Chapter 147: Cultivation is in vain, but there is no strength to match it
Dayan Imperial City, the main gate of the Imperial Palace.
"Junior Brother Lu, luckily you were prepared and came first to report to Junior Brother Wumiao."
"Otherwise, it would not be easy for the three of us to deal with so many evil demons."
Yi Hanqing looked at the large number of Black Lotus followers who had gathered at the main gate of the imperial palace, and his tone was helpless.
These Black Lotus followers are actually not troublesome because most of them were ordinary palace maids and eunuchs in their previous lives.
Even if one receives the blessing of the Buddha Mother, the increase obtained is very limited.
Therefore, even if their number doubled, it would be difficult for them to pose a threat to a top Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator like Yi Hanqing.
What really made Yi Hanqing feel pressured was actually a powerful aura deep in the palace.
The owner of that aura is undoubtedly in the Jindan stage.
The appearance of an enemy in the Jindan stage here is not good news for Yi Hanqing.
Because he was confident that he could hold out against the Jindan stage for a period of time, or even escape from the Jindan stage unscathed.
But he couldn't guarantee that Lu Chen and Shangguan Yunmeng beside him also had such ability.
Therefore, after sensing the aura of the Jindan stage, Yi Hanqing said, "Junior Brother Lu, Junior Sister Shangguan, the current situation here is no longer something that the three of us can resolve."
"I will find a way to hold back that Jindan-stage cultivator. The two of you will find a chance to leave here first. When the others from the sect arrive, we will take down these evildoers in one fell swoop."
From a rational point of view, Yi Hanqing's plan is undoubtedly the best.
At least it was the best solution he could think of from his perspective.
It’s a pity that Yi Hanqing forgot one thing.
"Brother Yi, we can't escape. Didn't you notice the formation that covers the entire imperial city?"
After hearing Lu Chen's words, Yi Hanqing suddenly reacted.
He saw the Black Lotus Sacrifice Array that had now enveloped the entire imperial city.
The effect of this formation is actually very simple.
The first is isolation, isolating the world inside and outside the array.
Keep people outside from coming in and people inside from going out.
The second is to absorb, absorb the essence and blood of all living beings that died in the formation, and use it as nourishment to offer to the Buddha Mother.
This is the whole of the Black Lotus Sacrifice Array.
Just these two functions can make this formation cause such a big commotion.
One can imagine how powerful the two formation effects of this formation are.
Even the current Lu Chen, before he has mastered targeted means.
He was not completely sure that he could break the Black Lotus Sacrifice Formation.
Therefore, there are actually only two paths before them.
One takes the initiative to find the core of the formation, and then find a way to destroy it.
The other one is to hold on until you get support from your sect.
Lu Chen is prepared to do both.
Looking at the national teacher Zhan Ziyin who was approaching them with a large number of iron-clad blood guards not far away.
Lu Chen sent a voice message: "Brother Yi, Sister Shangguan, can you hold back this Jindan-stage cultivator and the ordinary Foundation Establishment-stage puppets around him?"
After hearing Lu Chen's words, Yi Hanqing was stunned. After thinking for a moment, he replied in a voice transmission: "If it's just to delay, then I have no problem, but I'm not sure about Junior Sister Shangguan."
"I'm fine."
Shangguan Yunmeng looked at Lu Chen and gave him a firm look.
Although Shangguan Yunmeng looked confused most of the time.
But at critical moments, she was very reliable.
At least in the current situation, Shangguan Yunmeng does not look like a vase, nor does she look like a burden.
More than one hundred Foundation Establishment Blood Guards.
Even though the individual strength of these blood guards is not outstanding.
But quantitative change can lead to qualitative change. With so many Iron Guards attacking together, not to mention that Shangguan Yunmeng is just a cultivator at the first level of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Even some veteran Foundation Establishment cultivators may not be able to withstand the attacks of so many Blood Guards.
But these are all based on the fact that Yi Hanqing was not aware that Shangguan Yunmeng was a first-grade great Dao immortal.
If he knew Shangguan Yunmeng's situation, he would not think so.
