Chapter Thirteen: The Crisis Begins

  "It's indeed Jiang Yue's Breaking Wave Fist!"

  Zi Feng's gaze swept across the many chaotic footprints, coldly laughing repeatedly. Suddenly, his body moved and landed on Jiang Nan's footprint, shaking continuously. His hands changed rapidly, sometimes using the Jiang Yue Broken Wave Technique, sometimes using the Li Mao Thirteen Pounces movement, and suddenly switching to the Hunyuan Opening Tablet Hand.

  If Jiang Nan were here, he would be extremely surprised, because the moves displayed by Qi Feng are exactly the same as those used by Jiang Nan to kill Wu Si Jiang, with the same sequence, completely reproducing the scene of Jiang Nan killing Wu Si Jiang!

  "Thirteen strokes of the lynx cat, Mixed Yuan opens the stele with his hand. Heh heh, this servant actually understands quite a bit about the martial arts of our Qi Wang Fu, and has even learned one of the Four Great Absolute Arts - Jiang Yue Po Lang Quan!"

  Qifeng's face was shrouded in a murderous aura, and he said coldly: "Stealing the ultimate skill of my royal mansion and using it to kill Wu Si Jiang, the martial arts manager of Wu, outside the city is clearly a show of force against my royal mansion. What a big nerve!"

  Zong Guan Qi Dang's heart was stern, the Qi Wang Fu attached great importance to its own unique skills, and guarded them strictly, prohibiting anyone from stealing them. Once discovered, they would be immediately put to death.

  Unexpectedly, someone has actually stolen the Jiangyue Broken Wave Technique and even killed the manager of the Wang Mansion outside Qiwang City, which is no different from showing off to the Qi Wang Mansion!

  "That slave can actually touch the Jiangyue Broken Wave Technique, he must be a slave of the inner court. He obtained my inner court's ultimate technique, and it shouldn't have been for long. His cultivation is not strong, and should be between the Bone Refining and Membrane Refining realms."

  Qifeng turned and left, saying in a low voice: "To cultivate to this point, ordinary qualifications require five or six years, good qualifications require two or three years. This person must have been lurking into the palace within this time frame. Qihong, you check carefully, who became a slave of the palace during this period!"

  Qī Yáng nodded and said in a cold voice: "I will definitely use all my strength to catch this person!"

  "Again!"

  Qifeng stopped in his tracks, his face stern: "This slave has stolen the ultimate technique of our Qiwang Fu and not only hasn't escaped, but instead dares to show off in front of me. He must be extremely reckless! There may be other places where he practices near Yangchuan River, you all carefully investigate and make sure to find all the places he frequently appears, and thoroughly search them for me!"

  In the afternoon, Tie Zhu found Jiang Nan again and said mysteriously: "Zi Chuan, have you heard? Someone has stolen the ultimate skill from the Wang Mansion and was discovered by Wu Si Jiang, which led to Wu Si Jiang's death! This person is extremely bold and even killed a bear demon near the Shangshen Temple in the upper reaches of the Yangchuan River.

  "I did indeed kill a bear demon at the Mountain God Temple some days ago. After so many days, I'm afraid the remaining traces can't be easily found, and yet they were discovered by Qifeng?"

  In Jiangnan's heart, there was a hint of admiration for Qi Feng. Qi Feng handled things with meticulous care, and surprisingly, he even sent someone to check the upper reaches of Yangchuan River!

  Tie Zhu continued: "I heard that this person is a slave in the Wang Fu, and Qi Yong is investigating who stole the Wang Fu's ultimate skill!"

  Jiang Nan inquired carefully and found out that the total manager of Wang Fu, Qi Yong, was only investigating those servants who entered the mansion two to six years ago. He let out a sigh of relief and thought: "I was just a miscellaneous worker who entered Wang Fu a year ago, and now I'm free, no matter how Qi Yong investigates, he won't be able to find anything on me."

