Chapter 209
Chapter 209: Pushing the Liang Family Into the Earth Rank
Liang Tianqiong was shocked. He had not expected that when Li Mu said he wanted to demonstrate a martial art, he would refuse to play by the rules and use such a wondrous Divine Ability instead.
He swung his saber fiercely to block.
But the moment he turned around, he became even more furious.
Li Mu had clearly been gripping a saber just now, yet now it had actually turned into a long cudgel.
Everyone from the Liang Family was also shocked.
What was Li Mu trying to do? Was he trying to kill the Patriarch?
That made no sense.
Liang Tianqiong raised his saber to block. The long saber’s azure radiance stretched several zhang, humming and trembling wildly.
“Freeze!”
Li Mu directly immobilized Liang Tianqiong in place.
The long cudgel in his hand smashed down fiercely toward Liang Tianqiong’s deep-azure long saber.
CRACK!
If Li Mu had not immobilized Liang Tianqiong, Liang Tianqiong might have been able to withstand this strike.
But the incident had happened too suddenly, and Liang Tianqiong had been completely unprepared.
He had also been fixed in place by the Immobilization Art.
By the instant he recovered, Li Mu’s cudgel had already smashed onto the long saber.
Almost in that very instant, Liang Tianqiong’s Dantian Sea began to boil.
This was a long saber that had followed him for forty years. The emotions between them were exceptionally deep.
The material it was made of no longer mattered.
At this moment, his Dantian Sea roared, and its connection with the long saber tightened to the absolute limit.
Liang Tianqiong was practically using the survival of his own Dantian Sea to protect the long saber.
This was a decision he made subconsciously.
In the next instant, the long saber shattered explosively before Li Mu’s cudgel.
He had failed to protect it.
Liang Tianqiong’s Dantian Sea felt as though it had suffered a heavy blow, and an extremely powerful sensation of breaking surged through him.
It made Liang Tianqiong feel as if he were about to perish together with his Dantian Sea.
After that, the entire space seemed to fall silent and dim.
At some unknown point, dark clouds had gathered across the sky.
The group of people from other families outside the Liang Family’s main gate also looked up at the sky in shock.
BOOM!
A beam of divine light shot into the heavens, connecting with heaven and earth.
Waves of vast, ocean-like might surged outward one after another, shaking everyone’s heart.
“An Earth Rank... breakthrough!?”
Someone cried out in shock.
Liang Wen and all the other Liang Family disciples came back to their senses at this moment.
They rushed toward the inner residence as quickly as possible.
At this moment, inside the inner residence...
Liang Tianqiong’s entire body floated in midair, his arms spread wide as he looked up toward the sky.
Bursts of joyful laughter came from him.
Above his head, the illusory figure of an azure long saber flew and danced like a sprite.
It stirred the dark clouds, which had nearly descended to the ground, into chaotic rolling waves.
At this moment, hundreds upon thousands of Liang Family disciples came rushing over from every direction.
On the ground, atop the walls, and outside the gates...
All of them knelt in excitement and shouted loudly.
“Congratulations to the Patriarch for entering the Earth Rank!”
“Congratulations to the Patriarch for entering the Earth Rank!”
Their shouts became more and more unified, more and more shocking.
And more and more proud.
The Liang Family had produced an Earth Rank expert.
A single Earth Rank expert was enough to allow the Liang Family to continue its glory for another hundred years.
At this moment, tears shone in Liang Tianqiong’s laughter.
“I felt it! I felt it!”
Along with his laughter, the surrounding space buzzed and trembled.
The entire world within a hundred li seemed to tremble faintly amid Liang Tianqiong’s laughter.
The might of the Earth Rank covered the sky and blanketed the land.
He seemed to have become the center of this entire stretch of heaven and earth.
Only after a long while did Liang Tianqiong withdraw his Earth Rank might.
He slowly descended to the ground.
Then he gave Li Mu a deep bow.
“I, Liang Tianqiong, on behalf of the Liang Family, thank Tiger Marquis Li!”
The Liang Family members immediately changed their chant.
“Thank you, Tiger Marquis Li!”
“Thank you, Tiger Marquis Li!”
Their voices shook the nine heavens.
The families waiting outside did not know what had happened inside.
But from these two successive chants, they quickly understood.
Someone from the Liang Family had broken through to the Earth Rank.
And it had happened with Tiger Marquis Li’s help.
Everyone could not help sucking in a cold breath.
He had pushed the Liang Family into the Earth Rank?
Then what kind of strength did Tiger Marquis Li possess?
Inside the inner residence, Li Mu put away his weapon, stepped forward, and reached out to support Liang Tianqiong by both arms.
“I took a risky and offensive approach just now. I hope Old Liang will not take offense,” Li Mu said with a smile.
Liang Tianqiong smiled bitterly and waved his hand.
