Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 431 - 238. Master Lei Borrowing Buddha Offering Flowers_2
Until suddenly, torrential Sword Qi coalesced, seemingly turning corporeal between heaven and earth, solidifying into mountain peaks.
Five mountain peaks stood side by side, each distinctively placed, like five elders, standing firm against the world, quietly observing the passage of time.
The Jiangzhou Lin Clan’s Confucian Sword Skill Divine Skills, Five Elders Peak Sword!
The Sword Intent that had coalesced seemed to withstand the erosion of the river of time, imperviously blocking the Golden Light Thunder Dragon that pursued Lin Yuwei.
Upon impact, shattered golden Thunder Light scattered in all directions, and the mountain peaks swayed in response.
However, at the same time, a vast river formed by Sword Qi surged forth, its waters embracing the mountainous landscape created by the Five Elders Peak Sword Qi.
The mountains held a defensive position, while the mighty river shifted from defense to offense.
The advance of the golden Thunder Dragon was hindered, yet it showed no intention of retreating; instead, golden fiery light gathered into a fierce tiger, roaring defiantly as it met the Sword Qi River head-on.
Below the icy skies of snow in the Northern Country, the remarkable scenery of mountains and rivers, reminiscent of the South, shaped by Sword Qi, emerged, opposing the earth-shaking Dragon’s Chant and Tiger’s Roar.
Lin Che... Lei Jun realized upon seeing this.
The current clan leader of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan had indeed personally come to the Northern Border.
However... Lei Jun looked more closely at the transformation of the mountains and rivers formed by the Vast and Righteous Sword Qi. As I recall, Lin Che should be a cultivator of the Confucian Classical Studies’ Three Discourses on Governing the Country, right? But in this moment, he has not demonstrated the full extent of his abilities.
It could be due to the intrinsic principles of this world that the major Cultivation Dao Systems have converged in certain ways. They exhibit clear, synchronized divisions of realms, as if universally agreed upon.
At the Middle Three Heavens, the Fourth Layer of Heaven is internally divided into four minor realms. The Fifth Heaven Layer has five minor realms. The Sixth Heavenly Layer, however, does not have internal minor realms; it is more like a summation of one’s progress, laying the foundation for a future assault on the Seventh Heavenly Layer.
The Seventh Heavenly Layer, following the Sixth, also does not have minor realms. It acts as a transition, further laying the groundwork for cultivators to ascend to even higher realms.
Upon reaching the Eightfold Heaven Realm, typically, all the major Cultivation Dao Systems further divide into minor realms.
The Taoist Talisman Sect calls the Seventh Heavenly Layer ’Connecting Heaven’, and the Eighth ’Divine Court’, with the Divine Court Four Sceneries.
The Taoist Dan Ding Sect calls the Seventh Heavenly Layer ’Nascent Soul’, and the Eighth ’Nascent Soul Transformation’, with the Nascent Soul Four Transformations.
The External Alchemy School designates the Seventh Heavenly Layer as ’Pill Resolution’, and the Eighth as ’Immortal Wandering’, with the Immortal Wandering Four Seas.
The Confucian Divine Archer Lineage terms the Seventh Heavenly Layer ’Divine Edge’, and the Eighth ’Expansion’, with the Expanding Four Territories.
The Confucian Chanting Sect names the Seventh Heavenly Layer ’Enter Divinity’, and the Eighth ’Exit Divinity’, with the Exit Divinity Four Transformations.
The Confucian Classical Studies lineage calls the Seventh Heavenly Layer ’Charging Vault’, referencing the concept of literary splendor and talent surging to the heavens, while the Eighth is named ’Governing the Country’, with the Four Discourses on Governing the Country.
The most prominent expert of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan in recent years, former clan leader Lin Qun, had reached the pinnacle of the Eighth Heavenly Layer realm within Confucian Classical Studies, mastering all Four Discourses on Governing the Country.
After the passing of Lin Qun, it fell to Lin Che, who had achieved the Three Discourses level.
During the great battle at Poyang Lake, Lei Jun was not present and never saw Lin Che fully exert his power.
But he had seen another Eighth Heavenly Layer Great Scholar of the same Three Discourses level, Yang Yuqi, engage in combat with others.
Setting aside who was stronger, Lin Che had not unleashed some of his extraordinary techniques at present.
Was it that his condition wasn’t right, or was he additionally wary of other potential threats lurking in the shadows?
Fortunately, there was another Eighth Heavenly Layer Great Scholar, Lin Yuwei, lending assistance.
Lin Yuwei had just entered the Eighth Heavenly Layer realm of the Confucian Divine Archery lineage. He struggled significantly against the formidable Tang Xiaotang, making this leading figure of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan’s cadet branch, who had become renowned in recent years, seem quite disgraced.
But now, with Lin Che holding back Tang Xiaotang’s pressure, Lin Yuwei’s arrows were beginning to pose a threat.
However, the new Celestial Master was not only unafraid but her enthusiasm only grew stronger.
Lei Jun, watching from afar, could not see Tang Xiaotang’s figure, only the intertwining of golden lightning and fiery flashes filling the heaven and earth.
The originally vast expanse of white in the ice and snow of the Northern Country now turned predominantly golden.
Under normal circumstances, given Tang Xiaotang’s cultivation, even if facing two enemies at once, she would have the opportunity to flee, provided she did not engage in a fight-to-the-death... Well, the only worrying aspect is right here: she very likely won’t leave. But if everyone truly fought to the death, the other side likely wouldn’t be able to bear the consequent loss either. Unless... unless there was other assistance on the opposing side.
The surrounding mountains trembled, with snow constantly tumbling down, as Lei Jun sat quietly under the snow-clad trees, gazing into his Heavenly Eye Mirror.
The scenes reflected in the mirror shifted perspectives, looking around in all directions.
As for Jiangzhou itself, Lin Chou is unlikely to leave his seclusion lightly. Poyang Lake is still relatively close to Jiangzhou, but the Northern Border is quite far off... Lei Jun speculated.
In the lengthy history of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan, recent years were in fact a rare period of decline.
The Jiangzhou Lin Clan had been depleted by many years of attrition against the Celestial Master Mansion. Furthermore, pressure from the Jingxiang Fang Clan and the Suzhou Chu Clan, located upstream and downstream of the Grand River respectively, severely impaired the clan’s development after the establishment of the Great Tang Dynasty.
The grandfather of former Celestial Master Li Qingfeng, who was also the first Celestial Master Li, had succumbed to grievous injuries after killing the then Lin Clan clan leader and later died from those wounds.
When Lei Jun had first learned about the Celestial Master’s Three Treasures, his master, Yuan Mobai, had briefly mentioned the incident.
Though the Celestial Master Mansion had suffered significant losses, the Jiangzhou Lin Clan had not found the aftermath easy either. The head-on collision had knocked the Lin Clan to the bottom of the Five Clans and Seven Families rankings.
Following that, the Celestial Master Mansion went through multiple internal conflicts, plummeting to its lowest point.
Neighboring Jiangzhou also faced its own difficulties.
Otherwise, the situation would have been even more perilous during the internal strife of the Celestial Master Mansion.
In recent years, the prominent top experts of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan, widely known and often active, numbered only four.
