Li Shenrong killed them not because of the argument. But, they had intentions to cause trouble for him from the start. They were sending eye signals to each other and it couldn't be hidden from his gaze.
"Young man, your murderous intent is too strong." An old man approached him and said.
Li Shenrong didn't look at him. He just sat there looking through the window.
Without getting any response, the old man didn't become angry, instead he looked at Li Shenrong again and placed a token on the table.
"If you ever want to suppress your murderous nature, come find me at the Ten Thousand Budda gate." After saying this he left the tavern silently.
The tavern owner thought another fight would breakout so he hid himself quickly, only after the old man left, he dared to walk out.
Today, lady luck is not on my side. Phew! When will this harbinger of misfortune go away?
Li Shenrong placed the token in his palm and observed. It was an ash coloured token, made of some unknown material and ten Buddha head was carved on it.
Seeing the token, his eyes narrowed slightly. Vague memories started to flash inside his mind. He didn't dwel on it and kept the token away.
Happy Inn,
In the evening, Li Shenrong came back to his room and found it empty. Ning Suyao had left leaving behind a message for him.
"I will definitely repay this life saving gratitude. Let's meet again someday again." She said.
Li Shenrong laughed as he burned the piece of paper.
He didn't need her gratitude, he saved her because she had that person's blessing. It was a kind of fate and karma which propelled him to take action. Also, he wants to see how far she could go. She would rise above the others or become a dry bones in this path?
Li Shenrong closed his eyes and started cultivating. Art of Nirvana appeared inside his mind along with his cage of fortune.
Inside his spirit sea of consciousness a mini Li Shenronh floated silently.
His spirit sea was vast and boundless as far as one's eye could see.
If someone else saw his spirit sea, they would be scared witless by its sheer size. Because a normal cultivator would have a spirit sea at the size of a pond. Even an emperor couldn't have a spirit sea as vast as his.
The mini Li Shenrong looked at the huge ball of light above which was held upward by a thick golden pillar. The pillar represented the integration of seven immortal physiques altogether. At the foot of that pillar, mysterious words emerged which was slowly bobbing up and down.
"Arts of Nirvana." Li Shenrong muttered. The origin of Nirvana Arts had an unimaginable origin. Whenever a fragment of Nirvana Arts appeared, Be it the Black Heaven or the White Heaven, even unparalleled giant accros the ages would go crazy over it. It was so tempting that Emperors couldn't sit still.
A person who cultivates Nirvana Art, even if it's an incomplete one, they could become renowned figures respected by gods and devils.
From the ancient past till now, the time Arts of Nirvana had appeared could be counted on one's finger. And all of them were incomplete arts.
As for how many Nirvanic Arts there is, no one knows. Some managed to successfuly cultivate an incomplete Nirvanic Art to grand completion and became invincible.
Li Shenrong was now cultivating the thirteen style Nirvana Sword Art. It was said that, if someone could comprehend all all the thirteen styles, they could cleave the heaven itself in halves.
But, he have yet to master the thirteen style sword styles.
"Myriad Transformation Nirvana art."
"Nirvanic calamity fist art."
"Eye of the Heaven."
"Style of Genesis."
Li Shenrong uttered each words clearly, it was sonorous and loud, creating a mysterious resonance with the grand dao.
Suddenly a loud boom sound echoed. Something exploded inside his sea of consciousness. Words that represented the Nirvanic sword art flew upward, glowing brightly. A vast and mighty power filled his consciousness to the brim.
Four more loud noises rang again which shook his entire spirit sea as if his consciousness was about to explode. Li Shenrong's face was pale as a paper. Blood was drained from his face. Intense pain assaulted his mind, it was so overwhelming that he had the urge to faint.
His spirit sea of consciousness was boundless, but still it couldn't contain the pressure emitted by all the Nirvana Arts. One could only imagine how much world destroying power each art had.
Myriad Transformation Nirvana art, Nirvana Sword Art, Nirvanic calamity fist art, Eye of the Heaven and Style of Genesis; each technique separately floated above his spirit sea, giving off immense pressure. A faint crack started to appear inside his consciousness. If things goes on like this, his spirit sea would explode and he will die.
But Li Shenrong didn't care about the crack inside his consciousness wall. He endured the hellish pain and continued to derive mysterious truth from the arts. The derivation results from the mysterious truth gave birth to seven stars and nine heaven. Nine Heaven placed themselves on top of each other in a neat manner as the seven stars rotated around it.
All five arts of Nirvana merged together and gave birth to the Nine Heaven. At that moment, Li Shenrong's wall of consciousness was full of crack and his spirit sea was dry. Creation of the nine heaven dried up his spirit sea completely.
He was one step away from true death. Just as his consciousness was going to crumble away, the ball of light inside his consciousness started shining and the small plant vibrated a little.
As if sensing something familiar, the Nine heaven started rotating and moved toward the small plant. It slowly placed itself above the plant and the pressure inside his consciousness vanished completely. Now Li Shenrong and the Nine Heaven was one. The Ultimate physique he had painstakingly created was only for this day, to create his own heaven.
He became the Lord of the Nine Heaven.
Even though his heaven was completely empty and desolate, it was full of rich vitality and energy.
The small plant started drawing out energy from the nine heaven and slowly started to replenish his spirit sea. His dry spirit sea was replenished again and the cracks mended.
Li Shenrong opened his eyes with faint tiredness. His ultimate physique was one step closer to achieving small completion.
He smiled happily and stood up. Extreme exhaustion assaulted him like plague and then he fainted on the spot.