Chapter 882: Nirvana of Saving the World, The Second Life-Bound Treasure

December 19th.

The third day since the Northern Expedition army set out.

In the sky, a storied boat traveled through the sea of clouds in a cloaked state.

Li Lei and Zhang Yuqing stood on the deck, looking curiously at the scene outside.

A bearded man with a decadent expression stood guard behind them.

He was Yu Lei, formerly a wandering cultivator of the pugilistic world, who later repaired his damaged implant by practicing the "Five Phases Reversal Method," allowing him to break through to the realm of a Martial Arts Master.

He was now a member of the Marquis of Jing'an's estate.

"Let's go, let's head back inside; don't trouble Master Yu to keep standing here."

Li Lei said to Zhang Yuqing.

Yu Lei, standing to the side, smiled upon hearing this: "Lord Li, there is no need for that. I was born with this weary look; it makes no difference where I stand. Lord Li, please do not mind me."

Li Lei also smiled, but he still took Zhang Yuqing back inside.

Yu Lei was, after all, a Martial Arts Master; he could not truly treat the man as a personal bodyguard to be ordered around.

"I wonder if Xiao Fei is still in Blue Spirit City; will we be able to see him when we get there?"

After returning to the room, Zhang Yuqing said.

Li Lei shook his head: "His Majesty ordered Xiao Fei to lead the army on the expedition; he has likely already departed."

When he and Zhang Yuqing set out on this large flying magic treasure, the news that the Son of Heaven had ordered Li Fei and Xuan Chen to lead the army north had only just arrived.

The general leads the troops abroad, while the family stays in the capital.

This could be considered a 'tradition' of the Great Blue Dynasty.

However, it was not an order from the Son of Heaven that brought Li Lei, Zhang Yuqing, and the others to Blue Spirit City, but rather Li Fei's own initiative.

Today, the Great Blue Dynasty has enemies everywhere in the world; there are too many of them!

And Li Fei is already a true pillar of the Great Blue Dynasty; his every move attracts the eyes of the world.

Plus, he had offended two evil beings.

Therefore, Li Lei and the others could not stay in Xingcheng; he was not at ease.

Only by staying in Blue Spirit City would the risk be minimized.

In Blue Spirit City, there is a grand array for protection, powerful guards, and officials holding office are also under the protection of the nation's destiny!

Most importantly, there is Wenren Zheng, a Martial Saint, holding down the fort; the stronger one is, the less they dare to act recklessly.

So, after discussing it with Li Lei and the others, Li Fei prepared to bring them to Blue Spirit City.

Upon learning of his intention, the Son of Heaven immediately issued a decree:

"Order Xingcheng Chief Li Lei to proceed to Blue Spirit City to serve as Deputy Director of the Inspection Division of the Supervisory Cabinet."

The Inspection Division of the Supervisory Cabinet is responsible for the security of the capital and is the third type of armed force in Blue Spirit City, aside from the Imperial Guard and the City Garrison.

This is a truly vital department, holding a high and powerful position!

The Deputy Director of the Inspection Division is a Grade 14 official; Li Lei was promoted two grades at once from a Grade 12 official, a move that included leaping over the 'Dragon Gate' between local and central officials to take an important position in the capital.

It could be called a meteoric rise!

"I never imagined that in this lifetime I would have the chance to be a 'capital official,' and in a place like the Inspection Division, no less."

Li Lei looked moved.

For the vast majority of officials in the supervisory system, the position of Deputy Director of the Blue Spirit City Inspection Division is one they wouldn't even dare to dream of.

From here on, whether entering the Cabinet to serve as an official or being sent out to become a high-ranking regional leader, the future is boundless!

"Isn't it all because of Xiao Fei? I only hope that he and Tianyu can both be safe and sound."

Zhang Yuqing said.

Li Tianyu is currently in the Northern Territory, and Li Fei is about to lead troops there.

Both children in the family are going to the battlefield, which makes Zhang Yuqing very uneasy.

