Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 73: Miraculous: Return to Nothingness
After the words were spoken, most of the monks watching the battle, except for the monks from the Western Regions, breathed a sigh of relief.
There was also a hint of mischief in the looks they cast towards the monks from the Western Regions who were watching the battle.
Look, there's the unlucky guy.
And in Yangxintai, a man in a grey shirt walked out from the group of Western monks.
His expression was calm and his eyes were determined. He did not show any dissatisfaction or discouragement for being the first to fight.
"This is 'Blood Killing Blade' Ye Mo, ranked 27th on the Yellow List, a disciple of the Dragon Elephant Bodhi Academy, and the third most important person besides Yan Fei and Sha Manzi. He follows the path of purest martial arts and physical training, and has mastered the Burning Wood Blade technique. He wields a mid-grade heavenly weapon, the Blood Killing Blade, hence the name."
Among the monks from the Central Spiritual Realm, a male cultivator in a green Taoist robe whispered to the handsome monk next to him.
Then the man curled his lips again and said, "He's just a barbarian. If I were to fight him, I would have plenty of ways to kill him."
The handsome cultivator was "Ghost Gate Gu" Zhu Cong, the number one figure among the Nascent Soul cultivators of Huanling Sect.
Zhu Cong was ranked fourth on the Yellow List fifteen years ago. Later, he remained in seclusion in the sect, but even so, his ranking remained unchanged.
It was not until Lu Qingshan suddenly appeared that he was forced to step back.
But since he hadn't taken action for fifteen years, no one could have predicted how strong Zhu Cong was now.
Zhu Cong glanced at Ye Mo, who looked calm, and said slowly: "Don't underestimate others."
The male cultivator in the green Taoist robe is the “Three-Headed Snake” Hu Jiao, who is ranked 56th on the Yellow List.
He did not refute Zhu Cong, but his expression clearly revealed that he did not care about Zhu Cong's advice.
"Ji Chuan and Lu Qingshan from the East Region were not present... Is there any special situation?" Zhu Cong asked again.
He had been in seclusion in the sect for a long time, so he didn't know much about these things and needed his junior fellow apprentice to explain them to him.
"I met Ji Chuan in the past. He was indeed very powerful. But I had never heard of Lu Qingshan before I went into seclusion." Zhu Cong said softly.
"Lu Qingshan has suddenly become famous in just two years. It's normal that you haven't heard of him. As for why the two of them didn't come, I don't know what happened. But if you think about it carefully, Ji Chuan hasn't appeared in public for two years, and Lu Qingshan has also disappeared for a year. It can be considered an early sign. However, this dojo competition is so important that even you, senior brother, were called out from your seclusion by the headmaster. These two people must have encountered some special situation that they couldn't get away from, otherwise they wouldn't miss this competition."
After a pause, Hu She continued, "Except for these two, the Sword Sect, as a Dao Sect, actually only has one Yellow List cultivator left, the 10th ranked 'Frost Sword' Xue Hanfeng. The Sword Sect is truly 'full of talents'."
"There's no need to hold on to this point of ridicule," Zhu Cong said indifferently, objectively, "The Sword Sect is an elite sect. It has only over 200 Nascent Soul cultivators, but it was able to produce three Yellow List cultivators, and all of them were in the top ten of the Yellow List. Who else in the Dao Sect, including our Huanling Sect, can do this?"
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In another corner, among the group of monks from the Western Regions.
"Brother Yan Fei, it's such a pity that Ji Chuan from the Sword Sect didn't come. I wanted to see you defeat him and win the honor of being the top of the Yellow List for our Dragon Elephant."
"It's just an empty title. Besides, I'm about to break through to the Refining Void stage. There's no room for me on the Yellow List." Yan Fei glanced at Ye Mo who was leaving the team and replied nonchalantly, "This time, I just happened to leave this snail dojo in our Western Region before I'm promoted to the Refining Void stage."
The six realms had communicated with each other in advance, so Ye Mo, who was the first to come on stage, waited quietly for a long time, and no one took the initiative to challenge him.
When Xi Xiang saw this scene, a shadow appeared in his eyes.
He knew very well that they were waiting to attack their Eastern Region.
Sure enough, after a while, the Green Eyebrow King announced: "Since no cultivator has taken the initiative to challenge, Ye Mo will now designate someone to fight."
Ye Mo scanned the entire venue and, as expected, stopped at the camp of the Eastern Region monks.
He bowed to the Eastern Region cultivator and said in a clear voice: "I have long heard of the great name of 'Seven Star Hand' Hou Tonghai. Ye Mo, please teach me."
