Chapter 515: Century-old causality arrives in the city again

The blade light slashed past Bai Chen's body, and as this Hook-Deep Sword Master died and vanished, the Green Lotus heaven and earth and martial Dao domain outside the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】 also dissipated accordingly.

Within the sword realm, Bai Chen was slashed into two halves, falling to the ground.

Looking at this opponent who had died three times in his hands, Li Fei exhaled heavily.

He actually won this battle very dangerously; the other party's strongest killing move happened to be restrained by himself, otherwise he would have almost found it difficult to find a chance to win.

There were only 500-plus Blood Souls left in the Myriad Blood Pearl, and 1000 Blood Souls left in the Blood Spring.

If he hadn't killed the other party just now before Bai Chen regained control of the martial Dao domain, then the one who died would have been himself!

"Fortunately, you only have three lives."

Li Fei looked at the corpse on the ground and gave a self-deprecating smile.

If Bai Chen could come again, and had precautions against Li Fei's means, the result of the battle would have been different.

Suddenly, the 【Sword Sacrifice】 supernatural power in his dantian appeared with an abnormality again!

The scorching light cluster shone through Li Fei's dantian onto Bai Chen's corpse.

The fateful palpitation feeling descended again, and this time it was unprecedentedly intense!

"This is..."

Just now Li Fei and Bai Chen connected heart and mind, causality connected; Bai Chen obtained Zhang Zhang Yuanhong's information from Li Fei, and Li Fei also obtained a portion of the content of 《Slashing Karma》 sword art from the other party.

The reason this sword art was the most difficult sword art to practice in the Hook-Deep Sword Sect was that it involved causality and fate, truly mysterious and profound, and relying only on talent couldn't guarantee it would be practiced successfully; it also required opportunity and luck.

Once 《Slashing Karma》 sword art was practiced to completion, one could select a target, establish a causal connection with the other party, and then slash away the "karmic obstacles" between the two.

The stronger these "karmic obstacles," the more benefits obtained after slashing them away.

And if the person casting 《Slashing Karma》 sword art was instead slashed and killed by the target, it also counted as eliminating "karmic obstacles," and the target could also obtain feedback!

Bai Chen not only practiced 《Slashing Karma》 to the creation realm, but also combined the Buddhist sect's top-tier supernatural power 【Three-Body Buddha】, combined with the Daoist sect's "slashing the three corpses," and created his own path to becoming a Saint.

Li Fei had slashed and killed Bai Chen three times in succession, and with Zhang Zhang Yuanhong "pushing the waves and helping the billows" in the middle, the depth of the accumulated causality and the number of "karmic obstacles" slashed away far exceeded the influence that a single 《Slashing Karma》 sword art could bring!

So the feedback he obtained this time also far exceeded imagination!

The 【Sword Sacrifice】 supernatural power light shone on Bai Chen's corpse, and immediately the flesh and blood melted, the white bones turned to ash, and all implants and Dao foundations melted into the light.

This scene looked like Bai Chen sacrificing himself to the sword!

And the energy converted by the 【Sword Sacrifice】 supernatural power sacrificing Bai Chen's body was not directly obtained by Li Fei.

This energy was just a guide; in the dark, a vast aura descended and landed on Li Fei.

A group of powerhouses on the Baifeng Plain all had feelings, especially the True Persons who had reached the True Spirit Realm and the top-tier True Persons, who could "see" a vast white rainbow descending from the sky, finally forming a spectacular white pillar.

Supporting the sky and connecting the earth!

"Qi luck forming a pillar?!"

In the Heaven and Earth Inverted Five Elements Great Array, Xuanxin was the first to notice the abnormality; he couldn't help but glance outside the great array, and then saw a pillar of Qi luck.

This was an omen formed only when Qi luck reached a certain degree, usually belonging to a powerful force or organization.

No matter how thick an individual's Qi luck was, it wouldn't reach this degree!

"Hook-Deep Sword Sect... Li Fei, good!"

Xuanxin also knew divination techniques; he just pinched his fingers and calculated simply, and roughly understood what was going on, unable to help but reveal a look of joy.

