Watching Yang Mutong kowtow on the ground, resembling a peacock with a bowed head, a single word materialized in Zhou Baiwei’s mind: ’Danger’.
’Damn it, another one’s here to steal my spot!’
But it was only a fleeting thought, and she showed no hint of it on her face.
All eyes fell upon Yi Beidou.
"Your Yang Family is very influential. Arranging for you to connect with a Saint Expert should be no problem. Why do you wish to stay by my side?"
Yi Beidou observed the beautiful young woman kowtowing on the ground, his eyes devoid of any lust—only a profound, bottomless calm.
At his realm of cultivation, he had long understood that beauty was only skin deep—a pile of withered bones beneath a pretty facade. In his eyes, even the most stunning form, once seen for what it was, was nothing more than a mass of flesh and blood.
Of course, this didn’t an he was destined to be alone forever. But if he were ever to seek a companion, it would have to be soone with whom he could resonate on the path of the Great Dao.
"I was born with the Innate Wisdom Eye and can perceive the radiant auras of all living things. I have accompanied my Father and t Saint Experts before, but only your radiance, Sir, is like the sunset glow illuminating the heavens—vast and boundless. It can light the path forward for ."
Yang Mutong spoke honestly, without a single word of falsehood.
Her Innate Wisdom Eye allowed her to perceive the radiant life force of others, which ant she was fated never to walk among ordinary people. Though young, she was resolute in her heart to seek the Dao, unwilling to be mired in the mortal world and extinguish her own Spirit.
"An Innate Wisdom Eye that can perceive radiance? Interesting."
"Observing your form, you are like a peacock reborn. You also practice your family’s Peacock Bright King Fist Technique. Legend has it that the Peacock King was once a Fierce Beast, bloodthirsty and fond of eating human flesh. Yet, it was later deified as the Buddha Mother, complete with great Divine Power. One could say it is a union of Demon and Buddha."
"In this, we share a certain affinity. Since that is the case, I will give you an opportunity."
Yi Beidou seed to have a sudden insight and tapped his finger lightly on the tabletop.
BUZZ!
Suddenly, everyone present felt their minds grow montarily hazy. When they focused their eyes again, the spot where Yi Beidou had been was empty.
"If you can co within three steps of , you may remain by my side."
Yi Beidou’s voice suddenly drifted from another direction. Everyone snapped their heads around to see that he was now, sohow, in the backyard, sitting cross-legged on the lawn.
Flowers swayed and the lush grass was a vibrant green. Everything seed peaceful.
The next mont, however, his arms moved through the air, leaving a trail of afterimages. One hand pointed toward the sky, while the fingers of the other touched the earth.
In that instant, a radiance seed to bloom around him. It was as if he were no longer a man of flesh and blood, but one of the gilded Golden Body statues that sit in temples, possessing an indescribable divine air and majesty.
Zizai Dharma Seal!
BOOM!
The Qi and blood in Yi Beidou’s body churned. His hair stood on end, and lightning seed to flash within his eyes. His spirit and Heart Intent surged, erupting like a tidal wave and roiling the magnetic field of the entire villa.
Inverting Yin and Yang!
Zhou Baiwei’s expression changed. Having experienced this before, she imdiately roused her Qi and blood, circulated her energy, and braced herself for what was to co.
"This is?!"
Yang Tianhe and the others, however, were not so prepared.
In an instant, the serene Grotto Heaven Blessed Land—with its fresh air and tranquil atmosphere—was thrown into turmoil. The magnetic field inverted and the feng shui roiled. It was like being plunged from a calm stone pond into a raging sea.
Their breathing beca labored, their Qi and blood flowed in reverse, and their minds felt completely disoriented. The sensation was so unbearable they felt the urge to vomit blood.
Yang Tianhe and Zhang Wenyuan’s expressions changed. They imdiately circulated their Qi and blood, reined in their Heart Intent, and stabilized their personal magnetic fields. Their Cultivation was high, and since Yi Beidou had not used the full power of his Zizai Dharma Seal, they recovered quickly.
Ye Zhenghua, however, was young, powerful in his Cultivation, and full of vigor. Faced with this situation, his first instinct was not to restrain his mind, but to unleash his Fist Intent and release his Mighty Spirit in an attempt to fight back against the overwhelming force.
