There were two major rivers in the world of practitioners in the Central Plains. One was the Yulan River, and the other was the Qingming River.
In the world of cultivation, only a limited number of forces were capable of making use of these two rivers. The Yulan River's rivers were mainly controlled by the Koi clan and the Five Elements sect. According to rumors, the Heavenly Arcana Sect had already found and secured a portion of the Yulan River's rivers, intending to make use of them. However, due to the pressure from the Five Elements sect and the Koi clan, they had always refused to do so.
The other was the water vein of Qingming River. This water vein was jointly controlled by the Nine Mysteries Tower and the Soaring Sky Pavilion. However, the Soaring Cloud Valley in the middle had originally supported the construction of a canal between Magic Cloud City and Qingming River, and had also helped them communicate with part of the water vein of Qingming River to support the development of Magic Cloud City. Unexpectedly, the Demon Clan in the Endless Mountain had benefited from it.
Perhaps some powerful cultivators in the cultivation world could also find the water veins of these two great rivers and hide inside to cultivate, but in the end, they couldn't use the entire water vein for their own use like these sects.
Moreover, with the power of these sects, as long as the area where the two rivers flowed was within the sphere of influence of these sects, there wouldn't be a single powerful being hiding in the water vein to cultivate. Because these sects monopolized the two river veins, if a powerful being were to sneak into the water vein within their sphere of influence, he would be quickly discovered, warned, driven away, or even killed by these great powers!
Wuxing School had figured out this pattern. Taking advantage of the time when the Nine Mystical Tower was besieged by Mara, they came to dig a canal connecting the Qingming River and the Yulan River to steal the water of the Qingming River. And it just so happened that the location where Wuxing School dug the canal was at the edge of the Nine Mystical Tower's territory.
At this moment, they were digging a canal here. Firstly, the Nine Mystical Tower was besieged by Mo Luo. Even if they sensed that someone was pouring into the water vein of the Green Netherworld River, they had no time to care about it. Secondly, this place was so close to the Nine Mystical Tower. The Five Elements Sect could completely confirm that there were no Great Mediums who could dive into the water vein to cultivate between the canal and the Nine Mystical Tower.
Thirdly, and most importantly, the Nine Profound Tower had been besieged by the Evil Luo Army for several years now. In order to resist the Evil Luo Army's siege, the Nine Profound Tower had long since mobilized the Cyan Profound River's water vein's power to strengthen its defenses. The entire Cyan Profound River's water vein was constantly in a state of turmoil. This was something that the entire cultivation world knew about.
However, the Nine Mystical Tower had a deep foundation. Although they had used the water, they did not use too much power. Obviously, they could still deal with the siege of Mara's army with ease.
Recently, the turbulence of the water had suddenly increased. At most, people would think that the Nine Mystical Tower was gradually exerting its strength under the siege of Mara's army. No one would have thought that someone would steal the water of the Qingming River right in front of the Nine Mystical Tower.
By the time the entire cultivation world realized the truth of the matter, the Five Elements Sect would have already succeeded in communicating with the Green Jade Canal and used the stolen part of the Green Netherworld River to make up for the flaws in the inheritance of the Broken Water Branch of the Five Elements Sect. The Five Elements Sect would then be able to return to the glory of the Five Elements Sect that was no weaker than the Eastern and Western Palaces in ancient times.
At this point, the wood had already sailed the boat. Which sect in the world of practitioners would still dare to step forward and challenge the dignity of Wuxing School? Even the Nine Mystical Tower could only pinch their noses and accept the matter. Moreover, everyone knew that after the siege of the Nine Mystical Tower by Mara's army, the Nine Mystical Tower would definitely suffer a great loss. What awaited them would definitely be a period of recuperation. There was no way that the Nine Mystical Tower would fall out with the Nine Mystical Tower over this matter.
Wuxing School's plan could be said to be extremely meticulous. However, even a wise man would make a mistake. Wuxing School would never have thought that someone would be bold enough to sneak into the water to train within the territory of the Nine Mystical Tower.
Shui Zhirou was very sure that after Mara's army had gathered to attack the Nine Mystical Tower, Wuxing School's forces had already swept through the area of the Qingming River where Mara's army had passed through. There was clearly no trace of human existence, and for the past few years, Wuxing School had been constantly patrolling this area. How did this person manage to do it?
Although Shui Zhirou had doubts in her heart, she knew that as long as she could capture this person, all her previous doubts would naturally be easily resolved. Moreover, at this time, for the sake of Wuxing School's plan of hundreds of years and for the complete revival of the water of the Qingming River, she could not allow Lu Ping to escape from her hands.
"Be careful, this person is Lu Tianping of the North Sea!"
Although the cultivators of Wuxing School who had been lying in ambush here knew that the person they had to deal with was Lu Tianping, Shui Zhirou could not help but warn them at this time. This was because Lu Ping's sudden appearance from the water was clearly beyond the expectations of all the cultivators of Wuxing School. Moreover, the moment Shui Zhirou made her move, she had already clearly understood the gap between her and Lu Tianping.
