Chapter 515: Century-Old Causality Descends on the City

The blade light slashed across Benefactor Bai Chen's body, and as this Hook-Deep Sword Master died and his Dao vanished, the Green Lotus world and Martial Dao domain outside the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】 also dissipated.

Inside the sword realm, Benefactor 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.

This battle was actually very dangerous; the other party's strongest killing move was just happened to be countered by him, otherwise he would have found it almost impossible to find a chance to win.

There were only 500-plus Blood Souls left in the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl, and 1,000 Blood Souls left in the Blood Spring.

If he hadn't killed the other party before Benefactor Bai Chen regained control of the Martial Dao domain just now, he would have been the one to die!

"Fortunately, you only have three lives."

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

If Benefactor 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】 divine ability in his Dantian had another anomaly!

The scorching light group shone through Li Fei's Dantian onto Benefactor Bai Chen's corpse.

The fated palpitating feeling descended again, and this time it was unprecedentedly intense!

"This is..."

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

The reason why this sword technique was the hardest to practice in the Hook-Deep Sword Sect was that it involved causality and fate, which was truly mysterious and profound; relying on talent alone couldn't guarantee success, it also required opportunity and luck.

Once the 《Slashing Karma》 sword technique was practiced to the creation realm, 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 one would gain after slashing them away.

And if the person executing the 《Slashing Karma》 sword technique was instead killed by the target, it also counted as eliminating the "karmic obstacles," and the target could also gain feedback!

Benefactor Bai Chen not only practiced 《Slashing Karma》 to the creation realm, but also combined it with the Buddhist top-tier divine ability 【Three-Body Buddha】, combined with the Daoist "slashing the three corpses," and created his own path to sainthood.

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

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

The divine ability light of 【Sword Sacrifice】 shone on Benefactor Bai Chen's corpse, and immediately the flesh and blood melted, the white bones turned to ash, and all implants and the Dao foundation melted into the light.

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

And the energy transformed by 【Sword Sacrifice】 divine ability sacrificing Benefactor 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.

All experts on the Bai Feng Plains felt it, especially True Persons who had reached the True Spirit Realm and top-tier True Persons, who could "see" a vast white rainbow descending from the sky, finally forming a spectacular white pillar.

Supporting heaven and connecting earth!

"Luck forming a pillar?!"

In the Inverted Five Elements Great Array, Xuanxin was the first to notice the anomaly, couldn't help but look outside the great array, and then saw a pillar of luck.

This was a phenomenon that could only be formed when luck reached a certain level, usually belonging to a powerful force or organization.

An individual's luck, no matter how thick, wouldn't reach this level!

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

Xuanxin also knew divination techniques; he just calculated simply, and roughly understood what was going on, couldn't help but show joy.

He lowered his head to look at the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King below and laughed:

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

On the Bai Feng Plains, Li Fei stood under the pillar of luck, bearing this majestic luck!

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

He finally understood what benefits this causal feedback brought.

It was luck!

Slashing karma to attain the Dao, what is seized is others' luck and fate.

He was the first genius in history, constantly breaking cultivation records, creating various histories, and already bore great luck.

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

If Benefactor Bai Chen could kill him with a causal connection, the luck feedback obtained would be very astonishing!

With this luck, Benefactor Bai Chen really had a glimmer of opportunity to impact the Martial Saint realm!

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

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

Most of the Hook-Deep Sword Sect's luck was tied to this Sword Master; with him sitting in town, most of the Hook-Deep Sword Sect's luck hadn't dissipated.

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

Under the traction of causality, the luck of the Hook-Deep Sword Sect for over four hundred years was fed back completely!

Not only that, there was also Benefactor Bai Chen's personal luck as a Lidao Realm Grandmaster.

Moreover, Li Fei, at the realm of a Martial Arts Grandmaster and True Person, killed a Great Grandmaster in reverse, an act that broke cultivation records and created new history, which also brought feedback from destiny.

Previously, the one he killed in reverse was merely Xu Jing of the Peak Perfection realm.

This time it was even more exaggerated, slaying a Grandmaster of the Lidao Realm; the luck feedback was naturally more intense!

Such various lucks superimposed together created a pillar of luck!

Under the addition of luck, six stars lit up within the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】.

These six stars spontaneously gathered together, with a trend of merging.

Once the merger was completed, Li Fei would take advantage of the trend to break through and become a Grandmaster and top-tier True Person!

Luck added to the body, it was to push him to break through!

Li Fei's intent shifted, and he fully activated the 【Refining Objects】 divine ability, only then stopping this trend of breaking through.

Lin Tianyi could only break through the realm with six supernatural powers back then, solely because to achieve the balance of yin and yang, he could only have three martial arts supernatural powers and three technique-based supernatural powers.

But Li Fei now has four martial arts supernatural powers and two technique-based supernatural powers, which also achieves balance.

Because he had 【Mixed Heaven Golden Palace】 and 【Refining Objects】, these two divine abilities that could regulate Yin-Yang balance.

Besides that, it was also because he was Dharma-Martial in one body, using the body as a vessel; Dharma-Martial integration was more thorough than 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 divine abilities!

