Chapter 163 : Chapter 163
Chapter 163: Let Cheng Yu’s Enemies Fill the World!
Dan Qingzi had just emerged from his madness, so he did not notice anything strange about the old Daoist.
His chatterbox nature, which had been suppressed for a long time, immediately resurfaced. He lowered his head and began muttering to himself.
“Cheng Yu, oh Cheng Yu, you slew a Grandmaster at twenty… When will I be able to see through you? If I can, then I should be able to save Senior Brother…”
As he spoke, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the old Daoist.
“Master, Senior Brother left the Heaven-Reckoning Disk with Divine Physician Ma. Could it be in danger?”
The Heaven-Reckoning Disk.
It was the sect-guarding treasure of the Taiyi Sect. Although it was not a weapon, it was enough to be compared with the very top weapons on the Supreme Weapon Ranking Under Heaven.
It could measure Heaven and quantify the Dao, and it was incomparably powerful.
It was also the only treasure capable of finding the previous-generation chief disciple of the Taiyi Sect.
Very few people knew that such a supreme treasure had fallen into Divine Physician Ma’s hands for certain reasons and had lain dormant in the Jianghu.
Dan Qingzi feared that Ma Minnong, as a physician, lacked sufficient strength.
He feared that Ma Minnong would be unable to protect the Heaven-Reckoning Disk.
He feared that before he could even break through to the next realm, the final hope of rescuing Senior Brother would be completely lost.
When the old Daoist heard this, he shook his head calmly and looked up at the sky.
He sighed and said, “A supreme treasure like the Heaven-Reckoning Disk follows Heaven’s Will and possesses spirituality. It is not something our Taiyi Sect can possess.”
A divine artifact had a spirit.
It was precisely because of this that it had been taken away right under the eyes of a Grandmaster like him. He had searched bitterly for many years without success, always missing it by the narrowest margin.
Perhaps the fate between the Taiyi Sect and the Heaven-Reckoning Disk had already come to an end.
“Do not worry. Your Senior Brother leaving the Heaven-Reckoning Disk with Divine Physician Ma was also the Heaven-Reckoning Disk’s choice. From now on, no matter where it goes, it has nothing to do with our Taiyi Sect.”
Dan Qingzi frowned. “But…”
The Heaven-Reckoning Disk and the Taiyi Sect had been deeply bound together for several hundred years.
How could it be said to have nothing to do with them merely because it had been lost for more than ten years?
“The Patriarchs once said that they had never truly controlled the Heaven-Reckoning Disk. The two sides were in a cooperative relationship, so how could it be considered an object of our Taiyi Sect?”
The old Daoist shook his head. “If we need to search for your Senior Brother in the future, and the Heaven-Reckoning Disk has been obtained by someone fated to it, we must never conduct ourselves as its owners! We must observe every courtesy and offer a substantial reward to request to borrow it!”
Although the old Daoist’s words were gentle, they were filled with an unquestionable attitude.
Dan Qingzi widened his eyes somewhat indignantly, but in the end, he could only lower his head helplessly.
“Yes, Master…”
Although he was dissatisfied, he would naturally do what he had promised his teacher.
But in this world…
What kind of person could control such a supreme treasure and explore the secrets within it that dozens of generations of Taiyi Sect Grandmasters had never touched?
Defeat Heaven by half a move, and play the game from outside the board.
What exactly did those eight characters mean?
“Old Man Ma, I hope you can keep that thing safe. Do not learn from Senior Brother and hand it off to someone carelessly.”
…
In the central region of Great Qian.
Jianbei Circuit.
Beside Great Qian’s old capital stood a Jianghu sect whose scale was not the slightest bit inferior to a city.
Army-Breaking Sect.
It dominated the side of the old capital from Great Qian’s most prosperous era, occupying a transport hub of the realm.
Its influence radiated outward, controlling the lands of four circuits.
It was like a state within a state on Great Qian’s soil.
If the unfathomable Withered Eagle Ravine did not stretch across the south, it might even have controlled the lands of Jiangnan.
Within the Martial Dao Academy, which sprawled across roughly 1,600 acres.
Unlike other sects, where branches formed separate lineages and each branch passed down its own teachings, the many disciples of Army-Breaking Sect cultivated martial arts together, without divisions into factions.
Martial Instruction Pavilion.
