Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

However, after an incense stick of time, almost all the disciples on Xuanzhen Mountain gathered in front of the mirror, watching Jiang Li pick up the spirit pen and draw the formation model on the formation diagram, their eyes fascinated.

The crowd in front of the mirror was like ants. The leaders of Qingfu Mountain and Xuanzhen Mountain were all in front of the mirror, staring at Jiang Li. The two leaders looked at each other and said at the same time, "Don't even think about competing with me this time!"

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The 600th floor.

As the sky gradually darkened, Jiang Li sat down on the steps and prepared to rest for a while. Dabai swept his face with his tail and said, "Don't hide your incompetence. Climb higher."

"Ok?"

"I just smelled something in the Yeyue Sect. The higher you climb, the more chances you will have to take it from them."

"what?"

"The Dark Moon Azure Lotus is also a spiritual plant that can seize the good fortune of heaven and earth. Any spiritual plant that can seize the good fortune of heaven and earth can alleviate some of the pain of the Nine Nether Fire."

Chapter 409: Chapter Reaching the Summit

The moon is dim and the stars are sparse.

The sound of the wind in my ears was a little noisy, as if dark clouds would soon cover the sky and heavy rain would fall.

Jiang Li rested for a while on the 600th floor, then he did not stop and continued to move forward. There were still three options in front of him, talisman paper, formation, and swordsmanship. He did not turn a page on swordsmanship, he chose the way of formation, but the formation was indeed becoming more and more difficult, to the point that it was beyond the scope of his memory. It seemed that they were all new formations developed by the great formation masters over the years. Jiang Li had to consume a lot of his soul every time he disassembled one. It took him another three hours to stand at the 800th floor.

It was already early morning, and Jiang Li felt a drop of rain falling on his cheek.

It's raining.

What he didn't know was that at this moment, the square in front of the mirror was already densely packed with almost all of the Yeyue Sect's inner disciples, all looking at his figure, curious about his limit. Even the sword cultivators came to join in the fun. Some people even opened a bet on how many levels Jiang Li could reach.

Ji Wuming had arrived here at some point. He looked up at Jiang Li in front of him with a hint of confusion in his eyes. He still remembered that day, when Jiang Li walked past him, his Wuming sword seemed to tremble, but he couldn't find the reason.

On the 801st floor, Jiang Li opened the sword manual in front of him. The sword manual recorded the life's work of an elder of the Yeyue Sect. He didn't need to learn all of it. As long as he could comprehend 30% of it, the Road to Heaven would allow him to pass.

Jiang Li raised his hand slightly, and the sword of Qi condensed and gathered in his hand. He had finished reading the sword manual, and he swung the sword. A brilliant purple light cut through the darkness in an instant.

"That is Master Zi Ji's Purple Light Sword... It is Master Zi Ji's life's work..." Someone with sharp eyes had already discovered the swordsmanship that Jiang Li was using at the moment, and someone beside him murmured in response, "Master Zi Ji spent his entire life comprehending the Eight Purple Light Swords... His cultivation level reached the level of God King, but unfortunately, he used up all his life's efforts but was unable to comprehend the Ninth Sword. Instead, his Qi and blood attacked his heart, and he died..."

"The first sword... the moon, the second sword... the full moon... the third sword... the fourth sword..."

Jiang Li held the sword of Qi in his hand and performed the moves in the sword manual one by one. After he swung the seventh sword, his movements paused for a moment, and everyone in front of the mirror held their breath.

It was not until half an incense stick of time had passed that Jiang Li swung out the eighth sword.

But the eighth sword was not the end. After the last move of the eighth sword was completed, the ninth sword followed closely.

Brilliant purple light filled the entire Tongtian Road. Jiang Li silently put the sword manual back and whispered softly, "Good swordsmanship."

In a trance, he seemed to hear a very light sound, which was the sound of a sword cutting through the air. In the distance, a spiritual sword with a purple sword tassel was flying towards Jiang Li. Jiang Li was stunned for a moment and was startled at first, but after a moment, the sword stopped in front of him. Jiang Li was startled and grasped the hilt. The sword turned into a sword ring and wrapped around his hand.

what?

Jiang Li scratched his head, not understanding what was going on, and then went to the next floor.

