Chapter 117: The Ancient Town Beyond Reach
“I have magic tools, I do!”
A Seven Springs Martial Cultivator cried out in joy, taking off the magic tool saber at his waist. Seeing Li Weiyi nod, he immediately turned and fled without looking back.
A Seven Springs Martial Cultivator fumbled on his body for a long time, wailing, “I only have five hundred Spring Coins. Who can lend me some? Let me gather three thousand Spring Coins and buy my life. After I get out, I will take good care of your wives and daughters.”
“Get lost! You only have five hundred Spring Coins, what are you thinking? I have two Blood Crystals, which can be exchanged for two thousand Spring Coins. Who can lend me some? We can’t all die here, right?”
“I have a Five Seas Pill, can it be used to buy my life?”
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Li Weiyi’s eyes grew brighter and brighter. These Spring Gushing Realm Peak Martial Cultivators had hidden a lot of good things. His expression remained cold, and he said lightly, “As long as it is something of value, if you can gather thirty thousand silver coins, or three thousand Spring Coins, you can buy your life. I am a man of my word.”
Everyone knew that borrowing money was never an easy thing; it required strength.
Those with strong strength could not repay the money.
Soon, four Seven Springs Martial Cultivators from the same faction were fighting each other.
In the end, only one person survived. He gathered all the treasures and money bags together and handed them to Li Weiyi. Then, dragging his heavily wounded body, he limped away. Whether he would encounter a Departed Spirit Fiend Demon and be able to return to Yaoguan City alive could only depend on his fate.
Li Weiyi gave a wry smile, “I just wanted to kill as few people as possible, but I didn’t expect it to become more cruel. How about we just rob everyone who comes fleeing behind us and let them all go!”
“Human nature is like this. To survive, they will do anything. When they hunted young Jiu Li cultivators, they never thought about how cruel they were. The Jiu Li had no enmity with them!” Yao Yin’s hatred was clearly deeper than Li Weiyi’s.
“Alright, you can handle it next. The price remains the same old rule.”
Li Weiyi glanced at Wang Daozhen in the distance and couldn’t help but ask, “If you give me one hundred thousand Spring Coins, I can spare your life.”
Wang Daozhen gritted his teeth, sneered, took two steps back, and turned to charge in the direction of Yaoguan City.
As the Spring Gushing Realm Martial Cultivators returned one by one, the situation here could not be concealed at all. No matter how unwilling or fearful he was, he had to rush back to report first.
Thinking of a good explanation might offer a way to live.
Li Weiyi found a high, flat spot and sat down to meditate and heal.
Footsteps could be heard.
Another group of fleeing Spring Gushing Realm Peak Martial Cultivators arrived at the Five Seas Realm Boundary, all excited, thinking they had finally escaped.
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Nine leaders of the Jiu Li tribe waited about a hundred miles away from the Five Seas Realm Boundary, either meditating, resting with their eyes closed, or feeling anxious.
In the past five days, only cultivators had entered, but no cultivators had returned.
This was too abnormal!
Li Songlin, with his hands behind his back, paced back and forth on the twenty-foot-wide riverside dirt road, saying, “I feel like something has happened! It’s been almost six days, how can there be no news at all? Mobilize the army immediately!”
The Beast Li Leader said, “Perhaps the internal space of Zangxian Town has expanded, and a large number of exotic medicines have appeared, so everyone is reluctant to come out and is busy collecting herbs.”
The Medicine Li Leader, Yao Xingyue, said, “Although Sima Tan is strong, he is ultimately just one person. Two fists are no match for four hands. How about you wait here, and Songlin and I will go back to Yaoguan City to mobilize the army? If there is still no news by the ninth day, then don’t worry about any rules, and directly send the army in.”
White snowflakes fell, fluttering down, cool and beautiful.
“Xingyue, you still have such a hot temper. The Jiu Li tribe has an army, does my Sui Sect not have one? Are the armies trained by San Chen Palace, Tian Yi Sect, and Coffin Sea Pavilion just for show?”
The other party was still ten miles away.
An elegant and gentle voice, yet it sounded in the ears of every leader, like a soft whisper. This level of cultivation was simply shocking, and all nine leaders changed their expressions.
Yao Xingyue was the strongest among the nine leaders, and could be called the Jiu Li Leader. His expression was extremely solemn, “He has become even stronger! Perhaps it is true as the outside world rumored, that one can reach Longevity within a Jia Zi.”
Half an hour later, the carriage of Yao Qian, the leader of Sui Sect, slowly arrived amidst the heavy snowstorm.
The road and the trees on both sides were covered with a layer of snow.
A Silver Horned Deer pulled the carriage, with no one driving it, and the carriage curtain was tightly drawn. The wheels left two black tracks where they rolled, and the carriage stopped nine Zhang away from the nine leaders.
This meant one respected the other with a distance of one Zhang, courtesy before conflict.
Yao Xingyue had already stood up from his meditation, “Since even you have come in person, it seems the action of the Four Great Sects this time will be more fierce than we estimated.”