"Rest assured, Xiao Fei is so capable; with him there, neither he nor Tianyu will have any trouble."

Li Lei hugged his wife and comforted her.

BOOM!!!

A thunderous sound suddenly came from outside.

Li Lei and Zhang Yuqing were both startled.

"What's wrong? Is it thundering outside?"

Li Lei was suspicious and uneasy.

He was just about to go out to take a look when he saw that Yu Lei was already standing outside the door.

This Martial Arts Master, who usually looked decadent, rarely showed such a grave expression:

"Lord Li, you and your wife stay inside the room; do not go anywhere."

Li Lei's expression turned stern: "Very well!"

He turned and pulled Zhang Yuqing to sit down inside the room.

"What happened?"

Zhang Yuqing had already experienced one attack, so she was still relatively calm.

Li Lei shook his head: "I don't know. We can't do anything, so let's not add to the chaos."

Outside the storied boat, a thunderbolt as thick as a mountain peak descended, completely shattering the protective shield formed by the array!

On this large flying magic treasure, there was more than one True Person presiding, yet the protective array they jointly activated was shattered so easily, which shows the strength of the attacker.

It is likely a top-tier powerhouse!

The group of experts on the storied boat all showed grave expressions, feeling suspicious and uneasy.

Flying in the air with a large flying magic treasure almost eliminates the possibility of being tracked or intercepted.

The sky is so vast that for the enemy to determine their specific flight path is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Yet, they had encountered an attack.

There is only one possibility—there is a mole!

Boom—

A second thunderbolt fell, striking the storied boat that had temporarily lost its array protection.

A streak of scorching sword light rose to meet the thunder, eventually splitting it down the middle.

Countless electric sparks danced like thousands of silver snakes, but all the lightning falling toward the storied boat was precisely struck by the sword Qi and extinguished one after another.

In the end, not a single bolt of lightning landed on the storied boat.

When the electric light faded, the figure in the sky was revealed.

Bald, wearing a black robe, holding a sword in one hand.

President of Wu'an University—Shi Caiming!

After this period of recuperation, his injuries had initially healed.

This time, while escorting Li Lei, Zhang Yuqing, and the others back to Blue Spirit City, he had also secretly boarded the storied boat.

Seeing Shi Caiming appear, the people on the storied boat breathed a sigh of relief, and the protective shield was reactivated.

"Hiding your head and showing your tail, attacking innocent people—is this the compassion of your Buddhist school?"

Shi Caiming looked around with cold eyes and said loudly.

The thunderbolt just now was condensed from true power; he sensed a faint Zen intent within it and heard vague Sanskrit sounds.

Therefore, he immediately concluded that this was a top-tier Buddhist powerhouse making a move!

"Temples across the world have been destroyed, countless monks have been killed, and those who devoutly believe in Buddha have all been imprisoned! With such tyrannical conduct, how can you claim to speak of compassion?"

A low voice rolled in from all directions:

"Know that my Buddha has the Bodhisattva with lowered brows, but also the Vajra with angry eyes!"

Boom, boom, boom, boom—

In an instant, the clear, cloudless sky was suddenly covered in dark clouds, and bolts of thunder poured down like a rainstorm.

Shi Caiming unfolded his own Martial Arts Domain, blocking all the falling thunder.

When a Grandmaster and a top-tier True Person fight, the most critical thing is to determine the opponent's position.

But now, not only could Shi Caiming not determine the opponent's position, but even blocking the opponent's attacks was difficult.

Those thunderbolts that entered his Martial Arts Domain were clearly shattered by his sword Qi, yet they could 'reborn' on the spot.

So much so that no matter how many thunderbolts Shi Caiming shattered, the number of thunderbolts within his Martial Arts Domain continued to increase!

"World-Saving Nirvana Thunder Method?"

Shi Caiming's expression was grave.

The Daoist Great Luo Sect's thunder method is known as the best in the world; there is no thunder method in the world that can surpass it.

However, Pudu Temple also once had a thunder method that was famous and no worse than the Daoist thunder method.