"That's Master Ziji's purple glass sword... isn't it buried in the sword tomb?"

“Perhaps he sensed the aura of Master Zi Ji’s swordsmanship, so he came to recognize him as his master. After all, he is a holy-level spirit sword, and spirit swords choose their masters…”

There were many envious voices from the disciples in front of the mirror, while Jiang Li in the sight was still climbing the stairs, raindrops falling beside him. He soon reached the 805th floor, but when he learned the sword technique in front of him again and used it, a spiritual sword flew over from a distance and stopped in front of him.

"what?"

Before Jiang Li opened his mouth, the sword had already turned into a sword ring and was wrapped around his wrist. Jiang Li was a little surprised, not knowing what was going on. These spiritual swords were all holy-grade and belonged to his previous Canglan Domain. He could not find many of them even after searching the entire domain. But now, they were delivered to his doorstep like cabbages that he had picked up for free.

On the 812th floor, Jiang Li comprehended the Shadowless Sword again. There was another sound of a sword breaking through the air, and another holy-level spiritual sword turned into a sword ring and came to his wrist.

On the 822nd floor, another holy-level spiritual sword broke through the air.

On the 837th floor, Jiang Li looked at the five sword rings on his wrists.

The 847th and 862nd floors. Jiang Li lowered his head, then looked up at the spirit sword in front of him and smiled bitterly, "I can't wear it anymore."

But the spirit sword in front of him was very stubborn and refused to leave. Jiang Li had no choice but to hold the hilt of the sword, "Then you go to my storage space first."

By the 947th floor, Jiang Li had already obtained fourteen holy-level spirit swords.

Jiang Li sat on the steps for a while. It wasn't that he didn't want to move forward, but his spirit was exhausted at the moment and he needed a simple rest. He closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep on the steps.

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In front of the mirror, the crowd was as dense as an ant colony, but at this moment it was eerily quiet. Everyone was looking at the sleeping man in the mirror, wanting to say something but remaining silent for a long time.

Ji Wuming had climbed to the 960th floor before, but no spiritual sword had come to him. Perhaps it was because they were afraid of Ji Wuming's Wuming Sword, or for some other reason. Yue Xianzi's eyes inadvertently moved to Ji Wuming. Ji Wuming also noticed her gaze. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Maybe he is not weaker than me."

"It seems so." Fairy Yue's voice was gentle, "How many floors do you think he can reach?"

Ji Wuming hesitated for a moment and shook his head, "I don't know."

When he first came to Yeyue Sect with the Sword of No Life, his cultivation was similar to Jiang Li's. That year, he climbed to the 968th floor. Now, he is the first in the Yeyue Sect. At that time, he had never rested and climbed the stairs in one breath. Now, Jiang Li sat on the steps with his eyes closed to rest, waiting for his soul to recover a little. Ji Wuming didn't know how far he could go.

Almost no disciples left the mirror. They were all secretly waiting for Jiang Li to wake up, wanting to see the final result.

Jiang Li rested for four hours, and after waking up, his spirit had recovered a lot. He opened his eyes, and it was already daybreak, but the rain had not stopped. The heavy rain fell all night. He got up and continued to move forward, to the 950th floor, the 960th floor, the 968th floor, and then, in the surprised eyes of all the disciples, he came to the 970th floor.

Jiang Li's face turned a little pale. Dabai, who was leaning on his shoulder, said calmly, "How are you? How about we just stop here?"

"Not bad. After a rest, we can still go a few more steps forward." Jiang Li answered softly, and sat down again on the 970th floor to restore his spirit. Another four hours later, the sky became dark again, but the sword light on the road to heaven did not go out, the 975th floor, the 980th floor, and the 985th floor.

Jiang Li obtained three more holy-level swords along the way, and now he has seventeen of them. He had never used the sword given to him by Bai Sheng during all these years. Now he already knew what the sword was. It was the inherited sword of the Jun family of Fenshuoyu. But now it was in his hands, so he naturally couldn't take it out and use it to avoid getting entangled.

Jiang Li closed his eyes and gradually fell asleep.

