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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 5: [Seeking Immortality in the Eastern Sea]
Volume 5 (Pinyin): [Dong Hai xun xian]
Chapter 21 (458): [The Power of the Earth Sword Talisman]
(21st of Volume 5)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Ku-Di, the leader of the Coffin Mountain Four Truths, had ranked among the top ten in the Southern Territory's First-Class during the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival.
In just over two years since cultivating the Dragon Seed Dao, her cultivation had reached the Fourth Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm.
Among the inheritors of major powers, this was considered a normal pace - neither outstanding nor lagging behind.
However, her opponent, Yaoyin, was far from normal, having already reached the Third Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm.
She stood like a jade lotus rising from the sea, her dark hair swaying gently in the sea breeze. Her entire being radiated an aura of serene transcendence, an odd stillness like a bowl of perfectly still water.
"Whoosh!"
A five-foot-long sword materialized in her hand.
Her slender fingers, like jade scallions, gripped the blade of white jade ice crystal, its edge radiating a bone-chilling cold.
Li Weiyi immediately noticed something peculiar.
The sword had emerged from the Laogong point in her right palm, clearly no ordinary weapon.
Most Martial-Mystic cultivators cultivated Innate Worlds within their bodies, typically the Ancestral Field, Wind Mansion, and Five Seas. Psychic Masters also cultivated the Spirit Realm between their eyebrows.
The Laogong points in the palms were two of the Nine Springs.
Cultivating an Innate World within the Laogong point of the right hand was equivalent to gaining an additional Qi Sea.
"Whoosh!"
Yaoyin, clad in a cyan Daoist robe with a jade belt cinching her slender waist and wide sleeves billowing, swung her sword. Her sleeves and the sword radiance shimmered like azure clouds scattering moonlight.
A condensed white sword qi, resembling a radiant moon reflected on the sea's surface, surged toward Ku-Di.
Undaunted, Ku-Di leaped from the wooden boat. She struck the water with her staff, conjuring a golden bell-shaped barrier around herself to block the incoming sword qi.
"Clang!"
The bell's resonant chime reverberated across the harbor.
Ku-Di retreated across the water, leaving a long, rippling trail in her wake, narrowly avoiding a collision with the wooden boat.
"Miss Ku, can you really handle this? If not, let's stop fighting. I'll take you to the island," Li Weiyi called out, stunned by Yaoyin's sword strike.
Even the Young Celestial Emperors, despite their status, would find it no easy feat to challenge a Fourth Heaven Martial-Mystic Cultivator while at the Third Heaven.
Moreover, Ku-Di was an Inheritor.
Li Weiyi recalled that Yaoyin had opened one hundred and seven Meridian Veins in the Spring Surge Realm, matching Zen Hai Guanwu's record.
Furthermore, she had ventured to the Calamity Crossing Temple while still in the Spring Surge Realm.
This superior foundation granted her greater plasticity than other Martial-Mystic Cultivators, making her current strength understandable.
The girl before him was no longer the skinny fifteen-year-old he remembered from three years ago.
She seemed like an immortal about to ascend from the sea, her every movement radiating a captivating beauty.
"Didn't you see? I was letting her attack just now. I was only defending," Ku-Di replied to Li Weiyi, finally abandoning her initial underestimation.
Though Yaoyin hadn't yet manifested a Dao Lotus, the power of her earlier sword strike had been formidable, her combat prowess nearly matching Ku-Di's own.
On the sea, the two women clashed again.
Yaoyin's Sword Technique, originating from the Calamity Crossing Temple, was fluid and agile, rooted in the Daoist Sect's Sword Canon.
Ku-Di wielded her Tin Staff with crushing force, a style steeped in the Buddhist Sect's traditions.
Thirty meters away, Cang Li stood on a cloud of Spiritual Qi, his gaze fixed on the battlefield, ready to intervene at any moment.
"Yaoyin's comprehension is truly terrifying. Her mental state has already reached the level of Pure True Self."
"What does that mean?" Yin Shiyi asked.
Cang Li explained, "Though the Calamity Crossing Temple accepts all disciples regardless of background, over half of its nine lakes and thirty-six courtyards focus primarily on Daoist cultivation, which demands an exceptionally refined mental state. Cultivating one's mental state enhances comprehension, allowing one to grasp scriptures and Dao Techniques far more quickly than others."
"The deeper one's mental state, the more powerful their Dao Techniques become."
"Among all cultivators below the Immortal Realm in the Calamity Crossing Temple, including all Outer Sect Elders at the Ninth Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, fewer than five have attained the Pure True Self state."
