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Chapter 272: A Bamboo Slip in Hand, All Treasures Bow (Part 2)
Chapter 272: A Bamboo Slip in Hand, All Treasures Bow (Part 2)
Instead, it was a sword mark left by the Ziwei Sword.
It was somewhat similar to the accidental mark left by the Tian Shi Sword when it was lost, providing clues for Tang Xiaotang, Li Zhenghuan, and others in their search.
But this sword mark left by the Ziwei Sword had clearly been tempered by someone.
Was this the four-grade opportunity or the three-grade opportunity mentioned in the middle-high fortune? Based on his past experiences with the Tian Shi Seal and the Tian Shi Robe, Lei Jun guessed that this clue to finding the Ziwei Sword was most likely a four-grade opportunity.
He wondered what the three-grade opportunity would be like...
As he watched the seed sprout, Lei Jun's mind wandered, as if witnessing the flow of time and the changing of the ages.
He was accustomed to collecting things and leaving immediately, only to examine them in detail later when the situation was stable.
However, he sensed that the purple light before him was somehow connected to the smoke and fog.
If he collected it right away, the smoke and fog would likely dissipate soon after.
After a moment's thought, Lei Jun decided not to collect the purple light immediately. Instead, he activated the Xuan Xu Mirror's dim mirror light to conceal himself and remained vigilant, keeping a close eye on his surroundings.
Since he had to wait for a while, he took the opportunity to observe the purple light more closely.
Lei Jun felt as if he were walking on a path, a path that someone else had walked before, and as he continued on this path, he witnessed the other person's experiences and journey.
It was Chen Donglou's journey.
Lei Jun watched as the figure of a man appeared in the distance, his back turned towards him.
The man wore plain clothes and straw sandals, typical of Shu Mountain cultivators, but his hair was loose and wild, and even from the back, his spirit and boldness were evident.
The scene shifted to the Nanzhao Stone Forest.
Indeed, Chen Donglou had been there before.
It was in the Nanzhao Stone Forest that he had found the sword mark of the Ziwei Sword.
From there, he had embarked on a journey of refinement and continued his search for the Ziwei Sword, eventually leading him to the Ancient Wood Mountain region.
"Oh?" Lei Jun narrowed his eyes as he noticed something peculiar. According to the vision within the purple light, the void above Ancient Wood Mountain was distorted, forming a portal to another realm.
So, the disappearance of the Ziwei Sword was related to an interdimensional portal? Chen Donglou seemed to have the same suspicion and intended to explore it further, stepping into the portal.
Beyond the portal lay a dark world, akin to the depths of the earth, illuminated only by faint flickers of phosphorescent light, barren and desolate.
After exploring for some time, Chen Donglou encountered the natives of this realm.
"The people of Jiuli?" Lei Jun immediately recognized their features and attire from ancient records.
The portal at Ancient Wood Mountain led directly to the underworld, one of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. This was somewhat unexpected to Lei Jun.
What didn't surprise him, however, was the conflict that ensued between Chen Donglou and the people of Jiuli.
A battle ensued, shaking the very heavens and earth, ultimately drawing the attention of a powerful Jiuli cultivator at the Nine Heavens realm.
Despite being at a disadvantage in terms of cultivation, this wild and fearless sword cultivator showed no fear and fought fiercely until the end.
In addition to sending the sword mark of the Ziwei Sword back to the mortal realm, specifically the Ancient Wood Mountain region, Chen Donglou showed no signs of backing down.
The light of the Seven Star Sword illuminated the sky, moving back and forth between the bright mortal realm and the dim underworld.
In the end, both sides suffered heavy losses, and even the portal itself was destroyed, once again severing the connection between the underworld and the mortal realm.
The Jiuli cultivator's injuries were severe, and it was uncertain if he would survive.
As for Chen Donglou, he was at the end of his rope, his injuries beyond recovery.
Lei Jun watched quietly as the river of time flowed within the purple light, revealing the journey of the Shu Mountain sword cultivator.
