Seeking Immortality

Under everyone's expectation, the six golden weapons of the bodyguard Vajra collided fiercely with the huge fire net burning with blazing flames. At the moment when the two came into contact, deafening roars sounded one after another, and a strong and dazzling red and gold light burst out.

Although the light was dazzling, the people off the field still stared at the scene on the field, fearing to miss a single thing.

On the field, the dazzling golden and red light covered the battle scene between the fire net and the Vajra weapons. People could only guess the scene of the competition at this time from the strength of the two-color light. Judging from the situation that the two-color light covered half of the sky and earth, the battle between Jin Qinghan and Feng Qingtian was in a stalemate.

In this stalemate, no one knew how long it had passed, and a roar that resounded through the sky suddenly sounded, as if the earth was shaking violently because of the roar, and many onlookers who were unstable almost fell to the ground.

As the roar sounded, the golden and red strong light dissipated, and the people off the field could finally see the scene on the field at this time. The fire net ejected by the "Nine-headed Fire Snake" finally turned into the most primitive fire spirit and dissipated between heaven and earth under the continuous attack of the "Body Protector Vajra". However, the "Body Protector Vajra" on Jin Qinghan's head was also seriously damaged, and the six arms became incomplete. The shadow of the Vajra body behind Jin Qinghan became dim and blurred.

Although he dispersed Feng Qingtian's attack, Jin Qinghan's face was a little ugly. This was just an attack by Feng Qingtian's "Nine-headed Fire Snake". Although she successfully dispersed it, his "Body Protector Vajra" was also seriously damaged. If such an attack comes two or three more times, I'm afraid his "Body Protector Vajra" will completely collapse.

Originally, with Jin Qinghan's cultivation, he shouldn't be so embarrassed in the competition with Feng Qingtian, but Feng Qingtian's fire-based Taoism has too obvious a restraining effect on his gold-based Taoism, so every time he wants to disperse Feng Qingtian's attack, Jin Qinghan always has to make several times more efforts than usual to be effective.

"We can't just keep on passively defending. We have to turn defense into offense." Jin Qinghan thought secretly.

Thinking of this, Jin Qinghan pinched his ten fingers, and a large amount of golden light surged out of his body and filled the "body-protecting Vajra" behind him. With the replenishment of Jin Qinghan's large amount of golden spiritual energy, the phantom of the "body-protecting Vajra" became real and stable again, and the six broken arms were repaired and perfected at a very fast speed.

Then, Xu Qingfan changed the ten-finger gesture again, and the three eyes of the "body-protecting Vajra" behind him burst out with dazzling light again. The six arms suddenly swelled and attacked the nearest "nine-headed fire snakes" around him.

"Interesting." Feng Qingtian looked at the changes of Jin Qinghan's "body-protecting Vajra" and chuckled. His hands pinched the fingers without stopping. Under Feng Qingtian's command, the fire snakes in the field opened their mouths and spewed blazing fire at the attacking arms of the Vajra, trying to block the attack of the Vajra.

But this time Jin Qinghan's attack was obviously well prepared. Facing the flames spewed by the fire snakes, the weapons held on the six arms suddenly glowed with strong golden light, blocking the flames. Although the golden light on the six arms became slightly dim, they successfully attacked the "Nine-headed Fire Snakes" everywhere.

In this way, the six weapons, with a violent aura that seemed to be able to destroy the world, hit the fire snakes fiercely. After being hit by these golden weapons, the fire snakes dissipated into nothingness without any resistance. Although these fire snakes themselves have no effective means of defense, the power of the King Kong attack can also be seen.

But there are too many fire snakes and they are too widely distributed. Although the "body-protecting King Kong" behind Jin Qinghan attacked with all his strength, it still couldn't take care of all. So there are still more than 20 fire snakes that escaped Jin Qinghan's attack.

