Chapter 3: Heaven's Movement is Vigorous, The Superior Man Cultivates Self-Strengthening Without Respite

  "Great! Great! Great!!!"

  Ye Lingfeng's face was extremely angry and he laughed coldly, saying "good" three times in a row, then immediately thrust his sword towards Li Qingyun's door.

  Li Qingyun's cultivation was completely lost, and his status in the Qingyang Palace had also plummeted. Even if he were to take action against him now, at most, he would only receive a slight punishment. Moreover, Zhang Chou was still his master, and he was very clear that his master had no good feelings towards Li Qingyun at all. As long as he didn't kill him, at most, he would only be punished to go to the back mountain for ten days or half a month of reflection.

  But if one can humiliate others in public, what's this little punishment?

  Ye Lingfeng's sword light slid towards Li Qingyun's cheek, he didn't dare to kill openly in the Qingyang Palace, so he decided to leave a mark on his opponent's face.

  If this sword were to pierce through, it would have to leave a wound half a foot long on the face!

  "Be careful!"

  A colored ribbon descended from the sky, blocking Ye Lingfeng's sword light.

  A woman in a pink long dress slowly fell from the crowd, lightly shaking her wrist, forcing that sword light back.

  "Yun Yao!"

  Su Yao's expression was stunned for a moment, and then she showed a thoughtful look. "This girl still has unfinished feelings for Li Qingyun!"

  She thought of this and put away the Moonlit Illusory Blade in her hand.

  Faced with the sword light that was thrust at him, Li Qingyun's face didn't change in the slightest. However, when a rainbow-colored ribbon surrounded by seven-colored flowing lights forced back the sword light, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of puzzlement.

  Li Qingyun turned around and took a glance at the woman in pink behind him, slightly furrowing his brow, thinking for a moment.

  Yun Yao's lovely face inadvertently revealed a hint of bitterness, because Li Qingyun's expression just now clearly told her that the other party didn't have much impression on her either.

  "This son of a bitch!"

  "As expected, you're still so heartless! You don't even remember me!"

  Yun Yao thought of this and couldn't help but bite her lip, regretting why she had rescued him in the first place. If only Ye Lingfeng had stabbed him with one sword, leaving his face disfigured, it would have saved her from suffering this humiliation, not to mention offending the disciple of the Head of Punishment. But after all, he was the man she once considered her best Dao partner, and even if they wouldn't have much interaction in the future, she still didn't want to see him humiliated today. Besides, wasn't it because he had treated all the beautiful female cultivators on the mountain with indifference that she had looked at him differently back then?

  How can you blame the other party for not remembering yourself?

  "Thank you."

  Li Qingyun said softly.

  But his sudden appearance of this sentence of thanks, actually made Yun Yao feel even more unbelievable than just now when he didn't recognize himself!

  "Li Qingyun can actually say thank you?"

  It wasn't just her, many people nearby who heard the sentence also had a look of surprise.

  Li Qingyun used to be a loner, and some of his fellow disciples who had been practicing Taoism for decades might not even have exchanged a few words with him. Such a personality, under the influence of his great reputation, has become increasingly exaggerated over time.

  Li Qingyun took a step forward.

  He gazed at Ye Lingfeng in front of him and said slowly: "Do you want to compete with me?"

  Ye Lingfeng was in a bit of a predicament at the moment, although he had his heart set on humiliating Li Qingyun and venting some of his pent-up anger.

  But the Yun Yao in front of her is after all the beloved disciple of Sixth Elder, and the elders on the mountain are most protective of Sixth Elder of Hundred Flowers Valley. If anyone dares to bully her female disciples, they must go to great lengths to make a big fuss about it. If there's anyone else in Qingyang Palace who makes their master, Penal Elder, feel helpless, it would be none other than Sixth Elder of Hundred Flowers Valley. This Hundred Flowers Valley has a very special status within Qingyang Palace, because six hundred years ago it was still an independent sect, and due to some circumstances it was incorporated into Qingyang Palace.

  So, those female cultivators from Hundred Flowers Valley have a special status within Qingyang Palace!

  "That's right!"