He was dreaming again. In his dream, there were blurry images and blurry faces, which he had never seen before. He did not lie to Ren Shutong. Recently, he always dreamed of some blurry memories, which were all about Ren Shutong. Now he came to Yeyue Sect. This time, in his dream, a woman in a black Taoist robe appeared vaguely. Her face was not clear, but her eyes were unusually cold, a bit like Mu Xuezhi. But in the dream, the eyes she looked at him seemed full of resentment. Jiang Li also vaguely heard a sound.

"You lied to me……"

Jiang Li suddenly opened his eyes, and it took him a while to come back to his senses. He continued to climb the stairs. The further he went, the harder it was to walk. Even he had to sit down and rest for four hours after climbing two steps. He had been dreaming a lot recently. After all, he had dreamed of the woman with the sad eyes several times in these four hours. They were all blurry images, peach blossoms, ponds, rain, falling petals, music, Qiang flutes, dances, skirts, paintings, poems, swords touching each other, and hands held together...

Three days later, Jiang Li stood on the 998th floor.

The disciples in front of the mirror were all dumbfounded at this moment.

"If I remember correctly... the 998th floor is..."

"It's the sect master's swordsmanship."

Su Yelan is the most outstanding swordsman in Guiyuan Domain in the past five thousand years. She is a true female sword fairy. Her swordsmanship is unmatched in the entire Guiyuan Domain, and her cultivation is also the best in the world.

Her original sword technique, Kong Ji, once cut a scar in the sky of Guiyuan Domain. That scar lasted for a thousand years in Guiyuan Domain, and it took a full thousand years to repair it completely.

Jiang Li did not see the sword manual, but he saw a shadow swinging a sword. He could sense that every sword swung by the shadow seemed to contain some kind of breath related to the rules. He stood in front of the shadow for a long time, but at this moment his mind became more and more dazed. The vague images of the dream seemed to gradually emerge in his mind, and he seemed to hear a cold female voice in his ears, "Sword cultivation is lonely, and spiritual practice is also lonely. There is nothing in this world that is not lonely, and no one is not lonely, but I am not afraid of loneliness. I just want to be alone, step onto the peak of the sword, and see what is above the sky."

Some inexplicable memories emerged in Jiang Li's mind. He spoke blankly, mumbling to himself according to his memory.

"If I win, can you grant me one wish?"

"Beat me first."

Jiang Li's mind became clear again. He looked at the phantom in front of him for a long time, but he was unable to learn the sword technique used by the phantom. He condensed the sword of energy in his hand and drew his sword towards the phantom.

Sword One.

The shadow's movement paused for a moment.

Sword Two.

The shadow became a little more blurry.

Three of Swords.

The shadow was so thin that it was almost transparent, and Jiang Li seemed to hear the vague voice in his memory again.

"you win."

"Ah."

"What is your wish?"

"Practicing swordsmanship is too lonely. I want to go for a walk among the mountains and rivers alone. I once agreed to go there with her, but she will never wake up again. Can you accompany me and complete this last journey?"

"What happens after we finish walking?"

"Go keep her company."

In memory, they set out on a journey together.

Jiang Li felt a little headache, he shook his head, trying to get rid of these vague memories. The shadow in front of him had disappeared, he came to the last level of the road to heaven, there was also a shadow in front of him, but the sword force in front of him was extremely familiar.

Sword One, Sword Two, Sword Three, and... Sword Four.

These were once his sword moves.

Chapter 410: Chapter If

However, in an instant, Jiang Li was expelled from the 999th floor.

"How did I come up with these sword skills?" Jiang Li scratched his head.

Sword One is the sword of cause and effect that is sure to hit. Jiang Li looked down at the sword wound on his chest and shook his head helplessly. The sword energy that was previously left in the Sword Sect's Road to Heaven was brought by the sword monument that Dabai had cut when he was practicing sword skills. It contained less than one thousandth of his past sword energy. But now, the sword energy on this road to heaven, although exactly the same, is much more powerful than before.

So he was expelled in an instant. He stood on the top of the 998th floor, sighed helplessly, and then prepared to walk down the Tongtian Road. Speaking of which, since he has reached the 998th floor... he should be of some value in this Yeyue Sect, right?

However, Jiang Li had never expected that when he returned to the Tongtian Road, there would be a densely packed crowd in front of him. In front of the crowd, there were more than a dozen monks who looked like immortals, with unfathomable aura of cultivation. And their eyes were all looking at him fanatically.

