Chapter Seventy-One: A Good Heart Leads to Wrongdoings

  Lei Linggen monks have one obvious shortcoming compared to other monks - that is, after the significant increase in their magical powers, especially after entering the Yuan Ying realm, they find it difficult to wield ordinary five-element attribute magic treasures! Even top-grade five-element attribute magic treasures will self-destruct when Qin Zheng uses his full strength to force them or when they clash with the opponent's magic treasures, unable to withstand the rapid infusion of thunder and lightning power.

  If it's against a cultivator with lower magical powers, Qin Zheng doesn't need to use his magic treasures at all. With just his powerful Thunderbolt Divine Ability, he can easily defeat and kill the opponent. However, if he were to engage in a fierce battle with a cultivator of the same level or encounter one with higher magical powers, relying solely on his strong techniques without borrowing the power of his magic treasures would make it extremely difficult for him to emerge victorious.

  As Qin Zheng advanced to the middle stage of Yuan Ying, there were fewer and fewer magical artifacts that he could use. The thunder attribute spiritual materials in the nine states were as rare as the Thunder Spirit Root cultivators, making it extremely difficult to find and refine a suitable thunder attribute artifact for Qin Zheng's use. It was precisely because of this that Qin Zheng set his sights on the five great divine soldiers of the Jade Cauldron Sect.

  In Qin Zheng's mind, apart from thunder-attribute magic treasures, perhaps only divine artifacts forged by Transcendent cultivators would not self-destruct when he used his full strength to activate them!

  After Wumeng Road's Qiankun Divine Sword appeared, Qin Zheng immediately changed his target and regarded the Qiankun Divine Sword as his first choice.

  Unexpectedly, Wumudao was well-versed in earth escape and concealment techniques. Qin Zheng, who had no magic treasures at hand, found it difficult to subdue Wumudao with only the power of thunder and lightning in his hands.

  What Wu Mu Dao Ren did not expect was that, although he had advanced to the late stage of the Golden Elixir and could unleash the Qian Kun Divine Thunder, Qin Zheng had also been thinking hard during this period of time in order to capture Wu Mu Dao Ren. He finally broke through a thunder attribute technique that he had been cultivating for many years, allowing him to instantly release more than 80% of his power without relying on the help of a magic treasure. He transformed the thunder fire energy inside his body into a short spear-like killing tool that resembled a magic treasure but was much faster - the Qing Lei Spear!

  When Qing Lei's spear struck Wu Mu Dao Ren, Wu Mu Dao Ren was using 90% of his internal power to stimulate the Qian Kun divine thunder. Although he summoned the Qian Kun divine sword in time to block it once, this heavy blow still broke through Wu Mu Dao Ren's protective divine light, causing his entire body's power to dissipate and unable to condense for a short period of time. Wu Mu Dao Ren, who couldn't muster up any internal power, used all his might but only managed to escape into the ground tens of meters deep.

  As a result, having just drilled into the ground tens of feet deep, the shock brought by the Qiankun Divine Thunder had already arrived in succession. Block after block of massive boulders fell heavily from the cliff, although they did not directly crush Wu Mu Dao Ren to death, but they worsened his injuries, causing damage to his Dantian, shattering his meridians, and sending him into a coma.

  Fortunately, Xuan Guang Dao Ren rushed out from the Jade Cauldron Gate in time and after a fierce battle with both sides, they all left this place. No one noticed Wu Mu Dao Ren who was unconscious on the ground. Even with his powerful divine sense, Xuan Guang Dao Ren couldn't find Wu Mu Dao Ren who was lying motionless like a dead man on the ground!

  Wu Mu Dao Ren woke up and used his spiritual sense to scan the area around Xiao Gu Peak, finding no one nearby. He let out a sigh of relief and climbed out from underground, taking out the few spiritual medicines he had obtained from He Lian Qing Chen. He tried to use them to treat his injuries and recover. However, as he circulated his true energy, he discovered that the meridians in his body were severely damaged, even his dantian was heavily injured, making it difficult for his magic to flow smoothly and condense within him. With no other choice, he could only force the remaining scarce true energy to move, taking several times longer than usual to ride his sword back to Yin Ma Town, where he found Shui Sheng.

  The next day at noon, the unconscious Wumeng Dao person was awakened by a piercing chill. As he opened his eyes, he found himself in a lotus position, with his hands clasped together and secured by Shuǐshēng. A stream of icy air flowed from Shuǐshēng's body into his own, then circulated through his meridians without stopping.

  Looking at the young master, sitting cross-legged with eyes closed, focusing on his cultivation, Wumu Dao felt a surge of emotion in his heart. He tried to drive out the true energy from his dantian, but unexpectedly found that it was empty and devoid of even a hint of true energy. This sudden realization caused Wumu Dao's soul to scatter, and he shouted: "Little fool, stop at once!"

  Shui Sheng was shocked, quickly withdrew his true energy, released his hands, and saw that Wu Mu Dao Ren was sweating profusely with a pale face. He hastily asked: "Dao Zhang, what's wrong? Is this method of healing not correct?"

  Wu Mu Dao suddenly remembered that this posture was exactly the same as when he helped the Great Ox, and his heart couldn't help but cry and laugh at the same time. He tried again to condense the true energy from his dantian, but his dantian was still empty, without a single thread of true energy existing. Although the golden elixir in his body was intact and unbroken, he couldn't even condense a single thread of true energy.

  Internally, the completely shattered meridians have all been fully restored. The piercing pain from last night has also vanished into thin air. For a while, I didn't know what to say. After a long time, I asked with a bitter smile: "When did you start treating my injuries?"

