All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 379 - 27 Unclaimed Dragon Qi

Chapter 379: Chapter 27 Unclaimed Dragon Qi

Northern Border, Linjiang City.

An Jing wasn’t concerned about what exactly the Dragon Martial Great General was thinking. Since the other party hadn’t gone mad and attacked him directly with their power, he retracted the Divine Skill Token he’d hidden in his hand.

At this moment, he came beside the ashes of Mo Li’s burnt corpse and thoughtfully stared at two precisely crafted Array Plates, each about the size of a millstone, one in azure and the other in gold.

The azure Array Plate, named "Four Symbols Virtue Governing Disk," had a slightly translucent jade quality. Its surface was smooth as a calm lake, but a closer examination of its semi-transparent interior revealed endlessly moving Great Formation talismans that formed the delicate patterns of water ripples and undercurrents.

The concept of the Four Symbols didn’t refer to the auspicious beasts of the four cardinal directions, but to the four virtues of Yuan (Inception), Heng (Success), Li (Benefit), and Zhen (Firmness). It begins with the Pure Yang of Heaven generating all things, smooth flow representing success, then everything in heaven and earth each finding their benefit, leading to solidity in the end, with a Qi that is purer than pure.

The golden Array Plate was named "Subdue Martial Affairs Disk," with an exterior that was rugged and raw, with thick and wild patterns, as if carved by an axe. Around its edges were decorations of mountains built from ore, symbolically straightforward: it represented the virtue of warriors defending their homes and country, steadfast as mountains, guarding against evil calamities and subjugating those who didn’t comply from all directions.

It was these two Array Plates that had drawn on the Earth Pulse Qi of Linjiang City to unleash the power of Martial Meridian, enabling Mo Li, who would be killed instantly twice over by An Jing, to repel him time and again in the short term, leaving him helpless and even at a disadvantage.

An Jing wasn’t surprised by this, as the City Magistrate of Zheng Mo at Kanming City was the same.

Also within the Inner Strength realm and easily defeated by him, once Zheng Mo utilized the official seal and stimulated the power of a Divine Weapon, it wasn’t just An Jing and those few Martial Arts Grandmasters who should worry, even the Western Patrol Envoy personage would have to be wary.

"It does have the scent of a Divine Weapon, yet it’s not one."

An Jing picked up the two Array Plates. They were surprisingly heavy, weighing around five or six thousand jin combined, but for the current An Jing, they were no heavier than two pancakes. "What are they for exactly? Could it be just unofficial Divine Weapons? Does Linlang Commerce Chamber wish to forge their Divine Weapon Great Formation using Linjiang City’s Earth Pulse Qi?"

"But it seems that it’s not the Chamber that intends to use them, but someone higher up."

"These Array Plates have no spirituality, cannot communicate; might as well take them to the Earth Pulse Hub." The Subdue Evil Sword Spirit had an idea but wasn’t certain, so offered a suggestion, "Previously, Linlang Commerce Chamber placed them at the hub to combine with the Earth Pulse Formation, thus enabling their true functions."

"Is it necessary?"

An Jing frowned slightly, "If I’m not careful and it works, wouldn’t I end up working for these people?"

"How could that be?"

The Sword Spirit was quite confident, "With me here, we can sever the connection between the Earth Pulse and them at any moment!"

Subdue Evil always trusted An Jing, and An Jing trusted Subdue Evil as well, so he nodded, "Alright, let’s give it a try."

An Jing had been to the Earth Pulse Hub once in Kanming City, so in the similarly governed Linjiang City, he easily found the central entrance at the government offices—a false mountain, the only difference being the artificial river next to it due to the neighboring Yujiang.

Upon arrival, the two Array Plates started to float slightly and spun around, as if activated, illuminating one mysterious rune and talisman after another. These symbols were inconstant, ethereal, and vaguely outlined the entirety of Linjiang City and even half of the Broken Blade Mountain’s Earth Vein course.

An Jing watched carefully; the significance of the three cities surrounding Broken Blade Mountain was that their connected Earth Veins weren’t just around the cities, but also included half of the Earth Veins of Broken Blade Mountain. Therefore, the Spirit Mechanisms in this area were abundant, ostensibly dividing three parts of Spirit Vein, yet each city compared to Kanming City, which monopolized the Spirit Land of the West Border.

