Chapter 250: Secrets

Facing the question from the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak, Li Musheng shook his head, his gaze fixed on the opponent surrounded by thunder, and said:

"Stop asking. There is nothing to be let go."

Hearing this, the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak's face instantly darkened.

He sized up the young man across from him, who was excessively young and possessed excessively powerful martial arts cultivation, through the rolling thunder. His expression fluctuated for a moment as he said:

"You are so young yet already possess martial arts cultivation that surpasses the four top sects of the Jianghu. Your future achievements are immeasurable; you might even become the fourth Wu Shen in the world's Jianghu, the only Wu Shen in the Great Li Dynasty."

Hearing this, Li Musheng remained completely calm. He simply faced the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak and slowly raised his palm.

Seeing this, the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak's face changed drastically at once. The thunder around his body surged wildly, gathering before him.

At the same time, he was rapidly thinking of a countermeasure in his heart.

Previously, he and three Venerables had joined forces but could not break Li Musheng's defense, yet the opponent could easily kill them with a single finger.

Now, if he wanted to fight the opponent to the death, there was obviously almost no chance of victory; and if he tried to flee, he could not escape the opponent's pursuit at all.

"Wait!"

The Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak suddenly spoke urgently, saying:

"Your future path in martial arts will surely reach the absolute peak, but you cannot surpass those three Wu Shen. However, I have a method in my hand that can make you become an existence surpassing the Wu Shen."

Upon hearing these words, Li Musheng's palm, raised halfway into the air, suddenly stopped. For the first time, he seriously sized up the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak before him.

Immediately, he lowered his palm, no longer continuing his attack. Instead, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said:

"That's interesting. Tell me, what method do you have that can make me surpass the Wu Shen?"

Of course, Li Musheng did not actually care about surpassing the Wu Shen; what he cared about was transcending the martial arts path.

Since the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak claimed to have a method in hand, he naturally would not ignore it; he had to listen carefully to what it was.

After all, if it truly proved useful to him, that would be an unexpected joy.

At this moment, seeing Li Musheng stop his hand and clearly show a look of considerable interest, the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He gazed at Li Musheng through the thunder, paused for a moment, and said:

"Wanting the method is naturally no problem, but this matter is the most important secret of our Falling Divine Peak. Historically, only the Zhang Sect has been allowed to know it."

"Therefore, you must first let me leave and guarantee that you will no longer continue to pursue me. Moreover, you must promise to preserve the foundation of the Falling Divine Peak. Only then will I personally hand over the method."

Having spoken, the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Musheng, waiting for the opponent's reply.

He knew very well that for a martial arts genius like Li Musheng, who was rare in the world, his talent must be supreme, and his progress speed on the martial arts path was unimaginable.

But this must also have made the opponent extremely arrogant regarding his own martial arts cultivation. Although he had not yet reached the absolute peak of martial arts, he already regarded it as something within his grasp in his heart.

However, human desire is endless. Since the opponent could already see the end of the road on the martial arts path at a glance, he must inevitably harbor the wish to advance even further.

Therefore, what he had just said must hold an irresistible attraction for him.

At this moment, after hearing the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak's words, Li Musheng sized up the opponent with a strange look in his eyes, shook his head, and said:

"You actually dare to make demands? And you made three of them?"

Hearing this, the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak's gaze darkened. He also shook his head and said:

"I am doing this for self-preservation. Moreover, the secret of the Falling Divine Peak concerns the powerful ability to control thunder, wind, and fire, as you can see. I do not believe you are not interested."

"Additionally, I am the only person in the world who knows this secret. If you kill me, then you will never be able to learn all of this."

The Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak knew that Li Musheng had already taken the bait. Now the initiative was firmly in his hands, and he was certain the opponent would eventually compromise.

However, what he did not expect was that Li Musheng suddenly laughed and said:

"Actually, there is no need to make things so troublesome. I have a faster method."

Having spoken, Li Musheng's figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

And in the next moment, the vortex of thunder plasma guarding before the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak seemed to be split downward by a blade light that could cut through anything.

The blade light seemed capable of burning stars and splitting the sky. Purple lightning and thunder plasma tore apart like rotten silk. In an instant, the rolling thunder plasma, like the Dahe River breaching its dikes, rushed and scattered to both sides.

Following this, shattered purple lightning and thunder scattered across the sky. Countless remnants of electricity twisted like dying silver snakes, slowly disappearing into the sea of clouds.

At the same time, the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak looked at Li Musheng, who had appeared before his eyes in almost an instant.

His expression instantly turned to great horror. He immediately wanted to attack while retreating at once.

However, Li Musheng merely pointed a finger at him from a distance. He then discovered in terror that his entire body was completely unable to move.

