Needle Point Against Wheat Awn, Lightness Skill Qi Generated Within

Perhaps he instinctively disliked Ji Shu. Perhaps he wanted to see Ji Shu make a fool of himself. Perhaps he wanted to "borrow" the Six Immortals of Peach Valley to make Ji Shu leave Little Junior Sister...

In any case.

In the end, he did not step forward.

And in that brief moment of distraction, he saw Ji Shu flip to his feet and draw his sword like lightning. A gleaming streak of sword light slashed through the air. When he looked again, Peach Root Immortal and three other immortals seemed to have all been killed?!

He was dumbfounded, his face full of disbelief.

A Mount Hua disciple who had only recently joined the sect could be this strong?!

Ren Yingying was equally shocked. She knew very well how strong Peach Root Immortal and the other three were. With the four joining forces, even a First-rate expert would be helpless against them—yet they had been killed in an instant by a Mount Hua disciple?!

Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying trembled inwardly, their pupils dilating, their faces etched with utter disbelief.

Yet in another fleeting daze, Peach Branch Immortal and Peach Stem Immortal desperately fought for their lives, only to be counter-killed by a flick of Ji Shu's sword. Linghu Chong came to his senses too late and immediately roared, "Spare them beneath the sword!"

But it was already too late.

Ji Shu's sword was too fast! So fast that Linghu Chong had no chance whatsoever to save them. Peach Branch Immortal and Peach Stem Immortal had already become headless corpses.

Heartbroken, Linghu Chong activated his Lightness Skill and rushed before Peach Branch Immortal and the others. He fell to his knees, cradling the two heads as his body trembled slightly. Then he abruptly raised his head to glare at Ji Shu, his eyes red as he rasped, "Ji Shu, why are you so vicious? You would not even leave Peach Branch Immortal and Peach Stem Immortal whole corpses!"

"..."

Ji Shu ignored Linghu Chong. Turning around, he lay back down on the stone and lightly closed his eyes to rest.

He did not even need to make the effort to circulate his cultivation method.

The Five Poisons Secret Codex would draw in the Qi Mechanism on its own and transform it into internal qi.

He greatly enjoyed this sensation of his strength steadily growing.

It was also because the Five Poisons Secret Codex's internal qi had grown severalfold stronger that he had been jolted awake instantly this morning. At its root, once the Five Poisons Secret Codex's internal force had taken shape, it could expand one's perception. This ability far surpassed the Jade Breaking Sword Art and the Huashan Heart Method.

The Jade Breaking Sword Art's offensive power far surpassed that of the Five Poisons Secret Codex.

The Huashan Heart Method was upright, balanced, and peaceful, far exceeding the other two secret arts in moderation and harmony.

The Five Poisons Secret Codex, meanwhile, far surpassed the other two secret arts in detoxification and perception.

It could only be said that these Internal Cultivation Methods each had their own strengths.

Had his perception not been amplified severalfold, Ji Shu could not have awakened so quickly. Instantly counter-killing the Six Immortals of Peach Valley would naturally have been somewhat difficult. After all, when the Six Immortals of Peach Valley joined forces, their combat power was enough to crush many First-rate experts. If Ji Shu wanted to take them down, he might have needed a few more moves. And with those extra moves, they might not have died, since Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying would not have stood idly by.

There were also many martial world experts on Mount Song. They might not have stood idly by either. If matters dragged on, unforeseen complications would arise.

Thus, the timely growth of the Five Poisons Secret Codex showed its benefits plainly.

Naturally, Ji Shu wanted to lie down a while longer, draw in more Qi Mechanism, and strengthen his internal qi.

"Ji Shu. You must give me—and the heroes of the realm—an explanation!"

Linghu Chong's voice rang by his ear.

"At the Five Peaks Alliance Assembly on Mount Song, you killed people recklessly. You are truly vicious and detestable! If scum like you, who slaughter the innocent at will, is not punished, and everyone follows your example in the future, would the world not descend into chaos? You..."

Before he could finish.

Ji Shu abruptly opened his eyes, rose to his feet, and looked at Linghu Chong coldly. "Do you want to die?"

