shi's left elbow struck back, his right knee shot forward, slamming into Gu Yan'er's solar plexus.
Gu Yan'er was struck so hard her heart skipped several beats, her vision went dark. She could only rely on her Primordial Spirit's vision, but she was already grabbed by the scalp by Chen Shi and thrown toward Ma Xueqing beside her.
Ma Xueqing, sitting in her armchair, slid the chair back about a zhang, avoiding the thrown Gu Yan'er, and imdiately stood up from the chair.
Chen Shi's left hand transford into a palm seal, descending toward the crown of Gu Yan'er's Primordial Spirit. Five majestic mountains descended from his palm.
His attack speed surpassed sound. Though it was the Five Peaks spell derived from the Five Peaks House-Pacifying Talisman, it produced thunderous roars!
Under the shockwave of the thunderous roars, Gu Yan'er's Primordial Spirit froze, pressed to the ground by the five great mountains. The ground rumbled and sank!
Chen Shi turned again, already arriving at her right side. Spinning his body, he threw a punch, striking the back of her head, forcing her miniature shrine back into her body.
Chen Shi raised his hand, a bolt of lightning pressing down on the crown of her head, her Heavenly Aperture. Ma Xueqing made a *pfft* sound, driven into the ground like a nail. Only her larger chest stopped at the surface, preventing her from being fully embedded.
Jiang Fangshu, Xia Dingtian, Yang Sheng, Yan Hao, and other scions of the great clans also reacted, each activating their Primordial Spirits, force fields expanding.
Each of their cultivation levels and strength was no weaker than Fan Kongliu's, so even surpassing him. Now, they raised their miniature shrines, all uniformly First-grade Divine Embryos, divided into civil and martial types: the God of Literature Divine Embryo, the Purple Jade Divine Embryo!
At this mont, Yu Lingzi rushed from behind Chen Shi, eting the severely wounded Li Tianqian. Without a word, he grabbed Li Tianqian's right hand and snapped all five fingers with a *crack*.
Then he flew up with a kick, striking the solar plexus of Gu Yan'er, who was trying to get up.
Gu Yan'er coughed blood and collapsed.
Yu Lingzi rushed forward, grabbed her hand, broke her five fingers, and kicked the jaw of Ma Xueqing, who had just regained consciousness.
He dropped Gu Yan'er, grabbed Ma Xueqing's exposed hands, pressed down hard, and broke all ten of her fingers.
Chen Shi punched through Jiang Fangshu's Primordial Spirit force field, closing in to attack within it. Amidst the shockwave of thunderous roars, Jiang Fangshu felt sowhat dazed.
Jiang Fangshu retreated. Only then did Chen Shi notice that within the miniature shrine at the back of his head sat two Divine Embryos. One was a Purple Jade Divine Embryo, the other was blurry, dimr, its grade unknown.
But judging by its blurred form, it probably wasn't a good Divine Embryo.
Thunder roared in Chen Shi's palm as he prepared to severely damage Jiang Fangshu's Primordial Spirit. Suddenly, his gaze swept over the others.
He saw that beside the Divine Embryos of Yan Hao, Fei Qinghong, and four or five other scions, there were actually second Divine Embryos. Their second Divine Embryos were also dim and blurry, their forms crude.
The most outrageous was Yang Sheng. Beside his Purple Jade Divine Embryo, there was also a Second-grade Doukui Divine Embryo!
"When a True God bestows a Divine Embryo, isn't it only one..."
Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed in Chen Shi's mind, a wave of empathetic sorrow and grief washed over him.
"These Divine Embryos... they're not theirs. They stole them! They're not human, they're not human..."
His face wore an expression that seed both tearful and laughing. His hand movents suddenly stopped. He shouted loudly, "Yu Lingzi, I can't hold back anymore! I'm not going to be a good boy anymore!"
"What?" Yu Lingzi had just finished breaking Ma Xueqing's ten fingers and asked in confusion.
Chen Shi, brimming with murderous aura, took a fierce step forward. His body crackled and rapidly expanded, instantly growing to about one zhang and six or seven chi tall. Blood flowed from between his eyebrows. Suddenly, the skin there split open sideways, and from his skull and flesh grew a third eye!
Thunder rumbled, swirling and surging around him.
The Thunderous Jade Pivot Great thod.
Activating this thod, he transford into the Thunder Ancestor Wen Zhong, with the honorific title: Heavenly Lord of Universal Transformation of Thunder Sounds Responding to the Origin of the Nine Heavens!
Rumbling thunder echoed from Chen Shi's throat.
"I'm going to kill soone!"
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