This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick! Chapter 1540 21: Stirring the Winds and Clouds (Part 4)

Yu Hong raised his head to look at this Swordsman and asked seriously, "Where are you going? What on earth is going on?"

Swordsman: "We're going to the Capital. As for what's going on, I can slowly tell you on the way."

"To Lanling City?"

"Yeah, and you can also go back to make your report and file this incident."

The other party seed to know very well the workflow of a Blue Patrol Pavilion Inspector.

Yu Hong turned his head to look around; this entire block had already beco a field of ruins.

"I can go with you, but I have to finish dealing with the affairs of Chong City first."

The Swordsman was a bit surprised: "There's still sothing left in Chong City?"

Yu Hong: "There's still the Earth Spirit Gang matter."

...

The Eighth Year of Yuanxing, the seventeenth day of the fifth month.

A matter that shocked the whole World occurred in Chong City of Ming Province——

Ranked eighth on the Earth List, Huang Wenshan, the [Illusory Moon Formless], crossed hands in Chong City with four Martial Arts Masters and one True Master.

Among the five, aside from the Ye Family's butler, Ye Qin, who had been granted the surna "Ye," the other four had never appeared in the World before.

In this battle, Huang Wenshan grievously injured two Martial Arts Masters, including Ye Qin, and killed one Martial Arts Master on the spot.

After that Huang Wenshan was defeated and captured alive by a Swordsman!

A day later, this Swordsman, taking the captive Huang Wenshan with him, seized Ye Qin and a Third-level Patrol Inspector of the Blue Patrol Pavilion and left Chong City.

The full story of this battle in Chong City quickly spread throughout the World as well——

The Grand Secretary Ye Ze'an was gravely ill and voluntarily resigned from office; the towering tree that was the Ye Family had fallen.

In the decades Ye Ze'an held power, though he enjoyed boundless glory, he also offended many people.

This Grand Secretary had long considered his own situation after stepping down, and so had laid out his arrangents early, secretly grasping the handles and dirt of many powerful nobles and Gate Valves as self‑protection.

From childhood, Ye Qin was Ye Ze'an's Study Companion, and was also responsible for protecting the safety of the Ye Family's Eldest Young Master.

After Ye Ze'an began to hold power, Ye Qin was granted the surna "Ye" and beca Ye Ze'an's trusted confidant.

Many shady matters that could not see the light of day were carried out by Ye Qin on Ye Ze'an's behalf, so Ye Qin was basically familiar with all those handles and black materials Ye Ze'an held.

After Ye Ze'an fell gravely ill, Ye Qin was discovered to have colluded with other houses. Just when the Ye Family was preparing to quietly take him down, this confidant of the Grand Secretary suddenly fled.

Thus ca about the matter of the Ye Family's chief Tributor pursuing Ye Qin across a thousand li.

The Grand Secretary Ye Ze'an's thods had been on full display over the past decades.

Given what he held in his hands, who would dare to take him lightly?

The Ye Family wanted to capture Ye Qin, or kill him to silence him.

The other powers, on the other hand, wanted to get hold of Ye Qin, and thereby seize all those handles and black materials that Ye Ze'an had accumulated over the years.

Now that gray‑clothed Swordsman who had appeared out of nowhere had captured Ye Qin and was hurrying all the way toward Lanling City.

For a ti, this one group stirred up almost all of the World, the Ten Great Gate Valves included!

...

The twenty‑first day of the sixth month.

It had already been more than a month since Yu Hong left Chong City with Ye Qin and the others.

Over this past month, they had not taken any normal ans of transportation. They had trekked over mountains and ridges, doing their best to hide their tracks as they headed in the direction of Lanling City.

Yet even so, people tracked them down many tis, and over a dozen battles erupted!

However, all of these battles were dangerous only in appearance; without exception, they were all resolved by that gray‑clothed Swordsman.

They were now less than two hundred li away from Lanling City.

If nothing unexpected happened, they would arrive today.

"In this form of Saber Technique, [Cloud Form Wind Shadow], you must use sixty percent of your strength and hold back forty; the key is not in the blade but in the footwork..."

On the plains, as the group moved along, the gray‑clothed Swordsman was explaining Saber Technique to Yu Hong.

Yu Hong practiced the saber, and along the way this gray‑clothed Swordsman had explained many Saber Techniques to him and given him much guidance, from which he greatly benefited.

"What are you thinking about?"

