Although he was a legendary figure in martial arts, his seniority was too high and Emperor Yonghe could not order him around.
Zhongzhou, Anxi Town.
This small town was not very large. Apart from the merchants and travelers passing by on weekdays, only during the Qingming Festival would people come to burn incense and commemorate the heroes who died in the alien war forty years ago.
However, after the three hundred veterans walked out of the hundred-mile desert and the imperial minister of rites, Hai Wuya, offered sacrifices to the heroes on behalf of the emperor, this small town became famous and became a well-known scenic spot in Zhongzhou.
Anxi Town is not far from the capital of Daqin Prefecture. After the imperial court established the new Daqin Prefecture, this small town was also designated as part of the Daqin Prefecture area, so it can also be regarded as a fiefdom under the King of Qin.
Therefore, after the King of Qin died in battle with many Daoist monks, many of the refugees from the Great Qin City passed through here.
Among this group of refugees, there were also a few eyewitnesses who were at the Daqinfu vegetable market.
As they fled, what happened in the city of Daqin at that time spread quickly outside Zhongzhou.
The former inn in Anxi Town is now overcrowded.
The inn owner at that time put up a sign, saying that the Qiao family had once stayed in this inn, and even helped him go deep into the desert and delivered a letter home through the underworld, which attracted many customers.
In the lobby of the inn, Jiang Chen, a storyteller in a long gown, slammed the gavel and told the story of the Qiao family again:
"Today, let's talk about the story of the Qiao family in the Great Qin Prefecture, where the King of Qin swept the world and all the immortals surrendered!"
Jiang Chen's storytelling skills became more and more proficient, and his audience almost filled up the lobby of the inn.
Lobby corner.
A white-haired man holding a cat in his arms is playing with the cat as if no one is around.
The white-haired man looked ordinary, but the calico cat in his arms was round and plump, with a furry little round face. Every hair seemed to emit a faint luster, which was quite eye-catching.
"You fat pig, when will you repay me?" Qiao Mu stretched out his hand and started stroking Wu Chang, but halfway through he lost interest:
"Forget it. You're so fat. If you really transform, you're probably going to be a wild boar spirit. It's better to be a cat."
The cat in my arms heard this and its eyes widened like bells. Its short legs struggled in the air for a few times, as if it wanted to run, but how could it escape
After releasing half of the "Humanity Sutra" and reaching the super level of martial arts, this cat can no longer escape from Qiao Mu's grasp.
Especially after practicing the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Dragon, Qiao Mu now does not need the Heavenly Demon to disintegrate and can catch this round but flexible little pig.
Qiao Mu picked up the tea on the table and drank it all, then played with the cat and listened to the storyteller bragging about himself and talking about his glorious deeds, feeling quite comfortable.
He is now 375 years old, which is older than anyone in any dynasty from ancient times to the present.
But after waking up from the dream, he still stubbornly maintained his little hobby from his youth:
Play with cats, listen to people brag about themselves, and show off in front of others.
The lonelier I felt in my dreams, the more I felt that this simple life had a kind of leisurely pleasure.
"This is life. What's the point of going to jail all the time? You don't even have your own life anymore."
At this moment, a man walked in from outside the inn and sat down at Qiumu's table. It was Wayne who had also changed his appearance in a simple way.
"Brother Qiao."
"Tingchaolou has released a new list of the top four gods of strength and skills. Your name is on the list. Would you like to take a look?" Wayne said.
"I have never valued false reputation. What's so good about it?"
"Besides, weren't the Martial Saints not on the list back then? What's so good about a list without a Martial Saint?" Qiao Mu was very reserved.
And Wayne only said two sentences to arouse Qiao Mu's interest:
"The former Sword Exiled Immortal was actually ranked first on the Tingchao Tower Skill Ranking. Do you want to see the other three rankings?"
"It's just that there is no hero list now, only the four lists of strength, power, skills and gods. Otherwise, Jian Zexian might have a chance to be number one on the list, but his life or death is in doubt... Lu Yanbei, the wooden sword wanderer, insisted that he is not dead, so he is still on the list."
Chapter 260 The Strongest People in the World (4k
"Since Jian Zexian is here, the list of Tingchao Tower still has some value." Qiao Mu nodded.
He took the Tingchao Tower Martial Arts List from Wayne's hand and glanced at it briefly.
It's not just Wayne, either.
This Anxi town was a gathering place for many martial artists, many of whom had obtained the latest martial arts rankings and were discussing them animatedly.
"Number one on the power list, 'Demon Spear' Qing Li."
"Number eight on the power list, 'Flesh King Kong' Wu Jin Gang."
"Number nine on the power list, the Qiao family's immortal warrior, Qiao Shuangzhao."
