The world of martial arts, the immortal swordsman in the mortal realm.

Chapter 205, page 220: Storms and thunder, all are my sword!

Lu Chen recounted his story of storming the Jingnian Temple alone and seizing the He Shi Bi jade, occasionally responding to Rong'er and Li Mochou's questions.

"Does that Jingnian Zen Temple really have that much copper?"

"Yes, a small bronze hall, five hundred life-size Arhat statues, and even larger Bodhisattva statues, all cast in brass."

"They're so rich! Shouldn't they hurry up and destroy Buddhism to rob the rich... no, rob the rich to help the poor?"

"Who dares to destroy them? The Buddhist sect has immense power, with countless experts..."

How powerful are the four guardian deities of Jingnian Temple?

"Each of them can wield a 100-pound steel staff as easily as a wooden stick."

"It's even heavier than the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword... Does that mean everyone there has a level five martial arts skill?"

"They're even stronger than the Five Greats. The masters of that world all value spiritual cultivation and are skilled at sensing qi. If you don't have spiritual cultivation, don't understand qi sensing, and can't hide your own aura changes, even if your skill is similar to theirs, no matter how exquisite your moves are, you won't be able to hit them. But they can easily sense the changes in your moves. The difference is like that between a blind person and a sighted person."

"Then there's really no way to fight them... But no matter how strong they are, they're just your defeated opponents."

"That's true."

After finishing this part, she talked about the battle for the He Shi Bi jade in Luoyang. Upon hearing that Li Mi had sent people to seize the jade and even damaged the newly built waterside pavilion, Huang Rong immediately concluded that Li Mi was in big trouble.

As she had predicted, things unfolded exactly as she had envisioned.

After recounting the battles of Dou Yin and Qu Ao, the next topic is the Battle of Mangshan.

"...The hammers I used actually weighed less than 800 jin (400 kg) in total. But as the story went on, somehow it became known as two huge hammers, each weighing 1,200 jin (600 kg), and they were even given the name 'Five Thunder Hammers'..."

Huang Rong and Li Mochou laughed non-stop as they listened. After laughing, they were amazed at how powerful the hammer Lu Chen used was. Even though the two hammers together weighed less than 800 pounds, in this world, that would be a legendary feat.

Upon hearing Lu Chen mention his slaying of Li Mi, Huang Rong knew that after this battle, no one among the warlords at the end of the Sui Dynasty dared to provoke Lu Chen anymore, and she also understood why Li Yuan had given him the best palace in the Lishan Palace.

Although from Huang Rong's perspective, who lived in a later era, Li Mi was merely a fleeting and short-lived overlord.

Although he won every battle and almost wiped out all the elite troops of the Sui court in the Central Plains, he never managed to capture Luoyang. After his defeat, he collapsed and could not rise again.

But at that time, no one knew that Li Mi would suffer such a crushing defeat.

People at the time even generally agreed that Li Mi was one of the most formidable competitors in the land.

Lu Chen took the lead, his two great hammers sweeping across the army. He led two thousand iron cavalry to defeat Li Mi's main force of forty thousand men, killing Li Mi on the spot. In the eyes of the people at the time, it was Lu Chen's two hammers that shattered Li Mi's dream of ruling the world.

The strongest warlords have all been defeated by Lu Chen. Which of the other warlords would dare to be so foolish as to provoke him?
They're too busy flattering and fawning over each other.

The story isn't over yet.

Rong'er and Li Mochou were already at their breaking point.

Although he still wanted to force himself to listen to Lu Chen continue, seeing them yawning, their eyes brimming with tears, and their eyelids drooping, Lu Chen stopped talking.

"Next, it'll just be some minor squabbles between martial arts practitioners... Alright, I know you want to hear it, so I'll continue tomorrow. Now, everyone should get some sleep. Especially Rong'er, the baby in your belly needs rest too."

Rong'er's eyes were glazed over as she grabbed Lu Chen's arm:

"Then... I want you to hold me while I sleep."

Lu Chen nodded with a smile:

"Okay, hold me while I sleep."

Her belly was already quite prominent, and Rong'er's favorite sleeping position, nestled in his arms, was no longer possible.

So Rong'er bent her legs and lay on her side, nestled beautifully in Lu Chen's arms, who was also lying on his side. Her full, pert buttocks, like peaches, pressed tightly against his lower abdomen, and her slender neck rested on his arm. She quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Li Mochou lay on her side behind Lu Chen, gently embracing him, and soon drifted into a sweet dream.

……

Rumble!
A deafening thunderclap rolled across the sky.

The continuous flashes of lightning illuminated the clouds, which were piled up like mountains and looked as if they had been dyed in ink.

When the lightning occasionally stops.

Between the sea and the sky, a dim and gloomy atmosphere descended.

This is a storm at sea.

On the sea, towering waves, like mountains, surged and roared under the sweeping storm, turning the sea beneath the storm into a no-man's-land where not a single sail could survive.

But at this moment.

A small sampan, yet it braved the storm and sailed through the waves.

