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Chapter 61: Chapter 61 Heavenly Person
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The misty rain was drizzling down.
Since the rainy season began, clear weather had become scarce.
Behind the Chen Bell Platform.
Although it was raining, the raindrops were repelled by an invisible force before they could touch him.
Just after Li Qian had finished practicing the Heartless Sword Technique, he felt as if the True Qi inside his body had reached its peak, ready to break through at any moment.
With a thought, he summoned the system interface to check the latest information.
Host: Li Qian.
Cultivation: Innate True Qi (Late Stage 99/100).
Sacrificial Artifact: Chen Bell (Power 2642/10000).
Martial Arts: Sword Stabbing Fist (Perfect), Heartless Sword Technique (Perfect), Pure Sword Body (Perfect), Soul Chasing Sword Skill (Perfect).
Martial Intent: Heartless Sword Intent (True Image 7/100).
Secret Skill: Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Qi, Blood Burning Technique.
....
"I’m finally about to break through."
Li Qian muttered to himself.
However, he planned to find another place later in the evening.
After all, the breakthrough from True Qi Realm to True Essence Realm could be quite noisy.
After nightfall.
It was still raining.
The night was silent.
Li Qian stood on top of the bell tower, able to hear the faint snoring of Liu Ming inside the house.
He took a deep breath, and with a flicker of his form, he flew out, vanishing into the night like a night owl.
Several minutes later.
Li Qian had already arrived at a mountain peak outside the Divine Sword Sect.
This place was close to the Divine Sword Sect, so the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi was still abundant, unlike other places... where the conditions for cultivation were far worse.
For Innate Martial Artists, the concentration of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi greatly affects the speed of cultivation.
Li Qian sat cross-legged, swallowing a handful of elixirs.
Then he started to operate the Internal Cultivation Methods of the Heartless Sword Technique.
At the same time, the sound of bells echoed continuously in his mind.
He planned to use the Chen Bell to assist his breakthrough.
Without any suspense, the breakthrough began easily.
His powerful Spiritual Perception spread out, drawing the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi towards his Pure Sword Body.
At the same time, the Qi Blood Pills he had swallowed transformed into rolling Qi and blood, replenishing the Qi and blood consumed by his Pure Sword Body.
This breakthrough took much longer than the previous ones.
Because this time, it was a breakthrough from the True Qi Realm to the True Essence Realm.
Similarly, the required Qi, blood, and Heaven and Earth Essence Qi were also much more.
Not knowing how much time had passed, an astonishing aura suddenly burst forth from inside Li Qian, forming countless invisible Sword Qi that roamed unpredictably around the space.
At the same time, Li Qian slowly opened his eyes, revealing a hint of a smile.
Finally, he had broken through.
True Essence Realm.
At this moment, his Dantian Qi Sea contained four streams of liquid True Qi, constructing a stable Four Symbols Qi Field structure, the contained power was much stronger than the Late Stage of the True Qi Realm.
Moreover, he noticed a serious issue; compared to the True Image Level Heartless Sword Intent, his cultivation realm seemed to have fallen far behind.
Just as Li Qian planned to try the combination of Innate True Essence and True Image Level Sword Intent, and see how powerful it would be, suddenly... his Spiritual Perception stirred, sensing a rapidly approaching aura.
"Not good, did my breakthrough alert someone from the Divine Sword Sect?"
Li Qian thought to himself.
His form shifted, True Essence surged around his body, while the Chen Bell masked his aura, transforming into a streak of light speeding towards another direction.
"Eh, why are you running?"
A surprised voice sounded.
Li Qian ran even faster.
"It seems you are not a person from my Divine Sword Sect."
The voice grew even more surprised, "Stay for this old man."
The next moment, a powerful Sword Qi descended from the sky, accompanied by terrifying Sword Intent.
He hastily employed the strongest defense of the Chen Bell, gathering rolling Heaven and Earth Essence Qi around his body, combined with Innate True Essence, forming countless Sword Qi which then constructed a bell shield like a copper wall and iron barrier.
Moreover, this bell shield also contained the True Image Level Sword Intent disguised by the Chen Bell.
A true martial arts master identifies people not just by their appearance or stature, but by their Sword Intent and True Qi.
Since breaking through to the Innate Realm, Li Qian had been trying to figure out how to utilize the defensive and offensive characteristics of the Chen Bell in combat.
