Clang! Clang!
The two figures, their afterimages blurred, clashed repeatedly in the air.
Elder Qian possessed immense True Qi, and there seemed to be an invisible three-foot-long wall of energy in front of him. Lin Yi's various martial arts moves were instantly neutralized when they entered this wall.
Lin Yi only had the Sun-Chasing Dragon Roar Sword, which could ignore defenses and pierce into the qi barrier.
Elder Qian was extremely clever and knew the power of Martial Dao Spirit Treasure, so he did not give Lin Yi any chance to use his sword at close range.
After several unsuccessful attacks, Lin Yi retreated and frowned, saying, "Old man, could it be that you're using the True Qi Ascension Method?"
"Hmph, you even know this, kid. It seems you took the Gold Foil book from Qian Yi!"
Boom!
Elder Qian's True Qi surged, and with a palm strike, the surrounding space was emptied, revealing a gigantic palm technique a hundred meters wide descending from the sky.
Seeing this, Lin Yi immediately attached many external martial arts techniques, such as the Vajra Art and Hard Qi Art.
Slap! Slap!
Like the sound of shattering glass, all kinds of defensive external techniques were broken by this palm strike.
When the dust settled, Lin Yi, who had been sent flying dozens of meters, coughed up blood and crawled out of the pit.
Elder Qian raised an eyebrow and said, "I have always underestimated you. Now that you can withstand my palm strike without getting hurt, it seems that Qian Yi and the others were really killed by you!"
Lin Yi swallowed a Source Pill, revealing a wan smile, and continued to thrust his sword forward...
The intense fighting attracted many people from afar in Tianshui City.
Gu Chenghu, Gu Man, Tian Xin, and others all shared this.
From their perspective, Lin Yi was constantly being knocked down from the air by the enemy and was at a disadvantage.
Tian Xin stared intently at Lin Yi's figure with her beautiful eyes, her heart filled with worry.
Gu Man, standing to the side, couldn't help but clench his fist and say, "Damn it, if our martial arts strength were sufficient, how could we let Deputy Village Chief Lin fight for us all by himself?"
"What is the background of this old man? Could he be the legendary Martial Saint?"
At this moment, Tian Wuhe arrived. He frowned and said, "Everyone, return to the city and take refuge underground. If Vice City Chief Lin is not defeated, I'm afraid my Tianshui City will be in great danger!"
Tian Wuhe was also unsure how many tricks Lin Yi had up his sleeve. Judging from the current situation on the field, Lin Yi was clearly no match for that Elder Qian.
When Elder Qian has some free time, he may return to Tianshui City to fight his way back.
As for the East Wind buried beneath Tianshui City, Tian Wuhe would never dare to let Lin Yi use it.
According to Lin Yi, that was a method of mutual destruction, a method of mutual destruction.
Just as everyone was preparing to evacuate, a sudden change occurred on the battlefield ahead.
Just as the Elder Qian was exchanging blows with Lin Yi, he suddenly let out a muffled groan, his expression changed drastically, and he abruptly fell from the high school.
The Elder Qian had fallen to the ground, struggled to his feet, clutching his throat, his True Qi surging wildly. He said with difficulty, "You... could there be something wrong with the Spirit Herb I took?"
Lin Yi raised an eyebrow, followed closely from the air, and approached with his sword drawn.
Perhaps it was Spirit Vine Child's underhanded trick that worked, and Lin Yi also couldn't rule out the possibility that this Elder Qian was deliberately making things mysterious to show that the enemy was weak.
The next moment, the terrible state of Elder Qian's body dispelled Lin Yi's doubts.
His blood vessels began to turn from red to blue, as if green plants were parasitizing and growing in them.
The once arrogant Elder Qian collapsed as if suffocating, convulsing and unable to muster even a fraction of his True Qi.
Immediately afterwards, a cluster of green shoots sprouted from its mouth, nose, corners of its mouth, and ears.
"What... what kind of trick is this?"
Elder Qian used all his strength to tear off the tender buds from his mouth and nose. The more he pulled, the more there were, and in just a few breaths they grew to several meters in length.
His eyes were bloodshot and bluish-purple, and he kept roaring and shouting.
Seeing this opportunity, Lin Yi drew his sword, ready to kill Elder Qian, when suddenly the sprouting buds launched an attack on Lin Yi.
Lin Yi swung his sword, severing a tender green sprout.
The remaining tender buds, like Poison Snake, warily raised their tips, not allowing Lin Yi to approach.
Lin Yi did not launch another attack rashly, but instead frowned deeply.