He lowered his head and looked at the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King below, laughing:

"This general trend, it really might not be with your Buddhist sect!"

On the Baifeng Plain, Li Fei stood under the pillar of Qi luck, bearing this vast Qi luck!

"So that's how it is..."

He finally understood what benefits this causal feedback brought.

It was Qi luck!

Slashing karma to attain the Dao, what was snatched was others' Qi luck and fate.

He was the first prodigy in history, repeatedly breaking cultivation records, creating various histories, and already bore great Qi luck.

Plus he was a Marquis of the nation, a minister of the dying command, and bore a portion of the Great Lan Dynasty's Qi luck.

If Bai Chen could slash and kill him under the condition of having a causal connection, the Qi luck feedback obtained would be very astonishing!

Relying on this Qi luck, Bai Chen truly had a certain chance to impact the Martial Saint realm!

Conversely, the Hook-Deep Sword Sect had existed for more than four hundred years and also had great Qi luck.

That night, although Li Fei led people to break through the Hook-Deep Sword Sect's station, Bai Chen, this Hook-Deep Sword Master, was still there.

Most of the Hook-Deep Sword Sect's Qi luck was tied to this Sword Master, and with him sitting in town, most of the Hook-Deep Sword Sect's Qi luck had not yet dissipated.

Now Li Fei slashed and killed Bai Chen, and the Hook-Deep Sword Sect could be said to be completely destroyed.

Under the traction of causality, the Hook-Deep Sword Sect's four hundred years of Qi luck all fed back!

Not only that, there was also Bai Chen's personal Qi luck as a Standing-Dao-Realm Grandmaster.

Moreover, Li Fei, at the realm of a Martial Arts Master and True Person, slew a Grandmaster in reverse—this feat shattered cultivation records and created new history, which likewise resulted in a feedback of fortune.

Previously, what he counter-slashed was only the Peak-Realm Xu Jing.

This time it was even more exaggerated, slashing a Standing-Dao-Realm Grandmaster; the Qi luck feedback was naturally more intense!

Such various Qi luck superimposed together created a pillar of Qi luck!

Under the blessing of Qi luck, six stars lit up within the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】.

These six stars spontaneously gathered together, having a tendency to merge.

Once the fusion is complete, Li Fei will take advantage of the momentum to break through and become a Grandmaster and a top-tier True Person!

Qi luck blessing was to push him to break through!

Li Fei's mind moved, and he fully activated the 【Refining Objects】 supernatural power, only then stopping this trend of breaking through.

Lin Lin Tianyi back then could only break through with six supernatural powers, only because to reach yin-yang balance, he could only have three martial Dao supernatural powers and three technique supernatural powers.

But Li Fei was now four martial Dao supernatural powers and two technique supernatural powers, also achieving balance.

Because he had 【Hunyuan Golden Palace】 and 【Refining Objects】, these two supernatural powers that could adjust yin-yang balance.

Besides that, it was also because he was law-martial integrated, using the body as a vessel, and the law-martial integration was more thorough than Lin Lin Tianyi's, so the requirement for yin-yang balance was not so harsh.

Under such circumstances, Li Fei could completely pursue the ultimate seven supernatural powers law-martial integration!

After he created the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】, he had already thought about how the next path should be walked.

A Dao principle could be composed of at most seven supernatural powers; Li Fei didn't want to leave regrets for himself.

He wanted to pursue the seven supernatural powers law-martial integration that no one had ever achieved since ancient times!

So he forcibly stopped the trend of breaking through.

It was very difficult for others to do this, only able to passively endure, unable to actively control Qi luck.

But Li Fei had experienced Qi luck blessing more than once, and had also used Qi luck to refine supernatural power seeds, which could be called rich in experience.

Plus he had the 【Refining Objects】 supernatural power, which gave him a lot of room for operation.

He stretched out his right hand, palm facing up, and Qi luck continuously gathered toward him.

A moment later, the pillar of Qi luck disappeared, replaced by a scorching white light ball in Li Fei's palm, like a small sun.

Four hundred years of Qi luck all entered my hands!

