The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Seeing that Zhao Qing was ready, He Shanjian did not delay any longer. A faint smile appeared on his face, and his figure flashed, and he swept out as lightly as walking on snow without leaving any trace. He turned into a green light and shot towards the direction of the Qian Gua bronze pillar.

While he was still in mid-air, he had already exhaled a long breath, and then swung the "Mountain Snow Soul" sword in his hand. It seemed like an ordinary sword, but at the moment of the swing, it separated into seven thin and crystal clear sword lights, like the sunlight reflected from the top of a snowy mountain.

They had different angles, some stabbing straight, some slashing diagonally, some slashing horizontally, some circling, and some dropping suddenly. They seemed to be reaching the same destination, and at different angles and trajectories, they all blocked the direction where the opponent might dodge, but they all turned back at the last moment.

Therefore, only a few gusts of cold wind blew across Zhao Qing's cheeks and hair.

None of these seven swords landed on anything, and they returned to nothingness again, as if they were just an illusion of sword light that He Shanjian casually swung out. Not only were they tepid and harmless, like a trickle of melting snow in spring, but they also dissipated as soon as they were touched, as if they had never really existed.

However, Zhao Qing, who was at the center of the range covered by the seven sword lights, could clearly feel the cold and sharp sword intent attached to the seven swords when they were swung, as well as the invisible lines of symbols drawn by them cutting through the air. In fact, a magic array was constructed in the blink of an eye to block the perception of divine thoughts.

On the surface, it was to allow "Ye Celeng" to take the opportunity to recuperate and recover, but in reality it was to take the initiative to arrange a combat environment that was beneficial to himself, with a hidden agenda to increase some advantages in the subsequent head-on confrontation.

Although she was fully aware of this, she did not pay too much attention to the sword blockade. She just held the water sword and swung it upwards at a high speed. Then, many crystal clear water lines intertwined with each other and rose into the sky, just like a light rain falling in reverse.

As the rain continued to stretch, it naturally broke apart and turned into countless tiny water droplets and light and hazy mist. It first spread in all directions, covering an area of ​​dozens of feet in radius, and then periodically contracted and gathered, attracting the vital energy of heaven and earth nearby like breathing.

Although both parties in the duel need to suppress their cultivation to below the seventh level and are prohibited from using methods of moving mountains, this does not mean that Zhao Qing cannot use some methods of water vapor transfer to simulate the effects of moving mountains, allowing her to not only "restore her true essence" but also greatly increase her energy reserves for subsequent attacks.

It was obvious that Zhao Qing's intention was seen through He Shanjian's eyes, but he was not surprised. After all, this was the special effect of "Tianyi True Water" that brought back the essence, and it was the reason why Tianyi Pavilion was famous all over the world. With a slight turn of his wrist, the silently moving "Mountain Snow Soul" once again refracted countless rays of light from the sharp blade.

Because there were too many overlapping sword lights in a short period of time, it was impossible to see clearly. It was as if it was turning into thin mirrors, or bright and transparent light patterns like the membranes of insects' wings, and seven colorful rainbow clouds were reflected in the sky.

These clouds corresponding to the seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and purple kept falling, carrying swirling air currents and distorted light. Some of them gathered on the sword in He Shanjian's hand, while some of them flowed and seeped into the skin of his face.

Although the seven colors of light merged into one at the end and turned into white light again, and did not turn him into a strange colorful man, his features became vaguely blurred and distorted, and seemed to be gradually inlaid with many dazzling gems, which were bright and dazzling.

There is no doubt that the change in this sword move is also a simulation of the means of moving mountains, and it integrates the mystery of Minshan's "Three Elements Sword Body", and the effect is not inferior to "Tianyi True Water".

Like Zhou Dazhuo of the Qishan Sword Sect, although he was quite powerful, his "Leixiao Moyan Sword Technique" was also extremely sophisticated, and he had rich experience in sword fighting, otherwise he would not have been able to get the title of one of the "Five Swords of Guanzhong". However, he lacked the foundation of the sect and could not find similar secret methods at all.

