"The Godly Armor has been banned for a long time, but your Water Cloud Platform has a large army of cultivators wearing the Godly Armor." Li Qiubai asked his first question in a calm tone.
The decision to ban the Godly Armor was made by the current ruler of the Da Xia Kingdom, Xia Hou.
The Water Cloud Platform, as the Ministry of Weapons of the Da Xia Kingdom, had committed a heinous crime by ignoring the ban.
"Sword Immortal Chang 'an, you might not know this, but ten years ago, the Da Xia Kingdom held another meeting regarding the ban on the Godly Armor.
After this meeting, the Great Xia has finally decided to lift the ban on the Godly Armor, and they have even begun to support the development of the Godly Armor Crafting Art. "Shui Wuya was not at all worried about this sensitive issue.
Li Qiubai remained expressionless and didn't say anything else.
If the Water Cloud Platform had agreed on the surface but opposed in secret, he wouldn't have been polite.
But since it was the decision of the Da Xia Kingdom, even if he didn't like the Godly Armor, he wouldn't meddle in other people's business.
In reality, there wasn't a clear distinction between right and wrong in this matter; it was more of a difference of opinion.
That was the truth.
Even if they all belonged to the Da Xia Kingdom and belonged to the human race, everyone's goal was to resist the Demons.
But as long as there were many people, there would inevitably be many differences in the way things were done and in the details.
Regardless of whether it was in terms of ideology or style.
Some people believed that as long as the result was good, it wouldn't be a problem even if the process was cruel.
For example, the Godly Armor. Although it would gradually strip away a cultivator's consciousness, it was undeniable that it could greatly increase the battle prowess of the human race.
A top-grade Godly Armor could allow a cultivator to possess the battle prowess of a cultivator at the seventh level.
The amount of time and resources needed to nurture a level-seven cultivator was several times more than the amount of time and resources needed to create a top-level armor. It could even be dozens of times more expensive.
From this perspective, not only should the Godly Armor not be banned, but it should also be developed with resources.
In the Da Xia Kingdom, there were indeed some people who thought this way.
But back then, the Godly Armor was banned by Xia Hou, who said, "The Da Xia Kingdom needs to look forward, but not at the cost of humanity."
Until recently, the situation in the Extraterritorial Battlefield had become more and more unfavorable. The war between the two races could erupt at any time, and the Da Xia Kingdom needed every bit of strength.
Under these circumstances, the Godly Armor was once again brought out.
And this time, the majority of people support the Godly Armor.
Therefore, even though Xia Yu didn't like it, he still agreed to lift the ban.
"What happened in Great Peace City is related to you?" Li Qiubai looked at Shui Wuya and asked expressionlessly.
Lu Lu's ears also per.
This was their goal.....
A surprised expression appeared on Shui Wuya's face. "Great Peace City?"
"Sword Immortal Sword Immortal" Sword Immortal, Sword Immortal of Time. I'm Sword Sword, "Time time Time..
. Lu Qingshan Of Time frowned when he saw Shui Wuya's confused expression.
"Everyone in Great Peace City has disappeared. No one knows where they went or who did it. However, there's a cultivator wearing your Water Cloud Tower's Godly Armor left in Great Peace City. He's killing cultivators who discover what's going on in Great Peace City," Li Qiubai said.
"The entire city is gone?" Shui Wuya said in shock. A divine light flashed through his eyes. Clearly, he was also shocked by this news.
"It's not just one city. It's the same for Winterwood City and Thousand Bird City." Li Qiubai's voice grew cold.
However, he didn't find many clues in the other two cities. It was only in Great Peace City that he encountered the Godly Armor cultivator.
"How is that possible?" Shui Wuya's expression became unsightly. He realised how important this matter was.
After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "I, Shui Wuya, can guarantee in the name of the Water Cloud Platform's Sect Master that we, the Water Cloud Platform, know nothing about the matters of Great Peace City, Winterwood City, and Thousand Bird City that Sword Immortal Chang 'an mentioned.
"As for the cultivator wearing our Water Cloud Tower's Godly Armor that appeared in Great Peace City …"
Shui Wuya said in a low voice, "Before this, the Sword Tomb's sect master, Xu Su, asked me for a batch of Godly Armor. I gave it to him."
At this point, the meaning of this Water Cloud Tower's sect master was very clear.
"The Godly Armor belongs to the Water Cloud Tower. You gave it to someone else so easily?" Li Qiubai's voice grew cold.
"This is my mistake." Shui Wuya revealed an apologetic expression. "I once owed the Sword Tomb's sect master, Xu Su, a favor. So, after he asked me for the Godly Armor, although I hesitated, I still gave him the Godly Armor in the end."
