In the cultivation world, during lectures and Dao discussions, sparring was not rare. It was not rare for such things to happen during the Dharma Idol Assembly. In the process of sparring, most people would stop at the appropriate point, and they would stop when they had gained something.
However, during the Dharma Manifestation Assembly of the Zhenling cultivators, a Xuan Ling Sect disciple had issued a challenge. This meant that the sparring process had changed somewhat. Furthermore, Ouyang Weijian had insisted on sparring with Lu Ping. Before Lu Ping could say anything, the atmosphere in the Hall of Repetitive Light was already thick with gunpowder.
"How dare you! All the seniors present have yet to speak. How dare you, a junior, speak up? Hurry up and apologize to Tian Ling Laozu and all the seniors!"
Perfected Master Lin Xuqing shouted at Ouyang Weijian. However, his voice sounded like the two of them were putting on a show.
"Haha, Perfected Master Lin, please don't blame the junior like this." The one who spoke was the Flying Feather Sect cultivator who had rebuked Ai ShuYao on the Spirit Qi Steps. "Martial Nephew Ouyang must have admired Martial Nephew Lu's reputation for a long time. Martial Nephew Lu was only at the early Core Forging stage when he fought against a mid Core Forging stage cultivator. Although both of them are disciples of the Zhenling sect, it is still a rare achievement. I heard that Martial Nephew Ouyang once fought against a mid Core Forging stage demonic cultivator as a third Core Forging stage cultivator and rose to the 39th place on the North Sea Rising Talent List.
The Flying Feather Sect had always followed Xuan Ling Sect's lead. This Perfected Master's words could be considered sinister. When he mentioned the battle between Lu Ping and Li Xuanliang, he was implying that both of them belonged to the Zhenling sect and that the duel was not accurate. On the contrary, Ouyang Weijian fought against the demonic cultivator and there was no possibility of him cheating.
In fact, when Ouyang Weijian came to participate in the Dharma Manifestation Assembly, Lu Ping already knew that the two of them might have to fight. Thus, he had asked his fellow sect members about Ouyang Weijian's past achievements. Ouyang Weijian's battle with the mid Core Forging stage demonic cultivator happened when Ouyang Weijian had just advanced to the third Core Forging stage. Ouyang Weijian had actually lost that battle, but the Perfected Master demonic cultivator could not do anything to him and could only allow him to retreat. Ouyang Weijian's fame rose from that battle. Later, it was said that Ouyang Weijian devoted himself to cultivation and his swordsmanship improved greatly. When he sparred with Xuan Ling's mid Core Forging stage demonic cultivator, he was able to gain the upper hand. Although it was unknown to what realm his swordsmanship had reached, it was certain that he had reached the stage of "Unity of Sword and Practice".
At this moment, the sky spirit Laozu spoke, "Since Martial Nephew Ouyang wishes to liven things up with swordsmanship, as his seniors, we should also test the cultivation achievements of the younger generation. In that case, Old Jiu, you should spar with Martial Nephew Ouyang. Don't overdo it, but don't harm his life."
The sky spirit Laozu's words sounded as if he was telling Lu Ping not to harm Ouyang Weijian's life, as if he was certain that Ouyang Weijian was no match for Lu Ping.
Ouyang Weijian's expression changed when he heard this, but he did not dare to disrespect the sky spirit Laozu. Thus, he leaped to the center of the hall and said, "Please enlighten me, Brother Lu!"
Lu Ping smiled and stepped into the hall. He turned to Ouyang Weijian and said, "Brother Ouyang is too polite. Please!"
The two of them leaped out of the hall and hovered in the air above the small lake outside the Hall of Repetitive Beauty.
Be it the cultivators who were participating in the Dharma Characteristic Assembly or the cultivators who were attending the ceremony outside the hall, they were all shocked. Divine senses filled the sky and swept over, circling around the two of them. Many divine senses seemed to have come from the other cave abodes on Tianling Mountain, and they were also very interested in this sword competition.
