Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Borrowing Power

If I win, he dies!

In front of hundreds of Green Robe Gang disciples, Hall Master Li Ren calmly spoke these words.

As a fellow saber user, and a fellow expert with Five Strands of Qi and Blood, he had the confidence to slay the Green Robe Gang Leader.

His eyes did not change in the slightest, as if this was only natural.

“Whoosh—”

The night wind blew, making his robe flutter.

He stood with his hands behind his back. After speaking, he looked at the Green Robe Gang members. His gaze was like an unsheathed cold saber, and for a moment, it suppressed the hundreds of people, so much so that they dared not reply.

This was power!

Shopkeeper Qi had once asked Qi Xiaoyu to tell Chu Liang that he must borrow power!

Borrow the power of others to suppress the Green Robe Gang, and make them afraid to make a move against him.

The faces of the Green Robe Gang members were unsightly, but not a single one dared to refute Hall Master Li Ren’s words. Even the leading Hall Master, who possessed Four Strands of Qi and Blood, could not say anything.

Because he knew that Li Ren was right.

If the 《Sinking Water Sword》 was the number one defensive technique in the county, then the 《Autumn Blade》 was the number one offensive technique!

Among the saber users in the county, Li Ren was the strongest, and the rest were beneath him.

The Green Robe Gang Leader was also a saber user. He had once used an alias to join the Autumn Blade Martial Arts Hall, wanting to learn the 《Autumn Blade》. But after a whole year of learning, he still hadn’t grasped it, and could not understand the essence. In the end, he had to give up on this saber technique and switch to a simpler one.

After giving up, he never picked it up again.

The leading Hall Master of the Green Robe Gang took a deep breath, and under the pressure of Li Ren’s saber-like gaze, he cupped his hands and said, “Hall Master Li, I’m only here to ask a few questions. There’s no need to make things so tense.”

As soon as he said this, his momentum immediately weakened.

Li Ren nodded faintly. “Ask away.”

“Yes.”

This Hall Master felt somewhat aggrieved.

The current situation made it seem as if Li Ren was ordering him around.

But he had no choice. He looked at Chu Liang and asked, “Chu Liang, I ask you, where were you on the afternoon of the day the Nineteenth Wife disappeared?”

“Naturally, I was on my way back to the village,” Chu Liang answered calmly.

“I sent people to ask your villagers. You didn’t return to the village until sunset that day. The timing doesn’t match. Could it be that you encountered something on the way?” the Hall Master asked again.

“I saw traces of a demon beast halfway and went to investigate,” Chu Liang replied.

“What kind of demon beast traces were they? A tiger demon?”

“A wolf demon.”

“Oh?”

The Hall Master’s eyes flickered, and he looked at one of his subordinates beside him.

The subordinate immediately nodded.

There were indeed traces of wolf demons around the mountains near the county.

With the incident of Qi Xiuliang and Qi Hai spreading throughout the county, many people now knew that Chu Liang had once saved Qi Xiuliang’s life from a pack of wolves.

This matter had indeed surprised many people. The mountains around the county were generally considered safe. Who would have thought that demon beasts would appear there?

The Martial Alliance would often send martial artists to patrol the area. Such a thing shouldn’t have happened.

But it did!

This showed that the problem in the deep mountains was already quite serious. More and more demon beasts were fleeing out, and some even dared to come to the outskirts of the county to hunt.

This also provided the Green Robe Gang with another direction.

Could the Nineteenth Wife and the others have been eaten by demon beasts?

Otherwise, why hadn’t their bodies been found after so long?

“Chu Liang, are your words true?”

“Of course, they are true.”

“Alright…”

The Hall Master paused for a moment. There seemed to be no point in asking further.

He was being watched by Hall Master Li Ren the whole time, and he felt uncomfortable all over. He didn’t want to stay here any longer.

But the Gang Leader had given instructions.

He had no choice but to brace himself and ask a few more routine questions.

After asking, he cupped his hands to Hall Master Li Ren and said loudly, “Hall Master Li, I apologize for the disturbance tonight!”

