Yuanyang and the others rejoiced as they struggled to overcome the dizziness brought about by the sudden change in time and space.
When the discomfort subsided, they looked at each other, their eyes filled with joy and tacit understanding. Although the mission had been difficult, they had not suffered any major setbacks since the beginning. This prevented them from blaming each other and sowing the seeds of conflict. Relatively speaking, they had become familiar with each other and had become companions who had gone through thick and thin together.
Of course, without experiencing failure and life and death situations, the emotional foundation of the team was still very weak. They were far from being able to support each other.
"Where is the Young Master?" Weng Lingyu suddenly asked in surprise.
She looked around but did not see the Young Master.
Just then, the emotionless voice of the Dominator of Samsara in Six Realms rang out, announcing the completion of the mission and giving an evaluation. He also explained the problems of the subsidiary team. Finally, he said, "The other party has acknowledged us. Contact established. If you have any questions or requests, you may write a 'letter' and place it in the Central Light Pillar. When the other party enters Samsara, he will see it and reply."
"A subsidiary team?"
"The Young Master has acknowledged us?"
Min Renlong and the others blurted out in surprise and joy. Receiving the approval of the mysterious "Young Master" was the greatest affirmation of their team's progress in the past seven days!
After calming himself down, Wu Xiuxian said with emotion, "The Young Master's strength is unfathomable. Even if he is not an expert of the Exterior, he is not far from it. If he were from our world, he would definitely be famous."
He was not sure if only people from his own world would be chosen as Samsara travelers. After all, the city where the Sword of Parting was located was all real. Perhaps they were from the same world?
"Even with the Young Master's strength, he is still trapped in Samsara … How terrifying must their mission be?" After the past few days, Min Renlong's pride as a disciple of a major sect had mostly been erased.
Weng Lingyu opened her mouth, her expression changing slightly, but she did not say anything in the end.
Yuanyang first thanked the "Young Master", then touched her face and looked at the Central Light Pillar with a strange light in her eyes.
…
After establishing contact with the subsidiary team, Mengqi saw a familiar figure in front of him. Jiang Zhiwei was wearing a light green dress and holding a long sword. She stood in front of the Central Light Pillar in a daze.
"Zhiwei?" Mengqi felt a little strange and tentatively called out.
Jiang Zhiwei's body stiffened slightly, but soon relaxed. She turned her head and smiled. "Nine Apertures? Not bad. When I was close to opening four acupores, you hadn't even finished accumulating Qi. Now you're catching up. "
She stood there without any sword will leaking out. She looked very ordinary, but with every step she took, Mengqi felt as if the airflow in front of her was being cut open, just like the lake water in front of Gao Lan naturally parted.
"You're not too bad yourself. You've stepped into the realm of Heaven-man Connection after just half a year of meditation, and you're even close to achieving Heaven-man Oneness," Mengqi replied with a smile.
"I've studied hundreds of sword arts and nurtured the sword will in my chest for many years. I've also gone through the tempering of life and death to execute a sword that burned my own self. If I can't achieve it in one go, I'll be ashamed of myself." Jiang Zhiwei raised her head, full of confidence as before.
Mengqi was about to ask her why she was in a daze when he saw the light pillar rising into the sky. Qi Zhengyan and Ruan Yushu had returned.
"Are you also leading the newcomers?" Jiang Zhiwei asked.
"Yes. The team I lead is fighting and scheming against each other, so we haven't established contact yet," Qi Zhengyan answered briefly.
Ruan Yushu's long hair was tied up casually. The contrast between her black and snow-white hair made her look very cold.
She was still holding the Phoenix-Perching Zither. She pursed her lips and said, "Two of them are doing well. I've told them about the subsidiary team in private, but whether they can break out or not is still up to them."
"The teams I'm following are all pretty good. It's worth further observation." Mengqi did not describe Yuanyang and the others in detail. After all, they were still far from the level of their own team, and they might all be wiped out in the next mission.
Jiang Zhiwei smiled and said, "The team I lead is similar to Sister Yushu's."
At this moment, Mengqi noticed that Qi Zhengyan and Ruan Yushu's aura had increased significantly, especially Qi Zhengyan. His body was dark and almost purple, sparkling like the stars, deep and enchanting.
"It seems that everyone has improved." He chuckled. He was in a good mood.
Qi Zhengyan nodded and said, "I opened my Eighth Acupoint a few months ago. After some trial and error, I've finally mastered the 'Purple Star River', but I still can't control the powerful power of the stars."
"Me too, a few months ago." Ruan Yushu's eyes had completely matured, and the childishness of the past had faded away. She looked even colder.
Mengqi cut to the chase and went straight to business. "I have a set of Buddhist Exterior skills called the Vajra Seal. Do you want to learn it?"
