Chapter 39: Arrogance Reaches Its Peak

  The aura can be released externally, allowing the aura to transform into thousands of shapes and forms, such as eighteen kinds of weapons like knives, guns, swords, and halberds, various strange beasts like dragons, elephants, oxen, and tigers, and even transform into wings and fly, soaring through the sky. However, all of this requires strong spiritual intention to support it, in order for the aura not to collapse after leaving the body.

  Those who have not undergone systematic cultivation often do not know the importance of refining their spiritual thoughts, and are easily trapped in the realm of inner circulation, unable to progress further to achieve outer circulation.

  But the young masters of the aristocratic families, with the guidance of high-ranking experts and systematic cultivation, deeply understand the importance of refining their spirits. Moreover, they have sufficient financial resources to take elixirs like the Spirit-Nourishing Pill and the Spirit-Roaming Pill to nourish their refined spirits.

  Jiang Nan had previously taken the Spirit Nourishing Pill to nourish his spirit, and after arriving at the Medicine King's Mansion, he also refined a large quantity of Spirit Traveling Pills. Moreover, he possessed the Ming Wang Divine Seal, a martial art that specifically strengthened one's spiritual willpower. However, his spirit was still not strong enough to support the Heaven Peng Feather Transformation Great Technique, a profound mental technique.

  After all, he has only been cultivating the Ming Wang Shen Yin for a short time and is still in the Lian Qi realm. The quality of his true energy is not as good as that of the Lian Qi.

  Zhen Qi is Zhen Qi, no matter how much spiritual intention is added, it can never compare to the real Fa Qi.

  However, compared to other martial arts masters of the same level, Jiang Nan's spiritual intent has become so strong that it is beyond reach. If someone else were to cultivate the Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Technique, they might not even be able to construct a single Golden Wing of the Great Peng.

  He unfolded the lotus seal, treasure vase seal and other seals, quickly recovering his spirit and thoughts. In his mind, he thought: "If my spirit is strong enough, do I need to cultivate to the external cauldron realm to achieve flight?"

  Jiang Nan's spirits lifted as he thought of this, and he got up and headed out the door towards the Miao Dan Pavilion in the Medicine King's estate: "In that case, I'll find a strong God Wheel level cultivator to use as a test subject for the Spirit Nourishing Pill, refine a few furnaces of Spiritual Pills to nourish my spirit, and thoroughly master this Heaven Peng Feather Transformation Great Technique!"

  "Are you still thinking of leaving, Jiang?"

  Jiang Nan walked out of his residence and was stopped by a group of six or seven young men and women on a stone bridge, among whom was Lu Zhongxiang. He glared at the white-clothed man in front and said, "Qingquan brother, this person is Jiang Nan, Jiang Zikuan. Your younger brother Qin Nan died at his hands! Your younger brother had no grudges with him, yet he repeatedly suffered humiliation from him. This clearly means that he intentionally wants to make things difficult for your Mu Wang Fu!"

  "Mu Wang Fu's Mu Qing Quan?"

  In the Jiangnan region, there was a rumor about Mu Qingquan that had reached his ears. It was said that this person was one of the most outstanding young masters of the Mu Wangfu, who had achieved the peak of internal energy at a young age and had once challenged Xiao Qi Wang Qifeng, but unfortunately lost to him.

  Zi Feng is widely recognized as the strongest among the younger generation. Mu Qingquan has the qualifications to challenge him, and his strength is indeed not trivial.

  In fact, the feeling that Mu Qingquan gave him was indeed extraordinary. Standing among the crowd, he seemed like a divine tree, towering above the rest, displaying his transcendent and powerful strength.

  Mu Qingquan's eyes were cold and calm as he looked towards Jiangnan and asked, "Jiang, is this true?"

  Jiang Nan nodded and said, "This is indeed true."

  "So you're saying you killed my brother?"

  Jiang Nan did not deny it, clenching his fist and sighing: "Heaven is jealous of outstanding talents. Your younger brother was young and promising, with a bright future ahead of him. Unfortunately, he colluded with the five eunuchs under the Second Prince's command to plot against me, but I accidentally killed him in self-defense. He got what he deserved, and his death was justified. However, don't worry, Brother Qingquan - your brother died instantly from my palm strike, without suffering much pain."

