Chapter 164

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was guided into the body bit by bit, and with the operation of the "Azure Bi Bi Mu Chang Qing Art", it operated in Xia Daoming's first extraordinary meridian.

But the speed of this guiding Qi into the body was really too slow.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth that was originally scarce was attracted into the body, and after the operation of the "Azure Bi Bi Mu Chang Qing Art", the amount of true qi and magic power turned into was pitifully small; let alone gathering in the dantian and yellow court and then impacting the second meridian, even filling and strengthening the first extraordinary meridian would take who knows how long.

Even, Xia Daoming had an intuition that if he continued to cultivate at this speed, the eight extraordinary meridians that had finally been reopened would probably be blocked again.

Just like a narrow river channel without enough clear river water and flow speed would soon be silted up.

"Forget it, let's try spirit stones." Soon, Xia Daoming could not stand the speed of absorbing spiritual energy into the body and took out a spirit stone.

Holding the spirit stone in his hand, Xia Daoming silently operated the "Azure Bi Bi Mu Chang Qing Art".

Suddenly, pure spiritual energy flowed into the first extraordinary meridian like a trickling stream.

After about the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, Xia Daoming felt the pain of his extraordinary meridian being torn apart.

Xia Daoming persisted and endured for a short while, then stopped his cultivation.

When stopping, Xia Daoming specifically checked the panel in his brain.

It still only recorded information about his martial arts rank and meridian strengthening, and there was no information about Qi Refinement.

Xia Daoming was somewhat disappointed.

However, he was not discouraged in the slightest because of this.

Having come to this world for so long, although the system had given him great help, he himself had always been very hardworking, cautious, and steady step by step.

Moreover, Xia Daoming always had a very firm belief in his heart: the system only allowed him to win at the starting line, but it could never allow him to lie down and win to the finish line; in the end, everything still had to rely on his own efforts and persistence.

He rested for a moment.

Xia Daoming picked up the spirit stone to cultivate again.

As a result, this time, before half a stick of incense had passed, his meridians could not withstand the pain of tearing.

Xia Daoming helplessly stopped his cultivation again.

"Haste makes waste; the eight extraordinary meridians have been blocked for too long, and the foundation is too poor; one cannot dream of achieving it in one leap! Now, it should be a combination of absorbing the spiritual energy of spirit stones and the spiritual energy floating between heaven and earth."

After stopping, Xia Daoming pondered for a while, put away the spirit stones, and instead slowly guided the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body.

Once he slowed down, Xia Daoming's whole person also became calm and at ease.

Soon, he discovered that when true qi and magic power circulated back and forth in the meridians and dantian, there seemed to be a trace of it escaping into his brain, nourishing his brain and spiritual sense, very much like the blood and Qi nourishing his brain and spiritual sense after he stepped into the Grandmaster realm.

"No wonder, even low-tier cultivators can cast spells to kill enemies from a distance; besides the fact that this true qi and magic power comes from heaven and earth and can mobilize the spiritual power existing between heaven and earth, it is also because from the moment they step into the immortal path and operate the cultivation method, a trace of true qi passes through the eight extraordinary meridians to nourish the spiritual sense, gradually allowing Qi and Spirit to merge, just like the merging of Energy and Spirit in martial arts."

This discovery allowed Xia Daoming to verify the immortal cultivation path with martial arts cultivation, and he soon understood many things.

"My current blood and Qi energy is surging and surging, nourishing and strengthening my spiritual sense every moment; the effect is much stronger than that of immortal cultivation.

I wonder what kind of effect it will be when my immortal cultivation realm catches up in the future, and blood and Qi energy and true qi and magic power nourish and strengthen my spiritual sense together?"

After understanding, Xia Daoming secretly compared the two and found that the effect of this trace of nourishing and strengthening spiritual sense in immortal cultivation was far from that of martial arts blood and Qi.

However, even a mosquito is meat, no matter how small.

Immortal cultivation having this effect naturally made Xia Daoming happy in his heart.

Just as Xia Daoming was immersed in leisurely cultivation and a trace of realization was quietly floating in his heart.

Outside Jin Gui Valley.

The seven cultivators at the eighth and ninth layers of Qi Refinement who had been plotting major events in the Immortal Brew Building in Stone Pillar Forest during the day were standing on a mountain peak.

Below them, in the mountain forest, there were still many teams of people lurking.

These teams were mainly composed of early and mid-stage Qi Refinement cultivators, and there were also many Great Martial Masters and a few Martial Grandmasters.

These people all looked up at the mountain peak, their eyes flashing with desire and expectation in the dark night.

