"Master, even in martial arts sparring, you've gone all out, even using forbidden techniques like the Grass and Wood Sword Dao?"
After checking his master's injuries and confirming that he was not in mortal danger, Dongfang Bai breathed a sigh of relief, but still glared reproachfully at Dugu Qiubai lying on the bed and Wang Hao beside him.
Although she didn't know what had happened between the two men before her arrival, she was certain that the battle had been incredibly fierce, with even her own master using forbidden techniques.
The Sword Dao of the Dugu Family is inherited from the first generation of Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai, and is divided into five realms: the first is the Sharp Sword Realm, the second is the Soft Sword Realm Heavy Sword Realm, the fourth is the Wooden Sword Realm, and the fifth is the No Sword Realm.
The Grass and Wood Sword Dao is a culmination of the Four Sword Realms, capable of using all things in heaven and earth as swords.
However, even his master had only barely reached the Wooden Sword Realm. Forcibly using the Grass and Wood Sword Dao would cause considerable damage to himself.
Leaving aside the loss of lifespan, the countless acupoints damaged by the backlash from the sword energy are already quite troublesome.
That means he possessed the cultivation level of Xiantian Grandmaster; otherwise, he would have died long ago from such injuries.
This uproar will take at least one or two years to recover.
"Do you think your teacher is willing to risk his life?!"
With a sigh, Dugu Qiubai looked at Wang Hao standing to the side with a frustrated and gloomy expression.
He hadn't expected the fight to turn out so brutal. If he had known, he would never have been so foolish as to call out the crazy kid yesterday.
Now look what's happened! He's been turned into a half-crippled state, and most importantly, his lifespan has been greatly shortened. Plus, this kid left a restriction on his heart. He's really lost out big time.
" Xiao Bai, you've been traveling all day, go back and rest. I'll look after Senior Dugu here."
Wang Hao gave the old man, Dugu Qiubai, a veiled warning with a threatening look, then turned his head and smiled gently.
"Alright, then I'll leave it to you to look after Master!"
After glancing suspiciously at the two men, Dongfang Bai finally agreed with Wang Hao's opinion.
"This is the Taiji Fist Manual preserved within my Sun Moon Holy Cult. It was written by the real Zhang Sanfeng himself. You can take a look!"
As if remembering something, Dongfang Bai, which she had found within the Sun Moon Holy Cult Sect.
"Master Zhang Sanfeng's Notes!"
Wang Hao solemnly accepted the Taiji Fist Manual. He remembered that in Old Master Jin's novels, there was a plot where Xiang Wentian the position of leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult, returned a Taiji Fist Manual personally written by Zhang Sanfeng to the Wudang Sect in order to ease relations with the righteous sects of the martial arts world.
According to the plot summary at the time, it seemed that the Sun Moon Holy Cult had attacked the Wudang Sect and stolen this boxing manual.
Now it seems it really is true!
"Hmm? You put on rouge?"
Suddenly, Wang Hao asked a strange question.
"Do you think I would use such a thing?"
She glared at Wang Hao with annoyance. Dongfang Bai knew her own situation. She was naturally beautiful, but because she had a rather heroic appearance, she had the basis for dressing as a man.
Even so, it still appears somewhat effeminate. If she were to apply some rouge, wouldn't that be blatantly telling everyone that she is a woman disguised as a man?
Do you really think everyone in the Sun Moon Holy Cult is a fool?
Therefore, he hadn't touched women's things like rouge and needlework since his family was wiped out.
"So that's your body scent!"
Wang Hao smiled wickedly, and even held the Taiji Fist Manual front of him with a smug look, taking a deep sniff.
"Lecher!"
Dongfang Bai couldn't hold back any longer. She glared at the bastard and quickly slipped away, but a blush crept onto her pretty face.
That bastard is absolutely despicable!
"You brat, you sent A Bai away, were you planning to kill me to silence me?"
Dugu Qiubai Youyou said quietly, "With his experience, how could he not see that Wang Hao's pretense was a deliberate attempt to get rid of Dongfang Bai as soon as possible?"
He could always sense a subtle killing intent emanating from this brat, an intent specifically aimed at him.
"Sigh! It's good that you know, senior, why say it out loud?"
With a sigh, Wang Hao pulled up a stool and sat down on the edge of the bed. He placed his hand on Dugu Qiubai's wrist and slowly transferred the Innate Qi he had recovered to Dugu Qiubai to accelerate the recovery of his injuries.
He did indeed want to find an opportunity to kill this old guy, since the Blood Sha Power could only control the life and death of the other party, but could not control their thoughts and words.
If this old guy ever has a brain fart and tells Dongfang Bai the truth, then his path of collecting secret manuals to gain Fortune Points will be cut off.
So the best solution would have been to eliminate this old guy, but unfortunately, Dongfang Bai arrived too early, and this old guy was too difficult to deal with. We couldn't defeat him beforehand, which has led to this troublesome situation.
However, now that Dongfang Bai has arrived, it wouldn't be wise for him to kill this old guy.
"You brat, I'm practically your master, how dare you betray your master and ancestors?"
Dugu Qiubai felt gloomy, regretting once again for his sharp tongue in provoking this crazy boy yesterday.