Hou Tonghai, the "Seven-Star Hand", is not a disciple of the Sword Sect, but the number one Nascent Soul cultivator in the Xingxiu Sect, the top sect in the Eastern Region.
This is a tall and thin monk.
When his name was called, Hou Tonghai, who had expected this, his eyelids twitched and he walked forward without saying a word.
The two men stood in front of the thirty-six mountain and sea pillars. King Qingmei stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the two men.
“After you two enter the realm, just give it your all and leave the rest to me.” The Green Eyebrow King said slowly.
This is the confidence of an eighth-level cultivator. With the cultivation level of King Qingmei, it would be a joke if he couldn't even control the battle between two Nascent Soul cultivators.
Hou Tonghai and Ye Mo bowed to the Qingmei King to express their gratitude.
King Qingmei nodded slightly, then flicked his finger, and a point of spiritual light popped out and landed in the center of the thirty-six mountain and sea pillars.
The next moment, all the Taoist patterns on one of the mountain and sea pillars lit up.
"This battle is in the Yellow Sand Realm. You two should be ready!"
As soon as the words fell, the Dao pattern on the mountain and sea pillar immediately turned into a ray of spiritual light, which swept "Blood Killing Knife" Ye Mo and "Seven Star Hand" Hou Tonghai into it and disappeared.
Then, ripples appeared on the many jade screen walls standing around, and scenes emerged from them.
The entire appearance of the Yellow Sand World has already appeared on the screen wall.
This is a small desert area with a radius of nearly 100 miles.
As for the landing points of the two, it completely simulates the most common form of encounter in the battle between monks: random!
Unfortunately, the two men landed no more than ten miles apart.
In other words, the two men did not have much time to familiarize themselves with the terrain, and the battle was about to break out.
There was no so-called courtesy, and the frustration and anger of being targeted were contained. "Seven Star Hands" Hou Tonghai directly jumped up
There were twinkling stars in his hands, and there were seven bright stars in the shape of a spoon, which were extremely dazzling.
This is a branch of the true meaning of stars, the artistic conception of the Big Dipper.
Using his hands as a spoon, Hou Tonghai leaped into the air and rushed straight towards Ye Mo.
Ye Mo looked at Hou Tonghai who was rushing towards him with a smile on his face, and with a clang, a huge red heavy sword appeared in his hand.
Bloody killing knife!
As a physical cultivator, how could Ye Mo be afraid of close combat?
Seeing Hou Tonghai rushing towards him, he was just waiting for something, so he simply stood there with the knife in his hand.
One rushed forward as fast as lightning, while the other waited as still as a mountain.
But in an instant, the two figures were within a distance of a hundred feet.
The next moment, seven stars flew out, and three layers of golden light appeared on Ye Mo's body.
The third level of Buddhism, the most advanced defensive technique.
Ye Mo, who had been waiting for the opportunity, finally moved, holding the Blood Killing Knife which weighed a thousand pounds and chopped towards the flying Seven Stars.
The knife technique was powerful, but in Ye Mo's hand, the Blood Killing Knife was as light as a sword, leaving behind a series of afterimages when it was swung.
Dragon Elephant Martial Arts Ability: Burning Wood Sword Technique.
Once mastered, one can use this sword technique to chop a spiritual wood 9981 times quickly. The blade will not damage the wood at all, but the hidden power in the sword can ignite the spiritual wood and create a fire, hence the name.
Therefore, this sword technique is famous for its speed and hidden power.
Ding ding ding!
A deafening crash suddenly sounded.
The two exchanged dozens of moves in a flash, and then passed each other.
Although the seven stars on Hou Tonghai's hand were still shining as before, he could feel that the blood in his body seemed to be burning. He felt very uncomfortable and was obviously injured by the hidden power in the burning wood knife.
The three layers of golden light around Ye Mo were like a bell, solid and motionless, and he was truly unharmed.
The gap between Dao Sect and the top sects is not so easy to bridge.
Hou Tonghai gritted his teeth, his eyes full of stubbornness, and he was unwilling to admit defeat.
He controlled the seven stars in his hand to fly out and surround his body like stars. Then he carried the stars and crashed into Ye Mo again.
Ding ding ding!
When the sword blades touched each other, crisp sword sounds were emitted.
Two figures passed each other in the Karma Building, and then stood back to back.
A wound deep enough to see the bone appeared on Lu Qingshan's arm.
