Starting with the divine power of the Great Vajra, he traversed the heavens.

Chapter 460 Harmonious Law

"Brother Ren, did you summon me here just to study this?" Liang Xiao couldn't help but laugh when he heard him say that.

Ren Shaoyang slowly said, "I..."

"Fine." Liang Xiao blinked. "You never lie, and everything you say is what you truly think. I don't want to hear it."

boom!
Ren Shaoyang gave him a sharp rap on the head with a stern face.

Despite his sixty years of cultivation, Liang Xiao couldn't dodge it and immediately pounced on the tortoise shell.

"Damn it, what are you doing, messing with me like this?" Ren Shaoyang cursed. "Are you going to do the research or not? If you're not going to, I'll kick you back here!"

"Study it, of course I'll study it!" Liang Xiao quickly got up and said with a grin, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I can't miss it!"

Ren Shaoyang snorted, jumped off the tortoise shell, and looked at Jianhe with his hands behind his back.

“Brother Ren,” Liang Xiao said, “Ah Xue has always been concerned about you.”

Ren Shaoyang's expression was gloomy, and he did not reply.

“I know you’re angry with me,” Liang Xiao said. “Back then, after we disembarked from the ship, I went to Mount Hua to bring Ah Xue back, and we lived in seclusion on Dongdao Island together. It’s just a pity that she was severely weakened in the battle of the Qiantang River.”

"Did she leave in peace?"

"Don't worry, she was holding my and Xiaoshuang's hands as we walked."

"I understand." Ren Shaoyang nodded and didn't say anything more.

Liang Xiao took a deep breath and suddenly asked, "Brother Ren, since you can summon me to the Sword Realm, then what about Ah Xue?"

"What?" Ren Shaoyang sneered, "You think I'm Aladdin's lamp?"

"Oh? You've heard this story too?" Liang Xiao asked in surprise.

"Don't interrupt." Ren Shaoyang paused for a moment. "I've never tried summoning the dead, and I'm not sure if it's her who comes out."

Liang Xiao's spirits lifted, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Shouldn't we have 'offerings'?"

"You're still as clever as ever," Ren Shaoyang chuckled. "Next time you come, bring some treasures that bring good fortune; maybe they can make the Sword River surge."

"The Sword River is surging, so I can summon Ah Xue?" Liang Xiao's eyes lit up as he focused on the river water. "Brother Ren summoned me using a treasure of destiny?"

Ren Shaoyang said, "Yes, I stole the three sacred treasures of Japan from this world, which is why the Sword River was restored to 30% of its original level, and that's why I summoned you."

Liang Xiao stared blankly at the Sword River, now reduced to a trickling stream, then smiled and said with narrowed eyes, "What kind of luck does a divine artifact from a small foreign country have? Let me search the Central Plains and find some divine artifacts from the Nine Provinces for you!"

"Great!" Ren Shaoyang clapped his hands and laughed, "The more the Imperial Seal, the Nine Tripods, the Xuanyuan Sword, and the like, the better."

“Brother Ren,” Liang Xiao said quietly, “your standards are a bit too high.”

Ren Shaoyang smiled and said, "Just do what you can. I trust you."

Liang Xiao smiled, gazing at the orange-red sky with an unexpectedly uplifting look in his eyes, and said softly, "Thank you."

Ren Shaoyang waved his hand: "The fact that you can glean even a little insight from the tortoise shell is the greatest gratitude you can give me."

Liang Xiao laughed and scratched his head: "Absolutely, absolutely!" He immediately perked up and looked down.

Ren Shaoyang didn't disturb him, but sat cross-legged on the spot and carefully sensed the energy of the sword realm.

As Liang Xiao studied the remains of the dragon turtle, he became more and more excited.

This man from West Kunlun seems to have transformed back into the young man who frantically calculated the ten most difficult divination problems in the Heavenly Mystery Palace.

He found a rocky outcrop, and using the "dragon-catching" technique, he flattened it to use as abacus paper.

Whenever he had an insight, he would carve and deduce it on the mountain rocks.

He wrote and calculated, sometimes fast, sometimes slow. When he was fast, his long sword flew like lightning, leaving countless strange equations on the rock wall; when he was slow, he concentrated deeply and remained motionless for a long time.

Ren Shaoyang didn't disturb them, but sat quietly in the distance, occasionally glancing at the rock wall that was gradually being covered by complex symbols.

At first, Liang Xiao's deductions were rebellious, as if he were challenging some established rules with mathematics. His formulas were bizarre and full of a sense of "disorder". Gradually, he slowed down, and the wildness on his face subsided, replaced by a deep doubt.

Liang Xiao suddenly stopped what he was doing, staring blankly at the calculations covering the wall.

"It's so."

Ren Shaoyang floated over: "What's wrong?"

“Brother Ren, look!” Liang Xiao pointed at the wall, his eyes shining brightly. “I used the Hetu and Luoshu to calculate, and no matter how upside down or chaotic it was at the beginning, no matter how it went against common sense, as long as I kept calculating, I would eventually get the result. The process... the process naturally became simple and beautiful!”

