Thud——
His tiptoes almost sank in, his eyes bulged, and he fainted on the spot.
"Co on, tell how you want to die."
He inserted the iron wire into the ground, and that serene expression was chilling; no one would have expected such ruthlessness from a boy who appeared so young and tender!
"You!"
He was about to make fierce remarks, gripping the long spear in his hand, but he clearly heard the friction of bones in his younger brother’s left hand and even the second brother gave him a look, signaling the eldest to not act hastily and to prioritize saving the third brother.
So he imdiately stopped talking, took a deep breath, put down the spear in his hand, and clasped his hands together.
"Fellow Daoist, we have no grievances, we are just competing for entry qualifications; there’s no need to go this far, why create mortal enmity?"
Now they’ve co to their senses.
"It would all be over if you’d been like this from the start. Why does everyone act like it’s cheap to cross , as if my people are at your rcy?"
His face turned the color of liver in an instant, but he dared not talk back.
He shook his head while speaking, releasing the about to be twisted-off left hand. The girl nearby, looking fearful, bit her lip, still not bursting into laughter.
After more than twenty days of companionship, she had gotten a good grasp of this big brother’s personality - well, he’s like a donkey that moves only when you stroke it the right way.
The classic responds to softness rather than hardness.
During this ti, they’d basically spar each other every day, naturally eting all sorts of people, and Jiang Feng’s principle of action was: If no one offends , I will not offend anyone.
Sotis, when he saw two groups fighting, the logical move would have been to wait for both to suffer and then reap the benefits.
But he... would just call her over to watch the show.
He wouldn’t get involved, just watch and give his comnts, saying this move is impractical in real combat, saying that foundation is unstable.
However, this gesturing and comnting is not derogatory but complintary because she could feel that Jiang Feng was genuinely teaching her about cultivation and martial arts.
Even when they encountered others on the road, as long as the other party didn’t attack, Jiang Feng couldn’t be bothered to act and just led her to hurry on their way. At night, they would practice cultivation diligently; their life was extrely regular.
But once soone took the initiative to provoke him, he wouldn’t be courteous. However, in most cases, as long as the other party was sensible or spoke kindly and admitted their errors, he wouldn’t bother with them.
His heart was quite broad, but if soone openly threatened...
Here we go.
"I was only planning on having you hand over two tokens in exchange for your brother, but now I’ve changed my mind, ten tokens."
He demanded a lion’s share.
This request made the other two brothers look extrely ugly. Over these twenty-plus days, the three brothers had only gathered a little over twenty tokens together.
Tokens were not sothing everyone possessed; so had one between two people, or even three. They had only managed to obtain these twenty by overcoming nearly fifty people.
Asking for half of their stash right away?
"Fellow Daoist, we’ve only accumulated so much until today, if you take ten in one breath, aren’t you asking for our lives?"
"Cut the excuses. The three of you—one Mid Grade Foundation Establishnt and two Low Grade Foundation Establishnts—haven’t really t any adversaries on the way here. Each of you at least has twenty tokens; giving up half, each of you will still have more than four left. At most, it would ’hurt the muscle but not move the bone’."
"You!"
He forcibly suppressed his anger and swallowed it back down.
He truly hadn’t expected this young man in front of him to have accounted for even this. However, seeing that Jiang Feng had let go and wasn’t harming his younger brother anymore, the flas in his heart were subdued a great deal, indicating that the other party was still reasonable.
"Fellow Daoist, how about five tokens? After all, my youngest brother is only Low Grade Foundation Establishnt; five is already his limit. Moreover, we have been holding back; otherwise, how could this lady have lasted so long?"
Negotiating the price.
Starting to play the sympathy card, clarifying the stakes; if it were soone else, they probably would have been persuaded by now, but Mr. Jiang didn’t continue to kick them while they were down this ti.
See, as long as you can speak nicely, he can have a nice conversation with you.
"That’s true, I did hold back; otherwise, the Purple Cloud Palace brothers who are watching this would be carrying your youngest away right after that palm strike."
...
He was speaking the truth.
Jiang Feng had just employed the Demolishing Demon Frost Palm, a signature Daoist Skill of Wu Mingsheng that he kept under wraps. There were only three things in the entire Fan Yin Sect considered presentable.
The first was the Tiger Spirit, Lu Wu Hou, but sadly it vanished into thin air after its master’s death.
