Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System

’If I keep resisting, my arm might get broken. How would I deal with Chen Liang then?’

Steward Zhou sneered.

He withdrew the Spiritual Power Shackles and watched as Chu Lingguang willingly pressed his hand onto the paper, injecting his Spiritual Power into it and leaving his handprint.

"Be my guest!"

He retrieved the paper and said flatly.

SWISH!

Chen Liang attacked instantly. His Flying Sword shot out of its sheath, aiming for Chu Lingguang’s vitals.

HUMMM!

Chu Lingguang didn’t dare to be careless. He waved his hand, and a massive Wind Blade slashed out, successfully striking Chen Liang’s Flying Sword.

Chen Liang’s Flying Sword pierced through the Wind Blade and shot straight toward the spot between Chu Lingguang’s eyebrows.

Chu Lingguang retreated rapidly.

At the same time, he released his Telekinesis.

The power in his Sea of Consciousness trembled, resonating with the Spiritual Power in his Star System. His Telekinesis seemed to materialize as it spread out, like two invisible hands, clamping down hard on Chen Liang’s Flying Sword.

It held Chen Liang’s Flying Sword in place, rendering it immobile.

Steward Zhou’s eyes filled with surprise. He never expected Chu Lingguang’s Telekinesis to have reached such a level, especially since Chu Lingguang had never cultivated the sect’s Telekinesis Magic Techniques.

Chu Lingguang had relied on his own foundation and the Cultivation Techniques he had obtained outside the sect to cultivate his Telekinesis to this point.

Thinking of this, he sized Chu Lingguang up with growing curiosity.

’His Telekinesis can already form such a powerful offense. If he’s allowed to keep growing, I’ll be dead for sure one day.’

’I’ve already thrown all pretenses aside with him. There’s no need to hold back anymore.’

Chen Liang was alarmed.

Seeing his Flying Sword caught by Chu Lingguang’s Telekinesis, Chen Liang’s expression changed drastically. He couldn’t stop himself from surging all the Spiritual Power in his body and channeling it into his Flying Sword, trying to shatter the Telekinesis Barrier and kill Chu Lingguang with a single strike.

The force penetrating from the Flying Sword pushed Chu Lingguang backward, making him slide across the ground.

At the same time, the tangible screen of light—formed from the resonance between his Sea of Consciousness Power and Star System Power—began to show cracks under the assault of Chen Liang’s Flying Sword.

A continuous cracking sound rang out.

If this continued, once his telekinetic defense collapsed, Chen Liang’s sword would pierce the spot between his eyebrows.

The situation was extremely critical for Chu Lingguang.

The skills he had learned in the mortal world, like the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear or his Saber Technique and Archery, were completely useless in the world of cultivation right now.

Especially with Chen Liang’s Flying Sword locked onto him, blocking this one strike was the only thing that mattered. He couldn’t possibly divert his attention to use his Spear Technique to defend.

Besides, the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear wouldn’t be able to block Chen Liang’s strike anyway.

CRACK.

The sound of the Telekinesis Barrier cracking was heard again.

Chen Liang’s Flying Sword was now only a meter away from the spot between Chu Lingguang’s eyebrows.

Chu Lingguang’s Telekinesis Barrier felt like it was on the verge of shattering at any moment.

He glanced around, wanting to get away from Chen Liang before his Telekinesis collapsed to avoid being pursued by the Flying Sword. But he found that the sword had already locked onto him, leaving him with nowhere to run.

Back in the Great Yuan Territory, he had thought that with the help of his Telekinesis, his strength could surpass that of ordinary cultivators, and that he could even hold his own against someone like Zhang Xuan.

He never imagined that now, at the sixth level of Qi Refining, facing Chen Liang who was only at the seventh level, he would be pushed into such a corner even after unleashing his full Telekinesis.

Feeling the Spiritual Power fluctuations from Chen Liang’s Flying Sword and watching the Sword Formulas his opponent was forming, Chu Lingguang realized the importance of Magic Techniques and Cultivation Techniques.

Even after entering the Profound Celestial Sect, he had only obtained a single Qi Manipulation Technique.

This Technique only helped with releasing Spiritual Power and didn’t produce any Divine Abilities. It was similar to the Qi Condensation Technique—both were basic cultivation Techniques.

But the Magic Technique Chen Liang was using to control his Flying Sword was a genuine cultivation Magic Technique, one with formidable Attack Power. This, combined with the gap in their cultivation levels, rendered Chu Lingguang weak and helpless. Even with his Telekinesis, he was powerless because he didn’t know how to unleash its strength more effectively.

If he had obtained a telekinetic Technique, given the current strength of his Telekinesis, he might not have killed Chen Liang in one move, but he could have definitely killed him within ten moves, despite being at a lower level.

Unfortunately, his lack of Magic Techniques led to him being completely suppressed by Chen Liang.

