The Path to Immortality Begins with the Life-Extending Lamp

Chapter 161 Unbridled

Jiang Daoren held the Eight Treasures Fan in his palm, tucked it behind his waist, and stared at the young man opposite him. He narrowed his eyes, then drew his magic sword and flicked it, producing a long, resonant sword hum.

Since he entered the Daoist path, he has traveled across the land for a hundred years. What kind of scene hasn't he seen?
As a wandering Taoist, a rogue cultivator, which of his magical weapons, the Separating Gold Sword and the Eight Treasures Fan, hasn't been stained with blood? How could he possibly back down to a junior from a celestial sect!
“Kill!”

Then, with a flick of the Taoist's sword, the light of the Separation and Union Sword seemed to reflect a cold gleam. Without any sword moves, he raised his hand and launched a two-point line thrust. For those of them in the Purple Mansion realm, a distance of a hundred feet was not even as long as their forearm. In the blink of an eye, he collided with the Xuan Yuan Qi Python beside Li Qing.

[Clang clang] The sound of metal clashing against metal rose and fell like pearls falling onto a plate. The Heavenly Palace Profound Qi transformed into a nine-foot-six-foot-long dragon, coiling three times and bowing its head to protect itself. This was a deeper application of the One Qi Dao, a method no less powerful than the sword Dao's "Separation and Combination".

Li Qing did not dodge. With her left hand she waved the long banner of Wuyi, and with her right hand she transformed into a claw and grabbed at the sword light from a distance. In an instant, the Yuan Qi dragon python swam up.

What was originally just a white, misty ink-wash dragon and python suddenly transformed into a real thing in an instant. Its scales resembled silver armor, its six horns intertwined and pointed upwards, its four whiskers were like celestial ropes, and it had the power to soar through the air even without feet. It was truly a colossal creature.

The nine-zhang-long dragon body twisted and turned, shaking its head and tail, its hundred-turned dragon body colliding head-on with the sword light of separation and reunion. Inch by inch, the silver scales and sword light clashed, preventing the sword light from splitting and flashing. This primordial energy was inexhaustible. After a hundred or so collisions, the sword light was completely worn away.

However, just as Li Qing's long banner was fluttering and igniting the fifty-four fire stars, the master of the sword light disappeared again!

"The Six Jia Qi Men, turning the tide?"

Li Qing's pupils contracted slightly as he looked around. The once barren Black Mountain seemed to suddenly undulate in his eyes, and the hundred-zhang distance between the two of them began to shift under the influence of Jiang Daoren's Qimen technique.

The so-called Qiankun refers to heaven and earth. In the heavens it is light, and on earth it is qi. When the eight scenic positions are combined, the light of heaven and the qi of earth are manipulated, which is the power to reverse the Qiankun. This can make people deeply involved and unable to see the truth...

This is a superior method compared to manipulating the five senses and confusing the six consciousnesses.

In this Qimen formation, you can no longer believe what you see and hear, nor dare you be certain whether your perception is real!
Just like Li Qing at this moment, with a wave of the black banner in his hand, fifty-four fire stars burst out in chaos, and the continuous explosions stirred up boundless air waves, but the landing point of each fire star was not what Li Qing expected.

The aftershocks of the fire explosion rippled outwards, and the dragon banner above fluttered in the hot wind. Three or five Taoist priests, bound to the sides of the dragon banner with golden ropes, twisted and turned, trying to move behind the three-foot-high platform to avoid the aftershocks of Li Qing and his companion's battle...

"The heavens have three luminaries: the sun, the moon, and the stars; the Tao has three powers: heaven, earth, and humanity!"

"Even if it's the Three Wonders and Six Instruments, it's just borrowing this field itself."

Li Qing gripped the long banner tightly with his left hand, his chest heaving as he inhaled through his nose. As if swallowing the universe, he circulated his breath throughout his body, nurturing it until it reached a state of overwhelming power. Then, he turned his head and exhaled in one breath, the powerful air waves shaking the ten-mile-long Black Mountain like an overturned sea.

