The road is vague

Chapter 223 First Glimpse of Talent (Part Two)

boom!
That's when.

Suddenly, a towering wave surged forth from the center of Qinglong Pool, its waters rushing out dozens of feet.

"Roar."

With a deep roar, a terrifying spiritual pressure filled with madness and violence instantly overshadowed the excitement of the many Foundation Establishment cultivators. They all showed expressions of horror, summoning defensive magic weapons and spreading them in all directions. However, many people were still intimidated by this spiritual pressure, getting soaked to the bone and looking disheveled.

They hastily activated their spiritual energy to purify the wet areas of their bodies and conceal their disheveled state.

"hiss!"

As Li Mo and Jiang Feiyan retreated, they couldn't help but gasp.

Such terrifying spiritual pressure made the two of them tremble; it was something that ordinary Golden Core cultivators could not achieve. Instantly, only one thought remained in their minds.

The sacred beast that guards the mountain has awakened!
More than thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators retreated to the edge of the Azure Dragon Pool, each summoning their magical artifacts and gazing up at the enormous phantom in the towering water column.

Lu Qi's figure flashed and disappeared, appearing above the Azure Dragon Pool. He unleashed his late-stage Golden Core spiritual pressure without concealment, forming a standoff with the figure that was faintly visible in the mist.

The monkeys, who had been watching peacefully from afar, suddenly screamed and scattered in all directions.

The goldfish swimming leisurely in the pool sometimes flipped over in a daze, and sometimes dived to the bottom of the lake.

All of a sudden.

The entire Qinglongtan was like the end of the world, with the water gushing out and pouring in all directions.

"Young man, do you know your crime!"

After the enormous creature poked half its head out of the pool, its body stretched out longer and longer, reaching a full seven or eight zhang (approximately 33-40 meters) before revealing its massive dragon form. Its scales were a bluish-green color, and its horns resembled ancient fire coral. Its two claws defied gravity, standing on the water's surface, while the latter half of its body remained hidden at the bottom of the pool, looking down at the tiny humans before it.

With the roar of the Azure Dragon, its two whiskers floated into the air, displaying its supreme dragon might.

"The lineage of ten thousand scales."

Li Mo learned from Yin Miao of the Nine Fox Clan that this lineage had become the source of all evil in the Misty Realm, with all the transformed dragons falling into madness. It was not until the Mountain and Sea Realm entered the Dharma-ending Age that this lineage was revived.

This leads to the inference.

The reason why this thousand-year-old carp spirit in Qinglongtan has never been able to transform into a dragon is likely related to this.

Lu Qi stood tall in the sky.

Before this sacred beast that guards the mountain, his figure appeared exceptionally small, not even as large as the vertical pupil of one of its eyes, and his spiritual pressure was also subtly suppressed by it.

"Junior doesn't know."

Lu Qi stared at the thousand-year-old carp spirit. Even with his pride and arrogance, he had to admit that this spirit beast was exceptionally gifted and its strength was indeed superior to his own. The rumors that it could contend with a Nascent Soul cultivator in a short time were not just rumors.

This thousand-year-old carp spirit, except for a portion of its scales hidden in the water on its tail where it has not yet fully transformed into a dragon, has completely transformed into a dragon.

Especially those two dragon whiskers, which are incredibly wondrous.

the other side.

Even though he was more than 300 feet away from the giant object in the center of the pool, Xue Tai still couldn't control the trembling in his body.

However, as a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, his condition was clearly better than many others. After swallowing hard, he gradually came to his senses, his plump, round face turning slightly pale.

"Is this the sacred beast that guards the mountain? What exactly does Hall Master Lu want to do?"

He also represents the thoughts of many people.

"So, it was Master Qingling who sent you here?"

The Azure Dragon, transformed from a thousand-year-old carp spirit, gradually calmed down.

Its half-body rose and hovered in the air, slowly approaching Lu Qi, who stood tall in the sky, as if it wanted to take a good look at this junior cultivator.

"So it was you, little fellow. I never imagined that in just a hundred years, your skills would have reached such a level. No wonder he was so at ease sending you to invite me. Tell me, what is the matter that you have awakened me this time?"

