After increasing the level of Heaven Suppression to this level, although its power had doubled, it was not without its drawbacks.
As a Secret Sword with a huge burden, the increase in the power of Heaven Suppression also meant that the burden he had to bear had also increased.
Currently, he could not slash out a sword technique with fifteen times the power as he wished like before.
In other words, Heaven Suppression had changed from a Minor Ultimate that he could use at will and was known by everyone to a Major Ultimate that could only be used at critical moments.
However, the moment he used it, it would definitely catch his opponent off guard. Compared to the original Secret Sword of Heaven Suppression with five times the power, it would not be too much of a problem to call it a new Secret Sword.
Everything was over. Lu Qingshan opened his eyes and felt that everything was different.
In his perception, the fluctuations of the Spiritual Power around him had become clear and audible.
This feeling was very strange.
Without a doubt, after his Primordial Spirit entered the Defense Realm, his perception of all things in the world had greatly improved.
It should be known that even among Void Refinement cultivators, there were very few who could cultivate their Primordial Spirits to the Defense Realm.
If Luo Yang's Primordial Spirit was still in the Condensation Realm, Lu Qingshan was confident that he would be able to make him suffer a great loss with just his Primordial Spirit.
The Western Rat King looked at him from the side.
The little rat demon had never had the same thoughts as Lu Qingshan.
It also knew its own weight — it was only a few dozen kilograms. Compared to Lu Qingshan, who was only a few hundred kilograms, it was like heaven and earth. It was normal for there to be a difference.
However, the Western Rat King clearly remembered that when it first met Lu Qingshan, although it was also subdued by Lu Qingshan, at least it could see the limits of Lu Qingshan.
Now, when it looked at Lu Qingshan again, it was already in the clouds and only felt that he was unfathomable.
This kind of cultivation speed, this damn … really made people … made rats despair.
"There is no destiny, only life!" The little rat demon encouraged himself in his heart, "As long as Rat Lord cultivates with all his might, there will definitely be a day when I become the master and sing for the serfs!"
However, on the surface, the Western Rat King immediately flashed a flattering smile at Lu Qingshan. Like a storyteller, he spoke with a cadence, "The Sword Faction's pearl, the cornerstone, oh! Lu Qingshan, congratulations on your great progress in cultivation! "
Don't talk nonsense if you don't have the ability. Overestimating oneself is the most terrifying thing.
The Western Rat King, who believed that he was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, had a lot of ideas in his heart. He knew when to suck up and when to bend. He was very tactful and decisively sucked up first as a form of respect.
Lu Qingshan's Master, that woman who looked extremely dignified, why would she treat him favorably and reward him with a medicinal pill?
Wasn't it because Rat Lord had a sweet mouth?
Lu Qingshan looked at the Western Rat King with a faint smile.
In truth, he also didn't understand why the little rat demon would go astray when he was properly learning human culture. He was gradually drifting off in the direction of an energetic little rat.
However, it didn't matter. Regardless of whether it was a mouse, a bootlicker, or an energetic little rat, they would all be obedient under his rule.
Lu Qingshan calmed down a little, and glanced at the interface again.
His experience bar originally had an enormous sum of ten million experience points. However, after raising his cultivation to the late Nascent Soul stage and activating the Secret Sword Technique Heaven Suppression, only two million experience points remained.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Qingshan sat down cross-legged again and took out the spirit crystals Xia Daoyun had given him from his storage ring. He circulated his cultivation technique and began to absorb and refine the pure spiritual energy within.
Two hundred spirit crystals were equivalent to ten million experience points.
Lu Qingshan directly converted this jaw-dropping amount of wealth into experience points in one go.
His accumulated experience points had once again reached twelve million.
Only a month and a half had passed.
Lu Qingshan left the bamboo house. After thinking for a moment, he left Sword Cometh Peak on his sword and headed straight for Calming Peak.
