In an instant.
All things lost their color, and an indescribably powerful martial intent surged forth!
A wisp of blade energy, so dark it surpassed all colors, emerged!
"This is!!!" Mother Lian Sheng's heart pounded, her face changing drastically.
"With this strike, how can anyone in this era wield a blade so terrifyingly???"
"Rumble!!!"
A deafening explosion suddenly erupted.
In a flash, the building was blown away, and where the blade energy passed, the entire structure turned to dust.
And this strike was aimed directly at Mother Lian Sheng, the one who attacked Ji Lengyue!
"God!"
Mother Lian Sheng's physical body was almost split in half, but she managed to survive. Heavily injured, someone from the Lotus Sect willingly had their essence consumed by Mother Lian Sheng to restore her injuries.
This strike was, after all, not the true 'Heaven's Will is Like a Blade,' but merely a full-power sealing strike under the convergence of myriad phenomena. If it were truly Heaven's Will is Like a Blade, this strike would have directly cleaved Mother Lian Sheng's physical form.
Ji Lengyue and her teammates were stunned. Ji Lengyue's teammates stood dumbfounded, unable to comprehend how Ji Lengyue possessed such a potent protective means.
Ji Lengyue's heart pounded wildly. This was a protective measure left by Chen Jiuyang, and it was so powerful. Yet, Chen Jiuyang looked like an ordinary person.
"Go!!!" Ji Lengyue's teammates snapped back to reality and quickly retreated with Ji Lengyue.
The moment this blade energy appeared, all the experts of the Immortal and Martial paths in Fengcheng were filled with dread.
"Such a pure and terrifying blade path strike..."
"Who is it????"
"Does such a strong blade wielder still exist in this world?"
"Who is it?" True Monarch San Yu felt a surge of apprehension.
This strike was enough to pose a fatal threat to him, a True Monarch in the Dao Integration stage.
And the expert who unleashed this strike had been living right under his nose, yet he didn't know who it was.
"This strike..." At the Six Doors headquarters, Xi Butui stood before a massive floor-to-ceiling window, his expression solemn. "When did the Dragon Country gain such a blade path expert?"
"Could it be him..."
Xi Butui thought of Chen Jiuyang. This young man's blade path intent was equally terrifying, but he had connections with Emperor Yan, and at most had learned the spear path, not the blade...
No matter how he pondered, Xi Butui couldn't figure out who it was, and he felt a sense of dread. After deep thought, his heart sank. "The waters of this martial world are becoming murkier..."
Across the street from the Six Doors headquarters, in the old town, at Ping An Bookstore, Chen Jiuyang sat inside, reading a book. He suddenly looked up, gazing in the direction of Ji Lengyue. "Hmm? It's a blade..."
The blade is for dominance, to overthrow the superior and cleave open the path of life and death. The sword is for sharpness, to pierce through enemies before you. The spear is for honor, to sweep across all directions. The bow targets the enemy, unstoppable.
"What kind of person did Lengyue encounter to trigger the blade."
The blade, sword, bow, and spear he gave to Ji Lengyue all held corresponding profound meanings.
"However, she should be fine..." Chen Jiuyang closed the book and said to Lin Yuexian, "Yuexian, I'm going to cultivate for a while. Notify me if anything happens."
"Okay," Lin Yuexian replied sweetly.
Chen Jiuyang went to the second floor and began to cultivate cross-legged. Now that spiritual energy was reviving, and this building was equipped with a spirit gathering array, he could cultivate on the second floor for non-critical matters.
"Just a little more, and I'll be able to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage..."
Feeling his primordial spirit becoming increasingly crystalline, about to transition from tangible to intangible, the eighty-one laws began to show signs of merging with his primordial spirit. Each law shone brilliantly, and the laws themselves were subtly on the verge of further merging into the nine great origin great daos.
As he sat here cultivating, a large amount of spiritual energy was absorbed into Chen Jiuyang's body.
A wisp of his radiant Dharma power flowed into his primordial spirit, while the spiritual energy within his primordial spirit was like a vast ocean.
Just as Mother Lian Sheng, who had opened more than twelve acupoints in the Profound Realm, possessed boundless true qi within her body, akin to a vast sea.
Chen Jiuyang, by carving eighty-one laws in the Golden Core stage, also had spiritual energy like a sea.
Both were heaven-defying actions.
Meanwhile, Ji Lengyue and her teammates, who had successfully retreated from the Feng Province headquarters of the Lotus Sect back to the Six Doors headquarters, were still somewhat shaken.
The two quickly reported the entire incident.
"Alright, I understand. I'll hand it over to the intelligence analysts to investigate the Lotus Sect thoroughly," Ji Lengyue's superior constable replied. "You two should rest well for the next few days."
Then he left. This information was not directly sent to Xi Butui, otherwise, he would have immediately connected it to the incident of the blade strike.
The Six Doors headquarters was too busy, with too many cases, most of which involved martial artists and cultivators.
Ji Lengyue completed her mission procedures and took a few days of leave. She washed up and changed clothes at the Six Doors, then took out her phone to call Chen Jiuyang.
"Beep beep!"
The call connected, and Ji Lengyue said, "Chen Jiuyang, where are you?"
Unexpectedly, it was Lin Yuexian's voice on the other end: "Constable Ji, Jiuyang is currently cultivating."
Ji Lengyue's brow furrowed slightly, showing a hint of displeasure. However, the items Chen Jiuyang had given her had saved her life just now.
Suppressing the urge to argue with Lin Yuexian, she simply said, "I don't want to argue with you anymore. Where are you and Chen Jiuyang?"
Lin Yuexian did not conceal anything and gave an address: "...Ping An Bookstore here."
Ji Lengyue's expression faltered. Wasn't that directly across the street from the Six Doors?
What were the two of them doing at a bookstore here?
However, it saved her a lot of time. She changed into casual everyday clothes and headed straight for Ping An Bookstore.
Upon entering, she saw Lin Yuexian sitting at the cashier, exuding a dignified, virtuous, and gentle aura.
This made Ji Lengyue feel an ominous premonition, and she asked, "Who opened this bookstore?"
Lin Yuexian replied sweetly, "Jiuyang and I did."
Ji Lengyue couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy.
Lin Yuexian asked, "Do you need something from Jiuyang?"
"Why should I tell you what I need from him?" Ji Lengyue couldn't resist a verbal sparring match.
"Oh," Lin Yuexian said indifferently. "Then please, make yourself at home. Jiuyang just started cultivating, and I don't know when he'll come out."
"Where is he cultivating?" Ji Lengyue asked again.
"Why should I tell you?" Lin Yuexian chuckled.
Alright, these two women had started their bickering again.
"This place must belong to Chen Jiuyang. Since you have his phone, he must be upstairs or downstairs," Ji Lengyue analyzed briefly and then stomped upstairs in her high heels.
As expected, she saw Chen Jiuyang sitting cross-legged in meditation, cultivating.
Witnessing the spiritual energy flowing into Chen Jiuyang's body like liquid essence, such a miraculous scene, Ji Lengyue's heart was completely filled with a sense of security.
For some reason, she felt less resistant towards Lin Yuexian.