Chapter 418: Seeing a Deer Deep in the Forest, A Leaf Parts the Green Mist

"Li Taibai, this is not a place for you to be presumptuous!"

Sima Yue's thought flashed, and he decisively spoke out. The royal offering beside him was in tune with his heart, and at the same time as Sima Yue roared, he also drove the copper palace to strike and suppress.

The flying eaves and corners of the copper palace connected to the rolling Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, thunder light flashed, brewing thunder opportunities. Rolling divine thunder turned into fireballs and rolled on the eaves and tiles. Lightning flashed around the golden palace, and thunder dragons rolled. The scene was magnificent, as if bathing in endless thunder fire. And every time after a thunder strike, the copper palace was not only undamaged, but the divine light was even more brilliant, and the momentum was even more powerful.

It seemed as if these divine thunders were accumulating energy for this magic treasure...

"Thunder Fire Refining Jin Dian!"

"Sure enough, it is the Donggong Forbidden Palace..." The older generation figures among the aristocratic families opened their eyes and watched this powerful golden palace.

This palace not only had powerful forbidden laws, but the structure was also unique. There were nine golden pillars in the palace, one pillar supporting twelve beams, a total of 118 beams stacked layer by layer, constructing a structure like a pagoda, like a heavenly palace, like a divine palace, containing a powerful array.

Zhou Yin also quietly transmitted: "The Sima clan actually lent the Donggong to this person. It seems that they have decided to grant the position of Crown Prince, but this Prince Yue's temperament is so domineering, I am afraid it is not a blessing for the country!"

Sima Yue stood in the copper palace, as if standing in another world, and he was the master of that world, like a god, high above, grasping all the pivots of this palace magic treasure.

And that Yin Spirit offering was just a tool person to activate this treasure.

Only Sima Yue's position matched this palace, and he could exert the most powerful might of this magic treasure.

"Senior True Persons of the aristocratic families, please strike with me to suppress this rebellious person!"

Sima Yue stood with his hands behind his back, his loud voice coming out of the copper palace, full of pressure and an irresistible aura...

"Among magic tools, knives, spears, swords, and halberds are killing weapons, unparalleled in attack; bottles, hairpins, needles, and bells are small and exquisite, but their power is not bad; bells, towers, dings, and mirrors secretly match the Heavenly Dao, containing strange laws. By borrowing magic tools of this form, one can be close to the Dao; while palaces, cities, boats, and mountains have huge volume and consume the most spiritual materials, and their might is also the strongest. In the hands of Fangshi, these magic tools have developed to the peak, known as war magic tools, the most powerful!"

"This copper palace has a shadow of the war magic tools refined by Fangxian Dao, and its might is above most magic treasures!"

Facing this copper palace magic treasure—the Donggong—which was owned by the Great Jin Crown Prince and intertwined with thunder fire, Qian Chen still had that bamboo leaf in his hand.

Compared to this powerful war magic treasure, which consumed a hundred times more spiritual materials than ordinary magic treasures and ten times more effort to refine than ordinary magic tools, the crisp bamboo leaf on his fingertips was just an ordinary object plucked from an ordinary bamboo. If there was any difference, it was that the shape was more like a flying sword. Even a mortal body could easily crush it.

"But is this the reliance you dare to strike at me?"

Qian Chen smiled slightly, the bamboo leaf on his fingertips shot out, the three-inch bamboo leaf turned into a green sword light, and following Qian Chen's thought, it slashed toward the golden palace that was suppressing him...

The sword Qi was like a ribbon, shattering the thunder fire around the golden palace. He walked leisurely, walking toward the golden palace along the path cut open by the sword Qi.

"In the sound of dogs barking in the water, the peach blossoms are thick with dew."

Li Taibai whispered and sang.

The aristocratic family members were shocked, but hearing this poem, they couldn't help but reveal a smile. Yu Liang laughed: "Li Taibai is a wonderful person!" Xie An also nodded slightly. At this time, the waterfall water sound was sky-high, and they were standing on the big river, where the water sound could be heard everywhere. So who the dog barking referred to was self-evident. This kind of elegant way of scolding people without dirty words was very much to the taste of the aristocratic families.

In the copper palace, Sima Yue, who used the might of the Donggong to make his words carry a trace of the power of 'speaking the law', had a gloomy face.

