Chapter 633 - 458: A Wise Man Knows When to Yield

The magical artifact given to Zheng Yi by Fang Zhuo, the Sword God, contains the sword qi of a Divinity Transformation Stage expert.

It must be said, this is undoubtedly the most powerful magical artifact in Zheng Yi’s possession.

In the Cangyan Realm, countless experts have perished under this magical artifact.

After being pulled into the Cangyan Realm by the Azure Moon Flame Emperor, Zheng Yi’s cultivation was suppressed by the Heavenly Dao Will, and he has only recovered to the early-stage Crystal level.

Zheng Yi originally thought he could quickly return to the Golden Core Realm.

But after so many days of cultivation, Zheng Yi helplessly found that trying to improve his cultivation was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Because now it’s not a matter of cultivation, but a confrontation with the Heavenly Dao.

With his cultivation hindered, Zheng Yi could only research other methods to enhance his strength.

In the world of cultivators, power is everything.

Without sufficient strength, all of his envisioned ideas are just illusions like Mirror Flower Water Moon.

And naturally, the strongest weapon in his possession is the flying sword given by Fang Zhuo.

While researching the flying sword, Zheng Yi couldn’t help but be grateful that while at Star Sea, he had read all the books he could in the Scripture Pavilion.

Even though he only read cultivation techniques up to the Golden Core Stage, thousands of years of accumulation was indeed vast.

There were related books and materials no matter the subject.

It was by using these cultivation techniques that Zheng Yi managed to modify the small sword somewhat.

Originally, the small sword could launch one sword qi attack at Enlightenment Stage.

After Zheng Yi’s modification, it can now release several hundred sword qi attacks at early-stage Divinity Transformation.

Purely in terms of power, Zheng Yi’s approach greatly weakened the small sword’s might.

But for the current Zheng Yi, it enhances his combat strength.

After all, this is merely the Origin World of the Azure Moon Flame Emperor, a world even lower than the Canglan Realm.

Even though he doesn’t understand this world well, Zheng Yi knows that the upper limit of cultivators it can accommodate is definitely not beyond the Azure Moon Flame Emperor.

He is an expert at Enlightenment Stage, so the strongest cultivator in Cangyan Realm definitely cannot exceed the Divinity Transformation Stage.

In other words, the mere existence of the small sword is already enough for him to dominate a region in the Cangyan Realm.

The sword qi attacks of the Divinity Transformation Stage can’t be resisted by the Guard Leader; he succumbed almost without resistance, dying at Zheng Yi’s hands.

The remaining Zhao Family Guard One, surrounded by the villagers of Riverbend Village, stood little chance and were completely wiped out.

"You all should leave now." Without time to clean the battlefield, Zheng Yi hurriedly urged them to leave.

Because another formidable fellow is about to arrive.

During this period, Zheng Yi had been investigating Zhao Tianming’s cultivation through various channels.

Unfortunately, the information was so mixed and vast, it was impossible to analyze Zhao Tianming’s true cultivation.

Some reports say Zhao Tianming only has strength at the Crystal Stage.

Others claim Zhao Tianming is a Golden Core Stage expert.

Though as long as he has the small sword, the mine master’s cultivation level is completely irrelevant.

But Zheng Yi certainly doesn’t want the villagers of Riverbend Village to be caught in the battle.

This time, Zheng Yi was lucky.

The people of Riverbend Village had left for half a stick of incense’s time when Zhao Tianming finally arrived.

This fellow, engulfed in flames, swooped down from the sky like a meteor, crashing before Zheng Yi.

Boom!

The flames exploded, sweeping through dozens of zhang of space.

For the first time, Zheng Yi laid eyes on the legendary mine master.

Zhao Tianming looked much younger than Zheng Yi had imagined, appearing to be around twenty-five or six years old.

However, on that youthful face, there was an expression full of weariness.

It’s as if a forty-something middle-aged man’s soul was placed inside a young man’s body.

Zhao Tianming wasn’t particularly handsome, but his figure was tall and upright.

Wearing leather armor, the heart-protecting mirror on his chest glimmered, exuding an impressive aura.

Despite looking mighty when he landed and saw the surroundings, a chill ran through Zhao Tianming’s heart.

"Damn it, this is a big problem now."

The two sons of the Zhao Family directly faced Zheng Yi’s sword qi, and now they have completely vanished without a trace.

But many of the bodies of those guards, Zhao Tianming could still recognize.

After all, not long ago, he had visited the Zhao Family’s sons.

Zhao Tianming was sure that among the corpses on the ground, there were a few he had seen at the Zhao Family’s son’s courtyard.

"You fool, do you know what you’ve done?"

"Daring to kill the Zhao Family’s sons, the Zhao Family will surely demand many lives as compensation. Perhaps the entire Yulong County will be implicated by your stupidity."

Zhao Tianming’s killing intent was so fierce it almost became substantial.

Zheng Yi, toying with an ordinary-looking small sword, teasingly taunted: "Oh, is it that serious? I really do apologize then."

"I just wanted to hunt some game for a feast, but I didn’t expect two beasts to charge at me like a dog who saw a bone when they saw me."

He spread his hands in mock helplessness: "I had no choice but to eliminate them first for my own safety."

"The Zhao Family’s sons want to kill you; you should just let them kill you." Zhao Tianming gritted his teeth and said: "After all, you’re going to die sooner or later; the timing doesn’t really make a difference."