The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 162 - 95: The Brilliant Heavenly Power_3

Chapter 162: Chapter 95: The Brilliant Heavenly Power_3

His hair was entirely white, but it could not turn back to black.

As a result, it added an indescribable evil aura to his presence.

The middle-aged man was the Sect Leader of the Eagle Claw Sect from South Zhili’s Songzhou, nicknamed "Eagle King," whose expertise in Eagle Claw Skill was extraordinary.

Yet in the worldly society, Eagle Claw Sect was only a second-rate sect, far from being comparable to the Great Zen Temple, a towering giant like the Beidou.

However, the Eagle Claw Sect’s Eagle Claw Skill had its unique aspects. A monk from the Great Zen Temple once fought a genius from the Eagle Claw Sect using the Dragon Claw Skill. The monk had to use three hundred moves before he managed to narrowly defeat his opponent by half a move.

After that, they praised the Eagle Claw Sect’s skill as being top-notch among claw skills in the current era, hardly inferior to the Dragon Claw Skill of the Great Zen Temple.

That duel also made the Eagle Claw Sect famous in South Zhili.

Of course, this was a typical strategy of the Great Zen Temple. With so many secret skills inside, it inevitably attracted covetous eyes.

Thus, the Great Zen Temple often sent monks to spar with skilled experts from various sects. Regardless of victory or defeat, they would always praise the opponent afterwards.

In doing so, those sects gained reputation, also making it known that there were skills of similar caliber to those of the Great Zen Temple outside its walls.

This diverted attention away from coveting the Temple’s secret skills.

This strategy was a deliberate diversion.

For second and third-rate sects like the Eagle Claw Sect, it was crucial to associate with the big sects to boost their own reputation.

Many in the Jianghu didn’t even have this opportunity.

Also, through such examples, the Great Zen Temple demonstrated its magnanimous spirit, subtly improving its image outside, and thus attracting more disciples.

If it weren’t for the current Emperor with his quirky character, relying on the Great Zen Temple’s marketing tactics, by now it wouldn’t have declined and been pressured by the Daoist sects to the extent of needing to keep a low profile.

However, the rise and fall of Daoist sects is often sudden and does not last.

Over a thousand years, no Daoist sect in Jianghu has been able to become a Martial Arts Holy Land on par with the Great Zen Temple.

Even the Laoshan Shangqing Palace has only recently shown intentions of equating itself with the Great Zen Temple.

But nowadays, not only is the Laoshan Shangqing Palace influential over the Emperor, but Chaotian Temple in Divine Capital and Angel Palace on Dragon Tiger Mountain also greatly influence him.

In the end, the current Emperor is steeped so deeply in balance that he applies it even to his hobbies.

Eagle King said, "This time I don’t even know if I came for Brother Bai’s affair, this Xu Gongming from Jiangning Prefecture, last time he made a mess of the Xu Family in Songzhou, someone asked me to take a breath of relief for the Xu Family in Songzhou, so I came. It happens to coincide perfectly with Brother Bai."

Elder Bai sneered, "That Xu Sheng from Jiangning, after taking that cheap maid as his concubine, my junior sister Tang encountered misfortune, he’s definitely involved. I originally didn’t plan to deal with him, but since Eagle King has that intention, then I have nothing to hesitate about."

He knew that behind the Eagle Claw Sect stood a distinguished noble from South Zhili. The Xu Family in Songzhou was just a lackey under that noble. This move against Xu Qing was clearly the noble’s intention.

Elder Bai, knowing that the Lotus Sect had declined greatly, also wanted to take shelter under a big tree for a temporary respite.

Naturally, his interests aligned with those of the Eagle Claw Sect Leader.

Moreover, after he came out of seclusion, having gathered information, he also knew how much damage Xu Qing had caused to the Lotus Sect.

He even suspected that Xu Qing was a member of the Luo Sect.

A chess piece deployed by the Luo Sect’s Main Temple to completely control the Lotus Sect.

Otherwise, how could Xu Qing always strike at the vital points of the Lotus Sect?

In any case, whether it’s Xu Qing or Su Lianqing the Holy Maiden sent by the Luo Sect’s Main Temple, none would escape his grip this time.

Indeed, the identity of Su Lianqing as Holy Maiden was also an obstacle for him to control the great power of the Lotus Sect.

For both public and private reasons, Elder Bai could not let her go.

Elder Bai and the Sect Leader of the Eagle Claw Sect talked until midnight in the private room, then when the people were sparse, they started to act.

They had already scouted the place and knew Heavenly Fragrance Courtyard had many guards; storming in brazenly was not as effective as two great experts sneaking in quietly.

"That cheap maid also cultivates the Divine Soul. To prevent her from detecting Eagle King’s Qi-Blood through Divine Soul separation, Eagle King can keep this Jade Talisman on him."

Elder Bai took out a Jade Talisman in the shape of a Spirit Turtle.

The Sect Leader of the Eagle Claw Sect took the talisman and wore it, indeed feeling a cool breeze covering his skin.

"As long as Eagle King does not burst out with violent Qi-Blood, even if someone’s Divine Soul separates, they won’t be able to detect the fierceness of the Qi-Blood on you," Elder Bai said with a slight smile.

Eagle King sighed, "Dao Skills are indeed mysterious. It’s a pity that I’ve only broken through to the Dark Strength level at the beginning of the year, far from reaching the Internal Refining Realm. Otherwise, with Spirit and Body Integration, I could also conceal my Qi-Blood."

"In the worldly society, non-sect Martial Artists who can cultivate to the Refining Internal Realm are scant. With a noble backing Eagle King, in my view, the hope of cultivating Internal in the future is even greater than that of Lin Tiansheng of Black Wind Village."

Lin Tiansheng, known as King Lin, was well-known to Eagle King, who commented, "This man has divine power from birth, even just at Dark Strength, he is not something ordinary Internal Martial Artists can compare with. If I met him, I probably couldn’t last ten moves."

Elder Bai chuckled lightly, "I am not afraid of him. With the Daoist Magic Artifact in my hand, as long as he hasn’t reached the Spirit and Body Integration level, he will be exhausted to death by me."

This time he came out of seclusion with a Holy Artifact of the Lotus Sect under his control, and he was not afraid of Martial Artists below the Refining Internal level.

The power of Great Success of Exorcism was unimaginable even to a Martial Artist like the Sect Leader of the Eagle Claw.

If not worrying about the noble behind the other party, Elder Bai wouldn’t be so polite to the Eagle Claw Sect Leader.

As a high-level expert, with one more step, he could reach the Realm of Divine Soul Manifestation, and be called a true person, who in the eyes of common people, was practically indistinguishable from a living immortal.