The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 474: Thinking of the Immortal Seal

Yang Xuyan wanted to save the seven sons of the deposed Crown Prince Yang Yong, but did not include the eldest son, Prince Changning Yang Yan. An Long immediately understood that, as the saying goes, a man cannot survive without a leader, and the sons of the deposed Crown Prince Yang Yong were headed by Prince Changning Yang Yan. If he were still alive, the youngest son Yang Xuyan would be powerless.

These princes actually knew about Yang Xuyan's existence, but Yang Yong had sent him away at the age of five and fabricated a lie about his premature death, making them believe that Yang Guang was killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. They were completely unaware that Yang Xuyan had already entered the devil's sect. At this time, Yang Xuyan suddenly appeared and rescued him. The seven princes would certainly not doubt him and were grateful. Because their eldest son, Prince Changning Yang Yan, was away, they could only follow Yang Xuyan's lead.

You mean the second son?

Haha, there is no relative in the royal family. Except for the eldest son who has a natural advantage, everyone else is basically equal, unless he is really outstanding in ability. And what are the abilities of the seven princes who have been prisoners for a long time?

Anlong could confidently say that these were seven ordinary royal sons. It was not that they were useless, but they were by no means earth-shattering talents. They could only be described as a group of ordinary royal children who had received aristocratic education but were unlucky.

You must have the ability, otherwise you would not be mediocre but a waste.

But it is absolutely impossible for him to surpass the successor of the Butian Pavilion who was carefully trained by Brother Shi. If Yang Xuyan cannot even control and grasp this group of people, then his future will be full of thorns and bumps, and it can even be said that there is no hope for the future at all.

Not to mention the kid Yang Xuyan, even Hou Xibai is not a so-called good white lotus. Such a white lotus does not exist in the Demon Sect, let alone Buddhism and Taoism. There is no living environment for them in this world.

Looking at An Long's receding figure, Yang Xuyan stretched lazily and sighed softly, "It's not that I don't want to save you, it's not that I can't save you, but the price I have to pay to save you is too high."

If the threat level of the deposed Crown Prince Yang Yong to Yang Guang is seven stars, then the threat level of Changning Prince Yang Yan is only three stars, and the threat level posed by the other princes is less than two stars. In another year or two, when Yang Guang has completely stabilized his throne, the threat level of these closely monitored princes will further decrease.

The decrease in the threat level also means a decrease in the level of attention and concern. This is also the time when Yang Guang took ruthless action to kill. Historical records show that the next year, one of the eight princes was poisoned, seven were exiled, and were killed on the way.

Before this, Prince Changning Yang Yan had been under close surveillance. It was not until he was poisoned that Yang Guang relaxed his vigilance a little. If he had rescued him in advance, the biggest possibility would have been that all eight brothers would have been killed in Yang Guang's pursuit, and he would have come into Yang Guang's sight, and would have never had peace from then on.

Yang Xuyan did not think that he was really irreplaceable to Shi Zhixuan. Yang Guang was supported by the Demon Sect to get to the position, and his importance might not be compared to a word from Yang Guang. If he really caught the attention of Yang Guang, the possibility of his survival would be less than 30%. Even if he escaped by chance, he would become a pawn in his hands: an assassin!

In the original novel, Yang Xuyan assassinated the leaders of the rebel army everywhere, and the factor of Yang Guang cannot be ignored. At that time, Yang Xuyan was already the ace killer of the court. It was no coincidence that he was able to work under the Li family and Wang Shichong.

Forget it, let's not consider these things for now. It's better to think about how to improve my strength in the shortest time possible. According to the experience of the previous worlds, Reimu and Reizuki will appear after the plot officially begins, but I will appear a few years earlier. I still have enough time to improve myself and provide a better environment for them.

"The Land of Abundance seems to be a good place. Thousands of troops cannot defeat a powerful general, and what I have the most is martial arts. Where should I start? Duzun Fort, Sichuan Gang, or Ba League? I don't know if there are alien races in Sichuan and Shu in this world. If they exist, wouldn't it be..." Yang Xuyan's heart moved slightly. In the last world, he was in charge of Yazhou Prefecture and was quite familiar with Sichuan and Shu. If he could subdue the alien races, he would definitely be able to build a huge force in the shortest time.

