Chapter 284: Nine Nether Mysterious Heavenly Divine Art.

"Uncle!" Wuqing looked a little surprised when he saw Zhuge Zhengwo bowing so solemnly to apologize.

"I say, you're not expecting me to help you eliminate An Yunshan, are you?" Ye Xiu, observing Zhuge Zhengwo's expression, almost immediately thought of his intention and asked with a smile.

"I know An Yunshan is extremely powerful. He even possesses a powerful, unholy technique that can absorb the cultivation of others. So, I don't expect you to kill An Yunshan. I just hope you can step in and hold him back, buying me some time so I can find some help." Zhuge Zhengwo was quite frank, even revealing An Yunshan's unholy technique that could absorb the cultivation of others.

Most people would run as far away as possible upon hearing such an unholy technique, but Zhuge Zhengwo spoke frankly.

This showed that Zhuge Zhengwo was quite a decent person.

Wuqing looked at Ye Xiu with some worry. She hoped Ye Xiu could help deal with An Yunshan, but she was also worried that Ye Xiu was no match for

him. Especially since she knew Ye Xiu had the diary in his possession, she knew that if he was given more time, he would definitely defeat An Yunshan. Therefore, Wuqing was both hoping and unwilling that Ye Xiu would agree to Zhuge Zhengwo's request.

"Young man, I know I was wrong that day and that I offended you deeply. If you request, I will even kowtow and admit my fault. I only hope that you will consider my request. After all, this concerns the safety of our Great Song Empire and the lives of millions of people there." Zhuge Zhengwo spoke again with great sincerity, even bending his knees as he spoke.

Zhuge Zhengwo's kneeling apology was indeed a pleasant thing. After all, Ye Xiu was quite upset with Zhuge Zhengwo because of his previous actions.

But when Ye Xiu saw Wuqing in his arms, and thought about the relationship between Wuqing and Zhuge Zhengwo, he would feel relieved when Zhuge Zhengwo knelt down. But for Wuqing, it was not the same.

Ye Xiu stomped his foot lightly, and a stream of true energy spread out from under his feet, pushing Zhuge Zhengwo, who wanted to kneel down, directly up.

"There's no need to kneel down. In fact, there is a contradiction between An Yunshan and me. After all, An Shigeng died in my hands, and he and I might fight sooner or later. So you don't need to beg me."

Zhuge Zhengwo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Ye Xiu say this. As long as Ye Xiu didn't decide to ignore it, everything would be fine.

"Young man, An Yunshan is very powerful. He has become a Grandmaster of Celestial Phenomena. Furthermore, because he possesses an unholy skill that can absorb the cultivation of others, the zhenqi within him is immense. Therefore, you must be extremely cautious when facing him. However, when An Yunshan was absorbing my zhenqi before, I briefly sensed his zhenqi. His zhenqi is not pure, and there are even certain conflicts between zhenqi. However, he suppresses these conflicts with his powerful zhenqi. Once a certain zhenqi within his body is unbalanced, it will go berserk, causing internal trauma, and in serious cases, it may even explode!" Zhuge Zhengwo hurriedly recounted An Yunshan's situation.

Zhuge Zhengwo was indeed a Grandmaster of his generation. His contact with An Yunshan was very brief, and An Yunshan directly absorbed all his zhenqi. However, in this brief time, he had already discovered some of An Yunshan's weaknesses.

However, Ye Xiu already knew all of what Zhuge Zhengwo was saying.

Most importantly, Ye Xiu, now a Celestial Grandmaster, desired a duel with someone of his own caliber. An Yunshan was undoubtedly a perfect match.

Just as Ye Xiu, accompanied by Wuqing, and followed by Zhuge Zhengwo, emerged from the prison, a figure stood silently outside.

The old man, his hair and beard completely white, yet possessed a gloomy expression, stared at the prison door with hawk-like eyes.

"I knew, Zhuge Zhengwo, you wouldn't be so docile. Someone would surely come to rescue you." An Yunshan sneered at Zhuge Zhengwo, then fixed his gaze on Ye Xiu. "You probably didn't expect me to be here, did you?" "I

did," Ye Xiu said, setting Wuqing aside.