…
When Lu Qingshan saw the Empty Mountain Daoist, he could see that the Calming Peak master was still very worried.
The source of this matter was someone from the Da Xia Kingdom who had a grudge with his master.
He was going to head to the Middle Heaven Region in a few days to settle this matter.
Before that, he wanted to get to the bottom of this matter.
The Empty Mountain Daoist knew the reason for Lu Qingshan's visit. He hesitated for a long time, before slowly saying, "This matter involves the Sword Cometh Peak master's background. I shouldn't have announced it in private.
However, since you're the one asking, and you're Xia Daoyun's first disciple, I'll make an exception and tell you a thing or two even though it's rarely mentioned.
After all, as a disciple, it's normal for me to have some understanding of my master's background. "
Lu Qingshan's mind focused.
From the Empty Mountain Daoist's words, he already understood that Xia Daoyun's background was even more noble than he had imagined.
He hurriedly put on a show of listening attentively.
"Do you know who is the current ruler of the Da Xia Kingdom?" asked the Empty Mountain Daoist.
Lu Qingshan frowned. In the end, he spat out a name. "Xia Hou."
"That's right. As a woman, Xia Hou has set an unprecedented precedent.
You should know that since ancient times, there has never been a top human faction led by a woman. " The Empty Mountain Daoist nodded. He sighed with emotion. Soon after, he asked, "Do you know why the Da Xia Kingdom is led by a woman?"
Lu Qingshan shook his head. How would he know such a secret that involved the Da Xia Kingdom's ruler?
"When Dao Ancestor Xia achieved his dao, after expelling the Demons from the Abyss and establishing the Da Xia Kingdom's dynasty, for some reason, he went into seclusion in an unknown place. He remained hidden from the world for tens of thousands of years.
Meanwhile, the newly established Da Xia Kingdom was handed over to his only son, the Da Xia Kingdom's King Xia Xuanji, "the Empty Mountain Daoist said slowly.
"Like father, like son. As the son of Dao Ancestor Xia, the Da Xia Kingdom's King's talent can be said to be incomparably stunning.
Under his leadership, the Da Xia Kingdom developed from its initial rise to its peak.
Daoist Kongshan's voice was filled with admiration. "The cities of the Grand Xia were built on hundreds of prefectures in the seven realms of the human race. They were like sparks on a prairie."
"Even though Dao Ancestor Xia's might is behind all of this, regardless, the Da Xia Kingdom's King's talent is unquestionable."
Lu Qingshan nodded his head in agreement.
It wasn't difficult to be a "rich second generation", but it was extremely difficult to be a "rich second generation" that could prosper one's family business.
"The Da Xia Kingdom's King was busy with the rise of the Da Xia Kingdom, and almost all of his efforts were placed on the human race.
Thus, it wasn't until later in his life that he began to care about having children. "
"When a tiger gives birth to one, a mouse gives birth to a nest. Cultivators of our generation are restricted by the Heavenly Dao. The higher one's cultivation, the harder it is to have children."
"The Da Xia Kingdom's King's cultivation had reached the Ninth Realm. In addition, he was already in his later years and nearing the end of his lifespan. His blood, Qi, and Essence were exhausted. It was extremely difficult for him to have children."
"Thus, the Da Xia Kingdom's King had yet to have children until his death.
In desperation, he could only pass on the position of ruler of the Da Xia Kingdom to a branch family. "
"The so-called branch family is actually the skirt line of Dao Ancestor Xia's Dao companions. Speaking of which, the situation is even more complicated.
Dao Ancestor Xia rose to prominence as a rogue cultivator. Such a prodigy would naturally cause countless female cultivators to yearn for him. "
After a pause, the Empty Mountain Daoist revealed a meaningful smile. "Thus, Dao Ancestor Xia had a total of three Dao companions.
