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After all, jealousy and delusions are only directed at those who are not far removed from oneself. When faced with an unattainable immortal, these thoughts vanish like smoke.
Instead, there is an endless thirst for knowledge.
"Then let me see just how powerful the realm of immortals really is!"
Zhuge Qing manipulated the Qimen Dunjia divination chart, but couldn't calculate Lu Xuan's fate, so he focused on his own auspicious hexagram.
What is most advantageous to me at this moment...
"Kunzi·Tuheche!"
The soil beneath his feet surged like flowing water, its sharp edges coalescing into rocks that coiled around Lu Xuan.
Kun and Gen represent earth, and are considered techniques within the Eight Trigrams and Five Elements.
This moment is the most favorable divination result for Zhuge Qing.
Faced with a being who seems to be an immortal, it is impossible to win any confrontation of power.
Zhuge Qing didn't want to win; he wanted to use the Qimen Dunjia formation to discern Lu Xuan's response and to probe the power of the immortals.
A dazzling blue light burst forth from his seven orifices, even shooting straight into the sky.
"Qi Men Manifestation Mind Technique!"
The Qimen Manifestation Technique allows practitioners to observe more hidden and abstract information about the world to a certain extent.
It can be understood as having activated spiritual vision, risking a drop in sanity to observe the truth of the world.
The advantage is that you can see more principles and rules, but the disadvantage is that it's easy to go astray.
That's right, that's what warlocks are like. Nine out of ten esoteric practitioners are crazy, and warlocks are prone to going mad at the drop of a hat.
Didn't Lu Xuan just say that he wouldn't get hurt no matter what?
The light in Zhuge Qing's eyes was so intense that it seemed to be burning in all seven orifices; at this moment, he was both like a madman and extremely serious.
Then let me do my best to try and uncover the true nature of immortals!
Zhuge Qing's gaze was burning, suppressing the almost rampant Qi within his body and the boiling heat in his seven orifices, as he stared intently at Lu Xuan.
Under the gaze of the Qimen Manifestation Technique, the mudslide and rocks stirred up by the Earth River Chariot surrounded the seemingly unsuspecting Lu Xuan.
It seemed that Lu Xuan would be torn apart by the mudflow at any moment!
Chapter 73: I'm just playing out my inner thoughts
But under the threat of ratings from his readers' godfathers, this is a lie.
From Zhuge Qing's perspective, which utilizes the Qimen Manifestation Technique, mountains are not mountains, and water is not water; everything is composed of the most basic rules.
Even the composition of his own surging earthen river chariot is just the most basic Qi.
Zhuge Qing confidently turned to look at Lu Xuan.
However, Lu Xuan's figure remained unchanged in this world of Dao principles, looking exactly the same no matter how you looked at it.
No matter how you turn the angle, you can't see through Lu Xuan's body.
All I could see were beings named "Lu Xuan".
It's like a three-dimensional being suddenly appearing in a two-dimensional world.
Zhuge Qing: "Σ(☉ω☉ノ)ノ"
He'd been shocked so many times that he was starting to feel numb!
As expected, his own magic would definitely have no effect.
The next moment! Under Zhuge Qing's "as expected" gaze.
The surging mud and rocks stirred up by the earthen cart became docile the moment they entered Lu Xuanzhou's back.
The Qi that makes up the Earth River Chariot circles around Lu Xuan in a peculiar trajectory, and then returns along the same route.
Yin and Yang, the two polarities, interact and form a basic Tai Chi diagram around Lu Xuan.
Is this... the Tai Chi energy of Wudang?
“Gen character · Kunlun”.
Zhuge Qing activated his magic, and instantly the Qi around his body condensed into something as heavy as a mountain, blocking the Earth River Chariot that was being returned.
The two forces canceled each other out, the Earth River Chariot was blocked, and his own Gen-character Kunlun was also just canceled out.
Zhuge Qing's expression was solemn.
It was offset? Was even this part of Lu Xuan's calculations?
Is it really true that you won't let yourself get hurt at all?
Even with all his might, Zhuge Qing could only barely make out that Lu Xuan seemed to be perpetually enveloped by an invisible force.
It was this invisible force that blocked its own earthen cart.
Tai Chi energy? Just ordinary Tai Chi energy?
For the first time, Zhuge Qing began to doubt his own understanding.