Moreover, he was covered by a powerful aura, and his entire person was directly imprisoned within the clouds.

Soon, several beams of talisman light quietly fell into the body of the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak.

Looking at the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak who had been struck by the Life-and-Death Talisman, Li Musheng then moved his mind, activating the Life-and-Death Talisman within the opponent's body.

The Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak was not his eldest disciple and could not use his innate divine ability to transfer the pain and damage he received.

Therefore, the pain, like ten thousand ants gnawing, surged. He could not hold on for long and, under Li Musheng's torture, confessed all the information Li Musheng wanted to know, item by item.

"There really is a method? I was actually a bit suspicious that you were just bluffing just now."

A glint of sharp light flashed in Li Musheng's eyes as he looked at the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak before him.

The opponent's face was now deathly pale, and his whole body was convulsing and trembling. Obviously, the lingering effects of the torture from the Life-and-Death Talisman were still present.

He raised his head to look at Li Musheng and spoke with difficulty:

"I have already told you everything you wanted to know. Shouldn't you fulfill your promise and let me lea..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Li Musheng casually pointed. The opponent's entire figure was instantly blasted backward.

At the same time, a blood hole piercing through from front to back appeared on his forehead. From then on, the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak, one of the four major sects of the Great Li Jianghu, perished and died.

Boom!

The corpse of the Zhang Sect of Falling Divine Peak crashed down from the cloud-covered sky, smashing into the ditch beside the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion.

Before this, the corpses of the four Venerables of the Falling Divine Peak, including the old man in black clothes, were already lying in the ditch.

Li Musheng's figure then descended onto the roof of the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion. He looked down at the ditch below, counted the heads, and confirmed that the most powerful people of the Falling Divine Peak had all died here.

"The rest should not require my intervention. If even the remaining peaks cannot be handled by that Tianjin Guard Commander, then he is unworthy of his office."

Li Musheng extracted all the divine blood from the four bodies, then turned his gaze toward the main peak of the Fallen God Peak.

After learning the secrets concerning the innate divine abilities from the mouth of the Fallen God Peak Zhang Sect, he still had to make a trip to the main peak to obtain one crucial item.

Meanwhile, in a wine house not far from the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion, the Old Man in Hemp Clothes, Lin Xun'er, and the squatting great black cat were all silent.

Li Musheng, facing four opponents alone, had crushed and killed the four most powerful existences of the Fallen God Peak, including its Zhang Sect, right here.

They had witnessed the entire scene with their own eyes. Previously, when facing Master Chihuo, Li Musheng had killed the opponent with a single finger, which was already incredibly shocking.

Now, facing four experts of the Fallen God Peak who were in no way inferior to Master Chihuo, the opponent still showed no sign of pressure, and once again killed all four with a single finger.

Those terrifying existences, whom the Old Man in Hemp Clothes and others felt could be crushed by a single finger, seemed to Li Musheng to be utterly insignificant.

"Meow!"

At this moment, the great black cat suddenly stood on all four legs and let out a cry, breaking the silence in the wine house and snapping the Old Man in Hemp Clothes and Lin Xun'er back to their senses.

However, the great black cat paid no attention to the two; with a push of its four legs, it leaped directly out of the wine house and sprinted rapidly toward Li Musheng atop the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion.

"Fallen God Peak... is finished!"

The Old Man in Hemp Clothes watched the figure of the great black cat departing and unconsciously murmured the words.

Lin Xun'er said nothing; even now, she found it hard to believe that they had witnessed with their own eyes the destruction of the Fallen God Peak, one of the four top sects of the Jianghu.

They had even seen someone suppress the experts of an entire top sect with his own strength, a scene destined to shake the entire Jianghu.

"I am beginning to doubt whether anyone in this world can truly be his match."

Lin Xun'er gazed at Li Musheng in the dark night, stretched out her small hand and scratched her head vigorously, as if trying to make herself more alert.

Hearing this, the Old Man in Hemp Clothes shook his head, sighed, and said:

"Perhaps so. Fortunately, I do not have much time left to live; otherwise, if I had witnessed this scene in my youth, my Martial Way Mindset would have collapsed on the spot."

As he spoke, he suddenly turned his head sharply to look at Lin Xun'er and warned in a deep voice:

"Young Master Li possessing such martial cultivation at such a young age is merely an exception. You must not belittle yourself and thereby lose your determined heart in pursuing the Martial Way."

Lin Xun'er's slender eyebrows furrowed; she then spread her palms and said:

"Grandpa, you know well that I have no ambition in cultivating the Martial Way."

"My only purpose is to avenge my elder sister. Once my great vengeance is achieved, even if my martial cultivation makes no further progress in the future, or even if I lose all my Wu Gong, I do not care."

