Elderly Martial Saint: Sixty Times the Cultivation Speed ​​at the Start

The main residence in Wanfeng County.

Yi Yang rushed back from the valley and pushed open the courtyard gate where Wu Ge and Wu Yanluo, who were hiding their identities, were.

Uge and Wuyanluo sat at the stone table in the courtyard.

Ug sat on a stone bench wiping his scimitar, while Wuyanluo teased a wild cat with a twig.

When the two saw Yi Yang return, their eyes simultaneously fell on him.

The tears and charred marks on Yi Yang's official robes were too conspicuous. Although the wound on his left arm had scabbed over, the fabric was still inevitably stained with blood.

Ug sheathed his scimitar, straightened up, and asked with some surprise:

"Lord Yi, are you injured?"

Wu Yanluo also stood up, the silver bell on her ankle hidden in her trouser leg, making a very soft sound.

She looked Yi Yang up and down, her playful smile fading considerably, and asked with some concern:

"How did it get like this?"

Yi Yang walked to the stone table, sat down, picked up a pot of water, took two gulps, wiped his face, and said:

"What, Lord Ug didn't sense anything?"

"There was quite a commotion outside just now."

Ug was taken aback by the question, a look of confusion appearing on his face. "A commotion?"

He recalled for a moment.

"I did sense some commotion at the East Gate, with the aura of a True Qi Realm expert erupting, but it was very brief, subsiding in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."

"I thought it was one of your garrison guards dealing with some local conflict, so I didn't pay much attention."

"When you didn't come back, I started to think something might be wrong."

Yi Yang looked up at Uge and asked:

"Didn't you sense anything else?"

"No." Ug shook his head. "I couldn't possibly miss any fluctuations of aura above the True Qi Realm."

Yi Yang didn't press further. He understood what had happened and why the other person was quietly staying there without checking on the situation.

He already had the answer in his heart. Uge, a dignified Transcendent Realm cultivator, hadn't even noticed the Transcendent Realm battle outside the city, nor had he detected Huang Yi's barbarian runes erupting.

There is only one explanation.

Jiang Zhongtian intervened secretly.

It must be that Jiang Zhongtian set up some kind of shielding method around the valley, completely isolating all the qi fluctuations of those above the Tongxuan realm inside.

This prevented Ug from sensing the presence of someone at the Profound Realm, thus stopping Ug from making a move.

He didn't want anyone to disturb his assessment of Yi Yang, and at the same time, he blocked the Witch Kingdom's Huang Yi, preventing them from finding Wu Ge and thus attacking Yi Yang.

This deputy inspector is truly meticulous in his work.

Yi Yang's mind raced, but his face remained impassive.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the courtyard gate.

"My lord! You're back!"

Xu Min, accompanied by two Zhenfu guards, rushed in from outside. His injuries had stabilized after being treated with medicine, but he was still somewhat stiff when walking.

Seeing that Yi Yang was unharmed, his tense face relaxed, and he said, "Sir, something has happened!"

Xu Min strode up to Yi Yang, lowered his voice, and said gravely, "We discovered several corpses while patrolling around the base!"

Yi Yang hadn't expected there to be another situation. "Take me to see."

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The body was found in the shadows of a narrow alley outside the back wall of the camp, with its back against the wall and its head tilted to one side.

This is a burly man from the Wu Kingdom, dressed in Wu Kingdom attire, with a curved sword hanging from his waist.

Yi Yang stepped forward, squatted down, and examined it carefully.

He first looked at the deceased's face—the facial expression was calm, the eyes were half-open, and the pupils were not dilated.

The body showed no signs of struggle; its hands were still hanging at its sides, and the scimitar was not drawn. It seemed to have died too quickly, so quickly that it didn't even know it was about to die.

Yi Yang reached out and brushed aside the stray hairs on the deceased's forehead.

There is a black dot the size of a mung bean right in the center of the forehead.

There were no burns or bruises on the surrounding skin; it was just a clean little hole.

Yi Yang put two fingers together next to the small hole, closed his eyes, and sensed for two breaths.

A trace of extremely faint true energy remained on the wound, condensed, sharp, and perfectly controlled with no excess.

After examining it, he stood up and asked:

"Anything else?"

Xu Min nodded and replied, "Two in the alley to the north, one by the west wall, and two by the ditch outside the south gate. Including this one, that makes a total of six."

"How will you die?"

