The True Weakness

The old man's face was still rosy.

Although the pavilion had been isolated by internal energy, Chu Tianshu had vaguely overheard some soft, suggestive whispers.

They were indeed full of energy, fighting every night.

If this reasoning holds true, and the story of Yan Tiemu'er extending his lifespan effortlessly is indeed true, then is it some other extraordinary skill or treasure, or is the Youdu Edict actually in his possession?

But as the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty, he was already a top-notch expert and could not possibly be the mysterious person he had encountered before reaching the Diba Deng.

Has the mysterious person died, Youdu Edict changed hands?

Or perhaps, this damaged Youdu Edict was actually broken into two pieces and inherited by two different people?

Many thoughts flashed through Chu Tianshu's mind.

Seeing his silence, the Meteor Gods and Devils felt he had him under control, so he smiled confidently, flicked his sleeves, and turned to sit in the tallest pavilion.

Merit and Virtue Sage also poured a cup of fragrant tea for the Meteor Gods and Devils. This time, of course, he didn't dare to put it on the ground. He personally handed it to him and placed it on the table.

"Senior Chu."

Merit and Virtue Sage turned around and looked, "I heard that you were distributing porridge and helping refugees at the Zhao residence. How many people can that save?"

"Our Great Yuan Emperor cares deeply for the common people and vows to bring peace and tranquility to the land. It is all the fault of the rebels in various regions and these corrupt officials in the court that has caused such turmoil in the country, making it impossible for the people to live in peace."

"Joining my ranks will not only prolong your life but also accumulate good karma. Isn't that wonderful?"

Chu Tianshu glanced around casually and said softly, "If I agree, will the prince believe me?"

"Without rules, nothing can be accomplished."

Prince Merit and Virtue Sage said matter-of-factly, "Although I have some skill, I am still young and inexperienced. I fear I may not be able to command respect and discipline among you all."

"Here I have a Crimson Blood Liver and Gall Pill, which was personally prepared by my master."

"After taking this pill, when you work with Xiao Wang in the future, you won't be under Xiao Wang's control, but rather under my master's command. That would be perfectly legitimate, wouldn't it?"

During the Mongol Yuan dynasty's conquest of hundreds of countries, a great many Marrow Jade were unearthed.

The royal family members indiscriminately consumed Marrow Jade and engaged in sexual intercourse, making it extremely difficult to conceive offspring. In desperation, they chose the Tantric practice of dual cultivation to increase their chances of having children.

With such repeated disruptions and chaos, although the royal family produced many skilled individuals in every generation, their lifespans were not particularly long.

Grand Tutor Yan was already considered to be of a high seniority among the imperial family and nobility.

More importantly, it was his strength and status that allowed him to rise from a mere guard to a position of power and influence amidst the changing of emperors, eventually dominating the court and intimidating the martial arts world.

Even though he's not yet Baisui, his actual age is far from comparable to the old fogies in the martial arts world.

But people generally regard him as belonging to the highest generation of the time.

Prince Merit and Virtue Sage's words were indeed very polite to the many martial arts practitioners present, who nodded in agreement.

The prince took out a small brocade box and told his guards to deliver it to Chu Tianshu.

After the brocade box was opened, a vermilion pill the size of a fingernail was revealed.

The pill was originally round, but once it came into contact with air, small bumps kept rising on its surface.

These bumps rose and fell, sometimes more on the left, sometimes more on the right, slightly arched and wriggling, almost like living things.

Chu Tianshu took the brocade box, and a bit of his strength had already penetrated into the pill.

Sure enough, the pill was actually an insect, and its internal structure was extremely complex, tough, and resilient.

Judging from Chu Tianshu's perception, even with the profound knowledge of his Great Void Internal Art, if he were to actually swallow this thing, he probably wouldn't be able to easily resolve the harm.

He said leisurely, "This medicine looks too ugly. If I don't take it, what will the prince do?"

Prince Merit and Virtue Sage simply smiled and remained silent.

Some words don't need to be spoken by a prince in power.

Sikong Baili advised, "Many of us have taken these pills, and the prince has certainly not used them to issue orders recklessly."

Abbot Wolf Mountain also said, "If Benefactor Chu consumes this, he will live many years. If he does not, I fear he will not be able to leave this garden today."

Chu Tianshu didn't even look at the monk, but simply uttered a question.

