Taiyi Dao Fruit

Chapter 878 149: True Qi Resonance, Taibai Heads West

The Primordial Lord Rain Master doing this must be...

'Out of a moment's urgency?' Jiang Li observed the Rain Master without leaving a trace, thinking to himself.

He saw the Primordial Lord Rain Master with a solemn expression, fully concentrated as she operated True Qi, using Yinglong's Energy to connect with Jiang Li.

Her cultivation body was also of the Yin attribute. Though not as compatible with Jiang Li as Tianxuan's, it wasn't far off. In fact, because Tianxuan was taught by the Rain Master herself, their cultivation bodies bore some similarities, resulting in Jiang Li's Innate Qi not rejecting it at all.

However, Jiang Li's injuries had already healed by now.

This was a bit awkward.

The Rain Master made such an intimate gesture to heal Jiang Li, but his injuries were long healed, which could be quite embarrassing.

Thinking of this, Jiang Li silently operated the Eight-Nine Profound Skill to fabricate an injury.

Having established a friendship with the Rain Master, they called each other Fellow Daoist, and since the Rain Master was Tianxuan's martial aunt and supporter, Jiang Li would inevitably see her often. It wouldn't do to embarrass her.

Thus, Jiang Li accepted the Rain Master's assistance.

And the Rain Master, sensing the Primordial Qi merging with her True Qi, felt both a long-abandoned shyness and uncontrollable excitement in her heart.

The Yinglong markings in her palm came alive, and the Yinglong Dao Fruit also throbbed. The Rain Master had used the Shape-shifting Fruit Token to falsify Jiang Li's cause and effect, deceiving the Yinglong Dao Fruit to communicate with it, and now, truly merging with Jiang Li's True Qi naturally further aligned the Dao Fruit.

This also confirmed her suspicions.

It was just that this method was slightly... embarrassing.

Though the Primordial Lord Rain Master was older than Tianxuan, in some respects, it was clear she didn't have Tianxuan's experience, and even in mindset, she was not as seasoned as that old demon.

'This is all just to heal Jiang Li, nothing more.'

The Primordial Lord Rain Master found excuses in her heart, suppressing extraneous thoughts with a doctor's mindset. In a doctor's eyes, there is only the patient, no distinction between male and female, nor hesitations due to the other's identity.

This was also a form of elder care.

Yes, just like this.

Moreover, Tianxuan and Gongsun Qingyue were both tied to Jiang Li. Their identities indirectly bound the Gongsun Family with Jiang Li. Jiang Li's safety was closely tied to the Gongsun Family.

Rain Master: "..."

Thinking of it this way suddenly felt somewhat immoral.

Beneath the seemingly calm surface, thoughts rose and fell, clearly showing how this behavior had greatly affected the Rain Master.

Jiang Li also sensed this fluctuation of emotions. Considering their current awkward contact, such psychological changes were also understandable.

In the moment of urgency before, it just happened, and looking back now, of course, it felt embarrassing.

Thus, both with their own thoughts, continued the "healing" in a silent atmosphere.

Xiao Tian, squatting by Jiang Li's feet and seeing no response to its complaints, watched the contact between the two, its nostrils slightly flaring.

Xiao Tian had acquired the [Ten Thousand Miles Tracking] divine skill from the Howling Celestial Dog, allowing it to scent Qi Mechanism and discern them. With its current perception, its master and the Primordial Lord should be...

Xiao Tian lay quietly on the ground, ears folded back, feigning sleep.

As a dog, it better not be as curious as a cat, or it wouldn't end well.

This silent yet somewhat awkward healing continued for about an hour until a fierce Sword Qi intruded into Jiang Li's perception.

"Taibai True Monarch!"

Jiang Li suddenly looked up, the mark between his eyebrows glowing faintly as he caught sight of a Sword Light streaking through the sky.

No doubt, it was Taibai True Monarch's Sword Qi, abandoning Tianxuan's side to come here.

'Is it because he discovered I separated from Yuan Xi?'

Jiang Li frowned, black and white Qi weaving around him and the Rain Master, concealing their presence.

