Chapter 541
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In response to the words of the Jiang family patriarch, the White Tiger Temple Master nodded slightly but did not say anything more.
Seeing this, a hint of displeasure flashed in the eyes of the Jiang family patriarch, but he did not show it on his face. He then continued to look at the martial arts arena.
At this moment, only a few martial arts masters from the Jianghu were left to come up and demonstrate their strength on the training ground. Among them was Yi Yangzi, who had been longing to take Jiang Wang as his disciple.
Furthermore, the Yi Yangzi who appeared today was not dressed in rags as he had in the restaurant before. Instead, he was wearing a clean and expensive brocade robe, with his white hair flowing freely. He looked quite like an immortal, almost like a different person from before.
As soon as Yi Yangzi stepped into the training ground, he began to show off his best skills.
"My divine skill is called 'Universe in a Pot,' which is said to be a celestial technique left behind by a human immortal from countless ages ago."
Yi Yangzi looked at the genius youth Jiang Wang on the stands and slowly spoke, his voice clearly echoing throughout the entire training ground.
As soon as Yi Yangzi finished speaking, he tossed a purple jade gourd from his waist into the air in front of him. Instantly, the true energy of heaven and earth around him rapidly gathered.
Then, under the watchful eyes of the martial arts masters surrounding the training ground, the purple jade gourd grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, the entire purple jade gourd swelled to a size of about ten feet, hovering in the air above the training ground, radiating a hazy purple glow.
Upon seeing this scene, some martial arts masters around the training ground whispered among themselves, while many others smiled without saying a word, believing that Yi Yangzi's performance was nothing more than a street performance to fool people, all show and no substance.
However, the big white cat accompanying Li Musheng had a completely different opinion from the others.
When it saw Yi Yangzi demonstrate how the gourd could change size, its cat eyes widened, and a bright green light shone from them. Suddenly, it felt that the martial arts weapon, the Mountain-Turning Seal, hidden under its belly was no longer appealing. Clearly, it was very pleased with these fancy techniques and wanted to get its own gourd.
Meanwhile, Yi Yangzi, standing in the training ground, frowned at the voices of the surrounding martial arts masters, snorted coldly, and said:
"It seems that my fellow practitioners in the martial arts world have some doubts about my methods. How about this, does anyone among you dare to come forward and test my divine skill of 'The Universe Within a Pot'?"
Upon hearing this, the group of martial arts masters sitting around the training ground looked at Yi Yangzi. Some showed disdain in their eyes, while others glanced at him and then looked away, clearly unmoved and uninterested in Yi Yangzi's words.
Just then, a gentle breeze swept across the vast training ground, which was made of molten copper, and a figure appeared silently opposite Yi Yangzi.
In an instant, the eyes of the surrounding martial arts masters all turned to the figure on the training ground, and many of them showed strange expressions.
"This...it's actually the deputy master from the Mirage Tower?"
"I originally thought that given his status, he probably wouldn't make a move in the martial arts arena, but I didn't expect him to actually do it?"
Soon, whispers arose among the martial arts masters and elders, clearly surprised by the sudden appearance of the deputy master of the Mirage Tower.
At this moment, Yi Yangzi, standing in the training ground, stared at the ordinary-looking middle-aged man opposite him, and his already furrowed brows furrowed even more deeply.
He genuinely intended to find a chicken among the surrounding martial arts masters to make an example of, thus showcasing the power of his "Universe Within a Pot" skill. However, he never expected that the chicken that appeared would be the deputy leader of the Mirage Tower, one of the six major forces in the Western Desert martial arts world.
It should be noted that the Mirage is an extremely unique entity among the six major powers of the Western Desert. It is incredibly powerful and mysterious, and very little is known about it among the people of the martial arts world. Even Yi Yangzi has rarely encountered anyone from the Mirage in his entire life.
He had never seen or heard of the deputy master of the Mirage Tower before, and knew nothing about him.
However, there is no doubt that since Mirage sent this person to Baidi City to participate in the disciple recruitment conference, his strength should not be underestimated.
"Let's get started."
Standing on the training ground, the deputy master of the Mirage Tower spoke calmly and concisely, without any beating around the bush or engaging in idle chatter with Yi Yangzi.
Upon hearing this, Yi Yangzi's expression subtly changed, and he then gently cupped his hands towards the deputy master of the Mirage Tower, saying:
"This pot of mine can trap any master in the world. If you can last for a quarter of an hour inside, I will admit defeat on the spot and willingly admit my inferiority!"
Upon hearing this, all the martial arts masters around the training ground frowned and looked at Yi Yangzi. The other party wanted to trap the deputy master of the Mirage Tower with such a gourd. His tone was quite arrogant.
However, it was clear that no one was optimistic about Yi Yangzi. If the other party set up a martial arts formation, there might be a chance, but it would be difficult to trap even a top martial arts master with this gourd of unknown origin, let alone the deputy master of the Mirage Tower in front of them.
At this moment, facing the path drawn by Yi Yangzi, the deputy master of the Mirage Tower remained unmoved, merely nodding in agreement.
Seeing this, Yi Yangzi didn't hesitate and immediately began to quickly form hand seals and inject them into the purple jade gourd above the martial arts arena, while continuously pouring his own powerful martial arts true energy into it.
The purple jade gourd, originally about ten feet long and the size of a house, began to spin rapidly, causing the purple glow surrounding it to rise into a vortex of purple light.
Suddenly, an extremely powerful suction force arose from the end of the purple jade gourd, directly enveloping the deputy master of the Mirage Tower who was standing on the training ground, and then swallowing him whole into the purple jade gourd in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that the deputy master of the Mirage had already fallen into the gourd, Yi Yangzi sneered and then quickly struck out with several palm prints, directly sealing the mouth of the purple jade gourd.
After doing all this, Yi Yangzi's men did not stop. They then focused intently on continuing to form hand seals and incantations, which were then applied to the purple jade gourd. In an instant, the gourd shone with a brilliant purple light, and a roar like a raging storm was heard from within.
The purple jade gourd began to spin even faster, leaving only a purple afterimage in mid-air. At the same time, the huge gourd shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, it was only about the size of a millstone.
Such a small space is clearly not large enough to accommodate a normal person's body size.
The martial arts masters around them were all unpredictable when they saw this scene. In that moment, the purple jade gourd above the training ground continued to shrink rapidly, eventually becoming the size of a palm, and was then grabbed into Yi Yangzi's palm.
In an instant, many martial arts masters in the vicinity changed their expressions. Clearly, the palm-sized purple jade gourd was no longer capable of containing the deputy master of the Mirage Tower. (End of this chapter)