"Is this Innate Qi you've cultivated? It's indeed quite different from Innate True Qi; its healing power for injuries is even stronger than my Innate True Qi. By the way, I heard that your dantian was destroyed by Patriarch Red Sun. Can this thing also be restored using Innate Qi?"
Sensing the Innate Qi flowing within his body, Dugu Qiubai became even more curious about Wang Hao.
Moreover, in the previous battle, this kid's injuries were no less severe than his, and perhaps even more serious. Yet, in such a short time, while he was still bedridden, this kid had already recovered to almost full strength.
This is not martial arts at all!
"Restoring a shattered dantian using only Innate Qi is indeed very difficult, but with the Bloodline Power, it's not so hard."
Wang Hao casually mentioned it, not intending to hide anything, nor needing to, but he also didn't plan to explain in much detail.
"Now you can tell me, after all this trouble, what exactly are you trying to do?"
Seeing that Wang Hao didn't want to talk about this, Dugu Qiubai wisely didn't press the matter further and instead steered the conversation to another key point.
He genuinely didn't understand what this kid was trying to do by making such a fuss.
He glanced at Dugu Qiubai lying on the bed and said, "What I said under those identities was half true and half false. I can't tell you my real purpose, but I can tell you for sure that in at most twenty years, a disaster will sweep across the entire world, and the whole world may even collapse."
To overcome this calamity, we must do everything in our power to strengthen ourselves and bring forth more powerful individuals from the Central Plains.
Unfortunately, the current martial arts world is too dark and unsuitable for cultivating strong individuals. Therefore, I can only find external pressure to force them to put aside their internal strife and unite.
He had figured it out: since he couldn't kill the old man, he would try to trick him into becoming one of his own, and then have him cover for him with Dongfang Bai.
"Just like the Sun Moon Holy Cult and the Five Mountains Sword Sect?"
Dugu Qiubai seemed to understand Wang Hao's idea. If this were implemented, it would indeed force the entire Central Plains to unite, or even form an alliance.
Wait, an alliance?
As if remembering something, Dugu Qiubai stared at Wang Hao with a strange expression and said in Youyou voice, "I remember that girl A Bai once boasted that she would become the leader of the martial arts world. You wouldn't be planning to pave the way for A Bai, would you?"
" Senior Dugu, how many times have I told you? Knowing too much is not a good thing!"
With a sigh, Wang Hao's eyes flashed with a cold light, as if he was considering whether or not to kill the old man.
"What kind of senior are you calling me? I taught you the Ten Stances of Bloody Battle back then, would it kill you to call me master?!"
He glared fiercely at the brat who dared to betray his master and ancestors again, Dugu Qiubai really wanted to give him a good beating so that he would know what it meant to respect one's master.
He initially looked down on this kid, but who would have thought that this brat was actually a hidden dragon, cultivating strength comparable to his own in just a few years, with aptitude far surpassing that of Dongfang Bai.
He really wanted to take this prodigy under his wing, so that his Dugu lineage could produce another supreme being comparable to their ancestor, the Sword Demon.
"This junior did indeed see that senior deliberately used the Qingfeng Martial Arts Hall to teach this junior the Ten Stances of Bloody Battle that day, so calling him master is certainly not a loss!"
Nodding in agreement, Wang Hao rose and respectfully bowed, saying, "Master, please accept my bow!"
Since he intended to completely swindle this old man, he naturally wouldn't mind taking the opportunity to strengthen their relationship.
Once I become this old guy's disciple, does he really think he can deliberately provoke me into fighting Dongfang Bai to the death?
Therefore, this step is crucial!
Of course, there's something even more important...
"Huh! You... what are you trying to do, kid?"
Nodding in satisfaction, Dugu Qiubai was about to say something when he looked at the outstretched hand in front of him, somewhat bewildered, wondering what Wang Hao meant.
"Divine martial arts! I've already become your disciple, how can you not give me a gift? Let me make it clear beforehand, my taste isn't bad, so don't embarrass yourself with anything inferior to Innate martial arts."
Wang Hao acted as if it were the most natural thing in the world; he simply wanted to ask this old guy for some ultimate martial arts techniques.
After all, according to what Elder Chu said, the Dugu Family, to which this old fellow belongs, has a history of hundreds of years. In addition, it has produced several Xiantian Grandmaster and even the first generation of the Dugu Qiubai Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai, which dominated the generation. There must be a lot of unique skills and divine techniques stored in the family.
Although he already possesses powerful martial arts skills, acquiring them would enhance his martial arts foundation and prepare him for future exploration of martial arts techniques at the Celestial Person Realm and even the Shattering Realm.
It is important to know that there are two fundamental pillars for deducing martial arts techniques: one's own comprehension and one's own martial arts foundation.
While comprehension can be perfectly addressed through the system's Dao Comprehension Function, martial arts foundation must be accumulated gradually on one's own, and studying various divine skills and ultimate techniques is the best way to achieve this.
As long as one has a deep enough foundation in martial arts, it will be much easier to deduce higher-level techniques in the future, and the corresponding Fortune Points consumed will also be much less.
Therefore, he believes that the more martial arts manuals he has, the better; he can never have too many!