"They were all the same, a hole between their eyebrows, no other wounds on their bodies. The knife hadn't even been pulled out; they didn't even have a chance to react before they died."

Six corpses.

Based on the clothing and appearance of the corpses, Yi Yang guessed that they were probably Huang Yi's subordinates or followers.

Huang Yi himself was killed, Tu He was killed by Jiang Zhongtian, and the remaining six followers who had infiltrated the county town were also dealt with by Jiang Zhongtian based on the residual true energy between their brows.

Not a single one was left.

Moreover, the fact that the six people were scattered in different locations around the base indicates that they were on a surveillance mission, watching the mansion from different directions.

Jiang Zhongtian killed them one by one without them noticing.

He has reached the pinnacle of the Profound Realm and is ranked 278th on the Hidden Dragon List.

Yi Yang deepened this understanding in his mind.

"Gather the bodies in one place and don't make a sound," Yi Yang ordered. "Also, from now on, increase patrols. Two people per group, covering a 300-step radius around the camp. Report any unusual activity immediately."

"yes!"

Xu Min accepted the order and left.

When Yi Yang returned to the courtyard, Uge was standing at the door waiting for him, his eyes questioning.

"People from the Kingdom of Witches."

Yi Yang sat down at the stone table and explained:

"The six corpses outside were all at the True Qi Realm. He must have come with the ambush team and was lurking around the camp to monitor you."

Upon hearing this, Ug's face darkened; he hadn't even noticed these movements.

"Don't worry, they're already dead."

Yi Yang kept his words brief, "And there won't be any further danger. However, just to be on the safe side, we'll stay in Wanfeng County for three days. After three days, we'll depart for Hengyue Town."

Ug remained silent for a moment, without responding to Yi Yang's words, then turned and walked out of the courtyard.

He wanted to see it for himself.

Yi Yang didn't stop him.

Wu Yanluo stood at the stone table, watching Wu Ge's retreating figure, then turned to look at Yi Yang.

She didn't go out with them.

Yi Yang nodded to her, then turned and left, returning to his own room.

In the courtyard, Wu Yanluo leaned against a pillar, her two braids dangling behind her shoulders.

Her bare toes curled on the stone slab, her obsidian eyes blinked twice, and she stared at the closed door of Yiyang, muttering a phrase in the Wu Kingdom language to herself.

A short while later, Ug returned.

He found Wu Yanluo in the courtyard. His complexion was better than when he left, but his brows were still furrowed.

"They were indeed from the Witch Kingdom," Ug said in a low voice. "They were wearing the inner armor of the royal guards, and they were killed by a single blow to the forehead. The six men were scattered around the house, clearly a surveillance formation."

He rubbed his hands together, a hint of confusion in his voice, and thought, "But there's one thing I can't figure out: they only sent six True Qi Realm cultivators? That's not enough for me to kill."

Wu Yanluo sat on the steps, hugging her knees, her head tilted to the side.

"Uncle, think about it again."

Ug paused for a moment, then asked, "What do you mean?"

Wu Yanluo raised his hand, held up one finger, and tapped his brow.

"Six True Qi Realm cultivators, all died from a single point between their brows."

Her voice wasn't loud, but it made Ug freeze for a second.

"Same move, same spot, no second wound."

Wu Yanlu tilted his head and looked at his uncle, "Six True Qi Realm experts scattered in different places were killed by the same method, without even having time to draw their swords."

Ug's mouth opened, closed, and then opened again.

He finally tasted it.

A person who can do this is definitely not someone in the late stage of the True Qi Realm.

This kind of killing method, which is so clean and leaves no trace, is simply impossible to achieve without the cultivation level of the Profound Realm.

He turned his head to look in the direction of Yiyang's courtyard, and his eyes changed.

"You mean... he killed these six people?"

Wu Yanluo didn't answer, but gestured towards the door with his lip, a "what do you think?" look on his face.

Ug stood there stunned for a long time. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed his words back.

Finally, Ug let out a long breath.

He recalled the contempt and disappointment he felt towards Yi Yang's thirty soldiers and their late-stage True Qi Realm cultivation in that dimly lit room not long ago.

Looking back at that scene now, Ug feels his face burning.

The opponent was able to use the same technique to precisely and instantly kill six powerful generals at the True Qi Realm in different positions. This is definitely something that a late-stage True Qi Realm expert could not do!

Even he himself might not be able to do it so cleanly and efficiently!

