Chapter 153: Sword cultivators fight, who will kill my grandson?
“In dreams, enlightenment is hard-won, upon the Azure Cloud Platform, the true self is seen.”
“Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements all understood, transformed into a jade platform to build the foundation of the Dao.”
“To walk the Great Dao alone is not my wish, to be free in the mortal world brings prosperity for ten thousand generations.”
“Humans are not plants, how can they be without feelings? Only the mortal body is severed, not the heart.”
Lu Changsheng stood with his hands clasped behind his back on the Iron Feather Eagle. His blue robe fluttered, a jade tree facing the wind, softly reciting the opening poem he had conceived.
“Hmm?”
After flying several hundred miles, Lu Changsheng suddenly sensed a sharp aura behind him, rushing towards him like a whirlwind.
Faced with this sharp aura, Lu Changsheng’s expression immediately turned grave, and he became wary.
After all, having been in the world of cultivation for so many years, he was quite experienced.
Encountering this situation just after leaving the market made him have to be careful and vigilant.
With his past experience, Lu Changsheng immediately stood in the air on his flying artifact, retrieving the useless Iron Feather Eagle, which was only good for transportation, into his spirit pet bag.
The next moment, Lu Changsheng saw a golden escape light, as fast as a shooting star, tearing through the air, coming fiercely.
“It’s him?”
As the escape light approached, Lu Changsheng immediately recognized the person inside as a young man of twenty-four or five years old, wearing a golden robe and riding a flying shuttle.
It was the young man he had seen in Qingyun Market when he and Xiao Xiyue walked out of the cave dwelling, Meng Yibai.
Lu Changsheng had guessed at the time that the other party had intentions towards Xiao Xiyue. Seeing his close contact with Xiao Xiyue, he might feel jealous or something.
His disguise was also for this consideration.
Unexpectedly, after disguising himself multiple times, completely changing his appearance, this person still targeted him and came directly to hunt him down.
“Shua!”
As soon as Meng Yibai approached Lu Changsheng, his expression was cold, and without a word,
a brilliant golden sword rainbow slashed towards Lu Changsheng, sharp and swift.
“Puchi!”
Lu Changsheng was prepared. He lightly raised his right hand, and the Seven Luminaries Sword Radiance was activated, cutting through the air and shattering the golden sword rainbow.
“Who is Your Excellency? Why did you suddenly attack me?”
Looking at Meng Yibai in front of him, Lu Changsheng spoke.
If it were an ordinary rogue cultivator, he naturally wouldn’t waste words with the other party.
But chatting with Xiao Xiyue, he knew that the young man in front of him was not only a disciple of the Qingyun Sect but also had an elder who was a Pseudo-Core True Person.
If possible, Lu Changsheng really didn’t want to make an enemy of the other party.
After all, killing this kind of person would likely cause trouble.
Moreover, Lu Changsheng also wanted to know why the other party could see through his disguise and lock onto his trail.
“Sure enough, you have some ability. Just breaking through to Foundation Establishment, you can break my sword energy.”
“As for why I attacked you, I think you should be very clear in your heart.”
Meng Yibai sneered.
His tall figure stood on the flying shuttle, like a spear piercing through the sky and earth, proud and sharp.
“I really don’t know where I offended Your Excellency?”
Lu Changsheng put on a bitter smile.
“Since you don’t know, then take your questions and die!”
Meng Yibai didn’t say much, coldly shouted, pinched a magic seal, and his whole body’s aura became sharp, causing a golden sound to ring in the void.
A golden flying sword appeared.
Countless golden runes flowed on the sword body, and the sword energy crisscrossed, killing towards Lu Changsheng sharply.
“Alas, it seems there’s no room for negotiation.”
Looking at the golden flying sword coming to kill him, Lu Changsheng’s expression changed solemnly, and he didn’t say any more.
Knowing that this person’s character was extremely domineering and arrogant, and he harbored jealousy and killing intent towards him, so he was unwilling to say more at all.
“Since that’s the case, then let’s see whose flying sword is sharper!”