Lu Chen stood with his hands behind his back at the bow of the sampan, his clothes and long hair flying wildly, but his feet were as steady as if they were rooted to the ground.

He closed his eyes, not using his physical eyes, but relying solely on his spiritual sense to perceive the area where the calamity energy was most concentrated.

Under the cover of his sword wind force field, the small boat swiftly shuttled between the crests and troughs of the waves, sometimes taking advantage of the wind to rush up to the top of the high waves, and sometimes sliding down from the top of the waves, like a roller coaster sliding into the deep troughs of the waves.

No matter how raging the storm or how fierce the waves, this seemingly flimsy sampan never capsized or broke apart.

It was like the chariot of the sea god, able to traverse even the most treacherous storms that large ships dared not venture into.

Natural disasters and calamities are very difficult to perceive and capture.

Even though Lu Chen was in the midst of it, it took him a long time. It wasn't until the storm was nearing its end that he finally sensed a wisp of mysterious and ethereal tribulation energy. He then quickly activated the "Tribulation Sword" technique to capture the tribulation energy.

Natural disasters and calamities are different from human calamities and calamities.

After refining the calamity energy of the human path, one's physical strength, true energy, and mental cultivation will increase simultaneously, accumulating calamity energy.

The aura of natural disasters, when refined into a sword, can imbue it with the power of natural disasters; if refined to a high level, it can even trigger various natural disasters.

At this moment, Lu Chen captured the storm energy at sea. After refining it, his swordsmanship could carry the power of the storm and the waves.

This power, when applied to the sword wind field, complements it perfectly.

After capturing the calamity energy, Lu Chen did not refine it for the time being. Instead, he continued to capture more calamity energy while the storm was still raging.

With the previous wisp of tribulation energy as a guide, the subsequent perception and capture of tribulation energy became increasingly smooth.

By the time the great storm ended, he had not only captured six strands of storm energy, but also a trace of thunderstorm energy.

The energy of thunder and lightning, once refined, can imbue sword techniques with the power of thunder, and even attract heavenly lightning strikes.

Unfortunately, a mere wisp of thunderous tribulation energy wasn't enough to grant him much power; at most, it could make his swordsmanship and movement a little faster.

However, Lu Chen was already very satisfied.

Natural calamity energy is already hard to find, so to have made such a gain on the first attempt is quite lucky.

"It's currently the season for frequent storms in the East China Sea, and I can sense the direction of the storms. So I'm taking advantage of this vacation to capture and refine as much calamity energy as possible to further enhance my strength!" The Turkic army is about to invade the south. Judging from the density of the illusory cocoon of calamity energy around me, the Turkic invasion will involve at least one force.

The one leading the team must be none other than Martial Venerable Bi Xuan.

This great battle will be a test even for Lu Chen.

Therefore, he needed to improve his strength as much as possible before the battle.

In the world of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, the efficiency of cultivating true qi, physique, and mind is quite low, far inferior to that of the world of Twin Dragons.

Only when cultivating with Rong'er and Mochou can the progress of one's physique and true energy be comparable to that of the Twin Dragons World.

However, there is a limit to dual cultivation every day. Now that there is no Tribulation Qi to refine, the only thing that can be used to quickly improve strength without being limited by the world's energy level is the Tribulation Qi of Heavenly Calamity.

……

On Peach Blossom Island, a light rain was falling.

Inside the Sword Testing Pavilion.

Lu Chen sat cross-legged on the stone bench, the light around him flickering, and the faint sounds of wind howling and waves surging swirling around him.

Li Mochou, holding an oil-paper umbrella in one hand and a bamboo basket in the other, came to deliver his meal.

As soon as Li Mochou stepped within ten zhang of the Sword Testing Pavilion, she felt darkness envelop her. In a daze, it was as if she had stepped into a stormy sea with a dark sky and raging hurricanes all around, like mountains and seas, and thunder and lightning were brewing above her head.

This strange illusion startled Li Mochou, who quickly activated the "Bright Moon Over the Vast Sea" visualization technique.

This visualization method was created by Lu Chen based on the "Bright Moon Over the Vast Sea" visualization method given to him by Wanwan, and incorporated some of the essence of "Sword 4: Heart Sword". It was specially designed for Rong'er, Li Mochou, and Huang Yaoshi to cultivate their minds.

It has been nearly four months since Huang Rong and the other two obtained this visualization method. Even though the progress of cultivating the secret mental techniques in the world of Condor Heroes is very slow, they have all made some progress through daily practice.

now.

Li Mochou activated her secret technique, and a bright moon immediately rose in the depths of her mind, casting down a clear light like silken rain or pure snow.

Beneath the bright moon lies a vast ocean, its surface surging with towering waves, signifying that one is currently under external influence, feeling uneasy and experiencing hallucinations.

The moonlight, like fine rain or clear snow, fell upon the turbulent waves of the sea, causing them to subside.

At the same time, the bright moon also faintly reflected the true scene around Li Mochou.

