Chapter 299: Foster Father

Confusing illusion with truth, reversing divine senses, the true self is not true, the false self enters the crown.

Stealing the essence of heaven and earth, borrowing the use of ghosts and gods—

Such spells are called the Diamond Zen evil method in Buddhism, and illusion in the Immortal Dao.

The illusion technique Zhou Shiyuan just used is a secret method of the Innate Xiantian Xiantian Mo Zong, called the "Mingling Dharma Eye," created by the Innate Xiantian Xiantian Mo Zong Yuanshu Zhenjun Zhuang Si when she was young.

Once this Dharma Eye is activated, it can reflect the deepest thoughts in a person's heart, and it is shadowless, formless, silent, and soundless when activated, making it extremely difficult to guard against.

As long as it is within Zhou Shiyuan's field of vision, even if you don't meet his eyes, you will inevitably be hit!

And during the process of being hit, as long as the mind is not firm and is covered by illusions, if there is a trace of loosening,

you will be taken advantage of by Zhou Shiyuan and completely defeated.

This Dharma Eye is extraordinary among Dao techniques and has profound implications.

And since Zhou Shiyuan begged for this superior Dao technique from Zhuang Si, with his constitution that is innately close to turbidity and confusion, it didn't take long for him to cultivate this Dharma Eye to the medium completion realm.

And with the blessing of his own constitution, its power is even greater, almost becoming one of his trump cards.

Anyone who can make the Year-End Evaluation list

is no ordinary person!

Zhou Shiyuan never expected to take Chen Hang down with a Dao technique that hadn't been cultivated to the ultimate completion realm; just using this Mingling Dharma Eye to trap Chen Hang for a while and disturb his mind was enough.

It was just that before Zhou Shiyuan could use other fierce means, Chen Hang had already broken the Dharma Eye and cleanly pulled himself out of the illusory scene.

This speed surprised Zhou Shiyuan quite a bit.

He quietly raised his vigilance against Chen Hang by several degrees in his heart.

But it was also strange.

In the past, when Zhou Shiyuan compared techniques and invited battles, the expressions of those who broke free from his illusions were mostly terror, reluctance, silence, or endurance.

Even Shen Xingcui of the Zhongyi Sword Sect was inevitably dazed for a moment.

But for someone like Chen Hang, who was killing-intent soaring and cold and indifferent as soon as he broke the illusion, it was truly rare.

This made Zhou Shiyuan feel a trace of curiosity in his heart.

He didn't know what Chen Hang had seen in the illusion.

To have such a reaction...

And at this moment,

Chen Hang and Zhou Shiyuan were facing each other across several hundred zhang of sky, neither wanting to strike first, not wanting to reveal any openings.

Infected by this situation,

the arena was suddenly silent, and no one spoke.

Even those remaining family members and outer-realm cultivators retreated quietly, watching from afar, not daring to take action again.

For a time,

only the whistling sound of the wind was heard, the wind was cold, and the fallen leaves drifted.

And as for why Zhou Shiyuan took action suddenly,

even the family members in the arena were very surprised and had no clue.

Although Xiao Xiujing is a noble son of the great families,

with his ability, he couldn't win over a talent like Zhou Shiyuan of the Xiantian Xiantian Mo Zong.

And given Zhou Shiyuan's usual Xiantian Xiantian Mo Zong stance,

this person is probably hard to get along with.

Not to mention looking at each other with dislike, at least there was nothing to talk about...

And at this moment,

seeing the scene of the two facing each other,

on another peak, Yin Quan, dressed as a secular scholar, flickered his eyes, as if he had guessed something good, suddenly couldn't help but laugh, his lips raised high.

Hearing this sound, Zhou Shiyuan turned his head expressionlessly, looked coldly at Yin Quan, and fierce light surged in his eyes.

"You fight! You fight! I'll just watch the fun, and I definitely don't want to get involved."

Yin Quan waved his hands repeatedly, smiling cheekily:

"How about I make a vow to you now? When you fight with Daoist Brother Chen, if I move an inch, then I, Yin Quan, am a turtle and a big bastard! I won't be able to turn over for the rest of my life, is that okay?"

