Chapter 89-90 (Patreon)

89. Magical Artifact

The Lin Mansion was now in a state of panic. A large group of yamen runners and constables searched the Lin Mansion in all directions. Moreover, they were also interrogating some of the servants and maids of the Lin Mansion.

"What's the panic?!"

A loud shout came from the Lin Mansion. Immediately, the many servants dared not make any noise. Lin Wen was also at the Lin Mansion at this time.

At this moment, he stared at the Prefect with a gloomy expression and said coldly, "My lord, you lead the search of the Lin Mansion. Is this the attitude of the Wang family? Or, does my lord want to capture the entire Lin family in one fell swoop?"

The Prefect had a Wang family behind him. A large family, all in Zhou Mountain Mansion City. The Prefect's actions were tantamount to completely tearing off his face. It was a complete break from his previous low-key and discreet demeanor.

Therefore, Lin Wen was very puzzled. What caused the Prefect's drastic change of attitude?

The Prefect's face was solemn, and he said coldly, "The Taoist is catching a demon. Some people have seen that your Lin Mansion is harboring a demon. By the Taoist's orders, we will search your Lin Mansion thoroughly, not let any demon go! Anyone who interferes with the yamen's affairs will be arrested and thrown in jail!

"How dare you! This is the Lin Mansion, don't be presumptuous!" Lin Wen shouted loudly. Immediately, many Lin family guards stepped forward. They drew their sabers one after another, blocking the yamen officials.

The Prefect's face turned pale. Seeing that the Taoist didn't speak, he understood the Taoist's intention. This was to test his performance.

Thinking about this, the Prefect took a deep breath and said sternly, "The yamen is arresting demons, and anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!"

"Swish."

Immediately, the yamen's constables and runners also drew their sabers one after another. Suddenly, the bright sabers, under the sunlight, reflected dazzling rays of light, causing fear in people's hearts.

At this moment, the entire Lin Mansion became quiet. The atmosphere was extremely tense.

"Whoosh."

Suddenly, a figure burst out from the backyard of the Lin Mansion.

The figure stopped.

Everyone could see clearly.

"Young Master Lin Fei!"

The people of the Lin Mansion seemed to have found their backbone. Their morale soared instantly, and they looked at the yamen officials with murderous intent.

Everyone knew the real "core" of the Lin family was actually Lin Fei.

"With just you, you dare to show your sabers in front of me?"

The next moment, Lin Fei released a sharp aura from his body. It was as if he had transformed into a peerless treasure saber in an instant.

"Hum."

The sabers of those yamen runners and constables actually began to tremble slightly as if they were about to be pulled out of their hands.

"Get back!" Lin Fei shouted loudly.

For the first time, Lin Fei unleashed his saber intent in front of others.

Saber intent is invisible and intangible. It can only be sensed.

At this moment, in front of a martial artist who had comprehended saber intent, drawing a saber was a luxury.

"Clang."

Suddenly, the sabers of the yamen runners and constables, which were originally drawn out, seemed to be controlled by an invisible force, instantly pulling back into their sheaths.

Moreover, no matter how hard the yamen runners and constables tried to draw their sabers, they simply could not pull them out. It was as if these sabers had grown roots.

"You..."

The Prefect's face was full of horror as if he had seen a ghost. Everyone was shocked beyond belief. Especially those constables and yamen runners. Their whole bodies were trembling. In front of Lin Fei. They couldn't even draw their sabers. What kind of technique was this?

"Immortal, we can't draw our sabers!"

"Immortal, is this a demon technique?"

"How could this be?"

Many constables and yamen runners all turned to the Taoist for help. In their eyes, Immortals were omnipotent, representing invincibility!

Even if Lin Fei had some tricks up his sleeve, how could he compare with the high and mighty immortal?

The Taoist from He Mountain Dao frowned at this moment. He had been a Qi cultivator since he was a child. The servants on the mountain were all acquired martial artists.

The Taoist looked down upon acquired martial artists, and even all martial artists. So why would he bother to understand the techniques of martial artists? Therefore, the Taoist knew nothing about Lin Fei's saber intent.

So, the Taoist sneered and said, "It's just some insignificant tricks of a martial artist. Daring to show off in front of me is simply seeking death!"

The Taoist flicked his finger. Suddenly, a talisman emitted a brilliant light.

It instantly transformed into a small sword, as fast as lightning, directly stabbed towards Lin Fei.

"Ding."

Lin Fei forcefully drew the Star Saber from behind his back.

And with a single slash, nineteen saber shadows instantly merged into one, striking the black light.

The small sword, or rather, the talisman sword.

Lin Fei's slash cut the talisman sword into two pieces.

It fell to the ground and transformed back into a talisman.

This was not a real magical artifact. It was merely a talisman.