Therefore, out of kindness, Yi Hanqing sent a message saying, "If it really doesn't work, I can help Junior Sister Shangguan resist some more attacks from the puppets."
"But in this case, I'm not sure how long I can last in the hands of that Jindan stage."
"unnecessary."
Before Lu Chen could answer, Shangguan Yunmeng looked at Yi Hanqing seriously and replied in a stubborn voice.
If it were an ordinary situation, the gentle Yi Hanqing would not argue too much with Shangguan Yunmeng.
But at this 'critical moment'.
Yi Hanqing felt that as their senior brother, even though Shangguan Yunmeng was not from his sect, he still had the obligation to bring them out safely.
Therefore, Yi Hanqing rarely used a serious tone to transmit his message to Shangguan Yunmeng: "Junior Sister Yunmeng, reality is not a matter of discussion. Even if you have outstanding swordsmanship, there are too many factors that can affect victory or defeat in reality. Don't show off."
But this time, before Shangguan Yunmeng could answer, Lu Chen answered for her first.
"This time, you have misunderstood, Senior Brother. Junior Sister Yunmeng... can really deal with these blood guards, because she and I are both first-grade Dao Immortal Foundation Establishment cultivators."
"And I have a feeling that if it is really a life-and-death battle between Senior Brother and Junior Sister Yunmeng, the one who will die will definitely be you, Senior Brother."
"ah?!"
After hearing these words from Lu Chen, Yi Hanqing's brain froze for a few seconds.
Although he had guessed long ago that the person who was undergoing the tribulation in the sect at that time was Lu Chen.
I also guessed that he was most likely a first-grade great Dao immortal.
But guessing it is one thing, and Lu Chen admitting it himself is another.
Now Lu Chen told him that in this small group of three.
Another person, Shangguan Yunmeng, who acted harmless from the beginning, is also a first-grade immortal.
How could Yi Hanqing not be shocked?
After all this time, He Zhe found out that he, who had the highest cultivation among the three, actually had the lowest upper limit in the future.
I sat up in shock from my dying illness. I was the loser. When did I, Yi Hanqing, the chief disciple of Cangjian Peak, become the basic unit for measuring geniuses? Without giving Yi Hanqing too much time to think, Lu Chen immediately made arrangements.
"Brother, you can hold back the Jindan-stage cultivator. You don't need to find a way to defeat him. You just need to keep him from being able to move."
"Similarly, Junior Sister Yunmeng, you don't have to think about dealing with those blood guards. You just need to make sure they don't affect Senior Brother Yi's battle, or prevent them from interfering too much with ordinary people."
"After all, I have some understanding of this formation. This formation is called the Black Lotus Sacrifice Formation, and its function is to sacrifice all the lives that died in the formation."
"So their target is not just us, but also the hundreds of thousands of people living in the city."
"It's just that they may feel that they have a sure win, so they decided to deal with us first, and then deal with the hundreds of thousands of mortals trapped in this formation."
“And this is the perfect opportunity given to us.”
"As long as you can hold back this Jindan-stage cultivator and those blood guards, I, Junior Brother, will have a way to break this formation."
After hearing what Lu Chen said through telepathic communication, Yi Hanqing instantly understood what Lu Chen was doing.
Just thinking about what Lu Chen has to do is to find a way to break this formation.
Yi Hanqing knew without thinking that what he was about to do was definitely the most dangerous of the three.
Yi Hanqing felt that he was not qualified to let his junior fellow student do the most dangerous thing!
But he had to admit that he really couldn't think of a plan higher than Lu Chen's at the moment.
Therefore, we could only follow Lu Chen's arrangements.
"Junior Brother Lu, be careful."
"Don't worry, Senior Brother. I know what to do."
After the two looked at each other, Lu Chen flew towards the palace on his sword.
In response, Zhan Zinyin, who was guarding the gate of the palace, saw this scene and raised his hand to attack without thinking.
But before he could make a move, a dense rain of peach blossoms came towards him.
These peach blossoms may seem beautiful, but each one of them hides a huge murderous intent.
Not only that, these peach blossoms are also stained with a special spiritual wine.
So much so that these peach blossoms were directly ignited one by one during the process of flying.
He also created a series of flaming peach blossom sword qi.
