Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 87 Enchanting
Nanming Hou, who was the most frustrated at first, actually smiled happily and said to Xi Xiang: "If I had a disciple like Lu Qingshan, this battle would not be in danger! The disciples of the Sword Sect are indeed the best among the people. I, Nanming Hou, am convinced today!"
While speaking, Marquis Nanming's gaze swept across the faces of the leading cultivators of the other five domains. A hint of disdain appeared in his eyes, and then he turned away.
The Sword Sect first launched a counterattack against their Zhongtian Region. Although this move embarrassed Nanming Hou, he did not really feel any hatred.
——Since he was the one who took the lead in targeting the Eastern Region, it was only natural for the Eastern Region to retaliate against him.
He still has some self-awareness. Having ended up in this situation, he can only say that he is not as skilled as others. He accepts it!
However, it was not so easy for Marquis Nanming to let go of the fact that the other five regions stood idly by and even gloated over their misfortune.
Now that he saw that everyone's efforts were in vain, he naturally felt very happy.
Compared with Nanming Hou, the leaders of the other five domains were in a much worse mood.
Their slightly envious gazes had unconsciously swept towards Lu Qingshan at the Sword Sect's position.
This guy is so cruel...
There have been many talented monks throughout history, but such a thing has never happened before... Half of the monks on the Yellow List were defeated by the same person!
This not only requires unrivaled strength in the same realm, but also some special situations, such as this dojo competition.
After all, under normal circumstances, it is rare to see the Yellow List monks fighting each other head-on.
Among the group of monks watching the battle, there were many more complicated looks, all cast in the direction of Lu Qingshan.
"The next time the Yellow List is updated, I'm afraid all the cultivators in the world will be horrified." The great cultivator from the Western Region murmured, and then he did not stay any longer, turned around and left with the cultivators from the Western Region.
As the monks from the Western Region left, the participating monks from other regions, including the monks who were watching, also began to disperse.
It can be imagined that as they spread the news of the Dojo Competition, Lu Qingshan's feat will shock the entire seven realms of the human race.
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"Sword Sect's Lu Qingshan has won 53 games in a row in the Dojo Competition. Starting from the second place on the Yellow List, 'Eight-Armed Vajra', he has been invincible on the Yellow List and helped the East Region win the Dojo Competition!" The news spread like wildfire.
When anyone first heard the news, their face was filled with horror and disbelief.
There was no melee as imagined, no seamless cooperation as imagined, but... just one person, fighting alone in six regions, and then sweeping away all the monks on the Yellow List?
Sword Sect, Lu Qingshan.
This name is deeply engraved in everyone's heart, although they really can't understand how one person can achieve this?
Some people were shocked by this, but not everyone could feel the turbulent undercurrent underneath.
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Boom boom boom!
In the silent hall, heavy footsteps gradually sounded and dark shadows appeared one after another.
A moment later.
"Have you received the news about Lu Qingshan?" A voice like thunder sounded in the hall.
At this moment, there were dozens of dark shadows in the hall.
The old man in the lead had a ferocious face and gloomy eyes.
"No wonder Yu Lei, Master Wang and Wen He failed one after another. This little beast is really not simple." Another black shadow also had a distorted expression and said in a sinister voice.
"This person has destroyed our plans for the underworld time and again. He also took action twice in the East and West regions, but both times he ended up in failure. This time, the headquarters was even more furious, and accused us six sects of being incompetent." The leading old man, the helmsman of the Southern Region of the Underworld, Palace Master Ziren, spoke with a gloomy face.
"Two years ago, didn't our Southern Region lineage already sign a military order to the headquarters, to kill Lu Qingshan before he condensed his Dao Seed? If I remember correctly, the matter was handed over to the Soul-Seeking Department at the time. How come it has been two years and this man is still alive and well, and even accomplished such a feat?" Another old man suddenly asked, casting his gaze at a dark shadow in the corner.
The shadowy figure who was named raised his head with a bitter look on his face, "Palace Master, it's not that I'm upset, it's just that Lu Qingshan has been missing for two years. Who would have thought that he would make such a big move when he appeared for the first time in two years."
If he can't find the person, how can he use all his tricks even if he has them?
Nan Siming of the Soul-Calling Department also felt quite helpless.
"Now that Lu Qingshan has shown up, act quickly! If this action fails again, you won't have to work as the head of the Soul-Seeking Division anymore." Mansion Master Ziren was silent for a moment, then said sinisterly, "Such an important position cannot be taken up by a loser."
Nan Siming shuddered all over, and quickly responded, assuring: "If I fail, you don't need to say anything, and I myself will not be able to stay in the position of Siming any longer!"
"You'd better keep your word..."
A cold murderous aura echoed in the hall. Amidst the gloomy discussions, they finally made up their minds. Even if it meant bleeding heavily, they had to make sure to kill this kid named Lu Qingshan!
