Volume 5 Chapter 102
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Volume 5 Chapter 102: Taoist Spell, With Strength to Defeat the Enemy
Seven years ago, Xu Qingfan came to "Ronghua Mountain" representing the Jiuhua lineage, making Jiuhua officially part of the Righteous Alliance.
However, at the same time, Xu Qingfan, as the Jiuhua representative, got involved with a very troublesome person, Mr. Liu, who is one of the three highest masters in the Righteous Alliance, mysterious in identity and rumored to have a feud with the former Jiuhua sect leader, Li Xuhan.
Over these seven years, whenever Xu Qingfan returned to "Ronghua Mountain" after completing a mission, and Mr. Liu happened to be at "Ronghua Mountain" with nothing to do, Mr. Liu would suddenly appear in Xu Qingfan’s room, bothering him in various ways. As mentioned earlier, he would show up unexpectedly without greeting Xu Qingfan, always surprising him and leaving no personal space.
Eventually, it became a habit for Xu Qingfan that when he returned to his room and did not see this old man with an inexplicable smile waiting for him, he would feel a bit strange. This time, all the masters of the Righteous Alliance were out for some unknown reason; otherwise, Xu Qingfan would definitely not have the free time to follow the strong man in front of him under Mr. Liu’s entanglement.
Xu Qingfan did not understand why Mr. Liu was so interested in him; it was as if from their first meeting, he treated Xu Qingfan like a younger family member, speaking without any hesitation.
Xu Qingfan also did not understand why Mr. Liu was so curious about Liu Huaxiang, often asking Xu Qingfan about Liu Huaxiang’s past and how he had taught him, occasionally criticizing Liu Huaxiang’s way of doing things. When the criticism got intense, he would even teach Xu Qingfan some cultivation tips, which greatly benefited Xu Qingfan.
What puzzled Xu Qingfan the most was that Mr. Liu seemed to know everything about Jiuhua’s cultivation methods, including the "Indefinite Sutra." Although Xu Qingfan’s two Spirit Qi, "Flourish Qi" and "Withered Qi," had never been seen in ancient times, Mr. Liu was able to easily point out the mistakes in Xu Qingfan’s previous training methods and correct them one by one. Under Mr. Liu’s guidance, Xu Qingfan learned the true power of the "Indefinite Sutra."
According to Mr. Liu, the importance of the "Indefinite Sutra" surpassed that of the "Substitute for Heaven," which is derived from the "Indefinite Sutra." The Spirit Qi cultivated through this method is formless and free from life and death and the five elements, capable of countless applications in an instant; it is the Spirit Qi closest to the essence of the Heavenly Way.
The greatest power of this Spirit Qi is its rare compatibility and fusion in the world. The characteristics of the "Indefinite Sutra" are key to solving the differences between the "Flourish Qi" and "Withered Qi" that Xu Qingfan practices.
Under Mr. Liu’s seemingly casual guidance, Xu Qingfan, although busy carrying out various tasks assigned by the Righteous Alliance over the years and having no time for closed-door training to improve his skills, has made great progress in understanding the Heavenly Way. He also grasped two extremely powerful techniques based on Mr. Liu’s teachings about the "Indefinite Sutra," "Flourish Qi," and "Withered Qi."
Over the years, without realizing it, Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu have established a relationship similar to that of a teacher and student, but of course, Xu Qingfan would never admit this as long as Mr. Liu continues to attack Liu Huaxiang.
At this moment, the Tai Chi bagua pattern that Xu Qingfan is using, created with "Flourish Qi" and "Withered Qi," represents one of the two powerful moves he developed based on Mr. Liu’s advice and the characteristics of the Indefinite Sutra—"Cycle of Life and Death!" It is regarded as the strongest technique in Xu Qingfan’s "Formula of Life and Death."
Earlier, when fighting Ying from the "Ming" organization, Xu Qingfan was at a disadvantage the entire time, but it was this move that allowed him to defeat Ying.
However, the strong man with the sword that Xu Qingfan now faces is a master at the Mahayana Stage, many times more powerful than Ying. Even though this move is powerful, can it really harm such a strong man?
Moreover, this strong man has gathered so many magical weapons and swords, indicating he has immensely high skill in swordsmanship. It seems he is now keen to test the power of Xu Qingfan’s move and has begun to wield a sword he had not previously used. Though it is just one sword, one could say he is taking it somewhat seriously. In this situation, what can Xu Qingfan achieve?