It is just that this thunder method had not been mastered by anyone for many years—

The "World-Saving Nirvana Thunder Method"!

Daoist thunder methods pursue change: one gives birth to two, two to three, three to all things, and all things are then transformed into thunder.

But the "World-Saving Nirvana Thunder Method," this Buddhist thunder, emphasizes the word 'reincarnation.'

Life after life, reincarnation without end, never stopping!

Once this thunder method is activated, unless the enemy is destroyed, the thunder will never stop!

Shi Caiming realized he was not the opponent's match and decisively adopted a defensive stance.

But in just over ten seconds, his Martial Dao Domain had already transformed into a world of lightning, with electric light flashing and silver snakes dancing wildly.

The Martial Dao Domain was nearing the brink of collapse!

In a sea of clouds more than five hundred meters away from the storied ship, four black flags suddenly appeared.

The four holy beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—manifested from the four flags respectively, forming a Four Symbols Great Array that sealed this patch of cloud sea within it.

The clouds and mist were instantly swept away, and a figure emerged from within.

This person wore a red kasaya, with red lips and white teeth, and a refined, handsome face.

"It really is you!"

A cold, sharp voice resounded through the great array.

The four holy beasts merged into the array, and suddenly, thunder rumbled, flames surged to the heavens, sword Qi streaked across the sky, and mountains collided within!

The young monk in the bright red kasaya merely stood with his hands pressed together, suspended in mid-air, accompanied by a white heavenly dragon, with a golden halo behind his head.

Regardless of the various attacks descending upon him within the array, and the world being turned upside down, he remained unmoved.

If any experts from the Righteous Law Pavilion were here, they would recognize this person as one of the five Great Arhats who entered Blue Spirit City together with the Buddha Jingheng.

This person was named Wuche, and among the six Great Arhats of Pudu Temple, he had the best natural talent, the highest comprehension, and the highest cultivation base!

When Ning Qingman spoke to Li Fei about the Great Arhat in Pudu Temple with the most hope of breaking through to the pinnacle, she was referring to Wuche.

Back when Jingheng entered the imperial palace and left behind a great array to counter that "Great Zhou Heaven Split-Sky Sword Tower," Wuche was the one responsible for presiding over the array after Jingheng left.

At this moment, he had come here alone to attack the storied ship carrying Li Lei and the others!

"Four Symbols Constant-Micro Heaven Array Flags; is the benefactor the Imperial Guest Zhou Xuanyou?"

Wuche spoke.

Among the Imperial Guests of the Great Blue Dynasty, there were not only Grandmasters but also top-tier True Persons.

This Zhou Xuanyou was one of them; he was a veteran of three dynasties and had not appeared in public for over fifty years.

When Jingheng brought Wuche and the others into Blue Spirit City, the original plan was that they would encounter two Imperial Guests with top-tier True Person cultivation.

As it turned out, neither of them appeared.

Later, when the power of the Frost-Blue Army arrived from afar, the Buddhist faction realized where those two Imperial Guests had gone—

Those two must have been guarding the array capable of transmitting power across space, assisting the Frost-Blue Army in transmitting power and reversing the battle at the critical moment!

Today, when Wuche came to attack, he had long anticipated the appearance of Shi Caiming.

But he did not go all out from the beginning because he wanted to determine what other experts the Great Blue Dynasty had hidden on the storied ship.

For a top-tier True Person, striking only after the enemy has struck is the key.

Now that Zhou Xuanyou had successfully trapped Wuche with the great array, it was proof of this.

This person had a cultivation base at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiend, and his natal magic treasure, the Four Symbols Constant-Micro Heaven Array Flags, was best at sealing and prohibition; after quietly identifying Wuche's true body, he immediately took action to lock him in the array.

At this time, Wuche's natal magic treasure was still outside, driving the "Nirvana Thunder Method of Crossing the World" to attack Shi Caiming; Zhou Xuanyou separating it from its owner could be called creating an excellent tactical opportunity!

