Lu Qing's current round of cultivation is not just about an increase in magical power.
Having begun to comprehend the laws, he has now grasped a trace of the Five Elements Great Dao Law.
I have also gained considerable insights into other paths such as the [Path of Power], the [Path of Illusion], and the [Path of Sword].
Their strength can be described as having increased dramatically in all aspects.
It's fair to say that even he himself couldn't accurately assess his current strength or what level he had reached.
However, judging from his brief encounter with Mo Tu Shan before, he should now be able to face him head-on.
"I wonder which stage the cultivators outside have reached?"
However, Lu Qing estimated that no one had cleared the level yet.
This time, he spent more than three years in seclusion.
Given that it took Demon Slaughter Mountain and his group several years to reach the sixth level, it's probably still unknown whether they've even reached the seventh level yet.
Based on Lu Qing's experience in the array passage, the difficulty of the later levels increases exponentially.
The time limit for completing each level has also been greatly increased.
Unlike him, the others don't have special abilities to help them, so their progress shouldn't be as fast.
"Let's go check out the situation first."
With a thought, Lu Qing's figure disappeared into the cave.
When they reappeared, they were already outside the Celestial Palace, and they happened to appear outside the eight spatial vortexes leading to the trial passages.
This was precisely the power of the Guixu Token. Lu Qing refined the jade token, became a disciple of the Guixu Daoist, and gained the recognition of the Immortal Palace.
With the token, one can freely enter and exit the celestial palace.
However, he could only enter and exit the Immortal Palace; Lu Qing could not directly teleport himself into the trial passage.
All these years have passed, and the eight spatial vortexes remain the same as before, simply spinning quietly in their place.
There was no one around, obviously those at the Nascent Soul stage were all inside trying to pass the test.
"What?"
The moment Lu Qing left the Immortal Palace with the help of the Return to Nothingness Token, the old Azure Dragon, who was in charge of the Immortal Palace space, already sensed it.
"Old Azure Dragon, what happened? Has another cultivator broken through their cultivation barrier?" the black bull asked.
Mingfeng also turned her gaze over.
At this moment, the three strange beasts were in a peculiar stone chamber.
At its center lies a spatial maze, where Xiao Li's figure appears and disappears, seemingly undergoing some kind of test.
"It's Aqing. For some reason, he left Lingxu Peak and ran outside the Immortal Palace."
With a flick of its claws, the old dragon conjured a light screen that displayed Lu Qing's location.
"They really did run away."
The black bull and the phoenix were equally surprised.
Because they saw that Lu Qing was located at the entrance of the test passage.
"What does Aqing want to do, to venture into the array passage again?" the black bull asked, puzzled.
"It's probably not that simple," the old dragon shook his head.
It recalled what Lu Qing had said before he went into seclusion and felt that something was amiss.
Could it be that he's going to cause trouble for that Demon Slaughter Mountain?
If that's the case, then it would be extremely irrational.
"Have you noticed? Aqing's cultivation seems to have improved quite a bit again," Mingfeng suddenly said.
The old dragon and the black bull were taken aback before they sensed Lu Qing's presence.
Then they were all surprised: "It really is! It has already reached the level of the Great Perfection of the Fifth Tribulation."
Then the old dragons and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.
If I remember correctly, Aqing has only been in seclusion for two or three years, how come he has already achieved the fifth level of tribulation?
This cultivation speed is simply too exaggerated.
Moreover, hadn't he already consumed almost all the pills given to him by the old Azure Dragon? Why was he still making such progress?
Puzzled, the old dragons did not stop Lu Qing, but decided to wait and see what he was up to.
"So, where do we go in from?"
Lu Qing was unaware that the old Azure Dragon and the others were watching him.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't care much.
Standing before the spatial vortex, he pondered for a moment.
If it were a passage through a formation test, having already cleared it once, he could naturally walk straight to the ninth level as if on flat ground.
However, since he was already out, he wanted to try out other test passages this time.
More importantly, if he were to be fortunate enough to pass through another passage, he could obtain another unparalleled inheritance.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Qing's gaze finally fell on the vortex entrance of the sword dao test passage.
He then took a step forward, and his figure disappeared into the spatial vortex.
"She actually entered the swordsmanship trial passage. Could it be that Aqing also has considerable talent in swordsmanship?"
