Chapter 3844 — Winning Him Over and Making a Move
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Yu Jiang was not the sort to resign himself to being a nobody. Just think about it: a man bold enough to commit the heinous crime of murdering his own master, an act that would outrage both gods and men, would there be anything in the future capable of stopping him?
Naturally, obtaining the Little Formless Divine Technique from Nan Tianguan would be no easier than taking the Star Ink Stone back from Lin Er, who had appeared out of nowhere. If anything, it would be even more difficult.
Unlike the simple-minded Nan Tianyong, Nan Tianguan, the second of the Nan family's three heroes, was unfathomably deep and calculating. And from his reaction to Nan Tianyong's death, it was plain that the man was utterly cold-blooded, even cruel and heartless.
No matter how poor his relationship with Nan Tianyong had been, the two were brothers born of the same mother. Yet when Nan Tianyong died, Nan Tianguan had shown not the slightest trace of sorrow. On the contrary, he had seemed almost delighted by the calamity. Had he not been concerned for the reputation of the Nan family's three heroes, he might not even have bothered to ask about it.
With such a nature, he and Yu Jiang, who had committed the monstrous crime of murdering his own master, were birds of a feather. To lull a man like that into complacency, then obtain the Little Formless Divine Technique from him, would be more difficult than ascending to heaven.
Even so, a cultivation art as rare as the Little Formless Divine Technique was far too precious to abandon. No matter how difficult it might be, Yu Jiang would never give up so long as there remained even the slightest chance. Like the Star Ink Stone, it was a powerful inheritance capable of changing one's fate. Its effects, however, might not be quite as heaven-defying as those of the Star Ink Stone.
Yu Jiang knew full well that if he wanted to obtain the Little Formless Divine Technique, he first had to find a way to make Nan Tianguan take him as a disciple. And if he wanted Nan Tianguan to accept him, he would have to begin by currying favor with him and earning his approval.
At Nan Tianguan's question, Yu Jiang fell silent for a moment before replying, "Reporting to Eldest Martial Uncle, I was present when Master was killed. However, I was standing rather far away, and Lin Er's attack was both sinister and well concealed, so I did not see it clearly. All I know is that the strike seemed to condense an unimaginable amount of true qi. When it exploded, its power was so tremendous that it reduced several mountains around the market district to rubble and left behind a gigantic crater. The scene was truly astonishing."
"Is that really so?" Nan Tianguan could not help staring in surprise. "As far as I know, in recent years the Threefold Pavilion has dispatched a great many men to establish layers of protective formations throughout every territory. The market district is a place where dragons and snakes intermingle, and to prevent cultivators from destroying the surrounding area when they clash, several layers of protective formations were deliberately set up around it. An ordinary person could not possibly bring down those mountains."
Once one reached the Foundation Establishment stage, one could still be considered a beginner on Cloud Stair Island, but such cultivators were nevertheless heaven-defying beings who had seized the mysteries of Heaven and Earth. If they truly unleashed their full strength, even an ordinary early Foundation Establishment expert could easily destroy an entire mountain range.
With so many experts on Cloud Stair Island, conflicts were breaking out at all times. Without corresponding protective measures, the five Heavenly Rank islands would have been blasted into ruins long ago. How could they possibly have survived and passed down their inheritances for millions upon millions of years?