At this point in his journey, Chen Donglou could barely maintain a seated position, and he lay sprawled on the ground, his breath faint and weak.
With a satisfied smile on his face, Lei Jun's gaze fell on the Ziwei Sword's sword mark, tinged with a hint of regret.
Unafraid of life and death, victory or defeat.
Merely a tinge of regret at being unable to successfully retrieve the Ziwei Sword.
However, such is life; it was not in vain...
Lei Jun remained silent as he watched Chen Donglou's immortal soul slowly dissipate.
Looking at the images, it was a spectacular sight.
However, examining the intricate details of the cause and effect, one would feel that this senior Chen Donglou's fall was somewhat inexplicable, even absurd.
Yet, it was indeed a fate that aligned with his character and choices.
He seemed to bear a slight regret yet not so much, appearing rather content and pleased.
To live a life true to oneself without regrets, whether it was worth it, was a matter of personal perception...
Lei Jun sighed softly.
Just then, within the purple light, Chen Donglou's immortal soul scattered, and the Seven Star Sword separated into seven points, falling upon Ancient Wood Mountain.
The Ziwei Sword's sword mark, along with the spiritual light from Chen Donglou's dissipated immortal soul, fused to form a celestial seed, buried deep beneath the Ancient Divine Tree.
However, within the spiritual light from Chen Donglou's dissipated immortal soul, there lurked strands of black qi.
It was left behind by his enemy, that powerful Jiuli cultivator.
The celestial seed, buried deep beneath the Ancient Divine Tree, suppressed its own spirituality while constantly purifying itself.
The black qi was gradually expelled from its body, merging into the mountains and absorbed by the towering ancient trees.
From the outside, there seemed to be no difference.
However, the malevolent qi within subtly formed a unique formation.
Now, both the malevolent qi and the purple light celestial seed had finally resurfaced.
Lei Jun's consciousness floated up from the purple river of time, his face thoughtful.
He could now almost confirm that the previous information about Snow Dragon Mountain was likely false information spread by Wang Dongchu and others to set up an ambush.
As for the Nanzhao Stone Forest, they had indeed been there first, discovering clues related to Chen Donglou, quietly collecting and then erasing them, covering their tracks.
It was unclear if this matter had leaked, but people from Shu Mountain who were unaware of the details still paid attention to the Nanzhao Stone Forest, which was why Liao Jie and the others had to make a pretentious trip there.
However, the place had already been cleaned out.
If not for the incident involving Chen Yi and Zhang Jingzhen, and Liao Jie and Mo Chen, those who went to the Nanzhao Stone Forest would have made a wasted trip.
Based on the clues obtained from the Nanzhao Stone Forest, Wang Dongchu and the others had come to the Ancient Wood Mountain area earlier.
The Seven Star Sword left by Chen Donglou was probably taken by Wang Dongchu and his group at that time.
Wang Dongchu also noticed that the ancient trees on this mountain formed a formation that could create mist and fog as a barrier.
So, when they came here today, they used the mist to shake off Shangguan Yunbo's pursuit.
However, they failed to detect the purple light celestial seed, deeply buried and suppressing its spirituality.
And when the purple light celestial seed matured and emerged, it was automatically awakened and reappeared with the explosion of the mist and fog.
As for Chen Donglou's life and death, based on the assumption that the sword remains and the person perishes, it seemed that Wang Dongchu and the others believed that Chen Donglou was already dead.
That was why Wang Dongchu impersonated Chen Donglou using the Seven Star Sword.
Hmm, they guessed right.
However, from Wang Dongchu and their perspective, it was still a guess, correct at ninety-nine percent, but still requiring final verification.
As Lei Jun pondered, his eyes, imbued with the Tian Tong Di Che Fa Lu, suddenly flashed.
The light from the Xuan Xu Mirror above his head also flickered.
He turned his head and vaguely saw the mist and fog rippling slightly.
In the darkness, sword lights were approaching.
Seemingly drawn by the purple light celestial seed.
Wang Dongchu, carrying Chen Donglou's Seven Star Sword... Lei Jun's thoughts raced.
