Chapter 153: Borrow Ji Qing’s Saber Intent For A Use! The Result? Just This?
On the Yunmeng River, a black-clothed figure stood quietly.
“Look, there’s an Immortal!”
A black-covered boat sailed past on the Yunmeng River, and upon seeing the black-clothed figure standing on the river surface, many people looked over curiously.
Being able to stand in midair on the river surface was now almost universally regarded as that of an “Immortal.”
However, no one dared to approach.
Ji Qing was unaware that he had been regarded as an “Immortal.” Upon arriving at the Yunmeng River again, he could immediately sense the mark of the Yunmeng Goddess.
With just a thought, he could directly shuttle to the Water Mansion at the river bottom.
However, Ji Qing had an idea in his mind.
He wanted to try whether he could go to the river bottom without using the Water-Repelling Pearl.
Ji Qing had now forged his Dao Foundation.
He was already a Dao Foundation Expert.
However, his body and true qi were still fundamentally based on the Innate Five Elements Destruction Body and Innate Five Elements Destruction True Qi from before.
Ji Qing then withdrew his Innate True Qi.
His body directly stepped onto the river surface.
“Splash.”
Ji Qing directly fell into the river water.
However, the river water posed no threat to Ji Qing.
Instead, when the river water encountered Ji Qing’s body, it gave Ji Qing a very “familiar” feeling.
Even Ji Qing’s body could move freely underwater.
He could even slightly control some water to make himself faster in the water.
Ji Qing understood after a brief experience.
It turned out that his current body was even stronger, and it was based on the Five Elements.
Anything belonging to the Five Elements, Ji Qing’s body had very strong resistance to.
Therefore, Ji Qing could come and go freely in the water relying solely on his body.
Ji Qing felt extremely exhilarated in his heart.
Fortunately, he had insisted on cultivating the Innate Five Elements Destruction Scripture back then.
This laid a solid foundation.
Even though he was now a Dao Foundation Expert and the Innate Five Elements Destruction Scripture could no longer keep up with his cultivation, the foundation it laid was extremely solid. In the future, as he continued cultivating Dao Foundation Level martial arts, he could still retain the various wondrous abilities of the Innate Five Elements Destruction Scripture.
Ji Qing had already tested that his body had no problem entering the water, so he was too lazy to slowly search for the Water Mansion and instead activated the goddess mark.
“Whoosh.”
The next moment, Ji Qing was already in the Water Mansion.
“Hm?”
As soon as Ji Qing appeared in the Water Mansion, he discovered that the divine power within the Water Mansion was much greater than before.
He could sense it very clearly.
There was even a familiar and vast aura.
“Mister Ji.”
At this time, a familiar figure manifested.
It was none other than the Yunmeng Goddess.
The current Yunmeng Goddess was already quite different from before.
Although her appearance hadn’t changed, the divine power on her body was too dense.
Moreover, there was a pressure that made even Ji Qing feel palpitations.
Clearly, the Yunmeng Goddess was stronger than before.
As for how strong she had become, Ji Qing estimated that she had probably also reached the “Foundation Establishment” level.
After all, the Yunmeng Goddess had existed a thousand years ago.
She was not an ordinary weak deity.
The Yunmeng Goddess was also sizing up Ji Qing, then smiled and said, “I haven’t congratulated Mister Ji on forging your Dao Foundation. From now on, heaven and earth will be vastly different!”
Ji Qing understood the meaning in the Yunmeng Goddess’s words.
The Dao Foundation was indeed different.
It truly counted as entering the hall and chamber in the Martial Way.
He also knew the direction of effort in the “Martial Way.”
It was indeed vastly different from now on.
Once the Dao Foundation was forged, one could also be called a cultivator, belonging to Martial Dao Cultivators!
Of course, the Yunmeng Goddess could also be called a Divine Dao Cultivator.
As could the Immortal Dao Cultivators in the Immortal Sects.
“Goddess, my visit to the Water Mansion this time is to ask for your help.”
“Oh, what help?”