This was already an act of abusing public authority for personal gain. It was against the rules.
"I will report this matter to the supreme one later and ask for her forgiveness," Shui Wuya said seriously.
This was the Water Cloud Tower's matter, or rather, the Da Xia Kingdom's matter. Even if it was against the rules, it had nothing to do with Li Qiubai.
So, since Shui Wuya had made such a promise, Li Qiubai didn't continue to pursue this matter.
"Apart from this, the Godly Armor didn't leak out?" Li Qiubai asked again.
"I can guarantee this," Shui Wuya said solemnly. "The Godly Armor is a strategic resource of the Water Cloud Tower. The whereabouts of every piece of Godly Armor are carefully tracked."
Lu Qingshan narrowed his eyes.
In other words, the cultivator with the Godly Armor in Great Peace City could only have come from the Sword Tomb.
This matter was actually related to the Sword Tomb … It was truly intricate and complicated, and everything was interlinked.
"Why did you stop me earlier?" Li Qiubai asked coldly.
"It was a message from the Da Xia Kingdom. They said that during this period of time, the Imperial Cabinet will pay a visit. They told the Water Cloud Tower to close the doors and not receive any guests when you came, and only open the tower to meet you after ten days," Shui Wuya said honestly.
"Who sent the message from the Da Xia Kingdom?" Li Qiubai frowned.
Whose idea was it to send such a strange order?
Who was targeting him?
"I only know that this message came from the Da Xia Kingdom's imperial court. As for who it came from, I don't know," Shui Wuya said.
… …
… …
"Sect Master, they've already left. They've already reached the One-Line Sky." On the top floor of the Water Cloud Tower, the tall and sturdy Lu Mingliang walked in and reported respectfully.
Shui Wuya nodded, indicating that he understood.
After a simple conversation and obtaining the information he wanted, Li Qiubai left with Lu Qingshan. They didn't stay in the Water Cloud Tower for long.
This made them feel as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders.
The Sword Immortal gave them too much pressure.
"Sect Master, why did Sword Immortal Chang 'an come this time?" Lu Mingliang couldn't help but ask in confusion.
Shui Wuya thought for a while, then told Lu Mingliang the information Li Qiubai had just revealed.
"Three empty cities?" Lu Mingliang's eyes widened. "Could this be Prince Qing's doing?"
"It should be." Shui Wuya's expression didn't change much, but his trembling lips exposed the instability in his heart.
"What is Prince Qing planning to do?" Lu Mingliang gritted his teeth in disbelief.
"He should be preparing to ascend to the Progenitor Realm. Of course, this is only my guess," Shui Wuya said.
"Progenitor Realm?" Lu Mingliang was shocked.
What kind of concept was that?
The Progenitor Realm was the tenth realm.
In the long history of the human race, Xia Dao Ancestor was the only one who had reached the Progenitor Realm.
Even the Sky River Sword Immortal Chu Mushen, who was publicly acknowledged as the strongest person in the human race, was still far away from the Progenitor Realm.
Prince Qing was actually preparing to ascend to the Progenitor Realm?!
"Can he do it?" Lu Mingliang took a deep breath and asked, his tone full of doubt.
Prince Qing's life was legendary, but compared to Xia Dao Ancestor, he was far from it.
Not to mention Xia Dao Ancestor, Prince Qing couldn't even compare to those three Sword Immortals.
He found it hard to believe that Prince Qing could ascend to the Progenitor Realm.
Why?
"I don't know." Shui Wuya shook his head. "To be honest, Prince Qing might have some confidence in his plan."
"However, the Progenitor Realm is not something that can be divined by humans. It still depends on the will of the heavens. Otherwise, our human race wouldn't have only Xia Dao Ancestor in the Progenitor Realm for so many years." Shui Wuya thought for a while and said, "However, although it's almost impossible to reach the Progenitor Realm, it's still possible to reach the Half-Progenitor Realm."
If one failed to ascend to the Progenitor Realm, but did gain something in the process and transcended the original realm, they would be called the Half-Progenitor Realm.
"Half-Progenitor Realm is the top battle strength of our human race," Lu Mingliang said in a deep voice.
In the Human Realm, there were no cultivators stronger than the Half-Progenitor Realm.
Even if Sky River Sword Immortal Chu Mushen's battle strength was unparalleled, he could only reach the Half-Progenitor Realm.
In the entire Human Realm, other than Xia Dao Ancestor, Chu Mushen was the only one with Half-Progenitor Realm battle strength.