Lu Changsheng said coldly.
Did he really think he had a good temper?
Moreover, having just achieved Foundation Establishment, he also wanted to try his methods.
He patted his storage bag, and the blood-colored scissors appeared, driven by mana, transforming into a blood-colored flood dragon, roaring ferociously towards the golden flying sword.
At the same time, a snow-white flying sword appeared in front of him.
“Sword Shadow Division Light Art!”
Lu Changsheng pinched a magic seal with both hands, and streams of rainbow light were injected into the flying sword.
The snow-white flying sword trembled violently, and seven-colored treasure light flowed, transforming into two identical flying swords.
The next moment, two more identical flying swords appeared.
A total of eight flying swords appeared in front of Lu Changsheng.
The second level of the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture not only has the Seven Luminaries Heart Lamp technique, which can forge natal spiritual weapons,
but also two magical power techniques.
The first technique is called Sword Shadow Division Light Art.
When fighting against others, it can conjure up to eight sword shadows identical to the flying sword.
The sword shadows can not only confuse the enemy’s vision, but each sword shadow also has 30% of the main body’s power.
The second technique is called Division Light Transformation Shadow Condensation Sword Art!
After using the Sword Shadow Division Light Art to transform into several sword shadows, all the sword shadows can be condensed into the flying sword to unleash the strongest blow.
Like ordinary beginners, practicing this Sword Shadow Division Light Art can conjure up to one or two sword shadows.
But Lu Changsheng was completely familiar with the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture, and there was no need to spend time practicing at all.
Moreover, he had the Profound Origin Pearl with him, so there was no need to worry about excessive mana consumption when conjuring multiple sword shadows.
“Hmm? You are also a sword cultivator!”
Meng Yibai was somewhat surprised to see Lu Changsheng’s whole body exuding a sharp aura, as if he had changed into a different person, displaying the means of dividing light and transforming shadows.
Cultivators can probably be divided into the literary cultivation faction and the martial fighting faction.
The literary cultivation faction mainly obtains cultivation resources through production and trade.
The martial fighting faction mainly obtains cultivation resources through combat and plunder.
Sword cultivators are typical of the martial fighting faction.
Their actions emphasize moving forward without hesitation and are known for their powerful combat strength and sharp fighting skills.
This was also the reason why he felt unhappy when he saw Lu Changsheng and Xiao Xiyue together, and when he had a knot in his heart, he wanted to directly kill Lu Changsheng.
“Since that’s the case, then I’ll let you see the true skills of a sword cultivator!”
Meng Yibai pinched a magic seal with both hands, and the golden flying sword suddenly emitted a clear cry, releasing streams of sword energy.
The sword energy swept like a storm, and in an instant, it caused the blood-colored flood dragon to wail and its whole body to dim.
“Go!”
Lu Changsheng’s expression remained unchanged, and the nine flying swords in front of him shot out together.
Three swords killed towards the golden flying sword, and six swords killed towards Meng Yibai.
“Hmm!?”
Meng Yibai frowned slightly as he looked at the incoming flying swords.
He found that the flying swords coming to kill him were all like real objects, making it impossible for him to distinguish them for a while.
His expression did not change, and he was not flustered at all. His eyebrows raised like swords, and he patted his dantian, spitting out a glittering sword pellet.
This sword pellet was round and golden, like a golden pill, rotating around him, forming a sword energy net.
The sword pellet’s form is a pellet, its meaning is a sword, combining both strength and softness.
It can cut gold like mud when sharp, and be as soft as a ring around a finger when gentle. Its power far exceeds that of flying swords of the same level.
Moreover, this sword pellet was his natal spiritual weapon, and its power was astonishing.
“Clang clang clang—”
The six conjured flying swords emitted sounds of metal clashing and sparks flying in front of the sword pellet net.
This sword pellet was indeed extraordinary and astonishing, not only preventing Lu Changsheng’s conjured flying swords from breaking through the defense, but also causing cracks to appear on the sword bodies.
