Chapter 992: Chapter 427: Swordsmanship Stirring the Primordial Qi of Heaven and Earth (Part 2)

This grass has miraculous effects on stabilizing the Nascent Soul Realm and enhancing the spirituality of the Nascent Soul. It may have little effect on Xu Ping himself, but for Duan Shuang or other early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, it is undoubtedly a treasure.

"This trip wasn’t in vain after all."

Xu Ping smiled slightly and reached out to take the jade box.

Bang! Bang!

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the jade box, two well-prepared attacks.

One was a blazing fire dragon, scorching the heavens and earth, the other an icy cone, seemingly able to freeze space, suddenly launched from the entrance of the cave.

The ambushers had clearly been lurking outside, waiting for this moment when Xu Ping let down his guard.

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Xu Ping’s mouth.

With his Divine Sense, he had already discovered these two early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators who thought they were hiding well before entering the cave.

He couldn’t even be bothered to turn his head, and with a thought, a small pitch-black banner flew out from his sleeve, growing in the wind, and instantly transformed into a large size, with countless souls wailing on its surface, emanating a sinister demonic aura.

From the banner, ghosts roared out. It extended two long black tongues, condensed from pure Soul Power, which lashed out like whips!

Poof! Poof!

The seemingly fierce fire snake and ice cone disintegrated like bubbles the moment they contacted the soul tongues.

Without losing momentum, the long tongues easily pierced through the defensive spirit treasures and protective spiritual light hastily sacrificed by the two attackers, wrapping around them tightly like preys.

"No, senior, please spare us!"

"We are willing to offer everything..."

The pleas for mercy came to an abrupt halt.

The soul tongues retracted, dragging the two Nascent Soul cultivators, whose faces were filled with extreme fear, along with their Nascent Souls, into the deep space of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, becoming nourishment for the countless souls.

Xu Ping acted as if he had done something insignificant.

He carefully put away the Solid Infant Pill and then left the cave with a flicker of his body.

...

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed.

Xu Ping had traversed almost every possible location marked on Hongyi’s jade slip, and even explored some perilous places not marked on the map, relying on his powerful Divine Sense and luck.

He gained a lot of various spiritual materials and spirit medicine, including some rare treasures, but the Thousand-Year Spirit Essence Jade he longed for was nowhere to be found.

Even with Xu Ping’s temperament, he couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed.

During these two years,

Xu Ping had almost traversed all the marked potential regions according to Hongyi’s map, delving into deep valleys and exploring caves.

He gathered various spiritual materials, demonic ores, and peculiar spirit grasses, some of which made Nascent Soul cultivators envious, but there was still no trace of the Thousand-Year Spirit Essence Jade.

Even with Xu Ping’s temperament, he couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed.

Bang!

Just as he was about to give up, preparing to explore one last desolate mountain range, barely marked on the map, a sudden violent mana fluctuation occurred in the distance.

The level of power in the duel was roughly at the peak of mid-stage Nascent Soul, not considered a threat to Xu Ping at his current state.

However, within the chaotic flow of energy, he sharply detected a subtle and unexpected circumstance that shouldn’t appear in a battle of that tier.

Signs of Primordial Qi being drawn!

"Hmm?"

Xu Ping paused, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

To draw Primordial Qi, one would at least need to reach the threshold of the Divinity Transformation Sect, beginning to touch the threshold of Heaven and Earth Laws.

Or like Yun Weifeng, wielding a supreme treasure.

How could such a phenomenon appear in a battle between mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators?

After pondering for a moment, Xu Ping decided to go and investigate.

He gathered his aura, approaching the battlefield silently like a specter.

Hiding behind a giant, scarred rock eroded by demonic aura, Xu Ping observed closely.

In the field, two individuals were engaged in fierce combat.

One was an ordinary-looking, stern-eyed middle-aged cultivator at the early-stage Nascent Soul, skillfully controlling a refined green flying shuttle for both offense and defense, clearly talented in both divine techniques and wealth.

His opponent was a thin, reed-like cultivator wielding an ancient golden longsword, with cultivation remarkably reaching the peak of mid-stage Nascent Soul.

What caught Xu Ping’s attention was this gaunt cultivator.

As he wielded his sword, the golden sword light crisscrossed in all directions.

Although every sword stroke couldn’t truly command the Power of Heaven and Earth like Divinity Transformation,

But they could always provoke a subtle resonance and compression with the surrounding Primordial Qi, as if placing an invisible shackle over the opponent.

This seemingly negligible influence repeatedly delayed the middle-aged cultivator’s actions, leaving gaps in his defensive posture.

"Interesting...."

Xu Ping stroked his chin, a gleam of interest in his eyes.

The realm of this gaunt cultivator’s Sword Dao was not particularly profound or mystical, even rather rough and direct, but his skill to influence Primordial Qi was truly wondrous.

This was no ordinary swordsmanship, surely an extremely special technique.

If he could obtain this skill, both his Sword Dao realm and sword array power might see a breakthrough.

This skill, he was determined to acquire.

At this moment, the battle in the field was one-sided.

The middle-aged cultivator was struggling, barely managing to defend himself, despite urgently activating the flying shuttle and summoning several potent talismans, he couldn’t break free from the ubiquitous Primordial Qi confinement and the sharp sword light.

"Ah!"

Finally, a shrill scream resounded.

The golden sword light, like a serpent, found its opportunity to strike, instantly breaking through all defenses of the middle-aged cultivator, slicing his body in half.

A panicked Nascent Soul that had just escaped was immediately shredded by the pursuing sword light, annihilating it completely.