Chapter 8

Muying Ying had a cold smile on his face as he stood not far from Jiang Chen.

"Muying Ying, are you ready? If not, I can give you time to prepare," Jiang Chen said with a smile.

"Ha, do I need to prepare to fight you?" Muying Ying sneered.

*Slap*

*Thud!*

As soon as Muying Ying finished speaking, everyone heard a loud slap. Jiang Chen slapped Muying Ying's face, and the strong Muying Ying was directly knocked to the ground, making intimate contact with the hard ground.

The scene instantly fell silent. Everyone first looked at Muying Ying, who struggled several times to get up but failed, and then their shocked gazes fell on Jiang Chen.

"Damn, who said the second young master of the City Lord's residence was a mere Qi Realm 1 waste? He knocked a Qi Realm 8 expert to the ground with one slap. Is such a person a waste?"

"Too amazing, it turns out Jiang Chen was just pretending all along."

"Heavens, is this still our second young master? How can he be completely different?"

...

At this moment, whether it was the onlookers, the guards and servants of the City Lord's residence, or the Muying family's wedding procession, everyone who knew the former Jiang Chen was shocked with their mouths wide open. This outcome exceeded everyone's expectations. If there was one person who could remain calm, it was only Jiang Zhenhai.

"This is impossible, how can this be possible?"

The most shocked was Muying Ying. He lay on the ground, seeing stars, completely disoriented from Jiang Chen's slap. His internal energy was completely scattered, and he didn't even have the strength to get up.

"Brother Ying."

Two other young men from the Muying family quickly stepped forward, one on each side, to help Muying Ying up, while looking at Jiang Chen with fear.

Thinking about the bet with Jiang Chen, Muying Ying felt like dying. If he lost, he would only lose face, but if he had to take the coffin back, he would lose face for the entire Muying family.

"Jiang Cheng."

Jiang Chen shouted without turning his head. Jiang Cheng, the guard, didn't dare to be the slightest bit negligent and quickly came to Jiang Chen's side.

"Master, I'm here."

Jiang Cheng looked at Jiang Chen with admiration. Since Jiang Chen had rewarded him with ten taels of gold last time, this second young master had already become a great benefactor in his heart.

"Help load the eldest young master's coffin onto the eight-person sedan chair and follow it all the way to the Muying family. If the coffin isn't taken into the Muying family, then the Muying family should never go out again and just be their turtles and bastards."

Jiang Chen's voice was very loud, and everyone heard him clearly.

*Pfft!*

Muying Ying spat out a stream of blood, almost fainting on the spot. He now wanted to die, as he had played too big a game, and there was no chance to back out in front of so many people.

For a moment, Muying Ying was in a dilemma. If he really took the coffin back to the Muying family, Muying Zhan would definitely skin him alive. If he didn't take it back, the Muying family would definitely be labeled as turtles and bastards, and Muying Zhan would still skin him alive.

"Yes, Master."

Jiang Cheng didn't care about all that. He only knew that his master was happy. From now on, the master's words were his holy command, and he would absolutely follow them one hundred percent.

*Roar!*

Jiang Cheng roared and lifted the heavy coffin with ease. As a Qi Realm 6 expert, carrying a coffin was no problem for him.

"Everyone, move aside."

Jiang Cheng carried the coffin to the eight-person sedan chair without hesitation. Muying Xiaorou, seeing her husband lying in the coffin, had tears in her eyes, looking very sad. It seemed that this girl, besides being a glutton, also had a low IQ. Such a woman was probably not Muying Zhan's daughter.

"Muying Ying, you've already welcomed the bride, so hurry up and go back to the wedding ceremony. The City Lord's residence doesn't welcome the Muying family. As the defeated, you should stay far away from me in the future. Otherwise, I'll beat you every time I see you. Get lost!"

Jiang Chen waved his hand, showing no courtesy.

*Ah~ Pfft!*

Muying Ying screamed to the sky, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and then fainted.

"What do we do now?"

A young man asked.

"Let's go. Staying here will only continue to lose face. Take the coffin back, and if the family head blames us, it will be Muying Ying's responsibility."

Another person said.

Thus, the Muying family's wedding procession carried the coffin back in the eight-person sedan chair, but they all looked dejected, with no trace of the joy they had when they arrived.

Jiang Chen, the second young master of the Jiang family, became famous in one battle. Everyone was amazed, and the Muying family lost face completely. In this confrontation with the City Lord's residence, they were thoroughly defeated, and by a fifteen-year-old boy.

The entire Tianxiang City was in a state of excitement and discussion. The conflict between the two major forces had escalated to the maximum. Everyone could foresee that Tianxiang City would not be peaceful in the future, and the struggle between the City Lord's residence and the Muying family would be endless.

After completely breaking ties with the Muying family, City Lord Jiang Zhenhai also began to get busy. The Jiang family had many businesses, including villas, taverns, alchemy shops, and chambers of commerce. Many of these businesses were previously managed by Jiang Rulong, and now that Jiang Rulong was dead, Jiang Zhenhai had to make proper arrangements.

As for Jiang Chen, he directly closed his door and did not go out. Jiang Chen's vision was much farther than anyone else's. In his eyes, the simplest and most direct way to thoroughly defeat an opponent was through strength. In this world where strength was paramount, the one with the strongest punch was right.

