novelraw Chapter 414 - 150: Forged Soldiers Rivalry, Each Shows Their Brilliance
Chapter 414 - 150: Forged Soldiers Rivalry, Each Shows Their Brilliance
Others need to comprehend the mental realm, need to align with visualization, but Li Ping’an just has to be himself to break through.
This is the terrifying Innate Shadow Blood, but it’s also the destiny set since birth.
Yet, even so, what if one comprehends a unique secret skill?
This kind of thing, he had already comprehended over ten years ago, and not just one.
Therefore, his son is incapable of defeating him.
What Li Yuan truly wants to see isn’t his son defeating him...
What he needs is his son’s determination.
"Continue!"
Li Ping’an’s eyes burned bright as he grabbed his knife and charged at Li Yuan again, only to be casually knocked away by him.
Though knocked away, the boy was still laughing.
"Dad, in the past when I saw this slash of yours, I would be scared out of my wits, but now... I’m okay, I’m okay, hahaha!"
Bang!
The boy landed, rolled over once, hit his head against the wall, yet still laughed, moving his fingers to continue to get up.
Li Yuan patiently waited for him.
The boy got up again, charging relentlessly.
The demonic training between father and son in the secret chamber seemed to freeze in time as a painting.
...
...
Night fell.
Cui Huayin appeared to encounter some issues in his cultivation, still sitting by the Meat Field, not having returned.
Yaojue, however, accompanied Li Yuan to the bed.
The lively and mischievous long-legged maid was more vivacious on the bed than anyone else, almost forcing Li Yuan to "expose the fact that he wasn’t old."
However, after a stormy night, the clouds dispersed, and each calmed down...
"Young master, you’re not old at all."
Yaojue chose her words wisely.
Li Yuan said, "Yaojue, what exactly is your young lady thinking?"
"Young master wants to leave here?" Yaojue laughed playfully.
Li Yuan tapped her forehead, saying, "The front lines suffered a major defeat... Soon, the major families might deploy people to the front lines, don’t you worry that you might be selected?"
Yaojue replied, "They wouldn’t bypass looking at the higher figures; who would pick us?
Besides, I heard from the mistress that the Divine Wood Hall is easy to defend and hard to attack, even if the enemies reach the city gates, it’s just wishful thinking to break into the Divine Wood Hall."
Li Yuan nodded in response, then sighed, "I just miss home... You see, as people age, they always long for their homeland, thinking of returning to one’s roots.
But I also know, this homeland is in the south, in the Lotus Sect. Yet, I am a Weapon Forger of the Divine Wood Hall, I can’t leave."
Yaojue was momentarily stunned, then snuggled into Li Yuan’s arms like a clingy bird, her long legs slightly bending, nudging against Li Yuan, shyly saying, "It’s all numb now."
Then she hugged Li Yuan tightly, saying, "I heard the mistress say, you use your life span to forge weapons, you’re not allowed to do that anymore! If you want to attain the Dao, do you not care about your woman’s feelings?"
Her tone carried a bit of coquettishness, as if scolding, ordering, and lacking propriety, yet not annoying at all.
Li Yuan hugged Yaojue tightly.
Unfortunately, Cui Huayin would not go with him, Jiangnan turns to oranges and Jiangbei to trifles, the proud Princess Consort Yin could not go to a destitute rural corner.
And Yaojue, even if willing, naturally had no way to go with him.
He sighed softly.
Yet, he still decided to observe the situation.
If the situation truly worsened, he might change his mind again.
For instance, his initial plan was to "after earning enough benefits, make daily visits to a certain place so routine that it becomes normal to everyone, then suddenly escape with his son and wives when the surveillance is relaxed."
This plan had actually been nearly executed, he had already taken Li Ping’an to the Famous Restaurant, and with a few more visits, once Gu Xuejian grew accustomed, he could take Li Ping’an and leave.
But this plan was put on hold because of Li Ping’an’s performance, and replaced with another.
So... does he need to change it again?
How will this situation evolve?
...
...
Soon, another fast horse entered the city, and while everyone was deliberating on what to do next, it brought both good news and bad news.
The good news was, Elder Jing Ruyi of the Jing Family had unexpectedly managed to rally the residual soldiers and drive the Black Lotus Sect back.
The bad news was, after forging a weapon for Jing Ruyi, Master Gong died outside.
"Bullshit!"
Cui Wuji swore upon hearing the news.
"What weight does Jing Ruyi have? How could he defeat the Black Lotus Thieves?
Even if Master Gong forged a Divine Soldier before he died, wasn’t Peng Mi’s residual array a Divine Soldier as well?
How could he be defeated?"
Cui Wuji’s question was echoed by everyone.
...
Soon, new information came in.
The question was answered.
Peng Mi was not defeated, he inexplicably retreated on his own, appearing victorious yet suddenly changing his mindset and withdrawing, leaving everyone wondering what he was thinking.
As for Jing Ruyi... he indeed became stronger.
The knife forged by Master Gong before his death could be described as astonishing.
To put it plainly, Jing Ruyi resurrected the fallen Elder of the Hua Family and the Elders from the Holy Fire Palace who came to support.
But they weren’t truly brought back to life, they were more like obedient puppets fighting alongside Jing Ruyi.
Their skin was deathly pale, reminiscent of Ghost Servants, yet they weren’t as indestructible as Ghost Servants, finding it extremely hard to recover from any injury.
Besides, the knife had the property of "devouring self to suddenly enhance explosive power," and it could "emit the unique healing aura of the Evergreen Technique across an area, rapidly restoring the injured."
The messenger specifically found Li Yuan, delivering a handwritten letter from Jing Ruyi.
This letter meticulously documented the knife’s abilities, fearing that Li Yuan might miss any detail.