Zhou Shiyuan snorted coldly, ignored him, looked at Chen Hang again, didn't say much, and flew up in an instant.

Just shouting, a mass of green true qi rushed out from the top of his head with a roar, like a tide and a wave, instantly spreading out twenty or thirty zhang, rolling toward Chen Hang with the momentum of overturning mountains and seas!

Although this was just true qi and not any Dao technique,

but urged by Zhou Shiyuan with all his strength, it was extremely magnificent, making the sky roar endlessly!

A faint and unpredictable evil qi permeated between heaven and earth, making people's bodies feel inexplicably tight, but they couldn't say what the feeling was, just feeling uncomfortable all over, unable to sit or stand in peace!

"Ninth Rank High-Grade True Qi, Yiluo Huanzhen..."

Yin Quan touched his chin, narrowed his eyes slightly, watched the sky, and secretly said.

And facing this fierce offensive, Chen Hang flicked his sleeves, and a mass of true qi also rushed into the sky to meet it, pure white in color, presenting the quality of flawless glaze, shining for miles.

And the true qi within was primordial and unformed, like the beginning of all qi in the world, having already obtained the subtle and mysterious principles of clarity!

A loud sound that could split mountains and crack stones exploded in the sky!

It made the ears of the cultivators around swell, and they couldn't help but frown.

The two true qis constantly slashed and collided, as if two long dragons were fighting fiercely, and in just a short moment, they had worn each other out more than a hundred times.

Green light and white light intertwined like rain, falling in abundance, scattering across the sky.

However, in the end, it was Zhou Shiyuan's Yiluo Huanzhen that collapsed first, swallowed by the Taishi Yuanzhen, which also had little left, and disappeared into the sky.

And looking at the Taishi Yuanzhen that was only a zhang long and shooting toward his face like an arrow or rocket,

Zhou Shiyuan's eyes inexplicably flowed with a trace of melancholy. He raised his hand to strike away the incoming true qi and sighed:

"Sure enough, Foster Father had told me long ago that this Taishi Yuanzhen is a creation of the Tribulation Immortal Ancestor. Looking across the Nine Provinces and Four Seas, few can compare to it...

Being able to cultivate this true qi, the innate Dao foundation is one level stronger, and even the Yiluo Huanzhen of my sect is slightly inferior.

It was hard to see before.

Trying it for real today, I know that what was said is not false."

"Foster Father?"

Chen Hang frowned slightly.

"Thanks to the grace of Yuanshu Zhenjun Yushu, I was able to survive the chaos of the mortal army, and then entered the Innate Xiantian Xiantian Mo Zong to cultivate, having a chance to achieve the Dao in this life. Calling it a rebirth grace is not an exaggeration.

Being able to call Yuanshu Zhenjun Yushu Foster Father is truly my honor, Zhou Shiyuan."

Zhou Shiyuan was expressionless and said lightly:

"As for you, Chen Hang! I have heard Yuanshu Zhenjun Yushu mention you a few times; arrogant, unfilial, and the same kind of goods as those stray dogs of the Yulu Immortal Mansion!

Heaven is the beginning of man, and parents are the root of man.

And there are three kinds of filial piety: the greatest is to respect parents, the second is not to disgrace them, and the third is to be able to support them. Which one have you done? I will teach you a lesson for Yuanshu Zhenjun Yushu today and kill your arrogance!"

After he finished speaking,

there was silence in the Wide Wilderness Minor Realm.

The people in the arena looked at each other, their faces strange.

Even those family members had different expressions, and there was an indescribable awkwardness in their hearts.

Only a few disciples of the Innate Xiantian Xiantian Mo Zong, who seemed to have long been accustomed to Zhou Shiyuan's style, had no strange expressions on their faces...

"I have only heard of recognizing a thief as a father, but today I actually see someone actively recognizing Chen Yushu as a father... The world is so big, there is nothing strange."

After a moment of silence, Chen Hang sighed and said:

"It seems that because of Chen Yushu, you want to be my enemy?"

"Yuanshu Zhenjun Yushu—"

Before Zhou Shiyuan could finish speaking,

he was interrupted by Chen Hang's cold wave of his hand.

"Since that is the case, it makes me even more determined to kill you!"

