I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1331 - Chapter 1331 Chapter 623 Keeping the Appointment

Chapter 1331: Chapter 623: Keeping the Appointment Chapter 1331: Chapter 623: Keeping the Appointment The swelling pride of Longxi, was making final arrangements for the several members involved in this trip.

“Nanji Xu Family won’t do, besides Grandmaster Xu You, the rest are just useless, if they dare to act, show no mercy, strike directly, but some things need to be clarified first, ha.”

“Old Du, this time you cannot use the Stone Heart Bloodline to integrate Red Cloud Skill’s Spirit Art, nor can you bring out the Black Light Mysterious Cauldron. These have become the signature special moves of the constellations, with too distinct and clear characteristics. Although currently, the world is in chaos and intelligence flows are muddled, some interested parties might still focus on Longxi, which could lead to trouble later on.”

The expressionless face, like a stone statue, revealed neither joy nor anger. After pondering for a long time, he finally nodded to signal his agreement.

“Meng Jiao, this trip to Nanji could very well be your first official appearance in the Five Paths of Longzhou. To better spread your fame, don’t use poison too cruelly; after all, only the living can spread your ferocious reputation. The more notorious you are in Longzhou, the better your chances of finding your family!”

The one-eyed man’s face bore several scars, one of which had cut off his nose and split his upper lip.

This ugly and fierce appearance was unforgettable once seen, and this man was none other than Meng Jiao, the Poison Spirit Body Tang Luo had encountered by chance in Longchang.

He was once the young master of the Longchang Meng Family, but after the Meng Family faced a great disaster, he survived the deadly poison by climbing out of a pile of corpses and a sea of blood thanks to his Poison Spirit Body.

Since then, there was no more the gentleman from the Meng Family, only a hunchbacked, one-eyed, and one-armed grotesque man, wandering the dark alleys day and night, waiting for a chance to seek revenge.

But a Poison Spirit Body is strong if you say it’s strong, and weak if you say it’s weak. After all, when the Xu Clan was classifying bloodlines, they compared them in scenarios of extreme growth.

How much resources, secret techniques, hardship, and great sacrifices these extremes require are beyond the consideration of the wealthy Xu Clan.

Thus, even though Meng Jiao had awakened the Poison Spirit Body, he wasn’t very powerful, because without the proper techniques and secret arts, this constitution was just a poison accumulator that could only explosively unleash once.

Such method greatly harmed his body. So, the first time Tang Luo met Meng Jiao, he looked more like a monster than a human.

The bulging back was full of stored poisons. If he hadn’t run into Tang Luo, he probably would have been the first Poison Spirit Body in Xiehe to be killed by his toxic accumulation.

Perhaps it was fate that allowed Meng Jiao to meet Tang Luo. After joining Marshal Star Pavilion, the Poison Spirit Body finally found the right way to handle its abilities. While fiercely making up for his lack of martial arts fundamentals, he also became Longxi’s top test subject for medicine.

After all, with a Poison Spirit Body, even if there were issues with the medications, they could be rectified, and Meng Jiao greatly benefitted from this process.

The medicines currently being researched in the Aran Mountain Medical Cottage are either ancient sects’ secret prescriptions or recipes for decoding Divine Pills, whether the former or the latter, they all require a lot of precious herbs and exceptional grass to become effective medicine.

Even if some concoctions fail and are intensely toxic, it doesn’t change their intrinsic value. As of now, besides his ferocious appearance, Meng Jiao’s physique has become incredibly strong due to years of testing medicine; even his hunched back has straightened.

Having experienced the coldness of the world after his clan’s extinction, Meng Jiao now considers the Marshal Star Pavilion as his home and Tang Luo as the most important benefactor of his life.

He would meticulously complete any task given by the other party.

But he didn’t know how to express all these feelings to Tang Luo, his lips, split into three segments, moved but couldn’t emit any sound. In the end, he could only follow Du Sha’s example, nodding heavily.

“Hm, finally, it’s your turn!”

Tang Luo, looking into Yun Xiu’s eyes, seriously advised, “Although you have practiced the ‘Cold Rain Wave Essence’, it has only been for a short while and its effects are not very pronounced yet. The first four or five Spirit Arts are still manageable, but later you will become mentally exhausted. When you’re mentally exhausted, your Spiritual Power becomes obstructed…”

“Beating around the bush–what exactly are you trying to say?”

Yun Xiu said, annoyed.

“I just want to say that if a fight starts, you must not hold back. You must use the first four Spirit Arts to tear open a big enough gap for escape, or intimidate everyone present!”

Tang Luo earnestly advised, “Don’t be soft-hearted. Let me put it this way, including the Tang Clan, if we drag all the noble families of Longzhou out for execution, there might be a few innocents, but if we only execute half, there will be too many that slip through the net. So exert your full strength. This is Xiehe’s future foremost female sovereign’s battle for fame!”

“Alright, alright, I know. You’ve reminded me over a dozen times already,” she said.

Sometimes Yun Xiu didn’t appreciate Tang Luo’s frankness, and at other times, she found her husband’s forthrightness somewhat endearing.

In all of Xiehe, when everyone thought noble families were the greatest institution, only her husband would say these people were pests unworthy of life.

Perhaps the ancestors of these noble families were once heroes who fought against demonic beasts for the Human Race, but now, not much goodness was left in them.

“I’m just afraid you’d forget, let’s go, get in the carriage!”

Tang Luo grinned widely, single-handedly pulled the Great Dao Thunder Chanting Staff rooted in the ground onto his shoulder, waved to a few armored warriors atop a four-horse carriage gilded with gold, and with three team members, climbed into the gilded carriage.

The Marshal Star Pavilion’s expedition squad, set forth!

…

Nanji Jiangyang City

Within the Xu Clan’s Danyang Hall, a rosy-cheeked little boy came up to the Grandmaster Xu You, who was concentrating on his reading, and said in a baby voice, “Ancestor, Ancestor, the house head says that Longxi’s Pride is arriving on a four-horse carriage gilded with gold, and is already at the gates of Longjiang City.”

“Wait till I finish this piece,” he said.

Dressed in a plain Taoist robe, Xu You had deep blue eyes, and his neatly combed white hair cascaded down his back. Holding a scroll in one hand to read, and writing swiftly with the other, his calligraphy, although messy, flowed fluidly, brimming with unrestrained spirit and boldness.

The vigor in his writing rivaled that of young men, and if the Xu Clan’s art-loving elder were here, he would surely be astounded.

If Tang Luo were here, his focus would be on the script Xu You was holding and the pen and paper in use.

Xu You was holding a damaged tome of ancient techniques, where he was filling in the content based on his own martial arts understanding–something he viewed as far more critical than dealing with Longxi’s Pride.

Considering the time to transcribe this tome of ancient techniques, even at Xu You’s pace, it would take several hours.

The rosy-cheeked boy naturally wouldn’t rush him, but instead scampered out to relay the Grandmaster’s sentiment to the already anxious and sweating official outside.

The official’s face turned ashen. He knew all too well how engrossed his Grandmaster was in his research, but with Longxi’s Pride pounding on their doors–one of whom looked particularly irritable–they might not be able to withstand it.