The golden threads, a net woven from light, vanished from sight yet solidly obstructed the space between them.

The broken void, the rent air, the steep ‘channel’ carved by the longsword, was now ‘healing’. It was as if heaven and earth themselves were wounded and recovering! Space could no longer be breached, air could not be sundered, and the longsword could not enter.

Jiang Wang had once witnessed the East King’s Twelve Needles from East King Valley, experiencing the profound wonder of medical cultivation. But this Degree of Misery Golden Needle indeed charted its own path. It possessed a unique backbone. Had the ancestor of the Golden Needle Gate not met with misfortune all those years ago, perhaps the sect would now be a different world entirely.

Without reservation, Jiang Wang pressed a palm forward, his Starfire Secret Store lending power, and Three Flavors True Fire surged forth. That tough, full feeling of space suddenly turned empty. *This illness, you cannot cure!* The power of the Starlight Sacred Tower, ignited by divine ability fire, rapidly burned away. The formless yet substantial obstruction instantly dissolved.

Wu Yi Yu felt an enormous fear. His fear stemmed not just from Jiang Wang, but more from the unknown. He knew full well the predicament he faced, that he had already been discovered by Qi Country’s Blue Card! This was the very scenario that often kept him awake at night, filled with worry. Now, his imagination had become reality. One Blue Card captor from the Divine Ability Inner Mansion was here, but where were the others ambushing him?

Yet, he could not speculate further, could not calmly assess his surroundings. For at this moment, the young Blue Card’s sword was already upon him! The single sword fell straight down like a setting sun, carrying with it a tragic momentum of no return. The one who wielded this sword must have experienced the battlefield, tempered by true killing, otherwise such a sword style could not be forged.

He brought his fingers together and flicked out a needle, aiming directly at Jiang Wang’s crown. This golden needle, fine as a hair, broke through the air silently, grim and fierce. It was like pointing a cold frost, descending ice and snow, announcing winter. The golden needle wove out the arrival of winter day.

Jiang Wang’s longsword in hand swept across, the sword like a willow brushing past, his body like drifting duckweed. His body did not move of its own accord, but was propelled by the sword’s light, floating movement. The sword tip deflected the golden needle, not with point against point, but by lightly guiding the needle tip, unloading its force, and temporarily evading it. Drifting duckweed lifted winter day, softly flinging it aside.

With a step of his foot, Azure Cloud Mark scattered. He stepped on the air as if walking on solid ground, one foot landing beside Wu Yi Yu’s body, his longsword already at his neck! “Sever your Sacred Tower, or die!”

It was too sudden!

The distant point of dim light in the sky instantly vanished. The starlight scattered from Wu Yi Yu’s body, his neck stiff and unmoving, clearly understanding the situation. He even raised his palms flat, fingers spread, to show his absolute lack of resistance. The golden needle could not degree misery, and the doctor found it hard to heal himself!

All this, though described at length, happened in the blink of an eye.

It was only now that Chong Xuan Xin, who had been hiding in the courtyard, “timed” his rush out. But by the time he emerged, the fight was already over. He was not cowardly in battle, nor was he sneaky or cunning. He genuinely wanted to perform well in front of Jiang Wang. After all, he was certain that the two-Mansion, two-Divine-Ability Jiang Wang could defeat the Outer Border Tower Wu Yi Yu. But he hadn’t expected the fight to end so quickly! Just two rounds? Three rounds? He had almost heard the commotion in the courtyard, intentionally paused for a moment, and then rushed out, only to find there was no opportunity to perform. *Is this the strength of Great Qi’s strongest young heavenly pride, as Sheng Ge said?*

At this moment, Chong Xuan Xin almost completely accepted Chong Xuan Sheng’s assessment. If such strength wasn’t first, who was? Wang Yi Wu, Lei Zhan Qian, those who had previously topped the list of heavenly prides, had all already proven that person’s strength.