"Qiao Shuangzhao and Qiao Miao are said to be brothers of the Qiao family, with similar strengths. The latter used the King of Qin's golden body as a sword to defeat immortals. The former was also able to kill immortal Jindan cultivators, and then returned to the Great Qin Prefecture City to deal with his brother's corpse, and loudly announced to the outside world that he had avenged his brother Qiao Miao."
No, why does Tingchaolou have to record even how I brag about myself
Qiao Mu simply couldn't hold it anymore.
But then he also had some doubts.
"I'm ranked ninth on the power list? If there are really so many strong people in this world, then how could it be my turn to use martial arts to defeat the immortals?" Qiao Mu was a little puzzled.
"Brother Qiao doesn't know this." Wayne explained:
"This ranking starts with the number one 'Demon Spear' Qing Li. The first to the seventh are all half-demons, not pure-blooded humans."
"As far as physical strength is concerned, it is naturally difficult for pure-blooded humans to catch up with demon beasts, or some half-demons with the blood of great demons."
"It's just that although these half-demons have strong bodies and are extremely powerful, far beyond that of mortals, their bodies are somewhat different from those of us humans, making it difficult for them to practice internal skills and develop internal martial arts strength. We'll have to wait and see who will win in an actual fight."
The reason why mortal hunters can hunt lions, tigers, and grizzly bears is not because the hunters are stronger or have sharper nails than the wild beasts, but because the hunters have brains and hands and know how to use weapons.
"Can a half-demon be on Tingchao Tower's martial arts list?" Qiao Mu was still puzzled.
"This is indeed a bit controversial, but Tingchaolou insists on it." Wayne explained:
"According to Tingchao Tower, these powerful half-demons consider themselves human, have human blood in their veins, and practice human martial arts. Why can't they be on the list?"
"For example, the 'Demon Spear' Qing Li, who ranks first on the Power List, was raised by the previous generation's super-class warrior, the 'Spear Saint'."
"If these half-demons are excluded, Brother Qiao is already the second on the Pureblood Human Race Power Ranking, second only to Wu Jingang of the Wu Ji Association."
Wu Jin Gang is ranked eighth on the Power List and thirteenth among the Seventy-two Sages of the Wu Ji Association. He was born with supernatural powers and has immense strength, and is known as the Flesh-body Jin Gang.
This is one of the three thousand martial arts geniuses that the Martial Saint spent forty years to find in the land of Kyushu. He is the Martial Saint's disciple with the highest achievement in the way of strength.
Wayne explained:
"The top ten on the list of strength, power and skills are no longer something that ordinary warriors can achieve through hard work alone. They must be either gifted, have encountered many adventures, or have extraordinary aptitude."
"Something like the descendant of a great demon, a man with a body of a diamond with divine power, a child of destiny who fell off a cliff and ate a strange fruit and suddenly gained a hundred years of power... and so on."
Qiao Mu summed it up in his mind, it was all due to cheating. Either relying on luck, talent, or comprehension.
Unlike me, Qiao Mu, who practiced martial arts to the point of super-level strength and power, it was all due to my own efforts.
What, I'm a cheater too
That's okay.
From this point of view, the list of cheating protagonists in Tingchao Tower seems to be quite valuable.
"Okay, if you say so, then so be it." Qiao Mu continued reading:
"No. 1 on the Power Ranking, the current head of the Blood Family, Blood River."
Qiao Mu had heard about the so-called Blood Family from the Chaolou storyteller Qianliyan before.
It is said that this family is a family with special physiques, but they have been cursed by a cultivator and their bloodline cannot live past the age of fifty.
In order to take revenge and continue the offspring, every head of the family would use his life's skills to impart skills to his descendants before the age of fifty. Therefore, the skills are passed down from generation to generation and are far beyond the reach of ordinary warriors.
However, the Blood Family's way of playing relies on, firstly, a special family initiation secret method, and secondly, the Blood Family's special bloodline, which other warriors cannot imitate at all.
"Second on the list of the strongest warriors is Qiao Shuangzhao, the immortal warrior of the Qiao family."
"First on the Skill Ranking is 'Sword Exiled Immortal' Lu Yannan."
"Forty years ago, Jian Zexian dominated the world with his peerless swordsmanship. At the age of thirty, he reached the pinnacle of the martial arts world. Forty years ago, he was the best in the world and the leader of martial arts.
"His specialty swordsmanship, 'Heaven-Slashing Swordsmanship', is unrivaled in the world."
"Although he is a warrior, in the era when immortal cultivators appeared in the world, he was given the name 'Sword Exiled Immortal' by the martial arts community."
