"If it's difficult, you overco it."
Jiang Xinghai smiled faintly. "If it weren't difficult, what use would I have for you?"
Yan Qingshan didn't dare say another word.
'That's right. As a servant, it's my duty to solve my master's problems.'
"Since the Martial Arts Departnt is responsible for the National dical Hall's security, Old Xue, you should go to Central State with Old Yan," Jiang Xinghai mused.
"I was thinking the sa thing," Xue Zhong nodded.
Jiang Xinghai looked at Yan Qingshan again. "From now on, you'll remain a mber of the Martial Arts Association on the surface, but secretly, you'll work for . If necessary, you can contact the Butcher. He, like you, is one of my servants."
'So the Butcher has been the master's servant all along! I understand.' Yan Qingshan was once again shaken.
The Butcher, Li Tu, was ferocious and bloodthirsty by nature. Very few people ever escaped his grasp alive.
Although he was only a Ninth-Realm Venerable, he could break through to the Great Venerable realm at any mont!
Jiang Xinghai issued a dangerous ultimatum. "If the three of you working together still can't get the Dragon Scale Bamboo, I'll make a trip there myself tomorrow."
"We will do everything in our power."
Xue Zhong and Yan Qingshan said in unison.
They both understood perfectly well that if Jiang Xinghai went to the Central State Martial Arts Association himself, all hell would break loose.
Soon, the two of them left.
Yan Qingshan also cleaned up the three bodies on the floor.
"Lingxue, I'm back!"
A smile spreading across his face, Jiang Xinghai turned and cheerfully rushed into the Jizhou Grand Hotel.
Inside the hotel, everyone was practically dumbfounded.
The three Great Venerables who had co from Central State looking for trouble—two were now effortlessly killed by Jiang Xinghai, while the third had knelt in submission!
CLAP, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP…
The crowd spontaneously burst into applause.
So incredibly dominant!
So unbelievably powerful!
No one said much, because in that mont, their actions spoke louder than words.
Soon, everyone took their seats.
Jiang Xinghai, however, pulled Shen Lingxue aside. "So, uh, you see? I'm not hurt, am I?"
"That's good." Shen Lingxue looked him over and breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Xinghai chuckled and whispered, "You said that if I didn't get hurt, you'd have to be more… proactive."
"Proactive about what?" Shen Lingxue's beautiful eyes fluttered. She lowered her head, then turned and walked toward the dining table.
"Are you kidding ?"
'Has this woman learned how to play dumb too?' Jiang Xinghai groaned inwardly as he watched her back.
To be honest, he really coveted Shen Lingxue's body.
Every ti he rembered that Shen Lingxue was a Thousand Derivation Spiritual Body, he felt a growing sense of regret.
The first ti he'd been with Shen Lingxue, he hadn't used the essence of the Dragon Locking Secret Technique at all.
He possessed a Supre Yang Body. If he were to engage in Yin-Yang Fusion with her Thousand Derivation Spiritual Body, it would bring unexpected benefits to them both!
「At three in the afternoon, the banquet ended.」
Everyone stayed behind for tea and continued chatting.
"Uncle, why have I never heard of a Martial Arts Association in Jizhou?" Jiang Xinghai hadn't brought this topic up at the dinner table.
Shen Zhengye shook his head. "Jizhou is just a county-level city. It doesn't qualify to have its own branch."
"That's right. According to the Martial Arts Departnt's regulations, a city must have at least one Great Venerable to establish a Martial Arts Departnt branch," Du Jingsong chid in.
Jiang Xinghai nodded in understanding.
'No wonder Yan Qingshan said the Central State Martial Arts Association was always trying to recruit Wanyan Xiong.'
After all, in the whole of Jizhou, the number one figure in Martial Arts wasn't from one of the four great Martial Arts families, but a kingpin from the underworld.
"Heh, then we'll just create a few Great Venerables of our own and refuse to join the Martial Arts Departnt. Let's see how they'll handle that," Jiang Xinghai said with a casual smile.
Currently, Du Jingsong and Cheng Zhipeng were both Venerables, the closest to reaching the Great Venerable realm.
"Duke Jiang, when you say 'create'… what exactly do you an?" Du Jingsong's eyes widened.
The others all wore the sa stunned expressions.
"If things go smoothly, I'll perform Alchemy tomorrow night to refine a batch of Gathering Essence Pills. I should be able to produce at least fifty. You'll all get a share. Then, I'll use my unique secret technique to help you absorb them completely. Your cultivation will skyrocket in a short amount of ti, allowing all of you to beco Great Venerables," Jiang Xinghai said with a sincere smile.
"Gathering Essence Pills?"
"Refining a batch of Gathering Essence Pills?"
Hearing this, the five of them shot to their feet in unison. "You can make all of us Great Venerables!"
"Jiang is also an Alchemist?" Shen Zhengye was even more thrilled.
Du Jingsong and the others looked on with anticipation.
Jiang Xinghai nodded without reservation. "That's right. You don't need to be surprised. I'll do what I say."
At Jiang Xinghai's firm promise, a wave of shock left them speechless.
Alchemists had long since vanished from the world!
Otherwise, a single Gathering Essence Pill wouldn't be so priceless and unobtainable!
They felt that Jiang Xinghai was more mysterious than ever.
Jiang Xinghai suddenly smiled and asked, "Uncle, if necessary, we could establish a Martial Arts Departnt in Jizhou. How would you feel about being its leader?"
"? Forget it. I want to focus on making the Shen Family prosper. I have no other ambitions," Shen Zhengye replied with a smiling shake of his head.
Du Jingsong, however, leaned forward with an eager expression. "Duke Jiang, what about ? Am I qualified?"
"You're certainly not shy about it, Old Du," Jiang Xinghai teased.
Du Jingsong's old face flushed red, and he didn't dare say more.
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