Chapter 26: Overwhelmed (Part 1)

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  "What? Seven Spirit Gathering Formation?!"

  "In just one day, he actually rose another rank in cultivation? When did spiritual power training become as easy as eating and drinking?"

  "Heavens, why wasn't I born with a Wood attribute physique?!"

  “……”

  After a brief silence, there was a sudden uproar all around.

  The eyes of the crowd looking at Nie Kong had added envy and jealousy, and even Nie Xiaguang also quieted down, staring blankly at Nie Kong with his mouth agape.

  Suddenly, a voice shouted: "What about the spiritual technique you just used? If I'm not mistaken, that's definitely a wood-based spiritual technique. But our Nie family doesn't have any wood spiritual techniques!"

  Spiritual art?

  Everyone was filled with doubts, especially Nie Xing'er, who had a deeper understanding of Nie Kong's spiritual technique. In the Heaven Spirit Continent, when cultivating or casting spiritual techniques from different systems, one must match their own corresponding heaven and earth spiritual power elements in order to produce an effect. This is why spiritual masters cannot cultivate spiritual techniques across different systems.

  The spiritual power that Nie Kong just displayed, the force that burst out of it, everyone present has witnessed it with their own eyes. It's absolutely impossible for him to be a Spiritualist, he can only be a Wood-type cultivator.

  "This is what I've come up with over the past few days." Nie Kong said slowly, unceremoniously taking credit for the little guy's skill comprehension.

  "Self-created?"

  Suddenly, the ground had a pile of lively jumping eyeballs.

  Everyone in the crowd thought it was laughable, but no one dared to laugh out loud. Create a spiritual technique on his own? Isn't this a joke? Even the patriarch of the Nie family and the nine great elders had never heard of anyone creating their own spiritual technique before.

  "Don't listen to his nonsense, a small-time seventh-grade spiritual master who can create his own spiritual techniques? Pigs can climb trees then. He must have had some kind of dogshit luck and obtained that technique from somewhere." A slender and handsome young man sneered.

  "Hmph, I think so too." Nie Xiuge sneered and curled his lips.

  "That's right, this kind of talk can only fool a three-year-old kid, whoever believes it is an idiot."

  “……”

  The reaction of the crowd was well within Nie Kong's expectations. After nearly ten thousand years of development, the spiritual cultivation system of the Tianling Continent had become extremely advanced. Almost all the spiritual techniques and incantations that could be thought of had been created by previous generations, leaving little room for innovation by later generations. Now, a Spiritual Master who was only at the seventh grade of gathering spirits suddenly claimed to have created a new spiritual technique, and it was indeed hard for many people to believe, as this was simply too unbelievable.

  Nie Kong didn't refute, his eyes swept across the crowd, and he smiled: "Whether you believe it or not has nothing to do with me. Nephews, is there anyone else who wants to spar with me? Those below the 9th rank of Spiritual Gathering can come, if it's above the 9th rank, then Uncle will not accompany you."

  With the victory just now, Nie Kong's confidence greatly increased.

  Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to go and fight a medium. From gathering spirits to communicating with them is a qualitative leap, the two are almost worlds apart. On the other hand, the difference between the 9th rank and the 7th rank of spirit gatherers isn't that obvious, and sparring with spirit gatherers below the 9th rank would be just right.

  For Nie Kong, winning or losing is not the most important thing, accumulating actual combat experience is what matters most. In this regard, his accumulation is basically zero.

  Everyone exchanged glances, this group of cultivators had heard the rumors about "the genius among geniuses" yesterday and deliberately came here early today to wait. If Nie Kong didn't show up, that would be fine, but now that he not only appeared but also cleanly defeated Nie Xiu, if they were to leave with their tails between their legs, how could they hold their heads high in front of their peers in the future?

  "I'm coming!"

  Among the cheers, one person stood out from the crowd. It was precisely the handsome young man who had just scolded Nie Kong as "a sow that can climb a tree". "Gathering Spirit Nine Ranks, Nie Xiu Zhu."

