"The girl who covered her face with a white veil and carried an ancient sword... Could she be the white-clothed girl who fought the purple-clothed girl five days ago?"
Qin Shuang's heart tightened. He knew full well.
If that really was the girl, then with his current martial arts, he shouldn't get involved with these people.
This was no place to linger.
"Hall Master, everything's packed."
Qin Shuang had just walked out of the cave when Chen Qinglang came over. He clasped his hands respectfully, then added, "By the way, there are tigers roaming a hundred li to our left!"
"Good. Then we'll head that way!"
Qin Shuang replied in a low voice.
Over the past few days, he had focused on improving the Tiger Roar Divine Intent Skill, because Divine Intent Skills did the most to increase one's Qi and Blood.
So, the thing he did most in the mountains was "imitate tiger roars" and hunt tigers. In five days, he had changed caves three times, killed eighty-nine tigers, and refined quite a few Tiger Blood Pills.
He needed only eleven more tigers to reach mastery.
Qin Shuang eagerly wondered how much his Qi and Blood would increase once he reached mastery.
"Yes!"
Chen Qinglang answered respectfully and followed Qin Shuang out of the cave, down to the base of the cliff.
At that moment,
fifteen Azure Dragon Society elites, their bodies radiating bloodthirsty killing intent, stood beneath the cliff with long sabers on their backs and bundles in their hands, waiting for Qin Shuang.
"Those bastards had better not find my treasures!"
Looking toward Qingzhou City, Qin Shuang thought to himself.
His crimson token, the scroll he had obtained from Qi Yunfeng, the Earth-grade Qi Sea Divine Intent Beast Diagram on hide, and the Tiger Roar Divine Intent Diagram were all buried beneath the jujube tree in the restaurant's back courtyard. He was a little worried those people might find them.
At Qin Shuang's command, the seventeen of them raced off to the left.
Qingzhou City.
Fusheng Restaurant was almost completely wrecked, with signs of rummaging and smashed furnishings everywhere.
Third floor.
A young man with a long saber on his back stood on the roof, where a gaping hole had been torn open. Three zhang away stood a woman dressed in white, with a graceful figure, her face veiled in white and an ancient sword on her back. A flicker of admiration crossed his eyes as he clasped his hands and said, "If I'm not mistaken... you must be Fairy Yu of the Holy Land, whose name has spread throughout Jianghu in recent years..."
"I'd heard of the Overlord Saber, Xiao Jiulang, before I ever left the mountain. Seeing you today, you truly are an outstanding man. A pleasure, a pleasure!"
Yu Shiqie's enchanting voice rang out, clear as pearls tumbling onto a jade plate.
"May I ask why Fairy has come here...?"
Xiao Jiulang looked at Yu Shiqie, his heart tightening. Had Yu Shiqie come to Qingzhou City for the Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber as well?
The Holy Land's intelligence was truly astonishing.
"The Demonic Saber, Yellow Springs, has appeared in Qingzhou City. To prevent it from bringing calamity upon Jianghu, I came to preserve peace and bring this demonic weapon back to the Holy Land for safekeeping," Yu Shiqie said, then continued.
Yu Shiqie already knew what Xiao Jiulang was after, so she didn't ask.
"Fairy Yu's benevolence is admirable. I'm deeply impressed..."
Xiao Jiulang's heart sank at her words, though he wore an approving expression. "However, Ji Yang, a Divine Saber Sect predecessor from a hundred years ago, was slain by the Demonic Saber. I came here vowing to take it back to the Divine Saber Sect and offer it in tribute to our predecessor!"
Xiao Jiulang's tone was firm, making his resolve to take the Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber clear.
"More than a hundred years ago, the Demon Lord Li Tianhen wielded the Demonic Saber and slaughtered his way through Jianghu, staining it with blood. That was because the Yellow Springs Saber stirred the wielder's demonic nature. Young Master Xiao, please think of Jianghu and abandon this idea," Yu Shiqie urged softly.
