Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 348 Starting the stage

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Dugu Jiu turned to look directly at Xu Yunfan, “According to ancient clues, only in the dwelling place of the Heavenly Demons can true immortal destiny exist. Now that spiritual energy is recovering, Bi Yuan and the others naturally speculate that the Heavenly Demons are about to make a comeback. The current fluctuation of the Great Zhou Dragon Vein will definitely exacerbate this matter. Perhaps once the Luo Tian Grand Ritual is completed, those Heavenly Demons will descend.”

He suddenly changed the subject, "Do you know why the Dao Sect went so far as to use the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony and even extract the Great Zhou Dragon Vein?"

Seeing Xu Yunfan deep in thought, Dugu Jiu continued, "It is precisely through this path to heaven that we can create an existence capable of confronting the Heavenly Demon. And you..."

His gaze was piercing. "If one breaks through the Ninth Realm by using the 'All Laws Return to Flow' technique, the phenomenon of the perfect fusion of the Ten Extreme True Qi might be able to rival the Heavenly Demon. Back then, those supreme experts who broke through the shackles of the Ninth Realm and achieved the Land Immortal Realm were also able to kill the Heavenly Demon."

As the waning moon set in the west, Dugu Jiu departed, her feet glistening with dew.

During those two hours, when this ninth-realm peak expert, who had dominated an era three hundred years ago, mentioned the Heavenly Demon, his eyes only flashed with excitement and eagerness, showing absolutely no fear.

After carefully sensing the situation and confirming that the other party had left, Xu Yunfan lowered his gaze, sat cross-legged, and began to form the "Lin" mudra with his hands and recite the "Supreme Goodness is Like Water" mantra.

After an unknown amount of time, a message finally popped up at the top of the screen.

'Your diligent practice has made your mind more focused, and your mastery of the "Linzi Technique" has increased by 1.'

Now, the practice of the "Lin" technique is progressing as slowly as a tortoise. Since achieving minor success, the path to mastery is still a long way off.

At dawn the next day, Xu Yunfan looked out the window of the attic and saw that the Xuanwu Martial Arts Platform, which had been destroyed by the Ten Extremes True Qi the day before, had been completely renewed in the morning light.

The numerous cracks on the obsidian base were filled with gilded steel, and the broken dragon pillar was recarved from a single piece of jade.

He couldn't help but admire the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who were dressed in dark official robes and were not much different from the disciples of the Ministry of Works in the Heavenly Crafts Cave.

The battlefield where the sword energy of the Xuanzhen Sect and the flames of the Jiuyao Sect raged last night has now been completely transformed, even the patterns on the floor tiles are brand new, as if the Nine Realms War that shook Yujing had never happened.

If it weren't for the surrounding still-collapsed ruins that hinted at a fierce battle that had taken place here.

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On the Xuanwu Martial Arts Stage, where the morning mist had not yet dissipated, although it had been renovated and looked brand new, the air still retained the scorch marks left by the sword energy from last night.

As Xu Yunfan stepped over the obsidian tiles that shimmered with a bluish light, he felt a subtle fluctuation of spiritual energy beneath his feet, causing him to twitch his brow slightly.

These fluctuations of spiritual energy formed a kind of array, which was interfering with his absorption of the spiritual energy of the surrounding world.

Six hundred feet away.

"The pulse resonance of the Zhenling Jade has reached 70%."

Inside the Ministry of Works' observation tower, the Ministry's chief clerk turned a button on one side of the mechanism toward the Xuanwu Platform. The three spirit jades on the ritual track were trembling violently. Upon seeing this, he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Xu Yunfan is still absorbing spiritual energy... The spirit-suppressing jade embedded in the Ministry of Works probably won't last until noon."

The Vice Minister of Works, dressed in a black peacock embroidered patch, sneered upon hearing this: "All three hundred and sixty spirit-suppressing jades are taken from the cold veins of Kunlun Ruins, they can withstand it."

He suddenly lowered his voice, "When the Dao Sect used the Dragon-Nailing Technique to forcibly extract the dragon vein, did they ever consider that we could use the same principles of earth veins to counter it?"

Suddenly, the commander of the Imperial City Guard in the corner interjected, "Don't forget, if Xu Yunfan truly possesses the Ten Extremes Martial Arts created by the Heavenly Sword Dugu Jiu three hundred years ago, as he claims..."

"Shut up!"

The Vice Minister of Works interrupted sharply, "The Empress doesn't want speculation! If the backflow of Xuanhuang Qi cannot be suppressed by noon, you can all prepare to collect the corpses of your families!"

