Chapter 157 Blade Frost

"Your Highness, be careful!"

In an instant, Bai Wuzi and Jiang Quzi flashed forward! But this shocking white rainbow came too fast, and its power was also astounding. At this time, the air waves alone shattered all the colorful rays of light in the sky!

Great waves were stirred up on the entire Qinhuai River, and two Lian Shen (Refining Spirit) experts almost lost their lives under this attack. Fortunately, Monk Yixing left Ji Xiang's side in time, and the Prince Lu himself was also a Jue Ding (top) expert at the Chunyang level. This was also his first time fighting someone head-on!

Under the joint defense of the two Chunyang experts, only a vast curtain of light shrouded the world, turning into a phantom of a cyan bell, shattering the sword rainbow!

"Baizhang Qinggui (A Hundred Rules of Purity)!"

Monk Yixing waved his hand, and the phantom of the cyan bell suddenly rotated from the royal boat into the sky, towering like a mountain rising from the river! Sanskrit characters lingered on the phantom of the great bell, all of which were the pure rules and precepts of Buddhism!

The monk chanted Buddhist scriptures, and tens of thousands of words turned into bricks, each weighing a thousand jun (one jun equals 0.5 kilograms), filling the high sky and falling downwards!

Prince Lu also frowned, but he did not take action, but watched Monk Yixing go to meet the unknown woman.

The Deng Xian (Ascension to Immortality) was about to begin, how could he let the other party ruin his grand plan at this time?

He shouted loudly from behind:

"Who are you? How dare you attack this prince? Are you trying to rebel!"

Qin Nvxiu did not answer. Seeing Monk Yixing cast Buddhist techniques to attack, she just raised an eyebrow with disdain, and then joined two sword fingers together!

She thrust forward!

The power of the sword qi rainbow was twice as powerful as before, and the Sanskrit bricks were all split into powder by a single sword, turning into golden light and rain that pounced towards the many mortals in the Qinhuai River!

The power of the Buddhist dharma scattered in all directions, like rain in the sky, falling into the river water, causing countless screams! Bursts of black gas surged out from the river water. The 1,300 demons who had been prepared were all forced to reveal their true forms by this Buddhist light, exposing themselves to the eyes of the world!

The power of the Buddhist dharma was like bone-corroding poison to demons, like raging fire burning the body. Once infected, it was difficult to get rid of until it was completely resolved, which would cause serious damage to their bodies!

"Roar!"

The great demons and fierce devils rose from the river, and regardless of Prince Lu's ban, they pounced on mortals to devour them, completely ignoring whether the target to be eaten was within the 1,300 people!

As long as it was a living thing, it could restore its injuries after eating it. While devouring the other party's flesh and blood, it would also devour the other party's life essence!

"Not good, don't mess around!"

Prince Lie Jie was shocked. The golden boat they were in was originally prepared as a sacrifice, but at this time, the Buddhist light in the sky forced all the demons to show their original forms, and burned their bones and hearts, making them furious and no longer listening to Prince Lu's orders!

If they ate ordinary people instead of the 1,300 sacrifices, the chances of Prince Lu's Deng Xian (Ascension to Immortality) would be greatly reduced!

Without these righteous people as a guide, the 1,300 demons would not be judged by heaven and earth as evil things, and Prince Lu would not get any benefits from killing them, and the dynasty's Great Dao would not give any feedback!

As for the panic of the people, this did not happen, because of the influence of the power of vows, the people on the Qinhuai River already had a solidified idea in their subconscious mind, that is, even if anything happened here, even if monsters appeared, as long as Prince Lu was here, he would definitely be able to quell everything.

But... Qin Nvxiu's sudden attack was not within the scope of that influence!

Therefore, shouts resounded through the sky!

"Someone is assassinating the prince!"

"There is an assassin!"

