127: Chapter 7 Qiu Qianren

Qiu Qianren, the current sect leader of the Iron Palm Sect, is known in the Jianghu as "Iron Palm Water-Drifter".

His Martial Arts are extremely impressive; it is said his strength can rival the Five Masters.

But based on his performance in the original series, Qiu Qianren's strength is quite a bit inferior to the Five Masters.

However, below the Five Masters, he should belong to the top tier.

The "Iron Palm" in his nickname refers to the Iron Palm Technique he Cultivates.

This palm technique is the Martial Arts the Iron Palm Sect relied on to become famous; after Qiu Qianren Cultivated it to Major Achievement, its power became quite formidable.

In the original series, even the Old Imp found him quite troublesome when they clashed and was unwilling to provoke him further.

As for "Water-Drifter", it refers to Qiu Qianren's powerful Lightness Skill.

Meng Li tested this point, and it was indeed not bad.

Qiu Qianren's hair and beard were a mix of black and white, and he wore a yellow-brown long robe. Seeing he was about to catch up to Meng Li, he suddenly accelerated and leaped in front of Meng Li with a forward flip.

Seeing this, Meng Li stopped as well.

Qiu Qianren looked closely and saw an unfamiliar, cold face with a scar at the corner of the eye.

"Who is Your Excellency? Why have you trespassed into my Iron Palm Sect's Forbidden Ground?" Qiu Qianren asked.

Meng Li said in a low voice, "This seat is Jiang Yichen of the Custody Soul Pavilion, ordered to take the items hidden by Liu Gang."

Qiu Qianren was a bit confused.

Custody Soul Pavilion, Jiang Yichen? Never heard of them!

Liu Gang?

He had some impression of this name; it seemed to be the eighth-generation sect leader of the Iron Palm Sect, but he had been dead for many years.

Suddenly coming to take the other party's hidden items?

"What items?"

"I have no comment."

"Then don't blame this old man for being impolite!"

Qiu Qianren's face turned cold, and he immediately condensed dark red Internal Energy in his right palm, attacking Meng Li's face with a palm strike.

Meng Li was not afraid and responded with the Raging Lion Iron Palm.

After a few exchanges, the two fought in a tangle, hard to tell who was superior.

Qiu Qianren was secretly shocked, realizing that Meng Li's skills were not bad and that he probably couldn't be taken down with just ordinary Move and kicks.

Then, he calculated the time; the Iron Palm Sect Disciples pursuing from behind would arrive before long. If the stalemate lasted too long and he couldn't take down an unknown junior like Meng Li, it would inevitably affect his prestige.

Thinking of this, Qiu Qianren stopped entangling and found an opportunity to pull back a distance.

Subsequently, he quickly circulated his power-gathering method and performed the Iron Palm Technique's most fierce and evil ultimate Move, "Yin and Yang Returning to One".

Dark red True Qi surged around his body, and with his movements, it instantly condensed into a dark-colored blood palm that blasted out.

Seeing Qiu Qianren pull back, Meng Li knew the opponent was about to use a big Move.

However, he had the idea of testing his own level against the high-end tier of this world, so he didn't stop him. Instead, he also condensed his power and performed the Raging Lion Iron Palm's ultimate Move, "Angry Lion Shakes the Mountain".

As a low lion roar sounded, a golden lion claw condensed from True Qi took shape and angrily struck toward the dark blood palm.

The claw and palm collided; the blood palm only held out for an instant before being forcibly shattered.

The lion claw dimmed a bit, but its Aura remained undiminished as it struck toward Qiu Qianren.

Seeing this, Qiu Qianren was greatly shocked. Seeing he couldn't dodge in time, he hurriedly mobilized his True Qi to perform his ultimate Move again to defend. But the response was hasty, and he couldn't completely block it. He still took a heavy hit, and was sent flying by the palm force, only stopping when he hit a large tree behind him, after which blood leaked from the corner of his mouth.

In contrast, Meng Li stood in place, completely unharmed, except for his clothes and hair being slightly messed up by the airwaves from the True Qi collision.

Seeing this result, Qiu Qianren was terrified and instinctively wanted to flee.

But just as he activated his Lightness Skill, Meng Li used Transferring Flowers and Grafting Trees.

