Chapter 19

Amidst the flickering shadows, a young man in white, around seventeen or eighteen years old, appeared on the mountain path. The Taixuan Sect disciple looked at the approaching green-clad girl and said indifferently, "You are Lin Xuer from the Shangqing Sect?"

The green-clad girl walked calmly up to the disciple, stopped, and smiled lightly, "Yes, I am Lin Xuer, a low-ranking disciple of the Shangqing Sect. What, are you going to challenge me?"

"A low-ranking disciple?" The young man was taken aback, and his face immediately turned grim. How outrageous, if you openly say you are a low-ranking disciple, doesn't that mean our Taixuan Sect disciples can't even defeat a low-ranking disciple from the Shangqing Sect, making us even lower-ranking?

Understanding the hidden meaning in Lin Xuer's words, the young Taixuan Sect disciple couldn't help but feel angry.

"Fine, fine, fine, then let me see the Dao techniques of a low-ranking Shangqing Sect disciple." As he spoke, the young Taixuan Sect disciple made a hand seal with his right hand, and a wave of heat immediately spread from his body, causing the surrounding temperature to rise sharply.

"Flame of Heaven!" With a light shout, the young disciple thrust his right hand forward, and a fireball the size of an egg appeared in his palm.

Lin Xuer immediately felt a wave of heat surge towards her. She smiled lightly, her expression unchanged, "Fire Dao technique?" At the same time, she made a hand seal with her right hand, and a golden Dao talisman instantly appeared in her palm, emitting a scorching heat.

Lin Xuer also thrust her palm forward and said, "Let's see whose 'Flame of Heaven' is more powerful!"

With a "Boom!" the two palms collided in the air, and the fire essence gathered in their hands exploded like a spark in a powder keg, instantly enveloping both of them in a raging inferno.

"Both injured?" Just as everyone thought they were evenly matched, a muffled groan came from the flames, followed by a ball of fire flying up and backward.

"Whoosh!" The ball of fire extinguished instantly, and a white-clad young man, smoking all over, fell onto the mountain path, spitting out a thick cloud of white smoke.

The young Taixuan Sect disciple struggled on the ground for a moment but couldn't get up.

"Ah! Is this the level of Taixuan Sect disciples?" As the flames dissipated, the graceful figure of the green-clad girl, Lin Xuer, became visible, and she walked past the disciple.

Hearing Lin Xuer's somewhat disappointed words, the young Taixuan Sect disciple's face turned red and then white, wishing the ground would open up and swallow him.

Lin Xuer continued forward, but before she had taken ten steps, another young Taixuan Sect disciple blocked her path.

"I will test the Shangqing Dao techniques!" The disciple spoke and immediately attacked. He took a step forward with his right foot, and with a "Bang!" the ground seemed to tremble, and a yellow glow rose from the earth.

At that moment, Lin Xuer suddenly felt a heavy force pulling her down, as if the ground was trying to drag her in. She looked down and saw a yellow glow enveloping her legs.

"Earth Dao technique?" Lin Xuer frowned and looked coldly at the smiling Taixuan Sect disciple.

By then, the disciple had completed his hand seal, and the yellow glow in front of him swirled and formed into the shape of an earth python.

"Go!" The disciple pointed his right hand forward, and the earth python, formed from the earth's essence, lunged at Lin Xuer with its fangs bared.

Although the earth python was only as wide as a bowl and about six meters long, its attack was fierce, creating a strong wind and a scene of flying sand and stones.

"Hmph! Watch me break your technique!" Lin Xuer sneered, showing no signs of tension despite the fierce attack from the Taixuan Sect disciple.

She made a series of hand seals, and immediately, greenish-blue talismans emerged from her body. The transparent greenish-blue talismans blocked the earth's essence that was binding her to the ground, and the yellow earth essence around her legs dissipated like snow in the heat.

As the earth python lunged at her, Lin Xuer suddenly flipped her hands outward and shouted, "Eastern Green Dragon of Yi Wood, Break the Technique!"

Instantly, the greenish-blue talismans around her body burst into a brilliant green light and converged into her hands.

A dragon's roar echoed through the mountains, breaking through the thick earth essence. With a "Boom!" the green dragon collided with the earth python.

The two forces collided and canceled each other out, creating a strong whirlwind that swept through the mountain path, lifting up rocks and debris.

The Taixuan Sect disciples watching from the side were startled and quickly retreated further.

In the whirlwind, a greenish-blue dragon shadow and a yellow snake shadow battled, emitting powerful waves of Dao energy.

The young Taixuan Sect disciple using the earth Dao technique was clearly stronger than the previous one, and for a moment, the earth python and the green dragon were evenly matched.

"Defeat!" As Lin Xuer spoke calmly, a stronger wave of Dao energy burst from her body, and the essence of grass and trees was drawn to her hands. The green dragon, formed from the essence of Yi Wood, became clearer and more powerful.

The green dragon, entangled with the earth python, suddenly increased in power, and its claws burst through the python's head with a "Peng!"

"Roar!" The green dragon broke through the thick earth essence and charged at the white-clad disciple, who was staggering backward from the impact.

With a "Bang!" the disciple was hit by the dragon's shadow, flew up, and fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Is... this the true strength of the Shangqing Sect girl?"

"Five elements, wood overcomes earth?"

The young Taixuan Sect disciples on the mountain were all moved and looked at the scene in shock.