With a wave of his hand, Liu Ming withdrew the small crimson sword. He chanted a few gray incantations and quickly made a sign with both hands. The black gas on the surface of his body rolled and his body instantly became hazy.
In the next moment, a strange scene appeared!
After Liu Ming's body twisted strangely, he actually flashed out of the dense sword shadows safely, as if he was not injured at all.
"What kind of technique is this?"
Seeing this, Sha Tongtian was naturally very surprised. For a moment, he couldn't figure out the situation in front of him, so he simply made a sword sign with both hands. After the dense green sword shadows not far away retracted, they turned into a green rainbow and flew back toward Liu Ming.
However, Liu Ming suddenly stomped on the ground with one foot and the hazy black light on the surface of his body shone. His whole body turned into a faint shadow that shot toward Sha Tongtian.
Sha Tongtian sneered. Suddenly, he flipped one hand and a black sword appeared in his hand. Immediately, seven or eight white sword lights rolled toward Liu Ming.
"Whoosh!"
The phantasm that Liu Ming transformed into suddenly became strangely long like a rubber band. Then, it twisted a few times in a strange manner and floated out of the dense sword light.
Sha Tongtian was shocked. When he wanted to use the small black sword in his hand again, his vision blurred. Liu Ming, who was originally seventy or eighty feet away, had pounced on him in a blur.
Sha Tongtian turned pale with fright. He hurriedly shook his shoulder and flew back more than a hundred feet. Then, he circled around and floated down to the arena.
As for Liu Ming, the hazy black light on the surface of his body dissipated. He just stood there without moving, only looking at Sha Tongtian with a faint smile.
When Sha Tongtian saw this scene, even though he had always been a calm person, he couldn't help but have an uncertain expression. Then, he raised his hand and withdrew the other flying sword he had released. He said coldly, "Let's go.
"I admit defeat."
Then, he took the initiative to jump down from the arena.
After seeing Liu Ming's weird movement, Sha Tongtian knew that he didn't have much chance of winning, so he simply admitted defeat.
The surrounding disciples were unable to react to the sudden change in situation. It was only when they heard Sha Tongtian's words that an uproar broke out.
At the same time, the two Crystallization Period disciples who came with Sha Tongtian under the arena, although their expressions didn't change, they saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes after looking at each other.
Not only was Liu Ming's Sword Controlling Technique not inferior to Sha Tongtian, but his strange movement was even more unheard of. Even the two of them who had already reached the Crystallization Period couldn't completely see through it, so they were naturally surprised.
Above the arena, Liang Zhange nodded and took the initiative to announce Ming's victory.
Without saying a word, Sha Tongtian and his two companions immediately rose into the air and left the arena on their clouds.
Although the expression on Liu Ming's face didn't change at all, he thought to himself that the Three Shadowy Mirages Technique was really useful. Now it was only the first level, and it was already so mysterious. I wonder what kind of amazing effect it would have after I cultivate the second level and cast a few realistic afterimages.
As he thought of this, he bowed to Liang Zhange and also left.
Not long after, the news that Liu Ming, who was the top 1 in the last outer courtyard major competition, easily defeated the inner disciple Sha Tongtian after two years of silence spread again among the disciples of Taiqing Gate. It naturally caused another sensation.
However, Liu Ming didn't care about these things at all. After returning to the cave house, he entered the secret room again to continue to cultivate.
Time passed slowly. Liu Ming had been in the outer courtyard for several years.
During this period, except for occasionally going to the market, he almost never left the cave house, and he would not appear in front of other outer disciples at all. He no longer participated in the minor competition in the courtyard.
In addition to refining elixir and practicing mystic arts every day, he also insisted on entering the illusion every day to hone himself.
By skillfully using the first level of the newly learned Three Shadowy Mirages Technique, the demonized Liu Ming had a higher winning rate than before when he faced Siren King of the Jin Dan Realm.
As time went by, Liu Ming gradually faded out of the eyes of many people in Taiqing Gate, leaving only some rumors related to him.
After all, in an ancient sect like Taiqing Gate that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years, it was easy to divert people's attention.
Five years later.
In the Thousands Spirit Mountain Range, clouds and mist were lingering. Thousands of tall and steep peaks were still standing quietly as if they had been standing for tens of thousands of years.
In the air, from time to time, strange lights rose from various peaks and hid in another peak, leaving faint traces in the air.
Somewhere in the back mountain of Ethereal Peak that towered into the clouds, there was an exquisite pavilion built against the mountain beside a crystal clear stream where schools of fish swam.
At this moment, the outside of the pavilion seemed to be covered with a layer of blue water-ripple-like light curtain enchantment.
In the pavilion, a rich purple light was constantly expanding rhythmically. When it touched the surrounding enchantment, it would set off a burst of blue ripples.
Not long after, accompanied by a clear sound that shook the valley, a giant purple light beam suddenly rose from the pavilion, broke through the blue light curtain above, and went straight into the clear sky above. The surface of the light beam was wrapped in purple, like the hazy clouds in the sky.