Zhuge Zhengwo's expression was tinged with nervousness. He'd wondered if An Yunshan might be waiting outside. So, as they walked out of the prison, he rattled off a series of methods for dealing with An Yunshan's evil energy-sucking abilities, hoping they would be helpful to Ye Xiu.

"You look unfamiliar. As far as I know, there's no Grandmaster of your caliber within the Great Song Dynasty. So, who are you?" An Yunshan, observing Ye Xiu's nonchalant demeanor, felt a wave of uncertainty, amplifying his caution.

"Who I am isn't important. What's important is that I'm going to kill you. Just knowing that is enough," Ye Xiu said with measured and arrogant confidence.

Hearing Ye Xiu's words, An Yunshan was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. However, the smile faded the next moment, his expression darkening. "What an arrogant fellow! Now, I'll see how you kill me!"

An Yunshan snorted coldly and attacked. A powerful burst of Qi erupted, like some ferocious beast, giving off a sense of brutality and coldness.

Facing An Yunshan's attack, Ye Xiu's eyes flashed with excitement, and he charged forward. Unleashing the Wind God Kick, Ye Xiu transformed into a whirlwind, instantly unleashing countless kicks, leaving the sky filled with Ye Xiu's footprints.

An Yunshan roared, a powerful burst of Qi scattering the footprints, and then he delivered a fierce palm strike directly at Ye Xiu's chest.

Seeing this, Ye Xiu launched a kick towards An Yunshan's chest, but An Yunshan didn't dodge, allowing Ye Xiu's weight to bear down on him. As Ye Xiu's kick caused An Yunshan's face to change color, his palm suddenly transformed into a claw, grabbing Ye Xiu's ankle. Ye Xiu then felt a suction coming from An Yunshan's palm, and the Qi within him began to faintly fluctuate.

However, Ye Xiu's Qi was pure, and because his martial arts had been cultivated to an extremely advanced level thanks to the diary, his control over it was also extremely advanced.

Therefore, simply by calming his mind, Ye Xiu was able to control his Qi. Therefore, no matter how strong An Yunshan's evil power was, it could not draw the Qi from Ye Xiu's body.

An Yunshan's face suddenly changed, and he looked at Ye Xiu in shock.

Ye Xiu seized the opportunity to leap up, unleashing the Wind Sweeping Broken Building technique, and with his free foot, he kicked An Yunshan at an extremely fast speed, repeatedly.

A trace of pain flashed across An Yunshan's face, and his body retreated continuously.

When An Yunshan finally couldn't hold Ye Xiu's ankle, he was finally kicked away by Ye Xiu. A line of blood had already seeped out of the corner of An Yunshan's mouth.

"Who are you?" An Yunshan stared at Ye Xiu with his eyes, as if he wanted to see through all of Ye Xiu's disguises and then see through Ye Xiu's true identity.

"Who am I? Guess?" Ye Xiu asked with a smile.

Ye Xiu was a little excited. After fighting with An Yunshan, Ye Xiu found that his strength was really quite good.

Although An Yunshan's true energy was strong, it was not pure enough, which affected An Yunshan's speed and reaction.

If An Yunshan didn't have other trump cards, he would really have been beaten to death by Ye Xiu.

This An Yunshan really didn't let Ye Xiu feel the danger at all.

"Are you a Bad Guy? Or a member of the Xuanming Cult?" An Yunshan asked, glaring fiercely at Ye Xiu.

"Bad Guy? Xuanming Cult? Why can I only be one of them? Can't I be anyone else?" Ye Xiu's mind raced, pondering why An Yunshan asked about his two identities.

Could it be that An Yunshan had some connection or conflict with the Bad Guys or Xuanming Cult of the Tang Dynasty?

But An Yunshan was just an ambitious businessman from the Song Dynasty—

"Your evil energy-draining skill is the Nine Nether Mysterious Heaven Divine Art?" Ye Xiu blurted out with a flash of inspiration.