  Ye Lingfeng's expression turned serious as he said, "However, your current cultivation is completely ruined. You can't even withstand a casual sword strike from me, so how can you compare with me?"

  Li Qingyun's mouth corners revealed a hint of a smile.

  He casually pulled out a long sword from the Xumi ring and slowly said, "Although my cultivation is completely lost, the golden elixir in my body is still there, and I can make one more move."

  "Are you ready?"

  Ye Lingfeng's face involuntarily revealed a hint of shame and embarrassment, the other party's casual attitude was simply a naked humiliation for him! However, upon hearing the name "Golden Elixir Jade Liquid", he couldn't help but pause slightly, subconsciously grasping the flying sword in his hand, and rapidly circulating the true yuan throughout his body. The Golden Elixir Jade Liquid was something used by peak Golden Elixir cultivators after breaking through to nourish their primordial infant, and after refining the primordial infant, they needed to condense enough Golden Elixir Jade Liquid to make it stronger.

  With a single "Are you ready?", Li Qingyun's momentum instantly became like Mount Tai, pressing down on the hearts of everyone present!

  As Ye Lingfeng bore the brunt of his full force, he seemed to be standing at the edge of an abyss, his entire body shrouded in a terrifying sword intent.

  "Could it be that his cultivation is still intact?"

  Many people's minds couldn't help but come up with such an idea, but immediately the voice of the Qingyang Palace master sounded in everyone's mind.

  "Don't be distracted!"

  "Everyone watch his sword moves!"

  Li Qingyun slowly raised his long sword and said in a low voice, "The ten years of sword intent I've cultivated in the Cangjing Pavilion will depend on your luck to comprehend."

  A golden sword light shoots straight into the sky!

  The entire Qingyang Palace's defensive array was shaken, accompanied by a loud rumble, the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy converged wildly in Li Qingyun's hands like a whirlpool.

  "Successor!"

  "Shut down the Nine Palaces Formation quickly, otherwise he might destroy a part of it!"

  As a faint light appeared, the large array locked above the Qingyang Palace immediately opened a gap. A golden sword light flashed across the sky, breaking through the clouds in an instant, and the neat cut extended for dozens of miles, as if it had also cut the sky in two. The golden sword light, accompanied by a fierce and unparalleled momentum, descended from the sky, instantly locking onto Ye Lingfeng in front of him, and then transformed into a flying slash!

  "Stop!"

  On one side, the elder who was hiding in the dark let out a mournful cry and wanted to intervene to stop the sword light, but it was already too late.

  Who would have thought that Li Qingyun still had such strength after his cultivation was completely ruined!

  The sword intent contained in this sword light is probably almost comparable to the full force of a Yuan Ying period peak cultivator.

  Even if he himself had come up with it, he would probably have been seriously injured.

  As for Ye Lingfeng, who was facing the sword light head-on, he didn't even have a sliver of a chance to survive. A Nascent Soul cultivator would find it difficult to withstand a casual strike from a Golden Core True Person, let alone a peak-level sword strike from a Yuan Ying cultivator!

  Ye Lingfeng was almost unable to move.

  Under the terrifying pressure of this sword, he found it difficult to even move his fingers, let alone block this attack.

  Am I going to die?

  This was the only thought in his mind.

  Just when everyone thought Ye Lingfeng was sure to die and had no chance of survival.

  Li Qingyun swung his hand back, and a loud, powerful voice echoed.

  "Heaven is eternal, and the gentleman should strive for self-improvement without end!"

  "When the land is flat, the gentleman carries things with great virtue!"

  As the sound of thick virtue loading objects echoed in the Qingyang Palace, the sharp and unparalleled golden sword light suddenly became extremely heavy, as if a mountain thousands of feet high was pressing down on Ye Lingfeng's body. It made him sink continuously, and the solid rock under his feet seemed like tofu blocks, sinking hundreds of feet deep under that enormous force.

  "I'm not dead?!"

  Ye Lingfeng's first reaction after coming back to his senses was to stretch out his hand and feel all over his body.

  He didn't die at all and wasn't even slightly injured.

  A ray of light appears!

