Myriad Water Barrier

Ke Fei engraved a powerful martial technique he had obtained from the Federation Headquarters.

He regretted that the technique was water-aspected. It was powerful enough to become one of his trump cards, but the element didn't suit him.

He'd thought it would remain sealed away for the rest of his life. He hadn't expected Mu Qing to have a water affinity.

Since Mu Qing could help him escape, Ke Fei had no reason to hold back. He immediately gifted him the formidable technique.

Ke Fei spent over half an hour engraving it. At last, he had written down the entire technique on the ground—over ten thousand words, along with diagram after diagram of the body's meridians.

Mu Qing leaned closer and saw that the technique was called Myriad Water Barrier.

"Barrier?" Mu Qing was taken aback.

"Exactly." Ke Fei nodded solemnly. "You could say a barrier has transcended martial techniques. It envelops a whole area!"

He explained that the Graveyard Barrier was itself a fearsome martial technique. Ke Fei had only mastered it to a limited degree, yet when his Gentle Personality used it, it formed a terrifying barrier.

If the technique were fully mastered, then when it was deployed, there wouldn't be one hundred and eight tombstones suppressing them—there would be eighteen hundred!

As they talked, Ke Fei told Mu Qing that barrier-type martial techniques were currently the highest grade of techniques on Earth. They were extremely difficult to obtain. Thanks to a stroke of fortune, Ke Fei had come across the Myriad Water Barrier by chance.

"My Blood Spirit isn't water-aspected, so I can't cultivate it. You can have it." Ke Fei was incredibly generous, passing the barrier technique on to Mu Qing without hesitation.

Mu Qing was grateful. Ke Fei had saved him and was now giving him such a precious technique.

Martial techniques were generally divided into three grades: Heaven, Earth, and Human. Barrier techniques surpassed even Heaven-grade techniques. They were priceless and impossible to buy.

The techniques Mu Qing and the others cultivated were all unranked.

"Don't worry about it. You're the key to breaking the barrier!" Ke Fei waved him off, unconcerned.

If Mu Qing hadn't shown up, Ke Fei might have been trapped for the rest of his life and died of old age inside the barrier.

He'd give Mu Qing not just a barrier technique that didn't suit his affinity, but even the killing moves he was currently cultivating.

"Too bad your cultivation level is too low." Ke Fei sighed.

Mu Qing's cultivation level was so low that he hadn't even reached the Low-level Martial Practitioner stage. He couldn't cultivate even Human-grade techniques. Only barrier techniques had no such restriction.

For the rest of the day, Ke Fei taught Mu Qing everything he knew about barrier techniques. They were especially difficult to cultivate, but their power was immense. As long as one's affinity matched, there were no other restrictions.

"Don't raise your cultivation until you've made a start on the Myriad Water Barrier!" Ke Fei instructed.

The stronger Mu Qing became, the faster he could break the Nameless Tombstone.

Ke Fei promised that he would help Mu Qing reach the Low-level Martial Practitioner stage and unlock the First-Order Bloodline Lock before the College Entrance Exam.

Mu Qing's face lit up. He took a deep breath and steadied himself.

He silently studied the words and diagrams of the Myriad Water Barrier on the ground. His memory was good, and after some time, he had committed it all to memory.

Sitting cross-legged, Mu Qing closed his eyes and began attempting to cultivate the Myriad Water Barrier.

Ke Fei waved his hand. A gust of wind howled, wiping the writing from the ground.

He warned, "Remember, don't be greedy. Understand and comprehend it one step at a time. Every single word in a barrier technique is practically a martial technique in itself!"

Ke Fei's expression was grave. He didn't know if Mu Qing could succeed. At the very least, he'd never heard of anyone cultivating a barrier technique at the Blood Qi stage.

But if Mu Qing succeeded, then with the Myriad Water Barrier's amplification, the water-aspected Origin Force of that little Black Fish would become even more powerful, and its corrosive speed would surely increase.

Mu Qing didn't respond. He was already completely immersed in the Myriad Water Barrier.

Compared with the Thunderstorm Fist, the Myriad Water Barrier was far too profound.

Mu Qing circulated his Origin Force according to the diagrams Ke Fei had drawn.

From time to time, he heard the roar of a tsunami, then the patter of raindrops.

Within a few breaths, he heard all kinds of sounds associated with water: rain and wind raging, a stream flowing.

Mu Qing's brow furrowed slightly. He was only hearing the sounds of water. He couldn't feel anything.

"Now it's up to him." Ke Fei watched Mu Qing.

He murmured, "To cultivate the Myriad Water Barrier, you need to comprehend the Profound Meaning of Water—to grasp water's ultimate meaning through its sounds!"

Ke Fei felt uneasy, wondering if he'd rushed things. When he cultivated a barrier technique, he'd already been a Top-tier Martial Venerable. It had taken him a whole day to comprehend the Profound Meaning of Wind.

Mu Qing wasn't even a Low-level Martial Venerable. Making a start would be difficult.

Just as Ke Fei had expected, Mu Qing was stuck. The various sounds of water around him grew chaotic, making it impossible for him to stay calm, let alone comprehend anything.

Mu Qing took a deep breath. The next instant, he entered the Heaven and Earth Fusion State.

In an instant,

all the sounds of water around him fell silent. The Blood Refining Technique inside him began to circulate wildly on its own, drawing in energy from the world without him having to activate it.

Mu Qing's mind grew incomparably clear. It was as though his consciousness had merged with the world around him.