“My Foundation Establishment is newly formed, my accumulation is insufficient, and many methods have not kept up.”
“In order to avoid accidents, I must fight quickly!”
Through a simple exchange of blows, Lu Changsheng had a rough understanding of Meng Yibai’s strength.
His cultivation should be in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
But he had the Profound Origin Pearl with him, and his mana was no weaker than that of the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
Even in terms of mana quantity, he was even slightly better.
Naturally, he was not afraid of the other party in a battle between equals.
But after all, the other party was a disciple of the Immortal Sect and had an elder who was a Pseudo-Core True Person, so he must have many trump cards and life-saving methods, so it was best to fight quickly.
“Your so-called sword cultivator methods are nothing more than this, taste my sword!”
“Division Light Transformation Shadow Condensation Sword Art!”
Lu Changsheng pinched a magic seal with both hands, and the mana in his body surged like a river, and the mana in the Profound Origin Pearl in his dantian also flowed rapidly.
Causing the eight conjured flying swords to tremble violently, blooming with dazzling light.
Then, they transformed into streams of seven-colored rainbow light, merging into the snow-white flying sword, making the snow-white flying sword shine brightly, transforming into a giant sword that was a zhang long.
“斩!”
Lu Changsheng’s two fingers were like swords, controlling the flying sword to slash out.
The giant sword crossed, seven-colored divine light flowed, and endless killing intent and fierce sword energy surged, seeming to obliterate all vitality, slashing towards Meng Yibai, with astonishing power.
“Clang clang clang—”
Under the terrifying offensive of the seven-colored giant sword, the golden flying sword directly emitted a wail of being unable to bear the heavy burden.
“How is this possible?”
“How could you, a cultivator who has just broken through to Foundation Establishment, display such a technique and have such strength!”
Meng Yibai’s eyes twitched as he looked at the seven-colored giant sword, and he couldn’t help but be shocked.
As a sword cultivator, he was inherently invincible at the same level.
So he didn’t take Lu Changsheng, who had just broken through to Foundation Establishment, seriously at all.
Just now, Lu Changsheng’s means of dividing light and transforming shadows only made him feel very talented, no wonder he was favored by a proud daughter of heaven like Xiao Xiyue.
But now, this kind of means is no longer something that talent can explain.
Or rather, this is definitely not a method that a cultivator who has just broken through to Foundation Establishment should have!
Lu Changsheng’s expression was indifferent, and he didn’t reply, wanting to kill him with one sword.
“This son has such amazing means, he must have obtained the inheritance of an unparalleled sword cultivator!”
“Even if I pay some price, it’s worth it to kill him!”
Meng Yibai’s body burst with sword energy, and he took out a huge tortoise shell to block the giant sword’s attack.
The golden sword pellet around him, after forming a net of heavenly swords, suddenly burst out, and the dense sword light permeated, cutting through the air, killing towards Lu Changsheng.
At the same time, a blue talisman appeared in his hand, blooming with light and surging aura.
“Talisman treasure!”
Lu Changsheng noticed Meng Yibai’s movements immediately.
Seeing that the blue talisman in the other party’s hand was a talisman treasure.
He thought that it was worthy of being a disciple of the Immortal Sect, and this talisman treasure was about to become standard equipment.
Before, Xiao Xiyue had a talisman treasure, and this person also had a talisman treasure!
“Go!”
Lu Changsheng didn’t take out the golden light brick talisman treasure to fight head-on.
His golden light brick magic weapon had little remaining power and couldn’t be consumed continuously at all.
He patted his storage bag, released a top-grade shield magic weapon and his second-order puppet to block the sword pellet.
Then, a steady stream of mana poured into the seven-colored giant sword, urging the power of this sword to the extreme, making it powerful and domineering.
“Crack!”
At this moment, a crack immediately appeared in the tortoise shell magic weapon.
“Not good!”
Meng Yibai didn’t expect Lu Changsheng’s offensive to be so fierce.
His tortoise shell was a low-grade spiritual weapon.
