Chapter 120: Competition

The north wind on Yishan City was blowing, and the stone door of the cave on the mountain was shaking slightly. Chi Jiuyun stood quietly outside the door, letting the north wind blow his robe, his index finger lightly resting on the sword at his waist, waiting silently.

After a while, Chi Jiuyun frowned, looking at the fine cracks on the black-gray stone door, and said softly:

"Junior brother, don't delay time anymore. You have left enough time for three years. With your talent, you should have broken through long ago."

After a few breaths of silence, the stone door opened, and a young man in a white robe with long hair walked out, with a cyan-white long sword hanging from his waist and two jade slips in his hand, looking at Chi Jiuyun with a smile.

"What are your orders, Senior Brother Chi?"

Chi Jiuyun looked him up and down and whispered:

"There is a task in the sect, and the ancestor named you to take action."

Li Chijing nodded slightly and said politely:

"Please wait a moment, Senior Brother. I will prepare and go with you."

Seeing Li Chijing so cooperative, Chi Jiuyun felt relieved and left with a wave of his sleeves.

Li Chijing looked at the direction he left, rode the wind and landed toward another cave in the mountains.

"Senior Brother Xiao!"

The stone door of the cave opened quickly. Li Chijing saw Xiao Yuansi holding two herbs in one hand and writing something with a pen in the other. Seeing him, he was first happy, then quickly dimmed, and said:

"Jing'er... you have broken through!"

Xiao Yuansi was over sixty years old, but his appearance was still in his thirties. He had watched Li Chijing go up the mountain when he was ten years old, and he hadn't changed his name from "Jing'er" until now. Looking at Li Chijing, he felt a pain in his heart.

"Not bad."

Li Chijing smiled slightly, sat down beside him, and replied:

"The six wheels in my body have turned into a Dao base. The Dao base cultivated by the 'Moon Lake Reflecting Autumn Art' is called 'Lake Moon Autumn'. Its Qi is cyan-white, the true essence is clear, good at change, and it is truly miraculous."

Xiao Yuansi suddenly showed envy. He was still at the peak of Qi Refining and had not yet grasped the Foundation Establishment, and laughed:

"The miracle of Foundation Establishment is naturally beyond my imagination. I heard that my ancestor's Dao base is called 'Old Man on the Creek', which is also full of miracles and hard to describe. It'

"Senior Brother, there is naturally no problem."

Li Chi comforted him, handed the two jade slips in his hand to Xiao Yuansi, and explained:

"I broke through to Foundation Establishment in my first year. I spent the remaining time recording my experiences and talisman techniques from these years. Later, I will take this Green Ruler Sword in my hand home together with them. I'm sorry to trouble you, Senior Brother."

Xiao Yuansi naturally took the jade slips, his heart filled with a thousand words he didn't know where to begin with. He then saw Li Chi exit the cave dwelling, step into the air, and fly above Yishan City, looking down at the busy crowds in the city.

His stepping into the air immediately terrified everyone. In an instant, several Foundation Establishment cultivators and over a dozen Qi Refining cultivators flew up in the city, all staring at him. Chi Jiuyun flew up from the peak in a hurry and shouted angrily:

"Li Chi! What are you doing!"

Li Chi was stunned for a moment. Seeing this group of people so alarmed by his small action as if facing a great enemy, he smiled lightly and said in a deep voice:

"Everyone, rest assured. Chi will not run away. I just have one or two things I wish to ask Senior Brother Chi."

The group of people below looked at each other with embarrassed expressions, landing one after another, leaving Chi Jiuyun looking at him with an ugly expression, suppressing his temper as he shouted:

"What other business do you have!"

Li Chi cupped his hands and said softly:

"First, if I should die, I ask that the sect return my magic treasure."

Chi Jiuyun frowned, looked at the sword at his waist, and replied:

"I grant it."

"Second, I wish to spar with Senior Brother Chi. I hope Senior Brother will grant me this favor!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd peeking from below was shocked, falling into dead silence. Chi Jiuyun was stunned and laughed in spite of himself:

"You have only just entered Foundation Establishment, while I have been stuck in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment for over twenty years. Do not let others say I am bullying the weak!"

Yet he was quite suspicious in his heart, secretly thinking:

"Could this brat be trying to find an opportunity to die on my sword so that I would be saddled with this crime? How could such a crude method deceive the Ancestor? Is he not afraid of his entire clan being exterminated?!"