Faced with this flaming peach blossom sword energy, even Zhan Zinyin, who was at the second level of the Golden Core Stage, had to avoid its edge.
Because the flame of the spiritual wine seemed to be able to burn even his protective elixir, making it extremely difficult to deal with.
"Yi Hanqing, the Peach Blossom Monk of Qingyun Sect. I didn't expect that one of the three people who came was actually you."
Yi Hanqing was not surprised to hear that Zhan Ziyan could recite his Taoist name.
Since Zhan Zinyin was able to become the imperial teacher of the Great Yan Dynasty, it meant that he was originally a formal disciple of Yuxu Mountain.
It is normal for a formal disciple of Yuxu Mountain to have heard of his Taoist name.
"I never thought that a disciple of Yuxu Mountain would actually fall into the devil's way. You really bring shame to Yuxu Mountain."
Zhan Ziyan didn't seem to worry that Lu Chen would ruin their plans after entering the palace, so he simply let him in.
He looked at Yi Hanqing and said with a smile: "What does it matter if it is a demonic path or a righteous path? As long as it can be used by me, it is a good path."
"Besides, if one day everyone in the world follows my way, then even if my way is not the right way, it will become the right way."
Hearing this, Yi Hanqing smiled.
However, his smile was different from the warm and cheerful one he showed to his fellow disciples including Lu Chen.
His smile at this moment was full of sarcasm.
It seemed as if he was mocking Zhan Zinyin's arrogance.
"Let's not talk about whether you have this ability or not. If you do, it can only mean one thing."
"That means all of our Qingyun Sect's disciples have died."
"Because as long as we are still here, we will never allow demons like you to walk openly in the sun."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yi Hanqing took the initiative to rush towards Zhan Ziyin.
Soon after, a loud explosion was heard outside the palace.
And it happened almost at the same time that Yi Hanqing and Zhan Ziyin took action.
Shangguan Yunmeng also faced those hundreds of Iron-clad Blood Guards...
Under the palace, the Black Lotus Altar.
Ji Yuan sat upright on the bone throne above the blood pool, resting with his eyes closed.
But after a moment, he slowly opened his eyes and looked in a certain direction in front of him.
I saw a cultivator wearing the uniform of a Qingyun Sect disciple appearing in this secret underground altar.
Next to the monk were the corpses of the Black Lotus followers.
These Black Lotus followers originally stayed in the altar to accompany Ji Yuan's servants.
But because he heard noise outside the altar, he wanted to drive away the enemy who had rashly broken in.
As a result, not only did he fail to drive the people away, but he ended up staying here forever.
Ji Yuan looked at Lu Chen, who did not hide his whereabouts at all, with an amused expression on his face.
"Qingyun Sect, this is the number one sect in Zhongzhou that I heard about many times when I was a child."
"It is said that Qingyun Sect has a total of five immortal peaks, and any one of these five peaks alone can be used to establish a first-class sect outside."
"I don't know how true this rumor is, but it didn't stop me from yearning for Qingyun Sect back then."
"Unfortunately, our Great Yan Dynasty is located within the sphere of influence of Yuxu Mountain. Even if our Great Yan royal family has the qualifications to practice cultivation, the only place we can go is Yuxu Mountain."
"So I have never been able to see with my own eyes the elegance of this legendary first immortal sect in Zhongzhou."
"Do you think that with my current cultivation and qualifications, I am qualified to set foot in your Qingyun Sect?"
Hearing Ji Yuan's pretentious words, Lu Chen laughed rarely.
But his smile was exactly the same as the one Yi Hanqing showed to the Imperial Master Zhan Ziyin outside.
It's all a laugh from the heart.
"Are you making fun of me?"
Ji Yuan looked at the sarcasm on Lu Chen's face, and his expression suddenly turned cold.
The next second, a terrifying golden elixir pressure began to crush Lu Chen.
He seemed to want to use this method to make Lu Chen pay the price for his rudeness.
But what shocked Ji Yuan was that after his Jindan stage pressure fell on Lu Chen, it was like a stone sinking into the sea.
It didn't have any effect on Lu Chen at all.
It's as if nothing happened.