"Don’t use your Fist Intent!"
Zhang Wenyuan’s expression shifted, and he quickly shouted a warning, but it was too late.
BOOM!
Ye Zhenghua activated his Majestic Spirit Capturing Soul ability. It was like a sharp sword bursting forth from a Great Pill, his will tearing across the sky as if to cleave the heavens.
He cultivated the Alchemy Sword Concealnt thod. Normally, his Sword Intent was nurtured within the "Great Pill," remaining completely unassuming. Once unleashed, however, its edge was blazing and sharp.
Releasing his Heart Intent, however, was a mistake. Doing so inevitably linked it to the surrounding magnetic field, making him all the more susceptible to the Zizai Dharma Seal’s power.
Once, the Eighteen Demon Kings under the Great Vow Master, each at the level of Soul-Stealing Peak, had joined forces to cast the Demon Suppression Array. They had unleashed their Heart Intent to connect with the magnetic fields and ley lines of the earth. Yet, before Yi Beidou’s Zizai Dharma Seal, they were all wounded by the inverted magnetic field, and every one of them had coughed up blood.
In that instant, Ye Zhenghua felt the figure in the courtyard fill his entire vision. The form seed to swell, towering between heaven and earth, its two fingers capable of inverting the very cosmos.
And his own unsheathed Sword Intent felt as if it were being bent and twisted by the entire world, on the verge of shattering at any mont.
A surge of blood rushed up his throat. His body swayed, and it looked as if he would collapse and vomit blood.
However, he aspired to Ascension. ’If I stumble and fall now, just from revealing my True Intent before a Saint Expert, wouldn’t my entire path to the Dao beco a joke?’
GULP!
He forced the blood back down his throat. His gaze was like a torch as he continued to release his True Intent, standing firm within the raging tide, his back straight and unyielding.
On the other side, Yang Mutong struggled to her feet, her gaze resolute, and walked towards the backyard.
"Mutong!"
Yang Tianhe called out with so worry.
Yang Mutong, however, seed not to hear him. She continued to walk forward. In her eyes, Yi Beidou was emitting an unbearably brilliant light that distorted the very spectrum of the world around him into a bizarre and dazzling spectacle that was difficult to withstand.
She felt her Qi and blood flow in reverse, her organs churning as if being crushed by an unseen hand. A trickle of blood escaped the corner of her mouth.
At her current Martial Arts realm of Tonghui Internalization, it should have been impossible to get anywhere near Yi Beidou while he maintained his Free Dharma Realm.
But she was, after all, gifted with a unique talent.
She soon noticed sothing. With her Innate Wisdom Eye, she could perceive the shifts in the magnetic field. By finding the areas where the distortion of color was weaker, she could largely avoid the effects of the inverted field.
Tapping lightly on her toes, she began to move as if in a graceful dance, like a peacock. Her figure flickered, nimbly avoiding the most chaotic zones of the inverted magnetic field.
Yi Beidou seed to be intentionally testing her, constantly shifting and twisting the magnetic field. But Yang Mutong evaded each change. She stepped precisely on the weak points of the field. From a distance, her figure seed to be avoiding the light, yet at the sa ti, she appeared to be rging with it, becoming hazy, epheral, and even more captivatingly beautiful.
The scene took on a unique, artistic quality.
Yi Beidou sat on the ground like a sage, while Yang Mutong moved before him as if performing a sacred dance in his honor.
"The Peacock Dance of Shared Light!"
A look of excitent appeared in Yang Tianhe’s eyes. This was a mystical footwork characteristic of the Peacock Bright King Fist. Legend said that upon reaching the Great Success Realm, the practitioner’s body would beco one with light, making them nearly impervious to all harm. Even Yang Tianhe himself had only scratched the surface of this technique.
Yet now, Yang Mutong seed to have gained a preliminary understanding of the technique’s mysteries.
Though the distance was rely twenty to thirty ters, it took Yang Mutong nearly half a minute to cross. At last, she arrived before Yi Beidou, ca within three steps of him, and gracefully knelt in a bow.
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