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Tianji Temple, which is located in the same area as Chang'an City, was one of the first sects to receive the news of the Taoist temple competition.
In Lotus Peak, a place for spiritual practice, the atmosphere is a little weird.
Lin Yao, who had just finished her homework for the day, stared at her master with wide eyes, "Master, are you saying that the Dojo Competition is over? So soon?"
The head of Shuiyue Temple glanced at his disciple, then nodded with a complicated expression, "Yes, it's over..."
"Which domain won in the end?" Lin Yao asked curiously.
"Eastern Region..." The master of Shuiyue Temple had the urge to touch his forehead with his hand.
"Eastern Region..." Lin Yao blinked her eyes. Seeing her master's somewhat embarrassed expression, the kind-hearted Miss Lin already had a rough guess in her mind. She was very discerning and restrained her joy. She asked tentatively, "Is it Mr. Lu?"
The head of Shuiyue Temple nodded, with a look of surprise in his eyes, "How did this kid... do it? He is clearly just a Nascent Soul cultivator, but he can overthrow the six realms by himself. It's too outrageous... This Sword Sect has another extraordinary disciple!"
Lin Yao pondered for a moment, then nodded seriously and said, "Who made him Lu Qingshan?"
"Ahem..." The master of Shuiyue Temple was choked. Looking at the pride that could not be concealed on Lin Yao's face, he decisively changed the subject.
Although the Dojo Competition has ended, the subsequent impact it caused has actually just begun.
As for Lu Qingshan, although he does not mind becoming famous, at present he only hopes to quietly push the artistic conception he has mastered to perfection, and thus advance to the stage of refining emptiness.
As far as the Nascent Soul Stage is concerned, he believes he has reached the pinnacle.
However, the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. If he wants to be quiet, he has to see whether others agree.
Lu Qingshan had already anticipated that someone would come to his door.
What he didn't expect was that someone came to him even before he left Chang'an City.
And it was someone he had never expected, but whom he found hard to refuse.
"His Highness Taiping wants to see you." A middle-aged male cultivator from Daxia came to visit just one hour after the Taoist competition ended.
Your Highness, among the human race, only the direct descendants of the Great Xia royal family can be addressed like this.
The word "Taiping" before Your Highness means the title.
Daxia had Chang'an as its capital, so Taiping was also an extremely honorable title relatively speaking.
Anyone who could obtain this title would have an unimaginably noble status even in Daxia.
Today, the owner of this title is...
Xia Daojing!
Yes, it was the person behind Marquis Luotang who had once targeted him .
"What does His Highness Taiping want to see me about?" Lu Qingshan frowned slightly.
Xia Daojing and Xia Daoyun were not on good terms, and he was Xia Daoyun's first disciple. Xia Daojing suddenly wanted to see him out of nowhere. I was afraid it was not a Hongmen Banquet, and nothing good would happen...
No, I must remain loyal to my Master.
"How can I know what your Highness is thinking?" The middle-aged male cultivator smiled and saw that Lu Qingshan seemed to be refusing, so he added: "Your Highness said that as long as you come to his house, I can lend you the Enlightenment Bodhi once when you enter the Source Realm."
The words of rejection that were about to come out of Lu Qingshan's mouth stopped abruptly .
Mingxin Bodhi is a treasure left by the Bodhisattvas of Buddhism. It has the effect of making people suddenly wake up as if from sleep, suddenly become enlightened, suddenly enter the path of complete enlightenment, suddenly realize the truth, and reach an extraordinary state.
Speaking human language can help the monks to gain a better understanding of the artistic conception.
Lu Qingshan has never used the opportunity to comprehend the Source Realm that he obtained from the Seven Realms Forum.
Now he has reached a bottleneck and was planning to use the Source Realm to break through the bottleneck, so he stayed in Chang'an City temporarily and did not follow Xi Xiang and the others back to the Sword Sect.
But the Source Realm can only be said to be a holy place for comprehending artistic conception. It can indeed increase the probability of cultivators comprehending artistic conception, but that's all.
Even Lu Qingshan was not completely sure that he could improve his artistic conception through the Source Realm.
After all, what he grasped was the true meaning of the origin. While he gained powerful strength, the difficulty of improvement also doubled. This is the balance of nature.
If he originally had only a 50% chance of making a breakthrough in the source world, once he had the help of the Enlightenment Bodhi, his chances would rise to 70%...
Well, if someone is too nice to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. So let's go and see what evil intentions this Prince Taiping has...
Yes, that's right.
Lu Qingshan nodded and exhaled, "Lead the way."
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The place where Xia Daojing met Lu Qingshan was a villa located on the lakeside.
"This way, sir."
The middle-aged male cultivator looked calm as he led Lu Qingshan into the villa, passed the front yard, and headed towards the back yard.
