Although he had provided Li Guanqi with plenty of guidance on ordinary days, he was very clear in his heart.
Merely with what he had taught, it was impossible for Li Guanqi to have reached his current level.
His current strength gave Li Nanting an illusion of being excessively powerful!
“If he were to participate in the Centennial competition among a hundred Sects, perhaps he could truly lead the Great Xia Sword Sect to an unprecedented ranking!!”
However, regarding Li Guanqi’s current situation, he did not intend to inquire too much.
After all, once one steps onto the path to immortality, even in the Qi Refining stage, one might encounter a heaven-defying opportunity.
Moreover, he always held a sense of inexplicable reverence for Li Guanqi’s grandfather, whom he had never met.
He didn’t believe that the mysterious old man hadn’t left any opportunities for Li Guanqi.
Once Li Guanqi returned to Jade Bottle Peak, his figure swooped down from the sky and appeared in the Gathering Spirit Array.
After activating the formation, he placed his long sword across his knees.
Li Guanqi closed his eyes to meditate, and almost instantly entered an ethereal state.
Scenes of his previous battles with the two opponents began to flicker incessantly in his mind.
Absorbed in the images, Li Guanqi furrowed his brows, pondering the gains and losses within the fight.
The Sword Spirit’s figure emerged slowly from the Sword box, admiring the fluctuating spiritual energy around the youth with eyes full of praise.
“Truly worthy of the Ethereal Dao Body… such comprehension is monstrous.”
“This is only after he has shattered nine spirit patterns. If he completely unravels the first layer later, I fear his Golden Elixir quality will be very high.”
Watching the youth diligently cultivating, the Sword Spirit’s gaze flickered with complexity.
But in the end, it sighed softly, as if still undecided, and gradually dissipated into specks of Spirit Light, returning to the Sword box.
When Li Guanqi opened his eyes again, it was already nightfall.
However, he found a note left on the door of his wooden hut.
“Waiting for you at the Great Thousand Waterfall.”
The handwriting was unmistakably Ye Feng’s. Looking up, indeed, he did not see Ye Feng’s figure on the cultivation peak Ye Feng had chosen.
Casting out his Sword flight, Li Guanqi leaped onto the Cang Lang Sword and soared through the air.
The wind howled past his ears, and Li Guanqi slowly released a layer of faint purple spiritual energy barrier around him.
Instantly, the sound of the wind was isolated outside the barrier, and his speed increased once more.
Flying over the layered peaks, the moisture in the air gradually thickened.
At this time, the sound of roaring, which seemed more like the sound of water, also gradually appeared in his ears.
With a turn of his body on the flying sword, Li Guanqi soon saw a cliff that was hundreds of meters high.
The waterfall poured down like the Milky Way, the river water shimmering faintly under the moonlight.
Yet, there were many disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect enduring hard training here.
Figures climbing against the waterfall’s onslaught and others practicing swordsmanship in the turbulent waters at the bottom of the waterfall.
Beneath the waterfall, one could vaguely see two platforms protruding about a meter out.
However, these protruding rocks were likely intentionally made by the Great Xia Sword Sect.
Ye Feng and others were also among them, on the platform closest to the top of the waterfall, struggling to maintain their horse stance with swords in hand.
When they saw him arrive, they leaped out from under the waterfall.
Ye Feng and the others landed on a nearby boulder and casually lay down on the ground.
Looking at their exhausted faces and reddened backs, Li Guanqi couldn’t help but ask.
“What are you guys doing?”
Lying on the ground, Ye Feng replied weakly, “Isn’t it because there are quite a few people here? We thought we’d give it a try.”
“Facing the direct impact of the waterfall, we can’t even hold our swords steady…”
Li Guanqi had never been to the Great Thousand Waterfall before, but many brothers from the Sect recognized him and greeted him.
Someone even poked their head out from the cliff under the waterfall and shouted, “Haha, Junior Brother Li has come to the Great Thousand Waterfall too?”
“Do you want to give it a try?”
As soon as these words were spoken, many brothers from the surrounding peaks started to jeer.
“Haha, Junior Brother Li, come and try, see if you can withstand the impact?”
However, as soon as these words were spoken, several sisters from Heavenly Water Peak nearby chided.
“I think you guys are up to no good. Junior Brother Li, don’t listen to them, do your cultivation as you see fit.”
Li Guanqi swept his Divine Sense around and saw at least a dozen sisters from Heavenly Water Peak around the peaks.
Because the mist around the waterfall was extremely heavy, it was best not to use Primordial Energy to construct a barrier to block the natural elements while entering a cultivation state.
Thus, the robes of many sisters clung tightly to their bodies, accentuating their graceful figures.
Li Guanqi appeared to look around blankly on the surface, while inwardly thanking the sisters for their concern.
But in his heart, he muttered, “Sometimes being blind isn’t so bad…”
“It’s been almost a year since I joined the Sect, and I’ve never been here! That’s not right! Too wrong!”
However, Li Guanqi didn’t notice that at the highest point of the waterfall, on a cliff overgrown with weeds, a disheveled man was staring at him.
After seeing his blank gaze, the man took a swig of liquor, scratched his back, and muttered.
“This is just being blind but not blind at heart… That brat sees clearer than I do!”
“That little bastard…”
Seeing Li Guanqi eager to try, Lin Dong by his feet spoke up to persuade him.
“Guanqi, if you want to give it a try, I suggest you start from the highest platform to get accustomed.”
The others were also intrigued and wanted to see if Li Guanqi could withstand the impact of the waterfall.
Li Guanqi smiled slightly and looked around, laughing loudly.
“Fellow senior brothers, if you want me to embarrass myself up there, at least put up a prize, right?”
“Junior brother here will take bets, anyone interested?”
As soon as these words came out, laughter and curses blended together.
But amidst the laughter and cursing, Ye Feng got up and grabbed Li Guanqi’s arm.
With a determined look, he said, “Old Li, I absolutely believe in your strength!”
Then he stuffed a Storage Bag into his hand and held it tightly.
With an expression of utmost trust on his face, Ye Feng said solemnly, “Second layer, ten breaths! Two hundred pieces!”
When Ye Feng saw Li Guanqi’s grim face, he couldn’t help but say seriously, “That’s really all I have, otherwise I’d bet more…”
This caused everyone around to burst into laughter, and Li Guanqi, with a dark face, stepped on his face and said irritably, “You’re just naturally unlucky with bets!”
A disciple from Heavenly Gold Peak said with a tsk, “Geez, Junior Brother Li is quite shrewd! The Sect Master awarded you so many points, and you still want to earn ours.”
“I can hear that abacus clacking in my bed, come on, I’ll bet ten pieces, third layer, fifteen breaths!”
Then the betting voices rose and fell.
Even the sisters from Heavenly Water Peak on the peak threw down Spirit Stones and said with a soft laugh, “Let’s play then, the bottom layer, three breaths, fifty pieces.”
“Oh, and my name is Lin Qingyu, remember it so you won’t have trouble finding me later.”
The woman’s figure was graceful, her head bowed without seeing her toes, and her features were as clear and delicate as spring water.
Li Guanqi raised an eyebrow, not expecting Lin Qingyu to be the one who bet the most!
Zhong Lin whispered, “Lin Qingyu, the pride of Heavenly Water Peak from the previous generation, seems to be participating in the Centennial competition among a hundred Sects as well.”
Lin Qingyu, [Image removed due to copyright infringement. Not the female lead! Not the female lead! Just for a better reading experience.]