  Although his cultivation and strength have advanced rapidly, for a powerful family like the Qi Wang Fu, his strength is still insignificant. If he were to be discovered by the Qi Wang Fu that he had secretly learned the Jiang Yue Po Lang Jue and Long Hu Xiang Li, he would only have one path - death!

  "Zhuzi, be careful. The Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist technique I taught you is different from the one used by the Qi Wang Fu, but they do share some similarities. If someone discovers this, our lives will be in danger!"

  Jiang Nan's face was solemn and he said in a deep voice: "You'd better show less of your martial arts skills, lest you attract unnecessary trouble."

  Tie Zhu nodded and smiled: "I naturally know this, it won't be seen by others."

  In the south, with a flip of his palm, he took out a jade bottle and smiled: "Zhu Zi, I have some Qi-tonifying pills here. If you eat them, you can save yourself one or two years of bitter cultivation."

  "Benefit Qi Pill?"

  Tie Zhu was stunned and exclaimed: "A Beneficial Qi Pill that can increase true energy? Zi Chuan, where did you get such a treasure?"

  He was shocked to the core, even if he were a member of the royal family of Qi Wang Fu, he wouldn't have many Yiqi Dan, a precious item that costs 100 taels of silver for just one. Even with Qi Wang Fu's vast wealth, it's impossible to provide every single member of the royal family with such luxury. After all, there are over a hundred members in the royal family, and if each person consumes one Yiqi Dan per day, that would be 10,000 taels of silver!

  But Jiang Nan was just a lowly servant, yet he could produce a bottle of Yiqi Dan, as if he were the true master of the estate, while the young masters of the Qi Wang Fu were like beggars in comparison.

  "You don't need to know this."

  Jiang Nan stuffed the jade bottle into his hand without giving him a chance to refuse, and said with a smile: "These Yiqi Dan are of little use to me now, but they will be extremely beneficial to you. Zhu, since you consider me as your brother, don't say polite words anymore! Aren't you tired of being a slave and a lowly person?

  Tie Zhu was stunned, and had no choice but to put away the Yi Qi Dan. He opened the jade bottle, took a glance inside, and couldn't help but take a cold breath, his heart racing: "So many Yi Qi Dans!"

  There are over a dozen Qi-tonifying pellets in this jade bottle, worth more than 1,000 taels of silver. These slaves and underlings may not be able to earn so much money even if they work for their entire lives!

  If these Benefit Qi Pills are sold out, they can completely make Tie Zhu worry-free about food and clothing for his whole life!

  "Zi Chuan, what other secrets do you still have..."

  Tie Zhu muttered to himself, he only felt that his former familiar companions had now become another person, unfathomable.

  "Zi Chuan, you've been taking the nourishing pellets to cultivate your body. By now, you should have purged all the impurities and hidden ailments from your body, making significant progress in your strength... "

  Jiang Xue's beautiful eyes sparkled as she smiled and said: "So later we'll go to Luoxia Mountain, and come back early tomorrow morning."

  Jiang Nan was shocked: "Fight from now until tomorrow morning?"

  "Are you afraid?"

  "Why should I be afraid?"

  Jiang Nan burst out laughing, but in his heart he was secretly worried. It was still afternoon now, and there was a period of time before sunset, plus the whole night, this intensity of battle even an iron-clad body couldn't withstand!

  Before long, the sister and brother walked out of the city and headed deep into the Luoxia Mountains. Although there were many monsters in the Luoxia Mountains, there were many masters in the Qi Wang City, so monsters rarely appeared near the royal city. However, the farther away from the Qi Wang City, the more monsters there were, and the denser they became.

  Jiang Nan charged all the way into Luoxia Mountain, and had already encountered two or three demonic beasts along the way. All of them were killed by him with a single palm strike, however, his true energy consumption was not slow either.

  The sunset finally fell, the moon rose, and Jiangnan and Jiangxue, this stunning woman, walked in the desolate mountain forest, with no impure thoughts in her mind, but instead highly vigilant.

