Chapter 1004: Qin Cang Liu
Chapter 1004: Qin Cang Liu
Wu Ming's face burned with pain, his head buzzed, and he was completely stunned.
"Is this... the Fireball Spell?"
"From such a distance, how did it hit me in an instant?"
He couldn't understand how the faint light he saw was just a wisp of fire, a blurry and unformed fireball.
In the next moment, this fireball had already exploded on his face?
What kind of speed was this?
Moreover, could this be the Fireball Spell? The force and aftermath were so powerful, it felt like a "cannonball," making people's scalps numb.
Protected by the Lundao Jade, a Lunjian disciple wouldn't directly suffer harm.
But the residual burning and pain, as well as the impact, were still felt.
This fireball was extremely tricky and unexpected.
Wu Ming was hit by the blast, almost falling headlong, stumbling for a few steps before barely standing firm. It took him a while to recover from the shock of the Fireball Spell.
Then, Wu Ming's eyelids suddenly jumped, and his heart cried out:
"Not good!"
He immediately looked up and saw a clear sword glow like a moonlit water surface, condensing.
Ling Hu Xiao, who had been suppressed and provoked throughout the match, wouldn't let Wu Ming off easily.
He and Mo Hua worked in perfect harmony. While Mo Hua used the Fireball Spell to gain an opportunity, Ling Hu Xiao had already started accumulating his spiritual energy.
By the time Wu Ming recovered, the sword energy had been fully accumulated.
Ling Hu Xiao's eyes were icy, looking at Wu Ming as if he were a dead man. With a loud shout, he swung his long sword, slashing out a more than ten-foot-long Chongxu Sword Light.
This sword light was extremely sharp.
Wu Ming wasn't foolish, and he immediately thought of running.
The effect of the Tie Yi Fu was still active, reducing the power of the sword energy, but he didn't want to bear the brunt of Ling Hu Xiao's sword.
A swordsman genius who comes once in five hundred years, when he slashes out his sword light with all his might, it's not a joke.
As long as he avoided this sword light, Ling Hu Xiao's spiritual energy would be exhausted, and he would become a lamb to be slaughtered.
The other few people were just fish on a chopping board.
That kid who used the Fireball Spell to sneak attack him, he would settle the score with him.
Wu Ming turned around, stepped on the ground, and his body moved like flowing fire, ready to escape.
But just at this moment, a whistling sound tore through the air.
A fireball drew a straight red light, and even before the sound of breaking through the air, it had already exploded on Wu Ming's back.
"Damn, what the..."
Wu Ming was furious, but his body was hit by the blast, and he couldn't help but lose his balance and fall to the ground.
The surging Chongxu Sword Energy instantly arrived, slashing fiercely on his body.
On Wu Ming's body, the blue light of Xu Kong rose, blocking the power of the Chongxu Sword Energy, but at the same time, the light of the Lundao Jade on his forehead quickly retreated.
Finally, the light disappeared, and the Lundao Jade shattered.
Wu Ming's face turned pale, but he was powerless.
With a flash of Xu Kong's light, his figure completely disappeared, and he was transmitted out of the Lunjian arena.
Wu Ming was defeated.
Ling Hu Xiao held his sword and panted heavily.
Although he was a swordsman genius, and his sword energy was powerful, this "power" was only in cultivation.
Battle situations were ever-changing and completely different.
He finally experienced firsthand what his senior brother had told him before: powerful cultivators needed not only strong combat power but also strong practical combat abilities.
His senior brother also mentioned a strange term:
Battle Conversion Rate.
With strong abilities and a high battle conversion rate, one would truly be a powerful cultivator.
If one only had profound cultivation and clever sword techniques but lacked practical combat experience, they would be helpless under pressure and have no countermeasures when targeted, becoming a weak "armchair strategist."
Even with strong combat power, if it can't be utilized in battle, it's like a useless chicken rib.
Through the Lunjian Conference, they could train by competing, clash with Celestial Geniuses, deal with various situations, improve practical combat experience, enhance the practical combat conversion of sword techniques, and fully unleash the power of the Chongxu Sword Art to become a truly powerful swordsman cultivator.
This was also the senior brother's expectation and plan for him.
Ling Hu Xiao calmed down, silently summarizing his gains and losses, then raised his sword and pointed it at the other four cultivators from the Ling Fu School.
His spiritual energy was almost exhausted, but now, with five against four, the outcome was already decided.
With Wu Ming's defeat, Ling Hu Xiao freed up his hands to join the other battles. Even with his remaining spiritual energy, the situation immediately tilted in their favor.
With Mo Hua adding a few more fireballs, this round of Lunjian was settled.
Tai Xu School won.
On the Fangtian Huayin, the figures of Mo Hua and the others gradually disappeared.
