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

Sure enough, at the moment when Li Lingjun's mind turned, an even larger and condensed sword intent rose into the sky from the sword viewing platform. The violent torrent of vitality shattered the entire eaves and turned them into dust, tearing apart the heavy lead clouds accumulated in the sky.

As crystal patterns appeared and disappeared in an instant, Emperor Yuanwu suddenly appeared at the highest point of the entire Nie Garden. He lowered his eyelids and looked at the rolling boulder with a stern face. His bright yellow imperial robe moved without wind, and he looked like a god descending to the earth, majestic and incomparable.

Because the stone ball was actually still more than ten miles away, he did not make a move immediately. Instead, he frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking. However, the entire world around him was suddenly bathed in a strange brightness, as if it was about to turn into a crystal clear gem.

The sky seemed to have opened up to another world. Countless vital energies that were imperceptible to others rolled down. Many rays of light that would not have appeared originally fell continuously from outside the atmosphere. As he slightly opened his left hand, complex auras crisscrossed in the air and formed a giant talisman that domeed the sky.

For a giant target that is too heavy, simply splitting it in half with a sword, or bombarding it into small pieces, will not make it change direction or stop. At that time, the broken stone fragments can still cause considerable casualties and damage.

From this perspective, Yuanwu's response can be considered both safe and comprehensive, fully demonstrating the style and wisdom of a great leader.

But only he himself understood how shocked he was when he witnessed that man's original sword style again after more than ten years and discovered that "he", who should have had his original essence and blood completely burned to ashes by Master Liehuo, might still be alive.

The old people who had experienced the brilliant era of cultivation more than ten years ago all knew clearly that the Grinding Stone Sword Technique, like the Nine-Death Silkworm, was the personal symbol of Wang Jingmeng, the Sword Master of Bashan.

The Grindstone Sword Technique is known as the best defensive sword technique in the world, and it is also the sword technique that is most capable of grinding people to death. In the past, when Wang Jingmeng encountered some opponents whose true essence cultivation was stronger than his, he would use this sword technique to grind away the enemy's true essence and defeat them.

In the entire Bashan Sword Field, he is the only one who has mastered this sword manual, because this sword manual involves the subtle control of the flow of countless sword lights, just like engraving countless runes in an instant.

Only someone like Wang Jingmeng, who has unparalleled spiritual willpower and swordsmanship talent, can truly grasp the essence of it, learn it and put it into practice.

The stone ball before him, which contained the true meaning of the "Grindstone Sword Technique", seemed to be announcing to the world that the sword legend that once made the whole world tremble had not completely died!

Whether it was that "that person" had come back to life with the help of the Nine-Death Silkworm, or that his successor had grown to such a powerful level, or that someone else was trying to imitate and comprehend the "Grindstone Sword Technique", these were all extremely unfavorable news to him, enough to make many people's minds waver.

Yuan Wu's mood sank to the bottom, and his eyes became increasingly cold, as if he could sense deeply into the stone ball. The continuously flashing bright sword lights, every time they lit up, seemed to be reflected in his pupils, trying to dissect his mind.

Therefore, Yuan Wu's sword intent was confused. After hesitating for a moment, he decided not to intercept immediately and gave up showing the majesty of the emperor, just because of the fear that was quietly growing in his heart.

No matter if the person opposite is Wang Jingmeng who has come back from the dead, or some hostile grandmaster who is deliberately imitating and attacking his mind, this Grinding Stone Sword Technique has already been used a long time ago. During the time when the stone ball rolled from a distance, the person's true energy must have been recovered.

But if he put all his strength into intercepting the stone ball, let alone whether he could successfully block it or show his power, he would temporarily lose his peak state of energy and spirit. At that time, his energy would inevitably be exhausted for a moment, revealing some flaws, which would give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage.

Perhaps, this fell into the enemy's calculations!

How can a mere face and the lives of a few subjects be compared with one's own safety and the great cause of the ages? There have been many accidents recently, so even if two new eighth realms suddenly appeared, it is not impossible.