It was not just because of this poem, but because the aristocratic families had no intention of intervening from beginning to end.

"These old people, are they scared out of their wits by Li Taibai at the Copper Sparrow Tower?" He was furious in his heart, but saw the most violent True Person Zhu, who was acting as if nothing had happened, put down the Mountain and River Image Ding in his hand. It was as if the person who was just threatening Qian Chen with the ding was not him at all, and he was even thoughtfully touching a wound on his chest.

"They are really scared out of their wits!" A hint of regret arose in Sima Yue's heart. The aristocratic families were all human-refined figures. The only reason these people would rather suffer losses in benefits than strike was that even if the nine True Persons present, except for Xie An, all struck, they might not be able to do anything to Li Taibai!

Li Taibai's sword was even more astonishing than he imagined!

"Even if I can't suppress you, I must let you know the power of the Donggong! If you strike with a flying sword, perhaps you can still contend, but you are so arrogant, actually using a bamboo leaf as a sword... In this way, I will destroy your 'sword', win by a small margin, suppress your face, and then I can withdraw, assuming you wouldn't dare..."

Sima Yue secretly activated the thunder method. A high-and-mighty aura, as if heaven's will ruled everything, collected the thunder machine. It was a divine thunder that fused dragon Qi and the hearts of all living beings—the Commanding Divine Thunder!

Above the golden palace, the rolling thunder turned into golden dragons, coiling around the four corners of the flying eaves. The dragon heads hung down and probed toward Qian Chen. Four thunder golden dragons activated the might of the golden palace, turning into endless golden thunder light, coiling around the golden palace and smashing down. The power of suppression was enough to level mountains and shake the earth veins!

Almost at the same time, Qian Chen flicked and shot out the bamboo leaf again, sending out another sword strike, like a bamboo staff and straw shoes, walking leisurely in the spring suburbs, stepping on the sky river, and merging into the natural weather of this cave heaven suspended mountain.

"Deep in the trees, I see a deer; at noon by the stream, I don't hear the bell."

This time, the sword light shot out, but it collected all its Qi, turning into a green bamboo leaf. The fragile grass and trees cut open the unparalleled Commanding Divine Thunder. A leaf danced, penetrating the head of the golden dragon gathered by the thunder.

This sword Qi was not fierce or sharp, but like a blade of grass, a leaf, fragile yet natural, carrying a trace of weak yet tenacious Qi... just like a sage who has attained the Dao standing by the stream, far from the secular bell sound, seeing the moment of the white deer representing the Great Dao.

The sword Dao is high and far!

All the Yin Spirit True Persons who saw this sword strike had only this thought in their hearts.

One sword strike cut away all the thunder coiling around the golden palace, one sword strike resolved all the thunder machines nurtured by heaven and earth, just because... the Dao is natural!

Qian Chen broke the momentum of suppression with one sword strike and resolved the golden thunder with one sword strike. He had already arrived at the steps of the golden palace. At this time, the royal Yin Spirit offering stood on the steps, looking at Qian Chen who was only a few steps away, his body trembling! The offering cultivator who had cultivated into the Yin Spirit realm through side-door means with the help of the Sima family's foundation, although his magic power had entered the Yin Spirit realm, his Dao practice and temperament were still far behind, and he was even far inferior to the True Persons of the aristocratic families.

Willing to be someone else's slave, how could he be clear about the Great Dao?

Facing the high and far sword Dao revealed by Qian Chen's sword strike, he couldn't even raise the will to strike and contend.

"Wild bamboo parts the green mist, flying spring hangs on the emerald peak."

Qian Chen stepped onto the steps and entered the world formed by the golden palace magic treasure.

At this moment, all the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi and forbidden spells were roaring, erupting with the most powerful might and spiritual light, wanting to knock Qian Chen off the steps. But that piece of bamboo leaf cut open heaven and earth, and the green bamboos broke through the green mist and the blue sky. The golden palace suddenly split in front of Qian Chen. At this moment, Qian Chen was looking at the flying spring waterfall behind the golden palace, the ribbon stretching across the sky...

True Person Zhu turned around suddenly, True Person Gu broke a whisker of his own, True Person Yu Liang sighed, and finally had to admit that Qian Chen, who stepped onto the golden palace at this moment... was unparalleled in the world, and no one among the aristocratic families could compare to him.

