vstars Chapter 165: One Step, One Ice Lotus; Graceful as an Immortal
Chapter 165: One Step, One Ice Lotus; Graceful as an Immortal
"Indeed, the flames are different, and this 'Tendon-Regenerating Pill' also carries a special aura..." Li Yourong said.
She is an alchemist.
Moreover, since he was refining pills with his own true fire, he naturally knew that his divine consciousness would remain in that true fire.
The earth's vein fire will also retain a trace of the alchemist's divine consciousness, though it is very weak.
With careful observation, one can also perceive the differences between the two.
However, such subtle fluctuations in energy are difficult for ordinary people to detect without careful sensing.
Now that Yang Jiuli mentioned it, everyone carefully sensed it with their divine senses and immediately discovered the subtle differences.
"It really is two different flame auras..." After sensing each other, Sun Haohua's expression suddenly changed.
"What's going on? Could it be that my brother's death has nothing to do with Master Yang?" Sun Haohua wondered.
He glanced at Sun Dushui.
Sun Dushui also looked surprised.
Then, the grandfather and grandson looked at Sun Bufan.
But Sun Bufan's face looked extremely ugly.
"This kid..." Sun Bufan's eyes were sinister, like a venomous snake, staring coldly at Yang Jiuli.
"Haha, now it seems the truth has come out. The death of this noble prodigy has nothing to do with my No. 9 Pill Shop!" Li Jun laughed loudly. "Please, fellow Daoists, take heart."
"If it has nothing to do with Pill Shop No. 9, then what kind of pill did my brother take?" Sun Haohua looked at his older brother on the ground.
He was completely distraught.
I came here hoping to seek justice, but this is the result I expected.
"Hmph, utter nonsense!" Just then, Sun Bufan suddenly snorted coldly, his body radiating a chilling aura, and a powerful pressure swept over him like a tidal wave. Yang Jiuli moved and immediately retreated, avoiding the sweeping wave.
"What do you want to do!" Li Jun sneered.
He flashed forward and stood in front of Yang Jiuli, a fierce wind whistling around him, making the air rustle.
The powerful aura caused Li Yourong, Yang Jiuli, and the others behind him to retreat to the edge of the hall.
"Is this Sun family Foundation Establishment staged to tear off all pretense and prepare to make a move?!" Huang Cheng was even more terrified.
"My prodigy of the Sun family has perished, and we have the purchase receipt. You can argue until the end, but we must give you an explanation," Sun Bufan said. "Otherwise, I will never let this go today!" As he spoke, frost gathered behind him, gleaming with a cold light, like a cold blade poised to strike.
His eyes gleamed as he looked at Yang Jiuli, like a hungry wolf, showing a strong inclination to take him down at all costs.
If it weren't for the Li family's immense power and influence, which made him hesitant, he probably would have already made his move.
"It seems he's the one who wants to get rid of me!" Yang Jiuli stood at the edge of the main hall, thinking to himself, a cold glint in his eyes. He was indeed very strong at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, but with Elder Li Jun present, he wasn't afraid.
Simply activate the 'Swiftness Talisman' in conjunction with the 'Wind Chaser Boots' to dodge.
"The Sun family of Xihe County, what a show of power... You framed them first, yet you still want an explanation. Do you really think you can cover up everything?" Just then, a clear, ethereal, and melodious voice echoed coldly in the world.
The voice was clear and ethereal, as if it came from beyond the heavens.
Along with it came a wave of extreme cold.
The entire hall seemed to be frozen solid, with frost beginning to form on the pillars.
"It's so cold!" Li Yourong shivered and looked towards the outside of the hall in the direction of the sound.
Huang Cheng also looked over.
The three members of the Sun family all looked in the direction of the sound.
"This aura..." Yang Jiuli turned his head to look, a hint of joy appearing in his eyes.
Those tense nerves were finally able to relax.
He knew that today's events were likely coming to an end!
When everyone's gaze fell upon her, they saw a peerless beauty walking on the back of a long-tailed ice sparrow high in the sky above the entrance of the main hall. She descended from the sky, wearing a white, wide-sleeved dress, with her black hair flowing like a waterfall and two ice hairpins adorning her hair, gleaming coldly.