The audience outside the arena quieted down for a moment, then scattered discussions began:
"Ling Hu Xiao is still strong..."
"Tai Xu School barely won this round..."
"That Mo Hua, he does have something, his Fireball Spell, seems to be... not bad?"
"Yes, not bad," someone nodded, "The stalemate was broken by his Fireball Spell, saving his teammate from a dire situation."
Others disagreed: "Isn't it possible that because of him, his teammate was in a dire situation?"
"Just replace him with anyone, five against five, they would have won long ago, why drag it out like this?"
"Moreover, the Fireball Spell, isn't it something anyone with hands can do?"
"In this world, who among the geniuses with fire-based spiritual roots doesn't know the Fireball Spell?"
"Have you ever seen a genius rely on the Fireball Spell in the Lunjian Conference? It's embarrassing..."
"But his Fireball Spell seems a bit different... there's something strange about it..." someone pondered.
With this statement, many meticulous cultivators also showed signs of deep thought.
Fangtian Huayin was just a "projection" of the scene, and even if it was very realistic, there was always some distortion.
The audience outside the arena still had an overall perspective.
Under the distorted projection, they could see Mo Hua using the Fireball Spell, but with their naked eyes, it was difficult to discern the nature of this fireball.
They could only vaguely sense that this Fireball Spell had a slight discordance.
However, most cultivators didn't think much of it.
Especially those who had previously held biases against Mo Hua and harbored ill intentions, they disdainfully said:
"What's so special about the Fireball Spell?
They talk as if they know everything..."
"It's just a simple Fireball spell. Even if you play around with it, what's the big deal? It's still just a Fireball spell, right?"
"Those idiots from Ling Fu School, in my opinion, are all show and no substance. To think they'd be defeated by a Fireball spell, it's laughable..."
"It's just a Fireball spell, I could do it too..."
...
In the crowd, Gu Chang Huai paid no heed to these comments.
He focused his attention on Fang Tian Huayin, thinking about Mo Hua's Fireball spell...
And at the very beginning, in the thatched cottage outside Qingzhou City, those ten or so human traffickers who were killed by the Fireball spell and then burned to ashes to destroy the evidence, he couldn't help but frown and sighed helplessly:
"This kid, he's really good at hiding..."
...
As the debate with Ling Fu School ended.
The discussions about Mo Hua also temporarily subsided.
Mo Hua wasn't entirely useless.
He was useful, but only to a certain extent.
Perhaps it was just the use of a "Fireball" spell.
The crowd's impression of Mo Hua, from being completely useless and only dragging down Tai Xu Men's "Prince," changed to...
"A Zhen Shi who knows how to use the Fireball spell."
...
Outside Lundao Mountain.
Mo Hua and Ling Hu Xiao packed up and prepared to return to their sect, but after taking only a few steps, they encountered several members of Ling Fu School again.
The one in front was still Wu Ming.
He looked aggrieved, his anger showing through, his spiritual armor glowing with red light, and his flamboyant appearance resembling a defeated "rooster."
Wu Ming stared intently at the crowd, especially Mo Hua in the crowd.
His previous hatred was still directed at Ling Hu Xiao.
But now, because of being "slapped in the face" by the Fireball spell and subjected to ridicule, his hatred successfully shifted.
"Mo Hua..." he muttered Mo Hua's name, feeling both humiliated and resentful, grinding his teeth:
"If it weren't for you using the Fireball spell to sneak attack me, I wouldn't have lost."
"If it weren't for you, Ling Hu Xiao would already be my defeated opponent..."
"I'll remember you, you just wait..."
After saying these harsh words, he left.
Mo Hua frowned, a bit confused, so he turned to look at Ling Hu Xiao, puzzled:
"Even if I used the Fireball spell to blast his face, it was still your sword technique that defeated him. You won, why does he hold a grudge against me?"
Ling Hu Xiao was at a loss for words and fell silent.
"Perhaps it's... better to die at the hands of a strong opponent than to be humiliated by a Fireball spell?" Si Tu Jian said.
After all, in the Swordsman Competition, losing to a sword genius's Chong Xu Jie Jian Zhen Jue still carries a sense of tragic glory, even in defeat.
But in the Swordsman Competition, if one were to lose to a Fireball spell... then, thinking about it, there would only be a sense of "ridiculousness."
"It's not that bad..." Mo Hua frowned, "There are countless Dao Fa, each with its strengths and weaknesses. The key to their effectiveness lies in the heart of the user."
"That's true, but the Fireball spell is still just a Fireball spell..." Si Tu Jian whispered.
Mo Hua shook his head solemnly, "We can't dismiss the Fireball spell as a mere spell... I'll prove to them that the Fireball spell is also a very powerful spell!"