Moreover, the three Dao companions all came from top-notch cultivation clans. Their maternal clans could be considered powerful. "
"In order to prevent internal strife at that time, before the Da Xia Kingdom's King died, he personally named the next ruler of the Da Xia Kingdom in his heart." The Empty Mountain Daoist said faintly.
"The next ruler of the Da Xia Kingdom's King personally named is the current ruler of the Da Xia Kingdom?" Lu Qingshan had already guessed.
The Empty Mountain Daoist nodded, her eyes drifting. She seemed to have thought of something and sighed, "In the three branches, there are many powerful cultivators and even more prodigies.
But who would have thought that the Da Xia Kingdom's King would actually choose an extremely young woman to be the second ruler of the Da Xia Kingdom. "
"The Da Xia Kingdom's Lord is not simple." Lu Qingshan's expression turned serious as he said seriously.
"Indeed. Although the Da Xia Kingdom's King was personally appointed by Xia Xuanji, Xia Xuanji soon passed away. He could no longer stand behind the Lord of the Da Xia Kingdom, who was still called Xia Xiaoxiao at that time, and guard against the covetous eyes of others.
But in the end, she still swept away all the obstacles in front of her and firmly sat on the throne of the Da Xia Kingdom. "
"Xia Xiaoxiao?" Lu Qingshan muttered.
"This was the original maiden name of the Da Xia Kingdom's Lord. But after ascending to a high position, she felt that this name was not suitable to be the name of the Da Xia Kingdom's King, so she changed her name to Xia Hou."
"Hou, the sun and moon in the sky, sweeping across the world, a myriad of phenomena." A trace of respect appeared in the Empty Mountain Daoist's eyes.
Evidently, Xia Hou's experience after ascending to the throne was magnificent.
"However," the Empty Mountain Daoist seemed to have thought of something interesting. "A large part of the reason why Xia Hou was able to sit on the throne of the Da Xia Kingdom was because of a certain Sword Cultivator."
"A certain Sword Cultivator?" Lu Qingshan was surprised.
There was actually a Sword Cultivator involved?
The Empty Mountain Daoist said with certainty, "If there wasn't a powerful cultivator supporting Xia Hou, no matter how clever she was, she would not be able to defeat those people."
"After all … the world of cultivators is the most bloody and cruel, where the strong prey on the weak."
Lu Qingshan was silent.
That was indeed the case.
Cultivators were not unreasonable, but the basis of being reasonable was that you had to have the ability to let others reason with you.
Otherwise, have you ever seen a person reasoning with an ant?
"Is it Sword Immortal Li Qiubai?" Lu Qingshan asked.
"Yes." The Empty Mountain Daoist nodded and turned to look at Lu Qingshan. "Kid, you're quick to react."
Lu Qingshan smiled.
The reason was simple, and it could be understood by thinking about it.
The Empty Mountain Daoist used the term 'a certain Sword Cultivator'.
A Sword Cultivator who could withstand the enormous pressure from the three collateral branches and help Xia Hou secure the throne in such a dangerous situation, other than being a Sword Immortal, what other possibility could there be?
There were only three Sword Immortals in the world.
One of them was in the boundary between the human race's sky and the Demons' abyss. He was only in charge of resisting the Demons. He had guarded Heavenly River City for ten thousand years and had never left the city, so how could he possibly interfere with the matter of the throne?
The other was the Sword Sect's sect master, Sword Immortal Qingyun. As one of the Seven Great Dao Sects, if the Sword Sect interfered with the matter of the Da Xia Kingdom's throne, they would definitely face the full resistance of the cultivators of the Da Xia Kingdom and the other Six Great Dao Sects.
After all, no one could accept that the ruler of the Da Xia Kingdom was supported by the Sword Sect.
Only the Sword Immortal Li Qiubai, who was all alone, could protect Xia Hou without incurring the wrath of others.
"Peak Lord, you've laid out so much. It's time to get to the main topic, right?" Lu Qingshan stopped paying attention to the Sword Immortal and asked solemnly.
