Chapter 486: Coming

Facing Huangfu Hui's question, the old man shook his head slowly.

"Time is too short, and Central Plains martial arts are vastly different from our Fusang sword techniques."

"The key is that the 'experiments' over the past year have consumed too much of my energy and physical strength... Cultivating life and essence, the union of man and woman is too draining on the spirit, making it difficult for me to focus on the Dao of martial arts."

"I haven't been able to master 'Xuanlan,' so naturally, it's difficult to replicate the methods of Yingzhou to create a large number of roots capable of reaching the Heaven-Man Realm."

Huangfu Hui nodded.

The matter of Kangfu County was actually quite simple to explain.

The circulation of the Xuanlan cultivation method in the Jianghu was a glimmer of hope for Heaven-Men to catch up to Li Miao; but for sects, families, and forces, the most precious thing about this Xuanlan cultivation method from Yingzhou was not the martial arts themselves.

It was the method of inheriting the Heaven-Man Realm through bloodline.

As long as one mastered this method, one could stably produce countless Heaven-Men connected by blood, allowing one's own power to continue forever—this was far more practical and reliable than leaving behind wealth or cultivation manuals for descendants.

No one didn't want to become the second Li Miao, and no force didn't want to become the second Yingzhou.

But there were few Heaven-Men with the aptitude to cultivate nature-based skills.

Naturally, they would look for other possible outlets.

Colluding with the Japanese was one of them.

Huangfu Hui's family collaborated with the Japanese, occupying Kangfu County, intercepting Jianghu people passing through, and selecting women with good aptitude to mate with this old man named Tsukahara, attempting to give birth to infants who could reach the Heaven-Man Realm.

But this kind of experiment caused great damage to the mothers, and these Jianghu women often died after giving birth.

Huangfu Hui abducted women in the city to feed the infants born from these births.

As for why he abducted the children of these women as well... it was because these women often attempted suicide when they were first imprisoned.

With children, they would be more docile.

And once Huangfu Hui used his methods to drain the essence and spirit of these women, and they no longer resisted or sought death, Huangfu Hui would throw these children into the deep mountains.

He just didn't expect a wild man to intervene and take these children in. He also didn't expect that this operation, which had been running stably for a year, would attract the most vicious demon in the world.

As Huangfu Hui's emotions fluctuated, the old man looked him up and down and said calmly.

"Huangfu-kun, looking at the wounds on your body, they don't look like they were caused by others, but torn by yourself."

"Who could make you erase all your own characteristics and rush here to see me?"

"Do you need me to go and behead this person?"

Huangfu Hui sneered in his heart, but on his face, he put on a serious expression and said in a deep voice.

"You cannot kill him."

"No one in the world can kill him."

"At least, no one can right now... Even you are definitely not his match."

The old man didn't speak, but the man in the kimono who had led Huangfu Hui in suddenly stood with his eyebrows raised and shouted angrily.

"Huangfu-kun, do you know who you are talking to!"

He stepped forward quickly, walked to Huangfu Hui's side, and reached out to pull him up.

"I see, it's that your Central Plains Jianghu has been suppressed for too long and too hard, losing your insight, thinking everyone is the same after seeing a few figures with decent realms!"

"Could it be that because Master Tsukahara has been quite polite to you on weekdays, you've developed a sense of arrogance?"

He exerted force and pulled Huangfu Hui up.

"Before you stands the 【Lifetime Without Defeat】, 【Shinto-ryu Master】, 【Zen and Sword as One】, 【Essence of One Sword】, 【Three Hawks Three Horses】, 【Sword Saint】 Master Tsukahara Bokuden!"

"How can your Central Plains Heaven-Men compare!"

"Bakayarō, sugu ni ayamare! (Bastard, apologize immediately!)"

Saying this, he reached out to press Huangfu Hui's head down, telling him to bow and apologize.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, the man in the kimono retreated several steps, crushing several floorboards, finally hitting the wall, clutching his chest, and vomiting a mouthful of stagnant blood.

"You!"

He looked at the palm print on his chest in astonishment.

Huangfu Hui had actually taken advantage of his lack of preparation to strike his chest with a full-force palm! If he hadn't reacted in time, this palm strike would have taken his life!

How dare he!

How did he dare!

Huangfu Hui straightened his body slowly, scanned him with disdain, and dusted off his sleeves.

"A lowly Japanese slave, how are you worthy of making me bow?"

This sentence had completely torn off the mask.

The man in the kimono turned bright red and reached out to draw his Japanese sword, intending to step forward and behead Huangfu Hui.

Just as he took a step, he saw the old man raise his hand and make a stop gesture toward him.

The old man looked at Huangfu Hui and said calmly.

"So Huangfu-kun has never looked up to us Fusang people."

Since Huangfu Hui had already dealt a lethal blow, he naturally had no more scruples. Anyway, everyone here would die, so he wasn't afraid of affecting his family's cooperation with the Japanese in the future; the disdain and contempt he had hidden in his heart were all laid out on his face. ===== CHAPTER 487 =====