Chapter Seventeen: The Divine Pillar of the Elephant King

  The Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist that Jiangnan taught to Tie Zhu was his own creation. The reason why the two transmissions were different is that when Jiangnan first transmitted it, he had only roughly created this martial art. After these few days of battle and tempering, especially after fighting against Jin Lin's giant python, he gained a lot and made great changes to the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist.

  What was most crucial was that he saw the real dragon by the deep pool of the waterfall, although it was only a glimpse, but the dragon's appearance was deeply imprinted in his mind, and even more so, it elevated his Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist to an unprecedented height!

  "It's said that the first generation of Qi Wang created the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist after seeing a real dragon, but in my opinion, what he probably saw was just an alligator." Jiang Nan thought to himself.

  Tie Zhu had already refined nine Yi Qi Dans in the past few days, and his true energy had long been extracted. At this moment, his cultivation was also advancing by leaps and bounds, reaching the peak of refining his flesh. His skin and muscles were incredibly powerful, and with just a slight movement, one could see the robust muscles rolling under his skin!

  He was born with divine power, his body far surpassing that of ordinary people. At this moment, he already possessed the strength of two tigers, his physique more robust and sturdy than a few days ago, like an iron tower, about two feet taller than Jiang Nan.

  He had already refined two forms of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist, the Chui Long Chu Yuan and the Meng Hu Chu Qiu. The two moves were unleashed, with a dragon's roar and a tiger's howl, shocking everyone in attendance. All he needed to do was consume the remaining few Qi-tonifying pellets to refine them, and he would be able to enter the realm of refining his tendons, completing the third form of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist: the Divine Elephant Tramples the Mountain!

  Imagine this majestic man unfolding the divine elephant's mountain-trampling style, so bold and overbearing, taking thirteen steps in a row, striking thirteen times in a row, what a terrifying scene would that be?

  Jiangnan passed on the divine elephant's mountain-stomping technique to him as well, and now Tie Zhu can cultivate this move. However, he will have to wait until he reaches the Refining Tendons realm before he can fully unleash its power.

  Moreover, Jiang Nan has also cultivated to the realm of refining membranes and has begun to cultivate the fifth move of Jiang Yue Po Lang Jue, Shen Yue Yan Da Guang!

  The Shen Yue Yan Da Guang style requires imagining the true energy of the entire body as a bright moon, starting from the lowest level of the tailbone at the base of the spine and rising up to the cervical vertebrae before stopping, circulating repeatedly.

  This is a physical refining technique that transforms true energy into divine moonlight, illuminating the entire body and enhancing its functions.

  Jiangnan only broke through the tail vertebra, and Shen Yue could only rise up to four vertebrae before he couldn't continue. He didn't think much of this move either. Although Shen Yue's performance of "Dahua" was extremely wonderful, compared to the physical refinement effects of "Douluo Divine Fire" and "Mojie Xuantai Jing", the effect of Shen Yue's "Dahua" was negligible.

  The sixth move of Jiangyue Porao Jue, Puzhao Wujitu, although he has already practiced the move, his cultivation has not reached the level, and the move does not have much power.

  He has now cultivated to the realm of refining membranes, and the power of the fifth move of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist, "Tiger Enters a Flock of Sheep", is suddenly revealed. The fierce tiger pounces on the sheep, biting its neck with one bite, this is a killing move, each move is fatal, each move seals the throat, like a fierce tiger entering a flock of sheep, slaughtering in all directions!

  However, Jiangnan only initially created the sixth move of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist, Xiang Wang Shen Zhuang, and did not perfect it.

  This move, the Elephant King's Pillar, is a defensive move. The Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist of the Qi Wang Fu only has offense and no defense. Against ordinary opponents, it's fine, as they can be easily defeated like withering grass. However, against stronger opponents, one will put themselves in an extremely perilous situation.

  Jiangnan has been battling with demons for the past few days and has come to realize the inadequacies of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist, so he has made up his mind to make up for its shortcomings.

  The elephant's body is like a mountain, its four limbs are like meat pillars rooted in the earth, standing there, and no matter how much force is applied from all sides, it cannot shake it at all.

  The implication of this move in Jiangnan is that as soon as it's launched, it's like a divine elephant king, with a body as sturdy as a mountain and legs as strong as pillars, rooted firmly on the ground, countering attacks from all eight directions, standing invincibly!

  By the Yangchuan River, after iron pillar's cultivation, his eyes caught a glimpse of Jiangnan occasionally unfolding a move of martial arts, giving people the feeling of a divine elephant, with breath connected to the earth, hands changing endlessly, meeting attacks from all directions.

  Obviously, Jiang Nan did not complete this move, stopping from time to time, thinking for a moment, and then unfolding the Xiang Wang Shen Zhuang again, with each move slightly different from the previous one, and more perfect than the last.

  "Zihe doesn't seem to be practicing the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist, but rather creating a new move for it. The Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist he taught me can't be something he created himself, can it...?"

  Tie Zhu thought of this and couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine, immediately shaking his head to negate his own view: "Creating a new martial art is how difficult, only those great masters can have such profound insights, others rashly creating martial arts will definitely go crazy! How could Zi Chuan possibly create an extraordinary skill on his own?"

  He comforted himself in his heart: "The Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist must be the Jiang family's traditional martial art, and Zichuan is just grasping the essence of this martial art, so every time he uses a different move... Hmm, it must be that!"

  Even if Jiangnan told him that the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist was his own creation, Tie Zhu would not believe it.

  A mere servant, only fourteen years old, has created a unique skill that is truly astonishing and unbelievable. Not even Tie Zhu dares to believe it, and if the news gets out, I'm afraid no one in Jianwu Country will dare to believe it!