Lu Qi bowed respectfully in mid-air.

"I have come here because my sect is about to be destroyed. I have no choice but to do this. For the sake of the Lingmu Sect's millennium plan, I ask you to help us overcome this difficulty as promised."

"kindness?"

Upon hearing this, the Azure Dragon soared into the air, revealing the latter half of its tail that had just disappeared into the water, looking rather incongruous.

However, the Azure Dragon had only ascended to two or three hundred feet when it was blocked by the forbidden sealing array and could no longer leave the Azure Dragon Pool area.

So it looked down at Lu Qi from its high vantage point.

"If you summoned me to deal with the crisis within the sect, why set up this great formation to prevent me from leaving?"

The sound was like a thunderous torrent, reverberating in all directions.

The ground was completely silent.

Even the two law enforcement teams of cultivators, numbering around twenty, who had rushed over from afar, couldn't help but stop and stare in astonishment at the colossal object in the sky as they approached the sealing and prohibition array of the Azure Dragon Pool.

As the colossal creature swam and circled, its enormous shadow fell upon the ground, causing everyone to tremble with fear.

Individual strength is so insignificant and negligible in the face of such a colossal object.

At this moment, the words "sacred beast that guards the mountain" instinctively came to mind for almost everyone.

Lu Qi stood high in the sky, gazing up at the azure dragon.

His face, with its sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, revealed a complex expression.

"This crisis in our sect is not due to an invasion by an external enemy, but concerns the sect's thousand-year-old heritage. If you, senior, lend us just one item, we can get out of this crisis. Please do not be stingy."

Upon hearing this, the Azure Dragon descended back to the water's surface and looked at Lu Qi.

What do you need to borrow?

"Senior's demon core."

Lu Qi said calmly.

"You said you wanted to borrow my demon core? Hahahaha..."

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the Azure Dragon suddenly threw its head back and burst into deafening laughter, which caused the Azure Dragon Pool to tremble violently.

Upon hearing this, the Foundation Establishment disciples on the ground all gasped in shock, creating an eerie silence that starkly contrasted with the deafening laughter in the air. Lu Qi remained unmoved.

He gently opened his mouth and spat out a spirit pearl wreathed in wind and fire. The wind and fire power of the spirit pearl gathered and quickly condensed into a human shape.

Seeing this from a distance, Li Mo was immediately taken aback.

"Incarnation outside the body!"

He could tell at a glance that this was an external avatar that Lu Qi had created based on the Seven Apertures Return to Origin Technique.

The true form of this external avatar is actually a spirit-communicating pill!

The avatar of the spirit pill bears a seven-tenths resemblance to Lu Qi's original body, with equally astonishing bone structure, sword-like eyebrows, and starry eyes, vaguely revealing a decisive and ruthless demeanor, and an aura of lightning speed.

As the stern-faced avatar solemnly took out a golden token, the Azure Dragon's laughter abruptly ceased.

"The Order to Forbidden Gods!!"

The Azure Dragon showed an expression of disbelief.

The avatar of the elixir, holding the God-Suppressing Decree, seemed to possess supreme authority in an instant, forcing even the thousand-year-old carp spirit to lower its proud head.

"If you are willing to offer your demon core to save our sect from disaster, you will be in harmony with my Dao heart. I am willing to offer myself up for you to refine, leaving a glimmer of hope. There may be an opportunity to condense my demon core a second time."

"Qingling brat, he actually issued this order..."

The Azure Dragon showed a hint of fear and bewilderment, fully realizing the seriousness of the situation.

This divine prohibition decree sealed away a wisp of its natal essence before it achieved the Great Dao. It is precisely because of this that it cannot leave Qingming Mountain and can only devote itself to comprehending the Dao here.

"Senior, please don't blame the Sect Leader. He did this because he was forced by circumstances and had no other choice."

Lu Qi spoke calmly but with an undeniable authority.

After a brief period of extreme oppression at Qinglongtan.

boom!
A dragon claw descended from the sky, reaching out to grab Lu Qi's avatar.