At this time, Feng Qingtian also changed his finger gestures, and the remaining fire snakes also let out a piercing roar. Under Feng Qingtian's control, they broke free from the confinement of the flames under them, and moved their slender bodies to attack Jin Qinghan at a very fast speed. Because the fire snakes moved very quickly and there were many of them, Jin Qinghan could not effectively prevent the fire snakes from attacking from all directions.

But strangely, facing the fire snakes that were about to attack him, Jin Qinghan did not panic at all, but instead showed a strange smile at the corner of his mouth. Just when Feng Qingtian and the people off the field were secretly wondering, Jin Qinghan suddenly made a strange finger gesture and shouted softly: "Explode!!"

As Jin Qinghan shouted softly, the body-protecting diamond behind him suddenly emitted a dazzling golden light, followed by a roar, and the diamond exploded instantly. The fire snakes that had already swam to Jin Qinghan's side and were about to attack were also blown to pieces by this strong explosion and dissipated between heaven and earth.

Long after the explosion, the smoke cleared, and Feng Qingtian and Jin Qinghan stood proudly in front of everyone again.

Feng Qingtian showed a look of surprise for the first time, and said: "You actually let the 'Body Guardian King Kong' self-destruct?"

"Because of the conflict of the five elements, the 'Body Guardian King Kong' can't effectively defend against your 'Nine-headed Fire Snake' attack, it's better to die together." Jin Qinghan said lightly: "And as far as I know, the spiritual energy consumed by casting the 'Nine-headed Fire Snake' is much more than the 'Body Guardian King Kong', so it's not a waste to self-destruct."

After hearing Jin Qinghan's words, Feng Qingtian stared at him deeply, and his tone returned to normal, saying: "I have to admit that you are indeed a rare genius in a century. You have really improved a lot compared to ten years ago."

"You're flattering."

"But do you remember what I said to you ten years ago?" Feng Qingtian said softly.

"You said a lot ten years ago."

"I told you ten years ago that you are indeed a genius, but no matter what kind of genius you are, you are just a joke in front of my Feng family." As he spoke, Feng Qingtian's body was blazing with fire more violent than ever before, turning into countless millstone-sized fireballs that shot towards Jin Qinghan.

For a moment, the flames covered the sky.

Jin Qinghan also emitted golden light at the same time, turning into a golden armor that wrapped his whole body. It was the "Golden Armor Technique" that Jin Qinghan had used before! !

When the fireballs shot at Jin Qinghan's body, the light rippled, but did not cause any harm to him. The defensive power of the "Golden Armor Technique" was evident. After Jin Qinghan had no worries about defense, he also began to shoot out golden swords one after another, but Feng Qingtian dodged them one by one with his agile movements.

The power of the golden sword and the fireball was extremely powerful. Under the confrontation, the onlookers near the field could not help but retreat one after another, fearing that they would be injured by mistake.

The gold-type cultivators are known as the fighters among the cultivators. The Taoist methods they use are both offensive and defensive. They are sharp in attack and solid in defense. Every golden sword shot by Jin Qinghan has the power to split mountains and split rocks. Although Feng Qingtian dodged them all, the remaining power also left deep marks on the stone platform and stone chips flew.

The fire-type cultivators are considered to be the destroyers among the cultivators. Basically, every Taoist method is a large-scale destructive Taoist method. Fire can burn everything. The temperature on the field rises sharply under the spurting of fireballs. Even the rock platform used for the competition turns black under the sparks.

Although the two seem to be evenly matched in the confrontation, Jin Qinghan's offensive is even stronger. There are even several times when the golden swords almost hurt Feng Qingtian. But Jin Qinghan knows that the situation is getting more and more unfavorable to him. Although he is the one who attacks more on the scene, it is because he no longer has to worry about defense after performing the "Golden Armor Technique" and can concentrate on attacking. Feng Qingtian had to dodge Jin Qinghan's attack while counterattacking.

But Jin Qinghan didn't expect that the fireballs shot from Feng Qingtian were inconspicuous but extremely powerful. After a series of attacks, Jin Qinghan was surprised to find that his "Golden Armor Technique", which was famous for its defense, had a tendency to become unstable.

