Chapter 133: Qi Sea’s Ten Directions
“You mean…”
Zuo Qiu Lanlan understood what he meant, her eyes full of shock and doubt, then she shook her head: “No, Sima Tan is righteous beyond the skies, with noble character; he’s not that kind of person.”
“Perhaps he isn’t that kind of person yet, still bound by conscience, but once he wakes up to it, he will definitely kill us to silence us. With his extraordinary talent, plus the seven strange insects, and our low strength and weakness…”
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming said: “If it were you, would you kill to silence? Right, and there’s the Sky Flame Saber and immortal soil—doesn’t he feel tempted at all?”
Zuo Qiu Lanlan thought of something and said bitterly: “He won a great victory in this battle, so he can definitely seize a large amount of spoils of war. If he takes us back below the mountain, he’ll inevitably have to share some merit with us; if he just kills us directly, it’s only a matter of swinging the saber two more times.”
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming nodded: “We can’t go back; Thirty-three Mile Mountain is our burial ground.”
“Escape now, and there might be a chance.” Zuo Qiu Lanlan said.
“We can’t escape! And fleeing at this time might just provoke him to have murderous intent to silence us.” Zuo Qiu Bai Ming said.
Zuo Qiu Lanlan said: “Perhaps… we’re being petty…”
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming said: “To survive, we must plan for the worst. Lanlan, you have a Pure Immortal Body and outstanding beauty; if you take the initiative, perhaps you can steady him. Sima Tan looks like a novice focused on the Martial Way; as long as you make him lose himself in it and temporarily forget about killing to silence, after going down the mountain, he will surely regret it too late.”
“Ah… Che Ge’s corpse is still warm…”
Zuo Qiu Lanlan exclaimed in shock, unable to believe he would say such things—a person who was once so proud, how could he suddenly become so without a bottom line?
“Then let’s just wait to die together!” Zuo Qiu Bai Ming sighed.
…
Far away from the Giant Stone Statue Forest, in the mist.
The Camel Bell sound boomed, lightning intertwined.
Li Weiyi used all his means and finally used the lightning erupted from the Black Iron Seal to blast Chen Song into a piece of charred remains. Then, he searched his body.
“Worthily the leader; he actually has three mid-grade magic tools on him. San Chen Palace really spared no expense.”
Li Weiyi found a boundary bag in Chen Song’s embrace, undamaged.
He used magic energy to activate and open it, then took out seventeen stalks of Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine from inside.
“So many? Great!”
Li Weiyi was overjoyed. After searching Chen Song completely, he threw the corpse off the cliff to destroy the corpse and erase traces, to avoid exposing the Evil Camel Bell and Black Iron Seal.
As for the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, it didn’t matter; Zuo Qiu Ting knew about them anyway.
Next, he searched corpse after corpse, finding a large amount of Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine, Golden Spring, and magic tools.
Unfortunately, the most precious immortal soil yielded nothing.
Li Weiyi withdrew the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors into the insect tube and returned to the Giant Stone Statue Forest in high spirits. Just this one haul was enough money to make him the richest in the Five Seas Realm.
He secretly calculated in his heart: should he do one more?
Once out of Thirty-three Mile Mountain, Li Zhou is full of masters; how could he act so recklessly as now?
Upon returning, Li Weiyi naturally returned the Sky Flame Saber first thing.
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming, sitting on the ground like a great disaster was imminent, hurriedly said: “I’m now like a cripple, unable to fight anyone. The Sky Flame Saber is best wielded in Brother Sima’s hands to exert its maximum value; after all, Xue Qi and that Tian Ya Ridge fox demon are still in the mountain—what if we encounter them?”
“Makes sense! We’ve cleared it out clean; let’s go, down the mountain now.”
Li Weiyi didn’t want to waste words, so he picked up Shang Zhi’s corpse on his back.
He noticed Zuo Qiu Lanlan’s heavy-hearted appearance and reminded: “Madam Tian, let’s go; you carry Senior Disciple Brother Bai Ming!”
“We’re going down the mountain now?”
Zuo Qiu Lanlan asked softly, not daring to meet his eyes.
“Or what?”
Li Weiyi felt baffled; did she still want to continue searching for immortal soil?
Zuo Qiu Lanlan looked at his back as he carried the corpse forward and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed they really were being petty; if he truly had malicious intent, why not strike now?
The two went down the mountain extremely fast and soon arrived at Three Mile Mountain.
Li Weiyi secretly calculated in his heart: sending these two here should be safe!
Next, how to separate reasonably?
