Chapter 240: The Fifteenth Day Of The First Month, Morning
Eastern City, Underground Underworld Market.
A brothel garden named Drunken Flower Shade was the Earth Wolf King Army’s secret outpost in Qiu Zhou Prefecture City.
Under Shi Shishi’s lead, the three entered from the backyard.
The one who opened the door was Bai Shu, wearing a veil.
Bai Shu looked at Li Weiyi, who was lying on Qi Xiao’s back with a face pale as paper, and said: “What trouble have you all stirred up this time? How did you get injured so badly?”
Shi Shishi strode quickly: “We fought Ge Xian Tong, the dangers involved are indescribable. To sum it up simply, the number one person of the younger generation was beaten back!”
Bai Shu wouldn’t believe his nonsense: “Even if you three were tied together, you still wouldn’t have the qualification to make Ge Xian Tong act.”
Qi Xiao placed Li Weiyi on Bai Shu’s bed, then said proudly: “Young lady, you’re wrong this time! Even though Ge Xian Tong is the number one person of the younger generation, and his master is the number one person under heaven, this time he could only obediently be Brother Weiyi’s foil. Today, countless eyes witnessed it—Ge Xian Tong had no choice but to retreat.”
Bai Shu knew Qi Xiao’s great reputation; this one didn’t seem to be bragging. Her charming eyes widened in disbelief. She only felt that the guy lying on the bed was glowing all over, clearly a banished immortal descended to the mortal world.
“Cough cough!”
Li Weiyi’s five viscera and six bowels burned with pain, as if on fire, but fortunately they had been shaped with Immortal Soil, giving them extremely high strength.
Mobilizing the Immortal Radiance in his Divine Gate to nourish his injuries, he suddenly sat up: “Have you cleaned up all the traces? There’s still aura left—absolutely no chance to let the enemy have any opportunity to track.”
“Don’t worry! The Earth Wolf King Army’s greatest skill is hiding, otherwise we would have been wiped out by the Imperial Court long ago. My counter-tracking ability is number one under Dao Seed Realm!” Shi Shishi patted his chest in guarantee.
Qi Xiao nodded lightly: “Though there’s some bragging, they do have real skills. The Earth Wolf King Army’s few members have the worst reputations in the Southern Territory, but they’ve survived until now—their abilities in escaping and hiding are indeed extraordinary. I think we should hurry out of the city. You’re injured too severely now; staying in Qiu Zhou Prefecture City longer has no meaning.”
Bai Shu had long wanted to escape: “If we’re leaving the city, I’ll arrange it. I have secret channels to guarantee safety.”
Li Weiyi pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: “What about the Dragon Seed Vouchers and Dragon Bone Tickets on you all?”
Shi Shishi said: “Already hidden! Though the invitation can locate, in a city shrunk to the size of a palm, a small dot above represents a large area. In a short time, it’s not so easy to find.”
“You all discuss first; I’ll go inquire about news. If Zuo Qiu Gatehouse and Jiu Li have already been defeated, there’s no need to hesitate—hurry and abandon the Dragon Seed and Dragon Bone; preserving life is the top priority. Sigh! So unwilling…”
Qi Xiao sighed deeply and left.
Dragon Seed and Dragon Bone were, to him, treasures that could change his fate in one step.
Li Weiyi said: “Ten-Meal Law King, you’re unwilling too, right?”
Shi Shishi said: “What’s the use of being unwilling? Do you think that if I take the Dragon Bone Ticket now and go to seek refuge with the Imperial Court or the Far West Ash Region, I can really get the Dragon Bone on the evening after tomorrow?”
“I’ve actually seen Cang Li’s invitation and know where the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival venue is on the evening after tomorrow,” Li Weiyi said.
Shi Shishi was overjoyed: “Is there a chance to hide until the end and sneak in?”
“If Zuo Qiu Hong and Cang Li are defeated, the enemy will probably guard outside the venue and beat you to death directly,” Li Weiyi said.
