allendalepharm Chapter 27 The formidable Ouyang Feng, the Perfection of the Nine Yangs
Chapter 27 The formidable Ouyang Feng, the Perfection of the Nine Yangs
Yang Kang immediately instructed Shi Tianze to make arrangements.
Tuolei and the others also gathered together, searching their bodies for treasures, preparing to present them to Yang Kang as a gift for their sworn brotherhood.
Soon, a simple chopping board, a few long incense sticks, and three bowls of turbid wine were set up in the woods.
Yang Kang, Guo Jing, and Tuo Lei first worshipped Heaven and Earth with Han Chinese rites, and with Heaven and Earth as their witness, they became sworn brothers.
The three then followed Mongolian customs, worshipped the Eternal Heaven, exchanged tokens, and became sworn brothers.
Yang Kang gave two jade pendants that he always carried with him to Tolui and Guo Jing respectively.
Tolui then gifted Yang Kang and Guo Jing each a dagger.
Only the penniless Guo Jing could not find anything on his body after searching it thoroughly.
Huang Rong came to his rescue by taking out two jade pendants that she always carried with her.
After the three men swore brotherhood, they addressed each other as elder brothers.
Tuolei was the eldest, Guo Jing was the second, and Yang Kang was the youngest.
After swearing brotherhood, the three exchanged pleasantries and laughed.
"Yang Kang Anda, my father Khan once said that if you could serve in Mongolia, he would be willing to treat you as a commander of ten thousand."
"Now that you are the Anda, why don't you just surrender to the Mongols?"
"When we conquer the Jin Kingdom, Father Khan will surely make you the King of Jin."
Tore patted his chest and said.
"Hahaha, Brother Tuolei, do you think I'm as foolish as Guo Jing?"
"We're brothers in private, but on the battlefield, we're still enemies, and I won't show any mercy."
Yang Kang laughed heartily.
"I am extremely fortunate to have made two brothers with you today."
"However, both Tolui and I have important matters to attend to, so we must part ways for now. We will meet again in the future and share a drink and laughter."
After saying this, Yang Kang turned around, led his men, and rode away to say goodbye.
Guo Jing and Tolui bid each other a reluctant farewell. After saying goodbye, Tolui and Jebe and others headed towards Lin'an, while Guo Jing and Huang Rong continued their wanderings, preparing to head towards Jiaxing.
"Master, we will inevitably have to fight the Mongols sooner or later, so why do you still want to become sworn brothers with the Mongol prince?"
Shi Tianze asked, puzzled.
"Genghis Khan was preparing for a southern expedition, the Jin Dynasty was clinging to life, and the Southern Song Dynasty was deceiving itself."
"The world situation has not yet reached the point where it must be a matter of life and death. Tolui is Genghis Khan's most beloved son and the future master of the Golden Family."
"Our World Society is ultimately just a small place. Until that right time comes, more friends are far more important than more enemies."
"A prince of a country, and a powerful heir to the throne, was willing to abandon everything and venture into a foreign land thousands of miles away because of a single word from his father."
"A man like that, who can be Guo Jing's brother, should also be my brother."
Yang Kang nodded and said.
As night fell, Yang Kang and his men, having some seriously injured companions with them, went to a dilapidated temple to rest.
Before Mu Nianci and Cheng Yaojia could even think of anything, Yang Kang, who could no longer bear the filth on his body, used his lightness skill to bathe and change clothes in a nearby stream.
As Yang Kang scrubbed himself under the moonlight, he pondered how to perfect his cultivation of the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
As night deepened, the rustling of insects and ants could be heard from the distant woods.
Suddenly, wisps of bloody vapor surged from the once quiet and peaceful wilderness, as if some ferocious beast was hunting its prey.
A strange sound rang out, seemingly the sound of some kind of harp.
Amidst the music, screams and cries of men and women could be heard from afar, coming from the direction of the ruined temple.
Yang Kang's expression changed slightly. He quickly grabbed his clothes and flew away.
Inside the dilapidated temple, countless venomous snakes surged like a tide.
The two heroines, Cheng Yaojia and Mu Nianci, were naturally not afraid of venomous snakes, but the seemingly endless snakes still kept them busy.
Shi Tianze, whose martial arts skills were already mediocre, and his men were in even greater peril.
When Yang Kang arrived, the soldiers who had been seriously wounded during the five-day battle were already submerged in the swarm of snakes, their bodies gradually becoming mutilated.
