Chapter 116: The Business Of Buying Lives
The so-called “Five Seas Realm Boundary” does not actually have a real boundary line.
Rather, in recent months, there have been multiple instances of Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators attempting to enter Zangxian Town from this direction, and after passing a certain critical point, the Magic Energy in their bodies would burn uncontrollably, with their bodies turning to ashes accordingly.
Therefore, someone brought over two Giant Stone Statues and placed them nearby to serve as a warning.
The boundary is fuzzy.
But the invisible danger truly exists.
The current Five Seas Realm Boundary is naturally demarcated by the corpses and blood left from the great battle five days ago, like a bloody and putrid Asura realm.
That short and fat Sui Sect Great Mind Master had countless light particles fly out from his brow, turning the surrounding dozens of zhang into a world of light rain. Each light particle was like a pair of his eyes, able to sense the outside world, so no one could approach him silently.
He called out “Yang Yun”‘s name a few times, with no response.
Thus, at a position ten zhang from that Lion-headed Steed, he stopped and blocked Chen Jingtang who wanted to continue forward.
“I feel uneasy in my heart, so let’s do it here!”
That Sui Sect Great Mind Master formed Finger Seals with both hands, and a Spiritual Light Chain flew out from his brow, like a winding spiritual snake, extending ten zhang and wrapping around Yang Yun’s body.
The Spiritual Light Chain exerted force, pulling Yang Yun flying off the horse’s back.
” Splash!”
The sound of breaking water from the nearby Sui River rang out.
How could the two of them expect that there was a person hidden under the boiling water?
As soon as Li Weiyi rushed out of the water surface, he shot an arrow.
The Bowstring was like a thunderclap.
“Be careful, there’s an ambush!”
That Sui Sect Great Mind Master roared loudly, no longer minding rescuing Yang Yun, and drew circles with both hands, mobilizing Spiritual Light Flame to form a Shield Seal in front of him.
“Boom!”
The electric arrow struck the Spiritual Light Shield Seal and exploded open.
Spiritual Light and electric light shot out in all directions.
The Sui Sect Great Mind Master was shaken flying by this Impact force, with the robes on his chest turning to fragments.
Li Weiyi threw away the War Bow in his hand, drew a captured Magic Tool Long Sword from his back, stepped on Magic Energy light mist, and slashed through the air with one sword. He must kill one person before Wang Daozhen arrived.
Without a doubt, this Great Mind Master’s threat was greater than Chen Jingtang’s, so he must be eliminated first.
“It’s you!”
Chen Jingtang recognized “Sima Tan” and was filled with shock.
But he was indeed a figure who broke through to Five Seas in Nine Springs, with rich combat experience, and immediately swung his Iron Sleeve. The Iron Cloth Battle Robe woven from special materials, when swung, had its large sleeves like flags, rolling up circles of Magic Energy Vortexes to block Li Weiyi from assassinating the Sui Sect Great Mind Master.
At the same time as Li Weiyi burst out of the water, Yao Yin rushed out from the mist.
She wore the Ghost Flag draped over her, leaped over the Lion-headed Steed, touched down lightly on the horse’s back with her toes, rode the wind, moving with agile and swift speed, and struck a palm straight for Chen Jingtang’s head.
The Medicine King’s Fundamental Martial Arts, Heavenly Wind Palm Technique.
Before the palm arrived, the overwhelming Palm Wind arrived first.
If Chen Jingtang wanted to block Li Weiyi from attacking the Sui Sect Great Mind Master, he would inevitably have to take Yao Yin’s palm, and even if he didn’t die, he would be seriously injured.
Forced into helplessness, Chen Jingtang let out a long whistle, shifted his footsteps, rotated his body, and the Fist Energy originally aimed at Li Weiyi turned to meet the Palm Seal coming from the woman in the mist.
This woman was clearly not very old, yet she gave him a quite dangerous feeling.
Both at the First Realm of the Five Seas Realm, Chen Jingtang’s combat power far surpassed other Martial Cultivators, his body unmoving like a mountain, with domineering and thick Fist Energy shattering all the Palm Wind.
Yao Yin wore Silver Thread Gloves, and under Magic Energy urging, the Silver Light on her palm condensed like a silver wall several zhang wide.
“Boom!”
Fist and Palm solidly collided together.
The Iron Sleeve rotating and flying out from Chen Jingtang’s arm collided with the Ghost Flag similarly rotating and flying out from Yao Yin’s body.
After a moment of deadlock, Yao Yin let out a muffled sound from her mouth and flew backwards like a falling leaf.
