A formidable enemy, an absolute formidable enemy.
Both Si Yunxin brothers realised that this was an absolute enemy.
Feng Jiu had not sent such an expert to the Si family blindly, but with sufficient confidence.
Si Jingwen moved lightly on his feet, wanting to take advantage of the strange Taoist priest talking to his elder brother to rush out of the pavilion and call for help.
As long as he leans back a little, Si Jingwen will be able to break right through the wall and rush out to call for help.
However ——
”Can’t move!!!”
Cold sweat dripped silently from Si Jingwen’s forehead.
He had only moved an inch, but he felt that his whole body was controlled by an invisible force, and he could not move at all.
“This one, I believe, is Second Master Si. Why are you in such a hurry to leave? It would be good to stay here with your brother for a few more moments.”
“And Master Si,” said Qing Yu, still smiling, but this smile, in Si Yunxin’s eyes, was incomparably hideous, “Do not act rashly, for I know you want to activate the great formation that protects the Si family.
But even if you could, it would be enough for me to kill you three times before the formation is activated.”
Three times is not a delusion.
Although Qing Yu was a newcomer who had only just entered the True Dan rank, his previous accumulation was so strong that he had outperformed ordinary people by a few times as soon as he entered the True Dan rank.
The martial art is a personal path, and the difference between people is different.
The more one reaches the later stages of the martial arts, the greater the gap between people.
For example, in the Divine Origin realm, there is a precise division of levels, but in the True Dan realm, the starting point and the end point are very different due to the previous accumulation of martial artists.
Moreover, the method of refining the True Elixir is also very different.
In the Taoist school, for example, the Golden Elixir is the nine revolutions to achieve the Great Dao. In the Buddhist school, they either forge their bones and forge their golden bodies, or they study Buddhist teachings and forge their Dharma bodies, and they also cultivate both Dharma and body.
The methods of cultivating the True Elixir vary greatly from school to school.
Many of those who have the foresight to achieve the True Elixir realm are also extremely knowledgeable and profound, and many of those with foresight will constantly modify the True Elixir refinement method to make it more suitable for their own bodies.
Because of the differences between people, even if they have the same True Elixir refinement method, their final performance and strength will vary to a greater or lesser extent.
The same refinement realm, but with different underpinnings, roots and understanding, how can the strength be the same?
The more advanced the martial arts dao is, the more a hundred flowers bloom. Even at the level of God, the martial dao of every strong person is a legacy that can be pa*sed down for thousands of years.
For example, at this time, Qing Yu’s True Elixir uses the Dao Sect’s Nine-Turn Golden Elixir method, which uses the Ten Thousand Laws as a fire to calcine the True Elixir.
The ambiguity of the boundary of strength also makes it impossible to mark the level of a True Dan realm martial artist with an accurate hierarchy.
Many True Dan Realm martial artists judged the strength of their opponents either by their eyesight and perception, or by the most direct impact of their Qi.
Obviously, from the fact that Qing Yu was able to come close to Si Yun Xin without a sound, and also blocked his opponent’s qi without him realising it, the difference in strength between the two was not just a little bit and a half.
“Who the hell are you? Feng Jiu, a concubine’s son, is at best recognized by the Mountain River Academy through his learning, but he definitely cannot gain the allegiance of a Daoist True Dan realm expert.” Si Yunxin asked in a deep voice.
He was intelligent after all, and even though he had previously taken things a bit for granted due to his years of experience as a family head, he still caught the blind spot now.
“This, who knows?” Qing Yu smiled playfully.
The name Qing Yu, although once deliberately spread by Xuan Guang two years ago, proved to be a man who had been dead for two years.
Besides, at that time, Qing Yu was only a small shrimp at the Houtian realm, so who among the irrelevant would pay attention to this worthless little Daoist.
At that time, those who were lured by the rumours and thought that the True Martial Sword was in Qing Yu’s possession were just some casual practitioners of the jianghu with little knowledge, and they were still on their way to Yangcheng until Qing Yu faked his death and got away.
The only real big shots were the True Martial Sect, which had a major treasure at stake and did not spare a single clue. And at that time, Xuan Feng’s main objective was still to find Xuan Guang, the traitor, plus bring Qing Yu back to the True Martial Sect.
Having taken a soft nail, Si Yunxin was not surprised. The other side served Feng Jiu, the son of a concubine, so they must have had ulterior motives, and it would be strange if they were willing to tell you.
However, no matter what his intentions were, Si Yunxin would never give in, “As the head of the Si family, I am responsible for the lives of 137 members of the Si family. Feng Chaonan is my own nephew, and even if my third sister, Si Ningshan, waited outside the building for a day and a night, she could not make me change my mind and push the family into the fire.
Feng Jiu and Your Excellency, even less so.”
“Pa pa pa pa-”
Qing Yu applauded repeatedly, “That’s quite a good point, but how does Master Si know that the Ninth Prince is where the fire pit is?”
“Moreover ——” Qing Yu’s smile, suddenly became somewhat secretive, “How does Master Si know that of the one hundred and thirty-seven members of the Si family, no one is really willing to be loyal to the Ninth Prince?”
“What do you mean?!”
Si Yun Xin’s brows knitted together, his intuition telling him that the other party’s words were, well, not good.
“Come up.” In response to Si Yunxin’s question, Qing Yu did not reply, but only said indifferently.
Immediately afterwards, Si Yun Xin heard the sound of footsteps coming from the stairs, someone was coming up the stairs, five people in total.
The powerful sensing ability of a True Dan realm martial artist allowed Si Yunxin to easily know the number of people coming up the stairs.
But that should not be the only thing.
Even at the Divine Origin realm, he could scan with his spiritual power, so with his current realm, Si Yunxin should not be able to tell the number of people just by the sound of footsteps. This was an ability that even a Houtian realm, or even a trained ordinary person, could do.
With Si Yunsin’s perception, he should have known the height, weight, and even the appearance of these five people.
He should not have noticed them until now, he should have noticed them when they were downstairs, or even when they were near the pavilion.
Realising that his senses were being blocked by the unknown, Si Yunsin focused his attention on the strange Taoist figure.
This Daoist named “Qing Yu” was not only extremely powerful, but also had a strange and unpredictable secret technique. Whether it was his previous ability to see into his heart, or his current ability to block his divine sense, everything was proof of the other party’s power and weirdness.
Si Yunxin’s heart continued to sink.
The sense of foreboding in his heart was growing stronger and stronger.
And this foreboding premonition finally became a reality when the five people came up here.
“It’s you guys!” Si Yunxin exclaimed.
These five people, all familiar faces, shared the same surname as Si Yunxin.
Si Zi Wei, Si Zi Ping, Si Jian Cheng, Si Ji Bei and Si Tong, all the principals of the other five branches of the Si family, apart from the main family, were present.
Together with Si Yunxin, the head of the Si family, it could be said that apart from those True Dan realm elders, the senior members of the Si family were basically all present.
