[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers":3,"chapter-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-193":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mountains and Rivers of the Imperial Granary",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2231609,4184,"Chapter 193","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-193",193,"\u003Cp>Looking at the broken, weak woman on the platform, Gu Xuyang felt no shame or annoyance at such an accidental loss; on the contrary, his eyes held quite a bit of respect: \"Sect Master Shen is remarkable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Tang smiled slightly: \"I took advantage of a loophole.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xuyang shook his head: \"It was my fighting that was conservative and inflexible. Rules are rules; you won.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he switched to sound transmission: \"The Imperial Ultimate World-Startling Scripture, it truly lives up to being a super-grade divine art. I finally understand why His Majesty had such an odd decree, heh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Tang merely cupped her hands: \"I concede the victory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperial Ultimate World-Startling Scripture could not be hidden; as long as there was a conflict with others, it would sooner or later be recognized by those in the know... but this Gu Xuyang's attitude was strange; instead of proclaiming it, he used sound transmission. Could it be he wanted to use this to hold something over her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xuyang didn't care what she was thinking, nor did he bid farewell to Shi Tielong, simply taking flight and leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, it's not easy to maintain face and act cool after losing. Now that his life-bound magic treasure was destroyed, he had to find a place to repair it immediately, or he'd be done for if he ran into enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the combatant acknowledge the outcome, Lu Xingzhou ran onto the arena like a flash, immediately stopping Shen Tang's bleeding and feeding her medicine, then summoned a wheelchair and helped Shen Tang sit down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Tang's face was pale; she turned to look at Lu Xingzhou's stern face, her beautiful eyes glancing unintentionally at Ye Tinglan on the spectator stand, and whispered: \"The last sword... I wasn't sure of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan knew what she was talking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That last sword, if she hadn't changed it to a palm strike, she would have actually had a chance to truly defeat her opponent, unlike now where she took advantage of the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the certainty of that would have been much smaller... the opponent only suffered backlash injuries, not a loss of combat strength, so the final result was hard to say. After all, this wasn't a life-or-death battle, but an arena match; Shen Tang ultimately chose the more stable path of pushing him out of the arena to secure the win first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Shen Tang still felt regret in her heart, unable to truly do what Ye Tinglan had done back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl probably recognized me... you recognized me and still tore at me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan watched Shen Tang's pale face in a daze, secretly thinking that the Profound Heaven Sword Sect's sword art completely corresponded to the Qian hexagram, and also very much corresponded to the Imperial Ultimate World-Startling Scripture. Looking at it from the perspective of the hexagram, Shen Tang didn't even let her help when facing a First Grade, and actually won the battle; she truly achieved the self-strengthening of a gentleman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian hexagram...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, the Emperor's hexagram.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This observation seemed to have already reached a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't matter what Shen Tang thought in her heart; at this moment, in the hearts of all the onlookers, she had won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if covered in wounds and bathed in blood, even if she took advantage of the rules, a win was a win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Shen Tang was like a celestial being in the hearts of the onlookers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou didn't speak, only mindlessly stopping the bleeding and treating her wounds. Shen Tang whispered: \"Are you blaming me for not needing to push myself so hard?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" Lu Xingzhou finally responded: \"I just feel heartache, but I am proud of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Tang smiled radiantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou finished his inspection and whispered: \"Looking at you bathed in blood, it's actually all external injuries, easy to treat. Internally, it's just exhaustion; take the elixir and rest for a moment and you'll be fine. If you really want to compare, Gu Xuyang's injuries are heavier than yours; the backlash from a shattered life-bound magic treasure is much more troublesome than yours... in this regard, you also won, eh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Tang chided: \"How can you make such comparisons...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Rongzhi's voice came from the platform: \"Looking at Sect Master Shen like this, perhaps rest first... Sect Master Shi, have you chosen your third combatant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Shen Tang, the most capable fighter in the Profound Heaven Sword Sect was Zhang Shaoyou. He still had some confidence in facing Zhang Shaoyou, so he stood up and went onto the platform: \"Then this master will come to learn the high techniques of the Profound Heaven Sword Sect. Which of your sect is fighting, Hall Master Zhang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Zhang Shaoyou could speak, Lu Xingzhou responded from the platform first: \"Sect Master Shi is quite funny; can't you see there is already someone on the platform?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong was stunned: \"You?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is indeed this humble one.\" Lu Xingzhou stood straight and said indifferently: \"Why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken? Sect Master Shi is only worthy of playing with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd was in an uproar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou's cultivation was only Fourth Grade mid-stage, while Shi Tielong was Third Grade mid-stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like just a one-grade difference, but in between lay the great chasm of the upper three grades, a distance as far as a heavenly tribulation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a difference in fundamental realms; they could fly while you couldn't, isn't that beating a son? How dare you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou could only say that having little experience leads to making a fuss over nothing. Is Third Grade very impressive? I've even been there; it does sound impressive when shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Bai Mao had even killed a Third Grade while crossing levels in the Demon-Suppressing Domain, and without injury at that. One can only say that after seeing too many freaks, one's requirements for oneself also begin to become freakish, otherwise there will always be a self-doubt about whether one is worthy of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own good fortune was already abundant; just in terms of immortal bones, it was not something Shi Tielong could possess, and he was practicing a super-grade cultivation art. If he didn't dare to fight, how could he be worthy of Shen Tang's celestial-like performance just now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou ignored Shi Tielong, who was fuming with rage on the platform, and pushed Shen Tang to the spectator stand, whispering: \"I'll be back in a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Tang didn't say anything like you shouldn't push yourself; she knew what the man was thinking, only softly saying \"Mm\": \"Be careful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou returned to the platform and bowed slightly: \"Sect Master Shi, please.