This bell shield was his greatest achievement.
Boom!
A powerful sword qi descended from the sky and landed directly on the bell cover.
With a dull bell sound, the sword qi burst apart, transforming into surging vigor that swept across the surroundings.
Many bushes were affected and were leveled to the ground.
In the night sky, a figure hovered, suddenly a terrifying bell sound resonated in his mind, he felt a pain in his head, and his body swayed, nearly falling from the sky.
By the time he stabilized his figure, Li Qian was nowhere to be seen.
"Good heavens, is this a True Image Level Sword Intent?"
"Also, this Sword Intent seems to transform into a bell sound, attacking my spiritual consciousness from a distance?"
This was a bald, white-haired old man wearing hemp clothes and shoes, carrying a door-sized sword on his back, slowly drifting down to the ground, and muttering to himself as he touched his chin.
"Having been away for so long, could it be that someone in the sect has made a breakthrough?"
"No, wait, the cultivation of that person just now seemed to still be within the first three Inborn Realms..."
"Why would they choose to breakthrough outside?"
"And besides, upon encountering me... why would he run?"
He couldn’t help but scratch his head.
Suddenly, he noticed he had pulled out a dozen white hairs from his hand, and felt a toothache; his hair was already scant, so why did he lose so much more?
....
"That was close."
Li Qian took a big detour and finally returned to the Chen Bell Platform.
Fortunately, he utilized the Chen Bell’s bell sound combined with Sword Intent to influence the opponent.
The main body of the Chen Bell was not particularly far from him, making its spiritual attack relatively stronger.
Thus, he was lucky not to be stopped by that mysterious powerful expert.
Even if he had been stopped, it would only have revealed his identity at most.
But he didn’t want to reveal himself.
"That person’s Sword Intent also seems to be at the True Image Level... But definitely stronger than me; they must have entered the True Image Level a long time ago, and besides, their cultivation is terrifyingly high, thankfully he was only testing himself and did not use his full strength."
Li Qian still felt lingering fears.
Moreover, his Spiritual Perception just now seemed to sense that person appearing in the air...
"Flying in the sky... Could it be a Celestial Human from the Divine Sword Sect?"
He thought to himself.
His master Zhou Buping had once mentioned that there might well be Celestial Level experts within the Divine Sword Sect.
...
Divine Sword Hall.
Even though it was late at night.
The place was still brightly lit.
"Greetings to Great Uncle Master."
Divine Sword Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu respectfully bowed to the bald, white-haired old man in front of him.
This Great Uncle Master, not only had an incredibly high seniority but also was the leader among the Five Great Sword Masters.
He was the only Celestial Level expert in the Divine Sword Sect.
"Which one of you has had their Sword Intent breakthrough to the True Image Level?"
The bald, white-haired old man placed his huge sword on the table and sloppily sat down, crossing his legs.
"Eh? Great Uncle Master, it’s embarrassing to say... No elder or peak master in the sect has yet broken through to the True Image Level."
Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu said.
Including himself, the Seven Peak Masters, the Four Great Sword Masters, and over a dozen influential elders, all had their Sword Intent stuck at the Illusion Level, yet unable to break through.
This barrier was too challenging to overcome.
Once broken through, it would be smooth sailing, their cultivation stuck in the True Pill Realm could advance further into the Celestial Realm.
To step from the True Pill Realm into the Celestial Realm... the challenge of Sword Intent was unavoidable.
"Strange, when I returned, I clearly encountered someone possessing True Image Level Sword Intent?"
The bald, white-haired old man said doubtfully.
"Eh?"
Upon hearing what the Great Uncle Master said, Divine Sword Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu was startled and a bit skeptical if his seemingly senile Great Uncle Master was joking with him.
If someone within the Divine Sword Sect truly had their Sword Intent breakthrough to the True Image Level, it would have already spread.
Lastly, the bald, white-haired old man gathered the Four Great Sword Masters, the Seven Peak Masters, and over a dozen influential elders.
After questioning and verification, indeed no one had broken through to the True Image Level.
He became even more puzzled.
Who did he encounter outside the Divine Sword Sect?
Could it be an outsider?
But that couldn’t be right.
True Image Level Sword Intent, cultivation in the first three Inborn Realms; how profound must one’s comprehension be? If there really was such a genius, who would let them out?
