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Chapter 1295 Become famous in one battle

"As expected of the Dongxuan Sword Sect."

"Even if he is just a spirit plant master, he has a deep understanding of the way of doing things of the Sword Sect disciples."

Aoki Hoshido said with a smile, but his tone was somewhat sarcastic.

Lu Xuan's attitude would not give him any reason to back down.

The Heavenly Tree Realm has attracted countless cultivators from other places to the Azure Wood Star Cave. Once too many plant spirits and spiritual creatures are taken away by the Profound Extreme Tree Mother, its attraction to the outside world will be greatly weakened. At that time, the one who will suffer the greatest loss will be him, as the Star Lord.

Furthermore, if he were to back down under Lu Xuan's aggressive pressure, he would lose face for the entire Tianxing Cave and would have to be more subservient to other Nascent Soul cultivators in the future.

With that thought in mind, he made a decision.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, let's not be eloquent when it comes to matters of principle; let's let our strength speak for itself."

"Oh? What does Fellow Daoist Aoki mean by this?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan's lips curled into a faint smile.

Remembering my identity as a spirit plant master? Too bad, I'm not an ordinary spirit plant master.

"Regarding the relocation of the Xuanji Tree Mother, each side has its own reasons. Continuing to argue will be futile. It would be better to have a direct battle to determine the winner before taking any further action."

"It is the suggestion of the Star Lord of Qingmu," he suggested.

“Fellow Daoist Lu has won. I agree that the Xuanji Tree Mother can take away the spiritual objects in the Tree Realm without any restrictions.”

"If I am fortunate enough to win, then Fellow Daoist Lu can only take away the Xuanji Tree Mother and some spirits. He cannot touch any other spiritual objects and must compensate me separately."

He is confident.

Lu Xuan had lived in the Thunderfire Star Cave for decades. As early as when he reached the Core Formation stage, his expertise in spiritual plants was renowned throughout the entire Heavenly Star Cave and even reached the ears of the Azure Wood Star Lord.

Later, he received a great opportunity and was taken back to the Dongxuan Sword Sect by the True Sword Master, where he successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul stage and reached the same realm.

During this time, he returned to Tianxing Cave more than once. He remained kind to people and obsessed with spiritual plants, but he was quite generous with his money, buying hundreds or thousands of catties of high-grade spiritual soil and spiritual liquid at a time.

It is said that he improved many high-level sword herbs in the Dongxuan Sword Sect and was highly valued by the sect. However, no matter how much he was valued, it could not change the fact that he was a spirit plant master.

He had no confidence whatsoever if it was a contest of cultivating spiritual plants, but if it were a battle of magic, his chances were much higher.

“A spirit plant master who has achieved such great success must have spent most of his time cultivating spirit plants. He must have far less experience in combat than other cultivators of the same level, and he also has no time to practice supernatural powers and secret techniques.”

"My current level of cultivation is entirely due to the Sword Sect's top-notch cultivation environment, as well as high-grade spiritual herbs and pills."

"Furthermore, he has only recently broken through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, while I have remained at this level for over two hundred years. The magical power and treasures I have accumulated should not be weaker than his."

Thinking of this, Aoki Hoshido felt even more certain of success.

"Deciding through a battle of wits? That's also a good option."

Lu Xuan smiled and nodded.

"but……"

He abruptly changed the subject, and the Star Lord Qingmu, standing beside him, thought he was about to propose some additional conditions.

Lu Xuan's next words surprised everyone.

"However, I am from the Sword Sect. The techniques and magical abilities I have cultivated, as well as the magical treasures I have refined, are beyond the reach of ordinary people. It would be unfair to fight one-on-one."

"Why don't you find another companion, Fellow Daoist Qingmu? I can fight two against one, so that if others find out, they won't be able to find fault with me or say that my Sword Sect is bullying the weak."

Lu Xuan said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Lu is so confident?"

Lord Aoki doubted that he had misheard.

"It's just to completely eliminate some gossip. As for confidence, as a sword cultivator, the last thing I lack is confidence."

A wisp of sword light emanated from Lu Xuan's fingertips.

"Alright, then I will humbly accept your offer. Fellow Daoist Wutu, I'll leave it to you."

Hearing Lu Xuan's words, the Azure Wood Star Lord's confidence grew even stronger.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, don't blame us for ganging up on the weak."

The Earth Star Lord nodded slightly, and a deep yellow jade belt wrapped around his waist moved on its own, full of spirituality.

The battle is about to break out.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, why don't you put away the seventh-grade sword formation above your head first? If you don't use this sword formation, your chances of winning will be much smaller."

Lord Qingmu displayed extraordinary composure and offered his suggestion.

"No need. I'm afraid that if I close the sword formation, some cultivators might sneak into the tree world while I'm fighting, disturbing Senior Xuanji Tree Mother."

Lu Xuan waved his hand.

“Alright, in that case, I will send a few fellow Daoists to guard the edge of the tree boundary so that Fellow Daoist Lu will not be affected by others during the battle.”