Jin Qinghan frowned, but increased the intensity of his attack again. The sudden and fierce attack also caught Feng Qingtian off guard. Under the attack of the explosive golden sword, Feng Qingtian was gradually forced into a dead corner of the competition venue. Having achieved his goal, Jin Qinghan no longer used the golden sword to disperse the attack, but gathered the spiritual energy of his whole body, turning it into a golden giant axe, and smashed it hard at Feng Qingtian with an extremely violent aura.

When Feng Qingtian found himself forced into a dead corner on the field, he was not panicked at all. He just stared at the giant axe falling from the sky with a grim face.

Suddenly, just before the giant axe hit Feng Qingtian, a blazing fire broke out from Feng Qingtian's body, and the temperature on the field rose sharply. At the same time, the crisp sound of the phoenix resounded through the sky. In the flames, a flaming phoenix that was nearly ten feet long rose from the ground and rushed towards the giant axe without stopping, immediately stopping the wild attack of the golden giant axe.

It was one of Feng Qingtian's three major secret skills, the "Flame Phoenix".

Facing the obstruction of the "Flame Phoenix", even the golden giant axe that concentrated Jin Qinghan's whole body power began to gradually lose its strength. Not only did the downward trend gradually slow down, but it also gradually rose up under the support of the "Flame Phoenix". More importantly, facing the erosion of the pure and violent fire spirit contained in the "Flame Phoenix", the dazzling golden light on the golden giant axe began to slowly dim.

Seeing his golden axe gradually losing its strength under the attack of the "Fire Phoenix", Jin Qinghan frowned slightly. How similar is this scene to that of ten years ago?

"However, I am no longer the Jin Qinghan of ten years ago." Jin Qinghan said secretly in his heart.

"Explode!" Jin Qinghan suddenly shouted.

This is the second time that Jin Qinghan has exploded his own spiritual energy.

After discovering Jin Qinghan's intention, Feng Qingtian secretly cried out that it was not good, because the golden axe was now too close to him. Now it was too late for Feng Qingtian to dodge.

"Boom~~~" With Jin Qinghan's low shout, the golden axe exploded instantly, emitting a dazzling golden light and a deafening roar. Under the strong explosion, the earth began to shake faintly.

After a long time, as the smoke fell, the scene on the field fell into people's eyes again.

Feng Qingtian was seen standing in the corner of the stone platform in a mess, his clothes were messy and covered with dust, and a trace of blood was faintly scratched at the corner of his mouth. The "Fire Phoenix" in front of him was even darker in color, and its size was more than half reduced. It was obvious that it had blocked most of the attacks for Feng Qingtian just now. But Feng Qingtian didn't care about that, just staring at Jin Qinghan coldly.

This was the first time Feng Qingtian was injured since the competition.

"Very good, you almost defeated me just now." Feng Qingtian said coldly.

"Yes, after all, it was still a little bit short." Jin Qinghan said lightly.

"You made me angry."

"Really? I thought you would never be angry."

"You won't admit defeat? Before I teach you a lesson?"

"Why should you admit defeat?"

"The self-explosion just now has consumed most of the spiritual energy in your body, right?" At this time, Feng Qingtian's eyes had calmed down, but his tone was still cold.

"Now there is less than one-third left." Jin Qinghan nodded and admitted. "But sometimes victory or defeat is not just based on how much spiritual energy is in the body."

As he spoke, Jin Qinghan took out a small golden sword and a golden disk from his sleeves, both of which were exuding strong golden aura. Then, Jin Qinghan threw the golden disk into the air, and saw that the golden disk expanded several times in the air. Jin Qinghan also jumped onto the disk, using the power of the disk to float in the air, pointing coldly at Feng Qingtian with the golden sword in his hand.

Seeing Jin Qinghan's actions, Feng Qingtian had a look of disdain in his eyes, and said lightly: "A magic weapon? Do you think you are the only one who has such a thing?"

