Chapter 200: Cihang
The two were only six or seven zhang apart, each standing straight on a floating log rising and falling with the waves.
With the cultivation of successor level figures, they could arrive in an instant. Even striking out with a sword to cross six or seven zhang and directly slay the opponent would be effortless.
Zhu Yu Zhao chose to stop at this distance, clearly having full confidence to slay Li Weiyi in one move, and that Li Weiyi could not dodge or escape. It was precisely because everything was under control that they had the leisure to chat a few sentences.
Li Weiyi sensed that the opponent’s battle intent was like chains wrapping around his body. The feeling was that no matter which direction he fled, he would be immediately pulled back.
The young martial cultivators on the shore did not notice anything amiss, and instead were extremely expectant for Li Weiyi to speak some martial arts insights.
Li Weiyi knew his own bitter situation. Just as he mobilized the magic energy in his body, Zhu Yu Zhao’s jade sword in hand slightly left the sheath, the threatening intent obvious.
“Being able to delay time is also a good thing, perhaps finding a better chance to escape.”
Thinking of this, Li Weiyi tried his best to remain calm and composed, recalling what Jar Master had once said to resolve his doubts: “The power of martial arts moves depends on two parts: qi and dao.”
“The so-called dao is Heavenly Law Integration, or battle intent, which is the degree of compatibility between the move and the profound laws of heaven and earth.”
“With our Five Seas Realm cultivation, we can only glimpse the surface. Li truly has no face to show off in front of others and invite ridicule.”
“As for the qi aspect, it naturally refers to magic energy and physical strength. The stronger the qi, the greater the power of the move naturally, even without Heavenly Law Integration, a casual swing would shatter the sky and split the earth.”
Zhu Yu Zhao appeared extremely eager to learn, with a serious expression: “This is exactly what I am curious about! Your Excellency is only third-tier qi, yet among the challengers, there were at least ten who cultivated fourth-tier qi. Your one move Ci Hang Kai Guang Finger, without even releasing battle intent, could defeat them all one after another. Could it be… that this move has already gone extremely far in the dao aspect?”
With his modest and studious appearance, who could imagine that Li Weiyi’s life was in his grasp?
The martial cultivators on the shore, including top figures like Zuo Qiu Lan Cheng and Qi Xiao, all assumed listening postures.
Even they believed that their own martial arts attainment was inferior to Li Weiyi’s, only that their cultivation had advanced ahead.
Li Weiyi smiled: “Actually, it’s very simple. The classics of each family’s martial arts should all mention it, but everyone values cultivation realm and magic energy strength more, ignoring these details.”
“Everyone under heaven knows that the vein trajectories born in each martial cultivator’s body are all different, just like the palm prints on people’s hands, impossible to find two people with completely identical vein trajectories.”
“Moreover, depending on the martial cultivator’s environment and mood, the trajectories of the veins in the body will also undergo some subtle changes.”
“When choosing the martial arts to cultivate, the first thing to consider is the compatibility degree between this martial art and one’s own vein trajectories. Secondly, when executing moves and techniques, how to circulate magic energy, how to change vein trajectories to enhance move power…”
The shore was already in an uproar.
“Is this something everyone under heaven knows? Why doesn’t our Lu Family have classics explaining such martial arts knowledge?”
“Your Lu Family is merely a Million-Strong Clan, how can it compare to Ten Million Gateways? Young Master Li is the son-in-law of Zuo Qiu Gatehouse, he must be able to access the deepest gateway secret classics.”
“Listen carefully. It’s rare for someone to be so open-hearted in a martial arts gathering, sharing martial arts experience we usually can’t access. Anyway, my trip to Qiu Prefecture this time has been hugely rewarding; I’ll go into secluded cultivation when I get back.”
“I was too impetuous before, only pursuing qi cultivation and realm. Now I know how much I’m lacking.”
Qi Xiao’s expression was grave, reflecting inwardly. No wonder with his Nine Springs Pure Immortal Body he couldn’t enter second rank; there were so many intricacies with veins that he had never noticed before.
Perhaps the successors’ combat power was so overwhelming precisely because of these subtle mysteries.