Lanling City.

Before the battle on the Baifeng Plain started, from 5 AM this morning, eighteen city gates were closed, not allowing anyone to enter or leave.

Not only that, the city-protecting great array was also activated!

The original city-protecting great array was built relying on the city walls, just ensuring the city walls were strong enough so that they wouldn't be easily broken by peak powerhouses, thereby allowing the enemy army outside to enter the city directly.

Later, the Western Continent Allied Forces besieged the city; the other party didn't send soldiers to attack the city, but directly sent hundreds of bombers to launch an attack from the air!

Lanling City's city-protecting great array didn't guard against the air; after all, even if there were a few powerhouses who could fly, there were powerhouses in the city to greet the enemy.

As for large flying magic treasures, their number was originally very small, so there was no need to specifically build a great array that could guard against the air.

But since that battle back then, the Great Lan Dynasty had consumed a large amount of resources, taking nearly ten years, personally presided over by True Monarch Yun Shu, and participated in by a group of True Persons from the Zhengfa Pavilion, to strengthen the original city-protecting great array, making it a great array that could protect the entire city in all directions after being activated!

At this moment, if a master proficient in techniques looked down from the air, they could see a huge light cover faintly above Lanling City, enveloping the entire city within.

Xirong Gate, one of the eighteen city gates of Lanling City.

The general responsible for guarding this city gate was named Xi Yan, belonging to the City Guard Army, a Colonel, leading three thousand troops, responsible for guarding Xirong Gate.

This morning, Xi Yan received the order; from the morning, he had been waiting in full battle array with the soldiers under his command, ready to fight at any time!

"General, we've been on guard for a whole day, where is there any movement? Could it be that someone is really coming to attack the city?"

On the city wall, a Du-Si said to Xi Yan.

The Great Lan Dynasty had been established for more than five hundred years; besides the Western Allied Forces back then, no other army had been able to reach the capital.

Now, although the First Imperial Prince and the Li Prince had jumped out to "clear the side of the Emperor," the Southern Border Army was still thousands of miles away from Lanling City; how could they attack so quickly?

So when the order from above was issued, many soldiers were very confused, not understanding who they were guarding against.

"Less nonsense, since the above has spoken, just execute it well!"

Xi Yan scolded sternly.

The City Guard Army and the Imperial Guard of Lanling City were both armies with major implications; one was responsible for guarding the Imperial City, and the other was responsible for guarding the outer city walls of Lanling City.

These were the two most important lines of defense in the capital!

So for the generals of the City Guard Army and the Imperial Guard, the most important thing was not personal ability, but loyalty.

The Crown Prince, the First Imperial Prince, and the Third Imperial Prince, no matter how fiercely the three had fought in the past years, and how much the imperial court had been affected, there were two systems that could be spared from the disaster of party strife.

One was the Imperial Guard, and the other was the City Guard Army.

Xi Yan's ancestors for five generations had all been in Lanling City, and every generation had people serving in the City Guard Army.

Although he, this Colonel, was only a 12th-rank military officer, when he was appointed, it was personally confirmed by the Emperor, and he even went into the palace to meet the Sage!

Xi Yan considered himself bearing the imperial grace and was absolutely unwilling to fail the Emperor's trust, so he treated this order very seriously.

After being scolded by him, the Du-Si on the side didn't dare to say more, and was about to retreat, when he suddenly heard someone shout in front:

"General, there is movement!"

Xi Yan was startled when he heard this; his feet exerted force, and he leaped to the edge of the city wall in one step.

Outside Xirong Gate was a flat land, with almost no weeds on the ground, all traces left by passing vehicles.

After the city gate was sealed, hundreds of people gathered outside.

These people had all rushed from other places, some intending to enter the city to do business, some intending to enter the city to visit relatives.

Once the city gate was closed, they couldn't enter, and didn't know when the gate would open, so they had to wait near the city gate.

And just as the twilight was about to sink, there was a low sound of Sanskrit in the official road, and six figures walked slowly from the dust.

Xi Yan was a Dao-Foundation-Realm martial artist, his eyesight was very good, and looking closely, he saw that these six figures were clearly six monks!