In the face of this giant sword’s offensive, it seemed so vulnerable.
Seeing that Lu Changsheng also had a second-order puppet, he had no choice but to let his sword pellet return to defense.
The sword energy burst out, forming a sky-filled spiral sword net, continuing to block the offensive of the seven-colored giant sword, buying time for himself to activate the talisman treasure.
In a few breaths, the blue talisman treasure was activated by him.
Accompanied by a clear cry, this talisman treasure transformed into a few inches in size, a blue jade ruler with flowing water light.
The jade ruler bloomed with dazzling light in the air.
Like Lu Changsheng’s previous Senbai Flying Sword, it divided into two, then four, then eight, transforming into jade rulers.
Before long, a sky-filled array of blue jade rulers appeared before Meng Yibai, numbering over a hundred.
These jade rulers were neatly arranged, blocking the seven-colored giant sword.
“Go!”
Meng Yibai formed a hand seal, causing the sword pellet that was colliding with the giant sword to transform into a golden stream of light, attacking Lu Changsheng once more.
At the same time, jade rulers also hurtled towards Lu Changsheng.
Although his magic treasure was ordinary, it excelled in both offense and defense.
“For a sword cultivator to start defending is to admit defeat.”
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Lu Changsheng’s expression was calm as he spoke, intending to influence the opponent’s mind.
His spiritual sense controlled the magic shield and the Tier 2 puppet, directing them to defend against the sword pellet.
Simultaneously, his palm slashed out like a blade, launching sword beams towards the blue jade rulers.
Seeing several blue jade rulers destroyed by his Seven Luminaries Sword Beam, he gained a general understanding of the jade rulers’ power.
Immediately, a talisman appeared in his hand.
From the red-robed youth, he had obtained seven Tier 2 high-grade talismans.
Among them, four talismans were for attack.
Tier 2 High-Grade Talisman - Thunderfire Unexpected Calamity Talisman!
“Boom boom boom—”
Lu Changsheng launched the talisman, transforming it into endless heavenly thunder and earthly fire, sweeping towards the sky-filled jade rulers with astonishing power, causing a wild bombardment.
This caused the countless jade rulers, already struggling to block the seven-colored giant sword, to tremble madly, with jade rulers shattering and splitting apart repeatedly.
“Go!”
Seeing his Tier 2 puppet steadily retreating before the sword pellet, its body showing damage, Lu Changsheng immediately reactivated the blood-colored scissors, transforming them into a blood-colored flood dragon to attack the golden sword pellet.
After all, repairing the puppet afterward would not only cost money but also time.
“Little guy, keep an eye out.”
Lu Changsheng released the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm from his spirit pet pouch.
Although the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm was currently only in the late stage of Tier 1,
as long as the opponent was not a body cultivator, lurking in the shadows could still deliver a surprise attack.
“Damn it!”
“He’s just a cultivator who recently broke through to Foundation Establishment; where did he get such abundant mana to support his techniques!”
Meng Yibai felt the mana within his body rapidly draining, and his expression was extremely unsightly.
He, with his Tier 5 Foundation Establishment cultivation, was now rapidly losing mana, having exhausted most of it.
Yet Lu Changsheng was just a cultivator who had recently broken through to Foundation Establishment, with less than half his mana.
To be able to calmly cast other spells and activate spirit tools while simultaneously driving a terrifying divine technique like the seven-colored giant sword was beyond his comprehension.
“Crack!”
Just then, a crisp sound rang out.
The tortoise shell, full of cracks, completely shattered in mid-air, causing the countless jade rulers to constantly break and divide under the seven-colored giant sword.
“No, this child is problematic, very problematic!”
“He must have some kind of rare treasure on him that stores and amplifies mana; otherwise, having just broken through to Foundation Establishment, it’s absolutely impossible for him to be so exaggerated.”
Seeing that Lu Changsheng showed no signs of mana exhaustion, and with another talisman in his hand about to be launched, Meng Yibai’s expression turned extremely ugly.
He decisively decided to escape.
