Chapter 240

That day, after Shen Lang returned from Le'er Santai Drum Mountain, Shen Bijun hinted to him that Shen Tianjun had once had a grievance with the Happy King, suggesting he could start from there and investigate the truth behind the Mie Sect incident back then.

Shen Lang immediately set out for Ganzhou.

It had already been a month since then.

But now that Zhu Qiqi was gone, Shen Lang had no reason to hold back any longer.

But then again, with Shen Lang's current Wu Gong, he was no match for the Happy King at all.

His best option was to bide his time for now.

【After Chai Yuguan forced himself on Li Meiniang, he gave his family heirloom jade pendant to Li Meiniang】

【Li Meiniang then gave it to Zhu Qiqi, which allowed Chai Yuguan to acknowledge Zhu Qiqi as his】

【Today I specifically observed — there's no jade pendant on Zhu Qiqi's neck】

【So is reality following the original novel's setting? Zhu Qiqi has no relation to Chai Yuguan?】

"Jade pendant?"

Zhu Qiqi instinctively touched her neck, and her heart greatly relaxed.

With so many plot deviations, surely she wouldn't end up connected to Chai Yuguan again, right?

But if so, there was yet another suspicious point.

According to Jiang Sishui, the reason Chai Yuguan built "Happy City" was because Li Meiniang had a dream of "sheltering all the poor scholars under heaven so they might smile."

If the two had no relation at all, where did "Happy City" come from?

Just to show off his own power?

【This possibility isn't small either — after all, the Zhu Fugui of reality isn't just a merchant, he has royal background】

【Likewise, the Happy King isn't the unrivaled number one under heaven like in the drama — there are definitely plenty who can deal with him】

【On the wedding night, the bride was slept with by someone — such a tremendous humiliation, even if Zhu Fugui could let it go years later, he definitely couldn't stand for it back then】

【Then how could the Happy King still be living carefree until now?】

【But this raises another question】

【If reality follows the original novel's relationship setting, then what about Feifei?】

【In the drama, Feifei was picked up by Bai Jing, but in the original novel, Feifei is her and the Happy King's daughter】

"Me? How did it get dragged back to me?"

Bai Feifei had originally been watching the show on Zhu Qiqi, but she hadn't expected that as she watched, she herself became part of the "show."

Bai Feifei immediately frowned.

She would rather be an orphan than have a father like that.

【The answer to this question, probably only Bai Jing knows】

【Catch her sometime and ask】

【If the Happy King has no relation to Feifei, I'll go kill him, fulfill Bai Jing's long-cherished wish, and also repay Feifei for her years of raising me — from then on I'll have nothing more to do with her】

【If Bai Jing keeps being unreasonable, I won't be polite anymore】

"Kill the Happy King?" Shen Bijun was slightly taken aback.

If that's really the case, would Shen Lang even need to bother?

Now, she only hoped Shen Lang could uncover the truth as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once Dengjiang Sishui makes his move, this lead will be cut off, and he might never find the answer.

【Detected Jiang Sishui completed today's diary entry, congratulations on obtaining one month of true Qi】

【Selecting today's lucky winner...】

【Congratulations to Zhu Qiqi for obtaining "Soul-Returning Pill"】

"Soul-Returning Pill?"

Zhu Qiqi looked at a golden pill in her palm, puzzled.

Soul-Returning Pill, Gu Mingsiyi, is for bringing the dead back to life, reviving them from death.

Moreover, it ignores the time of death.

As long as the corpse is still there, no matter how long they've been dead or what the cause of death was, they can instantly be fully healed and revived, with their body restored to peak condition.

But what use would she have for this thing?

Save it for her father, just in case?

But this "Soul-Returning Pill" had a limitation — it only worked on women.

Women... and only for the dead...

Zhu Qiqi was speechless — could she possibly use it on her mother?

After so many years, her mother was nothing but a pile of bones — even if she gave it to her, she couldn't eat it!

But even so, Zhu Qiqi didn't mind it, because although she couldn't use it for now, this thing was undoubtedly a good item....

What if one day she needed it?

【Congratulations on completing today's diary entry, reward: Wu Gong experience +5000, "Ji's Art Pill" x5, "Heavenly Comprehension" x1】

"Five thousand Wu Gong experience!"

Jiang Sishui's eyes lit up, and without a second thought, he added it—

【Heavenly Sword Drawing Technique (Heavenly Art): Great Completion (**】

"Great Completion!"

These past few days, he had poured all his cultivation time and Wu Gong experience into the "Heavenly Sword Drawing Technique," finally bringing it to Great Completion!

Jiang Sishui couldn't wait to check the changes in this Heavenly Art.

GLOSSARY:

- Shen Lang

- Shen Bijun

- Shen Tianjun

- Happy King

- Mie Sect

- Ganzhou

- Zhu Qiqi

- Chai Yuguan

- Li Meiniang

- Zhu Fugui

- Happy City

- Jiang Sishui

- Dengjiang Sishui

- Bai Feifei

- Bai Jing

- Wu Gong

- Soul-Returning Pill

- Gu Mingsiyi

- Heavenly Sword Drawing Technique

- Heavenly Art

- Ji's Art Pill

- Heavenly Comprehension

- Ji's Art

- Encouraging Martial Arts Classic

- Martial Arts Classic

As expected, besides retaining its original ability to unleash nine zhang of instant sword rays, it gained another function—

It can now slash out a seven-cun sword light, with a maximum range of one hundred zhang!

Simply put: this seven-cun sword light differs from sword rays—it can leave the blade, flying out like a throwing dart, and can travel as far as one hundred zhang.

The exact distance depends on how long you charge it.

Yes, it is not instantaneous—it requires charging.

The longer you charge, the farther the seven-cun sword light flies, the stronger its power, and it can ignore all physical obstacles in between.

Furthermore, as soon as the Heavenly Sword Drawing Technique begins to charge, a special sword domain forms around Jiang Sishui himself.

The radius of the sword domain grows in sync with the attack range of the seven-cun sword light.

Within the sword domain, any Tianren locked by the sword intent will sink as if in mud, their speed drastically reduced, and if their cultivation is insufficient, they cannot even enter the "Tianren Heyi" state!

What level of cultivation counts as sufficient?

For example—

Although the Heavenly Sword Drawing Technique is now fully mastered, its proficiency has only just reached one hundred thousand, corresponding to Tianren First Layer.

Thus, a Tianren of First Layer locked by the sword intent cannot achieve "Tianren Heyi," while one of Second Layer still can.

If the proficiency of the Heavenly Sword Drawing Technique reaches two hundred thousand, corresponding to Tianren Second Layer,

then even a Second Layer Tianren will be helpless—only Third Layer ones can still act.

And so on…

267 Terrifying Shape-Shifting Technique, Flower Immortal Returns to Immortal Water Palace

Special Sword Domain! Suppresses "Tianren Heyi"!

Jiang Sishui's eyes blazed with sudden brilliance.

He had assumed the "charging" before striking was a waste of opportunity, a drag—but now he saw its true purpose!

The reason Tianren can crush Grand Masters is primarily because they can manipulate the forces of heaven and earth for themselves.

How could human strength possibly prevail against the power of heaven and earth?

Yet "charging" prevents them from entering this state—even if they do enter, it can forcibly drag them out.

This is extremely lethal to any Tianren.

Without "Tianren Heyi," they are tigers without claws or fangs!

Take a comparison from past competitive games—

You're about to unleash your ultimate skill, but the opponent slaps a "silence" on you, plus a "slow" effect—how infuriating is that?

"Excellent! No wonder it's Heavenly Art—now that it's fully mastered, it has not disappointed me!"