Chapter 1608: Chapter 187: Continuous 7 Changes_5
Xuan Yue held Ah Dai’s big hand and smiled, "Uncle Master, this is what I should do, it’s not troublesome at all."
Eighteen days later, at the Back Mountain Stone Cave of the Tian Gang Sword Sect, Xuan Yue anxiously watched Ah Dai sitting cross-legged on the large stone ten meters ahead of her. The position where Ah Dai sat was exactly where the Sword Saint of the Tian Gang had once meditated. He had been meditating for eighteen days already, yet showed no sign of awakening. Moreover, today was the day of the sword competition among the four Sword Saints. Although the other three Sword Saints were yet to arrive, if Ah Dai couldn’t awaken in time, he wouldn’t be able to face the challenge. The Protective True Qi around his body seemed extremely unstable, alternating between silver and gold. Xuan Yue’s heart was unusually anxious. For five days now, Ah Dai had been in this state. She feared he might fall into a delusion, so she called Xi Wen. But Xi Wen also did not know why Ah Dai had become like this and dared not easily interfere, fearing it would affect Ah Dai’s cultivation and cause serious consequences. He told Xuan Yue that all they could do now was wait—wait for Ah Dai to awaken from his cultivation state. The energy around Ah Dai’s body was not only unstable but also extremely repulsive. Even with Xuan Yue’s level of cultivation, she couldn’t get within ten meters of him. She could only watch as he continued to practice amidst the alternating gold and silver energy.
Suddenly, just when Xuan Yue was extremely anxious, a change occurred in Ah Dai’s Protective Battle Aura. A dazzling golden light suddenly flashed from his chest, and the energy around Ah Dai’s body surged, pushing Xuan Yue’s body all the way to the cave wall before it stopped. Under the immense pressure, Xuan Yue could only summon her Phoenix Body to protect herself and looked at Ah Dai in astonishment.
The golden light at Ah Dai’s chest brightly flashed and gradually moved downward, the piercing golden light made Xuan Yue instinctively close her eyes. The golden light quickly merged into Ah Dai’s Dantian. The originally alternating gold and silver light around Ah Dai’s body completely transformed into gold, enveloping him as if he were a Sky God.
"Ah——" A long howl escaped from Ah Dai’s mouth, the golden light suddenly gathered densely and then rushed upward, the thick cave wall melted swiftly as if ice meeting fierce fire, without stirring a speck of dust. That beam of golden light pierced through several dozen meters of the stone cave roof and shot straight to the sky. The clear and loud howl accompanied the soaring light, rushing upwards, making the entire Tian Gang Mountain seem to tremble slightly in the sound. A ray of sunlight poured down on Ah Dai from the cave roof penetrated by the huge energy. Under the sunlight, the golden light protecting Ah Dai appeared even more brilliant.
On the half-slope of the main peak of Tian Gang Mountain, nine figures climbing upwards suddenly stopped. The leading three—all with white hair and beards—were dressed in blue, red, and green robes respectively. The elder in the green robe smiled and said, "Did you hear that? That old guy Di Si is welcoming us, it seems his power has increased quite a bit!"
The elder in the red robe sniffed, took a large swig of wine from the iron gourd fetching from his waist, and said, "What welcome? It’s clearly a demonstration of strength! This old fellow, he always says I have a strong desire to win, but is he any weaker?"
The elder in the blue robe had an ancient demeanor and a faint smile on his face, "You old Goshawk, even at your age, your temper hasn’t changed a bit! The speed at which Di Si’s power has increased is truly beyond my expectations. This time we can have a good match again, it’s been twenty years since we old friends have seen each other, you should change your temper a bit." These three were the famous Eastern Sword Saint Yun Yi, Northern Sword Saint Hawks, and Western Swordsman Harry, renowned on the continent for decades. Following them were Hawks’ four disciples, the four Skeletons who formed the Skeleton Mercenary Group, and the two disciples of Eastern Sword Saint Yun Yi, Lian Dan and Zhu Yuan, the captain and deputy captain of the Red Charming Mercenary Group. With such a rare scene of the four Sword Saints competing, how could they not come to watch?