Therefore, many people say that great sects like Minshan and Lingxu have a long history, and the sword scriptures they throw out are more exquisite than the treasures of most cultivation sites.

On the copper pillars of the square platform at the Sword Competition Field, there were two powerful sword cultivators with outstanding demeanor. Although they were obviously in the middle of a fierce confrontation, they seemed to be strolling in a garden without any worldly air. While flying across several copper pillars, they each displayed extremely brilliant sword light and vitality.

One is like a sculpture of ice and snow, with his sword turning into light and clouds gathering into flowing colors, his breath disappearing without a trace; the other one controls water like silk and is shrouded in mist, like a pedestrian in the rain, his figure changing and blurry.

At first glance, it did not look like a sword fight, but more like each of them was busy drawing symbols and painting, jointly displaying the unique sword skills of both sects, which made the many practitioners watching the fight around so fascinated that they did not dare to blink and almost forgot to breathe.

Even those who are not at a high enough level and find it difficult to fully comprehend the mysteries will still find it an eye-opener and worth the trip.

However, only a few people who are at the center of the battle and have reached a very high level of cultivation can clearly perceive what kind of sharpness and murderous intent are hidden between these two swordsmen.

Every slight touch between the sword light and the water droplets represents an extremely dangerous test and transition between attack and defense.

"This Minshan Sword Sect's 'Seven Lights Cultivating Nature Sword' is known as the best sword for beginners, and its variations are extremely limited. However, it is sharp even in its peaceful state, and has both offensive and defensive capabilities, with almost no flaws. It also has the ability to store sword intent, so it's no wonder that He Shanjian dared to say that he would start with it to give Ye Sishou time to recover."

The General Sikong who was wearing iron armor turned his head and glanced at the expression of Hengshan Xu Hou who was mostly hidden by his fat. He analyzed in a deep voice: "Fortunately, the 'Water Separation Technique' is also magical and seemingly real. Not only is the true power long-lasting, but its explosive power is also far beyond the imagination of ordinary people..."

"From the perspective of the rise and fall of yin and yang... after a dozen breaths, both sides will most likely switch to a different killer move and directly use their best skills to decide the winner."

"Endless wind and rain? Heavy rain across the sky?" Hengshan Xu Hou said succinctly, expressing his guess about the next move "Ye Celeng" would make:

"He Shanjian shouldn't have given up for so long. After the formation of the wind and rain formation, Tian Yisheng Shui will only become stronger and stronger, and his sword intent will become more and more vigorous. If there is no way to restrain and break it, he will be defeated soon."

"In my opinion, it won't be that fast. After all, this isn't a sword fight with a purely objective purpose." General Sikong shook his head: "Have you forgotten Zhou Dazhuo who was the first to go on stage? He lasted dozens of rounds!"

Just as he finished saying this, He Shanjian, who had been moving and swinging his sword at high speed on the sword-fighting field, suddenly stopped without any warning. His figure instantly turned from moving to still, and even the three-foot-long sword in his hand, which seemed to be condensed from ice crystals and snow, disappeared.

At this moment, his entire body seemed to have completely merged with the energy of heaven and earth around him. No breath was left out anymore. The seven-colored clouds and flowing light that had been lingering on his body before also converged into his body with this silent change, and no longer showed any trace.

Then, accompanied by a low and fine sword vibration, He Shanjian's chest rose and fell violently, and he began to exhale in a strange posture.

Then, seven white mists containing seven colors of light suddenly shot out from his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. They slightly turned an arc and then transformed into seven real crystal sword beams, all aimed at between Zhao Qing's eyebrows. They accelerated madly, with a cold and sharp edge.

Wherever it passed, many remnants of sword light that seemed to have disappeared long ago also reappeared, like pieces of illusory ice crystals and lenses, naturally blending into the seven speeding sword beams.

It makes it more solid, bright and dazzling, adds a bit of spiritual changes, and doubles its power.

This is exactly the secret killing move in "Seven Apertures and Seven Souls Floating Light Sword", "Seven Qis to Cut Off the Soul", because the seven orifices where the sword comes out are sensitive, as if the seven souls have settled in and illuminated all directions, making the speed and trajectory of the sword light unpredictable, and it will respond to everything and arrive at everything, making it extremely difficult to avoid.