Ji Qing waved his hand.
A Towering Giant Tree flew out from the Storage Jade Pendant. It was none other than the Green Wood Immortal Sect’s sect-guarding magic tool, the Green Wood Divine Tree!
“Could this be the Green Wood Immortal Sect’s Green Wood Divine Tree?”
The Yunmeng Goddess’s eyes lit up as she asked.
“Correct, this is the Green Wood Divine Tree. However, it has been refined into a magic tool usable only by Immortal Dao Cultivators, and this Green Wood Divine Tree still has vitality with dense life aura. I want to refine this divine tree into my body, so I ask the Goddess to re-refine the Green Wood Divine Tree.”
The Yunmeng Goddess carefully examined the Green Wood Divine Tree.
She pointed with her finger, and divine power enveloped the Green Wood Divine Tree.
After a long time, the Yunmeng Goddess spoke: “Re-refining it poses no major problem, after all, the foundation of this magic tool is still that Green Wood Divine Tree. However, once re-refined, I cannot guarantee it will be stronger than the original magic tool, as the refining technique used for this magic tool is quite exquisite.”
Ji Qing nodded: “No problem. I just want the Green Wood Divine Tree, as long as it can be refined into my body.”
Ji Qing stated his request.
The Yunmeng Goddess immediately took the Green Wood Divine Tree.
“Three months, I’ll re-refine it for you.”
“Then I’ll have to trouble the Goddess. As for remuneration, how many spirit stones does the Goddess want?”
Ji Qing naturally would not let the Yunmeng Goddess help for free.
“No need for spirit stones, but I do have one thing that requires Fellow Daoist Ji’s help.”
“Please speak, Goddess.”
“The Yunmeng River is too vast, and with the Immortal Sects emerging into the world, the Water Moon Sect has taken a liking to the Yunmeng River and wants to include it within the Water Moon Sect’s domain. The Water Moon Sect learned of my existence and gave me two choices: either submit to the Water Moon Sect and work for them, or they destroy my divine statue and suppress and kill me.”
“Water Moon Sect?”
Ji Qing frowned.
There were too many Immortal Sects in the world, and he was not familiar with the Water Moon Sect.
But the Yunmeng Goddess had done her homework and introduced: “The Water Moon Sect is an extremely ancient sect. Though it is not a Golden Core orthodox lineage, it has three Foundation Establishment Cultivators, all of whom have already awakened, and their strength is very powerful.”
“Three Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators… not easy to exterminate.”
Ji Qing murmured softly.
The Yunmeng Goddess’s expression changed in shock, and she hurriedly said: “Fellow Daoist Ji, where would I need you to exterminate the Water Moon Sect? With Fellow Daoist’s current fame as the ‘Heavenly Saber,’ just sending a message to the Water Moon Sect would make them not dare to trouble me.”
“Send a message?”
Ji Qing pondered.
Actually, by his thinking, anything threatening should be directly exterminated.
If it was just deterrence, the Water Moon Sect might act at any time in the future.
However, the Water Moon Sect was indeed different from the Green Wood Immortal Sect.
Ji Qing had no certainty of exterminating the Water Moon Sect.
Then he could only first “send a message” and hope the Water Moon Sect would give him face and not trouble the Yunmeng Goddess.
“Alright, then Ji Mou will personally visit the Water Moon Sect to pay respects!”
“Then I’ll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Ji. I’ll now fully re-refine the Green Wood Divine Tree for Fellow Daoist Ji.”
The Yunmeng Goddess disappeared.
To help Ji Qing re-refine the Green Wood Divine Tree.
Ji Qing glanced at his own status.
Ji Qing: Dao Foundation（ Early Stage）
Heavenly Dragon Fundamental Seal: Beginner（5%）
Blade One: Perfection（Innate Saber Technique）
Saber Intent: Major Accomplishment（60%）
Origin Points: 508 points
Origin Points had already reached as high as 508 points.
They came from some Innate Grandmasters and even some first-rate experts who had joined forces to capture some demons.