That guy surnamed Yi...

He's been hiding his true strength!

His true strength is definitely more than just the late stage of the True Qi Realm!

"Your Highness," Ug said in a low voice in the language of the Witch Kingdom, "your judgment is indeed more accurate than mine."

Wu Yanluo shook the silver bell hidden on her ankle, chuckled twice, and didn't reply.

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inside the house.

Yi Yang sat cross-legged on the bed. He had no mind to care what the two people outside were thinking. The journey ahead should be safe, so he didn't need to worry too much.

At this moment, the true qi in his body has recovered to about 70% after being restored by the pills. The true qi of the Yi wood in his meridians flows smoothly, and he no longer has the previous feeling of being completely depleted.

With his eyes closed, he mentally went through the entire battle of the day from beginning to end.

When he fought Ye Hanqian, the self-healing ability of the flesh and blood monster caused him a lot of trouble. When the flesh and blood monster punched down, he used the "Martial Extreme Dragon Elephant Body" to withstand it, but his physical body was pushed to the limit.

If it weren't for the use of the Xuan Yuan spiritual weapon at the last moment, which forcibly broke through the opponent's defenses, the outcome would have been uncertain.

My own strength is still not enough.

"Martial Dragon Elephant Body" is a powerful true skill. A body at the Great Completion Realm is sufficient to withstand the full force of an attack from a Perfected True Qi Realm cultivator.

However, when facing a powerful expert at the second stage of the Profound Realm, who has reached the "Manifestation" stage, even those at the Great Completion Realm begin to struggle.

Thinking of this, Yi Yang took out the box wrapped in dark red animal hide from his storage ring.

The gift from Wu Yanluo can also be considered part of the payment.

The secret medicine of the royal family of the Witch Kingdom—Dragon and Tiger Body Strengthening Pill.

He lifted the lid of the box, and the dark gold pill, the size of a pigeon egg, lay quietly on the grayish-white animal wool, its surface shimmering with cloud-like patterns.

The aroma of medicine filled the entire room. One whiff and all the muscles in your body would tremble, and your joints would make a slight popping sound.

With a thought, Yi Yang's Destiny Panel appeared in his mind.

【Martial Arts Dragon Elephant Body (Mastery) 84796/150000】

It's still a little over 65,000 short of perfection.

Even with the sixty-fold bonus from Heavenly Mandate, at the usual cultivation speed, one can only advance a thousand points per day while juggling several cultivation techniques.

But if the effects of this secret medicine from the Witch Kingdom's royal family are truly as powerful as Wu Yanluo claims...

Without further hesitation, Yi Yang put the pill into his mouth.

The pill went down my throat without the burning sensation I had imagined.

A warm, gentle current, carrying a faint scent of herbs and trees, slid down my esophagus into my stomach, and then exploded with a bang!

The powerful medicinal force surged along the twelve meridians, reaching every part of the body.

This medicine is completely different from the body-refining pills of the Great Yu Dynasty. The pills of the Great Yu Dynasty emphasize gentle penetration and gradual progress, with the medicinal power seeping into the flesh layer by layer.

The pill from the Witch Kingdom took a different path.

The medicinal power began to spread along the meridians, filling every part of the flesh and blood.

Yi Yang's body involuntarily tensed up.

His skin had a faint golden sheen.

The bones of the body crackled and popped under the impact of the massive qi and blood, like firecrackers being set off during the Chinese New Year.

The flesh and blood in the body become more resilient and denser through repeated tearing and reconstruction.

He fully activated the "Martial Dragon Elephant Body".

The cultivation path of the Great Completion Realm surged within his body, like a floodgate being opened.

The rampaging medicinal power was guided by the cultivation technique, no longer running amok, and began to follow the unique body-refining route of the Martial Dragon Elephant Body, tempering the muscles, bones, and fascia round after round.

With each round of hammering, Yi Yang could feel his physical body changing.

The scabs from the blood burns on my arms started to fall off, revealing a layer of new skin underneath.

The new skin was a deeper color than before, and it also had faint golden lines, as if it were traces left on the skin after the medicine and the technique had blended together.

The blood in Yi Yang's body flowed several times faster, making a sound like a rushing river.

Every drop of blood, refined by the powerful medicinal properties, becomes purer, and its color changes from pale gold to gold.

The progress of "Martial Arts Dragon Elephant Body" began to jump on the panel that only the user could see.

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