Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 353 395396—Sword Saint Ji Juechen: Heaven gives birth to all things to nourish soul beasts, yet soul beasts have nothing to repay Heaven with!

Getting back to the main point, since arranging "study companions" for the Shrek academy students, Qian Lingyun's daily life has become simpler.

Yes, these "study companions" won't do anything about how much the Shrek students can learn.

After all, the ability to learn is your own. If you study diligently and acquire skills, no one will say anything to you.

But if you're like someone else, shameless enough to steal secrets under the guise of studying, then don't blame the members of the Sun Moon Empire's Internal Affairs Inspection Department for inviting you to a small dark room for tea!

Although it was established not long ago, the reputation of the Internal Affairs Inspection Department had already spread to the ears of the middle and senior management.

Not long ago, they arrested several spies sent by Xingluo and Tianhun.

After a rather artistic interrogation, these spies were all sent to the snowy plains near the northern icy sea to grow potatoes…

Even at night, many soul masters are still busy at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Qian Lingyun's attention was also drawn to one person in the vast crowd.

This is a male Soul Master, who looks to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with long black hair simply tied back with a hairband.

His face looked somewhat unhealthy and pale, but he was so handsome that even men would sigh at him.

However, his eyes looked dull and lifeless, and even his movements seemed somewhat slow.

He held a sword in his hand, a long sword about four feet long, entirely black. The sword had an ancient design, with no discernible features.

It even looks a bit like a fire poker.

However, when Qian Lingyun first saw him in the crowd, she sensed a unique and eerie aura about him.

That kind of quality is called...pure!

Despite being some distance away, Qian Lingyun could not sense any soul power fluctuations within this person's body.

This was a situation she had never heard of before!

Qian Lingyun vaguely guessed who this person was.

A prodigy seen only once in tens of thousands of years! Ji Juechen, with innate soul power of level three, has reached the pinnacle of sword intent.

A chosen one emerges only once every ten thousand years, but only one Ji Juechen appears once every tens of thousands of years!

Some might say that Huo Zhongxian's innate soul power was only one, and so on.

But let's not forget that Huo Zhongxian was the chosen one of this era.

Even though he was so fragile that he was almost killed by a ten-year-old soul beast, the Wind Baboon, he still had a great start, returning with a million-year soul ring.

Compared to Ji Juechen, who single-handedly slashed his way into the gathering place of soul beasts with a sword and came out with a hundred-year soul ring, he cultivated diligently step by step on his own.

It really is... nothing at all...

With Huo Zhongxian's great fortune, forget about having innate soul power level one. Even if you were a lame stray dog, with this buff, you would eventually dominate a region.

Just as she was debating whether to go and see what kind of prodigy this was, the man changed direction in the crowd and walked straight up to Qian Lingyun, saying calmly, "You're very strong. I want to fight you!"

He truly lives up to his reputation as a sword fanatic.

Looking at the man in front of her, Qian Lingyun pouted helplessly. After a moment of contemplation, she said teasingly, "Shouldn't you tell others your name before a fight?"

"Ji Juechen".

Sword Maniac succinctly uttered three words.

"I am... Qian... um, Empress of the Empire!" Qian Lingyun nodded to him. But to Qian Lingyun's surprise, Ji Juechen spoke again, "Among so many people, I sensed your difference. You are very strong. Please let me experience your strength, thank you."

As he spoke, he actually bowed slowly to Qian Lingyun, holding the longsword in both hands. His originally dull eyes suddenly shone with a fervent light, filled with a kind of unwavering zeal, and at this moment, it seemed that there was only the longsword in his hands in his eyes.

At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, he was an absolute anomaly. Even Jing Hongchen treasured him dearly and granted him special permission to enter the Mingde Hall.

As the chief disciple of the Soul Guidance Department, he was entitled to choose his own challengers. However, in order not to affect the normal operation of Mingde Hall and the academy, Jing Hongchen stipulated that he could only challenge once a month.

He had originally planned to use this month's opportunity to challenge a student from Shrek Academy, but just now, he changed his mind.

As a celebrity at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Ji Juechen's every move attracts attention.

Seeing him arrange a fight, some people who knew about Ji Juechen's situation were somewhat gloating.

In their view, this is going to be interesting; the Sword Maniac is said to have once defeated a Level 7 Soul Master!

If that pretty girl runs into the sword fanatic, she's probably in for a tough time. But then again, she's probably pretty good at fighting too, since Ji Juechen wouldn't challenge a weakling to a duel.

Mingde Hall Master Jing Hongchen looked like he'd seen a ghost. He'd just finished handing over his work and was planning to take a short break when he stepped outside and saw Ji Juechen challenging the Empress to a duel…

Of course, he wasn't worried about Qian Lingyun; this time, he was worried about Ji Juechen.