Jiang Zhiwei burst into laughter and finally said seriously, "If it's the Vajra Sword, I'd like to see it. Forget about the Vajra Seal."
"Just focus on your own cultivation. Don't worry about us." Ruan Yushu's expression and tone were serious, as if the Vajra Seal and Mengqi were a match made in heaven.
Qi Zhengyan was the calmest. "It has a big conflict with the Celestial Sphere."
"By the way, little monk, after Gao Lan escaped, he secretly went south and stirred up a storm. Even my master was alerted and went to the Dragon Platform. If you meet him again, you'd better avoid him." Jiang Zhiwei was afraid that Mengqi would mention the skills again, so she deliberately changed the topic.
Speaking of this matter, Meng Qi recounted his experience in full detail, leaving out Gu Xiaosang's joke and his absurd act of becoming sworn brothers with Gao Lan. Then, he took out the remnants of the Human Sovereign's Sword and asked seriously, "Do you have an introduction to the corresponding refining drawings?"
Jiang Zhiwei frowned and gave an irrelevant answer. "According to my master, Gao Lan is sometimes crazy and emotional, and sometimes ruthless and cruel. When he goes crazy, he's even more unreasonable. He once killed many aristocratic families and sects that were attached to the royal family of North Zhou Dynasty and made them betray the Gao family. He colluded with the top aristocratic families and martial arts sects to suppress and seal Gao Lan. If it weren't for Senior Chonghe and Mr. Lu who were confronting Gourdo and Da Man of the Changshen Denomination, he would have died."
"When you are with him, you must be careful with what you say. Don't poke his sore spot."
"So Big Brother has such a past …" Mengqi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he had always been cautious. Even though he became sworn brothers with Gao Lan, he didn't do anything to hide it.
"It sounds like Gao Lan has achieved Dharmakaya …" Ruan Yushu's voice was cold and ethereal.
From Mengqi's description, Gao Lan's strength was beyond their imagination. It was incomprehensible. Therefore, she guessed that one of the two dazzling stars had also achieved Dharmakaya.
However, the Ruan family of Langya did not have a Dharmakaya master for several generations. Ruan Yushu could only make a judgment from the few words recorded in the family's ancient books.
"Sometimes, my master also gives me the same feeling, but rarely …" Jiang Zhiwei said thoughtfully. "If Gao Lan has achieved Dharmakaya, I'm afraid the world will enter troubled times."
"At least the Celestial List will change." Qi Zhengyan's tone was filled with yearning and sorrow.
Since Dharmakaya was too far away from them, they didn't dwell on it. They seriously discussed how to improve Heaven Inflicted Pain or Flowing Fire.
At this moment, the light pillar rose again. Zhao Heng appeared in it. He was injured.
Before Mengqi could ask, he walked out with a bitter smile. "The team I led was too willful and reckless. They took risks and caused drastic changes in the task. I couldn't hurt them first. I was almost implicated by them … Uh, the secret treasure of humanity! The True Emperor Seal! "
Before he finished speaking, he was shocked because there was a seal in Mengqi's hand that emitted the aura of humanity.
"Heh, he's so concerned about the Crown Prince and Prince Jin …" Mengqi smiled secretly. He confirmed Zhao Heng's thoughts and said leisurely, "I picked it up on the road. Do you want it? Tell me if you want it. Let's talk about the details of the exchange. "
Zhao Heng's expression changed slightly. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I have no ambition. I've never thought about the throne. What's the use of the True Emperor Seal?"
"Well, I'll exchange it with the Dominator." Mengqi didn't waste time talking nonsense. He turned and walked toward the Central Light Pillar.
"Wait, wait!" Zhao Heng subconsciously stopped him.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jiang Zhiwei laughing with her left hand covering her mouth. Ruan Yushu was looking at her toes as if she was enduring something. Qi Zhengyan turned his face away. He couldn't bear to look at them.
Zhao Heng's eyelids twitched a few times. He swallowed the words "offering it to his father" and said self-deprecatingly, "Alas, it'll be difficult for me to change my mind. Su Meng, can you keep the True Emperor Seal until the end of the task? I can't gather so many Karma points at the moment. "
He had lost many items in the last task. Therefore, most of his savings in the main world had been exchanged for useful items. No matter how rich he was, he couldn't make ends meet. He could only ask Mengqi to keep the Karma points so that he could sell everything he had after the task was over.
"Alright!" Mengqi turned his head and said with a smile.
Anyway, what he got was for Sikong Tu's wife and son. Temporarily keeping Zhao Heng's items would help him pass the task.
Since he didn't have time to go to the Immortals to exchange, and he was in urgent need of Karma points, Mengqi reluctantly exchanged the Vajra Seal with the Dominator. He received 1,050 Karma points in return. Together with what he had before, he had a total of 1,170 Karma points.
