826 This Woman Asked for This
Because of Yi Piaopiao, Jiang Yi was not in the mood to go to the battle spatial zone. Many combat records were already stored in his mind anyway. For those who were able to realize them, they would be able to do so after watching them for one time. Those who couldn"t wouldn"t achieve realization even if they watched them every day. He exchanged a few words with Situ Yixiao and Huangpu Taotian before going straight to the Thearch Palace in seclusion.
Rather than staying in seclusion, he actually did so as he was suffering mentally and wanted to be somewhere quiet on his own. His character was always like this. He liked to share his happiness with friends but swallowed all the sorrow by himself and preferred healing quietly when he was hurt. He never showed his vulnerability in public as he was the pillar supporting his groups; how could the pillar collapse?
After sitting quietly in the central hall of the Thearch Palace, he cheered himself up again and began to recall the battles. He watched a lot of combat records in the Battle Spatial Zone and was touched a lot of times. He wanted to hurry to recollect everything to see whether it would be helpful for dao pattern realization.
He entered the state of the Union of Heaven and Man to recall the fight scenes, but… the image of Yi Piaopiao standing on top of the thunder ridge during the battle between that Elder and a dozen Lu Clan"s martial experts kept surfacing in his mind. Then, he felt disheartened again and let his imagination run wild for a while. Following that, he braced himself and carried on recalling other combat records. Once again, he fell to the vicious circle.
"Nevermind, I should try my best to realize the palm strike of that DemiG.o.d Elder!"
After a few hours, Jiang Yi realized that he had no way to concentrate. Then he just thought back the battle between the DemiG.o.d Elder and a dozen of peak-stage Heaven Monarchs to his best ability. He recalled the giant palm that vanquished a dozen Heaven Monarchs, the thunder and lightning above the Sky Thunder Island, and the picture of Yi Piaopiao standing calmly and gracefully on the thunder ridge.
"Lightning bolt?"
Slowly, his mind was occupied by the scene of the lightning. Bolts of lightning struck down like angry dragons, piercing the sky and disappearing quietly in the thunder mountains and thunder ridge.
"Something isn"t right…"
He suddenly had a question. The lightning bolts were so powerful and were able to destroy everything. The invincible power of destruction was hidden inside it. Then, why didn"t the thunder ridge and thunder mountains explode when struck by lightning which disappeared for no reason? In the past, he always thought that this was because of the Thunder Gathering Array. He finally realized something wrong at this moment.
The thunder mountains and thunder ridge were not destroyed by the lightning bolts. Even though it was partially due to the Thunder Gathering Array, the array couldn"t be able to absorb huge energy every time, which would consume immense energy. Clearly, it was impossible for the Lu Clan to spend a tremendous amount of celestial stones to sustain the Thunder Gathering Array. Obviously, it was not worthwhile to cost a colossal amount of celestial stones to get a few thunder stones.
If the Thunder Gathering Array was unable to withstand the energy, then the root cause should be the thunder mountains and thunder ridge. They must have means to cancel out the violent energy in the lightning bolt and even convert the energy for its own use so that the thunder stones could be formed!
"That"s right, this is how it works. The earth can absorb all the energy and breed new lives. Falling leaves return to the ground, providing nutrients for gra.s.s and flowers. All energy can be decomposed by the earth and used to nurture new lives! Just like how the power of divine vein, mineral vein, plants and earth can fuse any kind of dao pattern. Hahaha… I finally figure it out!"
Jiang Yi opened his eyes and burst out laughing. He solved a problem that had troubled him for a long time. He already fused seven out of the nine low-tier dao patterns, and only left with the power of earth and the power of metal. Right now, he was finally able to fuse the former, and the power of metal was the only one left.
He quickly closed his eyes and entered the state of the Union of Heaven and Man. He made deduction according to the train of thought he had just now. After repeated trials, he finally fused them together.
Three days later, he opened his eyes and revealed a trace of a smile on his lips. He was stuck for so long and finally had a breakthrough in dao pattern. Now, he was left with only the last one.
Upper-tier dao pattern!
Even though he didn"t know how many stars it had, his strength would definitely improve by leaps and bounds once the fusion was successful. It was very difficult to realize the upper-tier dao patterns. Many Heaven Monarchs couldn"t fuse them at all. For instance, Qing Long, from the Green Bird Merchant a.s.sociation, realized many mid-tier dao patterns and reached the peak stage of the Heaven Monarch Realm, but his overall combat strength was so weak that even Huangpu Taotian could kill him easily.
