Chapter 113: Absorbing Immortal Mist, Divine Aperture Emerges
“Swish! Swish…”
Wang Daozhen unleashed his ultimate trump card, spitting out flying swords formed from condensed magic energy.
There were over a dozen of them, flying toward Li Weiyi ahead like a sword rain.
Hearing the dense and sharp breaking wind sounds behind him, Li Weiyi endured again and again, but ultimately still dared not use the most powerful and distinctive Evil Camel Bell and Black Iron Seal. Exposing his identity would bring endless troubles.
Without confidence in killing everyone present and silencing them all, he certainly dared not use the spatial power of the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish.
Using the Ghost Flag instead had a lower risk of exposure.
But there was no time to activate it!
Li Weiyi was forced to use Qing Xu Cicada Escape Step, evading the magic energy flying swords behind him with exquisite movement technique.
He couldn’t fully evade; two struck him. But wearing Corpse Clothes Soft Armor and Night-walking Clothes, he only suffered some internal injuries, his body not penetrated, and he could still endure.
“Swish!”
Circulating magic energy in his right arm, the Magic Tool Short Sword was thrown out like an arrow, flying toward Chen Jingtang on the shore, blocking him for a moment.
After landing on the shore.
Li Weiyi stood in front of dozens of young men who had not crossed the Five Seas Realm Boundary, like an immortal divine mountain shielding them from wind and rain, gazing at the spiritual light fire clouds struck out by the Sui Sect Great Mind Master, and roared: “Hurry and go, leave this place to me!”
What he had promised, he must fulfill.
Li Weiyi’s eyes were firm, his will like gold and iron, hands raising the Ghost Flag, wildly mobilizing Zu Tian Magic Energy.
“Rustle!”
Massive nether mist surged from the flag surface, a ghostly shadow over three meters tall in armor manifesting, holding a war halberd, majestic and fierce, colliding with the spiritual light fire clouds struck out by the Sui Sect Great Mind Master.
Nether mist and fire clouds collided, splitting this heaven and earth into darkness and light.
“Jingtang, the first battle must be a victory, and a complete victory leaving none alive. This battle in the Spring Gushing Realm is the first battle, the key to whether we can force the Jiu Li Hidden Sect to appear. Take this mid-grade magic tool; it will surely help you kill greatly.”
In Chen Jingtang’s mind rang the words of the Leader before departure, filling his heart with shame.
Watching those Jiu Li young men and women fleeing one by one into the Five Seas Realm Boundary, he was both angry and anxious—how would he report back? Tell the Leader that a Spring Gushing Realm kid had blocked them all?
Chen Jingtang let out a long howl, striking out the Iron Book at mid-grade magic tool level.
“Rustle!”
The Iron Book consisted of thirty-five pages, the pages sharp, spinning rapidly, turning into a sky full of whistling iron piece light rain flying out.
“Bang bang…”
The thirty-five pages pierced through the Ghost Flag’s defense.
Chen Jingtang, following closely behind the pages, struck out with a fist, like striking a bell.
The fist dented the air, shaking the ground.
Li Weiyi had just taken this fist, not yet steady on his feet, when he was struck by the Array Breaking Whip struck out by Wang Daozhen who suddenly killed from behind, the Corpse Clothes Soft Armor and Night-walking Clothes unable to withstand it, his whole body’s bones feeling like they had scattered, body thrown high, falling toward the boiling Sui River.
Wang Daozhen had sacrificed seven talismans exploding from his Nine-Talisman Treasure Robe to circle behind Li Weiyi near the Five Seas Realm Boundary, catching him off guard with a fatal whip.
“I’ll deliver the final blow!”
A rune flew out from the brow of that Sui Sect Great Mind Master, striking Li Weiyi’s body just before he fell into the river.
“Taking a strike from the Array Breaking Whip, he is surely dead,” though he had killed Li Weiyi, Wang Daozhen showed no joy on his face, because all the young Jiu Li cultivators had fled into the mist ahead.
His treasure robe only had two runes left; he dared not pursue inside.
In these months, eight Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators had crossed the Five Seas Realm Boundary and self-immolated to death. That mysterious energy around Zangxian Town was very terrifying, dividing the ground into blocks of different areas.
“Zheng!”
The sword on Zhuang Yue’s back had flown out automatically at some point, but it was too late to rescue.
For some reason, she felt very upset, and said gravely: “If the martial cultivators of my Lingxiao City all had such responsibility and will, how could the rebels not be exterminated?”
Before this, Zhuang Yue could never have imagined that within a short day, her impression of one person could change three times in succession.
She said: “I’ll go kill them all!”