Blood was flowing out of it, along the wrist, all the way to the hilt of Longque's sword, and then sliding down onto the sword body.
"Young Master..." Qin Yitian felt extremely distressed.
Lu Qingshan remained silent, turned slowly, and looked at the evil elephant standing opposite him who was also holding a sword.
Guiyuan Zhenzun.
Guiyuan Zhenzun, whose strength has been increased several times.
Guiyuan Zhenzun was laughing evilly at Lu Qingshan, "Jiejiejiejie——"
Lu Qingshan's face was as pale as paper at this time, and his eyes were bloodshot.
The prolonged fighting had pushed his mind to the limit.
Even so, he still had no intention of backing down.
Lu Qingshan stomped his feet and rushed towards Guiyuan Zhenzun.
Sword energy burst out from the dragon bird, dragging a long tail, which suddenly collided with the sword of Guiyuan Zhenzun, and the sound was ear-tearing.
In a flash, the two men fought in close combat for more than ten rounds.
Whether chopping or poking, stabbing or picking, each one shows off their skills.
Lu Qingshan's advantage lies in his supernatural foresight, near omniscience in close combat, and his extremely exquisite swordsmanship.
Guiyuan Zhenzun won because his strength, enhanced by the Yin and Yang Building, far exceeded Lu Qingshan's, and his force was enough to defeat ten others.
Lu Qingshan could feel his disadvantage in the fight, but although this evil world was a simulation, it only showed a small part of it, and the geographical environment was too narrow to be suitable for using a flying sword to meet the enemy.
As a last resort, he could only fight with his sword.
Guiyuan Zhenzun stepped forward again with a sword in hand, his momentum intimidating.
Lu Qingshan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he thrust out another sword, while at the same time using his mind to arouse the true spirit in his sea of consciousness.
The green snake was awakened, but the price was that most of his spiritual consciousness was lost.
The next moment, like a spirit snake spitting out its tongue, a stream of sword energy emanated from the Dragon Sparrow Sword.
The sword energy moved against the wind and transformed into a green snake, heading towards Guiyuan Zhenzun.
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
Guiyuan Zhenzun took a step forward, the sword in his hand ignited with murderous aura, and slashed towards the green snake with an even more fierce and powerful sword light.
This sword is as fast as the wind.
Wherever the green snake reached, it was blocked by the sword and flowed violently to both sides without affecting him at all.
So fierce that he could even stop the green snake with his sword!
"You are too weak for me now, hehehe!" Guiyuan Zhenzun laughed viciously with his signature laugh.
Lu Qingshan felt helpless.
At this point, it is no longer necessary to fight, because the strength of Guiyuan Zhenzun is no longer something that a Nascent Soul cultivator can deal with. It is extremely rare that he can hold on until now.
Is that... the only trick I can use?
Lu Qingshan was a little hesitant.
"If you don't want to use the method to break the spell, then don't use it..." Qin Yitian seemed to see through Lu Qingshan's hesitation, and a crisp voice sounded in his heart.
Yes, it is easy for Lu Qingshan to leave the Karma Building. He just needs to use the Dragon Bird Breaking Technique.
After all, these evil phenomena in the Karma Building were just derived from one law.
However, his purpose was to gain something in the Karma Building, so he was definitely unwilling to leave the Karma Building like this.
However, if there is really no other way, using a method to break the spell to get out of the building is better than suffering mental damage.
"But, young master, you must know that the sword that can break the law is actually the sword of cause and effect," Qin Yitian reminded.
Lu Qingshan was shocked.
"Young Master, go and take a look at the thread of cause and effect that connects your evil deeds." Qin Yitian continued.
A warmth emanated from the hilt of the Dragon Bird Sword.
The next moment, the world in front of Lu Qingshan became different. It lost its color and turned into black and white.
But on the body of Guiyuan Zhenzun, there were gorgeous colors appearing, which were two silk threads of different colors.
A blood-red thread , extremely thick, connected himself and Guiyuan Zhenzun.
There is also a much thinner black silk thread connecting Guiyuan Zhenzun and the surrounding void space.
"This is the cause and effect line..." Lu Qingshan's eyes were slightly dazed.
This was the second time he saw the causal line.
The first time was when his mind sank into the Jade Leaf. That time, he saw his own cause and effect line.
This time, it was the causal line from the evil elephant of Guiyuan Zhenzun and the causal line from a law.
Does Dharma also have a causal line?
Of course there is. After all, the law does not come out of thin air.
At this moment, Lu Qingshan suddenly realized the mystery of the Dragon Bird Breaking Law.
