Chapter 139 Cutting Through the Seas and Waves
Nian Qiuyan knew where Mei Liangyu and the other two were going, but he couldn't stop them.
Nian Qiuyan considered it an extraordinary achievement that Mei Liangyu had only discovered it now.
The arrival of people from the Prince's Mansion, as well as the addition of Nangong Sui, was somewhat unexpected.
Nian Qiuyan could predict who might come to Taiyi, but he truly hadn't foreseen that Nangong Sui would be involved in Xuan Kui and Lan Du's affairs.
The lack of any omen in his divination was not a good sign.
At this moment, in the abyss of the Mechanical Island, thunder roared and waves surged. A single wave crashed over, as if it could split the rocks and cliffs in two, with enough power to crush a watchtower.
Xing Chun, standing far away, shouted at the two people standing on the beach, "Are you looking for death by getting so close! Are you waiting for the waves to come and sweep you both away?"
Mei Liangyu and Zhong Lishan were standing quite a distance from the sea. They had already circled around from the top of the cliff to the sandy area below, with towering and dangerous cliffs on both sides, and they were standing in the middle.
The waves crashed against the mountainside, splashing down like a heavy rain, pausing briefly before crashing down again.
Although they didn't get wet from the seawater, they still felt damp.
Zhongli Shan stood with his sword in his arms, his expression solemn. His clothes and hair were fluttering in the hurricane as the waves crashed in, making him look like a lone swordsman undergoing arduous training.
Mei Liangyu took a step back, leaving the lone mountain swordsman to bear the hurricane and waves alone, and asked him, "You've been standing there for almost a quarter of an hour. Can you do the sword-riding wave-breaking thing? Give me a definite answer."
Xing Chun, braving the wind and rain, shouted from behind, "That's right! You have to split the waves so I can balance the five elements of energy at sea. Let's make this clear: if we don't stabilize the five elements of energy at sea, we won't be able to come back alive!"
He had barely finished speaking when the sound of waves crashing against their ears, accompanied by the roar of a hurricane, was followed by a thunderclap that briefly illuminated the night.
They weren't as lucky as Nian Qiuyan back then, who had time to calculate the day when the Abyss Sea's power was weakest. Besides, Nian Qiuyan had already been using magic to weaken the Abyss Sea's power before that.
At this moment, if Mei Liangyu and the other two wanted to find the Six Mysterious Wood in the underwater forest under such terrible conditions, they could only cooperate with each other. First, they had to break the waves to find a way, and then Xing Chun would use the Yin-Yang School's star array to stabilize the five elements of the Broken Wave Land, so that they would not be swept into the storm and deep-sea whirlpool after entering the water.
Amidst the raging waves, Zhong Lishan glanced at Mei Liangyu beside him out of the corner of his eye and asked, "If Xing Chun and I hadn't come, and you were all alone, what would you have done?"
Mei Liangyu raised her chin slightly to look at the waves ahead and said, "I'll think about it when I come alone."
Zhong Lishan also gazed at the waves ahead, his gaze as calm as a mountain, a mountain that stands tall by the sea, enduring the crashing and pounding of the waves without yielding or crumbling.
"There are tens of thousands of records of military swordsmanship, of which hundreds or thousands have been lost to time. But the swordsmanship of my Zhongli family has continued uninterrupted to this day." Zhongli Shan's voice was deep and resonant, carried by the storm, and could be easily missed if one did not listen carefully.
Xing Chun, rubbing his hands together excitedly from behind, asked, "So today you're finally going to show us the Zhongli family's exclusive sword technique, 'Tai'a'?"
Tai'a is the name of a sword, and it can be considered one of the top magical weapons in the entire Xuangu Continent.
Legend has it that the divine weapon Tai'a could cut down horses and cattle on land, strike swans and geese in the water, and slay any enemy it encountered.
No one could rival him; a single strike of his sword would seal a man's throat.
However, the Tai'a sword had long since transformed into sword energy that dissipated into the world, becoming formless and intangible. Only the Qingyang Zhongli family inherited a portion of its sword energy and could use the sword technique of the same name.
The Tai'a sword energy was incredibly sharp; forcibly using it might result in injury due to loss of control. Under his father's tutelage, Zhong Lishan observed the formless and intangible sword energy almost every day as a child.
Zhongli Ci said that if you cannot grasp that formless and intangible sword energy and cannot integrate it with your swordsmanship, then even if you learn the form of swordsmanship, you will not be able to unleash the true power of Tai'a swordsmanship.