If Prince Qing could really reach this realm, it would be a great thing for the human race. It was equivalent to the top battle strength of the human race doubling.
Moreover, Prince Qing was a body cultivator with an unparalleled physical body.
When the time came, he would join forces with Sword Immortal Chu, who had unparalleled offensive power. The two of them complemented each other, and the battle strength they could unleash would not be as simple as one plus one equals two.
Lu Mingliang hesitated for a moment, and finally could not help but ask, "Did Sect Master really tell Sword Immortal Chang 'an everything?"
Shui Wuya nodded slightly.
"But …" Lu Mingliang showed a hesitant expression, and his thoughts were clear.
"Putting aside the fact that what Prince Qing is doing now is very likely to go against the natural order of the world, if we hide it, there's a high chance that we'll be helping the evildoer.
Let's just say that with our Water Cloud Tower alone, we don't have the qualifications or the courage to lie in front of Sword Immortal Chang 'an. "
Shui Wuya looked up into the distance, and through a window in the corner of the wall, he looked out.
At this moment, the Lancang River that Li Qiubai had severed with his finger had yet to close.
The most prized sword intent in the human realm.
He could not help but murmur, "If this finger landed on our Water Cloud Tower …"
Lu Mingliang could not help but tremble when he heard that. It was as if he could already see the scene of heaven and earth collapsing.
"Sword Immortal Chang 'an is not a soft-hearted person," Shui Wuya said.
Or perhaps it should be said that sword cultivators were not soft-hearted.
"If it weren't for the fact that we belong to the Da Xia Kingdom's Weapon Department, and because of Xia Hou's face, that finger would not have been aimed at the Lancang River!"
"He can spare us this time, but if we don't know what's good for us, Sword Immortal Chang 'an will definitely not be courteous to us." Shui Wuya was very self-aware.
This was a madman who dared to leave his sword behind at Chang 'an's Black Tortoise Gate.
What was their Water Cloud Tower to such a person?
The reason why they held back was because they were giving Xia Hou face, and not because they did not dare to.
"But, didn't Prince Qing say that Li Qiubai had already fallen from the Sword Immortal Realm?" Lu Mingliang thought of this again, "How is he still so powerful?"
Shui Wuya hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head, "I'm not too sure about this either. Perhaps Prince Qing's information was wrong.
However, although Li Qiubai had indeed fallen from the Sword Immortal Realm, it's not impossible that he has returned to the Sword Immortal Realm. "
"Who knows?"
Shui Wuya let out a long sigh, feeling a little sad.
"Back then, when our Water Cloud Tower was almost replaced, it was Prince Qing who protected our Water Cloud Tower. We have to repay this favor."
"So, I told them everything except Prince Qing's name."
"This is all I can do," Shui Wuya said softly.
…
Prince Qing's mission to the Water Cloud Tower was to stall Li Qiubai for at least ten days.
But who would have thought that after Li Qiubai's finger severs the river, not only was he able to stall them, he was able to make the Water Cloud Tower submit to him willingly and tell him all the information they knew.
.....
They left the Water Cloud Tower and boarded the ship again.
The ship sailed against the current and out of the crack in the sky, moving forward on the river.
Lu Qingshan and Sword Immortal Chang 'an stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the scenery on both sides with different thoughts.
"Kid." On the bow, Li Qiubai suddenly spoke.
"Senior." Lu Qingshan hurriedly responded.
"Your swordsmanship is not simple, and your strength is not weak either." Li Qiubai asked calmly, "You should be able to break through to the Soul Formation realm by now. Why are you still in this realm?"
"I'm not strong enough." Lu Qingshan smiled bitterly and told the truth.
"Not strong enough?" Sword Immortal Chang 'an raised an eyebrow, surprised by this answer.
He did not think that Lu Qingshan was pretending to be humble.
But with the strength that Lu Qingshan had shown, there should not be such a problem.
Li Qiubai looked at Lu Qingshan, waiting for him to explain further.
"I was fortunate enough to break through to the Ten Flowers Realm at the Void Refinement realm. It's just that my Origin Force Divine Gate is extremely sturdy and hard to open," Lu Qingshan explained.
"Ten Flowers Realm?" Li Qiubai's eyes flashed. "I see."
There was a Ten Flowers above the Nine Flowers?
This was the first time he had heard of this, but he quickly accepted it.
No wonder this kid's strength did not seem like that of a Void Refinement realm cultivator at all.
"If I want to break through the Ten Flowers Divine Gate, I'm thinking of making further progress in my swordsmanship so that I can break through the gate," Lu Qingshan said.
"What a pity." Li Qiubai commented.
