Chapter 1609
The darkest hour before dawn.
Inside Zhenjiang City.
The 300,000 Great Snow Dragon Riders were in agony, wailing and screaming as if they were in purgatory.
The sound of Xiao, mixed with the wailing, was like a magic sound filling the ears of every Great Snow Dragon Rider from all directions, even though it was far away.
It was as if countless sharp needles were stabbing at the eardrums.
It was also as if a magical sound was pouring into their ears, hocking their bones into their marrow!
Boom, boom, boom ……
The battle between Chen Daojun and the bell-carrier, and Huo Zhenxiao and the drum-carrier still continued.
Under the Heavenly Punishment, a move of such a realm possessed a terrifying and appalling destructive power.
The two battle circles, however, were filled with countless sabre-like qi, completely obscuring the four men’s figures.
Everywhere they pa*sed, the ground caved in inch by inch, accompanied by loud roars.
In front of the training room, Bai Qi and the nine Golden Guards were carrying the heavy burden of transporting the monoliths into the training room, turning a deaf ear to the wailing and screaming of the Great Snow Dragon Riders around them.
Everything was going on steadily, in a tragic manner.
Inside the practice room.
Chen Dong’s brow was furrowed and his expression was gloomy to the extreme.
Even though Xu Qingfeng had already spoken very plainly, beads of sweat were still seeping out of his palms as he clutched the banner in his right hand.
To put it bluntly, what was happening now was all a gamble!
The morning bell and the evening drum and that blowing man were betting that Chen Daojun would always restrain himself from fighting them under the Heavenly Punishment and that they would be able to take the opportunity to block the chiselling of the martial body.
Chen Daojun and Xu Qingfeng were also betting that the other three would always be restrained under the Heavenly Punishment and engage them, entering into a scorching stalemate to ensure the smooth chiselling of the Martial Dao Body.
Both are restrained, both are engaged, but the results are very different.
And the cost …… was the 300,000 Great Snow Dragon Cavalry troops within Zhenjiang City!
This can’t be considered a big deal!
The slightest mistake would be a total loss for Zhenjiang City!
Clang Clang ……
Zhang Wu Dao stood in front of the stone statue, chiselling frantically based on the martial dao diagram drawn by Chen Dong and Zhao Feng Wolf.
As a stonemason’s heir, this kind of chiselling was many times easier than that of the old man Zhang Wuji, but the long hours of nervous tension and intense chiselling still made Zhang Wu Dao sweat profusely, with beads of sweat running over the corners of his eyes from time to time, causing his eyes to blink incessantly.
As Bai Qi and the others transported the stone monuments into the practice room, Chen Dong and Zhao Feng Wolf did not remain idle, abandoning their distractions and quickly drawing the martial arts diagram on one of the chiselled stone statues, waiting for Zhang Wu Dao to chisel them.
From beginning to end.
Xu Qingfeng was leaning in the corner, the cigarette in his mouth never breaking.
One after another ……
It seemed that holding the cigarette in his mouth could share some of the pain for him.
But his gradually pale face and increasingly rapid panting were always being watched by Chen Dong.
All signs indicated that Xu Qingfeng appeared to be calm on the surface, but in reality his state was enough to be described as a sharp turnaround!
One after another ……
Soon, all twelve Martial Dao Bodies Zhang Wu Dao had been successfully carved.
He wiped a handful of sweat from his forehead, the high intensity of the chiseling, as robust as he was, his arms were also sore and swollen at this time.
Looking at the white-faced stone statue, which had been drawn by Chen Dong and Zhao Feng Wolf, he could not help but feel his eyes redden.
If only his father had been a*sisted by the “carpenter’s” Lupin technique when he had chiselled it, he might ……
Gritting his teeth and shaking his head, Zhang Wudao continued to chisel.
“Is this the power of the Luban Technique?”
Chen Dong watched sideways as Zhang Wudao chiselled the thirteenth martial body, his heart filled with emotion.
Everything had gone incredibly smoothly, and only after experiencing chiseling the martial dao body twice in the first place could one deeply appreciate just how hard it was to come by the smoothness now!
The repercussions of the martial dao body, twelve is a hurdle, Zhang Wu Dao successfully chiseled twelve, began the thirteenth, no matter how polite to say that the next until twenty-three martial dao body, can be chiseled successfully.
It was only …… that once the twenty-fourth was carved, the power of the Martial Dao Body’s counterattack would once again change dramatically!
Subconsciously, Chen Dong dropped his eyes to Xu Qingfeng in the corner.
The next stage of power backlash, can Elder Xu …… really resist it?
The thought had just risen.
Xu Qingfeng, who had lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, suddenly let out a startled eek from his mouth and nose.
“Someone else is coming!”
Boom!
The sound was like wild thunder.
Chen Dong’s mind instantly buzzed and his entire strength seemed to have been instantly drained away.
A fourth person?
Almost the moment Xu Qingfeng exited, a terrifyingly majestic voice, like a prison, suddenly resounded through Zhenjiang City.
