Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

166: Third senior brother, could it be that your eyes are dim?Golden light descended, revealing the elder’s figure. He held a short black staff that looked like metal but had the feel of wood.

Ye Yuanling looked at the spot where King Huai had been. After learning about Qin Jiang’s situation from He Feiyun, although he was greatly shocked, he had no time to think and rushed over without delay.

He even brought the Immortal Artifact originally intended for Fushan and King Huai.

He was even prepared that if Qin Jiang was truly as He Feiyun described, he would save Qin Jiang at all costs, even if it meant self-detonating his True Spirit!

But now, King Huai was gone?

The energy burst just now was too terrifying; his Divine Sense couldn’t penetrate it at all, making it impossible to know what had happened.

He looked at Qin Jiang, who was indeed a handsome young man!

But this appearance... where were the slightest signs of injury?

His heart tightened. The power of the energy burst earlier was so formidable that even he, holding an Immortal Artifact, would have been severely injured, certainly not as calm as this.

”Young friend, there’s no need to pretend to be strong. I’ve brought an Immortal Artifact that can heal all Dao injuries!”

Qin Jiang smiled at his words. He had been wondering what this Senior would say, but he didn’t expect the first thing to be concern that he was pretending to be fine.

”I’m perfectly fine. It’s just a pity that King Huai escaped.”

He felt a bit regretful. If it weren’t for the opponent having a top-tier Immortal Artifact, he wouldn’t have escaped so easily. He would have at least lost a layer of skin!

Ye Yuanling’s expression changed slightly at his words, feeling a lingering fear. He indeed hadn’t expected King Huai to have already reached the True God Peak. He had hidden himself too well!

”Young friend, there’s no need to be discouraged. This King Huai is almost demonic in his cunning, by no means an ordinary person. For him to infiltrate Xia Kingdom, he must have a foolproof escape method. Even if an Immortal Ancestor personally intervened, he might not be able to keep him.”

He had exchanged blows with King Huai countless times, both openly and covertly, and he knew how terrifying this man was!

Trying to contend with him in strategy was almost impossible. Only by crushing him head-on with absolute strength, like Qin Jiang did, would it work.

At this thought, he couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. It was truly hard to imagine that even now, a transcendent talent like Qin Jiang could emerge.

Does the era truly create heroes? I am truly old.

Qin Jiang nodded slightly, a cold glint appearing in his eyes. Next time, next time he would personally take King Huai’s head.

”Haha, I haven’t introduced myself. This old man is Ye Yuanling. I presume young friend has heard of me,” Ye Yuanling said with a laugh.

”Of course, the current Grand Marshal of the Armies, and the former Governor of Yuan Province,” Qin Jiang replied.

He hadn’t heard Ye Yuanling’s name often, but the title of the former Governor of Yuan Province he had heard many times.

Ye Yuanling stroked his beard and chuckled, ”Why don’t we go down first? Speaking of which, Ningan is also where I made my fortune.”

Looking at Ningan City below, memories of the past flooded his mind. Back then, he was just a small tavern handyman.

On the main Peak of the Bronze Bell Sect, Long Wenliang had already gone to organize people for evacuation. Although it might not be very useful, waiting for death was absolutely impossible.

Long Daosheng anxiously looked up at the sky. The violent energy fluctuations just now, even from such a distance, could be clearly felt. It was hard to imagine how terrifying the center of the energy burst must have been!

And what made him feel most helpless was that he couldn’t help at all.

To a True God, even if he self-detonated his Martial Destiny, it wouldn’t be much of a threat. He probably wouldn’t even cause the opponent to bat an eye.

”Senior Brother, what are you looking at?”

A familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ear. He turned sharply, only to see Qin Jiang sitting at a table, picking at dishes.

”Not eating? It’s all cold,” Qin Jiang asked.

”Junior Brother! You! King Huai!”

For a moment, Long Daosheng became somewhat stammering.