It had to be said that bit by bit added up, unexpectedly accumulating so many origin points.
But it was not enough.
Ji Qing had found a “Heavenly Dragon Fundamental Seal” in the Ling Xiao Pavilion Martial Arts Library, which was a Dao Foundation Level cultivation technique.
Its main effect was to consolidate the foundation.
This was also the product of Ji Qing’s compromise.
He felt that the foundation forged by his “Five Elements Destruction Scripture” was very good.
Since that was the case, there was no need to switch to other Dao Foundation cultivation techniques.
He just needed to consolidate the foundation.
Besides consolidating the foundation, the Heavenly Dragon Fundamental Seal had another effect: enhancing power.
It was said that once the Heavenly Dragon Fundamental Seal reached perfection, it would add one strand of Heavenly Dragon Power.
As for exactly how strong one strand of Heavenly Dragon Power was?
Or what Heavenly Dragon Power was?
Ji Qing did not know.
Even the ancient records in Ling Xiao Pavilion had no mention.
Because no one in Ling Xiao Pavilion’s history had cultivated the Heavenly Dragon Fundamental Seal to perfection.
However, advancing the Heavenly Dragon Fundamental Seal once required 1000 origin points.
Equivalent to ten times that of an Innate Level cultivation technique!
Ji Qing had only accumulated 508 origin points now, far from 1000 origin points.
However, Ji Qing was not anxious.
Now, many martial artists in the Heavenly Martial Sacred Land were capturing demons all over the world.
As long as time passed, his origin points would naturally increase.
The only trouble was the saber technique.
He had only just created the Innate Level “Blade One.”
But now he was already at Dao Foundation, and “Blade One” had fallen behind.
He still needed to find a way to continue creating saber techniques.
But fortunately, he already had some clues.
It was to carry on the lineage and self-create “Saber Two.”
But it would also take some time.
“Water Moon Sect…”
Ji Qing thought for a moment and decided he still had to go personally.
“Whoosh.”
Ji Qing left the Water Mansion and directly turned into a streak of light, flying toward the Water Moon Sect.
The Water Moon Sect’s mountain gate was somewhat special.
It was in the sky above the Yunmeng River.
Like one Immortal Palace after another, straddling the void.
Even ordinary people could see those palaces amid the swirling clouds and mists.
This was a special magic tool, aided by a formation, allowing it to float in the void.
Ji Qing stopped in front of the Water Moon Sect.
The Water Moon Sect also had a Great Formation protecting the sect.
Without a token or being recorded in the Water Moon Sect, one simply could not enter.
Ji Qing naturally would not charge in rashly, to avoid misunderstandings.
He stood in the void with hands behind his back and shouted loudly: “Ji Qing of Heavenly Martial Sacred Land, here to pay respects to Water Moon Sect!”
Ji Qing’s voice boomed and spread into the Water Moon Sect.
In an instant, many Water Moon Sect cultivators looked at Ji Qing curiously.
“Ji Qing of Heavenly Martial Sacred Land? Is that the Dao Foundation Expert who exterminated the Green Wood Immortal Sect and is known as the ‘Heavenly Saber’?”
“It seems it really is him… but why has he come to our Water Moon Sect?”
“Could he intend to do to our Water Moon Sect what he did to the Green Wood Immortal Sect?”
“But our Water Moon Sect is far from Heavenly Martial Sacred Land, and we have no interactions…”
Many cultivators in the Water Moon Sect also became tense.
After all, a man’s reputation, a tree’s shadow.
Nowadays, “Ji Qing’s” name resounded throughout the world, and even Immortal Sects dared not underestimate him.
He was regarded as a peerless ferocious person.
Unless absolutely necessary, no one would provoke Ji Qing.
Yet Ji Qing had come to the Water Moon Sect.
This made the Water Moon Sect cultivators unable to not worry.
At this time, a Water Moon Sect Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator appeared.
She was a female cultivator.
Dressed in palace attire, with a noble temperament and powerful aura.
