He told the two of them, "I am preparing to get my hands on all the fragments of the Immortal Scriptures in the world, and then..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the surface of the lake surged with waves, as multicolored smoke—blue, red, yellow, white, and black—shot from the distance and descended to the ground nearby.

From within the smoke, seven figures emerged. Five of them were wearing corresponding colored garments with many poisonous snakes coiled around crowns on their heads. Some carried long swords, others held staffs, and some had double rings on their backs.

The one in the center, dressed in yellow, had two disheveled-headed ascetics, one tall and one short, by his side. Both men had ferocious faces and eyes glinting with savagery.

"Divine Dragon Sect!" Jiang Weiyu exclaimed, before looking back at Shi Feiyang, "Are you truly not from the Divine Dragon Sect?"

"The Divine Dragon Sect..." Shi Feiyang knew of this faction. Its Sect Hierarch surnamed Hong was Shi Longgu's lover. In the past, he had learned a great deal of Immortal Law from Shi Longgu. As he grew older, Shi Longgu lost interest in him, and they parted ways amicably, with Hong taking a parting gift and leaving.

Hong, the Sect Hierarch, was also quite gifted and insightful. Over twenty years, he refined and improved the Immortal Laws passed down by Shi Longgu, creating the unique Divine Dragon Technique and establishing the Divine Dragon Sect.

Initially, the Sect only developed in secret on a remote island filled with poisonous snakes, which was originally called Poison Island but later renamed Divine Dragon Island.

As the Sect's power grew, they started to land on the shore, often clashing and contending with the Western Sect of Ji Fan, as well as the major factions of Central Plains.

The lower ranks of the Divine Dragon Sect still consisted of regular martial artists, while the upper ranks had entered the ranks of Immortal Cultivation. The middle ranks were composed of mortals who knew some spells. They couldn't compare to major cultivation factions like Qingcheng, Wudang, Snow Mountain, and Kunlun, which they dared not provoke. Upon encountering them, they would yield and stay away, only contending with the likes of Shaolin.

Shaolin also had Techniques for cultivation. Since Master Fang Zheng became the abbot a hundred years ago, he has worked diligently to reorganize the secret martial arts manuals within his sect, discovering ancient Secret Techniques left behind. He even made special trips to visit Buddhist leaders like Bai Mei, Fen Tuo, and You Tan, seeking teachings and scriptures, and bringing back Buddhist Law to significantly enhance Shaolin's strength.

Nowadays, Shaolin Temple had become the supreme power within the Martial Arts community, having declared their ambition to restore the glory of the time of Dharma Ancestor and prepared to search for and retrieve the Nanming Leaving Fire Sword that Dharma Ancestor had crafted.

The Divine Dragon Sect was currently active only along the northeastern coast and hadn't been able to take over Central Plains, mainly because they were blocked by the high-level experts leading various sects, with Shaolin at the forefront.

They did not have a sub-temple in Suzhou. They had come directly from the North Sea specifically to snatch the "Purple Ying Immortal Scripture", and their elite forces were all mobilized for this purpose.

The Yellow Dragon Envoy, holding the highest position among them, looked over the situation—Pan Xiuhu was still kneeling stiffly on the ground, visibly perplexed about what had transpired.

He spoke directly, "Three days ago, our Sect issued the Divine Dragon Order to you brothers, commanding you to present the Immortal Scripture. Today we have specially come to collect it. Have you made up your minds? Will you hand it over voluntarily, or shall we take it by force?"

Jiang Weiyu glanced at Shi Feiyang, about to speak, but Shi Feiyang intercepted, "You're a step too late. I've already gotten my hands on their Immortal Scripture."

The Yellow Dragon Envoy looked at him with surprise, "Who are you? How dare you snatch what our Sect desires?"

Shi Feiyang then announced his current name. The Five Dragon Envoys and the two ascetics exchanged glances, all slowly shaking their heads, never having heard of such a figure in the Jianghu.

The Yellow Dragon Envoy stared hard at Shi Feiyang, unable to gauge his depth but still able to judge that he was merely a martial artist. With the Poison Needle mastered, his victory seemed assured.

"Daring to snatch from the Holy Sect leaves only the path to death. Kill!"

Upon his command to kill, the two ascetics leaped forward, one with a sword and the other with a blade, aiming to slice Shi Feiyang into three parts.

Shi Feiyang stepped backwards into the Seven Stars stance, dodging the attackers' moves. His Blue Wind Sword counterattacked, clashing with the sounds of metal; both the sword and blade were infused with immense True Qi, erupting in a flurry of sparks.

The martial arts of these two ascetics were even stronger than the Wu Central Heroes, and their coordination was also well-honed.

However, it only took five or six moves for them to be outmatched—Shi Feiyang's swordplay was too swift, each stroke seeming to carry a flash of deadly light.

The Yellow Dragon Envoy exclaimed in surprise as the Azure Dragon Envoy released nine Azure Dragon Needles from his sleeve.

The needles, over an inch long and as fine as embroidery needles, were all carved in the shape of poisonous snakes, with open mouths exhaling green poison smoke.

After being fired, the poison needles turned into nine streaks of blue light, automatically seeking Shi Feiyang's eyes, ears, throat, heart, and other vital spots. If hit, the deadly poison would be injected, and no matter how profound one's effort, they couldn't last long and would soon expire.

Last year, this Azure Dragon Envoy had dueled with the head of Shaolin Temple's Bodhi Court in Hebei; in a contest between needle and sword, he eventually penetrated the Protective Gang Qi of his opponent and poisoned him to death.

He thought he would easily take Shi Feiyang's life, but while Shi Feiyang held his sword in his right hand, overpowering the two ascetics, he paid no attention to the nine flying needles shot towards him. With his left hand, he simply reversed his grasp, and with a sweep of his sleeve, captured them!

The Azure Dragon Envoy was taken aback. His flying needles, like others' Flying Swords, weren't ordinary Hidden Weapons—they were manipulable through the air, marked not only with deadly poison but also with a curse uniquely devised by Sect Hierarch Hong.

He urgently exhaled True Qi, attempting to retrieve the poison needles and activate the needles' spray of poison and to release the curse.

But no matter how hard he tried, there was no response from the needles. In a moment, he completely lost contact with them.

At that moment, Shi Feiyang thrust his long sword rapidly, piercing each of the two ascetics' foreheads with a strike.

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