This Shu Mountain elder had finally managed to shake off Shangguan Yunbo's pursuit, aided by the mist and fog of this place.
Wang Dongchu didn't rush to escape, to avoid giving Shangguan Yunbo a direction to follow.
He chose to lie low temporarily and then look for an opportunity to get away.
However, the purple light celestial seed finally broke through the soil and emerged, guided by the Seven Star Sword, leading Wang Dongchu to find this purple spiritual light.
Lei Jun did not collect the purple light celestial seed but quietly positioned himself to the side, watching silently.
After a while, the sword lights finally approached.
Within the mist, a total of seven sword lights appeared, forming the pattern of the Big Dipper in the sky.
Instead of Wang Dongchu's own sword, it was the Seven Star Sword.
Strictly speaking, this sword should be considered a magical artifact.
But as a magical artifact, its power was immense. The Seven Star Sword lights crisscrossed the sky, so even though Chen Donglou had perished, his legend remained in the human realm, and people often referred to this Seven Star Sword as a set of magical artifacts.
This was because, after Chen Donglou reached the Eight Heavens Immortal Journey realm, instead of refining a second natal magical artifact, he combined his six previous natal magical artifacts and his first natal magical artifact from the Seven Heavens realm, unifying them into the current Seven Star Sword.
With the seven swords hanging in the sky, responding and complementing each other, they were like seven flying swords attacking together.
Lei Jun, with his exceptional insight, quickly understood the principle after a few glances.
This artifact, or rather, this set of artifacts, still had room for improvement.
The most important North Star position was currently missing.
Chen Donglou had previously occupied the North Star position himself.
If he had successfully retrieved the Ziwei Sword, then using it to command the Seven Star Sword would have further enhanced their power, with each sword mutually reinforcing the others.
However, unfortunately, all of this remained in the realm of speculation.
Chen Donglou had already fallen.
And his Seven Star Sword was taken by others to smear his name.
When the seven sword lights approached the purple light celestial seed, they did not immediately collect it but carefully observed and studied it first.
Lei Jun hid himself from view.
As an expert in the Daoist Forge Sect who had cultivated to the Eighth Heaven Immortal Journey realm, he specialized in spirit and soul, granting him extremely keen perception.
Shangguan Yunbo, as a powerful martial artist, could primarily sense killing intent and attacks directed at him, while Wang Dongchu, an elder of the Shu Mountain Sect, could proactively sense the surrounding area within a wide range.
Even with the smoke screen as an obstacle, the distance between the two sides was now very close.
However, Wang Dongchu was currently heavily injured.
He was vigilant and might be able to detect Shen Quibing, Shangguan Sheng, and the others, but it would be difficult for him to perceive Lei Jun's presence.
Lei Jun carefully observed the seven sword lights.
Connecting what he had seen and heard, a hypothesis suddenly formed in his mind.
After some contemplation, he made up his mind.
Thus, Lei Jun did not choose to strike from behind with the Yuan Magnet Sword Pellet.
Watching the sword lights, he raised his hand.
Then, he gently waved downwards.
Instantly, soundless black thunder appeared and spread forward, transforming into a black "ocean" that enveloped and submerged the seven sword lights.
As one of the pillars of the younger generation in the Shu Mountain Sect, Wang Dongchu's composure and mentality far surpassed that of his disciple, Liao Jie.
Caught off guard, he remained calm and, with a thought, the seven sword lights fluttered up and down together, slashing through layers of profound thunder, attempting to break free.
However, Lei Jun's profound thunder was unique and especially effective against other schools' artifacts and treasures.
The Seven Star Sword, having endured prolonged battle and used to manipulate the illusions of Ancient Wood Mountain, no longer possessed its former sharpness and was entangled by Lei Jun's profound thunder, unable to break free.
Wang Dongchu was uninjured and could try to suppress Lei Jun with his higher realm, but now he had no choice but to look for another way out.