In order to ensure that the worst result does not occur, it is better to let the Tiger and Wolf Army, Yokoyama Shenzang Army and other masters at the sword conference stationed in the surrounding areas to explore the situation and collect more intelligence information before making a decision.

With this in mind, Emperor Yuanwu only maintained the giant talisman of the sky, and issued an imperial edict to Hengshan Xu Hou from a distance to lead the army to attack, but did not take any further action. He said coldly: "Now that you are here, don't hide your head and tail anymore, show yourself!"

What he meant was that the attacker was hiding himself intentionally, using the stone ball to deceive people, and not daring to confront him head-on, which was really not worthy of being mentioned. He had found an excuse for his conservative attitude, and at the same time, was testing whether he could provoke the other party to show up so as to get a glimpse of what was going on.

"All soldiers, listen up! Form a battle formation and resist the enemy!"

"Your Majesty the Protector!"

"promise!"

Under the shocking roar of Hengshan Xu Hou, dozens of generals and commanders in heavy armor responded loudly, their voices shaking the sky.

Then more heralds waved flags, blew horns, and conveyed military orders, ordering the thousands of Hengshan Shenzang troops stationed outside Nieyuan, who had been on high alert, to take immediate action.

"wind!"

"Gale!"

The entire gloomy and murderous army suddenly erupted like a volcano, making a tsunami-like sound.

With the help of deep green wind pillars, hundreds of crossbow carts and talisman weapons exploded at this moment. The heavy metal rolled up like the wind, covering the sky, and then fell like a mountain and a waterfall.

In almost the blink of an eye, hundreds of huge crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm and weighing more than 100 kilograms were shot into the huge stone ball, causing a series of dense crisp sounds like frying beans, followed by another round, and a total of three rounds were fired in an instant.

Thousands of giant crossbow arrows nailed the surface of the stone ball with a diameter of dozens of feet, forming a metal forest. The terrifying power stirred up waves of dust that spread outward.

But in the next moment, as the stone ball continued to roll forward, these deeply penetrated arrows were squeezed and deformed on the spot, and broke one after another, as fragile as wheat straw!
Thousands of burning dark green flames could have melted through hard rocks and incinerated iron armor, and with the help of the spinning blades, they even had the ability to tear things apart. However, they only left spots of scorch marks on the surface and failed to cause any hindrance!
Almost at the same time, a heavily armored cavalry unit belonging to the Tiger and Wolf Southern Army began to charge at the huge stone ball from the side. The heavy iron hooves kept hitting the ground, like the sound of a regular war drum, causing the gravel within a radius of several miles outside the western suburbs of the city to jump.

"boom!"

When the cavalrymen all threw out a batch of chains, hooks and sickles in an attempt to net the target, a sound a thousand times louder exploded between heaven and earth. A sea of ​​light suddenly formed in the array of talisman chariots behind the Hengshan Army and the Tiger and Wolf Army. The dazzling light overshadowed everything in the world.

There were countless sounds of huge objects flying through the sky.

Dozens of white cloud-like air waves exploded in the air.

Dozens of spear-shaped magical weapons, as long as 15 feet and as thick as an adult's waist, broke through the clouds. The cold metallic luster was reflected from the wandering coiled dragon runes. They streaked across the sky like meteors, dragging long tails of flames, and bombarded the surface of the stone ball one after another.

Several miles away, a corner tower that stood like a giant began to tremble. An old man in plain clothes with flowing hair like a ginseng beard had eyes full of emotion and shock. Under the gaze of a young man in a yellow shirt, he took a deep breath and slowly stood up.

Then, the old man stretched out his hand, and an extremely pure and faint breath quickly flowed out from between his five fingers, and the wisteria chair that he had just sat on made a slight cracking sound.

The old man's body seemed to swell without limit.

Between heaven and earth, it seemed as if a giant appeared, standing tall and upright, with an extremely long-term vision.

Outside the sky and earth, many stars seemed to suddenly dim.

In the sky, a huge breath suddenly rose up, and then fell down like an invisible wall, splitting the air along the way into two halves, leaving an absolute vacuum channel in the middle.

At the moment when the stone ball was slightly paused by a series of spear-shaped magical weapons and large pieces of crystal fragments were scattered, the insurmountable wall had already fallen silently in front of it.

