In the Crystal Palace, Zhang Shijie was jokingly referred to as "the number one person below the elite disciples"!
Among the most outstanding mid Core Forging cultivators of the Crystal Palace, the first batch of Heaven and Earth Treasures they smelted were at least two low-grade Earth-ranked Heaven and Earth Treasures. Zhang Shijie was no exception. He cultivated a water-attributed Cultivation Method, but when he advanced to the mid Core Forging stage, he was unable to find two low-grade Earth-ranked Heaven and Earth Treasures in a short period of time. In a moment of desperation, he had no choice but to use another Heaven and Earth Treasure. Although this Heaven and Earth Treasure was also a low-grade Earth-ranked Heaven and Earth Treasure, it was, after all, two different Heaven and Earth Treasures. As a result, after Zhang Shijie advanced to the mid Core Forging stage, although his strength was not too far off from the most outstanding disciples of the Crystal Palace, many of the senior cultivators of the Crystal Palace who saw the Heaven and Earth Treasures Zhang Shijie smelted felt it was a pity that Zhang Shijie was unable to receive the attention of the sect like these outstanding disciples.
Smelting two different spirit items at the same time in the process of advancing to the next level would still affect the cultivator's cultivation, even though the attributes were the same. However, this effect was not obvious in the Core Forging Stage. Instead, the effect would become more serious when the cultivator advanced to the Dharma Stage and after that.
Zhang Shijie was also a proud person. Although he lost his patience and took the wrong step, he didn't think that he would be inferior to those who were valued by the sect in the future. On the contrary, he was more eager to prove his strength in front of the senior cultivators in the sect, hoping to change the sect's opinion of him.
This time, the truly outstanding disciples of the Crystal Palace didn't come to the North Sea. In their opinion, the North Sea cultivation world was barren and backward, and there probably wouldn't be any talented people. If they went and defeated all the cultivators of the same level, not only would they gain nothing, but they would also leave the impression of having an unfair advantage in front of the senior cultivators of the sect.
However, Zhang Shijie was unwilling to give up on this opportunity. In fact, during his trip to Xuan Ling Sect, he had indeed discovered a worthy opponent. That was Xuan Ling Sect's number one sword cultivator, Ouyang Weijian. Although Xuan Ling Sect wanted Ouyang Weijian to avoid the strongest cultivators from the Crystal Palace, and instead fought against the cultivators from the Purple Talisman Pavilion, Zhang Shijie discovered that Ouyang Weijian's strength was already comparable to the strongest Mid Core Forging cultivators from the Crystal Palace.
During his stay at Xuan Ling Sect, Zhang Shijie had privately arranged a battle with Ouyang Weijian. After a tough battle, Zhang Shijie won against Ouyang Weijian. However, he knew that he actually had the advantage of having a higher level of cultivation than Ouyang Weijian. If Ouyang Weijian had the same level of cultivation as him, then Zhang Shijie might not have been Ouyang Weijian's match. At the same time, Zhang Shijie also found out from Ouyang Weijian that there was another sword cultivator in Zhenling who was as famous as him. That person was Lu Xuanping, who was also known as the "Water Sword Deity".
Although Zhang Shijie was impressed that there were talented people in the North Sea cultivation world, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the fact that the titles "Wind Sword Deity" and "Water Sword Deity" were given to mid-stage Core Forging cultivators like Ouyang Weijian and Lu Ping. In the East Sea, the cultivators who dared to put such titles on their heads were all overlords of their own regions, and they were all in the mid and late Dharma stage. Every single Core Forging cultivator dared to call himself a "Sword Deity". If this happened in the East Sea, countless cultivators of the same level would have come knocking on their doors.
They would definitely teach them a lesson and trample them under their feet. Water Sword Deity? That was the biggest joke in the world!
Just as Zhang Shijie, the disciple of the Crystal Palace, issued his challenge, the cultivators who were watching the battle in Zhenling went into an uproar. However, there was a hint of anticipation in their eyes. They wanted to see how the most talented Water Sword Deity of Zhenling would fight against a cultivator of the same level from the number one sect in the East Sea.
In front of the Heaven's Spirit Palace, Perfected Guo Xuanshan looked at Zhang Shijie, who was standing in the middle of the square, and asked the Crystal Palace cultivator beside him, "Brother Ming Shan, may I know who this young friend of your sect is …"
"Oh."
Perfected Ming Shan from the Crystal Palace looked at Zhang Shijie and scolded with a smile, "Although this disciple is not among the top cultivators of the same level in our sect, his strength is not much different from theirs. Previously, in Xuan Ling Sect, he had a private match with a genius called Ouyang Weijian. Relying on his higher cultivation, he won by a fluke. Now, he wants to come out and cause trouble again. Please don't take offense, Brother Guo."
