Chapter 115: Water Restriction Broken Escape

  Nanman Dashi won't be going to the Great Mountain for the time being, as ferocious beasts are rampant there. Although he has consecutively killed several cultivators, thinking about that demon saint who could destroy Qing Shui Palace with just a wave of his hand still fills him with inexplicable horror. He avoids Nanman's desolate mountains and rides on a brocade deer, traveling by day and hiding at night, harmonizing Kan and Li, feeling quite carefree!

  The jade scroll obtained from the Xianfu is called "Di Que Xian Zhang". The contents recorded in it are all kinds of strange and mysterious techniques, including Yin Yang Suo Shen Suo Qi, a wonderful divine ability that specializes in hiding one's own cultivation.

  As the saying goes, to deceive others, one must first deceive oneself. This means that one must make lies sound true even to oneself, so that others will believe them too. The Yin-Yang Seal is based on this principle: it locks up the true energy and confines the spirit, making it difficult for one's cultivation to be fully expressed. By rendering it useless, one can deceive the eyes of others!

  Now the southern wilderness is in chaos, with beasts flooding everywhere and gradually showing a trend of invading the borders of various countries to the south and north. Fortunately, there are no powerful magical beasts among them, and each country has stationed elite troops on its borders to resist the invasion of magical beasts. The news of the destruction of the Tianmo Palace and the Qing Shui Palace had also been transmitted to the major factions long ago. Regarding this beast tide, various factions have also sent disciples from their gates to secretly assist various countries, and it is indeed stable!

  The clear stream cleanses the mind and returns to its true self, being secretly cultivated by Mu Yuan. The progress is not slow, after all, the tide-like flow can be considered one of the more advanced water-based techniques. Moreover, Mu Yuan's body is filled with the Dragon King's energy, making his sensitivity to water unparalleled. His practice of meridians, condensing holes, and dharma bodies is also a familiar path, and in just one month, he has already reached the third layer!

  With the ability to protect himself, he immediately used Yin and Yang to seal his internal Qi, leaving only a clear stream of Qi flowing, which made Mu Yuan feel refreshed!

  The Taoist formulas were all sealed, but the Dragon King's dynamic movement to refine his body couldn't be concealed. Fortunately, the Dragon King's dynamic movement also had a water-like quality, and Mu Yuan wasn't afraid of being seen through. He casually took some icy, yin energy and merged it into the clear water true energy. Neither an outstanding disciple nor a foolish one, Changsheng Sword and Minghe Xian Sword, along with the Sword Maru, were all sealed by him into the Black Water Gourd, making him look exactly like a disciple of the Clear Water Palace!

  Without these flying swords, Mu Yuan was not in a hurry. The Taoist scripture of the Earthly Bridge had many spells, including a method for casting talismans. Along the way, he bought a fine iron long sword in a city and pondered how to first turn it into a talisman for self-defense.

  "The Heavenly Chapter of the Earthly Gate" contains extremely broad and various magical techniques, all of which were learned by Water Cloud True Person throughout his life. Among them, the simplest method for refining talismans is called "Water Forbidden Broken Escape Sword", which happens to be a water-based offering and refinement method. Tonight, in a forest, Mu Yuan began to ponder this.

  Water-restricting Brocade Escape Sword, contains eighteen strokes of talismans. Mu Yuan sat cross-legged, his mind clear and calm, beginning to meditate. As the true energy slowly gathered, the first stroke of the talisman gradually took shape in his hand, a narrow and curved symbol like a crescent moon, shining brightly, as pure as the moon's halo.

  The clear stream cleanses the mind, and this true secret is not good at fighting, but it's extremely suitable for cleansing one's nature. The symbol created by the condensation of clear water and true energy is also like this. With a thought from Muyuan, he slightly flicked his finger, and the symbol fell onto the iron sword in front of him, branding itself onto the sword body like a seal. A gentle, flowing light emanated from the symbol, spreading along the sword's edge, like a spark of electricity moving about, and in an instant, it had made a complete circuit. The iron sword itself was stimulated by the symbol's power, making its blade appear even sharper!

  After refining the first talisman, Mu Yuan pointed with his hand, and the iron sword "whooshed" into the air, spinning in mid-air, its clear light gathering into a ball, cold as ice. Mu Yuan's heart was filled with joy, and he retrieved it!

  Originally, the secularly crafted sword had only a sharp blade and no talismanic or array constructs on its body. Even if it fell into the hands of a high-ranking cultivator, they could only wield it with their true energy, and even if they could make it fly out of their body, it would only be able to condense energy into threads and manipulate the flying sword, but not control it with their divine sense. The first talisman that Mu Yuan had imprinted on this iron sword was one that allowed it to soar through the air, controlled by his divine sense, making it even more agile and responsive to his will!

  Having tried the first move, he borrowed the second move, the third move... until all eighteen moves were imprinted on the iron sword. This iron sword forged by the blacksmith master had already lost its original appearance and was like a pool of autumn water, emitting a cold aura. As soon as Mu Yuan's mind moved, the sword leaned against his body, revolved around him once, transformed into a stream of water, and disappeared into thin air in an instant!

  The Water Restriction Breaking Sword is not particularly powerful, but it can be used to assist in the display of the Five Elements Water Escape technique. The Five Elements Escape Technique, although everyone can escape, each has its own strengths and weaknesses, using this sword to perform the water escape technique, the speed is more than twice as fast as usual.