In fact, this "assassin" had already begun fighting with many cultivators, and the mortals were only reacting, their faces changing drastically. The guards also began to gather here, and sent people to dispatch more soldiers from the Thirty-Six Guards to the Qinhuai River!

"Ruining my plan!"

Prince Lu's brows were furrowed into a Sichuan character. At this time, the round moon hung high in the sky, the power of vows in Yingtian Prefecture was like a sea, and the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty floated within the clouds. Everything was ready, only the 1,300 merits were lacking.

Since things had come to this point, many cultivators had already flown out, wanting to fight against the unidentified Qinhuai woman. Monk Yixing glared and scolded: "Swordsman, how dare you assassinate the royal carriage? Who are you? Quickly tell us your name!"

"The world's cultivators are gathered here, and there is still a great formation in Yingtian that has not been activated. This monk advises you not to resist stubbornly. Surrender and you may have a chance of survival! Otherwise, today the Bodhisattva will be furious and the Vajra will subdue demons!"

Jiang Quzi and Bai Wuzi also flew closer, riding colorful auspicious clouds, with lingering panic and fear on their faces.

Jiang Quzi's tone was shocked: "This woman's sword qi is extraordinary, she shattered my protective divine garment with one blow, she must be an expert at the Chunyang level!"

Bai Wuzi exclaimed: "It has been many years since I have seen a sword cultivator who can cultivate to this level! Now is the era of spells and talismans. Sword cultivators... legends began in the Yellow Emperor's era, and flourished in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, but after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, sword cultivators were hard to find. After experiencing the southward migration of the Five Hu, the changes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the An Shi Rebellion, the Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen Dynasties, the Liao, Jin, and Western Xia Dynasties, the great Qian Yuan... until my Ming Dynasty, pure sword cultivators who can injure people with qi have almost become extinct in the world."

"I know that sword cultivators are divided into four veins. You are not from the Danjian (Elixir Sword) lineage, which is still passed down but has declined. Who is your master? Who did you learn from?"

"If you don't tell us, we can still use soul-searching secret techniques after we capture you!"

Prince Lu used to have dealings with the Song court, so there were still many people in Prince Lu's place who could perform this true "underworld technique" of soul-searching. After all, detaining souls for interrogation was just a basic skill of Yin Cha (Underworld Runners) and Divine Generals. Forcibly searching souls was just the housekeeping skill of high-level Yin Immortals, but it was more difficult for those who did not cultivate the Ghost Immortal Dao to learn.

Bai Wuzi and Jiang Quzi's faces were gloomy and serious. Jiang Quzi also added a warning:

"Today, there are two Chunyang experts here, and the two of us are also at the peak of Lian Shen (Refining Spirit). In our respective sects, we are also among the top two people below the sect leader. Naturally, we have ways to deal with Chunyang experts, otherwise we would not be able to run rampant in this world."

"As for the others, there are countless Xiantian Huangting, Yuanshen Jindan (Primordial Spirit Golden Core) cultivators. Even if they can't cause much damage to you, it's still not a big problem to disrupt your attack and operate formations to block you from the side."

As he spoke, Bai Wuzi took out a small purple bronze mirror that was only two inches in size from his sleeve:

"As for the Yang Shen (Yang Spirit) incarnations of the Chunyang realm."

"I don't think you should use them!"

The Chunyang realm has 84,000 Yang Shen incarnations, which are slightly weaker than the original body. This is not like the Flying Ascension realm, where the strength of the Yang Shen incarnation is almost the same as the original body, but with 84,000 incarnations, the cultivators here, added together, don't even reach three thousand!

A single person in the Chunyang realm is like an army of cultivators, and can be called a Quasi-Immortal. This is not just empty talk. Although the Chunyang realm is completely insignificant in the face of Flying Ascension, those below the Chunyang realm are like ants!

The purple bronze mirror in Bai Wuzi's hand vibrated, and suddenly a force of sealing and suppression in the world was added to Qin Nvxiu's body!

