Volume 13: Sword Immortal Chapter 3 Those Under the Waves
The dragon is entrenched in the sky, and even the sky dares to roar to the sky. How majestic is it?
But a Jiao is still a Jiao after all, and if it doesn’t transform into a dragon it will never be able to defy the will of heaven.
"I've done all the help I can. This final step still depends on you." On the city wall, Xia Zhao, the female ruler of Great Xia, murmured.
Xia Zhao looked around calmly. Although the majestic city of Chang'an was bustling with people, in her eyes, it was empty at the moment, with nothing.
The energy that the Xia royal family had accumulated in Chang'an for ten thousand years was gone.
This great fortune now belongs to one person.
"Throughout the history of thousands of years, the first female sword fairy..." Xia Zhao smiled softly, finding it very interesting and looking forward to it. "Your sword has chosen her, so she will definitely be able to do it."
"Definitely." The female leader was extremely confident.
…
Xia Daoyun's practice has been going smoothly for the past five hundred years.
For most cultivators in the world, the obstacles that she encountered were not easy to overcome, but rather non-existent.
——There are no ravines in the eyes of a tiger, but there are only bumps in front of the eyes of ordinary people.
But even with a talent like Xia Daoyun, before reaching the door of the Sword Immortal, his progress inevitably became slower and slower, he encountered obstacles and was unable to comprehend a higher level.
It was like a dark cloud was covering the road ahead.
Only by clearing away the clouds can you see the light.
The sword cultivator cleared the way.
This is a path on which there is almost no experience to speak of.
There is only one sword immortal left in the world, and when Lu Qingshan asked him, the only answer he gave was "I became a sword immortal by eating fish and fighting."
Is this the path to becoming a sword master?
Indeed, because that is how Chu Mushen became a sword immortal.
But it’s not.
Because except for Chu Mushen, no one else in the world would ever become a sword immortal if they did this.
The path of the Sword Immortal is only suitable for them and can never be replicated.
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Xia Daoyun withdrew his gaze from the city wall, turned back, and the only thing left in his sight was the road out of the city under his feet.
Back then, the sword immortal named Chang'an took this road to leave Chang'an.
The flat and wide road leads to the invisible distance, as if there is no end.
"He told me that if you want to be invincible, you must first walk countless roads. Since you have inherited his sword, why don't you walk the same road he walked? Perhaps it will be inspiring to you."
The question she was pondering had not yet been answered, but Xia Zhao provided her with a solution, an idea for her to verify.
Xia Zhao's words seemed to make sense, but Xia Daoyun wanted to think more clearly.
"Nourish your mind and enlighten your heart."
She knew what she was missing.
Cultivation requires both detachment from the world and involvement in the secular world.
Xia Daoyun looked back on his own spiritual practice and realized that he had achieved enlightenment, with a heart as pure as a child and a will as strong as steel.
But it seems that there is a lack of involvement in the world.
Since she started practicing, she has never entered the worldly world.
Thinking of this, Xia Daoyun took a deep breath.
The spring rain has just stopped.
The smell of soil from which rain had run was strong, and the air was thick with the scent of green grass.
This was a smell she had never smelled in the past when she was flying her sword across the sky.
At this moment, Xia Daoyun completely clarified his direction.
She wanted to trace the path of seeking truth that Li Qiubai had taken in Chang'an on foot. As she walked step by step, she would cover mountains, rivers, and finally complete the last step of transforming from a dragon.
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Whether it is the Sword Sect or the Soldier Demon Clan, they all believe that the beginning of the Second Great War between Taoism and Demons will occur outside Yumen Pass.
But what no one expected was that when the three soldiers and demons were mobilizing their troops and making preliminary preparations for the war, the Asura clan from the Black Armor Domain, for no reason and almost against common sense, launched an offensive against Guangling Pass guarded by the Lunwu Hall.
The human area corresponding to the Black Armor Domain is the Zhongwu Domain.
The Taoist sect of Zhongwu Domain is Lunwu Hall.
Among the seven major Taoist sects of the human race, the two with the least presence are Jialou and Lunwutang.
Of course, it can be said that Jialou’s business is spread all over the world. It is the richest sect in the world, richer than the sky, but it is just habitually low-key.
It can also be said that Lunwu Hall is a sect of dark cultivation, and its cultivation system determines that they are more suitable to keep a low profile, which leads to the low presence of these two major sects.
But no matter what, it cannot change the fact that among the seven major Taoist sects, Lunwu Hall and Jialou are the last two ranked, and their overall strength is also the weakest - the truly powerful will never lack a sense of presence no matter how low-key they are.
Building A is better. Although the strength of the monks in the sect is not obvious, they are "well-equipped".
In a field battle or a life-and-death struggle, "equipment" is naturally no match for the monk's own strength and combat proficiency, because a strong monk can make your magic weapon useless.
But when guarding the border, this problem no longer exists.
