Chapter 474: Chapter 430: Golden Snake Sword Palm
Jiang Yuebai played a domineering maid, and faced with Yi Zhenying’s warning, she could only respond in line with her domineering nature.
"Master Zhengyang invited us as guests. You’re not the one to decide if we leave or not. Who are you?"
Yi Zhenying, with a fiery temper, immediately raised her palm, "Reckless!"
Lu Nanzhi’s longsword swept across horizontally, and the Ice Cold Sword Qi erupted violently, colliding with Yi Zhenying’s Palm Wind.
Boom!
Layer upon layer of air currents spread out. Yi Zhenying staggered back several steps, while Lu Nanzhi, holding his sheathed sword, stood still without moving an inch.
Yi Zhenying, full of disbelief, fueled by her competitive spirit, got into stance again. Golden light glowed on her arms, forming golden snake illusions that shot forth with lightning speed.
Lu Nanzhi and Jiang Yuebai seamlessly swapped positions, with Jiang Yuebai intercepting Yi Zhenying since Lu Nanzhi’s demon cultivation couldn’t be revealed for now.
Jiang Yuebai conjured a black water dragon to confront head-on, as golden brilliance exploded, crisscrossing to form a dazzling net that enveloped the black dragon. The fierce golden brilliance carried the sharpness of Sword Qi, slicing through the black dragon with such speed that it was abruptly cut in two.
Jiang Yuebai felt as though even the surrounding air was being torn apart by the bizarre golden brilliance, which contained immense power.
Yi Zhenying was only at Late-Stage Foundation Establishment. Though she suppressed her spell power to the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment level as well, it shouldn’t be so exaggerated, right?
"That golden brilliance just now was Sword Qi." Lu Nanzhi, full of curiosity, communicated to Jiang Yuebai about Yi Zhenying’s technique.
The commotion here attracted surrounding Iron Palm Sect disciples, who gathered around.
"Master Zhanying’s ’Golden Snake Sword Palm’ truly lives up to its reputation, worthy as an Earth Grade High-Level Cultivation Technique passed down by the Iron Palm Master."
"We shouldn’t even think about it, being able to get a Mystic Grade Cultivation Technique would already be good enough."
As the whispers reached her, Jiang Yuebai speculated that Upper Realm Cultivation Techniques are graded by Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Yi Zhenying was using an Earth Grade High-Level technique, plus Upper Realm cultivators’ manipulation of Spiritual Energy was different from the Earth Spiritual Realm, giving it such might.
Before, when she encountered those two Azure Dragon Realm bastards, she already felt the weight in their aura when they attacked. For the same level and moves, the Upper Realm cultivators’ Spiritual Energy surged like the sea, while in the Earth Spiritual Realm, it reached only the level of a great river running wild.
Jiang Yuebai was intrigued, while Lu Nanzhi kept a close watch on Yi Zhenying.
Yi Zhenying attacked again, with golden snake illusions shooting out like lightning, extremely sharp. Her prowess was not only in her Sword Palm, but her movement technique was also agile and elegant, fully embracing the art of the serpentine movement technique.
Jiang Yuebai, rarely focused, no longer met her head-on but instead dodged continuously, drawing Yi Zhenying’s attacks and using her refined Heavenly Eye Technique to observe the flow of Spiritual Energy within Yi Zhenying.
As expected, Yi Zhenying absorbed Earth Vein Spiritual Energy, rather than the air’s ambient Spiritual Energy.
Earth Vein Spiritual Energy contained earth’s power, which, for martial cultivators, could increase their physical strength.
Moreover, earth boosts gold’s momentum. As long as Yi Zhenying’s feet remained on the ground, she could rely on her cultivation technique to convert Earth Vein Qi into extremely intense Golden Spiritual Energy, making her Sword Palm increasingly powerful.
Against someone like Yi Zhenying, in a protracted battle of the same level, defeat was inevitable.
Jiang Yuebai could only discern the basic idea; more specific details lay within the depths of the cultivation technique’s secrets.
Having satisfied her curiosity somewhat, Jiang Yuebai decided on a quick battle conclusion, still using only Late-Stage Foundation Establishment power.
Yellow Sand Sinking Land!
Jiang Yuebai thrust her palm downward, and the bluestones at the Cultivation Technique Pavilion’s entrance instantly transformed into endless yellow sand, disrupting Yi Zhenying’s absorption of Earth Vein Qi.
Yi Zhenying reacted swiftly, leaping into the air.