The old Azure Dragon and the others were quite surprised to see the passage that Lu Qing ultimately chose to enter.
They originally thought that if Lu Qing wanted to cause trouble for Demon Slaughter Mountain, he would choose the talisman passage even if he didn't choose the array passage.
After all, the art of formations and the art of talismans have many things in common.
Even if they choose the physical body instead of the talisman channel, they can understand.
Because they could all sense that Lu Qing's physical body seemed to be extraordinary, and the essence blood he had forced out earlier was also very powerful.
But they never expected that Lu Qing would choose the path of swordsmanship.
With a thought, the old Azure Dragon emitted a spatial fluctuation, and the next moment, Xiao Li's figure appeared in front of them.
"Grandpa Canglong, what's wrong? Did I not perform well?"
With a hint of confusion in her eyes, Xiao Li shuddered upon seeing the old Azure Dragon and the others, and said somewhat timidly.
The spatial labyrinth where it was just now was a test set up by the old Azure Dragon.
According to the old Azure Dragon, if it can walk out of there, it means it has truly entered the realm of spatial arts and is qualified to inherit the Azure Dragon clan's secret techniques.
But before it could even solve the maze, it was moved out by the old Azure Dragon.
They wondered if their performance was too poor and that their test had been interrupted.
Thinking that this was an opportunity that Aqing had worked so hard to get, but she had wasted it, Xiao Li couldn't help but feel frustrated.
"It's not what you think, Xiao Li. It's not that you didn't perform well, but that we have some questions for you, which is why we stopped your trial."
When the old dragon saw that Xiao Li was about to cry, he quickly comforted her.
"Yes, we wanted to ask about Aqing, not about your failed trial."
Even the Black Bull and the Phoenix were starting to panic.
After spending the last two or three years together, they all really like this little guy.
Seeing that it was about to cry, they immediately comforted it.
"About Aqing?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Li's eyes cleared of tears. "What happened to Aqing?"
Seeing that the little guy didn't cry, the three mythical beasts breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, we still had to bring out Ah Qing.
"Here's the thing, Aqing suddenly left Lingxu Peak and went outside the Immortal Palace. He's now entered the Sword Dao Trial Passage. Do you know what he's planning to do?" the old Azure Dragon asked.
"Has Aqing gone to try out the challenges again?"
Over the past few years, Xiao Li has sometimes watched the cultivators' progress in the trial passages with the old Azure Dragon and the others, so he has some understanding of it.
After thinking for a moment, it guessed, "Aqing probably wants to cause trouble for that Demon Slaughter Mountain. He attacked us several times before, and there's an aura about him that Aqing really dislikes."
Just as I expected!
The three old dragons knew they had guessed correctly, and they couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Because of their master's previous orders, they are not allowed to interfere with what happens inside the trial passage at will.
In other words, if something were to happen to Lu Qing inside, they could only watch helplessly, unable to offer any assistance.
“How could A Qing be so reckless?” Old Canglong sighed. “Now we can only hope that A Qing’s talent is insufficient and that he won’t go far in the path of swordsmanship.”
Black Bull and Mingfeng nodded in agreement.
If Lu Qing gets stuck in the sword passage, he won't be able to catch up with Mo Tu Shan and the others.
In that case, there would naturally be no possibility for the two sides to fight.
"Aqing's swordsmanship talent is amazing!" However, to their surprise, Xiao Li said seriously, "No matter what sword techniques there are, they can't stump him!"
"Xiao Li, what did you say? A Qing's swordsmanship talent is amazing?"
"Yes, that's impressive!" Xiao Li nodded vigorously.
The three old dragons immediately felt their hearts jump again and quickly looked at the light screen.
Then they were stunned.
Because they discovered that a beam of light was enveloping Lu Qing.
What does that mean? And how could they not know?
This is the sign that you have cleared the level and are ready to be teleported to the next level.
However, in the short time it took them to question Xiao Li, Lu Qing had already broken through the first level and was about to enter the second level.
But why so fast?
The three old dragons looked on in disbelief.
They suddenly had a premonition that the three of them were about to witness Lu Qing's amazing performance in the array passage again.
"I didn't expect that the swordsmanship test would be simpler than the formation test."
As his figure appeared in the second level of the sword passage, Lu Qing thought to himself.