Just now, when Li Mu had ambushed him and the saber in his hand had changed into a cudgel, anger had surged in his heart.
He had actually thought Tiger Marquis Li wanted to harm him.
Now, Liang Tianqiong’s heart was full of guilt.
Only now did he understand that Tiger Marquis Li had been helping him.
Moreover, Li Mu had already pointed it out to him at the beginning. To enter the Earth Rank, one had to break before establishing anew.
From the very beginning, Li Mu had known how to send him into the Earth Rank.
At this moment, Zhang Baihe was extremely excited.
He asked Li Mu directly, “Tiger Marquis Li! How did you do it?”
Li Mu smiled and explained, “The path of martial cultivation emphasizes brave and relentless advancement, defying heaven and changing fate.”
“The Liang Family bloodline treats weapons as supreme treasures, allowing rapid improvement.”
“But at the same time, the weapon also becomes a kind of shackle, binding the Dantian Sea within a comfort zone.”
“Old Liang’s long saber followed him for forty years. It had even formed a kind of spiritual connection with him, yet it was still unable to escape the limitations of its ordinary material.”
“This was the fundamental reason Old Liang could not find any direction.”
“Once the root problem is known, solving it naturally becomes easy.”
“That is to shatter the weapon in order to shake the Dantian Sea.”
“Ordinary martial artists do not dare to strike their own Dantian Sea carelessly. The slightest mistake would lead to eternal ruin.”
“But the Liang Family bloodline has a wondrous trait. The weapon has already become a kind of externalized representation of the Dantian Sea.”
“Thus, it can achieve the purpose of shaking the Dantian Sea without injuring the foundation.”
“In fact, this method is not something only Old Liang can use.”
“Everyone in the Liang Family, when stuck at the bottleneck of a certain realm, can abandon their weapon in exchange for a breakthrough in cultivation.”
After Li Mu finished speaking, everyone from the Liang Family trembled with excitement.
Everyone in the Liang Family could use it?
In other words, in the Liang Family’s future cultivation, breaking through bottlenecks would become much easier.
Zhang Baihe clapped his hands and laughed loudly.
“Marvelous! Truly marvelous!”
No matter how much he admired Li Mu, he had only heard about him from others before.
But today, he had personally witnessed Li Mu’s eyes as sharp as torches.
Li Mu had actually been able to push a peak Profound Rank Ninth Grade expert into the Earth Rank.
Then it was not surprising that Li Mu could revise cultivation arts.
Next, Li Mu called several Liang Family elders over.
He had Liang Yueming sit cross-legged in the center.
Then Liang Yueming began circulating the Blade-Hum Inner Force.
As Li Mu explained to Old Liang and the others, he also directed Liang Yueming to change his cultivation method.
It was not only the Liang Family members.
Even Zhang Baihe was astonished as if he were looking upon a celestial being.
He discovered that Li Mu was simply not on the same level as them.
Li Mu stood far, far above them.
These old bones of the Liang Family, who had studied the Blade-Hum Inner Force their entire lives, seemed like new recruits before Li Mu.
And Li Mu had only learned about the Blade-Hum Inner Force today.
He had only watched one battle and Liang Yueming’s cultivation.
How could he be so much stronger than them?
After Li Mu’s guidance, Liang Yueming immediately felt an extremely obvious change while cultivating on the spot.
Before, his cultivation speed could only be considered proper and steady.
But now, amid faint waves of saber hums, the Spiritual Energy seemed to condense into a vortex.
Adding in Li Mu and Zhang Baihe’s discussion regarding some of the Liang Family’s saber cultivation arts...
Even if they set aside the matter of Li Mu helping Liang Tianqiong step into the Earth Rank today, the gains in cultivation arts alone were enough to transform the Liang Family completely.
Revising the cultivation art alone took several hours.
By the time Li Mu and Zhang Baihe left, it was already nearly ten o’clock at night.
Outside, the families waiting to request an audience with Li Mu had already gathered to more than twenty.
There were more than a hundred people in total.
At half past ten, Liang Wen walked out.
“Why are you all still waiting here?”
Song Zhi and Tu Guangyuan stood up excitedly.
“What? Has Tiger Marquis Li come out?”
Liang Wen snorted softly.
“I told you that you were wasting your effort. Tiger Marquis Li and the others have already left!”
“What!?”
Everyone was shocked.
Had Tiger Marquis Li really flown away?
Everyone immediately returned to their families to report this matter.
As long as they sorted things out slightly, it would not be difficult for these families to understand.
The Liang Family had supported Li Mu.
Li Mu had then allowed the Liang Family to produce an Earth Rank expert.
They had waited outside the gates for several hours, but Li Mu had refused to even show his face.
This was clearly dissatisfaction toward them.
That night, all the families of Linyuan City found themselves unable to sleep.