Chapter 305: Chapter 28 Cave Heaven Blessed Land
Bu Yusheng’s face was as bright as the moon, her eyes clear as autumn water, and her delicate cheeks white as congealed fat, emitting a faint glow like the dazzling sun, flawless. But Jiang Li had no pity or gentleness; his only intent was to harm.
Thunder and lightning, intense whirls of wind and fire, followed by a palm strike that blasted towards Bu’s delicate face, bringing a scorching and fierce breath head-on.
Since she was protected by the Seamless Heavenly Cloth, aiming directly for her face was the obvious choice.
The emotionless assault turned Bu Yusheng’s expression frosty. Not many women in the world would tolerate being slapped physically in the face, especially by Jiang Li.
"Seamless," she declared.
She loosened her grip on the Mo Wu Sword, her wide sleeves fluttering like curtains of water, opening in front of her. The combined forces of wind, thunder, and fire were dissipated layer by layer, each rendered ineffective.
’Seamless indeed... truly divine.’
Jiang Li’s eye power allowed him to clearly see Bu Yusheng’s clothing — even his Emperor’s Qi Observation Skill could not detect a single weave or gap.
Seamlessness was not only aesthetically pleasing but crucial in defense—impenetrable by Qi, and indestructible by force, unless torn with absolute violence, any attack on the Heavenly Cloth would be significantly reduced.
In terms of strength, Bu Yusheng was not as powerful as Yuan Zhen, but in defense, she surpassed Yuan Zhen, a Sword Cultivator.
With her sleeves continuously dancing, Bu Yusheng blocked the forces of wind, thunder, and fire. An overwhelming aura of desolation was emerging around her, a silent slaughter about to descend.
Bu Yusheng’s eyes turned golden, her thoughts fluctuating, ready to unveil her trump card.
Jiang Li’s strength exceeded expectations. During their previous encounter in the Iron Pillar Temple, he had held back considerably, allowing her a slight upper hand. Given the current situation, even unleashing the "Gathering Qi into Blade" ultimate skill might not defeat Jiang Li—it was better to directly use her trump card.
Her confidence in overcoming Jiang Li stemmed not just from his recent exhaustive battle, but also because he had already used his life-saving measures.
Even if Jiang Li had one move left, after his clash with Yuan Zhen’s deadly technique, he would not be able to execute it.
Otherwise, his body would collapse first.
However, before that desolate and chilling aura could fully develop, Bu Yusheng suddenly felt a great shock to her spirit, as if a part of it had been scooped out.
Her intention to activate the trump card was severed.
In that moment of vulnerability, Jiang Li seized his opportunity, stepping forward, his arm armor subtly clanking as it activated, its power coming alive, merging with his arm.
The schematics of the Mo Wu Battle Box, gifted by Tan Wuwei of the Mo Sect, had been studied by Jiang Li during this time. Thousand Catties Arm was one of the designs pioneered by the Mo Sect Master, meant for enhancing arm strength.
Jiang Li’s arms surged like mighty dragons from the sea, his robust True Qi concentrated, gold light of Three Flowers Gathering at the Top cloaking his body, striking forcefully at close range, the air exploding.
Bu Yusheng caught one arm with her dancing sleeves. The Heavenly Cloth’s sleeves, both soft and firm, alleviated the force, her other hand flashing metallic, blocking in front of her.
"Clang—"
The collision resounded like a great bell; Bu Yusheng’s sleeves carried the force, her body like refined gold, merging softness and firmness flawlessly, and blocked this mighty strike.
Yet Jiang Li’s assault was relentless like a storm. Seizing that split-second opportunity, he advanced step by step, palm slicing, elbowing, kneeing... delivering twelve heavy blows in succession.
Bu Yusheng also demonstrated commendable combat ability, blocking seven strikes, but unexpectedly, a Dragon Claw struck out like a phantom, pushing powerfully against Bu Yusheng’s face.
"Clang!"
Fingertip and palm exerting force, a sound of metal striking metal rang out as Jiang Li forcefully pulled Bu Yusheng’s head to meet his cross-elbow strike followed immediately by a flurry of punches and kicks, three successive hits, causing the Kunxu Fairy to spit out essence.
"Bang!"
On the final hit, Jiang Li withdrew his arm and punched horizontally, striking Bu Yusheng’s abdomen. Her Seamless Heavenly Cloth caved in, displaying layers of ripples, and Bu Yusheng was sent flying backward.
At the same time, the desolate chilling power finally exploded.
"Retreat!"
Jiang Li instantaneously switched from advancing to retreating, dashing through the woods, disappearing without trace.
Then, the Golden Wind erupted, countless golden blades slaughtering everything, an endless desolation descended, turning the world golden in an instant, the machine of slaughter grinding everything nearby to bits.
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Go! Go! Go!
Jiang Li turned into the wind, rushing urgently through the forest.
Behind him, the gold-hued world expanded unceasingly, countless intersecting gold blades slicing through the air, recklessly rapid.
Had Jiang Li not mastered the Wind Movement and merged with the ambient winds, leveraging the forces of nature to match the speed of the golden blades, he might well have been reduced to one of the countless dismembered plants.
’That Seamless Heavenly Cloth combined with the Xin Metal Body truly can withstand a lot,’ Jiang Li thought regretfully, recalling the ineffectiveness of his previous heavy strikes.
His Heavenly Escape Sword Skill had improved during this time. Just now, unbeknownst to Bu Yusheng, he had used his Sword Intent to sever her activation of a deadly maneuver, securing the initiative and harshly executing his moves.