The Empty Mountain Daoist had spoken so much about the ruler of the Da Xia Kingdom, so he already had some guesses about Xia Daoyun's identity.
"From your master's surname, you should be able to guess that she's from the Da Xia Kingdom, right?"
Lu Qingshan nodded.
"The Sword Cometh Peak Lord is not only from the Da Xia Kingdom, but also a direct descendant of the Da Xia Kingdom who possesses the Dao Ancestor's bloodline. He is Xia Xuanji's only son," the Empty Mountain Daoist revealed the answer, "the Empty Mountain Daoist said in a deep voice. His words were like heavy stones that stirred up a thousand waves.
"Didn't Peak Lord say that Xia Xuanji was unable to give birth to a son until his death?" Lu Qingshan frowned.
"That's what Xia Xuanji believed. In reality, a year before his death, his Dao Companion was already pregnant," the Empty Mountain Daoist shrugged.
"That doesn't make sense. With the cultivation of the King Nine Realm in the Da Xia Kingdom, how could he not have sensed that his Dao Companion was pregnant?" Lu Qingshan shook his head.
"That's a problem with your master's constitution."
"A problem with his constitution?"
"Your master possesses the Dao Ancestor's bloodline, the legendary Donghua Immortal Physique."
"The Donghua Imbues the Five Hues, Divine Light Seven Spirits. The veil reflects the Three Hues Candles, flowing freely from Qi Ming, "the Empty Mountain Daoist explained," The person who possesses this Immortal Physique is just a ball of spirit blood when they're in the womb.
Only after absorbing enough innate purple Qi, the Five Hues, and the Seven Spirits will they produce life energy.
Back then, the Sword Cometh Peak Lord was just a ball of spirit blood. Who would have thought that he would become a living being? That's why the King of the Da Xia Kingdom didn't expect it, and neither did anyone else. "
So, apart from the Frost Sword, Xia Daoyun's second legendary talent was the Donghua Immortal Physique.
Lu Qingshan fell into deep thought.
"If the Sword Cometh Peak Lord is born, then who will become the King of the Da Xia Kingdom? No one can figure it out. "
"Back then, the three branch families were trying to seize the King of the Da Xia Kingdom from Xia Hong's hands. At the same time, they were plotting to eliminate the Sword Cometh Peak Lord, who was still in the womb, in order to eliminate the threat."
Lu Qingshan fell silent.
Was it cruel? It was indeed cruel, but that was the reality.
People could even turn against each other for the sake of a piece of bread. What was the big deal about harming an unborn child for the sake of the Da Xia Kingdom's throne?
"The three branch families attacked together, and the Queen of the Da Xia Kingdom was caught off-guard. In the end, her life energy was completely exhausted, and she and her child almost lost their lives." Empty Mountain Daoist said slowly, "Fortunately, Xia Hong was grateful for the King of the Da Xia Kingdom's kindness. In a situation where he couldn't even protect himself, he lent a helping hand. He mentioned Dao Ancestor Xia's name, and only then did those red-eyed cultivators of the three branch families stop.
After all, Dao Ancestor Xia is currently in secluded cultivation, and might come out one day. If he found out that they harmed his granddaughter, who would be able to bear the consequences? "
"Even though the persecution was stopped, the Queen of the Da Xia Kingdom's life energy was completely exhausted. In such a state, it was very likely that she and her child would lose their lives if she wanted to give birth to the Sword Cometh Peak Lord.
Therefore, Xia Hong worked with the Heaven's Secrets Observatory to temporarily seal the life energy of the child in the Queen of the Da Xia Kingdom's womb, and sent the Queen of the Da Xia Kingdom into the Heaven Mending Spirit Formation for a thousand years to recover from her injuries. "
"A thousand years later, the Queen of the Da Xia Kingdom, whose life energy had recovered, gave birth to the only son of the Da Xia Kingdom's King, who is also your master." Empty Mountain Daoist looked at Lu Qingshan and said, "Xia Daoyun."
