Keqing, it’s just cultivating immortality, is it that difficult?

Old Zhang quickly reached out, grabbed the girl's neck, and lifted her up high, with her toes off the ground. Keqing tried to struggle.

However, a powerful spiritual pressure was like a layer of restraint, wrapping her tightly, making her unable to move at all and unable to exert any strength at all.

The girl's pale face gradually turned red as she applied a little force with her palm.

Seeing that he had not missed anything and the girl was firmly under control, Mr. Zhang became interested and began to explain.

"No reason. If I want to kill you, I will. You are a threat to the Yan family. Even if it hasn't happened yet, I won't let it develop as long as there is a slight chance."

Keqing clenched her fingers tightly and felt like she was about to suffocate. Countless forces that did not belong to her poured into her body from all around, and the spiritual energy in her meridians began to flow backwards.

In this way, the martial arts method is reversed. According to Master Zhang's judgment, the girl's foundation has been damaged and she is unable to use spiritual power. In this way, there is no need to worry about the other party doing anything weird again.

Not only that, there was also a kind of excitement in his heart, a kind of excitement of destroying talented people, destroying future strong men who might be famous in Cangzhou.

"It's just killing an ant. Do you need a reason? You can only blame yourself for being too good. You are so good that you threaten others. Therefore, you must die."

"Of course, I know you are stalling for time, but don't worry, I have set up a broken ancient formation. They won't be able to break it in a short time, and this time is enough for you to die a hundred times."

Veins bulged, and the feeling of suffocation and the explosion of spiritual energy in her body made it almost impossible for her to maintain her sanity.

She tried hard to regain her consciousness, exhaled with effort, and spoke word by word.

"Aren't you afraid of death?"

"Haha, why do you think I'm so sure? I might as well tell you that I have a Thousand Miles Teleporting Talisman in my hand. Die? Haha, you can only watch me kill you and get away with it."

Speaking of this, Mr. Zhang suddenly said something to comfort him.

"Oh, by the way, you don't have to be angry. There are too many such things, so just die in peace. I will remember you. It is my honor that this talented person who once showed his talents died in my hands."

Old Zhang laughed loudly, exerted force with his hands, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"The time has come, go to hell!"

She squeezed hard with her hands, but at this moment, Keqing suddenly concentrated, and her body, which should have been unable to move, moved.

"It's now!"

A flash of lightning poured out.

Zhang Lao was not surprised

, even expected,

"I knew you would have a backup plan, but you don't! Just..."

"what--"

The powerful golden thunder penetrated the Nascent Soul barrier and wantonly vented on Zhang Lao's body. His hands loosened subconsciously, and Keqing quickly kicked the opponent away and retreated quickly.

"Cough-cough-"

Keqing covered her neck and gasped for breath.

"Damn it! It turned out to be a heavenly calamity! You actually intercepted a heavenly calamity."

Old Zhang covered his injured part and glared at her fiercely. His already injured internal organs were once again severely damaged by the attack of the Three Purities Golden Thunder.

Yes, that's right, this ray of lightning is not Keqing's own power, but the sixth heavenly tribulation that intercepted Daochen Gehu earlier. Now is the time for it to take effect.

Since her own strength cannot break the opponent's barrier, then she will use something that can break the opponent's strength. This was the plan Keqing immediately made after the first move failed, and all the forbearance just now was for now.

Mr. Zhang suddenly laughed.

"As expected of a genius who can fight against the heavenly tribulation, I underestimated you. But what can I do about it? You are still going to die."

Even if he was injured, he could still crush this guy to pieces with his strength.

Having said that, Mr. Zhang didn't waste any more words. He directly mobilized his spiritual energy and condensed his attack.

But at this moment, with a whoosh, a sword light came from behind.

"You have many tricks. It turns out that the sword is here! But unfortunately, you can't break my protective spirit..."

His face changed, and his body suddenly became strange. The protective spiritual weapon that should have been condensed suddenly paused for a moment, and the robes happened to lose their effectiveness in the previous battle.

With a "puff", a silver sword pierced straight through his body. If he had not subconsciously dodged it with his Nascent Soul stage reaction speed, the sword would have directly penetrated his heart and dealt him a fatal blow.

"cough--"

Blood flowed out of his mouth and Mr. Zhang wiped the corner of his mouth.

"I underestimated you. This is the first time I've been treated like this by an ant."

Mr. Zhang suddenly smiled, his cloudy eyes were like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, staring at people so hard that they trembled all over and felt cold unconsciously.

Keqing slumped weakly on the ground, pursing her lips tightly, but looking at Mr. Zhang with a defiant look.

"I have to admit that you are very strong. Whether in terms of strength or strategy, you are the most powerful genius I have ever seen."

"but……"

"What do you think a Nascent Soul expert is, relying on a broken lightning tribulation and a spiritual sword!?"

"I'm sorry you lost the bet"

Old Zhang gave a sarcastic smile. He had lost his patience and was about to kill the girl.

However, at this moment, the girl who was slumped on the ground suddenly smiled.

Keqing's lips curled slightly as she looked at Mr. Zhang.

"So I never intended to hurt you with these conventional means, and I won the bet."

"what are you saying?"

Mr. Zhang's heart trembled, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

No, he couldn't waste time with her. He mobilized the spiritual power in his body and killed her immediately...

"what!"

His face suddenly turned pale.

"Spiritual power, where is my spiritual power!"

Old Zhang looked at his hands in horror; his spiritual power had disappeared!