The azure white mist was exhaled from Li Qing's lips and teeth, and when it met the void, it transformed into a surging sea of ​​heaven and earth in the blink of an eye, regardless of the light of heaven and earth, the laws of heaven and earth, or the three powers and six principles.

The entire universe was in disarray, the Five Elements were out of control, the Three Powers were separated, and only Yin and Yang remained, with the Six Qi in flux.

This is the Primordial Qi Mantra in the "Taiyi Zhou Tian Qi Cultivation Method," and also the basic divine mantra of the Primordial Qi Dao. When activated by the vast Primordial Qi, it can overturn the world with ease...

The powerful gale-force winds and waves disrupted the Qimen Dunjia and the eight scenic directions. Finally, the figure of Daoist Jiang was revealed. He held a sword in his right hand and a fan in his left. He used his magical light to create a vacuum zone ten feet high and stood solemnly in the center of the eye of the storm.

"Such abundant primordial energy!"

As Jiang Daoren watched the young man carrying the banner walking in the strong wind, he became increasingly wary.

The turbulent currents of Qi seemed to have no effect on Li Qing. All the waves of Qi that encountered him were easily avoided, reversed, and even used by him, as if he were the master of this Qi sea.

Its vitality is high and its momentum is as vast as the sky and the sea; it is truly extraordinary!

However, there is a reason why the ancient Taoist tradition became the ancient Taoist tradition. The application of the Five Elements Cycle by the One Yuan Qi Dao was biased...

The Taoist Jiang pointed his finger, the magic sword returned to its socket, and he wielded the Eight Treasures Fan, crashing it into the Black Iron Mountain. Suddenly, he disappeared without a trace, leaving no trace in the entire world.

"Another escape technique? This time it's the Five Elements Great Escape?"

Li Qing frowned slightly, suddenly understanding why Jiang Shiqi was able to bind all the paths and occupy Black Mountain in an instant.

The Six Jia Qi Men, the Five Elements Great Escape, the Flying Sword Technique, the Binding Method, the Eight Treasures Divine Light... what an incredibly complex set of skills!
The next instant, a pair of pitch-black iron hands emerged from the iron mountain beneath Li Qing's feet, ruthlessly grabbing at Li Qing. These black hands seemed to be formed from the essence of five metals and iron, and they even tried to drag the Yuan Qi dragon python into the iron mountain at the same time.

If he really succeeds, Li Qing, who is not skilled in the Five Elements Escape Technique, will surely sink to the bottom of Iron Mountain and be crushed into mincemeat by the immense force.

Li Qing reacted quickly, flicking the long banner. The nearly ten-foot-long banner swirled, resembling a black and red dragon dancing, directly enveloping Li Qing within it.

When the giant hand of Xuan Tie Jin Dun came over, the "No Clothes" talisman on the banner shone brightly, and the spiritual light rose up, transforming into a boundless battlefield, with broken halberds and shattered blades forming a mound. The iron hand grabbed onto the talisman's light, and after a series of loud cracking sounds, it was once again caught in a struggle.

Even with Li Qing's guidance, the light of war and slaughter grew even stronger, and it pierced through the Golden Iron Hand!

"How can we say we have no clothes? We share the same robes with you. The king is raising an army; let us prepare our spears and shields, and fight together against this common enemy."

"How can it be said that we have no clothes? We will share the same garments with you. The king is raising an army; let us prepare our spears and halberds, and fight together with you."

"..."

As the "No Robes" talisman rose, a desolate, ancient, and solemn war song resounded. This originated from an ancient historical relic in the northern part of Tiandu, which was collected as a classic by the Southern Kingdom and then refined into a talisman for the purpose of killing soldiers and bringing disaster.

Li Qing pulled up the long banner and flicked the tassels. On the black and red banner, the unclothed talisman transformed into the images of battlefield warriors, their sharp aura revealed on their surfaces.