For a powerful cultivator, cultivation techniques and combat skills were both essential. Jiang Chen was now cultivating the Dragon Transformation Technique, which gave him a foundation far beyond the ordinary, but cultivation techniques were just the foundation. To truly display powerful combat skills, one needed formidable combat techniques.

Like cultivation techniques, the combat skills of the Divine Martial Continent were also divided into four levels: Human, Earth, Heaven, and Saint, each with three sub-levels.

Qi Realm was just the foundation. Only cultivators who reached the Qi Sea Realm could cultivate combat skills. However, Jiang Chen was different. He not only had experience in cultivating combat skills but also had the Dragon Transformation Technique, which gave him energy beyond the Qi Realm.

Qi Realm cultivators could not cultivate combat skills because their energy was insufficient to support the skills. However, Jiang Chen could try.

Jiang Chen's most powerful combat skill in his previous life was the Nine Yang Mystic Technique, a self-created Saint-level combat skill. This skill was extremely fierce, capable of absorbing the yang energy of heaven and earth, and was also very beneficial to the cultivator.

However, the conditions for cultivating this skill were extremely strict. The cultivator must have a vast amount of blood energy and a strong physical body to support it.

In his previous life, Jiang Chen cultivated the Mystic Energy Technique, but his internal blood energy was not enough to perfectly execute the Nine Yang Mystic Technique, showing how terrifying this skill was.

But the Dragon Transformation Technique was much stronger than the Mystic Energy Technique. Each dragon pattern formed gave him an immense amount of blood energy, sufficient to support the Nine Yang Mystic Technique.

"Unfortunately, I am only at the Qi Realm. The Nine Yang Mystic Technique is the most yang and powerful combat skill in the world, reaching the upper level of the Saint level. Even a Divine Pillar Realm cultivator cannot cultivate it."

Jiang Chen smiled. The Nine Yang Mystic Technique was indeed powerful, but his current cultivation was too weak to cultivate it.

"Since I cannot cultivate the Nine Yang Mystic Technique, I can cultivate the Six Yang Mystic Finger. The Six Yang Mystic Finger is derived from the Nine Yang Mystic Technique and is the foundation for cultivating the Nine Yang Mystic Technique. It is an upper-level Earth-grade combat skill."

Jiang Chen's face was full of smiles. An Earth-grade combat skill, in the entire Tianxiang City, could not be found, let alone an upper-level one.

The Six Yang Mystic Finger was divided into six forms, from the most basic One Yang Finger to the peak Six Yang Finger, with increasing power, capable of splitting mountains and rocks.

For the next three days, Jiang Chen did not leave his room, focusing on cultivation. Jiang Zhenhai was busy with trivial matters and did not disturb Jiang Chen.

In three days, Jiang Chen cultivated the Dragon Transformation Technique and the Six Yang Mystic Finger. Every noon, he would use the Six Yang Mystic Finger to absorb the yang energy of heaven and earth, integrating it into his body. The combination of the Dragon Transformation Technique and the Six Yang Mystic Finger made his blood energy extremely vigorous, like a human-shaped beast.

In three days, Jiang Chen's cultivation reached the peak of Qi Realm 9, just one step away from the Qi Sea Realm. The dragon pattern in his body became increasingly clear, and his strength reached a terrifying 8,000 pounds, surpassing even early-stage Qi Sea Realm experts.

*Roar!*

In the courtyard, Jiang Chen, dressed in white, suddenly shouted and thrust out a finger. A golden light shot out from his fingertip at an incredible speed.

*Pfft!*

The golden light penetrated the large green stone, leaving a finger-sized hole, deep and bottomless, with smoke rising. Such a terrifying attack would shock anyone who saw it.

"It's just a golden light, far from the true One Yang Finger. This attack almost drained all my energy."

Jiang Chen was drenched in sweat, panting, with his energy almost depleted. The One Yang Finger he had executed was just a rudimentary form, with considerable power but still far from the true One Yang Finger.

But this was already terrifying. The Six Yang Mystic Finger was an upper-level Earth-grade combat skill. Even the basic One Yang Finger was not something a Qi Realm or even a Qi Sea Realm cultivator could execute.

For Jiang Chen to be able to execute part of the One Yang Finger's power at the peak of Qi Realm 9 was already very terrifying.

Jiang Chen took a Human Essence Pill and slowly restored his depleted energy. The Human Essence Pill was essential for cultivators, and in Tianxiang City, one Human Essence Pill was worth 100 silver taels.

"This Human Essence Pill is only a 60% quality pill, with 40% impurities. It's truly garbage."

Jiang Chen shook his head. The quality of the Human Essence Pills in the City Lord's residence was too poor. A 60% quality pill was, in his eyes, a waste. After refining it, he would have to find a way to remove the impurities, but with his methods, there were ten thousand ways to instantly remove the impurities.

*Knock knock knock!*

The knocking sound rang out. Without looking, Jiang Chen knew it was Jiang Zhenhai. He quickly opened the courtyard gate and saw Jiang Zhenhai with a worried look on his face.

"Chen, your cultivation has improved again."

Feeling Jiang Chen's aura, Jiang Zhenhai's eyes lit up, and his worried look disappeared. In just three days, Jiang Chen had reached the peak of Qi Realm 9, a speed that was truly terrifying.