  "Like the Elephant King's Pillar, both legs are two great pillars, and the spine is the third pillar, which is the most important one! With the spine as the divine pillar, I can unleash the power of this move by opening up the spine!"

  In the south, the true energy was urged on, and only a slapping sound came from the abdominal cavity, it was his true energy that broke through the two bone membranes again, the spine shook, and a low roar was emitted.

  He took the spine as the divine pillar and finally created this move, King's Divine Pillar, to perfection!

  There were two more places where the bone membrane burst open, and Jiang Nan was also quite delighted in his heart: "At this speed, it won't be long before I can break through all twenty-four vertebrae!"

  In addition to the Dragon and Tiger Fist and Jiangyue Broken Wave Fist, he did not give up on the three martial arts of Lycoris 13 Flurry, Blood Transformation Skill, and Hunyuan Opening Tablet Hand.

  The power of these three martial arts was naturally inferior to the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist, and he quickly grasped all its subtleties. Jiang Nan's heart stirred, and he suddenly picked up a branch, unfolding a set of sword techniques that turned out to be the Lotus Flower Luo God Sword of the Medicine King Mansion!

  This sword technique in his hands was even more powerful than in Yue Ling'er's, with a hint of sword energy emanating from the branches!

  Yue Ling'er had once used the Lotus Flower Los Sword to counter the Golden Scaled Python in front of him, and this set of sword moves was also unintentionally learned by him.

  Moreover, as his cultivation advanced, the various martial arts imprints on the Devil's Clock in his body became increasingly clear and profound. The aura was even more vast and distant, and this Devil's Clock gradually grew larger, almost five or six times its original size.

  The magic clock is the magic species. Until now, Jiangnan is still puzzled as to why the magic species of the "Moyu Xuantai Jing" would take the form of a black clock.

  At noon, Tie Zhu walked a step ahead to go back and take care of his mother. Not long after, Jiang Nan also planned to return home. Suddenly, a faint smell of blood came from the mountain forest by the Yangchuan River.

  "Huh, where's this smell of blood coming from?"

  Jiang Nan let out a soft hum, having experienced many battles, he could easily distinguish between beast blood and human blood. Although this bloody smell was relatively light, he still immediately recognized that it was definitely the taste of human blood!

  "Has someone met with an accident?"

  Jiang Nan took a step forward, following the scent as he went. The smell of blood grew thicker and Jiang Nan's expression became increasingly solemn. Such a strong smell of blood was definitely not something that one person could emit. It would take at least ten or more adults' worth of blood to produce such a dense bloody aura!

  He ran for over twenty miles, deep into the Luoxia Mountain, and appeared in front of a canyon. However, this canyon was an abandoned mine site with some dilapidated houses, thatched cottages, single-wheeled wooden carts, and other things.

  "This is the abandoned mine of the Qi Wang Fu."

  Jiangnan soon determined the purpose of this place, the Qi Wangfu family was large and prosperous, with many sons who needed to be equipped with weapons, all made from the finest materials. As a result, there were mines and mining fields in the industry, where hundreds and thousands of slaves worked, digging into the mountains and extracting refined minerals.

  This mine was abandoned because it had been excavated empty.

  Suddenly a human voice came from ahead, Jiang Nan's heart moved slightly, and he quietly advanced, then used the mountain rocks as cover to approach the source of the sound.

  As he approached, he looked ahead and saw that in front of him, more than a dozen corpses were scattered all over the empty ground, all wearing the uniform of the Qi Wang Fu slaves. In addition to these corpses, there were more than 20 slaves who were tied up with ropes, standing there trembling with fear.

  "Shan Shao Ye, can human blood really lure that ferocious beast out of the mine?" a voice suddenly asked.

  In the south, as his gaze swept by, he only saw that the one speaking was Wu Juntong, the manager of the outer house of the Qi Wang Fu. Apart from him, there was also another manager of the Qi Wang Fu, Chen Fang, who was present. The "Mountain Young Master" in their mouths was a cold-faced young man with a heroic spirit, wearing brocade and standing between the two men.

  "Is this young master Shan? Could it be that this youth, who appears to be around my age, is actually Qi Shan?"

  Jiang Nan looked at the youth with a cold expression, and suddenly remembered his background. Qi Shan was the youngest son of King Qi, the younger brother of Crown Prince Qi Feng. He was young, but his cultivation was not weak, having already reached the realm of refining energy, clearing all the bone marrow in his body, allowing his true energy to flow unimpeded.

  He practiced the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power Technique, one of the four ultimate arts of the Qi Wang Fu, with a strong and fierce yang energy and an overbearing true energy, which could be ranked in the middle among the descendants of the inner courtyard.

  Jianwu State was founded on martial prowess, and the Qi Wangfu valued martial arts even more. Although the princes of the royal family were noble in status, not one of them neglected their martial skills; they all trained diligently. The fact that Qishan could rank among the middle tier of those princes at such a young age already indicated that his innate talent was not bad.

  King Qi had high hopes for him and believed that as he grew up, he would become another great master of the King Qi's mansion, earning him the reputation as the "Thousand Mile Colt" of the King Qi's mansion.

  "This is natural."

  Qishan smiled coldly and said lightly, "I have been familiar with the hundred classics since childhood. One of the ancient books records the origin of this demon. This demon is called Tongling Mi Yuan, its fur is as hard as iron, and it cannot be harmed by knives or guns. It's extremely fierce. However, it has a weakness: it loves to eat human blood, and if it smells the scent of human blood, it will definitely come out of the cave to eat people. I asked you to bring forty slaves here precisely because I plan to use their blood to lure this demon out."