Lord Qingmu nodded, which made Lu Xuan feel more favorably toward him.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, take this attack from my Xuanji Needle!"

As Qingmu Xingzhang spat out his mouth, a wooden needle shimmering with a ghostly green light shot out, transforming into countless green needles in the air, which attacked Lu Xuan like a storm.

On the other side, the Earth Star Lord cast a spell, and with a loud rumble, several dark yellow earth dragons, each twenty or thirty feet long, emerged from the ground and pounced fiercely.

"Well done!"

With a thought, a small sword with a dark surface jumped out from the back of Lu Xuan's head; it was the eighth-grade Silent Extinction Law Sword Grass.

"Today, let's try out the so-called method of isolating all things!"

Countless crystalline sword lights drifted out from the deep, dark sword, constantly splitting, and countless sword beams shot towards the green needle.

A faint rumble of thunder echoed within the sword's edge, growing louder with increasing speed, causing the originally incredibly fast green needles to momentarily freeze.

"Sword energy transforms into threads, sword light splits, sword energy thunders!"

Among the cultivators in the audience below were many sword cultivators, who couldn't help but exclaim upon seeing the changes in the sword energy displayed by Lu Xuan!

In the blink of an eye, all the green needles were knocked down, leaving only the dark green wooden needle, which returned to the side of the Green Wood Star Lord.

Several dark yellow earth dragons attacked from all directions, surrounding Lu Xuan in the middle. The invisible spiritual pressure made it difficult for him to circulate his internal magic power.

A clear phoenix cry rang out behind Lu Xuan, and the invisible pressure instantly dissipated. He flashed and disappeared, reappearing above an earth dragon.

With a casual slash, the Silent Extinction Law Sword Grass unleashed several flashes of sword light, instantly splitting all the earth dragons in two, scattering them into countless pieces of earth and stone that fell to the ground.

"What kind of escape technique is this? Even divine sense can hardly detect the slightest trace of it; it seems to directly traverse space."

"The flying sword magic weapon in Fellow Daoist Lu's hand is truly terrifying. It directly annihilated the secret technique of the Earth Star Lord with a single strike."

The methods Lu Xuan displayed when facing two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators impressed all the cultivators below.

Swordsmanship, spatial abilities, and magic-breaking flying swords—any one of these could be a life-saving technique for a Nascent Soul cultivator. It was unexpected that a plant master would possess all three of these extraordinary abilities.

Seeing their combined attack easily broken by Lu Xuan, the expressions on Qingmu Star Lord and his companion's faces grew more serious. They exchanged a glance, as if they had simultaneously reached some kind of agreement. Qingmu Star Lord reached out and grabbed at the void, and endless spiritual energy from plants and trees converged towards him, rapidly condensing into a deep green wooden puppet.

The wooden puppet's surface was engraved with countless mysterious and obscure spiritual patterns, surging with spiritual energy that even caused the surrounding space to tremble.

This wooden puppet was crafted primarily from ten-thousand-year-old spiritual wood, and infused with the soul of a high-level spirit equivalent to an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, giving it strength equivalent to the peak of the early-stage Nascent Soul realm.

Most importantly, the wooden puppet has an incredibly powerful self-healing ability, able to recover instantly from any injury. In a sense, it can be said to be immortal and indestructible, making it extremely difficult to deal with.

On the other side, the deep yellow jade belt around the waist of the Earth Star Lord moved swiftly, transforming into a lifelike high-level dragon, whose aura was far stronger than the previous Earth Dragon.

"go with!"

With a flick of his finger, the wooden puppet transformed into a beam of ethereal green light and instantly appeared before Lu Xuan.

As if possessed by a life of its own, the sword energy surrounding Lu Xuan, enveloped in rolling thunder, split into countless forms, leaving deep marks on the wooden puppet.

However, those wounds had no effect on the wooden puppet, and it recovered in an instant. Instead, the wooden puppet became even more ferocious and attacked Lu Xuan madly.

Lu Xuan used a minor teleportation technique to appear hundreds of feet away, and then a magical feather fan with a bright spiritual light appeared in his hand.

With a gentle wave of the feather fan, five-colored flames erupted, transforming into a boundless sea of ​​fire that engulfed the wooden puppet.

At the same time, facing the menacing dragon spirit, the Silent Extinction Law-Slaying Grass emitted a bright light, as if it could isolate all laws in the world. With a swift slash, the dragon instantly lost its ability to move. With a whimper, it transformed back into a deep yellow jade belt with a deep sword mark on it, which almost cut the jade belt in two.

"My magic weapon!"

The Earth Star Lord exclaimed in shock, his heart filled with immense sorrow. He had refined this magical artifact for many years, never expecting it to be cleaved into such a state by Lu Xuan's sword.

Upon seeing this, he immediately felt the urge to back down.

Why risk your life just to help once?
Unexpectedly, Lu Xuan's methods came one after another. Before he could even leave the battlefield, a five-colored lightning bolt appeared directly above his head. Before he could react, five rings of lightning locked his limbs and neck, rendering him unable to move.

