Chapter 230: Sword God Domain!
Now.
Before her stood a narrow door.
Li Qinghe was outside.
The Sword God was inside.
“???”
Li Qinghe stood outside the door, hesitating to speak. Recalling their unfinished conversation, she fell silent, still somewhat unable to process what had just happened.
Did I do something wrong?
Why would the Sword God send me out?
I was so close!
I was just inches away from becoming his disciple!
“Was it just because I said something bad about Qin Yang that he expelled me?!”
Li Qinghe glanced back at Qin Yang and Xiaobai, immediately catching the poorly suppressed amusement on their faces.
Qin Yang and the little lolita were watching her with keen interest, their lips twitching with uncontrollable laughter!!
“Hmph! Laugh if you want! I can take it! I will definitely become the Sword God’s disciple!”
Li Qinghe snorted, shook her head, and ignored them, turning back toward the guest room door, ready to push it open.
But at that moment.
Qin Yang stepped forward faster, blocking the doorway and stopping her: “What are you trying to do now?”
“To become his disci… pfft… spit spit…
I mean, to ask the Sword God to teach me Array Formations! It’s not easy to get an audience with him. There must be some misunderstanding.”
Li Qinghe timidly took two steps back, not daring to voice her wish to ‘become his disciple’, and could only mutter softly: “I… I still need to ask him for guidance on arrays…”
“Enough.”
Qin Yang interrupted with a laugh, not bothering to dwell on her little scheme:
“It’s no use even if you go in. Your master has already asked you to leave. Moreover, he just sent a mental message, telling me, your teacher, to pass on the techniques to you instead.”
“You? Pass them on?”
Hearing this, Li Qinghe was instantly displeased, “How could the arrays you teach compare to those from the Sword God?”
As she spoke, she made to push the door open again.
Her stubbornness was flaring up…
“Oh? Feeling defiant?”
Qin Yang frowned slightly upon hearing this.
She’s being stubborn?!
The Jianghai Li Family had a innate stubborn streak. Whether it was Li Zixuan or Li Qinghe, this bull-headedness seemed ingrained in their genes.
Once they set their mind on something, it was hard to make them change course.
However.
He could still handle her!
“Li Qinghe!”
Thinking this, Qin Yang scolded in a low voice, not indulging her, and threatened directly: “Your master has already spoken. Do you really still want to go in and ask for a scolding?
If you anger the Sword God, do you want to be expelled from the sect!”
His words fell.
A series of questions struck like thunder.
Resonating like an ancient bell.
Li Qinghe shuddered, took two steps back, stared at the door ahead, and froze in place…
Expelled from the sect.
That was her greatest weakness!
She had prepared so long for this meeting.
She had put on this meticulously chosen makeup and clothes, even spent a fortune to travel far to the Grassland to obtain Ebony Gold, and this was the result?
If she failed to learn from him and instead got expelled from the sect…
Wouldn’t that be a complete disaster?!
The more she thought about it, the worse she felt, but there was nothing she could do. Li Qinghe returned to the sofa and sat down, dejected and visibly deflated.
“Alright.
Don’t be sad, disciple.”
Seeing her distress, Qin Yang took out an Array Diagram from his Star Ring and placed it on the coffee table in front of her, saying:
“When it comes to the Sword God’s words, I always carry them out personally. I certainly won’t be careless with you. Take this array diagram back to contemplate. It will surely give you a new understanding of your realm.”
As he spoke,
On the coffee table.The ancient array diagram glowed brightly, its profound patterns intertwining to manifest subtle anomalies, faintly seeming to tug at the laws of heaven and earth.
The feng shui spiritual array in Fuhai District trembled and hummed.
It almost felt as if it were centering around this…
“What is this…?”
Li Qinghe sniffled, looking uncertainly at Qin Yang. “Master… are you giving me another array diagram?”
“Wasn’t the array formation I gave you last time destroyed during the Beast Tide?”
Qin Yang smiled faintly, patting the array diagram on the tea table. “I got you a new one this time! You can consider it an upgraded version of the previous array formation. It also contains some laws condensed from the Heart of Formation Dao. You’ll definitely gain insights when you go back and contemplate it!”
“Heart of Formation Dao?”
Upon hearing this, Li Qinghe’s eyes instantly widened.
This was the legendary spiritual charm of laws that every Array Grandmaster had heard of in myths, some even considering it their lifelong pursuit, spending their entire lives searching for it.
And now this Qin guy was just giving it away like that?!
My master’s master just gave me a perfunctory response with a couple of sentences before kicking me out… What kind of lousy Jianghai Sword God is he? He’s not even as good to me as this Qin guy…
“So generous!”
Li Qinghe picked up the array diagram, tucked it into her pocket, and quietly moved closer to Qin Yang. “Master, you’re really the best to me!”
“…”
Qin Yang was speechless.
He recalled her complaints earlier.
One face in front of people, another behind their backs!
This little girl actually has two faces?
I was thinking of staying for dinner, but now it seems completely unnecessary…
“Alright, you’ve met your master’s master. Are you satisfied now?”
Qin Yang slightly narrowed his eyes, sitting cross-legged on the sofa, directly issuing what amounted to an eviction notice. “Hurry home and contemplate this. Your master needs to rest in peace too.”
As he spoke, he called toward the kitchen:
“Xiaobai, come see our guest out!”
“Oh, yes, Master…”
In the kitchen, Xiaobai silently withdrew her hand from salting the rice and scurried out, looking at Li Qinghe with clear regret in her eyes.
Just a little more…
She could have added salt to this bad woman’s food.
How annoying!
“But I…”
Li Qinghe hesitated, watching Qin Yang on the sofa enter meditation. “I haven’t even shown my filial…”
“Let’s go!”
Xiaobai pushed her from behind, urging, “Don’t disturb Master!”
