The Villain's Counterattack

After another three days, Duan Lang had recovered most of his strength and asked to leave.

"I should go." Duan Lang's words made Xue Yuan and Xiao Qing pause slightly.

After three months of living together day and night, they had already regarded Duan Lang as a relative and friend. When they suddenly heard that he was leaving, they were actually a little reluctant.

"Go back to Tianxiahui?" Xiaoqing asked softly.

Duan Lang nodded heavily and said, "Yes, let's go back to Tianxiahui. Nie Feng is there, and I can't abandon him. Also, if my father ever escapes from Lingyun Cave, there's at least a place where he can find me."

"I didn't realize you still have a conscience." The goddess Xiaoqing couldn't help but tease, earning a big eye roll from Duanlang.

"The 'Eternal Spring Technique' has many magical powers, but it also has many limitations. It may not be completely compatible with your previous martial arts training, so you need to research and optimize it yourself. Also, maintaining youthful appearance comes at a price, and you must constantly replenish your vitality. If you're interested in going to Lingyun Cave to search for the Blood Bodhi, please let me know in advance. I'm quite familiar with the area."

Duan Lang's abacus beads were about to fall on Xiao Qing and Xue Yuan's faces. The two girls smiled at each other when they heard what he said. Yes, they were no longer bound by shackles and did not need to be trapped in West Lake. They could move around. However, compared with the wandering life in the rivers and lakes, they both including Xiao Hei preferred the simple and peaceful country life.

Although they are tempted by good things like Blood Bodhi, they are not in a hurry at the moment. As Duan Lang said, "The Art of Moving the Sky" and "The Art of Eternal Youth" are not completely compatible. Practicing them separately can indeed maintain longevity and immortality, but if they cannot be completely integrated, there will be hidden dangers. They are all extraordinary people, and what they have learned is not exactly the same, so naturally the development directions are slightly different.

But one thing is certain, they will certainly not give up on immortality easily!

Some things, some objects, some existence, some people, you only know how to cherish them after you lose them. Xue Yuan lost her cultivation and appearance twice, and even had to separate from her beloved. She doesn't want it to happen a third time.

She regrets it very much now, but she also knows that even if she knew the result in advance, she would still make the same choice.

Without the divine stone, Duan Lang couldn't resolve the crisis in the cave beneath West Lake, but restoring the divine stone would require her own efforts. If she could turn back time, she would choose to marry Ah Tie first, live a leisurely life, and when Duan Lang could no longer bear it, she would leave a letter asking Ah Tie to wait for her return, and then restore the divine stone to Duan Lang.

Or she might choose to exchange the "Heaven-Moving Divine Art" for the "Eternal Youth Art" first. It is possible that after achieving a small degree of mastery of the art, she could keep her youthful appearance and then restore the magic stone. In this way, she wouldn't even have to avoid A Tie.

However, time cannot be reversed, and there is no medicine for regret in the world. She can only pay for her own choice.

"If possible, please take care of Ah Tie." Xue Yuan hesitated for a moment, but finally made her request. Duan Lang smiled helplessly and said, "Do you think he will accept my help? Or rather, does he need it?"

Xue Yuan said firmly: "A Tie is lonely, he is not a bad person by nature, it's just..."

Blinded by hatred, Xue Yuan didn't say anything more. Instead, he said, "If one day we go to Lingyun Cave to search for the Blood Bodhi, we will definitely inform you in advance."

Duan Lang's mouth twitched. Was this a threat or an inducement? He was a little confused, but it didn't matter. He was still young. If he gave himself some time, he would be able to easily surpass even Xiong Ba, let alone Bu Jingyun.

"Your kindness is really similar to hers. If I didn't know that you couldn't be her, I wouldn't let you go easily." Duan Lang looked at Xue Yuan deeply, and finally confirmed that she couldn't be Ling Yue. Even if the world's will was influencing her, it was impossible to erase Ling Meng and Ling Yue's feelings for him. They couldn't control their love for him, especially when they were alone.