Jiang Ning remained calm, as if nothing in the world could stir her emotions, and only when Li Weiyi failed to emerge from the water did she say faintly: “The four great sects of Li Zhou are not rebels; do you have a reason to kill them? Or do you want to force them to rebel? A reminder: we people from Luan Tai had best not let personal emotions sway us. Those seven strange insects can be taken instead.”
Zhuang Yue said: “Logically, when an Insect Tamer dies, even if his insects don’t die, they should lose control. Why are they still attacking those people?”
“Strange insects are naturally different from fierce insects; having peculiarities is not surprising.” Jiang Ning said.
…
Li Weiyi fell into the scalding hot Sui River like boiling water; even with Night-walking Clothes and Corpse Clothes Soft Armor protecting him, taking a solid strike from the Array Breaking Whip, he was still severely injured to the point of nearly losing consciousness.
More fatally.
Before falling into the river, the rune struck out by that Sui Sect Great Mind Master landed on his body, making his body instantly weigh ten thousand jin, sinking rapidly to the river bottom, unable to return to the surface.
At the bottom of the Sui River flowed golden substance like lava, erupting from the earth’s core.
It was these astonishingly hot substances that boiled the Sui River and baked the great river’s banks into red soil wastelands.
Li Weiyi was not afraid of suffocating in the water; he had long mobilized Nine Springs magic power, circulating in the veins within his body. Nor was he afraid of the scalding boiling water; the Night-walking Clothes could resist it.
But the golden substance at the river bottom truly frightened him a bit; one look and it could melt gold and iron. Let alone his mortal physical body?
Li Weiyi forcibly held his gradually blurring consciousness, his brow lighting up, mobilizing spiritual light bright fire, intending to activate the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish to enter the Blood Mud Space for refuge.
At this moment.
The Shenque Acupoint in his navel, which had shown no reaction even after being pierced with twelve Broken Spring Needles, suddenly swelled slightly, a warmth appearing.
Then strands of qi flow came from between heaven and earth, flowing toward it.
Li Weiyi shivered, his consciousness instantly wakes up from excitement.
Not an illusion.
There truly were strands of unknown power, due to the internal circulation of his one hundred and eight veins, continuously entering his body from the navel.
This situation was just like a fetus in the womb absorbing nutrients through the umbilical cord.
And now, Li Weiyi was that fetus, with heaven and earth as the mother.
This concerned whether he could open the Tenth Spring; Li Weiyi didn’t care about danger or severe injury—even if the Heavenly King came, he wouldn’t enter the Blood Mud Space.
However.
The golden substance at the river bottom definitely could not be touched.
Thus, after activating the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish, he summoned the Magic Tool Jade Boat of Yan Prefecture Governor Zhu Qin Feng from the Blood Mud Space.
“Splash—”
The over thirty-meter-long jade boat fell onto the slowly flowing golden substance at the river bottom.
And Li Weiyi’s ten-thousand-jin heavy body thudded heavily onto the jade boat.
Until half a shichen later, when the rune’s power dissipated, Li Weiyi’s body recovered its original weight, feeling much lighter, and he quickly rose to sit cross-legged.
He opened his eyes.
All around was a golden brilliance, the water temperature frighteningly high.
Closing his eyes, he finely sensed the unknown power continuously surging into his navel. The Shenque Acupoint in his navel truly seemed to have an inner world, with energy flowing in endlessly without stopping.
It was just that he currently could not sense this inner world.
Li Weiyi continued maintaining the internal circulation state of magic power circulation in his body, using mind power to communicate with the three Masters in the Blood Mud Space, informing them of this bizarre situation.
Jar Master was the most excited: “No mistake! This at least proves the Shenque truly exists, the Tenth Spring truly exists; the direction of effort is not wrong.”
Spirit Tablet Master said: “According to Weiyi’s description, below his Shenque Acupoint, there is already a vast inner world that can continuously absorb mysterious energy from between heaven and earth. In other words, this inner world is different from Feng Fu and Zu Tian; it is not opened up, but has always existed.”
“Existing between heaven and man, only the Heaven-Human Channel not opened, unable to sense, unable to communicate, unable to use.”
“What I’m curious about is, is everyone’s Shenque such an already existing inner world, or does only he possess such an inner world?”
Jar Master said: “Why think so much; opening it is most important. Break through the Tenth Spring, kill back; even the second realm of Five Seas can be slain.”
The always silent Coffin Master had been analyzing and thinking: “The unknown power absorbed into your Shenque might be the immortal radiance filling this heaven and earth.”
“Medicinal herbs can absorb immortal radiance and metamorphose into exotic medicine. Why can’t cultivators?”
