Dongxuan Spiritual Realm

Chapter 56 Bet
Yang Qisheng had already thought that if Uncle Dayou gave him the Ten Thousand Swords Gourd, his disciples would be dissatisfied and would try to get it back, but he did not expect Pei Lingyu to be so direct.

He said calmly, "It was given to me. What? Do you want to go back?"

"Hmph." Pei Lingyu turned back and looked directly at him. "How can we, as disciples, just ask for back what the master gave you? This is something that belongs to our sect after all, and it can't fall into the hands of outsiders."

He turned to the side, raised his chin, looked up at the horizon, and said coolly, "You draw up a plan, such as under what conditions will you return the treasure? We will do our best to satisfy you."

When Yang Qisheng heard him say "we", he knew that this incident had aroused "public outrage" among their group.

Master Dayou has twenty-eight disciples and nearly a hundred disciples. Pei Lingyu is representing this group to negotiate terms with him.

He smiled and shook his head slightly: "I don't know how to draw any lines. I just know that I have to take good care of what Master Dayou gave me."

Pei Lingyu hadn't expected him to be so shameless. She turned around, stared into his eyes again, and said slowly, "A cultivator should always have some sense of shame. Don't be like those street thugs and scoundrels. Otherwise, you will bring shame to our Taiyi Palace."

Yang Qisheng said, "I really don't have any path to draw. My uncle-master gave me this treasure, and I'm grateful to him. If you want to take it away, you should draw the path. Whether it's by trickery, robbery, or gambling and competition, you draw the path first, and then I'll decide whether to take it or not."

Pei Lingyu just chuckled: "You just set up the furnace, but you have a false front. If I compete with you in magic, I will be bullying you. If it gets out, people will say that I am bullying a child.

Let's put it this way. I heard that you come from a martial arts family, and your father was the leader of the martial arts in the two provinces of Jiangnan. It just so happens that I have learned the Yi Lu Finger Technique from Junior Brother Lu. Let's put aside all the immortal techniques.
The winner will be determined purely by martial arts. If you lose, return the gourd and I'll give you another magic weapon as compensation. This way, neither of us will lose face, and Master won't say anything if he finds out."

"Junior Brother Pei, have you also practiced the Myriad Tribulations Finger?"

"It's just for fun, I practiced it in my free time. According to Junior Brother Lu's standards, it hasn't reached the realm of 'Ten Thousand Tribulations' yet, it can only be considered 'Thousand Tribulations'!"

The Lu family of Yunyang, Jiangbei, is famous throughout the world for their finger techniques, and their cultivation is divided into five levels from low to high.

When practicing for the first time, if one can reach the point where one finger can shatter rocks, seal acupuncture points on a person's body, and sever a person's meridians with it, this is called a Tribulation Finger.

The Ten Tribulations Finger can sever the yin and yang meridians of the internal organs with just one finger. For example, the lungs and large intestine are exterior and interior to each other, one internal organ and one bowel. If you press one of the acupoints in the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, you can completely sever both meridians.

By analogy, the most powerful Wanjie Finger can shatter all twelve main meridians and eight extraordinary meridians in the body with just one strike, no matter which acupoint on the body, and the related internal organs will also be twisted into meat residue.

The Thousand Tribulations Finger is slightly less powerful than the Ten Thousand Tribulations Finger, but it is still powerful enough to intimidate others in the martial arts world.

According to Yang Qisheng's understanding, the Lu family has not practiced the Ten Thousand Tribulations Finger for many years. It is only heard that the current head of the family practiced the Thousand Tribulations Finger at the age of fifty-four.

"I can fight you, but this Wanjian Gourd was given to me by my uncle-master. It's mine now. If you want to take it away, you have to make an equal bet. Otherwise, you're just trying to get something for nothing."

Pei Lingyu's expression tightened, and his voice was low and cold: "This gourd originally belonged to our sect..."

Yang Qisheng chuckled and turned to Liu Hanzhang: "Senior Brother Liu, I have a question for you. For example, this ring on your hand is very nice. You gave it to me. From now on, can you still say that this ring is yours?"

Liu Hanzhang smiled and sighed: "Of course not. Since I gave it to you, it naturally no longer belongs to me."

"Yes, then can your disciple still come to me and ask for it, saying that this thing is yours?"

"Of course not."

Yang Qisheng turned to Pei Lingyu, "Brother Pei, did you hear that? Brother Liu, please make the judgment. This gourd is mine now. Even if Second Uncle comes back and asks for it personally, it's useless! I just feel sorry for you, you're so angry and frustrated. Master has a treasure that has been refined for over three hundred years, and you're all so jealous and greedy, scheming against each other behind the scenes. I don't know how many tricks you've used, but you still can't get it.

"I understand your resentment that it ended up in the hands of an outsider like me. So I'm giving you a chance, a chance to get your things back. But since this is a bet, it has to be fair. You must also put up a treasure of comparable value as a bet. If I lose, I'll return the gourd with both hands; if I win, your treasures will also belong to me."

Seeing Pei Lingyu's face grow increasingly gloomy, Yang Qisheng became more interested and challenged him, "What's the matter? Senior Brother Pei, are you unsure of winning against me and don't dare to gamble anymore? Or is it that...you, with over twenty brothers and nearly a hundred disciples, can't even come up with a single decent treasure?"

Yang Qisheng has been planning the martial arts world with his father since he was young. He is not only good at behind-the-scenes planning, but also adept at fighting in front of the stage.

