Li Guanyi sighed in admiration, and Chen Chengbi said, "As for the rule that established the Netherworld Ghost Market..."
"It is said that about two hundred years ago, when the Ghost Market was just starting up..."
"There was a peerless great master from the Yin Yang Family who was on good terms with the first-generation Night Emperor. The Night Emperor used a jar of wine to ask the Yin Yang Master for a Life Talisman, saying that if it were only about trade, the Netherworld Ghost Market would hardly last 60 years, but if there was trade, Martial Arts, and such a rule..."
"Then it could last five hundred years."
"A bowl of wine, a couple of words, five hundred years of achievement."
"The Night Emperor of the Ghost Market gave that master a highest-level Jade Token as a token of gratitude."
"After receiving it, the master left with composure."
"It’s a rare and wonderful tale in the Martial World."
The grand master of the Yin Yang Family, the Night Emperor’s good relations, the highest-level Jade Token.
Li Guanyi fell silent, then suddenly thought of that unkempt old man, raised his hand to his forehead, and compared the dashing and composed Yin Yang Family master from the legend, who traded a jar of wine for five hundred years of foundation, with the utterly carefree old man he knew.
The contrast was too great.
It was as if a legend had descended into the mortal world,
becoming all the more vivid and real.
Chen Chengbi sighed with emotion, patting Li Guanyi on the shoulder, and said, "Anyway, lad, you did well, very well, and moreover, I heard that during the fight, you drew the Red Dragon with your Battle Halberd and intercepted hundreds of arrows fired at once."
The old man’s eyes lit up as he revealed his true purpose for coming here:
"Red Dragon Power, have you already cultivated it?!"
Li Guanyi nodded in affirmation.
The old man burst into loud laughter, "Good, good, good! Hahaha, excellent, excellent!"
Chen Chengbi was overjoyed, flipping several somersaults, and laughed heartily, "When I saw that kid Yue Qianfeng using the Red Dragon Power, I wanted to have more fun fighting him, but I didn’t expect the lad, despite his big frame, to be so nimble with his light body skills, even better than me, and terribly fast at running away."
"I hadn’t had enough fun when he fled."
"Now that you’ve mastered it, come on, have a spar with me! It’s the Divine Skill of the founding Red Emperor; how can we not spar and exchange pointers? My hands itch, my heart itches; I can’t sleep at all, utterly sleepless."
Li Guanyi felt his earlier thought—that the old man wanted to pass on Martial Arts to him in hopes of helping Mrs. Xue’s son—was completely mistaken.
The old man was simply itching for a fight.
Li Guanyi thought for a moment and then said, "Better not."
Chen Chengbi was taken aback, asking, "Why not?!"
Li Guanyi answered, "I think I’ve gotten to know your temperament, senior; even if you could suppress your Cultivation Technique, I’m afraid you wouldn’t be able to hold back, right?"
"In a clash, with the circulation of Inner Qi, I’m definitely no match for you."
"When your Inner Qi enters my body, I’ve just resolved the issue with Different Species True Qi in my Dantian, adding another kind would be asking for trouble."
Chen Chengbi scratched his head and said anxiously, "No, I’ll pass on to you, pah pah pah."
"Not that I’ll pass it on to you, but that ’Six Void Four Union Divine Skill’ you’re looking at; the first layer can control three different kinds of True Qi."
"Your family’s ’Jade Arm Divine Bow Skills,’ Central State’s ’Red Dragon Power.’"
"If I fight with you and accidentally pass some into you, you can dissipate it and turn it to your own use; it’s all a good thing!"
The old man spoke confidently.
Li Guanyi found it funny yet frustrating; the old man had calculated everything from the start.
Indifferent towards worldly matters, but when it came to a fight, his calculations were sharp. So the youth extended his hand for the old man to take his pulse and said, "Unfortunately, senior, I already have three layers of true energy transforming in my body."
Chen Chengbi widened his eyes in disbelief, grinding his teeth in frustration and affliction.
The old man was like someone expecting a flower to bear fruit any moment, only to find the fruit already picked. Especially since he came with the anticipation of experiencing the Red Emperor’s Divine Skill’s energy, ready to fight with gusto, and he was just one step away—just one!
His anticipation was now matched by his discomfort.
He scratched his head, paced back and forth, and finally, looking at the youth, he knew that even though he could control the intensity of his strikes when excited in combat, the spontaneous defensive reaction of his Pure Yang Wuji Internal Energy was bound to enter the young man’s body.
Suddenly, Chen Chengbi let out a long howl, turned around, and grabbed Li Guanyi’s hand.
He forced Li Guanyi’s hand around his own neck, widened his eyes, and said, "Threaten me!"
Li Guanyi was dumbfounded: "What?"
Chen Chengbi said, "Threaten me; tell me to pass on the Divine Skill to you, or else you’ll threaten my Chen Family’s lineage, extinguish our family’s legacy, trample over Jiangnan, desecrate our ancestral graves..."
Li Guanyi cast his eyes down, his young face taking on a sincere smile.
His voice remained natural as if breathing:
"I could never do such a thing."
The old man glared at him, "Just threaten me, put on an act."
"You threaten me, and I’ll pass on the Martial Arts to you."
As Chen Chengbi suggested, the old man dramatically acted out, "Dad, look, I’ve been threatened! You can’t blame me; if it were just threatening my life, I’d never yield, but when it comes to our Chen Family’s heritage, I must give in."
"I’ll now pass on the ’Six Void Four Union Divine Skill’s second layer to you."
"You will be able to manage five layers of energy."
"You can also cultivate my ’Pure Yang Wuji Divine Skill’ and my grandniece’s ’Kunlun Heart Skills.’ Hehe, that’s interesting."
"Dad, it’s him; he threatened me! He threatened me!"