Chapter 78

Steward Xu suddenly doubted whether what he practiced was really an advanced True Martial Art.

I'm afraid that even if the young lady practiced the Black Evil Technique to Great Success... uh... and increased her strength several times over, it would never be this powerful! This Young Master Qin has truly opened my eyes! The two Lin brothers on the other side couldn't help but stand frozen on the spot.

They were a branch of the Lin clan from the prefecture capital. Thirty years ago, after the current head of the Lin clan's main line became the Governor of Yuan Prefecture, he bloodily purged the hostile elements within the clan at that time.

Afterward, they were ordered to move to this Black Mountain City to investigate a cold case from that year.

For them, they had seen too many monstrous prodigies when they were at the prefecture capital, but even so, they had never seen anyone who could be mentioned in the same breath as the person before them! They could see traces of their own Golden Image Technique on that three-zhang demon body just now, and besides the Golden Image Technique, there were at least two other True Martial Arts no weaker than the Golden Image Technique! But the problem was, this Golden Image Technique was the Foundation Establishment technique of the Lin clan, absolutely one of the top-tier True Martial Arts in Yuan Prefecture! Even in the entire Great Xia, there weren't many True Martial Arts that could rival the Golden Image Technique! And now, one could actually see three of them on one person! And perfectly fused into one! No! It was at least three! This was simply outrageous!

Exchanging a glance, they nodded secretly; it seemed they should build a good relationship with this Red Tiger Gang Head in the future.

Not only because of the strength before them, but also because with three top-tier True Martial Arts gathered in one body, this Head Qin must certainly have extraordinary opportunities.

At the level of their Lin family, they held a sense of awe for things like fate and destiny.

Qin Jiang's gaze swept over the crowd; even without hostility, it was like an invisible sharp sword passing through.

"Everyone, the Xu family will stay here to guard the city gate. As for the rest, please have the Lin family lead the support to the City East," he said.

The eldest of the Lin clan nodded: "Many thanks to Head Qin for the rescue this time. If it weren't for Head Qin coming, I'm afraid the City West would have fallen. If you have leisure in the future, you can come to the Lin family as a guest; my second brother and I will certainly sweep the couch to welcome you!"

Qin Jiang smiled and nodded: "When the Weird crisis is resolved, I will certainly visit to thank you for the gift of the technique."

"Good, then we shall take our leave first!"

After the Lin family led their people away, only the Xu family remained on the city wall, cleaning up the battlefield and repairing the damage to prevent another attack by the Bone Army.

Qin Jiang stood by the city wall, looking at the mist outside the city, his expression not relaxing.

"Brother Qin, there is something I want to tell you," Xu Yanran walked over and said.

Qin Jiang looked at Xu Yanran and asked with a smile: "What is it?"

Xu Yanran pondered for a moment and organized her thoughts: "Although the fields outside the City West are not a bumper harvest, they are still within normal yield.

In this Weird siege, according to normal circumstances, support from the County City should have arrived long ago, but looking at it now, it is obvious that an accident has occurred.

Therefore, Yanran guesses that this Weird siege is probably not that simple; perhaps it involves more than just Black Mountain City.

The Stone Lion River of this Black Mountain City is one of the sources of the Canglang River. If means are set up here, borrowing the advantage of the water flow, it might cause one county or even several counties to be affected.

Therefore, Yanran wants to sell all of my Xu family's stored grain after the Weird siege, which might make a big profit.

If that doesn't work, then gift it to the County City to grease the wheels, open the granaries to suppress the disaster, and earn a good reputation, which will have many benefits for future actions."

Qin Jiang's eyes flickered upon hearing this; he didn't expect Xu Yanran to have such thoughts.

Actually, thinking about it, it's normal. If she didn't even have this bit of ability, this huge Xu family would probably have scattered long ago.

"Whatever Yanran wants to do, just go ahead and do it, but..."

"But what?"

Xu Yanran felt happy when she heard the first half of the sentence, but felt a bit nervous when she heard the word "but."

Qin Jiang smiled and raised his hand, slowly clenching it into a fist: "Only when you can't hold a fist do you need to grease the wheels. If your fist is big enough, it's they who will grease the wheels for you. Therefore, you cannot slack off in your martial arts."

Xu Yanran was stunned upon hearing this, and couldn't help but recall the night the Xu family was destroyed; she was still very young at that time.

