Chapter 2073: Chapter 2078: Slaying the Witch and Fulfilling the Promise
At this moment, Xia Liu gathered together all his peak power.
Fusing it into one sword that looked down on the world.
No moves.
No spells.
Only a single sword.
A sword carrying boundless fury.
A sword brimming with endless killing intent.
A sword forged from countless days and nights of obsession.
This sword was enough to send the Divine Mechanist to Impermanence!
"Die!"
As the word "die" fell, Xia Liu swung his sword.
Space seemed to freeze.
All sound vanished.
Time itself appeared to stop.
In that standstill of time, Xia Liu saw many smiling faces appear upon the razor-sharp Sword Qi.
The brothers from Hundred Victories Hall were there.
He even saw the Elders from Tiande Hall.
Sun Hao, who had provoked him back then, was there as well.
Rumble!!!
The Sword Qi pierced through the Divine Mechanist’s head, and the Nascent Soul inside was instantly shattered.
Then the pillar of lightning blasted open, and the Divine Mechanist’s fleshly body was likewise destroyed within.
Everything within several li around was leveled to the ground.
The once gloomy night sky suddenly blazed bright.
It symbolized the return of light; Xia Liu had fulfilled his promise...
He sheathed the Flowing Fire Sword and slung it across his back.
Xia Liu let out a long, deep breath.
"Congratulations, Daoist Fellow Xia, on slaying the witch!"
Qi Zheng was the first to offer his congratulations.
With this cause and effect settled.
Qi Zheng also truly felt heartache for Xia Liu.
Tossing and turning, rushing back and forth.
After traveling tens of millions of li, he had finally fulfilled his promise.
He had avenged his fellow disciples’ blood feud.
Those people could rest in peace now.
"Mm, many thanks to Daoist Fellow Qi for your assistance this time; I, Xia, am endlessly grateful."
Xia Liu cupped his hands toward the Qi Family cultivators present.
"Daoist Fellow Xia, you’re being too polite. As your friend, there’s no way I’d stand by and watch!"
"Young Friend Xia, being able to meet you is our karmic fate; I think we’ll definitely cross paths again in the future!"
Qi Mie thought that Qi Tao should have already reported matters concerning Xia Liu to the Family Head.
Once they returned this time, they should be able to get an answer.
After Xia Liu smiled in response, he cupped his hands gratefully toward Li Yun: "Senior Li, this road has troubled you to lend a hand many times. That I was able to smoothly slay the Divine Mechanist today is also thanks to you."
"No need for so many words of thanks. It’s not like we just met in the last couple of days. What surprises me is that every time we meet again, you shock me even more."
"Hehe, if I keep getting praised by Senior, I, Xia, will start getting inflated."
Xia Liu joked.
After killing the Divine Mechanist, he felt that his heart, his State of Mind, had completely opened up.
Invisibly, it felt as if there had been another rise.
The sensation was indescribably marvelous.
"Sect Master of Heaven Slaying Sect, a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator; in the Flag Mountain Secret Realm you slew Luo Liezi, one of the Northern Realm Three Pure Saints; then you captured the remaining members of the Three Pure Ones Saint. Every single deed is awe-inspiring!"
After Li Yun returned to Ultimate Heart Sect once to confirm all was well.
He set out again.
All along the way, he heard nothing but news of Xia Liu.
Especially the matter of slaying Luo Liezi.
When that matter was mentioned, every cultivator below the Nascent Soul Stage clapped in delight without exception.
"Hehe, Senior Li’s information really is well-informed."
"It’s not that my information is well-informed, it’s that you shine too brightly; even if you wanted to stay unknown, it would be hard."
Li Yun very much wanted to ask what exactly was going on between him and the Qi Family now.
Back then he had cut down Qi Yun’s fleshly body.
Yet now he was together with so many Qi Family cultivators.
And there was even a protector who had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage.
If they were targeting Xia Liu, today would have been a disaster.
"Young Friend Xia truly is a heaven-defying talent. It’s also thanks to him that our Qi Family discovered this parasite!"
When it came to Qi Ao, Fire Extreme Elder was truly furious to the extreme.
But in the end, Qi Ao was still the Family Head’s son.