One minute later, the Elder Qian who had been struggling on the ground was no longer breathing. His corpse turned into nutrients for the green sprouts, and his flesh, blood and True Qi were completely absorbed.
Its body resembled a dried corpse, and its eyes were covered with bloodshot veins like spider webs, revealing an expression of unresolved death.
After Elder Qian died, the green shoots clinging to his body grew to over ten meters tall, just like towering trees.
It has to be said that the bud that Spirit Vine Child gave him was too domineering, actually parasitizing and killing a half-step Martial Saint.
This scene left Lin Yi with lingering fear.
He breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel even more wary of Spirit Vine Child.
Lin Yi guessed that the reason why Elder Qian was attacked during his fight with him was probably because he had lost a lot of True Qi, and the tender sprout secretly invaded his flesh and blood and True Qi dantian.
If it weren't for his battle that accelerated the parasitic process, Elder Qian might have lived for a few more days.
However, if even half-step Martial Saint died so tragically without any resistance, could a Demigod Monster also be dealt with using a tender sprout?
As I pondered, the tender green buds and vines that resembled a large tree began to retract and wither, and the outer buds and vines gradually withered and turned yellow, finally coalescing into a green seed.
Lin Yi carefully stepped forward and touched the seed.
[Martial Treasure Seed]: A special item, a green plant seed formed by condensing the essence of a half-step Martial Saint through a certain method. By planting this seed into the dantian, one can obtain a portion of the martial arts inheritance of that half-step Martial Saint.
After reading the introduction of the Martial Treasure Seed, Lin Yi showed a hint of surprise.
This item seems to be quite valuable. If used properly, wouldn't it be able to quickly cultivate a Four-star Warrior?
However, this thing was left behind by Spirit Vine Child's hidden hand, and may contain unknown hidden dangers.
Anyway, Lin Yi doesn't plan to use it himself.
After carefully storing the [ Martial Treasure Seed ], Lin Yi went to Elder Qian Lao's withered corpse to search for spoils of war. Unfortunately, due to Elder Qian's death, everything he had hidden in his Qi Sea Space had also disappeared.
Lin Yi only managed to tear off a tattered Gold-thread Dark Robe with gold thread from the corpse.
With Elder Qian's crisis resolved, Tianshui City was spared the fate of being destroyed.
However, Lin Yi did not take East Wind with him, but instead put it into the Mirror Space. He realized that this thing would be very useful when necessary.
Because of the incident with Elder Qian, Tian Wuhe also sent a message to Tian Mohan, asking him to end the Trial as soon as possible and lead this group of martial artists back to the city.
Lin Yi had no advice on this matter. Whether Tian Mohan came or not was not important. However, he was extremely curious about the Ancient Domain in the West Mountain Southern Domain.
Judging from the information revealed by Elder Qian and the Qian Family Squad, the Ancient Domain is a place where martial artists gather, and there are many top experts, including Martial Saint.
According to the simplified map sent by the Europe, Tianshui City and Ancient Pool Village were only the outer areas of the entire continent, the Ancient Domain and the Southern Domain were the middle areas, and the real Apocalypse Continent was the Core Zone.
Judging from his current rate of development, he must visit the Ancient Domain to obtain the legacy of the Martial Saint.
Secondly, Lin Yi was also eager to understand the secrets of the Boundary Stone and World Fusion.
However, before heading to the Ancient Domain, Lin Yi definitely needs to maximize his strength and talent.
In reality, after the Boundary Stone was opened to the public on a small scale, Lin Yi and Liu Yuxi changed their residences to a mountain villa under the official name.
This villa occupies a much larger area, with four floors, and also has a separate swimming pool and gym.
It is said that the original owner of the villa was a corrupt official. Later, the villa was confiscated by the authorities and failed to sell at auction several times for some reason.
Now, this place has benefited Lin Yi.
Liu Bo toured the New Villa and said enviously, "Brother Yi, your place is so big, and you have so many rooms. Why don't you save one for me too?"
"If you want to come, you can pick a room yourself, but as usual, help me check the security of this villa, see if there are any electronic surveillance devices..."
"Don't worry, I promise I'll get it done for you."
After Liu Bo left, Lin Yi called Ji Fengyu out alone.
"Let me ask you something. How much do you know about the Ancient Domain?"
Ji Fengyu, who was eating an out-of-season watermelon, stopped eating and asked Yu, "It seems you've already made contact with people from the Ancient Domain?"
Lin Yi frowned. "So, the Ancient Domain is related to your Gap World?"
"Separated..."