The supernatural power to break the law actually cuts not the law, but the cause and effect line of the law.
Once the line of cause and effect is broken, the Dharma will naturally dissipate.
Lu Qingshan's eyes were sharp and he raised his right hand.
He waved the Dragon Bird and cut off the thick blood-red thread that connected himself and the evil elephant of Guiyuan Zhenzun.
No sound was heard, but Lu Qingshan felt a huge force coming from the blood-red causal line.
The palm of the hand holding the sword felt numb, the dragon bird was bounced away, but the line of cause and effect did not move at all.
Is it so easy to cut the line of cause and effect?
Longque: Breaking the law, the strength lies in the fact that it can cut through all the laws.
This is the magical power of a Taoist weapon. How can he, a Nascent Soul cultivator, do this?
When Lu Qingshan lost his consciousness , Guiyuan Zhenzun had already rushed over.
He would not give Lu Qingshan the opportunity to study it slowly.
Lu Qingshan raised his eyelids slightly and was about to attack.
But when his eyes swept across the much thinner causal line behind Guiyuan Zhenzun, his heart suddenly moved.
I can’t cut the thick causal line, but... what about the thin one?
Guiyuan Zhenzun swung his sword down quickly, but Lu Qingshan dodged the sword by moving his body to the side, and at the same time, he raised his Dragon Bird with his backhand and slashed it upwards.
Guiyuan Zhenzun was about to draw his sword to block, but found that Lu Qingshan's sword was extremely crooked.
“I can even tease someone into doing something wrong!” Guiyuan Zhenzun laughed smugly, “Hehehehe…”
The laughter stopped abruptly, and the thin black thread behind Guiyuan Zhenzun was directly shattered after Lu Qingshan slashed it with his sword!
The destruction of the black thread triggered a series of chain reactions.
Guiyuan Zhenzun's body first stagnated, and then began to tremble violently.
"I've told you that if you laugh like that, you'll die quickly," Lu Qingshan asked softly, "Why don't you believe it?"
Phew!
Guiyuan Zhenzun finally exploded under the trembling and dissipated into mist.
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"Comprehension of artistic conception! ... Your true meaning of cause and effect has been elevated to the state of unity!"
"Ability improvement! ... Your spirit is improved! (Spiritual awareness +200)"
"Your spiritual consciousness limit exceeds 2100, and your soul realm has broken through to the middle stage of the control realm (2225/3000)!"
"You gain a new magical power from the true meaning of cause and effect: Return to Nothingness!"
The true meaning of cause and effect (state of unity): the true meaning of the origin of the supernatural, possessing many supernatural powers. The supernatural powers currently mastered are: foresight and return to nothingness.
Mysterious, returning to nothingness...
After activation, you will know the many causal lines formed by the Tao, and can choose the weakest one to destroy.
Once the causal line is broken, the law will either be weakened or dissipate, and it will return to nothingness.
"Young Master, you succeeded!" Qin Yitian was delighted.
Lu Qingshan stroked the hilt of the Dragon Bird Sword and whispered, "So, when I was on Jiaolong Island, I felt a little bit of the spiritual light of the true meaning of cause and effect, was it because of you?"
"It should be," Qin Yitian said softly, somewhat proudly, "The peach blossom can give you some insights into the true meaning of immortality, so how could the dragon bird be weaker than it?"
Sword cultivation and natal sword complement each other.
People can raise swords, and swords can also raise people.
After Zang Xiaojian refined the Three-foot Edge into his natal sword, the Three-foot Edge gained some sharpness out of thin air.
But as a Taoist weapon, the Dragon Bird did not bring him any benefits.
Lu Qingshan had once wondered about this, but he never asked. After all, how could he dislike Qin Yitian?
Also, why was it so easy for him to first comprehend the partial truth of cause and effect on Jiaolong Island, but after that, he had a hard time understanding the truth of cause and effect?
Now, all doubts are resolved.
The reason why he was able to naturally gain partial understanding of the true meaning of cause and effect was because of the gift from the Dragon Bird.
Of course, gifts are gifts, and as mentioned before, artistic conception is never achieved overnight.
For example, this time, Qin Yitian also just pushed Lu Qingshan lightly.
The most important reason why he was able to complete the promotion of the true meaning of cause and effect was that he had accumulated enough and the time had come.
Otherwise, with Qin Yitian's innocent heart wishing Lu Qingshan the best, how could he sit idly by and watch Lu Qingshan get hurt, and only speak up and give him some advice when he was at his wit's end?