Hearing this, the Old Man in Hemp Clothes immediately became solemn and scolded:

"Do not speak such nonsense. You obtained the 'Eight Desolations Sole Supremacy Divine Art' through fate and circumstance; that is a great opportunity sought by countless people in the Jianghu. Your future achievements in the Martial Way will surely surpass mine. How can you casually speak of giving up?"

Lin Xun'er pouted, withdrew her gaze from Li Musheng on the roof of the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion, and sighed:

"Anyway, no matter how hard I cultivate, I cannot defeat him."

Upon hearing this, the Old Man in Hemp Clothes was about to continue scolding, but in the blink of an eye, he suddenly thought of something and exclaimed in alarm:

"I almost forgot. Now that the Fallen God Peak Zhang Sect and others are dead, we should be able to go to the Hundred Refinement Peak to take revenge next."

Hearing this, Lin Xun'er suddenly stood up, and a terrifying killing intent flowed from her small body.

Immediately, she turned directly to look toward the direction of the Hundred Refinement Peak.

"Do not rush. Before we leave, we must inform Young Master Li and obtain his permission."

The Old Man in Hemp Clothes placed his hand on Lin Xun'er's shoulder and intended to immediately take her to the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion to see Li Musheng.

However, just at that moment, a terrifying martial aura suddenly approached from afar; in the blink of an eye, it arrived from outside the Hundred Refinement City to the sky above the street where they stood.

The Old Man in Hemp Clothes quickly stopped his movement, looked up, and immediately frowned:

"Could it be? Is there yet another expert of the Fallen God Peak who is blind enough to come and die?"

At the same time, Fu Qiwen stepped on the void; with every step he took, ripples and wave patterns rose in the void, and his figure crossed several zhang of distance, subsequently appearing above the Hundred Refinement City.

Since handing over the mission to attack Yuxing City to Hu Rui'an, Fu Qiwen had been constantly consuming a vast amount of true qi to rush forward at full speed, hoping to arrive in time to assist Li Musheng before the Fallen God Peak Zhang Sect and others could act.

However, it was clear he had not made it in time.

But the good news was that on his way to the Hundred Refinement City, he had vaguely perceived that the auras of the Fallen God Peak Zhang Sect and the three Zunzhe who had acted had all seemingly vanished one after another within a short time.

This caused Fu Qiwen to unconsciously form a certain speculation in his heart; however, his reason constantly reminded him that his speculation was too incredible to be true.

At this moment, Fu Qiwen, who had already arrived above the Hundred Refinement City, looked down at the street below.

After several battles, the entire district below was now in ruins, almost turned into a wasteland; only the six-story brothel, the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion, stood amidst the ruins, appearing completely undamaged.

"So it is my lord Fu. It has been some time since we last met; you have arrived at just the right moment."

At this moment, Li Musheng's voice came from the roof of the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion below, drifting lightly into Fu Qiwen's ears.

Fu Qiwen immediately moved his figure, arrived beside the roof of the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion, and stood upon the void. He clasped his hands and bowed to Li Musheng, who was sitting on the roof ridge, saying:

"Your subject greets the Imperial Prince."

At the same time, with his peripheral vision, he saw Li Musheng reaching out to pet a great black cat squatting on the roof tiles beside him.

There was not a single wound on his body; even his clothes showed no sign of damage, and the man himself emitted not a trace of martial true qi.

Just like the Eighth Imperial Prince he had seen before, he looked like an ordinary person with absolutely no martial cultivation.

At this moment, Li Musheng seemed to notice Fu Qiwen's gaze, waved his hand to dismiss the formality.

Then, he pointed his finger toward the ditch on the street below and said:

"The matter I promised my lord Fu is now considered done. Look for yourself; does the Fallen God Peak still lack any experts who slipped through the net?"

Hearing this, Fu Qiwen immediately followed the direction of Li Musheng's finger and looked.

In an instant, he saw the pile of corpses in the ditch below.

From the Peak Seat of the Hundred Refinement Peak, Zheng Yunfeng, to Master Chihuo, to the Fallen God Peak Zhang Sect and the three great Zunzhe...

Fu Qiwen could see them all neatly arranged in the ditch below; moreover, he discovered that everyone's manner of death was the same: each had been pierced through the head by a single finger, killed in one strike.

At this moment, if Fu Qiwen still did not know what had happened, then he was truly too slow to react.

However, he still forced himself to suppress the shock in his heart, took a deep breath heavily, and then looked at Li Musheng, clasping his hands and bowing to ask:

"Were all these people killed by the Highness?"

Li Musheng glanced at the other person and asked:

"Is anyone missing?"

(End of this chapter)