novelraw Chapter 1154 - 578: Tang Xian’er (Part 2)
Chapter 1154 - 578: Tang Xian’er (Part 2)
Tang Xian’er pulled up her leather collar to cover her face, tugged at her wrist guard, and walked over with a clenched fist,
"You showed some skill earlier, come on! Let’s have a fight!"
Chen Debiao,
"She said you showed... huh? Where’s your accent gone again? Trying to trick me?"
Chen Xuantian smiled wryly,
"She had her Primordial Spirit locked on me the entire time, ready to strike before she even spoke. Now she’s transmitting through Inner Strength, there’s even brainwave correction...
You’re a mighty Nascent Soul Martial God, everyone in the Jianghu knows the Tang family’s matriarch’s reputation, there’s no need to stoop to the level of a Mixed Cultivator like me. Even if you win, it’s not exactly honorable, right?"
Tang Xian’er snorted coldly,
"Since you learned the old man’s skills, you’re his disciple, and I’m your master-wife, so it’s only natural I guide you on his behalf, no need to be polite! Make your move!"
Chen Xuantian shook his head and said,
"That’s not how it is, I just said I learned the skills carved on the stone walls in the cave, you don’t even know who carved them.
You can only say it’s possibly passed down by the Chen Family ancestor, but it could also have been carved by a monkey in the mountain. How does that count as apprenticeship?"
Tang Xian’er grew impatient and pointed with her finger!
"Enough with the nonsense! If you don’t strike, I’ll take out the Chen family!"
The Chen family was shocked! But when they saw she pointed at Chen Debiao, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Debiao, "!?"
Chen Xuantian frowned,
"What’s the need for this, though your family’s matters have nothing to do with me, you heard earlier, they’re just distant relatives of the Chen Family. They’ve agreed to my mediation to let it go. You already crippled one of his arms, isn’t that enough revenge?"
Tang Xian’er snorted coldly,
"I know they have nothing to do with that heartless man, otherwise, how could they still be alive today! If I hadn’t protected them, they would’ve been wiped out by enemies long ago!
I originally didn’t want to interfere with the younger generation’s matters, Hidden Sword Manor and I have always been on good terms, naturally I’d take care of the little Shen Family girl. But that Chen family kid is vicious!
What I hate most is the old man who stopped me back then from eloping with that heartless man! If it weren’t for their meddling, I’d have had thirteen kids by now! Wouldn’t be sitting at home widowed!
Now he jumps out to stop Yu’er’s marriage, and beat him like this! How can I let it go easily! Crippling one of his arms, is repaying a blow to the head. He just wanted Yu’er’s life earlier, is it excessive of me to take it back?
Didn’t you just stop me? Alright, now I’ll give you a chance to stop me too, let’s see!"
With that, she flickered forward, swinging a palm towards Chen Debiao’s head with a "ha!"
But Chen Xuantian could tell, although the matriarch’s words were fierce, she didn’t really intend to kill.
If she really wanted to kill, those three needles to the forehead would’ve done the job. Why bother babbling and then come to fight? Besides, doesn’t the Tang family have their own martial arts, why would a dignified Martial God bother using Crane Cry in the Nine Heavens Divine Skill to float over here for an exchange?
She probably distrusted Chen Xuantian’s words and was suspicious of his heritage, doubting where he learned the Crane Cry Skill, intending to test his background personally.
Though he could just walk away and run, it’s better to accompany this hot-tempered elder for a couple of moves. The Immortal Crane Lovers have already appeared, this karmic debt is too heavy, if he doesn’t smooth it over, it’ll be endless trouble in the future.
"Alright! Please, senior, enlighten me!" "Awo!"
With that, Chen Xuantian clasped his fists and bowed, then swept up his rear leg and kicked, sending the unprepared Chen Debiao flying like a ball into the bushes.
Tang Xian’er really didn’t pay him any mind, heading straight for Chen Xuantian. She immediately used her palm as a blade, exchanging moves with slapping sounds, and engaging in several entangling hand techniques. Both of them were using the Crane Cry Skill, with identical moves and routines. The other party didn’t rely on their higher realm to bully, but rather controlled their power, only using Innate Gang Qi to test Chen Xuantian’s skills.
The Crane Cry Skill was originally a top-notch cultivation method refined by Peng Ju, combining Qi and Body Cultivation, complete inside and out. Each move integrated Qi Gong, releasing and gathering with each strike having White Rainbow Palm Power, surrounded by Gang Qi that shielded the body, in layers and spreads, much like an immortal crane flapping its wings and creating wind, its feathers flying gracefully. To onlookers, they truly seemed like a pair of dancing immortal cranes... and a night heron.
