The road is vague

Chapter 19: Acquired Realm Master

The sound of drizzle outside the window reminded Li Mo of his days as an apprentice in Hua'an Town.

He couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

With the arrival of the flood season this summer, Li Mo's frequency of entering the ethereal dreamland has increased significantly. Coupled with his hard practice for more than half a year, he can clearly feel that he is becoming stronger and stronger.

Deep down in his heart, he missed Xiaoman a little.

This heart-wrenching longing also became Li Mo's motivation to constantly improve himself, not be satisfied with the status quo, and constantly want to change the status quo.

"It's almost over."

He forced himself to close his eyes.

The conflict between the two gangs has ended, and he has done what he promised Wang Ying, which is considered to be keeping his promise. He plans to go back after some time to test Wang Ying's attitude and ask her what the conspiracy trap she mentioned is.

this day.

Li Mo, who was practicing dodging, noticed the chaos at the gate of the village.

He followed the people who kept rushing out of the mountain stronghold and saw a nine-foot-tall little giant standing in front of the Pingshan Society's stronghold gate. He grabbed the little arhat Han Kui's neck with one hand and lifted him above his head easily.

Beside the two men, there were four thieves lying on the ground, unable to move. The rest of the people did not dare to get close.

This surprised Li Mo.

The other leaders who came from the mountain stronghold also looked solemn when they saw this. You know, Han Kui's martial arts skills are among the best among the leaders of Pingshan Society.

It was not until the Blood-faced Lion Gaopo and the Green-faced Tiger Gao Zhen, the two leaders, came that everyone finally found their backbone.

The Gao brothers looked at this oppressive man.

"Who is your Excellency?"

This nine-foot-tall man was wearing a leather cloak, his hair at the temples was already silver-white, he carried a slightly exaggerated sword on his back, and had an arrogant sneer on his face.

"Jiujiang Thunder Dragon, Taishou."

"what!"

The Gao brothers and several senior group leaders all looked incredulous upon hearing this.

Seeing that Wu She seemed to know this person, Li Mo asked in a low voice.

"Who is this?"

"Tai Shou, the Thunder Dragon of Jiujiang, nearly unified the Eighteen Mountains more than a decade ago, attracting a government crackdown. He subsequently disappeared, and the various mountain factions subsequently became independent. The Gao brothers later took over the Pingshan Society. I didn't expect he hadn't left Qian Country yet."

Wang Ying on the side seemed to be thinking about something.

"The war between Qian and Lu hasn't truly ceased, and the vast tracts of land annexed by Qian still need to be governed. Naturally, the Muzhou Tianming Division has no energy to pay attention to this place. This old man may have rushed back from Xia after hearing the news."

Everyone was talking about this.

Li Mo didn't know whether this change was good or bad.

However, this Jiujiang Leilong Taishou is a first-class martial arts master who has cultivated internal strength more than ten years ago. His strength must be extraordinary.

The blood-faced lion Gao Po stepped forward with his fists clasped.

"So it's Senior Tai. I wonder what brings you here? Could you please put Captain Han aside first? Otherwise, if it causes misunderstandings, even if you have deep internal strength, how can you kill all of us with over 300 men here?"

The little Arhat Han Kui was foaming at the mouth and dying in Taishou's hands.

Taishou smiled coldly.

He threw Han Kui two feet away and then clapped his hands.

"I need to stay on your mountain for a while. Please prepare a room for me. Also, notify all the people on the Eighteen Mountains to prepare tribute silver for me. One ounce per person on each mountain. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Say it.

The Jiujiang Thunder Dragon suddenly pulled out the slightly exaggerated big knife behind him and swung it towards the huge rock about ten feet away.

There was a loud "bang", a flash of white light, and a half-foot deep groove suddenly appeared on the boulder. Everyone present was shocked when they saw this.

"Sword Qi, this is sword Qi!"

Wu She's mouth was dry and he completely confirmed the other party's identity.

Li Mo's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

The opponent was actually able to exert force through the air and leave knife marks on the boulder. No wonder those masters who have cultivated internal strength can deal with large beasts in the forest alone.

This is indeed not a rumor.

Although I don't know how long the opponent's internal strength can last, I believe that killing a few second-rate masters who have not been able to cultivate internal strength will definitely not be a big problem.

