The dust and gravel around were stirred up by an invisible force, slowly floating in the air. Seeing such a powerful display, Ling Fei couldn't help but take a deep breath, and indeed, Shu Shan's sword technique had its unique aspects. Ling Fei thought that their skills were only slightly different, even if there was a gap, it would be very small, but he didn't expect Xū Jiàn to have such a profound sword secret.

  Facing the sword that was about to be unleashed, aside from a fierce battle, any evasive or defensive tactics were completely useless. Ling Fei judged the situation on horseback and couldn't care less about what he had previously said about the competition of swordsmanship. He pulled out a three-inch-long, apricot-yellow command flag from his bosom.

  "Heaven and Earth, Central! Wu Ji's flag! Urgent, like a law decree!" The apricot-yellow flag swelled in the wind, and the earthy yellow light flashed. The three-inch small flag expanded to become three zhang (a unit of length) in size, with countless tiny talismans appearing and disappearing on its surface. Endless terrestrial primal energy surged forth from the ground.

  The crystal clear blue light and the earthy yellow yuan force in the Flowing Sword perfectly merged together, emitting a massive, majestic aura. The momentum and the void sword faintly countered each other.

  The Tian Di Zhong Wu Yi flag was originally a treasure of the Xuan Jiao sect, on par with the Divine Whip and the Taiji Diagram, among other sacred artifacts. It can mobilize the entire earth's terrestrial yuan force, its power unparalleled.

  Although the one in Ling Fei's hand was a fake, it was also imitated by Kunlun's senior fellow. The power of the genuine product is naturally different from that of the fake one. However, using it to mobilize the earth element within a radius of ten miles and merge it into the true yuan of the flying sword was sufficient for Ling Fei. The solemn and stern energy of Geng Jin combined with the thick earth element, and there was still half of the majestic and powerful aura in Ling Fei's sword. It was indeed a perfect match. However, if it were the authentic original version, then there would be no need to fight at all. Even if ten or a hundred more virtual swords came, they would all be defeated without any suspense.

  Swish! Two straight rays of light seemed to pierce through the heavens and earth, a swordsmanship contest turned into a life-and-death struggle.

  Two men each displaying their lifelong skills, wanting to kill the opponent with one sword. In this situation, the arrow is on the string, and both sides want to say that they will leave a hand, which is a joke.

  Ling Fei's mastery of the sword was renowned as divine, a testament to his arduous training in the way of the sword. However, the Kunlun sect primarily focused on Daoist magic and immortal techniques, with sword cultivation being only marginally involved. Ling Fei had initially chosen sword cultivation for rapid progress, but upon witnessing the Kunlun sect's exquisite Daoist methods, he couldn't help but dabble in them as well. As a result, his learning became somewhat eclectic. Relying solely on his sword skills, however, was no match for Xu Kong's twenty years of dedicated and unwavering practice with the Void Sword.

  Facing the astonishing sword of Void Sword, Ling Fei had no choice but to rely on external forces.

  The Void Sword's muscles twisted and knotted, as the spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged on itself. Its posture unchanged, its body somehow rose slowly into the air without any external force, ascending to a height of dozens of meters. The golden greatsword that had formed a shapeless black hole absorbed the Void Sword, merging with it as one, indistinguishable from each other.

  The way of unity between man and sword! The path of cultivation, whether it's Buddhism, Taoism, or demonology, all have one thing in common: they take the self as the main focus, with magical artifacts and flying swords serving as auxiliaries. In the first stage, they all temper their physical bodies to make them incredibly strong. Even ancient sword cultivators relied on flying swords to communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; flying swords are merely a tool for cultivation.

  The founding master of the Mount Shu Open Sect, Long Eyebrow Old Ancestor, was a natural talent who surprisingly combined the sword cultivation method passed down from ancient times with the Taoist technique of merging the primordial spirit, creating this Human-Sword Unity Method.

