Martial Arts Sainthood Begins with the Tiger-Taming Fist

Walking back to Fangyuan, Chen Mo mentally reviewed today's battle.

In fact, his sword strike had the potential to severely injure Cao Tai, but he slowed down at the crucial moment, deliberately letting the opponent block it.

Although swords and spears are indiscriminate during sparring and life and death are inevitable, Su Yuan is indeed very powerful. If Cao Tai is truly injured, Su Yuan will not let Chen Mo off the hook.

It's just a few bottles of pills, not a life-or-death feud. There's no need to fight to the death.

He experienced several assassination attempts and was assassinated in Heihe Town, including many life-or-death battles.

Now, faced with such a competition, my heart is no longer stirred by much emotion.

Cao Tai's sense of oppression was not as strong as Zhao Huayuan's.

This is the difference between a family member and the head of the family.

Of course, Chen Mo's growth during this period is also inseparable from this.

Not long after.

The group returned to the courtyard.

"Why don't we celebrate in the dining hall? It's spacious here," Tan Yuan suggested.

No one objected, and everyone took their seats as they pleased.

The other senior brothers and sisters were all taken aback when they heard the news that Chen Mo had defeated Cao Tai. Then they immediately joined the celebration and gave Chen Mo a thumbs up.

"Senior Sister Xu, Senior Brother Zheng, Senior Brother Yang."

Chen Mo gave a fist bump to the three newcomers.

The other party returned the greeting with a fist and palm salute.

Xu Yan, ranked sixth, is at the mid-stage of the Transformation Realm and has a lively personality.

Zheng Pan, ranked eighth, is at the early stage of the Transformation Realm, and is reserved and taciturn.

Yang Zhou, ranked thirteenth, is at the peak of internal strength and is clever and eloquent.

After everyone sat down, Yang Zhou said:

"Junior Brother Chen, you just sit here and I'll go get some of everyone's hidden good wine."

After saying that, he rushed out of the dining hall like a wheel, and soon returned with two jars of wine in his hands.

Yang Zhou placed the wine jar on the table. As soon as he opened the stopper, an extremely strong fragrance wafted out, making one feel intoxicated at first sniff.

"Brother, where did you get this wine? Did you swap the pills Xiaoyun gave you for it?"

Xu Yan, with her hair tied in two cute ponytails, teased him.

"How could that be!" Yang Zhou immediately explained, "This is the finest nourishing wine I bought with the money I saved up every month by scrimping and saving."

"So you're actually willing to take it out?"

Xu Yan remained relentless.

Yang Zhou said, "Of course, Junior Brother Chen has given Dean Fang face today, so we should celebrate."

After the two of them made a ruckus, the atmosphere gradually became more lively.

Serving wine and dishes.

Before long, the wine and dishes were ready.

Tan Yuan suddenly sighed, "Normally, you all practice martial arts alone, and it's rare to have a chance to get together. Today, let's take this opportunity to drink to our hearts' content. If only..."

He paused here, then added, "If only my eldest brother and second sister were here too..."

As soon as he finished speaking, two footsteps sounded outside the house, approaching from afar.

Everyone looked towards the doorway.

Qin Yang and Tong Lu walked into the dining hall side by side.

"Senior Brother!"

"Second Senior Sister!"

The group was somewhat surprised to see the two enter.

Normally, Qin Yang and Tong Lu are in seclusion year-round, so they don't have many opportunities to spend time with others.

After gesturing to everyone, Qin Yang walked up to Chen Mo, then took a dark wooden box from behind his back, placed it on the table, and said:

"Junior Brother Chen, this is a gift I'm giving you upon meeting you. To be precise, it's from Shen Qi."

Chen Mo looked completely bewildered.

He untied the thin rope from the wooden box, opened it, and saw a dark blue sword lying quietly inside, gleaming with a cold, sharp light.

"this……"

Chen Mo's heart skipped a beat. "Senior brother, isn't this gift a bit too expensive?"

Qin Yang replied, "If you think it's valuable, you can talk to Shen Qi about it."