"He actually broke my talisman sword?"

The Taoist's eyes narrowed slightly. He had somewhat surprised.

His talisman sword was extremely fast. Although it wasn't a real magical artifact, such speed was rarely reacted to by acquired martial artists.

Basically, when the Taoist released the talisman sword, it was a one-hit kill for acquired martial artists, without exception.

But now, the unexpected happened.

"Whoosh."

Lin Fei moved. His figure suddenly leaped forward.

In the blink of an eye, he reached the front of the Taoist.

This was the Leaping Technique, and it was the perfection realm Leaping Technique. The speed was incredibly fast, beyond imagination.

Lin Fei knew that the Taoist was a Qi cultivator. Moreover, he should be an orthodox Qi cultivator. He even had talismans.

Who knew how many mysterious and strange techniques he had?

Facing a Qi cultivator, Lin Fei never dared to be careless. Therefore, he made his move. He went all out from the start.

Lin Fei's hand was already holding the Hidden Saber at his waist.

"Swish."

He drew the saber from his waist.

Saber-drawing Technique!

Lin Fei had been nurturing his saber for more than a month. Moreover, it was the perfection realm Saber-drawing Technique.

The saber had been nurtured for a month, its power was incredibly strong. Far stronger than nurturing the saber for two or three months before!

The entire Lin Mansion, everyone's eyes widened.

At this moment, it seemed as if everyone's thoughts had come to a halt.

In their line of sight, there was only this one saber.

That ball of white light filled with cold and sharp saber intent.

It made everyone feel as if they were standing on a mountain of sabers. As if they were surrounded by sharp saber edges in all directions!

At the moment of drawing the saber, there were nineteen saber shadows.

However, when the saber slashed down, there was only one saber shadow left.

This was the union of nineteen saber strikes.

Saber-drawing Technique and Nine Shadow Saber Technique had completely fused together.

Lin Fei's inner power had fully exploded to this saber. He felt that this saber could even cut through the innate realm!

"Bang."

Finally, the saber fell. It struck directly at the top of the Taoist's head.

With a muffled sound, Lin Fei's eyes suddenly widened.

His gaze was fixed on the Taoist in front of him.

His saber was right above the Taoist's head.

However, Lin Fei's saber couldn't fall further.

Because, above the Taoist's head, a small shield was floating, as if out of nowhere.

This small shield was only the size of a palm. It emitted a green light, like a protective barrier, protecting the Taoist within.

Even Lin Fei's fully powered saber, nurtured for a month that Lin Fei had confidence could cut through the innate realm, still, it couldn't break through the green light of the small shield.

"Magical artifact!"

Lin Fei said in a low voice. He instantly understood what the green small shield was.

One of the strongest means of a Qi cultivator was magical artifacts!

90. Powerful Saber Intent

The Daoist was startled by the earlier saber strike.

It was simply too fast. Even if he could sense and clearly see Lin Fei's saber, what difference would it make? The speed was so fast that his body couldn't dodge it. Fortunately, there was a magical artifact!

"You martial artists possess brute strength and painstakingly study combat techniques. But what's the use? If you were an Innate martial artist, perhaps your Innate True Qi could pose a threat to me. However, you are merely an Acquired martial artist. Your inner power is nothing more than mundane strength. How can it possibly affect my magical artifact?"

Lin Fei understood. Finally, he realized why the Sect Master said that Acquired martial artists had difficulty resisting orthodox Qi cultivators.

It turned out that the inner power, brute strength, and combat techniques of Acquired martial artists had little effect on orthodox Qi cultivators. Because a single protective magical artifact could render all these methods useless.

This was the gap between the two power systems. It was impossible to make up for it.

Even if Lin Fei's Saber-drawing Technique was stronger and nurtured for a month or even a year, as long as it was nurtured with inner power, it wouldn't be able to break the Qi cultivator's magical artifact.

Only Innate martial artists, who could unleash Innate True Qi, might be able to break these Qi cultivators' magical artifacts.

"Daring to attack an Immortal Master, you lowly martial artist, you deserve death!" The Daoist coldly snorted.

The next moment, he directly pulled out a handful of talismanic slips from his bosom.

That's right, a handful. Just like the talismanic slips earlier.

Lin Fei's pupils constricted abruptly. He felt threatened.

His movement technique was fast, the earlier talismanic sword couldn't hurt him. But what about ten or twenty?

"Our He Mountain Dao lineage is passed down through talismanic slips. Now, as a mere Acquired mortal, you should feel proud to die under so many talismanic swords!"

With that said, the talismanic swords in the Daoist's hands began to emit beams of light. The Daoist had already infused spiritual power.

He started activating the talismanic swords.

Once the talismanic swords were activated, Lin Fei would face the attack of dozens of them, even an Acquired Twelfth Level martial artist would undoubtedly die!

