The wings of wind fluttered high into the air. The fierce wind carved out a long trail on the surface of the lake, arriving before Fu Qingjin in the blink of an eye and kicking up a huge wave.
Fu Qingjin squinted his eyes slightly. The splashes dispersed, revealing Li Qingshan's figure with drifting scarlet hair.
Everyone on the Soaring Dragon ship looked over from afar.
"Isn't that Fu Qingjin?"
"The Moon Devil is so powerful. Regular Foundation Establishment cultivators aren't his opponent at all."
"It'll be terrible if a disciple of the Sword Collection palace dies here."
"I've been waiting for you!" Li Qingshan smiled viciously. He strode forward and threw a punch.
Fu Qingjin did not dodge. He only said three words indifferently. The fist stopped before him, and the fierce wind blew up his hair.
"I've lost."
"What did you say?"
Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow in great surprise. He studied Fu Qingjin closely, and only then did he discover how he had changed. Although his appearance and attire had not changed much, he seemed like a completely different person in his eyes.
The change in his bearing could not be described with words. If he had to describe it, his usual air of pretentiousness had vanished. His sighing gaze became clear and determined.
"I'm not your opponent. You've won this game of chess."
When Li Qingshan dispersed the surging wave with a wave of his hand, Fu Qingjin knew he had lost, and it was not just a matter of strength.
"What the hell are you two doing? Didn't I just casually spare the lives of a few mortals? Is it worth all this fuss? "
Li Qingshan pulled back his fist. He could not help but feel, "I haven't even used my strength. You're all going to collapse. "
"How laughable. A daemon still has a sliver of benevolence. What have I done all this time?"
Fu Qingjin said in a self-deprecating manner. Once he broke free from the influence of the Green Ruins sword and looked back at everything he had done, he found it absurd. He was like a child who had been influenced by an adult. She tried to imitate the mature tone of an adult, but lost the most important trace of childishness.
Feeling a sudden gust of wind, Fu Qingjin came back to his senses. A fist ruthlessly smashed into his face. He spun and flew out, smashing through several walls. Only then did he come to a stop.
"I don't know what you're talking about, but I feel much better."
Li Qingshan clenched his fists and turned to walk towards Moon Court Lake.
Fu Qingjin lay miserably in a pile of broken bricks and tiles. He looked at the starry night sky and said softly, "Thank you!"
Li Qingshan's footsteps came to a halt. As soon as Fu Qingjin's voice fell, he turned into a red shadow and swept over.
"You're welcome!"
With a loud bang, Li Qingshan stomped on Fu Qingjin's chest, immediately creating a huge pit. Rubble flew everywhere.
Fu Qingjin coughed up a mouthful of blood and stared into Li Qingshan's eyes. He raised his right hand and pointed at the sky. "North Moon, your troubles are coming."
"As if I need you to tell me that!"
Li Qingshan obviously understood. When one side admitted defeat, it would be the end of the chessboard.
There would no longer be any rules that could stop the experts from taking action. His actions of refining the water must have touched a certain person's bottom line. They would not just let it go like this.
When he held a great advantage, he did not press the attack. He didn't take advantage of his victory to pursue his opponent. He wanted to extend this game of chess a little longer and fight for more room for development.
Now that Zhou Tong had given up and Fu Qingjin had admitted defeat, the game could no longer continue.
Li Qingshan's expression sharpened. "Then I might as well kill you and avoid any future troubles!"
"What good would that do you?"
Fu Qingjin smiled. He personally believed he was not Moon Devil's opponent, but after comprehending the true Green Ruins sword intent, he still had ways to protect himself. Moreover, since he was bold enough to come to Moon Court lake, he obviously had made ample preparations.
A bolt of lightning flickered on the horizon and thunder rumbled. Zhou Tong said, "Moon Devil, release him!"
"You …"
Li Qingshan looked at Zhou Tong, then at Fu Qingjin, in thought. Zhou Tong had a fiery temper. He had never had a good impression of Fu Qingjin, so why would he specially come to his rescue at a time like this?
And, from Zhou Tong's expression, he did not seem willing either. There was a hint of reluctance.
Fu Qingjin said, "Senior Zhou has already agreed to become a guest elder of our Sword Collection palace."
Becoming a guest elder of the Sword Collection palace came with great benefits, but there were basically no obligations. Even the master of the Sword Collection palace could not order him around. There was only one condition, and that was when the Sword Collection palace faced life-threatening danger, they had to provide assistance. However, for a large sect of sword cultivators with a deeply rooted foundation like the Sword Collection palace, they probably would not run into trouble like this even once in several thousand years.
Coupled with the extremely precious Origin Spirit pill, there was no reason for Zhou Tong to turn down these conditions. The Sword Collection palace would not lose out either. If Zhou Tong ascended in the future or died in battle, the Lightning Slaughter sword with great potential would definitely remain on the Sword Collection peak. Perhaps it would become another Ten Renowned Swords in the future.
Their deeper objective was that the successor of the Violet Clouds sword, Yu Zijian, would be able to join the Sword Collection palace legitimately. Now that the game of chess had reached this step, Fu Qingjin had admitted defeat, but the Sword Collection palace had not lost.