His internal force cultivation was now surging, and his attainments in the sword had reached an astonishing realm. As he coldly fixed his gaze on Linghu Chong, an immense aura pressed toward him in waves. Linghu Chong's breathing hitched, and he could not help taking a step back.

The moment he retreated, his expression turned even uglier. He stared at Ji Shu with a face shifting between shades of emotion, his eyes filled with humiliation and fury. "You want to kill me?"

He drew his sword. Just afraid you don't have the ability!

"Want to try?"

Ji Shu drew his sword as well. "You can come at me directly and see."

The two stood needle point against wheat awn.

Ren Yingying took a deep breath and hurried forward, placing herself in front of Linghu Chong. She gave Ji Shu a deep look and said, "Great Hero Ji. The Six Immortals of Peach Valley were Linghu Chong's friends. With his friends dead, his grief made him speak without thinking. Please do not misunderstand. We absolutely do not wish to come into conflict with you."

Having said that, regardless of what Linghu Chong thought or said, she pulled him around and left.

"I need to collect the Six Immortals of Peach Valley's bodies!"

Linghu Chong muttered.

Ren Yingying ignored him and continued dragging him away. "I will have someone handle this matter. You are the head of the Mount Hengshan Sect. You should go back and keep an eye on those little nuns."

Ren Yingying's voice drifted from afar.

Watching their departing figures, Ji Shu thought, Linghu Chong was chatting and laughing with me yesterday, yet today he drew his sword against me. And from the looks of him, he seems to have been unhappy with me for a long time? What exactly is going on?

Ji Shu was bewildered.

He frowned for a long while before giving up on thinking about it, merely musing to himself, Linghu Chong seems to harbor no small amount of hatred for me. If he draws his sword against me again next time, I may have no choice but to kill him.

If not for considering that Yue Buqun, Ning Zhongze, Yue Lingshan, and the others still had some feelings for Linghu Chong this time—

Ji Shu would definitely have acted against Linghu Chong directly.

His growth was extremely rapid. Whether in cultivation or mentality, he was advancing at a furious pace.

He had always possessed a resolute temperament, being rather steady and decisive.

After adapting to the bloody slaughter of the martial world, he had become even more decisive in killing. His not fighting Linghu Chong this time was also out of consideration for Ning Zhongze and the others. Of course, it was also because Linghu Chong was the head of the Mount Hengshan Sect. The merger of the Five Peaks sects was imminent. Killing the Six Immortals of Peach Valley was no great matter, but if he killed the head of the Mount Hengshan Sect, he feared he would draw resistance and suppression from everyone.

Before becoming invincible beneath heaven.

For the time being, he could not act too wildly. He had to rein himself in a little.

Thinking this.

Ji Shu glanced at the corpses of the Six Immortals of Peach Valley. With a turn of his wrist, the Mount Hua Sword became a streak of white silk. With a few swishes, it flicked away their outer garments. Clatter, clatter! Quite a few items tumbled from their clothes.

There were children's toys such as pellet drums;

Gold and silver;

And a booklet as well.

Ji Shu picked up the gold and silver, then lifted the booklet with his sword and flipped through it.

"Swallow Art"!

It was a Lightness Skill.

Ji Shu's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed.

What he currently practiced was still the Huashan Basic Lightness Skill. Even Ning Zhongze did not possess a high-level Lightness Skill! Naturally, he had nowhere to obtain one!

And the Swallow Art was clearly at least a whole major level above the basic Lightness Skill.

Ji Shu examined it closely. In only a moment, he grasped its essence and understood the art's wonders of leaping, lifting, and lightening the body.

The next instant, under the enhancement of his twin Supreme Talents, Swallow internal qi arose on its own.

This stream of internal qi went straight to both feet, opening many of the meridians in his feet and making Ji Shu's legs increasingly light, as though a gentle leap could send him soaring several zhang into the air!

Ji Shu immediately practiced the Swallow Art atop Mount Song.

On the first attempt, his movements and shifts flowed with utmost ease;

On the second, his body was light and nimble, like a flying swallow fluttering its wings and soaring into the sky;

On the third, wind rose beneath his feet, internal qi faintly appearing as it carried Ji Shu, making him seem to walk through empty air.