Chapter 58: Giving Xie Xun a Condition He Cannot Refuse

Compared to the blind Xie Xun, Zhang Wuji, with his excellent eyesight, saw clearly:

Zhang Jie did not directly touch the sharp edge of the Dragon-Slaying Saber with his jade-like palm,

but instead firmly gripped the body of the saber with his five fingers.

Zhang Jie would, of course, not be arrogant enough to catch the blade of the Dragon-Slaying Saber directly with his hand.

Unless there is an absolute gap in strength, catching a weapon with bare flesh is always a disadvantage.

Even those cultivators in the Xianxia world who specialize in body refinement

need to wear spiritual armor matching their strength level when fighting.

In "Pirate King," Garp, who doesn't eat Devil Fruits and can level mountains with a pair of iron fists,

and absolutely possesses Admiral-level strength, wasn't he also cut and bloodied by Colonel Morgan with an axe?

And it even earned Morgan, who was a mere colonel compared to an Admiral, the title of "Axe King."

Unless his strength reached the level of the Sweeping Monk in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils," with Qi thick enough to form a three-foot wall of energy,

otherwise, he would not consider catching the Dragon-Slaying Saber with his bare hands.

Zhang Jie: Stay steady, don't show off~

"Godfather, stop, you are no match for Senior Brother."

Zhang Wuji, understanding that Xie Xun was absolutely no match for Zhang Jie, hurriedly advised.

"No!"

Xie Xun shook his head slightly, refusing with a firm tone.

If he had just wanted to teach Zhang Jie a lesson before,

then now he was defending the dignity of the Golden-Haired Lion King and the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

"Hah!"

Xie Xun poured his internal energy into the Dragon-Slaying Saber with all his might.

The reason the Dragon-Slaying Saber and the Heaven-Dependent Sword could become the unique divine weapons of the Heaven-Dependent world

was because, like the chakra-conducting metal in "Naruto,"

they had an extremely strong ability to conduct internal energy, allowing the wielder and the weapon to achieve a one-plus-one-is-greater-than-two effect.

As Xie Xun poured more and more internal energy, a cold gleam that made one's hair stand on end appeared on the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

"What a Dragon-Slaying Saber!"

Feeling the sharpness of the cold gleam capable of cutting gold and jade, Zhang Jie couldn't help but praise it.

This cold gleam reminded him of the sword energy that only appears in High-Martial worlds.

Uh, according to the weapon type, what the Dragon-Slaying Saber emitted should be called blade energy?

However, Zhang Jie was not afraid; although the blade energy was strong,

Xie Xun's internal energy was still too weak compared to his sixty years of North-Darkness internal energy.

With a thought from Zhang Jie, his surging North-Darkness internal energy also poured into the blade, competing with Xie Xun for control of the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

Under Zhang Jie's surging and high-quality North-Darkness internal energy, Xie Xun's internal energy retreated step by step.

"Ah!"

The North-Darkness internal energy, combining Yin and Yang, water and fire, rushed into Xie Xun's body,

with extreme cold and intense burning alternating back and forth within him,

his face turning blue and white in turns, his eight extraordinary meridians trembling,

his whole body in unbearable pain, and sweat the size of beans falling from his forehead onto the ground continuously.

"Senior Brother, Senior Brother, my godfather has admitted defeat!"

Seeing this scene, Zhang Wuji hurriedly admitted defeat on Xie Xun's behalf.

Zhang Jie also knew when to stop, withdrawing the North-Darkness internal energy that was raging within Xie Xun's eight extraordinary meridians.

"Godfather!"

Zhang Wuji quickly walked to Xie Xun's side, supporting the swaying Xie Xun,

having him sit cross-legged on the spot, pressing his hands against his back, and inputting Nine Yang Divine Art internal energy to heal him.

Watching Zhang Wuji's behavior of not removing Xie Xun's outer garment, Zhang Jie couldn't help but complain in his heart:

"Why is it that when healing a beauty, one must remove the outer garment?

And when healing a rough man like Xie Xun, it's not necessary?

Could this be the legendary scenario where, after a hero saves a beauty,

if the hero is handsome, the beauty will say 'I am willing to offer myself in marriage';

and if the hero is unattractive and hard to please the masses,

then the beauty will say 'This little woman has nothing to repay you with, I am willing to be a cow or a horse in the next life to repay my benefactor'?"

"I'm shivering with anger; reaching this conclusion, I'm shivering all over, cold sweat and icy hands and feet in the hot weather,

when will we plain-looking boys be able to stand up?"

Zhang Jie stood up for the plain-looking boys in his heart.

Zhang Wuji was about to heal Xie Xun, but in the next second, he discovered that Xie Xun's condition was surprisingly good,

and even the old injuries left over from past battles had healed significantly.

"Senior Brother?"

Zhang Wuji cast a grateful look at Zhang Jie.

Among the people here, apart from Zhang Jie, whose internal energy was incomparably deep, there was no one else who could do this.

"Hmm."

Zhang Jie nodded in acknowledgment; Xie Xun's injuries were indeed healed by him.

After obtaining the North-Darkness Divine Art, he had tried practicing the Nine Yang Divine Art,

He discovered that the two had miraculously merged into one!

