Chapter 298
The divine intent was given without reservation, perhaps everything he had was bestowed upon him, but the fear was that he might not be able to learn it, or grasp it fully.
The gifts from the Monkey King were simply too abundant; it was no wonder that in his childhood, he had ignored even the celestial maidens, fixated solely on the monkeys...
Li Mo's face flushed, his mind trembling uncontrollably.
At that moment, a clear light of the Taiyin (Great Yin) illuminated his heart, nourishing his spirit and restoring a sense of tranquility.
Ice chunk?
There was no time to think further, no time to thank the ice chunk for its intervention.
Li Mo hurriedly focused on the divine intent inheritance that he could barely perceive.
"Qi Tian Dou Zhan Mi" (The Secret of the Great Sage's Battle)!
The inheritance flooded into his mind.
In a daze, he saw a figure battling amidst the dark clouds.
The golden monkey wielded a mighty staff, the jade sky clear for miles.
This was the essence of a strong warrior striking against an even stronger foe, as well as the method of overcoming the powerful with the weak!
Just this one divine ability made his spirit feel an overwhelming weight.
Observing the four apertures of the spirit was not enough.
At that moment.
The Taiyin's light surged!
A melodious sound of a guqin (Chinese zither) echoed in his ears.
One minute ago.
"Another divine being has gathered."
Ying Bing had just subdued a blue duck divine intent within the Jade Phoenix deity, integrating it into herself, becoming one of its forms.
This so-called subjugation didn’t necessarily involve combat.
The blue duck was adept in water and music.
As long as she gained its recognition through her understanding of water flow and musical principles, it counted as subjugation.
With this, Ying Bing broke through to the five apertures of the spirit.
"What about him?"
She stored the Jade Phoenix deity and glanced toward a nearby table.
There, she saw Li Mo's face flushed, his breath somewhat erratic, yet he emanated a strange, vast wave of divine intent.
He... was receiving some kind of divine inheritance?
Ying Bing tilted her head.
That was definitely not the divine intent from the Jade Phoenix deity.
Recently, she hadn’t seen him observing any divine intents; where did this come from?
Moreover, it was unlike any divine form she knew...
Furrowing her brows, Ying Bing noticed his spirit was struggling, so she took out an ancient guqin from the doll.
"Ding dong—"
The flowing, gentle notes rang out; even those who had not observed divine intents would feel refreshed upon hearing this melody.
The music transformed into soft waves, enveloping the young man.
Li Mo's complexion improved significantly in an instant.
"He seems close to breaking through?"
Ying Bing sensed his spirit state.
She went with the flow.
Li Mo, with his eyes closed, stirred slightly, as if sensing something, and immediately opened his mind.
From that wave of spirit, Ying Bing felt an incredibly complex and powerful resonance, one that was both unyielding and difficult to control.
It was like a stubborn mule.
She had to be patient, using the Taiyin as a guide and the guqin's music as a medium, slowly leading him.
Finally, within his spirit, a sound emerged that was inaudible to the ears.
A certain barrier had broken.
And thus, a new world unfolded.
"How do you feel?"
Ying Bing put away the guqin, moved beside him, squatted down with her legs hugged, and stared at him.
Li Mo remained with his eyes closed, murmuring as if in a dream.
"Today we cheer... for Sun Dasheng (Great Sage)."
"Only because of the demon mist... it returns again..."
Ying Bing's mirror-like eyes focused.
Sun Dasheng... who was that?
Last time in his dream, he called out to her.
This time, the Sun Dasheng he mentioned must be someone very important to him...
Ying Bing glanced at the sky outside, deciding not to rush to wake him.
She sat at the table, sipping tea, her peripheral vision catching glimpses of him in the rising dawn light.
It seemed even she felt she had been staring at him for too long.
So she began to ponder the upcoming battle.
"Though the Southern Frontier isn't at the core of Dayu, it took a tremendous amount of manpower and resources to expand it back then."
"This time, even the remnants of the Great Shang are involved in the siege."
"Why did Emperor Jingtai, who once strongly supported the Southern King in expanding territory, suddenly start to hinder him, even demanding a report back to the capital right before the battle?"
Ying Bing's gaze lowered slightly.
Anyone who knew of this would find it puzzling.
Could this be related to the chaos that later engulfed the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands?
Was there a connection to the fact that no one had ascended to immortality in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands for many years?
At that moment, Li Mo opened his eyes.