Although sword cultivators valued moving forward unswervingly with clear thoughts,
they were not fools.
Knowing that as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn, there was no need to fight to the death.
Meng Yibai surged all the mana in his body, fully activating the magic treasure in his hand to resist the terrifying offensive of the giant sword.
At the same time, he recalled the blood-colored flood dragon and the dim sword pellet of the Tier 2 puppet.
“Huh!?”
Seeing this scene, Lu Changsheng immediately realized something was wrong.
His blood-colored scissors and Tier 2 puppet couldn’t stop the sword pellet at all.
The current situation was whether he could break through the opponent’s magic treasure first,
or the opponent’s sword pellet could break through his Tier 2 puppet and blood-colored scissors.
But the fact that the opponent was now withdrawing their offensive clearly indicated a problem.
“Could he be trying to escape?”
Lu Changsheng paused in his heart, realizing that the opponent might be planning to flee.
Otherwise, as a sword cultivator, abandoning offense and fully defending in this situation was clearly illogical.
Immediately, Lu Changsheng no longer economized.
He took out his magic treasure, the Golden Light Brick.
Although the Golden Light Brick magic treasure did not have much power,
it had the effect of suppressing the world, making it impossible for people to break free and difficult to escape.
Now that Lu Changsheng had broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, activating the magic treasure was much faster than during the Qi Refining stage.
Before long, the magic treasure in his hand soared into the sky, radiating golden light.
“Magic Treasure!”
Meng Yibai’s expression changed drastically upon seeing this.
He never expected that Lu Changsheng would also have a magic treasure on him, hiding it until now.
At this moment, he couldn’t care less about his natal sword pellet.
He directly drove the flying shuttle under his feet, transforming into a golden light and fleeing without looking back.
But part of the power of the Golden Light Brick magic treasure had already manifested.
Golden light radiated everywhere, and the power of an ancient divine mountain suddenly suppressed down, causing his body to sink and his mana to stagnate.
The Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, which was hiding in the shadows, also transformed into a golden thread at this moment and suddenly attacked.
“What is this?”
Meng Yibai was, after all, a Foundation Establishment cultivator and keenly sensed the approaching Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, his body erupting with mana to form a protective aura.
“Clang!”
The Six-Winged Golden Silkworm struck the shield, emitting a sound of metal clashing, failing to penetrate.
“Boom boom boom!”
At this time, lacking Meng Yibai’s mana support, the sky-filled blue jade rulers began to break constantly under the giant sword.
Lu Changsheng immediately led the Tier 2 puppet to attack Meng Yibai.
“Fellow Daoist, if you are willing to stop here and let me go, I swear on my Dao heart that I will never seek revenge and am willing to offer this magic treasure, as well as ten thousand spirit stones, as compensation.”
Under the suppression of the Golden Light Brick, Meng Yibai’s mana was sluggish, and he knew that it would be difficult to escape in this situation. He immediately spoke out.
“I am somewhat curious; I have already disguised myself, how did you track me down?”
Lu Changsheng used the remaining power of the Golden Light Brick to suppress Meng Yibai, asking.
“I have a Tier 1 low-grade pet beast with earth-attribute bloodline, the Earth Spirit Rat.”
“This rat doesn’t have any other abilities, but it has an extremely keen sense of smell for heaven and earth spiritual objects, and this sense of smell extends to other things as well.”
“It has smelled the aura on Fellow Daoist’s body and the scent of your storage bag, so even if Fellow Daoist disguises yourself and conceals your aura, you cannot completely hide it and can still be roughly sensed.”
“If Fellow Daoist needs it, Meng is willing to offer this Earth Spirit Rat as well.”
As a sword cultivator, Meng Yibai, although begging for mercy, still maintained his upright posture and spoke in a neither servile nor overbearing tone.
“So that’s how it is.”
Lu Changsheng nodded slightly upon hearing this.
He had previously seen in books that some treasures, spirit beasts, could even sense the treasures in other people’s storage bags.