"Oh? If I wanted to leave, would I be so easily kept here?!"

As soon as he said this, all eyes turned even more intently to Chu Tianshu.

The Jiangnan has abundant water and soil.

The martial arts techniques practiced by the masters of the various sects in Jiangnan draw inspiration from the heavens and earth, and more or less all bear the characteristics of dampness.

Their breaths suddenly became concentrated, and the air in the entire garden seemed to be filled with tiny droplets.

The air turned gray and gloomy, and the lanterns hanging on the corners of each pavilion appeared to glow with a soft, hazy light.

Chu Tianshu felt as if he had fallen into an overwhelming fog.

The world was vast and the cold was endless. In the lonely pavilion, the chieftain and the monk sitting together were also connected with the cold air.

I am the only one fighting against this boundless chill.

The voice of Prince Merit and Virtue Sage, which came at this moment, seemed to have more warmth than the mist.

"Senior Chu, I saw your greatest weakness when I entered the city."

"The approaching end of one's life is not a fatal flaw, because there are indeed some people who, when faced with the inevitable, are not afraid of death."

Your biggest weakness is that you don't have anyone around you who can be considered your helpers.

His voice carried a hint of laughter.

"It seems you're quite new to the scene and haven't yet encountered any powerful forces willing to cooperate or provide support."

"Those people in your household are all acting independently, presumably practicing different cultivation methods, and they don't seem to have much tacit understanding in fighting together."

"Even if they came, they wouldn't be able to protect you in any way."

"If you don't take the pill, you will die here."

Snap!!

Chu Tianshu pressed his thumb and closed the lid of the brocade box.

"Hehehe, you seem to have misunderstood something."

Chu Tianshu smiled and said, "The people in my household have never needed to take on the responsibility of protecting me."

Sikong Baili sensed something amiss in the conversation, and secretly channeled his inner strength, forming a claw with his five fingers.

The abbot of Wolf Mountain also gleamed with a sharp light in his eyes, and tightened his clasped hands in front of his chest.

"They are the people who will run errands for me in the future, extensions of my commands, and traces of my influence on this Human World."

Chu Tianshu's words and phrases spread outwards.

The surrounding fog, instead of clearing away, seemed to have become even more indistinct.

No, fog is essentially composed of tiny liquid droplets floating in the air.

The fog has become even more hazy, not because there are more droplets, but because—

Meteor Gods and Devils's gaze sharpened.

He clearly saw that the tiny droplets in the air, which had been slowly suspended, suddenly began to tremble and vibrate rapidly.

Chu Tianshu's power did not push the droplets away, but instead poured directly into them, causing them to vibrate together.

"I am their guide----"

"I am the one who will protect them!"

The speed of that last sentence suddenly became incomparably fast.

Like a thunderclap, a lightning bolt, a spiritual connection, it struck the hearts of everyone around.

The Meteor Gods and Devils, being the most perceptive, had already sensed something was amiss.

But before he could even make a move to clear the fog from the entire garden, Chu Tianshu's words had already struck a chord with everyone.

At that moment, Chu Tianshu's hand, which was holding the brocade box, also flipped its wrist and clenched.

The small brocade box, when instantly closed by five fingers, deformed violently; its internal structure completely shattered, breaking apart inch by inch, minute by minute, hair by hair! It crumbled!

Crushing a brocade box is not a difficult task, and the breakage of the box would hardly cause a commotion.

But to destroy a brocade box to such a minute extent in an instant, even the molecules are trembling.

It's something that ordinary people simply cannot achieve.

Thus, the sound of the brocade box being destroyed became a high-frequency, sharp shockwave that erupted from between Chu Tianshu's fingers.

The terrifying shockwave, with unbelievable speed, detonated all the surrounding droplets.

The droplets that Chu Tianshu had just resonated with exploded, releasing their own power.

Sikong Baili and the abbot of Wolf Mountain were the first to be affected, their faces, clothes, and every inch of their skin were stained.

In that instant, the oncoming impact caused a distinct wave-like tremor.

As they flew backward, you could still see the entire pavilion, all its bricks, stones, wood, and tiles, all shattered into powder indistinguishable to the naked eye.

Their disciples, being too close to the pavilion, instantly lost their human form and turned into dust within the shockwave.

Boom!!!!!

