Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 97: The Strongest Four Realms
In the Tianji Temple of Zhongtian Realm, inside the exquisitely constructed Tianji Tower.
Lin Yao and Ling Yue, who were in charge of the Yellow List, stared in a daze at the urgent spiritual letter in front of them, which had just arrived from Zhenjiang in the Southern Region.
After a long silence.
"The four strongest realms?" Lingyue asked.
“Let’s ask Master and the others…” Lin Yao, who was still somewhat dazed, pursed her lips and said softly, “Although Master and the others have entrusted us with the naming of the four lists, we still have to ask their opinions on the title of the strongest four realms.”
"Okay." Lingyue replied.
"Mr. Lu..." Lin Yao sighed slowly, with endless admiration in her tone.
It’s time to update the four lists again.
Since the four lists are updated in a timely manner, the news covers the seven domains of the human race, and the news involved are all top-notch events, which are roughly equivalent to changes in the general situation of the world. For many cultivators, it is like a fixed "program" with extremely entertaining effects and a pastime in their spare time.
Therefore, every time the four lists are updated, there will be many cultivators gathered to watch the excitement. Even many cultivators from large families and sects will specially send people to record the latest rankings of the four lists for their own reference.
This time is no exception.
The Sibang screen wall in Baima City in the Western Regions.
When the update of the four lists was approaching, many cultivators had already gathered in the square in advance, discussing the highlights of the previous four lists.
“Although Lu Qingshan cannot be called the strongest in the fourth realm, he is definitely the strongest number one on the Yellow List in hundreds of years!”
"Defeating a Yellow List cultivator is as easy as eating and drinking water. Who else can defeat a Yuanying cultivator but him?"
"But I don't think Lu Qingshan's dominance on the Yellow List will last too long. Not long ago, Yan Fei from our Western Region just broke through to become a Void Refining cultivator, and his name jumped off the Yellow List. With Lu Qingshan's talent, how could he stay in the Nascent Soul Realm for too long?"
"That makes sense..."
At this moment, ripples appeared on the jade screen wall.
"It's out." someone shouted.
"What changes will there be in the four lists this time?" someone asked expectantly, while his eyes wandered over the four lists.
After a moment, he was suddenly dumbfounded, "This... this..."
"The strongest in the four realms?!" After a moment of silence, his tone suddenly increased, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
Everyone cast their eyes to the top of the yellow list and saw that the name at the top had not changed, but there was an additional line of seemingly inconspicuous small words in the column of battle record:
Name: Lu Qingshan
Ranking: First
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Battle record: ...; In Zhenjiang, he defeated the sword cultivator of the sixth realm.
Title: Jian Jue, the Strongest in the Four Realms
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"In Zhenjiang, we attacked the Sixth Realm Sword Cultivator."
These nine big characters were like nine spring thunders, which made all the cultivators present have buzzing heads and were confused.
There is no need to describe the intensity of the battle or go into details about the specific process.
Just these nine brief and understated words made everyone silent.
"Is this really possible?" Someone muttered softly, breaking the almost frozen scene.
For so many years, Tianji Temple has set up the four lists of Tiandi Xuanhuang for such a long time, but so far, only the strongest of the seven realms, Xia Daoyun, has emerged.
Finally, on this day, each of the four realms had its so-called strongest person.
He is a cultivator in the sixth realm!
He is an outstanding figure capable of founding a sect, and the most top-notch cultivator in the state.
How could such a character be defeated by a Nascent Soul cultivator?
If the record had not been given by the Tianji Temple, which has always had great credibility, no cultivator present would have dared to believe such a far-fetched rumor.
In the face of such a record, no one disputed Lu Qingshan's title of "the strongest in the four realms".
The news that "Lu Qingshan is attacking the sixth-level swordsman" quickly spread to all major forces.
For the leaders of many forces, Lu Qingshan was just a junior worthy of attention before, but after today, he has become a person worthy of fear.
They had a feeling...it wouldn't be long before Lu Qingshan would have the strength to threaten them.
If he hadn't died young.
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In early winter, the warm sun is setting, the wild grass is rustling, and a gust of wind blows, bringing a bit of chill.
Lu Qingshan's long hair was pinned up with an ebony hairpin to prevent it from being messed up by the wind. His face was ruddy, without any trace of paleness.
A month has passed since the battle at Mihe Peak.
Even with massive amounts of elixirs and the treatment of the Azure Sword, it still took him a month to recuperate.
However, although the injuries have recovered, some lost things can never be recovered.
That is his lifespan, the source of his life.
There are still many ways to make up for the damage to the origin of life. For example, the Lord of Qingqiu Mountain successfully healed .
But Lu Qingshan's situation is different.
Mimi's situation at that time was like it should have lived to be eighty years old, but due to excessive extraction of essence and blood, its body deteriorated and it could only live to be fifty years old.
The immortal origin is like a good medicine, which nourishes its body.
As for Lu Qingshan's situation at this time, the Wheel of Life had spun for six hundred times in vain, causing his life span to be shortened by six hundred years by the three swords.