As she landed, a chilling aura erupted beneath her feet, transforming into an ice lotus that supported her jade-like feet, allowing her to float down through the air.
Around her, cold mist churned and water rippled, as if evolving into a vast ocean a hundred meters in diameter, containing immense power.
This peerless beauty was none other than Qin Zhixue, a disciple of the Core Formation Realm cultivator from Ice River Valley.
He was also an old friend of Yang Jiuli.
As she strolled along, snowflakes fell from the sky, covering the entire Black Wind Palace in ice and snow.
The frost spread at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the blink of an eye, the cultivators in the hall felt as if they were in an ice cave.
Behind Qin Zhixue, another woman rode the wind.
This woman was Lu Wenqing.
The ice sparrow circled for a moment and landed at the entrance of the main hall.
Qin Zhixue took a step or so and appeared in the main hall.
Accompanying this was a powerful surge of Yin-type cold energy that swept towards the main hall.
She had a cool and aloof expression, and her beauty was unparalleled. She was like a fairy who had descended from the heavens, her clothes fluttering, untouched by the dust of the world.
Her jade feet touched the ground, yet she was still supported by the ice lotus.
She glanced at Yang Jiuli and smiled in acknowledgment, her expression as captivating as a winter plum blossom blooming in the cold winter.
Yet no one in the hall dared to harbor any blasphemous thoughts.
When this woman appeared, Sun Bufan's pupils shrank, and he muttered to himself, "This aura has far surpassed the mid-Foundation Establishment stage." However, the information he had obtained showed that the woman in front of him had only advanced to the early Foundation Establishment stage a few years ago.
Now, sensing the distance, he could clearly detect that the chill emanating from the other party far surpassed that of himself, a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.
"Is this the extraordinary nature of the 'Taiyin Treasure Body'?!" Sun Bufan wondered to himself.
He looked at Qin Zhixue with a face full of apprehension.
"Glacier Valley, Qin Zhixue!" Elder Li Jun also took a deep breath and looked at Qin Zhixue with awe.
He naturally knew that 20 years ago, a prodigy emerged from Longhu Town, who was diagnosed with a superior "Taiyin Treasure Body" and showed signs of forming a nascent core.
Only now, upon seeing it, did he realize the power of the "Taiyin Treasure Body".
Even though he was at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, he felt immense pressure and inferiority in front of this woman.
Yang Jiuli was not surprised by this.
Qin Zhixue not only possessed the superior "Taiyin Treasure Body," but also cultivated the quasi-fourth-order cultivation technique "Taiyin Guiyi Jue" from Ice River Valley. Her condensed magical power was inherently purer than that of ordinary cultivators. With the help of numerous spiritual objects, she successfully established the quasi-fourth-order immortal foundation "Bright Moon Rising from the Sea."
This naturally surpasses those ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the difference in magical power will become more and more obvious as one cultivates further.
Even if they are both Core Formation cultivators.
It is also divided into illusory elixir, true elixir, and golden elixir.
There is an insurmountable gap in combat power between cultivators who have built these three different immortal foundations.
"This woman is so beautiful, like a fairy from the heavens, untouched by the dust of the world, otherworldly and ethereal!" Li Yourong murmured to herself as she looked at Qin Zhixue. Then she pursed her lips and looked at Yang Jiuli. Seeing the latter's smiling and composed expression, she felt a pang of sadness.
"I've heard that Fairy Qin and Alchemist Yang are very close friends, practically family!" Li Yourong murmured to herself.
Qin Zhixue's gaze was icy, like a sharp sword, as she looked at Sun Bufan in front of her. She didn't say a word, but her authority was undeniable.
"Sun Bufan of Xihe County pays respects to the Immortal!" Sun Bufan frowned, immediately stepped down from the palace platform, and bowed in greeting.
"Li Jun of Yunmeng Lake pays respects to the Immortal!" Li Jun immediately stepped down and bowed in the same manner.