It has the effects of locking and breaking obstacles, and also has the power to freeze perception in advance, shock the mind, and slow down reaction. Once hit, even if it is just swept by the residual sword intent, it often means the end of severely damaging the sea of ​​consciousness and soul.

It is said that during the Qin Dynasty's conquest of the Han Dynasty, Geng Ren of the Minshan Sword Sect was extremely proficient in using this sword. He had assassinated several important generals of the Han army in succession, ultimately affecting the fate of several armies of tens of thousands of people. At that time, Geng Ren should have been only in the sixth realm.

However, facing this sudden and fierce attack, after several rounds of attempts just now, Zhao Qing's heart moved. Although it was the first time he saw this kind of secret sword, he had already noticed that He Shanjian seemed to have used less strength. He didn't know whether he was letting up before the battle or had other plans.

As the thought flashed through her mind, she did not dodge or evade, and she did not even raise the water sword in her hand. She just raised her head slightly and looked up at the sky, as if she was waiting for something.

The next moment, based on the "Boundless Wind and Rain" true water sword formation, thousands of tiny water droplets suspended in the air have connected into one, spinning and falling down at a high speed.

They stretched out into crystal clear water lines, each with a different order and direction, and overall presented a seven-layered, extremely dense cone-shaped interception posture.

Sharp sounds of breaking through the air rang out one after another, and the seven colorful sword beams and the seven cones formed by countless water droplets collided with each other one after another, erupting a series of dense crisp sounds.

Then, the two were like ice meeting boiling water, their strength quickly wore away and dissipated, turning into dissipated vital energy.

No one knew that unlike the regular "Tianyi True Water", Zhao Qing had specially prepared some water-soluble acids, alkalis and salts as auxiliary materials to carry with him, knowing that he would have to fight against many practitioners of different attributes in this sword competition.

For example, when facing He Shanjian, who is obviously proficient in ice magic, he can use this to lower the freezing point of his own water by dozens of degrees.

With the help of additional chemical substances to help resist coagulation and freezing, disrupt the original hydrogen bond structure of water molecules, and in the confrontation between ice and heavy rain, it is also blessed by vitality, and the latter naturally gains a few more advantages.

This allows her to offset the biting cold air released by the enemy with 70% to 80% of the original true energy she needs. In other words, it ensures that she will not be easily frozen or interrupted, and she still has enough energy to display more subtle changes and subtle control.

Because he is more familiar with the use of the Yin Han Bing Sword than the opponent, and understands the changes in this type of sword moves better, even though he is under the condition of playing the role of someone else and limiting his strength and cannot use some overly mysterious and surprising moves, with such broad knowledge, he can naturally come up with a special method of restraint.

This special trick of resisting ice and anti-coagulation can be made public in the future. However, it is estimated that except for those who have also practiced water magic and reached a certain level, it will be difficult for others to copy and apply it, and the effect will be much weaker.

This is because the properties of salt water are slightly different from those of pure water after all, and it is necessary to change some of the original energy movement routes and qi circulation methods in order to be able to control this flow of water mixed with impurities with ease, not to mention using true energy to catalyze chemical reactions in a specific direction.

This is what is called the "Salt Control Technique".

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A large amount of water mist and ice crystal fragments splashed everywhere, but part of them were gathered again by Zhao Qing with a wave of his sword and flew back to the boundless wind and rain area above her, continuing to float and absorb vital energy, still motionless.

However, He Shanjian's "Seven Qi to Break the God" was broken and failed to achieve any success.

High in the sky, there are still many newly condensed water droplets that are constantly being generated and falling, replenishing the consumption in the lower places.

It seemed as if the drizzle that covered the entire Bijianping would never stop.

"Such exquisite water control, such a strong degree of true essence condensation... such a brilliant divine mind resonance technique!"

It seemed that in this round of head-on confrontation, both sides were evenly matched and there was no winner, but He Shanjian, whose sword was still sharp and powerful, groaned without warning after saying a few words, and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. It was obvious that he had suffered a great loss in secret, and his breath dropped slightly.

