Chapter 160: Traces of the Golden Scale Picture (2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Boom!

Cheng Shilu smashed the hammer down with all his might, and the tiles under Ye Jingtang’s feet immediately shattered, leaving two pits.

Ye Jingtang’s entire body was smashed down an inch, but his figure didn’t sway at all.

?!

Shock flashed in Cheng Shilu’s eyes. He didn’t expect the opponent’s ‘thin and weak’ body to be able to withstand his hammer smash. He immediately wanted to do it again.

But Ye Jingtang didn’t give him a chance. He gripped the spear in his right hand and stabbed it at Cheng Shilu’s armpit while grabbing the long hammer with his left hand and pulling hard.

Crack!

The tip of the spear pierced into flesh again.

Cheng Shilu pulled hard, but Ye Jingtang didn’t let go. He didn’t dare to let go of the Black Qilin Spear, so he charged forward with the two weapons like a bull.

“Haa!”

There was a huge difference in weight between them. Ye Jingtang could withstand the force of the pressure above with his feet on the ground, but it was difficult for him to stand still when pushed from the front.

Whoosh!

Ye Jingtang’s body didn’t move at all, but his feet were sliding quickly on the smooth tiles. The tables and chairs behind him were immediately shattered, and a hole was created in the wooden wall. He was instantly pushed out of the hall.

“Haa!”

Cheng Shilu pushed forward with all his might, wanting to shove Ye Jingtang to the ground as they went down the steps.

But the moment Ye Jingtang’s right foot slid down the steps, he clamped the spear with his right hand and raised it with the momentum of the Overlord Spear Cauldron. “Rise!”

Cheng Shilu reacted quickly. He wanted to use the method of the Thousand Pound Drop to weld himself forcibly to the ground.

But Cheng Shilu was only good at being invulnerable and powerful. His martial arts attainments were really not high.

Ye Jingtang raised his spear with one hand, and the spear instantly turned into a half arc, forcefully lifting the huge Cheng Shilu’s feet off the ground and slamming him back down.

Boom!

Cheng Shilu grabbed his spear and drew a half-arc in the air before smashing the white stone ground into pieces.

Ye Jingtang took this opportunity to grip the spear with both hands. He raised his spear from the ground and bent the spear shaft again.

“Haa!”

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Cheng Shilu was pierced by the spearhead and lifted by the spear. With the tremendous inertia and his loss of balance, he couldn’t swing his hammer at all. In an instant, he was smashed down three times, destroying the flower beds beside the steps in the courtyard.

When Ye Jingtang raised the spear again, Cheng Shilu finally let go of his left hand, and the spearhead stuck in his shoulder left his flesh.

Boom!

Cheng Shilu’s muscular body spun in midair and smashed through the wall on the side of the courtyard. Before he landed, a cold light had already arrived in front of him.

Ye Jingtang had learned his lesson from the last time. He didn’t think of stabbing Cheng Shilu with all his might. Instead, his spear was like a swimming dragon as he stabbed Cheng Shilu’s chest and played connect the dots.

Stab, stab, stab, stab…

Cheng Shilu lay on the ground, holding the bronze hammer to block. His feet pushed against the ground and sent him flying back. But in an instant, twelve bloody wounds appeared on his chest. The wounds were extremely shallow, but they were all bleeding.

As Ye Jingtang stabbed continuously, under the bright moonlight, he finally saw clearly that every time the spear tip pierced Cheng Shilu’s skin, there would be cracks near the wound, looking like porcelain being pierced by a sharp object. Although it was fleeting, it was definitely not a hallucination.

Stab! Stab! Stab!

In an instant, more than ten thrusts forced Cheng Shilu to the wall of the courtyard. He couldn’t retreat and couldn’t get up at all. He hurriedly shouted, “I admit defeat! I admit defeat! Hold back!”

Ye Jingtang’s spear paused. He pointed the spear at Cheng Shilu with his right hand and stood upright under the moonlight with his left hand behind his back. “Do 1 have enough weight to sit on the main seat now?”

Although Ye Jingtang had stabbed Cheng Shilu many times, they were all superficial wounds. He didn’t aim at any critical points. Otherwise, Cheng Shilu would be dead.

Cheng Shilu was panting as his muscles tightened to stop the bleeding wounds. He threw away his weapon. “Enough. Please forgive me for offending you, Young Master Ye.”

Ye Jingtang didn’t withdraw his spear. Instead, he sized up Cheng Shilu’s wounds. “Your body is unusually hard.”

Cheng Shilu frowned when he heard this and stopped standing up. “Young Master Ye, do you suspect that I’m hiding the Roaring Dragon Chart?”