Lu Ping and Ouyang Weijian could be said to be the leaders of the new generation of cultivators in the North Sea's cultivation world. Although they were only ranked 34th and 39th on the "North Sea Rookie List," the list recorded Core Forging cultivators under 100 years old. Currently, Lu Ping and Ouyang Weijian were only in their 40s or 50s. In the eyes of other Core Forging Perfected Masters, they were as young as demons.
Before Ouyang Weijian decided to challenge Lu Ping, he had done a deep understanding of the battle between Lu Ping and Li Xuanliang. After Lu Ping used five minor magical abilities in a row, when he used the last minor magical ability, Torrent of Sword Techniques, he was unable to completely control it. It was clear that he had reached the limit of the magical abilities that Lu Ping could control, and this was the biggest reason why Ouyang Weijian was confident that he could defeat Lu Ping.
The Golden Scale Sword, which was covered in scales, revolved around Lu Ping, its tip pointed at Ouyang Weijian.
Ouyang Weijian looked at the Golden Scale Sword and sensed the sword intent coming from it. He suddenly smiled confidently, and the sound of a sword rang out. A cyan flexible sword that looked like a spirit snake appeared around Ouyang Weijian. The flexible sword seemed to be swimming in the air. Not only did it sway and twist at will, but it also seemed to be able to lengthen and shorten at will.
A psychic magic treasure!
When Lu Ping saw this magic treasure, his expression turned serious. It wasn't because a psychic magic treasure was more powerful than an ordinary magic treasure that could only condense three Treasure Seals, but because Ouyang Weijian's cultivation was only at the third stage of Core Forging. It was impossible for him to condense a psychic magic treasure with four Treasure Seals. In other words, Ouyang Weijian's natal flying sword hadn't appeared. In other words, like Lu Ping, Ouyang Weijian still had a trump card.
The first to strike was Ouyang Weijian. His flexible sword was like a taut spirit snake. In the blink of an eye, nearly a thousand sword silhouettes flew towards Lu Ping. They were like sentient wind snakes, their tongues flicking in and out of their mouths, baring their sharp and poisonous fangs as they swarmed towards Lu Ping.
Gale Sword!
Psychic Sword Light!
Ouyang Weijian's first move was the fiercest sword technique in the "Merry Eighteen Swords". It was second only to the "Unity of Sword and Practice" minor technique.
The "Merry Eighteen Swords" wasn't just one set of sword technique, but a total of 18 sets of sword techniques. Each sword technique was a complete set of sword techniques. These 18 sets of sword techniques were interlinked and developed step by step. In the end, they would become the foundation of a major sword technique.
Lu Ping had once obtained the "Merry Eighteen Swords" from Reverend Liang Xuanfeng. Although it wasn't a secret technique of Xuan Ling Sect, it lacked a lot of essence, especially the key to combining several sets of sword techniques after reaching the "Unity of Sword and Practice" realm. This was the most important part of Xuan Ling Sect's sword technique inheritance. It was usually passed down by word of mouth within the sect. Even so, Lu Ping had a very clear understanding of this set of sword technique.
The Golden Scale Sword launched later but arrived first. The 1,296 sword rays morphed into nimble water snakes and pounced on the wind snakes. Each water snake's attack could annihilate a wind snake. In Lu Ping's eyes, Ouyang Weijian's Strong Wind Sword was like a venomous snake that was ready to expose its weak spot. The Strong Wind Sword was instantly countered by Lu Ping.
Ouyang Weijian was a little surprised. He seemed to be surprised that Lu Ping could break his sword technique so easily, but he didn't panic.
Just as the Wind Serpents were vanquished by the Water Serpents, Ouyang Weijian unleashed six sword techniques in a row: Ardent Wind Sword Technique, Gale Sword Technique, Gale Sword Technique, Swift Wind Sword Technique, and Storm Sword Technique. Ouyang Weijian compressed the essence of each of the six sword techniques into one sword technique and slashed it towards Lu Ping.