He hadn't expected the test of the Sword Path to be so simple.
You can pass the test by comprehending the sword intent from that sword-testing stone and simulating it, leaving a sufficiently deep sword mark on the stone.
Compared to the array test passage, where there are layers of array light barriers to break through, this is indeed much simpler.
Of course, this is also because Lu Qing has special abilities.
For him, comprehending and simulating sword intent was not difficult at all.
In addition, there is his own profound accumulation of swordsmanship.
Therefore, he broke through the barrier faster than he had in the array passage.
"As expected, this sword trial passage also contains a sword inheritance."
Looking at the sword intent emanating from the testing stone in front of him, which had the same essence as that of the first test, Lu Qing knew that his guess was correct.
He immediately used his supernatural abilities to download the inheritance within.
Because we need to break through the barrier quickly and catch up with Demon Slaughter Mountain and the others.
This time, Lu Qing no longer relied on his own swordsmanship foundation to comprehend the Dao, but directly used his supernatural ability.
Soon, the supernatural ability finished downloading and simulating the inheritance in the Sword Testing Stone, and Lu Qing chose to learn it.
A moment later, when Lu Qing opened his eyes again, he pointed his fingers into a sword shape and suddenly unleashed a sword aura that landed on the testing stone in front of him.
puff!
With a soft sound, a sword mark appeared on the sword-testing stone.
The depth was exactly three inches, not an inch more or less.
A beam of light appeared, enveloping Lu Qing and teleporting him to the third level.
"He broke through the second level in just fifteen minutes?!"
Inside the celestial palace, the old Azure Dragon and the others couldn't help but gasp at the sight.
Because Lu Qing's speed in breaking through the sword dao test passage was much faster than it was in the formation passage.
Could it be that his talent in swordsmanship is even more amazing than his talent in formation?
The old dragons couldn't believe it, but they couldn't help but hold their breath, staring intently at the light screen, afraid of missing any detail.
Whoosh!
Lu Qing's figure suddenly appeared in the third level of the Sword Path Passage, teleported by the pillar of light.
This also attracted the attention of other cultivators in this area.
"There are still people in the third level?"
Lu Qing was somewhat surprised.
He hadn't seen any cultivators in the first two levels, but he didn't expect that there would still be people trying to break through in the third level.
However, each stage of the test has a time limit.
If they are still in the third level, these cultivators must have failed in other passages and then came to the Sword Path passage to try their luck.
"It's that fifth-level calamity brat!"
There weren't many cultivators in the third level, and they were all surprised when they saw that the person who appeared was actually Lu Qing.
They naturally had a deep impression of this fifth-tribulation cultivator who dared to mock and curse the Demon Slaughter Mountain.
Even after many years, they still recognized Lu Qing at a glance.
Even more astonished those who saw Lu Qing, their eyes widening in disbelief: "Why is he in the sword passage again? Shouldn't he be in the array passage?"
However, there were Nascent Soul Realm cultivators who had failed in the array passage and wanted to try their luck in the sword passage. They looked at Lu Qing with shock in their hearts.
He vividly remembered her amazing performance in the array passage.
Logically speaking, given his mastery of formations, he should still be breaking through the formation passage, so why did he end up here?
Could it be that even this person couldn't pass the checkpoints behind the array passage and failed to clear the level?
Ignoring the gazes of the other cultivators, Lu Qing went straight to the Sword Testing Stone, preparing to study it.
However, his behavior naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of other powerful individuals.
Some powerful figures recalled the incredible speed Lu Qing displayed when he toyed with Demon Slaughter Mountain, and a strange light flashed in their eyes.
Immediately, a beam of magical light condensed in his palm and reached out to grab Lu Qing's shoulder.
"Boy, you keep talking about 'first come, first served' all the time. With a mere fifth-level cultivation, you dare to stand in front of us..."
"roll!"
However, before he could finish speaking, a dazzling sword light suddenly appeared and slashed towards the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator at an unimaginable speed.
The next moment, a scream rang out.
The arm of the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator who had condensed magical light had already fallen to the ground.
Not only that, the terrifying sword intent corroded him, making the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator feel as if countless tiny sword energies were coursing through his meridians, causing him to collapse to the ground, rolling around and screaming in agony.
This sudden turn of events stunned all the other cultivators in the third level. (End of Chapter)
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