Chapter 167: The Strongest Narcissus
"Brother Chengyi, long time no see!"

As soon as Zhu Chengwu walked out of the Millennium Ice Valley, he saw the familiar yet annoying face of Zhu Chengyi, Duke of Yan, rushing towards him from a distance.

"Brother Chengwu, how are you?" Seeing Zhu Chengwu walking out of the Millennium Ice Valley, Duke Yan's eyes narrowed, and he suppressed the shock in his heart, and responded to Zhu Chengwu in a calm tone.

Zhu Chengwu was surprised to see Duke Yan, and Duke Yan was even more surprised to see Zhu Chengwu.

Almost everyone in the Ming Dynasty knew that when Zhu Chengwu fought against the four great masters of Shaolin Temple, both sides suffered heavy losses.

Now Zhu Chengwu should be hiding in the Fu'an Marquis Mansion to recuperate.

“Is Zhu Chengwu really that strong? He killed the Wuwo Divine Monk, half-crippled the Wuse Divine Monk, and severely injured the Wuxiang Divine Monk and Zen Master Fangyuan, but he himself did not suffer any serious injuries?
No, if Zhu Chengwu hadn’t been injured, he would have rushed to the capital city long ago!
But if Zhu Chengwu was injured, why would he appear in Nanzhu Kingdom now? It is not a good choice to come to Nanzhu Kingdom with an injury to compete for high-level treasures of heaven and earth. Isn't he afraid of being taken advantage of by others? You know, with the fighting power he showed when fighting against the four great masters of Shaolin Temple, as long as he is in his prime, he is the well-deserved number one in the Ming Dynasty. Why would he take such a risky move? "

Duke Yan looked at Zhu Chengwu in front of him and thought secretly in his heart. To be honest, Duke Yan was a little confused about Zhu Chengwu's current condition.

But fortunately, Duke Yan is not alone now.

Even when Zhu Chengwu was in complete victory, they were not completely powerless to resist.

Otherwise, if he were to face Zhu Chengwu alone, who could have defeated him more than three years ago, Duke Yan would really retreat from his heart the moment he saw Zhu Chengwu.

After all, although Duke Yan has made some progress over the past three years, Zhu Chengwu has obviously made greater progress.

"Marquis Fu'an, you are also a martial arts legend. With your current master's strength and martial arts status, you have long been the uncrowned king in the Ming Dynasty. Why do you insist on eyeing the throne of the Ming King and do such an unruly and unfilial act?
It even forced the Shaolin monk Wuwo to enter Nirvana!"

Just as Duke Yan was thinking about Zhu Chengwu's current condition and whether the three of them should fight or retreat, Li Xunhuan, the Little Li Flying Dagger beside him, had already spoken.

Like Li Xunhuan, the Little Li Flying Dagger, and Long Fei's husband Dai Qian, he is a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty.

More than 20 years later, after receiving the favor from Long Xiaoyun, Li Xunhuan not only became sworn brothers with Long Xiaoyun, but also almost gave his property and fiancée to Long Xiaoyun as a reward.

Maybe, not almost!
In the film and television drama of Zhu Chengwu's previous life, Li Xunhuan gave his property and fiancée to his "brother" Long Xiaoyun as a reward.

However, this world is different from the world in the film and television drama of Zhu Chengwu's previous life. There are many other characters present. With the intervention of the previous Ming King, other methods were used to repay Long Xiaoyun's kindness, which allowed Li Xunhuan to keep his property and fiancée.

In addition to helping Li Xunhuan repay Long Xiaoyun for saving his life, the previous Ming King also helped Li Xunhuan in many other ways.

If you count it carefully, not counting the fact that he helped Li Xunhuan repay Long Xiaoyun for saving his life, the favor that the previous Ming King showed to Li Xunhuan was already greater than Long Xiaoyun's life-saving grace.

It was precisely because the favor shown by the previous Ming King to Li Xunhuan was greater than Long Xiaoyun's life-saving grace that Li Xunhuan did not ultimately use his family property and fiancée to repay Long Xiaoyun's life-saving grace.

After all, if he gave everything to Long Xiaoyun to repay Long Xiaoyun for saving his life, what would Li Xunhuan use to repay the kindness of the previous Ming King?

It was also because he owed the previous Ming King too much that Li Xunhuan agreed to the previous Ming King's proposal to repay Long Xiaoyun for saving his life on his behalf.

Anyway, I can’t pay it off anymore!

Don’t worry if you have too much debt!
Xiao Li Feidao owed favors and favours to the previous Ming king that he had not yet repaid, so the previous Ming king was able to summon Li Xunhuan, who was almost retired from the world, with just a letter.