"Gathering shapes and dispersing shapes, the hundred gods of heaven and earth!"

Bai Wuzi laughed loudly: "The Yellow Prefecture Divine Mirror. This mirror is two inches in size and reflects people in miniature. It can gather a hundred shapes of a person, making them indistinguishable!"

With just a shake, Qin Nvxiu's figure had already been reflected in the divine mirror. Qin Nvxiu tried to separate her Yang Shen, and found that she could not summon it out.

"It is indeed a good thing."

Qin Nvxiu nodded, and then shook her head:

"But do I need to divide into 120,000 Yang Gods to deal with you mundane cultivators?"

Bai Wuzi was stunned: "120,000? What nonsense are you talking about? The Chunyang realm has 80,000..."

At this time, Monk Yixing opened his eyes wide, waved his hand to summon the Buddhist dharma, and shouted to the cultivators!

"Not good! She is a Tian Xian (Celestial Immortal)! Retreat quickly!"

However, Qin Nvxiu joined three fingers together at this time, and unleashed a horizontal slash towards the heaven and earth!

This strike was not sword qi!

But a blade of light!

The blade of light covered the sky and the earth, turning into the frost and snow of a severe winter!

The entire Yingtian Prefecture was suddenly transformed into a country of flying frost, and what made the cultivators break out in cold sweat, as if the moment of life and death was right in front of them, was the vast and fierce cold wind, all of which were blade winds!

In that vast blade wind, only Monk Yixing's roar could be heard echoing within!

Activate the formation, activate the formation!

So above the Thirty-Six Guards near Yingtian Prefecture, golden lotus flowers appeared!

Thirty-six illusory forms of Bodhisattvas appeared in the air!

......

The royal boat was also destroyed and turned into powder. Ji Xiang hovered in the sky, watching the fierce battle in the sky above the Qinhuai River, and was very happy.

Now he had helpers.

This was really an unexpected surprise.

He had sensed before that there was an Immortal-level existence near Yingtian. He thought it was Chen Taichu or an enemy he didn't know, but he didn't expect it to be his good older sister.

"Your Highness, what should we do now? How should we deal with the matter of ascending to immortality?"

Ji Xiang had no intention of taking action. Prince Lu also stared at Ji Xiang for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Ascending to immortality at this time is not a good opportunity. The preparations I have made have all gone wrong. If I ascend to immortality at this time, the demon test will be difficult to pass."

Ji Xiang's eyes moved: "Does Your Highness mean that according to the original arrangement, you could avoid the demon test when ascending to immortality?"

"Not really, but it can make the demon test very easy."

Prince Lu smiled: "The demon king's examination has always been aimed at the human heart, rather than physical destruction and torture. The examinations of the Five Heavens and Eight Emperors, and the Thirteen Demon Kings have always been different."

"But, if according to the original arrangement, the righteous people are eaten by demons, the Heavenly Dao will hate them, and define them as extremely evil things. The 1,300 merits that I will get from killing these 1,300 demons are different from the merits obtained normally."

"These 1,300 merits will not disappear. Until I complete the ascension to immortality, these 1,300 merits will protect me, because I killed the evil things defined by the Heavenly Dao, and I will get the favor of this world. When the time comes... clouds of merit will manifest."

"Therefore, I will become an immortal by this method, possessing the abilities of both the medicinal elixir immortal and the merit immortal, both not being harmed by poison, and having the technique of returning life and death."

"And these clouds of merit... In fact, although the demon king's examination is a tribulation of the path, within the favor of the Heavenly Dao, it will also become a kind of poison. At this time, the clouds of merit can be used to safely pass the demon king's examination."

Ji Xiang's heart trembled.

Good heavens.

So that was the logic.

In simple terms, after completing the preparatory work, he would get a recommendation from the Heavenly Dao.