He was still twenty-one, that hadn't changed.
However, the upper limit of his lifespan was reduced from one thousand years to four hundred years.
The immortal origin can repair and restore the origin of life, but it cannot create something out of nothing.
This is a real loss.
"Perhaps I am the shortest-lived Nascent Soul cultivator in history?" This thought suddenly flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind.
In terms of gains, it is not without.
His killing sword intent was successfully upgraded to the true intent of destruction after that battle.
It is equivalent to exchanging 600 years of life for the true meaning of destruction.
Is this business profitable?
Lu Qingshan didn’t know either.
But he didn't dwell on this issue too much.
Don't think about the past anymore.
People need to look forward.
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"We're here." Lu Yuan, who was leading the way, interrupted Lu Qingshan's thoughts.
In front of us is a well-maintained tomb with a newly erected tombstone.
"That day was the day when the great elder was buried in his coffin, and everyone in the clan came to attend the great elder's funeral," Lu Yuan, the head of the Lu family, looked at the extremely young descendant in front of him with a complicated expression, and said softly, "So the ancestral land happened to be empty."
That day refers to the day when Yuan Cang ambushed and killed Lu Qingshan on the Mihe Peak.
“When he was alive, the Great Elder worked hard for the Lu family. Even after his death, the Great Elder is still protecting the Lu family.” Lu Yuan sighed.
In order to prevent someone from tipping off the enemy, Yuan Cang slaughtered all the Lu family cultivators who were at Mihe Peak when Lu Qingshan showed up.
Fortunately, because they had to attend Lu Zhou's tomb-entering ceremony and had moved to the new family residence, there were only three or two Lu family cultivators on that day in the already desolate Mihe Peak.
So the Lu family’s loss was not great.
Lu Qingshan looked at the tombstone in silence.
Only when nine things are true and one is false is enough to gain the trust of others.
Although the spiritual letter was sent by the underworld, the content in the letter was not fabricated out of thin air.
The time of Great Elder Lu Zhou's death had actually come half a year ago.
"The Great Elder said that birth, aging, sickness and death are common occurrences in the world, so there's no need to make it a big deal. Just let him go in peace, and told us not to send a message to you...so..." Lu Yuan explained.
"Moreover, it's not just you. Lu Bei, who is practicing outside, also doesn't know about the death of the Great Elder." The head of the Lu family sighed again.
Lu Qingshan rushed back to see Lu Zhou for the last time, but in the end he was unable to do so.
Open-minded old people never ask for much.
"I'm sorry about the Lu family's ancestral land." Lu Qingshan said.
After he exerted the power of mountains and seas, Mihe Peak had become a desolate land, with no possibility of recovery.
This mountain where the Lu family has thrived for hundreds of years has become history.
And if it weren't for him, the Lu family cultivators in Mihe Peak would not have been massacred by Yuan Cang.
"It's good that you are still here. Land is dead, but people are alive. Your life is worth a hundred ancestral lands in exchange for," Lu Yuan said calmly. "As for the rest, just like the Great Elder, all of us in the Lu family have always been proud of you, Lu Qingshan."
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Lu Yuan stood with Lu Qingshan for a while and then left, leaving the space to him.
Lu Qingshan was not surprised by the death of the great elder.
He will experience more of this kind of thing in the future, and it will not only happen to his elders, but also to his friends.
The cruelest thing about the path of cultivation is that it is a long march where people are constantly falling behind. Among them are enemies, but... there are also friends.
No one can guarantee that they can reach the end in the end...including Lu Qingshan.
But so what ?
Just keep going. Why bother thinking about where you will end up?
Success does not only come when you reach the end; the process of continuous progress has its own meaning.
Lu Qingshan took a deep look at the tombstone of the great elder, then looked at the new residence of the Lu family in the distance, turned around, flew up on his sword, and disappeared in an instant, turning into a sword light.
Above the sky, Lu Qingshan looked relaxed, and his whole body exuded a transcendent temperament.
"The starting point of the path of cultivation is the cause, and the end point is the result. There is no doubt about this. However, not only the end point is the result, but every part of the journey is also a result..."
"So, when we live in this world, there is cause and effect everywhere. Why should we bother to pursue cause and effect?"
The next moment, the true meaning of cause and effect emerged in my mind.
With a bang, an illusory sound exploded in Lu Qingshan's heart.
His spirit suddenly spread and broke through a certain barrier.
Artistic conception is related to one's own thinking, temperament and chance, so some people advance faster than others, and the methods are different and cannot be compared.
Some people even achieve a breakthrough in artistic conception while eating or sleeping.
Last time, he realized the true meaning of destruction between life and death.
This time, he inadvertently felt that his path of cultivation, artistic conception, and his own nature had an indescribable fit.
"This is the true meaning of cause and effect..." Lu Qingshan's eyes showed a gleam of sudden enlightenment.
The true meaning of cause and effect that he had been pursuing for a long time had unknowingly been fulfilled through this kind of harmony.