It’s a pity that Zhu Chengwu was blocked by Shaolin Temple and did not meet Li Xunhuan.

The martial arts legends of Li Xunhuan's Flying Dagger, which never misses its target, and Zhu Chengwu's victory over the Grandmaster, have not shattered anyone's myth.

The Ming Dynasty underworld lost an extremely important topic of conversation before and after meals.

It was also because Li Xunhuan owed too many favors to the previous Ming King, and he was too loyal. So now that the previous Ming King had passed away, the prince could use the favors left by the previous Ming King to persuade Li Xunhuan to come to Nanzhu Kingdom to fight for high-level treasures for him and the Duke of Yan.

Although Zhu Chengwu does not like people like Dai Qian and Li Xunhuan who value friendship and loyalty, and even takes them as a warning, it has to be said that they are really popular in the martial arts world.

Although their loyalty and righteousness may cause them to suffer a lot, it is really reassuring to receive their friendship and the kindness they show us.

In Li Xunhuan's life, many people hurt him, but many people also helped him.

The previous Ming King was the one who helped Li Xunhuan the most, but there were many other people or forces who also helped Li Xunhuan a lot.

Shaolin Temple is another representative of them!

So when he saw Zhu Chengwu now, Li Xunhuan directly advised and questioned Zhu Chengwu.

This is for both Ming Wang and Shaolin Temple.

Of course, it is also for Li Xunhuan’s own life philosophy and creed.

"It's good to be the uncrowned king, but since I have the ability and opportunity to become a crowned king, wouldn't it be better to just become a crowned king?"

In response to Li Xunhuan's advice and questioning, Zhu Chengwu simply gave this answer.

The saying "People with different ideals cannot work together" refers to people like Zhu Chengwu, Li Xunhuan, and Dai Qian.

"In that case, then we will learn from the Marquis's great tactics..."

At this moment, a sharp and hoarse voice sounded from the other side of Duke Yan.

The person who spoke was a disciple of the former top master of the palace, Eunuch Zheng, and now the top master of the palace, Wu Gensheng.

Duke Yan was speculating on Zhu Chengwu's condition. Li Xunhuan tried to persuade him to change his mind, but Wu Gensheng just wanted to teach Zhu Chengwu, the unfilial son of the previous Ming king, a lesson.

Although Wu Gensheng was a disciple of Eunuch Zheng, the former top master of the palace, he did not spend much time with Eunuch Zheng because Eunuch Zheng was seriously injured and died shortly after returning to the royal palace in the capital after suppressing the evil cult Dugu Sheng.

On the contrary, it was the previous Ming King, Wu Gensheng, who had lived with him for a long time.

In the early days of the previous Ming king's accession to the throne, the Zhao family was in a state of turmoil and the power of the Duke of Qi was enormous.

The previous wise king only cultivated the new generation of the Zhu family while paying attention to the palace people who had the most contact with him.

Wu Gensheng, Wang Chengen...all rose to prominence step by step under such circumstances.

However, unlike Wang Chengen who was successful in both martial arts and power, Wu Gensheng only focused on martial arts.

Because of his friendship with the previous Ming King, Wu Gensheng was very dissatisfied with Zhu Chengwu, who made the previous Ming King's life extremely uncomfortable in the few years before his death.

Even though Zhu Chengwu was the legitimate son of the previous Ming King, Wu Gensheng decided that he must teach Zhu Chengwu a lesson if he had the chance, and send Zhu Chengwu to the previous Ming King as soon as possible to confess his crime and apologize.

Of course, Wu Gensheng had such an attitude because of the small age gap and the very good relationship between Wu Gensheng and the prince.

"Just the three of you? Three Grandmasters? The four Grandmasters of Shaolin Temple were defeated by me. Just the three of you? You think too highly of yourselves!"

Zhu Chengwu looked at Duke Yan and others in front of him, sneered, and said so.

"Even if we are no match for them, we will try our best. Brother Chengwu, I'm afraid you have already obtained the high-level rare treasure Millennium Ice Soul!
If we let you go again this time, and you use the Millennium Ice Soul to create the corresponding secret technique, I'm afraid we will be no match for you!"

Duke Yan took a step forward and spoke with a firm attitude.

This is the most real thought of Duke Yan now. He cannot let Zhu Chengwu leave safely with the high-level rare treasure of the world, the Millennium Ice Soul.

While the Duke of Yan and his two companions were talking to Zhu Chengwu, Tong Wuji, Dai Ziyu and others had already helped Dai Qian and Xue Jingling out from the depths of the Millennium Ice Valley and came to the entrance of an ice cave behind Zhu Chengwu. They looked at Zhu Chengwu and the Duke of Yan and others nervously.