Thunder Mountains had been there for tens of thousands of years and formed a natural dao pattern presence after constantly being struck by lightning bolt for years. Jiang Yi believed that the power of this upper-tier dao pattern was definitely extraordinary. Could the power that originated from heaven and earth be weak?
He needed to seize the opportunity!
Jiang Yi swiftly returned to his seclusion. He wanted to incorporate the last power of metal into the dao pattern so that it would reach the phenomenal stage. Unfortunately, after over twenty days, he made no progress.
Buzz!
The restrictions shone inside the Thearch Palace which startled Jiang Yi. He calculated the time and Qian w.a.n.guan should be back. His body flashed, and he left the Thearch Palace.
"Boss!"
As expected, Qian w.a.n.guan and Feng Luan were waiting outside the palace. Jiang Yi waved his hand and said, "Let"s talk about it inside!"
Their body flashed, and all entered the Thearch Palace. Jiang Yi and Qian w.a.n.guan didn"t want to let Situ Yixiao and Huangpu Taotian know about Big Sister Bell—not because they didn"t trust them. They simply didn"t wish to trouble them and make things difficult for them.
Feng Luan took tea set and water from her ring. After boiling the water with her essence force, she made each of them a cup of tea. Then, Jiang Yi asked, "What"s the situation?"
"It"s not negotiable!"
Qian w.a.n.guan sighed heavily and said, "The Nangong Clan wants to join the Soaring Dragon Merchant a.s.sociation very much. I talked about Big Sister Bell with Nangong Muyu in a very implicit way. After I returned yesterday, Nangong Muyu sent a message that this matter is not open for discussion. Nangong Yunyi returned straight away and lost his temper. Nangong Muyu also asked us to let this go. They won"t make any compromise."
"Such a stubborn old man!"
Jiang Yi shouted furiously. Nangong Yunyi was famous for being rigid and venomous in the G.o.ds Bestow Tribe, but never did Jiang Yi expect Nangong Yunyi was headstrong to this point. It was okay that he sacrificed Big Sister Bell for one time; now, he wanted to hurt her again.
The key was… in order for the Nangong to join the Soaring Dragon Merchant a.s.sociation, Jiang Yi made an absurdly exorbitant offer. The rewards were much higher than the marriage alliance with the Lei Clan. However, he straightly ended their hope, just to preserve his reputation.
Jiang Yi strode over and over in the central hall. His eyes were twinkling. Soon, he said with great determination, "We must rescue her! It"s non-negotiable. That Nangong old fart is pushing people too hard. Then, don"t blame me for being heartless!"
Jiang Yi couldn"t stand the thought of watching Big Sister Bell marrying Lei Qiyan, being mistreated by Lei Qiyan so that he could vent his anger towards Jiang Yi. Even though his speed would be increased by one thousand folds in the G.o.ds Bestow Island, he would probably have to bring the group and constantly run away from the She Clan"s and Jian Clan"s chase. However, he couldn"t care less. If Big Sister Bell married Lei Qiyan, it would be worse than killing him!
"Boss!"
Qian w.a.n.guan twitched his mouth and said suddenly, "There is one more thing. When I visited Situ Ao yesterday, he… personally promised to marry Situ Yinian to me, and Yinian agreed as well."
"Uh…"
Jiang Yi and Feng Luan were stunned for a brief time. If they never knew about what was going on with Big Sister Bell, they would certainly feel very happy for Qian w.a.n.guan. Right now, they had mixed feelings.
"w.a.n.guan!"
Jiang Yi contemplated for a while before saying firmly, "You can"t get involved in this. You are not allowed to dispatch any man. I will handle this on my own. You are the son-in-law of the Situ Clan and the vice president of the Soaring Dragon Merchant a.s.sociation. Even if I rescue Big Sister Bell, the Situ Clan will be able to protect you."
"Hehe!"
Qian w.a.n.guan grinned, looked at Jiang Yi, and said with a shrug, "Boss, what are you talking about? What kind of person do you think I am? Let me be honest with you. I went to see Yinian last night. This woman asked for this. She told me that she belonged to me the day that she decided to marry me. She will side with me even if I declare war to the Situ Clan, let alone running away with me. Boss, cut the crab. What should we do? Let"s conceive a plan first. We will stir up the Nangong clan this time, or I will take their surname!"