The Yin Spirit offering trembled all over, sweating profusely. Behind him, behind the golden palace, the ribbon falling from the nine heavens suddenly split from the middle, cut by an invisible sword Qi.

The water marks spread upward, and that sword mark penetrated heaven and earth, making the group of True Persons change color, and making the aristocratic family disciples watching this scene unable to raise a trace of resistance.

Wang Longxiang's eyes were burning, and he pressed his hand on the sword hilt, finally suppressing the desire to strike and echo this sword strike.

Xie Lingyun's face was solemn, and he dejectedly admitted that he was inferior.

Only Xie An was still happily savoring this poem, sincerely praising: "Li Taibai, truly like a banished immortal!"

Qian Chen stepped past the Yin Spirit offering. His 'spirit' had been cut away by this sword strike. Although he still had magic power, he could no longer exert three-tenths of the might of the Yin Spirit realm. Now, I am afraid that a middle-grade Golden Core who had passed the Yin Fire Tribulation could defeat him.

Li Taibai simply disdained to take the life of such a person.

His sword would rather cut grass, cut wood, cut stone, cut waterfalls and sky rivers, sun, moon, and stars, than disdain to leave a trace on such a person.

This is the arrogance belonging to Li Taibai. When Qian Chen wields Taibai's swordsmanship, he is Li Taibai!

Qian Chen arrived in front of the golden palace gate. Sima Yue stood in the palace, with four doors tightly locked, standing in the protection of heavy forbidden laws. Theoretically speaking, even a Yang Spirit would not want to easily break this place and hurt him in the slightest, after all, this magic treasure was so powerful, it was the foundation of the Southern Jin's suppression of the country and protection of the country's reserve.

But Sima Yue still couldn't feel a trace of safety. The sword strike that cut away the Commanding Divine Thunder, cut through the golden palace, and horizontally cut the flying spring and split the sky river waterfall had already made him terrified, making him understand the gap between himself and such a person.

Figures like Wang Longxiang might be eager to try, might rather die to prove that sword strike, but Sima Yue only wanted to hide in the protection of the Donggong, using this magic tool to seal all his Qi.

Qian Chen stood in front of the palace, had no interest in pushing the door in front of him, and had no interest in seeing the clown who was scared out of his wits behind the door. He laughed lightly and turned to leave.

"No one knows where he went, sadly leaning on two or three pines."

At this moment, he turned around with the Daoist in the poem, left the copper palace, Qian Chen stepped down from the copper palace, stepped on the water of the sky river, pointed to the waterfall split by the sword Qi and said: "Take this sword mark as the boundary, aristocratic families and humble families, one half each..."

"I said it!"

After saying that, he laughed and left, throwing away these rights and wrongs, and no longer paying attention to the flies and dogs.

Wang Longxiang stood in front of the sword mark that split the waterfall, holding a long sword, staring for a long time.

He closed his eyes, and the flowing waterfall actually stagnated for an instant. At that moment, the splashing water droplets splashed in front of everyone, all splashing out a string of crystal clear, like pearls. As Wang Longxiang opened his eyes, the waterfall flowed again. This instant was as short as an illusion, but Wang Longxiang had already exchanged blows with Qian Chen across the air, enjoying the sword strike of 'Wild bamboo parts the green mist, flying spring hangs on the emerald peak'.

Xie An looked at the green bamboo leaf embedded in the golden palace gate, not destroyed by the forbidden laws, and sighed for a long time.

"These four five-character quatrains are all wonderful, and the four swords are also wonderful!"

"The first couplet has full charm, cutting through the power of suppression; the neck couplet vertically breaks the flying waterfall, the sword breaks the golden palace forbidden laws; the tail couplet has full lingering charm, leaving the leaf on the palace gate, with only the residual sword intent, actually making the golden palace forbidden laws unharmed, truly wonderful!" Xie An sighed: "But in my opinion, it is still the bright pearl under the chin."

"Only the sword strike of 'Deep in the trees, I see a deer; at noon by the stream, I don't hear the bell' has no traces, no fireworks, actually having the movement of walking by the stream and accidentally seeing the corner of the Great Dao!"

He praised again: "Li Taibai, truly a heavenly person!"

In the golden palace, Sima Yue stood woodenly, his hands behind his back trembling.