In an instant, a flying needle gleaming with a faint light appeared silently, pointing directly at his brow, as if it could pierce through his body and even his nascent soul at any moment.

"I concede defeat."

Knowing that a critical moment had arrived, and fearing that Lu Xuan might lose control of the flying needle magic weapon, the Earth Star Lord quickly transmitted his voice.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan removed the Five Thunder Immortal Locking Bracelet and the Yin-Yang Magnetic Needle.

The Earth Star Lord gazed at the two treasures, filled with admiration.

"It's not an unjust loss..."

"It actually possesses a mid-level magic weapon capable of imprisoning the physical body and soul!"

"Also, they're both flying needle magic weapons, so why is there such a big difference?"

He shook his head, his gaze falling on the Azure Wood Star Lord, who was still struggling to survive in the sea of ​​fire.

Even with its incredibly fast self-healing ability, the wooden puppet couldn't withstand the powerful attack of the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan under the endless burning of strange fire.

Soon, its body became thinner and thinner, darker and darker, and even emitted a strong burnt smell.

Not far away, the Azure Wood Star Lord was also engulfed in a sea of ​​fire, with thick, dark green vines continuously emerging from behind his head to block the invasion of endless strange fire.

Although he managed to block it, his internal magical power was draining away extremely quickly. A few more breaths and his physical body might be burned to dust.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, I concede defeat."

As the Azure Wood Star Lord watched his wooden puppet being burned to ashes, the pain in his heart was more than ten times greater than the physical pain. He no longer cared about saving face and directly admitted defeat.

"it is good."

Lu Xuan gently waved his feather fan, and the boundless strange fire transformed into a wisp of five-colored flame, merging into the feather at the tip of the fan.

"This Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan truly lives up to its reputation for killing. With one wave, there is no treasure or cultivator that it cannot burn."

He couldn't help but sigh.

This time, facing two opponents alone, he not only suppressed his cultivation to the mid-Nascent Soul stage, but also took into account the hundreds of cultivators watching. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he concealed many of his trump cards.

The "Divine Firmament True Method," which has the longest cultivation period and absorbs a large amount of experience points, the ninth-grade lotus platform with the strongest defense, and high-level supernatural abilities such as "Universe in the Sleeve" and "Innate Wind and Thunder Escape"...

The few techniques they could demonstrate were enough to overpower two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

In this way, he gained a clearer understanding of his own abilities.

"Having been constantly acquiring treasures from the orbs of light, they've lost track of their own true strength."

He muttered to himself.

While they were deep in thought, this battle of wits caused a tremendous upheaval among the many cultivators below.

"Too strong! Really too strong!"

"One against two, completely suppressing two cultivators of the same level, winning easily and cleanly—are all cultivators from the Dongxuan Sword Sect this strong?!"

"What's so powerful is the magic weapon in Fellow Daoist Lu's hand. If I possessed such a treasure, I could easily defeat a Nascent Soul cultivator!"

One of the monks spoke with a deep sourness in his voice.

"Don't just look at the magic weapons in Fellow Daoist Lu's hands. Those superb sword skills, which one of them wasn't obtained through top-notch talent and hard work?"

"Strange. It is said that Fellow Daoist Lu was not good at swordsmanship when he was in the Thunderfire Star Cave, but after entering the Sword Sect, the swordsmanship he displayed today is that of a rare swordsmanship genius. Could it be that he was just not discovered before?"

“Fellow Daoist, I wish to learn swordsmanship… I also possess a strong talent for swordsmanship, and am merely waiting for an opportunity to enter the Sword Sect…”

"roll!!"

……

As everyone discussed this, their desire to enter the Tree Realm vanished.

The Lord of Qingmu Star and the Lord of Wutu Star arrived before Lu Xuan, looking dejected.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, we have truly witnessed your abilities today, and we are completely convinced."

The two sighed softly and bowed to Lu Xuan in unison.

The Core Formation plant master who once resided in the Thunderfire Star Cave easily defeated the two of them today, which made the two of them, with their firm minds, feel the impermanence of life.

"You two are too kind. In today's battle, I mainly relied on the magic treasures I had. If we were to get into a tough fight, I, who lack experience in combat, would surely be defeated by you two."

Lu Xuan said politely.

"Magic weapons are the most important part of magical combat."

Both of them knew that Lu Xuan was trying to save face for them, and they admitted it with a wry smile.

"I hope Fellow Daoist Lu will not take today's matter to heart. I will have another opportunity to learn about swordsmanship from you in the future."

"We became friends through a fight. After I settle the matter of the Tree Realm, I will visit the two Star Lords again to exchange skills and knowledge, and I will also buy some spiritual soil and spiritual liquid from them."

"Haha, welcome, welcome! I will certainly welcome you with open arms! As for spiritual soil and such, give Fellow Daoist Lu as much as you have."

"Just next time you come, please don't use phrases like 'mere spirit plant master' again!"

The Earth element (戊土) in the ruling star's words carried a hint of resentment.

(End of this chapter)