The shockwave spread throughout the entire garden.

At that moment, all the droplets in the garden burst forth with force.

From a high altitude, one can see a devastating circle expanding.

Wherever they went, the flowers and plants were all flattened, and the pavilion was gone.

Only the pavilion where the Meteor Gods and Devils resided remained standing.

The masters from various sects, in shock, channeled their inner energy to resist, like rocks in a raging wave, but were still blasted away and slid outwards.

The garden's outer wall was destroyed, and the houses outside were also swept away by the airflow, tilting and collapsing one after another.

Dust billowed into the sky, like smoke from a battle, yet it all stretched outwards at an angle.

The Darughachi's residence was no less large than Zhao's.

Under Chu Tianshu's move, the garden ceased to exist, and most of the mansion centered around the garden was also directly destroyed.

The Kong family of the Tang Dynasty possessed the ability to exert force down to the smallest drop of water, while the Li family's Dragon King possessed the power to control water as he landed.

And most importantly, it involves using internal force to unleash the Mountain Collapse Combat Calculation " to detonate external waves.

This move can be considered the pinnacle of Chu Tianshu's group attack skills to date.

The air around the mansion rapidly filled in, creating a strong wind that whistled past the ears of the various masters.

These people stared in horror at Chu Tianshu, who stood in the center of the flat ground.

The terrifying impact just now seemed to have no effect on Chu Tianshu at all.

How terrifying and profound must one's internal energy be to accomplish such a thing? With just one move, everything within a radius of a hundred feet was razed to the ground.

A hundred feet away, there were also many ruins, and the dull, resounding crashes of houses collapsing one after another were not yet over.

"If I want to leave, who among you can stop me?"

Chu Tianshu smiled as he looked around; the withered yellow leaf in his right hand was still intact.

He suddenly flicked his hand, and the leaf flew away.

The Meteor Gods and Devils stood in front of the only pavilion, clenched his right hand, and with a clang, pinched the leaf.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

For a fleeting moment, the Meteor Gods and Devils and demon's attention turned to the leaf.

Chu Tianshu's figure had already taken to the air and disappeared, leaving only a series of laughs.

Hahaha! Hahaha!!

Laughter echoed around them.

The Meteor Gods and Devils's ruddy complexion gradually turned pale.

The Meteor Gods and Devils, whose fame has lasted for five centuries, led a large group of martial arts masters from Jiangnan to besiege one person, yet this person still managed to escape unscathed?!

Although that person never actually fought the Meteor Gods and Devils.

However, once this news gets out, the Meteor Gods and Devils will definitely become a laughing stock.

However, Chu Tianshu possessed such power with a single move, even the Meteor Gods and Devils and Demon himself knew he was inferior.

"No!"

Meteor Gods and Devils caught a glimpse of Sikong Baili and Abbot Wolf Mountain out of the corner of his eye, and his heart suddenly trembled.

"What he just used wasn't simple internal energy; it was a strange technique."

If it were purely internal energy, powerful enough to create a scene like the one just now in an instant.

Sikong Baili and Wolf Mountain Fangzhang, who were at the center, definitely wouldn't survive.

Therefore, it is not an internal force that bursts out all at once from the center point, but a technique that releases power layer by layer by detonating it outwards and resonating with external objects.

Although the scope of the damage was large, it was actually broad but not deep, and when spread out, it was not enough to harm Taboo figures.

"You bastard, you were just bluffing! You almost made me look like a dog!!"

The yellow leaves in the hands of the Meteor Gods and Devils shattered, and his figure moved through the air, soaring into the sky with a long, booming sound.

His aura locked onto Chu Tianshu's faint aura from afar and gave chase.

Prince Merit and Virtue Sage stood in the only pavilion, having been momentarily shocked and confused, but now he calmed down.

"Isn't it purely based on internal strength? But with such exquisite techniques, even the Meteor Gods and Devils probably couldn't defeat him—"

Something suddenly flashed through Merit and Virtue Sage's mind.

Would someone with such skills simply run away?

"It's a trap!!"

He blurted it out and retreated abruptly.

Behind the pavilion, a figure appeared.

Chu Tianshu's sword sheath was empty, his hands were empty, but his eyes were brimming with a burning, almost explosive light.

It was filled with pure killing intent!

It's definitely a trap; I'll kill you first.