  Mu Qingquan's eyes flashed with a cold glint, and he sneered: "Did you deserve to die? Is my brother deserving of death, or is it up to you to comment on that? If my brother wanted to kill you, you should have waited for your death with your hands tied. Let him beat you to death, even if he was guilty, it's the Mu Wangfu that will judge, not you who gets to interrupt. Since you killed him, today I'll kill you too, and let you be buried with him."

  He spoke lightly, as if everything was a matter of course.

  "Brother Qingquan, don't rush into action just yet."

  Suddenly, a young gentleman beside the Clear Spring laughed and said: "This Jiangnan Jiangzi River still has secrets on his body, making me very curious. Let me ask him, you can kill him later."

  Mu Qingquan nodded slightly and said, "Please, Brother Zhong Liang."

  That young master stepped forward, standing at the head of the bridge, looking down on Jiangnan with a sudden dark expression, as if interrogating a prisoner. He said in a cold voice: "Jiang Zikuan, I heard that your martial arts are very similar to the Dragon and Tiger Elephant Fist of our Qi Wang Fu, with a similar yet different skill. I order you to hand over this unique skill, and I can still plead for mercy on your behalf to Brother Mu, sparing your life!"

  "Are you Ji Zhongliang?"

  Jiang Nan's heart moved, he had been a slave in the Qi Wang Fu and heard of Qi Zhongliang's name. Qi Zhongliang was a person who ranked second only to Qi Feng among all the children of the Qi Wang Fu, with great strength and also an inner circle master at the peak. He was not someone that Qi Shan could compare to.

  Qizhong Liang did not know Jiangnan, after all, the slaves of the Qi Wangfu were counted in thousands, and he, as a distinguished person in the Qi Wangfu, would not pay attention to those humble slaves.

  He paid attention to Jiangnan only because the Dragon and Tiger Elephant Fist used by Jiangnan had a similar yet different effect as the Dragon and Tiger Elephant Fist of the Qi Wang Fu, making him very curious about Jiangnan's mental state.

  "Qi Zhongliang, isn't your Qi Wang Fu being too overbearing?"

  Jiang Nan sneered: "Just because my heart method has a few similarities with the Qi Wang Fu's ultimate skill, you want me to hand over my heart method? This is somewhat too presumptuous!"

  "Not bad, the Qi Wang Fu is really outrageous!"

  Qizhong Liang's aura gradually opened up, giving people the feeling of a fierce tiger revealing its claws and teeth, extremely dangerous. He coldly laughed: "You must hand over this technique, my Qiwang Fu's Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power is unique in the world, even similar techniques are not allowed to exist! If you don't hand it over, before Qingquan brother makes a move, I can already kill you!"

  "Brother Zhong Liang, don't worry, take it easy."

  Suddenly, another person sneered: "He hit my Lu Hou Fu's people, it's like hitting my Lu Hou Fu's face. No matter what, I want to get this face back for my Lu Hou Fu. Before you kill him, let me slap him a thousand times!"

  Jiang Nan looked at the man and saw that he was tall and sturdy, with dark skin and a robust build. He frowned and said, "Who are you?"

  That man gave a faint cold smile, his aura suddenly bursting forth, and was actually not weaker than Mu Qingquan and Qi Zhongliang by even the slightest bit. In a low voice, he said: "I am Lu Jinggong of the Lu Hou Fu. You are Jiang Zikuan from Jiangnan, an outsider who fled to our Jianwu Nation in times of trouble, thinking that with your abilities you can do as you please without any restraint. But little do you know, in my eyes, you're nothing but a stray dog, and I can crush someone like you with just one finger!"

  Jiang Nan sneered: "In the past, there were also powerful outsiders who didn't leave me behind. Do you think that just because of these few stray cats and dogs, I will surrender? You overestimate yourselves!"

  "Preposterous!"

  Zi Zhongliang, Mu Qingquan and Lu Jinggong shouted in unison, the three of them being outstanding figures from the three major families, how could they not be enraged when Jiangnan referred to them as stray cats and dogs?