Although they were also at the Foundation Establishment stage, they were merely scions of aristocratic families.
Qin Zhixue comes from a sect of immortals, so her status is naturally a cut above the rest.
If that were all, they wouldn't need to be so humble.
But Qin Zhixue possesses the potential to form a Core Formation, and is also a disciple of a Core Formation True Person, so her status is different!
The woman before them was a potential Core Formation cultivator, and she had the potential to become a powerful figure in the Ice River Valley in the future.
In the blink of an eye, a Foundation Establishment family could be destroyed, stirring up a storm.
Li Jun naturally dared not be negligent.
Beside him, Li Wannian, Li Yourong, Sun Dushui, Sun Haohua and others all bowed.
Huang Cheng also bowed in greeting.
Yang Jiuli bowed slightly.
"Fellow Daoist Sun, I heard everything that happened here outside the hall... It's clear that your Sun family is in the wrong and has slandered others, yet you still want to find an explanation. Is it because your Sun family is powerful? Or is it because you have elders from other immortal sects backing you up, and therefore you want to bully others?"
Qin Zhixue said in an icy tone.
When she mentioned the support of elders from the immortal sects, she emphasized her words.
"I wouldn't dare!" Sun Bufan said. "It's just a fact that a prodigy of my clan has perished, and I, Sun, naturally want to seek justice."
"Fairness?" Qin Zhixue asked. "What kind of fairness do you want?"
"A life for a life!" Sun Bufan looked up and said expressionlessly.
"What a fine example of paying with one's life!" Qin Zhixue's eyes turned cold as she said, "Yang Jiuli is my mortal cousin... You have wronged him so much, and today, I cannot stand idly by!" As she spoke, she raised her jade hand, and a cold light flashed in front of her.
A crescent-shaped magical artifact appeared in front of him.
This is a second-tier top-grade spiritual weapon, the 'Frost Moon Wheel'.
Immediately, she took a step forward, and the 'human flower' suspended in the sea of dantian emitted a cold light.
In an instant, a wave of cold air surged forth from the "human flower," transforming the entire hall into a vast, dark sea.
A bright moon slowly floated up from the sea, hanging high behind it, sweeping out a chilling aura, like a sharp blade of wind.
It can cut through gold and jade.
The chill swept towards Sun Bufan like a tidal wave.
Sun Bufan felt as if a monstrous wave was crashing over him, making it hard to breathe. He felt a chill run down his spine and retreated rapidly.
At the same time, he pulled with both hands, and his internal magic surged, evolving into a water-wave light shield that protected him.
At the same time, ripples immediately appeared around him, and the strange phenomenon of "frost and snow falling all over the sky over the long river" also manifested.
A long river flowed beneath him.
call!
Just then, the raging cold air swept in and crashed against the water-like light barrier.
In an instant, the water-like light shield was frozen, transforming into a crystalline light shield.
The strange phenomenon of "frost and snow falling all over the sky over the long river" beneath his feet had just manifested when it was immediately frozen.
Sun Bufan was immediately frozen inside the light shield.
A chilling aura swept in from behind, shattering the ice crystal shield.
Boom!
The frozen light barrier struck the throne in front of it and shattered violently, sending countless icy crystals tumbling down.
Sun Bufan fell from the middle, his body trembling, and cold air came out of his mouth with each breath.
Meanwhile, inside the main hall, Sun Dushui and Sun Haohua were shaken and staggered backward before regaining their footing.
When they looked closely, they saw Sun Bufan, who had been knocked down in front of the throne in the palace.
Immediately, both of them felt a chill run down their spines.
This was a powerful cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage from their own sect, yet he was utterly defeated by a cultivator in the early Foundation Establishment stage.
Such a scene felt like a dream, unbelievable.
"How...how terrifying is this Yin energy!" At this moment, Sun Bufan shivered and struggled to get up.
He looked at Qin Zhixue with a horrified expression.
Previously, although he had awe of Qin Zhixue, he still believed that he could match her with his mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation.
Only then did he realize the difference between the two, like a trickle of water versus a rushing, surging river—they were not comparable.