The Blade-Wielding Legend
Chapter 263 - 180 Gunpowder and Spells

Chapter 263: Chapter 180 Gunpowder and Spells

Squeak, squeak!

Far away, a mouse hid and called out, not daring to come closer.

The Yin Thunder was muffled, but living creatures could instinctively sense danger.

Li Yan caught the scent and slowly ceased his exercise and opened his eyes; then the mouse scurried towards him, scrambling around in front of him.

Having glanced a few times at the strip of cloth he had taken off, Li Yan picked up a charcoal pencil and wrote "Rest to stay prepared, act opportunistically" on it, then tied it to the mouse’s leg and let it go.

Watching the mouse quickly disappear into the darkness, Li Yan couldn’t help but praise, "Lv San’s abilities are really useful!"

In fact, ever since Lv San from Wu Family Gully had returned and shouldered the case alone, Li Yan had wanted to recruit him.

No other reason was needed—although everyone in the pugilistic world talked about loyalty, such responsible men were increasingly rare.

Moreover, Lv San’s abilities should not be underestimated.

He could understand the languages of birds and beasts, and every time he entered an unfamiliar area, he always obtained quite a bit of real and effective information.

After all, animals don’t lie.

Furthermore, Lv San had a spell of Beast Taming which allowed him to command the small animals around him temporarily, like hawks and falcons, though he could only tame one or two. But the mice and snakes that are found everywhere could be easily commanded by him.

Honestly, Li Yan was somewhat envious.

But the thresholds for such a Magic Method were quite high. Opening the ear divine power to understand the language of birds and beasts was just the basics; furthermore, his lineage required a pure soul and closeness to nature to practice.

Originally, the village guardian was a simpleton, and even Lv San didn’t know where he had learned it from; his understanding too was muddled.

It was mostly thanks to Lv San that they arrived easily in Huayin.

After all, they had become targets on the Green Forest Road.

That night, they obtained twelve tokens; Manager Wan took two and didn’t want anything else, giving all the rest to Li Yan.

Manager Wan was an old hand in the pugilistic world—how could he not see Li Yan’s intentions?

Eliminating Xiong Baodong was helping them to remove a future threat.

This favor, although the old man didn’t speak of it, he remembered in his heart and was sure to find an opportunity to repay it; he wouldn’t share the spoils of war with him.

With ten tokens, Li Yan took one and handed the remaining nine to Ye Kulan for handling, since this guy, though silent, had extensive connections within the Mystical Sect.

But what he hadn’t expected was how valuable the slots were.

The nine tokens sold for over ninety thousand silver taels, with Ye Kulan took ten thousand as a fee, and the rest were turned into silver notes and sent to them.

This caused such a stir that it attracted envious eyes.

Of course, enemies also added fuel to the fire.

Although Xiong Baodong was dead and the Fire Bear Gang had been plundered by many in the pugilistic world, they were likely to dissipate soon.

But some of Xiong Baodong’s underlings still had some loyalty, desperately grabbing some silver, and together with the Qiao family of Fengyang, they put up a reward.

Five thousand taels for a head—people in the pugilistic world would weigh it.

But when combined with eighty or ninety thousand taels of silver, the people it attracted came in waves.

"Guanzhong is no longer a good place to stay..."

Li Yan shook his head slightly and continued to sit in meditation.

He came here to cultivate for a reason.

Opening the vaults on Hua Mountain was not that simple.

After all, the money and spiritual materials buried at the beginning of the Great Xuan Dynasty had been nurtured in a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land spiritual acupoint for nearly a hundred years, and were no different from Heavenly Spirit Earth Treasure.

Improper opening would dissipate the attached Gang Qi and spiritual charm.

This year, the beginning of spring was on the tenth day of the first month, and from that day, the Daos of the Taixuan Orthodox Sect on Hua Mountain began performing ritual rites.

The ritual lasted a total of fourteen days until the Spiritual Objects inside had completely settled before they officially opened the vault.

That is to say, in four days.

After Li Yan learned the "Northern Emperor Yin Mountain Technique," with the aid of the Daluo Dharma Body to repair his Divine Soul, his cultivation speed increased.

With the timing almost right, he planned to stabilize the First Layer completely before going up the mountain to build the Second Layer on Hua Mountain.

Before the three-story, all are mundane magicians.

With the Luo Feng Ghost God Technique, the speed is naturally remarkably fast.

This Old Tang tomb was built by a Tang dynasty prince when the national power was already declining; it was somewhat crudely constructed and, after being looted several times, was long empty.

But Yin Evil Qi gathered there, which he used for cultivation.

The "Northern Emperor Yin Mountain Technique" could only be practised at midnight; a group of bandits who had come to attack had unluckily encountered the gathering of Wandering Ghosts.

During the day, he used the time to practice another Magic Method:

"Northern Emperor Yin Thunder Hand."

The so-called Yin Thunder was the thunder of the underworld.

Of course, this was just a way of speaking, more to describe the nature of this thunder—dark, heavy, and lingering, especially adept at harming the soul. Once affected, healing was extremely difficult.

And Yang Thunder was incomparably fierce.

With one strike, all was over.

Like other spells, the "Northern Emperor Yin Thunder Hand" was also the basis for later practising Thunder Technique, somewhat similar to Palm Thunder, which couldoby activated with a snap of the fingers when casting.

The power depended on one’s Dao.

Under Madame Li’s guidance, Li Yan had integrated chopping and Red Fist, and with the Great Cloud Thunder Sound, he had gained the Thunder Charm.

If he learned the Yin Thunder Hand, and later found an opportunity to learn the Palm Thunder, with Yin and Yang combined, his kung fu would have a solid foundation.

Dan Strength, and even Astral Force, were possibilities.

Thinking of this, Li Yan once again manipulated the spell formula, lit a Gather Yin talisman, and then smeared the ash in his palm.

Left hand forming the Yang Jue, right hand forming the Yin Jue, occasionally switching the two while simultaneously rotating and rubbing his palms slowly.

The Yin Evil Qi divided Yin and Yang, immediately crackling...

...

Meanwhile, the bandits also arrived at the base of the mountain.

"We’ve arrived, it’s in this mountain!"

Yuan Zhetian looked ahead at the small hill and sneered, "The chap is hiding in a tomb, not knowing what Evil Skill he’s cultivating."

"Just break this lad’s spells, us seniors then just need to blast chaotically, no matter how strong his skills, he won’t survive or will at least be crippled!"