  This young man is only fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a white robe fluttering in the wind, with a face as beautiful as jade. If he were a few years older and lost some of his childishness, he would definitely be a big handsome guy.

  "I'm not that reckless guy Nie Xiu, open your eyes wide and take a good look at how you ended up under my feet, Uncle Nie Kong!"

  The sarcastic voice had just fallen, Nie Xiuzhu didn't wait for Nie Kong to respond, his figure flashed strangely and crossed several meters of space, coming to Nie Kong's front.

  "So fast!"

  This Nie Xiu Zhu was indeed not someone that the previous Nie Xiu Ge could compare to. Nie Kong's heart skipped a beat, his expression suddenly becoming serious. His right arm welcomed Nie Xiu Zhu's incoming attack with a loud crash.

  Nie Xiu Zhu seemed to have not seen Nie Kong's attack and directly rushed towards Nie Kong's fingers that had already formed a fist. Seeing this, a faint sense of foreboding rose in Nie Kong's heart. Indeed, just as the fingertips were about to strike Nie Xiu Zhu's chest, the latter suddenly disappeared from before Nie Kong's eyes.

  "Not good!"

  Nie Kong's heart secretly cried out, the spiritual power in his body madly surged towards his back. Suddenly, a loud crash sounded, and Nie Kong felt as if his spine had been heavily struck by a giant iron hammer. He stumbled forward several steps, his internal organs shaking violently, his blood and energy churning wildly. His originally somewhat pale face suddenly flushed bright red, like it was on fire.

  "Good! The bamboo is repaired, and it's done as soon as it comes out of the horse!"

  "Haha, Xiuzhu is a Fengling master of the ninth rank of Jiling, and his strongest suit is speed. How powerful An Kong's spiritual technique is, it can't even touch one of Xiuzhu's hairs, what's the use?"

  "Our uncle Nie is in trouble now, haha..."

  "Take down bamboo, add some strength, and knock him down!"

  “……”

  The applause rose and fell, the surrounding crowd cheered excitedly, with a sense of pride and relief, especially Nie Xiu, whose depression had dissipated by more than half after being knocked down by Nie Kong. At this time, many people from the Nie family's training grounds had been attracted over, watching with great interest.

  Nie Kong swiftly turned around and left, but Nie Xiuzhu, who was facing him, did not take advantage of the situation to attack. Instead, he stood with his hands behind his back, stopping at a position about four or five meters away from Nie Kong, with an arrogant expression.

  "Ah!"

  Nie Kong let out a mouthful of turbid air, fortunately he reacted quickly and managed to gather his spiritual energy in time to counteract part of Nie Xiu's attack, otherwise, he would have probably ended up lying on the ground spitting blood.

  Nie Xiuzhu's lips curled up slightly, revealing a hint of mocking smile: "A genius among geniuses, is this all you've got? Coming here today was a mistake, wasting my precious cultivation time. Hmph, watch closely, this time I'll make you lie before me."

  "Haha, good nephew, now it's up to you to show your skills!" Encountering a temporary setback, Nie Kong not only didn't become disheartened, but instead burst out laughing.

  In an instant, Nie Kong raised his right hand's index and middle fingers, swiftly poking them towards himself. The Heart Sea acupoint, Jade Brightness acupoint, Heavenly Palace acupoint, Black Court acupoint, Dragon's Mound acupoint, Spirit Severance acupoint, Yang Peak acupoint, and Maze Spring acupoint... Every time his fingers made contact with the hidden acupoints, a strand of fine, green spiritual power would penetrate into them.

  When Nie Kong's fingers stabbed into the last Jade Spring Hole, all nine hidden holes shook violently.

  The nine major hidden orifices in the body quickly resonated and caused the meridians to vibrate. In an instant, the spiritual energy condensed within the six meridians of Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian, Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, and Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian began to dissolve.

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