A young and powerful martial artist stood at the front, explaining the essentials of martial training.
His strength had clearly reached the Seventh-Rank Realm, making him someone of quite extraordinary talent. Yet his face was filled with cold, sinister hatred.
Below the platform, the disciples who should have been sitting upright and attentive were now whispering among themselves.
“Have you heard? A great upheaval broke out over in Jiannan Circuit. The entire Jianghu there has been butchered into chaos by the Imperial Hounds. It is simply a profound humiliation!”
“I heard long ago! Hmph! It is only because Withered Eagle Ravine is blocking the way. Otherwise, our Army-Breaking Sect would never allow those Imperial Hounds to act so lawlessly!”
Some disciples were disdainful, while others showed fear.
“I heard that place is practically a living hell for Jianghu people. If you show even the slightest disrespect, you will be held accountable and arrested, then your entire household will be destroyed and its property confiscated!”
For many of these disciples, the reason they had taken masters and learned martial arts was precisely to obtain power that placed them above ordinary people.
Wealth, status, women!
Yet in Jiannan Circuit, wantonly plundering these things was enough reason to have one’s household raided and one’s life taken!
Some relatively strong disciples were rather disdainful.
“What arrogance can Imperial Hounds possibly amount to? Once I gain something from my training and graduate, I will go there to temper myself and see exactly how terrifying the Jinyiwei are! Anyone coming with me?”
“Count me in!” “Me too!”
The disciples were young and hot-blooded. They had only heard of the fame of the Jiannan Circuit Jinyiwei and had never seen them with their own eyes.
They had already regarded them as figures akin to Jianghu villains, waiting for chivalrous heroes like themselves to deal with.
As they grew more and more excited.
The entire Martial Instruction Pavilion became noisy.
The young martial artist giving the lecture had already looked somewhat off. At this moment, anger immediately appeared on his face.
“Ma Sheng, Li Feng, what are you people doing? If you do not want to learn, get out!”
The few disciples who had been making the most noise immediately lowered their heads.
Instructor Zuo Yang was angry!
The disciple named Ma Sheng suddenly remembered something and raised his head with a lifted brow.
He asked curiously, “Instructor Zuo, I remember that you are from Jiannan Circuit. Are the Imperial Hounds over there really that vicious? Going there to temper ourselves might actually be quite interesting, right?”
The others were curious as well, and they immediately pricked up their ears.
But in the next moment.
Zuo Yang’s figure suddenly shot forward.
SLAP!
His palm struck Ma Sheng’s face fiercely, sending him flying backward.
“Interesting? Is this the attitude you have as martial artists? If people like you go to Jiannan Circuit, you absolutely will not escape the Jinyiwei’s grasp!”
Everyone froze in an instant, falling deathly silent.
Why was Instructor Zuo Yang so agitated?
“Jiannan Circuit is not a place for you to joke around and show off. It is the sorrow of the Jianghu, the hell of chivalrous and righteous men!”
With reddened eyes, Zuo Yang took out a portrait and unfurled it.
“The vile ringleader Cheng Yu is only twenty years old, yet he has swept through Jiannan Circuit and brought calamity to an entire region! Beneath his saber, dozens of Upper Three Ranks martial artists have become dead souls!”
“This is the enemy you must remember. He is the enemy of the Jianghu!”
He had killed dozens of Upper Three Ranks martial artists!
The disciples shuddered in fright. They had never even seen that many experts.
A person around their age already had such a terrifying combat record!
Zuo Yang clutched the portrait, becoming increasingly hysterical.
“Such a villain is the enemy of all righteousness under Heaven, the enemy of the Jianghu, and also the enemy of every disciple of my Army-Breaking Sect. Do you understand?”
“We… we understand.”
The disciples answered with trembling voices, deeply engraving that cold face and name into their memories.
Zuo Yang nodded, and incomparable hatred burned in his blood-red eyes.
He was the son of Zuo Hong, the Chief Escort of Yueshan Escort Agency, and he shared an irreconcilable blood feud with Cheng Yu for killing his father!
He knew that he was no match for Cheng Yu. Since he could not take revenge with his own hands, he would make Cheng Yu’s enemies fill the world.
Let all under Heaven join together to kill him!
Then he would see whether the arrogant and tyrannical Cheng Yu had the confidence to deal with the entire Jianghu!