Even though Water Crystal Palace's Enlightened Master Ming Shan had belittled Zhang Shijie, his face was still full of smiles, without any hint of blame at all. How could Guo Xuanshan not understand what Enlightened Master Ming Shan was thinking? Thus, he smiled and said, "It's fine for us to just watch as juniors quarrel. There's no need to blame them too much."
At this moment, Lu Ping was just about to walk towards the teleportation formation. Hearing this, he only laughed lightly, shook his head, and continued to walk towards the teleportation formation. He had already begun to insert the spirit stones in his hand into the formation.
In the square of the Heaven's Spirit Palace, Zhang Shijie waited for a while, but did not see Lu Ping appear. He couldn't help but sneer, "Is this Lu Daoyou looking down on me, or is he just afraid of losing? Previously, I heard from fellow Xuan Ling Sect's Ouyang Weijian that you are a cultivator who has grasped a great ability, and is even known as the 'Sword Immortal'. You have never tasted defeat against cultivators of the same level, but who would have thought that you would be so cowardly? How disappointing! "
As soon as Zhang Shijie finished speaking, the Zhenling cultivators in the square began to scold him. However, Zhang Shijie came from the Crystal Palace of the Eastern Sea. That was a huge sect that was on the same level as the great sects of the Central Plains, so why would he pay any attention to the Zhenling sect that could not even be considered as a large sect in the cultivation world?
However, just as Zhang Shijie sneered and was about to say something else to humiliate Lu Ping, the shrill whistle of a sword suddenly rang out. Zhang Shijie's expression tightened, and when he looked up, he saw a golden flying sword was already flying toward him from afar, piercing through the whistling sound of a sword.
Just as Lu Ping inserted the spirit stones into the teleportation formation disk and was about to activate it to return to Huang Li Island, Zhang Shijie's second provocation rang out from the square of the Heaven's Spirit Hall. Lu Ping snorted coldly. Originally, he did not want to take part in these trivial matters, but his opponent had forced him again and again. Lu Ping was not a person who would stoop to compromise.
The Golden Scale Sword pierced through the air. Zhang Shijie was first overjoyed, but then his heart skipped a beat!
He was overjoyed because when the flying sword pierced through the air, he learned from the cries of surprise from the surrounding Zhenling cultivators that this flying sword was Lu Xuanping's famous Golden Scale Sword. Lu Ping had finally made his move. Zhang Shijie now had the opportunity to trample the most famous "Wind Sword Immortal" and "Water Sword Immortal" beneath his feet.
However, his heart skipped a beat. This was because Zhang Shijie's spiritual sense swept in the direction of the Golden Scale Sword, but he could not find any trace of the person controlling the Golden Scale Sword. He could only faintly feel a strong fluctuation of Spiritual Qi in a place where his spiritual sense could not reach.
What did this mean?
The legendary fourth layer Core Forging Zhenling swordsmanship genius' spiritual sense was actually above his own. He was able to control a flying sword to attack him from a place where his spiritual sense could not reach. Zhang Shijie's spiritual sense had already reached the limit of a mid Core Forging cultivator, so Lu Xuanping's spiritual sense was actually on par with a late Core Forging cultivator's spiritual sense!
But what could he do?
The further the flying sword flew, the more Spiritual Essence it consumed, and the power of the flying sword would naturally decrease. Even if my spiritual sense was not as strong as yours, I would counterattack. Do you think Lu Xuanping is going to run all the way?
Zhang Shijie sneered in his heart. A huge Crystal Wheel rose from his back. The Crystal Palace rotated rapidly and collided with the Golden Scale Sword.
Just as the Crystal Wheel was about to collide with the Golden Scale Sword, the Golden Scale Sword trembled in mid-air and suddenly split into countless golden sword lights. They transformed into a golden torrent of swordsmanship, bypassing the Crystal Wheel's obstruction and rushing toward Zhang Shijie.
Zhang Shijie snorted coldly. The Crystal Wheel that was bypassed by the torrent of swordsmanship suddenly moved horizontally. The huge wheel rotated rapidly in the torrent of swordsmanship, stirring up a huge vortex in the golden torrent of swordsmanship. The torrent of swordsmanship that was rushing toward Zhang Shijie seemed to be restrained by a force. The vortex stirred by the Crystal Wheel absorbed all the swordsmanship transformed from the Golden Scale Sword.