He never expected that this Earth Spirit Rat could not only smell a person’s aura but also the aura of a storage bag.
This made him feel a wave of lingering fear in his heart.
Fortunately, he had not encountered any cultivators who could sense the treasures in his storage bag; otherwise, he would have been the ultimate fat sheep.
“Fellow Daoist, what do you say?”
Meng Yibai had very little mana left in his body, and seeing that his magic treasure was almost dim, he felt somewhat anxious, but he still tried to steady his mind and said in a deep voice.
“What is there to say? In this situation, how can you expect me to let you go?”
“I cannot rest easy if I don’t kill you.”
As Lu Changsheng’s words fell, the seven-colored giant sword suddenly slashed down.
From the moment the other party fought him, their death was inevitable.
Otherwise, being targeted by such an arrogant person who would chase after him over such trivial matters would make it difficult for him to sleep!
“Fellow Daoist, we originally have no grudges or animosity; this matter was just a momentary impulse, and I offended Fellow Daoist. I am willing to apologize to Fellow Daoist, and you can make any request.”
“Moreover, my grandmother is a Pseudo-Core True Person of the Azure Cloud Sect, and she has planted a soul imprint in my body. If Fellow Daoist kills me, my grandmother will know.”
“I am telling Fellow Daoist this not as a threat but only to let you know that if you kill me, you will only bring endless trouble upon yourself, which outweighs the benefits.”
Meng Yibai forcibly surged the mana in his body, rotating the golden sword pellet, trying to escape.
But the entire person was suppressed by the Golden Light Brick, as if trapped in a swamp, making it difficult to break free, and he could only reactivate the magic treasure to block this attack.
At this moment, his tone also became hurried, unable to be as calm and neither servile nor overbearing as before.
“Alas, it is precisely because of this that I initially asked if you had misunderstood.”
“But it’s a pity that I gave you a chance, and you didn’t know how to seize it!”
Lu Changsheng sighed.
As soon as the words fell, his eyes revealed a fierce look, and he fully unleashed the seven-colored giant sword to slash down.
Today, even if the other party said everything under the heavens, their death was inevitable.
Otherwise, being remembered by such an arrogant person who would chase after him over such trivial matters would make it difficult for him to sleep!
“Boom boom boom—”
The forcibly activated magic treasure and sword pellet erupted, constantly colliding in front of the seven-colored giant sword.
But his mana was mostly exhausted, and he was suppressed by the Golden Light Brick, his mana sluggish, and facing this terrifying offensive, how could he possibly block it?
“Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!”
The five lances behind the Tier 2 puppet shot out together like lightning, piercing through Meng Yibai’s protective aura and then piercing through his body.
“Puh!”
Immediately, Meng Yibai spat out blood, unable to support the magic treasure sword pellet to block.
In the next moment, the seven-colored giant sword slashed down like the opening of heaven and earth, dividing Meng Yibai’s body into two halves, blood spurting out and splashing across the sky.
“My techniques are still too few.”
“If it weren’t for the mana amplification and support of the Profound Essence Pearl, the outcome of this battle would have been uncertain.”
“Moreover, this flying sword is not suitable for me.”
Seeing Meng Yibai die, Lu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief and muttered in his heart.
He also had a general understanding of his own strength.
Without thinking too much, he immediately grabbed the other party’s treasures, including the corpse, with a large hand of mana, transforming into a light and disappearing.
And just at this moment.
Azure Cloud Sect.
Inside a magnificent golden palace.
An old woman with a wrinkled face and white hair suddenly felt something.
A natal jade tablet appeared in her hand.
But on this natal jade tablet, there was now a crack.
“Yibai!”
Looking at the broken natal tablet in her hand, her eyes were filled with disbelief, and she let out a shrill roar.
“Who is it, who killed my grandson!”
The old woman’s aura permeated the air, and her eyes revealed a crimson color.
After a moment, the entire person transformed into a rainbow light and flew out of the palace.
Then, driving a spirit boat, she transformed into a light and shot towards the Azure Cloud Market direction.