He didn’t dare see Zuo Qiu Ting and planned to leave Thirty-three Mile Mountain in another direction.
Zuo Qiu Lanlan and Zuo Qiu Bai Ming following behind grew more nervous the closer they got below the mountain, very afraid that “Sima Tan” would suddenly react and erupt to kill them.
Just as the two were on edge, extremely tense.
Li Weiyi suddenly stopped, slowly turned around, and revealed a smile that seemed extremely eerie to the two. He only said: “Here is safe enough; you go first. I still have something to do.”
With that, he stepped back, making way.
Zuo Qiu Lanlan’s face turned deathly pale in an instant, then she shook her head vigorously.
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming gave a dry laugh: “What matter? Lanlan can help with some too.”
Zuo Qiu Lanlan nodded hurriedly.
Li Weiyi had prepared his words: “If Sui Sect and Tian Ya Ridge people come down the mountain, they’ll definitely pass here. I plan to use one move to wait like guarding a tree stump for a rabbit and take this chance to deal with them. I’m enough alone; no need for you to stay.”
Li Weiyi both wanted to slip away and had the idea of making another fortune.
Zuo Qiu Lanlan and Zuo Qiu Bai Ming stared tightly at him, not daring to take a step forward.
This “Sima Tan” was acting extremely abnormally; if it was to hunt Sui Sect and Tian Ya Ridge, why send the two of them away? Too deliberate!
Li Weiyi realized and hurriedly handed over the Sky Flame Saber in his hand: “This thing returns to its original owner!”
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming didn’t dare take it, feeling the other was testing or still hesitating whether to kill them. Sometimes, a person’s righteousness or evil, good or bad, is just a thought away.
Perhaps when he takes the saber, or when they go down the mountain.
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming smiled nervously: “Brother Sima has saved our lives; with nothing to repay, please accept this saber as a gift!”
Li Weiyi was surprised, and his impression of Zuo Qiu Bai Ming instantly changed.
He might be a bit arrogant, but being clear on grudges made him rare and valuable. Who doesn’t have some flaws in personality?
Since he had already saved them, Li Weiyi naturally accepted it with a clear conscience, his smile much more sincere: “I feel you’re both too tense. We’re already very close to below the mountain; nothing to fear. Madam Tian, please!”
Zuo Qiu Lanlan put Zuo Qiu Bai Ming down and said with more sincere eyes: “We share an irreconcilable hatred with Sui Sect and Tian Ya Sect; I must avenge this too. We’re teammates, advancing and retreating together, sharing life and death.”
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming said: “Exactly; with this bond of sharing life and death, even if we go down the mountain, we’ll definitely keep the secret for Brother Sima and never leak a word to outsiders.”
“Senior Disciple Brother Bai Ming, your injuries…”
“No matter; no rush to heal.”
Li Weiyi frowned deeply.
Couldn’t shake them off?
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming was so loyal; had they really misunderstood him before?
“Fine then; there’s still a day until the immortal mist disperses. I reckon Xue Qi and the others will come down tomorrow. You rest and heal first; I’ll go over there to rest a bit.”
Li Weiyi carried Shang Zhi’s corpse and walked into the distance.
He planned to use this time to swallow the Five Seas Pill, open the first sea of qi, and impact the Five Seas Realm.
After going down the mountain, he might encounter all kinds of masters; if he could formally enter the Five Seas Realm, not to mention turning from fish to flood dragon, at least the sky would be high and the sea vast.
Coming to a streamside, Li Weiyi put down the corpse and carefully watched the distant Zuo Qiu Gatehouse pair, confirming that using the Buddha’s Sarira’s spatial power here wouldn’t be sensed by them.
He had three treasures to help impact the Five Seas Realm: Five Seas Pill, Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine, Buddha’s Sarira.
But he wanted to try with his own power first.
Impacting the Five Seas Realm, most importantly, is opening the first sea of qi.
The sea of qi is like a furnace, with the ability to quench magic energy. Magic power surges out from the spring eye, transported to the sea of qi for storage, quenched into purer high-grade magic energy. When using martial arts moves and activating magic tools, the power will far surpass Spring Gushing Realm martial cultivators.
Li Weiyi sat cross-legged in meditation, using the breathing technique, gradually entering a state of tranquility and naturalness.
In the world, only I exist.
The outside world vanished.
The method to impact the Five Seas Realm had been taught by Jar Master earlier; it wasn’t complex.
Inside his body, the ten springs surged one by one, magic power entering the one hundred twenty veins, circulating through the whole body. After several cycles, Li Weiyi used the breakthrough method to guide: the first vein split off a branch vein connecting to the first lung leaf.