Back then, Zhu Botao of Xia Kushan was defeated by him, and the Sword Demon Ge Fei's Blood Pecking Sword became his trophy. To thrive in the martial arts world, one relies not only on family background and martial arts skills, but also on the ability to deal with various situations. Every word he said felt like a knife stabbing into Pei Lingyu's heart.

Ever since meeting Dayou Zhenren, Yang Qisheng's mentality has changed.

He was originally annoyed with the disciples of Dayou Zhenren and just wanted to stay away from them and never have anything to do with them. But now he really wants to piss off this Senior Brother Pei and see how angry he can get. He wondered if he would go crazy?

If I was really so angry that I went crazy, wouldn't Master Dayou blame me? Probably not, right?
Pei Lingyu was indeed very angry. Lies don't hurt people, but the truth is a sharp knife.

In fact, none of their 28 brothers and nearly 100 disciples could come up with anything that could rival the Ten Thousand Swords Gourd!
They were all descendants of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, recruited one after another by the Great Immortal over the past hundred years. The two with the highest skills were only at the Refining Gang realm. How could they possess the magic weapon cultivated by the Earth Immortals for three hundred years?
"If you can't come up with the stakes, then what's the point of betting!" Yang Qisheng said to Liu Hanzhang, "Brother, is everyone here? Let's go to the general's tomb as soon as possible."

"We're all here!"

This trip to the General's Tomb to eliminate the demon corpse was decided by Master Dayu before he left. With him sending one person out, and bringing along Xue Yan, with whom he had a long-standing relationship, and Yang Qisheng, and led by the experienced and steady Liu Hanzhang, it was expected to be foolproof.

Originally, Huo Yaoguang was to be added, but she was still in seclusion setting up the furnace, so we didn't wait for her.

That demon corpse has been practicing Taoism for five hundred years and is a master in the Three Corpses Sect. Their combination can be considered an "equally matched" opponent. There may be some twists and turns, but it should not be a disaster. Even if something unexpected happens, they can temporarily stabilize their position and then try to come back for reinforcements.

In fact, after the Pu Tian Da Jiao became ineffective, all the evil cults, demons and monsters in the world emerged from the soil like insects after the Waking of Insects.

So many disciples of Taiyi Palace were divided into eight groups, and they were sent to eliminate the demons in eight places at the same time. The General's Tomb was just one of them.

The five people left Taiyi Cave Heaven and crossed Zixia Bridge to reach Dining Mountain in the south.

Last time, it was Nan'er and Zhang'er who were on guard here. This time, their master Lu Yichao came out from Canxia Cave. He was also a young man with a cold face and great arrogance.

Lu Yichao glanced at Yang Qisheng coldly, with a rather unfriendly look, and said hello to Liu Hanzhang and Pei Lingyu: "Third Uncle said that the demon corpse rebelled and established himself as a king. Not only did he plunder a lot of treasures in the human world, he also deceived the Three Corpses Dao and buried a large number of Three Corpses Daoists with him.

There are quite a few goodies in there, and many people are definitely eyeing them. You need to hurry and get there. You can't let those things fall into the hands of evil spirits again, or else the tragedy of turning an entire city into zombies will happen again. Also, try to bring back the Bloody Nightmare Demon's Blood-Transforming Divine Sword if you can find it."

"Don't worry, I have refined six magic weapons for this tomb raiding and corpse destruction mission. There will definitely not be even a speck of ash left." Pei Lingyu said with confidence.

Everyone left Qingning Mountain and flew eastward.

The sword lights were connected into one in the sky again, with Liu Hanzhang at the front. This time he was leading five people, because he had the highest level of Taoism and the strongest magic power.

Soon we arrived at Jiangjun Mountain. After several months, the cemetery had changed.

A large area of ​​the original earth slope collapsed, revealing a stone tomb door, three or four feet high, like the gate of a palace, with a couplet on each side:
First couplet: Iron horses on the icy river, the red corpse rises again to slay the dragon;
Second line: The black coffin and jade book, the white bones recite the sound of Taoism again.

Horizontal banner: The righteous path of the Heavenly Corpse!
There are two more stone pillars in front of the tomb door. On the pillars are relief carvings of many dragons and snakes entwined together, densely packed. On the top of each pillar is a tomb guardian beast, which looks like a lion with wings.

Liu Hanzhang was a humble man. He asked Pei Lingyu, "Brother Pei, did you see anything?"

Pei Lingyu extended his hand and pointed, sending out five white swords that entangled the stone pillar on the right. "This stone beast has become possessed by spirits over time and has become an evil spirit. The pillar is also the core of the formation. Let's destroy them first, then enter the tomb!"

Five sword wisps, each several feet long, shrouded the stone pillar with brilliant white light, slicing inward. The venomous snakes and flying lions on it truly came to life, struggling fiercely. The snakes opened their mouths, spewing streams of poisonous smoke at the crowd, while the lions opened their maws wide, attempting to bite off the sword energy. As he launched his attack, the objects on the other pillar also came to life. Liu Hanzhang also unleashed five brilliant white sword beams, but his were sword energy. With a single strike, and with a thunderous roar, he shattered the stone pillar into slag, scattering the venomous snakes and flying lions into rubble all over the ground.

Pei Lingyu felt embarrassed, so he took out a golden thunder ball from his Qiankun bag and threw it out. With a loud bang, the ball exploded with golden light and flying stone chips.

This guy named Pei is really competitive.

Yang Qisheng had no interest in arguing with him. He looked back inadvertently and suddenly saw a thin figure running towards him at the foot of the mountain like a civet cat.

(End of this chapter)