Ye Jingtang retracted his spear and stood with his hands behind his back. “I’m just curious.”

Cheng Shilu propped himself up against the wall. “My father practiced the Roaring Dragon Chart. My father was originally from the Northern Liang army. Decades ago, he stole the Roaring Dragon Chart and fled to Great Wei. Because his physique was too strong, he was suspected and killed. 1 don’t know who the murderer is, but Jiang Zhahu only became one of the Eight Chiefs after my father died.”

Since Cheng Shilu gave such a straightforward explanation, it was obviously not the first time that Jianghu people had come looking for him. In any case, he didn’t have it. He could just tell them directly so that he wouldn’t be tortured to extract a confession.

Ye Jingtang nodded slightly. He also felt that Jiang Zhahu’s indestructible golden body was more in line with the description of the Golden Scale Picture. He thought for a moment and asked, “Have you practiced the Roaring Dragon Chart before?”

Cheng Shilu shook his head. “My father didn’t even dare to tell us brothers about this. 1 only found out about this after he died. I became famous twenty years ago. I wouldn’t have been able to hide the Golden Scale Picture. If I had only reached this level after practicing for twenty years, the Golden Scale Picture wouldn’t be worthy of its reputation.”

“I’m a unique defensive martial arts practitioner. The reason I could practice to this extent was because I was born with thick skin and good talent. My brother is the same. 1 think this has something to do with my father practicing the Roaring Dragon Chart. Dragons give birth to dragons, and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. If 1 had the Roaring Dragon Chart, even if I showed it to my brother, 1 wouldn’t show it to my disciples. There are more than three hundred people at the foot of the mountain, and they all practice the same martial arts, but they’re not as good as me.”

Ye Jingtang looked at the wounds on Cheng Shilu’s body. “If people practice defensive martial arts well, they can indeed be as powerful as you. However, flesh is flesh. It can’t be shattered. When the wounds on your body appeared, your skin shattered. What’s going on?”

H ii

When Cheng Shilu heard this, he fell silent for a moment, and his eyes changed. After a while, he sighed softly and nodded in approval. “Young Master Ye, your eyesight is quite sharp. You are the first person to see this. Since you have seen it, 1 won’t hide it from you. My father was originally a guard of Northern Liang. When he stole the Roaring Dragon Chart picture, he also took a bead. The bead is a strange object refined by a Northern Liang expert. It’s like a jade artifact. If you carry one all year round, it can strengthen your body. But the effect of the bead is much stronger. I often took this item to soak in bath water and eventually obtained hard skin all over my body.”

Ye Jingtang was slightly surprised. “Sect Master Cheng, you’re so honest. Aren’t you afraid that I’ll kill you and seize your treasure?”

Cheng Shilu wasn’t afraid because it was still uncertain who would kill whom and seize the treasure!

He had a big head and a thick neck, making him seem slow and reckless, but he was actually very scheming.

Ye Silang suddenly appeared in the Red Flower Pavilion. There had been no news about him before, so there was a high chance that his martial arts skills had improved by leaps and bounds in a short period of time.

Now that Ye Silang was asking about the whereabouts of the Roaring Dragon Chart, it was obvious that he wanted to find it, which inevitably made people think that he had practiced the Roaring Dragon Chart.

He had just made this conjecture, but this suspicion was not enough for him to take risks. Moreover, Ye Silang had seen through the flaws in his wounds and touched his vulnerable point.

Cheng Shilu had no weakness from head to toe. His only weakness was the Heavenly Carnelian Bead hidden in his secret room.

To him, this bead was actually far less useful than his connections in the government. However, this bead involved a secret matter many years ago. If the news were leaked, it might cause the extermination of his clan.

In the past, there were two people with extremely sharp eyes who had noticed the abnormality of his wounds, and he had silenced them.

And it had to be the same today. There was even a possibility of obtaining a Roaring Dragon Chart picture, which was quite an unexpected gain.

Facing Ye Jingtang’s question, Cheng Shilu showed a calm expression as he turned around and walked to the back. “I’ve used it for more than twenty years. But Young Master Ye, you still casually opened more than ten holes in my body. You probably won’t even take a fancy to such a miraculous item even if I sell it to you. As the saying goes, ‘No discord, no concord’. I’m not stingy. I’ll give you a look so that you won’t be suspicious one day and come teach me some rules again.”

Ye Jingtang felt that Cheng Shilu was a little too honest. After thinking for a while, he gave the bird guarding in the dark a look and walked behind with his spear.. Soon, he reached the cliff at the back…