"A famous teacher produces outstanding students!"

Tian Jing flipped through the Traveler Department’s intelligence summary on Yu Jinpeng and Jin Yutang, and said to his nephew Tian Gandang by his side, "These two are retracing the path Yan Chuan took years ago to honor their master."

"But they are even stronger than Grandmaster Yan was back then." Tian Gandang sighed, watching as Yan Chuan soared at Cang Mountain and then proved his Dao after the Sword Discussion, becoming renowned.

Now at another Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, Yan Chuan has become a legend, and his disciples are following in his footsteps to Cang Mountain, stronger at the same stage.

Tian Jing read the briefing, then found detailed battle records, fight after fight, match after match, meticulously reviewing, "But unlike Yan Chuan, I remember when Yan Chuan walked out of Jian Province, he learned ’Divine Movement Transformation,’ ’Dai Sect,’ ’Qi Yun Mountain Sixty-Four Sword,’ ’First Base Sword Series’ including ’Gale Swift Sword,’ and ’Five Fists’ including ’Baji Fist.’ Yan Chuan learned a variety of things, all mixed together. But Yu Jinpeng only uses ’Tai Chi Boxing,’ and Jin Yutang only uses ’Baji Fist,’ each focusing on one discipline, yet they are unbeatable."

Tian Jing watched continuously, becoming more amazed the further he read.

Yu Jinpeng and Jin Yutang set out from Jian Province, facing no real opponents in Peng State and Qingzhou, but from Purple Beard Mountain in Hui State, they encountered the same Famous Masters who posed notable threats to their master Yan Chuan, pushing back and even defeating him last year.

Among them——

Purple Beard Four Talents!

Yin Ye!

Twenty-one Fast Swords!

Guo Lianxiang!

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Which of these local experts is not well-known?

Yet Yu and Jin defeated them all.

Furthermore, these two relied solely on ’Tai Chi Boxing’ and ’Baji Fist’——

’Tai Chi Boxing’ with four ounces moving a thousand pounds, softness overcoming hardness.

’Baji Fist’ excelling in explosive transformations, seizing the advantage with danger.

In literature, Tai Chi governs the world; in martial arts, Baji stabilizes the universe.

The two of them truly shone on this journey, preserving the honor of their ’Innate Master’ Yan Chuan.

Of course.

It is also precisely because these two have the backing of the 11th ranked on the ’Heavenly List,’ the famous ’Innate Master’ Yan Chuan, that they dared to run rampant in the Fifteen States, with major sects, academies, Heavenly Pride, and Famous Masters all giving Yan Chuan some respect and not daring to bully with many against the few, or large against the small, let alone make secret moves against them.

Even if there were secret moves, these disciples of Yan Chuan were not to be trifled with. The third disciple Wei Quan has the treasure ’Binding Rope’ bestowed by Yan Chuan, which allowed their former Heavenly Pride Gongyang Yu to dominate the first Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, capable of binding even those at the Peak State. Who would dare to be reckless?

It’s only that in this Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, from the beginning, it was clear that the use of exotic treasures or surprise weapons was not allowed; only weapons of the same grade could be selected. Otherwise, Wei Quan, though just breaking limits, would surely be a significant figure with just the ’Binding Rope.’

However, due to rule restrictions, no matter how many treasures, they are of no use.

Wei Quan, born at the wrong time.

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The second Cang Mountain Sword Discussion is in full pre-heat.

As one of the representative figures, Yan Chuan has long surpassed this level, rarely focusing on the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion.

It’s not just him; any who proved their Dao to Innate, such as Situ Fei, Ding Xiang, Ying Jifeng, Chen Ze, all under thirty, are eligible to participate in the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion according to the rules. With innate combat power, they would surely occupy a platform and easily win the ’Arena Master Award,’ ’Consecutive Wins Award,’ and ’Victory Award.’

But there’s no need.

It’s too shameless.