And as a successor, Zuo Qiu Lan Cheng was also extremely troubled at this moment, because what Li Weiyi spoke of was also his first contact. He thought to himself that perhaps the first successor, Ge Xian Tong, and those people all had such martial arts knowledge, and he truly was inferior. Today was an eye-opener!
After the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, he must go to the library pavilion for secluded cultivation for a period to make up for deficiencies.
Continue listening, continue learning.
A figure dressed in men’s clothing walked through the crowd of martial cultivators, proceeding along the white stone sea embankment. Her figure was extremely tall, wearing a bamboo hat and veil, holding a long sword, head down and striding quickly forward, also listening attentively.
What Li Weiyi spoke of came from Jar Master, this former transcendent, who truly believed these things were known to all under heaven.
But he did not know that knowing was one thing, cultivating and implementing it was another.
What Jar Master taught, ordinary sects and clans simply did not have. Ten Million Gateways had it, but the detailed cultivation methods were all sealed away, not allowing young martial cultivators to access until their cultivation reached a certain level.
Because facts proved that young martial cultivators accessing these extremely fine martial arts details easily led them astray, resulting in unrefined cultivation while wasting cultivation time.
Just like what Li Weiyi described: when executing martial arts moves, using special qi circulation methods and changing vein trajectories. In actual battle, thinking about so much often led to losing one’s life.
Peak martial arts geniuses were naturally exceptions.
The reason Jar Master lectured on profound and subtle aspects was truly because he was forced by Li Weiyi; otherwise, with Li Weiyi constantly asking about his vein count, sea of qi size back then, it could infuriate to death.
Jar Master just wanted to see how capable he really was.
Just as everyone was waiting for Li Weiyi to continue speaking, and Zhu Yu Zhao also showed a contemplative expression.
Li Weiyi seized this rare opportunity, his words abruptly stopping.
“Boom!”
Magic energy erupted from his body, shattering the opponent’s battle intent wrapped around him, and he executed Qing Xu Cicada Escape Step.
“He is an Ash Spirit!”
With the fewest words, informing Zuo Qiu Lan Cheng of the danger he faced.
In this life-and-death moment, how could he still care about concealing strength?
Li Weiyi pushed his movement technique to the limit, feet treading green smoke and mist, fast as chasing wind and moon, fleeing to the right on the sea surface.
Even though he had exhausted everything to strive for favorable conditions, after just one breath, the sound of breaking wind from behind was already whistling in his ears.
Too fast!
“Where is that sword of yours? I came for it.”
Zhu Yu Zhao’s five fingers clenched into a claw from afar, and instantly a several-zhang-long flame claw print coalesced on the sea surface. Five fingers like fire pillars, palm like fire cloud, enveloping Li Weiyi.
“As expected, Cang Jin… Excellent!”
Li Weiyi knew that Cang Jin would absolutely not kill him before obtaining the Yellow Dragon Sword, fundamentally different from that madwoman Qi Jin.
As long as the opponent intended to capture him alive, there was a chance of survival today.
He abruptly turned, magic energy surging madly into his right arm, five fingers forming finger sword.
Two fingers, unprecedentedly brilliant, like a star blooming on the sea.
“Splash!”
Li Weiyi’s fifth battle intent coalesced, vastly different from the previous four, not like the old immortals in mythological legends. But a young woman radiating immortal radiance all over, a red dot at her brow like the rising sun, long hair like a river hanging from the ninth heaven, eyes serene and eternal.
Like the previous four moves, compatible with some law of heaven and earth, drawing the dao image to become his battle intent.
Just like Jiu Li God’s battle intent and Thunder Department Deity’s battle intent, representing “Mind Connects to God”.
“Ci Hang Kai Guang!”
As he pointed out with one finger, the goddess spirit battle intent behind him also pointed out with one finger. The light beam collided with the flame claw print, forming violent energy ripples.
“Boom!”
The sea surface exploded, Li Weiyi flew backwards nearly ten zhang, blood overflowing from his mouth. Though injured, he successfully escaped from Zhu Yu Zhao’s claw.
“Mind Connects to God, excellent finger technique!”
