Blind Spot
Chapter 714 - 656 layout four

Chapter 714: 656 layout four

No sooner had the others left than Qiu Xueshan could no longer hold back. With a low growl from her mouth, her right palm erupted, sending a palm strike into the air.

Whoosh!!

A tremendous howling sound exploded as streaks of gray and black semi-transparent mountain phantasms shot out like lightning, pummeling towards Li Chengyi in layers.

Her move alone was far more imposing than Zhang Xueying’s.

A glint of light flashed in Li Chengyi’s eyes. He immediately dodged to the side with great speed, his sword technique striking out.

Sheaves of white lines converged into white waves, rushing towards the opponent from the side.

The waves, unable to avoid the onslaught of the mountains, found the weak points and punctured through with pinpoint accuracy. In the blink of an eye, they shattered the mountain phantasms and charged at Qiu Xueshan.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Xueshan flickered and instantly vanished, reappearing behind Li Chengyi and unleashing another barrage of mountain phantasms.

Is this a kiting tactic??

The thought flashed through Li Chengyi’s mind.

If he were not concealing his true power, he still could deal with the opponent, but at this moment, using only two layers of the Emerald Sea Sword Technique, it was impossible for him to counter in time and win.

Upon realizing he could not win, he simply feigned a scared demeanor, standing still without moving.

As expected, upon seeing this, Lord Lushan waved his hand and all of Qiu Xueshan’s palm force was dispersed.

"That’s enough. This test is sufficient."

He glanced at the sky and casually pointed to the eldest disciple, Xu Suyuan.

"Suyuan, you will instruct the junior brother in the basic techniques. All required materials can be taken from the second cave as needed."

"Yes," Xu Suyuan stepped forward, respectfully acknowledging.

From this day on, the Lushan Sect had gained its sixth disciple.

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Meanwhile, as Li Chengyi was arranging for his future step by step.

Outside Baishi Star, amidst the endless expanse of space.

Suddenly, a dazzling white brilliance exploded, resembling a pure white disc.

Upon the disc, tiny silhouettes fought ferociously, their clashing innate Gold Jade energies sending out bursts of golden sparks that scattered to illuminate their surroundings.

"People from Xuanji Sect have emerged! Quickly, report to the Family Head!" someone shouted as they transmitted the message.

Upon receiving the message, one figured leaped up, trying to break away from the battlefield.

But suddenly, a vague humanoid figure emerged from the darkness of the starry space.

The figure gradually became distinct, dressed in a pink long chiffon skirt with her black hair tied up, fine pink glimmers flickering in and out from between her locks.

On closer inspection, those glimmers were countless tiny pink eyes.

It was a woman; if Xu Suyuan’s beauty was gentle and charming, then the beauty of this woman was dazzling.

The extreme dazzle, combined with a profusion of pink, further accentuated her aura.

But within the dazzle, the woman’s dark red lips faintly carried a curvature resembling mockery.

"All things are born equal... so are all living beings, and so are humans."

Her voice vibrated, spreading rapidly in the vacuum as if it had its own medium, tangible ripples emanating from her.

At that moment, the woman raised her hand towards the white disc and struck with her palm.

Her palm quickly elongated, swelling and enlarging at an astonishing rate.

It transformed into a palm print as vast as a planet, covering everything.

"Xuanji, do you truly think you are invincible!?" A roar came from afar.

Accompanying the voice was another, slightly smaller, gigantic palm.

This palm appeared to be composed of many different forces, radiating rainbow radiance, directly colliding with the immense palm print.

Boom!!!

The two palm prints exploded simultaneously, scattering countless luminous spots.

Some of which were flying toward Baishi Star.

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During the night.

Atop the summit of Lushan, Li Chengyi was intently comprehending the first layer of the Lushan Hundred Transformations technique he had just learned.

Suddenly, he sensed something and looked up at the sky.

In the night sky, myriad colorful meteors scattered and fell.

"What is that...?" His sense no longer expanded outward, mainly replaced by a dimensional range.

But those colorful meteors gave him an unmistakable sense of danger.

’This body of mine is ultimately not even first-rate...’

Against a first-rate, using Flower Language Technique, he was confident in resolving the situation. But against Gold Jade, he felt it was very risky, not to mention the even more dangerous Jue and Divine Demons.

After all, the power of Flower Language also depends on one’s foundation.

And Gold Jade possessed various unfathomable abilities, while Jue and Divine Demons were definitely more dangerous.

Right then, he focused his attention, continuing to probe the depths of the newly acquired first layer.

Early the next morning.

With no sleep the previous night, Li Chengyi entirely grasped the first layer of the technique, but he didn’t start cultivating it. Instead, he continued to practice the Emerald Sea Sword Technique.

Now, the only thing he lacked to reach the first-rate was True Yuan.

True Yuan, once merged with Divine Intention, could transform into Innate Gold Jade, but all his Consciousness Power and Divine Intention were used to merge into the dimensions.

So for this time, he paused the dimensional fusion and casually burned some of the Nourishing Elixirs he brought from home, quickly integrating the resulting Consciousness Power into the Emerald Sea Sword Technique’s Sea Essence.

It was very easy for him to cultivate the Emerald Sea Sword Technique to the ninth level of perfection.

And at this ninth level, a special change would occur. That is the natural birth of the power of towering waves and furious surges.

At the same time, all the transformed innate Gold Jade would naturally convert into the nutrients that generate Giant Strength.

The more Gold Jade one had cultivated before, the greater the Giant Strength obtained from the transformation.

This was the fundamental reason why this technique was used as the Gong Shan Family’s basic strength-building foundation.

When the sky had completely brightened.

Standing outside the cave, Li Chengyi’s body had completely transformed into innate Gold Jade, and the Gold Jade had also begun to rapidly merge within his body, transforming into the power of towering waves and furious surges.

