The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 285 - 137: The Dao has no gate, the emptiness is a dead end (Subscribe please)

Chapter 285: Chapter 137: The Dao has no gate, the emptiness is a dead end (Subscribe please)

Xu Qing utilized the Innate Finger for the first time against an enemy from the moment he had mastered it. The official deployment of this technique consumes Lifebound Essence Qi; unless it’s absolutely necessary, he would not use it at all.

He had simulated the power of this single finger countless times in his heart.

When he truly executed it, he unexpectedly forgot how formidable the Innate Finger was.

A finger pointed out.

"Clouds reside in the blue sky, water rests within the jar."

At this moment, he seemed to be in such a state, with a clear and unclouded mind platform. His Divine Soul’s perception continuously expanded, and everything around him was reflected in his mind’s still mirror.

And everything in the outer world slowed down at this moment.

Right now, the man in the straw raincoat, despite realizing the origin of Xu Qing’s finger, was still unable to retract his hand. His grab was an irreversible commitment.

Like a breach in a great dike, the air around him condensed highly towards his grasping hand, forming a terrifying eagle claw shape and fiercely striking towards Xu Qing’s finger.

Within a few feet of Xu Qing and the man in the straw raincoat, the air seemed to drain instantly, completely swept away by the Strength Force generated by both of them.

The claw and finger connected; it was extremely terrifying.

Bang!

Energy clashed.

The man in the straw raincoat’s Qi-Blood churned, quickly employing the ground-rooting method from his sect to relieve the terrifying Strength Force that had penetrated his body, diverting it to the ground below his feet.

During this process, the destructive power of the Innate Finger was very peculiar, scorching his entire channels and organs as if they were burned by flames.

Almost without thinking, his body flew backward and plunged into Black Water Lake, submerging beneath the surface.

Only a white line could be seen on the lake, quickly disappearing from Xu Qing’s sight.

Xu Qing looked at the ground where the man in the straw raincoat had discharged his energy, which now formed a vortex-like depression, with traces as if scorched by flames.

Wow!

Xu Qing spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, supporting himself with his hands on his knees.

Spitting out this blood, his body felt much more relaxed.

Xu Qing quickly took out an Elixir that replenished Qi-Blood and popped it into his mouth, invoking the Thunder Sound. Meanwhile, the Ziwei Star in his Sea of Consciousness had dimmed considerably, and even the cultivation of the Golden Light Spell had regressed, accompanied by a decline in Qi-Blood.

Ridiculously, his injury was not caused by the man in the straw raincoat, but by his body’s inability to withstand the explosive power of the Innate Finger.

At the instant the Innate Finger was released, his entire being, spirit included, was drained. Simultaneously, from his marrow emerged an indescribable tremor, shaking his whole body, flesh, and internal organs. This caused an excessive burden on his body and led to internal injuries.

With the reverberation of Thunder Sound, Xu Qing’s injuries calmed and his Qi-Blood recovered a fair amount.

However, it would clearly take some time to fully recover to his peak condition.

As for the Lifebound Essence Qi depleted by the Innate Finger, it’s feared it won’t be replenished anytime soon.

Fortunately, he was in his body’s prime development stage, with abundant Lifebound Essence Qi, so this loss wouldn’t have too great an impact.

"If I use this thing a few more times, it will definitely shorten my lifespan," Xu Qing secretly felt alarmed. Thankfully, for him at present, such an effect was not significant.

With the Thunder Sound ceasing, Xu Qing glanced around.

This was a secluded corner outside the city, near the shore of the lake, hardly any people around.

But...

He subconsciously looked at the shadows under a big willow tree not far away, where an old man with a walking stick was quietly watching him.

"Young Xu Qing pays his respects to Elder Fang," Xu Qing startled, he hadn’t noticed when the old man arrived or was even aware if Elder Fang had been there during his confrontation with the man in the straw raincoat. If that was the case, hadn’t the old man heard what the man in the straw raincoat said about the Xu Family of Jiangning having Luo Sect bloodline?

Despite his ability to manipulate the scholars of Jiangzuo with ease, Xu Qing’s back flooded with sweat upon the silent appearance of Elder Fang.

The thrill of just having repelled the Possession and Soul Splitting of the Luo Sect Master, a contemporary pinnacle Dao Skill expert, also vanished in an instant.

"Are you alright now?"

"Yes."

"Then I will take my leave." Elder Fang turned, walking stick in hand, and slowly made his way toward the city wall.

Xu Qing respectfully watched the elder’s departing figure.

He was soon gaping in astonishment.

Elder Fang walked straight into the city wall and then disappeared from sight.

"Was he just a Divine Soul?" Xu Qing couldn’t believe it.

Because when he saw the old man appear, he was completely unaware that the other party had come through Divine Soul Manifestation.

"Not that I didn’t notice, but I simply couldn’t sense it, and couldn’t even conceive the thought to discern whether it was Divine Soul Manifestation."

A powerful Dao Skill expert’s Divine Soul can Materialize using objects, and Elder Fang’s case just now made Xu Qing think of one phrase to describe it: "Using the false to cultivate the true."

"Isn’t this on the level of a Ghost Immortal?" Xu Qing was unexpectedly astounded.

He felt that the terror exuded by the old man just now was even more exaggerated than the Red Moon Zen Master described by Yan Kong.

If he still sees hope in chasing the cultivation of the Luo Sect Master, Elder Fang’s realm displayed just now left Xu Qing momentarily at a loss as to how he might catch up.

He faintly felt that practitioners like the Luo Sect Master and the Golden Centipede Dharma King, who cultivate to the point of Possession and then perform Divine Separation, might be inferior to Elder Fang for this very reason.

Possession and Soul Splitting seem like an extra means of preserving life, but the Divine Soul becomes fragmented, and even with several Refining Internal Master bodies in reserve, it still fundamentally damages the Divine Soul.

In Xu Qing’s view, whether it’s Divine Soul or Martial Arts cultivation, they all strive for a culmination in Alchemy Dao.

And of course, a culmination like the Dual Cultivation of Life and Spirit would naturally be even better.

Regardless, perfecting one’s own cultivation is more meaningful for one’s cultivation path than practicing several powerful and bizarre Divine Skills.

However, for the Luo Sect, whose main business is rebellion, Divine Separation does have its drawbacks, but it also makes figures like the Luo Sect Master all the more enigmatic and elusive, hard to pin down.

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