Xueyuan's kindness is very similar to Lingyue's. Duanlang feels very comfortable when he gets along with Xueyuan, but after three months of getting along, there is no spark of love between the two. Perhaps it is because Duanlang looks too young, but it still makes Duanlang confirm that she is not either Lingmeng or Lingyue.

While disappointed, he was also relieved. Xue Yuan's pure love for Bu Jingyun, or for A Tie, was something that could not be desecrated, and even he couldn't bear to break it.

The master with a pale face and an unstable aura found the disciples of Tianxiahui stationed in Hangzhou and asked them to convey the news that his retreat was complete and he was ready to return to the headquarters. He also borrowed a carriage and ten disciples for guarding.

But this time he did not get what he wanted. Without Nie Feng by his side, he could not use his power to bully others. Duan Lang's identity as a handyman in the library of the General Association was not very useful. He had to go to great lengths to borrow a carriage, but it was tattered and creaked all the time. The horse was also very old and frail, and one doubted that it would drop to the ground and die after taking a few steps.

As for the guards, there was no need to think about it. The person in charge told Duan Lang that if he was not in a hurry, he could wait until the end of the year and return with the reporting personnel. According to convention, he would have to wait for a few months, or he could see if there were any disciples from the headquarters who happened to be performing tasks nearby and could travel with him.

Duan Lang was severely criticized and finally had to politely decline their proposal and the gang leader. He bought a horse with his own money and headed west.

Does Duan Lang really need someone to protect him?

That was not the case. He only needed to convey a message to the headquarters that he could not withstand the blow of being defeated by Bu Jingyun in nine moves, so he went into seclusion to strive to become a grandmaster. Although he barely succeeded, he was injured and was now preparing to return to the Tianshan headquarters.

As long as there is this kid, it is enough. The rest are just a cover. It can even be said that Duan Lang knew from the beginning that he would not be able to receive such a favor. It was just that he needed to act completely. Duan Lang believed that many of his actions would be conveyed to the headquarters, or even directly delivered to Xiongba.

Heroes are always suspicious, and although I have a low status in the Tianxiahui, I come from a famous family. I am a potential stock and also a potential threat. Xiongba will naturally not take such an existence of mine lightly.

The journey was not peaceful. If Duan Lang had not changed a lot, with his appearance and clothes, and the fact that he was alone, he would have been robbed by the black shop robbers long ago.

Grandmasters are elite warriors within the Tianxiahui, capable of carrying out missions independently. Nie Feng was also a Grandmaster a year ago. Navigating the Jianghu isn't difficult for a Grandmaster, though it's not necessarily safe. After all, the Jianghu is a complex place, and who knows when you might encounter a mentally unstable expert like Xu Fu or a Divine General. If you do encounter one, even a Grandmaster, let alone a Grandmaster, could be doomed.

Walking and stopping along the way, disappearing from time to time, in a place where no one noticed, Duan Lang began to practice the Wind God Leg and the Cloud-Paving Palm. The two magical skills correspond to wind and clouds respectively. After a small success, they can actually activate the heavenly grade Mahamudra seed in the body. Although it has not been stimulated for the time being, it gives Duan Lang a glimmer of hope.

The storage space and the dream book did not destroy the matter, at least they left themselves a seed and a glimmer of hope.

Recalling what happened this time, he carefully thought about Bu Jingyun's performance after obtaining Xue Yuan's true qi, and combined it with the whole story of the immortal god Mahamudra, he suddenly had an idea to combine the Paiyun Palm and the Yitian Divine Art, and found that the power suddenly increased a lot.

If the Divine Art of Moving the Sky corresponds to clouds, then can the Demonic Body of Destruction be compatible with wind?

He experimented as soon as he thought of it, and the test results did not disappoint him.

"It turns out the most suitable disciple for the Divine General isn't Duan Lang, but Nie Feng. Does this count as Nie Feng making up for his long-standing feelings for Duan Lang? The cycle of cause and effect is truly mysterious, indescribable, and yet incomprehensible."