Jiang Zhiwei and the others had completed the exchange before leading the task. Each of them only kept 500 Karma points to exchange for the God-tying Rope. It was a secret treasure worth 2,500 Karma points and could only be used once. However, it could tie up masters below the Third Heaven of the Exterior, forcing them to rely on their own bodies or a small number of extremely special skills to resist attacks for five breaths.
Therefore, after exchanging for the God-tying Rope, they had nothing to do but help Mengqi plan to upgrade his Precious Weapon. They also said that if Mengqi needed Karma points, they could exchange for some elixirs and lend them to him.
As for Mengqi, although he didn't have any healing elixirs at the moment, his Hard Body Protection Skill had greatly improved. He wouldn't get hurt easily and his recovery ability was extremely strong. He could also buy or temporarily "borrow" his companions in the task world. Therefore, he decided to upgrade his Precious Weapon to increase his combat strength.
This would be even more useful for the task!
After considering all aspects, Mengqi chose to upgrade Flowing Fire because it was a sword and stronger than Heaven Inflicted Pain. It was more suitable for the waste of the Sword of the Human Sovereign. Then, Jiang Zhiwei provided him with a refining diagram. It was a method to sublimate the various metals contained in the waste, supplemented by various fire element materials.
After spending a total of 600 Karma points, Mengqi watched as Flowing Fire boiled and steamed in the Central Light Pillar, emitting a crimson glow.
After a while, he took out his long sword and suddenly had an inexplicable feeling.
"Flowing Fire can grow into a Precious Weapon. It's worth 5,000 Karma points. It's made from the waste of the Sword of the Human Sovereign and red dragon scales. Every time it kills a strong enemy, it will use the will and blood of the enemy to temper itself and improve."
"Limited by its own materials, it can only be upgraded to the level of a Superb Precious Weapon."
"It's scorching and restrained. It can cut through gold like mud and burn away evil. If it's used with full force, it can bring about changes in the weather within a radius of 20 miles. Clouds will be burned and Flowing Fire will fill the sky. If the power is concentrated, the Exterior won't appear, but the invisible Sword Qi will hurt. Once the enemy is hit, a wisp of Yin Fire will burn from the soles of the feet, and half a wisp of the Eight Heavenly Dragon Fire will come down from the mid-brows.
"It contains a strong power. Through its breath, it can borrow part of its power to display all kinds of magic."
Suddenly, the flames rose and Mengqi disappeared from the eyes of Jiang Zhiwei and the others. Soon, flames rose in the distance and Mengqi stepped out.
"The Fire Escape Art can't go more than 100 feet, but it's not bad …" Mengqi was full of smiles.
Jiang Zhiwei looked at Flowing Fire with appreciation and praised it repeatedly.
After the preparations were done, they waited for the mission to begin.
Suddenly, Ruan Yushu said in a low voice, "Demon-revealing Mirror, Demon-subduing Tower, God-tying Rope, these secret treasures are strange and powerful. They can enlighten the Apertures to fight against the Exterior, but we don't have such things in our world …"
Although the Ruan family also had secret treasures, they could only separate the breath of Precious Weapons. They could block an Exterior-level strike or have similar power, unlike the God-tying Rope and the Demon-revealing Mirror, which had special effects that were highly targeted and extremely terrifying.
"Maybe there's a world that specializes in this …" Mengqi took a deep breath and said meaningfully.
At this moment, the voice of the Dominator of Samsara in Six Realms sounded.
"In ancient times, the gods and demons came to the world and left behind many descendants, supreme arts and Precious Weapons, bringing chaos and prosperity to the world."
"Now, the royal family has lost its righteousness, the emperor has no merit, the flames of war are rising everywhere, and rebellions are rising."
"Try to find out which descendant of the gods and demons can get the Nine Cauldrons and ask the world!"
"Main mission: Go to Daning and rescue the leader of the Red Coat Army, 'Peacekeeping Heavenly King' Du Huaishang, and assassinate the mastermind, 'Blue-eyed Flying Dragon' Zuo Hanfeng. The reward will be 1,000 Karma points if the mission is completed, and the same amount will be deducted if the mission is failed."
…
Behind the hill, in a campsite, a few men in red were looking at each other with worried expressions.
"Sixth Brother, didn't you burn the talisman left by the Dissimilated Man? Have you asked for help? Why hasn't he appeared yet? "The leader was pacing anxiously.
Sixth Brother was a shrewd man. He sighed and said, "I just wanted to give it a try, but the talisman of the Dissimilated Man didn't work …"
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there was the sound of thunder in the sky. Countless bolts of silver-white lightning struck down, illuminating the surroundings as if it was daytime.
The lightning was intertwined, crackling, and five figures emerged.
"Masters …" The men in red opened their mouths, staring blankly at the vision in front of them.
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