"If Yaoyin becomes a True Disciple of the Calamity Crossing Temple, her status will be unparalleled. Even the Clan Chiefs of the major tribes would have to bow before her, let alone you, Young Clan Leader! Who knows who will rule the Hidden Sect in the future? Hahaha!" Yin Shiyi's face was flushed with envy, eagerly anticipating Li Weiyi's jaw-dropping reaction.
Cang Li felt no jealousy, only joy for Yaoyin.
He chuckled, "With the Calamity Crossing Temple's True Disciple backing her, the Jiu Li Clan's status in the Lingxiao Realm will increase significantly. Even beyond our borders, others will treat us with newfound respect. This is a boon for the entire clan. The entire Jiu Li Clan now stands behind her, ready to support her ascent to that position."
'When one attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.'
Seeing Yaoyin gradually gain the upper hand, Cang Li turned his gaze to Li Weiyi.
"You don't seem like an ordinary person. Why would you associate with the Evil Nun of Coffin Mountain?"
How could someone remain so calm and composed in the face of such a formidable formation be considered ordinary?
Cang Li secretly pondered whether this opponent was a young prodigy from the Rice Palace.
There was no such figure among the younger generation in the Lingxiao Realm.
Li Weiyi observed the battlefield: "Miss Ku isn't entirely to blame. She was born on Coffin Mountain; it's not her fault. After all, everyone serves their master. Are all members of the Jiu Li Clan saints?"
Yin Shiyi raised his halberd, Spiritual Qi surging around it, "Enough talk! Hearing him call her 'Miss Ku' so intimately, he must be entangled with that thieving nun. Let me test his mettle."
Yu'er poked her head out from the ship, "Why are you insulting her? Calling her both an 'Evil Nun' and a 'Thieving Nun'! Has Sister Ku ever insulted you? Master, teach them a lesson!"
She had grown considerably and was now dressed in mismatched men's clothing, completely different from her former self, resembling a tomboy.
"Very well!"
A streak of Spiritual Light shot from Li Weiyi's sleeve, sweeping up Yin Shiyi and hurling him dozens of meters away.
Yin Shiyi shrieked mid-air, cursing vilely before crashing into the sea with a splash.
Hearing the curse, Li Weiyi used his Spiritual Light to telekinetically press Yin Shiyi deeper into the seabed.
Having absorbed the radiant essence of the Book of Radiant Stars, Li Weiyi's Golden Crow Flame Spiritual Light had undergone a transformation.
It now shimmered with three colors - gold, crimson, and white - resembling a tricolored true flame, a mystical phenomenon that would prevent his identity from being exposed by the Spiritual Light's aura.
Beneath the setting sun, the sea shimmered with golden ripples.
Yaoyin unleashed her Dao Heart Manifestation, transforming the sea beneath her feet into a colossal vortex.
The seawater glowed with a pearly white light, rising in shimmering particles that framed her in ethereal beauty.
Above her, a vortex of black Demonic Qi materialized, crushing and absorbing Ku-Di's Spiritual Qi, Tin Staff, and Dao Heart Manifestation.
At the heart of this Demonic Qi vortex lay a black hole-like singularity, devouring all power and engulfing the light and heat of heaven and earth.
Li Weiyi recognized this as the evolved form of the Jiu Li Gods' Battle Technique Intent Yaoyin had acquired, its power far surpassing imagination.
"Boom!"
Ku-Di's Protective Spiritual Qi shattered with a single palm strike, sending her flying backward with a muffled groan.
Yaoyin remembered the events of the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival with perfect clarity.
The Coffin Mountain Four Truths had repeatedly ambushed the Divine Hidden One, each encounter fraught with mortal danger.
This debt demanded repayment.
"Whoosh!"
A sword flashed through the air, pursuing Ku-Di relentlessly.
A dense formation of Ice Soul Sword Qi materialized around her, her Immortal eyes radiating pure, unwavering willpower.
"Stop! You've already won the fight. Why take her life? Do you think you can disregard Sword Gentleman Liu Fengshu?"
Li Weiyi, who had been seated on the ship, abruptly stood up.
With a flick of his fingers, he conjured a beam of Spiritual Light that enveloped Ku-Di, rescuing her from Yaoyin's sword and pulling her back to the ship.
'Out in the world, one's identity is self-proclaimed.'
The name "Liu Fengshu" served as a reminder to the young Liu merchant: 'Li Weiyi has arrived!'