Chen Mo was speechless for a moment, then thought for a moment and asked doubtfully:

"I met Senior Brother Shen in Anyang County a little over two months ago. Before that, he shouldn't have known me. Why would he give me this sword?"

A hint of reminiscence flashed in Qin Yang's eyes. "Before Shen Qi left, he gave me this sword and told me that if I encountered any outstanding new students in the Fang Academy, I could give it to them."

He looked at Chen Mo again, "Therefore, I am handing it over to you today, which can be considered as fulfilling his instructions."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo's expression hardened.

He immediately bowed.

"Thank you very much, Senior Brother Qin. I, Chen Mo, will certainly live up to the trust placed in me by Senior Brother Shen and Senior Brother Qin!"

He now understood why Shen Qi, a swordsman of such high skill, did not have his own sword and instead went to Anyang County to have one forged.

It turns out that the sword had already been left in the courtyard.

Tong Lu, who was standing to the side, said, "This sword is called Crane's Cry, and there is some entanglement between this sword and Dean Su."

Jiang Xiaoyun and Xu Yan, the two disciples who had joined the sect earlier, frowned slightly.

The disciples who joined later looked at Tong Lu.

These things are never mentioned in ordinary times.

"Senior Sister Tong, what exactly happened?"

Tan Yuan asked.

Tong Lu slowly recalled:

"Shen Qi is exceptionally talented and unruly by nature. Three years ago, he had already reached the peak of the Transformation Realm and was just one step away from the Embracing the Core Realm."

"At that time, Nine Swords Mountain organized its disciples to go on a trip to Wind and Thunder Valley. Shen Qi accidentally discovered a Crane Cry Stone, but was besieged by three Transformation Realm experts from Su Academy. He severely injured two of them, and was also injured himself."

"Since then, Shen Qi has suffered damage to his physical constitution, and his cultivation level has stagnated."

Knowing he could not break through to the level of the Embracing Core Realm, he forged a sword from Crane Cry Stone and left it for Senior Brother Qin before departing.

After Tong Lu finished speaking, anger appeared on everyone's faces.

Yang Zhou immediately cursed, "Those people from the Su Academy are truly despicable! No wonder they were so hostile towards us the moment they saw us. This time they even openly snatched Junior Brother Chen's Qi-Strengthening Pill. It turns out it's a bad habit passed down from their ancestors!"

"So there are these past events. Junior Brother Chen's public defeat of Cao Tai can be considered a way of getting revenge."

Tan Yuandao.

He suddenly remembered something, "However, after this battle, we must be wary of Su Yuan's retaliation."

Xu Yan put down the chicken leg she had gnawed down to the bone. "Those three guys who attacked Senior Brother Shen are still at Su Academy! Junior Brother, don't wander around outside with your sword. If you run into those three, you'll definitely get a beating!"

Chen Mo was taken aback for a moment after hearing this, then nodded. "Thank you for reminding me, Senior Sister Xu. I will be careful."

This is the first step in the process.

The crowd had lost interest and were mostly distracted.

About half an hour later, the group prepared to leave.

As they reached the door, they suddenly saw Fang Liang already standing there.

"Master...Master?"

"Master!"

"Master!"

Fang Liang nodded slightly and said, "Chen Mo, I have something to say to you. Let's start here."

Upon hearing this, the others immediately quickened their pace and left the dining hall.

Only Chen Mo remained.

Fang Liang walked up to him, looked at the dark wooden box in his hand, and said, "He Li, is Shen Qi's sword now in your possession?"

Chen Mo nodded, "Yes, Senior Brother Qin and Senior Sister Tong were talking about some past events just now."

Fang Liang nodded slightly.

What Tong Lu didn't mention earlier was that after Shen Qi was seriously injured, Fang Liang once stepped into Su Academy alone and had an earth-shattering duel with Elder Su.

The result of the duel was that Fang Liang won by a narrow margin.

At this moment, he came to his senses and said, "By the way, I haven't had a chance to ask you which cultivation method you chose, and how your practice is going?"