Then, the curved spherical surface, which was protected by the grindstone sword intent, was hard and cold, had a flawless crystal structure, and was more than ten times stronger than normal rock. Suddenly, it sank, and with a hissing sound, a crack appeared.

This crack, which is dozens of feet long, is absolutely straight. The width of the crack from beginning to end is only one finger, without any deviation.

This is a sword mark. So, the first person to take formal action and effectively block the enemy was the teacher of the Holy Emperor of the Great Qin, the elderly and virtuous Mo Shoucheng, who saved some face for the retreating Emperor Yuanwu and also demonstrated the profound heritage of the Great Qin Dynasty.

Changling has no city walls, but he himself is one of the invisible city walls of Changling.

For decades, it has been guarding this magnificent city and the millions of people in it.

Mo Shoucheng, who had noticed the stone ball earlier than Yuanwu and knew the turmoil it would bring, originally wanted to give the other party the opportunity to overcome his mental barriers, but after waiting for a long time, he had already realized Yuanwu's current intentions and had no choice but to take action himself.

After a sword attack that contained the meaning of space, there was another new sword that came down like a city wall. The already cracked surface of the stone ball was once again penetrated by an unstoppable sharp energy, and a deep and long crack appeared along the previous sword mark.

The two cracks continued to spread and finally converged at one point, about to split the entire stone ball into two.

But after the dust and smoke wave passed, it only peeled off a layer of outer shell several feet thick, making it smaller, and it was deflected by the giant talisman that fell from the sky afterwards.

No, the direction of its rolling suddenly changed, which should be due to its active change, because this huge rock, which still retained half of its volume, unexpectedly turned around and rushed towards the distant naval port, and its speed was also much faster, and it did not look like it had suffered a serious blow at all.

Instead, it seemed as if it had broken free from some kind of restraints, becoming even more agile and violent!

"Not good, it's trying to roll into the naval port and attack those UFO ironclad ships! Our warships can't lift anchor and avoid them in time while they are anchored for repairs, preparations and supplies, and there are not enough practitioners of sufficient quality to immediately activate the protective array."

"Moreover, they are located very close to each other. If they collide, it is likely that not only one or two ships will be destroyed, but the entire port will be affected. It may even cause a chain explosion of the fuel and rune crystals exposed in the unassembled weapons, turning the surrounding area into a sea of ​​fire!"

A senior official of the Zhengwu Division who was once in charge of military port defense and later transferred to a senior staff officer, after seeing the latest movement of the stone ball, his face changed drastically. He could not help but exclaim and conveyed this bad news to everyone around him.

"Protect the port!"

"We must not let that stone ball roll into the naval port!"

In an instant, countless eyes were cast in the direction of the naval port. Some high-level practitioners with quick reactions had already jumped up and were rapidly approaching that direction, intending to forcibly intercept the stone ball before it could cause damage.

However, as the size of the stone ball decreased and its rolling speed increased, the sword intent of grinding stone, which had previously only made people feel chest tightness and discomfort, became increasingly stronger.

Moreover, every time it was broken and cracked by its pursuers, stones would fall off the surface and it would become round again, as if it was undergoing a transformation and being reborn, free of all burdens and unstoppable.

Emperor Yuanwu stood above the Sword Viewing Platform, but he showed no intention of pursuing. However, with his level of cultivation, he could summon the Qi Tian Light Beam to bombard anywhere within the reach of his spiritual power. Just like Mo Shoucheng, he could attack from a very long distance, so it was not so urgent.

"The villages and towns that were crushed along the way, the soldiers and craftsmen in the military ports, and so many innocent lives were lost..."

"Wang Jingmeng, after all these years, you, or your descendants and friends, have actually resorted to unscrupulous means and become like this? Very good, this can be used to distort your image."

Knowing that the hidden attacker would surely stand on the opposite side of countless Qin people and Qin army because of the heavy casualties, Wang Jingmeng would no longer be supported by the majority of people and would lose the respect of everyone. Emperor Yuanwu had a lot of thoughts in his mind and found a new excuse to continue to slow down the rescue efforts.