Second was the Radiant Bell, a Xuan Rank Magic Treasure. It had taken him decades to find for his precious disciple and half a lifeti’s savings to commission a master to forge it before gifting it to his disciple as a Lifebound Magical Treasure.
Jiang Feng still rembered getting scolded by his senior sister because of this. It seed like he had shalessly asked his senior sister for sothing to protect his life, and ended up getting berated instead.
She said if he hadn’t been showing off and had honestly pilfered the treasure, he wouldn’t lack any Magic Treasures during Core Formation. He could even use it up to Nascent Soul, attesting to its excellent quality.
Lastly, of course, was the Demolishing Demon Frost Palm that Jiang Feng had just displayed, which was the sa palm strike that broke the cliff and had him and Cen Yueyue running for a whole day and night.
This Mid Grade Foundation Establishnt Cultivator really wanted to argue back, but he wasn’t foolish. Seeing that icy blue glow and formidable aura, he knew this had to be a Xuan Rank or higher item.
"Phew, take it, I hope you’ll keep your word."
His expression was torn, but he couldn’t really give up on his third brother. Sensing Jiang Feng’s impatience, he knew continuing to haggle would only put him in greater danger.
The three brothers had a fighting chance when sticking together. Although his wrist was broken, he could recover in a couple of days, since a Cultivator’s physique and Discontinuation Ointnt both work wonders quickly.
However, without one person, they would stand no chance against other formidable individuals they might encounter next ti. He couldn’t help feeling sentintal, having originally thought this youngster was an easy target—a Soft persimmon—seeing him bring along a Qi Refinent Level Six.
Turns out it was a Durian and he ended up getting pricked badly by it.
Without saying much, he crisply tossed over ten Tokens, and the youngster reached out to catch them, then casually kicked over his unconscious third brother.
Well, "flicked" might be a better description, as he didn’t use much force, but rather a skillful touch.
"Next ti when you’ve saved up, feel free to co back for revenge."
Satisfied, he tossed the Tokens into the Qiankun Bag and then waved his hand, turning to leave. This scene made the second brother so angry that veins on his forehead bulged.
"Eldest brother! Ten Tokens, just like that for them? Now that third brother is with us, if only you could hold off that youngster, I could directly catch that... "
"I can’t hold him off."
He was montarily at a loss for words.
Ignorance breeds fearlessness; he hadn’t had a direct confrontation with Jiang Feng, nor had he been hit by that palm strike, so naturally, he didn’t know how terrifying it was to fight that young brat.
He sighed and just helped his third brother up.
The second brother was also very sensible, helping to support the other shoulder. If they didn’t leave this place of trouble soon, surely soone following the commotion from the fight would arrive. Now with the third brother incapacitated, the risk was too great.
"That kid is so kind of freak popping out of nowhere. With a Low Grade Foundation Establishnt physique, he’s stronger than at Mid Grade, and not by just a little. Iron Mountain tried ramming into him and almost knocked up last night’s dinner."
"It felt exactly like when we brothers herded cattle as kids and got thrown off by the cattle."
"Then he even snatched my weapon. If it weren’t for third brother’s tily rescue, I reckon I wouldn’t even have a stick left in my hand, not to ntion that palm technique, sothing Demolishing Demon whatever."
"It’s that the third brother took the blow for the two of us. We’d have collapsed just the sa if we had taken that palm strike, and did you see that kid’s face afterward?"
"Not a change of color, no shortness of breath. If you really had gone after him just now, the three of us brothers might’ve all been finished here."
"Damn it, real bad luck..."
Cursing while running.
But at the other end, it was a completely different story.
That individual quite naturally removed a string of Tokens tied together, flinging them over his shoulder while walking forward, and Lin Jiangxian would catch each one steadily in his hand.
Like a bear breaking corn cobs.
The young girl, anwhile, had a face full of joy, not only because she got ten Tokens at once, but even more because she was delighted by the advancent of her own abilities.
It was hard to imagine, at just Qi Refinent Level Six, she could actually stall a Foundation Establishnt expert for a while. She could feel her physical fitness and realm steadily improving.
The young man walking in front finally spoke slowly.
"Missy, it’s the sa as usual tonight. You’re in charge of catching the ga, and I’ll handle the cooking. Okay?"
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