As he spoke, a long staff suddenly appeared in Feng Qingtian's hand, which emitted a dazzling red light. The red light seemed to be burning like a burning flame. A lifelike phoenix is ​​carved on the head of the staff, and the phoenix's eyes are shining with mysterious red light. The tail of the staff is dragging three phoenix tails, making a beautiful sound. It was the "Phoenix Feather Staff" used in the competition with Xu Qingfan.

At the same time that the "Phoenix Feather Staff" appeared in Feng Qingtian's hand, the "Flame Phoenix" also made a chirping sound that resounded throughout the sky, constantly circling above Feng Qingtian's head. Feng Qingtian jumped on the back of the "Flame Phoenix" and slowly flew into the air with the power of the "Flame Phoenix". He flew to the same height as Jin Qinghan and looked at each other coldly.

"I do want to use magic weapons to defeat you, but not these two." Seeing Feng Qingtian flying into the air, Jin Qinghan said calmly without changing his expression.

"Oh? It seems that your master gave you a lot of magic weapons. So which magic weapon are you going to use to defeat me?" Feng Qingtian asked softly with a sarcastic smile.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred! ! Two huge nets suddenly appeared on Feng Qingtian's head and feet, but the upper net glowed with bright golden light, while the lower net shone with dark silver light.

After the two giant nets appeared, they moved toward Feng Qingtian without any pause. And Feng Qingtian's expression changed drastically after he noticed the double-faced net appeared. He wanted to dodge but couldn't do it in time? Just like that, his figure was instantly covered by the net. There were thin sharp thorns on the net, which were pierced into various acupuncture points on Feng Qingtian's body, cutting off the circulation of Feng Qingtian's spiritual energy in the body. At this time, even if Feng Qingtian wanted to use the spiritual energy in his body to resist, he was unable to do so. .

With the spiritual energy in Feng Qingtian's body unable to function, the "flaming phoenix" under his feet finally dissipated without his control. Without the support of "Flame Phoenix", Feng Qingtian fell hard from mid-air to the ground along with the double-sided net covering his body.

On the high platform.

"'Heavenly Gold, Earthly Silver Net'? Junior Brother Yuchi, I didn't expect you to give this magical weapon to Qinghan." Zhang Hualing said in surprise.

"I didn't expect him to be able to use it so quickly and freely." Elder Yuchi said slowly, but the surprise in his eyes was no less than Zhang Hualing's.

On the field.

"Use this." Until then, Jin Qinghan said calmly.

"'Heavenly Gold, Earthly Silver Net'." After Feng Qingtian fell to the ground, although he felt his internal organs churning and his whole body throbbing, he still just stared at Jin Qinghan closely and said coldly.

Jin Qinghan nodded and admitted, and said calmly: "Now, you admit defeat."

"Now, you admit defeat."

These words hit Feng Qingtian hard in his heart. Are you going to lose? Will my first defeat happen now? Will I, the last descendant of the Feng family, be defeated by this former defeated general?

Faintly, Feng Qingtian seemed to hear an evil voice ringing in his heart: "You can't even win against this little guy, do you still want to seek revenge from me? You don't deserve it!!"

Then, Feng Qingtian seemed to hear his father's voice again: "Didn't you swear to me that you would avenge the Feng family's genocide enemy - 'Dark Snake Star Lord'? Now you can't even defeat this person with a foreign surname, and you still talk about it." Why take revenge?”

"Yes, I still want revenge! The enemy is so strong. If I can't even defeat Jin Qinghan, how can I take revenge?" Feng Qingtian began to roar in his heart. As proud as Feng Qingtian, he simply did not allow himself to be defeated so easily.

As Feng Qingtian's mood continued to fluctuate, Feng Qingtian suddenly felt that the spiritual energy that had been imprisoned in his body began to slowly fluctuate again. Then the fluctuations became more and more intense, and a huge spiritual energy suddenly emerged in the Linghai Cave. This spiritual energy was larger and more pure than the spiritual energy Feng Qingtian had ever possessed before. Along Feng Qingtian's body, The meridians are constantly wandering around, and wherever they go, they break free from the imprisonment of the golden thorns.

