The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror

Xu Qing smiled as he looked at the Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint not far ahead.

In the eyes of the Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint, Xu Qing at this moment emanated an ever-rising aura, accompanied by a mysterious pulling force, rendering everything around dim.

The night descended, star and moonlight vanished.

The Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint seemed like a solitary seabird amidst heaven and earth.

The strange force field around him, like tidal waves, relentlessly battered the Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint's body.

"Someone like you should seek to comprehend the Heavenly Dao, not immerse in the worldly corruption." The Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint slowly spoke.

Xu Qing calmly replied, "The worldly corruption is also part of the Heavenly Dao. If you can't even see that, no wonder you've made no progress over the years."

King Lin, listening from not far away, winced, thinking, Xu Gongming, your words are more piercing than the Sword of the Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint!

The Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint obviously wouldn't have his Dao Heart shaken by just a few words from Xu Qing.

A surge of Sword Qi inexplicably shot skyward, cutting through darkness, the firmament, and the strange force field surrounding the Dongyi Sword Saint.

The Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint once again wielded the Blunt Heavy Sword.

Once the sword was drawn, it was as if the vitality of the earthly world was stripped away, enveloping the Xu Residence and its surroundings in a desperate and grim atmosphere.

Feng Wu nearly moved to shield her resurrected husband.

This time, she would rather die herself.

Since Xu Qing's appearance, Feng Wu's mental state had undergone a peculiar transformation, unable to maintain the "Supreme Forget Love" realm anymore.

But when she resolved to sacrifice herself for her husband, her mental state became even more wondrous.

The Supreme Scattering Hand seemed to be entering an entirely new realm.

However, Feng Wu ultimately did not shield Xu Qing from the Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint's sword.

Because there was no need.

The target of the sword was not Xu Qing, nor Feng Wu, nor King Lin, but the tall and towering Wutong Tree in the courtyard.

The Wutong Tree was too large a target and, being a tree, couldn't run away.

The force field generated by Xu Qing's Heavenly Demon Technique, which he called the Heavenly Demon Force Field, could only slightly deflect the Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint's Blunt Heavy Sword, but it still pierced into the tall, sturdy trunk of the Wutong Tree.

It had not yet waited for the Sword Qi to disperse, to completely destroy the roots and internal structure of the Old Wutong Tree.

An exceptionally ruthless aura filled the space between heaven and earth.

This aura was in no way inferior to the Sword Qi of the Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint.

Martial Saint, yet another Martial Saint!

The Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint finally changed his expression drastically, leaving immediately without even pulling out the Blunt Heavy Sword.

Of course, with his realm, he himself was the strongest sword.

But Xu Qing leaving behind the Blunt Heavy Sword, which the Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint hadn't parted from for decades, was enough to shake the world.

"Could Gongming be the God of Wealth, not the Wenqu Star, requiring even the Martial Saint to pay a toll?" King Lin mused to himself.

Then, the suddenly appeared fierce aura vanished in a flash.

The Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint also disappeared in an instant.

The violent aura brought about a torrential rainstorm.

The entire Jiangning Prefecture sank into a cold torrential autumn rain.

Yet Feng Wu's heart and body were warm.

King Lin was just about to go over to say hello when Xu Qing waved his hand, "Big brother, that's quite inhumane of you, joining in when we're reuniting as a couple."

King Lin: "??"

This isn't a person, but a scoundrel!

Earlier in the dream, he begged him for help.

It's a pity it was a dream, leaving no evidence.

King Lin left despondently.

Well, he needed to seize the time to digest the experience of this battle.

Engaging with a Martial Saint but coming out alive, for him, was an enormous opportunity.

Such experience for a Martial Arts Grandmaster was worth more than gold and mountains.

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"Husband, you are too much."

"Really? I'm just trying to chat with you, finding Old Lin a bit of an eyesore."

"I'm saying, how could you bear not to see me for so long, just for me to master the Annihilation Scripture?"

"Well, let's talk in a dream."

The Divine Soul of the Old Wutong Tree dissipated, and at the same time, the Blunt Heavy Sword embedded in the Wutong Tree seemed like a nail, holding the Old Wutong Tree's life force in place.

Xu Qing temporarily ignored it.

As he had few options at hand.

Feng Wu's dream was rich in content, resembling an exquisite otherworldly garden, with artificial hills and flowing streams, a pair of mandarin ducks frolicking in the pool, and white cranes gracefully flying in the garden.

Cave Heaven Fairyland, nothing surpasses it.

Xu Qing naturally felt his wife's desire to retreat from the world.

If not for encountering Xu Qing and experiencing worldly corruption, seclusion would have undoubtedly been Feng Wu's destiny.

"Firstly, I indeed died." Xu Qing said a phrase, plunging Feng Wu into silence.

After a while, Feng Wu asked: "What should I do next?"

Xu Qing: "The essence of the Supreme Scattering Hand lies in parting, the separation of life and death, dispelling sorrow brings forth the vastness of the universe. You focus power and forget love, yet to maintain this realm, you cannot exert even a shred of power."

Feng Wu: "No matter how much you say, it won't work for me. The Dao is yours, not mine."

Xu Qing smiled and nodded.

His wife saying this meant he didn't need to say more.

Feng Wu paused and continued, "When did you meet the Martial Saint earlier?"

