Chapter 614 - 257: Sword Qi Rainbow Transformation, Power Up 3

The real disadvantage, aside from the uncertain high-level confrontation of the main commanders, is actually the absence of mid-level generals.

The Great Li has nurtured talents for three hundred years, even if they act in contrary ways and their territories shrink, in the eyes of many old souls, it is still the orthodoxy.

Without mentioning the fact that most of the Thirteen Noble Families have submitted to the Court, let’s talk about the Three Sects of Buddhism and the Four Daoist Sects; except for the Pure Land Sect maintaining neutrality and not participating in the struggle for power of the dynasty, the Dharma Aspect Sect leans towards Beizhou and supports the Hu people’s army in secret. Meanwhile, the Huayan Sect has the largest temple in Yujing City, the Wuxiang Zen Temple, where experts gather, and the abbot Monk Baoshu has mastered the Six Phases Divine Skill, capable of sustaining the True Suchness Realm, with cultivation beyond measure.

Wuxiang Zen Temple has been honored numerous times by the Great Li Court, enjoying great prestige, flourishing incense, so naturally, it is impossible not to lend a hand to Great Li.

Apart from the forces of Wuxiang Zen Temple, among the Four Daoist Sects, the strongest sect, the Pure Yang Sword Sect, also propagates its teachings and establishes its foundation in Yujing City.

The Pure Yang Sword Sect Leader, Master Chi Yang, possesses swordsmanship that connects with the divine, and is deeply versed in medical arts. His mastery of alchemy techniques is wondrous and was appointed by Ji Changshou as the State Preceptor...

Therefore, many disciples of the Pure Yang Sword Sect develop in Yujing, and their influence is quite significant, even surpassing that of Wuxiang Zen Temple.

Under normal circumstances, these two sects would not engage in warfare.

But if confronted with a change of dynasty, whether willing or not, they must take action.

The reason is simple.

If Great Li falls, how could they possibly maintain their current prestigious positions?

Even the Immortal Sect would roam the Jianghu, barely better than loose cultivators...

For the sake of their own sect, they must fight fiercely.

This is actually the same reason as those Noble Families fully supporting the Great Li Dynasty.

Most of them don’t seem particularly loyal to this declining dynasty, yet they cannot help but defend it.

As for the hidden expert factions and demon sect powerhouses, many serve the court, each having their own identities, whether as officials or generals.

In a battle against Beizhou, these people might not be effective.

However, if they compete against their own people and southern forces, they feel no psychological burden.

Beizhou is supported by the Three Immortal Islands, Black Lotus Island, and even before the battle, they have lost their courage by three parts.

What background does Chen Ping from the south have?

It’s said he’s merely an upstart from the lower levels of the Jianghu, with no backing from behind.

Southern Purple Bamboo Forest disciples might be enjoying themselves on his territory, but have not clearly supported him either.

Regarding the Jianghu rumors of King Ping’s suspected lineage from the Ji Family, that’s even better; rebelling against authority is inherently disadvantageous, with no psychological pressure in an uprising.

In such situations.

High-level games have Chen Ping holding the line, with nothing to fear; in low-level games, there’s an army of a million, so no worries there either.

Only the mid-level game.

The opponents have many experts, with dozens of Unity Realm Grandmasters not being a strange occurrence. Even if a few Divine Martial Realm masters emerge among them, Han Xiaoru wouldn’t be surprised.

For decades, even a hundred years, no one has seen such experts, not because they don’t exist.

If you haven’t reached that realm or been in such top-level confrontational battlefields, naturally you won’t see them.

When it involves the world, involving disputes over fundamental interests, legends manifest into reality inevitably.

She even suspects that when their army marches into Yujing City, there might be dozens of Unity Realm and three to five Divine Martial Realm experts who would besiege them.

Therefore, the more she observes her junior brother Chen Ping’s profound cultivation and strong combat power, the more she feels she’s not being useful.

"I can’t help him."

Han Xiaoru originally felt quite happy, holding her torn armor, she had many thoughts, but as she pondered, her eyes reddened slightly, and her lips pursed.

This straightforward and pure-hearted lass finally realized that despite her battles in the north and south, striving to enhance herself, seeking opportunities for breakthroughs amid life and death struggles, in the end, she still became a big burden.

How could this be any more unbearable?

"Don’t be upset, it’s just an armor. Later, I’ll find Master Xu and ask him to craft you a better set of armor."

He took out a fist-sized Golden Essence Stone from his storage bag, holding it up and smiling, "Using this to craft armor; it’s both light and has extremely strong defense. It could even block a strike from my Sword Rainbow..."

Chen Ping was taken aback; his senior sister really has rough nerves. She didn’t cry when she was once deceived by Jianghu bandits, caught in the wild, and almost sold off.

That time, at the riverside, encountering the Clear Wind Shadowless Sword, she held a broadsword and stood in front of him, fought a life-and-death battle against the Clear Wind Shadowless Sword, her heart meridian injured, almost died, yet she didn’t cry.

How come just having her armor slashed with a sword made her want to cry?

"Who’s crying? Who, who is it?"

Han Xiaoru sniffed and regained her posture as a seasoned warrior, looking around, seeing Ji Mingyue and Chen Ping staring at her in surprise, couldn’t help but burst into a smile, "Practice swords with me, junior brother. I feel the pressure is somewhat lacking, I’ve comprehended the Extreme Intent Divinity Transformation, yet the domain still hasn’t formed, my progress is somewhat slow."

"Alright, even if senior sister hadn’t mentioned, I would’ve suggested it. Before the campaign begins, both you and Xiaoyue should spar with me. I have a method that can help you quickly enhance."

Chen Ping chuckled, "Although it can’t make you break through into the Divine Martial Realm, compressing the spirit, reaching Unity Realm perfection, condensing divine sense, is still attainable."

This statement wasn’t a boast from Chen Ping.

It’s what he truly believed.

Enlightenment has such a wondrous quality.

Without reaching that level, unable to see the essence of things, some things are said to be impossible to do, and that’s true.

However, once the laws are truly enlightened and the cultivation path is seen, it’s not impossible to elevate one’s spiritual realm by a couple of smaller levels.

The most crucial point is that during the trial at the Heaven-Reaching Tower, Ji Mingyue and Han Xiaoru’s soul realms had long reached the Soul Emergence state, from certain aspects, they’d already fulfilled the qualifications to breakthrough to the Divine Martial, at least in terms of divine soul, they’d met the requirements.

Just because the time was short, the physical body and True Qi hadn’t reached the criteria, they couldn’t utilize this soul power.

And this point is exactly what Chen Ping excels at.

In the past, it was unclear, no solid method could be thought of to accelerate their cultivation speed.

Now, it becomes possible.

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