After 100 years of leatherworking, I have become a giant in the magic sect.

Chapter 40 40. Unification
In Western Shu, Tianyun Mountain City was originally a lawless place and a paradise for people of the martial arts world.

There has always been a saying here that "Yuncheng is dangerous, with one lion and three wolves".

The "one lion" among them refers to the "Lion King" Li Kuangzhan.

The "Three Wolves" refer to the three powerful men of the Guzhu Gang.

But after the battle of Silver Falls Lake, the saying "Yuncheng is dangerous, with one lion and three wolves" suddenly changed to "Yuncheng is dangerous, with one lion and three wolves. If the dragon doesn't come out, who can compete with it?"

"Shenlong" is the title given to Song Yan by people in the martial arts world.

Song Yan thought it was exaggerated.

But when in Rome, do as the Romans do, just brag together.
In order to consolidate her prestige, divert internal conflicts within the building, eliminate dissidents, and place her confidants in positions of power, Hua Linglong, the new owner of the Ghost Qingyi Building, launched an attack on the Guzhu Gang as soon as she took office.

Her support is naturally her brother-in-law "Shenlong" Hua Rong.

The "Dragon God" Hua Rong did not disappoint this innocent-looking but ambitious woman.

No matter how formidable the defenses set up by the Guzhu Gang were, as long as he showed up, he could defeat them with his superb martial arts.

But in the end, two fists are no match for four hands. There were several times when the Guzhu Gang set up many ambushes, but this "dragon god" still suffered some losses. There was even one time when he almost died on the spot.

But this not only did not diminish the reputation of "Dragon God" Hua Rong, but instead made people in the martial arts world admire him even more.

Because, the Guzhu Gang put all their efforts into those ambushes.

The time when the "Shenlong" was almost killed, the Guzhu Gang even invited back all the old people in the gang who were living outside. But even so, the "Shenlong" Hua Rong still managed to break out of the siege with only minor injuries.

Time flies and winter has arrived.

It has been almost a year since Song Yan left the Puppet Sect.

The Guzhu Gang had been defeated so that only the last county was left, a county named after the Guzhu of the "Guzhu Gang" - Guzhu County.

The snow was flying all over the sky, and the mountains and rivers were pale.

A luxurious sedan chair stood by the river, facing the distant Guzhu County across the river.

Inside the sedan chair, a soft hand lifted the curtain, revealing a lovely, pure, yet slightly pale face in the light. Her eyes were fixed on the man standing beside the sedan chair, with indescribable complexity, yet concealing a hint of hidden tenderness.

"Get in the chariot. It's cold outside."

Hua Linglong said.

At this time, she was almost completely unifying the martial arts world.

To put it bluntly, she is the controller of the underworld in the three cities and twenty-six counties. Even the city lords sent by the King of Shu have to listen to her.

Song Yan shook his head and looked to the east.

Across the river to the east is Guzhu County, which is also the direction of the Puppet Sect.

The first step of his plan was to escape into the underworld;
The second step is to gather intelligence from the outside world, especially from the Puppet Sect and the Southern Wu Sword Sect; and to search for the "market for independent cultivators mentioned by the Princess of Zhennan".

He firmly believed that the "Random Cultivator Market" existed because Hua Linglong had told him about the "Burning Blood Divine Water".

"Burning Blood Divine Water" is a rare poison in the martial arts world, and it is also a prescription that the old man of Hanshui Villa found from somewhere unknown. It sounds similar to "the magic flower catalogue found by the princess's grandfather" in some places.

In addition, the princess’ grandfather’s spiritual flower catalog was found about forty years ago.

This old man from Hanshui Villa only appeared about ten years ago.

Several years ago, the princess searched the Immortal Market near Shanlan City but could not find any news. However, Shanlan City is still quite a distance away from Tianyun City.

In addition, at the beginning of last year, when Hua Linglong sent people to kill the entire Hanshui Villa, someone in the villa shouted, "I'm willing to exchange the immortal secrets for a life." Unfortunately, the killer sent to kill was not interested in the news about the cultivators and killed the man with a knife.

The above information allowed Song Yan to naturally deduce a piece of information: There is a market for cultivators in Western Shu, but this market is mobile. Forty years ago, it was near Shanlan City, and now it is near Tianyun City.

He was also very curious as to why there was a market town in a place like Xishu where there was no mysterious energy, and why the market town was mobile.

But he will leave these problems to the "second step of the plan".

Song Yan was very eager to make further progress, so he had an inexplicable obsession with this kind of "practice in the wild and in the market".

Because he knows that only in this kind of place can he really find what he needs, rather than in the powerful market town where there is "technical blockade" everywhere.

After practicing Xuan for such a long time, he also understood that "Xiu Xuan" actually means "breaking through the human body and changing one's destiny against the will of heaven."

This step definitely requires external support.

The same goes for "Skinning Ointment" and "Flame Marrow Pill".

He was calculating directly based on his lifespan, so he did not feel the "skin-peeling" pain when the "skin-peeling ointment" was applied to his body, nor did he experience the torment of burning bones after the "Flame Marrow Pill" entered his stomach.

It is these external objects that can help mortal humans break through their limits, step by step, and gradually improve the level of practicing Xuan, allowing the mysterious energy of heaven and earth to fill the body that was originally impossible to exist.

Without these external objects, you will never be able to make a breakthrough even if you have ten thousand or a hundred thousand years, unless you have evolved from "human" into "another species".

Just as Song Yan was lost in thought, a coquettish voice came from the sedan chair.

"Hua Rong!"

