Chapter 181: Chapter 134: Going Separate Ways_3
Translator: 549690339
In reality, whether it was when the two opened the treasure together, or when Guo Yunshan opened the treasure alone, Zhou Qing had not been left out at all.
It’s just that he followed in secret, made himself invisible, and Guo Yunshan was too arrogant to notice.
“Although I didn’t have much of an opportunity to take action on the Divine Blood Elixirs because Guo Yunshan kept a close watch, he didn’t pay much attention to the other martial arts inheritances in the treasure. I managed to get a hold of some.”
For martial artists in Jianghu, martial arts inheritance is naturally important.
But just like what was said before.
A top-tier secret book, even the most basic kind, could only teach one or two bizarre meridians. For a Jianghu martial artist to train from scratch to the peak, even a martial arts genius would need about forty years.
By that time, a genius would already be in their fifties or sixties and couldn’t fight for many more years.
As for ordinary people, they would be seventy or eighty years old before they could cultivate to the top tier.
In such a case, how much use could a secret book be to a martial artist?
Therefore, for those truly top-tier aristocratic families and sects, what they valued most was not martial arts secret books, but the Divine Blood Variants that could help cultivation.
Whether or not there were Divine Blood Variants was the standard for judging if a power had a profound heritage.
Otherwise, even if you cultivated to the top tier and made a name for yourself for a while, but if no one else could come after you, what was the use of such glory?
As a result, when Guo Yunshan noticed that Zhou Qing seemed to have another inheritance and didn’t lack top-tier martial arts, he relaxed his vigilance on the Guo family’s martial arts during treasure hunting.
Instead, he focused on the Qingxue Spirit Snake and the Divine Blood Elixirs.
Compared to the martial arts techniques he already possessed, these different species and elixirs were the hopes for the revival of the family.
“Guo Yunshan thought that I wouldn’t be interested in his family’s inheritance because I had my own top-tier martial arts. But little did he know that I only had a top-tier Mental Technique and none of the top-tier moves.
This time, I got the ‘Chiyang Divine Skill’ from the Guo family’s treasure, which is a top-tier martial art, containing the complete twelve regular meridians and six bizarre meridians. It has two more bizarre meridians than my Replenishing Qi Heart Sutra.
Moreover, what’s even better is that the Chiyang Divine Skill not only includes the Mental Technique but also comes with the matching Chiyang Palm skill, Chiyang Finger skill, and Chiyang Sword skill.
A single Mental Technique can actually match with palm, finger, and sword techniques. The Guo clan is truly deserving of being the first among the three families in Xichuan, a martial arts family with a thousand years of heritage.
With such a foundation, I’m afraid that except for the lack of Inborn martial arts, it wouldn’t be much worse than those Inborn sects.”
Zhou Qing fondled the book he kept close to his chest and then looked over at Guo Yunshan, who was beside him, frustrated by the unsuccessful siege.
It really felt like this man had a treasure trove at his disposal but didn’t know how to use it.
With such martial arts inheritance, if it were him, he would have hidden away to cultivate, not coming out until he reached the top tier.
After all, in the current state of the world, what impact could Guo Yunshan with his second-tier cultivation make?
Like the previous alliance meeting.
Danxin Mountain Villa was originally just an average top-tier power among the top ten families in Xichuan.
But due to the destruction of various families and the death of the top- tier experts within the sects and families, only Lu Feng, the Villa Master of Danxin Mountain Villa, survived and became the strongest of the remaining three top-tier experts.
In the end, relying on his strength, Lu Feng was elected as the Alliance Leader and led the union of one hundred thousand elites from Xichuan.
In this Jianghu, in this world, it ultimately depends on strength.
Guo Yunshan is already at the peak of the second-tier. With his resources and talent, all he needs to do is to retreat for two or three years, and he will surely achieve the top tier.
By that time, even without an army, what does it matter?
