e-booksonline Chapter 74 That arrow shocked far more than just the Wang family.
Chapter 74 That arrow shocked far more than just the Wang family.
Chapter 74 That arrow shocked far more than just the Wang family.
The air was thick with the aura of clashing swords and galloping horses, a fierce and incomparable force that permeated the courtyard.
The character "斩" (cut) hung in mid-air, seemingly illusory, yet it exuded a chilling, cutting intent!
This is precisely the application of the Confucian and Taoist minor art of "turning words into soldiers," using literary spirit to condense words into soldiers, revealing their initial sharpness.
【Words become soldiers, characters become blades】: The writing style conceals its sharpness, each word is like a knife!
This is not over yet!
Zhang Yuan's figure changed again, and his steps suddenly became unpredictable. His feet seemed to be treading on the trajectory of stars, and his figure moved and flashed at high speed within a small area, leaving behind afterimages, as if several people were moving at the same time.
Each shift in position subtly aligns with some profound battlefield formation, emanating a fierce, resolute, and ruthless intent to fight against overwhelming odds!
This is the basic movement technique "Chaotic Battle Step" from the Xuan-level inheritance "Eight Forms of Breaking the Edge". Although he has not learned the core killing move, the essence of its footwork has been deduced and mastered. Combined with his own killing instinct, it is even more deceptive and explosive.
[Eight Styles of Breaking the Edge: A First Glimpse into Footwork]: The body moves like a swimming dragon, seizing momentum amidst chaos!
A series of fluid drills, from assassination swordsmanship to heavy knife techniques, from ferocious fist intent to literary energy condensing into weapons, and then to battlefield movement techniques, five completely different power systems were alternately displayed on Zhang Yuan.
Although their levels of understanding varied, they all exuded a boundless and harmonious potential, as if this eight-year-old body contained infinite possibilities.
Sweat soaked Zhang Yuan's temples. He slowly came to a stop, his long sword resting on the ground, his chest rising and falling slightly, but his eyes were filled with a deep calm.
As his thoughts sank into his sea of consciousness, a pale golden panel appeared:
Lifespan: 363 years and 6 months and 9 days
In the past two weeks, he has almost squandered the generous amount of lifespan he gained from killing Qin Hu and the Black Tiger Gang members on his simulations!
The harvest was enormous!
While the Rock-Splitting Mountain Blade Technique has been pushed to its great perfection, with its blade intent refined; the Wind-Chasing Sword Intent has also been successfully condensed, revealing its sharpness.
More importantly, he no longer limited himself to the most "practical" techniques, but boldly attempted to access higher-level inheritances.
"Eight Forms of Breaking the Edge" (Low-Grade Profound Blade Technique) - Consumes 80 years of lifespan to gain initial insight into the basics, mastering the fundamental footwork "Chaotic Battle Step" and some power generation techniques.
"Hundred Battles Tempering Body" (Low-grade Profound Rank Body Refining Technique) - Consumes 60 years of lifespan. At the initial stage, it significantly enhances physical strength and blood and qi recovery ability.
"Military Strategy: Yue Family Insights" (Upper-Grade Xuan-level Fragment) - Consumed 150 years of lifespan, initially grasped the basics, gained a vague understanding of the overall battlefield situation and the pull of qi, and slightly increased control over the condensed beasts in battle formations.
"Mountain and River Vein Sensing" (Elementary Confucianism) - Consumes 30 years of lifespan, initially mastered, and slightly sensitive to the flow of earth vein energy.
He also made progress in the Confucian and Taoist art of "turning words into soldiers," but it cost him 6 years of his lifespan.
Such a massive consumption depleted his lifespan of nearly five hundred years that he had previously accumulated.
The number on the panel plummeted to 363.
Three days ago, he returned to Zhangjiazhuang and personally slaughtered an even stronger ox.
However, the prompt in his mind confirmed a conjecture:
【Ding! 】
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[Slaying ordinary, healthy livestock increases lifespan by seven years!]
Sure enough, as his cultivation level increased, the lifespan he could gain from killing ordinary living beings was decreasing sharply.
This cow is stronger than the last one, but it feeds nearly half as much as before.
On the contrary, the continuous use of the powerful medicine sent by Wang Quanfu to soak and refine his muscles and bones, after each absorption of the medicinal power, would bring an increase in lifespan of several months to half a year.
It is likely that the improvement in his cultivation and physical foundation has greatly enhanced his body's ability to absorb and transform the effects of medicine. The "vitality essence" contained in the medicine has been extracted more efficiently and transformed into lifespan.
