"Surprised?" Jiang Li whispered, smiling as he looked at the book only he could see, then grasped the arm, "Honestly, not really. It's just that some questions have been answered."

Why, after obtaining the Yin Talisman Scripture, had he been able to enter the door of cultivation so easily and make rapid progress? At the time, Jiang Li thought it was because of the aid of Ginsengfruit, but now it seemed that Ginsengfruit was a factor, but there were other reasons. For instance, some of the magic doors in the Yin Talisman Scripture shared the same principles as those Jiang Li himself practiced.

In the Yin Talisman Scripture, there was the method of the Qi Tomb. The essence of Heavenly Dharma was about accepting the formless, using it to evolve all forms, completely aligned with the purpose of Innate Qi. It could even be said that Heavenly Dharma was founded on Innate Qi. Only thus could one speak of transforming myriad forms.

Ji Jiji was hugely ambitious; he had obtained part of the methods from the Qi Tomb over two hundred years ago and had integrated and understood it thoroughly.

However, at that time, Jiang Li's Realm was not profound, and he hadn't noticed the traces of the Qi Tomb. By the time his Realm and Daoist practice were sufficient, he had already grown accustomed to the Yin Talisman Scripture. He previously hadn't known the crucial aspects of the Form Tomb.

Then there was— "Why would someone who could help me conceal the anomaly of my Qi Shu, and even prevent my master from discovering anything unusual, be a lousy chess player?" Jiang Li gripped the arm that penetrated his was body, where Innate Qi clashed violently with the dark Thunder Light, "Either there is someone behind him, or he is concealing his clumsiness."

Jiang Li had been able to spend three peaceful years in the Dinghu Sect because someone had covered up the anomalous manifestations of his Qi Shu, making it difficult for others to detect anything unusual.

Otherwise, with Jiang Li's deep causes and effects and his Qi Shu that was difficult to divine, he would have attracted attention early on. There were quite a few in the Sect who understood the Qi Observation Skill; after all, Warlock Dao Fruit was a main choice for many disciples of the Sect.

The person covering up the Qi Shu anomaly was at least a master of Yi Dao, whose mastery of Echange Skill far exceeded that of other disciples in the Sect, and might even be comparable with Tianxuan. Yet, oddly enough, such a person couldn't win a game of chess against a Martial Artist, a truly lousy chess player.

Anyone who had achieved anything in Yi Dao would have significant calculation power, and if they put some effort into it, becoming a grandmaster in chess might not be achievable, but becoming an expert indeed was.

"Do you agree?" Jiang Li casually asked back, "Elder Tianpeng!"

The person who appeared behind Jiang Li wore a black robe, his beard and hair long. He wore the Xuan Crown; it was the Dinghu Sect's Yaoguang Elder, who used to be part of the Jiang family—Luu Tianpeng. However, now the elder's face had lost its usual expression, his rugged face indifferent, his eyes like bronze bells, nearly colorless in the pupils.

At the scene, besides Jiang Li, no one had expected this steadfast supporter of Jiang Li's side, this staunch ally, to be an enemy, including the Elder Tianquan and Elder Tian Ji, and even the trio of Gongsun Taicheng.

Godsun Taicheng and his companions had intended to intervene but couldn't reach quickly enough, while Elder Tianquan was just about to step forward to stop him.

As each person at the scene was making their move, a shadow nonchalantly passed by Gongsun Taicheng and the others, ascended the nine steps, stepped onto the high platform, and struck through Jiang Li's body.

Such a sudden change was truly unbelievable. Even Jiang Li might not have been completely certain before. "Everyone focused their attention on the Sect Leader, yet failed to see that the Sect Leader had positioned an undercover agent right beside me from the start," Jiang Li gently sighed, "If not for the warning I received, I might not have suspected you."

"Because the people who know Ji Jiji would think he would still belong to the Ji Family, but it was unexpected he would make a different choice." Elder Tianpeng spoke indifferently, Thunder Light twinkling in his hand, countless runes penetrating from his arm into Jiang Li's body.

As the two exchanged probing words and True Qi collided, their dialogue became a weapon to sway each other's mental state, vying for advantage in their confrontation.

"But you've still been found out." Jiang Li's chest had been pierced, but he looked unconcerned, not only steady in voice but also showing no weakening of his True Qi. Innate Eight Qi fought tirelessly in his palms, steadily countering the dark Thunder Light, firmly blocking the invasion of runes.

The sudden ambush by Tianpeng indeed caught people off guard, provided he hadn't been exposed.

Once exposed beforehand and precautions taken, the ambush would lose its advantage.

And Jiang Li's demeanor really seemed as if he had anticipated this.

So, was his speech true or false?

The answer, of course, was true.

Although Jiang Li had not suspected Elder Tianpeng from the beginning, someone had always been by his side.

Tianpeng probably didn't expect that this person would always be keeping an eye on Jiang Li, almost never leaving his side, and what seemed normal in Jiang Li's eyes was not necessarily so in Tianxuan's.

Thus, when Jiang Li was heading to the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, Tianxuan sent a warning through a certain lackey. The cost was that Jiang Li was somewhat stiff.

Even if he hadn't been forewarned, it was not certain that Tianpeng would have succeeded. Jiang Li had more up his sleeve than anticipated, with the Karma Collection protecting him, no one could ambush him from behind.

True or false? A flurry of thoughts raced through Tianpeng's mind as he suddenly remembered something.

—Jiang Li wasn't smiling!

At that moment, Tianpeng decisively withdrew his hand, but Jiang Li's arm was firmly clamped, paying no heed to his own safety.

A faint stream of light flickered across his forehead, and fragments flew out, revealing a figure that landed on the high platform.

It was Jiang Li!

Jiang Li's true body!

"Sun at Noon, Sunshine in the sky."

A large cauldron hovered above Jiang Li's head, radiating immense Hao Guang, from which a Great Sun ascended.

Using the Divine Farmer's Cauldron to stimulate the Great Sun Technique, the supremely yang and intensely hot light boiled, overshadowing the hall.

"It really was a fake."

Seeing this scene, Tianpeng understood that Jiang Li's words were true, but—

"When?"

"When did you get the illusion that I wasn't using an illusion technique?"

The impaled "Jiang Li" chuckled lowly.

With his current understanding of the physical body, the realism of Outer Object Transformation had sharply increased, to the point that Tianpeng, who had personally run him through, had not noticed any flaw.

Before he could finish speaking, the Hao Guang had arrived, and the Sun Fire engulfed the restrained Tianpeng almost instantly, the fierce blaze turning the high platform a gold-red.

However, at the same time, a fierce evil Qi also appeared, instantly tearing through Jiang Li's illusion body. Black Thunder Light swirled like water, a spear shadow thrusting out from within, piercing through the light fire, and striking directly at the Great Sun.

In that instant, Jiang Li felt a surge of blood energy pulsing at his forehead, the Godslayer Spear responding to that spear shadow from afar.

'Life-breaking Spear.'

One of the Military God's Five Weapons, and it was also seized by Jiang Li from Jiang Zhuyun.

And now, the War Spear was unsealed, and it had fallen into the hands of someone from the Jiang family.

"Boom!"

The Life-breaking Spear, accompanied by Thunder Light, blasted into the Great Sun, the evil Qi surged, and the Sun Wheel exploded.

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