The gray‑clothed Swordsman noticed Yu Hong was a little absent‑minded and asked.

Yu Hong looked at him: "You've actually been deliberately hiding your strength, haven't you?"

The gray‑clothed Swordsman smiled: "Why do you say that?"

Yu Hong: "Every fight you win is dangerously close, as if you're always just a hair's breadth from losing. Once or twice would be one thing, but when it's like that every ti, it feels a bit deliberate."

The gray‑clothed Swordsman: "Even you can tell, looks like I've been overacting a little."

Yu Hong: "Aren't you afraid the enemy will see through your disguise and send soone you can't handle?"

The gray‑clothed Swordsman: "That would actually be sothing to look forward to."

As he spoke, the gray‑clothed Swordsman suddenly turned his head to look toward the forest on the left:

"They've finally co."

They would reach Lanling City today.

Once they entered the Capital, many things would no longer be convenient to do.

So for any powers who still had designs on Ye Qin, today was the last chance.

Following the Swordsman's gaze, Yu Hong looked off into the distance and vaguely sensed many people hidden in the forest, and many lines of sight falling upon them.

Very soon, a figure walked out of the woods.

He walked alone toward Yu Hong and the others.

More than one power had co today to ambush and kill the gray‑clothed Swordsman, and more than one expert.

The others were all lying in wait in the dark, wanting to strike later and reap the fisherman's profit.

This person, however, stepped out first, displaying absolute confidence!

He was also dressed in gray, his figure sowhat stooped, an ordinary‑looking old man without any imposing aura.

"You've been deliberately hiding your strength, showing only bits and pieces. A lot of people have been guessing who you are, which house you belong to."

The old man's voice carried clearly from afar:

"But it doesn't matter. A few days before you reached this place, the whereabouts of every single Great Grandmaster in this world were confird one by one. It's impossible for you to be any of them. So whoever you are, it makes no difference."

The Ten Gate Valves could secretly cultivate one or two Martial Arts Masters, but a Single Divine Ability or Dual Divine Abilities cultivation would already be their limit.

Because shutting yourself away and building behind closed doors could not produce true powerhouses.

Those who climbed onto the Earth List and Heavenly List were all figures of great renown, tempered through repeated life‑and‑death struggles with opponents of the sa Realm.

So the gray‑clothed Swordsman could not possibly be so secretly cultivated Martial Arts Sect Great Grandmaster of any house.

And the aning behind this old man stepping out alone was——

As long as you're not a Great Grandmaster, you cannot be his match!

As the old man's words fell, his body suddenly began to swell.

The muscles that had seed sowhat withered instantly filled with blood and bulged, and his whole body's bones and tendons crackled nonstop.

In the blink of an eye, the old man's height shot up from one ter seventy to over four ters!

The gray robe he wore was torn apart by his expanding body, revealing the layer of jet‑black, scale‑shining armor beneath.

The jet‑black armor kept spreading outward, wrapping around the old man's exposed hands, feet, and head, and sprouting many backward‑pointing barbs.

In an instant the other party transford from an inconspicuous old man into a ferocious monster over four ters tall, his whole body covered in scales and barbs!

Gasps of shock rose from the forest, because people had recognized the old man's identity——

The Xiao Family's chief Tributor, Xiao Tao!

This Martial Arts Master who had once crossed hands with Duke Jing'an Li Fei possessed six Divine Skills, just like Huang Wenshan.

The difference was that Xiao Tao had also cultivated Tao Power of the Mysterious Realm, sothing that was extrely rare in the Martial Arts Master Realm!

Back when Li Fei first compiled the Fengyun List's Earth List, he placed Xiao Tao at fourth on the Earth List.

Later Zhu Fenghua ascended to the top of the Earth List and then broke through to the Heavenly List.

As for the three Martial Arts Masters previously ranked above Xiao Tao, one was killed, and the other two both died in succession due to failed Breakthroughs.

So now Xiao Tao was number one on the Earth List!

Below the Great Grandmaster level, he was unquestionably the strongest.

"Let this old man weigh you and see how many catties you're worth!"

Xiao Tao strode forward and charged toward them.

...

As for the three Martial Arts Masters previously ranked above Xiao Tao, one was killed, and the other two both died in succession due to failed Breakthroughs.

So now Xiao Tao was number one on the Earth List!

Below the Great Grandmaster level, he was unquestionably the strongest.

"Let this old man weigh you and see how many catties you're worth!"

Xiao Tao strode forward and charged toward them.