  The figure of Qingyang Palace's leader and the elder Zhang Xing suddenly appeared, raised his hand and swept away Ye Lingfeng from the deep human-shaped pit.

  All around was deathly stillness.

  Many people present were shocked by the power of just one sword!

  The elders inside the Qingyang Palace were also shocked, but they weren't shocked by the power of that one sword. As elders of the Qingyang Palace, their cultivation was at least at the peak of the Yuan Ying period, and they could easily slash out such a powerful sword. What made them feel unimaginable was that such a sharp sword intent, such a strong momentum, appeared when his body had already exhausted all its strength and went forward without any hesitation!

  Li Qingyun again transformed this overbearing and unparalleled power into a heavy sword intent that suppressed Ye Lingfeng.

  Even after being struck by a sword, Ye Lingfeng didn't have a single wound on his body!

  This is something that even they cannot achieve! Because the mastery of their own strength contained within has reached an unimaginable realm!

  "Cough! Cough!"

  Li Qingyun's long sword in his hand dissipated with the wind, after all, it was just a ordinary iron sword that could not withstand his entire cultivation. He covered his chest and coughed, his face becoming even paler.

  "The Master."

  Li Qingyun slightly bowed his head and respectfully said, "For the past twenty years, Qingyun has consumed a great deal of the sect's resources. This one sword can be considered as the disciple repaying the sect for their care over these many years."

  After finishing speaking, Li Qingyun coughed violently and a thread of fresh blood flowed out from the corner of her mouth.

  In fact.

  Among the people present, only a handful could see that the power of that sword was not just that, and most of its strength had turned into a sword intent, which had been injected into the divine sea of other Qingyang Palace disciples. As long as these people have slightly better comprehension and innate talent, they can turn this sword intent into their own power, which will be extremely beneficial for their future cultivation or battles!

  "You!"

  The master of Qingyang Palace had a complex expression because he had already seen that Li Qingyun's body was depleted of golden elixir and jade liquid, and now he had completely become an ordinary person.

  As long as the Golden Elixir and Jade Liquid are still there, he will be able to recover his Golden Elixir cultivation in a short time.

  But now the Golden Elixir has been consumed along with that sword just now, and it's likely to be absolutely impossible to rebuild the Golden Elixir in a short time.

  Li Qingyun spent twenty years last time and consumed countless resources from his sect!

  But now, even as the sect leader, he can no longer afford to invest so many precious resources in Li Qingyun. If he wants to return to his Golden Dan cultivation, it will likely take an even longer time.

  "The disciple wants to go and see his master."

  Li Qingyun slightly bowed his head and said slowly, "I, Li Qingyun, bid farewell."

  That's all.

  He left with a resolute look on his face.

  From the sword that didn't hesitate to exhaust his golden elixir and jade liquid, even injuring his primordial spirit, it can already be seen that he no longer has much attachment to Qingyang Palace. The reason he spared Ye Lingfeng's life was simply because the other party wasn't worthy of him having murderous intentions. After all, he had cultivated in Qingyang Palace for over 20 years, and there weren't any deep-seated grudges between fellow disciples that required taking lives. However, with this one sword strike, Li Qingyun also severed his last thread of identification with his sect, from today on, he was just a lone individual.

  His cultivation was the result of his sect's massive investment, and now he used the golden elixir and jade liquid that had been nourished for many years to repay his sect with a sword intent that would never stop.

  From now on, we're even!

  The other disciples present looked at Li Qingyun's departure with a complex gaze, even though his footsteps were somewhat stumbling, but he seemed to be as majestic as the figure in their memory!

  It was an unattainable high mountain peak.

  Even if he can never break through the Golden Elixir stage of cultivation, it's not something they can easily surpass.

  "He has changed."

  Yun Yao gazed at Li Qingyun's departing figure and murmured, "Not the same sharp and revealing Li Qingyun as before."

  I don't know when.

  Su Yao appeared beside her, with a similarly complex expression, and whispered: "He hasn't changed."

  "He's still so arrogant! Hmph!"

  "It was just ten years in the Scripture Pavilion, and his arrogance had been ground into bones."

  "Otherwise."

  "He never gave us a straight look from head to toe."

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