Ren Shaoyang said, "This sounds to coincide with your 'Way of Harmony'."

Liang Xiao nodded and said, "The Hetu and Luoshu on the dragon turtle's remains reveal that the operation of heaven and earth has its own laws. These laws are not rigid rules, but are indeed the way of harmony!"

Ren Shaoyang slightly opened his eyes, spread his five fingers, and with a whoosh, the Dragon Capture flew back into his hand. He then picked up the sword blade and flicked his finger.

"Clang~!" The melodious sword sound, like the shimmering waves of a great river or the radiant glow of the morning sun, traveled far and wide, spreading throughout the entire sword realm, and echoed from the surrounding mountains.

"The music of heaven and earth?" Liang Xiao's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Brother Ren, you actually use 'music' to harmonize heaven and earth, how amazing! Those who are 'disharmonious' do not need to be resisted, but can be assimilated and eliminated simply by 'harmony'."

"Harmony?"

These words struck Ren Shaoyang like a thunderclap, making him suddenly realize the truth.

“That’s right!” Liang Xiao spoke faster and faster, his expression excited. “Although your Harmony and my ‘Flowing Six Void Technique’ both originate from the Way of Harmony, our exploration of the ultimate principles of heaven and earth is quite different.”

Ren Shaoyang smiled and said, "My path is to ultimately merge into this grand 'harmony' of the universe."

Liang Xiao said, "Then mine is to use the eight forces of heaven and earth as a furnace to absorb them into my own power. My will is the will of heaven."

Ren Shaoyang said, "I should unite with the Dao and be in harmony with the laws of heaven and earth."

Liang Xiao chuckled and said, "Then I will roam the six voids and use my magic to govern all things."

The two exchanged sharp words, their auras surging like mountains and fortresses, crashing and colliding. Within the Sword Realm, the mountains trembled, and the Sword River churned with fine waves.

Suddenly, they all fell silent.

Ren Shaoyang stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the mountain rocks. He smiled nonchalantly, then suddenly flicked his sleeve and drew his sword, making a hissing sound as if he were carving something.

Liang Xiao stared intently and saw pebbles falling down, revealing three large characters.

"Harmony with Heaven"!
The autumn breeze is gentle, and the sun is high in the sky.

"Once upon a time, there was a long worm that cultivated for a thousand years and transformed into a beautiful older sister who was going to repay a debt of gratitude."

On a small bridge in Fengxi Village, an eight-year-old girl, with her two braids swaying, is telling a story with great enthusiasm and expression.

She was surrounded by a group of children, all with wide eyes and pricked-up ears, afraid of missing a single word.

Suddenly, a snotty-nosed child exclaimed, "I've heard it! I've heard it! That long snake is called Bai Suzhen, isn't it? My mother told me about it!"

“I know too, she’s with Fahai!” another girl with a topknot quickly added.

"Nonsense!" someone immediately retorted, "The worm is with her man."

"Huh? She has another man?"

"Yes, my dad said that person was called Xu Xian, and he was very powerful. His name was something like 'Riding Snake True Lord'."

"Wow, I want to be Xu Xian! I want to ride a snake!"

Xiao Tong stomped her feet in anger, put her hands on her hips, and shouted, "Stop, stop, stop! What nonsense is this? Do you want to hear it or not?"

Just as the children surrounded Xiaotong, eagerly asking her what happened next.

"Whoo~"

A sudden gust of cold wind blew in without warning, making the children shiver. They seemed to smell a sweet, metallic scent, like rust.

Xiao Tong suddenly felt a chill run through her body, and a bone-chilling coldness rushed into her heart. She subconsciously turned her head to look at Xiao Qiao.

Suddenly, an extremely imposing black figure stood silently on the opposite bank.

It's so high, it's like a mountain has been moved to the entrance of the village.

The sunlight cast a long, distorted shadow behind him, enveloping the entire small bridge.

The outline alone is enough to send chills down your spine.

"Little girl, do the three villains live here?"

A voice suddenly rang out, cold, cruel, deep, and domineering.

Xiaotong and the children were all frozen in fear. Several of the more timid children's mouths trembled, and tears streamed down their faces as they were about to burst into loud sobs. But when the man's cold and cruel gaze swept over them, the children immediately choked, like ducks being choked, unable to utter a sound.

At that moment, heavy footsteps sounded, and the wooden bridge creaked painfully.

He slowly stopped, leaned down to look at me, his face was cold and stern, his eyes were fierce and cruel, and his half-black and half-red hair made him look especially sinister.

"Little girl, why don't you speak?" He grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth.

A massive shadow, thick with viscous malice, completely engulfed the children.

Xiaotong's face turned pale, and her heart pounded, but she still took a deep breath, shielded her trembling companions behind her, and asked in a trembling voice, "Who...who are you looking for? And who are you?"

"Me?" The man's laugh grew even more terrifying. "I have a name that will be remembered by the world for all eternity—"

"Divine General!"

(End of this chapter)