After Zhang Shijie resolved Lu Ping's torrent of swordsmanship, he wanted to trace the direction of the torrent of swordsmanship. However, before Zhang Shijie could take a step, the vortex of swordsmanship that had already been stirred by the Crystal Wheel suddenly rippled again. Lu Ping suddenly used the sword light vortex stirred by the Crystal Wheel to suddenly launch a great swordsmanship divine ability. The huge sword vortex almost swept Zhang Shijie into it. Not only did Zhang Shijie not advance, but he also had to take two steps back in order to avoid the "Sea of Hundred Rivers Sword Art".
How is this possible? This person is so far away from me. How can the divine ability not weaken in the slightest? Could it be that this person's primary essence is so strong that he can ignore the distance between magic treasures?
In the blink of an eye, this thought flashed across Zhang Shijie's mind. At the same time, the massive sword vortex had also condensed into a force that continuously attacked the crystal wheel in the center of the vortex. Amidst the densely packed sounds of collision, the surface of the crystal wheel was struck by the sword light, causing countless crystal light chips to appear on the surface.
Seeing his lifebound magic treasure being suppressed by the Golden Scale Sword, Zhang Shijie grew furious and shouted, "You are not the only one who can control a great divine ability!"
"Domain Crystal Wheel!"
As Zhang Shijie roared, the crystal wheel that was blocking Lu Ping's [Sea of Hundred Rivers] suddenly split into three, then nine, then thirty-six. A total of thirty-six crystal wheels formed a giant crystal ball that shuttled back and forth in the air. The crystal ball spun back and forth in the sword vortex, trying to suppress it completely. At the same time, the sword lights that pierced into the crystal ball were also destroyed by the crystal wheel that shuttled back and forth between the crystal ball and Zhang Shijie.
Zhang Shijie was overjoyed. Back at Xuan Ling Sect, Zhang Shijie had relied on the Domain Crystal Wheel to break Ouyang Weijian's Wind Flow sword technique. Today, he had once again used the Domain Crystal Wheel to restrain Lu Ping's sword vortex.
Zhang Shijie was about to step in the direction of Lu Ping. He wanted to see what kind of person this Water Sword Immortal was, who was so arrogant to actually attack him from thousands of feet away!
However, before his Domain Crystal Wheel could crush in the direction of Lu Ping, the Golden Scale Sword that was hidden among the countless sword lights slashed out again. Zhang Shijie's expression immediately changed.
"Sword array! It's actually a sword array!"
When a sword technique's great divine ability reached perfection, every sword strike was a complete sword array!
Zhang Shijie had no choice but to come to a halt once more. The sword maelstrom he unleashed earlier no longer relied on sword light to wreak havoc. Instead, strands of sword light swirled around the Goldscale Sword to form a gigantic sword maelstrom, seemingly intent on devouring everything. It was even about to devour Zhang Shijie's Domain Crystal Wheel.
Zhang Shijie's face turned red as he retreated with all his might, saving the Domain Crystal Wheel from the powerful devouring force of the sword vortex. However, there were still three crystal wheels that he couldn't retrieve in time and were stripped from the Domain Crystal Wheel by several streams. After a series of ear-piercing sounds, the three crystal wheels were crushed by Lu Ping's sword array. However, the Domain Crystal Wheel was, after all, a great divine ability inherited from the Crystal Palace. Moreover, Lu Ping was using the Sea of All Rivers Sword Array from thousands of feet away, so he was already at a disadvantage. After Lu Ping's sword array devoured the three crystal wheels, Zhang Shijie's Domain Crystal Wheel great divine ability was undoubtedly broken, and Lu Ping's sword array could no longer continue. The sword lights that filled the sky were absorbed into the Golden Scale Sword.
However, everyone present, no matter who it was, could tell who had the upper hand in the battle between the two. The Zhenling cultivators cheered. Some of the lower level cultivators even shouted the name 'Water Sword Immortal'.
Reverend Ming Shan, who stood in front of the Heaven's Spirit Hall, had an ugly expression on his face. However, he still smiled at Reverend Guo Xuanshan, who was beside him, and said, "I didn't think that your sect would have such a talented disciple. This set of sword technique is like a rainbow absorbing water, and also like the sea absorbing all rivers. The title of 'Water Sword Immortal' is somewhat well-deserved. What I said earlier was too rash. This level of swordsmanship has already far surpassed Xuanling Sect's Ouyang Weijian!"
Although Reverend Ming Shan admitted that he had misjudged Lu Ping, he still spoke in an arrogant tone. He was very stingy with words of praise. He only said that Lu Ping's swordsmanship had surpassed Ouyang Weijian's, but he didn't compare it to his own disciple in the Crystal Palace. Clearly, he was very confident in his own disciple's cultivation.