With the strength of a top-tier expert and the Guo clan’s past prestige, it would be easy to revive the family.
But this man, impatient to restore the family’s foundation after seeing Lu Feng become the leader of Xichuan, couldn’t even wait for a moment.
Joining the alliance meeting and leading troops to fight in a war, doing things he wasn’t good at, just to gain some attention.
“This is really…”
Zhou Qing thought about it back and forth, feeling that no matter how he thought about it, it seemed extremely foolish.
With this perspective, he felt that Guo Yunshan’s broken ship might sink at any time.
And if he followed Guo Yunshan, he wouldn’t gain any benefits, and instead would face risks.
At that point, the desire to leave deepened.
“Hasn’t Master been upset all this time that there is no advanced method for the next generation of top martial artists? I’ve now obtained the Chiyang
Divine Skill. If I return and offer it to my Master, he will surely be delighted.”
Zhou Qing thought of his Master at this time.
Although his Master treated him graciously, he left when his Master needed him the most, which must have hurt the old man’s heart.
Over the years, whenever Zhou Qing thought about it, he felt shame and unease.
If he could bring back the Divine Skill as an offering for his Master, it would certainly make up for not having fulfilled his filial duty to his Master before his death.
Moreover, he hadn’t seen his Master for more than three years, and Zhou Qing, who had been wandering outside for so long, missed him greatly.
He was now a second-class martial artist, and had obtained the Divine Skill, so he had made a name for himself, and lived up to his ambitions.
“If I go back to see my Master, I can hold my head high.”
The more Zhou Qing thought about it, the stronger his desire to see his Master again became. In the end, he didn’t want to stay any longer.
So he couldn’t care less about anything else and rode his horse directly to Guo Yunshan, who was already on the front lines directing the battle. “Brother Guo, you’ve already obtained the treasure and restored your family’s business. Now, you’re leading an elite army of five thousand, conquering cities and territories.
“I’ve fulfilled our initial agreement.”
“My Master awaits me at home. I’ve been away for several years and miss him dearly. I will not stay any longer. I’m here to ask for your permission to leave.” Guo Yunshan was taken aback by this sudden request.
He looked at Zhou Qing, who appeared determined to leave, and his face turned ugly.
Although he had been on guard against Zhou Qing, Zhou Qing had eaten several of his Divine Blood Elixirs and was now a second-class martial artist.
According to Guo Yunshan’s logic, since Zhou Qing had eaten from him, he now belonged to him. He should work for him loyally, instead of trying to flee just before a battle. How could he be so shameless?
But it was true that there was no master-servant relationship between Zhou Qing and him. They were only temporary allies.
Now that their cooperation was over, if Zhou Qing wanted to leave, no one could stop him.
Moreover, when thinking of Zhou Qing’s Master mentioned in his words…
‘Zhou Qing has an extraordinary background and carries a first-class inheritance. His Master must be a first-class expert.
‘I am only a second-class peak martial artist. With the responsibility of reviving my family, if I force Zhou Qing to stay, I might offend a first-class expert, which could bring trouble to my family.’
‘Damn, this guy is so ungrateful, leaving me like this at this crucial time.
Shameless! Unrighteous!’
Guo Yunshan cursed inwardly, but after much difficulty, he eventually managed a smile on his face, nodding and saying, “Since you wish to leave, Brother Zhou, please go ahead.”
After saying this, he turned away, not wanting to look at Zhou Qing’s annoying face any longer.
He didn’t even want to keep up appearances anymore.
But Zhou Qing didn’t care about that.
Seeing that Guo Yunshan didn’t turn hostile and instead allowed him to leave, his initially guarded heart relaxed somewhat.
“Take care, Brother Guo.”
Zhou Qing saluted Guo Yunshan with his fist and then turned his horse’s head. He swung his whip and rode away into the distance with his horse neighing.
Having been away from home for so long, the wandering traveler felt homesick and couldn’t wait to go back..