  Shuǐ Shēng scratched his head, chuckled and said with a bit of embarrassment: "It's not been long, just from last night when you fainted until now!" Wu Mù Dào's mind buzzed loudly, his vision went dark, and he almost fainted again. It was already noon, and he had arrived here just after midnight the previous night. Hadn't Shuǐ Shēng used the Tiān Gǎng Shā Qi in his body to torment him for five or six hours?

  Wu Mu Daoist's face turned increasingly pale, his body swaying as if about to collapse, his purple lips trembling as he struggled to speak. Shui Sheng grew frantic, repeatedly asking: "Daozhang, Daozhang, say something! What's wrong? Don't scare me!" Wu Mu Daoist took a few deep breaths, regained his composure, and waved his hand at Shui Sheng, saying: "I'm fine, I just need some quiet. Go outside and guard for me!"

  Shui Sheng responded with a sound, hastily ran out. He sat respectfully in a large chair in the hall, not daring to move!

  Wu Mu's mind was as turbulent as a stormy sea, unable to calm down. He tried repeatedly to condense his true energy from his dantian, but failed every time. Fortunately, his divine sense was not damaged, and he could easily summon the Qian Kun Divine Sword and Qian Kun Silk, two powerful artifacts. However, without any spiritual power to drive them, these two artifacts were unable to unleash their full potential.

  After careful consideration, Shuǐshēng must have realized that his meridians were shattered and his dantian was damaged. He only used the true energy within his body to heal himself and sustain his life, but he didn't consider that the Tiān Gāng Shà Qì would be too powerful and would eliminate the remaining scattered magical powers within his body, leading to the current outcome. Fortunately, it was only Shuǐshēng who controlled the Tiān Gāng Shà Qì in both of their bodies, and he himself was in a coma with severe damage to his meridians, without any resistance from the true energy within him, which is why there wasn't an explosion similar to Hè Lián Qīng Chén's self-destruction.

  Wu Mu Dao didn't know that if it wasn't for the fact that he had refined and transformed a thread of Tian Gu Sha Qi within his body in the past, he would also have similar dangers, including the possibility of his Golden Elixir shattering!

  Even if Wumeng Dao people have read extensively, seen a lot and recognized widely, they are also helpless in this situation! After thinking wildly for more than an hour, the mind is even more confused. Sometimes I feel sad and desperate, as if I will become a useless person from now on, and the hard work of cultivating Taoism for over 300 years will be in vain? What's the point of forming Yuanying, what's the point of entering Huashen, all became illusions? Sometimes I blame heaven and others, if it wasn't for my kindness to teach a few people water-generating techniques, how would there be today's situation, how would I destroy my own magical powers on the "kindness" of treating water generation?

  Thinking that I had just entered the late stage of Jindan, I hadn't even enjoyed the joy brought by the surge in spiritual power, but suddenly fell from the clouds to the ground. While lamenting my fate, I suddenly remembered that the golden elixir in my body was intact, and I suddenly woke up with a start. This situation seems to be quite different from the legendary shattered elixir and scattered skills becoming a useless person, and I immediately became ecstatic! Since the golden elixir is intact, with the large amount of spiritual energy stored in it, recovering my spiritual power shouldn't be a problem! Without bothering to explain to Shuǐshēng, I hastily sat down cross-legged and started cultivating!

  As expected, just one day later, the golden elixir in Wumudao's body was already rolling up and down in his dantian, stirring up a wisp of true energy. Although this faint wisp of true energy was still unable to support spells or magical artifacts, it had excited Wumudao for quite some time.

  As for the Qin brothers, seeing Shuǐ Shēng's respectful attitude towards the suddenly appearing Wū Mù Dào Rén, they naturally showed even more courtesy to Wū Mù Dào Rén. Wū Mù Dào Rén asked about Shuǐ Shēng's situation and saw that these four brothers were practicing the Bā Guà Yóu Lóng Gōng (Eight Trigrams Swimming Dragon Technique) taught by Shuǐ Shēng as if it were a "magic spell", which also delighted him, so he didn't bother with them.

  Shui Sheng found out that he had inadvertently caused a huge disaster, turning the true energy that Wumu Dao Ren had cultivated for hundreds of years into nothingness. He was speechless for an entire hour, feeling extremely distressed in his heart, and insisted on giving some of his own true energy to Wumu Dao Ren. This scared Wumu Dao Ren so much that he shook his head repeatedly, refusing to accept Shui Sheng's "gift". Fortunately, Wumu Dao Ren still had three bottles of dan medicine left by He Lian Qingchen, which could accelerate the recovery of his magical powers.

  Three days later, Wumeng Road was disappointed again. At the current speed, even with the help of elixirs, it would take several years to recover his full magical powers.

  Wu Mu Dao understood in his heart that the crisis within Yu Ding Gate was only temporarily resolved, but it did not mean that Yu Ding Gate could rest easy from now on.

  Just relying on Xuan Guang Dao Ren's name as a Yuanying initial stage cultivator, it is fundamentally impossible to support the Yuding Gate, such a large immortal sect. And having lost Bai Li Mu, Qin Zheng, and dozens of Jindan period disciples and hundreds of Lianqi period disciples from Bingfeng Valley, Tianxin Sect, and Huoling Sect, these three sects will not let things go easily either, perhaps they will rise again immediately, so Wu Mu Dao Ren would never consider sending Shui Sheng to Yuding Gate now.

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