“Tonight Zhenjiang City is bustling with activity, I, Jiang Lao Liu, am afraid that if I don’t arrive, I will have to miss the spectacle, hahaha ……”
The sound of laughter echoed.
But when it fell on Chen Dong’s ears, it was like heavenly music.
“Master Jiang Liu?!”
Chen Dong was ecstatic, “Senior Xu, there is a turn of events!”
In the face of Chen Dong’s surprised voice, Xu Qingfeng laughed noncommittally.
Just as Master Jiang’s laughter echoed, the Xiao sound that had always filled the sky above Zhenjiang City suddenly disappeared.
The tragic wailing sounds that had rushed to the sky and shook the ears also quickly weakened.
It was as if the pause button had been pressed with the sound of Jiang’s laughter.
On the walls of Zhenjiang City.
The Sixth Master Jiang was dressed in a Tang suit, his white beard fluttering, his hands behind his back, as if he had an immortal style and a powerful aura.
He looked at the aged old man in front of him with a smile on his face.
The old man also put down his jade xiao and looked at him profoundly.
“I really didn’t expect that you would come out, Old Six Jiang.”
The oldest old man’s lips and teeth opened lightly and let out a hoarse and seeping voice, as if he was somewhat surprised by the appearance of Old Master Jiang.
“The tomb guardians aren’t even guarding the tomb properly anymore, so why can’t I, Jiang Lao Liu, walk around the earth for a bit?”
Master Jiang Liu smiled teasingly.
A gust of cold wind swept in.
His robes instantly bulged and hunted.
In a flash, Master Jiang’s eyes were as bright as lightning, his aura was as if he was pulling up mountains from the ground, and his frown showed his majesty and dominance.
“Now you have two choices, one is to fight with me, under or over the Heavenly Punishment, your choice, and the other is for us to just stand here until the four below have finished fighting and the dust has settled, then we can each leave.”
“No other choice?”
The old, aged man known as the Gravekeeper raised his white eyebrows.
“I am informing you, not discussing with you!”
The words were decisive and overbearingly resounding.
Master Jiang Liu’s eyes instantly narrowed into slits as boundless killing intent blasted out.
The Tomb Guardian’s body swayed and subconsciously took a step back, the jade xiao in his hand was like a swimming dragon, spinning around in his fingertips.
Immediately, he gave a fierce laugh, “If you can stop me, can you stop the others in the shadows?”
The threat was undisguised, and it was clear that he and the Morning Bell were not the only ones present this evening!
However.
As he shook his right hand, the snowball shattered with a bang, and countless snow flakes coalesced into ice crystals that stirred in all directions.
He laughed disdainfully, “Six members of the Jiang family, and I’m the youngest, so guess how many members of my Jiang family are here? Compared to my Jiang family’s manpower, you all together are worthy?”
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The tone is dismissive.
In the midst of it all, killing intent raged.
The gravekeeper’s face, full of furrows and folds, was suddenly as gloomy as black charcoal, and his cloudy eyes showed undisguised scorn.
“Is this the self-confidence of your Jiang family as a lineage clan?”
The gravekeeper pulled the corner of his mouth and gave a strange laugh.
“Six people in one clan, you’re not convinced?”
The Sixth Master Jiang stepped forward and met the Gravekeeper’s eyes with even more contempt, “My Jiang Family has been a magnificent family for thousands of years, you’re a martyr?”
“You ……”
The tomb guardian was momentarily speechless, his eyes scornful, but always gazing closely at the face of Jiang Sixth Master.
He wanted to confirm the truthfulness of what Jiang Sixth Master said.
The Jiang Family, as a family clan, had been magnificent for a thousand years, not only because of the majestic and profound family heritage, but also because every generation the Jiang Family would have more than one dragon and phoenix of men emerge from the sky.
With such a strong heritage and systematic training, every generation of the Jiang family has had its share of giants like Jiang Qilin!
A family of six, each one asking for the top of the Heavenly Punishment.
Although the possibility of them leaving the Jiang Family at the same time was extremely slim, this turn of events this evening was not impossible.
If the six dragons of the Jiang family were really present, then tonight ……
Silence.
The walls of the city are as quiet as a needle.
The wind and snow are raging, as cold as a knife.
Inside the city, the battle between Chen Daojun, Huo Zhenxiao and the morning bell and evening drum still continued.
But the tomb guards, however, were forced by Jiang Liuji not to move.
The two were just a few metres away from each other, facing each other like statues, neither of them making the next move.
It was also at a time when the storm clouds were changing inside Zhenjiang City.
A few miles away from Zhenjiang City, in an open space, was a different scene.
In the darkness, the sound of the wind was piercing, carrying with it a biting coldness that was like a sharp knife cutting into flesh.
A thick layer of snow covers the land.
Above the night, goose feathers of snow were flying down.
But at this moment, it is the flickering of human figures, the air is even thick with the smell of blood wafting.
Pop, pop ……
The sound of landing on the snow was heard one after another.
