Chapter 54: Unparalleled Sword Intent

  Bailu Tongzi was helpless, he also knew that once he came here, Bai Qi would definitely take away the remaining Tian Di Linggen, but being controlled by others and not contributing some benefits, his own future would have no prospects.

  Bai Qi drove out Pi Luo Tongzi from the cave mansion and jumped down into the karst cave alone.

  The cave wasn't entirely vertical, and after a few more descents, we easily reached the bottom of the cave.

  Before he cultivated the Tao, he could already see things in secret. Under this cave, there were also naturally glowing stones that flickered, and Bai Qi saw the scenery at the bottom of the cave clearly.

  At the bottom of the cave, a section of yellowish roots stretched across, and the light emitted from these roots was not strong, but it could be seen clearly.

  The spiritual roots of heaven and earth have 36,000 varieties, and now almost all are extinct. Bai Qi saw this root, he didn't recognize what it was, anyway, for the Inverse Scale Spear, they were all the same.

  This time, Bai Qi lightly summoned it, and the Inverse Scale Spear directly appeared in his hand. Before Bai Qi could even move, the Inverse Scale Spear had already pierced into the spiritual root on the ground.

  All the scales on the gun merged one by one, like a long snake drinking water. The Tian Di Ling's body had no spiritual intelligence and was absorbed and controlled by the original body of Pi Luo Tong Zi, and it was impossible to escape. The Inverse Scale Gun stabbed in, and the thick and terrifying Tian Di Yuan Qi was sucked into the Inverse Scale Gun from the spirit root. Bai Qi rushed up and grasped the gun handle of the Inverse Scale Gun with one hand.

  Having two successes of one's own should count for something, shouldn't it?

  Niè lín qiāng this time hesitated for a moment, and did not immediately send the decomposed qīng jīn sè qì (cyan-golden energy) into Bái Qǐ's body. The energy contained within the Tiān Dì Líng Gēn was too powerful, and Bái Qǐ could not withstand it. To say nothing of two percent, even one percent would be enough to cause his body to burst open.

  Bai Qi felt his consciousness being pulled into the Inverse Scale Spear, and he saw a shocking scene.

  It was as if I were standing in the center of a starry river, with crystal clear star bodies all around me, vast like the sea. Each of these crystals was as large as a mountain, and they were the inverted scales of the divine dragon. On each scale, there were 36,000 talismans. And each talisman was composed of 360 celestial symbols.

  At the end of the Star River, a fine stream rushed forth, and when it reached White Qi's side, he suddenly realized that this fine stream was over a hundred zhang wide, like a mighty river surging forward, instantly submerging his divine consciousness.

  Bai Qi turned his head and saw that at the other end of the Star River, there were fragments of inverted scales. The river formed by yuanqi was being continuously absorbed by these fragmented scales, attempting to repair its damaged parts. Bai Qi knew that this was the Inverted Scale Spear absorbing the power of the Heavenly Spiritual Root. No wonder it didn't want to return some of the cyan-golden qi to him; this energy was so mighty that he couldn't withstand it.

  Around the inverted scales, after absorbing a small amount of yuanqi, a large amount of cyan-golden gas was sprayed out and sent into Bai Qi's divine consciousness. The empty divine consciousness also turned cyan-golden. Gathered together in a starry manner, it looked like the glint on butterfly wings.

  Bai Qi felt his divine consciousness burning, which was an illusion caused by inhaling too much cyan and gold aura. In the inverted scales, countless talismans flew up and entered Bai Qi's divine consciousness, making him feel as if he had plunged into cool water again, and fortunately, he no longer had the feeling of being burned by fierce flames.

  Then Bai Qi saw that in those places where the scales were broken, a sword aura condensed and did not disperse. This sword aura was even more terrifying than the Xian Jian Sword he had seen before.