Moves and footwork are things that can be learned by the eyes, but the understanding of swordsmanship requires the brain and the heart.
Zhonglishan now dares not say that he has fully mastered the Tai'a sword technique.
But as long as it's not used on people, he still has some confidence.
Otherwise, facing the raging storm before him, Zhongli Mountain really didn't have any other low-level techniques that could cut through the sea and cleave the waves.
"Step back." Zhong Lishan gripped the hilt of his sword with one hand, making a drawing motion.
Mei Liangyu and Xing Chun immediately retreated far away.
Zhong Lishan turned around and glanced back: "..."
There's no need to retreat that far.
Mei Liangyu and Xing Chun both gave him a look, signaling him to ignore it and hurry up and let them see the Zhongli family's divine swordsmanship.
They had known each other for so long, but they had never seen Zhong Lishan use the Tai'a sword technique, nor had Zhong Lishan ever used it in front of anyone other than his father and sister.
Zhong Lishan turned to look back at the abyss ahead, calmed his mind, and felt the five elements energy swirling around his fingertips, while also sensing the chaotic and turbulent five elements energy on the sea ahead.
In the midst of chaos, let that unique and special sword energy merge into yourself.
A voice deep within Zhongli Mountain asked: In what form do you wish it to appear?
Cut through ten thousand miles of sea, break through a thousand layers of waves.
Zhong Lishan suddenly drew his sword, moving so fast that it collided with the oncoming wave, causing Mei Liangyu and Xing Chun behind him to raise their eyebrows in surprise.
The black longsword, originally made of black iron, burst forth with light the moment it was drawn from its sheath; its brilliance was like jade and it obscured the heavens and earth.
Xing Chun turned his face away with a cry of surprise. Mei Liangyu opened one eye and closed the other, and saw that the unsheathed longsword was enveloped by some kind of power, becoming transparent, like flowing water, or like elusive mist. The most fitting description would be invisible energy.
It still maintained the shape of a longsword. Zhong Lishan held the hilt with one hand, and when he drew the sword, the blade faced backward. The longsword spun in a fan shape in his palm, and he had already swung out a series of sword shadows. He changed to holding the sword with both hands, with the blade facing the rolling giant wave, and swung it vertically without hesitation.
The sound of the sword's cry was like the roar of a ferocious beast. A powerful and majestic sword aura was unleashed instantly, irresistibly cleaving the giant wave in two. The smoothness and strength of the power made Mei Liangyu and Xing Chun behind feel no obstruction whatsoever.
Zhong Lishan's attack was swift, and his sword withdrawal was equally fast. The sword's light was as bright as jade, even more dazzling than lightning illuminating the sky. He spun the sword hilt against his palm once more, and immediately turned to the two behind him, saying, "Form the formation."
His right hand was still gripping the sword hilt, while his left hand remained imperceptibly clenched into a fist, his tiger's mouth numb.
In the abyss sea, the five elements are in chaos, with water being the most dominant. Therefore, Mei Liangyu and Xing Chun chose the Northern Darkness Black Tortoise Star Array from the Yin-Yang School to suppress and stabilize the situation.
The two quickly changed hand seals, summoning a star array to be arranged above the sea surface that had been cut off by the Tai'a sword energy.
One after another, deep blue stars appeared, enveloped by a pale purple haze, their lines intertwined, appearing and disappearing indistinctly.
Mei Liangyu set up the entire Beiming Xuanwu Star Array, which includes all the constellations of Xuanwu, to suppress the five elements of this area. It also makes it convenient to mobilize the power of the constellations in Xuanwu in case of any unexpected events.
Xing Chun challenged the water-elemental Bi Su in Xuanwu, stabilizing the sea that had been severed by the Tai'a sword energy and preventing it from being affected by the chaos.
There were two constellation formations that pulled the waves to form a giant wall that never collapsed, like two giant gates in the sea. After everything was ready, Mei Liangyu and his two companions walked towards the two sea walls.
[Author's Note]
I'm so sleepy after taking cold medicine today, see you tomorrow o(╥﹏╥)o It's not daily updates, honey, I'll start updating regularly once I have a lot of drafts saved up.
On land, one can cut down horses and oxen; on water, one can strike down swans and geese; when facing the enemy, one must immediately slay the strong.
From "Strategies of the Warring States: Han Yi - Su Qin Persuades the King of Han to Form an Alliance with Chu"
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