Lu Qingshan was silent all the way, pondering Xia Daojing's intention.
To see the big picture from the small, just from the fact that the middle-aged male cultivator who led the way was neither humble nor arrogant, and behaved politely, he was already quite extraordinary.
With his subordinates being like this, Xia Daojing shouldn't be too bad.
The more this happened, the harder it became for Lu Qingshan to figure out Xia Daojing's intentions.
The further back they went, the fewer buildings there were. Soon, a sparkling lake appeared in Lu Qingshan's sight.
There are many lotus flowers planted on the lake. The lotus leaves are as big as jade plates, stacked layer upon layer, and the lotus flowers are gorgeous and tempting.
By the lake, a woman was holding a handful of bait and teasing the lively fish in the lake. She seemed to be extremely focused, as if she was tending to some rare treasure.
Lu Qingshan immediately realized that this should be the real person of this trip, Xia Daojing.
After all, he is a monk, so his clothing cannot be as solemn and luxurious as those of the secular royal family. Therefore, His Highness Taiping is now wearing a tight black robe that outlines his beautiful figure.
Her flowing black hair was slightly tied up, covering half of her face. Lu Qingshan could only catch a glimpse of a slightly sharp jawline and half of her face that was vaguely visible.
There was a breeze in the lake, which lifted the lotus leaves and gently brushed the belt around the woman's graceful waist and the few strands of black hair on the side of her face.
"Your Highness, Lu Qingshan is here." The middle-aged male cultivator reported respectfully to the woman's back, and then retreated consciously.
Lu Qingshan frowned slightly, and facing the back of the woman standing by the lake, he saluted and said, "Lu Qingshan greets Your Highness."
The woman turned around, revealing a charming face.
She has plump lips, a pair of noble phoenix eyes, and is more beautiful than a lotus.
Xia Daojing's eyes and Lu Qingshan's gaze collided directly in the air, and they looked at each other without any avoidance.
After taking a closer look, Lu Qingshan had to admit that this Prince Taiping was very handsome, and was in no way inferior to Xia Daoyuan.
It's just that the two have two completely different styles.
If Xia Daoyuan was like a cool and pure snow lotus, then Xia Daojing was like a noble peony, precious beyond words. Even though she was wearing a simple black robe, her noble aura could not be concealed.
A born princess, the enchantress of a country.
Lu Qingshan thought of these two words.
"My sister usually has a poor eye, but I didn't expect that she has a good eye when it comes to taking in disciples. It's rare, haha..." After staring at Lu Qingshan for a moment, this "enchanting beauty" spoke slowly, her voice full of texture.
Lu Qingshan was stunned at first, and then he realized that the "sister" Xia Daojing was referring to should be Xia Daoyun.
Strictly speaking, Xia Daoyun really wanted to call Xia Daojing "sister", so this couldn't be considered as Xia Daojing taking advantage of Xia Daoyun out of thin air.
"Lu Qingshan, I heard that you swept the entire dojo competition and were unbeatable?" Xia Daojing laughed and asked immediately without waiting for Lu Qingshan to respond.
"Yes." Lu Qingshan replied calmly.
"You have great skills," Xia Daojing raised her lips slightly and praised, "Like teacher, like student. You really have some of the charm of my sister back then!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness." Regarding Xia Daojing's vague mockery of his master, Lu Qingshan replied seriously, "It's all because of my master's good teaching."
"I also heard that you once defeated Luo Tanghou's legitimate son Luo Ji, causing Luo Tanghou to lose face," Xia Daojing's eyes narrowed slightly, and his voice became more serious, and he added, "Do you know that Luo Tanghou is my man?"
It turns out that this is a show of force.
You don’t dare to confront Xia Daoyun in person, so you confront her apprentice?
Lu Qingshan did not directly answer Xia Daojing's question because no matter how he answered it, it was not the right answer.
"Master often told me that Your Highness has a sharp eye, but when it comes to selecting subordinates, your vision is a little poor..." Lu Qingshan complained in his heart, but smiled on the surface and sincerely suggested: "It is better for Your Highness to have no subordinates with such incompetent abilities than to have unqualified ones."
"Huh?" Xia Daojing raised her eyebrows, a little surprised at Lu Qingshan's boldness.
Lu Qingshan is fearless.
As Xia Daoyun's first disciple and a disciple of the Sword Sect who had just made great contributions, no matter which identity he had, he was enough to prevent Xia Daojing from touching him lightly.
This is one of the reasons why he was invited.
The atmosphere was a little weird for a moment.
"It's better to be alone than to be unworthy. Your vision is poor..." After a moment, Xia Daojing raised the corners of her mouth slightly, looked at Lu Qingshan with a smile and said, "What if I say that I am interested in you now?"
"Then are my eyes... still dull?" the enchanting woman asked word by word.
