Chapter 3: Enlightenment Of Golden Crow Saber Technique, Opening The Door To Invite The Thief Teaches Little Brother A Lesson
This scene shocked Little Brother, Uncle Wu San, and the others beyond measure.
Although Da Kui, Pan Zi, and Wu Tianzhen did not recognize them, Little Brother and Uncle Wu San knew the Fa Qiu Finger and Kui Xing Kicking the Dipper. Seeing Su Mo consecutively use two supreme skills of Mountain Mover and Fa Qiu, their faces changed drastically in shock.
The moment Su Mo’s fingers clamped onto the Black Gold Ancient Blade, he suddenly felt a surge of spiritual power rushing straight to the top of his head.
This was the saber intent hidden within the Black Gold Ancient Blade. The instant his fingers touched it, Su Mo suddenly had an enlightenment!
“You have gripped the Black Gold Ancient Blade and resonated with the saber intent and spirit soul contained within its body, achieving enlightenment of the Golden Crow Saber Technique!”
As the prompt sound fell, countless figures suddenly appeared in Su Mo’s mind.
One nimble figure after another holding the Black Gold Ancient Blade flickered and changed in his mind,
In just a short instant, the essence of the Golden Crow Saber Technique had already been practiced and reviewed completely in his mind.
In at most one second, he had already comprehended the entirety of the Golden Crow Saber Technique’s essence.
And after he comprehended the entirety of the Golden Crow Saber Technique’s essence, the Black Gold Ancient Blade in Little Brother’s hand suddenly emitted a chirping sound, resounding like a dragon’s roar!
Little Brother could not help but be startled.
But at this moment, Su Mo suddenly twisted his fingers, directly snatching the Black Gold Ancient Blade from Little Brother’s hand. It flipped in the air, and he instantly gripped the hilt, slashing the blade down toward Little Brother’s head.
The blade light fell like a golden crow breaking through the clouds, its sharp edge bursting forth!
It was precisely the first move of the Golden Crow Saber Technique:
Opening the Door to Invite the Thief!
Little Brother’s face changed drastically at once, and he hurriedly drew back and jumped to the side.
Cha!
Where the blade edge landed, the stone bricks on the ground were instantly split by Su Mo’s blade into a crack several feet long!
The straight crack penetrated more than a foot underground, fully releasing the saber intent contained in this move!
This blade once again shocked Little Brother, Uncle Wu San, and the others into speechless astonishment.
Su Mo turned his wrist and handed the hilt to Little Brother:
“Do you believe now that I am a Banshan Daoist?”
Little Brother silently took the Black Gold Ancient Blade and inserted it back into the bundle on his back.
Uncle Wu San, however, had a face full of smiles as he said:
“Master Su, your few kung fu skills are truly impressive! If not for the legendary Banshan Daoist who appears and disappears mysteriously, who else could have such great ability? Brother, I believe you!”
In fact, Uncle Wu San only understood Su Mo’s Kui Xing Kicking the Dipper and Fa Qiu Finger; he didn’t recognize the Golden Crow Saber Technique that Su Mo used afterward.
But the first two were enough.
Although the Fa Qiu Finger was passed down from the Fa Qiu elite, Kui Xing Kicking the Dipper was the Banshan Daoist’s closely guarded secret.
Legend has it that this move gathers the full power of the body into the tip of the foot, enough to kick off the Da Zhui of an incorruptible zombie with one strike.
And Su Mo’s earlier kick was light and agile, yet with the tip of his foot, he precisely struck the tip of the Black Gold Ancient Blade on Little Brother’s back, kicking it directly out of the bundle. In terms of pinpoint accuracy and clever force, what else could it be but Kui Xing Kicking the Dipper!
Originally, Uncle Wu San just called Su Mo little brother.
But now, seeing Su Mo consecutively reveal several supreme skills, he immediately changed to respectfully calling him Master Su.
This “Master” wasn’t lowering his own seniority, but rather the jianghu honorific for a highly skilled expert worthy of admiration.
Uncle Wu San knew this trip to Lu Wang Palace was extremely perilous, so he brought Little Brother and the others.