This Taoist Jiang has a truly wide range of methods; we can't afford to waste any more time with him!

At this moment, Li Qing realized that this was the first challenger, and he had to finish the battle quickly and conserve his strength.

Then Li Qing waved the long banner, and the ancient aura of the six heavens, such as the killing of soldiers, the calamity of gold, and the wounding of souls, swept up and suddenly condensed into golden spears, silver axes, blood spears, and black halberds... As Li Qing slammed the long banner into the ground, four weapons descended from the sky, fiercely piercing through the black iron mountain. The spears, axes, halberds, and halberds were densely packed, cutting the five metal stones open like tofu.

Below, an aura of boundless warfare and destruction was frantically invading this Black Mountain. Streams of killing intent followed Jiang Daoren. This aura was truly something that living people should not touch, for it would cause injury!
A single blow to a mortal body would instantly turn into pus and blood; a single impact on a magical artifact would also severely damage its metallic energy, revealing a degree of malevolence...

"Hiding? Let's see how long you can hide, fellow Daoist?"

This Taoist Jiang's Qimen and Five Escapes techniques are difficult to control, but they are not particularly strange. Although his sword energy and treasure light can be described as top-notch, his magic sword and treasure fan are only around 600 restrictions. In the end, he is still a rogue cultivator, so he is not too much of a threat!

Li Qing chuckled lightly, wielding the black banner, causing the soul pressure to surge again. A hundred strands of thoughts, like soldiers, accompanied the killing and calamity, hanging far behind the Taoist priest underground. He then stepped forward towards the dragon flag jade platform.

Since that Taoist Jiang wants to hide, let him hide. After Li Qing commands the evil spirits and sets up the altar, let's see if he can still hide.
With the primordial dragon coiled around him, Li Qing wielded a ten-foot-tall soul banner, striding through the swirling winds and sea of ​​energy, heading straight for the jade platform.

Now, how could that Taoist priest still stand?

The lotus crown from before and the soul banner now are both top-tier magical artifacts with a thousand restrictions or higher. What a true inheritance from the immortal sect!
This kid is already armed to the teeth; if he then sets up an altar, things will get really...

As he pondered this further, Jiang Shiqi's gaze at the long banner in Li Qing's hand became somewhat ambiguous.

The Taoist's aura, which had been wandering underground in the Black Mountain, suddenly disappeared. Li Qing seemed unaware and hurriedly rushed towards the dragon flag. In reality, the Five Peaks Suppressing Ghost Technique in his right sleeve had already been secretly activated.

He had lost patience to play the game with this Taoist Jiang who practiced the art of escaping and unpredictable techniques; only a surprise attack could deliver a fatal blow!
This minor supernatural power has the ability to teleport five ghosts and nail five ghosts to the head; if unleashed suddenly, it will surely succeed.

It seemed that Li Qing's hurried actions were in line with the image of someone his age. Born into a celestial sect and possessing magical artifacts, he was clearly a true disciple who had never experienced danger. Or perhaps it was because Li Qing's performance in the battle was so conventional that it did not cause Jiang Shiqi any further concern.

Jiang Daoist flashed and suddenly burst out from the ground. His magic sword was drawn from its sheath, and the sword transformed into eighty-one sword lights. The sword lights separated and merged, and the real and the illusory intertwined. At the same time, the treasure fan in his hand condensed light, and the eight treasures such as pearls, agate, jade, and amber reflected on it, illuminating a divine light of eight treasures, which was about to freeze Li Qing.

"Well done!"

Li Qing cheered inwardly. With a flick of his wrist, the black banner stretched out infinitely, transforming into a nearly hundred-foot-long curtain that fell down and gathered all eighty-one sword lights together.

At the same time, the primordial energy dragon-python materialized and coiled around his body. This protective energy of the Southern Dipper was enough to counteract most of the variables.

But the moment Li Qing made a hand seal with his right hand and unleashed the 'Five Peaks Suppressing Ghost Seal,' Jiang Daoren's expression suddenly changed, and then he burst into laughter.

