Zhu Tian: Becoming a Sword Master from Martial Arts

Chapter 134 Lin Dong: Ice Lord? You think he's more like a Fire Lord with this temper?
Outside the hall, on the square, the masters of the four halls of Dao Sect had already gathered on the square with the core disciples of each hall. The other elite disciples of Taiqing Palace, led by the beautiful woman in willow skirt, were also outside the hall.

At this time, the disciples of the two factions have already started fighting, but their strength is suppressed at around the Five Elements Nirvana Realm, so they are just sparring to the point. The relationship between the two factions was not bad to begin with, and now they are even planning to form an alliance, so naturally they will not make too much trouble.

As the door of the main hall opened, Ying Xuanzi and the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace walked in first. However, one could vaguely see that when Ying Xuanzi looked at the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace, there was a hint of apology in his eyes.

Ying Huanhuan suddenly challenged Ling Qingzhu to a fight, which was something Ying Xuanzi had not expected. As the saying goes, a guest is a guest, so Ying Huanhuan's behavior was somewhat rude.

After Ying Xuanzi and the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace sat down on the seats specially prepared for them on the square, the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace looked at Ying Huanhuan who was walking towards the square on her own initiative, then turned around to glance at Ling Qingzhu, whose eyes had never left Ying Huanhuan, sighed inwardly, and took the initiative to speak.

"Today's competition is for the purpose of exchanging ideas and discussing martial arts. We must not hurt the harmony, so let's compete with each other at the level of Five Elements."

After hearing what the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace said, Ying Xuanzi couldn't help but look at her with gratitude. As the host, it would be a bit too much for him to make such a request. But if he didn't compete in this way, Ying Huanhuan would probably lose very badly.

The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace was obviously aware of all this. If Ying Huanhuan were to suffer a direct and crushing defeat, it would undoubtedly damage the harmony between the two sides and cause conflicts between the disciples of the two factions.

Upon hearing this, the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace glanced at Lin Xuan, who was sitting there, staring at the two women in the field seriously, and then looked at Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu who were jealous of each other, and couldn't help feeling helpless.

Why bother? It was obvious that the man had no love between men and women in his heart. As a result, the two idiots fell deeper and deeper into the trap. Alas!

In the field, Ying Huanhuan, who was wearing a green long skirt, and Ling Qingzhu, who was wearing a plain long skirt and holding a long sword, stood opposite each other.

"Qiang!"

Ling Qingzhu was the first to draw out her sword, pointing it diagonally at the ground, her cold eyes fixed on Ying Huanhuan in front of her.

As Ying Huanhuan's hostility towards her grew, Ling Qingzhu could vaguely feel that there seemed to be something inside Ying Huanhuan's body that was about to emerge. Therefore, Ling Qingzhu, who was extremely curious, could no longer wait.

However, looking at the pure treasure, the sword of Taiqing Palace in Ling Qingzhu's hand, Ying Huanhuan turned her head to look at Lin Xuan, who was sitting outside the venue and looking at them seriously, and said to Lin Xuan affectionately with a sweet smile.

"Big Brother, can you lend me your piano?"

The sincere look in the girl's eyes broke the hearts of many Dao Sect disciples into pieces on the spot. However, when they saw that their 'rival in love' was actually the Sword Saint, they all looked at her with a bit of admiration.

That was the peerless genius who defeated the three great masters of Yuan Sect with one sword in the ancient battlefield. If it were him, he could only wish him the best. After all, he really could not compete with him.

Ling Qingzhu looked at Ying Huanhuan's actions, her clear eyes slightly condensed, and her gaze involuntarily turned to Lin Xuan. Then, her pupils gradually shrank, because Lin Xuan not only did not refuse, but did not even hesitate at all. He directly took out the Tianhuang Harp and lent it to Ying Huanhuan.

Under normal circumstances, spiritual treasures cannot be shared. Spiritual treasures have spirits, especially pure Yuan treasures. Unless two people have refined the spiritual treasure before, or at least have tried to refine it and mastered it.

In fact, the Tianhuang Harp is still an ownerless object. Ying Huanhuan is able to control it because she has practiced for a long time. Lin Xuan, on the other hand, is able to perfectly control the Tianhuang Spirit in the Tianhuang Harp purely by relying on his own understanding and the Suzaku inheritance in his body without any refining.

However, Ling Qingzhu didn't know all this, so when she saw Ying Huanhuan taking over the Tianhuangqin and being able to control it skillfully, she was even more surprised. She also became even more confused about the relationship between Ying Huanhuan and Lin Xuan.

His eyes were fixed on the Tianhuangqin in Ying Huanhuan's hand and the Taiqing Sword in Ling Qingzhu's hand. Streams of clear air gradually emanated from the sword body, circling around the sword body, and finally, including Ling Qingzhu herself.