No, not just spiritual power, blood essence, soul, and lifespan, all of these are being devoured by the silent existence.

He didn't see his own appearance, but in Keqing's eyes, the other person's appearance was changing dramatically.

His hair began to turn dry and gray, the skin on his face began to wrinkle and shrivele, and even his entire spirit and energy changed from that of a 30 or 40-year-old to that of an ordinary person in his 70s or 80s.

The root of all this is because...

"It's this sword!"

Zhang Lao exclaimed, looking at the long sword in front of his chest. The silver-white long sword flashed with an evil purple light, and everything about him was swallowed up by this sword! This is an evil sword!

Yes, that's right, it's the echoing sword.

The reason why Mr. Zhang became like this was because of the Echoing Sword, and all of this originated from the man who suddenly lost his power. It was also at that time that Keqing discovered the abnormality of the sword.

The sword, which should have been silver-white, actually had traces of barely noticeable purple light. The purple lines flowed inconspicuously on the blade. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't find it at all.

Instead, when she touched it with her fingertips, a familiar yet unfamiliar force gradually spread from the lines and was felt by Keqing.

It was also from that time that Keqing knew the unknown side of this sword, its ability to devour power.

Moreover, this kind of devouring is extremely terrifying. Spiritual power, demonic energy, essence and blood, and even the soul can be devoured by it. It is extremely strange.

Old Zhang was horrified to find that he was declining and even his lifespan was being devoured by this evil sword. He immediately stopped caring about anything else and his Nascent Soul quickly emerged from his body, trying to escape!

But at this moment, the Huiguang Sword suddenly jumped up and came quickly, piercing Zhang Lao's Nascent Soul and piercing it in the air.

"what!!!"

"No, don't kill me!"

However, the Huiguang Sword did not care about all this. It was like a greedy Taotie, madly sucking the power of the Nascent Soul. In just a moment, the Nascent Soul, which should have been as fresh and tender as a baby, was sucked dry.

After eating and drinking, the Huiguang Sword quickly swung its sword and flew to Keqing's side, wagging its tail like a puppy.

, trying to please the master.

Keqing looked at the Echoing Sword with a complicated expression. Finally, she grasped the hilt of the sword. A familiar feeling came over her, and the Echoing Sword returned to silence.

The little coal ball flew out from the Chen Ge pot with a look of fear on its face, and looked at the Huiguang Sword strangely.

[Master, this sword has some evil qualities...]

It said with some concern.

【Will there be anything wrong? 】

After putting the sword back into the scabbard, Keqing paused.

"Have you not yet recalled your memory of this sword?"

The little coal ball shook his head.

"Then there is no need to worry too much. After all, it was the Huiguang Sword that performed a great deed. Even if there is a problem with the weapon, it is not the sword itself that determines the outcome, but the sword's owner. I believe everything will be solved."

Before that, she was willing to give it enough trust, even if it was a sword.

As if sensing Keqing's determination, the sword trembled slightly, but neither the exhausted Keqing nor the sluggish little coal ball on her shoulder noticed it.

"Thank you for what you did just now."

Keqing was referring to the thunder just now.

[This is what I should do. Master, is your neck okay? Is your body okay?]

"Don't worry, it's nothing serious..."

The bright red marks of five fingers on the delicate neck were shocking, but Keqing didn't care. It was just a minor injury and nothing to her.

As for the backflow of spiritual energy and the ravages of the dantian, it might be a disaster for others, but she has not practiced any martial arts and is completely different from the people in this world. She does not have a fixed great circulation or anything like that. The spiritual power does not circulate along fixed meridians. The spiritual power in the body can circulate as it pleases, all depending on Keqing's thoughts, so naturally there won't be any problems.

The lightning lotus in the dantian was also suppressed in the dantian. Even the thunder tribulation could be swallowed, so why would it be afraid of the violent spiritual energy? All of these were transformed into nutrients and absorbed by the lightning lotus. It can be said that although the opponent overestimated Keqing, he still greatly underestimated her unreasonable BUG.

So death doesn't seem so strange anymore.

click-

The solid barrier was finally broken by external force and turned into stars and dissipated in the air.

Outside the barrier, Guangheng and Song Yan looked into the barrier without expectation, but were caught off guard and looked into a pair of calm eyes.

For a moment, the three of them looked at each other in surprise. The atmosphere became tense and awkward.

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Chapter 5 Concept ( more)

It took a long time for Song Yan and Guang Heng to react.

"As long as you're okay."

"So you're not dead."

The two spoke in unison, but their words were completely different. The former was said by Song Yan, and the latter was said by Guangheng.

"Hmm... Senior, do you want me to die so much?"

Keqing sighed.

As if realizing that there was something wrong with what he said, Guangheng coughed awkwardly.

"Ahem, that's not what I meant. I thought you wouldn't survive."

"No, that's not what I meant. I thought you were killed by that old bastard. Anyway, it's good that you survived."

Guangheng found that no matter what he said, he seemed to be easily misunderstood. The eye contact he had used in the past seemed to be ineffective at this moment, so he simply stopped talking.

"Thank you for your concern, I know."

Keqing smiled. She was just joking. After all, that person said that the magic circle could not be broken in a short time. However, it was broken not long after. This showed that the other party did not want to save her. It could only be said that she was tricked.

Of course Keqing will not forget the other one.

"Also, thank you for your concern, Sect Master."

Keqing thanked him sincerely.

"Humph~ I just can't stand that old guy destroying my sect."