Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

It was a snowy afternoon.

A deserted mountain peak was still shrouded in lightning as usual.

On the high mountain, a figure covered in snow sat motionless like an old monk in meditation.

The rocks around the figure's lower body had sunk slightly, about three feet deep.

The entire mountain peak was scorched black, and the boulders beneath had been infused with lightning, becoming rare materials for refining.

The seasons had turned from autumn to a bone-chilling winter.

Buzz!!!

An incredibly powerful and mysterious wave suddenly swept across dozens of miles like a shockwave!

The cultivators who had been lingering on the edge of the lightning purgatory, cultivating in seclusion, instantly awoke!!

Hundreds of cultivators widened their eyes, looking at the mountain peak in disbelief.

They saw the snow on the figure within the lightning on the mountain peak dissipate, revealing the person's appearance.

A white robe had long turned grayish-white, stained with mud, and disheveled hair hung loosely.

The beard on his chin was about three inches long, making him look unkempt.

The surrounding lightning seemed to freeze, then instantly converged into the man's body with lightning speed.

Boom!!!

碎Stone splashed under the feet of the figure on the mountain peak, and the snow within hundreds of feet around was instantly blown away.

The man slowly stood up and opened his eyes, his pure white eyes slightly narrowed.

He looked around with a dazed expression, noticing many cultivators were watching him, but he turned back without paying attention to them.

He looked down at himself, his thoughts returning, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Li Guanqi never expected that just the entry to a mere cultivation technique would make him seclude himself for so long.

Looking at the falling snow around him, Li Guanqi looked at this scene with deep eyes.

"So… it's already winter…"

Li Guanqi hadn't spoken for too long, so his voice was a bit hoarse, and the sound even made him feel unfamiliar.

Looking at the ground beneath him, the ground had collapsed more than three feet under the erosion of wind, sand, and lightning.

Only the position where he sat stood upright like a stone pillar.

Looking at the thick dust accumulated on his robe, Li Guanqi shook off the dirt with the power of his inner essence.

Rumble!!

Thunder rumbled in the sky, and as soon as Li Guanqi's inner essence circulated, it seemed as if thunder was rumbling inside his body.

Boom!!!!

Li Guanqi raised his hand and took out a full 100,000 high-grade spirit stones, which floated densely in the air.

The surrounding cultivators swallowed greedily when they saw this scene, their eyes flickering but daring not to make any movements.

Or rather…

The pressure that Li Guanqi was currently exuding was not something they could resist at all. They were all kneeling stiffly on the ground under this pressure.

Li Guanqi's cultivation technique started to operate, and he murmured in a low voice: "Divine Punishment!"

Boom!!!

In an instant, the sky and earth changed color, and the swirling wind scraped everyone's cheeks like knives.

The area within dozens of feet around Li Guanqi was like the center of a vortex, frantically refining the spiritual energy that condensed into spiritual liquid.

Lightning roared, and Li Guanqi's aura began to skyrocket.

"This… is this senior about to break through to the Great Ascension Realm? Isn't this commotion a bit too big?"

"Let's stay away, lest we be mistaken for enemies."

"Hiss!! Don't you… don't you think this… this person looks a bit familiar?"

Li Guanqi's mouth curved up slightly. The first level of the Divine Punishment Technique was already comparable to the full power of his previous technique.

Moreover…

If it weren't for the fact that his level of spiritual understanding had improved again, it would have been difficult to even enter the first level.

You must know that his physique is very special. In the past, he could comprehend any cultivation technique or sword skill almost after just one look.

He didn't expect that this time it would take nearly three months. When he went into seclusion, it was just the beginning of autumn, but now it's already winter.

Boom!!!

A soft sound seemed to come from within his body, and Li Guanqi's aura instantly soared to the late stage of the Fusion Realm!

Li Guanqi touched his beard, not expecting that he had grown a goatee in just a few months.

He waved his hand to cut off his beard and tied up his long hair with a jade crown.

Li Guanqi slightly raised his foot and was already hundreds of feet away!

The surrounding cultivators hurriedly bowed in salute when they saw this!

Li Guanqi turned around and waved at the mountain peak.

Immediately afterward, a dark black boulder suddenly rose from the ground and flew over in an instant!

Bang!!

A muffled sound came, and Li Guanqi looked at the sword coffin with a smile on his face, wiped off the dust, and carried it on his back.

Li Guanqi exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, frowned slightly as he looked at the surrounding cultivators.

His frown was not a big deal, but the surrounding cultivators trembled when they saw this scene, all thinking that Li Guanqi was very unhappy with them蹭for sensing the lightning.

For a time, the onlookers bowed in salute. The leader, an old man, was at the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm.

The old man's hair was gray, and he was the closest to Li Guanqi.

When the old man saw Li Guanqi frowning slightly, his heart trembled, and he stepped forward and bowed in salute.

"This senior, I am Yue Dianhong, the elder of Qinghe Manor."

"We… are careful and only sense the outer edge of the lightning hell. I don't know if we have disturbed your cultivation."

"If there is any offense, I hope senior will forgive us…"

Li Guanqi understood what was going on when he heard this.

It turned out that the lightning purgatory he had unintentionally released during his seclusion had become a place for these lightning cultivators to comprehend.

Although there was nothing else in the essence he released, his comprehension of lightning and his understanding of sword intent had long been integrated into his essence.

These people had gained something by sensing the outer edge.

Li Guanqi didn't care that they felt his power and waved his hand lightly.

"It's okay, these things won't disturb me even if you comprehend them here."

The old man breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and he was the one who set the rules for this place of comprehension.

When he first came here, he felt that someone existed on the mountain peak and immediately understood what was going on.

So he cultivated here and set rules, prohibiting anyone from entering the lightning hell and only allowing them to sense the edge.

These cultivators with lightning spiritual roots usually find it difficult to find such a treasure land for cultivation, so naturally they all follow these rules wholeheartedly.

If anyone breaks the rules, it will naturally lead to the resistance of everyone.

Li Guanqi closed his eyes and sensed the surrounding environment, suddenly frowned, and asked the old man.

"What year is it today?"

The old man was slightly stunned when he heard this, but after a moment's thought, he knew that the person in front of him had forgotten the time.

After pondering for a moment, a young man next to him interjected: "Answering senior, this year… is 2024."

Li Guanqi was stunned in place, murmuring in a low voice: "24?"

"Doesn't that mean… that a full two years have passed???"

Li Guanqi took out Lu Kangnian's jade slip and found that the jade slip was flashing constantly, indicating that Lu Kangnian had sent him a lot of messages in the past two years.

Li Guanqi asked the sword spirit in his heart, but there was still no response.

Li Guanqi smiled wryly, glanced back at the mountain peak, took a step, and disappeared in place in an instant.

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