He saw the ice chunk not far away, surprised for a moment, and refrained from interrupting the girl’s thoughts, watching her face illuminated by the morning light, serene and tranquil, her eyelashes shimmering with a hint of divinity.
"You’re awake."
Ying Bing realized the young man had been secretly watching her for who knows how long.
"Just woke up."
"How do you feel?"
"Well, I feel refreshed. Let’s go to the city wall. Do you think Captain Qu will be shocked to see us?"
Li Mo stretched lazily and got up to push the door open.
"Childish."
Ying Bing watched Li Mo's lively figure as he walked ahead, gently gathering her scattered hair and adjusting her jade hairpin, feeling that her worries were not as pressing as before.
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P.S.: Apologies for the slow update, dear readers. I wrote this chapter with extra care, and there will be another update later. Muah!
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**Chapter 324: Charging into Battle Against the Rising Sun**
Dawn arrived, making the dried bloodstains on the city wall appear even more vivid.
Qu Sheng, holding a long spear, donned in white, ascended the city wall, relishing the warmth of the morning light, for when the sun rose tomorrow, he knew not how many would never see it again.
Among them, perhaps, would be him...
But before he could dwell on this thought, he saw two figures on the city wall, facing the morning sun and wind, their silhouettes elongated in the light.
"Li Shaoxia (Young Hero Li), Ying Xianzi (Fairy Ying)... you’re not...?"
Qu Sheng's eyes widened in surprise, then shifted to calm admiration.
"Captain Qu, Han Zhen has now turned to the True Method of Summoning Demons, using blood sacrifice. If we don’t eliminate him, we will never achieve victory."
Li Mo looked down; the enemy troops had begun to arrange their formations, speaking softly.
"But we are already in a dire situation defending the city."
Qu Sheng shook his head.
Han Zhen was not only cunning but also a crafty old fox.
Yesterday, Li Shaoxia had provoked him, yet Han Zhen had managed to endure.
How could one kill such a person, especially when he was amidst a formidable army?
Those war giants and the thousands of enemy troops, the ferocious disaster beasts, were not mere clay puppets.
"I’ll charge into the fray, cut down generals, and seize their flags. Isn’t that simple?"
Li Mo chuckled lightly, as if he were merely discussing having an extra bowl of porridge in the morning.
"You..."
Qu Sheng wanted to say that the tales of cutting down generals and seizing flags amidst a sea of troops were merely grand stories.
In reality, it was not that easy.
But looking into Li Mo's eyes, he saw not a naive youth unafraid of tigers, but rather a thoughtful consideration, the clarity in the young man's gaze was unexpectedly profound.
Indeed, he had already witnessed the brutality of the battlefield.
How could he be someone solely focused on achievements, eager for quick success?
"If Han Zhen dies, the enemy will indeed collapse without a fight, and Qingmu City will have no further worries. But... what do you plan to do?"
Li Mo replied, "I now have the confidence to absorb the strength of a hundred armies."
"?!"
Qu Sheng's eyes widened.
Wasn’t that... a one-man army?
The legendary ancient overlord was said to be just like this.
Moreover, the overlord was born divine, destined to train in martial arts earlier, and at the same age, his realm should have been higher than that of Li Shaoxia.
"Ying Bing will assist me with music."
"When the time comes, I will absorb the strength of a hundred armies and see if I can make a decisive strike."
Li Mo clenched his fists, looking at the enemy troops already at the city’s gates, orderly and poised.
Qu Sheng remained silent for a long time, and after a while, the iron-blooded commander of Qingmu softened his gaze:
"Someone, bring me my battle armor, and gift it to Li Shaoxia."
"Li brother, didn’t you say you can’t ride a horse? We can use a combination technique!"
Huang Donglai gritted his teeth and said.
Li brother had gifted him the Bu Yun shoes; if he couldn’t ride a horse, how could he charge into battle alongside the army?
They could only use a combination technique to form the "Double-Sided Tortoise of Prosperous Wives"!
"That’s not necessary. Brother Donglai, you should focus on finding a way with the poison instead."
Li Mo chuckled, shaking his head.
With a thought, clouds gathered before him, forming a white cloud horse, its hooves billowing smoke, incredibly mystical.
Having gained the divine form of the Great Sage, even the divine abilities he had previously comprehended took on new meaning.
The cloud somersault, why must it be a cloud?
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
The roars of the war giants echoed through the skies.
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