  This description is also incorrect, the sword energy of the Xianjian Sword in front of this sword energy is like the difference between fireflies and the sun and moon. Tens of thousands of reverse scales blocked that sword intent for Bai Qi, Bai Qi only saw the shape of the sword energy and couldn't help himself.

  That terrifying sword energy was originally formless, and the Inverse Scale Spear transformed this sword energy into a shape that allowed Bai Qi's divine sense to observe it. After seeing this sword energy, Bai Qi felt that his own divine sense had been completely shattered. If not for the constant repair of the cyan-golden energy, he would have lost consciousness by now and turned to dust.

  The sword of the immortal walked with a biased edge, and the killing intent was vast and boundless. However, this sword aura directly pointed to the origin of the Great Way, able to cut off everything. Bai Qi observed this sword aura without any pain, but it was his greatest pain. He seemed to be wandering between life and death, never stopping for a moment.

  What swordsmanship!

  It was unknown how long it took, but the long river gradually broke off, and the shattered scales at the end of the Inverse Scale Spear gathered together to form a closed wound, as if closing a large gate. Bai Qi's divine sense finally stabilized, and he suddenly withdrew from the Inverse Scale Spear.

  Bai Qi only realized at this time that his lower dantian had also fully expanded, and between the upper, middle, and lower three dantians, six brand new meridians were thoroughly formed, sturdy and unparalleled.

  In each of the three Dantians, a seed of a Fu Lu symbol has condensed. The four Fu Lu symbols represent three types of Taoist skills.

  The Wind Riding Technique Bai Qi already knew that after the second talisman seed condensed, it combined with the first talisman seed, and the Wind Riding Technique made progress.

  The other two Daos are the Art of Rain and the Art of Hou Tu.

  Bai Qi suddenly felt depressed. The technique of riding the wind could still be used for fighting, but the technique of transforming rain and the technique of laterite were used to cultivate living beings.

  The technique of transforming rain is quite complex, and can be used to water plants, treat injuries, condense vital energy, and so on. As for the technique of Houtu, now there's only one talisman left, which seems to change the structure of the soil. Am I going to become a gardener in the future?

  Forget it, I still have the Reverse Scale Spear and the True Dragon Seven Killings Spear Technique. These two skills are not useless either, let's talk about them later. Bai Qi finally thought of the Lü Xian Sword, his current divine consciousness has been tempered by that nameless sword energy, and he is probably already able to control the Lü Xian Sword's killing energy, using it without any hindrance.

  In the future, I can focus on practicing swordsmanship, and with the Eternal Night Sword Pill, I won't have to worry about not having a suitable weapon even if my cultivation realm increases.

  Having understood this principle, Bai Qi was no longer disappointed. He looked down and saw that the heavenly spiritual root had long since disappeared. He put away his Inverse Scale Spear and climbed up through the cave entrance, returning to Bi Luo Tong Zi's cave mansion.

  "Old Master, why have you come out now?" asked Biro Tongzi with some anxiety.

  "What happened? Well, how long was I down there?"

  "Old master, it's been two months already, don't you know? Ah, the stronghold I was guarding has been breached by others. Many fierce and evil people have come to these mountains, and I couldn't leave to help."

  "Huh?" Bai Qi's ears perked up, and he had already made many judgments in his heart. The mountainous area where Bie Luo Tong Zi was located was far from the bustling city. This kind of village, even if bandits came, would be a place to cry about, and government troops wouldn't attack it. Did many fierce people come? Cultivators wouldn't attack such a place either, unless the Great Jin Dynasty had begun to collapse, and some army had strayed here?

  Bai Qi's guess was not wrong. The Take Fire Fort, which is separated by several mountain ridges, is now being ravaged by a group of defeated soldiers and generals.

  This group of defeated soldiers is not the elite of the Great Jin Dynasty, judging from their clothes and appearance, they seem to be local recruits. There are nearly three hundred people, burning and killing in the village.