Yang Kang landed and let out a furious roar, his voice carrying terrifying internal force, instantly killing the poisonous snakes in the temple.
"Xue An, Yang Yi, Zhao San, Li Yao, Han Hui."
Yang Kang glared at his five subordinates, almost through gritted teeth.
These fifteen men who accompanied him south, apart from Shi Tianze, were all loyal soldiers who had served him in the Jin army's Iron Pagoda Cavalry.
Unexpectedly, his men died so tragically after he had only been gone for a short while.
"Boss, I am incompetent and unable to protect my brothers."
Shi Tianze immediately knelt down and said painfully.
Yang Kang's angry gaze swept over Shi Tianze, and the arrow from the Divine Arm Bow shot out, instantly piercing the moonlight that had risen again.
"Excellent archery skills."
"Truly, heroes emerge from among the young. It's no wonder my Ke'er was defeated by Chief Yang."
An old man dressed in a white robe with deep eyes, holding a wooden cane, walked into the dilapidated temple.
"Europe!"
"Positive!"
"peak"
Yang Kang recited the person's name word by word.
The newcomer smiled slightly, not surprised that Yang Kang recognized him.
Behind Ouyang Feng, four maids in white followed closely, one of whom was pushing a wheelchair.
Sitting in the wheelchair was Ouyang Ke, his body wrapped in bandages and his right sleeve hanging loosely.
Ouyang Ke glared at Yang Kang with venomous eyes, but dared not utter a word.
"Didn't you say that I have something I can talk to you about in person?"
"But before we get down to business, we need to sort out the accounts first."
"You beat my nephew like this."
"Taking a few of your men's lives shouldn't be too much of a problem, right?"
"Now, we can get back to serious business."
Ouyang Ke said casually, clearly not taking the killing of Yang Kang's five men to heart.
He didn't think that someone in a high position like Yang Kang would care about the lives of a few subordinates.
But he overlooked one point: General Yang Kang's background.
A qualified general can never tolerate his soldiers dying outside the battlefield.
"Your nephew's life is not even worthy of being compared to the lives of my soldiers."
No sooner had Ouyang Feng finished speaking than Yang Kang charged forward with his spear in hand.
As the spear clashed with the serpent staff, Ouyang Feng's previously calm expression suddenly changed. His body tensed, the ground beneath his feet cracked violently, stones flew everywhere, and shockwaves spread outwards, instantly dispersing a cloud of dust.
Almost instinctively, Ouyang Feng immediately used a technique to deflect the terrifying force from Yang Kang's spear into the ground, and his body shot out like a slingshot.
While still in mid-air, before he could even turn around, Yang Kang had already kicked out from the side. Ouyang Feng raised his palm to block, but was sent flying out of the temple by Yang Kang's terrifying kick, crashing through the temple wall.
"uncle!"
Ouyang Ke immediately screamed in terror.
Yang Kang's figure shot out like an arrow, attacking again in the direction Ouyang Feng had retreated.
"My sworn brother!"
"Senior Brother Yang!"
"Boss!"
Before the smoke and dust had cleared, Shi Tianze, Mu Nianci, Cheng Yaojia, and the others could only call out in worry.
All the onlookers saw were two figures flashing rapidly through the smoke and dust.
Ouyang Feng moved like a ghost, his snake staff striking from all sorts of tricky spots, but Yang Kang caught them all.
With another breakthrough in the Nine Yang Divine Skill, Yang Kang's understanding of spear techniques deepened as he circulated his true energy during battle.
The two exchanged blows, going back and forth for over twenty moves in the blink of an eye.
Ouyang Feng's martial arts style is completely different from Huang Yaoshi's. Huang Yaoshi's martial arts are elegant and agile. Although they are clearly derived from Taoism, they also have a faint shadow of the combination of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
In addition, Huang Yaoshi was skilled in the art of divination and applied it to his martial arts, which always caused Yang Kang's thunderous attacks to miss.
While Ouyang Feng may have a number of insidious and unpredictable moves, his so-called foundational Toad Stance is more of a powerful and domineering style.
In the head-on clash, Yang Kang's Overlord Power displayed a completely different overwhelming force compared to his previous battles with Huang Yaoshi.
Lightning flashed as the serpent staff and iron spear clashed once more, the terrifying force finally overwhelming Ouyang Feng.
Before the serpent could finish flicking its tongue, Yang Kang knocked the serpent staff away.
