Chapter 22: Purchasing the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng

Several days later, on the plaza, Nan Feihuang was engaged in a fierce battle with Dian Wei.

Beyond focusing on his cultivation, he still needed to accumulate some combat experience.

Dian Wei used dual Halberds; he did not learn the Single-Handed Eighteen Picks, as he had his own combat style. Although Nan Feihuang held the advantage in martial soul quality, physical constitution, and depth of soul power, whenever they actually fought, he could never defeat Dian Wei.

After all, Dian Wei was once a super fierce general who had campaigned across battlefields.

His combat experience had been honed bit by bit amidst the fires of war and between life and death.

As soon as Nan Feihuang engaged him, the Single-Handed Eighteen Picks, which could be considered exquisite, were completely restricted by him and could not be unleashed.

Dian Wei was simply too familiar with this set of martial arts; back during the Battle of Puyang, he had fought against Lv Bu, and at that time, the martial arts Lv Bu used at the start was this very set.

Only after it was broken by him did Lv Bu unleash his true ultimate technique, the Ghost God Halberd Technique.

If even Lv Bu's Single-Handed Eighteen Picks could do nothing to Dian Wei, let alone Nan Feihuang.

A straight thrust of Nan Feihuang's Halberd was easily locked by the small branch of Dian Wei's left-hand Halberd; no matter how much force Nan Feihuang exerted, he found it difficult to retract.

The only way was to use his intent to retract his martial soul and summon it again, but that would require at least one second.

And within that very second, Dian Wei's right-hand Halberd had already been placed against his neck.

"E Lai, you are truly formidable; I concede," Nan Feihuang said candidly. He had never thought he could defeat Dian Wei right now, this super fierce general from the Three Kingdoms era who was comparable to Lv Bu and the Five Tiger Generals.

He was merely using Dian Wei to hone his own Halberd technique, and with his guidance, Nan Feihuang's progress was extremely rapid.

"Ah ah ah ah..." Lv Lingqi called out a few times, jumped onto the Fighting Spirit Platform, pointed at Dian Wei, and then pointed downward, signaling for him to get off; next, it was her turn to engage in Spirit Fighting with Nan Feihuang.

However, Dian Wei would not listen to her, instead looking at Nan Feihuang. Nan Feihuang nodded at him, and only then did Dian Wei obediently jump off the ring.

Preparing himself once more, Nan Feihuang faced his new opponent, Lv Lingqi.

Although Lv Lingqi did not have such strong battlefield experience as Dian Wei, she had a deep family heritage and had received the true teachings of Lv Fengxian since childhood; the Ghost God Halberd Technique created by Lv Bu had also been passed down to her.

Once Nan Feihuang laid a good foundation and honed the Single-Handed Eighteen Picks to the limit, she would pass this Halberd technique on to Nan Feihuang.

Although her father had said that her family's martial arts could not be taught to outsiders, a son-in-law did not count as an outsider.

Lv Lingqi also had a decisive and forthright personality; like Lv Bu, she believed in the principle that "if I have taken a fancy to it, it is mine," so since she liked Nan Feihuang, Nan Feihuang was destined to be her future man.

The collision between the Fangtian Halberd and the Feilian Halberd was vastly different from the previous battle. If the fight with Dian Wei was a collision of strength, then the sparring with Lv Lingqi was a contest of speed.

The Halberds in their hands were brandished so tightly that not even a drop of water could pass through, displaying streaks of afterimages.

Lan Xue observed from the shadows, feeling very satisfied. Her son Nan Feihuang, as well as Dian Wei and Lv Lingqi, were not just simple cases of having strong cultivation talent.

These three were simply born Battle Generals. Any move in their hands was almost learned upon the first attempt and mastered upon the first try. As long as they spent more time honing them, reaching the realms of Mastery, Proficiency, Expertise, and Perfection would not be difficult.

And then there was that Xun Yu, whose martial soul was special and did not require him to possess combat techniques, so other than basic body tempering, he would not join any Spirit Fighting sparring.

Every day, he was on the side, thoroughly reading military strategy, battle tactics, politics, and power maneuvers.

His ability to never forget what he had seen, to draw inferences about other cases from one instance, and his supreme intelligence could be called rare in a century.

With these four people joining forces, once they grew up, it would be difficult for the Gu Lei Kingdom not to rise.

Under the sunlight, Xun Yu put down the military book in his hand and murmured, "Several days have passed; Master Jia should have arrived at Star Luo by now."

Just as he had guessed, half a day ago, Jia Chong had stepped into Kasna Village.

It was indeed a crude village; who could have imagined that the Min Clan, which once relied on the Clear Sky Sect and was the number one intelligence agency on the continent, would actually fall to such a state today.

Jia Chong did not play any tricks but instead generously presented a calling card to pay a visit to Bai He.

Bai He was stunned upon receiving the card. Ever since offending the Spirit Hall, major forces had kept their distance from their four single-attribute clans, and no one had come to visit them for many years.

As the world's number one scout, Bai He naturally knew of the Brute Force Sect and Jia Chong. The Brute Force Sect could also be considered one of the reserve Lower Four Sects, slightly inferior to the Sparrow Bee Sect. Their sect martial soul, the Giant Strength Big-Horned Beetle, was also a rare strength-type martial soul, and the level of Jia Chong, as the Sect Master, was estimated to be around level eighty-three or eighty-four.

A visit from a Spirit Douluo powerhouse would not be a small matter anywhere.

Bai He immediately tidied himself up and went out to welcome him.

No matter how down-and-out the Min Clan was now, they could not lose face.

"Sect Master Jia Chong, you have traveled thousands of miles to visit my Min Clan; I, Bai He, am truly honored!" Bai He welcomed him enthusiastically, "Come, please come inside for tea."

Jia Chong followed Bai He to the main hall and sat down, stating bluntly, "Sorry to disturb you, Clan Head Bai He. I have not come without a reason; my visit this time is actually under the orders of our country's Crown Prince and the King."

"Oh, the King and Crown Prince of the Gu Lei Kingdom? Please forgive Bai He for failing to guess, but in what way can my Min Clan be of help to your country?" Bai He asked in confusion.

"That, it is truly somewhat difficult to speak of." Jia Chong felt a bit embarrassed; he could not just casually speak of the great humiliation that his own sovereign's body had been ruined because he ate too much Whale Glue.

"If it is inconvenient for you, sir, you do not have to say it." Bai He did not force him; he was in the intelligence business and knew more deeply that some things could not be let known, "Then please speak plainly, sir, what help do you need from my Min Clan?"

"We obtained intelligence that your sect possesses an Immortal Grade Herb named Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, so we have come with sincerity, hoping to purchase it from you. Our country is willing to offer 4 million Gold Soul Coins; what do you think?" Jia Chong said directly.

In fact, Nan Feihuang had given him 8 million, but he naturally could not offer it all at once; as a Sect Master, he understood the principle of asking a high price and negotiating on the spot.

If he gave too much at the start, he worried that Bai He would push for more.

Bai He gasped; 4 million Gold Soul Coins—even during the Min Clan's prime, he had never seen so much money.

After all, the Clear Sky Sect was not the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; although they were not short of money, they were not exactly overflowing with wealth either.

In the world today, there were not many forces that could produce 4 million Gold Soul Coins in one go; besides the Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, there were only countries.

It could be seen that the Gu Lei Kingdom had indeed come with sincerity.

It was just that he was a bit puzzled; the secret that he possessed the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng was unknown even to his good friend Yang Wudi, so how did the Gu Lei Kingdom know?

Could it be that they had an intelligence agency not inferior to the Min Clan?

(End of chapter)