"I noticed long ago that your right hand is different from ordinary people's. When you make hand seals and cast spells, ghostly talismans swirl around you. You really have a hidden secret!"

"Hahaha, in a desperate breakout, Taiyi Locks Evil..."

The Taoist priest laughed heartily, having anticipated Li Qing's countermeasure. He stood still in a corner of the void, forming the Treasure Bottle Seal, and three golden chains flew out from each of his sleeves. These golden chains were bound with a strange and evil spell, and in the blink of an eye, they extended to dozens of feet long. The first two golden chains first wrapped around Li Qing's wrists, and then his elbows and shoulders!
In the blink of an eye, Li Qing's entire right hand was bound by that strange magical artifact, and the "Five Peaks Suppressing Ghost Seal" was suppressed before it could even be activated.

In matters of magical combat, unless one possesses extraordinary talent, one must rely on past experience. Within the immortal sects, there are many true cultivators who are detached from worldly affairs and diligently study the Daoist scriptures, but there are truly few righteous cultivators who are particularly skilled in magical combat.

Looking at Li Qing's calculations, they are quite good among true disciples of the same age, but in front of these older, independent cultivators, they still seem somewhat naive!

"Ugh……"

Li Qing looked helpless and sighed. However, his aura suddenly changed. His bound right arm transformed from a palm into a finger. He neither relied on the Five Peaks Ghost Talisman nor drove his primordial energy. He simply pointed a finger at Jiang Daoren in the void.

"Command the six Ding and six Jia, move between the three departments, stand firm in the void, move in the five directions, suppress and restrain from all eight sides, and capture this person."

"Edict!"

With a flick of Li Qing's finger, the divine sense within his Purple Mansion Palace changed drastically. The immense soul pressure, still carrying a slight hint of the White Bone Temple, completely descended upon Jiang Daoren's head.

At the same time, a response seemed to originate from the illusory realm of the void.

"Here."

"Follow the Lord's command!"

The instant the voice of agreement rang out, Jiang Shiqi felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. In that instant, twelve malevolent forces, large and small, locked onto his sea of ​​consciousness.

Just as he was about to make a move, he was horrified to find that he had disappeared above Black Mountain. All around him was a gray mist, with a seemingly unchanging drizzle falling. Not far away, a cold wind swept through, and a canopy of corpse haze slowly drifted over, the bone-chilling yin energy already beginning to erode his magical power.

"The Eight Treasures of Qimen..."

The sounds of Jiang Daoren's struggles were drowned out by the ghostly cloud and rain, becoming increasingly indistinct. First, a purplish-blue ghostly hand emerged from the gloom, piercing through the protective divine light, and grabbed the Daoren's shoulder. With a crisp "sizzle," a purplish-blue ghostly handprint was immediately imprinted on his collarbone.

Immediately afterwards, the Five Directions Without Face and the Three Talents Wandering Maniac stretched out their large hands, imprinting bone-chilling ghostly seals onto his skin, instantly freezing the Taoist Jiang's magical power.

General Feichang spread his wings, and strips of white paper flew everywhere, constantly sticking to Jiang Daoren, as if to wrap him up and seal him away.

Rumble

But the silver-armored general came hurtling through the air, and with the momentum of his sudden movement, he struck the Taoist priest in the chest with a horizontal arm strike. As blood dripped and absolute violence was transmitted, even the hordes of madmen could no longer hold onto the Taoist priest, and were all sent flying hundreds of feet away by the silver-armored madmen...

After a dozen or so breaths.

At the summit of Black Mountain, Li Qing held the long banner in his hand and nailed it into the ground, forcibly inserting it into the iron mountain forged from refined iron. He then stood beside the dragon flag on the mountaintop and looked back.

Within the dark cloud domain, a hazy mist filled the air, casting a reflection of a figure. A ten-foot-tall faceless man slowly approached, and in his purplish-red ghostly hand, he was carrying the unconscious "Jiang Daoist"!
(End of this chapter)