After creating the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】, he had already thought about how to walk the path ahead.

A Dao law could be "pieced together" by at most seven divine abilities; Li Fei didn't want to leave regrets for himself.

He wanted to pursue the seven-divine-ability Dharma-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 luck.

But Li Fei had experienced luck added to the body more than once, and had also used luck to refine divine ability seeds, which could be said to be rich in experience.

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

He stretched out his right hand, palm upward, and luck gathered toward him continuously.

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

Four hundred years of luck all entered my hands!

Lanling City.

Before the battle on the Bai Feng Plains started, from 5 AM today, eighteen city gates were closed, and no one was allowed 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, not to be broken by peak experts at will, thereby letting the enemy army outside enter the city directly.

Later, the Western Continent Allied Forces arrived at the city gates; the other party didn't send soldiers to attack the city, but directly sent over a hundred 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 a few experts could fly, there were experts in the city to meet the enemy.

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

But since that battle, the Great Lan Dynasty had consumed a large amount of resources, taking nearly ten years, hosted by Yun Shu, this True Lord, 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 activation!

At this moment, if a master proficient in techniques were to look down from the sky, they would be able to see a faint, enormous light barrier over the entire Lanling City, shrouding the whole city within it.

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 Assistant Regional Commander, leading 3,000 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 his subordinates, ready for battle at any time!

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

On the city wall, a Dusi said to Xi Yan.

The Great Lan Dynasty had been founded for over five hundred years; except for the Western Allied Forces back then, no other army had been able to reach the capital.

Now, although the First Imperial Prince and the King of Li had jumped out to "clear the monarch's side," the Southern Border Army was still thousands of miles away from Lanling City; how could they have arrived 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 Forbidden Army of Lanling City were both armies of great importance; one was responsible for guarding the Imperial Palace, 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 Forbidden Army, the most important thing was not individual ability, but loyalty.

The Crown Prince, the First Imperial Prince, and the Third Imperial Prince, no matter how fiercely they fought in the past few years, no matter how much the court was affected, two systems could avoid the disaster of party strife.

One was the Forbidden Army, 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 this Assistant Regional Commander was only a 12th-rank military officer, when he took office, it was personally confirmed by the Emperor, and he even entered the palace to meet the Sage!

Xi Yan considered himself to bear 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 Dusi 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 left by passing vehicles.

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

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

The city gate was closed, they couldn't get in, and didn't know when it would open, so they had to wait near the city gate.

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

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

Every step the six took, there were faint lotus patterns flowing in the dust.

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

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

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

"All units, be on guard—"

Xi Yan decisively issued the order loudly.

Just as his voice fell, sandalwood suddenly grew out of thin air, and the people who were still clamoring at the city gate were frozen on the spot as if struck by lightning.

The old woman with white hair who knelt down first had her hair moving without wind, and her forehead full of wrinkles knocked heavily on the mud; then it was the woman holding the 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 knocked in a temple.

"Amitabha."

The young monk in the middle pressed his hands together and sang a Buddhist name lightly.

His voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by Xi Yan and 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 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 the phantom of a heavenly dragon could be vaguely seen circling in the nine-fold halo!

Seven-colored Udumbara flowers bloomed on the withered trees by the road, and milky white 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 brightly under the reflection of the Buddhist 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 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 like thunder!

Above Lanling City, the semi-transparent protective cover stimulated by the city-protecting great array was now rippling.

This city-protecting great array's anti-air protective cover could even withstand the full attack of several Grandmasters, yet it was shaken by a voice!

"Buddha Buddha Jingheng? Buddha Buddha Jingheng!!"

Xi Yan didn't react to who this Dharma name belonged to at first.

Until he saw the astonishing phenomena manifested by the other party and felt the terrifying strength of this young monk, his mind flashed, and he finally realized who had come.

Buddha Buddha Jingheng, Abbot of Pudu Temple—

The Buddha of the current age!

The Buddhist sect stood out to support the First Imperial Prince and the King of Li, sending two Martial Saints to participate in the battle on the Bai Feng Plains.

And as the Abbot of Pudu Temple, who had the strongest strength and the highest status, Buddha Buddha Jingheng didn't go to the Bai Feng Plains, but brought five Great Arhats directly to Lanling City!

This was the second time Buddha Buddha Jingheng had come to Lanling City in his life.

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

Buddha Buddha Jingheng, as Abbot, personally brought a large amount of gold, silver, cultivation resources, heavenly treasures, and precious Buddhist manuals, traveling thousands of miles to Lanling City, and took the initiative to offer these things to Emperor Wencheng in exchange for the other party putting down the butcher's knife.

This was the most humiliating history of the Buddhist sect, and also the biggest stain in the life of Buddha Buddha Jingheng, this Buddha of the current age!

Over a hundred years later, he came to Lanling City again.

The causality of that year, it was time to settle it.

"Amitabha."

Under the red twilight, Buddha Buddha Jingheng walked toward Lanling City.

The Buddha arrives at the city!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 516 =====