The fact that Qian Lingyun could drive the robots of Project One without being attacked by them already speaks volumes.

Seeing that the universally hated Ji Juechen was about to suffer a setback, Jing Hongchen couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Hehehe, truly, the wicked will always be punished by the wicked!"

"Where do you plan to play?" Qian Lingyun asked, stretching her wrists.

"Let's do it here!" Ji Juechen thought for a moment, then said, "Can we begin?"

"Fine, to be fair, I... won't use soul power, just sword skills!"

After speaking, Qian Lingyun and Ji Juechen tacitly stepped back, stopping after creating a distance of fifty meters!

An invisible pressure permeated the space between the two.

Ji Juechen gripped the sword with both hands, and six spirit rings appeared.

An incomparably sharp aura burst forth from him almost instantly, and in that instant, he seemed to have merged with his extraterrestrial meteorite iron sword.

Infusing the sword with the soul. This is Ji Juechen's cultivation method. His own martial soul has been completely transformed into energy rather than a physical entity, perfectly integrated into the meteorite iron sword in his hand. Man is sword, sword is man, without distinction between them.

That sharp aura was his incomparably fierce sword intent. Under the infusion of his powerful soul force, the meteorite iron sword began to emit a slight hum, and the tip of the sword seemed to be trembling slightly. Ji Juechen's aura was also surging at an astonishing speed.

This sword, once unleashed, will surely cause the world to change color.

"Sword intent?!" Qian Lingyun murmured a few words, her lips curling slightly, and her left arm began to slowly transform until it turned into a scythe that she hadn't used in a long time.

At this moment, the two sides were evenly matched in terms of momentum.

Although Qian Lingyun's aura was powerful and vast, it was not as concentrated as Ji Juechen's.

The mottled aura was easily cleaved through by the sharp, pure sword intent.

Ji Juechen's aura also surged instantly, and the dust on the ground swirled and rose into the air like a tornado, centered on him.

"Oh! Am I just too distracted and not pure enough?!"

After letting out a soft exclamation, Qian Lingyun took a deep breath and withdrew all the aura emanating from her surroundings into her body.

She then closed her eyes and stood gracefully, raising her left arm high above her head before swinging it down heavily.

As her arm fell, a violent killing intent erupted from her body.

This willpower was so strong that it actually blocked the sword intent that had already pressed close, and instantly reversed it.

The onlookers stared in horror at the scene, which resembled a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, and instinctively took a few steps back, afraid of being touched by such a terrifying thing.

The chilling killing intent caused Qian Lingyun's aura to rise to its peak again, forcibly blocking Ji Juechen's incomparably sharp sword intent.

Ji Juechen's body trembled, but his gaze became even more resolute, and the six spirit rings on his body shimmered and sparkled like ripples on water.

He gripped the sword with both hands, the tip pointing diagonally to the ground, and slowly turned his upper body to the side, his eyes fixed on Qian Lingyun.

The sword intent changed instantly, transforming from its previous unparalleled sharpness into a predatory intent to devour its target. Its powerful aura was compressed once more, colliding head-on with the aura emanating from Qian Lingyun, creating a situation where they were evenly matched.

"..."

"I lost!" Qian Lingyun nodded calmly to Ji Juechen, sighing, "In terms of 'intention,' you've already carved out your own path! I'm no match for you!"

"You haven't lost! Yours is killing intent, mine is sword intent; there's no difference in strength!" Ji Juechen shook his head and said coldly, "Let's go again!"

Without any warning, Ji Juechen suddenly raised his head, his eyes fixed on Qian Lingyun directly in front of him as if two bolts of lightning flashed in them.

In the next instant, his entire body, like a strange ray of light, streaked towards Qian Lingyun, close to the ground.

It was a gliding beam of light, moving so fast it could only be described as lightning.

Without any soul tool assistance, this is already the speed limit that a six-ring Soul Emperor can achieve.

This burst of power was unmatched even by agility-based Soul Masters of the same level.

Compared to this lightning-fast advance, Ji Juechen's upper body moved slowly.

He gripped the sword with both hands, slowly turned his body, and swept the long sword horizontally.

This seemingly simple action, when performed by him, felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.

The entire movement was as if it were done in a viscous liquid, but without any pauses, it was done in one go.

As the seemingly slow-moving meteorite iron sword swept across, a trench several meters deep appeared in the solid ground ten meters away, extending deeper and deeper as Ji Juechen slid along!

Qian Lingyun made no move; she simply stood there, quietly watching the ravine rush towards her.

"Why didn't she move away? Is she stupid?"

This was the common thought among the onlookers!

The next instant, a violent roar suddenly erupted.

"boom--"

Centered on the open space where the two collided, large cracks and collapses appeared on the ground, extending outwards instantly to a diameter of thirty meters before gradually receding.