At the same time these words came out,

a miserable sword light suddenly soared into the high sky, and with the momentum of slaying ghosts and gods, tore through the sky and killed fiercely!

Zhou Shiyuan's expression was calm. A piece of green jade leaped out from his waist and shook in mid-air, arranging clusters of green clouds, piled layer upon layer like frost covering tiles. He actually transformed into hundreds of them in one breath, blocking his surroundings, which shows the depth of his true qi.

However, although this display had considerable momentum, the moment the green clouds were touched by the sword light, they were immediately split apart and lost their form.

In just a few breaths, there was a "crack" sound, and the clouds in the sky gathered together, turning into a piece of green jade.

Immediately, the sword light stirred, and the green jade shattered into three pieces, falling powerlessly from the sky.

In a short moment,

Zhou Shiyuan lost a handy talisman, his front was wide open, and it seemed he had lost a move.

But he had rich fighting experience and had fought several times with people like Shen Xingcui and Lu Tingyun, so he didn't lack experience in fighting with high-level sword cultivators.

After sacrificing the green jade to earn a few breaths of space,

Before Chen Hang's sword light could strike again, Zhou Shiyuan had already finished pinching his seals. His hair danced wildly, and he let out a long shout. A thin wisp of white qi was spat out from his mouth and flashed into view.

Initially, this mass of white qi was only the size of a thumb, swaying, as if it would dissipate with the wind.

But in the blink of an eye, the white qi swelled a hundred times, almost covering several miles of territory.

In the air, it turned into four tadpole characters, as high as a small mountain, emitting a loud sound like a drum!

As soon as these four tadpole characters came out, the cultivators felt the heaven and earth darken first, and then brighten, causing the clouds to shatter, the gale to surge, and Chen Hang's sword light to be forced back for a moment!

Just for this moment,

the four tadpole characters had already shrunk, and cast themselves into Zhou Shiyuan's limbs, hiding in his body, no longer to be seen.

And almost at the same time the tadpole characters disappeared,

a sword light broke through the clouds and mist, arriving in an instant near Zhou Shiyuan's face, striking straight at Zhou Shiyuan's brow Purple Palace!

"Crack."

The harsh sound of metal clashing echoed in the sky!

As if two divine weapons had clashed fiercely, evenly matched, striking out golden stars, which only gradually dissipated after a long time.

The sword light's remaining momentum did not stop. After this collision, it went straight for several miles before the brilliance converged, revealing Chen Hang's trace.

He frowned slightly, only to see several miles behind him.

There was only a shallow blood line on Zhou Shiyuan's brow, the injury hadn't entered the bone, obviously insignificant.

Clearly, where the sword light passed, cutting through gold and stone was just a trivial matter.

Even martial artists who practiced gale evil martial Dao, their physical bodies were already solid and hard to damage, yet they couldn't block his sword!

And looking at the situation just now, Zhou Shiyuan hadn't practiced any mystic arts of physical body sanctification.

In this way,

he could easily block his full-strength sword, it must be because of those four tadpole characters!

"Innate Xiantian Xiantian Mo Zong, and can resist sword qi..."

Chen Hang held his sword, calculating quickly in his mind.

He suddenly remembered a cultivation note left by a Yuchen Sect predecessor he had read in Shen Hunsu Yuan Zhi's library.

Although most of it was about the analysis and explanation of cultivation barriers, there was also a part about the predecessor's travels in the Southern Chan State.

And it naturally couldn't avoid the Innate Xiantian Xiantian Mo Zong, mentioning several important secrets of the Innate Xiantian Xiantian Mo Zong.

"Could it be Qi-Forbidden Bai Ren?"

He thought to himself.

And at the same time,

watching Zhou Shiyuan suffer Chen Hang's full-strength sword without pain or itch,

Yin Quan, who was watching from the side, was also startled, as if he had figured something out, and couldn't help but sigh:

"I heard that since the Year-End Evaluation list came out this year, Zhou Shiyuan specifically fought a battle with Shen Xingcui of the Zhongyi Sword Sect. The result of this battle was secret, and there was no wind outside. I only know that after this battle, Shen Xingcui went to the Western Two States to test his sword.