If it had been Yuan Zhen, he would have already been beaten to a cripple by Jiang Li, but Bu Yusheng forcefully held on and once again initiated her killing move.
And this time, her resolve was so firm that Jiang Li’s Heavenly Escape Sword Skill, which was only of minor success, couldn’t continue to execute, and he had to tactically shift.
"Fortunately, I probed quite a bit of information from Bu Yusheng."
Jiang Li thought to himself as he sped up again and finally moved out of range of the killing move, escaping the danger.
Behind him, he left a ten-mile radius of cleared land, with countless dust particles whirling in the wind, all that remained of the grass, trees, earth, and stones that had been slashed by the golden blades...
Using his ability to anticipate the enemy, Jiang Li avoided a killing move with his own strength.
And the price was the near exhaustion of his four Qi Seas.
He leaped and landed behind a large rock, took out a Yellow Dragon Pill and swallowed it to recover his power while organizing the intelligence he had gathered.
"One, Bu Yusheng is connected to the Fourth Prince."
"Two, this anomaly is very likely orchestrated by the Fourth Prince. Currently pursued aggressively by the Second Prince, he probably hopes to turn the tide with this move."
"Three, Bu Yusheng came here alone because she doesn’t want others to interfere, and probably also lacks sufficient support."
As information surfaced in the Karma Collection, Jiang Li murmured softly, "The strongest here in this realm should only be fifth-rank, and not many in number."
"You are right," a familiar whisper resounded by his ear.
Suddenly, a haze appeared before Jiang Li’s eyes; his left eye retained normal vision, but his right could see a vast white space and the figure of a woman in imperial garb.
"Master." Jiang Li finally received some good news.
Tianxuan had contacted him.
Tianxuan’s figure appeared in Jiang Li’s right eye, and as she shifted her gaze, Jiang Li’s right eye followed as if it were hers, "This place should be a Cave Heaven Blessed Land owned by the First Generation Temple Master of the Iron Pillar Temple. Previously, this Cave Heaven Blessed Land was always sealed, not revealing any trace of Spiritual Energy until today, due to someone’s actions."
That "someone" was naturally the Fourth Prince.
"So, it’s a Cave Heaven Blessed Land. No wonder..." Jiang Li suddenly realized.
Cave Heaven Blessed Lands, before the End of Dharma, were all Immortal Realms and were the practice grounds of the Immortal Gods. The space is connected to the world but is itself separate from the world, with an entrance either fixed in a location or an object; it could stay in one place or be carried by its owner.
Because of this, some Cave Heaven Blessed Lands survived the End of Dharma with some spiritual mechanisms still intact.
Like the Dinghu Sect, which used the Cave Heaven Blessed Land to cultivate Spiritual Medicine, maintaining a source for the materials of the Alchemy Dao. As for the secret place on the island, it was established after acquiring the Ochre Whip and needs separate consideration.
Hearing Tianxuan, Jiang Li slowly relaxed his senses, tried to blend with heaven and earth, and indeed felt no familiar foul aura but noticed faint waves of Spiritual Energy.
Though minimal and hard to detect without focused sensing, it was much better compared to the outside.
Also, not all corners of this realm have such faint spiritual mechanisms...
Jiang Li followed the fluctuations of the spiritual mechanism, walking past one towering tree after another, up a hillside, looking towards the south.
In the south, a hundred miles away, he could see with the naked eye the spiritual mechanism forming myriad auspicious energies with Divine Light shining upon it, in the center a towering cyan tree.
The tree had lush green branches and gloomy leaves resembling banana leaves, standing about a thousand feet tall. Even from a hundred miles away, the tree’s lushness was visible.
"That’s it, the element in Cave Heaven that resists my teacher. Due to its power, no existence above fifth-rank can enter this place," Tianxuan immediately stated.
Although a Cave Heaven Blessed Land is profound, it is ultimately just a space; it might be difficult for a fourth-rank to find this space but not hard to enter if found. Unless, of course, the owner of the Cave Heaven Blessed Land made arrangements.
However, the owner of this particular Cave Heaven passed away nearly two hundred years ago, and any arrangements should have mostly dissipated by now.
Then, what could last for two hundred years, still be effective, and also resist fourth-rank?
"A Dao Fruit or perhaps a Dao Artifact, and also of third grade, or even..." Jiang Li narrowed his eyes slightly, "second grade."
"No wonder..."
No wonder the Fourth Prince has been cultivating forces within the Iron Pillar Temple and, despite being relentlessly pursued, refuses to leave.
He must be considering obtaining something from this place to turn the tide.
In that case, the likelihood of a Dao Artifact is very high.
Because without a suitable vessel, a Dao Fruit can hardly be effective. If it were a Dao Fruit, finding an appropriate vessel would also pose a big problem.
Thinking this, a murderous intent surfaced in Jiang Li’s heart.
He had always harbored the intention to kill the Fourth Prince and certainly could not allow him to acquire a third-grade or even second-grade Dao Artifact. And this place, completely isolated from the outside, if he were to kill someone here, who would know.
"Master, aside from me, are there other people drawn into this place?" Jiang Li asked.
"Those of fifth-rank and below all have a certain chance of entering this Cave Heaven Blessed Land. Although Ji Chengyuan activated this realm, he couldn’t possibly control this Cave Heaven Blessed Land," Tianxuan said, "The resistance to fourth-rank entering must be an arrangement left by the previous owner using a Dao Artifact."