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Chapter 300 Li Yunjing's Ambition (Seeking monthly votes, burst updates begin!)
Han Yanzhi also noticed this; sweat had already appeared on his temples, and his anxiety was evident on his face.

His fear was palpable.

"No! We can't wait any longer! We have to kill Li Yunjing, or I'm finished!"

The thought flashed through Han Yanzhi's mind, and he immediately became anxious. He grabbed with his large hand, and a gourd appeared in his hand.

As soon as the mouth of the green gourd was pulled off, "poof poof poof," seven-colored runes, carrying a seven-colored light, spewed out from inside the gourd.

Each rune represents joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, grief, bitterness, and sorrow!

These runes represent seven extreme emotions.

This item was the top-grade spiritual artifact that Li Chuanghai lent him; it was even a treasure that had reached the level of a half-step magic weapon.

This "Seven Emotions Gourd" collects the emotions of the seven emotions and six desires, and is full of worldly concerns.

The impurities of the mortal world are specifically designed to harm cultivators; it is a deadly poison that is feared throughout the cultivation world!
Ordinary cultivators dare not touch these worldly impurities.

But some people aren't afraid!

Whether they are immortals or demons, some people experience trials in the mortal world, or deliberately seek enlightenment about the great Dao of heaven and earth amidst great sorrow and joy.

The "Seven Emotions Gourd" was created by a master craftsman at Li Chuanghai's request!

The mortal world's mixed energy within it was a special kind of primordial energy he collected during his trials in the mortal world. He refined it using special methods, and then, with the help of a master craftsman, he fused it with the "Seven Emotions Gourd" to create a powerful artifact comparable to a half-step treasure.

This treasure has a special function, and in terms of potential, it is even greater than ordinary treasures.

At this point, Han Yanzhi had no choice but to use this treasure to help him deal with Li Yunjing.

As soon as the "Seven Emotions Gourd" opened its mouth, the entire "Grievance Platform" was filled with this worldly mist, forming a seven-colored glazed light.

For a moment, Li Yunjing felt his emotions were shaken, experiencing a mix of emotions: sometimes he wanted to be overjoyed, sometimes he wanted to cry, and sometimes he wanted to be furious.

His emotions were completely out of his control, let alone calming his mind and circulating his magical power.

"Damn it! I didn't expect this person to have such a deadly weapon!"

Li Yunjing's mind wavered, and he was unable to calm down.

Below the "Grievance Platform," the elder of the "Enforcement Hall" exclaimed in surprise: "What a powerful gourd! It actually collects the impurities of the mortal world, using the seven emotions as its foundation. Unless one cultivates to the Nascent Soul Realm and their primordial spirit is pure and unblemished, they will suffer great harm!"

It's unbelievable that Han Yanzhi obtained such a treasure from who-knows-where; it's truly astonishing!
Seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of his fellow disciples, Li Chuanghai's lips curled into a smug smile.

What enabled Li Chuanghai to rank among the top thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect"?
This is his ultimate weapon!
With this treasure, Li Chuanghai dared to be so arrogant and domineering. In his heart, he even felt that one day, when he advanced to the Golden Core Realm and upgraded the "Seven Emotions Gourd" to a treasure, he could become a top-tier existence among the elders.

"Those who can dispel it, inwardly observe their mind, and the mind has no mind; outwardly observe their form, and the form has no form; distantly observe their objects, and their objects have no objects. Once these three are understood, only emptiness is seen; observing emptiness is also emptiness, emptiness has nothing to be emptied; since what is emptied is nothing, even nothingness is nothing; since nothingness is nothing, there is a serene and constant stillness; in stillness there is nothing to be still, how can desire arise? Since desire does not arise, that is true stillness..."

Seeing that the other party was going to use worldly afflictions against him, Li Yunjing took advantage of his remaining strength and immediately used the "Divine Firmament Forging Divine Secrets Technique" to recite the "Taishang Laojun's Discourse on Purity and Tranquility".

As a Xuanmen sect, the "Shenxiao Daozong" has not only Dao and Dharma, but also many immortal scriptures that have been passed down.

These are all genuine artifacts, precious scriptures with a provenance.

Li Yunjing worked in the "Scripture Pavilion," so he naturally read many scriptures.

These scriptures explain the true meaning of spiritual practice.

It is a classic text that transcends the Daoist principles.