  Mu Yuan's first attempt at rehearsal, his heart was filled with joy, and suddenly he appeared in mid-air, flicking his finger, a sword aura flew out, circling around a large tree beside him, the tree that required two people to hug was cut off at the waist, Mu Yuan was overjoyed, put away the flying sword, and landed on the ground!

  Now Mu Yuan only has this one sword, his true energy is clear water true energy, and his combat power can be said to be lower than that of an ordinary cultivator of the same rank. In his divine consciousness, he saw two black and white auras in his dantian, which appeared and disappeared with Mu Yuan's thoughts. At the center of the aura was a ball of colorful true energy, as long as Mu Yuan had a slight thought, this true energy would break through the seal of the aura and burst out of his body.

  "Yin and Yang seal the divine lock, indeed it's ingenious. It seems that the immortal mansion left behind by Water Cloud True Person really has many good things in it. I just don't know what benefits Lin Fei Yun and the others obtained from it!"

  Mu Yuan smiled and shook his head, "I cultivate on my own, why bother with others' affairs. Everyone has their fate, opportunities are determined by heaven, no need to worry about it!"

  As the sky brightened, this simplest set of sword symbols had consumed an entire night's time, from dusk till dawn, and had also exhausted a large amount of his already meager clear water true energy. He immediately sat down cross-legged to regulate his true energy. The moisture in the surrounding air and on the trees began to stir, and the ethereal energy like silk mist entered Mu Yuan's body, merging with his true energy and circulating throughout his body, nourishing his own true energy in the Dan Tian!

  The cool and refreshing true energy circulates around the body, making Mu Yuan feel refreshed and invigorated. The fatigue of the whole night is swept away, and in this state, his senses seem to be more acute than usual. Every movement of the flowers and grasses around him is under his control. His mind is pure, his spirit is clear, and every part of his body feels comfortable.

  At this moment, a sudden noise came from afar, and Mu Yuan, who was in a state of emptiness and silence, suddenly jumped up, opened his eyes and looked around. It turned out that several young monks wearing the same clothes were arguing and walking over. These people all wore black tight-fitting robes with a golden dragon embroidered on their chest, and every move they made seemed to exude a powerful and domineering aura. Apart from the five who wore this attire, there was also a half-grown child with a mouse-like head, wearing blue long clothes, with a nine-palace diagram on his back, being surrounded by the other five as they hurried over.

  Mu Yuan remained still and silent, using the water to conceal his figure, hiding in the mist between the tree branches, making it impossible to discover him unless intentionally searched for.

  Among the five people wearing the same robes, three were men and two were women. One of them, a man with a strong appearance and a wispy beard, said, "Since this person is an escaped disciple from the Tianmo Palace, I think it's better to send him back to his sect first. After all, we are all part of the demonic sect, and leaving some incense for the Tianmo Palace is also good. As for the Great Mountain in Nanhuang, there's no hurry to go!"

  "This is not right, Wei Shixiong. This time the Great Chaos in the South has caused many sects' legacies to be destroyed. As the saying goes, 'wealth and honor are sought in danger'. If we go now, we might still be able to gain some benefits. But if we return to our sect first and come back later, I'm afraid even soup will be hard to get!" The speaker was a short, dark-faced man who shook his head and swayed from side to side, clearly disapproving.

  Wei Shixiong shook his head, "The Great Mountains of Nanhuang are not a place we can go to. This time, we're just here to catch some demon beasts and take them back for cultivation. The situation in Nanhuang is too chaotic, it's not something you or I can easily get involved in. Along the way, we've seen many Daoist disciples eliminating demon beasts here, it's not safe to linger, it's best if we leave quickly!"

  "Ah, I see!" Muyuan didn't have the heart to listen to these few people continue arguing. Having heard this much, he roughly understood that the sect of these five people was probably a school that raised spiritual beasts. The five had come to capture demonic beasts but encountered an escaped disciple from the Heavenly Demon Palace. Hearing that the Southern Wilderness was in chaos, some wanted to take advantage of the situation and pick up some benefits, while others disagreed, which led to their dispute.

  "I'm afraid to go, but not return!" Mu Yuan thought to himself, intending to quietly leave. Suddenly, two rays of light flew in from the southern horizon, swaying unsteadily, as if they had suffered heavy injuries. The several demonic sect disciples below also saw this, and the black-faced dwarf said in a low voice, "It's a Daoist sect disciple, looks like he's been injured, let's take advantage of him!"

  Several people nodded in agreement, Mu Yuan didn't know who the newcomer was, but he also didn't want to let the Dao Men disciples be hurt by the Mo Zong people. He intended to warn them, but unexpectedly those two actually stopped their teleportation and descended onto the ground.

  After the light dissipated, Mu Yuan saw clearly that the two people were a man and a woman, both wearing white shirts. The man's appearance was ordinary, but the woman had a few points of beauty. However, the two looked disheveled, especially the man, who had a conspicuous bloodstain on his left shoulder. It was unknown what had injured him. As soon as he landed, the man couldn't support himself and collapsed to the ground.

  The two landed not far from Mu Yuan, only a few dozen feet away. Mu Yuan was high up and had been paying close attention, so he naturally saw clearly. The several Mo Sect disciples also stopped arguing and quietly dispersed, surrounding them!