This was the terrifying aspect of Qi cultivators.

Acquired martial artists couldn't harm Qi cultivators with defensive magical artifacts. On the other hand, Qi cultivators could unleash numerous miraculous and powerful spells to defeat Acquired martial artists. No wonder Acquired martial artists couldn't hold their heads up in front of Qi Condensation cultivators.

Qi Condensation cultivators were naturally born to suppress Acquired martial artists.

"You hide in this turtle shell, thinking I can't do anything to you? An Acquired martial artist can kill you too!"

Lin Fei's eyes were icy cold. At this moment, he no longer hesitated.

"Boom."

Lin Fei fully unleashed his saber intent.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz."

The sabers in the hands of the bailiffs, guards, and even Lin's family guards around him all trembled simultaneously. It was as if they were emitting a faint humming sound.

"Here it comes again, here it comes again."

"What is this?"

"The Second Young Master is emanating such a terrifying aura..."

Ordinary people and martial artists couldn't see the changes in Lin Fei. They could only vaguely sense it. But Qi cultivators were different.

The Daoist had divine sense. With a sweep of his divine sense, he immediately saw an illusory saber appearing above Lin Fei's head.

This saber emitted an endless saber edge. Its sharp aura instantly locked onto the Daoist.

"Could this be... the legendary saber intent of martial artists?"

At this point, the Daoist finally remembered.

There were predecessors who once said that a particular kind of martial artist could pose a strong threat to Qi cultivators.

Those who comprehended the real meaning of martial arts, such as sword intent, saber intent, fist intent, etc. They also were known as Martial Dao True Intent.

The Martial Dao True Intent was invisible and intangible. It was somewhat similar to divine sense but completely different.

It could ignore all spells and magical artifact defenses. Only those with strong divine sense and unwavering will could resist the Martial Dao True Intent of martial artists.

However, comprehending Martial Dao True Intent was extremely difficult. Even many Innate martial artists couldn't comprehend it. The difficulty of understanding Martial Dao True Intent was even greater than achieving Innate!

The Daoist didn't expect that during this trip down the mountain, he would encounter an Acquired martial artist who had comprehended Martial Dao True Intent.

Moreover, it was the saber intent, which had a very powerful attack force among Martial Dao True Intents!

"Slash!"

Lin Fei shouted loudly.

The invisible and intangible saber intent erupted instantly. It was as if a real invisible great saber was descending upon the Daoist.

"No..."

The Daoist finally felt fear. He was scared.

However, the attack of the saber intent couldn't be dodged.

Even though the Daoist desperately activated his magical artifact, it was of no use.

"Thump."

Without any warning, the Daoist fell straight to the ground with his eyes wide open. Although his body remained intact, there was no sign of life left in him.

He was dead!

The Daoist from He Mountain Dao, a respected immortal master.

Just a moment ago, he was showing off his magical artifact, as if he were a real immortal.

But now, with his eyes wide open, he lay dead on the ground, unable to close them.

Silence!

The entire Lin Mansion seemed to become very quiet.

One could hear a pin drop!

Ordinary people or general martial artists couldn't understand what had just happened at all.

It seemed that Lin Fei had just said "slash," They didn't see Lin Fei draw his saber or make any other movements. As a result, the immortal master fell to the ground, completely lifeless.

"What just happened?"

"How could the immortal master be dead?"

"Sir, what should we do?"

For a moment, numerous yamen's constables and runners retreated a few steps away from Lin Fei and looked at each other in disbelief.

Only Lin Fei knew that the Daoist in front of him had been slain by his saber intent. This was also the first time Lin Fei had used saber intent against an enemy, and it was against a powerful and orthodox immortal master!

"Saber intent is truly terrifying! This Daoist should also be at the third level of Qi Condensation.

But he had talisman seals, magical artifacts, and spells, making him countless times stronger than the black-robed Qi cultivator I encountered in Haizhou City.

In fact, there is no comparison. This is a true orthodox Qi cultivator and Acquired martial artists have no qualifications to fight against them.

Any martial artist below Innate, when encountering an orthodox Qi cultivator, can basically only be crushed and have no power to resist. But my saber intent can instantly kill such an orthodox Qi cultivator..."

Lin Fei was also shaken by this realization.

Terrifying!

Too terrifying!

The power of the saber intent far exceeded Lin Fei's imagination. Even, the existence of Martial Dao True Intent could restrain Qi cultivators. At least, it could restrain low-level Qi cultivators.

Lin Fei raised his head and looked at the Prefect. This matter was not over yet. The Daoist was dead. But the Prefect was still there.

"Prefect, do you still think my Lin Mansion is harboring a demon?"

Lin Fei stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze as sharp as a saber, and calmly looked at the Prefect.