Until Qian Chen left, his face suddenly turned red, a sense of shame, humiliation, the Donggong representing the infinite power of the Southern Jin, the powerful war magic tool, the Crown Prince status he was proud of, all of this brought him only humiliation. And the hatred of being thoroughly humiliated by a mountain wild Daoist, a wandering swordsman chanting sour poems!

"Li Taibai!" He howled like an injured wolf.

The Donggong sealed all Qi, allowing him to curl up in this small world and lick his wounds.

"I want you to die!"

Sima Yue raised his head, his face ferocious, and said with a resentful voice, carrying bone-deep hatred.

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"There is no next time!" Qian Chen walked not far away, under the shade of the green mountain ancient trees, and turned back calmly.

"Even if I want to use you to lure out the plot of the mastermind behind the scenes, I won't give you a third chance!"

He strolled in the forest, turning a blind eye to the spiritual medicines and treasures beside him. He just merged into the nature of this world, enjoying the lingering charm of that sword strike, feeling the trace of sword Dao naturalness that had not yet dissipated...

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Two hundred thousand li to the northwest, in a desolate salt-frost plain.

An exquisite Dharma boot stepped on the salt-frost flowers under his feet.

Above the boot was a pure black Dharma robe. Under the Dharma robe, the strange figure quietly looked toward the southeast. His face was covered in a black Qi, and only a flash of blood light could be seen in his eyes.

This figure was shrouded in black Qi and death Qi, and the suffocating aura circled around him. In the Yin wind and black Qi circling his body, many dying faces appeared, carrying expressions of hatred, resentment, and despair.

Behind him were several figures with the same aura but slightly thinner. Although these figures were strange, their auras were unstable, and there were bloodstains on their Dharma robes, as if they had suffered not-so-light injuries.

Until the aura of the Donggong golden palace in the distance subsided, he turned his head and said: "A bunch of trash! A mere cave heaven road made you lose half of your combat power. You are still the true disciples of my Ghost Gui Gui Ku Zong!"

Those figures hurriedly lowered their heads and dared not refute. Only one shadow, wrapped in Yin wind and fluctuating, spoke: "Alright! Tianqizi, don't blame them too much. Although the Sima family and us reached an agreement to send us in using the Lesser Yin White Tiger earth veins of the imperial city's underground palace, they didn't dare to have too much action. Coupled with the fact that the cave heaven was forcibly opened by us, the passage is not stable. Although the dragon veins and the cave heaven have a stable connection, the dragon veins naturally repel our Demon Sect. It is normal to encounter a little danger on the road!"

"It's just that the Dao Academy might have some precautions. The people sent in this time didn't take the usual road, but were sent directly into the deeper part of the cave heaven!"

"They should be in the Star Luo Heaven!" The shadow sneered: "Even so, what can they do? The Dao Academy might have discovered it, but it's too late! The Sima family and us have had cooperation as early as two hundred years ago, and this place has long been arranged properly. Even without these hostages, the aristocratic families and Dao Academy cannot stop us!"

"The nine sects of the Demon Sect that struck this time are led by the Nine Heavens Dao! You must be careful in your actions, and don't lose the face of our Ghost Gui Gui Ku Zong!" The shadow said gloomily.

The black-robed figure nodded slightly, turned and led a group of demons, and headed northwest in this desolate wilderness where there was no life and salt frost was everywhere.

In that salt frost, there were huge fish bones several zhang, dozens of zhang long. Some fish bones even had horned heads, already growing dragon horns, but these creatures, which might have had extraordinary divinity ten thousand years ago, had their bones covered with thick frost, and their spiritual energy had dissipated.

There were also withered trees lying down hundreds of zhang high, like red clouds, but the flowing light had dissipated, like coral... In this dead sea of silence, there were traces left by the immortal fairyland divine soil years ago.

This is—the Wuyan Sea!

After these figures left, the shadow raised his head and looked toward the distant horizon, the countless rotating suspended mountains and floating islands, the Star Luo Heaven.

"Jin Ling cave heaven!" The demon shadow sighed: "In the older legends of the Demon Sect, it should be called—"

"The Country of No Sun in the Underworld!"

The shadow dissipated, and the lingering sound echoed in this dead world. ===== CHAPTER 419 =====