The Young Master of Qi Family.
As for punishment, it still had to be left to the Family Head and the Old Ancestors to decide.
"Oh! That’s really great then."
Li Yun’s doubts were resolved.
It seemed the Qi Family truly was, as they appeared, one of the leaders of the Righteous Path!
They did not cover up for the family’s Young Master.
"Daoist Fellow Xia, if you’re not in any rush next, why don’t you come back to the Qi Family with me? I’ll introduce my father to you."
"I’ll save that for another time. When there’s a chance, I’ll definitely visit Senior’s residence. Next I want to go into seclusion for a while and wait for the Ascension Conference."
Qi Zheng had already guessed Xia Liu would refuse.
That fit his character perfectly.
Even the invitation of the Cultivation Alliance, he had refused just the same.
This was the temperament of a Monster!
Acting as he pleased, unconcerned with backing, unconcerned with how powerful the other side might be.
Because in the future, he would become stronger than anyone!
"Since that’s the case, then we’ll see each other again at the Ascension Conference. I’ll head back with everyone first to handle family matters."
"Alright!"
"Oh, right!"
Xia Liu and Qi Zheng spoke in unison.
"Ahem, Daoist Fellow Qi, you go first."
Qi Zheng smiled faintly and took out the Jade Pendant he always carried: "Daoist Fellow Xia, this Jade Pendant was given to me by my mother when I was young; it represents my identity and is also a protective charm. I hope it can help block some of the difficulties ahead for you in my stead."
...
Looking at the Jade Pendant Qi Zheng offered, Xia Liu found it a little hard to accept.
Because it was too precious.
And he had called out to Qi Zheng because he also wanted to give something.
But what he planned to give, compared to this Jade Pendant, felt a bit shabby.
"Daoist Fellow Xia, take a good rest during this period. I’ll be waiting for the moment you seize the Ascension Command and make your name resound through the Northern Realm!"
Qi Zheng forcibly stuffed the Jade Pendant into Xia Liu’s hand.
"Haha, I will!"
Grinning foolishly, Xia Liu took out a blank scroll.
Then, using the Imprinting Technique Bai Jue had taught him, he branded all four Divine Skills of Heaven and Earth Righteous Law onto it.
Immeasurable Righteous Method, Righteous Law Infinite, Heaven and Earth Righteous Law, Holy Decree of Righteous Law!
These were all the Righteous Law Divine Abilities he knew.
And afterward he added some of his own experiential insights on cultivating the Power of Righteous Law.
"Daoist Fellow Xia, what is this?"
"The techniques of the four forms of the Power of Righteous Law."
"Righteous Law Divine Abilities?"
Qi Zheng felt his own breathing turn a bit labored.
He had witnessed Xia Liu’s Righteous Law Divine Abilities.
They made him envious beyond words!
If Xia Liu’s foundation were stronger and he reached the Nascent Soul Stage, relying on Righteous Law Divine Abilities alone, he might be able to seriously wound cultivators of the same level.
One could well imagine how terrifying Righteous Law Divine Abilities were.
And Xia Liu was giving such a terrifying thing to him!
Qi Zheng’s eyes almost turned red.
The Qi Family cultivators present were also utterly shocked.
They had seen friendship and camaraderie before.
But a friendship at this level was something they were seeing for the first time.
Well, the era in which they had grown up, the rules had not yet fully matured, and the Cultivation Realm was full of deceit and scheming.
What "Daoist fellowship" was there to speak of?
Even if it existed, it was extremely rare, and beyond their reach.
"You could say this: these are all the techniques regarding the Power of Righteous Law that I know. After that are some of my own experiences. I don’t have many precious items on me, so..."
"Daoist Fellow Xia! This scroll is already an invaluable treasure to me! There are few things in this world that can compare to it."
Qi Zheng knew what Xia Liu wanted to say and hurriedly cut him off.
If even Righteous Law Divine Abilities weren’t precious, then he really didn’t know what could be called precious.
"Haha, as long as Daoist Fellow Qi likes it."
Xia Liu finally let out a breath of relief. Next he would calm his mind and recuperate, and await the opening of the Ascension Conference...