Shui Zhirou could be said to be the most outstanding direct disciple of the water of the Wuxing School in the past hundreds of years. Since the decline of the water of the Qingming River, she was the only direct disciple of the water of the Qingming River who was not the weakest among the Five Great Juzi of Wuxing School.
Moreover, Shui Zhirou's natal spiritual treasure, the Raindrop Bell, was also a first-tribulation spiritual treasure. The Raindrop Bell was originally a natal spiritual treasure refined by Shui Zhirou herself. After Shui Zhirou showed her outstanding talent and strength that far surpassed that of cultivators at the same level as her, the senior cultivators of the Qingming River of Wuxing School, who were extremely eager to revive the water of the Qingming River, helped Shui Zhirou upgrade her natal spiritual treasure soon after she reached the Dharma Manifestation stage. She passed the first thunder tribulation and became a natal spiritual treasure.
Among the relatively famous third generation cultivators in the cultivation world, it was not rare for them to have spiritual treasures bestowed by their sects. Even second-tribulation spiritual treasures were common in the hands of the chief direct disciples of those sects. However, among these direct disciples, it was extremely rare for them to be able to upgrade their natal spiritual treasures to the level of spiritual treasures.
Even Lu Ping himself, with the 13 magic treasures of the Original Genchen Formation, had only condensed the ninth restriction and reached the peak of the Spirit-nourishing Magic Treasures.
The power exerted by using one's own spirit treasure and using other spirit treasures was on a completely different level. When a cultivator with his own spirit treasure fought against a cultivator with other spirit treasures, he would always have a certain advantage. This was because he could control the spirit treasure more skillfully, activate the divine ability more quickly, and display a greater power of the divine ability.
However, when Shui Zhirou, who had all these, faced Lu Ping's Rain Bell, she saw a stream of concentrated bluish-purple Real Essence collide into her natal spiritual treasure.
Shui Zhirou felt that her natal spiritual treasure seemed to have fallen into the sticky water at this moment. No matter how hard she tried to ring the bell, the power was greatly reduced because of the obstruction of the water.
After being discovered, Lu Ping soared into the sky from the water vein. He first used the Water Control Incantation to weaken the Rain Bell, then used the Wave-treading Art to step into the void, sending a huge force into the Qing Ming River. With a series of explosions, several disciples of the Wuxing School, who had been lying in ambush in the Qing Ming River to surround and kill Lu Ping, floated out of the water in a sorry state. Some of them even suffered internal injuries because of the huge force that invaded the water, and as soon as they floated to the surface, they spat out mouthfuls of blood.
Shui Zhirou was furious. She never thought that Lu Ping could attack so fiercely and accurately in a split second, destroying most of the ambush she had carefully laid out in one fell swoop.
Fortunately, it was only more than half of the ambush, and she still had a follow-up method. As long as she could hold him back for a while, when the great cultivators of her school, who were communicating with the water vein and digging the canal, arrived, Lu Tianping would have no choice but to surrender.
"Lu Tianping, don't you want the lives of your three followers of the Green Sea Snake?"
Shui Zhirou was sure that Lu Ping would not dare to give up the lives of the Samling, so she was going to use this to make Lu Ping give in. As long as she could stall for a while, the mistake made by the Wuxing School on Lu Ping would be made up for.
However, at this moment, what Shui Zhirou saw was Lu Ping suddenly smiling brightly!
Shui Zhirou was stunned. At this moment, Lu Ping, who was in the air, suddenly attacked. In a trance, even Shui Zhirou herself could not see how Lu Ping split the three Sword Qis in the air into three directions.
Afterwards, Shui Zhirou suddenly felt a sense of palpitation descend upon her. She clearly remembered the direction in which the three strands of sword Qi had slashed towards. It was the location of the remaining three direct lineal cultivators who had yet to make a move in the ambush she had set up earlier.
Shui Zhirou clearly remembered that these three direct line adepts not only had the cover of a formation, but they were also good at hiding their tracks. Originally, Shui Zhirou had stayed near the ambush, ready to attack the moment Lu Tianping joined forces to trap Lu Tianping. She did not expect that Lu Tianping would even know the location of these three people so clearly!
The three green Sword Qis, with the horns formed by the three flying swords, flew towards the three hidden directions in the air. The three Dharma adepts of the Wuxing School had no choice but to appear in the middle of the void to block Lu Ping's attack with all their strength.
Looking at the three disciples of her sect, whose faces had suddenly turned deathly pale, being knocked back by the three Sword Dragons, Shui Zhirou suddenly realized something. Although Lu Tianping was still at the mid Dharma stage, his abilities were much stronger than before!
Shui Zhirou knew that if she failed today, once the news that Wuxing School had stolen the water vein of the Qing Ming River was known to the practitioners, the other holy lands would definitely interfere, especially the Purple Sun Palace and the Crystal Palace. They would definitely not let Wuxing School, which had the same strength and status as their own, appear.
With a crisp ring, Shui Zhirou rose into the air with a determined look on her face. After Lu Ping had defeated all the disciples of the Wuxing School who had ambushed him, she stood in front of Lu Ping alone.
Lu Ping smiled and said, "You are still no match for me. Are you sure you want to stop me?"
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