Although today was only their first meeting with Su Mo,
But since the other was a Banshan Daoist Successor with unfathomable skills, Uncle Wu San naturally didn’t dare offend him lightly.
In the jianghu, Mountain Mover, Xie Ling, Fa Qiu, Tomb Raiding, and even the Nine Gates Admiral are all on the same line; if you encounter an expert wanting to join and don’t allow it, you’ll naturally make enemies.
Moreover, with such an expert, entering Lu Wang Palace would definitely be like adding wings to a tiger.
Therefore, Uncle Wu San immediately nodded and said:
“Master Su, since you’re also going to Lu Wang Palace, let’s travel together for mutual support!”
“Then thank you, Uncle San!”
After settling things with Uncle Wu San and the others, Su Mo saw that it was getting late, so he arranged lodging for Uncle Wu San and the group, and everyone rested for the night in the Guazi Temple.
The next morning, the group left the Guazi Temple and headed to Lu Wang Palace.
Leaving Guazi Temple and heading east for five hours, the road gradually became extremely rugged and difficult.
The group first took a minibus, then a tractor, and finally simply rode an ox cart. Along the way, Da Kui, Pan Zi, and Wu Tianzhen were all left with sore butts and grimacing in pain; even Uncle Wu San kept shifting his body, clearly very uncomfortable.
Only Su Mo and Little Brother sat silently on the cart without speaking.
The old man driving the cart looked back at Uncle Wu San and the others, grinned to reveal a mouthful of yellow teeth, and pointed laughingly at a mountain peak ahead, saying:
“Folks, endure a bit longer; once we reach the foot of that mountain ahead, we’re almost there!”
The old man wasn’t exaggerating; soon after arriving at the mountain base, they saw a mountain stream flowing out from a cave entrance in the cliff wall.
The old man pointed at the cave entrance and said:
“I know an old partner who specializes in ferrying people by boat here. Follow him through the cave, and by evening you’ll reach that village you mentioned!”
Da Kui looked at the deep, dark cave and couldn’t help but frown:
“What? We still have to go through a cave? Who knows what things are in there!”
The old man chuckled:
“Don’t want to go through the cave? That’s fine too!”
He gestured around to the back of the mountain:
“There’s a winding mountain path over there; follow it for two or three days and you’ll get there!”
Hearing it would take two or three days on the mountain road, Da Kui, Pan Zi, and the others all looked to Uncle Wu San.
But Uncle Wu San looked to Su Mo.
Su Mo was a Banshan Daoist and had stayed in the Guazi Temple for a long time, so Uncle Wu San wanted to see what he said.
Facing Uncle Wu San’s inquiring gaze, Su Mo smiled faintly:
“No problem, let’s just go through here!”
Uncle Wu San immediately nodded:
“Alright then, we’ll follow Master Su’s lead!”
Seeing Uncle Wu San agree to take the waterway, the old man driving the cart immediately let out a whistle toward the cave entrance.
Immediately after, there was a splash of paddling water, and then a native dog came running over.
The old man clapped his hands:
“Lü Dan, come here!”
The dog seemed very familiar with the old man, wagging its tail as it ran to his side. Uncle Wu San picked up the dog and sniffed it, his face changing drastically at once:
“My goodness, what is this smell…”
Su Mo knew Uncle Wu San had smelled the corpse stench on the dog.
The Wu family excels at sniffing grave soil and is very sensitive to scents.
And deep in this cave was the Corpse Accumulation Ground. This native dog followed its master year-round through the waterway, even often feeding on the corpse bones and rotten flesh in the Corpse Accumulation Ground, so it naturally carried a particularly foul corpse stench!
Uncle Wu San just took a light sniff and knew something was off; his face immediately soured as he turned to look at Su Mo.
Su Mo just smiled indifferently:
“Don’t worry, it’s just a Corpse Accumulation Ground!”
Hearing this, Uncle Wu San was slightly relieved:
“Master Su, you know the secrets here?”
Su Mo nodded.
Having lived two lives, he naturally knew the secrets of this Corpse Accumulation Ground, but inside there were only some large Corpse Beetles at most, and perhaps a thousand-year Female Corpse Puppet.
With his and Little Brother’s abilities, going in would be no problem at all.
