Elder Blind sat down, while his two disciples stood behind him.
Moyu Qingyan personally served up fruit and fine wine.
“Please,” Luo Feng said, holding up his wine glass.
Elder Blind also poured himself a drink. For powerful cultivators, eyes could be trained to be very strong, but even blindness wouldn’t affect their observation of their surroundings.
Indeed, many cultivators do not even have eyes in their godly bodies or gaseous or liquid forms.
“Please,” Elder Blind also raised his glass, and after drinking a cup, he smiled and said, “Before coming to Huyang City, I had already heard of the great name of Lord Luo He. General Yong Hu of Yu Kingdom’s Capital relied on the Huyang City’s formation and still couldn’t hold Divine Monarch Xue Yun. But…
Lord Luo He, you managed to slay Yutian Xu, Yutian Yi, and the escaping Divine Monarch Xue Yun outside the city, all in one single night. Your strength is indeed above that of General Yong Hu.”
“General Yong Hu was only concerned about the civilians within the city and afraid of causing too many casualties, which is why he let Xue Yun escape,” Luo Feng said.
“The battle between Yong Hu and Xue Yun at the Flame Wind Pavilion is available for sale to the public,” Elder Blind said, “Anyone can see that Xue Yun’s strength is profoundly unfathomable, which makes us at Heartshadow Sect admire Lord Luo He even more. The Sect Leader had already ordered that upon coming to Huyang City, we must not offend the Lord.”
“The Sect Leader is too kind,” Luo Feng said with a smile.
Moyu Qingyan, who was standing by serving, pricked up his ears to listen carefully.
Not offend the master? The Heartshadow Sect surely fears the master.
“This time Heartshadow Sect came to Huyang City to seek a place to survive,” Elder Blind sighed, “For a sect to survive, it’s very difficult.”
Luo Feng was listening.
“For survival, our disciples of the Heartshadow Sect are willing to spare no expense,” Elder Blind said, “I hope the Lord can understand the Heartshadow Sect and not interfere with the matters here.”
“Haha…” Luo Feng laughed, “I’m not an official of Yu Kingdom, nor am I from your Shi Kingdom. I’m just an independent cultivator! As to whom I help? Alas, we independent cultivators are all desperately fighting for resources. If there are enough resources to hire me, how could I refuse?”
Luo Feng understood what the other party meant.
They hoped for Luo Feng’s commitment not to interfere in the conflict in Huyang City.
“Enough resources to hire?” Elder Blind asked, “How much would it take to hire Lord Luo He?”
“I treat all equally. Yu Kingdom has already given me quite a bit, and I haven’t even agreed to help them,” Luo Feng said. “If Heartshadow Sect wants to hire me, two billion Cosmic Sand will suffice.”
“Two billion Cosmic Sand?” Elder Blind’s face twitched.
That’s a bold price.
Watching from the side, Luo Feng remembered that the Monarch of Yu Country had gifted him a leaf from the Void Proliferation Mother Tree and Marquis of Jiu Jiang had also presented him with ten million Cosmic Sand as a token of gratitude. That was all about relationships.
Giving a quote of one billion Cosmic Sand to Yu Kingdom was a friendly price.
Offering two billion Cosmic Sand to Heartshadow Sect was also justified. If Heartshadow Sect agreed to such a high price, and the news spread, Yu Kingdom would have nothing to say. After all, Luo Feng was giving them a half-price deal.
“I’m just an independent cultivator. Whoever gives the resources, I help them. I believe Elder Hearteye can understand,” Luo Feng looked at the other party.
The conversation between Luo Feng and Elder Blind
made the two disciples behind Elder Blind and Moyu Qingyan tremble with the thought of two billion Cosmic Sand. What a colossal fortune that was.
“Understood, even for disciples of our sect, obtaining resources is not easy,” Elder Blind said, “I have traveled the world challenging many mighty ones. With such strength as yours, I wonder if we could have a sparring match?”
“A sparring match?” Luo Feng nodded, “Sure.”
Elder Blind sensed the confidence in the other party and immediately nodded: “I’ll arrange a more spacious place.”
“Let’s just do it in my cave dwelling,” Luo Feng said, “It’s just a sparring match, this place is big enough.”
“I’m afraid that might damage your cave dwelling,” Elder Blind added.
“No need to compensate if it gets damaged,” Luo Feng said with a smile as he got up.
“The Lord is truly magnanimous,” Elder Blind also stood up, and his two disciples and Moyu Qingyan at the side all became somewhat nervous.