"Suspected to have died in the Hundred Miles Desert, life or death in doubt, temporarily ranked first."
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"Thirteenth on the Skills Ranking, Qiao Shuangzhao."
"Number 30 on the Skills Ranking, 'Wooden Sword Wanderer' Lu Yanbei."
"First on the God List, 'Little Martial Saint' Wu Qiankun."
"Wu Qiankun is the current leader of the Wu Ji Association and has the appearance of a martial saint."
"After the death of the Martial Saint, many people whose relatives died at his hands tried to seek revenge, including some famous martial arts masters. However, they all disappeared in the end, except Wu Qiankun."
... .
The Four Great Martial Arts Rankings of Tingchao Tower are not lists of martial arts proficiency... The Heroes Ranking that ranked martial artists by strength was cancelled decades ago.
"The top of the power list is "Demon Spear" Qing Li, the top of the strength list is "Xue Changhe" from the Blood Family, the top of the skills list is "Jian Zexian", and the top of the god list is "Little Martial Saint" Wu Qiankun." Someone discussed loudly:
"This is a warrior from the contemporary martial arts world, a warrior who has reached the pinnacle of strength, power, skill and godhood."
Some people secretly shook their heads, and did not comment on the four top powerhouses, and commented one by one:
"These four are strong."
"It's just that characters like Blood River and Demon Spear, although powerful, are difficult for later generations to emulate."
"The Sword Exiled Immortal's "Heaven-Slashing Sword Art" cannot be called a martial art, it can only be called a high-level "art."
“Only the young martial saint Wu Qiankun, who learned from the martial saint, or the Wu Ji Association he presides over, has a super martial art in his hands.”
"The Martial Saint is known for his martial arts. He has three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages."
"The number of strong people he has personally trained has long surpassed that of the former Wudang, Shaolin and other major sects..."
"Huh? What era is this? Are there still people bragging about the Martial Saint? The Martial Saint's filial son and grandson are here?" Someone immediately glared:
"The strength of the Wu Ji Association is also built on the countless corpses of many major sects and families."
"If there hadn't been a Martial Saint sweeping through the aristocratic families and sects, plundering martial arts secrets to build an arsenal, the Wu Ji Society would never have been as powerful as it is today. So the one who died wasn't someone from your family, so why are you bragging about it?"
The Martial Saint and his Wu Ji Society had committed many murders, and many of the martial artists in these teahouses had their masters, relatives, and friends killed as a result. It was natural for them to get angry when they heard people praising the Martial Saint.
"It's boring. The martial arts rankings of Tingchao Tower are just so-so. Why should martial artists like me fight for these empty names?" Qiao Mu shook his head.
He had just stepped out of the teahouse when he heard a voice behind him:
"Qiao Shuangzhao... How come there's another Qiao family member here? Did these Qiao family members pop out from the cracks of a rock and suddenly jump to the second place on the Power Ranking?"
"Ninth on the Strength List, second on the Power List, thirteenth on the Skill List, and listed on all three lists at the same time? As for the Divine List... it is difficult to define the strength of the Divine Cultivation, so the Divine List of Tingchao Tower only lists ten people. Otherwise, I suspect that Qiao Shuangzhao would be listed on four lists!"
Qiao Mu had just stretched out his foot from the inn, but he silently retracted it:
"I have nothing to do anyway, so it's okay to listen to other people's gossip."
More and more people noticed Qiao Shuangzhao who suddenly appeared on the martial arts list, which naturally caused a lot of discussion:
"It's not just Qiao Shuangzhao who popped out of a crack in the stone. Don't forget Qiao Miao. These two people were not well-known before, but they both seemed to have popped out of a crack in the stone."
"If Qiao Miao hadn't clearly died in battle, I'm afraid he would be another martial arts master ranked at the top of the three lists!"
"I'm afraid this isn't just a family of two first-class people. What is the origin of this Qiao family?"
"Double first-class? That's too small. They are a double super-class!"
"The Qiao family's supernatural powers are more than just this. In my opinion, their strongest point is not their internal energy or blood, but their Qinggong!" Someone commented:
"In my opinion, the Qiao family's Qinggong is the best in the world. Even the Black Winged Bat King is not worthy of carrying his shoes."
Wayne, who was standing next to Qiumu, twitched his eyes slightly.
"The best in Qinggong? How do you know?" someone asked.
"Haven't you heard that if the first member of the Qiao family dies in battle, the next member of the Qiao family can be quickly killed no matter where they are in the world. Isn't this a good skill?"
"You don't understand this, right? This is not Qinggong at all, but teleportation! In an instant, it crosses a thousand miles! I once fought side by side with the Qiao family, I saw it with my own eyes." A voice suddenly came from the crowd.