As for all this, Xu Qingfan only fleetingly thought about it. At this point, any delay would be useless, and it was better to focus on unleashing his technique to its fullest, as it might create an opportunity for survival.
With this in mind, Xu Qingfan’s expression became more focused and solemn. The "Flourish Qi" and "Withered Qi" within him, blended with "Formless Spirit Qi," slowly gathered between his hands. However, as the Spirit Qi gathered more and more, oddly enough, the Tai Chi bagua symbol in Xu Qingfan’s hands became smaller and weaker.
In the end, the "Flourish Qi" and "Withered Qi" between Xu Qingfan’s hands transformed into a small, seemingly solid Tai Chi bagua pattern, barely the size of a palm and completely lacking any aura, spinning slowly. Yet the expression on the strong man’s face grew more serious, his eyes flickering with excitement.
A warrior in battle saw a powerful Condensed Core Stage cultivator who made the Mahayana Stage master excited. The strong man thought that after seizing the "World Defying Sword" and sparing Xu Qingfan’s life, he could help Xu Qingfan grow faster. Watching an interesting newcomer grow slowly was itself a very interesting thing.
Even though he thought this, the strong man did not dare to be careless. Suddenly, a faint light appeared around him. After the light spread out, it didn’t dissipate but instead gathered, forming the words "Rest," "Life," "Injury," "Blocked," "Scenery," "Death," "Surprise," and "Open" around him, while the weapon he summoned stopped at the word "Blocked."
"Eight Doors"! The "Eight Doors Technique," which had been lost for tens of thousands of years, was said to contain one of the three great truths of the universe. It had surprisingly reappeared with the strong man!
However, although the strong man seemed fully prepared, he did not strike. Instead, he stood with his hands behind his back, quietly waiting for Xu Qingfan’s attack.
The overwhelming light filled the sky on either side, and the suffocating aura clashed between the two. Amid the apparent chaos, time seemed to freeze before either made a move.
Finally, on the other side, as the death energy spread further, the Death God projection behind Little Black grew larger and more imposing. With the formation and stabilization of the "Cycle of Life and Death" in Xu Qingfan’s hands, it moved first.
The ten-zhang tall Death God Clone, shrouded in void under its hood, had two bright red lights that were dazzling and frightening, making one feel panic. With its right hand, it raised the Death God sword, and with its left, the book of life and death flipped rapidly as it rushed towards the strong man with his back to it. In an instant, it appeared in front of the strong man, swinging the sword down fiercely. The momentum was unstoppable.
However, the strong man slightly furrowed his brows, as if he were admiring a beautiful woman’s dance when suddenly a fly buzzed around before him.
This made the Death God Clone’s powerful strike, which nearly every golden core cultivator would avoid, seem like a fly to the strong man. With a dismissive wave, the words "Rest," "Life," "Injury," "Blocked," "Scenery," "Death," "Surprise," and "Open" around him suddenly flickered, and from those seven words, seven illusory swords appeared. Five of these swords looked just like the five he carried on his back.
Once the seven swords were formed, they did not hesitate and immediately attacked the Death God Clone, which was completely filled with the aura of death. Although it was just an illusion, its strength was immense. The clash of the Death God Sword in the hands of the Death God Clone rang like metal against metal. More importantly, these seven phantoms pierced through the Death God Clone without any obstruction. In just a moment, the once fearsome and seemingly unbeatable Death God Clone became riddled with holes, as if it would collapse at any second.
Just as the seven phantoms appeared and the power of the sword from the "Du" gate lessened, Xu Qingfan suddenly made his move.
Xu Qingfan brought his hands together, and the Taiji Bagua pattern that was between his hands suddenly vanished.
In the next instant, this Taiji Bagua reappeared above the head of the muscular man with the sword on his back, having grown dozens of times larger than it was between Xu Qingfan’s hands, slowly rotating as it pressed down towards the man.
When the Taiji Bagua pattern reappeared, it no longer looked weak as it did in Xu Qingfan’s hands. Though it covered only a small area, its power felt like a massive weight pressing down, astonishingly powerful. It locked the muscular man in place, making him unable to move, leaving him with no choice but to endure.