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong's expression was somewhat disdainful; he tapped his feet lightly and flew directly up, hovering high in the air, looking down: \"Can you... hit me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people around were laughing, and someone whispered: \"Sect Master Shi is not being honorable; I thought he would break his opponent head-on, which would at least show some character. Yet he's actually pulling this humiliating stunt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another replied: \"Shi Tielong has lost his spirit; he cannot afford to lose again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who heard nearby nodded; it was indeed so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Tang had broken through Second Grade and First Grade in two consecutive battles, her momentum like a rainbow, and the onlookers were all stirred up. If he, Shi Tielong, were to be challenged and defeated across levels again, even if he won the next seven matches, it would probably be meaningless; the king in people's hearts would only be the Profound Heaven Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong had to use the most humiliating way to defeat his opponent, to cut down the other's momentum and take back the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou looked up and sighed: \"Must we play like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not just that.\" Shi Tielong summoned his flying sword: \"Because you can't hit me, but I can hit you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou smiled: \"Old Shi, if you had been this despicable earlier, maybe I would have quite liked you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then there is no need for your liking; you just need to like your own Sect Master.\" Shi Tielong grinned and waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword light was brilliant, rushing straight down at Lu Xingzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be said that Shi Tielong's flying sword was also quite strong, with impressive momentum and dazzling light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that everyone hadn't fully recovered from Shen Tang's feast, so they couldn't get excited about the quality of this sword light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\" The sword light plunged into the floor beside Lu Xingzhou; the arena, reinforced by arrays, was still poked with stone fragments flying and dust rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh... how did it pierce the floor? I didn't see Lu Xingzhou move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did Sect Master Shi hold back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Idiots, Lu Xingzhou moved; you just didn't see it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those in the know had already seen it; Lu Xingzhou's steps shifted slightly, and he didn't look like he had moved much, but the sword light brushed past him. Not only was his demeanor leisurely, but it also showed extraordinary confidence and judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong wanted to humiliate him, so naturally, he had to act cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dust, Lu Xingzhou's left foot stomped down hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless people stared blankly as Lu Xingzhou's feet spewed fire, rushing into the clouds like a firework. It should have been called a sky-rocket, not very elegant, but the posture was indescribably good-looking...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ejected into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, when a martial cultivator reaches the Fourth Grade, they can all do this, but it cannot be sustained, nor can they control themselves in the air; it is not on the same level as the true flight of riding clouds and mist after Third Grade. Logically, this kind of uncontrollable ascent, when encountering someone who can truly fly, is just going up to be abused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong also smiled, reached out a hand, and the flying sword on the ground rushed back, stabbing directly at Lu Xingzhou's lower body. At the same time, he slapped his palm toward Lu Xingzhou's head: \"Go down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou struck like lightning, chopping his palm onto Shi Tielong's wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, with such an obstruction, he should have fallen. But everyone watched with their own eyes as he not only didn't fall, but drifted to the side along this chop, just happening to avoid the flying sword rushing up from below, as if he could really fly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is that possible!\" A roar went up from below: \"He hasn't reached Third Grade, how did he do it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a Levitation Talisman!\" Someone with sharp eyes saw it: \"He has a Levitation Talisman stuck to his back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But a Levitation Talisman can at most support him to hover in the air, it doesn't provide force; how can it withstand Sect Master Shi's attack?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know, it's like a ghost...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Ye Tinglan knew that a Levitation Talisman alone wasn't enough, but adding his connected immortal bones and the power of the water-fire spiral, it was barely enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called shedding of the mortal body is the prerequisite for ascension; its bones are immortal and spiritual, naturally light and clear. The immortal bones plus the Levitation Talisman allowed him to fly, and the water-fire spiral was used to support the force and adjust the direction. He was using his Fourth Grade mid-stage hard cultivation to forcefully do something only a Third Grade could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just required extreme distraction to control, and he couldn't kick, so it wasn't necessarily advantageous for the battle... but for the sake of acting cool, he succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the discussions and reactions triggered by Shen Tang didn't seem as enthusiastic as his; Ye Tinglan really didn't know whether to laugh or cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But acting cool alone isn't enough; you have to win!