And now Zhou Shiyuan has actually used the secret method of 'Qi-Forbidden Bai Ren' that specifically restrains sword cultivators.

It seems that Shen Xingcui's battle with him must not have gained any advantage, and it's not impossible that he was defeated.

Looking at it this way...

The rankings of the three of us on the list are actually too low?"

The killing power of a sword cultivator is strong and fierce, and they are skilled in fighting; this is no longer a secret.

Cultivators of the Nine Provinces and Four Seas almost all know it.

And to deal with this generation,

over the infinite years, the great virtues of the various sects have also used great wisdom and magic power to create many great arts.

Like the Innate Xiantian Xiantian Mo Zong's Qi-Forbidden Bai Ren, it is one of them.

This art has a great origin; it is said that it was created by Chen Yushu after he achieved the Pure Yang Dao fruit, using the scriptures in the "Langhuan Secret Manual" as inspiration.

It was created specifically to deal with Qiao Yubi of the Zhongyi Sword Sect.

It is specifically for restraining the extreme killing power of sword cultivators!

And once this art is activated, no matter what kind of sword qi falls on the body, its power will be greatly reduced.

The original ten-tenths of force is instantly reduced by eight or nine-tenths, and the remaining sword qi's killing power is greatly damaged, so it can naturally be easily dealt with.

However, Yin Quan knew that although this Qi-Forbidden Bai Ren method was fierce, its consumption of true qi was also very fierce.

Although Zhou Shiyuan's Dao foundation was solid, it was hard to maintain this method for a long time.

Just when he was curious about how Chen Hang would respond,

a loud sword sound rang out in the sky, and Chen Hang's figure transformed into a rainbow and disappeared.

But this time,

Chen Hang just wandered around Zhou Shiyuan with the speed of sword escape, and didn't use his flying sword to attack the enemy.

Innate sun divine light and yin-corroding red water attacked like splashing rain, dense and dense, leaving no room for breath.

And there was sword light appearing in the void, spitting out brilliance, used for deterrence.

Forcing Zhou Shiyuan to keep the Qi-Forbidden Bai Ren method and continue to operate it.

For fear that he would just withdraw the secret method.

The next moment, sword light would fly, striking straight at his head!

This is a real conspiracy.

It is also a battle of consumption!

It tests whose true qi is exhausted first, and who reveals an opening first when responding to the enemy!

Between the two sides, if one makes a mistake first, they will immediately face the other's thunderous blow and be defeated.

If Chen Hang were a pure sword cultivator, this Qi-Forbidden Bai Ren method might be quite troublesome for him, and he would have to have a headache.

But sword technique is only one of the many means he has refined.

Although important, it is not that he has no fighting ability without it.

And Zhou Shiyuan only refined the secret method created by Chen Yushu; if it comes to ability, he must be far inferior to Chen Yushu.

With various conditions combined,

even though Zhou Shiyuan brought out this secret method that specifically restrains sword cultivators, he was still slowly forced into a disadvantage.

And seeing that if they continued to fight like this, the distance to his defeat might not be impossible.

Zhou Shiyuan's heart sank slightly, surprised that Chen Hang had refined several fierce great arts besides sword technique.

On the other hand, he also made up his mind to completely decide the outcome in one blow!

And Chen Hang was constantly paying attention to the changes in Zhou Shiyuan's aura. Seeing this, he naturally wouldn't miss it, and clearly guessed his intention.

He sneered in his heart, took the magic formula secretly, his qi sea vibrated, and there was faint lightning flashing between his palms and fingers, emitting a fine crackling sound.

But before the two sides could attack each other,

a cloud vortex slowly rose in the sky of the Wide Wilderness Minor Realm.

At the same time, golden light burst from Zhou Shiyuan's body, as if urging something.

"Is the time up?"

Zhou Shiyuan frowned, raised his hand to release a stream of yellow sand, extinguished the incoming divine light and red water, and cleared his vision.

Immediately, he slowly pressed his true qi, looked at Chen Hang, his gaze a bit complex:

"Chen Hang, I didn't expect that after I fought Shen Xingcui to a draw, another you would appear... The bloodline of Yuanshu Zhenjun Yushu is indeed extraordinary; I hate that I cannot replace him!

Today, you win one round."

Combined

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