Chapter 248 - 131: The Sword Plaque’s Titled Technique Repels a Dragon and Tiger! Miss Beicang, Xiao Mingli, Pays a Visit to Anning

Chapter 248: Chapter 131: The Sword Plaque’s Titled Technique Repels a Dragon and Tiger! Miss Beicang, Xiao Mingli, Pays a Visit to Anning

"When I spoke of an ’interested party’... I was referring to this boy."

"He cultivates a Secret Technique from my Water Monarch’s Mansion, though who knows where he got it. He used the Young Lord’s blood to break open a Human Body Secret Treasure. And on top of all that, Young Master Bai Shuo holds him in high regard..."

"For so many coincidences to occur in this remote little county... It would be laughable to suggest there’s nothing strange afoot."

"I don’t know the exact details, but if I capture this boy and bring him back to the Water Mansion, the Dragon Monarch will uncover the truth with a single glance!"

The moment she made a move, Ji Wei grew anxious, grabbing Fan Nansong’s sleeve and yanking on it hard.

The old Observatory Master instantly broke into a sweat. His thoughts raced like lightning as he cast his Daoist Skills, but no matter how he used the ’Seventy-Two Skills’ to command wind and fire, the woman paid him no mind.

"Don’t waste your energy, High Merit. I have achieved the Dragon and Tiger Realm. You, on the other hand, have not cultivated true Magical Power, condensed it into a Great Pill, or achieved Refining Illusion into Truth..."

"How could you possibly pose a threat to me?"

Her words made Fan Nansong groan inwardly.

’Little Ancestral Master, your brother keeps provoking more and more powerful people. This old Lord Tao can’t cover for him anymore!’

’If he’s taken to the Water Monarch’s Mansion... should I... use your name to ask for help from that person who joined the Great Xuan and is one of the Ten Great True Inheritance of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect?’

Just as he was pondering the plan’s feasibility...

Suddenly!

In the very instant the Nine-Scaly Attendant drew near.

The Sword Plaque Ji Xiu carried on his shoulder suddenly bloomed with light. The four words, "Five Declines Celestial Saber," with their sharp, chiseled outlines, began to glow brilliantly. Then came a resounding—DONG!

An invisible Sword Qi instantly shot through the Ji Residence, filling the entire courtyard with a sharp, cutting aura under the slanted rays of the setting sun!

RIIIP!

The Nine-Scaly Attendant’s expression changed dramatically.

"A technique from a Title!?"

"You...!"

She had barely spoken a word when the Sword Qi sliced a deep gash across her outstretched palm. If not for her Qi Mechanism warning her to pull back just in time...

Her entire arm would have likely been severed, spraying blood into the air!

An expert of the Dragon Tiger Realm!

Couldn’t even withstand a single ’Sword Plaque’!

Ji Xiu, only just now processing what had happened, stared blankly at the treasure his Senior Master Chen Hex had given him.

He saw that the characters on it had dimmed ever so slightly, and was instantly stunned.

’This thing...’

’It can actually do something like this!?’

’It’s unstoppable, even for someone in the Dragon and Tiger Realm!’

’If I carry this Sword Plaque... doesn’t that mean I can go anywhere in the world I want?’

’Wow, Senior Master, I truly acknowledge you as my elder now. You were willing to part with a priceless Guardian Dao treasure like this!’

’But that can’t be right. If this Martial Saint Plaque is really that powerful, how could Senior Master have been oppressed to such a degree?’

’Could it be that he can’t trigger the Sword Plaque left behind by his father, the Martial Saint Chen Danding?’

Ji Xiu pondered.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the courtyard.

Jiang Li silently watched the scene unfold. She gathered her scattered Divine Thoughts and withdrew the single ’wisp of Magical Power’ she had painstakingly cultivated.

As she looked at the Sword Plaque, she seemed lost in a daze.

’Chen Danding, the Sword Dao Ancestral Court...’

’I never expected to see the inheritance of this lineage here. I truly owe a debt to the Elder Sword Master from all those years ago. To think that Ji Xiu is connected to them...’

Thinking of this, Jiang Li’s gaze towards Ji Xiu became even softer.

As for the Nine-Scaly Attendant, who had just suffered a humiliating setback, her heart was filled with even more shock and uncertainty. She looked toward Ji Xiu, but before she could say another word...

Bai Shuo, his handsome face now cold as ice, stepped in front of her.

"Attendant, you’ve overstepped."

"Taking me back is your mission and duty."

"But..."

"Do you really think you have the authority to capture my friend for no reason!?"

Hearing his sharp rebuke, the Nine-Scaly Attendant glanced at Ji Xiu, unwilling to let the matter drop. She instinctively began to protest.

"But Young Lord, this boy has a treasure branded by a Title and possesses a Secret Inheritance of the Water Monarch’s Mansion! He..."

Before she could finish speaking.

Suddenly————

THUMP!

"By personal decree of Xiao Mingli, the Young Lady Heir of the Beicang Marquis’s Mansion!"

"Ji Xiu of Anning County dispatched the Pharmacist Huang Xuan to deliver the Earth Treasure, the Jade Marrow Cold Lotus, as a medicinal offering to the Marquis’s Mansion. It has proven quite effective."

"Therefore..."

"This old woman has been specially dispatched to express our thanks."

The sharp crack of an ebony staff hitting the ground echoed like a knock on the heart itself. THUMP. THUMP. THUMP. The sound was accompanied by a majestic, hoarse cry that slowly reverberated through the entire Ji Residence.

An old woman in black stood there, the web of her thumb covered in a thick callus. Her voice was hoarse, and several old scars of varying depths were hidden in the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. Despite her age, her eyes were alarmingly bright!

She stared fixedly at the Dragon Tiger Realm expert from the Water Monarch’s Mansion.

Then, she swept her cane, the motion like a dragon’s roar and a tiger’s howl, and her voice thundered.

"Whoever wishes to make things difficult for him..."

"...is making an enemy of Miss Beicang!"

"You..."

"Do you truly dare!?"