Ji Fengyu burped and thought for a moment, "It's not really related. If there is any relationship, it's an adversarial one. To put it simply, when the Martial Domain fell, many of the Martial Kingdom in our Gap World opened up new worlds, while the rest stayed in the Martial Domain to resist the invasion of Strange Spirit and Monster. Later, they even changed the name of the Martial Domain and called themselves the Ancient Domain."
Hearing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but ask, "Stay? Those people were probably abandoned by you, weren't they?"
Within the Spirit Vine World, Lin Yi had read the records left by the successive Village Chief of Zhang Family Village, although he was unsure how much of it was true or false.
But it's likely that only a small group of Martial Domain were able to escape to the New World, also known as the Gap World.
The remaining ordinary civilians and those with low Martial Path realm were abandoned and became Blood Food for Strange Spirit and Monster.
Perhaps these people were unwilling to die, so they united and, over countless years of evolution, gradually became the Ancient Domain we know today.
Ji Fengyu tapped his spoon. "What you said is not wrong. After all, every world has social classes. If a world-class crisis really occurs, only those at the top and those who have value will have a chance to survive. Not to mention our Martial Domain, it is the same even on your Blue Star."
Lin Yi raised an eyebrow, did not refute, and continued to ask, "Then how much do you know about the martial arts inheritance of the Ancient Domain?"
"I don't know about that. After the two realms were separated, the focus of martial arts development changed. We focus on Martial Spirit, while they are said to still follow the old path."
"Didn't you say that people from the Gap World occasionally explore the Heavenly Initiate World? Haven't you ever interacted with people from the Ancient Domain?"
Ji Fengyu stuck the spoon in the ground, his voice laced with resentment. "What nonsense! To be honest, the hatred between us and the Ancient Domain is considerable. There's the conflict stemming from the fall of the Martial Domain and the differing perceptions of our ancestors, as well as the clashes in the development of martial arts. In short, whenever the Ancient Domain discovers outsiders, their only reaction is to kill. They believe this continent belongs to them, and all outsiders are enemies!"
Hearing this, Lin Yi finally understood why the Qian Family harbored such malice towards Sequencer profession or those Descendant.
Perhaps the people of the Ancient Domain are very xenophobic.
It's likely that the people of the Ancient Domain would look down on any other professions that would subsequently descend upon this continent.
At this moment, Ji Fengyu resumed eating watermelon with a spoon and asked Lin, "Brother Lin, why are you asking me so many questions? Could it be that you have seen the martial arts inheritance of the Ancient Domain?"
"I was indeed lucky enough to get one..."
Lin Yi obtained the two volumes of the Gold Foil book from Qian Yi and Elder Qian, which contained all the inheritance details of the Martial Artist Profession from Three Stars to Demigod star.
According to the records in the two volumes of the Gold Foil Manual, Lin Yi's path before breaking through to the Star level of the Martial Artist Profession was smooth sailing.
"Really?"
Ji Fengyu showed a hint of surprise. He knew how much the people of the Ancient Domain valued inheritance, and rarely let it slip out.
Now that Lin Yi has obtained a Complete Inheritance, given Lin Yi methods and temperament, he most likely obtained it by killing an important figure in the Ancient Domain.
"Brother Lin, how about we make a deal? I'll exchange Spiritual Object for your inheritance. Of course, I don't want the original; you just need to give me a copy."
Seeing that the bait had been taken, Lin Yi smiled and said, "Aren't you on the Path of Martial Spirit? What do you need this inheritance for?"
Ji Fengyu stopped eating the watermelon and quickly said, "The martial arts paths lead to the same goal, I'm just using this as a reference. Do you want to switch?"
"If you have Talent Stone, I'll trade it."
Ji Fengyu shook his head. "I can't do that."
Lin Yi thought for a moment and said, "I don't lack Spiritual Materials. Do you Source Stone?"
" Source Stone? These things don't exist in the Martial Domain. They are Spiritual Object that appeared when the continents merged. I don't have any either."
"Fine, give me a copy of the Martial Spirit inheritance from your Gap World, and I'll trade with you..."
The two discussed for a long time, but in the end Ji Fengyu hesitated and did not directly agree to exchange inheritances with Lin Yi.
Lin Yi was not in a hurry. Judging from Ji Fengyu's performance, the exchange of inheritance was a foregone conclusion.
The reason he exchanged the martial arts inheritance of the Gap World was because Lin Yi was ' Startle Awakening ' and was about to reach perfection, and was about to enter the realm of Three-star Warrior.
At that time, we need to decide which martial arts path to choose.
Currently, it appears that the method for advancing to Martial Saint Martial Saint in the Ancient Domain is different from that in the Gap World.