  The mountain people of Zhuo Huo Zhai are fierce and brave, but they wear only animal hides on their bodies, and the weapons in their hands are wooden shields and stone spears. Against government soldiers, unless there is a huge difference in strength, they have no chance of winning. In this group of defeated soldiers, there was also a general wearing fine steel armor, with a long knife in his hand that shone brightly red, looking like a natural-born martial artist.

  There were even several bodyguards beside this officer, and he didn't seem to be of a low rank. He commanded his subordinates to drive the people in the village into one corner, while some soldiers behind him began to prepare bows, crossbows, and fire arrows. Other soldiers collected dry firewood, apparently preparing to smoke out the last resisters.

  "Sir, won't those Qi Refiners chase us here?" A personal guard asked with some unease, hand on the hilt of his long sword.

  "They won't, they want to overthrow the Great Jin Dynasty, not kill all the people in the world. If we soldiers escape, there will be no trouble. Killing all these people, we can hide here and take down the nearby strongholds if we have the chance, becoming a local emperor wouldn't be bad either." The officer was extremely ruthless, but he didn't see that a fierce gust of wind was approaching in the sky.

  Baili Tongzi was anxious, he had seen the mountain people's call for help in the village, but didn't dare to leave the cave privately, and could only wait for Bai Qi to come up. Bai Qi promised him to come and rescue them, and he immediately brought Bai Qi flying over, at the fastest speed.

  But it was still too late, these mountain people did not have fine weapons and armor, and in about an hour or so, the battle collapsed. Seeing a field of corpses, Piro Tontsu was extremely angry.

  He accepted the incense from these mountain people, and even if he didn't have feelings for them, he still had a duty to protect them.

  "Old Master, help me!" That Beiluo Tongzi brought White Qi down from the high air, and White Qi responded with a sound, taking out four symbol soldiers, transforming into a giant man of two zhang tall in the wind, holding a copper halberd, rushing into the camp, and charging straight at the besieged mountain people. White Qi himself then suddenly drew his sword, but the six sword marbles did not form a moon wheel, instead separating to attack.

  Those four symbol soldiers charged forward, instantly dispersing the soldiers surrounding the mountain people. The symbol soldiers couldn't cast spells, but they had immense strength and their heavy weapons were extremely sharp, almost unstoppable.

  Bailu Tongzi's hands were ruthless, he suddenly burst out a fierce gust of wind, blowing up flying sand, all the places where the fierce wind blew by, soldiers covered their eyes and cried out in unison. Bailu Tongzi's long whip danced in the air, every time it fell, there was a soldier who was engulfed in flames, rolling around on the ground.

  He hated these soldiers for their cruelty, but they didn't kill people, only letting that wicked fire burn slowly.

  "The Fire God has arrived! Look!"

  "Kagutsuchi!"

  The mountain people were not blinded, and when they saw the appearance of Pi Luo Tong Zi, they cheered immediately. The geographical environment of this village is not good, but because Pi Luo Tong Zi drove away evil spirits and ferocious beasts for them, they were able to multiply into a population of nearly a thousand. Pi Luo Tong Zi also made multiple 'appearances', even going so far as to come in person, and these mountain people all recognized him.

  Bai Qi drew his sword and flew into the air, cutting down all the feathered arrows that were flying through the sky. He stood quietly behind them, not participating in the battle, but shouted at Pi Luo Tong Zi: "Leave some alive, I have questions to ask."

  Baili Tóngzi's innate demon fire was broken by Bai Qi, and for a while he couldn't cast large-scale spells, so he could only kill those soldiers one by one. After hearing Bai Qi's words, he glanced at the general who was about to escape, and his long whip flew out, just one roll, and threw that officer in front of Bai Qi.

  The officer was greatly frightened and wanted to get up, but was pinned down by Bai Qi's foot.

  Bai Qi lowered his head and looked at the officer with a cold expression, saying: "Are all the soldiers of Great Jin Dynasty like this? It seems that Great Jin Dynasty is also going to be finished."