Later, her Xu family wandered between various cities, and it was only in recent years that they could be considered to have gained a foothold in Black Mountain City.

But her Xu family's main line had been almost completely wiped out.

If her grandfather were still here, how could they have ended up like this?

At this thought, her eyes became sharp: "That is natural. I practice martial arts bitterly so that one day I can return with dignity!"

Qin Jiang smiled. If it were before he forged a Fearless Heart, he might have asked about the Xu family's origin. But now, for him, these things were no longer important.

Walking in this world, even if there are ten thousand calamities, one can break them with one's own strength.

His gaze crossed the hundred-meter open space outside the City West, looking at the surging Weird mist.

Xu Yanran followed his gaze, just about to speak, but suddenly froze, then became panicked.

She saw a stone lion walking out of the Weird mist, its body surrounded by Weird mist, and in the center of its brow was a pure black jade bead.

This was the stone lion at the source of the Stone Lion River! But what truly made Xu Yanran feel panicked and even terrified was that this stone lion had a pair of blood-red eyes, releasing a faint light.

Although that red light was faint, it was extremely penetrating, carrying a terrifying oppressive feeling that gripped the heart!

Xu Yanran's body trembled, "Eye... Eye Weird! The Eye Weird born in the Ghost Domain is actually it! This is definitely not an existence that a True Martial Artist can deal with! There is an essential gap between a True Martial Artist and an Eye Weird!" Even before Qin Jiang's thought was finished, Qin Jiang, who was beside her, had already disappeared; the speed of the instant burst made even the sonic boom unable to catch up.

The next moment, a three-zhang demon body appeared in front of the stone lion, a huge fist falling fiercely, compressing the air under the fist into a visible air wave!

Boom—! With a heaven-shaking loud noise, dust filled the sky, and even the people on the city wall felt the tremor.

The dust gradually dissipated; the stone lion's entire body was lying on the ground, its head hammered into the ground, and faint cracks could be vaguely seen slowly repairing themselves.

Qin Jiang shook his fist, and a wisp of fresh blood spilled; it was his own blood.

"So hard!"

Truly worthy of being a super Weird that can contend with Secret Martial Artists; even though he now had more than a dozen advanced True Martial Arts fused into one, he still couldn't cause too much damage to this guy.

On the city wall, Steward Xu looked at the three-zhang demon shadow in shock, falling into a daze. Only at this moment did he realize how ridiculous his previous guesses about Qin Jiang were.

Eye Weird! This was an Eye Weird! And it was actually smashed to the ground with one punch?!

Xu Yanran on the other side was also frozen on the spot, staring blankly at this scene outside the city.

Brother Qin, is Brother Qin a Secret Martial Artist?!

She shook her head; in just an instant, she dismissed this thought.

It wasn't that the Xu family didn't have secret martial arts; she knew very well that it was impossible to practice Secret Martial Arts in Black Mountain City.

But this meant that Brother Qin was contending with an Eye Weird at the realm of a True Martial Artist! An Eye Weird comparable to a Secret Martial Artist!

She had seen with her own eyes how powerful Secret Martial Artists were! Even in the County City, they were ranked among the best!

Her Xu family back then became one of the Three Prominent Families and Nine Noble Clans of Ning'an County City precisely because they had three Secret Martial Artists sitting in town! Boom—! Another loud noise rang in her ears. Xu Yanran hurriedly looked over, only to see that Qin Jiang had already tangled with the stone lion and rushed into the Weird mist.

For no reason, a sense of panic rose in her heart, but at this moment, she couldn't do anything.

Inside Black Mountain City, the flames of war were spreading and deadlocked everywhere.

And outside the city, downstream of the Stone Lion River in the City East, the Weird mist covering the river surface suddenly surged.

Bang—! A huge iron-wood warship, occupying nearly one-third of the river channel, broke through the Weird mist and came upstream with an unstoppable posture!

The warship leaped on the river channel. On the bow, a sturdy figure stood with arms crossed over his chest, looking down at Black Mountain City not far away with proud contempt.

"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, wisps of cyan flames erupted from his body, burning the Weird mist and making a "hissing" sound, gradually forming a cyan copper furnace a hundred meters tall in the sky!

The formidable momentum pressed down like heaven's might, releasing terrifying cyan flames and dispelling the Weird mist that filled the sky! Listing failed, it's almost 200,000 words.

(End of chapter)