However, since Tang Xian’er’s purpose was indeed to test his foundation, she certainly wouldn’t purely follow the cultivation technique routine but had to make a few deadly moves to force him to reveal his true skills. Moreover, as a Martial God of the Tang family with extensive Jianghu experience, after just ten moves, she found that, despite his fat appearance, the plump man’s basic skills were shockingly solid, and his body was all muscle, possessing extremely thick Qi Power and unfathomable power, far exceeding any ordinary Golden Core mixed fish. Using a bit more force wouldn’t kill him.
Immediately, her Hand Wind changed, her movement technique shifted, switching to a set of Hundred Flowers Chaotic, Mystical Blossoms technique, dazzling, and incredibly intricate...
Chen Xuantian was shocked! He quickly dodged and jumped away, stepping on his left foot with his right foot as if ascending to the clouds,
"You’re not practicing the good Crane Cry Divine Skill! You’re actually learning the Demon Path’s ’The Hundred-Eight Forms of the Mystic Blossoms’!"
Tang Xian’er found it surprising too, using the Crane Cry Divine Skill, she lightened her body and flew over to ask,
"Such nonsense! I’ve already reached Nascent Soul, why practice Crane Cry Skill! And I only got incomplete parts of this skill, didn’t even use many moves, how did you recognize the hundred-and-eight forms?"
Well, thinking about it is quite reasonable. Back then, Ancestor Wan Du’s lineage was the main force invading Kunzhou. Even though they were exterminated by Lingxu, many cultivation techniques scattered in the mortal realm, fought over as Immortal Secret Scriptures by mortals.
Moreover, the original hundred-and-eight forms were designed as Martial Arts Tao, with cultivation methods extremely intricate. Though it couldn’t overmatch Lingxu, who in the world could defeat Lingxu? It fits Tang Xian’er’s fighting style and cultivation needs, so grabbing this inherited Divine Skill was very reasonable.
Yet, the issue is, in today’s world, many things can’t be reasoned with.
At that moment, Chen Xuantian changed his approach and drew the Dragon Abyss Sword with righteous determination,
"This skill is transmitted by the Five Immortals of Kunlun and Ten Thousand Poison Demon Ancestor! If you inherit his cause and effect and become a Kunlun successor, it leads you to the Demon Path! Cutting off the Righteous Path! The Three Great Sects cannot tolerate you! If you do not repent in time! Redemption is at hand! As a disciple of the Righteous Path, and an inheritor of the Sword Sect! Naturally, I must represent the Heavenly Dao and righteousness to eliminate you!"
Chen Xuantian wasn’t joking, because now there is a real emphasis on distinguishing between Xuan demons and the division between right and evil.
Therefore, if Tang Xian’er plunges into the Demon Path, she really could be killed by one sword. And cutting off cause and effect in such a manner is the simplest and most straightforward. Even if evaluated, it might be better to kill now, at least killing her wouldn’t implicate the entire Tang family in the future; if they knew in the afterlife, they might even thank him.
Tang Xian’er fell silent for a moment, but ultimately she was not some feverish headstrong teenage girl always dreaming of eloping. She was over a thousand years old and still thought of eloping...
Ahem, in short, she really had personally experienced the great calamity of the Demon Path invasion back in the day, knowing that when the Three Great Sects seriously exterminate demons, it’s truly Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea, fierce and merciless. Seeing Chen Xuantian’s decisive severance of ties, after pondering for a moment, she nodded.
"Alright, this cultivation method is also a fragment I picked up by chance. Since it’s a Demon Path inheritance, I won’t practice it."
With that, she indeed raised her hand and took out a bamboo slip, using her Inner Strength to send a jolt, "crackling!" A crisp sound ensued as she shattered the bamboo slips completely, with the fragments and wood chips scattering and fluttering to the ground in the wind.
"Is that satisfactory?"
Seeing her so receptive to advice actually left Chen Xuantian a bit disappointed. He sheepishly sheathed the Dragon Abyss back into the sword bag, but on the surface, still smiled warmly,
"Good, a wise one recognizes the times. That Kunlun Demon Path, just a bunch of worthless riffraff, already swept away by the Righteous Path, their garbage skills are nothing impressive, unworthy of grandmotherly status... but where did you pick up that cultivation method? Any others you found?"
Tang Xian’er squinted her eyes,
"Where else could I have picked it up? Of course, in the Qingcheng Cave, in the Immortal Demon Ruins. Why, do you want to go garbage collecting too?"
Chen Xuantian spoke righteously,
"No, no. As a disciple of the Righteous Path, how could I covet these Demon Path inheritances?
However, to prevent these demonic arts from falling into the hands of evil beings, we must eradicate these wastes. Naturally, it’s my duty.
Qingcheng Cave, is it? Thank you for informing me; demon extermination is paramount, and I will take my leave immediately."
Tang Xian’er nodded,
"Good, let’s go, I’ll take you straight there, and we can continue sparring after eliminating the demons."
Ah, it seems the karmic ties of marriage truly run deep; this old woman got stuck on him like plaster, impossible to shake off.