Chapter Forty-One: Making A Move

  Xiao Nan was born in the Northern Domain, and at the age of thirty, Xiao Nan, who possessed a cultivation base of ten layers, was sent to the Mortal Realm for training by his sect as an elite disciple. Since then, Xiao Nan never left the Mortal Realm again.

  Compared to the outside world of cultivators, he prefers life here, enjoying the feeling of being high and mighty, revered by others. Here, Xiao Nan, with only a cultivation base of ten layers of Qi Refining, is respected as a Celestial Master, controlling an entire nation, even the Emperor has to show him the courtesy due to a junior. His words sometimes carry more weight than imperial law.

  Originally, Xiao Nan wanted to live a plain and simple life, then create a huge family and sit on an equal footing with the royal family.

  However, all these ideas were shattered with the invasion of Chu State.

  In the mortal world, there are countless countries, and almost every one of them has a cultivator or several cultivators backing them up. The country of Chu is no exception, with a cultivator supporting it from behind the scenes. This cultivator's cultivation is even more profound than Xiao Nan's, possessing an eleven-layer Qi Refining realm.

  Survival of the fittest!

  The strong will naturally devour the weak.

  The hermit of the Chu State, after fighting with Xiao Nan several times, figured out his strength and then controlled the king of the Chu State to launch a war to annex Zhao State.

  The geographical location of Chu State was originally much better than that of Zhao State, and the population was far beyond comparison with Zhao State. The two armies fought, and Zhao State did not suffer any unexpected defeat. A large area of land fell into the enemy's hands, while Xiao Nan, who was supposed to be the guardian of Zhao State, was tightly restrained by a Taoist priest behind Chu State and could not strike back to reverse the trend.

  As a result, Zhao was defeated again and again, and its territory was lost by nearly two-thirds.

  To preserve the last territory, Xiao Nan made his first appearance in front of the people of Zhao State and issued a curfew order as a fairy master. All cities along the border with Chu State were sealed off, among which the most important city, Ning Mountain City, was personally guarded by him.

  He believes that the other side absolutely dare not fight him to the death.

  The realm of Qi refining is not comparable to the existence of scattered immortals, and the gap between realms cannot be measured. In the realm of Qi refining, sometimes the gap in realms can be made up for through magical artifacts and divine abilities. Although Xiao Nan's hand did not have a mid-grade magical artifact, he knew a set of heavenly mouth incantations that could instantly boost his cultivation. Relying on this incantation, with his peak 10th layer Qi refining cultivation, after giving up everything, Xiao Nan could completely engage in a mutually destructive battle with the cultivator behind Chu Guo who had an initial 11th layer Qi refining cultivation.

  Of course, that incantation is powerful, but the cost of using it is too heavy, otherwise, with Xiao Nan's temperament, he would have used his divine power to repel the opponent long ago.

  As expected, after he sat in Ning Mountain City, the Chu State's offensive clearly stagnated, and the effect of martial law also showed up. Many spies from Chu were rejected outside the city. Now, some Wulin people are gathering to make trouble, Xiao Nan would not sit idly by, with a wave of his hand, Yuan Li wrapped around the crossbow cart on top of the city wall and smashed it towards the sword guest below.

  The crossbow cart crashes down, bringing out a gust of wind in mid-air, revealing its power.

  Xue Pan's complexion changed slightly, but he was shocked and not panicked.

  His swordsmanship was derived from Ding Yan's calligraphy, and his sword moves naturally contained a hint of the pen power that Ding Yan left between the characters.

  The long sword shone like light, and in an instant, Xue Pan's feet were stuck, unable to move. With one breath, he stabbed out thirteen swords.

  Every time he stabbed a sword, he would retreat a little, and the stone of the crossbow car would weaken by several points. By the time the thirteenth sword was stabbed out, the yuan force contained in the crossbow car had all dissipated, losing the support of the yard, the crossbow car smashed to the ground instantly, becoming a pile of scrap wood.

  "Huh?" On the city wall, Xiao Nan walked slowly onto the city head, looking down at Xue Pan in surprise.

  He really couldn't think of it, his own blow was actually blocked by a martial artist. Although this blow was just an ordinary use of yuan power. But what he used was after all yuan power.

  The power of yuan and the internal force are two completely different powers, just like the power of yuan and the immortal yuan, they are not even on the same level. The lower-level Xue Pan used his internal force to counteract his yuan force, which naturally caught his attention.