Tai Chi can really reach the heavens?
Tai Chi is famous, but sometimes the most widely known things are not valued.
Each school and sect has its own profound heritage. Even Zhuge Qing himself felt that Wuhou Qimen was indeed superior to ordinary Qimen techniques.
At this point, you say that Tai Chi, which is so widely circulated and so common that even the old man guarding the gate of the community can practice a few moves, can achieve the heavens.
Even though the Tai Chi tradition of Wudang differs from that of other schools, the basic principles are the same.
But now you say that Tai Chi can reach the heavens, how can this be considered a disgrace to the lofty traditions of various schools and sects?
Seeing that Lu Xuan was actually using the most basic Tai Chi technique of receiving and neutralizing force was even more painful than killing Zhuge Qing.
It's like a martial arts master who has practiced all sorts of secret techniques and thinks he's the best in the world, only to be knocked down by a kid with a single slap, and then being told that he's been practicing the eighth set of broadcast gymnastics for primary and secondary school students.
"Zhenzi·Thunder!"
By manipulating the Qimen Dunjia chart, one can occupy the Zhen trigram.
Blue and white lightning burst forth, like a dragon pouncing towards Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan didn't even raise his hand. The lightning, radiating an aura of destruction, was immediately bound by an invisible force and returned to him.
Zhuge Qing frowned and activated the Kun hexagram.
“Kun character · earthen wall”
The ground in front of them churned, and a wall of earth and stone blocked their way.
Zhuge Qing didn't use his full strength this time. Logically speaking, this earthen wall should not have been able to stop the returning lightning.
But under the increasingly shocked gazes of the audience and Zhuge Qing's tightly furrowed brows...
The seemingly powerful lightning bolt barely broke through the earthen wall before disappearing silently.
Zhuge Qing's brows furrowed even more deeply.
His own earthen wall was created later, so how could Lu Xuan possibly control the power of the previous lightning to just break through the earthen wall?
Could it be that all of my changes were within Lu Xuan's calculations?
As a sorcerer who divines the secrets of heaven and seeks change, why are all my actions predicted by Lu Xuan?
Zhuge Qing used his magic in turn until he was exhausted and panting heavily.
No matter how he adjusted his attributes or controlled the power of his spells, his spells were always returned before they could even get close to Lu Xuan.
The defenses he had put up were exactly negated by the returned spells.
To the many audience members present, the two appeared to be performing a collaborative display of esoteric magic.
Even now, Zhuge Qing has almost exhausted his Qi and is so tired that he is completely drained, yet he has not suffered any injuries.
Zhuge Qing had already activated the Qimen Manifestation Technique to its maximum, and the burning sensation in his seven orifices was becoming increasingly severe, yet it still failed to cause any harm.
The Qimen Manifestation Technique, when activated to its maximum extent, allows one to see the essence of all things; it is a technique that consumes one's life force.
Logically speaking, after operating for so long, he should have already suffered the backlash of his life force and his soul should be in turmoil.
But now, he hasn't even suffered the most basic injury.
Zhuge Qing tried to silently shut down the Qimen Manifestation Technique.
It closed! It opened! It closed again! It opened again!
Not only was it unharmed, but it also opened and closed incredibly smoothly.
It was as if an invisible force had helped him withstand the backlash from fate.
How can this be?
This is a backlash from the rules, directly targeting the warlock's own destiny. How could it be easily blocked?
Voiceover: [Lu Xuan: In the end, the backlash from fate is nothing more than a kind of force!]
If Lu Xuan can block the backlash from the rules of heaven and earth, doesn't that mean that the rules of heaven and earth cannot bind him?
The rules of heaven and earth may seem ethereal, but they encompass everything from the smallest blade of grass to the grandest destiny of time.
Just thinking about these things made Zhuge Qing's scalp tingle; he felt that he had exhausted all his wisdom and could never reach them.
The gap was so large that even Zhuge Qing's demonic possession was useless; he couldn't even generate inner demons.
Forget it, I'm tired! I give up! I'll just give up!
The inner demon: "You really don't want to fight him?"
Zhuge Qing: "I don't want to."
The inner demon: "Don't you really want to know the truth and the reason?"
Zhuge Qing: "Whatever! I'm exhausted!"
Inner demon: "You piece of trash!"
Zhuge Qing: "Say whatever you want."