Although the muscular man was locked in place by the power of the Taiji Bagua, he could have easily dodged if he wanted to. However, he was very interested in Xu Qingfan’s move and had no intention of escaping. Instead, the excitement in his eyes grew more evident as he pulled his finger, causing the divine sword resting on the "Du" gate to suddenly move.
The divine sword’s aura suddenly surged, shining like a blazing sun that was impossible to look at, carrying an overwhelming force that rapidly lunged towards the Taiji Bagua.
At last, as Little Black’s Death God Clone and the seven phantoms completely shattered, the sword from the "Du" gate collided with Xu Qingfan’s "Cycle of Life and Death" attack.
Although "Du" represents the neutral gate among the Eight Doors, its nature leans toward slight danger, representing chaos and discord.
At the moment the "Cycle of Life and Death" pierced Xu Qingfan, the Taiji and Bagua pattern rippled like stones hitting water. Xu Qingfan felt that the originally harmonious "Flourish Qi" and "Withered Qi," under the influence of the "Indefinite Sutra," suddenly became chaotic in an instant.
Although surprised, Xu Qingfan did not panic. He continuously changed his hand gestures, working hard to stabilize the "Flourish Qi" and "Withered Qi." Under his control, the Taiji and Bagua pattern began to spin even faster.
As the Taiji and Bagua pattern spun more quickly, the strong man with the sword furrowed his brow. He sensed that the power contained in his divine sword was weakening rapidly due to the rotation of the pattern. Within the black and white Taiji and Bagua pattern, two distinct energies slowly infiltrated his divine sword while opposing it. Once these energies left the pattern and entered the strong man’s sword, they seemed to lose control and began to fight each other. The destructive force created by their clash was a hundred times stronger than any single Spirit Qi, causing the strong man’s brow to frown tighter.
The six divine swords he carried were all painstakingly collected over the past two thousand years. To obtain three of them from the hands of the two elders in Tian "Di," he even agreed to join the "Ming" organization and serve the two elders of Tian "Di" for a thousand years.
Because of this, although the divine sword was sturdy, the damage caused by the two Spirit Qis was not great, but over time, it still made him feel a bit pained.
Hesitating, Xu Qingfan’s "Cycle of Life and Death" resisted the strong man’s sword’s piercing thrust and pressed forward with great force.
Despite the pain, the excitement in the strong man’s eyes was very clear.
A master at the Mahayana Stage naturally has his own unique pride. Because of this, even though he had countless means to take the "World Defying Sword" that represented the "Gates of Death" from Xu Qingfan, he would rather exchange it for other treasures than use force.
Furthermore, when fighting Xu Qingfan, he also kept his Spirit Qi at a level equal to Xu Qingfan’s. The reason he could easily force Xu Qingfan into a corner was that his understanding of the Heavenly Way and his use of Spirit Qi far surpassed Xu Qingfan’s. The same amount of Spirit Qi in his hands demonstrated a power over ten times greater than Xu Qingfan’s.
Otherwise, with just a little bit of strength, Xu Qingfan would have no chance of surviving.
But at this moment, facing Xu Qingfan’s ultimate skill, "Cycle of Life and Death," he suddenly realized that he had underestimated it. Under the interaction of two Spirit Qi that were completely different but intertwined, the attack from his divine sword not only lost much of its power but also had incredible penetrating and destructive force. Even his treasured divine sword, highly regarded in the cultivation world, showed slight damage from the clash of the two Spirit Qis.
It was clear that this technique had other powers that had not yet been revealed.
With this thought, the strong man realized for the first time that his current abilities alone would not be enough to defeat Xu Qingfan.
However, without any hesitation, the strong man pointed again, and another divine sword appeared behind him, stopping above the "Shock Door."
Among the Eight Doors, the "Shock Door" and "Blocking Door" were the only two neutral doors; one leaned towards aggression, while the other leaned towards harmony. However, when the two swords were combined, their power was greatly enhanced.
The level of Spirit Qi the strong man controlled by using two swords was already his limit. If these two swords could not defeat Xu Qingfan, then he would have no choice but to use brute strength, ignoring his pride as a master.
Nevertheless, the power of the two swords was already enough!