  "Superior Immortal, that person is the second-ranked One Sword to Sever the Soul - Xue Pan on the Jianghu Heavenly Machine List!" The deputy general beside him hastily walked over and respectfully said.

  "What's the Heavenly Rankings?" Xiao Nan's eyebrows rose.

  As for this list in the Jianghu, he had heard of some more or less, but didn't take them seriously. After all, in his opinion, even if the people on the Tianji List were extremely powerful, they still belonged to the mortal category, and the power they used was still internal energy.

  However, when he saw Xue Pan's swordsmanship, he suddenly became interested in this Tianji List.

  "This kind of person is an indispensable talent for our Zhao State..." After finishing speaking, Xiao Nan stood on the city wall and spat out a mouthful of air.

  This breath of air shot out and transformed into a long centipede in mid-air, flying downwards.

  Yuanli Huanhua is the most commonly used combat method by cultivators in the Refining Qi realm. If we count Ding Yan's past life, there is also the method of talismans, but since Ding Yan's rebirth, no one has been seen using talismans, and he was even judged by Huajiu of the Hualing Gate to have obtained ancient relics due to his use of talismans.

  Xue Pan's eyes widened in shock at the sight.

  The refugees below also let out a cry.

  The methods of an immortal master are something that many people may not even get to see once in their lifetime.

  "Cutting Character Technique!" Xue Pan's foot lightly tapped on the ground once.

  The whole person leaped into the air, his feet treading on empty space several times in a row. With the force of the momentum, he flew out to a height of several meters and with one sword sweep, changed from a thrust to a slash, instantly cutting that martial arts move into several segments.

  Then the whole person rotated in mid-air and fell back to the original place.

  "This immortal master's Huayuan Jue is not something that a mortal like you can cut off, gather for me!" Xiao Nan stretched out his hand and pointed.

  The broken centipede twisted a few times and was connected again.

  "Bind this person for Ben Xian Shi!" Xiao Nan pointed at Xue Pan, and Yuan Li's illusory centipede instantly wrapped itself around him.

  Just as the centipede was about to touch Xue Pan's body, Ding Yan, who had been standing in the crowd without moving, took a step forward and blocked Xue Pan.

  He stretched out his left hand and grabbed at the centipede that had transformed from Yuan Li.

  No signs of energy fluctuations, Ding Yan's left hand easily grasped the centipede transformed by Yuan Li, and then pinched it with five fingers. The centipede instantly burst open, turning into a cluster of Yuan Li that scattered away...

  "Immortal!!"

  Xiao Nan's face changed color as he saw this from atop the city wall.

  A cultivator of Qi wants to defeat a cultivator of Qi, it's absolutely not that easy. The only explanation is that he's a Loose Immortal! Only someone who has gone through the Tribulation of the Ordinary and has achieved the body of a Loose Immortal can easily dissolve the cultivator's Transformation of the Origin.

  "How can there be a free immortal in the mortal world?!" Xiao Nan didn't even think about it and directly turned around to escape into the distance.

  Scattered Immortals are absolutely not something that Qi-refining Cultivators can withstand!

  The soldiers who were still in shock at Xiao Nan's methods were stunned when they saw this scene.

  Immortal Master, escaped?!

  Xue Pan saw Ding Yan and his eyes lit up with excitement, taking a few steps forward to call out.

  "Ah Gong!"

  Ding Yan stood under the city gate, his blue long shirt fluttering, and the whiskers on his chin flying in the wind. As if he hadn't heard Xue Pan's voice at all, he stared at the city tower. The reason for his sudden action was that Ding Yan suddenly remembered something and had to ask these stupid and worldly cultivators a question.

  That is Taiyue Mountain!

  Xing Lao Guai once said that the mysterious skull was picked up from Taiyi Mountain.

  "Uncle, are you a god?!" Ding Chen was stunned.

  Ding Yan didn't bother to explain, and instead looked at Xiao Nan in the distance. Without hesitation, he swept his sleeve, wrapping it around Ding Chen who was still in a daze, and transformed into a streak of light, chasing after Xiao Nan's disappearing direction...

  "If you take one more step, once I catch you, I won't ask you another question. Instead, I'll directly refine your soul and scatter your consciousness." Ding Yan's voice clearly entered Xiao Nan's mind.

  Xiao Nan heard the sound and cold sweat instantly flowed down from his forehead.