Thirty-sixth: Gathering Clouds at Laojun Mountain (Second Watch)

  Tan Yun saw Xi Zilan also went up to Laojun Mountain, and couldn't help but feel great joy. In a glance, he found that Wang Yue seemed to have a puzzled expression, and asked: "Wang Lao?"

  Wang said in a low voice: "Xiao Yu, later on, you'd better not get too close to Zhao Qiang."

  "Ah!" Just now Zhang Jin and Zhao Song's performance, Qin Yu had also seen it with his own eyes. Wang Yue slightly nodded, and Qin Yu immediately understood, "These two seniors are going to have a duel too?"

  Wang Yue suddenly smiled: "Duel? Why duel? They themselves, definitely won't make a move in this kind of place. Later on, someone will call out and everyone will meet each other face to face, there's going to be a small auction."

  "Ah, charity bazaar?" Qin Yu was utterly bewildered.

  "Before each auction, the organizers would invite some top-notch experts who are willing to attend and meet in advance at a designated location to get familiar with each other. This time, news of my meeting with Shifu Jun got out, and the people from Huoshan Jia thought it was an opportunity, so they invited us to come to Laojun Mountain. Later, their host will come up the mountain to preside over the event. Little friend, if you have any rare treasures you'd like to exchange, you can also participate."

  "So that's how it is." Qin Yu blinked her eyes and stared at Wang Yue, "Then...you and Shifu Jun?"

  "Haha, we just casually compared a few times, how much more time is needed? In fact, halfway up the Divine Farmer's Peak, we had already finished comparing."

  Tan Yu was stunned, such a passionate and intense encounter, you guys finished halfway through? No wonder they left those people dry on the top of Shen Nong, but quietly slipped away themselves.

  Think about it again, indeed, when masters engage in a contest, they are evenly matched, and with one move, the strengths and weaknesses may already be apparent. It's not as if they were sworn enemies who must decide life or death, so having a sense of measure is enough.

  I was cheated by Old Shi!

  "Whatever..." Qin Yu felt a bit disappointed, he had some expectations beforehand, wanting to see the strongest move at this level, and how intense the battle would be, but the other person said it was already nothing.

  He originally wanted to ask who won in the end, but after thinking about it, he secretly said: "I'm stupid, if Grandpa Wang lost, wouldn't this be a slap in the face? Even if he won, judging from his temperament and demeanor, he probably wouldn't say it clearly. Wait for the transaction to start, I'll go ask Master Shi."

  Wang Yue saw that he could actually bear not asking about the outcome of the victory or defeat, and nodded slightly, but did not say anything more.

  The atmosphere on the field became cold, and Wang Shi Zhao Zhang and others were self-consciously aware of their identities. Except for occasionally communicating with the young companions around them in simple terms, they rarely spoke.

  Tan Yun was very depressed, he wanted to go and chat with Xi Zhi Lan, but because of the presence of Zi Yi Zhang Jinshan sitting on the side, he ultimately did not go over. Zhao Song brought Sima Yin himself was practicing the piano diligently, the sound of the piano was crisp and clear, he also didn't have the nerve to go over and disturb him, so he could only sit quietly, fortunately there was a very pleasant piano sound in his ears, and his heart was relatively calm.

  After a while, batch after batch, seven or eight groups of people came up one after another. Most were powerful figures from Jing and Xiang, but there were also a few dark realm strongmen from the south and north. Some came alone, while others came in twos and threes. After reaching the top, they all looked for places to rest and greeted familiar faces. For a time, the summit was quite lively.

  However, they mostly avoided the areas already formed by the previous four groups and opened up many new rest points on their own.

  It was unexpected for Zhan Yun that the strong man from Jiangling turned out to be his old friend Huang Zhong, whom he had known well since his previous life playing games. Judging by his face, he didn't seem to be very old, probably around 40 years old, but with a head of white hair, which made him look quite striking. At first glance, he looked like an old man who was about to die. However, the aura hidden in his body couldn't deceive Zhan Yun, and it wasn't weaker than that of top-notch strong men like Wang Yue or Zhao Song by half a bit.

  Tan Yun was puzzled and wondered why Zhang Xun had never mentioned to him that there was such a famous person in Jingzhou, so how did he appear now?

  Asking about Wang Yue, it was only then that I found out that Huang Zhong was actually one of the three great powers of the Zhuangzi Sword Gate, hiding in Jiangling for many years, and had also just returned from the army at the beginning of the year. Wang Yue praised Huang Zhong's knife skills for several sentences, which is a rare thing for a generation of divine swords.

  Several other powerful individuals arrived one after another, and Qin Yu felt that they were much weaker than Wang, Shi, Zhao, Zhang, and Huang, at most only reaching the level of Deng Furen or Mo Nu.

  However, Yan Xiang and Shen Qiuniang's group did not come up the mountain, presumably because they were not invited.

  The last to arrive was the host of the auction, a stout middle-aged man who sat on an eight-man sedan chair with a wide face that always wore a thick fake smile, like a typical successful businessman. However, Qin Yu keenly felt that this Mr. Xu Deng was also a very terrifying top-notch strongman.

  Behind him, a dozen or so servants in the prime of life followed closely, obviously slaves and attendants specially raised by wealthy families. They were neatly dressed and looked sharp and efficient. These people carried things on their shoulders and lifted them with their hands, panting heavily, and it was unknown what kind of things they had labored to move up the mountain.

  Counting Xu Deng, there are already six powerful beings at the peak of Lao Jun Mountain, and with more than a dozen other dark realm cultivators, the Jiang Xiang martial world is almost empty.

  Xu Deng was helped down from the slide and greeted all the strong men with ease, of course, the most important ones being Shi Huang Wang Yue and the other five top masters.

  Seeing Qin Yu behind Wang Yue, Xu Deng was taken aback for a moment, staring at him for half a day before saying: "Brother Wang, your skill in training disciples is really... getting more and more astonishing! Your disciple... how did he cultivate? Did you obtain the Three Yellow True Boundary Water?"

  Tan Yun thought: "What is the Three Yellow True Boundary Water?"

  Wang Yue smiled: "Brother Xu is joking, where can I get that divine water? If your family's store has stock, I'd actually like to exchange for some."

  Xu Deng shook his head repeatedly: "It's difficult, difficult! I've only seen it once twenty years ago. That was when Old Man Chen spent a huge price to get it for the fourth young master of the Chen family. What a pity..."

  Zhang Jin sneered beside him, "If it weren't for this Three Yellow True Boundary Water, would the four young masters of the Chen family have died without a complete corpse?"

  Xu Deng glanced at him, shook his head and sighed, and laughed it off.

  Qin Yu quietly asked Wang Yue: "Wang Lao, what is the true boundary of San Huang?"

  Wang Yue said, "This Three Yellow True Boundary Water is a heavenly-grade divine water, and it's said to only exist in certain mysterious places. If one has the fate to consume it, they can directly upgrade by a major boundary, and after breaking through, their qi and blood will be perfect, without any hidden injuries or toxins." He looked at Qin Yu, "Brother Xu sees that your divine soul is pure, your breath is mixed and condensed, and there are no wounds or impurities in your body. This guess is also natural."

  "Alas, I'm now actually unscathed and spotless. If you had seen me a few years ago, you would have been even more shocked. My body's meridians, inside, were nothing but injuries."

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