Sword Qi to the Sky

Chapter 399 A moment

Qi Zhanyun then walked over to Li Fan, glanced at Lu Yuan and Yue Qingqiu beside him, and asked with a smile, "Your wife?"

Although Lu Yuan was wearing a mask, her figure and temperament revealed her to be a top beauty. Although Yue Qingqiu had slightly changed her appearance, she was still stunning.

The three of them were traveling together and all possessed extraordinary talents, so he naturally assumed they were Daoist partners.

This guy is quite lucky with women, having two such beautiful Daoist partners.

Li Fan glared at him, and Qi Zhanyun laughed, "I understand. Heroes have always loved beauties. Brother, with your exceptional talent, you naturally have a peerless beauty by your side, but..."

Qi Zhanyun's smile was ambiguous, but Li Fan ignored him.

Meanwhile, Yue Qingqiu's expression was slightly strange. She glanced at Li Fan beside her, while Lu Yuan, wearing a mask, remained motionless, making it impossible to discern her expression or what she was thinking.

"Are you really planning to let us go first?" Qi Zhanyun asked again.

People entered the formation one after another, broke through, and stepped into the Heavenly Gate. The time it took them to do so varied, but in the end, all the top figures from those aristocratic families and clans made it through.

"Yes, Brother Qi, just go ahead and don't worry about us," Li Fan said. He planned to go with Lu Yuan and Yue Qingqiu to enter the formation together.

"Alright, then I'll go first." Qi Zhanyun said and stepped forward. A violent booming sound came from the formation ahead. Qi Zhanyun summoned his martial spirit, which was extremely domineering.

"What is he trying to do?" In the vast surrounding area, many eyes fell on Li Fan. Everyone had previously thought that he would compete with Shen Jing.

However, Li Fan did not. In fact, he had no intention of 'competing' at all, and waited for the others to enter the formation and step into the Heavenly Gate.

At this moment, seeing the two women approach him, everyone vaguely realized that Li Fan was waiting for them.

Did he want to bring them into the battle?
"This man is quite interesting. Does he intend to bring those two women into the formation and enter Baiyujing?" the man from Tianji Pavilion asked Liu Qingwu with a smile.

"This man is an arrogant fellow." Liu Qingwu glanced at Li Fan indifferently. She didn't like Li Fan very much. His words at the Chaotian Pavilion restaurant that day made her feel uncomfortable.

Although this person possessed strength and talent, she had a strange feeling about him, as he was arrogant and disdainful of others. As a chosen one of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, she had seen countless remarkable figures. In that imperial city, she often interacted with the chosen ones of top families. Even the few people she mentioned, she had met several of them.

And what gives this person the right to do so?
"This formation is the final barrier on the ladder, created by cultivators from Baiyujing Academy. No matter who enters, it's all the same. Many prominent figures have come to Baiyujing to seek guidance, only to be trapped by the formation. They have to rely on their extraordinary strength to carve out a path. Does he want to bring people in?" Liu Qingwu said, "Unless those two women have enough means of their own, it's probably wishful thinking."

Ye Yunke also looked at Li Fan with some curiosity. He had become somewhat interested in Li Fan after Li Fan clashed with the Holy Son of Tiandu Palace. Now that he saw such a 'charming' person, his interest had grown even stronger.

"Others come to Bai Yujing to seek fame and prove their talent, but this person is interesting. He seems to care nothing about what outsiders think," Ye Yunke said with a smile.

Previously, Li Fan had easily reached his current location by going uphill, and it should have taken him the least amount of time among the crowd.

Many people overlooked this point, simply because Li Fan stepped onto the stairs later and then stopped there, so many people didn't notice that he took a very short time to get up there. Even though he encountered Yun Tiansheng's obstruction along the way, he still walked to his current location in one go.

If he had chosen to enter the formation directly in his competition with Shen Jing, even if it took longer and he couldn't break the record of half an incense stick's time, just getting close would have been enough to make him famous.

However, Li Fan did not do that.

Above the steps, within the formation, Li Fan saw Qi Zhanyun walk up, and before stepping into the Heavenly Gate, he deliberately turned back to look at him, then strode up the Heavenly Gate and entered Baiyujing.

“Let’s go together,” Li Fan said softly.

“Mm.” Lu Yuan nodded gently. Yue Qingqiu didn’t speak. Seeing Li Fan step out, the two women followed behind him, one on the left and one on the right.

"As expected..." Everyone stared at the formation upon seeing this scene. This guy had been waiting there for a long time, and it turned out that he was only there to take the woman beside him to Baiyujing.
"I've never seen anyone lead a group to ask about the Jade Capital before." Someone stared at Li Fan and the other two and said coldly, "This person is too arrogant."