The remaining thirty-three crystal wheels were combined into one by Zhang Shijie. Looking at the dimmed crystal wheel, Zhang Shijie knew that he had lost. This was a complete humiliation to Zhang Shijie. He had fought with the legendary Water Sword Immortal of Zhenling, Lu Xuanping. In the end, not only did he suffer a loss, but he also couldn't even catch a glimpse of him. He couldn't even catch a glimpse of Lu Ping's aura. This meant that when Lu Ping faced Zhang Shijie again, as long as Lu Ping didn't take out the Golden Scale Sword, Zhang Shijie wouldn't know that the person in front of him was the famous Water Sword Immortal!
A look of reluctance flashed across Zhang Shijie's face. A seven-storied crystal pagoda suddenly appeared above his head and a steady stream of True Essence flowed into the crystal wheel. The damaged crystal wheel immediately regained its luster, and with a crisp ringing sound, Zhang Shijie raised the crystal wheel and walked towards Lu Ping.
Zhang Shijie's goal was very simple: Even if he lost, he wanted to know who he had lost to. After losing this spar, Zhang Shijie knew very well what he would have to face when he returned to the Crystal Palace. As long as he could see or use his divine sense to capture the Water Sword Immortal who had defeated him, he would at least be able to reduce the humiliation that Zhang Shijie had to bear for the Crystal Palace, even though it was only a humiliation to the Crystal Palace.
Thousands of feet away, Lu Ping seemed to have sensed Zhang Shijie's intention. He drew an arc with the Golden Scale Sword several feet away from Zhang Shijie with the hilt of the sword as the axis. Hundreds of golden sword lights formed a golden sword wheel that was half a foot in size, rolling and slashing towards Zhang Shijie.
Zhang Shijie naturally did not show any weakness. The crystal wheel and the golden sword wheel collided, creating countless sparks in the air. The two were locked in a stalemate, and Zhang Shijie could not move an inch. However, Zhang Shijie seemed to have made up his mind to break through Lu Ping's obstruction. He shouted, "Solidify!"
The first floor of the crystal pagoda above his head suddenly emitted a spiritual light, and a fluorescent light curtain hung down from the pagoda, firmly covering Zhang Shijie. Zhang Shijie did not even have the time to fully control the crystal wheel. He let the sword Qi scattered by the Golden Scale Sword splash on the light curtain of the crystal pagoda, creating ripples.
Lu Ping had seen this kind of crystal pagoda in the East Sea Northern Alliance Pill Conference. At that time, Ning Shize, an alchemy genius from the Crystal Palace, had refined a Sea Suppressing Pagoda with six floors. Legend had it that when the Sea Suppressing Pagoda was condensed to six floors, one could use the great divine ability of the Crystal Palace, the Sea Calm River Great Divine Ability. This was a great divine ability that was even more powerful than Zhang Shijie's Cyclic Crystal Wheel. Legend had it that the Crystal Palace had a supreme divine ability above the Sea Calm River Great Divine Ability, but this was not known to outsiders.
Although Zhang Shijie's Sea Suppressing Pagoda had only condensed seven floors, four of them had been refined and condensed with treasure enchantments. Impressively, it was a psychic magic treasure. Although it could not achieve the "Ocean Calm River Great Magical Power", its defensive ability was far beyond ordinary psychic magic treasures.
The Golden Scale Sword suddenly broke away from the entanglement of the crystal wheel and drew a strange arc in the air. A strange one-horned dragon appeared in front of Zhang Shijie.
The strange dragon pounced on the Sea Suppressing Pagoda above Zhang Shijie's head. Its body wrapped around the pagoda, and the scales formed by the sword light rubbed against the pagoda, making a burst of firecracker-like sound. The Sea Suppressing Pagoda was on the verge of collapse, as if it was about to be pulled out of Zhang Shijie's head by the strange dragon.
Zhang Shijie's complexion changed, and the crystal wheel whizzed towards the monstrous flood dragon to kill it. However, he heard a crisp "ding" sound, and Zhang Shijie felt a huge force suddenly hit the crystal wheel, and the crystal wheel was sent flying.
At this moment, there was a loud bang. The strange one-horned dragon wrapped around the Sea Suppressing Pagoda finally pulled it out of Zhang Shijie's head.
Zhang Shijie's face changed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Then he felt a chill on his neck. A faint blue sword shadow flashed in front of his eyes, and then disappeared from his throat.
Zhang Shijie's face looked as if it had suddenly lost its vitality, but then he seemed to think of something. He looked up at the Sea Suppressing Pagoda, and saw that the strange dragon on the Sea Suppressing Pagoda had disappeared, leaving only the Sea Suppressing Pagoda floating in the air.
Zhang Shijie waved his hand to put away the crystal wheel and the Sea Suppressing Pagoda, and with a flash of light under his feet, he came to the Teleportation Formation hundreds of meters away. The light on the Teleportation Formation had just dissipated, and there was no one on it!
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