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the discussion below was in full swing, Shi Tielong didn't care about that much, reached out to catch the flying sword, and directly performed a horizontal slash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let you fake fly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou blocked Shi Tielong's arm with one hand, and with the other, he performed an elbow strike, slamming his body into Shi Tielong's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong sneered, his left hand chopping onto his elbow; the first formal energy collision exploded in the sky with a roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst everyone's stunned silence, the one who was repelled was... Shi Tielong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Grade fighting Fourth Grade, and being repelled head-on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong had bitterness he couldn't speak of; where was Lu Xingzhou's power strong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the black flame from who knows where that silently attached itself to Lu Xingzhou's elbow; this contact almost burned his palm to rot. It was thanks to his strong cultivation and the sudden explosion of his gang-qi that he was able to shake the black flame away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lu Xingzhou had already followed like a shadow, rubbing his body and throwing a punch straight into the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong condensed his gang-qi to protect his fist and also met it with a punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a \"bang,\" the two fists collided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The violently tyrannical Taiji Heavenly Gang suddenly exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong thought Lu Xingzhou was just taking advantage of Daoist techniques and that his real power was average; encountering such a violent explosion suddenly, he was caught off guard and was shaken back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People looked up, almost stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was it that from the scene, it looked like Lu Xingzhou was suppressing Shi Tielong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the two combatants knew clearly that it wasn't like that; Lu Xingzhou's fist was trembling a bit, and Shi Tielong's power was actually stronger than his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the good news was that it wasn't much stronger than his Taiji Heavenly Gang's explosive power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The health bar was not only lit up, but this health bar wasn't very thick!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou's usually calm and refined gaze became ferocious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong's expression was very solemn: \"This... what kind of cultivation art is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The cultivation art is average, and I don't have many skills.\" Lu Xingzhou smiled and held his hands in a void, forming a Taiji: \"After I reached Fourth Grade, I could barely use a new move, and I have never used it on anyone else... please, Sect Master Shi, give your appraisal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within those void-holding hands, the Taiji rotation of red and blue energy was clearly visible, and at the same time, the water-fire spiral at his feet also turned into a very clear Taiji shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if he were stepping on yin and yang, holding life and death in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strong sense of crisis surged into Shi Tielong's heart; he no longer dared to be arrogant, let out a sharp shout, and the sword light exploded. A sense of tsunami extremely similar to his uncle Shi Zhong's surged out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Canglan Sect's flying sword ultimate art, Canglan Rage. He also used his ultimate move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the tsunami-like sword qi, Lu Xingzhou pulled his fist back to his waist and slammed it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword light broke into his red-blue spiral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy was rising on Shi Tielong's face, but it quickly froze in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This punch of Lu Xingzhou's looked violent, but it was actually completely devoid of power...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That spiral was not an offensive attack like before, but like a whirlpool on the sea, swallowing everything. His sword light plunged into the whirlpool and was like a clay ox entering the sea, sucked away completely clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of pain appeared on Lu Xingzhou's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the advanced version of the Yin-Yang Mill, the Great Void Rotation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called Yin-Yang Mill was just a prerequisite for learning the Great Void Rotation, to get used to the feeling of letting the opponent's qi energy enter one's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All power fell into the Great Void whirlpool in the body's universe, absorbing and rotating the power like harvesting and nourishing, and then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if it were a delayed explosion, after one breath, together with Shi Tielong's sword qi and Lu Xingzhou's Yin-Yang spiral, it was all blasted out of the body at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong didn't even react in time; the qi energy that had just been a clay ox entering the sea had exploded with double the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a \"bang,\" Shi Tielong fell from mid-air like a broken kite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't understand how this was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou went from top to bottom, turned and rotated 360 degrees, and smashed down with a vicious side whip kick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Void Rotation exhausted his energy reserves; at this moment, his dantian and meridians were empty, and this kick was all the power he could use at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong fell from mid-air and tried his best to reach out and block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a loud \"clanging\" sound, Shi Tielong crashed into the arena like a cannonball, smashing out a huge deep pit and splashing stones everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the onlookers who were sitting stood up in incredible horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou landed on the ground, staggering twice and almost falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Tielong was in the pit like a rag, blood flowing from his mouth, and he was still muttering in disbelief: \"What kind of cultivation...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou gasped for a few breaths and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: \"Great Void Rotation... but I think it would also be fine to call it the Undying Seal Method.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ps: Fully recovered, 4k delivered. Give me some monthly tickets~\u003C\u002Fp>",2932,"2026-06-18T01:46:09.112Z","2026-06-18T03:18:02.290Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","a1507c408e824873d89f03f65ff10ca914eacfb61a0cbf395482946758eeeaf7","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-194","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-192",325,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmountains-and-rivers-of-the-imperial-granary-cover.jpg"]