Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 105

Chapter 105: Celestial Image

After a long time, Li Qian opened his eyes, a look of shock on his face.

“Great River Sword Qi.”

He had only given the old man a winemaking method, but he had received such a great reward in return.

At this moment, he understood that the old man riding a donkey backwards was definitely an unimaginable top-tier expert.

The technique contained in the jade he received—Great River Sword Qi—could no longer be simply described as a sword technique.

This technique was divided into three levels. When the first level was cultivated, one could invoke celestial phenomena, and the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi would obey one’s commands, transforming into sword qi and condensing into a rolling river of sword qi.

When the second level was cultivated, the sword river would surround one’s body, transforming into a sword domain, where one would reign supreme.

As for the third level, it was even more terrifying.

“Celestial Image…Celestial Image Level Martial Intent.”

Li Qian muttered to himself.

In other words, after the first level of this Great River Sword Qi was cultivated, one would actually possess power comparable to Celestial Image Level Martial Intent.

However, the cultivation difficulty of this technique was very high.

Li Qian took a deep breath. He didn’t start cultivating immediately. He was still on the road, so he would wait until he returned to Divine Sword Sect.

He estimated the time and urged his horse to gallop faster.

One day later.

Li Qian returned to Divine Sword Sect.

He immediately rushed to the Divine Sword Hall.

“Sect Master, this disciple has an important matter to report.”

Li Qian hurriedly ran into the hall and said to Sect Master Feng Shaoyu, who was handling matters, with a solemn expression.

“Didn’t I tell you to call everyone back? Where are they?”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu asked in surprise.

“Sect Master, when this disciple arrived there, I only saw many corpses of black-clothed men.”

Li Qian quickly said, “All the Lineage Seed disciples are missing. This disciple didn’t dare to delay and could only rush back without stopping.”

Anyway, in that village, apart from those Lineage Seeds, he didn’t sense any other people.

This way, he wouldn’t have to worry about being exposed.

Moreover, this made more sense.

It was too coincidental that he had just left disguised as the Black Cloak Celestial Being and then he arrived right after.

That’s why he didn’t return to the mountain village to report.

Him missing the Lineage Seeds and returning to Divine Sword Sect earlier than them made everything logical.

As for how the people of Divine Sword Sect would speculate about his identity as the Black Cloak Celestial Being, he didn’t care.

It was likely that Celestial Being Xiao would choose to block the news immediately after he found out.

Even if Celestial Being Xiao was curious about his identity, he definitely wouldn’t reveal it.

After all, him, a Celestial Being, hiding in the shadows would only benefit Divine Sword Sect.

“What?”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu was shocked.

Then, a deep worry appeared on his face. Those more than fifty Lineage Seeds were the true essence of Divine Sword Sect.

Eleven True Disciples.

Among the other Lineage Seeds, there were many Divine Sword Matchers, and even if they weren’t, they all had astonishing root bone talent.

If such a group of Lineage Seeds were lost, Divine Sword Sect would suffer a very serious generational gap.

In this rebellion of Prince Luo’s Residence, Divine Sword Sect itself had suffered heavy losses. Almost half of the Innate Martial Artists had been killed or injured, and the Elders with Real Authority were not much better off.

As for ordinary Inner Sect Disciples, the losses were even greater.

“Quick, invite Grand Martial Uncle over.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu suddenly said to the outside.

“Yes.”

A voice sounded from outside.

Not long after, Celestial Being Xiao arrived in the hall.

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu and Li Qian hurriedly bowed.

“What’s the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?”

Celestial Being Xiao only glanced at Li Qian and then asked.

“Grand Martial Uncle, there’s a problem with the Lineage Seeds.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu hurriedly lowered his voice and said.

Celestial Being Xiao’s expression immediately changed drastically. “What exactly happened?”

Li Qian hurriedly recounted everything.

“The Dao Lineage Continuation Plan is so secretive, how could their whereabouts be exposed?”

Celestial Being Xiao frowned slightly and then looked at Li Qian. “Could it be that there’s a problem with you, kid?”

“Great Grand Martial Uncle, this disciple is innocent.”

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Li Qian hurriedly cried out in distress.