As the spiritual energy circulated faster and faster, the spiritual energy became more and more abundant and purer. Eventually, Feng Qingtian felt that his body could no longer bear it. And just when Feng Qingtian felt that he could no longer bear it, the spiritual energy in his body changed again and began to compress continuously on his own initiative. In the end, it slowly became as solid as a liquid!

On the field, Jin Qinghan watched Feng Qingtian suddenly close his eyes, lying on the ground and trembling faintly. He couldn't help but feel strange in his heart, and he began to feel uneasy unconsciously, but he couldn't tell the reason.

At this moment, Feng Qingtian's figure lying on the ground suddenly stopped trembling, and then, a huge aura suddenly erupted from his body, which was even more powerful than the previous aura during Feng Qingtian's heyday. But every time, this powerful aura became completely restrained. If Jin Qinghan hadn't seen Feng Qingtian in front of him with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that Feng Qingtian was in front of him, because Feng Qingtian was right in front of him. There is no trace of breath anymore.

Seeing Feng Qingtian's sudden change, the elders on the high platform couldn't help but stand up. The aura is restrained, this is a trait that only appears during the period of spiritual silence!

Then Jin Qinghan was horrified to see Feng Qingtian, who was supposed to be unable to use spiritual energy, suddenly began to emit faint flames again. Then, the flames on Feng Qingtian's body became more and more intense, and finally Feng Qingtian's entire body turned into a thunderbolt of fire! !

Although the heavenly gold and earthly silver net can cover the body of the immortal cultivator and temporarily imprison the cultivator's cultivation, it cannot cover an invisible and qualityless substance like flame. So when Feng Qingtian's entire body turned into thunderbolt fire, the net of heaven, gold, earth and silver could no longer trap Feng Qingtian's body, and Feng Qingtian escaped instantly.

After escaping from the net of heaven, gold, earth and silver, the thunderbolt fire transformed into Feng Qingtian's body again. He stood quietly on the field with his eyes closed, as if he was carefully feeling the changes in his body.

Feeling the restrained but extremely powerful aura emanating from Feng Qingtian, Jin Qinghan's face turned ugly for a moment, and he said slowly and dryly: "You actually broke through to the spiritual silence stage?"

Originally, Feng Qingtian's cultivation level was only a thin line away from the stage of spiritual death, but the breakthrough of the realm was the most cumbersome and often took decades to achieve results. However, in the competition between Feng Qingtian and Jin Qinghan, After a lot of accumulation, his potential was radiated by the stimulation of failure, and he broke through the inedia stage and reached the spiritual silence stage.

During the period of spiritual silence, the aura is restrained and the spirit is tempered. Although Feng Qingtian's current cultivation and his previous cultivation have only broken through a layer of window paper, their strength is vastly different.

After hearing Jin Qinghan's words, Feng Qingtian finally slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Jin Qinghan in mid-air, and said: "Thank you, although I have always been only a thin line away from the spiritual death stage, but there is no I don’t know how long it will take me to break through in this competition with you, and this time I not only broke through to the Spiritual Silence stage, but also understood the second of the Feng Family’s three unique skills - 'Thunderbolt Fire'."

After saying that, Feng Qingtian admired Jin Qinghan's ugly face with playful eyes for a while, and then said faintly: "Now, you should admit defeat."

"Now, you admit defeat."

These words were exactly what Jin Qinghan said to Feng Qingtian before.

Off the court, Xu Qingfan looked at the scene on the court and let out a faint sigh. He knew that with Jin Qinghan's character he would never admit defeat.

…

Nine months later.

In a simple-looking courtyard, Xu Qingfan and an old man with a pale golden face stood quietly under the shade of the trees, looking worriedly at a small cabin with closed doors and windows in front of them.

"Uncle Yuchi, hasn't Junior Brother Jin come out yet?" Xu Qingfan asked in a low voice.

Elder Yuchi nodded slightly and said slowly: "Since the last defeat, he has never stepped out of this room."