Mo Hua's expression was serious, as if he was determined to vindicate the Fireball spell.
After all, the first offensive spell he learned was the Fireball spell, personally taught by Master Gui.
He wouldn't allow anyone to look down on the Fireball spell!
"Back to the sect, prepare for the next Swordsman Competition!"
Mo Hua instructed, and then left with a serious expression.
Si Tu Jian watched Mo Hua's departing figure and sighed silently.
He had a premonition in his heart.
This Wu Ming, was just the first "enemy" that Xiao Shixiong had made feel aggrieved.
This was just the beginning; Xiao Shixiong hadn't even shown his full strength yet.
Even more aggrieving methods were yet to come.
If this situation continues, by the time Xiao Shixiong finishes the Swordsman Competition, who knows how many more enemies he'll accumulate..."
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Upon returning to Tai Xu Men, Mo Hua rested for a moment and then began preparing for his next Swordsman Competition match.
His next opponent in the Xuan Zhi Ju round was one of the Ba Da Men.
However, the name of this sect was quite unexpected...
Gui Shui Men.
Mo Hua's eyes narrowed in thought.
Gui Shui Men, originally one of the Shi Er Liu sects, was born from the Shui Yu Men of that year. It was the main sect involved in the Yan Zhi Zhou incident, violating the Dao Fa and Qian Xue Men regulations, secretly operating Feng Yue Shi Ye, and was thoroughly cleaned up by the Dao Ting.
The current Gui Shui Men, from the higher-ups to the ordinary disciples, has undergone a "major blood transfusion."
After the blood transfusion, the blood flowing in Gui Shui Men is that of the Dao Ting Si, or even the Central Dao Ting.
In the previous Lundao Conference, the sect underwent its first reform.
Tai E Men and Chong Xu Men's rankings dropped, forcing them to merge with Tai Xu Men, which meant that two positions were vacated among the Ba Da Men.
One of these positions was given to Gui Shui Men, one of the Shi Er Liu sects.
The other position was also given to an "old acquaintance."
Duan Jin Men...
Once ranked among the Shi Er Liu sects, with Duan Jin Yu Jian Jue as their core inheritance, their disciples had repeatedly clashed with Mo Hua, and even after the Wan Yao Gou incident, Duan Jin Men underwent a leadership change and a blood transfusion.
Mo Hua's connection with Duan Jin Men was also deep.
The first person he encountered upon entering Qian Xue Zhou Jie was Jiang Lao Da, a traitor from Duan Jin Men.
Mo Hua possessed both of Duan Jin Men's core inheritances, Duan Jin Yu Jian Jue and Duan Jin Jian Zhen.
"Duan Jin Men..."
Mo Hua's eyes flashed, and his heart stirred.
It can be said that his connections with both Gui Shui Men and Duan Jin Men were not shallow.
The "major blood transfusions" of Gui Shui Men and Duan Jin Men were both caused by him.
And now, Gui Shui Men and Duan Jin Men have both been promoted to Ba Da Men... Mo Hua couldn't help but feel a bit strange.
Gui Shui Men's promotion to Ba Da Men, aside from its high sect ranking, must have been influenced by the Dao Ting.
And behind the scenes here, it's likely Xia Jian Cha.
Xia Jian Cha, or rather, the Dao Ting, wants to interfere in the Qian Xue Prefecture, and the key to their plan is the Four Sects, Eight Gates, and Twelve Streams.
The Four Sects are too powerful, and the Eight Gates are first-rate.
Infiltrating an existing Eight Gates is far less direct and thorough than supporting a new one.
Gui Shui Men is an open secret, and right now, it's the Dao Ting's "pawn."
What about Duan Jin Men?
After the Wan Yao Gou Incident, Mo Hua had little contact with Song Jian, and it's been a long time since he last saw him. I don't know if something happened there.
Is the Dao Ting also supporting Duan Jin Men?
If so, does that mean... all these events, everything behind them, have the Dao Ting's high-level cultivators observing from the shadows, silently plotting?
So...
I unintentionally became a "pawn"?
Unknowingly, my actions also influenced the changes and development of the game?
"Who is this Dao Ting high-level cultivator who strategizes behind the scenes?"
"What is his purpose?"
Mo Hua frowned, unable to figure it out, but he kept it in mind as a warning for the future.
Tian Ji is like this; you're observing Tian Ji, and Tian Ji is also observing you.
You calculate others, and others are calculating you.
You treat others as pawns, and in the grand scheme of things, there may be someone treating you as a "pawn," playing a grand game...
Mo Hua's eyes lit up slightly, his gaze filled with the ebb and flow of cause and effect, and his understanding of Tian Ji deepened.