This feature made An Jing subtly vigilant, "Based on that, to influence the cities, perhaps one needn’t actually be in the city itself; acting from within Broken Blade Mountain might be possible?"

Now that the Demon Spirits of Broken Blade Mountain had moved away, the only things left there... were the Guidance Squad and the True Demon Sect!

The two great Array Plates rotated. They truly integrated seamlessly with the Earth Pulse Formation. Once activated, they began to mobilize the entire flow of Earth Pulse Qi, incorporating its essence into themselves like two vast millstones grinding the many chaotic and profound turbid Earth Pulse Qi into incredibly sharp and pure Spirit Mechanisms.

"Oh, so that’s how it is."

On realizing this, An Jing also understood; what Mo Li used was this exceedingly pure Spirit Mechanism, akin to the high-grade Spirit Veins of the Tianyuan Realm. As long as one is blessed by a Spirit Vein, every move could unleash tremendous power.

Of course, Mo Li was also tormented by the immense spiritual power, or else he wouldn’t have thought of seeking reconciliation. On the other hand, Da Chen officials didn’t have this problem; their official seals and Divine Weapons could take the pressure for them, allowing them to use the Earth Pulse Qi to attack and kill enemies without restraint.

Seeing this, An Jing was somewhat less interested, as all the functionalities of the two array plates seemed no different from those of a normal divine weapon—just a bit more uniquely shaped.

However, the Sword Spirit was utterly solemn, and Subdue Evil observed attentively before suddenly exclaiming in shock, "My god! An Jing, look! It’s unbelievable!"

"What’s wrong?"

An Jing was aware that he was not particularly proficient in formations and the Earth Vein, so he followed its lead and looked toward the area the Sword Spirit was pointing at.

That was the very central area where the Civil and Military Formation Plate rotated and interlocked, the core point of the plate’s grinding. An Jing observed carefully and indeed saw, a thread as fine as gossamer, yet as heavy and majestic, the birth of Mysterious Gold-colored Qi, condensed with mysterious profundity.

"Oh?"

An Jing raised his eyebrows, and he too exclaimed in surprise, "Imperial Court Royal Dragon Qi?"

"That’s right, this array plate is indeed a perfect substitute for a divine weapon, even able to condense Dragon Qi... Could this be Da Chen’s attempt to create a replacement for the divine weapon? They’ve done quite well – have I misjudged them for recalling the divine weapons and not caring for the common folk?"

"No, An Jing, feel it out carefully!"

And when the Subdue Evil Sword Spirit saw An Jing’s thoughts drifting, it urgently prompted, "Feel it out—use the Emperor’s Blood to sense it!"

An Jing readily complied, using the Emperor’s Blood to sense it slightly.

Then...

"Ah?!"

He too let out an uncontrollable exclamation, just like the Sword Spirit had earlier, "Unclaimed?!"

"This Imperial Court Royal Dragon Qi... no, this [Dragon Qi]... is unclaimed?!"

It was in that instance that An Jing also sensed his own Emperor’s Blood trembling slightly within him.

It wasn’t the kind of authority that dominated everything he owned; rather, it was a greed for something he desperately desired, yet was without an owner.

"Interesting."

An Jing didn’t bother thinking about why the Civil and Military Formation Plate could produce unclaimed Dragon Qi. He raised his hand, following the reaction of the Emperor’s Blood, and reached towards the strands of Mysterious Gold-colored Dragon Qi.

Theoretically, it should be impossible for anyone without an Imperial Court Decree to capture Dragon Qi.

But as An Jing raised his hand, the strand of unclaimed Dragon Qi naturally, just like all Spirit Qi in the world, was captured by An Jing and absorbed into his body.

Then...

It plunged into the Emperor’s Blood, entered directly inside it, and resonated with a place far beyond reach!

In the Zhongheng Dao Continent, in the Ancestral Dragon Hall.

You Ruhui, who was practicing swordsmanship and the "Commanding Five Soldiers Thunder Method", suddenly paused.

Then, the aura about her began to rise unstoppably!