Chapter Eighty-Seven: Heaven Concealing Sword Technique

  Jū Líng Zǐ and Tiān Léi Zǐ burst out laughing, their bodies suddenly radiating a thick, brilliant light. At the same time, Shuǐ Yuán Zǐ's body also emitted a pale blue-green light, which shot into the lower part of the mountain.

  In Chu Ping's divine consciousness, he immediately felt a surge of oppressive power surging and churning, like thunder and lightning, causing the entire island to tremble slightly. Around the island, a layer of white mist appeared, with flowing light on top, constantly rotating and wandering, accompanied by the continuous fluctuation and trembling of the massive dynamic deep pool at the center of the island, as if it was about to break through the air at any moment.

  "This array may be crude, but the four people's accumulated power is enormous, and with a flick of their wrists, they can move this small island of about 100 miles in circumference with ease."

  Chu Ping secretly thought to himself, and suddenly felt a shock beneath him. The entire island sank into the sea, with waves surging up from all sides. The massive pressure and rotational force crashed against the surrounding aura, but was resolved one by one by Water Elemental Child, transforming instead into the island's source of power.

  "It's truly inconceivable, Tian Lei Zi controls the wind and thunder, Shui Yuan Zi drives the water essence, these two cooperate with each other. They can enter heaven and earth, yet they are not afraid. And there's also Tian Ji Zi who can predict fortune and misfortune, able to seek good fortune and avoid calamity, no wonder the four beasts are so rare, overseas they haven't been taken in by those powerful sects as their guardian beasts!"

  To know that a spiritual beast like Lei is extremely long-lived, with an average lifespan of several thousand years, compared to humans, it's simply a matter of comparing the bright moon to a firefly, and they can't be mentioned in the same breath. Even if a human cultivator has cultivated to the level of Yuanying, they still cannot live forever, at most they can only break through the barrier of a thousand years, having more time to comprehend the Great Way, with the goal of breaking free and ascending.

  If one could obtain any of the four beasts, place it at the mountain gate, and impart the Taoist teachings to it, in a few thousand years' time, it would be elevated to a terrifying realm! With this, the mountain gate would be secure and untroubled, dominating all under heaven.

  Gazing into the depths of the ocean, all sorts of unfamiliar fish and creatures darted back and forth around him, and Chu Ping suddenly felt a sense of peace.

  When I was young, or maybe even now, I had a dream that one day I could freely swim in the deep sea, see whales, sharks and dolphins, and explore the giant monsters of the ocean. But even with my current abilities, it's probably still difficult to dive into the depths of the ocean. I didn't expect that today I would be able to fulfill this wish.

  Suishou's innate talent for manipulating water flow is simply unbelievable. The massive water pressure from all directions was converted into an overwhelming force by her, although she herself couldn't absorb it, but could store it in the dynamic deep pool on the island, with the expectation of using it later.

  "This deep pool is indeed ingenious, it can actually store such a huge power!" Chu Ping exclaimed, feeling the majestic and vast power constantly pouring into the mountain pool.

  Tianji Zi smiled, "This is all thanks to Juling Zi. His original body was the Great Power Ape, comparable to the ancient divine beast Tongbi Yuanhu. In itself, it's a wonderful treasure that can hold immense yuanqi power. This deep pool is modeled after his body and transformed by Tianlei Zi and Shuiyuan Zi's constant transformation of power. It can be said that it surpasses any major sect's power source pool!"

  A loud rumbling sound, the island landed on a mountain range at the bottom of the sea. Tianji Zi smiled and said, "Let's go, let Shuizhen protect us as we leave, and see who will win between the two Daoist sects!"

  Suī yuán zǐ gènɡǔ bù yán, shēnshàng què shì shè chū sì tuán ɡuānɡ qiú, bǎ chu pínɡ sì rén lái ɡuòlái, shuānɡ yǐ zhèn dònɡ, shùn jiān jiù fēi chū dǎo wài, fēn kāi shuǐ liú, zhí chōnɡ ér shànɡ.

