Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 87: Qi Control Hundred Steps
On Muyu Island, in the martial arts arena, Jiang Chen was practicing magic. His body was like catkins, moving with the wind, with a hint of silver light wandering around him, making him extremely agile.

As time went on, Jiang Chen's figure became more and more blurred, and the speed of the silver light became faster and faster, making it difficult to capture with the naked eye.

"go with!"

At a certain moment, a sudden inspiration came to Jiang Chen, and he clenched his sword finger and pointed it at a human-shaped target a hundred feet away. At this moment, the true energy in his body burst out and was poured into the magic weapon, the Crane-Li Immortal Needle.

With a cry, the true energy surged in, and the power of the Crane's Needle was stimulated. Accompanied by a crane's cry that pierced the clouds and split the rocks, the speed of the silver light increased again. It was like light and lightning, piercing the air in an instant and disappearing from people's eyes.

"A hundred steps. Once it exceeds a hundred steps, my control over the Crane Needle will drop rapidly, and I won't be able to perform fine manipulation. But it's enough. After all, the battles of ordinary Qigong cultivators are only about one or two hundred meters."

Standing there, feeling the connection between himself and the Crane-Li Immortal Needle, all kinds of thoughts flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

When he fought with Lu Chenzhou, he saw Lu Chenzhou's killing methods that combined magic, magic weapons and martial arts. He was inspired and combined magic and martial arts into one to create a new Xuan Sha Finger, which was quite powerful. Now he has combined magic, martial arts, supernatural powers and magic weapons together.

"As of now, the combination of Qi Silk Technique, Bewitching Soul, Swift Sword, and Crane's Cry Needle is indeed feasible. Qi Silk Technique allows me to control the sword with Qi, the combination of Bewitching Soul and Crane's Cry Needle can make the crane cry more shocking, and the Swift Sword gives Crane's Cry Needle more variations."

Thinking back on everything that had happened before, Jiang Chen knew that his assumption was correct.

He himself did not know any sword techniques, but he had once killed a Quicksand Bandit who had practiced the fast sword. Through soul searching, he learned the secret of the fast sword. This time, he integrated this part of the secret into the newly created method.

Although this does not make this method more powerful, it does give it some more changes.

"In my imagination, the core of this move is to use a single point to break through the surface. Concentrating all strength at a single point, combined with the Crane Needle's inherent armor-piercing power, maximizes its lethality. However, as of now, the force isn't concentrated enough. Otherwise, the wound it leaves behind would be a red dot instead of a fist-sized hole."

Coming to the human-shaped iron target, Jiang Chen frowned at the fist-sized wound on the target's chest, but soon relaxed again.

The next moment, he stretched out his hand and moved lightly. Under the control of the true qi thread, the Crane-Li Immortal Needle returned to his side again. The Qi thread technique of the minor success level gave him more changes. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for him to control the Crane-Li Immortal Needle so easily.

Of course, a strong soul is the foundation of everything.

"As long as I spend time practicing to condense my strength, I will eventually gain something. Perhaps I can also incorporate Qi Condensation and Qi Swordsmanship into it."

"Although I have many techniques to learn now, the core of the Small Formless Sutra is the Skin-Covering Technique. Before I have my own demon skin, I lack a decisive killing move."

With his thoughts turning, Jiang Chen activated the Crane's Cry Immortal Needle again and practiced his newly created technique. However, this time, the target of his practice was no longer a human-shaped iron target, but the Iron Corpse Slayer.

Roar, accompanied by a roar, transformed into a four-armed Vajra, fighting corpse attacked Jiang Chen.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen used his Qi to control the Crane Li Immortal Needle and went forward to meet it.

In an instant, a man and a corpse fought in a ball. Jiang Chen's killing moves were sharp, and the corpse's defense was amazing. For a while, the two fought back and forth.

In this way, Jiang Chen did not stop his actions until the sun completely set below the horizon and his own true energy was almost exhausted. At this moment, the body of Dou Shi's diamond had become extremely dim, with pinholes of varying sizes left on it.

Looking at this fight between corpses, Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Jiang Chen had finally finished his practice, Wang Yuan, who had been waiting on the side, hurried over.

"Sir, something happened."

Wang Yuan offered Jiang Chen a cup of tea with both hands and spoke.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen took the tea, took a sip, and turned his gaze to Wang Yuan. "Sir, an informant from the county government reported that County Magistrate Liao Yonghuai recently met with three outsiders claiming to be cultivators from the Yuling Sect. As a sign of respect, he personally went out to greet them. The leader is suspected to be a Qi-cultivating cultivator. They appear to be interested in settling in Qinghe County, and the County Magistrate seems intent on fanning the flames."

Meeting Jiang Chen's gaze, Wang Yuan immediately told him what had happened.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen raised his brows slightly. Qinghe County was originally a lower county. Although it had a large population and a vast area, it did not have any outstanding resources for cultivation. He never thought that it would become such a popular place now.

"Are you intentionally adding fuel to the fire? It seems our county magistrate is still not satisfied after taking our things. He is as greedy as ever, eating without giving anything away."

Turning his gaze towards Qinghe County, Jiang Chen couldn't help but sneer when he thought of the gift Liao Yonghuai had given him when the mountain was opened.

Looking at Jiang Chen like this, Wang Yuan lowered his head silently.

"Since there are Qigong cultivators, then the Yuling Sect shouldn't be an unknown group. Go contact the Lu family and ask them about the origins of the Yuling Sect. It would be best if you could find out the identities and strengths of those three people."

After a brief thought, Jiang Chen gave the order. The Taiping Sect was currently only a local tyrant, with few sources of information from the outside world, so it could only rely on the Lu family for the time being.

Upon hearing this, Wang Yuan immediately bowed in response.

"Master, if the Yuling Sect really wants to settle in Qinghe County, how should we respond?"

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Yuan still asked a question.

"Let's see how strong they are. If they are strong, then we don't need to pay too much attention to them in the early stages."

"Since they want to take root here, let them build it. Just don't let them have it too easy in the middle and late stages. A true sect is not that easy to build, and time is always on our side."

Jiang Chen was no stranger to similar things and had already made plans in his mind.

If these three people from Yuling Sect had come earlier, he would have had some headaches, but it was too late now. Although the time was still short, due to the connection of interests, everyone in Qinghe County was now a member of Taiping Sect.

Although this relationship is not very strong, the Taiping Sect can give things that the Yuling Sect probably cannot provide, otherwise they would not have ended up in Qinghe County.

In a foreign land, it is definitely not an easy task for three outsiders to establish a sect from scratch. The reason why Taiping Sect was able to take shape quickly is more because it inherited the legacy of the Dangjiang bandits and had a complete network of relationships and manpower available.

In such a situation, as long as the Taiping Sect is willing, it can easily delay the Yuling Sect and exhaust their energy in trivial matters. This is the reason why a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Of course, the premise of all this is that the dragon is a fake dragon, not a real dragon.

Hearing this, Wang Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Master, your opinion is profound. I admire you."

Out of sincere admiration, Wang Yuan bowed to Jiang Chen.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen frowned, but didn't say much. He just asked Wang Yuan to leave.

"The arrival of Yulingmen is a bit strange."

After Wang Yuan left, Jiang Chen looked towards the direction of Qinghe County and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)