  "Fourth Brother Mu, Third Brother Lu, don't intervene yet. Let me capture this person first and give him a good grilling!"

  Zi Zhongliang strode forward, his momentum suddenly swelling to its peak. Just as he was about to make a move, Yue Feng came running up, sweating profusely, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, hold back for now! Jiang has done a great favor for my Medicine King's Manor, if you harm him, I won't be able to explain it to the Manor Master!"

  Qizhong Liang's eyes showed a hesitant look, and he stopped in his tracks, indecisive: "If General Yue wants to protect him, this is going to be a bit tricky..."

  Although he is one of the most outstanding young masters in the Qi Wang Fu, whether it's his status or his cultivation strength, he is far inferior to Yao Wang Yue Shi Ting, and the Qi Wang Fu will not fall out with the Yao Wang Fu because of him.

  After all, the Medicine King's House controls the vast majority of spiritual elixirs in the country. If they were to offend the Medicine King's House and cut off the supply of spiritual elixirs to the Qi Wang Fu, it is likely that the Qi Wang Fu's strength would plummet drastically!

  Mu Qingquan and Lu Jinggong also had a chill in their hearts, they also harbored the same fear.

  "Since Brother Yue has spoken, we naturally have no choice but to obey."

  Mu Qingquan nodded towards Yue Feng and turned to look at Jiangnan, saying lightly: "However, Brother Yue, once we leave the Medicine King City, the Medicine King's Manor won't interfere again, right?"

  Yue Feng didn't want to offend them either, and smiled: "As long as you don't make a move in my Medicine King's Manor, everything can be discussed."

  Mu Qingquan glared at Jiangnan fiercely, took big strides forward, and as he passed by Jiangnan's side, he said in a cold voice: "Since that's the case, I'll spare your life for now out of respect for General Yue. Once we leave Yao Wang Fu, I'll send you to the afterlife!"

  Yue Feng let out a sigh of relief and wiped away the large beads of sweat on his forehead.

  Lu Jinggong strode past Jiang Nan's side with large steps, coldly laughing: "You little brat, consider yourself lucky!"

  Qizhong Liang walked past Jiangnan with his hands behind his back, saying calmly: "A good life? Not necessarily. It's just a delay of a few days before death, and in the end, you'll still die."

  "A bunch of idiots, you really think you've got me cornered?" Jiang Nan's voice suddenly came from behind them.

  Mu Qingquan and others had already walked dozens of feet away, but upon hearing this, they couldn't help but get extremely angry. Suddenly, they saw that Jiang Nan's body was surrounded by countless black feathers flying around him, which transformed into a pair of black wings behind his back. With a single flap of the wings, a strong gust of wind blew, and in an instant, he flew dozens of feet away, appearing right in front of them, almost within a foot of Mu Qingquan!

  Sigh——

  The strong wind rises again, Jiangnan has returned to its original place, standing on the bridge, as if it had never left!

  Behind him, a pair of black wings transformed into a vast expanse of black feathers, which poured into his body and vanished!

  "Zi brother, Mu brother, Lu brother, I say you are just a tomcat and a cur dog, you are indeed just a tomcat and a cur dog, don't imagine yourselves to be so mighty and powerful."

  Jiang Nan sneered and turned away with a flutter: "If you want to keep me, call your elders, as for you, you still need to cultivate for a few more years!"

  Mu Qingquan, Qi Zhongliang and others had a pale face, with anger burning in their hearts, but they couldn't say anything because they knew that they were really afraid of not being able to keep up with Jiangnan. At Jiangnan's speed, there were very few people who could keep up with him, and the harsh words they had spoken earlier were just ridiculous jokes to Jiangnan!

  "Feather Transformation Technique! What's his background, how can he master Feather Transformation Technique?"

  "No way! Didn't they say that only by cultivating to the outer cauldron boundary can one transform and fly? This kid's cultivation is nothing more than this, how could he possibly display the Feather Transformation Technique?"

  ……

  Yue Feng was also stunned, speechless for a long time, and it wasn't until after a while that he came to his senses: "It turns out that Brother Jiang actually still has such extraordinary skills, no wonder he was so confident earlier. I thought he was just pretending to be strong. It seems that the king values him so much, not without reason..."