Although they did not know Duke Yan and others, they still understood the simple truth that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

When Duke Yan saw the seriously injured Snow Crystal Spirit who had difficulty walking, he naturally guessed that Zhu Chengwu had obtained the high-level rare treasure of heaven and earth, the Millennium Ice Soul.

With the help of the power of the Ming Dynasty's central court, the three Dukes of Yan contacted the authorities of Nanzhu Kingdom as soon as they arrived. With the help of Nanzhu Kingdom's official intelligence and the Ming Dynasty's much more ancient book resources than Nanzhu Kingdom, the three Dukes of Yan have already understood what the high-level heaven and earth treasures in Nanzhu Kingdom are.

Even the existence of snow crystal spirits was speculated!
After all, because of Dai Qian, the Snow Crystal Spirit has appeared in Nanzhu National Middle School quite a few times recently!
Even though it is difficult for ordinary people to discover the trace of the Snow Crystal Spirit, which is a high-level rare treasure of the world and a companion spirit of the Millennium Ice Soul, and whose strength is comparable to that of the Yang God.

But the Nanzhu Kingdom is not without warriors and spirit cultivators. Moreover, with the news that there may be high-level rare treasures of heaven and earth in the Nanzhu Kingdom, many martial arts masters and spirit cultivators have been attracted to the country.

With Snow Crystal Spirit appearing so frequently, it is inevitable that she will meet someone with ulterior motives.

Duke Yan would never have thought that although Zhu Chengwu defeated the Snow Crystal Spirit, for some inexplicable reasons, he has not yet taken away the thousand-year-old ice soul in Dai Qian's body.

"You are so weak! Do you really think that I am invincible and that the Millennium Ice Soul is already in my hands? Don't you feel the extremely strong spiritual power around you at all?"

Just as the Duke of Yan and his two men were about to take action, with the determination to fight to the death, to kill Zhu Chengwu here and snatch the Millennium Ice Soul from Zhu Chengwu, Zhu Chengwu's sighing voice was audible.

Zhu Chengwu's words stopped the three Dukes of Yan who were about to take action.

Because from what Zhu Chengwu said, there are other masters here, and they are stronger than Zhu Chengwu.

The three Dukes of Yan don't want to make wedding dresses for others.

Although the possibility of there being a stronger master than Zhu Chengwu in this small Nanzhu Kingdom is extremely small, it won't take long to spend some time to carefully sense the surroundings, and it won't affect the overall situation.

hmm~~

wrong!

After being reminded by Zhu Chengwu, Duke Yan and others who were carefully sensing their surroundings actually sensed an extremely strong mental force in the ice layer not far away.

This spiritual power was very secretive at first, appearing and disappearing. If one did not observe it carefully, even the spiritual perception of a grandmaster could easily be concealed.

But just after Zhu Chengwu's reminder, the owner of this looming mental power seemed to know that he had been discovered, and immediately stopped hiding and rushed here at an extremely fast speed.

"Get out of the way!"

Duke Yan and others reminded each other to stay away from this place.

But Zhu Chengwu couldn't dodge like Duke Yan and others.

It’s not that Zhu Chengwu’s lightness skills are not as good as those of Duke Yan and others.

Instead, the target of this extremely powerful mental power was Zhu Chengwu.

"Hahaha~~ You should have taken action earlier! Narcissus!
In the Millennium Ice Valley, when I accidentally entered your home turf, you should have made the decision you did now and taken action directly!

Now, I have walked out of the Millennium Ice Valley. It is too late for you to stop me!"

Accompanied by a burst of laughter, Zhu Chengwu burst out with all his strength, and endless flames erupted in all directions. His innate inner energy, which had already been fully developed, was also exerted with all his strength. A circular inner energy shield of khaki and transparent color protected Zhu Chengwu firmly.

As he spoke, Zhu Chengwu took light steps, moving his body quickly, seemingly slowly, and gradually moving away from the valley.

Snow Crystal Spirit, Thousand-Year Ice Soul, Duke of Yan... none of these are important!
The most important thing for Zhu Chengwu now is to stay away from the Millennium Ice Valley, the enemy’s home ground.

"Marquis Fu'an, a martial arts legend, don't you think it would damage your legendary reputation if you escaped without fighting?"

In the thick fog rising from the clash of flames and cold water, an elegant and easy-going voice sounded.

Facts have proved that Zhu Chengwu's method of spraying fire power in all directions was correct. The attack of the incoming enemy was not only coming from the direction of the mental power.

Everywhere!