"Fellow Daoists, the time is almost up; let's start now!" An old man wearing black clothes spoke.

"Good! It's time to kill the old thief Lu Jinglong and avenge my deceased nephew!" An old woman in purple clothes said.

The other five also nodded and said good.

Soon, under the ink-like night sky, a firelight shot into the sky.

"Kill!"

"Kill the Lu Clan!"

"Everyone charge!"

Soon, the sound of breaking through the air and shouting filled the air.

Besides a large number of people flying out from the mountain peak, pouncing toward Jin Guifeng.

In other places, scattered, in groups of three or five, many more people appeared.

The latter were all small households and scattered households preparing to loot the burning house.

Lingyun Hut.

In the darkness, Xia Daoming suddenly opened his eyes.

He got up and walked out of the room.

At this time, Jin Guifeng was already ringing with alarm bells.

Elder Lu Sanxia swooped down from Seeking Immortal Cliff, suspended in mid-air in the valley by controlling Qi, and roared loudly.

"All retreat to Seeking Immortal Cliff!"

The people patrolling and guarding the valley, who had been looking at the dense number of Martial Masters and cultivators flying over from outside the valley and were all extremely nervous, were all stunned.

"All retreat to Seeking Immortal Cliff, quickly!" Lu Sanxia roared again.

Only then did everyone wake up in a daze; Martial Masters and early-stage Qi Refinement cultivators turned and ran wildly along the mountain road toward Seeking Immortal Cliff, while some mid-stage Qi Refinement cultivators rolled the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into wind power, wrapping around them and flying toward Seeking Immortal Cliff.

"Young Master!"

Just as Xia Daoming walked out of Lingyun Hut, a figure flew over from the Patriarch's mansion and landed in front of him; it was Lu Jinglong.

"You succeeded in Foundation Establishment!" Xia Daoming's eyes brightened slightly.

"Yes, at dusk, I originally wanted to stabilize for a night and come to report to the Young Master tomorrow morning, but I didn't expect them to be so impatient and want to loot the Lu Clan tonight." Lu Jinglong replied.

"You broke through at a truly timely moment." Xia Daoming said.

"Yes, they must be very disappointed!" Lu Jinglong laughed, revealing two rows of neat, white teeth in the dark night, inexplicably giving people a trace of coldness, as if a fierce beast had revealed its fangs.

Xia Daoming looked at Lu Jinglong, seemed to remember something, his heart moved slightly and said: "How is the power of the defensive array of this Seeking Immortal Cliff? How long can it support?"

"The Seeking Immortal Cliff Water Inscription Profound Pattern Array is a second-tier array, which was laid down by the Lu Clan's ancestors at a great price with the help of a Grandmaster of arrays, connected to the spiritual vein of Jin Guifeng. Relying on this mob, without even a late-stage Qi Refinement cultivator, just relying on having many people, it is not an easy matter to break through; this array can support at least until before dawn!

Why does the Young Master ask this? I am now a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and coupled with the Lu Clan's disciples, although we cannot keep all these people, it is not a difficult matter to defeat them and keep a considerable portion of them. Why rely on the Great Array and waste spirit stones and the power of the spiritual vein in vain?" Lu Jinglong asked in confusion.

Just now, he ordered Lu Sanxia to call people to retreat to Seeking Immortal Cliff, merely because he did not want the Lu Clan's disciples to die in vain, and also to lure the enemy into the trap to see exactly who these people were who wanted to loot the Lu Clan.

"If you were the mastermind and director of such a good show, would you miss the opportunity to enjoy it?" Xia Daoming answered the question with another, the corners of his mouth curling into a sneer of mockery.

"Does the Young Master mean that Luo Li will lurk nearby to spy on the situation here, or perhaps even take the opportunity to come and be the oriole behind the mantis catching the cicada?" Lu Jinglong's heart moved upon hearing this, revealing a trace of gravity.

Outside, although it was just a mob, they had many people.

And he had only just broken through, his Foundation Establishment foundation was not yet stable, and the Lu Clan's disciples had suffered heavy casualties in the previous great battle, so there were not many people who could fight now.

If Luo Li was really lurking in the dark, seeing that the Lu Clan had hope of rising

, and took advantage of the fierce battle between the two sides to suddenly kill his way out, then the Lu Clan would really be in danger.

"Why not? After all, the Lu Clan has been inherited for many generations, and the family foundation must still be quite a lot, and Luo Li is ultimately just an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. If he could hide in the back and easily intercept some halfway, coming for a black-eating-black, others wouldn't know, so why not do it?" Xia Daoming said indifferently.