Snake Vine Strangulation!
Jiang Yuebai, prepared in advance, pretended vines were growing from underground. Several snake-like vines shot up, instantly entwining Yi Zhenying mid-air.
Clang!
Golden brilliance burst forth. Yi Zhenying fought back with full force, her palms raising trails of golden snake illusions, striking sparks with the vines.
Her Sword Palm was quite formidable, forcibly breaking through Jiang Yuebai’s vines, carving a bloody path of escape.
But Jiang Yuebai’s vines were endless, swift as streaming light.
Before Yi Zhenying could land, vines wrapped around her arm, and a murderous aura loomed from behind. The black dragon roared.
Roar!!
The black water engulfed Yi Zhenying. Everyone stared in shock, unable to believe that their powerful Master Zhanying was outmatched.
They thought Yi Zhenying would suffer serious injury, but the black water dragon only swallowed her without further harm.
As the water receded, Yi Zhenying lay on the ground, soaked and looking at Jiang Yuebai with eyes full of unwillingness.
Jiang Yuebai, who had been evading, casually made two moves at the end, forcing Yi Zhenying to exert her utmost strength. The difference in power was evident.
"Damn it, fight me again!"
Yi Zhenying stood up, and Jiang Yuebai hurriedly retreated.
"You’re the host, I’m the guest. I already took the liberty of sparring with you today; shall we call it quits?"
I’ve revealed enough today, things won’t end well if it escalates further.
Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi cupped their hands in salute and quickly left. Yi Zhenying did not stop them, only watched Jiang Yuebai’s back deeply.
"Just wait, I will fight you again! What are you looking at? Disperse already!"
Yi Zhenying shouted the gathered disciples away, leaving in a huff.
*
Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi quickly returned to the courtyard where Xie Jingshan lived.
Recalling the recent battle, Lu Nanzhi said to Jiang Yuebai, "Upper Realm cultivators truly differ from the Earth Spiritual Realm. Although Yi Zhenying is only Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, if she were in the Earth Spiritual Realm, her power could contend against an Early-Stage Golden Core without defeat."
Jiang Yuebai sighed, "And this is just the ’backwater’ Iron Palm Realm. If we were in larger realms, the prodigies would spring up, masters gather. Now I’m starting to feel a bit like a frog in the well."
"Don’t belittle yourself. Even if we’re currently behind, as long as we humbly learn, there will be a day we reach the pinnacle," Lu Nanzhi comforted Jiang Yuebai.
Jiang Yuebai laughed, "How could I feel discouraged? In fact, I’m filled with fighting spirit!"
"You two are muttering what outside?"
Xie Jingshan stood at the door holding a teapot, "Today, Yi Zhengyang sent over some Spiritual Tea; it tastes even better than the top-quality Spiritual Tea from our Earth Spiritual Realm. Want to try?"
"Aren’t you afraid he’ll poison you!" Jiang Yuebai retorted gruffly.
The three returned indoors, set up an Array, and Jiang Yuebai took out the fragments from the Transmission Array.
"I saw there at the Transmission Array that these are not ordinary stones but a kind of Star Meteorite Stone. The Star Meteorite Iron produced in our Earth Spiritual Realm should suffice as a substitute. I have only a walnut-sized piece left; do you have any?"
Lu Nanzhi shook her head, "I only brought Water and Ice Element materials with me."
"How much... do you need?" Xie Jingshan asked, a strange look on his face.
"How much do you have?" Jiang Yuebai countered.
Xie Jingshan scratched his face and suddenly began loosening his clothing.
"When I left, my grandfather insisted I bring more local products. He said it’s good for gifts, or selling, or if I wanted to start a business, having more on hand wouldn’t hurt. So he gave me a little bit of every material available in the Earth Spiritual Realm..."
With that, Xie Jingshan opened his outer vestment robe’s collar. Lu Nanzhi’s hand shook, spilling her tea, and Jiang Yuebai nearly bulged her eyes out.
Inside Xie Jingshan’s collar were densely stitched Storage Rings, roughly estimated to be over a hundred.
"Let me think, in which ring did I put it? This one’s not it, this either, nor this... Argh, so frustrating, there’s so much, it’s hard to find. Help me look,"
Xie Jingshan began pulling down handfuls of Storage Rings, tossing them onto the table as if he were discarding worthless shells rather than invaluable Storage Rings.
Jiang Yuebai, driven to tears by Xie Jingshan, was eager to worry on his behalf, truly willing!