"You're breaking the rules!" Cang Li declared, eager to test the man before him.
He raised his hand, fingers spread wide.
Strands of Spiritual Qi coalesced into the shadow of an axe in his palm, slashing at the Spirit Light tether connecting Li Weiyi and Ku-Di.
Li Weiyi glanced sideways, flicking open his folding fan.
"Swish!"
A golden talisman embedded in the fan shot forth.
As it flew, the talisman's radiance intensified, transforming into a majestic three-foot ancient sword. The scorching energy it released boiled the sea's surface.
With a thunderous boom, the ancient sword pierced through the axe shadow.
Cang Li was no ordinary cultivator. He stood at the forefront of all Dragon Seed Dao Martial-Mystic Cultivators, his cultivation having already reached the Sixth Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm.
The Earth Sword Talisman curved sharply over the sea, emitting a piercing, wind-splitting shriek as it shot back like a golden meteor.
Sensing the talisman's terrifying power, Cang Li's expression hardened. He immediately summoned the silver spear from his Ancestral Field.
The spear erupted like a dragon, colliding violently with the incoming Earth Sword Talisman.
"Boom!"
The Earth Sword Talisman's power rivaled the full-force strike of a Seventh Heaven Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator.
Moreover, the talismans crafted by Li Weiyi contained the special Spiritual Light energy of the Spirit Realm, making them even more formidable.
At the moment of impact, dense beams of sword qi erupted outward, blasting Cang Li back several dozen feet.
Seven or eight gashes were torn through his robes by the sword qi.
Li Weiyi stood calmly at the ship's bow, lightly waving his hand to retrieve the now-dimmed Earth Sword Talisman.
He stored it within the Spirit Realm between his eyebrows to replenish its energy. With a flick of his sleeve, he guided the wooden ship ashore, carrying the injured Ku-Di.
"Impressive," Cang Li murmured, refraining from further action as he recognized the vast disparity in their strength.
"Who is this Sword Gentleman? Showing off like that! Someone call for reinforcements - we've lost too much face today!" Yin Shiyi gritted his teeth, nearly cracking his molars.
A thunderous voice boomed from the depths of the mainland: "Li Prefecture's First Commander, Shang Biao, has come to witness your divine abilities!"
A burly man with a bare upper body, his Pure Immortal Physique's fair skin refined to a bronze hue through a specialized Body Refinement Technique, stood atop a Serpent Kirin Beast.
He descended from mid-air onto the white stone pier, a Thousand-Inscriptions Artifact battle axe slung over his shoulder.
The mount, as large as a house, had scales like black iron and exhaled gusts of wind.
His surname, Shang, indicated his origin from the Beast Li Tribe.
The trio had just disembarked from their ship and stepped onto the pier extending into the sea.
Li Weiyi, leading the way, glanced at Shang Biao standing tall and silent on the Serpent Kirin Beast's back.
With a graceful, fluid motion, he unfurled his folding fan.
"Swish! Swish..."
Seven Earth Sword Talismans shot forth, each manifesting as a Seventh Heaven Martial-Mystic Cultivator launching a simultaneous attack.
Seven Seventh Heaven Martial-Mystic Cultivators, even if they lacked perfect coordination and feared injury or death, would each possess their own weaknesses.
But Li Weiyi's seven swords were controlled by his undivided focus, their timing, angles, and force perfectly synchronized.
In that brief moment, their combined power far surpassed what seven Seventh Heaven Martial-Mystic Cultivators could achieve together.
Though only seven swords were launched, Shang Biao saw a blinding storm of countless blades hurtling toward him with terrifying speed.
Shang Biao, having recently broken through to the Ninth Heaven thanks to his Transcendent Flesh and Spiritual Qi, immediately recognized the formidable nature of his opponent.
He activated his Dao Heart Manifestation and triggered the Protective Spiritual Artifact around his neck.
"Boom!"
After enduring only three breaths, he was sent flying by the seven swords and crashed into the sea.
Of the seven Earth Sword Talismans, two had dimmed, and one had shattered.
Talismans, after all, were no match for Martial-Mystic Cultivators in terms of endurance and were quickly depleted.
Li Weiyi retrieved the two dimmed Earth Sword Talismans into his Spirit Realm to replenish their energy.
He then maneuvered the remaining four swords to orbit around himself, Ku-Di, and Yu'er.
Sensing something, he raised his gaze toward the Exotic Beast Carriage waiting at the end of the pier.
The Jiu Li Clan had sent an even more formidable expert!
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END OF CHAPTER
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