Jiang Wang paid no mind to Chong Xuan Xin’s mood, carefully using prisoner body chains to firmly bind Wu Yi Yu, then sheathed his sword. In this fight, he had consciously avoided using Wrong Way, even if the Wrong Way divine ability would have made his victory easier. The power of Wrong Way lay in its secrecy. Zhuang Cheng Qian had already provided ample experience on this point. That person had wandered his lifetime, maneuvering among major forces, and in the end, not many people knew he possessed the Wrong Way divine ability. It was precisely because of this that Wrong Way had allowed him to gain decisive victories every time.

Exposing it in such a fight, in public, and for Jiang Wang’s first time fighting an Outer Tower realm cultivator publicly, it was no exaggeration to say that with Jiang Wang’s current fame in Qi Country, this fight would inevitably be noticed and studied by those with intentions. Even at the scene, there was a pair of keen eyes. Any small clue would be hard for Lin You Xie to ignore.

Two Mansions and two Divine Abilities was not a secret that could be hidden, but what the second Divine Ability was, that was left for others to guess. Those who truly wanted to witness it would have to be prepared for their secrets to disappear along with their awareness.

To say that medical path cultivators were not skilled in fighting would probably be disagreed upon by the strong ones of East King Valley. But in reality, the combat power of other medical cultivators was generally low, and this Wu Yi Yu indeed was not particularly powerful. Jiang Wang easily defeated and captured him; this task of apprehending the criminal was already complete.

Compared to the stunned Chong Xuan Xin, Lin You Xie was much more composed and calm. Perhaps her “research” on Jiang Wang had given her a considerable understanding of his strength, so she was not at all surprised by the outcome of this fight. She walked over from the end of the alley, lightly nudged the bound Wu Yi Yu, and directly pushed him into the courtyard. “Don’t let people outside watch the show. Although Jade Toad Sect is small, dealing with them is troublesome.”

Jiang Wang and Chong Xuan Xin thus followed into the courtyard. Lin You Xie casually pulled the courtyard door shut.

“How did you find me?” Pushed into the middle of the courtyard, Wu Yi Yu struggled to hide his panic, but also some unwillingness and confusion. “I’ve already done everything I could do, I was cautious enough!”

Jiang Wang was too lazy to explain to him, only saying to Lin You Xie, “Will Captor Lin personally bring him back, or should I send a message for someone to come and take him away?”

“Master Jiang, please show some sympathy, alright? This old gentleman Wu Yi Yu, returning to Linzi this time, will suffer punishment and the law, hard to escape death. Can’t the doubts before death not be resolved for him?” Lin You Xie said, looking towards Wu Yi Yu. “I can satisfy one of your curiosities, but you also need to satisfy one of mine. Deal?”

Wu Yi Yu let out a bitter laugh. “What do I have now that I cannot say? The bark of a defeated dog, if you are willing to listen, it’s not bad.”

“Nian Chen.” Lin You Xie explained straightforwardly. “I placed Nian Chen on Cui Fang Luo. Don’t say you couldn’t see it, even if your master was reborn, they wouldn’t discover it.”

“So that’s it!” Wu Yi Yu was after all a native-born person of Qi Country, having lived there for over fifty years. He still had some understanding of certain things. At his age, he had always had some experiences. At this moment, he couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. “A descendant of Lin Kuang? The so-called ‘Nian Nian Bu Wang, Ru Xin Xi Chen.’ I had only heard of it before, now I have experienced it.”

Nian Chen was not an item, but a kind of secret technique. It could roughly be understood as “thought’s dust,” or stray thoughts, broken threads. It was the exclusive secret technique of a generation of god captor, Lin Kuang. When placed somewhere, attached to an object, it was almost impossible to detect. Meanwhile, the caster could leisurely find the target’s location through the connection.

Lin You Xie did not “reminisce” with him, only saying, “Your curiosity I have already satisfied. Now it is your turn to satisfy my curiosity.”