"That was me as well, only..." Xu Qing explained with a smile.

Feng Wu: "Can you simulate such a real Martial Saint aura?"

Xu Qing: "This is just the initial stage of my current Heavenly Demon Technique. If I were more powerful, briefly changing into a real Martial Saint wouldn't be impossible. Of course, for now, the Heavenly Demon Force Field harnessed with Tree Brother's Divine Soul is more useful. The Eastern Barbarian Martial Saint retreated because he feared my Heavenly Demon Technique; if he were harmed because of it, it would delay his later plans. Thus, upon seeing that aura, he left decisively, not distinguishing between real and fake. Even so, that sword still caused damage to Tree Brother."

"Why Tree Brother, couldn't it be Tree Sister?"

Xu Qing coughed, "Why bother with such things, once you recover your breath, take this sword to the Fang Mansion. Remember not to touch it with the Divine Soul."

"Understood."

Xu Qing sighed softly, "These are just trivial matters; the biggest trouble remains the Old Black Mountain Demon."

Feng Wu was surprised.

Actually, the details of the Changbai Mountain battle were little known to outsiders, and many even thought the Old Black Mountain Demon was dead or wouldn't appear again for a long time.

After Xu Qing detailed the events.

Feng Wu couldn't help but worry: "That demon is already terrifying, and in three years it will be even more so. Why isn't the Court planning to unite these Martial Saints?"

Xu Qing thought to himself, unity doesn't exist.

Even in the past, a leader prioritized internal stability before dealing with external threats.

For the Eastern Barbarian Martial Saints, who have a deep-seated enmity with the Great Yu Court, it's actually a good thing if the top forces were to perish together for the Eastern Barbarians.

Due to the Changbai Mountain battle, the main martial power of the Great Yu Dynasty also suffered heavy losses.

Moreover, the Eastern Barbarian Martial Saints, their days are numbered.

Since their days are already few, they naturally wouldn't care much about the Old Black Mountain Demon.

That's why Fu Xuan acted only at the end of the Changbai battle, as he agreed to Xu Qing's condition, doing it conveniently.

Compared to the Old Black Mountain Demon in three years, killing the Emperor of the Great Yu Court now would collapse the reforms from the top, which is great for the grassland, Eastern Barbarians, Western Regions, Tubo, and Southwest forces surrounding the Great Yu.

Don't be fooled by the Central Earth Dynasty always claiming to be a land of rites.

In fact, every time its national power rises, it's the surrounding countries that suffer.

Since ancient times, the Central Earth Dynasty has been expanding endlessly.

Even after invasions by foreign forces and the Central Earth's decline, when the Dynasty resurrects, a new expansion phase begins.

From top to bottom, people from the Central Plains Dynasty are obsessed with expanding land and living space.

Only the expansion of living space can fill their inner insecurity.

A great nation indeed!

Greatness is the eternal pursuit.

Whether it's material greatness or the greatness of body parts.

Xu Qing explained these.

Feng Wu naturally understood at once.

"Conflicts in the world are truly irreconcilable." Feng Wu understood that even without these, without the Old Black Mountain Demon, conflicts between people would still persist.

Xu Qing was silent.

But now he exists in another form of life.

The more people remember him, the deeper their impression, Xu Qing cannot disappear.

Unless a true apocalypse arrives.

In a certain sense, this is also the path to a Saint's immortality.

Well then, if Heaven is indifferent, the ancient philosophers and Ancient Saint Emperors did it like this, calling themselves Saints and Emperors. Why does he become a Heavenly Demon?

Looking down on outsiders, huh!

Such a narrow view!

No wonder it's just a Heavenly Dao of one world, and not even complete!

Xu Qing inwardly lamented.

But Xu Qing currently also needs to wait for the Heavenly Demon Body's revival, otherwise, his physical impact on the world isn't much.

Of course, the Heavenly Demon Body can't even be considered his true form.

Xu Qing's true core now is the bronze mirror that harbors his True Spirit consciousness.

However, besides the Old Black Mountain Demon, even Elder Fang hasn't discovered this item from his Heavenly Demon Body.

Moreover, the bronze mirror is also the key to confronting the Old Black Mountain Demon in the future.

Xu Qing is curious about what would happen if the Old Black Mountain Demon's bronze bell and the bronze mirror were combined.

He knows that even if the Old Black Mountain Demon returns to being a creator this time, it is extremely concerned about the bronze mirror.

The existence of the bronze mirror is likely the only flaw of the Old Black Mountain Demon.

Xu Qing actually has another thought; knowing the Old Black Mountain Demon's kill-anything nature, if the demon knew Xu Qing could live in people's minds, it might do something crazy like killing all people in the world.

Heaven and Earth are indifferent, treating all beings like straw dogs!

In the demon's eyes, it doesn't distinguish people from other animals, all are equal!

Therefore, even if the demon kills all people, it wouldn't feel any moral burden.

Might even think it's following Heaven's path.

Of course, Xu Qing doesn't think an Old Black Mountain Demon can represent the Heavenly Dao. After the Changbai Mountain battle, Xu Qing's understanding of the demon is "obsessive" and "egoistic."

The demon kills everything, Xu Qing is the Heavenly Demon Immortal.

Their struggle is destined to be like that of gods, very prolonged.