After sighing, Lu Qi and his avatar flew left and right, avoiding the Azure Dragon's charged attack.

A terrifying torrent of waves surged and swept across the distance like a tsunami. Whether it was the disciples of the Justice Society inside the sealed and forbidden formation or the disciples of the two law enforcement teams stationed outside the formation, they all screamed in terror and were affected.

Some people reacted slowly and were swept away by the flood, suffering serious injuries and other misfortunes.

Some people reacted quickly, taking off and avoiding the raging torrent, but were swept away by the strong winds and thrown out involuntarily, creating chaos.

After Li Mo took to the air, he used the Five Elements Xuanwu Shield to defend himself, but he still involuntarily flew more than ten zhang away before finally stopping, his face slightly pale.

This is probably enough to be equivalent to a blow from a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Junior brother, are you okay?"

Jiang Feiyan came to Li Mo's side and stood next to him; her expression was also not very good.

"I am fine."

At this time.

Six giant golden swords appeared in the sky above the pool, each sword being seven or eight zhang in size, like pagodas descending from the heavens, and a hysterical roar immediately came from the pool.

Jiang Feiyan sensed something, and her face immediately lit up with excitement. Her body trembled slightly, but she looked completely infatuated.

"After Master mastered the Six Meridians Spirit Sword Technique, when combined with his natal flying sword, his power was truly astounding..."

By comparison.

She has only just mastered the Lesser Yin Sword technique, which was achieved nine years ago in the battle against the hidden demon of the Chen family. She is currently only at the minor completion stage, and the gap between them is as small as a firefly and as bright as the moon.

Li Mo was also stunned by this sharp sword intent.

The surging spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions was stirred up by the power of this powerful magical artifact.

Compared to the Dao of Heaven and Earth reflected in this sword, the comprehension of the Yang energy of Bai'an County by the Tiancheng Huajin Sword is somewhat lacking in depth, tending towards a more isolated perspective.

However, he soon noticed the angry roars of the Enforcement Hall disciples.

"You traitors, how dare you attack our sect's sacred beast!"

"You ungrateful beasts..."

Jiang Feiyan also noticed, and the two quickly flew towards Wei Cang's side.

Centered on Wei Cang, more and more Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered nearby. While remaining vigilant against the aftershocks of the battle in the pool, they confronted the Law Enforcement Hall disciples who were cursing outside the great formation. A major battle seemed inevitable.

Above Qinglongtan.

A small golden sun rose, forcefully suppressing the Azure Dragon. The Six Meridians Spirit Sword aimed directly at the Azure Dragon's weakness, attacking its untransformed tail, causing serious injury.

Faced with the suppression of the God-Suppressing Decree, the Azure Dragon was clearly somewhat weakened.

It had to fight with its life force, so much so that its dragon horns and whiskers withered and decayed at a visible speed.

The Azure Dragon gasped for breath, its former majesty gone, barely clinging to life.

"I thought I had sincerely surrendered and had been cultivating here for a thousand years, and had long been a member of Qingming Mountain, but I never thought that in the end, humans and demons are different."

The Azure Dragon was suppressed by the God-Suppressing Decree, and its tail blood kept dripping into the pool.

His voice even trembled slightly.

“Young Lu Qi, with your cultivation level and the Divine Forbidden Decree in your hand, I am indeed no match for you. But it won’t be so easy for you to take my demon core. In the end, this world is all about strength. My demon core is right here. If you want it, take it with your strength.”

boom!
After roaring, the azure dragon plunged headfirst into the Azure Dragon Pool.

"Hmph, since our Dao hearts are different, then forgive this junior for being impolite and forcibly taking your demon core and true body. Your true body just happens to be the perfect material for this junior to further refine his external avatar!"

Lu Qi snorted coldly and, together with his avatar, rushed into the Azure Dragon Pool.

Almost instantly, the once extremely dangerous Azure Dragon Pool calmed down.

Only the Foundation Establishment stage disciples remained, gazing at each other from afar inside and outside the great formation.

(End of this chapter)