Chapter 121: Clash Of Inheritor Ranks
Li Weiyi successively looted the bodies of Yuan Qi, Yuan Sheng, Lynx Demon, Chen Ying, and that unknown human Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivator, collecting war weapons and various valuables, before following the trail of Wang Daozhen’s escape.
Night-walking Clothes wrapped his entire body, with stealth and qi concealment, always remaining cautious.
“He didn’t explain clearly, just left behind the words ‘still good.’ Is it good, or not good?”
Li Weiyi let out a long sigh, carefully pondering, feeling that in the clash at the Five Seas Realm level, the Four Great Sects should still hold the upper hand, after all, they had allied with multiple forces from outside the state. Just Tian Ya Ridge alone was filled with strong practitioners, swarming with demons.
The two groups of barbarian thieves from Coffin Mountain and Earth Wolf King Army were also no small threats.
In contrast, the Jiu Li Clan, after more than half a month, had only produced a somewhat unreliable Li Ling to come here, the difference was clear, making one anxious.
……
The grassland was vast, boundless.
Yellow sky and black earth, resembling the Primordial Black and Yellow Frontier from mythological legends.
But……
“The husband of black and yellow is the miscellany of heaven and earth, heaven is black and earth is yellow. But here, why is it reversed, sky yellow and earth black?”
Li Weiyi stood on a hill overgrown with weeds, gazing at the yellow sky, feeling an extremely ominous sense of oppression in his heart. This world, even if not Immortal Realm Space, was surely extraordinary.
After chasing nearly a hundred li, Wang Daozhen’s aura grew closer.
Li Weiyi held the Iron Book, held his breath, and slowly approached.
Wang Daozhen lay under a massive ancient tree that took six or seven people to encircle, on the ground at his neck was a pool of scarlet blood, his entire body motionless.
After probing, he found no pulse or breath; he was dead.
“No signs of fighting, neck bone and throat instantly severed by a sharp weapon, Wang Daozhen had no chance to fight back.”
“Body is still warm, died not long ago.”
“Array Breaking Whip was taken, what a pity!”
Li Weiyi had caught up, originally planning to subdue Wang Daozhen and first inquire about the situation of the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, but the plan failed, now he could only rely on sensing to search.
In the air lingered a faint fragrance belonging to Li Ling.
No need to guess, it must have been her and Zuo Qiu Ting’s doing.
“Truly formidable, a Second Realm of the Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivator had no chance to strike in his presence.”
Li Weiyi’s mood was heavy, he knew he was not much better than Wang Daozhen; if Zuo Qiu Ting harbored hostility or had other schemes, how many chances did he have to escape alive?
A figure from the first sequence of the younger generation was truly terrifying.
“Must break through to Five Seas Realm as soon as possible.”
In the past half year plus, he had progressed quickly, but still had a huge gap with this world’s top geniuses. Not to mention others, Li Ling’s current strength was above his, and in merely half a year, she had advanced from Earth Fire to Heavenly Fire.
He was progressing, others were too.
Taking out the Magic Tool Treasure Bottle, Li Weiyi decided to swallow Golden Spring to try. Even if it couldn’t temper Gold Veins, boosting physical body power a bit would be good.
He drank it down in one gulp.
After entering his abdomen, the Golden Spring gradually turned from warm to scalding hot.
Li Weiyi sat cross-legged in meditation, hands forming the Meridian Tai Chi Seal, breathing and exhaling, with the magic power of Ten Springs surging inside, circulating through one hundred twenty veins. Consciously, he transported the smoky immortal radiance mist transformed by the Golden Spring toward one of the Silver Veins.
With the passage of time, that Silver Vein took on a layer of golden glow.
“Great, it’s transforming. This Golden Spring’s tempering ability surpasses the Hidden Sect’s Golden Spring, as expected from Immortal Realm Space.”
Li Weiyi calmed his excited emotions and quickly drank the second mouthful.
……
The Golden Spring in the Treasure Bottle was only a thin layer; Li Weiyi drank six mouthfuls and it was all gone.