Within the sect, many people were unwilling to waste time on these scriptures, but Li Yunjing was the exact opposite. He had exceptionally high comprehension and cultivated Daoist techniques very quickly.

Li Yunjing has plenty of time to learn more.

Li Yunjing was an avid reader, especially of esoteric classics. He would study almost anything he came across within his authority.

The "Taishang Laojun Shuo Chang Qingjing Jing" describes the methods and states of mind for dispelling desires and purifying the mind.

Through introspection, external observation, and distant observation, one realizes that mind, form, and matter are all empty, thereby reaching a state of profound stillness and tranquility, preventing desires from arising.

At this moment, Li Yunjing was reciting the "Taishang Laojun's Discourse on Constant Purity and Tranquility," and he himself did not have any desires. So the worldly distractions had no effect on him.

All the negative emotions brought about by the "Seven Emotions Gourd" were swept away by the "Taishang Laojun's Classic of Purity and Tranquility," and Li Yunjing directly deciphered this top-tier treasure.

"Unorthodox methods are utterly useless!"

Having broken free from worldly distractions, Li Yunjing spoke calmly.

When the "Seven Emotions Gourd" was broken, Han Yanzhi's eyes widened in disbelief. He stammered, pointing at Li Yunjing, and said in a trembling voice, "Impossible! How could you possibly resist the worldly impurities of the seven emotions and six desires?"

"Heh! My 'Shenxiao Dao Sect' is a legitimate sect of the Xuanmen (mystical arts). We have countless Xuanmen scriptures. What don't we have? Your methods are far inferior!"

Li Yunjing said softly.

"Good! Well done! Li Yunjing truly deserves to be an outstanding disciple of my 'Divine Firmament Dao Sect'!"

Below the "Grievance Platform," the elder of the "Enforcement Hall," upon hearing Li Yunjing's words, slapped his thigh and said with a chuckle.

Li Yunjing's ideological awareness definitely makes him a promising candidate for the "Shenxiao Dao Sect". As a loyal elder, he originally felt very disgusted by Li Yunjing and Han Yanzhi's tendency to go to the "Enmity Platform" and fight to the death.

Now look what's happened! This elder has completely sided with Li Yunjing. What a disciple of the Xuanmen Sect!
The future of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" will depend on disciples like Li Yunjing.

After shouting those words, the elder looked at the two people on the "Grievance Platform" with a smile.

The others also reacted to the elder's shout, and the crowd below the "Grievance Platform" erupted in excitement.

Immediately, there was a great deal of discussion. Among these people, Li Chuanghai stared wide-eyed and gaped, looking as if he had seen a ghost. His ultimate weapon had been rendered useless just like that?

"I'll fight you!"

Han Yanzhi was in despair, knowing he didn't have much of a chance left. He suddenly lunged at Li Yunjing, igniting all his magical power, the overwhelming force enough to tear everything apart.

"Boom boom boom!"

Now, even his own life essence was burning, and Han Yanzhi's figure flew down from mid-air, pushing the spirit sword in his hand to its limit.

With this single strike, the air itself emitted a sharp whistling sound. Han Yanzhi was like a ball of fire, and the void trembled as his power erupted!

The entire world trembled with this sword strike, and even the air itself was visibly cracked with tiny, hair-like fissures. This was the pinnacle of Han Yanzhi's understanding of the way of the sword!
"You think you can fight me if you fight desperately?"

At this moment, tempered by the "Seven Emotions Gourd," Li Yunjing's spirits were even more vigorous. He snorted coldly and unleashed the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" to meet the attack.

"Boom!"

The two clashed head-on on the "grudge stage," exchanging blows incessantly.

While Li Yunjing appeared to be giving it his all, he secretly activated the "Myriad Paths Glazed Furnace" and suddenly placed it in front of him.

Han Yanzhi's heavy blow landed squarely on the "Myriad Paths Glazed Furnace," which flipped over and spun several times in mid-air.

"burst!"

The "Myriad Paths Glazed Furnace" attracted Han Yanzhi's peak attack, but Li Yunjing secretly unleashed the "Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal"!

"Boom!"

The "Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal" was extremely terrifying. Li Yunjing had poured all of his "Gui Water Divine Thunder", "Bing Fire Divine Thunder", "Yi Wood Divine Thunder", "Geng Metal Divine Thunder" and "Xu Earth Divine Thunder" into the "Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal".

