Time flows like water; in the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.

Just as Nangong Luo had predicted, the Buddha's Son from Little Leiyin Temple was unable to subdue Qiongqi.

Instead of restraining it, Qiongqi became even more rampant.

In just seven days, Qiongqi had visited six human cities, leaving numerous human casualties in its wake, the scenes being unbearably tragic and incomparably bloody.

Seeing Qiongqi dare to be so rampant, the Buddha's Son naturally refused to let it go; during this time, he was adamant about pursuing Qiongqi, vowing to subdue and kill it.

Unfortunately, Qiongqi was extremely cunning. Every time the Buddha's Son arrived, Qiongqi had already fled in advance, without any hesitation, leaving the Buddha's Son helpless.

The Great Qin Empire, knowing that a venerable monk was hunting Qiongqi, was naturally extremely pleased, as Qiongqi had been wreaking havoc on the Great Qin Empire during this period.

However, the monk's repeated failure to catch Qiongqi also led to disappointment for the Great Qin Empire.

Of course, the prowess displayed by the Buddha's Son during the hunt for Qiongqi was recognized by the Great Qin Empire; although he didn't capture Qiongqi, he was indeed a genuine powerhouse.

Meanwhile, the origin of the Buddha's Son, Little Leiyin Temple, became known to those with discerning ears.

The Buddha's Son thus achieved the goal of bringing some fame to Little Leiyin Temple, though it didn't reach widespread renown.

Tiger King Ridge, Peach Grove Valley.

Little Zi stood on the Bodhi Tree, seriously absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, with a faint purple glow emanating around her.

Below, Jiang Che lay in front of Bodhi Cave, eyes closed, concentrating, and comprehending the Divine Secret Techniques taught by his third sister.

This secret technique was called — Black Tortoise Armor Technique!

This technique is an ultimate defensive secret technique, allowing the continuous refinement of Black Tortoise Gang Qi stored in the body, and at critical moments, these Black Tortoise Gang Qi can be invoked to form Black Tortoise Armor, enveloping the entire body to ward off incoming attacks.

The defense of Black Tortoise Armor is astonishing. According to the third sister, if the Black Tortoise Armor Technique is cultivated to its peak, the defense of the condensed Black Tortoise Armor can even rival high-level defensive spiritual treasures, truly terrifying.

Of course, cultivating such a secret technique to its peak requires an unimaginable amount of time.

Jiang Che didn't expect to achieve mastery in an instant; he was content with just reaching a minor accomplishment in the Black Tortoise Armor Technique for now.

Even with a minor accomplishment, the defense of the Black Tortoise Armor can rival low-level defensive spiritual treasures, which was sufficient for Jiang Che.

This Black Tortoise Armor Technique was specially selected by the third sister for Jiang Che after seeing his defense being easily shattered by the amplified Willow God during the last battle in the Imperial Capital.

Among defensive secret techniques, the Black Tortoise Armor Technique ranks at the top, extremely valuable. If not for Nangong Luo's past life as an Empress, it's unlikely she would have obtained such a precious secret technique.

Reminded by his third sister, Jiang Che realized his deficiencies in defense. Given the immense strength of the secret technique she provided, he naturally wouldn't give up on practicing it.

Jiang Che's body glowed with a purple-gold spiritual light, as the key points of cultivating the Black Tortoise Armor Technique constantly resurfaced in his mind. Jiang Che began to continuously analyze the content and memorize the relevant tricks for cultivation.

Particularly, the part about refining Gang Qi was the most complex and difficult part of the Black Tortoise Armor Technique, taking Jiang Che a long time to barely comprehend.

Just as Jiang Che was about to begin practicing the Black Tortoise Armor Technique.

Suddenly, Jiang Che sensed something, his eyes snapped open, he stood up and looked up, his eyes gleaming as he gazed toward the sky over Tiger King Ridge.

There seemed to be an unusual disturbance there.

In an instant, changes emerged as if something was about to intrude into the present world from the void, waves of spatial ripples spread across the sky, like water ripples, extending in all directions.

The sky above Tiger King Ridge at this moment looked like a water surface shattered by a stone, with waves rising and falling.

Crack~

The next moment, the epicenter of these infinite spatial ripples abruptly shattered, producing a deafening cracking sound, and an instant later, web-like black space cracks filled the sky above, sending chills down one's spine.

"Brother, is there a powerful entity crossing the void to descend upon our Tiger King Ridge? What do we do?"

The sound of space shattering directly woke Nangong Luo from her cultivation. Seeing the scene above, Nangong Luo let out a cry of shock, looking worriedly at Jiang Che.

A being capable of breaking space was beyond her current ability to handle, and she could only leave it to her brother.

"Don't worry, with your brother here, whoever comes to our Tiger King Ridge must abide by our rules!"

Jiang Che responded calmly to reassure Nangong Luo.

He could easily handle this level of disturbance; there was nothing to fear.

He was just a bit puzzled about who would have nothing better to do than come to his Tiger King Ridge.

Now, who in the world didn't know that Tiger King Ridge was Thunder Tiger's territory, yet someone came over, and it was unclear what their intentions were.

Whoever could traverse the void certainly wasn't weak. Jiang Che contemplated but couldn't think of such a person within the Great Qin Empire.

Could it be a powerful entity that had always remained hidden?

At that moment, changes appeared in the sky once again.

Brilliant cyan light poured continuously from the space cracks, enveloping the entire Tiger King Ridge in a heavenly aura, as if an immortal were descending.

The next moment, a green jade-like willow branch, appearing as if it would traverse all worlds, emerged from the space crack, with tendrils of cyan mist wafting downward from it.

"It's the Willow God!"

Recognizing the Willow God, Nangong Luo exclaimed once again, but this time, her voice held no worry.

She had been concerned about an unknown powerful entity approaching, but upon realizing it was the Willow God, she relaxed instantly.

After all, she knew her brother wasn't intimidated by the Willow God.

At that moment, Jiang Che, observing the willow branch, was filled with confusion.

After all, it turned out to be the Willow God. When he speculated about the powerful entity earlier, he first excluded the Willow God.

After all, the Willow God was still injured; why would it come to Tiger King Ridge!

But unexpectedly, it came after all.

Yet, for what purpose did the Willow God come to Tiger King Ridge? To fight him?

Nangong Luo shared the same doubts.

Coming back to her senses, she stared at the willow branch, equally confused.

Why did the Willow God come to their Tiger King Ridge?

Then, she recalled her brother mentioning that the Willow God was one of their own, so... was her brother telling the truth?

Was the Willow God really one of their own?

Did her brother really subdue the Willow God?

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