Chen Jingtang immediately looked toward the other side of the battlefield, only to see “Sima Tan” continuously swinging his sword, that Sui Sect Great Mind Master either propping up Spiritual Light Flame or striking out Runes, completely at a disadvantage in close combat, continuously taking sword strikes on his body.
He would be killed in just a few more swords.
There was no time to save him.
Without any hesitation, Chen Jingtang rushed toward Yao Yin, using the tactic of besieging Wei to rescue Zhao.
Yao Yin’s combat power was extraordinary, very possibly a Hundred Veins Pure Immortal Body, and once she fell into a deadly situation, he didn’t believe “Sima Tan” wouldn’t immediately come to her aid. He took out a Mid-grade Magic Tool level Iron Book and injected Magic Energy into it.
Yao Yin landed on the ground, staggering back, her face extremely pale, and after steadying her body, she immediately mobilized Zu Tian Magic Energy surging into the Ghost Flag on her body.
“Splash!”
The Nether Mist rushing out from the Ghost Flag turned into black Dark Clouds.
Icy cold power formed a layer of white Frost on the Red Soil under her feet.
A majestic and domineering armored Ghostly Shadow manifested in front of her, swinging the War Halberd in its hand to collide with the thirty-five Iron Book Pages flying over.
“Puff!”
Li Weiyi struck off that Sui Sect Great Mind Master’s head with one sword, and upon turning, he saw this scene exactly, directly throwing out the Magic Tool War Sword.
Chen Jingtang heard the sharp breaking wind sound from behind and could only sigh, turning to swing his sleeve, with a clang like metal striking metal, sending that Magic Tool War Sword flying away.
“In a life-and-death struggle, yet you always cherish your life, you are doomed to be utterly defeated.”
Li Weiyi stepped on Qing Xu Cicada Escape Step, like treading mist and chasing wind.
Magic Energy from his body surged into the Corpse Clothes Soft Armor, instantly enveloping his whole body in Blood Mist, with blood-colored Scriptures dancing in the Blood Mist one by one.
“Insolent!”
Wang Daozhen roared in fury, and at the moment Li Weiyi attacked, he had rapidly rushed toward the Five Seas Realm Boundary. But everything happened too fast, just two or three breaths’ time, and the sect’s Great Mind Master was already beheaded.
Still some distance from Li Weiyi, Wang Daozhen spat out a mouthful of Magic Energy, condensing it into thirteen Flying Swords that flew out first.
Li Weiyi did not, like Chen Jingtang earlier, get forced into self-defense; the Palm Seal he struck continued unabated, with Blood Mist and blood-colored Scriptures surging out from his arm together.
“Boom!”
Chen Jingtang no longer minded controlling the Iron Book’s pages, striking out with one fist to meet it.
The opponent’s Palm Force was abnormally vigorous, not inferior to his at all. Moreover, the blood-colored Scriptures accompanying the Palm Force were like countless Giant Stones smashing onto his body, immediately causing him to spit blood and fly backwards.
At the same time, Li Weiyi was also struck by two Magic Energy Flying Swords from behind, and after hard-taking them, he hurriedly used Movement Technique to dodge the remaining Flying Swords.
With the High-grade Magic Tool level Night-walking Clothes added, his speed was illusory like a shadow.
Meanwhile, Yao Yin relied on the Ghost Flag to charge through the uncontrolled Iron Book Pages, her figure darting forward, striking a palm on Chen Jingtang who had yet to land, coordinating seamlessly with Li Weiyi.
Wang Daozhen arrived, swinging out the Array Breaking Whip.
Li Weiyi did not clash hard with him at all, rapidly retreating to a place not far from the Five Seas Realm Boundary. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth; the spot on his back hit by the Magic Energy Flying Sword still ached, having injured his internal organs.
Looking at Wang Daozhen standing several zhang away, seething with killing intent, Li Weiyi said: “Be careful, a Second Realm of the Five Seas Realm approaching here is far more dangerous than a First Realm of the Five Seas Realm. The Magic Energy in your body has already become scalding hot, right? Perhaps taking one more step forward will cause it to burn.”
Wang Daozhen held the Array Breaking Whip, his gaze cold to the extreme, but he still didn’t dare take one more step forward: “You are much stronger than I imagined, and you have great courage and methods. How could a person like you be willing to cower and not come out, relying on the power of Heaven and Earth?”
“Being praised by you like this, I’m almost embarrassed!” Li Weiyi said.
Wang Daozhen said: “At this position, I also don’t dare to go all out, I must reserve some power to block that mysterious energy between Heaven and Earth, greatly reducing my combat power. Come out and try, perhaps you can kill me?”
Li Weiyi ignored him completely, lifted Yang Yun, and threw him back into the Five Seas Realm Boundary.