But these six mouthfuls allowed him to newly temper two Gold Veins in a short time.
The number of Gold Veins in his body reached seventy-six.
Additionally, some Golden Spring substance merged into his bones; though untestable, bone strength had surely increased somewhat.
Li Weiyi now felt both happy and pained.
Happy that this Golden Spring substance was truly marvelous, able to temper all his veins into Gold Veins in a short time, and increase bone strength.
Pained that the Golden Spring was gone!
To get more, he had to go to Thirty-three Mile Mountain.
But according to that Luan Tai Angel, entering Thirty-three Mile Mountain was as hard as ascending to heaven.
Since there were treasures like “Immortal Soil” and “Golden Spring,” they must be controlled by major powers; ordinary Martial Cultivators approaching would likely be killed.
Even if luckily obtaining Golden Spring, it couldn’t be taken away.
Just like that brother hammered to death by Yuan Sheng.
Even more painful was that other Martial Cultivators could surely collect Golden Spring to temper bones. In the Martial Way, wouldn’t he fall behind?
“Forget it, no opportunity is as important as life; better first find and recover the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors!”
Li Weiyi’s mind power vaguely sensed the Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors in this Immortal Realm Space, with a general direction.
Following the sensed direction, he swiftly went in stealth.
There was no day or night in Immortal Realm Space, the sky always dim yellow. The light illuminating the world came from the light pillar at the horizon and the Immortal Mist in mid-air.
After traveling over a hundred li, the hills on the grassland grew larger, some even seven or eight hundred meters high.
Trees went from sparse to gradually abundant.
Vegetation types became diverse, no longer just dark green wormwood, but also tussock grass, wheat straw, shrubs……, and vast expanses of exotic leyuan flowers, with Immortal Mist settling into the flower sea on the mid-mountain wilderness, forming a beautiful scroll-like scene.
Passing through the mid-mountain flower cluster mist sea, the moment he reached the mountain peak, Li Weiyi witnessed a Martial Way battle that shook his heart like nothing in the past twenty years.
On the mountaintop’s broad expanse extending like a cow’s back into the distance, a giant dragon coiled in mid-air, dragon head, dragon scales, dragon claws clearly discernible, absolutely not like the mere blurry dragon shadow when he used Yellow Dragon Ascends to Heaven.
A stunning figure in silver robe and white jacket stood at the center of the coiling giant dragon, arms waving to stir up gusts of wind. The giant dragon dove down, straight toward the veiled Jiang Ning opposite.
Jiang Ning’s graceful and immortal figure stood in the void, with a pair of massive White Feathers light shadows on her back, countless magic energy-condensed feathers tumbling in the heaven and earth centered on her.
A majestic building platform unknowably many zhang high flew out from the void behind her, colliding with the diving giant dragon.
“Boom!”
Magic Energy wildly surged and vented, mud and stones tumbling on the mountaintop.
Even the Immortal Mist sea at mid-mountain was shaken and stirred.
Li Weiyi held his breath, in this moment, strong Martial Way yearning arose in his heart, like a mortal glimpsing a corner of the heavenly palace, from then on unwilling to remain merely mortal.
“That figure…… very much like the mysterious noble guest who secretly plotted with Shi Jiuzhai in Zangxian Town back then.”
Li Weiyi’s cultivation was now vastly different, able to clearly see the figures of the two clashing on the battlefield.
His gaze fell on the face of the man in silver robe and white jacket, and Li Weiyi was stunned: “Zuo Qiu Ting? No, just looks identical, not the same person. Could it be twin brothers?”
The silver robe white jacket man’s face was extraordinarily handsome, his entire body exuding an imposing nobility and extraordinary demeanor, tall and straight figure, sharp brows and eyes, this was true masculine bearing, without any disharmony.
“Battle Intent transforming into dragon, could he be the legendary Dragon Gate Successor?”
Li Weiyi secretly worried for Li Ling; that Zuo Qiu Ting was likely from Dragon Gate, otherwise impossible to resemble so closely. And Dragon Gate was one of the masterminds behind inciting the great chaos in Li Zhou.