Lu Qingshan had just been enlightened by him and comprehended the secret sword technique, Spring Breeze Returns.
However, Spring Breeze Returns was a fast sword technique.
In order to break through the Ten Flowers Divine Gate, one had to rely on attack power.
In other words, Spring Breeze Returns had improved Lu Qingshan's combat power by a large margin, but it was not very helpful for him to break through the Origin Force Divine Gate.
"You've just made further progress in your swordsmanship. It's not easy to make another breakthrough in such a short time," Sword Immortal said.
What he meant was that Lu Qingshan might not be able to advance to the Soul Formation realm in such a short time.
"Difficult, difficult, stormy, and all other matters in the world, in the end, it's just a matter of a sword." Lu Qingshan dismissed this question with a smile. "Since I have a sword in my hand, why would I be afraid of a Origin Force Divine Gate?"
Li Qiubai narrowed his eyes and looked at Lu Qingshan. He paused for a moment and slowly praised, "You have no regrets when you use your sword and you have no regrets when you withdraw your sword. Kid, with your temperament, I'm sure you'll achieve great things in the future."
"Senior, are you sure you have no regrets?" Lu Qingshan asked curiously.
"Good question!" Li Qiubai laughed and then said, "Life is full of ups and downs, so how can I have no regrets?
I do have a lot of regrets, but once I admit to them, I feel unhappy, so I just don't admit to them. "
"As for having no regrets," Li Qiubai paused and said softly, "Kid, you have to understand that if you don't have any regrets in your life, then you'll have no regrets."
A strange look appeared in Lu Qingshan's eyes and he was speechless for a long time.
In Lu Qingshan's opinion, the principles that Li Qiubai taught him were not inferior to the [River Severing Finger] that he had shown earlier.
"Kid, since you can gain enlightenment from my finger, it means that you're a person with wisdom.
Now that you're focused on studying swordsmanship, you can come with me to the Sword Tomb again.
When you're used to my sword intent and sword moves, you'll naturally have your own spirit and you'll understand its meaning. "
"Senior, do you know me?" Lu Qingshan suddenly asked in a low voice. "You're even willing to teach me such a superior swordsmanship."
Li Qiubai's attitude towards him was obviously too good.
There was no reason for someone of Li Qiubai's status to treat a sword cultivator that he didn't know.
He didn't think that he had won the favor of a Sword Immortal because of his domineering aura.
There had to be a reason for everything.
"Xiaoxiao mentioned your name to me." Li Qiubai raised his head and glanced at Lu Qingshan.
"It's her?!" Lu Qingshan was extremely shocked.
He had only heard of Xia Ruo's name, but he didn't know her at all. He had never even seen her before.
Under these circumstances, why would Xia Ruo, a sovereign of the Da Xia Kingdom, mention her name to Li Qiubai?
Lu Qingshan found it hard to understand.
"That girl, Xia Daoyun, is very satisfied with you. She mentioned you to Xiaoxiao several times, which is why Xiaoxiao took notice of you," Li Qiubai said in an extremely calm voice.
"After learning about you, she thinks highly of you. She believes that you have the potential to become one of the most powerful cultivators of the human race.
"Since she thinks so highly of you, and I just so happened to run into you, I decided to give you a few pointers. It's just a matter of convenience."
So that's how it is …
In the end, it's still because there's someone behind me!
Only now did Lu Qingshan realize that in terms of background and backing, there weren't many people in the human race who could compare to him.
After all, his master was Xia Daoyun, that peerless sword cultivator with brows like distant mountains.
"Senior, between sword intent and sword techniques, which one is stronger?" Lu Qingshan couldn't help but ask in confusion.
This was a question that the players in his previous world had debated endlessly. Unfortunately, before he arrived in this world, there hadn't been a definite answer to this question.
Lu Qingshan had thought that this Sword Immortal of Chang 'an, whose sword intent was unparalleled in this era, would give him a definite answer.
However, reality was different from what he had imagined.
"If I'm willing to use sword techniques, then sword techniques are the strongest. If I want to use sword intent to kill, then sword intent is naturally the most important." Li Qiubai raised his eyes and said casually.
… Arrogant!
"So, Senior should prefer sword intent." After receiving an unexpected but reasonable answer, Lu Qingshan had no choice but to follow up. He asked another pointless question.
Li Qiubai's sword intent was unparalleled in this era. Could it be that he preferred sword techniques?
Unexpectedly, the Sword Immortal unexpectedly shook his head. "No, it's just that I've spent the first half of my life practicing sword techniques. Later on, I wanted to change my style, so I switched to sword intent."
"There's no such thing as which one I prefer."
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