Future advancements will depend more on defeating powerful enemies or seeking even more extraordinary opportunities.
But all of this expenditure has transformed into a substantial foundation within him, like a seed buried deep underground, waiting only for the day it sprouts.
"call----"
Zhang Yuan exhaled a breath of stale air and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He understood that lifespan was fundamental, but the key to survival in this chaotic world lay in transforming it into immediate combat power and limitless future possibilities.
Although he is still at the mid-stage of the Acquired Realm, his methods and potential are far beyond those of his peers.
"The future is promising." Zhang Yuan murmured softly, straightening his clothes.
The next morning, Zhang Yuan took his knife and went out.
Walking through the familiar streets and alleys, every neighbor greeted him warmly: "Good morning, Young Master Qingyang!"
"Is the young master going to practice martial arts?"
His words and expressions were filled with heartfelt closeness and respect.
Zhang Yuan also suppressed his ruthless demeanor, his face displaying a gentle smile befitting his age, and returned each greeting with clasped hands.
The story of his battle at the dock, in which he wore hemp clothing, carried a knife and a severed head, and slaughtered the Black Tiger Gang and killed Qin Hu, had already spread throughout Fengming County.
For ordinary people who have suffered greatly from the oppression of the Black Tiger Gang, this is a real act of eliminating a scourge for the people, and everyone applauds it.
The martial artists in the city were both shocked and secretly admired by Zhang Yuan, who was only eight years old and yet possessed such ruthless methods and a resolute determination to avenge wrongs.
At this moment, no one knew that the power and future possibilities hidden within this eight-year-old boy were far more terrifying than they imagined.
However, in the past two weeks, one major event after another has occurred in Fengming County, and their shock level has completely overshadowed Zhang Yuan's reputation for slaughtering the Black Tiger Gang.
The most important thing, of course, is the outcome of the Battle of Heishuidu.
The terrifying demon that ravaged the Chensha River and stirred up towering waves that day was finally severely injured and captured by the newly promoted Grandmaster Zheng Chaoyang, County Magistrate Wang Mingyuan, and Advisor Chen Wenyuan, who used the power of the county's people's esteemed Dao!
For several days, the enormous demonic body, covered in decaying scales, has been imprisoned in a specially made steel prison cart and paraded through the main streets of Fengming County.
Countless people flocked to watch, pointing and commenting on the unprecedentedly ferocious monster. They felt both fear and immense awe and reassurance at the powerful demon-capturing capabilities demonstrated by the county government.
It is said that County Magistrate Wang Mingyuan has already submitted a memorial to the imperial court, and the serious criminal will soon be escorted to the prefectural city.
The news had already spread throughout the city; with such an outstanding achievement, Magistrate Wang was poised for a promotion to the prefectural government.
Another major event that shook the entire city was the death of Wang Chenghuai, the strongest member of the Wang family and the head constable of the county government!
The fall of this master, one of the three grandmasters of Fengming County, was tantamount to the collapse of a pillar supporting the sky for the Wang family, one of the four major families that had dominated the area for a hundred years, and their prestige was instantly greatly diminished.
The head of the Wang family is indeed a cunning old fox; his reaction was extremely quick and decisive.
To quell potential repercussions and protect himself, he made a painful sacrifice, not only taking what was left after the Black Tiger Gang's demise,
The lucrative land deed for the East City Wharf was directly offered to the county government.
This even led Wang Ji, a key figure from the Wang family and a clerk in the county government, to resign and seek a sinecure in the neighboring Yuntai County.
This barely preserved the Wang family's base in Fengming County.
The way for future generations to survive is like flowing water that doesn't strive to be first, but rather to flow endlessly.
As long as the Wang family survives, with its rich heritage, it will inevitably make a comeback in a few decades or even a century.
Just three days after Wang Chenghuai's death in battle, Wang Chenglin, along with a group of elite descendants of the Wang family, including the distraught Wang Chengyu, quietly left Fengming County and headed to the prefectural city.
The reason why the Wang family is so submissive and dares not make the slightest move is not only because their own strength has been greatly weakened, but also because there are now two more powerful beings in the city.
The newly promoted Grandmaster Zheng Chaoyang, and the mysterious expert who shot an astonishing arrow from the city wall, revealing the terrifying cultivation of a Grandmaster at its peak!
That arrow shocked far more than just the royal family.
All the demons and monsters in Fengming County were silenced by this silent pressure.
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