Although Ji Juechen flew backward dozens of meters, he gripped the hilt of the meteorite sword tightly with both hands, and blood was gushing from the mouth of his hands.

The two stood there, neither of them making another move. If it weren't for the fact that the ground between them had collapsed by nearly two meters and was covered with large cracks, it would have seemed as if nothing had happened.

"What's going on?! That girl didn't do anything, yet it was Ji Juechen who flew out?"

A passerby posed a soul-searching question until Qian Lingyun took that one step forward.

Click, click!

Amidst the rustling sounds, the ground within a five-meter radius of where Qian Lingyun had just stood began to crack inch by inch.

Beneath the cracks, each piece of stone was broken quite evenly, with none exceeding one centimeter in size.

The sword marks that penetrate deep into the ground can be vaguely pieced together to form the shapes of ripples and roses.

"Is this your 'technique'? It's a very powerful technique! I concede defeat!"

For a long time, Ji Juechen stared intently at Qian Lingyun's left scythe arm, which lay flat at her side as if it had never been used, lost in thought.

"No, it's just a draw! You have the upper hand in terms of 'intention'! But I have the advantage in terms of 'tactics'! One win and one loss, so it's a draw."

Qian Lingyun smiled slightly, took out a white invitation from her storage soul tool, flicked her finger, and sent the invitation to Ji Juechen's arm where he wasn't holding a sword, inviting him:

"I know a master swordsman who has profound insights into swordsmanship. If you'd like, you can take this invitation and discuss it with him!"

"Thank you, I will visit you tomorrow!" Ji Juechen put away the invitation and nodded solemnly to Qian Lingyun.

Suddenly, he turned around and took a few steps, then abruptly turned back and said, "You're very strong. Will I ever have another chance to compete with you again?"

"As long as you stay in the Sun Moon Empire, opportunities will naturally arise." Qian Lingyun glanced at Ji Juechen with a half-smile, then turned her gaze to Jing Hongchen, who was watching the commotion in the crowd, and said:

"Master of the Red Dust Hall, the cost of road repairs is on me. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now! If I'm not in the palace, just ask His Majesty! He has the money!"

Jing Hongchen: "?!"

Actually, if you don't want to give it, you can just say so. Have you ever seen a courtier casually enter the inner palace to ask for money?

After explaining the compensation measures, Qian Lingyun waved to Ji Juechen in a friendly manner and strode away from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

She's embarking on the path to becoming stronger again!

Late at night, in the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Study…

"The Empress is quite leisurely; won't she come and review some memorials for me?" Qian Renxue wrote her decisions and opinions on the memorials with the speed and grace of her pen.

"Tsk! I don't like listening to you talk! Even food can't shut you up!" Qian Lingyun sat sideways on the armrest of the chair, peeled the fruit with a carving knife, and thoughtfully cut the fruit into small pieces and fed them to Qian Renxue.

"There's no way around it. I work so hard every day, can't I at least enjoy myself?"

Qian Renxue gently rested her chin on her left hand, glancing sideways at Qian Lingyun. She saw that Qian Lingyun had just cut a small piece from the fruit and was already eagerly opening her mouth to meet it, earning her a glare from the beauty.

"I didn't eat a single bite! I fed it all to you!" Qian Lingyun angrily threw down the carving knife in her hand, muttering as she grabbed some fruit and tried to put it in her mouth, still mumbling, "Hmph! I'm not giving you any!"

"What if I really want to eat it!?" Qian Renxue put down her pen and paper, pulled Qian Lingyun into her arms, and started eating the 'secondhand fruit'.

"Ugh! Aren't you annoying?!" Qian Lingyun cursed and pushed Qian Renxue away, then angrily grabbed Qian Renxue's waist.

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I sat down.

"Speaking of which, have you encountered anything fun lately?"

"It's just that exchange students from Shrek Academy have come!" Qian Lingyun, her slender waist like a willow swaying in the wind, pouted and muttered under her breath.

"By the way, I'm planning to go away for a year or two! Don't do anything naughty during that time!"

"A year and a half! Where are you going?! It'll take that long?"

"Let's go deep-sea fishing!" Qian Lingyun wrapped her arms around Qian Renxue's neck and said calmly.

"Heaven creates all things to nourish soul beasts, yet the soul beasts have nothing to repay Heaven with! I will go to the deep sea and let these sea soul beasts enjoy twenty-four hours of sweet sleep!"

"You're going a bit too far..." Qian Renxue mumbled indistinctly.

"But those sea spirit beasts really don't have much meaning in life, so go if you want! But before you leave..."

After speaking, she used her soul power to seal the doors and windows, and looked at the 'little lamb' in front of her with ill intent...

(End of this chapter)