Li Chi cupped his hands again and said stubbornly:

"I ask Senior Brother to grant me this favor!"

Chi Jiuyun's heart stirred, and he sneered inwardly:

"True Person Yuansuan is watching right here in this city. No matter what tricks you play, it is all wasted effort in front of a Purple Mansion cultivator. I might as well teach this brat a lesson so he knows that there are people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens."

So he nodded with a sneer and said:

"Very well."

After speaking, he drew his sword, and crimson sword Qi surged out, pointing straight at Li Chi. The sword Qi was like a crimson torrent passing through the north wind above Yishan City, turning into dozens of sword Qi birds, coming with a scorching aura and sharp edge.

"Lin Jianqi leaving the body, like a spell. Senior Brother Chi has likely already refined Sword Essence!"

The few people below looked up, and seeing the sword Qi like birds and phoenixes, there were immediate exclamations and praises.

Deng Qiuzhi looked up and glared hatefully at Chi Jiuyun, sneering:

"It is merely Sword Essence."

The crimson sword Qi in the air illuminated the surroundings in a bright red. Li Chi, however, just stared at Chi Jiuyun, his left hand resting on the long sword at his waist, without drawing his sword or casting a spell. Only when the sword Qi was upon him did he suddenly draw his sword, bringing out a scorching white arc of sword Qi—it was the Moon Palace Sword Arc.

The Moon Palace Sword Arc cast by Li Tongya was like the difference between a firefly and the bright moon compared to Li Chi's. In Li Chi's hands, the Moon Palace Sword Arc was like a huge, clean white sail, illuminating the surroundings and blinding everyone, obliterating the incoming sword Qi and heading straight for Chi Jiuyun's face.

Chi Jiuyun frowned and swung his sword to resist. Dozens of sword Qi beams poured out, but they only slightly dimmed the sword arc. He was shocked, took it more seriously, and gathered his strength to lift his sword. His long sword was covered in crimson, and he forcibly blocked the sword arc.

"How is this possible!"

Chi Jiuyun was greatly shaken. Before he could speak, he hurriedly used his magic to disperse the sword arc in front of him. Li Chi had already stepped forward, and dozens of plain, unadorned sword Qi beams flew toward him.

Chi Jiuyun swung his magic sword to slash, but found that these dozen or so sword Qi beams were all thick and sharp. He knew that Li Chi's sword cultivation was above his own, so relying on his deep true essence, he freed up his hand to summon a dozen Foundation Establishment fire spells, hoping to interrupt Li Chi's sword moves.

Li Chi broke the dozen fire spells with one sword strike, causing a series of explosions in the air, which turned into falling fire rain. It looked like it was about to ignite Yishan City, but they all vanished upon hitting the ground.

Deng Qiuzhi watched carefully, his heart feeling empty, and he gritted his teeth and muttered to himself:

"As expected, there is a Zifu cultivator sitting in command! Truly watertight. Since they have already coerced our families, they still have to send a Zifu True Person to sit in command personally! Are they truly afraid that we would not obey..."

The sword Qi and spells in the air collided a dozen times. Chi Jiuyun's expression was ugly. Anyone with eyes could see that his sword cultivation was at a disadvantage. Suppressing his anger, he pinched a seal to release various spells in a frantic bombardment, trying to suppress Li Chi with his cultivation base.

Li Chi remained calm, letting all his spells come and go, only using the cyan-white Green Ruler Sword in his hand to break them one by one. In an instant, the difference in skill was clear.

Seeing the people below staring blankly and not daring to speak, Chi Jiuyun was suddenly furious. Regardless of Li Chi's cultivation, he slapped his brocade pouch, summoned a treasure bead engraved with Chi patterns, formed seals with both hands, and summoned a crimson light screen.

Li Chi glanced at him, suddenly sheathed his sword, smiled lightly, and said:

"Senior Brother Chi!"

Chi Jiuyun was stunned, not knowing whether to respond or not, but saw Li Chi take a step forward and smile:

"Take a sword from me."

"Clang!"

As soon as the voice fell, a series of clanging metal sounds rang out in Yishan City. The precious swords at Deng Qiuzhi's waist jumped slightly, and all the green blades in Yishan City jumped restlessly, trembling continuously.

(End of chapter)