"As the only son of the King of the Da Xia Kingdom, the Sword Cometh Peak Lord is the most logical successor to the throne of the Da Xia Kingdom.
After Xia Hong abdicates, your master will be the rightful successor. "Empty Mountain Daoist said mockingly," The three branch families have long regarded the throne of the Da Xia Kingdom as theirs. However, they can't do anything to Xia Hong. They can only wait until Xia Hong dies before they try to seize the throne of the Da Xia Kingdom.
To them, your master's existence is the greatest obstacle. "
"As a result, the three branch families view your master as a thorn in their side, and do everything they can to suppress the Sword Cometh Peak Lord."
"Under such circumstances, your master is constantly in trouble. In order to avoid disaster, and in addition to your master's astonishing talent in the Dao of the Sword, the Queen of the Da Xia Kingdom sent your master to the Sword Sect to learn the sword from the sect master."
"As for the master behind Marchioness Luo Tang, it is the first daughter of the second branch family's master, Xia Daojing."
Empty Mountain Daoist said, "Your master is so talented, and has already reached the eighth level. Her influence is already established.
If Xia Hong abdicates, the Sword Cometh Peak Lord's ascension is almost certain.
As such, the three branch families are currently trying to suppress your master's reputation and influence. "
Lu Qingshan understood everything.
.....
After clarifying his master's situation, Lu Qingshan returned to the peak.
Sword Cometh Peak was as peaceful as ever.
He was still immersed in Xia Daoyun's background. While he was deep in thought, a loud female voice suddenly rang out by his ear.
"Since you've finished your secluded cultivation, come to my building."
It was Xia Daoyun.
Lu Qingshan calmed himself and hurriedly walked into his master's bamboo building. However, his thoughts had already taken countless turns during this short period of time.
The bamboo building was secluded, and a gentle breeze blew in, bringing with it a faint fragrance.
Lu Qingshan entered the building. When he saw Xia Daoyun seated on the main seat, he greeted her respectfully. "Master."
Xia Daoyun was silent for a moment, before she said to Lu Qingshan, "I will accompany you to the middle Heaven Region."
After a pause, Xia Daoyun added in a soft voice, "It just so happens that I have something to do in the middle Heaven Region as well."
Lu Qingshan was slightly startled, but he immediately replied, "Thank you, master."
Regardless of whether it was on the way or on purpose, Xia Daoyun's intentions were clear. She was worried that Lu Qingshan would be bullied in someone else's territory, so she had personally come to support him.
"Then it's settled," said Xia Daoyun.
"Master, then I'll take my leave first." Lu Qingshan was very perceptive and took his leave.
Xia Daoyun nodded slightly.
Lu Qingshan turned around to leave. However, he had only taken two steps when he heard Xia Daoyun's voice. "With the Sword Sect here, you could have ignored Marquis Luo Tang's unreasonable request. Why did you accept such an absurd invitation?"
Marquis Luo Tang's request was clearly unreasonable.
Moreover, he had the Sword Sect behind him. He had every right to refuse Marquis Luo Tang's request.
"Since Marquis Luo Tang is provoking master in Xia Daojing's place, making master unhappy …" Lu Qingshan turned around and looked at Xia Daoyun with a smile. "Then I can only teach him a lesson in master's place, so that master can feel a bit happier."
Xia Daoyun raised her eyebrows in surprise. Then, she glanced at Lu Qingshan, her eyes like limpid autumn waters.
"Luo Tang's cultivation is much higher than yours. Do you have the confidence?" She paused for a moment, and then asked calmly.
"Does master want me to win?" Lu Qingshan asked in return.
"… Of course." Xia Daoyun rested her chin on her right hand and looked at Lu Qingshan. She blinked.
"Then I …" Lu Qingshan looked straight into Xia Daoyun's beautiful eyes and said softly.
"I will definitely defeat him."
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