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"Is this a poem?" the old man asked.
“That’s not important,” Jiang Nan said.
"Yes, it's not important." The old man said, coughing twice. He had been forcing himself to hold it in, and now he was in even worse shape.
"My time is coming to an end."
"Young man, come here, I will pass on my legacy to you."
The old man waved his hand, and a bunch of things appeared behind him.
"These external items were used up when I broke through to a higher realm, so there aren't many left... There are also some supernatural abilities, and even a fragment of the 'Zhe' character secret, one of the Nine Secrets. Young man, come closer, and I will pass it on to you."
"Won't the old man take a rest?" Jiangnan said.
"My time has come, I'm afraid it's too late." The old man shook his head.
"Okay, take it easy," Jiang Nan said.
The older girl watched from behind without saying much.
Jiangnan quickly walked over, trying to help the old man who was about to fall.
At that moment, he vanished in an instant. The Word of Travel seemed to disregard time, and with a mighty halberd, he cleaved through the heavens and earth, already above the old man's head.
At the same time, the larger black hole evolved behind it and swept over the area with overwhelming force.
The two were in perfect harmony, understanding each other without even needing to look at each other.
The old man was also stunned for a moment, then roared, and a large tortoise shell shield appeared above his head. The shield multiplied and protected him completely.
Then came a sudden roar, and a mushroom cloud rolled in.
Deep within the smoke of war, the old man's tortoise shell was shattered, and he lay tumbling in the deep crater created by the attack.
He coughed up large amounts of blood.
Before anything could happen, Jiangnan launched another attack.
Inside the large pit, smoke billowed and the old man roared repeatedly as he was forced out again.
One arm is gone, one leg is broken, and his body is covered in cracks, making it impossible for him to stand up.
Emerging from the smoke of war in Jiangnan, Da Nannan blocked the old man's retreat on the other side.
The old man growled, staring resentfully at Jiangnan, "Why?"
"Why else? Ask yourself that question." Jiangnan said disdainfully.
"I don't think there's any flaw anywhere," the old man said, also puzzled.
He's so kind and gentle, and he's almost dead. It's all so interconnected. Don't you really want to see the inheritance of supernatural powers, or even one of the legendary Nine Secrets?
Even if there is suspicion, you can't just kill them outright.
Aren't you afraid of killing the wrong person? Aren't you afraid that killing someone will prevent you from inheriting the legacy?
However, his benevolent influence also stemmed from a great deal of subtle influence through divine power, which was his forte.
It will naturally make people lower their guard.
"You're too confident. Where? It's all flaws, okay?" Jiang Nan said.
"We just arrived, and your time has come."
“But you’re right, you’ve arrived. See, you’ve arrived.” Jiang Nan walked over, pulling his halberd.
"This is what I predicted for you before. I said that your forehead was dark, that you would suffer a bloody disaster, and that you would not live long."
"See how accurate I was," Jiang Nan said.
"Just because of this?" the old man growled. Was this a flaw?
“I’ve told you more, but any more would be flaws,” Jiang Nan said.
“The Sage Cangkong has passed away, and people only came to search for the treasure after that,” Jiang Nan said. “He should indeed be dead.”
"At least you're definitely not. You're too weak. At most, you're at the peak of the Great Power realm, and you're still half-dead right now."
"It must be that they acted rashly and fell into a desperate situation where the Sage of Cang Kong was on guard against the enemy."
"I am old and frail, my life force is depleted, and my lifespan is coming to an end. It is even possible that my cultivation level will decline."
“It’s possible,” Jiang Nan said.
"Then why did you just take action?" the old man said.
"Even if he's a saint, this kind of approach is ill-intentioned. We should just kill him."
“It’s perfectly reasonable to take advantage of your illness to kill you,” Jiang Nan said.
The old man roared, filled with resentment.
Jiangnan passed by and was instantly crushed.
"There's really not much of this," Jiang Nan said, looking at the things the old man had taken out earlier.
"Do they really think we're unsophisticated and that we're being treated like beggars?"
The things the old man took out would be highly sought after by even a normal half-step great power expert; in fact, there were many of them.
But the two gained much more along the way, so these can only be considered ordinary.
An old sage, you've brought out this little bit of stuff, do you think it's right?
"It should be an old guy, maybe he came in earlier than all of us. After all, it is said that the Sage Cangkong passed away some years ago. It's just that the temple has only been discovered now, but he may have discovered it long ago."
"As a result, we fell into some kind of predicament of the Sage Cangkong. We came here to seek opportunities, but instead of opportunities, we suffered losses. Perhaps that's why," Jiang Nan said.
"What kind of evil magic are they planning to use to take us down, or something else?"
He thought the old man might have some good stuff that he was trying to acquire, refine, or pass on, but he didn't expect them to find out.
Jiangnan has investigated, but there's nothing there...
That means you're thinking about them.
"After investigation and analysis, the old man should have just woken up and is in very poor condition."
"They weren't spying on us before."
“Otherwise we would have found out too,” Jiang Nan said.
"Before he woke up, he was in a strange, lifeless state, which is why we didn't notice his presence."
"Oh," said the older girl.
Before, what happened to us? Nothing happened, right?
"It's time to go," Jiang Nan said.
"Even an old rabbit has three hundred burrows; now that we've gone deep enough, we might as well explore them," Jiang Nan said.
The eldest daughter nodded; she shared the same thought.
"Old Rabbit, he must really be dead," Jiang Nan said.
“He should be dead,” the big girl said.
“I really didn’t sense any trace of a sage’s Dao,” Jiang Nan said.
"By the way, I have quite a few holy-grade weapons here. Pick a few," Jiang Nan said.
“I have one too,” said Da Nannan. Sacred weapons are hard to subdue, but she could slowly erode and subdue them with her Devouring Heaven Demon Art.
"Then let's choose a few that are suitable," Jiang Nan said with a smile.
"Girl, tell me, how have you been doing lately?"
"It's all about cultivation and fighting along the way," the girl said.
"Don't sneak off on your own anymore. If you want to do anything, just tell me."
"If you want to go your own way, that's fine with me."
"Oh," the girl chuckled.
The two walked side by side, their figures gradually receding into the distance as the sun set.
Afterwards, they crossed again, disappeared into the void, and arrived at different places from the sage's sacred site.
“That place just now was so picturesque… Could it really be a world within a painting?” Jiang Nan said, turning around.
"The world depicted by the strange phenomena of the Saint King's Sea of Wheels?" Jiang Nan asked.
"There is both reality and art; this tranquil place may also be where he once secluded himself for spiritual practice."
"It's quite flashy," Jiangnan said.
He usually doesn't bother using his Lunhai scroll paintings.
Wherever the battle is, just do it.
It can be primordial chaos, with gods and demons dancing wildly; it can be the moon and the sun, shining together; it can be a black hole vortex, devouring the starry sky; it can be the Great Dao of Nature, with nature as its master… In battle, I am invincible.
"Be careful, there are many ancient formations and such set up in this place," Jiang Nan said.
"There's not much to it, but we have quite a few backup plans."