Once a top-tier True Person loses their natal magic treasure, while not entirely without the power to fight back, their strength is reduced to at most thirty percent.

However, no matter how Zhou Xuanyou drove the great array, he could not break through Wuche's defense.

Wuche suddenly stepped on the white dragon and broke out toward the outside of the array.

Accompanied by Sanskrit chants, countless golden Sanskrit characters transformed into blooming lotuses, dyeing the entire array gold.

Thunder turned into clear water, sword Qi turned into a breeze, flames bloomed into golden lotuses, and mountains turned into countless fragments of stone.

Wuche stepped on the white dragon and broke out of the array!

He turned his head to glance at a spot several hundred meters away, then steered the white dragon to continue flying forward.

A person let out a muffled groan and appeared out of thin air, with the four flags flying back from afar to circle around him.

This person was the Imperial Guest Zhou Xuanyou.

He stared fixedly at the departing Wuche, feeling extremely unwilling:

"What exactly is his second natal magic treasure?"

From the True Spirit Realm onwards, a cultivator can usually only refine one natal magic treasure, using their own life essence and mental energy to nurture a true spirit within the treasure.

Yet some people with extraordinary talent can refine a second true spirit, thereby possessing a second natal magic treasure!

But natal magic treasures are not the more the better.

Although combat power will increase, the resources required for further cultivation will double, and the difficulty of breaking through realms will also double!

In the True Spirit Realm, some True Persons can refine a second, or even a third natal magic treasure.

But they will remain at the True Person realm for the rest of their lives, never able to become a top-tier True Person, let alone step onto the pinnacle.

Wuche was an exception.

He not only possessed a second natal magic treasure, but his cultivation realm had also reached the level of the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiend, and he even had the opportunity to break through to the True One Realm and become a new Buddha!

This Great Arhat was the strongest existence in the Buddhist faction besides those three at the pinnacle.

Wuche rode the dragon and arrived above the storied ship.

At this time, Shi Caiming's Martial Dao Domain had completely collapsed and had been chased far away by the thunder.

Wuche did not go in pursuit.

Although it is difficult to kill a top-tier expert if they are determined to flee, Wuche had the confidence that he could kill Shi Caiming.

Including Zhou Xuanyou, who was at the same realm as him, he also had the confidence that he could kill him!

However, he was not here to kill people today.

Capturing Li Lei and Zhang Yuqing was more meaningful than killing a few top-tier experts!

The white dragon beneath Wuche's feet circled the entire storied ship, and a giant lotus bloomed on the outer protective barrier.

The protective barrier dissipated, and the storied ship's array was broken!

At this point, Wuche could already be certain that the imperial court had not arranged for any other experts to hide in the shadows.

If there were still experts, they should have attacked him just now when he was trapped in the great array.

He landed on the deck with a smile on his face.

On this storied ship, no one could stop him anymore.

An old man in a green robe appeared on the deck, walked to Wuche with some excitement, and pressed his hands together in a salute:

"Greetings, Holy Monk!"

He was the mole planted by the Buddhist faction, and upon sensing Wuche's arrival, he had immediately come out to welcome him:

"I have already fully mastered the storied ship's propulsion array; as long as the Holy Monk subdues the others, I can take control of this storied ship immediately."

Wuche was just about to speak when his heart suddenly stirred, and he turned his head to look.

A figure appeared on the deck out of thin air.

Wuche's expression turned solemn.

If the imperial court had arranged for experts, yet they did not act when he was trapped in the Four Symbols Great Array just now.

There was actually another possibility.

That was that the other party had absolute confidence in being able to defeat him!

Therefore, they intentionally waited for him to board the ship and only revealed themselves after the Buddhist faction's mole was exposed.

"I didn't expect you to be here."

Wuche beckoned with one hand, and a nine-ringed tin staff parted the sea of clouds and flew into his hand.

Not far away, Li Fei, dressed in golden robes, looked calmly at this Great Arhat:

"This Marquis also didn't expect to be able to fish up a big catch like you."

(End of chapter)