Chapter 1114: Chapter 4: Four Seasons Dojo and Yuanfeng Skill, the Never-Heard-of Ancient Temple!
"Young man, weren’t you confined for four years?"
"How intriguing, dare you defy the decree again?"
"Hey hey, please don’t speak carelessly." Zhao Xing hurriedly waved his hand: "My true self is still being suppressed by the Imperial Decree at Qitian Peak."
Emperor Jing’s confinement decree is indeed not a joke; it truly can suppress someone from moving, just like how Princess You Ruo could only kneel atop the dragon bed back in the day.
"Another avatar coming to study?" Li Boqian said with a smile, rising to his feet, "The Yuanfeng Skill is not that simple."
"Just give it a try; if it doesn’t work, we’ll come down and find you next time."
"Coming down to find me, is that reasonable? Hahaha~"
After joking with the old man for a while, since October of the 56th year of Da Zhi, Zhao Xing has been studying the Ultimate Magic "Yuanfeng" here with Li Boqian.
Apart from his true self at Qitian Peak, Zhao Xing only has two avatars outside.
One at the Princess Mansion in East Sea Bixian County, the other by Li Boqian’s side.
Mr. Zhao also gave Emperor Jing enough face, as these two avatars only stay within a specific range, so it doesn’t really violate the Imperial Decree.
He issued this confinement order, stripping the title of the Palace walker, which also suited Mr. Zhao’s intention.
Now, at the end of the 56th year of Yongzhi, Mr. Zhao plans to do nothing, quietly waiting for Emperor Jing to pass away.
Once Emperor Wu ascends to the throne, that will be his time to shine!
"Yuanfeng" is the Ultimate Skill; back then, when I ventured into a forbidden area in the Western Extreme Ice Glacier, I accidentally stumbled into an ancient temple."
"I saw many murals that didn’t belong to this era, contemplated for half a month, and with a sudden flash of insight, created this spell."
"Strangely, as soon as it was created, this spell was at the ultimate level. Later on, when I tried to extend it, I only created three forms from the Top Seven Transitions to the Nine Transitions, utterly incomprehensible for others because it’s too profound."
Ancient temple murals in the Western Extreme Ice Glacier? Zhao Xing frowned.
"And then? Did you discover anything else there?"
"Later, I went looking multiple times, but I couldn’t find that place again." Li Boqian reminisced. "A hundred years ago, I took Wang Tianzhi to the ’Extreme Ice Sea Eye’ in the Western Extreme Ice Glacier for training, looked again, still couldn’t find it."
"I did see the ’Death Ice Pillar’ again, but it wasn’t the same as where I initially discovered it."
"I suspect I unintentionally entered a former magnificent Holy Land. There are great secrets there, and the murals I saw might be some sort of selection, yet I did not receive its recognition..."
Zhao Xing exclaimed: "You created the Ultimate Skill, yet couldn’t earn its recognition?"
Li Boqian shook his head: "I don’t know, maybe, maybe not, but I fear I’ll never understand it."
"If you have the ability in the future, you can go check it out."
"Is there anything special about that ancient temple you mentioned?"
Li Boqian frowned: "That’s what’s peculiar, I even have a hazy memory of what I originally saw... don’t think I’m doddering, I truly can’t remember."
"I just recall there being three vague Divine Statues seated there, were they statues? Or silhouettes? I can’t remember, truly can’t..." Li Boqian muttered.
Zhao Xing was shocked internally; something that could make Grand Minister of Agriculture Li Boqian experience such uncertainty, what could it possibly be?
And why hadn’t he ever heard of this before?
"Well, the world is vast and full of wonders. Beyond the Six Realms, they exist but aren’t addressed, it might simply have been an illusion while I comprehended Yuanfeng, let’s not dwell on it." Li Boqian said, "Let’s practice the Yuanfeng Skill."
"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded, inclined to believe Li Boqian experienced an illusion; after all, creating the Ultimate Skill within half a month is indeed strange, possibly a mistaken memory.
Considering that during the creation of an Ultimate Skill one senses the world, it’s highly possible for a fleeting, unique perspective to occur.
"The Yuanfeng Skill is where my ultimate ambition lies!" When speaking about this Secret Technique, Li Boqian’s expression turned proud.
"It uses the Ultimate Skill ’Cloud Sky Dao’ as the foundation, with the Hou Transformation Technique ’Pig Transformation’ as support, and even incorporates Array, Dao of Talismans... all combined in the Rule Arena practice!"
"At that time, I had just ascended to the position of Grand Minister of Agriculture, full of ambition, creating this skill not only to surpass all known former Ministers of Agriculture, but also to surpass everyone, aiming to make it the number one spell in the world!"
"People say the Ten Thousand Skill Grass Man of Shangluo Academy holds the world’s premier Ultimate Skill for the Minister of Agriculture."
"Some even claim Xu Xing could defeat ten of me, and if he hadn’t gone mad, the position of Grand Minister of Agriculture would have never fallen to me..."
"I refuse to accept it!" Li Boqian said passionately, "In those years of no warfare, I contemplated deeply and thus conceived the Yuanfeng Skill, aiming to suppress that old scoundrel Xu Xing. Let everyone be silent!"
"Xuantian bestowed grace, I indeed created it, although it was initially just crafted, it was sufficient to make me proud."
"After returning from the forbidden area venture in the Western Extreme Ice Glacier, I immediately sought out Xu Xing, who was at his peak, and invited him for a secret duel in the [Dojo]."
Zhao Xing was engrossed, yet after a long while, Li Boqian stopped talking. Feeling helpless, he had to ask: "And then?"
"Heh heh, what do you think?" Li Boqian said with a merry smile.
"Did you win?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Correct." Li Boqian stroked his beard and said: "Xu Xing employed five kinds of top-level Dharma Bodies, but all were completely sealed by my Yuanfeng Skill!"
"The connection between the Grassman and the true self was severed, even the soul couldn’t return to the true self’s body."
"Hmph, he became enraged and attempted to use Pure Essence Projection to summon a Treasure-level Divine Tree to fight me."
"In the end, still suppressed by me!"
Zhao Xing’s mouth dropped wide open in disbelief: "You aren’t bluffing, are you?"
He genuinely doubted the old man was bluffing.
Though Xu Xing possessed only five great Dharma Bodies, and the Divine Soul was divided into a mere ninety thousand paths, could he really use the "Heaven and Earth Planting Soldiers Decision" to wield a Treasure-level Divine Tree and cast the Four Seasons Divine Splendor Arena, yet still be suppressed by Old Man Li?
This boast seemed too grand!
"Don’t believe me?" Li Boqian became anxious.
"I don’t believe." Zhao Xing shook his head.
"His Majesty was present at the time, if you don’t believe me, you can ask His Majesty!"
"I believe it now."
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