"Huh? You're not a Bad Guy? And not a member of the Xuanming Cult?" An Yunshan was rather bewildered by Ye Xiu's words. Someone who could clearly render his Nine Nether Art ineffective, preventing him from absorbing any vital energy, in his mind, must be someone from the Bad Guys or the Xuanming Cult who had cultivated a martial art specifically designed to counteract the Nine Nether Art.

An Yunshan assumed Ye Xiu was someone from the Bad Guys or the Xuanming Cult who had cultivated a technique specifically designed to counteract the Nine Nether Chapter of the Nine Nether Mysterious Heaven Divine Art.

"It seems you've truly mastered the Nine Nether Mysterious Heaven Divine Art! However, the Nine Nether Mysterious Heaven Divine Art is the Xuanming Cult's most powerful divine art. How did you acquire it? Are you rebelling in the Song Dynasty with the help of the Outlaws or the Xuanming Cult?" Ye Xiu asked curiously.

"Young man, since you're neither a member of the Outlaws nor a member of the Xuanming Cult, there won't be such a huge conflict between us. How about we just part ways?" An Yunshan realized he might not be Ye Xiu's match. Of course, more importantly, he realized Ye Xiu wasn't the Outlaws or Xuanming Cult member he'd been worried about, so he tried to compromise.

"No, no, no, our conflict is significant. Your only son, An Shigeng, died at my hands. Our feud is deep. It's best to settle it now," Ye Xiu said lightly, waving his hand.

An Yunshan, who had initially tried to resolve the issue peacefully, even at a cost, was instantly enraged by Ye Xiu's words. He looked at Ye Xiu with a glint of hatred and murderous intent.

"See, I told you, one of us has to die before this conflict can be considered resolved." Ye Xiu smiled, shrugged, and spread his hands.

"My son really died at your hands!" An Yunshan growled, then unleashed the Nine Nether Mysterious Heavenly Divine Art without reservation or concealment.

An indescribable, sinister aura emanated from An Yunshan, emanating the aura of the Nine Nether Hell, like a demon descending upon the world, his murderous aura overwhelming.

Then, An Yunshan struck out with a palm strike, like darkness descending, devouring everything yet possessing immense power and unstoppable force. Accompanied by the wailing of ghosts and the veil of sinister energy, it was truly terrifying, like a demon from the human world.

Wuqing and Zhuge Zhengwo, observing An Yunshan like this, suddenly had expressions of worry and anxiety on their faces.

Wuqing nervously stared at Ye Xiu's back. With An Yunshan's ferocity, she worried that Ye Xiu would not be his match.

While Zhuge Zheng was worried, he couldn't help but ponder what An Yunshan had said earlier. Information about the Bad People and the Xuanming Sect flashed through his mind. Combined with An Yunshan's Nine Nether Mysterious Heavenly Divine Art, he realized he had misjudged many things.

Initially, he'd thought An Yunshan might be colluding with the Mongols. But now it seems the true collusion with An Yunshan might be with the Tang Dynasty, a nation Zhuge Zheng hadn't considered before. The Tang Dynasty

itself was notoriously difficult to provoke. Within its

borders, the Tang Dynasty boasted numerous powerful factions and organizations, along with numerous experts. Grandmasters, though rare in other countries, were plentiful in the Tang Dynasty. There was even Yuan Tiangang, a master of the Celestial Realm who belonged to the Tang Dynasty's royal family.

Even if other countries possessed masters at the Celestial Realm, most of them were independent of the imperial family. This was a case in point: Pang Ban, the Mongol Yuan Dynasty magician. Although he was hailed as a magician by the Mongols, Pang Ban's relationship with the Mongols and the imperial family was not particularly close, and he would not obey their orders.

However, Yuan Tiangang, the leader of the Tang Dynasty's Outlaws, was incredibly loyal, acting with the goal of safeguarding the interests of the Tang Dynasty's imperial family and its empire.

However, the numerous experts and forces within the Tang Dynasty's borders distracted the Outlaws' attention, thus avoiding any conflicts with other nations.