After all, although his Consciousness Power was strong, his body was still weak and needed to be strengthened.

The total amount of innate Gold Jade transformed from the Jiuchong Haiyuan was nine times that of a common martial artist of the same realm.

Half an hour later.

Li Chengyi slowly ended his cultivation.

All the innate Gold Jade within his body had been merged into his internal physique. At the same time, this ninefold Gold Jade power brought him an extremely exaggerated enhancement in all directions.

Without amplifying his True Yuan.

His strength had increased from an output of 200 kilograms to 50 tons.

His speed had soared from the common 20 to 30 meters per second to five times the speed of sound.

His self-healing power was the most exaggerated; Li Chengyi had spent a great amount of Gold Jade on it, reaching a speed of wound healing visible to the naked eye.

A wound that would normally take a week to heal, he now only needed a few minutes.

Additionally, the strength of his flesh, blood, and bones had been elevated to the same level as common gold and iron, impervious to ordinary weapons but vulnerable to divine weapons and True Yuan-amplified arms.

This was the limit.

All ninefold Sea Essence had been completely merged into the body, dissipating without a trace.

What he got in return was a monstrous physique that placed Li Chengyi in the ranks of monsters instantly.

Normally, a master would keep a portion of innate Gold Jade, using it to strengthen themselves while also amplifying their power with it for maximum effectiveness.

But Li Chengyi was set on cultivating the Lushan Hundred Transformations, so he did not care about these aspects.

After dispersing his cultivation, it took him only a little over ten minutes to get through the basics of Lushan Hundred Transformations.

Within his strong body, wisps of dark True Yuan were quickly cultivated.

Returning to the basics with first-rate prowess naturally made for swift progress.

While Li Chengyi was diligently and single-mindedly cultivating, more than half a month passed by in the blink of an eye.

When Aunt Yuan, who came to deliver sundries and clothes to his home, made idle conversation, she mentioned the Fu Family’s visit to the clan for a ceremony.

The genius from the visiting Fu Family was unmatched, even publicly crippling two disrespectful members of the main lineage in person.

In the end, it was Gong Shanlejiu who could not hold back anymore and took action, openly defeating the Fu Family’s genius and making a name for himself in a single battle.

Lei Jiu’s cultivation had actually reached the seventh level of the Golden Jade Martial Arts, nearly perfecting the nine-level art with his first move, instantly killing the Fu Family geniuses who were only at the third or fourth level of Golden Jade Martial Arts.

Having received the news, Li Chengyi sighed slightly and even entrusted Aunt Yuan to send a congratulatory letter on his behalf.

Although Lei Jiu was but a brat, he was still one of his two great friends on the surface.

As time flew by, the matter of Lei Jiu quickly faded from Li Chengyi’s mind.

He devoted himself wholeheartedly to the practice of martial arts.

Lushan Hundred Transformations was progressing at almost one level per month; by the seventh month, he was temporarily stuck.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t continue forward, but from the eighth level onwards, additional secret treasures for training were needed to advance further.

"It seems that this was also the reason why Lei Jiu was stuck at the seventh level before and had to reveal his true strength... because he needed resources and secret treasures..."

Another point was that Li Chengyi needed time to comprehend the magical powers of the Lushan Hundred Transformations.

As Golden Jade Martial Arts with two magical powers, the disparity in strength between possessing and lacking magical powers was enormous.

At this level, he could also basically start complete control over the Lushan lineage.

The night was hazy.

At the top of Lushan, within the large cave, a vague figure kept flashing in and out of sight as it rapidly swept towards the entrance of the cave.

Suddenly, another figure shot out from the side, accurately blocking the blurry one.

"Sister Qiu is in such a hurry, do you have some urgent matter to attend to outside?"

The person blocking the path was dressed in black form-fitting clothes, with long hair draped across the shoulders and lips bearing a smile—it was Li Chengyi, who had been cultivating here for half a year.

"Does Junior Brother have something important, stopping me like this?" Qiu Xueshan covered her face, her eyes containing a hint of killing intent, evidently she was on her way to do something secretive.

If she weren’t stopped by someone from her own sect at such a time, she would have planned to kill the person in a few moves and continue on her way.

"Recently, Junior Brother has made progress in cultivation, but suffers from having no one to spar with to know the exact progress. Could I ask Sister to give me some pointers, to have a serious spar? Even if I lose, Junior Brother will be able to see clearly where his weaknesses lie." Li Chengyi earnestly requested.

"..." Qiu Xueshan pulled down her mask, her eyes gradually showing an intent to shift her target of hostility. "Are you serious?"

A newcomer who had trained for only a few months, daring to challenge her, standing right in front of her eyes.

To challenge a senior sister who had been laboriously practicing Lushan Hundred Transformations for over ten years?!

"Naturally," Li Chengyi smiled. "If I lose, this will serve as an apology." He took out a silver-white deer antler from his sleeve and gave it a shake.

"Baishi velvet?!" Qiu Xueshan’s eyes flashed with a hint of envy; such was the vast difference between a scion of a prestigious family and someone of common birth.

For a precious medicine like Baishi velvet, she would need to work as a guard and do odd jobs outside for over a year to afford it.

But in the hands of Gong Shanzhu, it had been casually taken out.

Upon seeing this, the little junior brother seemed to be a fool with too much money... perhaps she could continuously extract from him...

As the thought crossed her mind, Qiu Xueshan’s expression softened.

"...Fine, the master isn’t here, don’t say I bullied you."

"Please ask Sister to use her full strength and show no mercy," Li Chengyi solemnly bowed to her.

At the same time, the Ziwei Royal Flower Language silently spread out from the Evil Flower on the back of his hand.