”Unfortunately, I couldn’t kill King Huai. He got away,” Qin Jiang said.

Long Daosheng took a deep breath at his words and shook his head slightly, ”It’s alright. King Huai is no ordinary person. If he were that easy to deal with, he wouldn’t have become such a major concern for our Xia Kingdom.”

He sat down, casually picked at some dishes, and before he could put them in his mouth, a golden light suddenly lit up above Ningan City, then rapidly descended, landing on the main Peak without causing any disturbance.

The golden light solidified. Ye Yuanling looked at Qin Jiang with some surprise, ”Young friend, your methods are excellent. Your control over spatial power has reached its Peak.”

Mastery of spatial power is different from the True Spirit Realm; not every True God Peak can master it.

As expected of a transcendent talent who could repel King Huai, in every aspect, he was beyond comparison.

”Senior, you flatter me,” Qin Jiang said with a smile.

”You... you are Ancestor Ye?” Long Daosheng looked at Ye Yuanling in shock. A person he had only seen in paintings now appeared alive before him.

Ye Yuanling looked at Long Daosheng, finding his face somewhat familiar, but he couldn’t recall it at once.

”My father is Long Fengxuan,” Long Daosheng said, a little excitedly.

Years ago, his father had told him that if he ever encountered anything he couldn’t solve, he could go to the Prefecture City Governor’s Mansion and seek out Ye Yuanling, who would help him. But if there was no urgent matter, he should never disturb him.

However, the Long family never faced any major crisis. Later, when he heard that the border war was urgent and Ye Yuanling had been transferred to the Imperial Capital, he no longer planned to seek out Ye Yuanling.

After all, it had been two hundred years, and it was hard to say if the other party would still remember.

He just hadn’t expected to meet under such circumstances.

Ye Yuanling realized at his words, ”So it’s Fengxuan’s son. I remember when I left back then, your father was still a little child. Where is he? How has he been recently?”

Long Daosheng’s eyes darkened at his words, ”My father passed away over a hundred years ago.”

Ye Yuanling frowned, ”What happened? When I left back then, I left your father a spot for the Vajra Indestructible Body. He should have had several hundred years of Lifespan left.”

Long Daosheng’s eyes showed confusion, ”Father went to the wilderness back then and returned severely injured. He once said he would go to the Prefecture City for medical treatment, but later, for some unknown reason, he didn’t go and passed away a few years later. At that time, you were still the Governor of Yuan Province.”

Ye Yuanling was stunned, then reacted, ”That child, he’s always been like this since he was young. Why didn’t he come to find me?”

He sighed regretfully. He had clearly promised his old friend to look after Fengxuan, but he was busy with Prefecture affairs and neglected Fengxuan, even failing to return and see him when he left office.

If he had paid attention then, how could it have come to this?

”It’s all my fault. The war was urgent then, and I was appointed in a time of crisis. I forgot to come back.”

”Ancestor Ye, there’s no need for that. Father bore no resentment when he passed away, only regret that he couldn’t see you one last time,” Long Daosheng said.

Ye Yuanling’s eyes drooped, ”Could you take me to Fengxuan’s grave?”

”Of course.”

Saying that, Long Daosheng looked at Qin Jiang, ”Junior Brother, Ancestor Ye and I are going to pay respects to my father.”

Qin Jiang nodded slightly. After the two left, he picked up a wine bowl and placed it opposite him, filling it with yellow wine.

Thump, thump, thump.

Footsteps approached, ”Big Brother! Big Brother! Everyone is assembled. When are we leaving?”

Long Ye’s booming voice came, and he froze in place the moment he saw Qin Jiang.

He rubbed his eyes, somewhat disbelieving.

”Am I not fully awake? That shouldn’t be.”

He mumbled to himself, thinking he was hallucinating.

”Third Senior Brother, are your eyes failing you?” Qin Jiang said with a smile.