And Lu Chen, bathed in the pressure of Ji Yuan's golden elixir, walked towards him step by step.
"You are nothing but a poor creature who is begging for mercy by pretending to be an outside force. Do you think you can join our Qingyun Sect? What a joke."
Hearing what Lu Chen said, Ji Yuan was completely enraged.
He thought that he had been reborn today, and since he was in a very good mood, he might be able to leave Lu Chen's body intact.
But he has changed his mind now.
He wanted to let this arrogant guy know what it meant that the power of a good golden elixir could not be insulted! How could you, a cultivator in the foundation-building stage, have the confidence to talk to a cultivator like me in the golden elixir stage like this!
"roar!"
Ji Yuan slapped the dragon throne beneath him fiercely.
The next second, the dragon throne turned into a huge white ancient dragon and flew over Ji Yuan's head.
Ji Yuan leaned against the huge bone dragon, looked at Lu Chen with cold eyes, and said: "So what if I rely on external forces? How can you, a lucky person who can practice naturally, understand the suffering of a mortal like me?"
"Everything you get so easily was obtained by me bit by bit with untold hardships. What qualifications do you have to judge me?"
"You look down on my evil ways, don't you? Then let me see how a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator like you can look down on the evil ways of a Golden Core cultivator like me!"
As soon as the words fell, the bone dragon behind Ji Yuan roared towards Lu Chen.
But just when the bone dragon was about to fly to Lu Chen, a black light appeared from behind Lu Chen and quickly turned into a huge black dragon, rushing towards the white bone dragon.
Seeing this scene, Ji Yuan in the distance was a little shocked.
Because he could feel how real the black dragon summoned by Lu Chen was.
It's almost to the point where it's indistinguishable from the real thing.
You should know that this bone dragon of his is a special magic weapon that was condensed after refining a small section of the dynasty dragon vein.
But what about Lu Chen's black dragon?
Could it be that he also refined the dragon vein of a dynasty?
However, Ji Yuan's surprise did not last long.
Because he found that Lu Chen's black dragon looked much more real than the bone dragon transformed from his magic dragon throne.
But because of Lu Chen's cultivation and the grade of the magic weapon itself.
As a result, the black dragon was ultimately defeated by the white bone dragon and began to retreat.
Seeing this scene, Ji Yuan looked at Lu Chen with a teasing look in his eyes.
He thought there was something special about Lu Chen, a disciple of Qingyun Sect, but it turns out this is all he is capable of?
Even I, a newcomer who has just entered the world of cultivation, can't beat him.
It seems that the reputation of Qingyun Sect, the number one sect in the world of immortal cultivation, is not as impressive as imagined.
But what Ji Yuan didn't notice was that Lu Chen was also surprised by Ji Yuan's strength at this time.
It’s not that it’s a surprise that he is too strong, but it’s a surprise that his strength... is much weaker than expected.
Judging from the panel data, Ji Yuan's panel data is the strongest among all the enemies he has encountered so far.
Although he is only in the first stage of the Golden Core Stage, it is a second-grade Heavenly Dao Golden Core.
Taken together, this strength far exceeds that of Rong Gongming back then.
But in fact, Lu Chen felt that Ji Yuanlian was not even half as strong as Rong Gongming.
Because his control over his cultivation... is too rough.
If Rong Gongming could use one point of spiritual power to produce two or three effects.
Ji Yuan can use a little spiritual power to produce an effect of 0.5 points.
Simply put, Ji Yuan is like a child who has just obtained an adult's weapon.
He only had a preliminary understanding of how to use this weapon.
But there is still a long way to go before we can make good use of distance.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen immediately decided not to give the other party a plan to familiarize himself with the power.
Sword Domain... Expand!
Under Ji Yuan's astonished eyes, a huge lotus sword domain expanded with Lu Chen as the center, and soon enveloped him and Ji Yuan together.
Sword Domain, Ji Yuan, who had never practiced before, how could he know the Sword Domain of the Hedao Realm! This was a power beyond his cognition.
PS: I have completed the 35th day of the daily 10,000. I was sick for a few days before, so I stopped for a few days. Now I will continue! (End of this chapter)
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