"Fortunately, the Young Master reminded me! It seems I should first spare no effort to consume spirit stones and the power of the spiritual vein, using the array to consume the enemy's magic power, while I and the Lu Clan's disciples wait for work at ease, and when the time is right, suddenly kill our way out and quickly defeat and kill the enemy.

Old Luo Li wouldn't have thought that I am already a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and a burst of killing would be swift and fierce; most of the strength of me and the Lu Clan's disciples would still be preserved, and Old Luo Li would definitely not dare to act rashly upon seeing this, and could only blow the mountain wind in vain for a night." Lu Jinglong said.

Speaking to the end, Lu Jinglong could not help but show schadenfreude, as if he had already seen the appearance of Old Luo Li being furious.

"No, my meaning is, you order Elder Lu Sanxia to activate the array to guard Seeking Immortal Cliff, and I and you will go and be the oriole behind the mantis." Xia Daoming said calmly.

Lu Jinglong first looked confused upon hearing this, then seemed to remember something, his whole body shook violently, staring at Xia Daoming with shock and disbelief.

"What, don't dare?" Xia Daoming's mouth curled into a smile.

Looking at the smile on Xia Daoming's mouth, Lu Jinglong inexplicably felt a chill crawling up his back.

"It's not that I don't dare, but Luo Li himself is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and if my guess is correct, he should also be followed by two or three late-stage Qi Refinement cultivators; just me and you, Young Master..." Lu Jinglong swallowed hard, feeling his throat extremely dry.

Yesterday, he was just a Qi Refinement cultivator.

Foundation Establishment cultivators were high above him, and he could not defeat them at all.

Today, Xia Daoming told him to be the oriole and join forces to ambush and kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Originally, it would be more suitable for me to do this alone, but because I considered that Luo Li should have others by his side, so if you follow, the certainty should be greater." Xia Daoming said.

Lu Jinglong shook violently again upon hearing this, his lips trembling, and after wanting to speak but stopping for a long time, he resolutely said: "I will listen to the Young Master's arrangements!"

Xia Daoming smiled and patted Lu Jinglong on the shoulder and said: "Old Lu, don't be nervous, relax. The Spirit Ba Dao Men only has three Foundation Establishment cultivators; if you and I join forces, even if Luo Li really escapes, in the face of strength, they won't dare to act rashly.

Moreover, this matter was originally done too absolutely by Luo Li; he took money but was still pushing people behind the scenes to loot the Lu Clan, and he himself was the one who wanted to take the Lu Clan's real estate in one bowl.

If the Lu Clan had no strength, then it could only silently endure all these disasters, but since it has strength, if the Spirit Ba Dao Men Sect Master is a smart person, he should stand in the right position and know what to do next, instead of thinking about destroying the Lu Clan.

Otherwise, even if the Spirit Ba Dao Men finally destroys the Lu Clan and wins a tragic victory, it would just be the second Lu Clan. And if we really leave Luo Li and the others behind without anyone knowing, I estimate that all the Foundation Establishment forces in the north of Wanluo Xianshan will be afraid of the rat and won't dare to act rashly against the Lu Clan."

"The Young Master is truly wise!" Lu Jinglong said with awe upon hearing this, the unease in his heart swept away, and instead, he was blood-boiling and full of anticipation.

"You arrange the matters of Seeking Immortal Cliff first." Xia Daoming smiled.

"Yes, Young Master." Lu Jinglong bowed and arched his hands with a solemn face, then turned and left.

——

Without obstruction, the night raiders poured into the valley from all directions unimpeded.

Some people looked at the spirit rice fields flashing with faint yellow glow in the night, their eyes shining, and flew toward the spirit rice fields, taking out sickles to start harvesting.

Some people kicked open the doors of the houses in the valley and broke in to rummage through boxes and cabinets.

And many people went straight to Seeking Immortal Cliff.

At the same time, Xia Daoming and Lu Jinglong broke through the air from the direction of the abyss facing the back mountain of Seeking Immortal Cliff in the night.

Runes on the flying boat flickered slightly, and clouds and mist were released from the flying boat, lingering around the flying boat, making it

In the night, it looked like a mass of clouds and mist flying.

This flying boat was exactly the one taken from the Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator.

Not only was the quality high and the speed fast, but in order to hide, facilitate tracking, and ambush and kill, the rogue cultivator had specifically paid extra to get this special function of releasing clouds and mist when he ordered this flying boat back then.