"Many geniuses come to Baiyujing to seek enlightenment. Only the top geniuses can enter the Heavenly Gate. This person has no problem going to Baiyujing by himself, but he actually dares to try to bring two people with him to seek enlightenment. This is probably considered a provocative act in the eyes of the cultivators of Baiyujing Academy."

As Li Fan stepped into the humanoid formation, an even stronger sense of oppression washed over him, not only from the pressure of the staircase formation itself, but also from the pressure of the 'Dao'.

Many faces appeared before him, each one magnified in his pupils, flowing before him like gods.

“Illusion,” Yue Qingqiu said softly, “This illusion array amplifies perception.”

Li Fan looked ahead, and those god-like figures flashed past his eyes, then lined up on both sides of the steps, just like a group of gods. If he wanted to go up, he would have to walk through the steps in the middle of the 'gods'.

Above the steps, each of the 'Celestial Gods' on either side contained different powers, releasing their 'Dao Majesty'. Li Fan tentatively took a step forward, and with just one step, the steps trembled violently, and an extremely wild power swept over. A statue next to him moved, and suddenly Li Fan felt as if he had entered a domain of thunder, with lightning striking down from the sky. This 'Celestial God Staircase' was like the end of the world.

"The Dao of the First Divine Statue?" Li Fan thought to himself. Thunderbolts rained down from the sky, striking his body. Dragon roars echoed, his golden body swirled around him, and his blood and qi transformed into dragons that soared into the sky. Violent divine lightning struck his body, but Li Fan remained unmoved.

The golden dragon soared upwards, engulfing Lu Yuan and Yue Qingqiu within its body and protecting them.

Li Fan looked up and saw layers upon layers of steps and statues of gods. His eyes turned golden, as if golden lightning was shooting out.

In the next instant, Li Fan moved forward like a fleeting shadow.

The statues in the formation seemed to realize something, and they suddenly erupted, but their violent attacks seemed to be a step too slow, and Li Fan passed through them on the steps.

The formation suddenly became agitated, and a violent roar erupted from within. The next moment, an extremely violent force swept out, causing the entire formation to shake and the bodies of the cultivators on the steps to tremble.

The surrounding crowd only felt a blur before their eyes as the riotous force dissipated. When their gaze fell upon the top of the steps, the vast area suddenly fell silent.

At the very top of the stairs, a handsome young man dressed in magnificent robes stood quietly. A golden dragon encircling his body set down the two women, and the grand formation was already behind him.

"What's going on?" Many people came to their senses, and the quiet space suddenly erupted with countless questions: "What happened?"

How did he get up there??

"I don't know."

The crowd looked at each other, none of them understanding.

A single thought can traverse the heavenly ladder?
"It seems to be speed, extreme speed."

"He is not only skilled in martial arts, but also has an extremely terrifying movement technique. He used his movement technique to pass through the great formation."

"Impossible. Many of the previous cultivators were skilled in movement techniques. Are sword cultivators not fast enough? They still couldn't get through."

"How is that possible?" Liu Qingwu frowned, her eyes fixed on that direction. She couldn't understand how Li Fan had not only passed by, but had passed by in the blink of an eye.

He also brought two other people with him.

This is simply impossible.

"Interesting, interesting." Yang Tai smiled at Li Fan, who seemed to be an extraordinary person.

"Did you see clearly?" Ye Yunke turned to look at the Prince of Puyang beside him.

He didn't understand!

The Prince of Puyang frowned, staring at Li Fan, and said, "His extreme speed prevented the Baiyujing cultivators in the formation from reacting. He had already broken through the formation's pressure and forcibly opened a passage, passing through in an instant."

"What do you mean?" Ye Yunke didn't quite understand.

"Your Highness, this last formation was created by cultivators from Baiyujing Academy. It contains their Dao, which presses down on those who attempt to break through. No matter who tries to break through, they will first be subjected to the powerful pressure of the formation itself. Even those skilled in movement techniques will have their movements restricted under this pressure, and there will be extremely strong resistance during their progress. This means that it is theoretically impossible to break through directly using movement techniques."

“Unless one possesses power strong enough to disregard the pressure of the formation, and can also unleash extreme speed, it is possible to break through the formation before the opponent can react.” King Puyang said, “When he broke through the formation back then, it was an absolute crushing force that pushed him up flat.”

Ye Yunke finally understood, and his expression became even stranger.

"So, if he doesn't delay, wouldn't that mean...?" he murmured, looking at the figure on the steps.

"It seems that it can indeed be controlled within half an incense stick's time." Prince Puyang also looked in that direction, as if talking to himself.

While it may seem like a shortcut to achieve this through exceptional agility, the fact that one can reach such a level, regardless of how it was done, proves something in itself.

This kid is very strong.

(End of this chapter)