There were no storms or tsunamis, no thunder or lightning; all around was a gentle breeze and drizzle.

Li Mochou breathed a sigh of relief. While maintaining her visualization, she looked at Lu Chen and saw him sitting on a stone bench, smiling at her.

With Li Mochou's still shallow spiritual cultivation, even if Lu Chen had only just refined a small amount of storm and thunder tribulation energy and integrated it into the sword wind force field, if he exerted his full strength, Li Mochou would not be able to break free. She would inevitably be deluded by illusions and gradually believe that she had truly arrived at the sea area where storms raged and thunder surged.

After that, Lu Chen didn't even need to lift a finger; he could easily subdue her with just the power of the sword wind field.

The reason why Lu Chen saw through the illusion so quickly was obviously because he had withdrawn his power.

That being said, Lu Chenjian's wind field's hallucinogenic ability can only bully opponents who lack mental cultivation or have shallow mental cultivation.

Against those masters in the Twin Dragons world who value spiritual cultivation, illusions at this level are useless; one still needs to rely on real and authentic power.

After the sword wind force field was integrated with the calamity energy, its power was greatly enhanced.

The more tribulation energy he refines in the future, the stronger he will become.

It can even transform the virtual into the real under the influence of the force field, creating real hurricanes, tsunamis, thunderstorms and other natural disasters, achieving a dual blow on both the psychological and physical levels.

Li Mochou arrived at the pavilion, put down her oil-paper umbrella, and placed her bamboo basket on the stone table:

"Dinner's ready, Brother Chen. Three dishes and a soup. Rong'er also cooked a side dish herself today."

"Why is Rong'er cooking herself again?"

"She insisted on cooking for you. She said she's not the kind of delicate, fragile young lady who can fight and compete with people, so cooking is no problem for her."

Lu Chen shook his head, also having nothing to say.

Because Rong'er is right. Don't underestimate her just because she's a fragile little thing in front of him. She's still one of the Five Great Masters of the Second Rank, and even if she's about to give birth, she's still capable of using her martial arts.

Stopping his cultivation, Lu Chen took the bowl and chopsticks handed to him by Li Mochou and began to eat.

Li Mochou sat on the stone bench next to him, propping her chin up with one hand, watching Lu Chen eat intently, her eyes and brows full of smiles.

Two of the three dishes and one soup were made by her.

For the past few months, she has been diligently practicing her cooking skills under Rong'er's guidance, and even Senior Huang praised her cooking skills, saying that they have reached some of Rong'er's level.

Judging from the way Lu Chen is eating and drinking so heartily, he seems quite satisfied with her cooking skills.

"Brother Chen, are you going out again tonight?"

"If there's no storm, I'll teach you and Rong'er new skills tonight. If there is a storm, we'll have to go out first."

Rong'er was proficient in the White Python Whip Technique and was skilled with the soft whip. Lu Chen then gave Rong'er the two "Hundred Transformations Diamond Spears" that Zhao Deyan used as both a spear and a whip, and also taught Rong'er how to use the "Hundred Transformations Diamond Spears".

As for Li Mochou, she continued to be taught swordsmanship.

Unfortunately, even though Li Mochou was a master swordswoman with top-notch comprehension and combat talent in the era of Condor Heroes and Return of the Condor Heroes, she was limited by her environment and lacked spiritual cultivation. Her swordsmanship was still not enough to be branded with a sword spirit and thus she could not become the fourth sword spirit.

However, it doesn't matter if he can't become a sword spirit. Since Lu Chen can travel through the heavens, he can obtain other "methods of immortality" or "elixirs of immortality" in the future.

Just then, Li Mochou said softly:
"Storms at sea are dangerous, Rong'er and I are both a little worried..."

"rest assured."

Lu Chen smiled slightly and flicked his sleeve towards the outside of the pavilion. The drizzling rain immediately slid away to both sides, revealing a passageway that was one zhang high and three zhang long, where not a drop of rain fell, as if an invisible rain-sheltered corridor had appeared in the rain.

"Sea storms can't harm me. No matter how strong the storm is, I can walk on flat ground."

Li Mochou's beautiful eyes were filled with amazement:
"Brother Shen's martial arts skills now look no different from those of a deity!"

Lu Chen laughed:

"When martial arts are mastered to a certain level, they become no different from magic. However, my current skills are still just minor tricks, far inferior to true divine magic..."

After chatting and finishing their meal, Lu Chen began meditating again, while Li Mochou cleaned up the dishes, picked up her bamboo basket, and went back under her umbrella.

After leaving the pavilion and walking a few feet, she looked back and saw that the light around Lu Chen was constantly changing. The rain falling from all sides outside the pavilion also rhythmically gathered towards the pavilion and spread outwards, sometimes in accordance with the changes in light and shadow around Lu Chen.

Such a wondrous sight amazed Li Mochou, and she once again secretly resolved to cultivate even more diligently.

evening.

Lu Chen sensed a storm brewing east of Peach Blossom Island and once again set sail.

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