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Chapter 183 Mountain Temple

"I lost"

Wang Dong put down the sword in his hand and sighed somewhat dejectedly, "I am not as good as you. It seems that I have to give you my place on the Talent List."

Li Xian laughed heartily and said, "Who cares about the Elite List? We're not far from Sanyun City. We'll see who's the winner at the martial arts competition. We'll take them out for a walk. It's really boring to fight for a place on the Elite List now."

Li Ang didn't care about that. He nodded and said, "Yeah, Lao Wang, don't worry about it. There are still two months left. Practice hard and maybe you can overtake. That's right."

Li Ang paused, turned to look at Li Xian, and said, "That wasn't the Wind and Snow Sword you used just now. What kind of martial arts was so powerful that it could have beaten our Old Wang like this?"

Li Xian was about to speak when Elder Wang replied, "It's the Li family's innate martial art, the 'Flame Sword Technique'. It's incredibly powerful. I think my nephew Li Xian has mastered it to its full potential. His future is limitless! Honestly, I might not be able to block that sword!"

Li Xian quickly said, "Elder Wang, please don't flatter me. I only have the power of one sword. If this one sword cannot win, then I will surrender."

"Innate martial arts." Li Ang chewed these words over and over again in his mouth, feeling a little envious.

Unlike the Li family's inherited tradition, although the leader of the Sanhe Gang is a master of innate martial arts, to be honest, their Sanhe Gang does not have any advanced martial arts passed down. Even their leader himself is still troubled about the practice after innate martial arts.

Seeing this, Li Xian then said, "Innate martial arts are powerful, but they consume too much zhenqi. With my current cultivation level of the second level of the acquired realm, I'm afraid I can only unleash one sword. If I can break through to the third level, I can unleash the second sword. Only when I reach the ultimate third level of the acquired realm can I unleash three swords."

"But how many people in the martial arts competition can reach the third level of acquired cultivation? They only invited young people under the age of 24." Li Ang said.

"At least two people have such cultivation."

"You mean?"

"The kid from the Wang family and Master Mingxin."

"I really don't know how they cultivated to have such powerful skills at such a young age. It really makes me ashamed."

"Sigh, don't talk about you guys. Even my old bones feel ashamed of themselves."

"Okay, I'll send you here. You must practice martial arts diligently after I leave. What I teach you is superficial but easy to learn. It will allow you to protect yourself with your own hands. Remember, it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others!" Li Ming stood at the intersection and waved to the villagers who came to see him off. Then he put his hands together and chanted "Amitabha".

Youyouran continued on his way, but this time he rode a horse.

That battle reached the mountain stronghold. In addition to Manager Qin, a lot of information was extracted from the mouth of the leader of the Niu stronghold. It was learned that the Sanwa stronghold was actually a force under the command of the second young master of Jiulian City.

Manager Qin is the capable subordinate of the second son Yang Zifeng.

Speaking of Jiuliancheng, there is a story behind it.

Jiuliancheng was founded not long ago, neither too long nor too young. While it couldn't compare to Guangde Temple's five hundred years of history, it surpassed the Sanhe Gang's decades of development. Initially, Jiuliancheng was formed by nine brothers of different surnames, sharing a common aspiration. Lamenting the vastness and perils of the Jianghu, they formed a sworn brotherhood to support each other. Later, their fortunes improved when a family discovered an innate inheritance, which they shared with all for their common cultivation. One of the nine, gifted and perfectly suited to this inheritance, achieved innate enlightenment, thus establishing Jiuliancheng, where all nine brothers shared prosperity.

Later, as time passed, the original nine including Xiantian passed away, but the nine families were integrated with each other and difficult to distinguish from each other. They always maintained the Xiantian and are now considered to be the top ten major forces in Lingzhou.

However, due to this cause and effect, the system of Jiulian City is a bit strange. There is a post of Grand Elder who is a congenital master and theoretically has the highest status, but in reality, the affairs of Jiulian City are managed by a City Lord who is selected from the nine families.

Today, the previous generation leader of Jiuliancheng, Huang Tiankai, died suddenly. They are about to select a candidate to be the next leader, so Jiuliancheng has been in a turbulent and unpredictable situation recently.

This had nothing to do with Li Ming. He just learned from Niu Ben that it was Manager Qin who was looking for someone. Li Ming thought about it and the only reason why he would come to him was probably because of his previous "heroic rescue of the beauty".

However, Li Ming still couldn't figure out what was going on behind this. When he wanted to interrogate the second-in-command, he found that he had committed suicide. He didn't know what secret he was carrying that made him unwilling to live.

Afterwards, Li Ming stayed in Dashi Village for three days, during which he taught some martial arts he had collected in the reincarnation world, some of which were advanced and some were shallow. Anyway, if he practiced step by step, the effect would definitely be good. It could be said that it was very suitable for these ordinary villagers who had no basic knowledge. As for more things.

However, Li Ming couldn't do it. He knew very well how limited a person's power was. After all, he had not yet reached the point where he had such great power that he could defeat thousands of troops alone.

Shortly after leaving Dashi Village, the weather suddenly changed. Seeing that a storm was about to come, Li Ming had no choice but to lead his horse to find a place to shelter from the rain. However, Li Ming was lucky and found a dilapidated mountain temple before the rain came down completely.

The temple gate was missing half of its panel, and the plaque was also worn out, but the words on it were still clearly legible.

In this world, there are countless small temples like this in the mountains. Take Li Ming for example. He saw at least eight such temples when he was walking through the mountains. He didn't think it was strange, but just took a closer look before entering.

It is said to be a dilapidated mountain temple, but it is actually quite complete. After entering the temple gate, you will not see a house directly, but a small courtyard. The first thing you see when you enter the door is a large four-legged incense burner. After walking a few steps behind the incense burner, you will reach the proper temple hall.

The doors at the entrance were the kind of wooden doors that were very common in costume dramas, and the upper parts were covered with paper. Of course, most of them were dilapidated and leaked air at this moment, but Li Ming didn't care. After all, in the wilderness, it was good enough to have a roof over your head.

Looking further inside, there was a kind-looking old man enshrined on the altar. There was no offering at all, not even the incense burner and the plate. However, the candlestick was still there. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the candlestick and the altar were originally one and the same, and could not be taken away. It seemed that it had indeed been abandoned for a long time.

As for the ground, there were some scattered dry grass and three or four tattered cushions. Li Ming looked carefully again to confirm that there was no one on it. Judging from the momentum, the rain might not stop for a while. He might have to spend the night here. Li Ming pulled the horse to the side and hurried to collect some firewood.

When he finished doing all this, a thunderclap sounded and the rain came as promised.

Then Li Ming sat on the ground and counted the days.

"It's the end of the month already, okay? I'll spend a hundred points to harvest some, just in time to practice the 'Return to the True Truth'!"

PS: There will be another chapter later

(End of this chapter)