Upon seeing this, Ouyang Feng immediately distanced himself, activated his Toad Stance, and his aura suddenly became fierce and sharp. His chest cavity contracted and expanded violently, his true energy circulated faster, and his speed and explosive power suddenly increased by three points.
Ouyang Feng, like a toad pouncing at full speed, shot towards Yang Kang like a cannonball, and unleashed his Serpent Fist towards Yang Kang's face.
Yang Kang held his spear in his right hand without moving, and easily caught Ouyang Feng's punch that was aimed straight at his face with his left hand.
Seeing that things were going badly, Ouyang Feng tried to back away, but Yang Kang's face suddenly came right up to his face.
Ouyang Feng seemed to see the murderous intent and bloodthirsty smile flashing in Yang Kang's eyes.
The next moment, Yang Kang suddenly delivered a knee strike to Ouyang Feng's waist, the force instantly spreading from Ouyang Feng's waist and abdomen throughout his entire body.
Ouyang Feng's eyes bulged out, he spat out blood, and was once again sent flying backward.
As the maid from White Camel Mountain pushed Ouyang Ke to the scene, Shi Tianze, Mu Nianci, Cheng Yaojia, and their subordinates also emerged from the smoke and dust of the small temple.
On the open ground outside the temple, Ouyang Feng got up covered in blood, while Yang Kang was unharmed and not even breathing.
Ouyang Feng stared intently at Yang Kang with a gloomy face, muttering to himself.
"How is this possible? The Central Plains has actually produced someone like you."
"Disciples of Quanzhen..."
"Wang Chongyang, even in death you can cause me this much trouble."
Ouyang Feng circulated his inner energy, and the snake staff scattered beside him suddenly activated the mechanism, sending two highly venomous bluish-black snakes flying out.
One arrow was aimed at Yang Kang, and the other lunged at Mu Nianci.
Yang Kang slightly turned his double pupils and casually pinched the venomous snake that was shooting towards him.
Another venomous snake lunged at Mu Nianci, but Yang Kang subtly twisted his wrist and pinned it to the ground with his spear before Mu Nianci could react.
The venomous snake, not yet half dead, suddenly opened its bloody mouth and spat out venom.
Yang Kang casually covered his face with his hand, and the venom stained the back of his hand.
In the blink of an eye, Ouyang Feng had already leaped up, grabbed his snake staff and Ouyang Ke, and fled into the distance.
Shi Tianze and the others quickly surrounded him, while Mu Nianci looked worriedly at the venom on the back of Yang Kang's hand.
Yang Kang casually shook his hand and said indifferently.
"No matter how many poisons there are, they can't harm me."
"It's a pity they got away. I'll chop the Ouyang father and son into mincemeat sooner or later."
Yang Kang said this.
Suddenly, his expression changed, and the crimson true energy around his body circulated even faster, showing signs of bursting out of his body.
The original Yang Kang possessed a naturally powerful and unobstructed body in this life, with all his meridians open and his acupoints and spiritual energy perfectly integrated.
The most dangerous point of the Nine Yang Divine Skill is the Xuan Guan (mysterious pass), which is naturally unobstructed for him. However, the time it takes for his true qi to circulate and accumulate internal strength in his meridians, which are easier for ordinary people, is much longer than that of ordinary people.
The Nine Yang True Qi was insufficient for a long time, which is why it was difficult to complete. At this moment, the successive poisons stimulated the protective instincts of the Overlord Body and the Nine Yang Divine Skill True Qi in his body. The blood and Qi and the Nine Yang True Qi were running wildly and spontaneously, making Yang Kang's body as hot as fire, with heat rising.
Yang Kang quickly sat cross-legged, circulated his true energy, and tried to take this opportunity to break through to the Great Perfection of the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
Upon seeing this, everyone was greatly surprised and gathered around Yang Kang, waiting for him to unleash his inner energy.
For several hours in a row, Yang Kang's body emitted bursts of fiery red and crimson true energy.
At midnight, crimson true energy faintly formed a barely perceptible aura around him, enveloping him within it.
As the moonlight fell into the center, Yang Kang suddenly leaped up, let out a long roar, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
With a casual flick of his finger, he unleashed a fiery red burst of true energy that shot out like a bullet, shattering an ancient tree several feet away.
"I have mastered the Nine Yang Divine Skill! I am now invincible under heaven!"
Yang Kang burst into arrogant laughter.
Upon seeing this, Shi Tianze and the others were overjoyed and quickly stepped forward to offer their congratulations.
Mu Nianci and Cheng Yaojia also showed relieved smiles.