He couldn’t even break through his opponent’s ordinary Sword Formulas.

CRACK.

The Flying Sword pushed forward again, now only half a meter from the spot between Chu Lingguang’s eyebrows.

The spot between Chu Lingguang’s eyebrows was already aching faintly; he could feel the oppressive force from the sword’s edge.

DING!

Suddenly, he felt a sting on his back, like a mosquito bite.

A peculiar stream of Water Spiritual Power entered his body from an unknown source.

Chu Lingguang felt his own Gold Spiritual Power stir under the guidance of this Water Spiritual Power. In a daze, he felt it begin to resonate with his Telekinesis.

The telekinetic screen of light was suddenly enhanced, as if infused with Wind Blade Power.

’Someone is helping me.’

’Helping me awaken a resonance and complete the fusion.’

’Steward Zhou!’

Chu Lingguang thought of Steward Zhou, Zhou Changqing.

On the mountaintop, there were only the three of them: him, Chen Liang, and Zhou Changqing. The Water Spiritual Power that had suddenly entered his body had to have come from Zhou Changqing.

Chu Lingguang didn’t know what Zhou Changqing was up to.

’He knows about the grudge between me and Chen Liang, yet he deliberately brought me to this mountaintop for a life-and-death battle. Just as I was about to collapse, he helps me at the critical moment, awakening a resonance between my Gold Spiritual Power and my Telekinesis, infusing my Telekinesis with the power of Wind Blades. Why is he doing this? Is it just for fun?’

Chu Lingguang couldn’t figure it out, and he had no time to dwell on it. All he knew was that he had to try and create a resonance between his Gold Spiritual Power and his Telekinesis under the guidance of that Water Spiritual Power.

He had to seize the shared resonance between the two powers.

His Mental Realm had reached the fifth level, the Unity of Heart and Thought.

As long as he could capture the resonance, he could easily grasp it and merge with it completely.

Steward Zhou’s stream of Water Spiritual Power was like a key, unlocking all the Shackles on Chu Lingguang’s body. It allowed his Telekinesis, which pulsed from his Sea of Consciousness in time with his Star System Power, to finally resonate with his own Gold Spiritual Power.

Under this resonance, a bone-chilling wind first appeared in the telekinetic screen of light before Chu Lingguang.

Chen Liang had a bad feeling.

Then, he saw the telekinetic screen of light surge forward as if pushed by a hurricane.

The Flying Sword that had pierced into the screen of light was actually forced out.

In addition, streams of cold light emerged from the telekinetic screen. They were restless Wind Blades, ready to strike.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Finally, countless Wind Blades, driven by Telekinesis, flew like a myriad of knives, slashing toward Chen Liang all at once.

Chen Liang’s face went pale with fright.

He formed a barrier with his Flying Sword and tried to get away from Chu Lingguang, only to find his sword once again caught by Chu Lingguang’s Telekinesis. His entire body was then engulfed by the countless Wind Blades.

In an instant, he was turned into a mist of blood.

The mist was completely devoured by Chu Lingguang’s Gold Spiritual Power, vanishing from the mountaintop and leaving behind only a spray-like bloodstain on the ground.

Chu Lingguang’s body went limp, and he fell to one knee.

The complete fusion of his Gold Spiritual Power and Telekinesis had been achieved in haste, and Chu Lingguang had not yet fully mastered this combined power.

For now, his method of attack was simply to burst countless Wind Blades out of his Telekinesis. Once he fully mastered this fused power, he would be able to imbue his Telekinesis with the properties of Gold Spiritual Power more seamlessly, without such a troublesome display.

He would be able to make his projected Telekinesis invisibly possess the terrifying destructive power of a Wind Blade, slicing an enemy’s body in two, or even into countless pieces, while they were still reeling from a splitting headache.

"Why did you help me?"

Chu Lingguang slowly stood up. He was certain that he had only been able to make his Gold Spiritual Power and Telekinesis resonate because Steward Zhou had helped him.

"Come with me to test your Telekinesis level. If you pass, you will receive an unexpected reward."

Steward Zhou didn’t explain. Instead, he summoned his Flying Sword and motioned for Chu Lingguang to follow him.

Though confused, Chu Lingguang could only comply. He had a faint feeling that Steward Zhou had made him fight Chen Liang on the mountaintop precisely to test his Telekinesis level.

He wanted to see exactly how powerful his Telekinesis was.

He had displayed his Telekinesis during the entrance exam, taking first place. After successfully entering the Profound Celestial Sect, Chu Lingguang had assumed he would receive special treatment, but he ended up being treated just like any other Outer Disciple.

He had even thought that Telekinesis wasn’t considered a big deal in the Profound Celestial Sect.

Only now did he realize that the higher-ups had been watching him all along. Chen Liang was merely a Trial Stone they could discard at any time.