"Fairy Yu, rest assured. I believe I can control the Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber!"
"I'll have this saber, no matter what! Anyone who wants to take it from me will have to kill me first!"
Xiao Jiulang spoke in a low, resolute voice.
He was determined to claim the Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber. He knew that with his mastery of the saber, once he held Yellow Springs, his combat power would surely make him the strongest of his generation in Jianghu!
Yu Shiqie's expression didn't change at his words. She spoke slowly. "Since Young Master Xiao insists on going his own way, then for the safety of Jianghu, I'll have no choice but to fight you and settle who gets the Yellow Springs Saber."
The next day, at noon.
Deep in the Xuan Yin Mountain Range, five hundred li in, inside a valley.
"Shhk!"
The Yellow Springs Saber in Qin Shuang's hand cleaved the black-and-yellow tiger before him in two!
[Met the condition of killing one hundred tigers. Tiger Roar Divine Intent Skill has advanced to mastery!]
[Simplified: Kill a tiger beast king, eat a tiger beast king, or refine a Tiger Pill or Divine Seed to reach perfection!]
Just then, the system's notification rang in Qin Shuang's mind.
A vast stream of information appeared in Qin Shuang's Sea of Consciousness, instantly merging with his own thoughts. It contained his cultivation insights for the mastery realm of the Tiger Roar Divine Intent Skill!
"Boom!"
At the same time,
a surging tide of Qi and Blood erupted within Qin Shuang!
In that instant, Qin Shuang's black hair whipped wildly, and his robes snapped in the wind.
Qin Shuang immediately planted the Yellow Springs Saber before him, sat cross-legged, and circulated the mastery-level Tiger Roar Divine Intent Skill. He channeled the surging Qi and Blood that had welled up inside him, pouring it into the golden bone in his chest.
In a flash, terrifying Qi and Blood enveloped Qin Shuang, forming a vast furnace three zhang across around him and engulfing his body. The force of its aura bent the surrounding grass and saplings to the ground.
The fierce surge of Qi and Blood formed a crimson vortex around him!
"The Hall Master's Qi and Blood... could it really be this terrifying?"
Standing five zhang away, Chen Qinglang stared at Hall Master Qin Shuang sitting cross-legged, his eyes filled with shock.
He realized
that the Hall Master's Qi and Blood Furnace was three times as powerful as his own!
"I'd better stand guard for the Hall Master first!"
Chen Qinglang sat cross-legged nearby.
Time passed.
At dawn the next day, the rising sun fell upon Qin Shuang. The Qi and Blood Furnace around him gradually contracted, and as it shrank, a golden gleam suddenly appeared on his chest.
"A golden bone... Could I have seen that wrong?"
As he stood guard nearby, Chen Qinglang saw a golden gleam flash across the Hall Master's chest and disappear in an instant!
As far as he knew,
once a martial artist forged a Golden Bone, it meant they had laid an exceptionally strong foundation.
Their path in martial arts would stretch much farther!
It was said
that all those who could forge a golden bone were peerless talents, brilliant and dazzling. They needed resources and talent alike; neither could be lacking. The Hall Master had forged a golden bone—even if it was only one—so his future achievements would surely be extraordinary!
"A golden bone the size of a goose egg!"
Qin Shuang slowly opened his eyes. He felt the goose-egg-sized golden bone in his chest and looked satisfied.
He hadn't expected that, after the Tiger Roar Divine Intent Skill reached mastery, the surge of Qi and Blood would enlarge the golden bone that had originally been only a little bigger than a pigeon's egg, watering it until it was as large as a goose egg!
At that moment,
Qin Shuang felt that his strength had increased fivefold, and the bones in his body had grown even more solid!
Qin Shuang grasped the Yellow Springs Saber beside him.
"Vmmm!"
The instant his hand closed around the Yellow Springs Saber, his whole body shuddered. A strange sensation enveloped him from head to toe!
Images of wanton slaughter appeared in his mind!
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