From inside the carriage, Yao Qian’s voice emerged, “This battle will come sooner or later. Don’t we all know it clearly in our hearts?”
“But your cooperation with the Earth Wolf King Army is like inviting a wolf into the house. You are not unaware of the barbarian thieves’ nature of burning, killing, and looting.” Yao Xingyue said.
Fourteen years ago, before the Four Great Sects revealed their fangs, the relationship between the two sides was harmonious. Yao Xingyue and Yao Qian were even close friends; at least, Yao Xingyue considered him his best friend at that time.
Yao Qian said lightly, “The Jiu Li tribe pays tribute to the Buddha Bandit every year. Are the cowardly thieves any better? Xingyue, decay and obsolescence should be overthrown. What this chaotic time needs is progress, not complacency. The process of success is not important. Whether it is by borrowing the power of barbarian thieves or by borrowing the might of the demon race, we will pay any price. When I achieve my success, my disciples from the Sui Sect will write my biography and praise my achievements, spreading them through the ages.”
Li Songlin snorted coldly, “Yao Qian, you truly have a gift for sophistry! You want to establish an eternal achievement, but I fear your strength cannot support your ambition, and you will end up as a pawn for others to build their eternal achievements. Everyone wants to Transform into a Dragon, but who is the true dragon?”
The Qi Li Leader, a man with a Pure Immortal Body, summoned seven swords that flew around him and said, “Why argue right and wrong with him? Something has definitely happened in Zangxian Town. Let’s attack him together today. We must mobilize the army quickly, or it will be too late!”
“Slay me? How could I possibly have come alone?” Yao Qian said.
Rolling demon clouds surged from the wide Sui River.
The Demon Race leader from Tian Ya Ridge, with his mountain-like giant body, strode across the river, his aura vast and the waves immense, laughing, “It’s been so many days, and you’re only reacting now. Won’t it be too late?”
The leaders of San Chen Palace, Tian Yi Sect, and Coffin Sea Pavilion appeared one after another.
The San Chen Palace leader, a woman in palace attire with a Pure Immortal Body, used an inconceivable method to hang in mid-air, as if integrated with space. She smiled, “Now, it’s your turn to consider whether you will all be slaughtered here!”
The nine leaders of the Jiu Li tribe’s hearts sank to the bottom. It wasn’t that they were worried the leaders of the Four Great Sects and Tian Ya Ridge would actually dare to act here. After all, they also had contingencies; if they really fought to the death, no one would get away easily.
They were worried about Zangxian Town.
It’s been almost six days. What was meant to happen has probably already happened.
Li Songlin was very worried about Cang Li, Li Ling, and Li Weiyi. His eyes were icy cold. “They want to keep us here, unable to go anywhere. Let’s fight. Yao Qian was right about one thing: chaotic times require progress, not complacency.”
Suddenly.
The sound of chaotic hooves rang out.
A team carrying corpses was approaching from the direction of Zangxian Town.
Wang Daozhen, alone and covered in wounds, weakly rode at the front of a strong horse, arriving before the various leaders.
“Boom!”
He fell from his horse to the ground, supporting his severely wounded body. Kneeling, he reported tearfully to Yao Qian, “Leader… the sixth-generation descendant is dead, Yang Yun is dead, Chen Jingtang is dead, and Master Liu is dead… we were attacked by two mysterious women whose cultivation is unfathomable… *cough cough*, I was lucky to survive by jumping into the boiling Sui River.”
On the way back, Wang Daozhen had killed and silenced the Spring Gushing Realm Martial Cultivators who had seen him.
Wang Daozhen described the two mysterious women: “They fought fiercely and struck ruthlessly. They must be from the Jiu Li Hidden Sect.”
“The sixth-generation descendant was killed by Sima Tan’s three strikes. His strength is far greater than anyone imagined; he didn’t even need a second strike to kill a Nine Springs Supreme Person. The Spring Gushing Realm powerhouses from the more than ten allied forces were routed and utterly defeated. If only I could cross the Five Seas Realm boundary, I would surely kill him with my own hands.”
The news Wang Daozhen brought back surprised all the Leaders present.
That Demon Race Leader, laughing in extreme anger, said, “First he kills the Dao Fire Ape, and then he kills the successor seed of Hundred Veins All Silver from Tian Ya Ridge. Even if he has the Great Demons of the Far West Ash Region backing him, this seat will give him ten ways to die.”
The San Chen Palace Leader could no longer laugh, not because he cared about the deaths of Chen Jingtang and others, but because he felt utterly humiliated.
Yao Qian did not get out of the carriage, but he heard several flaws in Wang Daozhen’s words, and his perception also discovered some clues on those corpses.
But at this time, how could he anger Wang Daozhen to death, letting the nine leaders of the Jiu Li tribe, who were already secretly rejoicing, make a spectacle of themselves?
He was silent for a moment and then praised, “Good, very good. The Jiu Li Hidden Sect has finally appeared, and our plan has succeeded! The battlefield of the Spring Gushing Realm is meaningless; the Five Seas Realm is the key. How are your injuries?”