Zhu Yu Zhao always maintained a polite and mild demeanor, his figure like instant teleport, charging out of the chaotic magic energy area, in an instant above Li Weiyi’s head, the three-chi jade sword in hand swung down sheath and all.
“Ao! Ao…”
One long howl after another rushed out from underwater beneath Li Weiyi’s feet.
The water surface churned violently.
The five-zhang-long nine-headed demonic flood dragon battle intent burst out of the water with a boom, nine flood dragon heads ferocious and huge, eighteen eyes radiating light.
Yin Eleven stood atop the centralmost flood dragon head, hands wearing Fire Scale Dragon Claw Gloves. One claw struck toward the sky, momentum like a rainbow, striking out a flame claw print as tyrannical as Zhu Yu Zhao’s previous one.
“Bang!”
The two forces, one above and one below, collided.
Zhu Yu Zhao soared into the sky, falling toward the direction behind him, quickly steadying his figure.
Yin Eleven fell back to the water surface, splashing water everywhere, retreating backwards.
“You arrived just in time.” Li Weiyi praised, his heart still lingering with fear.
Yin Eleven was not modest at all: “How clever am I! When you emphasized he came from the Western Territory from afar, and spoke so many martial arts knowledge he shouldn’t, I sensed something was wrong!”
Since Li Weiyi knew he might be targeted by Cang Jin, he naturally had to guard against it heavily, so Yin Eleven had always been hiding underwater near the arena.
Just right, he had recently fused Jiu Li God’s nine-headed demonic flood dragon battle intent, and underwater could better comprehend and polish it.
It could be said that as long as he could withstand Cang Jin’s one or two moves, Yin Eleven could arrive in time.
Intense and booming combat sounds came from the shore.
Just as Li Weiyi shouted Zhu Yu Zhao’s true identity earlier, Zuo Qiu Lan Cheng had just left his seat when paper money-shaped snowflakes began falling thickly from the sky.
“Zuo Qiu Lan Cheng, where are you going?”
Ming Nian Sheng laughed loudly, like a cannonball, charging out from the paper money nether snow straight toward him.
“Boom!”
The two successor level masters instantly fought together, figures sometimes soaring to the sky, sometimes plunging into the sea.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
Another four figures with powerful auras charged out from the crowd, leaping over the sea embankment, their target surprisingly the five iron boxes holding Spring Coins.
These four all wore monk’s robes, three men and one woman, each a peak strong practitioner of Five Seas Realm. One among them was even in the first rank of the Southern Territory.
“Coffin Mountain Four Truths.”
Qi Xiao stood atop one of the iron boxes, eyes sharp. Knowing he could not fight four even to the death, he immediately released magic energy to activate the defense formation.
Nirvana Truth laughed wildly: “You’ve earned too much black-hearted money, already incurring heaven’s wrath and people’s resentment. This poor monk has come specially to punish evil and promote good.”
Dharma Truth, beaten by Jiang Ning until only one arm remained, pinched a seal with his left hand, chanting leisurely: “Today we seek wealth, not lives, only for…”
“Alms!”
Ji Di roared in an extremely high-pitched voice.
Nirvana Truth said coldly: “Qi Xiao, if you know what’s good for you, open the formation yourself. Today we’ll spare your life.”
“Full of compassion.” Ji Di said.
Qi Xiao was no three-year-old child; how could he believe Buddha Bandits would be merciful? He snorted coldly: “You Coffin Mountain associate with the Far West Ash Region, doomed not to be tolerated in the Southern Territory. Wait and see; who dies first is uncertain. Want to rob money? You really think we have no preparations? If you have the skill, come break the formation and try.”
Qi Xiao naturally had confidence, because the formation underfoot protecting the Spring Coins was arranged by a Spirit Mind Master. Seeing that on the sea, a master had appeared to rescue Li Weiyi, he was completely at ease, with time to wear them down.
“The formation is your confidence?”
Nirvana Truth laughed, taking out a jade box from his boundary bag, undoing the seal runes on its surface.
After opening, purple radiance emanated from the box, wisps of electric light spilling out.
“Thunder Law Profound Ice.”
Qi Wangshu and Zuo Qiu Bai Yuan standing in the defense formation had drastic changes in expression, both feeling a great disaster impending.