As soon as she appeared, the numerous Water Moon Sect disciples hurriedly saluted, clearly holding a high status in the Water Moon Sect.
“I am the Water Moon Sect Supreme Elder, Moon Spirit! I wonder what matter brings Fellow Daoist Ji to our Water Moon Sect?”
Moon Spirit Elder asked.
“So it’s Fellow Daoist Moon Spirit. Ji Mou has only one purpose in coming: to mediate the matter between your sect and the Yunmeng Goddess.”
“The Yunmeng Goddess is an old acquaintance of Ji Mou. She is a Divine Dao Cultivator and should have no conflicting interests with the Water Moon Sect. Why must your sect press her aggressively? The Yunmeng Goddess has promised that she only wants the area around the Yunmeng River and will not contend with the Water Moon Sect for any other places.”
“What does your sect think?”
Ji Qing’s words made Fairy Moon Spirit frown.
Mediate?
And it concerned the Yunmeng Goddess.
This indeed put the Water Moon Sect in a difficult position.
Everyone understood the principle that one does not allow others to snore beside one’s bed.
If the Water Moon Sect wanted to establish itself, the Yunmeng Goddess was an unstable factor that naturally needed to be removed.
Of course, the Yunmeng Goddess had always been in the Yunmeng River.
The true “outsider” was the Water Moon Sect.
But who made the Water Moon Sect strong?
The Yunmeng Goddess simply had no ability to drive away the Water Moon Sect.
She only wanted to preserve her own patch of land near the Yunmeng River.
She only sought self-preservation.
“Fine, our Water Moon Sect agrees to Fellow Daoist Ji and will not trouble the Yunmeng Goddess in the future.”
At this time, another purple-robed figure flew over from afar.
This was a bewitchingly beautiful, voluptuous female cultivator.
“Senior Sister, why have you come?”
Fairy Moon Spirit was somewhat surprised.
“Greetings to the Supreme Elder!”
The numerous Water Moon Sect disciples also saluted the purple-robed woman.
Clearly, this was another Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator.
“I am the Water Moon Sect Supreme Elder Fairy Zi He. Fellow Daoist Ji, we can agree to you and not trouble the Yunmeng Goddess from now on, but our Water Moon Sect has one request. We ask Fellow Daoist Ji to agree.”
“What matter?”
“We have heard that Fellow Daoist Ji’s Saber Intent has reached Major Accomplishment. We wish to borrow Fellow Daoist’s Saber Intent for use?”
“Saber Intent?”
“Yes, our Water Moon Sect has a secret realm, but due to a millennium of time, something went wrong with the secret realm, and it cannot be opened now. Only particularly powerful spiritual sense can try. Yet our Water Moon Sect has no one with particularly powerful spiritual sense.”
“Fellow Daoist Ji’s Saber Intent at Major Accomplishment is equivalent to a cultivator having incomparably powerful spiritual sense. If Fellow Daoist Ji is willing to act, the secret realm can most likely be opened. If the secret realm can be opened, we have another item to gift.”
Fairy Zi He waved her hand.
A long sword suddenly flew toward Ji Qing.
“Hm? This is…”
Ji Qing caught the long sword, and with one glance, he could tell this long sword was not any magic tool.
It was a Divine Weapon!
Crucially, it was not an ordinary Divine Weapon.
The Divine Weapon contained an extremely terrifying aura.
Even Ji Qing did not dare to easily probe it with Saber Intent.
“This Divine Weapon…”
Ji Qing asked puzzledly.
“This Divine Weapon is a Heavenly Human Realm Saber! Back then, our Water Moon Sect’s old ancestor made a bet with a Heavenly Human descendant and won this Divine Weapon.”
“Unfortunately, though the Divine Weapon is good, in the hands of us cultivators, it actually has little use. Fellow Daoist Ji is a Dao Foundation Expert and must be very interested in a Heavenly Human Realm Divine Weapon, right? If Fellow Daoist Ji is willing to act, regardless of whether the secret realm opens, this Divine Weapon will be gifted to Fellow Daoist Ji.”