  Suddenly, a loud "whoosh" sound was heard, and in the moonlight, a snow-white spider web with a diameter of over ten feet descended from the sky and enveloped him!

  "Spider Demon?"

  In the south, a true energy surge, stirring up the spirit, his body suddenly retreated, dodging the spider web's capture. Suddenly, the sound of rustling echoed, and a black spider the size of a round table emerged from the depths of the mountain forest, rapidly encircling him, continuously spewing silk threads. In the blink of an eye, it had woven a massive web in the mountain forest, several feet in diameter, turning him into a bug caught in the net!

  Jiang Xue had already disappeared from his side, and appeared alone in the distance, standing on an empty ground, with a moonlit glow of dozens of feet around her being drawn to her.

  The south was already accustomed to this, when suddenly there came a rustling sound again. A leopard with a body length of seven or eight feet jumped and flew on the big tree, jumping from one big tree to another, avoiding spider webs, and quickly approached him.

  Another monkey with a flower-like face, making strange cries, came jumping and leaping. This mountain monkey was extremely agile, every time it jumped up and fell down, it landed precisely in the holes of the spider web, without touching the spider silk, joining forces with the flower leopard and spider demon to attack Jiangnan!

  "The number of monsters appearing is increasing!"

  Jiang Nan's face turned solemn, and he thought to himself: "After I cultivated the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture, my yang energy became extremely vigorous and abundant. The nearby demonic beasts are probably all attracted to me!"

  The black spider moved with eight legs, treading on the web and making a strange cry. It flew over quickly, Jiang Nan let out a cold hum, his true energy rubbing against the air to produce a low-pitched elephant trumpet sound. His arm was like an elephant's trunk, slapping down with a "pa" sound, sending the big spider flying with one palm.

  Jiang Nan's arm was also shaken with a burst of pain, and his heart was shocked: "This palm of mine, even if it were iron plate slapped down, could leave a palm print, this spider's body is harder than iron!"

  A flower leopard appeared on his head, silently and quietly pouncing down. At the same time, a mountain monkey jumped like flying, probing its claws towards Jiangnan's forehead to grab it, opening his skull and brain, making him fall into siege!

  This battle in Jiangnan was extremely arduous, with Spider, Mountain Ape and Flower Leopard each being a formidable opponent. One-on-one, Jiangnan could easily emerge victorious, but when surrounded, he found himself somewhat at a loss.

  This is still the case where his cultivation and strength have made great progress, if it were to be done a day ago, he would probably not be able to withstand for long before being torn into pieces by these demonic beasts!

  The mixed yuan opening seal, dragon and tiger elephant power, lynx cat thirteen push, Jiang Yue broken wave power, blood god skill etc. martial arts in his hands changed endlessly, the martial arts he practiced were not many, but they were all masterpieces, every time he used them, Jiang Nan gained a deeper understanding of these martial arts, next time using them, the power was greater, and the moves more perfect!

  After a fierce battle, he finally killed the spider as big as a round table. His body was covered with wounds, his clothes were torn to shreds, and bloodstains were everywhere.

  But at this moment, a sudden howl came again, and two demon wolves stood up like humans, walking into the battlefield!

  The pressure in Jiangnan has increased exponentially, and the demonic beasts from Luoxia Mountain are pouring in endlessly. He can't kill them all, and they don't give him any chance to catch his breath. If he relaxes even slightly, he will be swallowed alive by the demonic beasts!

  He had thought that the scene of encountering demons and monsters while fleeing thousands of miles was the most terrifying experience he would have in his lifetime, but compared to what he is experiencing now, it's really some small magic seeing great magic.

  Jiang Nan thought he couldn't hold on several times, and was almost torn to pieces by these demonic beasts several times. He didn't know how many demonic beasts he had killed, but there was only one thought in his mind.

  That's it, live on!

  He had killed until he was exhausted, his eyes were bloodshot, and he could only rely on a stubborn and unyielding will in his heart to support him, fighting mechanically!