'Yuan Xi is still engaged while retreating, avoiding battle wholeheartedly, and the Immortal Queen can't intercept her, nor has she suffered any injury, nothing unexpected happened.'

Jiang Li always had a connection with Tianxuan, not mastering the entire situation, but knowing the general circumstances was no problem.

At this moment, even though Tianxuan continued her evasive maneuvers, the Immortal Queen, albeit stronger, couldn't contend with her. Even with Taibai True Monarch observing in the shadows, it was difficult to quickly find Tianxuan's weakness.

In direct combat, Tianxuan couldn't gain the upper hand, but merely preserving oneself provided a natural advantage for someone of Yi Dao Master's stature like Tianxuan.

Taibai True Monarch coming here did not indicate Tianxuan had already been defeated on her end.

So...

Just as Jiang Li was pondering, the Sword Light suddenly stopped in mid-air.

A young Daoist dressed in a cyan Dao Robe appeared within the Sword Light, sharply raised sword-like eyebrows exuding a powerful momentum, gaze sweeping over the land like a Sharp Sword.

'Did he detect my observation?'

Jiang Li mused, slowly extending his hand to hold the Rain Master's raised right hand. Black and white Qi turned into a Yin Yang Fish, rotating beneath them, Innate Qi transforming, perfectly merging their Qi Mechanism, figures, and surrounding environment, while All Heaven Divine Sha erased all traces, temporarily severing cause and effect.

If it were just him, it wouldn't require such effort, but with the Rain Master, it required more focus.

To deceive someone like Taibai True Monarch wasn't easy. Amongst the Third Grade, he was an exceptional powerhouse, his cultivation in the Sword Dao claimed to be the best under heaven.

The Rain Master felt her hand being held, her body couldn't help but tense slightly, but knowing the urgency of the situation, she made no extraneous moves, not even looking up at Taibai True Monarch, only lowering her eyes and containing all her fluctuations.

The Eight-Nine Profound Skill and Jiang Li's creation, "Emperor's Pole Worldly Book," were indeed powerful. Even Taibai True Monarch didn't detect their presence, while Xiao Tian, the dog, had long hidden its sense of existence, pretending to be an inanimate object to avoid disturbing its master from picking wildflowers.

Moreover, as Jiang Li's Daoist Soldier, hiding it didn't take much effort.

In the sky, Taibai True Monarch scanned back and forth but never found any trace of others, yet he trusted his Sword Heart's sense.

A Sword Cultivator could doubt any existence, but never their Sword Heart.

Seeing no results in his search, Taibai True Monarch's eyes narrowed sharply, and a clang resounded from nowhere.

In the space between heaven and earth, an invisible sword momentum descended, clearing the winds and clouds, cleaving mountains and rocks.

Clearly, a sword momentum formed by intent, yet with power not inferior to Sword Qi, sweeping over mountains, leaving sword marks across the mountain, passing over cliffs, pulverizing rocks to dust.

The area within five hundred li was plowed by the sword momentum, any sign of life, such as animals and insects, were cut by the sword momentum, turning into a mist of blood.

The fierce momentum also swept across Jiang Li's location, but the surrounding Innate Qi transformed and perfectly integrated with the sword momentum, allowing this fierce sweep to pass directly over the two people and one dog, without Taibai True Monarch's slightest awareness.

Ultimately, Taibai True Monarch's sword momentum only killed some animals and insects, severing the already sparse vegetation, but still found no traces of the two people and one dog.

Suspended in mid-air, he once again looked over the land, his resolve unyielding.

"Impressive technique."

Even at this moment, Taibai True Monarch still believed in his judgment, certain some people were hiding in the shadows, but simply undiscovered by him.

Praising, he once more surged up in Sword Light, directly flying westward.

Judging by this stance, he wasn't planning to continue the search.

And looking at the direction he went...

Jiang Li observed remotely with the Heavenly Eye, his frown deepened, "He's heading to the Buddha Country."

The direction Taibai True Monarch headed was indeed the Buddha Country.

His choice to abandon pursuing Tianxuan and head to the Buddha Country, this peculiar move immediately caught Jiang Li's attention.