Ji Qing carefully examined the long sword in his hand.
Correct.
This was definitely a Heavenly Human Realm Saber.
Even the long sword contained a terrifying artistic conception.
It was very likely the Heavenly Human Artistic Conception accumulated over time.
This was a good thing for Ji Qing.
And what he had to pay was merely fully activating his Saber Intent.
“Alright.”
Ji Qing immediately nodded in agreement.
“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ji. You can take the Heavenly Human Realm Saber ahead of time.”
Ji Qing nodded.
He stored the long sword, and then Fairy Zi He opened the mountain-protecting formation.
“Please follow me, Fellow Daoist Ji.”
Ji Qing followed behind Fairy Zi He and Fairy Moon Spirit.
The group soon arrived deep in the Water Moon Sect.
Ji Qing saw the secret realm entrance.
Many runes in the void formed a wall of runes.
Ji Qing then flicked out a strand of true qi.
“Buzz.”
The true qi collided with the wall of runes, merely stirring up faint ripples.
Yet the wall of runes remained completely unmoved.
“Fellow Daoist Ji, this is the secret realm entrance.”
“This secret realm is crucial to our Water Moon Sect. It was our successive patriarchs who poured their efforts into creating this secret realm. Unfortunately, over a millennium, the secret realm’s seal changed for some unknown reason and cannot be opened…”
“We tried every method and finally thought of one. This secret realm can be blasted open with a crack using powerful spiritual sense. As long as there’s a crack, the secret realm can slowly open.”
“Fellow Daoist Ji’s Saber Intent is also a spiritual level power and can likely substitute for spiritual sense. There is hope it can blast open a crack, so we ask Fellow Daoist Ji!”
The two Foundation Establishment female cultivators both bowed to Ji Qing.
They truly could think of no other way.
It just so happened that Ji Qing came, and Fairy Zi He had the sudden idea to borrow Ji Qing’s Saber Intent to try.
But as for the specific effect, no one knew.
“Alright, then Ji Mou will try, but Ji Mou dares not guarantee it will definitely work.”
“No problem, Fellow Daoist Ji can try boldly without worry.”
Fairy Zi He and Fairy Moon Spirit both retreated some distance.
Then they watched Ji Qing and the secret realm entrance intently.
Their hearts were actually quite tense.
Regarding Ji Qing’s Saber Intent, they had only heard rumors.
Neither knew exactly how strong it was.
Ji Qing took a deep breath, eyes fixed on the secret realm entrance.
“Boom.”
The next moment, Ji Qing no longer hesitated and activated his Saber Intent.
In the void, a half-substantial saber seemed to appear.
Then, the saber slashed down fiercely, striking the secret realm entrance.
Fairy Moon Spirit and Fairy Zi He naturally knew that was Saber Intent, a spiritual level power.
It belonged to something “manifested.”
However, for the manifested Saber Intent to be half-substantial was clearly extraordinary.
Ji Qing’s Saber Intent slammed into the secret realm entrance like the entire heaven and earth crashing down.
That momentum was extremely shocking.
“Rumble.”
The secret realm entrance shook violently.
Ripples like water surged wildly.
“Crack.”
Finally, the airtight secret realm entrance really developed a crack.
Even not just one.
But two, three, four, five…
“Splash.”
The next moment, the runes at the secret realm entrance flickered slightly and vanished without a trace.
As for the secret realm entrance, it was now fully open, with no obstruction at all.
Fairy Zi He and Fairy Moon Spirit both widened their eyes, expressions stiff.
Seeing this, Ji Qing calmly said: “Ji Mou used too much force and destroyed the runes at the secret realm entrance…”
He even thought to himself, wasn’t the secret realm entrance supposed to be very strong?
It even left the numerous Water Moon Sect cultivators helpless.
Even the three Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators had no solution.
They even had to offer a Heavenly Human Realm Saber worn as a Divine Weapon to Ji Qing to ask him to act.
Ji Qing had even prepared mentally for failure.
And yet, that was it?