However, he was obviously overthinking it. There was no descendant of Zhuge in this world. His greatest reliance at the moment was not his royal bloodline, but his master Shi Zhixuan.

The reason why Anlong was willing to help him was actually very simple. He was the disciple of the evil king Shi Zhixuan, and also the disciple who looked most like the evil king.

In other words, Yang Xuyan was trained as a top candidate for the most standard demon sect disciple. The succession of the Butian Pavilion was always a single one, and they were a group of shady assassins, unwelcome not only by the righteous but also by the demon sects. This was probably because assassins were a double-edged sword, capable of harming both good and evil alike.

Before Yang Xuyan, Shi Zhixuan was considered the best assassin in the world. The power of his magic body skills and immortal seal skills was absolutely terrifying. There were only a handful of people in the world who could escape his assassination. However, just when his magical skills reached perfection, he met his destined Kenxing Bixiuxin, which allowed the Huajian School's thoughts to prevail and suppress the Butian Dao's mental method.

So Shi Zhixuan changed from a generation of evil king to a playboy, no, it should be said that he changed from a suave evil king to a good family man. Can you imagine it?

The martial arts in this world are quite strange. The mood, emotions and thoughts play a vital role. If the mood is forced, the martial arts will stagnate at best, and at worst, one will go astray and be doomed. This is different from the previous worlds.

Shi Zhixuan possesses the strengths of both the Bu Tian Dao and the Hua Jian School, but his success and failure are both due to their divergent philosophies, inherently conflicting. Yet, with his unparalleled talent, he forcibly merged Buddhist thought into one, creating martial arts such as the Phantom Demon Body Technique and the Immortal Seal Technique. The Phantom Demon Body Technique leans towards the Bu Tian Dao, allowing cultivation without the Hua Jian School's inheritance, using only the Bu Tian Dao's mental methods. This is how Yang Xuyan would later become known as the world's greatest assassin.

The Immortal Seal Technique is the representative work of the evil king Shi Zhixuan's martial arts. Except for the Butian Dao and Huajian Sect who can fully practice this method, others can also learn from it and imitate it to some extent. The most important thing among them is not the martial arts moves, but the core ideas and mental methods.

This method utilizes the principles of yin and yang, and the principle that everything reaches its extreme and then reverses. Through the rapid conversion of zhenqi into life and death, it creates a nearly endless supply without the possibility of suffocation, allowing for the ability to shift between life and death at will. This method aligns closely with Tai Chi philosophy and shares similarities with the Great Shift of the Universe. In the original novel, Yang Xuyan's ability to master this method demonstrates his exceptional aptitude, perhaps even aligning his mindset with the Evil King.

If the assassin Yang Xuyan got this method, he would probably learn it faster, not in terms of his state of mind but in terms of his actual martial arts realm. After all, he was already a grandmaster-level expert in the previous world, and was proficient in Tai Chi, Dou Zhuan Xing Yi, and Qian Kun Da Nong Yi. It would be natural for him to practice the Immortal Seal with ease.

Does Yang Xuyan have any ideas about the Immortal Seal?

It's simply too much. You know, there are many self-created martial arts in this world. Not to mention the protagonist, the most powerful self-created martial arts among the villains is the Evil King Shi Zhixuan, and his representative work is the Immortal Seal. If you can extract the ideas of integrating the thoughts and techniques from it, it may be possible to integrate and recreate the martial arts in your mind.

In my previous life, I used Tai Chi Divine Art as the core, integrating Dou Zhuan Xing Yi and Qian Kun Da Neng Yi, which were similar martial arts fusions. If I obtain the Immortal Seal, will I be able to fuse different martial arts? For example, Zixia Divine Art and Xuanming Divine Palm?

Just do it if you want to. Yang Xuyan jumped up and looked towards the direction of the small building in the western forest. He had only seen Bi Xiuxin twice and the little girl Shi Qingxuan once. How should he conquer these two beauties?

Or should we proceed step by step, starting with the people around them?

Are there people around them who can be used?

Yang Xuyan thought about it carefully, and finally found such an unlucky guy from the corner of his memory: Yue Shan, the Tyrant Blade!

It’s decided to be you: the unlucky Ba Dao Yue Shan!