Chapter 295: Wrestling Control; Deal (1/2)
Chapter 295: Wrestling Control; Deal
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It was Yan Fei who refined and drove the pagoda with his divine thoughts. Thus, it was closely linked with his spirit. Earlier, he felt his connection to his four holy mountains cut off after they were subdued by Junior Leopard's mirror. This time, when the mirror directly fought his pagoda, he felt a great impact on his divine thoughts.
Yan Fei was also a genius and a teen expert in his own right. Young as he was, he not only managed to achieve a Level Seven cultivation but also able to control the pagoda with ease. But his divine thoughts were subpar and he had never been truly tested. Perhaps he could withstand the force if he was like Junior Leopard who had practiced the Carefree Skill Thunder and had his divine thoughts brushed against the Nine Heavenly Thunder.
Unfortunately, he didn't have such an experience and his divine thoughts had never been impacted by such a great force.
Thus, the moment the mirror's golden light crashed into the pagoda's screen of light, his divine thoughts collapsed.
It was as if a massive hammer striking him hard on the head. He lost all ability to respond and was even close to fainting.
Without the support of Yan Fei's divine thoughts, the pagoda could only depend on its innate strength to resist the mirror. How could it win?
In a split second, the pagoda's defense collapsed and the screen of light transformed into four streams of light that entered Yan Fei's forehead all at once. Following the light, Junior Leopard found the true body of the pagoda as well as the holy spirit brand that Yan Fei made when he refined the pagoda.
”What an unfortunate fellow!” Junior Leopard sighed. Suddenly, the golden light of the mirror brightened. In the path of the light, he could see faint golden lotuses rushing toward Yan Fei's stiffened body and pinned themselves directly on his forehead.
Yan Fei's stiffened body shook violently and he woke up from his partially unconscious state with his eyes full of fear.
He wanted to get up and run but he couldn't control his body at all.
”Don't move and don't rush either, otherwise the one hurting will be you. I only want your pagoda,” said Junior Leopard coldly. Yan Fei continued to tremble as the golden lotuses traveled along the path of light and landed on his forehead. Moments later, the mirror absorbed a faint cyan light from his forehead. A burst of red light flashed and transformed into a three-feet-tall bronze pagoda.
The ancient pagoda was carved with strange patterns and had eight sides that turned into eight poles.
It was none other than the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda, a Pure Yang Weapon.
In that short period of time, Junior Leopard manipulated his mirror to consume the spirit brand that Yan Fei left in the pagoda. The pagoda was then restored to its original unrefined state and was instantly absorbed into the mirror.
Once the pagoda was absorbed, the four streams of light moving around the mirror started shaking as if they were summoned by something.
”Go!” said Junior Leopard gently. The four streams of light broke free of the shackles posed by the mirror and vanished from sight after worming their way into the pagoda.
He reached out and grabbed the three-feet-tall pagoda. With a turn of his hand, the pagoda disappeared.
”I've got what I wanted so I won't trouble you any more. You can go now!”
”Hurry up and return my pagoda!” Like a dying ember, Yan Fei's face was pale. His handsome face was twisted into an ugly expression. It was a miserable feeling to experience the might of the pagoda only for it to be taken away from him.
”Do you think that's possible?” Zhou Bao merely sneered at his words. ”I've already warned you but you wouldn't listen and insist on fighting me. Do you think I'll still return the weapon to you?”
”It's the Emperor who conferred the pagoda to me! You dare snatch it?” Yan Fei shouted.
”If you don't leave now, I'll kill you!” Junior Leopard retorted with a threat, with all his killing intention released.
Yan Fei shivered, sensing his killing intention. He glared at Junior Leopard and Li Xiu with obvious hatred and indignation before leaving.
Junior Leopard watched Yan Fei's disappearing figure and a small contemptuous smile appeared on his face. He turned to Li Xiu and guffawed. ”You brought a really lavish gift for me this time! Why don't you do the same in our next meeting?”
”Next time? There won't be a next time! That lunatic nearly beat me to death!” Li Xiu touched his chest, fear still lingering after hearing Junior Leopard's playful words.
”You really kept your Pure Yang Weapon to yourself well. No wonder you didn't participate in the World Hero Competition!”
”Even if I don't have one, I wouldn't join anyway.” Zhou Bao waved his hand. ”What's going on? Why was the guy hunting you down like a lunatic? What did you do?”
”It's a long story. Let's find a place to rest and I'll explain,” Li Xiu suggested.
”No problem. There are many places to rest. It's my turf after all!” Junior Leopard smiled and led the way to the heart of the town by flight.
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”Satisfied now?” Golden Rooster squinted at the man beside him with a smile. ”You still have the thing on you, don't you? Don't tell me you have to go back and retrieve it for me.”
That man harrumphed without a word. He fumbled for an emerald thumb ring and tossed it to Golden Rooster.
”It's finally mine after dreaming about it for so many years! I didn't think I'd be able to get on my hands on it before my death,” said Golden Rooster. To spite the man, he even put the emerald thumb ring and took a closer look at it as if he was examining a piece of treasure.
This irritated the man and he left with a flick of his sleeves and a snort.
”To think I finally gained something good out of the old fool!” Golden Rooster laughed happily as he watched his friend depart. ”But really! Since when Zhou Bao get his hands on a Pure Yang Weapon?” He continued, ”And it isn't the Air-frozen Bead either! He really knows how to keep a secret! No wonder he has always been so confident! His backing turns out to such a powerful weapon.” He shook his head, snickering, before turning to leave.
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Junior Leopard led Li Xiu to his small courtyard and yelled, ”Take a seat! Renzhen Cuo, make a good pot of tea for me!”
”So this is your turf? How simple and crude.”
Li Xiu had always been candid with Junior Leopard. He frowned as he carefully looked around the courtyard.
”You brat, of course you'd look down on this small place. You come from the Li family in Pingzhou,” scolded Junior Leopard jokingly. He called three men standing outside the courtyard over, including Jiang Xiao. ”Meet these people. They're all my right hand men.”
Li Xiu hugged his fist at the three men and smiled. ”I'm Li Xiu from Pingzhou. Nice to meet you.”
The men humbly replied, ”We're not worthy of this courtesy!” They stared at Junior Leopard oddly, wondering since when he befriended the young expert from the Li family in Pingzhou. It seemed like they were close too.
”Listen up. Li Xiu is my friend. You should treat him like you treat me from now on. Understand?”
”Yes, Your Excellency!” they replied in a chorus.
”That's enough. Are you trying to make it so that the members of our Li family will treat you like they treat me?”
”Exactly! I'm so happy that you understood me.” Junior Leopard laughed. ”You're a clever person indeed! You got it from just a hint!”
”F*ck you!” Li Xiu laughed. Just then, Renzhen Cuo came in with the pot of tea that she prepared.
”Okay, you can all leave. I have something important to discuss with Young Master Li. Renzhen Cuo, you can leave as well. Just leave the teapot here.”