"Ok?"

"Get on the chariot!"

"Hmm?" "I order you to get on the chariot!"

The voice finished its angry tone and added in a low voice, "It's quite cold outside."

The air became quiet for a moment.

The four strong men who were carrying the sedan chair and the ghostly masters from the Qingyi Tower who were following them all looked at their noses with their eyes, their mouths with their noses, their hearts with their mouths, and their minds wandering elsewhere, pretending not to see or hear anything.

Song Yan was also stunned for a moment, but still got on the sedan chair and sat next to Hua Linglong.

He was a little puzzled, as it seemed that he had not used Crazy Fan again this year.

It’s mainly about the “die-hard fan” thing. Once the effect of the drug wears off, the best outcome is “friends become strangers”.

But he kind of hopes to turn this ghostly Qingyi Building into his own back garden and make it his external eyes and ears, so when he feels that everything is still under control, he tries not to be a crazy fan.

Logically speaking, the effect of the medicine has almost worn off.

Hua Linglong is almost awake.

He turned his head to glance at his side. The pure and lovely owner of Hualou was wearing a dark gold dress. She was sitting in a dignified posture, half leaning against the car window, holding her chin and thinking about something, as if she didn't care about him at all.

Soon, many scouts began to appear outside the chariot, one by one coming to report the intelligence of Guzhu County.

The masters of Qingyi Tower are all gearing up to complete this "final battle to unify the martial arts world."

"It's too much to bully others, it's too much to bully others!"

"The foundation of my Guzhu Gang cannot be destroyed in my hands!"

In the lonely county, a majestic and dignified man paced back and forth, and at this time a disciple outside reported, "Boss, people are coming!"

The leader of the Lone Bamboo Gang struggled a bit, but immediately made a decision and said, "Please come in!"

After a while, a man in a yellow robe carrying a sword rushed in from outside, landed in the hall, bowed and said with a smile: "Have you made up your mind, Gang Leader?"

The yellow-robed man then said, "Master, you should know that I am originally a tribute to the Great Wei, a casual cultivator with no hope of breakthrough. I just want to enjoy some peace and quiet in a peaceful place. I am no threat to you."

The leader of the Lone Bamboo Gang said hurriedly, "Master Huang, your words are too serious. I have made up my mind.

As long as Immortal Huang can help me kill the dragon and lion of the ghost Qingyi Tower, I will give half of them to Immortal Huang after I take back the three cities and twenty-six counties."

The man in yellow robe said, "Why don't I just take action and kill Hua Linglong?"

The leader of the Lone Bamboo Clan asked, "How many Xuanyu do you have left, Immortal?"

The yellow-robed man said, “No more.”

"Then how many times can the immortal master's magic be used in this place without any mysterious energy?" The leader of the Lone Bamboo Clan said, "Besides, the martial arts world has its own rules. Those who use cultivators to seize power will not be able to control the people below.

Wherever Hua Linglong is, there must be countless masters. It is hard to say whether the immortal can win if he enters. Even if he wins, he may not be able to escape unscathed. Even if he escapes, others will know that our Guzhu Gang has invited a cultivator.

But the dragon and the lion are different. They will definitely be alone outside. When that happens, I will ask Huang Xianchang to take action."

The man in yellow robe nodded.

The leader of the Lone Bamboo Clan said, "The divine dragon Hua Rong has very formidable martial arts attainments, so please be careful, Immortal."

The man in yellow robe couldn't help laughing. He stroked his beard and said arrogantly, "It's just a matter of one sword."

A few days later.
winter night.

"Impossible no. Possible"

The man in yellow robe looked at the man in front of him in horror. He kicked his legs, but the man's big hands were like an iron hoop, tightly grasping his neck and holding him half-suspended in the air.

There is almost no mysterious energy near Tianyun City, so Song Yan usually doesn't use magic here.

But today, he was inexplicably assassinated by a wandering cultivator.

At this moment, he grabbed the yellow-robed man with his left hand, and pointed his right hand casually. The murderous energy came out with his finger, rushed into the yellow-robed man's eyebrows, swirled in it, and turned into a terrifying and horrible ghost mouth, rushing into the depths.

The ghost swallowed the soul of the man in yellow robe directly between his eyebrows, and spit it out in a moment.

However, the soul that was exhaled was already tainted with evil spirit.

This is the "Ghost Resurrection Technique" formed by two perfect mutations of the "Soul Search Technique".

This technique can not only search the opponent's memory in more detail, but also directly swallow the opponent's soul, then spit it out mixed with evil spirit, and send it back to the original body, turning it into a killing machine that obeys your orders, does not have much thinking ability, but is full of anger and madness.

Snapped!
Song Yan let go of his hand.

The man in yellow robe fell to the ground, his eyes were red, and he looked around with ferocity, madness and irrationality.

Song Yan thought about the memory he had just seen and breathed a sigh of relief.

A stray dog, just a lone cultivator
It's not a big problem.

"Go, kill whoever asked you to come, and then cause havoc in the Guzhu Gang until you are killed."

The yellow-robed man's eyes lit up, as if he had received an imperial decree. He quickly bent down, grabbed the flying sword, and turned to head towards Guzhu County.

The next day, Ghost Qingyi Tower, which was still discussing how to attack the Guzhu Gang, received news that a wandering cultivator had caused chaos in the Guzhu Gang the previous night, killing the leader of the Guzhu Gang and killing several masters of the gang. It was said that the wandering cultivator was invited by the leader of the Guzhu Gang, but somehow he turned against them.

(End of this chapter)