Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 240 The unknown side

The sudden appearance of Dianlin Taoist Temple directly took away two of the top three warriors in this year's Five States Martial Arts Competition, which really surprised Jiang Xuan.

However, after a brief thought, he figured something out.

"Perhaps, Gao Rubang is really the warrior or monk that Dianlin Taoist Temple has been looking for." Jiang Xuan thought so.

Yan Zhen also continued, "If the three warriors were free to choose, then the Dianzhou warriors would have chosen the Dianlin Taoist Academy. It's not surprising."

"Senior Brother Cheng has decided to go to Qixi Taoist Temple."

"As for Senior Brother Gao, he only decided to go to the Dianlin Taoist Temple after some persuasion from the Dianlin Taoist Temple. Furthermore, the Dianlin Taoist Temple also offered a reward that was even better than the original one."

"The lower-grade ninth-grade weapon remains unchanged, but the storage bag has changed. Although it is still lower-grade ninth-grade, due to its special magic array, the storage space has increased by 50%."

"Before the Jade Cultivation Passage Trial began, Senior Brother Gao received instruction from a very powerful cultivator at the Daoist Academy."

Yan Zhen actually knew some other things, all of which he had heard from his father. But now facing this unfamiliar Senior Brother Ling, he couldn't tell him anything.

"Now that Senior Brother Ling has been informed of the matter between Senior Brother Gao and Senior Brother Cheng, he can now tell us about this business trip." Yan Zhen said.

"Ling is here to look for someone." Jiang Xuan said.

He was indeed looking for Sha Lao, but he was not going to directly reveal some details about Sha Lao's appearance. Instead, he wanted to find out more first.

"Who is it?" Yan Zhen asked.

"An old man." Facing Yan Zhen's questions, Jiang Xuan answered one by one.

At this time, Jiang Xuan also saw Yan Zhen's sincerity, so he no longer hesitated and told Yan Zhen all the details of Mr. Sha's appearance.

Jiang Xuan had some concerns about finding Old Sha. After all, after spending some time with Old Sha, he felt that Old Sha was definitely not just an ordinary peak warrior.

Judging from Mr. Sha's strength alone, he is far beyond the level of ordinary peak warriors.

After the Five States Martial Arts Show was over, Jiang Xuan once substituted Sha Lao into the show during the drill, trying to find out how big the gap was between himself and Sha Lao, as both were top martial artists.

Although the number of rounds he could last would increase with Jiang Xuan's adjustments, the result would always be a defeat without exception.

However, if you think about it from another angle, Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao met in Qizhou City. At that time, Sha Lao was in that shop preparing to buy that fine iron armor.

This also means that Sha Lao was already in Qizhou City long before Jiang Xuan came to Qizhou City.

At that time, Mr. Sha looked the same as he did later, and it was obvious that he had not changed his appearance. So, Mr. Sha should not be afraid of being recognized by the people of Qizhou.

In this way, Jiang Xuan dispelled most of his concerns.

After hearing Jiang Xuan's description of Old Man Sha, Yan Zhen's eyes lit up and he asked, "Senior Brother Ling also knows Old Man Sha?"

Yan Zhen's words really surprised Jiang Xuan.

When Jiang Xuan first met Sha Lao in Qizhou City, Sha Lao asked Jiang Xuan to call him Old Man Sha and mentioned that many people called him that.

After Yan Zhen said this, Jiang Xuan was certain of one thing, that is, he had indeed met Mr. Sha.

"Old man Sha?" Jiang Xuan didn't know how to answer Yan Zhen, so he just asked back.

Yan Zhen laughed and said, "Many disciples in our martial arts school know that old man Sha." Jiang Xuan seemed to remember something at this moment, but he didn't say anything and listened quietly to what Yan Zhen said.

"He asked everyone to call him Old Man Sha. Although he only had the strength of a beginner Heavenly Rank, he liked to come to the martial arts gym to find disciples and recognize him as their master."

"Brother Ling, you also know that only warriors who have reached the Heavenly Rank can participate in the official martial arts school selection. The disciples of the martial arts school are at least at the initial stage of the Heavenly Rank. How could they recognize him as their master?"

"Did he tell me the reason?" Jiang Xuan asked with great interest.

"Yes, he only said that his strength will continue to improve, and reaching the level of a peak warrior will not be a problem."

"He also said that if you have potential, you can definitely become a true monk with his guidance."

Yan Zhen said as he recalled: "Although the disciples in our martial arts school all rejected him, they all thought he was a very interesting old man."

After hearing this, Jiang Xuan seemed to understand something.

Originally, he had the same idea as the disciples of Qizhou Martial Arts School, thinking that Mr. Sha was a somewhat weird old man.

However, he was luckier than the disciples of Qizhou Martial Arts School as he met Master Sha, whose strength had reached the peak of the heavenly level.

"Since Junior Brother Yan knows this old man Sha, have you seen him recently?" Jiang Xuan asked calmly.

"I have never seen it, but my junior brother has seen it." Yan Zhen said.

"May I ask one more question, why did Senior Brother Ling come to see Old Man Sha?" Yan Zhen asked again.

Although Yan Zhen asked the question very naturally, Jiang Xuan knew that his question this time did not mean that he believed this outsider from Fuzhou was casually asking questions about people from Qizhou.

"I, Ling, have a weapon that was left with that old man Sha. Now that I have officially joined the Yingzhou City Lord's Palace as a personal guard, I need to retrieve that weapon, but I can't find that old man Sha in Qizhou City."

After hearing this, Yan Zhen also smiled and said, "Senior Brother Ling, you are careless. That old man Sha is very obsessed with weapons and equipment. If there is something he likes, he will not be able to move his legs."

Yan Zhen guessed that Senior Brother Ling must have been tricked into taking his weapon by that old man Sha, and was unwilling to return it to him for the time being.

It was really difficult for Senior Brother Ling to speak, so he just had to bite the bullet and ask this junior brother whom he had only met once.

Thinking of Senior Brother Ling's slightly embarrassed expression before, Yan Zhen finally understood the matter completely.

Although this matter is far-fetched, it can barely be considered as official business.

According to Yan Zhen's understanding of the Qizhou City Lord's Mansion, this Senior Brother Ling must have obtained the approval of the Yingzhou City Lord to come out to look for weapons, otherwise he would not leave Yingzhou City easily. Once he is listed as a personal guard of the City Lord's Mansion, he cannot leave Yingzhou City without permission.

In this case, the weapon that Senior Brother Ling is looking for must be a very powerful weapon, otherwise he would not have gone through so much trouble.

It was precisely because the weapon was so powerful that it attracted the attention of old man Sha.

"Okay, I'll take you to find that junior brother." Yan Zhen stood up and said to Jiang Xuan with a relaxed look on his face.

"Thank you, Junior Brother Yan." In this way, the clue about Mr. Sha was found, which also made Jiang Xuan a little surprised.

After walking out of the exquisite courtyard, Yan Zhen spoke again: "Speaking of which, my junior brother has some connection with Senior Brother Ling."

"Oh? What do you mean?" Jiang Xuan asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)