Chapter 54: Lou Qidu has learned new skills

Lou Qi, unhurried and unworried, took out a rune pen from his pouch.

Qi Buli held a long sword, its energy slashing down, chilling the atmosphere in the arena.

Li Yang sat in the front row, her face brushed by the overflowing ice-type spiritual energy.

She was stunned.

She and Qi Buli both possessed ice spiritual roots, but she couldn’t unleash such power.

The man’s ice was like a sharp blade, every move exuding a strong fighting spirit, a true respect for his opponent, a spirit of giving his all.

His ice spiritual root, compared to hers, was more concentrated in spiritual energy and fiercer in momentum.

Lou Qi leaped, his fingertips quickly igniting three runes, using their power to melt the sword energy.

Where his toes touched, a circle of spiritual energy fluctuations formed rapidly. The formation wasn’t overly complex, but it was a speed that other rune cultivators of the same generation couldn’t achieve even with suggestions.

Lou Qi’s steps weren’t fast, he maintained a leisurely pace, yet he always managed to perfectly dodge Qi Buli’s sword light before it arrived, even countering with two fire-controlling runes.

Li Yang saw a faint golden light on him.

“That is…”

As if knowing what she wanted to ask, Zhuang Churan replied calmly: “The Nine Turns Infinite Art, fourth layer.”

Only those who could comprehend and master the first three layers could learn the fourth.

The Nine Turns Infinite Art is said to have nine layers, but if divided into stages, there are only two: the first three layers are the first stage, learning spiritual energy control and flexible application; the fourth to ninth layers are the second stage, a brand new attack technique after mastering the flexible use of spiritual energy.

In some ways, Lou Qi was a complete madman.

Even Xu Siqing, who had cultivated for nearly a thousand years, reaching a peak cultivation level close to ascending to the immortal realm, had only cultivated the Nine Turns Infinite Art to the fifth layer.

How old was Lou Qi? He was only in his twenties, yet he could already cultivate the fourth layer.

Li Yang gave a thumbs up, praising: “He’s really… cool.”

But such a cool person ultimately perished, dying tragically…

Looking at the two geniuses in the book, Li Yang was a little dazed.

In the original story, Qi Buli and Lou Qi had always been kindred spirits, rivals and friends, fighting for hundreds of years, and Qi Buli never won.

He only won once, at the end.

The righteous genius Lou Qi suddenly went mad, Qi Buli fought him for five days and five nights, finally ending Lou Qi’s life by sacrificing a divine beast, Xuanwu.

When he plunged his life-bound sword into Lou Qi’s chest, he even shed a tear.

Then Xuanwu died, Lou Qi died, and he embraced the female lead, ascending to the immortal realm under the envious and respectful gazes of everyone…

Well, if you think about it…

She and Lou Qi died on the same day of the same month of the same year.

The twinkling starlight on the battlefield formed a line, and the rapidly formed formation enveloped Qi Buli.

He frowned, his long sword slashing down from above.

Qi Buli didn’t like this flashy fighting style of rune cultivators, he preferred fighting sword cultivators, and even secretly sighed that it would be great if Lou Qi was a sword cultivator.

Seeing Li Yang distracted, Zhuang Churan forcibly pressed her head: “Watch carefully, the competition is less than half a year away, we’ll have to face them sooner or later.”

Lou Qi pasted five talismans in front of the completed formation.

Holding the rune pen, he even spun it around, aiming at the trapped Qi Buli and flicked his wrist in the air.

Someone noticed his posture and exclaimed: “Drawing runes in the air?”

“He even knows how to draw runes in the air? This isn’t genius, this is a freak!”

The moment the discussion arose, the scene fell silent once again.

Everyone saw that Lou Qi’s action wasn’t drawing runes in the air, but…

“Drawing in the air…”

The man, holding the rune pen, calmly drew a bird and beast with flowing golden lines in the air.

Bai Yu, standing behind, raised an eyebrow and poked Li Yang: “Little Junior Sister, this move seems like what you learned.”

Zhuang Churan also recognized it, a slight curve appearing at the corner of his lips: “As expected of Lou Qi, compared to you, at least his drawing looks like something.”

Li Yang blinked innocently.

The lingering confusion in her heart seemed to be resolved by this golden line connecting into a painting.

Because she knew the ending of the book beforehand, she had always been a little resistant to the future plot, unsure of how to change it.

But actually, Li Yang realized she was already changing the plot.

Lou Qi had even learned a new skill because of her.

The man had only drawn a painting, but he felt an indescribable soreness in his wrist, and his temple throbbed for a moment.

He pursed his lips, surprised.

Drawing was not as easy as drawing runes. Drawing runes required memorizing complex runes, without missing a single stroke. Drawing, on the other hand, was freer, but required more precise and accurate application of equal spiritual energy to every line.

Only after actually drawing a painting did Lou Qi realize how talented Li Yang was to be able to do this.

Qi Buli shattered the formation and charged straight at him.

The bird and beast formed by the painting hooked onto Lou Qi, soaring into the air, its wings transforming into a blazing inferno, scattering downwards.

A rain of flames fell upon the icy wasteland.

Xiao Qingzhou sneered: “Flashy attacks, useless.”

Bai Yu immediately kicked the boy over.

He was stuck at the edge of the battlefield, feeling the heat against his face.

Bai Yu smiled warmly: “Is it useful now?”

Xiao Qingzhou got up, supporting his butt, his hair singed. He extinguished the flames with one hand, gnashing his teeth: “You, are, dead.”

Bai Yu raised an eyebrow, not replying.

The crowd was noisy, Li Yang, for once, didn’t participate, looking up, she saw the golden lines running on Lou Qi.

QiuQiu, panting heavily, climbed onto her lap, hugging her arm: “

Sister, QiuQiu’s tummy is not full, need to refill QiuQiu’s tummy.

Li Yang, her eyes fixed on the top, hugged and secured it: “Be good, don’t make trouble.”

The panda cub propped its little head, not understanding.

It didn’t know what Li Yang was looking at, only that its tummy wasn’t full.

Sister wasn’t giving QiuQiu food.

The whole little cub exuded a tragic aura, biting her wrist, grinding its teeth in frustration, then panting heavily, climbing down.

It could forget about sister, QiuQiu could find delicious food by itself.

Just as it twisted its little chubby waist, it climbed from Li Yang’s lap to Zhuang Churan’s.

Then it slipped, rolling round and round between Bai Yu and Xiao Qingzhou, and with a plop, hugged Bai Yu’s leg, swaying its head sleepily.

“How did you get here?”

Bai Yu looked down at the little cub, picking it up with disgust: “You… are so dirty…”

The little fur ball was dusty, as if it had just come out of a coal mine.

The boy, without a word, stepped onto his Qingfeng Sword, carrying QiuQiu and flew away, finding a nearby pond and throwing it in like he would throw his junior sister.

Ball: qaq

It saw stars.