Suddenly, one of the sword lights flickered and split into two, intertwining and spinning, with one light dim and the other bright. The two sword lights twisted together, and with a joint effort, they successfully broke through a corner of the black thunder ocean.
Far from being angry, Lei Jun's eyes lit up at this sight. "The Kaiyang Sword, the Yin-Yang Double Stars?"
The two sword lights crisscrossed as they flew out of the black thunder.
The remaining six sword lights followed suit.
The sword lights still formed the pattern of the Big Dipper, flying and spinning as if they were a single entity, their movements intricate and unstoppable.
"It won't be easy to capture you as planned." As Lei Jun spoke, his actions were not the least bit slow, and he met the spinning sword lights head-on.
"Fortunately, I've also refined a treasure."
As he spoke, he flicked his right hand, and suddenly, there appeared a seven-jointed green bamboo staff in his hand.
The numerous sword lights in the air all buzzed as if they were agitated.
Before they could dodge, Lei Jun's bamboo staff had already swung out, striking the two lights of the Kaiyang Sword!
The Yin-Yang sword lights trembled and immediately merged back into one.
Lei Jun's demeanor was graceful, and his green bamboo staff seemed to wave casually, but purple and golden lights had already enveloped the area.
At this moment, it was as if a purple, golden, and green three-colored altar was enveloping the area.
The seven sword lights danced and darted about, shaking the altar violently, but they couldn't break free at the first attempt.
At the same time, Lei Jun strolled leisurely, his steps unhurried. The bamboo staff in his hand rose and fell gently.
Thunder seemed to rumble in the air.
A flash of lightning illuminated the surrounding smoke for an instant.
At the same time, there was a soft "pa" sound.
The Kaiyang Sword, which had been struck earlier, suddenly stiffened, as if all its spiritual power and law flow were interrupted, temporarily frozen in mid-air.
When the Kaiyang Sword was immobilized, the entire formation of the Big Dipper faltered.
But Wang Dongchu was quick to react. Seeing that he couldn't break free immediately, he immediately manipulated the other six swords to stab at Lei Jun.
Despite his heavy injuries, Wang Dongchu's control over the Seven Star Sword was still formidable, demonstrating the sharpness of the Shu Mountain Sword Cultivators.
However, Lei Jun remained calm.
If it had been another type of attack, such as the Confucian School's sword qi, he would have considered a different defense.
But at this moment, Lei Jun stood still, unmoving.
Above his head, two Two-Yin Heavenly Origin Law Talismans spun rapidly.
Countless yuan magnetic forces spread out, creating an invisible barrier around Lei Jun.
The six sword lights flew forward, but as they approached Lei Jun, they seemed to be stuck in mud, their speed slowing down.
Although the flying swords continued to advance, pressing closer to Lei Jun, their speed had slowed, giving Lei Jun time to strike with his bamboo staff several times.
And so...
"Pa!"
The Tian Shu Sword was immobilized.
"Pa!"
The Tian Xuan Sword was immobilized.
"Pa!"
The Tian Ji Sword was immobilized.
It even trembled slightly in mid-air.
A figure of light floated out from within.
The figure twisted and groaned, revealing itself to be none other than Wang Dongchu's immortal soul! His own natal treasure, the Unity Sword, had been destroyed by Shangguan Yunbo's long spear, and his immortal soul was heavily wounded, forcing him to temporarily inhabit one of the Seven Star Swords.
But now, it was directly drawn out by Lei Jun's strike!
The first treasure refined by Lei Jun after his cultivation.
The Jade Celestial Immortal Bamboo!
Wang Dongchu's immortal soul trembled violently from the strike, and his severely injured spiritual soul was almost scattered.
He intended to manipulate the remaining Tian Quan, Yaoheng, and Yao Guang swords to rescue himself, but after taking a hit from the Jade Celestial Immortal Bamboo, his thoughts seemed to be severed by Lei Jun.
Before Wang Dongchu could react, Lei Jun's bamboo staff struck again!
The immortal soul of the Shu Mountain elder shattered like an egg hitting a high-speed impact, "pa," scattering in all directions.
(End of Chapter)
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