At the same time, in the air around the light beam, a huge cloud vortex swept up around the purple light beam. More than a dozen purple light balls could be vaguely seen in it. They were arranged in a certain trajectory and flashing like stars.
"Spiritual power condenses into crystals!"
"Someone has advanced to the Crystallization Period."
The Piaomiao Peak disciples on the mountain exclaimed when they saw this. Some of them showed an envious look.
Such a vast celestial phenomenon also attracted the attention of people from other nearby peaks. Some inner disciples walked out of the training place, flew to the top of several mountains near the Piaomiao Peak, and pointed at it.
On a wide platform on the top of a towering mountain adjacent to the Piaomiao Peak, there were escape lights flying here from time to time, and they landed here.
At this time, on the platform, there were more than a dozen people wearing inner disciple costumes gathered here.
If Liu Ming was here, he would definitely recognize at a glance that Hou Kun, Zhao Anyin, and others who entered the inner door after the major competition were among them. At this time, they were looking at the celestial phenomenon that appeared on the Piaomiao Peak with a solemn expression.
Among the crowd, there was a young man with a long and narrow face. His body exuded an amazing sword qi fluctuation. His spiritual power had reached the level of the Crystallization Period. It was Sha Tongtian.
"I don't know which disciple of the Piaomiao Peak advanced to the Crystallization Period. He actually caused such an amazing phenomenon, but his true spirit power only condensed into 18 spiritual power crystals. It seems that his aptitude is very ordinary. This is really strange! "The white-haired young man Hou Kun's eyes flickered as he said so.
"In the past few years, Senior Fellow Apprentice Sha seems to be quite diligent in and out of the Piaomiao Peak. He often exchanges cultivation experiences with Senior Sister Apprentice Calan. You should have some clues right?" Zhao Anyin glanced at Sha Tongtian on the side and said faintly.
Since this woman entered the inner door, she had cultivated some kind of technique to make all the scars on her face disappear. Now she looked a bit more beautiful.
Sha Tongtian put his hands behind his back and looked quietly in the direction of the Piaomiao Peak, but he didn't speak.
"Could it be … this Crystallization Period person is Senior Sister Apprentice Calan?" Another inner disciple with thick eyebrows and big eyes nearby heard this, and he couldn't help but say in surprise.
"Senior Sister Apprentice Calan hasn't been in the inner door for a long time, but she has cultivated to the level of condensing the Crystallization Period so quickly." Hou Kun obviously also heard of Calan's name, and he said in surprise.
"Calan has the Heavenly Succubus Physique. She is a genius in cultivating illusion. When she was at the Condensation Period later stage, she had killed the cultivator of the Crystallization Period. 2 years ago, she had a fortuitous encounter, and her cultivation improved greatly. She broke through the perfect stage of the Condensation Period later stage in one fell swoop. That's why she can reach the bottleneck of the Crystallization Period so quickly." Sha Tongtian finally spoke, but his eyes never left the direction of the Piaomiao Peak.
"Heavenly Succubus Physique, is it the best spiritual body to cultivate illusion?" Hou Kun's eyes flickered when he heard the words.
He himself was the rare five-element spiritual body in a hundred years, so he was naturally interested in the equally rare Heavenly Succubus Physique.
Sha Tongtian didn't want to say anything more. Looking at the direction of the Piaomiao Peak, a trace of infatuation flashed in his eyes.
A few years ago, he accidentally saw Calan at a grand ceremony in the inner door. After that, he was shocked by the peerless appearance and strength of this junior sister apprentice. Since then, he had used various excuses to enter and exit the Piaomiao Peak. However, Calan had always been indifferent to him, which made him sad.
On a hidden tree on another steep mountain peak, Kim Tin-thi was holding a silver gourd in his hand, drinking wine in big mouthfuls. He looked thoughtfully at the celestial phenomenon on the Piaomiao Peak from time to time, but no one knew what he was thinking.
…
A few days later, the news that the inner disciple of the Piaomiao Peak, Calan, had successfully advanced to the Crystallization Period slowly spread in the Taiqing Gate, and it immediately attracted the attention of many people.
After all, Calan's stunning appearance had always been talked about by many male disciples. She was very eye-catching both in the inner door and the outer door.
However, after this woman reached the Crystallization Period, she immediately went into seclusion for some reason. After a period of time, this news gradually disappeared.
…
Half a year later.
Liu Ming was sitting cross-legged in the cave house secret room, playing with a black jade pendant in his hand. There was a thoughtful look on his face.
This jade pendant was dark in texture. It looked neither wood nor gold. The style was also very strange. The front was inscribed with a star pattern, but the back was inscribed with 2 seal characters of Big Dipper.
This item was also one of the things Liu Ming found in the storage talisman after killing Yin Yang Strong Demon.
He scanned it with Divine Thought at that time, but he didn't find anything special about it. He thought this thing was just an ordinary magical weapon, so he put it in the corner of the Sumeru Ring without paying too much attention.
However, a few days ago, when Liu Ming went to the Scriptures Pavilion to read the classics, he accidentally saw the records about this item, and he was taken aback.
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