“These exotic medicines, some help Pure Immortal Body metamorphose, some help open Feng Fu, Zu Tian, Sea of Qi. This shows Zangxian Town’s immortal radiance possesses both immortalization power and spatial power.”
“Perhaps due to Weiyi’s special physique, or perhaps the breathing technique’s special nature. So in closed breathing and internal circulation state, he can absorb immortal radiance.”
“To verify the guess is simple: return to the surface. Hard to see clearly in water, but on the surface, whether immortal radiance gathers is visible at a glance.”
Li Weiyi always trusted Coffin Master’s knowledge and wisdom, but currently injured too severely, plus strong enemies surrounding the shore, he truly felt the river bottom was a good place for healing and cultivation.
Moreover, what if Coffin Master guessed wrong?
What if upon returning to the shore, the absorption state at the navel no longer appeared?
Concerning whether he could open the Tenth Spring, Li Weiyi was extremely cautious, unwilling to take risks. Thus, mobilizing Nine Springs magic power to circulate in the veins, while healing, he continued maintaining that profound absorption state.
Whether good or bad, as long as there was change, it was the greatest fortune.
…
Five days later.
That absorption state stopped, unable to naturally absorb anymore.
The fully healed Li Weiyi stored the jade boat and swam back to the shore.
After landing.
The surroundings were unusually quiet, white mist vast, the ground endless scalding hot red soil, no longer at the Five Seas Realm Boundary. Clearly, the flow of golden substance at the river bottom had carried him downstream.
His mind power had a subtle sense with the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, sensing they were still alive and their approximate location.
“These seven little ones, haven’t been caught, have they?”
Li Weiyi clearly sensed their location was the road into town taken by those Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators from Cang Li. The seven of them were not Five Seas Realm; why go that road?
They were extremely fast; could Wang Daozhen catch them?
“No matter; break through the Tenth Spring first, then go find them!”
Li Weiyi sat cross-legged in meditation, closing his breathing, but no matter how much the magic power internally circulated, the Shenque in his navel showed no reaction.
“Since unable to naturally absorb, then try the Broken Spring Needle.”
He removed his upper clothes, took out a Broken Spring Needle, and pierced it into his navel.
Practicing the Jade Void Breathing Technique, his state of mind and spirit returned to calm, all bodily senses and consciousness concentrating toward the Shenque Acupoint.
Gradually.
Li Weiyi saw it!
He saw the immortal radiance mist like clear glow below the Shenque Acupoint, and simultaneously, the vast inner world unfolded in his consciousness. But this inner world’s barrier with the Shenque Acupoint was thicker than the previous nine springs combined.
“Splash!”
With Li Weiyi’s regular breathing and exhalation, the immortal radiance between surrounding heaven and earth turned into streams of rosy cloud light flowing in, entering the navel Shenque.
Around his body grew brighter and brighter, rosy clouds gathering, turning red soil into immortal realm. Every hair, every inch of skin emitted luster, like a true immortal.
The process of immortal radiance continuously surging into the Shenque inner world thinned the barrier bit by bit.
Li Weiyi felt utterly carefree, sensing with every passing instant he was closer to opening the Tenth Spring, wanting only to forever immerse in this state.
“Bang!”
A sound of battle rang out in the nearby mist.
Li Weiyi awoke startled, first glancing at his navel; the Broken Spring Needle had completely melted.
“Truly, the tree desires stillness but the wind does not cease. Very well, I’ll go to a place closer to Zangxian Town to absorb immortal radiance; denser immortal radiance means faster absorption, should take only a few days to break through the Tenth Spring.”
Putting on the Corpse Clothes Soft Armor and Night-walking Clothes, then activating the Night-walking Clothes’ invisibility power, he vanished into the mist, silently heading toward the place of battle outbreak.
This road along the river, Five Seas Realm could not enter, so there shouldn’t be any masters.
Walking about two li, Li Weiyi in the mist saw that injured black figure fleeing rapidly, extremely fast. Very familiar, aura matching.
It was Yin Twenty-Five.
Yin Twenty-Five had completed Pure Immortal Body metamorphosis, no longer the scrawny appearance of before, possessing a cold and noble air.
“But wrong; with Yin Twenty-Five’s foundation of ninety-one veins, having completed Pure Immortal Body metamorphosis. On this Spring Gushing Realm road, who could force him to flee?”
Li Weiyi didn’t believe another existence on the level of the Demon King’s sixth generation grandson would casually appear.
“Hand over the exotic medicine, and I’ll spare your life.”
“Amitabha Buddha!”
A deafening Buddhist proclamation like a great bell rang from the mist.
Immediately after came dense hoofbeats shaking the ground.
…
Monthly Ticket!