As soon as the "Shock Door" sword appeared, it aimed at the Tai Chi symbol above the strong man’s head, just like the "Blocking Door" sword did. However, unlike before, the "Shock Door" sword only aimed at the black side dominated by "Withered Qi," while the "Blocking Door" sword shifted slightly to aim at the white side dominated by "Flourish Qi." The two swords spiraled with the Tai Chi symbol, but this time, the gradually descending Tai Chi symbol was slowly rising into the sky, making the originally stable pattern increasingly chaotic, as if it might collapse at any moment.
On the other side, Xu Qingfan, who was controlling the "Cycle of Life and Death," felt a sharp pain in his chest the moment the sword of "Shock Door" appeared. The changes in the two swords caused his "Flourish Qi," "Withered Qi," and "Formless Spirit Qi" to become chaotic, almost causing Xu Qingfan to be harmed by his own powers.
What terrified Xu Qingfan even more was that his powerful method of "Cycle of Life and Death," which was much stronger than the ordinary person’s, was now at risk of collapsing due to the conflicting powers of the two Spirit Qis.
But Xu Qingfan could only try his best to stay steady; though he felt anxious and desperate inside, he had no way out.
There might be another way, but hesitation was visible in Xu Qingfan’s eyes.
"I will give it my all!"
Finally, at the moment right before the "Cycle of Life and Death" was about to collapse, Xu Qingfan gritted his teeth and thought.
At the instant Xu Qingfan made his decision, Xu Ying and Xu Zhiyuan, who had been quietly guarding in front of him, suddenly became blurred and transformed into pure energy, quickly merging with Xu Qingfan.
This was made possible by the powerful fusion ability of the "Indefinite Sutra." Under Mr. Liu’s guidance, it became a supplement to the "out-of-body" power, combined with the "Spirit Purging Sutra." Xu Qingfan created his second technique, "Three Bodies United!"
Xu Ying and Xu Zhiyuan were already perfectly aligned with Xu Qingfan’s life energy. Besides their core Yellow Jade, their bodies were composed of pure energy. Xu Qingfan first used the "Spirit Purging Sutra" to refine the two Yellow Jades slightly, allowing them to merge with his true self for a short time. With the "Indefinite Sutra" harmonizing the process, Xu Ying and Xu Zhiyuan could temporarily unite with him.
However, after the fusion, although the Spirit Qi in Xu Qingfan’s body could double in an instant, it was not cultivated by him personally, so it was hard to control. More importantly, with Xu Qingfan’s current peak at the Real Golden Core Stage, his body could only hold so much Spirit Qi. Suddenly having double the amount put a huge strain and risk of harm on his body; if he wasn’t careful, his meridians and dantian could burst.
That is why Xu Qingfan would never easily use this move, and why it would only last for a moment after being used.
However, at this moment, Xu Qingfan couldn’t care about the harm that the fusion would cause him. Injuries could heal over time, but if he lost this battle, it would not be a simple matter of healing slowly.
After the fusion, a colorful light flickered around Xu Qingfan, and immense pressure bore down on the strong man. The force he radiated was even greater than that of a golden core cultivator.
If Jin Qinghan, Hua Xian, and others from the Righteous Alliance, who were considered to have similar cultivation levels to Xu Qingfan, saw him using the "Cycle of Life and Death" and "Three Body Unity" techniques in succession, they would be very surprised. They never expected that Xu Qingfan, who was thought to have a cultivation level similar to theirs, had hidden such powerful strength over the years.
At this point in the battle, Xu Qingfan could vaguely sense that the strong man before him was likely not using his true power to fight him, out of respect for his status as a master.
Now, after using the Three Body Unity, Xu Qingfan’s Spirit Qi surged three times, and he was about to overpower this deep and mysterious Mahayana Stage master!
One force can overcome ten!
Knowing that this strength would not last long, after the fusion, Xu Qingfan wasted no time in concentrating his Spirit Qi. Suddenly, the Taiji Bagua pattern on the strong man’s head swelled, flickering with black and white light while also shimmering with the five elements spirit light. The pressure instantly doubled, and the "Shock Door" sword and "Blocking Door" sword could no longer withstand this immense power. With a mournful cry, they returned to the strong man’s back.
"Boom…"
With a loud roar, that mysterious strong man was finally pinned down by Xu Qingfan’s Tai Chi Bagua!
