846 The Dance of the Dragons and Snakes at the Southern Borders (2/2)
Hu Ling'er quickly leaped out of her arms, transforming into a young girl as she touched the ground. At the precise moment she opened her mouth to speak, Yan'er placed a spirit pill in it.
”Young master is going out for a fight? Can he win?”
Yan'er continued to feed her and said, ”The other man is very formidable, his primordial spirit has been cultivated to a powerful level.”
Hu Ling'er chewed on the spirit pill noisily. ”Young master is formidable too, it would be difficult for Chancellor Ba Shan to hurt him badly... Can this spirit pill be made hollow? If every spirit pill was infused with some good wine, the taste would be even better.”
Celestial Venerable Yu walked over to them, and just as he opened his mouth, Yan'er fed him a spirit pill.
Celestial Venerable Yu mumbled in a muffled voice, ”Add wine into spirit pills? Will that taste good?”
Hu Ling'er glanced at him and broke into a smile. ”So you are Lan Yutian, Young Master Lan? I heard about you when I visited the capital city. You are young master's younger brother, so why is your surname Lan? Spirit pills infused with wine definitely would taste good. I have yet to eat it like that though. Usually, I will eat these spirit pills on a plate, pairing it with wine. Senior Brother Sanduo tried it and agreed it was good. I feel that infusing wine in the spirit pills would definitely make it taste even better.”
Celestial Venerable Yu was eager to try it for himself.
When the three of them emerged from the hall, Qin Mu and Chancellor Ba Shan had already started to exchange blows outside. The both of them fought straight up into the sky. Chancellor Ba Shan was the founder of the fusion of battle techniques and spells. The political reforms in the Eternal Peace Empire could also be partially attributed to him.
All these years, as divine arts in Eternal Peace Empire grew exponentially, Chancellor Ba Shan's battle techniques and skills improved even more dramatically.
The southern borders were located in a secluded geographical area, but the convergence of techniques here was the most unruly. As such, skills and divine arts were able to advance and improve at a rapid pace. Furthermore, following the guidance of experts like Martial Arts Heavenly Teacher Zhuo Cha, Butcher Heaven Knife, Crimson Light Son of God, and Xing An, allowed Chancellor Ba Shan's abilities to improve even more—he was able to make drastic advancements whether in martial arts battle techniques or divine arts.
Chancellor Ba Shan learned from Butcher Heaven Knife, picking up the Nine Skills of Heaven Knife. However, Butcher was forced to fake his own death and go into hiding in the Great Ruins after he raised his knives to the heavens and had his body chopped off as punishment.
Unable to learn the complete Nine Skills of Heaven Knife, Chancellor Ba Shan created his own technique—the Seven Techniques of Tyrant Knife—using the fusion of battle techniques to compensate for where he was lacking in the knife path.
When Butcher later reemerged, he had found it improper, stating that his knife technique was unorthodox.
Now, however, Chancellor Ba Shan had managed to walk out a steady path of his own, even earning the respect of Butcher Heaven Knife.
He hid divine arts within his knife techniques, his tyrant knife filled with immense power and a domineering aura. Chancellor Ba Shan interchanged between close-quarters and ranged attacks against Qin Mu with almost no difficulty. He was also incredibly strong, forcing Qin Mu out almost 100 yards with each strike before he could even stabilize himself.
Chancellor Ba Shan pressed hard on Qin Mu, his knife techniques constantly changing. At times it was engulfed in divine flames, and in the next, it bore heaven's thunder. A strike of his knife would cause the flashes to burst out into an ocean of light, and cutting down with a wave of his knife could cause a magnetic explosion.
Qin Mu had an abnormally difficult fight, being forced to retreat with every blow.
Within Li River Academy, Niu Sanduo and the green bull stopped beating up the dragon qilin and water qilin. They looked up to the skies and praised, ”What great knife skills! Amazing divine arts! Chancellor Ba Shan is so impressive. He managed to balance the fusion of the battle techniques masterfully. If he used this on the divine arts of the martial path, he would definitely be able to make the martial arts path become more powerful.”
The green bull put his two hooves on his hips, exclaiming with pride, ”My old master defeated your master, my godfather beat you until you cried. Fatty Dragon, let's see how you are going to go against me in the future!”
The old farmer and Butcher walked over, raising their heads to take a look at the fight. The old farmer said, ”Your disciple is quite capable, but he is about to lose this fight.”
Yu Zhaoqing walked over, dressed head to toe in brilliant light and vibrant colors. He looked to the skies and said, ”Martial Arts Heavenly Teacher, why would you make such a comment? Chancellor Ba Shan's fusion of battle techniques can be said to be unparalleled in the Eternal Peace Empire. If we only compared sheer power among the gods, he is almost matchless. I have seen him in combat with Senior Tiger, and even Senior Tiger could not defeat him.”
Butcher began to explain, ”It is definitely no easy feat for him to come this far with his fusion of battle techniques. However, it is even more difficult to enter the path with knife skills, martial arts, and divine arts altogether. Even as the founder of the fusion of battle techniques, his aptitude is still inferior compared to the Sixth Princess of the Ling Family. As long as Mu'er executes his divine arts, Chancellor Ba Shan will be defeated.”
The old farmer commented, ”He is too greedy. It is already incredibly rare to be able to enter the path with one attribute, much less all three. Ignoring everything else, it is already rare to be able to enter the path with martial arts. Son of Qin is one example of those who succeeded.”
As he spoke, a clattering sound rang out. There were several people going up the mountain now. A handsome youth stood atop a chest that had six legs growing from it and ascended the mountain as easily as he was walking on flat ground.
Right behind this strange chest was a deer legged youth who was walking alongside a purple-clad teenager.
”Xing An.” Butcher snorted coldly, his divine blade unsheathing with a crisp sound.
The chest sprinted over and stopped abruptly in front of everyone.
The youth on the chest continued to watch the battle in the clouds, only retracting his gaze when he heard the sound of the blade. He spoke calmly, ”Heaven Knife, you are no match for me.”
Butcher laughed out loud. ”Back in the day, I wonder who it was that managed to make you run about flustered? Rumor has it that you went to the southern sea to beg Crimson Light Son of God to use creation divine arts to reforge your body. You no longer have to go around stealing the bodies of others? Did your body just grow out? I won't take advantage of you, if you want revenge, feel free to look for me anytime!”
Xing An shook his head. ”I am not interested in you. I am here to see Cult Master Qin... What an attractive body...”
His gaze revealed a look of fanaticism as he continued to stare upwards at Qin Mu, who was still in battle with Chancellor Ba Shan.
Crimson Light Son of God walked over and smiled. ”Do not misunderstand, Heaven Knife. Xing An is only here because he has a difficult problem he would like Cult Master Qin to solve for him. His insights on creation techniques are on par with me, and he previously came to the southern seas to consult me about it. Although I helped him to resolve part of his problem, he still felt that this reforged body had some deficiencies. He decided to come forth and seek out Cult Master Qin after I told him that Cult Master Qin was the true expert in all things regarding creation techniques.”
Xing An added indifferently, ”On the path of creation, Cult Master Qin is second to none. After him, I am tied with Crimson Light Son of God.”