Sensing himself being forcibly restrained and unable to Move, with the True Qi in his body rapidly leaking out, Qiu Qianren was scared out of his wits: "Are you a human or a demon?"

Meng Li smiled coldly: "What do you think?"

Qiu Qianren couldn't draw a conclusion and had to turn to beg for mercy: "Please spare my life, Your Excellency! I was blind and offended you; please show mercy and spare me this once."

"Spare you? On what grounds?"

Qiu Qianren said without hesitation: "As long as Your Excellency spares me this once, I am willing to lead the entire Iron Palm Sect to follow Your Excellency's orders."

"That's what you said."

"I said it. I can swear an oath; if I break it, may heaven and earth destroy me!"

Meng Li felt that he had absorbed enough cultivation and knew all the key points of the Iron Palm Technique, so he withdrew Transferring Flowers and Grafting Trees.

Qiu Qianren immediately fell to the ground, landing flat on his face.

However, he didn't dare to show the slightest anger because the methods Meng Li just used had caused too great a shock to him.

Not only did he freeze him in mid-air, but he could also make his cultivation drain away rapidly.

Such a bizarre method was unheard of by Qiu Qianren; the only two words he could think of were—Demonic Technique!

This was also why he had asked Meng Li if he was a human or a demon just now.

After he regained his composure, he saw Meng Li take a porcelain bottle from his bosom and throw it over.

Qiu Qianren instinctively reached out to catch it and asked, "This is?"

Meng Li said indifferently, "Three Corpses Brain-Devouring Divine Pill."

"Didn't you say you'd listen to this seat? Then this seat orders you to swallow it."

Qiu Qianren's eye corner twitched.

He had only said those words in a moment of desperation to save his life; naturally, they weren't sincere.

He originally thought Meng Li would do as he said and let him swear loyalty, but he didn't expect there to be a backup plan.

Although Qiu Qianren didn't know what effect this Three Corpses Brain-Devouring Divine Pill had, combined with its name in the current situation, it was clearly bad rather than good.

If he swallowed it now, he feared he would truly be controlled by the person before him from now on.

This was something he found hard to accept.

But in the current situation, he couldn't refuse.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind—take a gamble!

Having made up his mind, Qiu Qianren opened the porcelain bottle, poured the pill into his hand, and then raised his hand and head to swallow it.

Just as he finished this action, he was sent flying by a palm strike.

When he landed, a black pill rolled out from his sleeve.

Clearly, Qiu Qianren hadn't actually swallowed the "Three Corpses Brain-Devouring Divine Pill" just now, but had used his wide sleeves as cover to hide it and pretend to swallow it.

This trick was likely learned from his swindling elder brother, Qiu Qianzhang; it might fool ordinary people, but unfortunately, Meng Li knew about this.

In his previous life, the Xiao Yuer he encountered was an expert among experts in magic tricks and pranking people, with methods far more sophisticated than Qiu Qianzhang's.

Meng Li hadn't learned much, but he had seen a lot.

Moreover, he had seen the original series and knew Qiu Qianren; he knew the man was a pure egoist who wouldn't hesitate to do evil, betray his country for glory, or even kill his own brothers. It was impossible for him to yield easily.

Seeing Qiu Qianren's deception exposed, Meng Li said in a deep voice, "Still playing tricks before me when death is at your door. It seems you really don't want to live."

Hearing this, Qiu Qianren felt fear, which turned into anger from extreme fear, and he shouted, "On what grounds do you kill me?!"

Meng Li was amused when he heard this.

He remembered that in the original series, when the Old Imp, Yinggu, and the others wanted to kill Qiu Qianren to settle their grudges, he had also shouted like this and then started playing moral kidnapping in public.

The Old Imp and the others were indeed held back by his words and didn't strike the killing blow.

Then, Qiu Qianren was taken back by Yideng to be converted, and during the Great Condor Era, he even became the latter's Disciple, with the dharma name Ci'en. His final end was fighting the Golden Wheel Dharma King for a day and a night, being seriously injured, receiving Yinggu's forgiveness, and passing away peacefully.

This outcome was hard for Meng Li to evaluate.

But now...

Wanting to play moral kidnapping with him?

Sorry, his morality was fluid, sometimes there, sometimes not.

So, Meng Li replied, "Because I am stronger than you."

Qiu Qianren: "..."

That makes so damn much sense!