"What a good flying boat!" Lu Jinglong stood on the flying boat, blowing the night wind, feeling the speed of the flying boat, and could not help but exclaim in admiration, looking at Xia Daoming with a trace of deep awe.

Xia Daoming smiled noncommittally.

This flying boat was one of the tools the Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator used to eat and escape, so how could it be bad?

That day, if it weren't for his brilliant performance, managing to get close, and unexpectedly unleashing the Ten Thousand Snake Soul Banner, that rogue cultivator would have already escaped on this flying boat.

The flying boat drifted in the sky above the mountains near Jin Guifeng.

On the flying boat, the eyes of Xia Daoming and Lu Jinglong were like hawks, overlooking and scanning the surroundings.

Seeking Immortal Cliff, at this time, a layer of faint water curtain shrouded Seeking Immortal Cliff.

Various mysterious inscriptions flowed on the water curtain, emitting a trace of killing intent and coldness, as if aquatic fierce beasts were lurking in the water.

Lu Sanxia led the Lu Clan's disciples, looking coldly at the people constantly pouring up from behind the water curtain.

"Patriarch Dai, Patriarch Lou, Cave Master Chou, Mother Wu, you brought so many people to visit our Lu Clan in the middle of the night; isn't that too lacking in etiquette?" Lu Sanxia's gaze swept over four of the seven people who had plotted in the Immortal Brew Building today, and asked in a cold voice.

"Etiquette! Lu Sanxia, your Lu Clan killed my nephew; I have long wanted to avenge this blood feud. Now heaven has opened its eyes, and the retribution for your Lu Clan has come!" The purple-clothed old woman said coldly, looking at the houses behind the water curtain, revealing a trace of heat and greed.

"Hmph, your Lu Clan bullies others and has bullied my Dai Clan disciples many times; my Dai Clan has long wanted to come to your door, but our strength was insufficient. I didn't expect that your Lu Clan would also have today; it really is heaven opening its eyes." The black-clothed old man said triumphantly and schadenfreude.

"Mother Wu, Patriarch Dai, why do you need to find these rotten excuses? When all is said and done, isn't it just seeing that our Lu Clan is in trouble and thinking you can loot the burning house?" Lu Sanxia sneered with disdain.

"Lu Sanxia, stop slandering people; we came here to settle old scores with your Lu Clan!" Patriarch Dai scolded.

"Forget it, I won't argue with you. Just now our Patriarch sent word to me, saying that no matter what, everyone is a cultivation fellow in the north of Wanluo Xianshan, and speaking of it, we can be considered neighbors. Now you take people away from Seeking Immortal Cliff, and today's matter will be treated as if nothing happened, and everyone will live in harmony in the future.

If you refuse and insist on thinking that our Lu Clan is bullyable today, and insist on attacking our Lu Clan, wanting to kill our Lu Clan's disciples and seize our Lu Clan's family business, then don't blame our Lu Clan for turning our faces and being heartless!" Lu Sanxia said.

"Haha, this shrinking old turtle Lu Jinglong, now that he only has half a life left, still dares to be so arrogant; it's truly ridiculous." Patriarch Dai laughed loudly, then pointed his hand, and a magic treasure like a jade ruyi shot into the sky from his hand, turning into a Chi Flood Dragon, raising its cold giant claws, and slashing fiercely at the water curtain.

The inscriptions on the water curtain suddenly lit up, and a giant fish with a strange shape leaped out, fiercely crashing into the falling giant claws.

"Boom!"

"Swish!"

A heaven-shaking crashing sound rang out in the night.

The giant fish exploded, turning into a giant wave and falling back onto the water curtain, while the giant claws were blocked back.

When the giant wave fell back, the water curtain clearly rippled and vibrated.

"Everyone attack together, break the Lu Clan's defensive array!" Mother Wu in purple clothes saw this and let out a shrill scream, an awl-shaped magic treasure was unleashed by her, lighting up with dazzling golden light in the dark night, roaring toward the water curtain.

The others saw this and also clamored to unleash magic treasures or cast spells, bombarding the water curtain.

Suddenly, dazzling, colorful light lit up in the night, like fireworks blooming.

The water curtain inscriptions constantly lit up, turning into aquatic fierce beasts rushing out to block.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The water curtain vibrated incessantly, changing from ripples at the beginning to giant waves.

Inside the water curtain, the Lu Clan's disciples revealed a trace of worry and unease, and several released magic treasures to kill out of the water curtain to assist the Great Array in blocking the enemy's attacks outside the array.

There were also some disciples who cast low-tier spells across the water curtain, gathering many stones or ice arrows, fireballs, etc., to attack the enemies outside.

