Chapter 599: The restless Wang Ai

"What about Zhang Jie?"

Wang Ai shifted the topic back to Zhang Jie.

Compared to Zhang Chulan, who was called "shameless" for using despicable and shameless means to win every match in the first tournament;

the suspicion that Zhang Jie possessed the Origin of Qi was very high—extremely high.

A guy who was unremarkable on Mount Long Hu, having practiced for several years,

yet was knocked down in three moves when sparring with Zhang Lingyu, with limited prospects in the path of Qi cultivation, only to be forced to leave the mountain in disgrace,

returning to the North China region to be a low-level employee, drifting through life—if not a waste, he was close to it;

had suddenly made a name for himself in this Luo Tian Luotian Da Jiao, not only possessing the Golden Light Mantra cultivation capable of resisting object-manipulation and hard-body strikes,

but also that unknown ability to suppress others with sheer presence, capable of suppressing opponents until they fainted.

Anyone with a normal brain could see that a great secret was hidden here.

And what was the secret that could allow an unremarkable guy to be reborn in such a short time,

becoming a completely different person?

The Eight Extraordinary Techniques—only the Eight Extraordinary Techniques!

This wasn't them spouting nonsense; it was because their Wang family was the owner of one of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques.

Bearing the Spirit-Binding and Soul-Commanding technique himself, he knew very well the power of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques.

Perhaps only the Origin of Qi, which dared to claim to be "the end of all techniques, the Origin of Qi," could have such an effect.

Zhang Chulan swore again: "Elder Wang, this junior guarantees,

neither I nor my grandfather have handed the Origin of Qi to Brother Jie!"

He didn't feel a shred of guilt saying this.

After all, whether it was his or Zhang Jie's Origin of Qi, both were taught by Sister Bao'er.

He was telling the truth; he was just hiding some details.

"Brother Lu?"

Seeing Zhang Chulan speak so decisively, Wang Ai was momentarily indecisive and looked at Lu Ci.

The reason he didn't privately interrogate Zhang Jie and Zhang Chulan to swallow the Origin of Qi for himself;

was on one hand because both Zhang Jie and Zhang Chulan were disciples of the Heavenly Master Mansion,

and he needed an ally to share the potential accountability from the Old Heavenly Master;

on the other hand, it was because the Lu family's ancestral extraordinary arts had unique advantages

for interrogation and intelligence work.

"Lu Gong."

Receiving Wang Ai's signal, Lu Ci nodded slightly and called Lu Gong's name.

"Great-grandfather, Zhang Chulan has not lied either time."

Lu Gong stepped forward respectfully and offered the answer.

It turned out that the reason he had been hiding in the corner, besides feeling a bit intimidated by his great-grandfather Lu Ci and Wang Ai,

who were far above him in strength, status, and seniority,

was also to silently operate his ability from an inconspicuous spot to determine the truth of Zhang Jie and Zhang Chulan's words.

He confirmed that Zhang Chulan's two answers were facts; he was not lying.

As for Zhang Jie, he couldn't see anything at all, as if the person in front of him didn't exist, but was just a mass of air.

Zhang Jie had glanced at him casually, making his soul tremble,

and he guessed this was likely related to Zhang Jie's unknown pressure ability, so he didn't dare use his ability on Zhang Jie again.

'Hehe, a true lie is never entirely false; that kind of thing is seen through by anyone with eyes;

a true lie is when everything said is true, just with a few small details slightly erased.'

Zhang Chulan chuckled internally.

"Brother Lu?"

"Brother Wang?"

Lu Ci frowned slightly, and as the muscles on his face moved, the scar that ran across half his face,

ruining what would have been a decent appearance, became even more hideous,

looking just like a centipede waving countless legs.

Wang Ai's old face didn't change much, but the strength in his right hand gripping the dragon-headed cane increased by three parts,

and worm-like veins writhed beneath his skin, which lacked muscle.

For a moment, both were indecisive.

