novelraw Chapter 419 - 151: Departure
Chapter 419 - 151: Departure
But...
But...
How could he have lost both legs here, lost his future path!
Not even my father can do this!
Absolutely not!
Inside him, Shadow Blood suddenly moved rapidly, coursing through him with a trajectory that seemed innate, as it was meant to be.
All added hindrances shattered with a "crack" in this furious flow.
’Huh?’
Li Yuan squinted slightly, his movements subtly slowing by half a beat.
Though slowed by half a beat, it still remained within the realm of the ultimate skill.
Swoosh!!
In the next moment, his blade fell!
But it fell into empty space.
Because Li Ping’an dodged at some unknown moment, holding his blade, as if he had realized something in that instant.
"Technique?"
He murmured, then suddenly smirked viciously, "What use is technique?! The strongest is having no technique."
As he spoke these words, all the acquired chains around him shattered.
The model of "using acquired techniques with Innate Shadow Blood" instantly transformed into "all acquired returns to innate."
The youth held the blade, swaying as if like a willow in the wind...
Then, with a sway, he formed another Li Ping’an, and with another movement, yet another Li Ping’an appeared.
The three Li Ping’ans looked at the white-haired Li Yuan, respectfully bowed, and said: "Father, please teach me."
Li Yuan was momentarily taken aback.
He can create clones?
What’s the principle behind this?
This Innate Shadow Blood is indeed endlessly mysterious, and the concept of "no technique surpasses technique" also finally settled his worried heart.
Now, he had one last thing to complete.
Li Yuan laughed heartily: "That’s more like it, come on."
A secret chamber.
A skylight.
Light cascaded down.
Four black shadows from opposite directions surged like rushing torrents, colliding rapidly together.
The sharp screeches of metal demon fiends intertwined with the lingering shadows, creating a breathtaking scene.
For a long while...
Clang!!
A crisp sound.
The long blade spun swiftly, forming a silver disk, slanting to the ground.
This was the blade in Li Yuan’s hand.
He... lost.
Of course, he intentionally lost.
A strong person must not have a Heart Demon.
So he created an invincible Heart Demon for his son, then let his son personally shatter it.
He brought his son out of the greenhouse, and his son showed him his determination.
The road ahead, it was now up to his son to walk it himself.
At this moment, Li Yuan smiled as he looked at the youth in front of him and said: "You have grown up."
Li Ping’an stepped forward to support him, saying: "I will always be father’s son."
Li Yuan said: "By the way, what was that clone technique you just used?"
Li Ping’an scratched his head and said: "I don’t know either, it’s just when I forgot everything I learned and merged it all back into my own nature, this power naturally emerged."
Li Yuan, somewhat thoughtful, asked again: "Then, is this your Blade One?"
Li Ping’an grinned clumsily and replied: "No, this is the ancestral secret skill, Shit Blade One."
The father and son looked at each other and burst into laughter.
After laughing for a while, Li Ping’an said: "Dad, from now on you should just stay at home, retire peacefully, and I will take care of you and show you great filial respect!"
Li Yuan laughed: "Alright, it’s a deal."
...
...
Time passed day by day.
In early autumn, the green leaves turned yellow but still clung to the branches, yet to fall.
Li Yuan, white-haired, sat in the courtyard. In this situation, he didn’t call for Jing Shuixiang, Cui Huayin, or Yaojue to come over.
But the three women kindly took turns to accompany him.
On this day...
The first yellow leaf floated down from mid-air, swaying, spinning to the ground.
Li Yuan glanced at Jing Shuixiang, who was making tea on the other side, and said: "Shuixiang, I want to travel far."
Jing Shuixiang was silent for a moment, then said: "I know... you’ve always wanted to..."
Li Yuan said: "But before I travel far, I have one last thing to do."
Jing Shuixiang said: "Although Divine Wood Hall no longer has other Weapon Forgers, there are still in the other four families of the Five Elements Forces. At most, I’ll walk a bit more and prepare more Blood Gold.
If it doesn’t work out, I’ll just wait for some juniors at Master Gong’s; someone will surely become a Weapon Forger, right?"
Li Yuan arrogantly said: "How can my wife use spiritual artifacts forged by someone else?"
Jing Shuixiang sighed softly: "But your body..."
"For one who is about to travel far, the wish has been fulfilled. And forging a spiritual artifact for you is my last wish," Li Yuan said. "Once the forging is done, I will travel far."
Jing Shuixiang trembled, "So soon?"
Li Yuan said: "Old and feeble, end of life approaching, would Divine Wood Hall still want to keep me, an old man?"
With that, he took out a small booklet from his pocket and handed it to Jing Shuixiang, saying: "Elder Jing, this is the Weapon Casting Skill of the Zhu Sect, pass it on to Divine Wood Hall, and kindly speak on my behalf.
As for my arrangements, do not mention them to Ping’an or Huayin, but there are two items for you to pass on to Ping’an and Huayin after I leave."
Jing Shuixiang took the booklet and responded: "Understood..."
...
...
In a flash, another half a month passed.
Li Yuan had arranged money, secret skills, elixir resources, all through his own hidden channels, sending them in batches to Cloud Mountain Path.
All these years, he had saved quite a bit of resources.
Even Blood Gold was in ample supply.
These were his "farming resources" after going to Cloud Mountain Path.
As for secret skills, they included the two Beast Taming Skills given to him by the Hall Master.
The yellow leaves fell one after another. Li Yuan chose not to go to the mountaintop to forge, as it had become a holy land for blacksmiths or future Weapon Forgers, too crowded, not convenient for withdrawal.
He quietly forged a spiritual artifact for Jing Shuixiang in a hidden Weapon Casting Hall.
In this spiritual artifact, he secretly infused 300 years of lifespan.
And 300 years was not enough to form a "Yin Yang Void," thus avoiding invoking a celestial phenomenon, as Jing Shuixiang was not like Gu Xuejian, who had Fifth Grade Perfection.