“Hmph, innocent? You have a lot of guts. You actually dared to disregard the Lineage Seed Continuation Plan and leave the team without authorization. If I were in charge, I wouldn’t spare you.”

Celestial Being Xiao snorted coldly.

“Grand Martial Uncle, stop scaring him.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu hurriedly said.

“What do you mean by scaring? I’m disciplining a disciple. You’re just too kind. You don’t have any of the majesty of a Sect Master. Do you see any fear on this kid’s face?”

Celestial Being Xiao said.

“Great Grand Martial Uncle is right. However, this disciple believes that the most important thing now is to find the whereabouts of the Lineage Seeds.”

Li Qian hurriedly reminded him.

Celestial Being Xiao glared at Li Qian. This kid didn’t show any fear in the face of a Celestial Being like him. Had he become too kind and gentle over the years?

“Grand Martial Uncle, Li Qian is right. Let’s find the whereabouts of the Lineage Seeds first.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu also said.

“Alright, I’ll go there myself.”

Celestial Being Xiao waved his hand and immediately left the Divine Sword Hall.

“Sect Master, this disciple will take his leave.”

Li Qian hurriedly said.

“Hmm, go ahead.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu nodded. After Li Qian left, he sat behind the desk, his brow slightly furrowed, worried.

Dozens of Lineage Seeds.

Hopefully, nothing bad happened.

As soon as Li Qian returned to the Time Bell Pavilion, Little Black chirped and flew down from the sky, looking very happy.

“I knew you were thinking about my Nourishing Pill.”

Li Qian stroked Little Black’s head.

Now, Little Black’s size was more than twice as large as before. However, its own race belonged to small eagles, so its current size was still not comparable to those large eagles.

However, Little Black’s physical fitness was very terrifying.

After feeding it a special Nourishing Pill, Li Qian went up to the bell tower and checked the hourglass. After the time was up, he started to ring the bell.

Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong

As the clear bell chime rang out, Li Qian bathed in the strange sound of the bell. After releasing the striker, he sat cross-legged beside the Time Bell, closed his eyes, and started to circulate the Great River Sword Qi technique.

The cultivation method of this Great River Sword Qi was very peculiar. It wasn’t simply circulating Qi, but a kind of visualization method in the sea of consciousness.

In the sea of consciousness, one visualized the vast sword river and then simulated it with sword intent, constructing the intent of the vast sword river.

Once used, the intent of the vast sword river would emerge, invoking celestial phenomena, and the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi would transform into a river of sword qi.

Under the influence of the bell chime, Li Qian’s visualization of the vast sword river went very smoothly.

Then, he tried to simulate the intent of the vast sword river with his Heartless Sword Intent.

This process was also very smooth.

It had to be said that cultivating anything under the chime of the Time Bell would become much easier.

After a while, Li Qian opened his eyes, a hint of excitement on his face.

This Great River Sword Qi was even more powerful than he had imagined. It had an extremely strong auxiliary effect on comprehending sword intent.

With a thought, he quickly summoned the system interface to check the latest information.

Host: Li Qian.

Cultivation Level: Innate True Elixir （Mid-Stage 15/100）.

Sacrificial Instrument: Time Bell （Law 4864/10000）.

Martial Arts: Sword-Piercing Fist （Perfection）, Heartless Sword Manual （Perfection）, Immaculate Holy Body （Perfection）, Soul-Chasing Sword Technique （Perfection）, Great River Sword Qi （First Level 1/100）.

Martial Intent: Heartless Sword Intent （True Image 52/100）.

Divine Ability: Blood and Qi Sanctuary （Rudimentary Form 8/100）.

Secret Techniques: Myriad Transforming Sword Qi, Blood Burning Technique.

Judging from the panel, he had already grasped the basics of the first level of Great River Sword Qi.

His Heartless Sword Intent had only improved a little bit a while ago, but after mastering the basics of Great River Sword Qi, the progress of his Heartless Sword Intent had actually increased again.

Even without looking at the progress data, he keenly felt that his Heartless Sword Intent seemed to have improved somewhat.

“I wonder how much cultivating Great River Sword Qi can help me comprehend Heartless Sword Intent?”

Li Qian muttered to himself.

He had a premonition that the help of Great River Sword Qi in comprehending sword intent would definitely not be small, and it might even exceed his expectations.