Next, the second vein split a branch vein.
The third vein split a branch vein…
This was a slow and exhausting process; every vein had to split off a branch vein, connecting to the future sea of qi.
These branch veins were called string bridges.
Like strings, connecting the sea of qi and veins.
Once interrupted, all previous efforts wasted.
So many martial cultivators swallow the Five Seas Pill before impacting realms to provide ample energy and magic power support. Moreover, the Five Seas Pill contains power to quench lung leaves, making it easier to open the sea of qi.
…
In the distance.
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming glanced at Li Weiyi and transmitted with magic energy: “He seems to be meditating, but actually examining his heart. The next day will be hard to endure! Life and death hang on his one thought.”
“We’re already very close to below the mountain; escaping would be a matter of moments.” Zuo Qiu Lanlan said.
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming sneered: “With his cultivation, just you? Why do you think he sat so far? Normal rest shouldn’t be right next to us? He’s testing us; if we flee, it proves we’re guilty. Then, he can kill us without any psychological guilt. For someone of his character, breaking through the barrier of morality requires a reason.”
“Senior Disciple Brother, aren’t you overthinking? I feel Sima Tan isn’t that kind of person.” Zuo Qiu Lanlan said.
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming said agitatedly: “Think too shallowly, and the price paid isn’t big enough? Don’t underestimate human nature; life is only one. You’re just unwilling to pay, right? I see you admire him greatly, almost seeing him as a saint!”
“I…”
Zuo Qiu Lanlan struggled in her heart, falling into endless pain.
…
Li Weiyi completed building the one hundred twenty string bridge branch veins, his energy severely depleted, secretly tense.
If the breakthrough failed, he’d have to wait a whole year.
“Begin!”
Inside his body, the ten springs surged madly, magic power surging toward the one hundred twenty string bridges at the fastest speed. The string bridge paths were all different, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, straight toward the central lung leaf.
At this moment, Li Weiyi’s breathing became extremely long, surrounding qi flow surging, branches and leaves swaying.
An unprecedented intense pain and swelling sensation erupted in the lungs, as if his chest was about to explode.
“Bang! Bang…”
The lung leaves jumped rapidly and violently like a heart.
“Boom!”
His body shook violently; all magic power had an outlet, pouring into the inner world of the lung leaf, making the inner world grow larger and larger.
“The sea of qi is open!”
Li Weiyi hurriedly swallowed the Five Seas Pill and a stalk of Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine, while activating the Buddha’s Sarira’s spatial power to expand the inner world in the lung leaf.
He knew that every martial cultivator’s first sea of qi varied in size.
The larger opened, the greater the advantage.
For Seven Springs Breaking Five Seas martial cultivators, the first sea of qi was almost only one unit. For Eight Springs Breaking Five Seas, it could reach two units.
For Nine Springs Breaking Five Seas, it started at three units.
Same realm, yet the magic energy thickness gap among martial cultivators could reach several times. The combat power gap was evident.
After three breaths, Li Weiyi’s first sea of qi reached one unit.
After seven breaths, it reached two units.
…
After a quarter-hour, it expanded to seven units.
The expansion speed slowed, becoming increasingly difficult.
Because the larger the inner world’s space, the thinner the magic energy inside. Li Weiyi was continuously mobilizing magic power to convert it, but far from enough.
For First Realm of the Five Seas Realm martial cultivators, from breakthrough to filling the sea of qi with magic energy, then to fully quenching the magic energy, this process often took several months.
Just as Li Weiyi went all out to impact the eighth unit.
A pair of soft, delicate arms suddenly draped over his neck; someone sat in his lap, a fragrant scent at his nose tip, the tender body elastic and warm to the touch.
“What situation?”
Li Weiyi had long released the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors to guard; how could someone approach?
He had no time to divide attention and continued impacting the eighth unit sea of qi.
“Bang!”
Li Weiyi vaguely sensed someone strike to knock out the woman in his lap. Curious, he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then went all out to impact the sea of qi.
An hour later, the sea of qi’s size fixed at ten units.
Gradually, his consciousness fully returned to the outside world, and he opened his eyes. He saw Zuo Qiu Lanlan, disheveled, passed out in his lap, like a deliberate setup.
If seen by others, even jumping into the Sui River wouldn’t clear it.
The massive-bodied Yin Twenty-Three and a slender figure wearing departed spirit human skin sat on a stone several zhang away, transmitting sound to exchange something. Seeing him open his eyes, the two immediately looked over.
…
Monthly Ticket!