A cluster of firelight, suddenly blossoming in the darkness, shone on a pale face.
A line of five men, the remaining five craftsmen of the Thief Sect!
“D*mn it! The Thief Sage has really guessed it, these hidden giants are all moving tonight.”
Lin Shichong, the pig killer, curled his left arm and pulled the blood-stained knife through it, wiping the blood off the knife, and looked at the three corpses on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of spittle.
A suit, now also stained with blood and snow, and an already tight white shirt, but crimson and stinging, had been stretched open, revealing Lin Shichong’s large stomach.
“The Thief Saint is unpredictable, the old wooden head is shouldering the important task of Taishan this time, we must protect it with all our might.”
The oldest witch general, Wusong, said in a deep voice at this moment, “Let’s clear out more of these curmudgeons, and the pressure within Zhenjiang City will be easier.”
At his words, the remaining five generals nodded in agreement.
When they arrived at Zhenjiang City, although they had already been arranged to settle down, Xu Qingfeng had soon given them secret orders to leave Zhenjiang City and wander in all directions after they arrived.
At first, a few people were still somewhat baffled and puzzled, but the battle they had just experienced had enlightened a few people.
The casting of the Martial Dao body is a great achievement for this night!
If it was in the past, even if Zhenjiang City was doing this, these hidden clans would not have interfered to stop it.
But this night is different!
The Thief Saint has returned and the Thief Sect has planted its flag at Zhenjiang City!
This is a situation where 1+1 is far greater than 2.
Casting the martial body again, in the eyes of these people, it is right to say that the eyes are red, more accurately said is scornful …… afraid!
There was a pause.
Wusong raised his eyes to Lin Shichong and said with some concern, “Old Lin, can you still hold up?”
“Old man Woo, don’t underestimate me, I’ve been killing pigs all my life, and I’ve got a century of kung fu, how can I still not be able to hold up in such a battle?”
Lin Shichong snickered, tilting his neck with a face full of triumph.
“That’s good, all of you, listen to the words of the old man.”
Wusong nodded, his eyes sweeping over several people, “The five of us acting together will greatly reduce the risk, but the curmudgeons we can clear are stretched to the limit, in my old man’s opinion, we might as well divide our troops into two, the pig killer and the shaver each in one way, with their battle prowess, we can then complement them together, we can also clear some more.”
“Now the pressure on Zhenjiang City, the more curmudgeons that converge over, the greater the pressure on the Thief Saints and theirs, the revitalization of the Thief Sect, success or failure is at stake, that old boy Zhang Wuji has dared to lay down his life for the sake of the Thief Sect merit, the rest …… of you don’t need old me to say much, right? ”
The voice is very soft, but each word is extraordinarily forceful.
The five generals present glanced at each other, and then laughed at the same time.
“Seconded!”
“Seconded!”
“Seconded!”
……
Soon, under Wusong’s distribution, the two teams, with the pig-killers and the head-shavers as the main force respectively, headed in two opposite directions.
The head-shavers, coffin-bearers and stonemasons were in one group.
Wusong and Lin Shichong, on the other hand, were in one group.
In the darkness.
Wusong and Lin Shichong were tearing up the wind and snow as they raced ahead, both of them exuding their senses as far as they could.
At their level, the range that their senses could detect had already surpa*sed their eyesight, so they swept out like a grate.
“Poof!”
Suddenly, Lin Shichong’s body shook as he ran wildly, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
“Old Lin!”
Wusong’s pale face was shocked, and he held Lin Shichong up with one hand.
“It’s alright, it’s alright.”
Lin Shichong waved his hand and smiled sadly, “Getting old, after all, I’m getting old.”
“Ugh ……”
Wusong sighed leisurely, the shock on his face, however, dissipated and was replaced by a sad cloud: “Perhaps …… this is our destiny?”
“Hmm?”
Lin Shichong gave a startled eek and immediately reacted when he saw that Wu Song did not look right: “Old Wu, you did that on purpose?”
After all, no matter how strong one was, it was hard to resist the wash of the years, and there were only a handful of people like Chen Daojun or those who were truly at the top.
At least, he, Lin Shichong, is not one of them!
But for the sake of stability, he had been holding out.
But now Wusong was shocked for a moment, and then changed his face, as if he already had a guess in his mind, and was acting in a group, intentionally!
“Hmm.”
Wusong nodded: “We are after all old, no longer the glory of more than twenty years ago when we were fighting.”
“Then you do so ……”
Lin Shichong wanted to say something but suddenly tilted his head and laughed: “Yes, in fact, when I came out tonight, I almost sensed it, only …… we are willing to ah!”
“I am the oldest, and I know more about the Thief Sect and the Thief Saints than you do, and with what I have learned, I can also speculate on some things.”
Wusong lightly stroked his beard, his expression complex and obscure: “The Thief Saint has his goals after all, far from what we old, winded generals expect na ……”
Lin Shichong smiled teasingly, “So, what do you choose? Do you want to just disappear? Do you want to take me with you?”