Without giving too much explanation to the audience who were confused and wondering why he was at a disadvantage, he suddenly exerted force, and his feet dug deeply into the ground like steel nails. The soles of his shoes made an unpleasant cracking sound, and his shoes and boots immediately turned into cotton-like dust and fell to the ground.

The contact point between the Kan hexagram copper pillars left a pit more than a foot deep, and scattered snowflake-shaped, frost-colored cracks.

Almost at the same time, his figure moved again, like a gust of wind blowing down from the top of a snowy mountain, carrying with it countless ice crystals and snow particles. It cut through the distance of dozens of feet between the two people at an incredibly fast speed and flew straight towards Zhao Qing on the Qian Gua bronze pillar.

The natal sword "Mountain Snow Soul" that had just been integrated into the seven orifices also reappeared. The sword body was long and narrow, and it took a pure center line. It appeared particularly faint during the high-speed stabbing, like a streak of ink diluted by water, giving people a soft and powerless feeling.

However, the sharp edge of the sword tip was shining with a chilling cold light, without any noise or obstruction. The space in front was deformed by the cold sword energy, and the light flickered, as if a dozen transparent crystal light bands were constantly swinging.

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At the same time, across the entire Nie Garden, on the top of another adjacent manor house, there was a quaint attic eaves.

A middle-aged man was looking towards the sword-fighting arena from afar, his eyes revealing depth and insight. Although the distance between them was far greater than that of all the spectators in Nie Garden, he seemed to understand the current situation of the two contestants as clearly as reading the lines on the palm of his hand.

"The seven orifices are shining, and the air in the sky is chilly. Junior Brother He only used 90% of his strength in this sword, and kept the remaining 10%."

"It seems that even though he has joined Zheng Xiu's faction, he still has some conscience from when he first entered Minshan. He knows the principle of 'a gentleman should do what he should do and should not do what he should not do', so he did not choose to use the talisman immediately and use the most vicious sword moves..."

"However, it was also for this reason that when the seven strands of his life force that he slashed out were secretly invaded by Ye Celeng's water wave frequency, causing resonance and disrupting the normal flow of his life force, he was able to protect himself in time and was not seriously injured instantly. He was only slightly injured."

"In this case, it can be considered a blessing in disguise."

"However, Junior Brother He deliberately used this secret sword that attacks the soul before activating the 'Divine Confusion Talisman', implicitly with the intention of reminding the other party to pay more attention and protect this aspect. However, this may not be hidden from the Yuanwu on the stage. I am afraid it will arouse his suspicion and doubt, and cause some trouble."

This man, who was looking at and talking to himself with a tone of regret, was wearing the same jade-green robe as He Shanjian, which represented the identity of a practitioner of the Minshan Sword Sect, but he was holding a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand. His face was also extremely gentle and delicate, and he had no obvious sword on his body, nor did he have any sharp sword intent.

Therefore, he gave people the impression not of a powerful swordsman, but more of a private school teacher with books to teach.

After the destruction of Bashan Sword Field, Minshan Sword Sect and Lingxu Sword Sect were undoubtedly the strongest sects in the world. This strength was not just because they had one or two particularly powerful practitioners, but because they had many powerful practitioners, and even many practitioners who could be called legendary.

Among the many legendary practitioners in the Minshan Sword Sect, Lin Sui Xin is the only one who can even ignore the thoughts of the sect leader Baili Suxue.

Because he was Baili Suxue's senior brother, and had once been the eldest senior brother of the sect leader. He was the designated successor to the position of sect leader by the previous sect leader Baili Liusu. However, because he was too casual in character, he soon gave up the position of sect leader to Baili Suxue.

Even his practice was too casual, and he practiced according to his mood without deliberately pursuing any realm. Even so, he now had a powerful practice of at least the peak of the seventh realm.

Therefore, in some rumors, he is often described as a practitioner who is very likely to reach the eighth realm directly. It is only because he does not pursue the realm of practice, otherwise he would have become the first person in the world to break into the eighth realm and become enlightened.

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(End of this chapter)