Chapter 387 - 160: Yin Department Divine Position, The Burly Wang E, The Strength Wager
As for losing?
If he lost to someone in the one area he was strongest, what else was there to say?
"What a simple and honest child."
Regarding this, Jin Yunfeng could only sigh.
Over the past five years, no one knew better than him just how significant Cui Yanliang’s progress in physical cultivation had been.
Cui Yanliang flicked his wrist, and a silvery-white Magic Fan that seemed to be forged from metal appeared in his hand.
"If you can take this fan from my hand, I’ll consider it your win."
Cui Yanliang held the fan in one hand, gave it a gentle flick, and said nonchalantly,
"You can use both of your hands!"
"Fine!"
Anger flared in Wang E’s heart, and he roared his acceptance.
He took a step forward with his right foot. His right hand, the size of a table, stirred up a gale as it clamped down on the Magic Fan in Cui Yanliang’s palm.
He suddenly put his strength into it!
RUMBLE!
Under the surge of immense power, the Yin Temple and the surrounding land for three miles all began to shake.
Plumes of dust billowed into the air.
It was as if an earth Dragon was turning over in its sleep!
The many nearby villagers and fishermen all cried out in alarm, their faces filled with terror.
Many even dropped to their knees and began kowtowing repeatedly toward the Yin Temple.
"Hmm!?"
However, amidst the earth-shaking tremors and swirling dust, Wang E’s brow suddenly furrowed tightly.
"You old fleabag, you’ve got some serious strength!"
He hadn’t used his full strength in that pull.
But he estimated that even if there were thousands or tens of thousands of people pulling against him, he would have sent them all flying into the sky.
But this long-browed old Daoist truly had a few tricks up his sleeve.
Feeling the immense force transmitting from the fan, a slight smile appeared on Cui Yanliang’s face.
"Almost, just a little more. Why don’t you try using both hands?"
Five years ago, he had already cultivated many Cultivation Techniques and Divine Techniques of the Returning to the True Realm.
After that, by a stroke of fortune, he slew a white tiger and used its Essence Blood to refine his own Physique.
Afterward, he cultivated the subsequent parts of the Fist Scripture. Following five years of tempering, his Physique had become incredibly powerful, though it might still be inferior to his teacher, Su Bai.
But aside from him, Cui Yanliang had not met anyone stronger than himself in the past five years.
Whether they were human or demon!
"Hmph!"
Faced with Cui Yanliang’s taunt, Wang E snorted coldly and grabbed Cui Yanliang’s arm with his other hand.
His muscles and bones let out a thunderous crackling. He stomped his feet with such force it seemed he was about to overturn the very earth!
BOOM!
In that instant, the ground within a thousand feet of the Yin Temple sank three feet in unison.
Dust filled the sky!
WHOOSH!
Jin Yunfeng and the others leaped into the air.
Looking down, they saw what looked like a lotus flower blooming upon the earth.
The ground around the Yin Temple had sunk in concentric, ever-widening circles.
In its wake, vast amounts of earth and stone had been pulverized by the immense force.
’This man’s strength is actually this great?’
You Yun was horrified, and the expressions of the others changed as well.
Such a scene was nothing to them, of course. They had seen far more terrifying sights on their journey.
But for pure physical strength—the power of one’s Physique—to reach this level was truly terrifying.
After all, the big man had not even begun to cultivate. Moreover, he was applying his force to Cui Yanliang, not the ground!
The contest of strength between the two of them had spread mere ripples of force, yet it had already created such a horrifying scene. It was a testament to how tyrannical their Physiques were!
Cui Yanliang was one thing; he was, after all, the disciple of the Boxing Saint Daoist.
But on what basis did this big man possess such a tyrannical Physique?
BOOM!
As he unleashed his full power at once, Wang E’s heart pounded wildly in his chest.
The Magic Fan in his grasp, and the old Daoist holding it...
...had not moved an inch!
It was as if he wasn’t facing the old Daoist before him, but the heavens and the earth themselves!
"I don’t believe it!"
Wang E’s eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and the brand on his forehead, which resembled a Vertical Eye, began to glow with a faint red light.
"Oh?"
Feeling the ever-increasing power, Cui Yanliang knew that Wang E must have used some kind of Secret Technique to achieve this.
And so, a thought came to him, and he said,
"My turn..."
"What?"
The thought had just formed in Wang E’s mind when he felt an overwhelming, invincible force cascade down upon him like the Tian He itself.
RUMBLE!
A series of sonic booms exploded across the sky.
Jin Yunfeng looked up to see the big man streaking through the sky like a meteor, enveloped in the crimson flames generated by the friction between his body and the air.
In a few moments, the big man had smashed through the cloud layer, flying thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of feet high.
"What a simple and honest child..."
Jin Yunfeng shook his head and flew back down to the ground.
He saw Cui Yanliang, standing in the Yin Temple, slowly raise his hand. The Magic Fan glimmered with light, and the surrounding world’s Presence suddenly changed.
The swirling dust was pressed down by an invisible force. The sunken ground rapidly swelled back up as if being inflated. The heavily damaged Yin Temple and the uprooted trees were all restored to their original state.
"You’ve become even stronger."
Jin Yunfeng landed gently, sighing with a bit of emotion as he watched the scene.
He had seen similar things many times. He could also restore the landscape like this, but never as naturally or as effortlessly as Cui Yanliang.
In five years, he had witnessed Cui Yanliang make progress beyond imagination.
It was as if he had suddenly attained enlightenment.
From a flustered, timid, and cowardly old country Daoist who would flee at a moment’s notice, he had grown into a mover and shaker who could single-handedly push forward change across several Great Provinces.
𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
Such a transformation could not be adequately described with mere words.
"Compared to Teacher, I’m still far too lacking..."
Hearing Jin Yunfeng’s praise, Cui Yanliang shook his head slightly. He looked up at Wang E, who was now falling from the sky like a meteor, but the image that appeared in his mind was that of his own teacher.
’Even now, I’m probably no match for Teacher as he was five years ago...’
’In five years, I started from nothing, fought my way through countless battles and fortunate encounters, and reached this point.’
’So what level must that already-unmatched senior have reached by now?’
’Unimaginable.’
’Even as I am now, if I were to see Teacher again, wouldn’t I just be left sighing at the vast ocean of his power?’