“Zheng!”
Jiang Ning, like a Yu Xianzi untouched by worldly smoke, one sword breaking through the air, feathers filling the sky accompanying her.
The brilliance erupting from the sword was as bright and swift as lightning, slashing past, piercing the dragon shadow, approaching the Dragon Gate Successor Long Ting.
Long Ting had a layer of dragon scale golden light protecting his body, and with a two-chi-long bone flute in hand, he pointed it out.
“Bang!”
Thousands upon thousands of Sword Qi like Celestial Maidens scattering flowers spread from the center of their clash to the entire mountaintop area.
Zhuang Yue, standing with sword on back, retreated at extreme speed to farther from the battlefield.
Li Weiyi’s gaze fell on Zhuang Yue, sensing the aura of the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, the Insect Tube hanging on her shoulder.
“Strange, how were the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors captured by them?”
Li Weiyi knew Zhuang Yue’s cultivation was high and didn’t dare act rashly, so he urged mind power, preparing to inscribe Insect Script to communicate with them.
Suddenly.
Footsteps sounded from behind.
Li Weiyi was startled and immediately turned to look.
The process of turning caused air fluctuations, immediately sensed by the stealthy Shi Shishi. Shi Shishi was also startled, who would have thought there was someone hidden nearby?
Invisibility talisman?
Or high-grade Magic Tool Invisibility Cloak?
The two were eight or nine zhang apart.
Shi Shishi couldn’t see Li Weiyi but knew his hidden position, quickly crouching down and making a silencing gesture.
“Within ten zhang close range, I only just sensed it; this Little Fatty lives up to being the Law King of Earth Wolf King Army.” Li Weiyi quickly recovered from surprise, not daring to act rashly anymore.
Shi Shishi carefully approached, transmitting with magic energy: “This one is Law King of Earth Wolf King Army, Shi Shishi, which side is Your Excellency from?”
“Sui Sect Wang family, Wang Daozhen.”
Li Weiyi altered his voice, replying softly.
“Great, one of our own. Brother Daozhen, what method is this, your stealth and qi concealment skill is marvelous.”
Shi Shishi was very interested in stealth-type treasures.
“Family heirloom.” Li Weiyi didn’t dare reveal too much.
Shi Shishi shifted his gaze from Li Weiyi’s direction, his bright little eyes fixed on Zhuang Yue, a smile spilling from his lips: “Brother Daozhen, how about we team up and take this opportunity to capture that Jiu Li Hidden Sect woman?”
“Ah?”
Li Weiyi was astonished.
He truly didn’t understand why Shi Shishi thought Zhuang Yue was from Jiu Li Hidden Sect?
But he didn’t dare ask.
Asking would expose his identity.
Shi Shishi said: “After capturing her, force out the Jiu Li Hidden Sect’s information, and we two families share it, how about?”
Li Weiyi wanted to probe all the forces dividing Li Zhou, so he said: “Such important information, of course report to each family, join hands to first annihilate Jiu Li Hidden Sect.”
“Brother Daozhen is one of the rare upright men in Sui Sect! But before acting, whoever has more exclusive information can get more benefits in interest negotiations. Didn’t Young Lady Yang tell you this principle?”
Shi Shishi drew even closer!
Li Weiyi suddenly felt unsafe, glaring at Shi Shishi: “Don’t come closer! If you get any nearer, I feel like you want to take me out first and monopolize Jiu Li Hidden Sect’s information.”
Shi Shishi felt this Wang Daozhen was somewhat shrewd and hard to scheme against, quickly withdrawing the magic energy in his palm: “We are allies, how could allies harm allies?”
“Then you strike first?” Li Weiyi said.
Shi Shishi was very wary of Jiang Ning: “That woman who can suppress the Dragon Gate Successor is very terrifying; we strike together, quickly capture, then immediately escape……”
“Not good, someone beat us to it.” Li Weiyi exclaimed.
