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Chapter 679 - 66: The Reunion of the Head Magician, The Silver-Haired Legend Finally Arrives!_2

Chapter 679: Chapter 66: The Reunion of the Head Magician, The Silver-Haired Legend Finally Arrives!_2

"As for the thousand infantry of Chen Country, I already have a plan to deal with them. After all the battles I’ve fought, I’ve gained some skills," Li Guanyi said.

"If we must speak of current troubles, it’s actually the Sect Master of the Sky-reaching Sect that’s more problematic. His martial arts skills are not to be underestimated," recalled Li Guanyi, thinking back to the Qilin Hunting Conference at Zhenbei Pass a year ago, where the Sect Master from the Sky-reaching Sect displayed impressive martial arts.

He is known as Ximen Hengrong, appearing to be in his sixties but actually over eighty years old. He has cultivated both external and internal martial arts from scratch and personally founded the Sky-reaching Sect, the largest school in the northern domain of Chen Country. In every big and small city within Chen territory, there are martial arts halls of the Sky-reaching Sect.

Pay the fee, and they’ll teach you martial arts.

For example, Fan Qing, one of the current War Generals of the Qilin Army, hails from the Sky-reaching Sect.

In the big cities, there are only a few dozen, and hundreds within the gates of the great cities.

Ximen Hengrong boasts over ten thousand disciples. Though this might be an exaggeration, it does give a glimpse of the vastness of his influence. His disciples, all proficient in combat as robust martial artists of the Martial World, have continuously pressured other schools to expand their own influence.

He’s a real Grandmaster-level martial artist. Even if he doesn’t rank in the top ten Grandmasters of the world, his martial arts are solid. On Li Guanyi’s side, although he’s gained a substantial boost in physique thanks to the Qi Mechanism from the Qingpao Changsheng, he only has the power of the Five-layered Heaven.

He possesses three Divine Weapons: the usage of the Breaking Cloud Sky-shattering Bow and the Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd is known, but the bamboo flute obtained from Qingpao Changsheng’s still holds mysteries beyond its ability to draw forth the vitality of all things.

Li Guanyi rotated the bamboo flute in his hand and held it firmly.

"We can’t just play the bamboo flute during combat, and expect Ximen Hengrong’s blood to surge with restlessness, turning upside down, leaving him without the spirit to fight, can we?"

The silver-haired girl’s voice was calm as she said, "You have already promised."

Chew chew chew.

Expressionless.

She swallowed the fruit Li Guanyi had brought her, holding it in both hands, and said:

"You must have some ideas, right?"

Li Guanyi laughed and said, "I do have some ideas." He twirled his finger, causing the bamboo flute to spiral and land at his waist, where he strapped it to one side, and said, "When all is said and done, it’s just a matter of using one’s position to bully others."

He opened his hands wide, striking an exaggerated pose and laughed, "After all, I am the great-grandson of the Sword Madman. How dare the Sect Master of the Sky-reaching Sect provoke me, right?"

Shaking Light watched him put on this exaggerated pantomime, placing a piece of fruit in her mouth as if to say, just watch how you’ll perform.

Li Guanyi smiled and confidently said:

"Anyway, with the Qilin and me working together, even if we cannot beat the Sky-reaching Sect, we will be able to hold them off. With Gongsun’s Sixth Layer Heaven techniques and the mechanical devices from Piaomiao Pavilion, as long as the Sect Master of the Sky-reaching Sect cannot achieve a quick victory, he will have no choice but to retreat."

"He wouldn’t dare gamble, afraid of when Grandpa would arrive."

"Therefore, the more composed I am, the more frightened he will become."

"Although he has thousands of disciples, they all must fear me."

"This is how we will achieve victory."

Sword Madman Murong Longtu and Mr. Siming agreed to meet Li Guanyi here, and as long as the two of them come back, the situation with the Sky-reaching Sect could easily be resolved."

Even if they are unable to arrive on time, with Li Guanyi’s current level of power combined with the Qilin and the Imperial Pole Worldly Scripture from the Taoist Sect, they are not entirely without a fighting chance against Ximen Hengrong, who, with his vast forces, is surely cautious in large matters.

The more composed Li Guanyi behaves, the more frenetic Ximen’s thoughts become.

Li Guanyi said, "However, I dare not rely too much on this bamboo flute." He held the flute at his waist, which appeared fresh-cut and brimming with vitality.

But after all, it belonged to Qingpao Changsheng.

Deep down, Li Guanyi felt a certain wariness towards this Divine Weapon.

Shaking Light nodded. Li Guanyi reached out to check her pulse. Having been poisoned by the blood of the Longevity Guest, Shaking Light was weak. After checking her pulse, Li Guanyi still said, "Though there are techniques from the previous generations of the Taoist Sect, martial arts alone cannot restore your vitality."

"The Gongsun Family is influential, and there should be some renowned doctors nearby. I’ll speak with Gongsun’s wife and see if she knows any good doctors, so we can purchase some medicine to strengthen you," Li Guanyi told her before leaving to inform Gongsun Wuyue.

Gongsun Wuyue readily agreed.

Upon learning that Li Guanyi wished to purchase medicine for a friend’s healing, she listed all the famous doctors within hundreds of miles around them, and even had Gongsun Feixue prepare a thick red envelope.

It could be exchanged for gold and silver at the banks in Ying Country.

Its generous thickness even surprised Gongsun Feixue, who laughed and said, "Though my family is established in the Martial World, we live simply. This red envelope is comparable to over a decade of my New Year’s money."

Li Guanyi surmised that Gongsun Wuyue, charmed by him, had decided to give away over a decade’s worth of New Year’s money in one generous gesture.

The young man first grabbed one end of the hefty stack of silver notes, flicked the other end into his palm with a crisp snap, then shook it out before him. Wetting his fingertip, he carefully counted the notes.

His air of shrewd frugality was unmistakable.

The young man said:

"Gongsun’s wife is so kind!"

The silver-haired girl showed no emotion, but seemed to sigh. Li Guanyi laughed and then borrowed a horse to take Shaking Light with him to visit the many famous doctors in the area. However, despite being well-versed in medical knowledge, even these doctors could not devise a cure for Shaking Light’s weakness, owed to the poison of the Qingpao Changsheng, a legend of the Martial World.