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In an open area of Luo Feng’s cave dwelling, Luo Feng and Elder Blind stood opposite each other at a distance. Morosa, Moyu Qingyan, and the two disciples of Heartshadow Sect watched from the corners of the cave dwelling.
“Please,” Luo Feng said with a smile, looking at the opponent.
Elder Blind flipped his hand, and a black spike appeared. At first glance, the black spike looked quite ordinary, with a subdued luster, and no secret patterns could be seen.
Since it was just a sparring match, neither side was burning their divine power, and their auras were very restrained.
“This Lord Luo He still wants to waver between the two forces, asking for two billion Cosmic Sand right off the bat? If he realizes the gap in our strength, he will be much more compliant,” Elder Blind thought to himself.
“Be careful, Lord,” Elder Blind said, as he thrust the black spike forward.
With that thrust, he activated the ‘Realm of Life and Death’ that was already spread around them. Luo Feng’s Realm of Life and Death enveloped the entire cave dwelling, and as Elder Blind thrust his spike, the Realm heavily obstructed his attack.
The Realm of Life and Death, a combination of three Primal Chaos Realm techniques, appeared like a vast Tai Chi cloud formation upon manifestation, its rotation far more powerful than that of pure ‘Control Primal Chaos.’
Rip!
Elder Blind’s thrust forcibly penetrated the Realm of Life and Death, tearing through it and sending shockwaves rolling, with the spike already reaching Luo Feng’s robe.
Luo Feng still stood unmoved, his robe surface displaying a layer of murky protecting robe, a synergy of the Realm of Life and Death condensed with two techniques from the Law of Primal Chaos. These five techniques combined to form the chaotic protective robe.
Though not as intricate as Divine Monarch Xue Yun’s creation of the Blood Cloud Great Array from nine techniques.
But the Realm of Life and Death, the chaotic protective robe, were just some of the techniques Luo Feng had managed to comprehend in the span of the Five Eras.
“Puff!” The thrust, surprisingly, penetrated the murky protective robe on Luo Feng’s skin. His skin, refined three times to achieve the Perfect Divine Body, was finally pierced, showing a speck of blood.
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“Hmm?” Elder Blind retreated instantly, somewhat in disbelief.
“Amazing, amazing. With just a casual stab, Elder Hearteye managed to break through my domain and protective robe, even wounding me,” Luo Feng exclaimed.
Elder Blind felt the pressure.
“I have cultivated the Godly King Level inheritance ‘Six Extremes of Destruction,’ which utilizes seven Primal Chaos Realm techniques. According to the inheritance, only after a complete integration can this stab be formed,” Elder Blind was shocked internally. “I have encountered those with unlimited godly bodies before, and this stab would have seriously wounded them.
But facing Lord Luo He, it barely broke the skin?”
What seemed like a normal stab was indeed one of Elder Blind’s lethal moves, famous in many regions.
“Divine Monarch, please try this move of mine,” Elder Blind said, and right after speaking, his figure blurred in an instant.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!!
In a blink, he split into thirteen figures, each making a strike, each seeming terrifyingly powerful, but when the thirteen strikes merged, that’s when the power truly shook the heavens and the earth.
“Boom~~~” This congealed black strike surprised even Luo Feng, “Indeed a disciple of a Godly King Sect, the technique is truly profound, forming a formation from numerous techniques to converge into a single, powerful strike? Relying on just a protective robe to withstand it isn’t enough, I need to show some real skills now.”
Faced with this earth-shattering strike, Luo Feng extended his left hand.
Boom!
His arm expanded rapidly, and his palm grew even larger, as though covering the sky, with each of Luo Feng’s five fingers containing dual-colored vortices, the entire palm like a chaotic universe.
Boom~~~
The frightening strike collided with Luo Feng’s palm, their forces annihilating and mercilessly grinding against each other.
One side is Godly King Level techniques recorded in the inheritance, the disciples merely need to cultivate step by step to continuously build their foundations and draw closer to the Primal Chaos Realm.
The other side, however, directly encountered the Great Dao of Life Origin and the Mysteries of Destruction’s Origin, fusing both and integrating the understanding of Primal Chaos; this was also one of Luo Feng’s six major killing techniques, the ‘Ten Directions Annihilation Palm.’
If the ‘World Breaking Nine Blades’ of the past was purely for defense.