One must know that the cultivation principle of the North-Darkness Divine Art is the opposite of ordinary Wu Gong.

And when Zhang Jie practiced again, he found that he could choose at will between forward and reverse operation!

Forward was the Nine Yang Divine Art, and reverse was the North-Darkness Divine Art!

He had later gone to the shared space to discuss this with other Zhang Jies, but everyone was equally confused.

In the end, they could only attribute this magical change to the shared space.

After the change, the North-Darkness internal energy also inherited, no, it should be said it merged with, the healing effects of the Nine Yang internal energy.

Zhang Jie had originally been preparing to find a few lucky audience members to test the effects of the new internal energy.

And here, Xie Xun had bumped right into him.

Zhang Jie went with the flow and used Xie Xun as a lab rat.

"Many thanks, little friend."

Xie Xun, with most of his deep-seated illnesses gone, thanked Zhang Jie with a complex expression.

Even his address had changed from "brat" to "little friend."

"Godfather, Senior Brother has a great use for the Dragon-Slaying Saber, why not just give the saber to him."

Seeing Xie Xun's attitude soften, Zhang Wuji struck while the iron was hot.

"No!

The Dragon-Slaying Saber is my only hope, I will not give it to anyone!"

Xie Xun still refused flatly.

"This..."

Seeing his godfather so stubborn, Zhang Wuji was caught in a dilemma.

Judging by Zhang Jie's behavior, he was determined to get the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

And as far as he knew, Zhang Jie was no "goody-two-shoes" who would "sweep the floor fearing to harm the lives of ants,

and shield the lamp to save a moth."

If his bottom line was touched, he would likely not hesitate to use force.

But Xie Xun was his godfather, the person closest to him in the world after his parents passed away,

and he could not ignore his godfather.

On one side was a Senior Brother who was good to him and held an absolute advantage in force, and on the other was a godfather he could not abandon,

Zhang Wuji was now like a mouse in a bellows, caught in the middle.

But what was this "hope" his godfather spoke of? Zhang Wuji was somewhat puzzled.

"Senior Brother..."

After thinking it over, Zhang Wuji decided to communicate with Zhang Jie first,

to let Zhang Jie give him some time to persuade Xie Xun.

"Wuji, rest assured. I will give the Lion King a condition he cannot refuse."

Zhang Jie smiled slightly before Zhang Wuji could open his mouth to persuade him.

"??"

Zhang Wuji was confused upon hearing this.

Zhang Jie and his godfather were meeting for the first time today, how could he offer him a condition he couldn't refuse?

However, Zhang Wuji, knowing that Zhang Jie would not act without a target, decided to trust him.

"Hahahaha! Brat, this old man would like to see

what kind of condition you can offer that I cannot refuse."

The Golden-Haired Lion King laughed wildly upon hearing this.

Apart from Zhang Wuji, he had no relatives or friends left in the world,

so how could Zhang Jie offer him a condition he couldn't refuse?

Could it be that Zhang Jie intended to use Zhang Wuji to threaten him?

But looking at the relationship between Zhang Jie and Zhang Wuji, Zhang Jie shouldn't be able to do such a thing.

He still believed in Zhang Jie's character: firstly, Zhang Jie was a disciple of Wu Dang,

and with the Wu Dang Seven Heroes and that hundred-year-old Daoist Zhang Sanfeng suppressing things,

the disciples of Wu Dang shouldn't be morally corrupt.

Secondly, Zhang Jie had easily defeated him just now but hadn't taken the opportunity to snatch the Dragon-Slaying Saber,

which showed that Zhang Jie still had his own set of moral standards in his heart.

As Xie Xun began to laugh wildly, his "Lion's Roar," which had reached the realm of unity between man and skill, subconsciously activated.

Sound waves, tangible as substance, expanded with him as the center.

Crack, crack.

The rocks around him began to split, and for a moment, the entire cave seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

"Godfather!"

Zhang Wuji, closest to Xie Xun, struggled to resist the Lion's Roar.

"Lion King, why not wait until I finish speaking before making a decision."

Facing the incoming sound waves, Zhang Jie flicked his sleeve,

and the North-Darkness internal energy turned into an invisible vortex, neutralizing all the sound waves rushing toward him.

He waved his hand again, the vortex expanded, and all the sound waves of the Lion's Roar were neutralized.

"Whew~"

Zhang Wuji, who had been struggling to resist the sound waves, finally let out a sigh of relief.

The Golden-Haired Lion King, whose Lion's Roar had been neutralized by Zhang Jie's absolute power, also fell silent.

He spoke slowly: "Tell me the condition you say I cannot refuse."

"I can provide you with information about Cheng Kun."

Zhang Jie said calmly and unhurriedly.

"Cheng Kun!"

The Golden-Haired Lion King went mad the instant he heard Cheng Kun's name.

Roar!

A Lion's Roar several times stronger than before erupted from his mouth.

Zhang Jie, who had been prepared, instantly enveloped Xie Xun with the North-Darkness vortex, not letting the sound waves of the Lion's Roar spread out.

"Ah! Cheng Kun! Ah! Cheng Kun!"

In the vortex formed by the North-Darkness internal energy, Xie Xun fell into madness, as if possessed by a demon. ===== CHAPTER 59 =====