Even the youngest innate grandmaster is still a grandmaster, and to compete against those in the Postnatal Realm or the Heavenly Pride at their peak would be completely unfair. No one would do such a thing, even if the rewards of the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion are indeed many.

Yan Chuan single-mindedly focused, concentrating on cultivation.

Last month, on March 25, shortly after advancing to the Innate Third Layer, after Tan Yunqing’s first withdrawal, Yan Chuan had Situ Fei purchase 30 Primordial Pills as cultivation resources.

Krypton gold is effective.

Spending money yields significant results.

A month later, on April 24, Yan Chuan took the ’Eight Spirit Sky Filling Glue,’ successfully breaking through to the Innate Fourth Layer, already at the First-Rank Peak.

Afterward, by tempering and nourishing the last ’skin membrane’ in the first cycle of ’Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane,’ rounding out the four elements, the Fourth Layer would be completed, and he could advance to the Fifth Layer, beginning the cultivation of the second meridian in the ’Eight Extraordinary Meridians,’ reaching the Second Rank Divine General level.

Yan Chuan is advancing towards the Fifth Layer and the Second Rank.

But this time, after purchasing the ’Fifth-rank·Purple Gold Shuttle’ and ’Liyang Purple Bone’ consecutively, Yan Chuan spent a total of 83 Primordial Pills, and his savings were exhausted.

Lack of funds!

Yan Chuan could only process raw stones with his inventory and have Tan Yunqing sell them at high prices while lecturing martial arts in Heavenly Ladder City, increasing friends and receiving more Primordial Pills monthly. Including subscription and occasional spectating, Yan Chuan averages about 1 Primordial Pill per day, which is highly efficient.

Raw stones.

Martial arts lectures.

These are two revenue streams.

At the same time, there’s a third——

"Ma Hongniang owns ’Lu Ti Mountain,’ claiming Essence Stone reserves of millions, a treasure trove."

"But it is occupied by a group of alien beasts, bald eagles, numbering in hundreds and thousands, preventing any mining without clearing them out."

The first Cang Mountain Sword Discussion offered rewards in three top tiers: ’City Lord,’ ’Military Leader,’ and ’Mountain Master,’ with a king city, an army, and a mine respectively.

But the court was quite something——

The ’City Lord’s’ King City was ruins and debris.

The ’Military Leader’s’ army was ugly.

As the only ’Mountain Master,’ Ma Hongniang’s mine wasn’t any better. Despite the court’s mapped mining charts, ’Lu Ti Mountain’ was constantly occupied by alien beasts, making extraction impossible, requiring Ma Hongniang to develop it herself.

Too much trouble.

Ma Hongniang’s anger was tempered by asking for help from Ban Xianfu and others.

Now, with easier to extract shallow Essence Stones exhausted and increased difficulty, the model has halted the extraction at ’Lu Ti Mountain.’

Since then, Yan Chuan and Ma Hongniang cooperated, with Yan Chuan developing ’Lu Ti Mountain’ and splitting the final benefit, one-tenth of which goes to Ma Hongniang.

Subsequently, Yan Chuan had Wang Zhengyi station more than four thousand Iron Arm Monkey Group in ’Lu Ti Mountain,’ driving out vultures and alien beasts, clearing the area to begin formal development.

Lu Ti Mountain!

This is Yan Chuan’s third financial path.

Of course, there’s more than just Lu Ti Mountain.

Yan Chuan’s third financial path includes various mines in the Tan Valley realm.

With the Tan Valley Army reaching a formation of 30,000, Yan Chuan has firmly established himself in Tan Valley. Starting from ’Lu Ti Mountain,’ Yan Chuan began developing mines and veins around the King City.

Currently, he is taking over and restarting mines abandoned due to the downfall of King City or occupied by bandits.

Abandoned.

Deserted.

Restarting these is not easy, sometimes more complicated than new developers.

