Chapter 644 - 9: Tao Ancestor: You Remind Me of Myself!

Chapter 644: Chapter 9: Tao Ancestor: You Remind Me of Myself!

"You want me to become Longbo Kingdom’s ’Historical Witch’?"

Luo Qiao was only a bit hot-tempered by nature, but his talent was beyond doubt.

So with just a simple association, he already fully understood what Li Boyang meant.

To go all-out against those Jin’ao for the sake of a few ruins of an old kingdom, that was naturally not worth it.

But what if it wasn’t just for those ruins?

The High Priest wants to continue Longbo Kingdom’s lineage, wants the new generation, and even the children of the future, to still acknowledge their identity as people of Longbo Kingdom.

And to accomplish this, a sense of recognition toward history and culture is indispensable.

As it happens, those Longbo Kingdom ruins can fill in this missing sense of historical and cultural identity, and even let other intelligent beings know of this history.

"It’s not that I want you to become a ’Historical Witch’."

Shaking his head lightly, Li Boyang still refuted Luo Qiao’s wording with a calm expression.

"You are a Longbo Giant, born standing at the top of the food chain."

"Add to that your elders’ fixation on Longbo Kingdom, so you have always been lost about the meaning of your own existence."

"I merely gave you a goal, a goal that might allow you to no longer remain lost."

Lips parted as if to speak yet stopping halfway, Luo Qiao clearly did not believe Li Boyang’s explanation.

"Don’t look at me like that. This path is not as easy to walk as you imagine."

Seeing through Luo Qiao’s thoughts at a glance, Li Boyang smiled indifferently.

"A ’Historical Witch’ is not merely a recorder of history, but also bears the mission of excavating and protecting history."

"If you truly make up your mind to walk this path, then you must prepare yourself mentally for this—Longbo Kingdom’s history may not be as glorious and bright as your High Priest has described."

"It may even be that when you unearth certain truths, the High Priest whom you revere will become your enemy."

At these words, Luo Qiao fell silent at once.

With his current experience, he could not yet understand what Li Boyang was talking about.

But through that brief exchange just now, Luo Qiao already knew that this Mountain People before him possessed a wisdom far beyond the common folk.

"Who are you?"

After a short silence, Luo Qiao asked this question.

Even with Luo Qiao’s impatience, he had almost certainly concluded that Li Boyang could not possibly be some ordinary Mountain People.

Whether in his foresight or in his penetrating angle of view, Li Boyang displayed insight far beyond this era.

"Who I am is not important. What matters is whether you are prepared."

Seeing that Li Boyang did not respond to him directly, a flicker of Spiritual Light suddenly flashed through Luo Qiao’s mind.

"Tao Ancestor!?"

Luo Qiao swore that this exclamation was purely instinct.

Yet when Luo Qiao noticed that Li Boyang did not refute him, but was instead gazing at him with a smile, his pupils suddenly quaked violently.

"That Breathing Technique... was given to me by you as well!"

This time, there was not a trace of doubt in Luo Qiao’s voice, replaced by a vague sense of terror.

"You and I are very alike, just a bit too hot-headed."

Slowly standing up, Li Boyang gazed toward that stretch of crimson tide in the distance and spoke.

"The ’Breathing Technique’ I gave you does not have anything particularly special about it."

"Within the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, that ’Breathing Technique’ is a universal Dharma Gate that everyone can cultivate."

"The reason your cultivation progress with the ’Breathing Technique’ was so slow before, was not because the version modified by Longbo Kingdom had become less effective."

"On the contrary, that is the Breathing Technique most suited to Longbo Giants."

His voice paused slightly, and Li Boyang turned his head to look at Luo Qiao as he spoke.

"It’s just that, that Breathing Technique is not suited to you."

"Because among the Longbo Giants, you are Innate Divine—a being born different from the rest."

"If you had been born in an era when Longbo Kingdom still existed, the previous East Sea God would certainly have given you special training, up until you became a Demigod or one of the Gods."

"Unfortunately, by the time you were born, Longbo Kingdom had already been destroyed."

Shaking his head with genuine regret, Li Boyang continued in the same tone.

"If you hadn’t met me, your talent really would have been wasted."

Recalling once more the state he was in when he split open the Jin’ao, Luo Qiao asked somewhat dazedly:

"What talent do I have?"

Hearing Luo Qiao’s question, Li Boyang merely chuckled softly without answering.

The next instant, Li Boyang brought his two fingers together in a Sword Technique and casually slashed toward that stretch of crimson tide in the distance.

Whoosh!

In a flash, a streak of Profound Yellow Sword Qi tore across the surface of the sea.

It was far grander and more shocking than the scene of the High Priest parting the sea earlier.

Because although this Sword Qi split the ocean in two,

The whole process was utterly silent, without the slightest sound.

It was as if it was not the Sword Qi that had cleaved the sea, but the sea itself that had automatically avoided the Sword Qi.

"I call it ’Sword Heart Clarity’."

"It is a kind of talent, and also a Divine Power."

"As long as it belongs to the ’sword category’, whether Sword Techniques, sword moves, or Swordsmanship—once one is mastered, all are mastered."

"Even other Magical Divine Power and Cultivation Methods will naturally evolve into the ’Sword Techniques’ most suited to you."

Hearing the tune and knowing the intent, Luo Qiao reacted almost instantly.

"That move I used to split the Jin’ao... was a technique derived from the Breathing Technique!"

Before the words finished leaving his mouth, a hint of doubt appeared again on Luo Qiao’s face.

"But what is ’sword’, exactly?"

Whether due to their size or their cultural inclination,

The Longbo Giants had never developed any real weapon culture; in battle they relied far more on their own physiques.

Thus although Luo Qiao understood Li Boyang’s words, he did not comprehend the definition of "sword".

"The sword is a weapon, a lethal instrument, an extension of the limbs, the blade with which you fight."

"But for you, you don’t need to think about what a ’sword’ is—you just need to think about how to fight."

"Grass, wood, bamboo, stone—anything can be a sword; Magical Divine Power can also be a sword."

"When you wish to fight, when you fall into crisis, even the Qi you exhale is your ’sword’."

Vaguely he felt some realization, yet it was as if he had fallen into an even deeper layer of confusion.

Luo Qiao did not ask anything more, but the Gang Qi around his body unconsciously began to rise.

That Gang Qi was sharper than any blade.

Even the rock beneath his feet could not withstand this Gang Qi, and was etched with streaks of sword marks.

Not only that, when Luo Qiao’s thoughts shifted, that Gang Qi shifted with them.

As if ten thousand swords were piercing his body, and as if his body itself transformed into weapons of war.

As that Gang Qi flowed naturally, an aura similar to the Profound Yellow Sword Qi arose unbidden.

Next, Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi began surging uncontrollably into Luo Qiao’s body, tempering the Life Essence Qi within him into even keener sword Gang.

—Innate Divine Power: Sword Heart Clarity!

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