Chapter 148 - 102: Cyan Tiger’s Fierce Visage

Chapter 148: Chapter 102: Cyan Tiger’s Fierce Visage

Above Cangfeng Temple.

Hearing Daoist Shengu mention the Blood Jade Fruit via voice transmission, Li Yinsheng was immediately tempted. The Blood Jade Fruit was a perfect match for Blood Refining-type Body Refining Techniques like the True Blood Secret Scripture. As long as one didn’t recklessly rush their cultivation, using it to practice the True Blood Secret Scripture would ensure there wasn’t the slightest instability in their foundation.

His Junior Sister had a solid foundation laid by the first three layers of the Qingxuan Scripture, allowing her to rapidly master and break through to the First Layer of the True Blood Secret Scripture. With a Blood Jade Fruit, she should be able to cultivate straight from the Second Layer to the Fourth Layer while maintaining a stable foundation. If foundation wasn’t a concern, she might even reach the Fifth Layer directly.

Of course, Li Yinsheng wouldn’t do something so detrimental to her progress. Reaching the Fourth Layer of the True Blood Secret Scripture was already quite good. For an ordinary Cultivator whose Major Cultivation was the True Blood Secret Scripture, reaching the Fourth Layer would take at least twenty years of bitter cultivation. Even for a Daoist, a Blood Jade Fruit was quite precious.

As for the Frost Dew Iron, Profound Fragrant Wood, and Earth Element Goldstone, Li Yinsheng knew a bit about them after reading some Artifact Refining books at Zulu Temple. They were all highly valuable Refining Materials. Presumably, Daoist Shengu had collected them to refine into his Flying Sword. Since Sword Cultivators only had one Flying Sword Magical Treasure, they often just added any good materials they acquired into it, rather than Refining them into a new Magical Treasure.

Naturally, the added materials had to be compatible with the Flying Sword itself; otherwise, they would just turn into impurities. Daoist Shengu might have held onto these materials all this time simply because they weren’t compatible with his weapon.

"Miss Shangguan," Li Yinsheng said. "I feel that since we are both Sword Cultivators, it is only proper for Daoist Shengu and me to spar."

Shangguan Ling’Er paused, then rolled her eyes, her face plainly saying, "Don’t think I can’t see right through you." However, she still put away the Profound Jade Ruyi and raised her hand to form an incantation seal. The profound ice trapping Daoist Shengu and Daoist Yunqiao immediately shattered inch by inch. Although her previous attack had been fierce, she had held back, only trapping the two without intending to harm them. As a result, when they broke free, their auras hadn’t weakened.

If Shangguan Ling’Er had truly harbored killing intent, the profound ice’s cold energy would have pierced their meridians and internal organs, and injuries would have been inevitable.

The solidified golden light belonging to Daoist Yunqiao regained its freedom and transformed back into a Flying Sword. However, it did not attack; instead, it flew back to his side. Daoist Shengu’s two Flying Swords also flew back to his side as he looked at Li Yinsheng. "Fellow Daoist, if you please!"

Li Yinsheng opened his mouth and spat out a breath. The White Rainbow Sword flew out and landed in his palm, vibrating with joyous hums.

Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be difficult to distinguish whether a Magical Treasure used by a Cultivator was an ordinary Magical Treasure or a Lifebound Treasure. The tightly knit and harmonious aura connection between a Lifebound Treasure and its Cultivator was the most obvious indicator. For instance, when Li Yinsheng saw Shangguan Ling’Er pull out several Magical Treasures earlier, he could immediately tell by their auras that none of them were her Lifebound Treasure.

However, because Li Yinsheng had nourished the White Rainbow Sword for a century, the Spirituality within it had grown extremely close to him after its repair. For a moment, neither Daoist Shengu nor Daoist Yunqiao could tell that the White Rainbow Sword wasn’t Li Yinsheng’s Lifebound Flying Sword.

As for why he used the White Rainbow Sword instead of the Celestial Cyan Sword, it wasn’t a matter of power. It was mainly because the White Rainbow Sword was his Martial Uncle’s Lifebound Flying Sword, and he would have to return it to him sooner or later. Naturally, he wanted to use it as much as possible and enjoy the thrill of wielding it before handing it back. The Celestial Cyan Sword was his own Lifebound Treasure; there would be plenty of opportunities to use it in the future.

Daoist Shengu glanced at the Daoist Temple below, then his gaze landed on a barren hill in the distance. "Let’s fight over there!"

Four Escape Lights shot through the sky and arrived above the barren hill in the blink of an eye. However, only the Escape Lights of Shangguan Ling’Er and Daoist Yunqiao stopped, revealing their true forms. The Escape Lights of Li Yinsheng and Daoist Shengu clashed head-on.

Daoist Shengu’s Escape Light consisted of two intertwined, swirling streaks of gray light transformed from his twin swords. Since Li Yinsheng was flying via the White Rainbow Sword, his Escape Light had changed from its usual Cyan Rainbow to a Bai Hong, though faint cyan threads were still visible within.

The two Sword Lights, one gray and one white, clashed around the barren hill. In the blink of an eye, thousands of streaks of Sword Qi poured out, leaving crisscrossing slash marks on the hill and kicking up countless clouds of dust and debris. It was as if they were trying to forcefully level it to the ground.

"Quite considerate," Shangguan Ling’Er twitched her lips in amusement.

Li Yinsheng had suppressed his aura and Cultivation to the level of a Daoist. Thus, even though the Bai Hong Sword Light completely suppressed Daoist Shengu’s gray Sword Light, they still fought for dozens of rounds. Otherwise, Daoist Shengu would have been taken down long ago.

The gap between a Grand Daoist and a Daoist, while not as vast as the difference between a Daoist and a mortal, was still a significant chasm. Not to mention, Li Yinsheng cultivated the Six Interpretations of Life and Death. Even though he was still in the Withered Realm, his Magical Power far surpassed that of Cultivators who practiced standard Daoist Temple legacies.

Shangguan Ling’Er figured that since this was a sparring match, Li Yinsheng felt it would be meaningless to rely on a higher Cultivation to overwhelm his opponent, which was why he suppressed his Cultivation to a level similar to Daoist Shengu’s. This was probably the pride of a young prodigy—unwilling to use Cultivation suppression, but instead choosing to win fair and square on the very path their opponent excelled at. Shangguan Ling’Er completely understood Li Yinsheng, as she was a similar prodigy herself.

But in reality...

"So satisfying!" Li Yinsheng thought with immense satisfaction as he raised his hand and unleashed over a hundred streaks of Sword Light. "After being completely suppressed by my Junior Sister’s Mirror Image in the Magic Grotto Heaven for nearly a hundred years, it’s finally my turn to suppress someone else!"

Although suppressing his Cultivation meant he couldn’t unleash too many streaks of Sword Light at once, a Yin Yang Light-Splitting Sword comprised of over a hundred streaks was more than enough to force Daoist Shengu to defend with all his might.

"So this is what it feels like to drown an opponent in Sword Light? It’s way too satisfying!" he thought, relishing the thrill.