  The sword is itself, and itself is the sword. The flying sword is a natural treasure, forged from refined steel and iron, its strength far surpassing that of the human body. Therefore, once this person-sword unity is achieved, one can dispense with the first step of cultivating the Tao: absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to strengthen oneself. At this point, even an illusory sword can be conjured up, and one has already entered the threshold of cultivating internal energy and transforming it into spirit.

  Ling Fei has a apricot-yellow flag communicating with the earth's yuan force, facing the pressure of that giant golden sword in the high sky, he is not afraid at all. The flowing sword energy changes continuously, from elegant to majestic, then from stern to thick, constantly dodging and counterattacking, the virtual sword air energy has merged into one body, teasing each other. If either side has a slight flaw, it will definitely be hit by the opponent's lightning strike. The danger of this situation is hard to describe in words.

  Just as the situation was becoming increasingly difficult to resolve, a faint beam of light shot down from the horizon. Although the light was faint, the intention it contained was unprecedentedly profound and mysterious, like a twisting silver snake that seemed to follow some heavenly principle, striking the weakest point in the two men's opposing energies and forcibly separating them.

  Boom! The momentum clashed, and the dust on the ground flew up, making it difficult for people to distinguish each other. When the dust settled, Ling Fei had already put away his flying sword treasure, and Kong Jian's empty sword had returned to its original appearance. However, his face was slightly pale, clearly due to the exhaustion of his vital energy from using the Human-Sword Unity technique. Both of them stared at a mysterious young man in the middle.

  Zhou Qing's second yuan spirit was condensed and practiced, extremely sensitive to the primordial energy of heaven and earth. The flow of spiritual energy within a hundred miles could be detected, and on that night, he was deeply pondering and analyzing the strange technique obtained from ****. Zhou Qing's true yuan was now powerful, his Taoist skills were profound, and with the protection of the ancient magic treasure, his strength was such that even the five great masters might not dare to lightly provoke him. The notorious name of the Blood God Knife was placed somewhere, unless there was a law-protecting treasure of the same level, otherwise, encountering it would mean certain death, and even the qualification for reincarnation as a human being would be cancelled.

  Zhou Qing was extremely dissatisfied, after all, it was all the cultivation of the second yuan god, and his own body had only reached the middle stage of qi induction. He feared that he still couldn't compare to two disciples who were making progress on the right path. The body was the true way, while the second yuan god was just a gun in one's hand. Zhou Qing understood this very well.

  It's not easy to improve one's cultivation, except for diligent practice and piling up time. To quickly improve one's cultivation, there are roughly only two ways: one is spiritual elixirs and the other is profound cultivation techniques. Alas, Zhou Qing has neither of these two things. The Sword Qi Ling Kong technique is indeed fast to cultivate, but Zhou Qing discovered that it was incomplete, with only the initial stage of the technique for guiding qi, and not a single word about the technique for condensing the primordial spirit in the transformation stage. Of course, Zhou Qing would no longer continue to cultivate from then on.

  After careful consideration, the wonderful medicine Zhou Qing is not even worth thinking about. Although there is a method for refining elixirs in the "Practitioner's Compendium", the materials are impossible to obtain, no matter how hard one tries. Many of them have become extinct. The only option left is to focus on cultivating internal energy.

  The profound skills are just that set of unknown techniques obtained from ****.

  That unknown technique was difficult to understand, and Zhou Qing was a novice in cultivation. After struggling for several months, he only grasped one-tenth of it, so naturally, he didn't dare to cultivate it rashly.

  Just as he was trying to cultivate the unknown technique, he was disturbed by the abnormal fluctuations of the yuanqi in the world. He quietly approached to take a look and found that two people who had just started practicing internal energy were fighting for their lives. The flying sword treasures used by the two were also incredibly powerful. Zhou Qing thought of taking advantage of the situation to get rid of both of them, after all, he was familiar with this kind of thing!