However, those privately occupied by bandits or tribes, maintained and working, are ’quality assets,’ ’King City quality assets,’ just illegally occupied by private armies. With Tan Valley Army’s formation, those assets are due for recovery.

Tan Valley Army deployed!

Tan Valley, battle on!

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"Right ahead!"

"Twenty-one zhang, nine chi, three cun!"

"Purple light!"

"Fourth-rank exotic treasure!"

In the North Mansion Stone Chamber, Lu Yuru opened her ’Wisdom Eye’ to see beams of treasure light ahead——

White.

Green.

Blue.

Purple.

From First Rank to Fourth Rank, strange weapons and treasures, treasure light shining.

This place is ’Iron Chain Mountain,’ one of the large mines in the Tan Valley realm, once guarded by Fourth-rank Divine Generals, with over ten Guardian Spirits in the mountain.

After the fall of King City, ’Iron Chain Mountain’ went through Divine Generals’ deaths and internal strife, leaving only three Guardian Spirits to occupy and control the mountain.

But these three are not strong, unable to withstand Duke Zhuyu of Guangming City, let alone Mang Vajra of Yong Mountain City, but they rely on the mountain’s ’Inverted Five Elements Formation’ for an invincible position, even if the Second Rank Peak of Duke Zhuyu or the newly Third Rank Sheng Xuan cannot breach it.

As solid as a rock!

Unfortunately, this time they encountered Lu Yuru.

This Little Xiao Lu observed the mountain for ten days, using her Wisdom Eye to discern the treasure light, locating the strange weapons and treasures within, locking the twenty-five formation bases of the ’Inverted Five Elements Formation’ in the mountain.

Then——

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Yan Chuan released——

"Purple Gold Shuttle!"

"Second Form!"

"’Mountain Drilling Cone’ Second Layer!"

Yan Chuan chanted, and 108 small shuttles quickly assembled on Yan Chuan’s right arm, forming a fierce ’Mountain Drilling Cone’ with six drill heads, frightening and terrifying.

He activated the ’Fifth Rank·Purple Gold Secret Technique’ Second Form Chapter of ’Mountain Drilling Cone,’ combined with a special secret technique derived from ’Six Meridian Divine Sword,’ activating the ’Purple Gold Shuttle’ and ’Mountain Drilling Cone,’ each of the six drill heads was infused with a sword Qi——

Shaoshang! Shangyang! Zhongchong! Guanchong! Shaochong! Shaoze!

Six Meridian Sword Qi formed a sword net with the six drill heads.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

With Yan Chuan’s arm in the front, he drilled into the ground, with ’Mountain Drilling Cone’ and ’Six Meridian Sword Net’ shattering any earth and stone obstacles, silently targeting one of the bases of the ’Inverted Five Elements Formation’ pre-determined by Lu Yuru——

Twenty-one zhang, nine chi, three cun!

Although drilling into the ground, it reached in an instant.

"Break!"

The Eighth Realm ’Six Meridian Divine Sword’ erupted, launching a surprise attack on the formation base——

Boom!

The formation base vibrated.

Instantly, an overwhelming backlash struck.

"Purple Gold Shuttle!"

"Third Form!"

"’Heavy Mountain Shield’ Second Layer!"

Left hand ’Mountain Drilling Cone’!

Right hand ’Heavy Mountain Shield’!

The ’Dragon Elephant Wisdom’ erupted, Yan Chuan, with tremendous force gripped the ’Heavy Mountain Shield,’ booming and forcefully blocked the first wave of ’Inverted Five Elements Formation,’ then swiftly——

"Purple Gold Shuttle!"

"Fourth Form!"

"’Purple Gold Armor’ Second Layer!"

’Heavy Mountain Shield’ disintegrated in an instant, transforming into 108 small shuttles, wrapping around Yan Chuan’s body and head, forming a ’Purple Gold Armor,’ enveloping him completely.

Simultaneously——

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