Who knew if this person had any trump cards for the grand competition.
Compared to going all out, he preferred to play it safe—rely demonstrating his realm was sufficient.
After all, he wasn’t a true genius.
On the path of Martial Arts, stability was enough.
Jiang Shu casually remarked, "Is it about giving it your all, or not wanting to do it at all?"
This ti, his advancent to the Acupoint Passage Realm was far smoother and stronger than he had imagined.
After breaking the limit with the Dream Sleep Elixir, his body’s talent had clearly risen another level.
Upon breakthrough, all his acupoints gathered spirit, and his Yuan Qi took form.
He even had the confidence to fight experts in the middle stage of the Acupoint Passage Realm.
"Naturally, it is to give it one’s all." Liang Yuanzhou frowned, took a deep breath, then softened his tone, saying, "I also know Your Excellency is anxious for revenge. But my abilities are truly limited; I estimate I’m not Liang Yuanhong’s match in this grand competition. Perhaps it’s better this way: wait until next year’s grand competition, and I will officially make my move. Consider the previous Morning Pill and Marrow Cleansing Pill as your support. If, after a year, I still cannot avenge Your Excellency, I will naturally return them."
"’Just a few days ago, it was ’Senior’ this and ’Senior’ that, and now it’s ’Your Excellency’," Jiang Shu sighed. He shook his head. Indeed, in this world, too many people were self-centered.This was especially true for those born into noble families. Even as mbers of collateral branches, they still saw themselves as part of the main family, looking down on martial artists of ordinary birth with disdain, always maintaining an air of superiority.People like Chu Xisheng were truly a rare find.
But this was also good. It saved him so trouble.
If this person had truly been loyal and righteous, he might have faced more complications—perhaps knocking him unconscious and leaving a note for him to leave the city imdiately upon waking.
But now...
"Since we are of the sa realm, we naturally address each other as peers. Of course, I am still very grateful for the elixirs Your Excellency previously gifted. Next year..."
"No need to wait."
Before Liang Yuanzhou could finish speaking, Jiang Shu’s palm shot out, like the claw of an Azure Dragon.
Yuan Qi surged from his heart, flowed out from all his acupoints, and firmly suppressed Liang Yuanzhou’s true vigor.
A large hand slamd Liang Yuanzhou to the ground, pinning him tightly.
Liang Yuanzhou’s eyes widened in disbelief. Only at this mont did he realize how utterly unfamiliar this supposedly familiar middle-aged man before him truly was.
Wasn’t his enemy Liang Yuanhong?
Why... why was he attacking him?
And this Blood Exchange Realm cultivator... so powerful...
Wasn’t he, too, in the Blood Exchange Realm?
Why did he lack even the slightest ability to struggle?
Liang Yuanzhou could feel the chi-blood in his body congeal instantaneously. Air couldn’t enter his nose, making him unable to breathe, nor could he circulate the slightest bit of power. His limbs and bones felt utterly weak, and even the pores on his skin seed to have sealed shut.
He felt like an ordinary mortal, one who had never practiced martial arts, drowning in the deep sea.
"Your death will be your repaynt," Jiang Shu stated.
Yuan Qi drilled directly into Liang Yuanzhou’s body, thoroughly probing him inside and out—the circulation of his true vigor, the flow of his chi-blood. As this occurred, Jiang Shu’s form also changed, gradually becoming another "Liang Yuanzhou."
He stood up. Beneath him, Liang Yuanzhou, an expression of unwillingness etched on his face, breathed his last.
A specific pill rolled out. Its potent corrosiveness instantly disintegrated the body, reducing it to a pool of sludge.
Jiang Shu retrieved Liang Yuanzhou’s old clothes from the room, put them on, and began practicing the Giant Whale Calming Wave Palm, move by move.
Inside his body, Yuan Qi circulated, simulating the Liang Family’s true vigor cultivation technique.
From unfamiliar, to incredibly familiar.
The crescent moon hung low, and the stars twinkled.
「The next day.」
Jiang Shu pushed open the door. Appearing as Liang Yuanzhou, he swaggered into the Liang Family.
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