Then, he gathered his thoughts and focused on being a "pawn," continuing to prepare for the Lunjian Conference.
"As long as I can take the 'bait' and be a 'pawn' once, it doesn't really matter..."
...
Two days later, at Lundao Shan.
Another Lunjian began.
The Three Sects, merged into the Tai Xu Gate, faced the new Eight Gates, the Gui Shui Gate.
This random tournament format finally changed.
This time, it was a "Zhan Shou Sai."
Both sides chose a disciple as their "Shou Ling."
Regardless of whether the other disciples lived or died, whether the battle situation was favorable or not, as long as they could kill the enemy's "Shou Ling," they would be considered victorious, and this was "Zhan Shou."
During Dao Bing operations, they would occasionally select some dead soldiers to carry out "Zhan Shou" missions, killing the enemy's high-ranking and special cultivators.
This is also the purpose of the "Zhan Shou Sai" format.
The disciple chosen as the "Shou Ling" for the Gui Shui Gate was named Qin Cang Liu.
The Qin family is a Five Grade Aristocratic Family in the Qian Xue Prefecture, and they also seem to have a deep connection with the Central Dao Ting.
Qin Cang Liu is a direct disciple of the Qin family's lineage, and within the Gui Shui Gate, he is one of the top two geniuses.
Currently, the Gui Shui Gate is directly under the Central Dao Ting.
With the Qin family's connections and the sect's direct control, if nothing unexpected happens, this Qin Cang Liu, given time, will also become a leader in the Dao Ting Si of the Prefecture.
It's even possible for him to enter the Central Dao Ting and be promoted to a Dao Ting "Jian Cha."
Therefore, the "Shou Ling" of the Gui Shui Gate's team could be none other than him.
On the Tai Xu Gate's side, Mo Hua was chosen as the "Shou Ling."
Those who knew the inside story didn't find it surprising.
But among the spectators outside, the observing cultivators were perplexed.
"What is the Tai Xu Gate doing now?"
"This is a Zhan Shou Sai. Do they even understand the rules? Do they know what this 'Zhan Shou' implies?"
"If they didn't choose Ling Hu Xiao, it would be fine. Even choosing Ou Yang Xuan would be acceptable. Or that guy with the sword on his back, even if they chose that 'Big and Dumb Guy'... at least he has thick skin and can take a beating."
"What's the point of choosing Mo Hua?"
"His Lundao Yu is as fragile as paper-hardened walnuts, breaking at the slightest touch. How can they compete like this?"
"Do they even have brains when they Lunjian?"
...
The spectators outside started discussing animatedly.
Inside, the disciples of both sides had already taken their positions.
On the Gui Shui Gate's side, Qin Cang Liu led the team, wearing a black water-style robe with a "Shou" character badge on his chest.
He cultivated a water-based cultivation method and had a somewhat soft and cold demeanor.
Due to his ambition to work in the Dao Ting Si, and being a disciple of the Gui Shui Gate, he had already developed a bit of the dignified air of a "Zhang Si."
Several Qin family elders who worked in the Dao Ting and had extraordinary vision had all declared:
This child will undoubtedly hold a high position with great authority in the future.
But for now, he is just a disciple.
He needs to demonstrate his strength at the Lunjian Conference, make a name for himself, and take a step towards fulfilling his grand ambitions.
Now, his opponent is the Tai Xu Gate.
The person he needs to "Zhan Shou" is named Mo Hua.
Qin Cang Liu also found this puzzling.
Why did the Tai Xu Gate choose him when there were other options? Why did they choose such a person who would die with one strike, a formation master who would be disabled with one squeeze, to be the "Shou Ling"?
Why? Because of his Fireball technique?
But regardless, the goal was clear:
"Everyone, give it your all, regardless of the cost, and kill Mo Hua!"
Among these five, as long as one of them could get close to Mo Hua, with just one strike, one sword, or even just a punch, they could take his life and shatter his "Lundao Yu."
With this, the Zhan Shou would be successful, and the Gui Shui Gate would win this round.
And he would take another step towards his future.
"Yes, Brother Qin!"
The other disciples of the Gui Shui Gate saluted.
On the Tai Xu Gate's side.
Mo Hua also wore a "Shou" character badge around his neck and instructed Ling Hu Xiao and the others:
"The tournament format has changed, and the gameplay has changed. We need to switch up our tactics."
"You all take the offensive, and I'll support you."
"That person over there..."
"Qin Cang Liu." Si Tu Jian said.
Mo Hua nodded, "Qin Cang Liu. If we can 'Zhai' him, we'll win."
This Qin Cang Liu has an extraordinary background and great talent. Although his future may be limitless, for now, this is a Lunjian. Let's 'Zhai' him first.
(End of Chapter)
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