Zhu Chengwu's action of spraying the power of fire in all directions just happened to block the water arrows shot by the enemies from all directions.

The few main water arrows that were not blocked by the power of fire and not avoided by Zhu Chengwu were all caught by the khaki-transparent circular energy shield around Zhu Chengwu.

"Damage to the reputation of a legend!? Narcissus, you, a legendary soul refiner who has already surpassed the Sun God, can put aside your pride, hide in the dark, and wait for an opportunity to attack a junior who has just entered the Grandmaster stage! What does this little reputation of mine mean to you?"

Facing the words of the attacking enemy, Zhu Chengwu seemed unable to deny it.

Honestly speaking, when Zhu Chengwu first sensed that Narcissus's spiritual cultivation was at least equivalent to the peak of Yang God, he was shocked.

This is so unexpected!

It turned out that just now in the Millennium Ice Valley, the reason why Zhu Chengwu delayed in killing the Snow Crystal Spirit and seizing the Millennium Ice Soul in Dai Qian's body after defeating it was not for some inexplicable "protagonist" or "villain" reason.

Yes, given Zhu Chengwu's character and his experience in two lifetimes, how could he wait in the Millennium Ice Valley for more than half an hour for some inexplicable reasons.

The real reason why Zhu Chengwu did that was that when Zhu Chengwu hit Xue Jingling's back with his Fiery Palm, he suddenly felt something strange.

That was the mental fluctuation caused by Narcissus, who was concerned about the Snow Crystal Spirit, when she saw the Snow Crystal Spirit suffering fatal injuries.

This fluctuation is very small. To be honest, even an ordinary Yangshen who also focuses on spiritual power would find it difficult to detect it without careful sensing.

Not to mention the martial arts master who just finished a fierce fight!

However, Zhu Chengwu is not an ordinary martial arts master. Zhu Chengwu is a martial arts legend who has digested the high-level rare treasure of heaven and earth, the Earth's Core Fire Lotus.

Because he digested the high-level rare treasure, the Earth Core Fire Lotus, Zhu Chengwu has an extraordinary sensitivity to the Narcissus and Snow Crystal Spirit, the companion elves of the high-level rare treasures.

Even though the Earth Core Fire Lotus has different attributes from the accompanying spirits of the Millennium Ice Soul and Narcissus.

It also does not hinder the extraordinary sensitivity between high-level treasures of heaven and earth.

Zhu Chengwu discovered this when he approached the Millennium Ice Valley.

It was because Zhu Chengwu sensed the arrival of Narcissus and her unimaginably strong mental power that Zhu Chengwu refused to take the Millennium Ice Soul from Dai Qian's body after defeating the Snow Crystal Spirit, and kept whining.

It seemed that Zhu Chengwu was giving Xue Jingling and Dai Qian a chance.

In fact, Zhu Chengwu was buying time for himself.

Zhu Chengwu's old injury had not yet healed, and it was already a stretch for him to defeat the Snow Crystal Spirit in the Millennium Ice Valley. Now let Zhu Chengwu face a spirit refining master who, in his confused perception, was at least equivalent to a peak Yang God. Zhu Chengwu did not have the ability to do that.

After Zhu Chengwu defeated Xue Jingling, he was restless several times during the period in the Millennium Ice Valley. It was not that Zhu Chengwu really wanted to kill Xue Jingling, but that Zhu Chengwu was playing a game with Narcissus in the dark.

Tell Narcissus that Xue Jingling, Dai Qian and the thousand-year-old ice soul in Dai Qian's body are all within Zhu Chengwu's attack range.

Don't act rashly if you're not sure.

Afterwards, the auras of Duke Yan and others appeared, seemingly helping Xue Jingling and Dai Qian, but actually giving Zhu Chengwu an opportunity.

Zhu Chengwu and Narcissus were originally in a state of mutual checks and balances. Although Zhu Chengwu was at a disadvantage on the surface, he had Xue Jingling and Dai Qian to help him, and Narcissus did not know that Zhu Chengwu had discovered him.

As long as he could find an opportunity to leave the Millennium Ice Valley, which had a great restraint on Zhu Chengwu but a boost on Narcissus, Zhu Chengwu would be confident of escaping even if Narcissus had extremely strong spiritual cultivation.

Therefore, after sensing the aura of Duke Yan and others, Zhu Chengwu simply ignored Xue Jingling and Dai Qian and walked out of the Millennium Ice Valley.

He just wanted to quickly leave the Millennium Ice Valley, which was an extremely unfavorable environment for Zhu Chengwu, before Narcissus found out that Zhu Chengwu had discovered him hiding in the dark.

(End of this chapter)