Then this ‘Ten Directions Annihilation Palm’ was for offense, and it involved combining ten Primal Chaos Realm techniques into one strike executed with a hand that had undergone three body refinements to attain a Perfect Divine Body. One of Luo Feng’s true killing techniques. Luo Feng still had to hold back his strength—too much, and it would exceed the ‘Eternal True God Domain.’
Luo Feng had long set standards for himself, not needing to hide his realm’s accumulation since the outside world already considered him very close to the ‘Primal Chaos Realm.’ Still, the power of the perfect godly body needed to be restrained.
Even reined in to the strength of an ‘unlimited godly body,’ he was still suppressing Elder Blind.
The Ten Directions Annihilation Palm, despite merging ten techniques still being somewhat rough, was no less formidable than Elder Blind’s killing formation.
“Boom~~~”
That dreadful strike, under the crush of Luo Feng’s massive palm, ultimately shattered and was completely obliterated.
This scene shocked Elder Blind.
“This Luo He is an unlimited godly body of the Law Lineage. And his realm’s accumulation even surpasses mine,” Elder Blind confirmed this instantly. “If he were part of the Bloodline Cultivation System, such accumulation might have already led him to the Primal Chaos Realm.”
“Elder Hearteye’s formation technique is quite powerful,” Luo Feng praised, “I was even forced to use my ultimate technique. Elder Hearteye, do you have any more moves?”
“No need to continue comparing, I’m indeed inferior to Lord Luo He,” Elder Blind spoke, “This sparring truly broadened my horizons. Lord Luo He, I shall take my leave first. And I will relay the hiring price you mentioned to the Sect Leader.”
“Alright,” Luo Feng nodded with a smile.
Elder Blind turned and swiftly left with two disciples.
This battle had kept the cave dwelling encapsulated by the Realm of Life and Death, and since Elder Blind had not burned his Divine Power and had intentionally restricted the range, the cave mansion was still in relatively good condition. Only the empty space where the fight took place had pits and uneven ground.
“Sigh.” With a thought, the ground quickly repaired itself.
“Master, this Elder Hearteye is quite strong,” Morosa spoke, “Should be somewhat stronger than Xue Yun.”
“Mhm, Xue Yun’s formations are rather rough, whereas Elder Hearteye’s moves are more naturally powerful and superior,” Luo Feng nodded, “Unmistakably a Godly King Tier sect.”
Although he himself had inheritances from two Godly King lineages.
Unfortunately, his master, Mountain Sitting Guest, was an Artifact Refining Godly King and did not leave him any suitable Godly King inheritances. The third-generation forefather of the Duan Dong River lineage did leave behind three supportive Godly King Level inheritances, “Duan Mie,” “Dong Hua,” and “Undying River.”
No way around it; both his master and the third-generation forefather had just stepped into the Godly King Tier. This is why they met such fates—one fleeing into the Universe Ocean, the other dying completely.
Power is the foundation!
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“Elder Hearteye, how did it go with your visit to Lord Luo He?” asked the Master of the Heartshadow Sect, who had just returned from visiting the Flame Wind Pavilion, “I heard that you sparred with him?”
“I asked him not to interfere, and he asked for a hiring price of two billion Cosmic Sand,” Elder Blind frowned as he spoke, “So we had to go with the backup plan, sparring to put some pressure on him. But in this exchange… his godly body is stronger than mine, and even his realm is stronger.”
Master Feng Yuqi of the Heartshadow Sect couldn’t help saying, “Both of our forefathers said that with your deep accumulation, Elder Hearteye, just a little chance could lead to a breakthrough. His realm is actually higher than yours?”
“While it’s somewhat higher, ultimately, it’s within the same tier,” said Elder Blind, “Once I command the disciples and wield the Mechanical Flow Secret Treasure ‘Heart Devil Kite,’ I can match that Luo He.”
Originally, the Divine Monarch who established the Heartshadow Sect crafted thirteen Mechanical Flow Secret Treasures according to their inheritances, to serve as hereditary treasures of the sect.
But over the long years, only seven of these Mechanical Heritage Secret Treasures remain, with the Heart Devil Kite being one of them.
A Divine Monarch establishing a sect left many means behind. But with continual decline, the Heartshadow Sect’s methods are becoming fewer.
“This was just a spar, I didn’t use my Secret Technique of Willpower ‘Shadowless Stab,’ which is my strongest move!” Elder Blind said, “Once it’s used, it’s no longer a spar but a fight for life and death.”
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Thank you to the new Alliance Hierarch “Lord Luo City_” for the reward; that name does have some domineering presence~~
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