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The Secrets of Childlike Innocence *1!
Battle Heaven Transformation Qi*1!
Qiankun Sword Paper *1!
Roaring God Manual *1!
Ghostly figures*1!
The Four Secrets of Illusion and Passion *1!
Bone tearing claw*1!
One disabled leg!
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This time, I actually picked up quite a few martial arts techniques and skills.
However, apart from the "Childhood Heart Sutra" having some effect, Li Yao looked down on everything else.
He incorporated the "True Scripture of Childlike Innocence" into the "True Scripture of the Great Way".
Then, he turned his gaze to a small hill in the distance and called out, "After watching the show for so long, it's time to show up."
The sound was loud and carried far, and even though it was two or three miles away, the sound did not weaken at all.
"Is someone else hiding nearby?"
Everyone was surprised; they hadn't noticed at all.
They all followed Li Yao's gaze and looked at the small hill in the distance.
A moment later, a boy emerged from behind the small hill.
The boy hesitated for a moment, then quickly tapped the ground with his toes and arrived in front of Li Yao in a moment.
Then, he suddenly knelt down in front of Li Yao and said, "I am Duan Lang, son of the Southern Lin Sword Master. I admire the City Lord's divine skills and beg the City Lord to accept me as his disciple."
Chapter 229 Duan Lang Becomes a Disciple, Peerless Divine Sword (Revised)
The young man before me is none other than Duan Lang, the son of the Southern Lin Sword Master!
Moreover, Duan Lang actually knelt down before Li Yao in public, begging Li Yao to accept him as a disciple.
This caught all the martial arts practitioners present completely off guard.
It should be noted that Duan Lang's father, Duan Shuai, was not only known as the "Southern Sword Master," but also as "Invincible for Half His Life."
This clearly demonstrates that Duan Shuai's status in the martial arts world, as well as his martial arts skills, are both outstanding.
But now, the son of the Southern Sword Master has actually publicly become Li Yao's disciple.
The man before him, Li Yao, was incredibly skilled in martial arts, but judging from his appearance, he was only about twenty years old, not much older than Duan Lang.
Duan Lang actually wanted to become Li Yao's disciple, who was only a few years older than him.
This is truly astonishing!
In fact, there were two reasons why Duan Lang wanted to become Li Yao's disciple.
Firstly, he was afraid of being killed by Li Yao.
He secretly followed the Twelve Fiends of Tianchi to this place.
He never expected that Li Yao would discover his whereabouts, and he estimated that he would not be able to escape from Li Yao's grasp.
To date, he has not publicly betrayed Xiong Ba.
Xiong Ba repeatedly opposed Li Yao.
Once Li Yao learns that he is Xiong Ba's subordinate, he will certainly not spare him.
Rather than have Li Yao discover his identity, he might as well confess it and surrender to Li Yao.
Publicly becoming Li Yao's disciple was undoubtedly the best way to surrender.
In that case, Li Yao should not intend to kill him.
Secondly, he had long planned to join Li Yao's side.
Like Nie Feng, he came from a family of martial arts practitioners.
However, it was precisely because Xiong Ba firmly believed in the saying "A golden carp is no ordinary fish; it will transform into a dragon once it encounters wind and clouds" that he valued Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun, while ignoring his existence.
Therefore, he had long planned to betray the World Society.
Five years ago, when Dugu Yifang, the former lord of Wushuang City, went to the World Society to discuss the alliance with Xiong Ba, he had already been exchanging glances with Dugu Yifang.
Now, Dugu Yifang has been killed by Li Yao, and Wushuang City has been seized by Li Yao.
Moreover, Li Yao also defeated the 50,000-strong army of the World Society in one fell swoop and captured Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun alive.
He estimated that the World Society would decline further and further, and it was no longer worth his continued presence in the World Society.
So he secretly followed the Twelve Fiends of Tianchi to Wushuang City, hoping to find an opportunity to seek refuge with Li Yao.
Now that Li Yao has discovered his whereabouts, he can take the opportunity to become Li Yao's disciple and seek refuge with him.
Li Yao had long been aware of Duan Lang's ulterior motives.
Li Yao sized up Duan Lang in front of him.