Li Mo knew very well that if there were no troops with strict military discipline to follow suit, the thieves in the Eighteen Mountains would face such a master. Even if the enemy was surrounded, as long as the enemy used thundering means to kill a few leaders, the others would scatter like birds and beasts.

This place has never been a place where discipline is emphasized. It is impossible for a situation to occur where a group of people rush in one after another, exhausting his internal energy and surrounding and killing him.

Unless this person has committed a serious taboo and incurred the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people.

Jiujiang Leilong Taishou, as an old-generation bandit in the Eighteen Mountains, naturally knows the rules of the underworld here well.

He came here for another purpose and would not stay here for long, so he did not want to make things too awkward with the Gao brothers, so he stated his conditions.

The Gao brothers breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the other party's request.

"Senior Taishou is visiting our small village, and we two brothers are naturally very welcome."

Upon seeing this, the members of the Pingshan Society had no choice but to follow the many group leaders and welcome Jiujiang Leilong Taishou into the Juyi Hall and treat him as a guest of honor.

Next half month.

The leaders of the Eighteen Mountains successively sent people to Pingshanhui to pay homage to the Jiujiang Thunder Dragon.

It is said to be a meeting, but in fact it is to confirm the identity of this person.

Jiujiang Leilong was also well aware of this and constantly displayed his mastery of the art, which not only intimidated these spies, but also made the people of Pingshan Society dare not act rashly and could only serve well.

Li Mo has witnessed the sword skills of this post-natal realm master many times.

He had to admit that if he faced this person, with his current strength, he would definitely die. He was truly worthy of being a top-notch master in the world.

At the same time, Li Mo also made some inferences. Even if this Jiujiang Leilong was among the top masters, he would not be an unknown person. After all, he had cultivated internal strength more than ten years ago. Now his skills were unfathomable, and it was no problem for him to chop tigers and leopards alive.

But the bandits who could go to the Eighteen Mountains were not good people. Naturally, no one was willing to give their silver to others for nothing. The leaders of various mountains repeatedly made excuses to shirk responsibility, and the progress of Jiujiang Leilong in looting silver was quite slow.

"Hmph, if you don't accept my toast, you'll have to drink for it!" Taishou gradually lost his patience.

After he left the Pingshan Society, he launched a series of sneak attacks and killed the leaders of two gangs. Then the leaders of other gangs finally became frightened and kept sending people to deliver silver. After all, the conditions offered by Taishou were not too harsh, and no one wanted to mess with such an evil star.

Even the Pingshan Society was not exempt from paying tribute.

Fortunately, the Pingshan Society at that time was quite wealthy, and the mere three hundred taels of silver would not cause any serious loss to them.

In a short period of time, the various mountain leaders sent four to five thousand taels of silver to the Pingshan Society.

Then, this Jiujiang Leilong Taishou actually cleared out the cave where the Juyi Hall was located. After setting up the altar, he took out some stones and inserted them into the grooves of the altar. As a result, a blazing flame rose on the altar, and he never went out again from then on.

in this way.

The chaos in the Pingshan Society finally came to an end.

Li Mo found Jade Fox and asked her again about the so-called conspiracy trap. He had gradually lost his patience.

Jade Fox brought him to the outside of the Juyi Hall cave, peeked at the blazing flames inside, and showed excitement on his face.

"That's the spiritual fire ignited by the spiritual stone."

Seeing that Li Mo was puzzled, Wang Ying explained briefly.

"Spirit stones are the currency of cultivators and contain incredible power. It is said that if martial arts masters who have mastered the inner skills hold spirit stones and comprehend the inner skills, their inner strength training will be twice as effective with half the effort."

Li Mo's heart couldn't help but beat fast when he heard this.

However, he did not forget the purpose of his trip. The other party kept talking about this and that, and the feeling of being baited made him very uncomfortable. During this period of time, he felt that he was getting closer and closer to the perfection of the Sanhe Sword Technique.

This feeling is very amazing.

It was as if some shackles in my body were about to be broken, and I was filled with energy.

The Jiujiang Thunder Dragon in the cave suddenly burst into laughter. He took out a furnace like a magic trick, set it up on the altar, and kept throwing the tribute silver donated by various mountains into the furnace. In an instant, the cave was brightly lit, as if it were daytime.