Ying Huanhuan looked at Ling Qingzhu's actions, and her expression gradually became solemn. Even though her strength was suppressed at the Five Yuan Nirvana Realm, she was still at a disadvantage in controlling the Pure Yuan Treasure because her own strength was far inferior to Ling Qingzhu's.

However, the next moment, Ying Huanhuan's face showed a brighter smile. She turned to look at Lin Xuan and even winked at him playfully.

Then, under the puzzled gazes of Ying Xuanzi, the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace and others, Ying Huanhuan gently plucked the fiery red guqin with her pair of jade hands.

"Wow!"

A clear sound of a phoenix's cry resounded through the sky. Soon after, everyone saw an illusory fiery red divine bird, the Phoenix, flying out from the fiery red guqin and circling above Ying Huanhuan's head.

"This is?"

Ying Xuanzi looked at the Heavenly Phoenix Spirit above Ying Huanhuan's head and was stunned for a moment. However, the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace next to him quickly figured it out and spoke softly.

"The Sword Saint is truly amazing. He was able to tame the spirit of the Sky Phoenix!"

Obviously, with Ying Huanhuan's strength, she cannot summon the unrefined Heavenly Phoenix Spirit. Therefore, even with the Heavenly Phoenix Harp in her hand, it will be very difficult for her to compete with Ling Qingzhu who also holds the Pure Yuan Treasure.

Because, for Ying Huanhuan, although the Tianhuang Harp is powerful, it puts a lot of pressure on her. After all, she is not the owner of the Tianhuang Harp, and it is not easy to activate the power of the Tianhuang Harp. But Ling Qingzhu is different. She has already refined and controlled the Taiqing Sword in her hand.

But now with the help of the Spirit of the Heavenly Phoenix, Ying Huanhuan has a certain advantage in spiritual treasures, which just happens to make up for Ling Qingzhu's advantage in cultivation. After all, with a higher level of cultivation, one will have stronger control over and use of Yuanli.

In other words, at the moment, when their strength is equally suppressed at the Five Elements Nirvana Realm, there are no other factors affecting the competition between Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu. It is purely a competition of both sides' comprehension and application of martial arts.

"It's just a coincidence."

Lin Xuan replied softly, but his eyes were always on Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan. He was very curious about how far Ling Qingzhu could go in using the power of the Supreme Being, and also, how superb Ying Huanhuan's piano skills were.

Outside the venue, many Dao Sect disciples looked at the divine bird Phoenix above Ying Huanhuan's head and couldn't help but exclaimed. Most of the disciples had heard of the Tianhuang Harp, the treasure of the Tian Palace.

In comparison, the expressions of the disciples from Taiqing Palace were a little more serious, but they were still very confident in Ling Qingzhu.

Under the gaze of everyone, Ling Qingzhu withdrew her gaze and when she looked at Ying Huanhuan again, the fighting spirit in her eyes became even stronger.

The Taiqing sword in her hand shook, and Ling Qingzhu raised her white hand. A sword energy that seemed to have no energy fluctuations was swung out from the blade and went straight towards Ying Huanhuan.

This move alone made Lin Xuan's eyes light up, and he stared at the sword in Ling Qingzhu's hand. The latter's use of the Supreme Power was not inferior to his, and the two people's understanding of the Supreme Power was completely different. Facing Ling Qingzhu's seemingly ordinary and non-threatening sword, Ying Huanhuan had a special feeling in his heart. Then, he raised his head and gently plucked the strings of the zither. The next moment, a crisp sound of the zither echoed in everyone's ears.

At the same time, the divine bird Phoenix above Ying Huanhuan's head also stretched its neck and cried loudly.

"Wow!!"

Amid the clear sound of the phoenix, a red sound wave rippled out and attacked the sword energy.

"boom!"

The sword energy and sound waves collided in space, causing a burst of extraordinary energy fluctuations, which shocked the people watching the battle around, because the power of the two people's casual attacks was enough to defeat ordinary Four Elements Nirvana Realm powerhouses!

However, what surprised Wudao, Qi Lei and other powerful beings in the Profound Realm was that Ling Qingzhu's attack, the specific power of which could not be seen, was actually completely blocked by Ying Huanhuan's sound wave, as if she could sense the opponent's fluctuations.

"Hiss, Senior Sister Huanhuan, could it be possible that she can see through the opponent's attack?"

Lin Dong couldn't help but gasp as he watched this bizarre scene. If he were to deal with it himself, he would definitely use his full strength to attack and directly defeat the sword energy. It would be impossible for him to completely resist it. His control of power was just right, not a bit too strong or too weak.

"Nonsense, why do you think the Sword Saint rescued her? That was the Ice Lord, whose strength was only second to my old master and the Demon King. Even though his true spirit hasn't awakened yet, his fighting talent is still there!"