In no time.
The two—one tall, one short—reached the courtyard gate.
As she was leaving.
At the doorway.
Li Qinghe patted Xiaobai’s head and whispered:
“Don’t worry, little sister. Endure it for now. When big sister becomes stronger, I’ll definitely take you away from this place and rescue you successfully.”
“??? Rescue this Fairy?”
Xiaobai raised her confused little eyes, shaking off Li Qinghe’s hand. “Master treats me the best. None of you are allowed to compete with me for him.”
Slam!
The gate closed shut!
“???”
Li Qinghe, left standing outside the closed gate, was stunned.
Me? Competing with you for someone?
A hostage falling in love with her captor…
Isn’t this just Stockholm syndrome!
“She’s done for! This little sister!”
“She’s been completely broken by that Qin guy!!”
……
……
Nightfall.
The moon was bright and stars sparse, with a few wispy clouds drifting across the sky. A cold wind swept through the courtyard, while the neon lights of the distant city glimmered faintly.
“It’s about time.”
After seeing off Li Qinghe, Qin Yang came to the courtyard and summoned the Ziwei Divine Sword. It circled around him, forming a protective array, its clear sword hum lingering in his ears.
In an instant.Sword Qi crisscrossed the courtyard, yet not a single blade of grass was harmed.
With ultimate control over Sword Qi, Qin Yang’s Sword Intent had now reached the pinnacle of perfection.
Moreover.
Since his last visit to the library, he had never neglected the techniques he had learned.
At this moment, within the Enlightenment Space, countless figures intertwined, executing myriad techniques—kicks, fists, blades, swords, palms—each one refining and evolving various martial arts, every one of them Grandmaster-level or above.
Layer by layer, they advanced.
Now, Qin Yang could draw inferences about other cases from one instance, surpassing his predecessors and creating numerous Grandmaster-level martial arts, even reaching Peak Grandmaster Realm.
If he were to venture out and establish his own school in the future, it would pose no problem at all.
And what was more important.
The fusion technique of One Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate and Sky-Slicing Sword Draw had finally been fully deduced.
In the courtyard, countless strands of Sword Qi crisscrossed like a raging storm, swirling and stirring…
“Hoo—”
Qin Yang took a deep breath, inhaling the myriad Sword Qi into his dantian, then slowly exhaled.
With each breath,
myriad Sword Qi surged!
“Now is the time.”
Qin Yang abruptly opened his eyes, taking one final deep breath.
Boom—
Space Law condensed the countless Sword Qi, drawing them all into his body.
An invisible “domain” spread outward.
The next moment.
Boom!
Qin Yang’s clothes fell to the ground, and his physical body vanished into thin air, transforming into countless strands of Sword Qi that burst out of him, freely roaming the courtyard.
Within this domain,
enemies could no longer locate him, facing only endless Sword Qi as he merged his body with the Dao, transforming Qi into spirit.
“Not bad. In that case, let’s call it Sword God Domain…”
Hum—
The Ziwei Divine Sword chased after the Sword Qi, emitting joyful sword hums. Led by it, a certain signal slowly radiated.
And at the same time, several miles away.
That night.
Ten thousand swords in the city chimed in unison.
The tremor of metal resonated for miles.
Countless Star Warriors’ longswords vibrated, trembling intensely as if celebrating the arrival of an unfathomable existence. Everyone stared at their own swords in shock.
“What is happening?!”
……….
Jianghai Martial Arts Academy.
Soaring Ascent Building.
Elder Li was scrolling through his phone, arguing with the online anti-fans of the Jianghai Sword God.
As the Sword God Senior’s number one devoted fan, despite his age, he remained steadfast on the frontlines of the internet, personally patrolling the forums.
Wherever there were anti-fans, he would eradicate them completely.
But what relieved Elder Li was that
a certain ringleader of the anti-fans had vanished, never to appear again.
“Hmph, petty fools!”
Elder Li put down his phone, stroking his white beard with satisfaction as he sipped his tea and chuckled,
“Nothing more than this.”
Suddenly!
The sword at his side hummed.
An intense tremor surged, and the sound of sword hums rose outside the window, boiling in the midnight air.
The clanging of metal striking echoed in his ears!
“What is this?!”
Elder Li’s eyes widened, sensing the anomaly but unable to react immediately.
Just then.
Bang!
The office door swung open, and Lin Mofeng hurried into the room.
The two locked eyes.
“Teacher, you felt it too?”
Lin Mofeng gripped his own sword, struggling to contain his excitement as he said, “The entire city is filled with the sound of sword hums!”
“What is going on…?”
Elder Li walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing out toward the city in shock, his ears filled with the sound of metallic resonance.
The entire city trembled with sword hums—it was nothing short of a swordsman’s carnival!
“A master is summoning the swords to chime!”Lin Mofeng said, “There must be a master guiding the sword in practice, containing hidden Dao Rhyme that can bring immense enlightenment for breakthroughs!”
“Why would that be?”
Elder Li was utterly bewildered, too shocked to speak.
To stir sword resonance across the entire city—the amount of Star Power consumed alone was unimaginable, vast as mountains and seas, impossible to fill.
To trigger city-wide sword resonance just to help someone comprehend the Dao and achieve a breakthrough?!
Such extravagance was simply unbelievable!
……
Meanwhile.
In the secret chamber of Jianghai Martial Arts Academy’s Back Mountain.
Withered vines swayed in the wind as moonlight poured through a small hole in the dome, illuminating scriptures carved on the stone walls.
“……”
Li Zixuan sat cross-legged with a longsword laid across her knees, gazing down at the continuously vibrating blade.
She seemed to sense something within.
Already she could perceive a trace of Dao Rhyme within…
A breakthrough was imminent.
(End of Chapter)