The immense power of the thunderous explosion slammed into Han Yanzhi, exploding in his chest and creating a gaping hole that ripped out his internal organs!
"Photography!"

After killing Han Yanzhi with the "Five Elements Divine Thunder", Li Yunjing immediately took action and seized all the treasures on Han Yanzhi's body except for the tattered "Great Sun Dao Robe".

Han Yanzhi didn't have many good things on him, especially the "Seven Emotions Gourd," which Li Yunjing coveted. It was a top-tier spiritual artifact, and its allure was considerable.

After the enemy was killed, the protective barrier of the "Grievance Platform" dissipated completely under the control of the elders of the "Enforcement Hall".

"Whoosh..."

At this moment, before Li Yunjing could jump off the "Grievance Platform," a figure rushed up.

Upon closer inspection, Li Yunjing realized that this person was none other than his enemy, Li Chuanghai.

"Li Yunjing! That 'Seven Emotions Gourd' is mine! Give it back to me!"

Li Chuanghai immediately shouted.

"Heh! Li Chuanghai, do you even have a brain? In a life-or-death battle on the 'Grievance Arena,' everything the dead possess belongs to the victor!" Li Yunjing glanced at Li Chuanghai disdainfully and continued to mock, "It doesn't matter whose gourd it is! Now, it's mine! If you lent Han Yanzhi anything, you can go to the underworld and ask Han Yanzhi for it back. You two should settle your own debts!"

"Hahaha……"

Upon hearing Li Yunjing's words, everyone in his faction burst into laughter.

Fu Chao, in particular, stood with his hands on his hips, laughing so hard he was doubled over, in an extremely exaggerated manner. Finally, clutching his stomach, he shouted loudly, "Li Chuanghai, are you out of your mind?"

"You said such ridiculous things in front of tens of thousands of people, you have utterly disgraced us true disciples!"

"Are you out of your mind, or what?"

How could you say such a thing?

"Have you no shame?!"

Fu Chao's relentless barrage of attacks broke Li Chuanghai's defenses once again. His face turned as red as a steamed crab, and his clenched fists, with veins bulging, proved just how furious Li Chuanghai was!
If he hadn't still had a shred of reason, he would have charged at Fu Chao and fought him to the death!
"Okay! I admit I misspoke!"

Suppressing his anger, Li Chuanghai calmed down, his face grim, and looked at Li Yunjing as if he were looking at a dead man, then spoke coldly.

"Hehe! I forgive you!"

Li Yunjing looked at the man with amusement and said casually.

Li Yunjing knew that the two of them had become sworn enemies.

Since the grudges were irreconcilable, Li Yunjing naturally wouldn't give Li Chuanghai any face.

"Humph!"

Li Chuanghai nodded, gave Li Yunjing a deep look, and then turned and left.

"That kid Li Chuanghai is pretty arrogant! We'll teach him a lesson sooner or later!"

Watching Li Chuanghai's retreating figure, Fu Chao approached Li Yunjing and said meaningfully.

"Okay! These are things for later, let's go back first!"

Li Yunjing nodded, unsure whether it was appropriate. In his view, dealing with Li Chuanghai was a minor matter. In ten years, he would be able to contend with Li Chuanghai himself, and there would be no need to use any schemes against him.

"Great! Shall we have a gathering at 'Donghua Tower' to celebrate?"

Fu Chao asked with a grin.

This time, Li Yunjing won a great victory. They made a fortune, conservatively estimated to have earned five times their initial investment!

Now that we have so many spirit stones, why not spend them?
"Alright! You guys take the spirit stones first! I need to go back and rest for a bit. I estimate that the sect will be sending me to Yingtian Prefecture soon."

Li Yunjing shook his head slightly and sighed.

Killing Han Yanzhi is nothing to be happy about; there will be many more troubles to come.

"Yingtian Prefecture? The capital of the Ming Dynasty?"

Fu Chao was taken aback, somewhat confused, not knowing what Li Yunjing meant by those words.

"Sigh! That's how it is..."

Seeing that everyone in her camp had gathered together, Yu Yunyi sighed softly and recounted the story of Li Yunjing's punishment.

"What! Are you even being reasonable?!"

After hearing Yu Yunyi's introduction, Fu Chao was about to curse loudly, but when he saw the cold gaze of the "Enforcement Hall" elder, he swallowed back the words he was about to say.

