Chapter 457: A Glimpse of the Immortality Dao
A moment later, the vines changed from a light green to a dark green.
With this change, they became more resilient and directly scattered Yu Nianzhen’s ordinary sword intent.
"Not bad." Yu Nianzhen said and nodded in approval.
However, he was not panicked.
From what he observed, the dark green vines seemed to have the immortality artistic conception.
Considering that, they would keep regenerating until Ning Jin exhausted his qi.
’Unfortunately, the artistic conception is too immature. If it was more mature, I would have to work harder to defeat fellow Daoist Ning.’ Yu Nianzhen thought.
At the same time, he swung his wooden sword and a domineering sword intent rushed out.
The sword intent quickly crushed the dark green vines and continued to spread outwards.
Seeing this, Ning Jin waved his hand and his body was immediately covered with vines.
Like the previous vines, these vines were also dark green but they were a lot thicker.
In the blink of an eye, Ning Jin was cocooned by the vines and his body could not be seen.
"Ning Jin’s understanding of the immortality dao is too weak." A fourth-level cultivator from the East Green world said.
"He has only comprehended the immortal wood for less than one thousand years. How can it be so easy to pursue the immortality dao?" Another said and sighed.
The East Green World was a world of plants.
Because of this, most of the trees and herbs that were extinct or difficult to find in other worlds were available in the East Green World.
Among those trees was the primordial immortal tree.
The primordial immortal tree grew in one of the forbidden areas of the East Green World.
When a cultivator broke through to the immortal realm, they could venture into the forbidden zone to comprehend the primordial immortal tree.
However, at some point in the past, an ancestor of the East Green World had brought a branch of the primordial immortal tree to the Reincarnation World.
This branch was placed at a forbidden place in the East Green Mountain and the world’s cultivators could spend contribution points to comprehend it.
A while back, Ning Jin used points and spent thirty years comprehending the immortality dao.
Unfortunately, the time was too short and his foundation was not stable.
As a result, Yu Nianzhen’s sword intent easily sliced the dark green vines and reached Ning Jin’s body.
Seeing this, Ning Jin quickly retreated but he was still seriously injured.
"I admit defeat." He sighed and said.
"Thank you for the win." Yu Nianzhen said and put away his wooden sword.
Soon after, Ning Jin left the stage and Yu Nianzhen sat cross-legged.
In the duel with Ning Jin, he didn’t work too hard and his sword intent consumption was not high.
However, Yu Nianzhen had vaguely touched the immortality dao.
Before the next match, he wanted to see if he could consolidate his understanding of the immortality dao and maybe incorporate it into his own transcendent sword dao.
While Yu Nianzhen was meditating, a lot of conversations broke out in the spectator stands.
"Didn’t I say he would win against Ning Jin?" Someone said proudly.
"Humph, what’s there to be proud about? This is only the first match."
"It doesn’t matter. What matters is that I made a lot of reincarnation stones from this fight."
"Speaking of reincarnation stones, are you going to bet on the second match?"
"The second match is against a cultivator from the Earth Fiend Mountain. The Earth Fiend Mountain is a low-grade world and the opponent is not famous. Mountain master Yu should be able to win easily."
"I also think so. I want to bet three million low-grade reincarnation stones."
After saying that, the person took out a rectangular jade tablet from his storage ring.
This jade tablet was specially researched to facilitate gambling during the one hundred years event.
When the event started, the jade tablets began selling at the Cangxing mountain shop for one thousand low-grade reincarnation stones per tablet.
"The odds are one-one." Someone said as they looked at their jade tablet.
"It makes sense."
With that, several people began to place their bets.
In other places, similar things were happening and heated discussions reverberated around the arena.
"What does the mountain master mean?" A man asked and looked at Liang Shi.
Hearing the question, Liang Shi frowned.
As the mountain master of a top-grade world, he didn’t attend the event on the first day.
After all, he had the dignity of a top world and didn’t want to lower his status.
However, he was very interested in the Cangxing mountain master.
Since he couldn’t attend, he let his people record the match in an image stone.
As soon as the match ended, his envoy used a two-way teleportation box to send the image stone to Liang Shi.
At the moment, Liang Shi and his deputy mountain master had just finished watching the recorded fight.
"Tell me your thoughts first." Liang Shi said and looked at his deputy mountain master.
Hearing the question, the deputy sneered in disdain.
"If it were me, I would have defeated Ning Jin with one strike." The deputy said, his eyes filled with arrogance.
"Do you think the Cangxing mountain master is unable to do so?" Liang Shi continued to question.
"If he could, why didn’t he?" The man asked with a frown on his face.
In the deputy master’s mind, Yu Nianzhen had no reason to procrastinate.
After all, Yu Nianzhen had limited qi and sword intent.
From any perspective, it was best to end each fight as soon as possible.
In this way, he would not only conserve his strength but he would also reduce the risk of being injured.
"Is that how you see it?" Liang Shi chuckled and a playful look entered his eyes.
"I didn’t expect the Cangxing mountain master to be more ambitious than I thought." He continued.
"Mountain master, what do you mean?" The deputy mountain master asked, a confused look in his eyes.
"If anyone underestimates the Cangxing mountain master, they will suffer a terrible loss." Liang Shi said and walked away from his deputy master.
Although Liang Shi did not have a sword origin, he was also a swordsman.
From the recording, he could tell that Yu Nianzhen was extraordinarily talented in swordsmanship.
Most importantly, Yu Nianzhen didn’t seem to expend a lot of thought or effort in the previous fight.
Considering this, it could only mean that Yu Nianzhen’s true strength was incomparably higher than his revealed strength.
"He only fought against Ning Jin for a short while but he seems to have gained something from the fight. His perception and comprehension ability are extremely high." Liang Shi muttered and then chuckled.
"I wonder what level he will reach by the time the event ends." Liang Shi wondered and couldn’t help but look forward to it.
Besides Liang Shi, several other mountain masters and cultivators noticed Yu Nianzhen’s ambition.
However, their thoughts had nothing to do with Yu Nianzhen.
After meditating for one hour, he opened his eyes and stood up.
’I haven’t absorbed and comprehended everything yet. However, I am not in a hurry.’ He thought.
At the moment, Yu Nianzhen planned to wait until he fought a few more cultivators from the East Green world before he tried to integrate the immortality dao into his own way.
In this way, his foundation would be more stable and the inclusion of the foreign comprehension wouldn’t affect his own way.
"The second fight is about to begin...." A voice resounded around the martial arena and most people turned to the main martial stage.
A moment later, an old man jumped on the stage and stood five metres from Yu Nianzhen.
The old man had a wicked look in his eyes and Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but frown a little.
’The Earth Fiend world mostly cultivates the evil way. I should be more careful.’ Yu Nianzhen thought.
Soon after, the fight began and Yu Nianzhen won after a few strikes.
However, he didn’t choose to meditate after this fight and directly welcomed the third challenger.
In this way, Yu Nianzhen fought and defeated ten people before he decided to take a break.
On one hand, his qi and sword intent were almost exhausted and on the other, he had gained a lot from the previous fights.
Before he accepted another challenger, Yu Nianzhen wanted to absorb his gains to ensure he didn’t miss out on an enlightenment opportunity.
While Yu Nianzhen was meditating, a challenger stepped on Jiang Yue’s stage.
The challenger was a young man who looked about the same age as Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
Looking at the arrogant expression on the person’s face, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but frown.
’How troublesome.’ He thought and almost rolled his eyes.
"Does the fellow Daoist want to challenge me?" Jiang Yue asked in a deceptively gentle voice.
"Let’s start." The young man said and threw a storage ring at Jiang Yue.