If he could take this opportunity to make those people in the court and the sects who have ulterior motives see clearly that Bashan Sword Field is not a good thing, then those swordsmen who once followed Wang Jingmeng might be shaken in their blind worship and stand firmly on his side.

"Humph, no matter you are resurrected from the dead or someone inherits your legacy, your actions today will be the beginning of your end. A few warships are nothing, let this chaos continue for a while and see what other monsters will jump out."

Emperor Yuanwu secretly thought that this might be a good opportunity to purge internal affairs and consolidate imperial power.

What he wants is not only the immediate victory, but also a long-term plan step by step to completely destroy all the influence of "that person" in the world, both spiritual and actual power.

At the same time, there was chaos near the naval port, with alarms and shouts coming one after another. Then, accompanied by a series of dull collisions and squeezing sounds, the first giant warship that failed to weigh anchor in time to avoid the collision was hit hard!
"boom--"

Under the gazes of thousands of people, this weapon of war, which was more than 40 meters long and made of countless rare materials, was forcibly squeezed into two parts by the stone ball with an extremely brutal attitude, and a large number of metal plates and rune components flew everywhere.

The rune crystals and fuel stored inside the hull also exploded violently, turning into a fireball that shot up into the sky, and billowing thick smoke that rose hundreds of feet into the sky.

And this is far from over!

After another earth-shaking roar, the second, third, fourth... more and more UFO ships were hit and crushed by stone balls that were dozens of times heavier than them, causing violent explosions.

The continuous flames almost completely lit up the entire naval port, making countless people's faces red.

Each of these expensive warships carries the efforts and expectations of countless craftsmen and practitioners. They represent the highest level of craftsmanship of talismans in the Qin Dynasty and are also an important support for Emperor Yuanwu to expand territory and conquer the world in the future.

But now, they are like burning firewood, one after another turning into torches shooting up into the sky, and then falling down powerlessly, overturning in the turbid river water, and slowly sinking.

Such a tragic scene made countless spectators' eyes tear up and their hearts bleed, but they could do nothing about it.

This was because even a great cultivator at the sixth level would not be able to survive such a terrifying rolling impact, and would even be injured by the aftermath of the explosion, let alone change anything.

After all, true masters of the Seventh Realm are very rare. When Yuan Wu kept his troops in place and stationed in Nie Garden, claiming that he was going to catch the hidden villain, Xu Hou of Hengshan, General Sikong and other military masters of the Seventh Realm did not dare to leave the emperor's side easily and desert their posts.

If the military's own Seven Realms were unwilling to risk their lives, how could they force those non-military masters who were invited and had no vested interests to do their utmost to rescue them? Naturally, most of them would stay where they were and not be the first to step forward.

Only Mo Shoucheng and the head of the Patriarchal Law Department, Huang Zhenwei, continued to swing their swords from a distance, chopping the stone ball into smaller and smaller, deflecting its direction, until the commander of the docked fleet, the head of the Etiquette Department, Xu Fu, arrived from a distance and used some unknown move to completely destroy it.

……

At almost the same time, in the wilderness seventy or eighty miles away, Zhao Qing was carrying a giant bag that was dozens of times larger than herself, and was running quickly in the deserted village with Zhao Yi and Zhao Si, casually scattering large pieces of copper coins and pieces of paper printed with words.

"Do you know how much money I'm going to distribute this time and what the purpose is?"

She quickly determined the number of people living in the settlement and their approximate property status based on the remaining energy from the houses that were affected by the crush and damaged. She put all the gold, silver, copper coins, jewelry and books that she had counted into a place where the villagers could find them at a glance when they returned home.

These things were, naturally, Zhao Qing's compensation to the victims for the damage just caused.

However, anyone who has a little understanding of the people's livelihood in the Qin Dynasty can clearly see that with the income and savings of ordinary people, the copper coins scattered casually on the roadside alone are a sum that they cannot earn in several years or even more than ten years.

As for those precious gold, silver and jewelry, it would probably take the work of more than a dozen generations, and only without a major disaster, to accumulate them. It is a huge amount of wealth that can directly improve one's social class.

(End of this chapter)