However, now that An Yunshan, a man attempting to rebel and usurp the throne, was practicing the Nine Nether Mysterious Heaven Divine Art of the Tang Dynasty's Xuanming Sect, Zhuge Zhengwo sensed something was amiss.

"Has the Tang Empire truly never considered attacking other countries? Are the Tang Empire's outlaws truly so consumed by the Xuanming Cult and other underworld forces that they have no time for anything else?" Zhuge Zhengwo's eyes flickered.

...

Bang, bang, bang.

Ye Xiu and An Yunshan clashed constantly. An Yunshan was like a demon from hell, sinister yet powerful. It was suffocating.

Meanwhile, Ye Xiu, while battling An Yunshan, frequently switched between martial arts: fists, palms, swords, legs, and body movements. He fought An Yunshan for hundreds of rounds, yet never repeated a single move.

Most importantly, Ye Xiu mastered these martial arts to an extremely high level.

Furthermore, the zhenqi within Ye Xiu's body was also unpredictable.

Sometimes it was peaceful, sometimes it was intensely strong and yang, sometimes it was intensely cold and yin, sometimes it was sharp as a knife, sometimes it was vibrant and full of life, sometimes it was as unpredictable as the wind, and sometimes it was like a raging fire, scorching the heart and lungs.

This time, Ye Xiu no longer restrained his Qi. During the exchange with An Yunshan, he released some of it, allowing An Yunshan to absorb it.

However, Ye Xiu's Qi's properties fluctuated greatly, forcing An Yunshan to constantly adjust and suppress it, greatly draining his energy.

Despite only a hundred rounds of fighting, An Yunshan's face was pale, covered in sweat, and even a hint of fatigue appeared in his eyes.

But Ye Xiu's Qi changes so swiftly, so swiftly.

One moment it was extremely cold and yin, the next it became extremely strong and yang, and then suddenly it became as sharp as a knife.

Later, An Yunshan no longer considered absorbing Ye Xiu's Qi. Instead, Ye Xiu began forcefully channeling his own Qi into An Yunshan's body.

Repeatedly, An Yunshan's energy was finally exhausted, and he could no longer suppress the multi-elemental Qi within him.

Fear crossed An Yunshan's eyes, and beyond that, a hint of resentment tinged his gaze towards Ye Xiu.

After all, if Ye Xiu hadn't appeared, An Yunshan's plan would have gone smoothly, and he might even have become the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Then, commanding the power of the entire Song Dynasty, he wouldn't have to fear the likes of the Outlaws or the Xuanming Cult.

An Yunshan's body began to grow larger and larger, becoming increasingly fatter. In a matter of seconds, he was swollen.

A flicker of resentment flashed in An Yunshan's eyes, and he quickly lunged towards Ye Xiu, arms outstretched as if to embrace him.

Looking at An Yunshan charging towards him, Ye Xiu's bones and muscles trembled, and a powerful force erupted from his body, followed by a powerful Qi covering him. Then, with a punch,

An Yunshan, who had just rushed towards him, was directly knocked away.

Bang—

An Yunshan exploded.

A layer of blood mist filled the air. An Yunshan had completely disappeared. Even his clothes were shattered in the explosion. Not even a scrap of cloth could be seen.

If An Yunshan really caught Ye Xiu in an explosion of this magnitude, Ye Xiu would definitely be in trouble.

Zhuge Zheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw An Yunshan blown to pieces. However, when he looked at Ye Xiu, he became more worried. He was worried that Ye Xiu would become the second An Yunshan.

Zhuge Zheng said, "I have become a useless person, but I am still thinking about this and that.

" Wuqing was simply happy for Ye Xiu.

After killing An Yunshan, Ye Xiu felt that his troubles were solved. He no longer had to worry about whether anyone would seek revenge on him.

Ye Xiu was going to find a place to stay and then use the diary to improve his strength. After his cultivation broke through and he became a celestial being, he could return to Huashan and settle accounts with Pang Ban.