I Can See Your Combat Power

“The Young Patriarch makes a good point, but every woman who has enjoyed Mr. Xu’s company becomes listless after reaching the pinnacle of pleasure. Some are fatigued for a day or two, and others, even more so, take three to five days to recover.” The woman’s eyes sparkled with the brilliance of wisdom. “I questioned all the courtesans who have attended to Mr. Xu, and none of them admitted to receiving Mr. Xu’s vital essence!”

Every night, he occupies a brothel, requiring eight prostitutes, yet does not release his vital essence. Such behavior suggests that, rather than indulging in lust, it seems more like a form of cultivation!

“Does the Director mean to suggest…” Mi Shen’s eyes flashed with an unknown brilliance. “That the prominent Xu Sheng, the wandering hero of the world, is practicing the method of acquiring yin to replenish yang?”

“It’s not a method, but a bloodline ability.” The woman explained. “Xu Sheng has been organizing martial art competitions in Xiling for several months now, and it’s not hard to see that he has learned the Xu Clan’s supreme sword scripture and the secret techniques of the Xu Clan. Through some legends, we can learn that all the wandering heroes from the various sacred places have always been possessors of bloodline abilities, with few exceptions. Xu Sheng, who became a wandering hero before he reached the age of majority, must have bloodline abilities to assist him. However, when Xiao Ziyu forced him into a difficult situation using eight fire dragons, he did not show any bloodline abilities. This suggests that his bloodline ability is to absorb to replenish the woman’s yin.”

The cultivation method of absorbing yin and replenishing yang has existed since ancient times, and the method of training women into furnace cauldrons is not uncommon. This is because this approach allows for rapid accumulation of spiritual power. However, the biggest drawback of this method is that it contaminates the soul. Martial artists who cultivate by absorbing yin and replenishing yang often fail to reach the unity of spirit and intent, which means they cannot break through to the Fierce Realm. Therefore, aside from some extremely remote regions and martial artists, no cultivator who absorbs yin and replenishes yang can be found in the market anymore.

As a member of the Xu Family of Yuanzhou, Xu can’t possibly use such a method that destroys his future. Therefore, it must be due to his bloodline ability.

After listening to the woman’s analysis, a flame ignited in Mi Shen’s heart. “So, Director means to say that this old Xu is just an exception, and there’s no method for accelerating the transcendence of the mortal realm for the families of saints, right?”

“Exactly.” The woman paused, then continued: “What I have to report to the Young Patriarch this time, in addition to this matter, is another: the forced marriages by the Pan, Bie, Wan, and Bai families were premeditated. The day before the forced marriage, Xu took up residence in the Qifeng Tower, and the daughters of the four families posed as young prostitutes and lost their chastity to him.”

Mi Shen was startled, never imagining that these four families would dare go to such lengths: “You mean, they plotted against the wandering hero of the Xu Family from Yuanzhou?”

In his haste, he even forgot to use honorifics, indicating the degree of shock in his heart.

“Indeed,” the woman nodded, seemingly not minding Mi Shen’s address.

The Mi Family’s intelligence organization is divided into two parts: the core and the periphery. The core is the sect that controls countless birds to observe the movements of various clans in Xiling, and the other part is the Wind Media Department led by her. The Mi Family doesn’t value her traditional Wind Media methods much. Although Mi Shen calls her the Director, perhaps in his heart, she is merely the leader of a peripheral intelligence organization, dispensable.

Trusting the messages brought by birds more than the analysis of the Wind Media, believing in the countless birds in the sky over the Wind Media spread across Xiling, leading the Wind Media Department of the Mi Family, the woman felt very tired.

“This news is too important!” Mi Shen’s face was full of excitement, as though he had seen a gold mine. “Thanks to the Director for passing the message, I will discuss it with the family now!” Without waiting for the woman to speak, he left the secret room.

Watching Mi Shen’s figure disappear at the end of the secret passageway, a hint of sarcasm appeared on the calm face of the woman. “Oh, Master Shen.”

Everyone in Xiling said that he had a broad mind and starry eyes, but after interacting with him, she felt that it was a bit of an exaggeration.

All the secrets of the world are derived from bloodline abilities. How could she not look down on someone who overlooked such a world-changing bloodline right in front of him?

In her opinion, the most important news among these two stories is the first one: Old Xu possesses a bloodline ability to absorb women’s yin without the side effects common to the methods of absorbing yin and replenishing yang. This Master Xu Sheng is a massive treasure that can change the world.

As long as the characteristics of his bloodline can be studied, it would mean overcoming the thousands of years old problem with the method of absorbing yin to replenish yang. This could mean that in the future, we might see Fierce Realm martial artists in their twenties, or even teens.

Ignoring such a divine treasure and only having the small Xiling in his eyes, even if he exhausts his whole life, Master Shen is just Master Shen of Xiling, and that’s all!

June 18

Tang Luo, who was in seclusion, received an urgent message from Tang Han, stating that the Great Elder and the Clan Leader urgently summoned him to the clan grounds for an important discussion.

When Tang Luo entered the clan hall, he found not only the Great Elder and the Clan Leader sitting there with complex expressions, but also Ji Fu. As soon as he saw Tang Luo, he stood up and said in a deep voice, “We need to inform you about this matter, so I asked the Clan Leader to summon you.”

“Greetings to the Clan Leader and the Great Elder.” Tang Luo bowed first to Tang Zhi and Tang Siyuan, then furrowed his brows and turned to Ji Fu. “Why have you urgently summoned me? What’s the matter?”

Ji Fu did not answer, but with a stern face, he took out a purse from his bosom, and emptied the contents onto the council table.

A handful of fragments of jade, on some of which one could vaguely see the cloud pattern of bats and some broken strokes.

“What is this?” Tang Luo naturally recognized this as the Han family’s Boundary Breaking Stone, but he still asked knowingly.

Pointing to the pieces on the table, Ji Fu said, “A few days ago, the supplies of the Minor Spiritual Realm were already transported, and the binding formation had also somewhat recovered. So, I decided to suppress the soul of the Blood God yesterday. But, unexpectedly, the Demon King actually broke free from the binding formation!” Thinking back to the scene, it still seemed incredible to him. The binding formation that could even suppress a dragon’s soul was actually broken by a fox demon – could this fox demon’s soul be even stronger than that of a divine dragon?

Shaking his head, Ji Fu regretfully said, “The Demon King who broke free from the binding formation did not wait for me to suppress it again and directly exploded its soul… This action caused the Realm Heart Stone to tremble, shattering the Boundary Breaking Stone and causing the Minor Spiritual Realm to return to nothingness.”

The atmosphere suddenly quieted. Tang Luo, with his head lowered, started trembling. “Are you saying…”

“Our clan’s refuge is gone because of that?!” Tang Luo, who had lifted his head, looked like an erupting volcano, his eyes filled with madness and he roared at Ji Fu in hysteria, “Are you a failure! You couldn’t even suppress a mere remnant soul, even with the binding formation in your hands, you let the Demon King explode right under your nose!?”