  Translation:

  The water source child was silent for a long time, but his body suddenly shot out four balls of light, bringing Chu Ping and the others over, his wings fluttering wildly as he instantly flew out of the island, parted the water flow, and rushed upwards.

  Chu Ping suddenly said in the light ball, "If you can refine this island into a Tongling Ruyi treasure, its size is up to your heart, and it's not necessary to be so troublesome!"

  "Indeed, we've considered this, but unfortunately, none of us four are skilled in the art of equipment refinement. We can only manage such simple crafting. This small island, spanning a hundred miles, may not be large, but it's not small either. Just refining the island itself, removing impurities, would require an enormous amount of effort. Not to mention the various array formations and talismans that need to be added, along with refined iron and jade stones...and then there's the need to infuse our own intentions into the foundation..."

  "Ah, it's really too troublesome," Tianji Zi said with a sigh. "If it were just troublesome, that would be one thing, but the four of us usually cultivate for only two hours a day, and even then we can't spare the energy to refine our skills. And those complicated array formations and incantations, none of us understand them, there's really no way!"

  At this point, the five of them had already floated up to the surface of the sea, still a short distance away from the water's surface. Chu Ping felt the fluctuation of the Heavenly Origin Energy above.

  His divine consciousness converged into a line and quietly scanned upwards. The scene on the surface of the sea immediately appeared in Chu Ping's divine sea.

  "Concentrate your spirit as a mirror and transform your consciousness into a scene!"

  A layer of hazy white light suddenly appeared in front of the five people, and the light waves shook and transformed into a mirror surface that was five feet long and wide. Inside, it presented the scenery on the sea surface.

  The sky is clear and vast, with nothing left unseen. The warm sunshine shines down, creating a sparkling glow on the surface of the sea.

  In the mirror, however, was a majestic and powerful aura, with five-colored primordial energy surging and transforming into various strange shapes. Moreover, there were massive sword energies howling and stirring, gigantic light swords flying about, chopping and hacking, sharp to the extreme.

  The four Tianji children could only watch in amazement and admiration.

  In terms of the thickness of their Fa Li, none of the four were inferior to Chu Ping, and some even surpassed him. However, when it came to the subtlety of their techniques and their understanding of the Great Dao, they were far from being a match for a disciple like Chu Ping from a sect with a thousand years of heritage!

  In the mirror, there was a group of about thirty or forty people, each holding a magic weapon, flying all over the field, but even more were flying swords!

  Three to five feet long flying swords, chaotic and flying all over the field, lightning flashing horizontally and vertically, thunder booming, rising and falling with explosive sounds, colliding with mountains crumbling and lands splitting, oceans surging with waves.

  This group of people had similar cultivation levels, with most being at the Condensed Dan stage, and only a few were Golden Dan realm experts.

  The most intense was a man in red robes and a woman in blue silk clothes. The two were the strongest in the field, and the man had already glimpsed the Yuan Ying realm, holding a five-foot-long giant sword in his hand, as if he wanted to split mountains and seas, with massive sword energy surging out, each strand of pure energy was thick and crystal clear, like thunder!

  The woman was also in the realm of golden elixir, although not as good as the man in brocade clothes. She wielded a flying sword with a blue glow, its momentum agile and mysterious, like the bright moon in the ninth heaven, elusive and unpredictable, ethereal and fantastical, impossible to grasp. The man's sword moves were grand and powerful, his energy surging forward, occupying an overwhelming advantage, but for a moment, he couldn't gain the upper hand over this woman.

  The Heavenly Machine Child pointed at the mirror image of the battlefield and said, "This man in red clothes is from the Lianyun Sword Sect. Looking at him, his cultivation is not low. The woman is practicing the Penglai 'Tian Tuan Sword Technique', but her cultivation can't compare to that of the Lianyun Sect's. Losing is only a matter of time!"