Every step the six people took, lotus patterns would flow between the dust.

The red kasayas worn by the five leading old monks seemed to have melted the sunset's rosy light, and thousands of fine golden patterns appeared in the surging.

What truly made Xi Yan hold his breath was the young monk in the center.

The other party's tender skin faintly revealed jade-like precious light, the Sanskrit characters woven with gold thread on the patchwork kasaya moved like living things, as if the sun, moon, and stars were alternating and shining between the sleeves!

"Everyone be on guard—"

Xi Yan decisively issued the order loudly.

As soon as his voice fell, sandalwood suddenly appeared out of thin air, and the commoners who were still clamoring at the city gate stood stiffly on the spot as if struck by thunder.

The old woman with white hair who knelt down first had her hair moving without wind, and her forehead covered with wrinkles knocked heavily on the mud; then it was the woman holding an infant, the Jianghu martial artist carrying a blade and sword...

In the blink of an eye, the kneeling bodies of hundreds of people rose and fell like wheat waves, and the muffled sound of foreheads hitting the ground gradually gathered into a strange rhythm, like the wooden fish constantly being struck in a temple.

"Amitabha."

The young monk in the center pressed his hands together and sang a Buddha name lightly.

His voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by Xi Yan and the others on the city wall a thousand meters away.

"Which high monk of the Buddhist sect has come?"

Xi Yan's heartbeat accelerated involuntarily.

"This old monk is Buddha Jingheng, visiting Lanling City."

The young monk's voice rang out again.

As his voice fell, a golden wheel Dharma image suddenly appeared behind his neck, and heavenly dragon phantoms could be vaguely seen circling in the nine-fold halo!

Seven-colored udumbara flowers bloomed on the withered trees by the road, and milky sweet dew gushed out from the stone cracks.

On the city wall, the long spears in the hands of the City Guard soldiers fell uncontrollably, and the iron armor on their bodies shone brilliantly under the reflection of the Buddha light.

At first, this voice only reached Xirong Gate, then this voice actually pierced through the city-protecting great array, surging toward the city like a tide, and the sound became louder and louder!

"This old monk is Buddha Jingheng, visiting Lanling City!"

When the voice passed through the outer city, inner city, imperial city, and finally reached the Imperial Palace, it was already as loud as thunder!

Above Lanling City, the semi-transparent protective cover excited by the city-protecting great array was currently rippling with waves.

The protective air-defense shield of this city-guarding grand array could even withstand the full-force attacks of several Grandmasters, yet at this moment, it was being shaken incessantly by a single voice!

"Jing Heng? Jing Heng!!"

Xi Yan did not react immediately to whose Dharma name this was.

It was not until he saw the astonishing phenomena manifested by the other party and felt the terrifying strength of this young monk that a flash of insight appeared in his mind, and he finally realized who had come.

Jing Heng, Abbot of Mount Pudu Temple—

The Buddha of the present age!

Mount Pudu Temple stood out to support the First Imperial Prince and Prince Li, dispatching two Martial Saints to participate in the battle on the Bai Feng Plains.

Yet as the Abbot with the greatest strength and highest status in Mount Pudu Temple, Jing Heng did not go to the Bai Feng Plains, but instead brought five Great Arhats directly to Lanling City!

This is the second time in Jing Heng's life that he has come to Lanling City.

Over a hundred years ago, Emperor Wencheng wanted to eradicate Buddhism.

As Abbot, Jing Heng personally brought vast amounts of gold and silver, cultivation resources, heavenly treasures, and precious Buddhist secret manuals, traveling thousands of miles to Lanling City to offer these things to Emperor Wencheng voluntarily, in exchange for the other party laying down the butcher's knife.

This is the most humiliating history of Buddhism, and also the greatest stain in the life of Jing Heng, this Buddha of the present age!

More than a hundred years later, he has come to Lanling City once again.

The karma of that year is time to be settled.

"Amitabha."

Under the crimson afterglow, Jing Heng stepped toward Lanling City.

The Buddha descends upon the city!

(End of chapter)