Li Qingshan frowned before easing up. He had obtained everything he wanted from this game of chess. He had obtained a region of water that he could use as a foundation, and he had reached the fourth layer of the Three Transformations of the Ox, Tiger, and Turtle. He had also found a rudimentary method.
"Now that you mention it, I do want to try it!"
Li Qingshan smiled viciously. His right foot suddenly turned into a hoof, stomping down violently. Daemon qi surged, turning into the power of tremors.
Fu Qingjin shone with rings of green light, enveloping Li Qingshan's hoof and covering it in a layer of moss. He only felt his power, daemon qi, and tremors all disperse.
Clang!
He drew the Green Ruins sword from its sheath. Only half of the broken sword remained, and he swung it gently. The bladeless sword left behind a patch of moss on Li Qingshan's chest. A feeling of powerlessness immediately seeped in.
Li Qingshan snorted coldly. He opened his mouth and spat out a gust of wind, which struck the green light around Fu Qingjin. Sure enough, it rapidly collapsed and dispersed, but his gust of wind was endless. In the blink of an eye, a layer of green light thinned.
No matter how deep Fu Qingjin's comprehension of the Green Ruins sword was, no matter how profound and powerful the Green Ruins sword was, it could not change the fact that he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator. It was impossible for him to outlast Li Qingshan, who was supported by Moon Court lake.
With a flash of lightning, the Lightning Slaughter sword cut through the gust of wind.
On the dock, scarlet hair drifted through the air, green light crisscrossed, and lightning flickered. The three of them clashed, but they all held back. Otherwise, they could reduce the small city by the lake to a pile of rubble with just a few techniques or abilities.
However, a while later, like a streak of green light, the lightning followed close behind, vanishing into the horizon in the blink of an eye.
Li Qingshan did not pursue them. After a moment of thought, he turned around and dove into Moon Court lake.
Returning to the Moon Court dwelling, Ye Liusu, her sister, and the night roamers immediately came up to receive him. Li Qingshan comforted them before arriving in the small lake on the island. He picked up the Watermirror disc and gazed at the reflection in the mirror.
He could vaguely sense danger approaching. He needed to increase his strength as quickly as possible. Only then could he protect this dwelling, no, continue expanding the territory.
Perhaps he should go back and investigate the situation. He wanted to see how the Ruyi commandery would respond and whether they would send people to make trouble. If the Ruyi commandery did something, they would definitely get him, the Scarlet Hawk commander, to cooperate.
Know thyself, know thy enemy, and you will never be defeated.
However, after some thought, Li Qingshan did not hurry back. That would be far too much of a coincidence. Even if the Ruyi commandery had responded, it would not be so fast!
Thinking like that, Li Qingshan sat down in the lake again and took out the Water God Seal.
Although the territory of water could provide water spiritual qi endlessly, it still required time for it to form strand by strand. After the intense battle with Helicoverpa Rosa, the water spiritual qi in the territory of water had already become much thinner.
If he channeled all the remaining water spiritual qi into the spirit turtle's daemon core, it would only be a drop in the bucket. Daemon cultivation had always been extremely taxing on spiritual qi, let alone the fact that he practised such a powerful innate ability.
The power of a daemon core would become stronger the further he cultivated, but it would also become more difficult to cultivate. Breaking through to the fifth layer of the spirit turtle was not something that could be achieved overnight.
Coupled with the lack of suitable pills, daemon cultivation would definitely enter a period of stagnation. If that was the case, he would instead be better off changing directions.
Li Qingshan focused his attention on his sea of qi. The spiritual qi there had already become much more abundant than when he had just established a foundation.
He had been practising this cultivation method for around two years now. Although he did not pay too much attention to it, he had never stopped cultivating.
Even when he was in secluded cultivation and in a meditative state, he would split some of his attention to practising this cultivation method. In reality, the amount of time and effort he spent on it was no less than regular cultivators, and the effects could be described as much better.
However, going from early Foundation Establishment to mid Foundation Establishment could not be crossed so easily either. It required talent, it required resources, and it required comprehension. Even if he spent a decade on these three things together, it would not be surprising.
However, Li Qingshan just happened to have this opportunity.
His talent as a cultivator had always been relatively high. However, even the creator of this cultivation method would not have imagined that someone in the future would have such a high level of talent.
After reaching the fourth layer, Li Qingshan's body possessed the presence of the spirit turtle's bloodline. His talent with the water spiritual qi was so great that many aquatic beasts paled in comparison. Using it on a cultivator was basically overkill.
Talent was not a problem!
Li Qingshan put his hands together and pressed the Water God Seal on his lower abdomen. The Water God Seal, which was already in between reality and illusion, fused into his sea of qi in his dantian and began to continuously gather water spiritual qi.
The remaining water spiritual qi in the water was like a drop in the bucket, but it was more than enough for cultivation.
Compared to demonic cultivators, human cultivators consumed much less resources. Moreover, he was not going to break through a major realm, and he had two years of cultivation as a base.
Resources were also a small matter!
The last thing was comprehension.
This was probably a huge problem for all cultivators, and the so-called bottleneck often referred to this word.
Thinking about how Hwa Seung-zan was a genius of his generation and had the resources of his family, he was stuck at the tenth layer of Qi Refinement for the sake of love. He could not break through for many years, and in the end, he had almost painstakingly reached the Foundation Establishment realm. From this, one could see the importance of "comprehension". m
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