“I knew it…”
Shi Shishi’s eyes filled with strong battle intent and fighting spirit: “Give me a suggestion—should I lead the Earth Wolf King Army’s hidden martial cultivators to help Zuo Qiu Hong? Betting on prospects, betting on the future.”
Everyone was willing to risk their lives to squeeze into the narrow upward passage.
Li Weiyi knew the importance of Dragon Bone, Dragon Seed, and Longevity Pill to him and the Seven Little Ones; he didn’t want to fall behind others, so naturally he didn’t want to give up just like that.
Many top martial cultivators participating in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival were at Seventh Sea Perfection; getting the Dragon Seed would allow them to start impacting the Dao Seed Realm.
Once they stepped into the Dao Seed Realm, they could lock their vitality and life force, slow aging, enter the dao from martial arts, and formally join the ranks of strong practitioners in the mortal world.
And he, Li Weiyi, still needed to accumulate for a long time in the Five Seas Realm; Wind Mansion, Zu Tian, and even Divine Gate were long roads ahead. If he couldn’t get the Dragon Bone, Dragon Seed, and Longevity Pill, there was a risk of falling behind in the Dao Seed Realm.
Once behind, it would be decades of time.
Li Weiyi looked at the fanatical Shi Shishi: “You’d better not act impulsively; power hidden in the dark can play a better role. Zuo Qiu Hong, Cang Li, Zhu Yi Bai—all have ten-million-year ancient clans and ten million gateways behind them; they are big and can afford the consumption, and they must have backup plans.”
“How about this: wait two days for me. If I can heal my injuries! No matter the outcome for Zuo Qiu Hong and the others, I’ll take you and Qi Xiao to fight for it.”
Shi Shishi laughed: “With that from you, Brother Weiyi, I know there’s at least a fifty percent chance! Bai Shu, I entrust the person to you; take good care of him for me. I have to go check on my tickets.”
That day, battle sounds were incessant in the city, slaughter spreading to the Underground Underworld Market, and even a battle erupted outside the Drunken Flower Shade door.
Li Weiyi only stabilized his injuries by evening; the pain in his organs had disappeared. But to say he could fight now would be wishful thinking.
On the contrary, Great Phoenix, after eating the most precious roots of a sixteen-hundred-year Black Dragon Grass, was full of vigor.
The previous heavy injury state was like it was faked.
Thousand Year Elixir reaching sixteen hundred years had double the potency compared to one merely at one thousand years, and the price was also double.
For the next two days, if Li Weiyi wanted to achieve something, he still had to rely on those seven.
Thousand Year Elixirs were naturally supplied openly.
After nightfall, the battle sounds gradually became sporadic.
After fighting for a day and night, all sides were naturally exhausted and needed to rest.
Qi Xiao returned to Drunken Flower Shade, injured himself, bringing back a healing pill for Li Weiyi, his expression extremely grim: “I saw Zuo Qiu Gatehouse’s number one expert of the younger generation, Zuo Qiu Hong. They broke out of the Governor’s Mansion but after a bitter battle for a day, failed to breach the Attendant Hall; both sides suffered heavy losses. She asked me to pass a message to you: grateful for this morning’s battle, but the general trend is irreversible… hurry and leave the city.”
“Cang Li said he can’t leave and vows to stand or fall with Jiu Li martial cultivators.”
“Li Ling said her brother can’t leave, so she can’t either!”
Li Weiyi sighed, then pondered: “Even without breaching the Attendant Hall, after an intense battle all day, the Imperial Court must have suffered heavy losses too. What’s the situation now?”
Qi Xiao said: “Originally at dusk, large numbers of martial cultivators from the Far West Ash Region mobilized, intending to pincers from front and back to annihilate the alliance of Zuo Qiu Gatehouse, Jiu Li, and Zhu Men. But suddenly a hidden force struck, resolving the crisis—it seems to be Zhu Men’s final trump card.”