They had the heart to directly seize Zhang Jie and Zhang Chulan, use some methods, and interrogate them strictly,

guaranteeing they would confess even the last time they wet the bed, but they were wary that this was the Heavenly Master Mansion.

If the Old Heavenly Master found out they dared to strike his disciples on Mount Long Hu, that big palm would likely come crashing down again.

Thinking of this, Wang Ai and Lu Ci both felt their heads buzzing.

'Do it! At worst, we'll just leave Mount Long Hu immediately after!

No matter how strong the Old Heavenly Master is, no matter how invincible he is in the world, surely he wouldn't dare attack the Lu family and my Wang family, right?'

The smile on Wang Ai's face vanished; he stomped his cane fiercely and transmitted his voice to Lu Ci.

Their Wang family had been able to become one of the four great families of the extraordinary world and stand tall for hundreds of years;

ordinary clansmen might think it was because of the family's deep foundation and constant emergence of talented people;

but as the head of the Wang family for nearly a hundred years, how could he not know the family's reliance for its century-long endurance?

Strength!

Only strength could allow a family to endure through generations and stand tall!

His Wang family had seen many talents emerge over the years, and the reason he, whose natural talent wasn't in the first tier, could stand alongside Lu Jin and others,

living to be over a hundred and watching the winds and clouds of the extraordinary world, was entirely due to the Spirit-Binding and Soul-Commanding technique obtained from Feng Tianyang!

A hundred years ago, there were other great families that stood on equal footing with their four families, or even slightly surpassed them,

but only their four families remained at the pinnacle of the extraordinary world.

That old thing Lu Jin, who acted so righteous and spoke so well, with his "Life Without Flaws"—

didn't he also rely on the Heaven-Reaching Talismans obtained from Zheng Zibu of the Shangqing sect to support his family's reputation?

The Lu family—their so-called ancestral extraordinary art, the Soul-Brightening Technique, was also very suspicious.

Young-generation individuals might not know, but as an old guy of Lu Ci's generation, how could he not know?

A hundred years ago, the Lu family had no such thing as the Soul-Brightening Technique; from Lu Ci

down to his older brother Lu Ren, who was considered the only candidate for the Lu family head, they all practiced the Ruyi Strength.

After the chaos of the Jia-Shen incident, the Lu family inexplicably gained a "bloodline" extraordinary art,

yet it only awakened among the Lu family juniors; Lu Ci, the Lu family head and theoretically the Lu family member with the purest bloodline,

hadn't even touched the threshold of the Soul-Brightening Technique—it was simply the biggest joke in the world.

After that, Lu Ci blocked information like a mad dog and implemented a policy of internal family marriage,

where outsiders wanting to marry into the Lu family could only be matrilocal sons-in-law and could never marry out,

ensuring that not a single drop of his Lu family's bloodline leaked out.

The trickery involved here was not small at all.

It was just that the Lu family itself was not weak, and Lu family members almost never left Lu Family Village,

plus Lu Ci's mad-dog personality of seeking revenge for the slightest grievance, which kept any interested parties from acting.

Among the four great families, the only one whose relationship with the Eight Extraordinary Techniques was uncertain was the Gao family of the Northeast.

And the Gao family had weakened severely over the years, almost being swallowed by the Company's Northeast region,

to the point that they didn't even send anyone to this Luo Tian Luotian Da Jiao; the name of the four great families was already dead in all but name.

It could be said that the Eight Extraordinary Techniques laid the foundation for their four great families.

Now that there was a chance to obtain another of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, and one that dared to claim to be "the end of all techniques,

the Origin of Qi," it absolutely could not be missed.

With this, perhaps his Wang family would not just be one of the four great families of the extraordinary world, but the greatest family in the extraordinary world!

And he, Wang Ai, the family head who led the family to its peak, would inevitably be worshipped by countless family descendants in the future.

Thinking of this, the way Wang Ai looked at Zhang Jie and Zhang Chulan

was like a monkey that had been hungry for ten days and ten nights seeing two plump, fresh, red,

and delicious-looking peaches, wishing he could swallow them whole in one bite. ===== CHAPTER 600 =====