“Hmm.”

Li Ren responded indifferently.

The Green Robe Gang Hall Master did not ask any more questions and immediately waved to his men.

“Let’s go!”

With that, he turned and left without looking back.

The members of the Green Robe Gang all breathed a sigh of relief.

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They also didn’t want to clash with the Autumn Blade Martial Arts Hall. It was just a simple investigation. The one who died was the Nineteenth Wife, not their own family. Why risk their lives for this?

The group of over a hundred people raised their torches and gradually moved away into the night.

At the martial arts hall, the three masters also returned with the many disciples.

Li Ren and Chu Liang returned to the hall.

The gates of the martial arts hall closed.

The night was quiet, and everything returned to how it was before.

Chu Liang clasped his hands and said, “Thank you, Hall Master.”

“No need for thanks. You are a disciple of my martial arts hall. It is my duty to help you.”

Li Ren was very calm, as if he had just done something insignificant.

He did not mention the Green Robe Gang, but instead asked about another matter, “Chu Liang, you have been in the martial arts hall for over a month, and you have been diligently studying the 《Autumn Blade》 technique. Do you have any questions?”

If other disciples heard him say this, they would definitely be very excited.

The Hall Master personally answering questions was not an opportunity everyone got.

But Chu Liang shook his head and replied, “I don’t have any questions at the moment.”

“Oh?”

A hint of surprise flashed in Li Ren’s eyes. He turned to look at him and said, “Have you mastered the basics?”

“I have mastered the basics.”

“Good! I knew you had talent!” A rare smile appeared on Li Ren’s face. “Did you know that the Green Robe Gang Leader once used an alias to join my martial arts hall, and he also learned the 《Autumn Blade》. But he studied for a year and still couldn’t grasp the basics.”

“I heard Manager Wang mention it,” Chu Liang nodded.

“Study hard. Your talent is much higher than his! Breaking through to the Skin Tempering Realm in the future will not be difficult.”

The smile on Hall Master Li Ren’s face grew wider.

He continued, “Did you know that Master Saber came to me recently and talked to me about you?”

“What about?” Chu Liang was a little curious.

“He said that you only went to his classes a few times, and each time you were distracted for half the time. You never asked him any questions in private. He suspects that you still haven’t understood the 《Autumn Blade》.”

“So, it was about this.”

Chu Liang also smiled.

He wasn’t distracted, he was just thinking.

He liked to think. After all, practicing martial arts relied not only on the body but also on the brain.

In fact, it wasn’t just Master Saber who was puzzled. Many martial arts hall disciples were also puzzled. Why didn’t Chu Liang spend money to ask for private instruction?

In the battle with Xu Hua, Chu Liang showed amazing strength, but after all, he didn’t demonstrate his saber technique.

Therefore, some disciples still believed that Chu Liang was reluctant to spend silver on private instruction, or that he simply hadn’t understood the 《Autumn Blade》 yet.

“Chu Liang, show me a slash. Let me see.”

Hall Master Li Ren spoke. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe Chu Liang, but he was worried that Chu Liang might be going down the wrong path.

The Autumn Blade was a very difficult saber technique. Some disciples thought they had mastered the basics, but in fact, they had entered the wrong door and hadn’t grasped the essence at all.

If they didn’t correct it in time, they would only go further and further down the wrong path, eventually ending up in a dead end.

Fortunately, there were Master Saber and the others, who would answer questions every three days to help disciples correct their path.

But Chu Liang had always said he had no questions, which made Li Ren a little worried.

“Hall Master, please watch.”

Chu Liang drew his saber and slashed.

A cold flash of saber light cut through the night, like a silver-white lightning bolt.

Swift!

As swift as thunder!

In just an instant, the saber light disappeared and returned to its sheath, as if the scene just now had never happened.

In front of the two, a drifting fallen leaf quietly split into two, its descent not affected in the slightest.

Li Ren’s gaze narrowed, staring at the leaf, his face filled with deep surprise.

“What a fast slash!”