It was just that this wave of enemies had great momentum and many people, while the Lu Clan had suffered huge casualties in that battle in Cold Star Valley, and now a portion of people were still stationed in Cold Star Valley; those left in Jin Guifeng were less than one-third of their peak period.

As for the elders of the clan, only Lu Sanxia remained.

The magic treasures released were bombarded back by the opponent after a few strikes.

Fortunately, this water curtain array would not stop people inside the array from collecting and releasing magic treasures, only stopping people outside the array, otherwise the magic treasures of these Lu Clan disciples would probably not be able to be collected back.

As for those low-tier spells, they were all broken.

Time passed quietly in the fierce attack and defense.

The water curtain vibrated more and more violently.

——

Several miles away, under the night sky.

On a mountain peak.

Three people stood.

Besides Luo Ying in fiery red clothes and Wei Shusheng, there was also Elder Luo Li, who was said to have gone out to travel and visit friends.

"The Lu Clan's Water Inscription Profound Pattern Array still has some power; relying on that mob, I estimate it will take quite a bit of time to break through!" Luo Li squinted his eyes, looking at the dazzling light constantly blooming in the direction of Jin Guifeng, and said indifferently.

"It seems that Lu Jinglong hasn't made a move yet. Otherwise, it's impossible for Mother Wu and the others to attack so unscrupulously." Wei Shusheng said.

"Hmph, that old fellow must be seriously injured; to think he still dares to put on airs, with a tough attitude and refusing to yield, he deserves to be destroyed!" Luo Ying sneered, her words carrying a trace of vengeance.

"Eh, something is not quite right. Lu Jinglong is old and cunning; if he were really seriously injured, he shouldn't have such a tough attitude and refuse to yield.

But if his injuries have recovered well, he should have come out and taken action by now to make Mother Wu and the others know the difficulties and retreat, instead of delaying to take action!" Luo Ying's words reminded Luo Li, and his expression changed slightly, vaguely feeling that something was not quite right.

"Grandfather, you are overthinking! Regardless of whether Lu Jinglong is seriously injured or has recovered well, he is just a Qi Refinement Great Perfection cultivator whose time is near; could he still play any tricks in front of Grandfather?" Luo Ying said dismissively.

"That's right, that's right. The words are vulgar but the reason is not; this is exactly the truth. Grandfather has lived for a lifetime, but I am not as clear-sighted as you, haha!" Luo Li was slightly stunned upon hearing this, then shook his head and laughed.

But soon Luo Li's laughter stopped abruptly.

Extremely terrifying evil energy erupted from his body.

"Clang!"

A sharp sound of a blade singing rang out.

A horizontal blade emitting cold light suddenly appeared in front of Luo Li, pointing toward a mass of clouds and mist drifting over ahead.

"Who!"

"Luo Li, aren't you wanting to see me take action? I'm here now!" A voice rang out from within a mass of clouds and mist.

As the voice rang out, suddenly, on the mountain peak, wind and sand rose, and a yellow flood dragon probed a giant claw from the wind and sand, grabbing toward Luo Ying, who was standing beside Luo Li.

The flood dragon claw covered half a mu, and the momentum was terrifying.

Behind the flood dragon claw, the clouds and mist had dissipated, revealing an old man with white hair and brocade clothes standing on the bow of the flying boat facing the wind.

He held a banner emitting yellow light, with a flood dragon embroidered on it.

"Foundation Establishment! Lu Jinglong, you actually achieved Foundation Establishment!" Luo Li's heart shook upon seeing this, and he exclaimed in disbelief.

Almost simultaneously, he had already formed incantations with his hands and pointed at the horizontal blade floating in front of him.

The horizontal blade carried dazzling cold light, roared, and slashed toward the flood dragon claw.

Luo Ying and Wei Shusheng only then reacted, hurriedly unleashing a flying blade magic treasure, preparing to help Luo Li.

"Not right!"

Just at this moment, Luo Li suddenly felt a sense of alarm, realizing something was wrong.

Luo Li flipped his palm, and a shield appeared.

"You are very smart, but unfortunately you realized it too late!"

Just as Luo Li hurriedly unleashed a shield defensive magic treasure to defend, an incomparably dazzling and thick blade light lit up under the night sky along with a voice.

Within four or five zhang, it slashed fiercely at his back.

The terrifying force and the astonishing killing intent of the blade energy swept toward Luo Li like a mountain collapsing and the earth cracking.

PS: This is the normal two-chapter combined update for today, over six thousand words. Next, there will be chapters updated to make up for the alliance leader.

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