He then released strands of Magic Energy to collect the thirty-five Iron Book Pages fallen on the ground, reassembling them into an Iron Book.
“What to do with him?”
Yao Yin pointed at Chen Jingtang, who had been beaten into losing combat power.
Li Weiyi said: “Kill him directly!”
Yao Yin said: “Before the great change in Zangxian Town, among the young generation of Cultivators who could cultivate Nine Springs Ancestral Field, San Chen Palace has only a few. Killing him would likely provoke the older generation figures of San Chen Palace to seek revenge regardless of everything.”
In the Mang Mountain Martial Way great battle fourteen years ago, San Chen Palace’s three Grand Elders defeated the three Tribe Leaders of Jiu Li Tribe. This included Yao Yin’s maternal grandfather, the Medicine Li Tribe Tribe Leader.
Li Weiyi said: “I reckon that after the confrontation between the young generation on the Zangxian Town side ends, regardless of the result, turmoil in Li Zhou will inevitably erupt, and at that time all rules will cease to exist. War is merciless; the older generation won’t show mercy just because you are juniors, or refrain from acting due to their status. The Four Great Sects’ Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators hunting young Spring Gushing Realm Martial Cultivators of Jiu Li Tribe—isn’t that a living example?”
After striking a finger to kill Chen Jingtang, Li Weiyi removed the Iron Cloth Battle Robe from his body; it was a low-grade Magic Tool, quite heavy, over ten jin.
“Aren’t you going back to report? Or is it that you don’t dare to go back?” Li Weiyi said.
Wang Daozhen said: “The Demon King Sixth Generation Grandson, Yang Yun, Chen Jingtang—the fury of those Strong Practitioners behind those three is enough to annihilate the Medicine Li Tribe to Annihilation.”
“Talking to you is truly a waste of breath.”
Li Weiyi looked toward the mist behind him, hearing the dense footsteps one li away, and a smile instantly appeared on his face: “These people escaped too slowly. Yao Yin, let’s attack together, don’t let a single one escape.”
Six Spring Gushing Realm Strong Practitioners at Seven Springs and Eight Springs arrived at the Five Seas Realm Boundary in extreme panic, all letting out a sigh of relief, feeling the exhilaration of escaping with their lives.
They sat exhausted on the ground, panting heavily.
“Rest a bit, too terrifying! That Sima Tan doesn’t need a second strike to kill Nine Springs Supreme Persons, absolutely a Hundred Veins All Silver figure.”
“Hunting Jiu Li Tribe, yet getting hunted in turn—good thing we escaped. Hurry and leave, first return to Yaoguan City, this place can’t be stayed in anymore!”
“Simply ferocious demons and evil spirits, never want to see him again. I plan to leave Li Zhou immediately.”
……
Li Weiyi walked out from the mist, his brows slightly raised, quite speechless: “Don’t ruin my reputation; if you hadn’t first offended with the encirclement hunt, how could I have started a massacre? I’ve never done any ferocious or evil deeds!”
The six Spring Gushing Realm Martial Cultivators were scared pale as dirt, like seeing ghosts, their legs going soft, and they barely stood up to flee. But they saw Yao Yin walk out from the mist in another direction, blocking their retreat.
Everyone has a desire to survive, especially thinking of Li Weiyi’s cold and ruthless manner of killing without mercy.
The six were frightened into kneeling and kowtowing, begging for mercy one after another.
Li Weiyi knew there would be many more Martial Cultivators escaping over one after another; if all were killed, the scene would be too spectacular, and there wouldn’t be half a bit of joy in his heart. He was the one who least wanted to kill if it could be avoided.
Thus, he said: “Whoever has Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine on them can exchange the Exotic Medicine for their life.”
“I… I have one strain of Exotic Medicine…”
A Seven Springs Martial Cultivator carefully took out a strain of Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine hidden close to his body, very uneasy in his heart, unsure if the other party was someone who kept their word.
He was already not young, and using Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine to metamorphose into Pure Immortal Body would have quite limited achievements. So he had secretly kept the Exotic Medicine, planning to take it home for his young son to use.
The cruel encirclement hunter was also a loving father.
Li Weiyi had only asked casually, yet gained an unexpected delight, took the Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine, and said: “Go! Spared only this once, don’t let me see you again.”
That Seven Springs Martial Cultivator scrambled away, and only after running several li did he truly relax, deciding to immediately leave Li Zhou and return home to live out his later years in peace.
The remaining five were extremely envious, then like mourning the death of their parents, filled with Despair; they truly had no Exotic Medicine on them.
Li Weiyi said: “Those with Magic Tools, leave the Magic Tools behind for a life. Those without Magic Tools, give three hundred thousand Silver Coins, which can buy a life.”