He had heard of being recommended to school, but he had never heard of being recommended to become an immortal. The loophole was exploited so skillfully that the ancients who had worked so hard to become immortals through meritorious service or by eating immortal pills would probably vomit blood upon hearing about this loophole.

However, speaking of it, in the past, the population was not as dense as it is now, and those with righteousness could not appear often. Due to the current prosperity of the Ming Dynasty's urban culture, those with righteousness frequently appeared within the mundane world, but the holders were quite interesting.

Either they were scholars who had failed the imperial examination, or old men who had voluntarily resigned from their official positions and returned home, or idlers who had been exiled to other places.

Yet, no trace of righteousness could be seen in the imperial court.

In the end...

Ji Xiang suddenly realized that perhaps one of the important reasons for the appearance of righteousness was related to this world of mundane suffering, and the heart of finding joy in suffering. In short, those favored by heaven and earth would show the righteousness of heaven and earth. The specific reason still depended on the will of God.

"Does Your Highness mean... if you are favored by heaven and earth, will your body..."

"Will righteousness also appear?"

Hearing Ji Xiang's question, which was like inferring three things from one, Prince Lu suddenly stopped talking, but showed a mysterious smile.

This, perhaps, was possible!

The two looked at each other. Prince Lu spoke first, but it was to ask:

"Does the Arctic True Man not want to attack this prince? Or is he waiting for the opportunity when this prince ascends to immortality, to take advantage of the weakness?"

Ji Xiang smiled: "Your Highness is really measuring the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Your Highness can ascend to immortality. This poor Taoist's body will definitely not attack Your Highness. I am willing to make a great oath with this body."

Prince Lu was surprised: "Oh? This prince has said heart-to-heart words with the Arctic True Man, but in fact this prince does not trust you very much. But right now, an expert who assassinated this prince has suddenly appeared. This aura does not seem to be at the Chunyang realm."

"That is naturally not the Chunyang realm."

"But an Immortal."

Ji Xiang explained lightly: "Master Yixing and the others probably won't be able to hold on for too long. You must ascend to immortality to have a chance to fight. To be honest, the current poor Taoist is far inferior to her."

Prince Lu was not stupid. He knew a few of the Immortals in this world, so after thinking about it, he already remembered.

"It's the corpse-releasing immortal who killed the Prince of Zhenjiang."

Prince Lu completely remembered.

Wasn't the female immortal who was going to assassinate him the wife of the Prince of Zhenjiang's originally scheduled thirty-third grand wedding?

Could this woman be married?

This woman definitely couldn't be married!

It was not unjust for the Prince of Zhenjiang to die. This was not a marriage, she was a corpse that was being released and revived, you are a living person turning into a dead corpse, with no solution.

"Forget it, this prince still believes in the Arctic True Man."

"Even if she is a remnant immortal, her Dao cultivation still exists, and since her physical body has been cultivated to the Earth Immortal level, then her true strength is probably not far from the Chunyang realm."

"When this prince ascends to immortality, if you really want to attack, Mr. Yao will not be able to stop you."

"As for the demons, they are now crazy and have lost my control. If you want the Heavenly Dao to define them, you must let these demons actively eat those scholars, and those students and scholars must not be actively sacrificed. My subordinates must not actively send students into the mouths of demons, otherwise the people who will be hated by heaven and earth will be Lie Jie and Fire Lord."

"Our every move is under the scrutiny of the Heavenly Dao, and this Heavenly Dao is also the Great Dao of the dynasty. The operation of all things, the change of dynasties, heroes and beauties, the change of rulers, everything is under its gaze."

"However... I still have the technique of witnessing the power of vows."

"This Western magic was originally collected in case of emergency."

Prince Lu condensed the vast and heavy amount of power of vows from the entire Yingtian Prefecture!

He was going to use a method similar to a miracle to reverse everything at this time!

Ji Xiang grinned slightly, and the shadow behind him shook:

"The power of vows of a million people."

"It is truly extraordinary."