Wang Daozhen had not expected that the usually wise leader would be deceived by him today. He quickly said, “It’s fine… I… *cough cough*… I can still fight for the sect…”
Yao Qian really didn’t want to look any further: “Since that’s the case, you should quickly go to the path of the Five Seas Realm cultivator and inform Qingxi and the others about the information on those two women from the Jiu Li Hidden Sect.”
There are some things Wang Daozhen cannot make up.
Yao Qian believed that there were indeed two such mysterious and powerful women who appeared.
Whether they are from the Jiu Li Hidden Sect or not, they are worth taking down.
After Wang Daozhen rode back to Zangxian Town, the Beast Li Leader looked at the long line of horses and the corpses on their backs, and finally couldn’t help but laugh heartily: “I thought your calculations were that deep, and your preparations were that thorough, making me worry for nothing. It seems your Spring Gushing Realm disciples suffered heavy casualties!”
Yao Qian said calmly, “If half of the Jiu Li clan’s Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators can return alive, then it won’t be too late for you to laugh.”
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Li Weiyi’s injuries healed. He looked at the various items piled on the ground: Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine, Magic Tools, Blood Crystals, Pills, Money Bags… there was everything.
And in the distance, corpses were piled into a small mountain, all having killed each other for money.
These people all wanted to borrow money and not return it; they deserved to die.
It has been two hours since any fugitives have come. Clearly, this way of making money, like waiting by a stump for a rabbit, cannot last. It’s unlike leeks, which can be harvested again and again.
Li Weiyi said, “You’ve worked hard! Pick out anything you like first.”
Yao Yin’s output was not small, and Li Weiyi would not be stingy in giving her what was due.
He was never a stingy person, he just knew how to be frugal and cherish things.
Yao Yin gently shook her head and raised her palm, “Can I have these Silver Thread Gloves?”
“You really know how to pick them. Its value is probably more than all of these on the ground combined.” Li Weiyi knew that many magic tools required Five Seas Realm cultivation to unleash their true might.
Magic tools are inherently for Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators.
Yao Yin’s red lips pursed, revealing a rare girlish demeanor, and she chided, “I’m practicing palm techniques, and these gloves suit me perfectly. I don’t want my palms to be pierced again later. If it’s absolutely necessary, I’ll buy them.”
“Forget it! I still owe you a large amount of blood crystals, so consider it debt repayment!”
Li Weiyi put all the various treasures and money on the ground into the Evil Camel Bell, brought Yang Yun, whose limbs were broken, and together with Yao Yin, rode horses back to the Jiu Li tribe’s Martial Cultivator camp.
The Jiu Li tribe’s martial cultivator camp. Zangxian Town, shrouded in immortal radiance, can be seen from afar. Its earth walls and blue tiles form houses like a forest.
They were about five to six li apart.
In the town, a thick and bright pillar of light shot straight into the sky, illuminating all directions, unable to be covered by mist. That immortal radiance seemed to scatter from the pillar of light, and also to spread out from the town.
Seeing Li Weiyi heading towards Zangxian Town, Yao Yin quickly caught up: “You can’t reach Zangxian Town! From here, it seems we’re only a few miles away, but after walking a bit further, we’ll enter a vast, Immortal Realm-like different space. It’s as if the space here has been violently stretched; it’s an ancient town that can no longer be reached.”
Li Weiyi had already seen the abnormal immortal radiance area ahead, a layer of power-confused energy barrier separating him from Zangxian Town.
“Once we pass through this energy barrier, we will enter what is called Immortal Realm Space?” Li Weiyi asked curiously.
Yao Yin nodded, “But once inside, we might encounter Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators, or even old monsters in the Dao Seed Realm. The Immortal Realm space is chaotic, with Martial Cultivators of various realms gathering medicinal herbs inside. Those in the Dao Seed Realm and Longevity Realm also have paths into the Immortal Realm space, in different directions from the Spring Gushing Realm and Five Seas Realm.”
Li Weiyi immediately dismissed the thought, temporarily suppressing the curiosity in his heart.
Anyway, the Jiu Li tribe has plenty of Martial Cultivators who dare to venture in and gather herbs; they don’t lack him.
“The Mang Mountain Grand Sacrifice is for nine heavens. When the time comes, don’t let everyone rush back. The road back to Yaoguan City is likely very unsafe now.”
After giving this instruction, Li Weiyi found a place closest to Zangxian Town, took out the Broken Spring Needle, and then absorbed the Immortal Radiance to continue his impact on the Tenth Spring.
He didn’t mind being known for his ability to absorb Immortal Radiance; there might not be only him among Martial Cultivators who could absorb Immortal Radiance.
After all, so many Medicinal Herbs can be absorbed.
Half a month passed in a flash.
Li Weiyi sat in meditation with his upper body exposed. Immortal Radiance emanated from the pores of every inch of his skin. He was handsome and elegant, not a Pure Immortal Body, but more like a true immortal cultivating in the mortal world.
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