Nian Wuwu's offhand remarks startled Tang Changsheng. He had seen through nearly all of Tang Changsheng's arrangements.
Tang Changsheng hurriedly begged for mercy. "Martial Uncle, Martial Uncle! Spare me with that tongue of yours. Keep going, and you'll strip me down to my trousers!"
Nian Wuwu was an honest man. Realizing what he had done, he fell silent.
Tang Changsheng, however, felt much more at ease. Sect Leader Chen is shrewd and formidable. There must be a reason he sent Martial Uncle Nian Wuwu here. It seems this Senior Brother of mine is quite extraordinary.
"Martial Uncle Nian, the Sect Leader told you, didn't he? Last time, a Shadow Demon slipped into my Cave Abode!" Tang Changsheng asked when he had a chance.
Nian Wuwu's expression did not change. He nodded. "I know. Shadow Demons are easy to kill. They may appear and vanish like ghosts, turn solid into insubstantial, and resist blades and swords, but all you need is to master the way of illusion and annihilation."
Nian Wuwu made it sound simple, but Tang Changsheng was shaken.
The Life-and-Death Illusion-Annihilation Two Forms Dust Formula recorded the way of life, death, illusion, and annihilation. Yet even with Tang Changsheng's cultivation, he had not comprehended it.
It was said that no more than three people in the Order had comprehended it—among those below the Earth Immortal level, of course.
Now that Tang Changsheng knew Nian Wuwu had mastered it, he was moved. He finally understood why the Sect Leader had sent him.
"The Sect Leader truly has gone to such painstaking lengths," Tang Changsheng sighed.
In all honesty, everyone in the Taiyi Immortal Sword Order, from True Lord Wu to Sect Leader Chen, had treated Tang Changsheng quite well.
Unfortunately...
As they spoke, a low mountain suddenly rose from the