No matter what, just throw down all kinds of magic weapons.
Therefore, there is no need to worry too much about Building A.
By this calculation, the weakest guarding force became the Lunwu Hall.
The Dark Cultivators are a cultivation system that is strong in life-and-death battles. They have extremely powerful latent abilities and martial arts that are so sophisticated that they can be compared to those of sword cultivators.
The combination of these two allows Ming Xiu to kill enemies stronger than himself if he plans properly.
But... Ming Xiu are not good at group battles, and it can even be said that this is their weakness.
In a one-on-one situation, Ming Xiu is very strong, but in a many-on-many situation, Ming Xiu is just average.
The battle between Taoism and demons is not even a many-to-many battle, but a few-to-many battle for humans.
If the seven major passes were really breached one by one, the first pass to be breached would most likely be Guangling Pass.
This is the tacit consensus among all the monks in Lunwu Hall.
…
The endless army of demons passed through the space cracks like a torrent, came from the Black Armor Region to the outside of Guangling Pass, and then rushed to Guangling Pass.
That scene was like a tide.
On the path of the demon tide, there were some cities built by the human race outside the Great Wall. They were originally intended to serve as bridgeheads, but at this moment they were like insignificant reefs in the tide, and were destroyed in an instant without causing any waves.
The real test is coming.
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The Asura clan, one of the eight holy demon clans of the demon race, is famous for its bravery and fighting skills. Its bloodline is gifted with ultimate power and possesses the power to reach the sky.
This is a warlike and aggressive race.
At this moment, the Asura clan showed a fighting spirit that was moving enough to move everyone.
At the mouth of the space crack, four huge beings stood high above, looking at the demon army that kept flying out of the space crack in an orderly manner.
The four people had different facial expressions, the only thing in common was that they all looked extremely ugly.
The four of them are the four Asura Kings of the Asura clan.
The rulers of the Soldier Demon Clan are the three top demon lords: Chi Zun, Zhan Zun, and Ming Zun.
The Asura clan has four Asura Kings.
Vaya, Rakṣita, Bhimacittra and Rahu.
The four Asura Kings each possess a combat power thirty-five times higher than that of the ninth rank.
Poya's eyes were filled with pride.
Because he was the nominal ruler of the Black Armor Domain, and it was under his proper governance that the Asura clan grew to such a size.
"Luo Hou, Guangling Pass is the weakest among the seven passes of the human race. Taking it slow is the winning strategy. Why are we in such a hurry?" Luo Qiantuo frowned, obviously opposing the decision to attack.
"The first person to stand out will soon become the target of public criticism. The Heart Demon Clan was in a hurry to stand out, and ended up with this tragic ending." Not only Rakṣita, but Vimalakirti also did not understand this decision. They looked at Rāhu, who was slightly half a body length ahead of them.
Why do we still do this when we have learned from previous experiences?
Although the Asura clan has four Asura kings, Rāhu was the first to become an Asura King and also the one who practiced for the longest time.
More importantly, the other three Asura Kings had challenged him before, and were all defeated by Luohu head-on.
Therefore, he has extremely domineering decision-making power in the Asura clan.
The decision to launch a full-scale offensive was proposed by him, and he overcame all objections and ultimately pushed the decision into an offensive .
"Didn't the Heart Demon Clan's previous experience tell us that even if the human race is facing the end of an area's fall, only a few sects will lend a helping hand?" Luohou said calmly.
"In the battle of Zhongling, the Sword Sect lost half of its men. Can they send the remaining half to support Guangling Pass this time? Will they still be able to defend Yumen Pass?"
"If the Sword Sect doesn't come, what are the other small fish and shrimps worth?"
"But what about the rear?" Luo Qiantuo hesitated.
The so-called target of public criticism refers not only to the human race as an external enemy, but also to the demon race itself.
No one knows whether other saints and demons will take advantage of the situation.
"If other demons really take advantage of the situation, we will fight on multiple fronts."
"We Asuras are natural warriors since birth, so why should we fear war?"
"The war in the rear will cost lives. Is 500,000 enough? If not, then one million! Can they really use all their troops to fight internal wars?" Luohou had a blank expression.
"Even if it costs us a million troops, as long as we can capture Guangling Pass, the loss will be insignificant."
“Isn’t the price too high…” Vimalakirti hesitated to speak, still unable to understand why Rāhu insisted on being so impulsive when there could obviously be a safer way.
If Poya had this idea, he would not find it strange, because she was a brainless guy.
But Luohou is clearly the most thoughtful person among the four of them, making it difficult for people to figure out why he would make such a "bad idea" decision?
Luohu did not explain any more, but just kept looking in the direction where the demonic tide was surging, his eyes towards the north.
That is the human domain.
Then he smiled grimly.
In the human realm, there was also a "person" who looked up at the right time and looked towards the south.
As if he sensed something, he also laughed.
Equally hideous.