Yan's somewhat irritable voice sounded in Lin Dong's mind, causing Lin Dong's face to change slightly. He stared with wide eyes at the girl with a fiery red divine bird circling above her head, whose temper even became a little hot. He then looked at the young patriarch who was sitting there, concentrating on the competition. His neck couldn't help but shrink, and he asked in a low voice in his heart.

"Yan, you are not mistaken, are you? Is this the ice beauty you told me about before, the Ice Lord? With this temper, you might as well say she is the Fire Lord!"

"You ask me, who should I ask? Besides, don't you know what kind of temper your Lin Ke'er has? God knows what kind of magic this thing you humans call love has. I hope that after the Ice Lord's true spirit is revived, her temper will be better. Otherwise, I will suffer!"

Staring at the girl sitting cross-legged on a fiery red guqin in the middle of the field, with a red light lingering on her body, Yan only felt that the second half of his spiritual life was in darkness.

At this moment, Lin Xuan's pupils suddenly shrank slightly, and he immediately sat up straight, staring intently at Ying Huanhuan's ten fingers pressing on the strings.

Under Lin Xuan's gaze, Ying Huanhuan kept plucking the strings with her ten fingers, leaving behind traces. Under the plucking of Ying Huanhuan's ten fingers, sounds that seemed to be the chirping of various spiritual birds echoed in everyone's ears along with the sound of the piano.

"Senior Sister Ling, be careful!"

The girl's clear shout was like the cry of a divine bird, blending with the sounds of the piano. Then, countless phantoms of spiritual birds, large and small, kept emerging in the air, dancing around the huge phoenix divine bird in the center.

Amid the cries of countless spiritual birds, the Phoenix bird also began to circle faster and faster. As its speed continued to increase, it seemed to be turning into a vortex of fiery red flames.

Ling Qingzhu's brows gradually wrinkled, and her jade hand holding the sword tightened. The power in her body continued to gather on the sword. The flames caused by the flying divine bird gave Ling Qingzhu a familiar smell, like the breath of the Nirvana fire that she had experienced when she was undergoing the Nirvana calamity before, but it was different.

"Yan!"

From the Taiqing Sword, bursts of soft humming sounds were heard, and special clear air was continuously released from the blade. Behind Ling Qingzhu, it gradually gathered into an elegant green lotus. The green lotus exuded an otherworldly aura, but it had a kind of transcendental meaning that no one could approach.

The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace stared at the huge divine bird above Ying Huanhuan's head with a bit of amazement in his eyes, and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Master Ying is so lucky. Junior Brother Huanhuan must have learned this move from the sword technique taught by the Sword Saint, right? Such talent is truly enviable!"

Not to mention the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace, even Lin Xuan himself was a little surprised. He naturally knew this song, which was called "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix". It was because he inherited the bloodline of the Vermillion Bird, so when he played the song, he could not help but bring in some of the aura of the Supreme Feiyu. But he did not expect that Ying Huanhuan could actually understand this move from it.

Not only was Ying Huanhuan's piano music surprising, but even Ling Qingzhu's sword, that special use of the Supreme Power, reminded Lin Xuan of the time when he fought with Ling Qingzhu, when he had used sword energy to invade the opponent's body, which hindered the circulation of Ling Qingzhu's internal energy and led to his defeat.

And now, Ling Qingzhu's sword was obviously created for him. It could prevent the intrusion of external forces such as sword energy, thus ensuring the circulation of the Yuanli inside.

Upon hearing this, Ying Xuanzi on the side smiled even more. After glancing at Lin Xuan, he responded with a smile.

"No, no, Junior-Junior Brother Ling is more talented. She has actually been able to practice the Taiqing Sword Art to such an extraordinary level. It is truly amazing!"

While Ying Xuanzi was chatting and laughing with the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace, the aura of the two women in the field also reached its peak. The next moment, a shocking phoenix cry was heard.

"Wow!!"

"Hundreds of birds pay homage to the phoenix, and the phoenix sings in the sky!"

Under Ying Huanhuan's ten fingers, the strings of the zither vibrated rapidly, and the divine bird Phoenix above her head instantly soared into the sky. A loud and high-pitched phoenix cry sounded, and then countless spirit birds flapped their wings and flew towards Ling Qingzhu.

Facing the overwhelming shadows of spiritual birds flying over, Ling Qingzhu's eyes narrowed slightly, and then, she swung the sword in her hand and gave a clear shout.

"Taiqing Sword Technique!"

The isolated blue lotus flew towards the group of spirit birds at a seemingly slow speed, but in the blink of an eye, it arrived in front of the group of birds.

The seemingly delicate green lotus, lying across the sky, was like an elegant lotus that lived in harmony with the world, blooming leisurely, but preventing the flock of birds from getting close. Streams of clear air rippled from the green lotus, like gentle green waves, and wherever it passed, all the approaching birds were silently eliminated in the sky.

The astonishing power made everyone stare at it.

(End of this chapter)