Jiang Li was a little stunned. Just when he was about to say something, Fairy Yue, dressed in a white dress as white as snow, came in front of him.

Jiang Li saw those beautiful eyes again. He looked at them and said, "Long time no see."

"It hasn't been long." Fairy Yue replied gently, "Do you want to join my Yeyue Sect?"

"Well, I heard that there will be a three-region competition in half a year. I'm new to the upper region and I'm unfamiliar with the place, so I want to find a sect to protect me." Jiang Li's words were very frank. Fairy Yue nodded slightly, "Have you decided which sect you want to join?"

Jiang Li hesitated for a moment and shook his head, "I don't know much about it. Fairy Yue, can you introduce someone to me?"

"In addition to the Danzhenfu sect, the Yeyue Sect also has three other sects, all of which specialize in different sword techniques. But just now on Tongtian Road, you have already used all the sword techniques learned by the predecessors of each sect... So, it seems that these three sects don't have much to teach you."

"How do you know?" Jiang Li was stunned.

"Everyone in the sect knows that you have surpassed the 998th floor." Fairy Yue's eyes were full of helplessness at this moment.

Although there is a great possibility that the sword power that Su Yeli left on the 998th floor has been swallowed up too much by the rules of heaven and earth due to the passage of time, so Jiang Li was able to pass through the 998th floor, but even so, it also means... his attainments in the way of the sword have reached an extremely terrifying level. Then who among these three major mountain gates can teach him?

Jiang Li was speechless. It turned out that they could see everything on Tongtian Road. He was silent for a moment, "I don't know which mountain gate to go to. I don't have any special requirements. I just want to be free. Besides that... I have another unreasonable request."

"You said."

"I heard... that there is a Youyue Azure Lotus in the sect. I want this Youyue Azure Lotus... What do I need to pay for the sect? Is it possible to negotiate?"

There was a hint of surprise in Fairy Yue's eyes. After a moment, she replied softly, "The Dark Moon Azure Lotus is a spiritual flower that Master has raised for a thousand years. If you want other spiritual objects, perhaps we can discuss it, but the Dark Moon Azure Lotus... is Master's favorite."

Jiang Li nodded slightly.

Fairy Yue hesitated for a moment. She was about to say something, but the sky suddenly dimmed and everyone looked up at the same time.

The sky was overcast. It was clearly daytime, but a full moon appeared in the clouds, like a firework in the daytime. Jiang Li saw that the person in front of him was not panicking, so he asked curiously, "What happened?"

"Master is about to come out of retreat." Fairy Yue replied softly.

Jiang Li became inexplicably nervous. He still had those vague memories in his head. Although his memories were not clear, he had roughly guessed some clues. Perhaps in the past, he was seriously injured and dying because of Ling Wei, and he needed the Chaos Spirit Pearl refined by Su Yeli. But the Chaos Spirit Pearl happened to be the key to Su Yeli's thousand years of practice to break through the realm of God Lord... At that time, he went to Su Yeli to discuss swordsmanship, and pretended to be ready to travel around the world and then accompany the seriously injured Ling Wei to the underworld. Su Yeli accompanied him for a while, and finally... because she didn't want him to die, she gave him the Chaos Spirit Pearl to save Ling Wei, and after that, the two hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Jiang Li's memory was very vague, and he himself couldn't figure out many things.

The moon in the sky was burning wildly and passionately, which was a particularly gorgeous scene. Jiang Li looked up for a while, then looked down at Youlan. He walked up to Youlan and asked softly, "How have you been recently?"

"Fine, if you hadn't shown up."

"Don't be so cold. We are each other's only old friends."

"Who is your old friend?" Youlan turned away with a hint of disdain in her eyes. Jiang Li suddenly realized that he could no longer sense Youlan's cultivation level, so he asked, "What is your cultivation level?"

"The seventh level of the divine body." Youlan answered calmly.

"So fast."

"Master has helped me a lot." Youlan didn't seem to want to pay attention to Jiang Li, so Jiang Li didn't say much. He looked up at the sky again, and the sky gradually returned to normal. He seemed to have figured out something. The full moon seemed to be struggling with the rules of heaven and earth, which was why such a strange phenomenon occurred. When everything settled down, the light became gentle again.