Being arrogant like an ordinary person is no problem!

However, in front of the elders, especially the elders of the "Enforcement Hall," Fu Chao didn't dare to utter a single word.

"Humph!"

The elder glared fiercely at Fu Chao before leisurely leaving.

As for the "Grievance Platform," there are naturally other people responsible for its repair; it's not his place to do such a small thing.

After the battle ended, the others finally came to their senses and began to sigh. Almost everyone was extremely frustrated, as no one had expected that they would lose such a well-received match.

"You guys go collect the spirit stones, I'll go ahead first! After you've finished, come to my house! We'll talk about something."

Li Yunjing gave one more instruction before leaving and returning to "Qiwu Mountain Villa".

Upon returning home, Li Yunjing immediately checked the valuables he had obtained from Han Yanzhi.

Besides a large amount of spirit stones, this person also possessed several spiritual artifacts, some rare and precious materials, a considerable number of second-tier materials, and even a few third-tier materials.

Of course, Han Yanzhi's most prized possession was Li Chuanghai's "Seven Emotions Gourd".

As soon as this thing came into Li Yunjing's hands, he began to probe his divine sense into the "Seven Emotions Gourd" in search of Li Chuanghai's spiritual imprint.

Before long, Li Yunjing found the person's spiritual imprint. He used the "Divine Firmament Forging Heavenly Secret Technique" and Li Yunjing's spiritual will entered the "Seven Emotions Gourd" to erode Li Chuanghai's spiritual body.

With Li Chuanghai not here and no backup forces available, how can they withstand Li Yunjing's attack?
By the afternoon, Li Yunjing had completely erased Li Chuanghai's spiritual imprint, imprinted his own spiritual imprint into it, and taken over the "Seven Emotions Gourd".

On the other side, in Li Chuanghai's residence, he had just calmed down and was meditating when suddenly his face turned pale and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Fine! Li Yunjing, you've erased my spiritual imprint and seized my treasure. I'll fight you to the death!"

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Li Chuanghai's gaze turned cold as he muttered to himself.

"Li Chuanghai? I am here on orders from the 'Hall of Enforcement' to convey the sect's decree to you!"

Before Li Chuanghai could react, a deep voice came from outside the door.

"Ugh……"

Li Chuanghai sighed and got up to open the door.

Li Chuanghai knew that this was the sect's punishment, and he was going to the border.

……

At almost the same time, another person from the "Enforcement Hall" arrived at Li Yunjing's place.

"Li Yunjing, look at this decree from the sect. Within three days, you will go to Yingtian Prefecture to assume the position of Grand Preceptor of the Ming Dynasty!"

The person who came to the "Enforcement Hall" was an acquaintance, Elder Yu Yuanhua.

"Yes! I will do as you say!"

Li Yunjing naturally dared not object. He accepted the decree and said to Yu Yuanhua with a smile, "Elder, please sit for a while. I have some spiritual tea here. Please have a taste!"

"Never mind! Maybe next time!"

Yu Yuanhua shook his head slightly, looked at Li Yunjing, and warned, "You brat, don't cause any more trouble! You don't think your strength is enough to dominate the sect, do you? The Ten True Disciples each have a group of followers. If you want to be the king of the sect, you can forget about anything without the cultivation of the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"Hehe! Give it a try!"

Now that Yu Yuanhua had seen through his thoughts, Li Yunjing didn't hide anything anymore. He said, "Elder Yu, as you know, the Sect Master has advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm, and it's estimated that he'll abdicate in a few years..."

At this point, Li Yunjing stopped talking, and Yu Yuanhua understood what he meant.

Sure enough, Yu Yuanhua raised his eyebrows and looked Li Yunjing up and down, secretly horrified. Was this kid Li Yunjing courting death?
He thought he was the one who could become the next supreme leader.

Let alone Li Yunjing, even those ten true disciples might not have a chance!

You should know that some of the true disciples have even advanced to the Golden Core Realm!
They are the ones with the greatest hope!
"What are you thinking? You should know that the position of Sect Leader can only be held by someone at the Golden Core Realm! Even the Ten True Disciples might not have a chance!"

Yu Yuanhua frowned and spoke.

"I feel that there has been a lot of external pressure in recent years, and the Sect Leader will definitely not abdicate anytime soon! I think I have a very good chance!"

These were Li Yunjing's true feelings, he said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)