Duan Lang, one of the major villains in the later stages of Feng Yun, is currently far inferior to the Dragon Demon who later becomes a half-human, half-beast after consuming two Dragon Cloud pills.
You should know that after he became a dragon demon, he froze Fengyun and the peerless sword for twenty years.
Of course, Li Yao knew Duan Lang's character very well. He was treacherous, vicious, and fickle. Duan Lang's allegiance to him was not out of genuine sincerity.
However, Duan Lang is a rare talent, as evidenced by his ability to manipulate Qin Shuang, Bu Jingyun, Nie Feng, Shi Wuzun, Dugu Ming, and others with ease.
This kind of wisdom, if controlled with a little effort, can become his powerful assistant.
Therefore, Li Yao did not hesitate and immediately accepted Duan Lang as his disciple.
This greatly surprised Duan Lang and other people in the martial arts world.
Because they all knew that Duan Lang was Xiong Ba's subordinate.
Meanwhile, Xiong Ba repeatedly clashed with Wushuang City.
Li Yao took Duan Lang under his wing, wasn't he afraid that Duan Lang was a spy sent by Xiong Ba?
Li Yao, however, was not worried at all.
Even if Duan Lang and Xiong Ba had agreed beforehand to have Duan Lang infiltrate Wushuang City, it would pose no threat to him.
Because he only needs to use the Soul Transfer Technique and the Yin Soul Parasitism Technique to implant a divine soul into Duan Lang's brain, and he can completely control Duan Lang and make him obedient.
However, the matter of implanting a divine soul into Duan Lang needs to be postponed.
Right now, he needs to get his hands on the Peerless Divine Sword first.
This time, Sword Saint Dugu Jian fought him in a state of astral projection.
Therefore, Dugu Jian did not bring the Peerless Divine Sword with him.
The Peerless Divine Sword should still be inside Dugu Jian's body.
Now that Dugu Jian's primordial spirit has arrived, his physical body should be not far from here.
So he gave some instructions to Master Ma and Duan Lang, asking them to handle the aftermath, while he immediately leaped up and used his lightness skill to chase after the direction from which Dugu Jian's primordial spirit had come.
Now, his lightness skill has reached an unparalleled level.
Catching up with Dugu Ming and the others wouldn't take much effort at all.
He soon spotted Dugu Ming and his group.
Dugu Ming was walking at the very front.
Shi Wuzun walked in the middle, with an old man on his back. The old man was none other than the physical body of Dugu Jian.
Dugu Meng walked at the very back.
A smile appeared on Li Yao's face. He pushed off the ground with both feet, somersaulted in the air, and appeared in front of Dugu Ming and his group.
"It's you?"
Upon discovering that the person blocking his way was Li Yao, Dugu Ming asked warily, "You... what do you want?"
Now, their uncle, Dugu Jian, whom they could rely on, is dead.
He knew that even the three of them combined might not be a match for Li Yao.
Therefore, Dugu Ming was somewhat worried that Li Yao would try to wipe them out completely.
Dugu Meng shared the same concern and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Li Yao, my uncle has already died from exhaustion because of you. Do you still intend to exterminate us all?"
Unbeknownst to them, their uncle had previously separated his soul from his body and fought a fierce battle with Li Yao, during which his soul was absorbed into the void.
Li Yao smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I'm not here to kill you all. As long as you hand over the Peerless Divine Sword, you can leave safely."
"You want the Peerless Divine Sword?!"
Dugu Ming was startled and instinctively gripped his sword tighter.
Because the sword he held in his hand was the Peerless Divine Sword.
Dugu Meng immediately stepped forward in front of Dugu Ming, her face full of indignation, and said, "The Peerless Divine Sword is a family heirloom of my Dugu family. How can we give it to you so easily?"
"A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime!"
Li Yao said calmly, "Your uncles are all dead. In the future, many martial arts practitioners will definitely try to seize the Peerless Divine Sword from you. You will not be able to keep this divine sword at all, and you may even bring disaster upon yourselves. I advise you to hand over the Peerless Divine Sword."
Dugu Meng raised an eyebrow and said, "Even so, we will not hand over the Peerless Divine Sword to you."
Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "I don't covet your Peerless Divine Sword. How about this, you let me play with the Peerless Divine Sword for a while, and I'll return it to you soon."