He saw countless tangled symbols filling the sky, mysterious and intricate. They formed the barrier, which contained two forces: Ice and Fire.

This was the barrier that Ke Fei's Gentle Personality had set up. It was immensely powerful.

Unfortunately, Ke Fei could no longer use the power of the other two heads of the Three-Headed Dragon. Otherwise, his strength would multiply several times over.

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Mu Qing saw one hundred and seven pillars of light, each containing energy enough to shake the heavens. They were the source of the barrier. One pillar was slightly dimmer.

That was the result of Mu Qing's Origin Force corroding it!

Mu Qing focused his attention and began listening to the sounds of water.

The Heaven and Earth Fusion State wouldn't last long; it consumed his Mental Power.

"Drip, drop. Drip, drop."

Unlike the chaotic sounds of water before, this time Mu Qing heard a single sound with perfect clarity: raindrops falling.

It was as if a fine drizzle had begun around him, each drop pattering in time with his heartbeat.

The rain seemed to grow heavier. Now it sounded like a steady shower, pattering and splashing as if playing some beautiful melody.

He was getting wet.

That was Mu Qing's first sensation. His senses grew closer to the sound of water, immersing themselves in it. The rain turned wild, becoming a downpour, roaring like a furious dragon.

Rumble!

A peal of thunder came out of nowhere, from deep within his mind, where the Purple Lightning Bamboo was.

Thunder and lightning suddenly crackled alongside the raging rain. The two sounds blended perfectly.

Mu Qing seemed to grasp something. The Origin Force in his dantian and mind churned.

At last, thunder roared and torrential rain fell, gathering into the sound of a tsunami.

He didn't know how much time had passed when a sharp pain came from deep within his mind.

Mu Qing knew his Mental Power had run out. He couldn't resist and fell unconscious.

Ke Fei had been watching Mu Qing the whole time. When Mu Qing suddenly collapsed unconscious, he jumped in alarm, thinking something must have gone wrong with the Myriad Water Barrier and that Mu Qing had run into trouble while cultivating it.

He hurried to Mu Qing's side and examined him. His expression turned strange.

After checking again, Ke Fei's face showed a trace of shock.

He detected spirituality in Mu Qing's Origin Force. It rippled like waves, at times flowing like a stream.

That was exactly what happened after comprehending the Profound Meaning of Water.

"Did this kid really comprehend it just like that?" Ke Fei couldn't believe it.

It had taken him a whole day to cultivate it, yet Mu Qing had grasped the Profound Meaning of Water after just an hour!

What Ke Fei didn't know was that the Origin Force in Mu Qing's mind was currently boiling like lightning. That was the Profound Meaning of Thunder.

Ke Fei found it strange. While marveling at Mu Qing's terrifying talent, he also realized that Mu Qing had fainted because his Mental Power was exhausted.

Mu Qing hadn't even reached the Low-level Martial Practitioner stage, far from the level where anyone could touch Mental Power. The fact that his Mental Power had run out seemed utterly unfathomable.

Combined with the Origin Force that could corrode the seal on the Nameless Tombstone, Mu Qing seemed mysterious. He clearly had secrets.

As soon as Mu Qing woke, Ke Fei noticed.

He hurried over and asked, "Did you succeed with the Myriad Water Barrier?"

Mu Qing held his forehead. His Mental Power had recovered. He smiled at Ke Fei's question. "I did not disappoint!"

By relying on the Heaven and Earth Fusion State, he had indeed managed to comprehend a trace of the Profound Meaning of Water. He'd even grasped a trace of the Profound Meaning of Thunder.

Of course, with Mu Qing's current cultivation, it was only a trace. Although he didn't have a thunder-based barrier technique, the Profound Meaning of Thunder would make the thunder-aspected martial techniques he cultivated even more powerful.

"Come on, let's test it!" This time, Mu Qing volunteered.

Ke Fei nodded. He'd already suspected that the Myriad Water Barrier might help break the seal on the Nameless Tombstone.

Mu Qing went back to the same Nameless Tombstone. The mysterious symbols on it had grown somewhat dim, bearing the marks of his earlier corrosion.

His expression turned serious. Origin Force surged wildly from his dantian, gathering in his palm.

Mu Qing drew on all the Origin Force in his dantian. In the end, it gathered in his palm as a single crystal-clear droplet.

The droplet looked ordinary, but it was formed from all the Origin Force in Mu Qing's dantian.

Only someone who had comprehended the Profound Meaning of Water could use the Myriad Water Barrier. But Mu Qing's strength was too low. Panting hard, he was exhausted from condensing just one droplet.

Mu Qing let the droplet flow across his palm. He extended his fingertip, and the droplet shifted before falling onto the Nameless Tombstone.

Sizzle!

A thick cloud of white smoke billowed up. The symbols on the Nameless Tombstone dissolved in the blink of an eye. That single droplet possessed a terrifying corrosive power.

A dozen seconds later, the Nameless Tombstone had become nothing but an ordinary tombstone. Its symbols and barrier power had all been corroded away.

Ke Fei touched it lightly, and the Nameless Tombstone shattered into pieces.

He could feel the barrier's power weaken by a fraction.

"It really works!"

Both their faces lit up with joy.

Even though Mu Qing could only barely condense one droplet by using the Myriad Water Barrier, it had a miraculous effect on the Nameless Tombstone. In just a dozen seconds, it had corroded it completely and stripped it of all its power.