Qianhu opened his mouth, moved his lower lip, and finally sighed silently.

This is a job that will kill your whole family.

Xu Yunfan was practically freakish, and with the Daoist sect setting up the Luotian Grand Ceremony, even though the three monks from the Amitabha Temple who had suffered hardship went to investigate, they still didn't have any particularly good solutions after arriving in Yujing City.

The Dao Sect has existed for far longer than the Great Zhou Dynasty; heaven knows what earth-shattering things it holds. On the arena, Xu Yunfan lightly stomped his foot, his brows slightly raised.

"It's quite interesting."

He glanced at the collapsed walls around him, and where the white marble railings, shattered yesterday by the aftershocks of the Ten Extremes True Qi, now stood several figures with profound and awe-inspiring presence.

The purple-robed elder of the Nine Luminaries Sect, and the newly appointed leader of the Xuanzhen Sect.

Three female cultivators from Penglai Pavilion in the East Sea, and beside them, a figure about ten feet tall, whose entire body was shrouded in a cloak...

Apart from the Dao Sect, the other five major sects are all present.

Xu Yunfan swept his gaze around with a hint of provocation, causing everyone's expressions to turn cold.

"Let's see how arrogant he is now. He'll regret it later." The Sword Master of Tianxuan in the Sword Pavilion sneered.

The Taoist priest in the green robe from the Xuanzhen Sect had a cold expression. He simply activated his Dragon-Tiger True Qi, channeling it into the divine weapon at his waist to build up its power, without uttering a word.

"The final round of scientific and technological warfare begins!"

The old deacon's hoarse voice had just begun.

Xu Yunfan was somewhat stunned when he saw the three monks from Amitabha Temple appear on the stage.

He sneered and turned to look at the high platform: "Old deacon, when did the rules of this arena become three against one?"

The hunched old man shakily unfurled a scroll of bright yellow silk: "The Vajra Subduing Demon Sutra of Amitabha Temple records that three monks suffering from hardship practiced the secret method of the 'Trinity,' their qi and souls resonating together."

Meeting Xu Yunfan's aggressive gaze, he swallowed the rest of his sentence, his throat bobbing. The vermilion seal at the end of the silk was clearly the double seal of the Imperial Observatory and the Imperial City Guard. "According to Article Seven of the Great Zhou's 'Regulations on Military Affairs,' it can be considered as one person."

"What a wonderful trinity!"

Xu Yunfan suddenly burst into laughter, utterly speechless. Was this truly the exercise of the final right of interpretation?

The Crimson Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace ignited with blazing white flames in his palm. "Then today I'll give it to you..."

The dragon patterns on the mace suddenly lit up one after another, and a dragon's roar suddenly erupted, causing the red crystal scales on the mace to stand upside down.

"All beings return to the West!"

“Benefactor, you are speaking too much.”

The compassionate voice, accompanied by the flash of a blade, was the first to tear through the morning mist, and where the blade passed, even the air itself rippled with a murky white mist.

This demonic weapon, inherited from the Great Qian era, is specifically designed to counter the circulation of true qi. However, Xu Yunfan charged straight up against the blade's edge, his ten extreme true qi forming a spiral vortex within his body—a variation of the Eight Desolate Dragon Fall's "Earth Dragon Turns Over."

The moment the Compassionate and Profound Yin Soul-Slaying Blade slashed into the vortex, the mace suddenly exploded into thousands of crimson crystals, like spewing molten lava. Each fragment of crystal was wrapped with blazing flames that were condensed to the point of almost tangible explosion by the Ten Extreme True Qi.

The Compassionate God Armor Kasaya couldn't withstand it at all and instantly vaporized. The old monk was shocked to realize that the explosive Ten Extreme True Qi was so domineering.

"town!"

At this moment, Ci'e seized the opportunity to slam the Dragon-Suppressing Seal onto the ground.

The earth's veins, which had been secretly altered by the Ministry of Works last night, suddenly began to boil.

A mysterious yellow chain formed by the convergence of nine dragon veins burst forth from beneath Xu Yunfan's feet.

Seeing this, Ci Nan hurriedly scattered the Thousand Machine Powder. As he activated his true energy, the poisonous mist that could stagnate true energy instantly enveloped Xu Yunfan!

Xu Yunfan showed no sign of panic, and even a hint of sarcasm. The Ten Extremes True Qi can be divided into ten different types of force, which can be transformed into all kinds of methods. How could it be limited? These people think they know the Ten Extremes Martial Arts. They are too presumptuous.

(Sorry I got back late today, everyone. I'll try my best tomorrow!)
(End of this chapter)