Li Weiyi secretly guessed it was probably Zhu Men Hidden Sect mobilized!
Jiu Li Hidden Sect had five or six Five Seas Realm experts under thirty. Zhu Men and Zuo Qiu Gatehouse’s hidden sects wouldn’t be much worse.
Hidden Sects definitely took the route of only cultivating top experts.
Otherwise, they couldn’t stay hidden.
Qi Xiao continued: “The situation is now very delicate; the battle between the Imperial Court and Zuo Qiu Gatehouse has stopped. Snow Sword Tang Court is skirmishing on the periphery, advancing and retreating.”
“Dragon Gate and Lei Xiao Sect rushed to the battlefield but are stationed without moving, building their own defensive works and deploying formations, not participating in the battle.”
“Only the Far West Ash Region is restless; they might make a big move tonight.”
Li Weiyi said: “The Far West Ash Region has now become the strongest force; if they don’t act soon, the various forces might connect overnight and turn to join hands against them…”
“Could Ge Xian Tong really have been right!”
“The world situation evolves to that point, and Zuo Qiu Gatehouse and Zhu Men can only ally with the Imperial Court?”
With injuries not healed, no matter how bad the city situation developed, Li Weiyi could only watch helplessly.
He ignored the outside world, took the healing pill Qi Xiao brought back, and focused on healing.
Another day and night passed.
Early morning of the fifteenth of the first month, before dawn.
Shi Shishi finally returned to Drunken Flower Shade and knocked on Li Weiyi’s door.
The one who opened the door was Bai Shu, wearing white pajamas.
Li Weiyi was sitting cross-legged on the ground, his vitality thick, retracting the Six Paths Battle Intent into his body: “Finally back; I thought you’d been taken out.”
“Look who I brought?”
Shi Shishi proudly looked toward the door.
Yin Eleven flashed in and was overjoyed to see Li Weiyi: “Too awesome; the whole city is buzzing that you beat back Ge Xian Tong. And somehow, some bastard exposed your Hidden Person identity; now everyone knows you’re the leader of this Jia Zi from Jiu Li Hidden Sect.”
Li Weiyi rolled his eyes: “I reckon it’s probably Hidden Lord who deliberately spread it, intending to borrow Jiu Li Hidden Sect to protect me.”
Yin Eleven’s smile froze, feeling it very likely true; other hidden persons didn’t have the guts to leak it. He laughed awkwardly: “I didn’t say anything just now; let’s talk business first?”
Li Weiyi said: “First tell me what you’ve been doing this half month? I thought you died on New Year’s Eve.”
“Originally nearly killed by one palm from Luan Sheng Lin You, but didn’t I inherit the Jiu Li God’s Battle Intent? After falling into the river, relying on the flood dragon-like deformed humanoid race body talent and Nine-Headed Demonic Flood Dragon Battle Intent, I used Water Escape to flee to Bing Zu Ze Sea, then hid in Bright Moon Seven Stars Pavilion to heal.”
Yin Eleven’s expression was splendid: “Guess what I encountered at Bright Moon Seven Stars Pavilion?”
“What?” Li Weiyi asked.
Yin Eleven said: “People from Zuo Qiu Hidden Sect! You don’t know, Bright Moon Seven Stars Pavilion is Zuo Qiu Hong and Zuo Qiu Ting’s final outpost; Zuo Qiu Hidden Sect is their final backup, now personally led by him. Heh heh!”
Shi Shishi laughed: “Brother Weiyi, you didn’t expect it, right? Zuo Qiu Hong actually has a backup, absolutely prepared for the final battle.”
“Prepared for the final battle, sure! But needing him to lead shows Zuo Qiu Hidden Sect’s strength is just so-so; they can only play a supporting and surprise role.”
Li Weiyi suddenly smiled: “Do you know where tonight’s Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival venue is?”
“Where?” both asked together.
Li Weiyi said: “Cang Li’s invitation says: moon rises over the sea, Immortal Turtle carries Dragon Palace.”