This was also one of the unique features of the "Merry Eighteen Swords". This set of sword technique wasn't like ordinary sword techniques that went from easy to difficult. On the contrary, it went from difficult to easy.
It was said that the senior who created this set of sword technique was a Grandmaster in swordsmanship. This set of sword technique was originally a great divine swordsmanship that this Grandmaster directly comprehended. Later, in order to pass down this great divine swordsmanship, the senior had to simplify this divine swordsmanship into three types of minor divine swordsmanship. Then, from these three minor divine swordsmanship, each evolved into six sets of sword techniques, which later became the signature sword technique of Xuan Ling Sect: Merry Eighteen Swords.
Later on, when the cultivators studied this set of sword technique, they would be able to start from the simplest sword technique and refine it to the extreme. Then, they would be able to evolve the entire set of sword technique into one sword technique, reaching the realm of sword intent. Then, they would be able to combine the six swords into one sword technique, reaching the power of the sword technique's minor divine ability. Finally, they would be able to combine the three minor divine abilities into one sword technique. Then, they would be able to achieve the great divine ability of the sword technique that Xuan Ling Sect's predecessors had comprehended.
This also caused the cultivation of the "Merry Eighteen Swords" to be different from ordinary sword techniques. Orthodox sword techniques were generally divided into three stages in the realm of Sword Intent: Complex Sword Practice, Psychic Sword Ray, and Unity Sword Practice. Usually, cultivators followed this order when practicing sword techniques. But for the "Eighteen Swords", before each set of sword technique reached the realm of "Psychic Sword Ray", every nine Psychic Sword Ray had to be combined into one sword technique. Then, when the entire set of sword techniques was combined into one sword technique, it would become a minor divine swordsmanship.
Six sets of sword techniques combined into six swordsmanships that seemed to contain the full power of the six sets of sword techniques. Lu Ping swung his sword horizontally, and the 1,296 Psychic Sword Rays turned into six Psychic Sword Dragons that whizzed toward the six swordsmanships.
Amidst the clanging sounds, the six Psychic Sword Dragons were cut down, and the six swordsmanships seemed to have lost their power after cutting the Psychic Sword Dragons, losing control and flying in all directions.
However, at this moment, the six swordsmanships suddenly converged from different directions, and an even more dazzling sword ray was formed, flying straight toward Lu Ping.
Six swordsmanships as one, a minor divine swordsmanship!
Lu Ping's Goldscale Sword vibrated once more, transforming into a Psychic Sword Dragon that pounced forward. The Psychic Sword Dragon disintegrated and the Goldscale Sword returned to Lu Ping's hand. As for Ouyang Weijian's Six Swordsmanships as one minor divine swordsmanship, it was also dispersed.
In this confrontation, it seemed that the two of them were still evenly matched. However, Lu Ping knew that he was at a disadvantage. Ouyang Weijian had only attacked once, while Lu Ping's Goldscale Sword had attacked twice. Of course, Ouyang Weijian had the advantage of his Dharma treasure. After all, the Goldscale Sword was no match for his opponent's Psychic Dharma treasure.
Ouyang Weijian smiled proudly, and the Psychic Flying Sword drew a strange and unpredictable trajectory in the air. Six swordsmanships scattered from the rapidly flying Psychic Flying Sword before merging back into one, attaching themselves to the main body of the Psychic Flying Sword and attacking it.
Lu Ping's face turned grim, and his Psychic Flying Sword burst out with his divine sense, trying his best to capture the trajectory of the Psychic Flying Sword in the sky. The Goldscale Sword flew out of his hand, and the True Essence One Sword Strike transformed into a gigantic sword that reached into the sky, slashing at the main body of the Psychic Flying Sword.
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