"I see, he's refining silver essence!"

Then the Jade Fox Wang Ying noticed that someone outside the mountain stronghold had delivered tribute silver again. She rolled her eyes and looked at Li Mo, acting coquettishly.

"Little brother, isn't it still a long time before next year's Dragon Boat Festival? Don't be anxious. Once this matter is over, I will tell you the secret. You will definitely be grateful to me then!"

Say it.

Wang Ying slowly stood up, walked towards the people escorting the tribute silver, and personally escorted the tribute silver into the cave.

Li Mo sighed and had no choice but to do so. Then he turned and left.

After a while.

The people escorting the tribute silver left one after another, but Wang Ying stayed in the cave. Laughter and joyful chatter could be heard from inside, which made Green-faced Tiger Gao Zhen, who was also secretly spying, grit his teeth.

"You slutty fox, I'll teach you a lesson from now on, humph!"

The days passed by.

The people of Pingshan Society have gradually become accustomed to the Jiujiang Thunder Dragon occupying the cave in Juyi Hall.

This senior master of the previous generation of the Eighteen Mountains rarely left the Juyi Hall cave after he extorted a large sum of tribute silver. He stared at his broken stove every day, and no one knew what he was busy with.

Until the third day of February.

Inside the Juyi Hall cave, there was a burst of tense, anxious, and excited voices.

"Four taels of silver essence, finally gathered. Haha, I finally succeeded! Now I can... Hmm? Who are you?"

After a short shout, a series of explosions were heard in the cave.

Many leaders and gang members of the Pingshan Society ran out of the room.

Two figures were seen fighting from inside the cave to outside. One of them was undoubtedly Jiujiang Leilong Taishou, but the other was actually a petty thief who had joined the gang just half a month ago.

"Isn't that Zhang Tiedan?"

"He, how could he?"

Everyone who knew Zhang Tiedan was dumbfounded.

Zhang Tiedan was seen making hand gestures continuously, and a flying sword was like a swimming dragon, forcing Jiujiang Leilong Taishou to retreat continuously to resist. No matter how sharp Jiujiang Leilong Taishou's sword energy was, even a tree as thick as a bowl could be easily split in two by it, but he was still unable to get close to Zhang Tiedan and was forced to retreat again and again by the flying sword.

"Cultivator?"

Someone exclaimed.

No one dared to get close to the battle between the two.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Tiedan shouted softly, and two fireballs shot out. There were two loud bangs, and gravel and wood chips flew everywhere, and two big holes were blown out on the ground.

The astonishing power made everyone who witnessed this scene gasp.

However, this Jiujiang Leilong Taishou jumped back as if a dragonfly skimmed the water, successfully avoiding the magical attack with his lightness skills, his eyes revealing a solemn look.

His internal sword energy is naturally indestructible against ordinary people, but when used against cultivators who have mastered various immortal methods, the method is too simple and will be easily grasped and played with by the opponent.

At this time.

Suddenly, another talisman appeared in Zhang Tiedan's hand.

After a short spell, the talisman flashed by and turned into a blazing flaming spear, shooting towards Jiujiang Leilong Taishou who was being entangled by the flying sword. Although the flaming spear was once again forced back by Jiujiang Leilong's amazing sword energy, the flying sword that had been entangled with him before flashed with a flash of light and passed through his back and chest.

"You are from Tianfu Sect."

Taishou, his chest soaked in blood, showed a look of despair and unwillingness, and his body fell to the ground with a bang.

Zhang Tiedan looked indifferent and did not respond to Taishou.

He was extremely cautious. He did not control the flying sword to dismember the man until he was sure that the bandit was completely dead. Only then did he pinch his fingers to transform the flying sword and fire spear into two talismans and put them away.

Then he took out a token.

"The Ministry of Destiny is doing business, all outsiders please stay away!"

At this moment, everyone in the Pingshan Society didn't even dare to breathe.

Zhang Tiedan ignored everyone in the Pingshan Society and looked at them as if they were ants on the roadside. After he handled everything on his own, he swaggered out of the Pingshan Society. Only then did everyone wake up from their dream.

(End of this chapter)