The Huang family's council hall!
"What?"
"Seventh Brother, you provoked the Li family?"
"What exactly happened?"
Inside the hall!
Four tall figures sat primly in pairs, facing one another.
One of them was Huang Qi!
Seated first on the right was an old man dressed in yellowish-brown robes.
Though his hair was completely gray-white, he showed not the slightest sign of frailty!
He was broad and powerfully built, his complexion ruddy!
He looked vigorous and full of spirit!
Even in every gesture, he carried an air of martial valor!
This old man was the Huang family's current head. His cultivation had reached the peak of the eighth level of the Blood Qi Realm!
The other two were Huang Er and Huang San!
They ranked near the top of the lineage, second only to Huang Yi. Both were Huang Qi's brothers!
Huang Qi was the youngest!
There were seven of them in total, from the first to the seventh. Every one of them possessed Blood Qi Realm cultivation.
Outside, they were known as the Seven Sons of the Huang Family!
"...That's what happened!"
"We could only say our luck was poor, that we happened to run into such a thing."
Huang Qi's face was filled with helplessness!
With a bitter smile, he finished recounting the whole sequence of events!
"Where is that man now?"
Huang Er spoke up and asked.
"He's locked in a side room. The blood qi throughout his body has nearly been ground away and exhausted!
He's extremely weak now. He can barely even move!
Without ten days to half a month, he definitely won't recover!"
"Humph!"
Huang San snorted coldly, fury written across his face.
"The Li family has gone too far in bullying others!
They're so overbearing and tyrannical. Sooner or later, they'll provoke a martial arts powerhouse, who will come knocking and wipe them out!"
"If you ask me!"
"We might as well chop up that Li family man. The Li family wants to kill our people!
Why can't we kill theirs?
No matter what, our Huang family is the side in the right!"
Huang Er fell silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head.
"No, that man cannot be touched!"
"Being in the right is one thing!
Your fists need to be as big as theirs, too.
If your strength is inferior, what use is being in the right?
Heh heh!
Are you sure those people from the Li family will listen to our explanation?
The Hegemon Body Sect must handle this matter. Otherwise, our Huang family will still be—
Plagued by endless trouble!"
Huang Er paused, then looked at Huang Qi and asked,
"By the way, Seventh Brother, where is that young man who saved you?"
"I arranged a side room for him to rest in!"
"Mm!"
Huang San interjected at just the right moment.
"Second Brother, surely you aren't thinking of handing him over?
That kid saved our Seventh Brother. He can be considered a benefactor of our Huang family!
Even if we were to repay kindness with ingratitude, we couldn't do it like this, could we?"
Huang Er did not answer. Instead, he continued looking at Huang Er and said,
"Seventh Brother, what do you think?"
Without a moment's hesitation, Huang Qi replied directly,
"I want him to enter the Hegemon Body Sect!
That man from the Li family!
He had Blood Qi Realm fourth-level cultivation, yet Jiang Yi suppressed him with effortless ease.
That man is absolutely a martial arts genius!
And after interacting with and observing him for several days, I found him steady in temperament. He understands what matters, and he is loyal and righteous.
If we can recommend him to the Hegemon Body Sect!
Then for our Huang family!
In my view, it will certainly bring no harm and great benefit..."
Huang Er lightly shook his head upon hearing this.
"If it is truly as you say!
Then that young man is indeed an outstanding talent with remarkable strength!
But you have overlooked something important!
Even if you recommend him, are you sure the Hegemon Body Sect will accept him?"
"Why wouldn't they?
At such an age, he already possesses such strength. Does the Hegemon Body Sect not like geniuses?"
Huang Qi cried anxiously, nearly slamming the table as he rose!
"And what if they do?
He has formed a grudge with the Li family!
Can you be sure that after the Hegemon Body Sect accepts him, they won't turn around, seize him, and send him to the Li family?"
"How could they..."
"Have you forgotten what happened to that True Disciple of the Hegemon Body Sect three years ago?"
"This..."
The moment Huang Qi heard that!
He seemed to recall something, and for a moment, he began to hesitate!
That True Disciple's matter!
At the time, it had caused an uproar!
The Hegemon Body Sect had spent decades painstakingly nurturing him.
Yet because of a single conflict, he had gravely injured one of the Li family's sons!
Later, the Li family ancestor personally came to their door and fought the Old Sect Master of the Hegemon Body Sect.
After a hundred exchanges, the Hegemon Body Sect Master was one move short!
He lost to the Li family ancestor!
In the end, that True Disciple was handed over and left to the Li family's disposal.
If Jiang Yi truly joined the Hegemon Body Sect!
Then!
If the Li family came demanding that he be handed over, would the Hegemon Body Sect give him up, or not?
"That young man is certainly a genius!
But he must first grow completely. Before he has grown, he is ultimately nothing.
Like flowers reflected in a mirror, the moon in water!
In the end, it would only be an empty dream!
If we do this, we may instead harm him..."
"Then what do you suggest?
This won't do, that won't do—then tell me, what should be done?"
Huang Qi rose to his feet in a fury!
"Sit down first!"
At that moment, the old man spoke, lifting his eyes to glance at him.
Seeing that his own old man had spoken, no matter how resentful Huang Qi felt inside!
He could only sit back down unwillingly!
Huang Er pondered for a while before slowly saying,
"Why not have him leave as soon as possible and head for another major city...
He absolutely cannot remain in Rock Mountain City!"
Of course, we cannot overlook the fact that he has shown kindness to our Huang family.
Kindness must be repaid!
Seventh Brother, ask him what he needs, and satisfy him by every possible means.
Then have him leave quickly, lest delays breed further trouble!
Once the Li family reacts, everything will be too late..."
"I..."
Huang San seemed to see Huang Qi's difficulty. He interrupted him and stood up.
"Let me go!"
I happen to want to see what that promising young talent Seventh Brother spoke of looks like.
"Haha, I'll go first..."
With that, he strode out of the council hall!
"Father, we may need to make a trip to the Hegemon Body Sect. Otherwise..."
"Mm, alright!"
The old man nodded in response!
Then!
He looked at Huang Qi again and said, "Seventh Brother, come with me. You'll go too!"
"Ah, o-okay..."
Elsewhere, Jiang Yi sat inside the side room!
Having calmed down, he began examining the martial art that had fallen from the heavens—
Glass Diamond Body!
This was an Earth-tier martial art that could only be cultivated at the Blood Qi Realm.
It was a body-refining cultivation method!
It had three levels in total!
They corresponded respectively to the third, sixth, and ninth levels of the Blood Qi Realm.
When the third level was cultivated to great completion!
The entire body would become golden flesh and jade bones, clear within and without, pure and without blemish!
The body would be like glass, hard as diamond!
If cultivated to perfection, one could catch a glimpse of the splendor beyond Blood Qi.
Then, one could open up a divine treasury!
That was right!
Beyond the Blood Qi Realm was the Opening Treasury Realm!
Humans were born as the chief of all living things!
Nurtured by heaven and earth, their potential was boundless!
It was said that divine treasuries were hidden within the limbs, the five viscera, and the six bowels of the human body.
Only by opening them could one completely unleash the potential of the human body!
This realm existed for the purpose of opening divine treasuries!
Thus, it was called—
The Opening Treasury Realm!!!
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