Hearing Elder Yuchi's words, Xu Qingfan's eyes became more worried, and he sighed: "Coming into the competition will be a huge blow to Junior Brother Jin."

Elder Yuchi snorted coldly: "I can't even bear a defeat. It's really embarrassing for me, Yuchi Huatong." Although he said this, the worry in Elder Yuchi's eyes became more and more obvious.

In the last competition between Jin Qinghan and Feng Qingtian, Feng Qingtian unexpectedly broke through to the spiritual silence stage, and his strength increased greatly, far surpassing Jin Qinghan. However, Jin Qinghan's stubborn character did not give in and still insisted on competing with Feng Qingtian. But how could he be a match for Feng Qingtian, who had reached the realm of spiritual silence? So he was easily defeated by Feng Qingtian.

After being defeated by Feng Qingtian, Jin Qinghan was hit hard. After the competition, he returned to his room and never came out again.

Just when Xu Qingfan was about to say something else, a powerful fluctuation of golden spiritual energy suddenly came from the room with closed doors and windows. Although the doors and windows were closed, the two people outside the room could still see the golden light flickering in the room. . This strong spiritual energy fluctuation lasted for an unknown period of time, and finally slowly subsided, and then there was no movement in the room. Xu Qingfan even liked that he could not feel the golden cold breath in the room.

But Elder Yuchi suddenly became happy, and a look of surprise and relief flashed in his eyes.

At this time, the door to the room that had been closed suddenly opened without any wind, and Jin Qinghan, who had not been out for nearly a year, slowly walked out of the room.

Compared with the last time he met Xu Qingfan, Jin Qinghan's aura was completely restrained now, and he couldn't feel a trace of the aura that a cultivator should have, but the coercion he inadvertently revealed on his body was far stronger than before. The dejected look on his face had long since disappeared, leaving only the extremely powerful self-confidence.

Introverted spirit! !

If the previous Jin Qinghan was an unsheathed sword, although it was sharp but the steel was easy to break, then the current Jin Qinghan is a sheathed sword. Although the scabbard covered the brilliance, the sword was still visible. Blood.

After seeing Xu Qingfan and Elder Yuchi waiting outside the door, Jin Qinghan was slightly startled, and a warm color flashed across his face. Then he quickly walked up to the two of them, first bowed down to Elder Yuchi and said in a deep voice: "The unfilial disciple Jin Qinghan pays homage to the master. The disciple has made the master worried."

Seeing Jin Qinghan's appearance, Elder Yuchi returned to his original calm demeanor and just said slowly: "The more you are frustrated, the more courageous you become. This is how you look like a cultivator of immortality. You must know that the road to cultivating immortality is long and arduous. How can you lose confidence just because of a competition?”

"Disciple has learned a lesson." Jin Qinghan buried his head and said.

Elder Yuchi nodded, but ignored Jin Qinghan again, and turned to walk towards his room. Just before he entered the room, he heard a faint voice: "According to the practice of the immortal world, you have now reached the spiritual silence period. Even if you have graduated, you can open your own cave."

After hearing Elder Yuchi's words, Jin Qinghan's body, which was kneeling on the ground, shook slightly, but he still said in a deep voice: "Disciple knows."

Looking at Elder Yuchi's back, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but think of his master Lu Huayan in his heart. Like Elder Yuchi, he was also so stern and kind. He never showed his love on his face, but silently planned for his disciples.

"Xu Senior Brother, thank you." At this time, Jin Qinghan had already stood up and looked into Xu Qingfan's eyes and said sincerely.

At this time, one word is better than a thousand words.

"Junior Brother Jin, life is not just a competition." Xu Qingfan said with a faint smile.

Victory over evil? Defeat over evil? Can it be so clear sometimes? Feng Qingtian and Jin Qinghan did not give up when faced with failure, but instead bravely went against the tide and eventually broke through their original realms. Feng Qingtian is the winner, but is Jin Qinghan the loser?

Winning or losing is not just about a competition, there is still a long way to go.