Chapter 192: Yin Shi Has Arrived
“Don’t bring up what’s not supposed to be mentioned.”
It had actually spread to the point where even Zuo Qiu Ting knew about it, and Li Weiyi immediately felt a headache.
His reputation was truly ruined.
The young talents from various prefectures who came to participate in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival were all infinitely glorious, pointing at rivers and mountains, awe-inspiring in the four territories. But he was different; before even achieving success, he was already a dragon trapped in a shallow stream.
Zuo Qiu Ting no longer teased, and said solemnly: “Yang Qingxi is very strong, and the younger generation of Sui Sect is also full of masters, not to be underestimated. In just a few hundred years, she expanded Sui Sect from a small gang doing water transportation into what it is today, with an uplifting and sharp spirit from top to bottom. Yang Shenjing can be considered one of the top figures in the Lingxiao Life Realm over the past millennium!”
Among the top ten masters of the younger generation in Li Zhou, Sui Sect occupied three, while San Chen Palace had only Chen Wenwu, making the difference in foundation obvious at a glance.
If the Jiu Li Clan hadn’t produced a Cang Li this generation, who could suppress Yang Qingxi?
The black clad woman who appeared that night was clearly also a peak master secretly cultivated by Sui Sect.
No wonder Zuo Qiu Ting felt a bit emotional.
“Your new face, whose is it?” Li Weiyi stared at his unfamiliar face.
Zuo Qiu Ting said: “Zuo Qiu Gatehouse’s second successor, Zuo Qiu Lan Cheng… Lanlan’s brother. You two went through crises together in the thirty-three li, and she has always remembered your kindness, asking me multiple times about Sima Tan（qin’s） news.”
Li Weiyi thought of Zuo Qiu Lanlan’s strange behavior at the time and quickly said: “I won’t use the name Sima Tan anymore, don’t tell her.”
“What’s wrong with my Lanlan? She’s a pure immortal body… Fine, fine, I won’t mention it!”
Zuo Qiu Ting smiled suspiciously but knew Li Weiyi was no ordinary person, probably not interested in Zuo Qiu Lanlan, so he didn’t say the rest and instead said: “Today, the second rank list was released!”
“Still ten people from each realm of the four territories.”
“Yang Qingxi ranks at the forefront of the Southern Territory’s second rank. Escaping from my hands instead built her great reputation. Now you understand why all the martial cultivators in the city want to see you and Shi Shishi die in her hands, while only I want to see the flowing stream? I never thought that one day, I, Zuo Qiu Ting, would become the green leaf for someone else’s fame.”
“She’s that strong?”
Li Weiyi was moved, feeling an inexplicable pressure in his heart.
In the seven prefectures of the Southern Territory, the top three from each prefecture were all powerful figures.
Li Zhou, Qiu Prefecture, Fu Zhou—the younger generation there was especially full of masters.
Zuo Qiu Gatehouse, Jiang Family, Coffin Mountain, Tian Ya Ridge, Jiu Li Clan—how many spots would they take?
It could be said that selecting the first rank in the Southern Territory was easy, since they were almost all successor level.
The second rank was where the real competition was fierce, with similar strengths but only ten spots. Even some nine springs pure immortal bodies might be squeezed out of the top ten second rank.
Who would be willing to accept that?
Zuo Qiu Ting said solemnly: “Sui Sect’s younger generation probably cultivated two major masters, one overt and one covert. The two of them together are seamless in coordination, with doubled combat power, slightly stronger than some successors, and… I always feel one of them is concealing strength. If you really want the flowing stream, you must be extremely careful not to be captured by her instead.”
With Zuo Qiu Ting evaluating them so highly, Li Weiyi naturally had to treat them with prudence.
After all, the two were now mortal enemies.
Zuo Qiu Ting said: “Less than half a month until New Year, and the invitations are getting fewer. Are you up to it or not? If you admit defeat now, five jin of immortal soil will do.”
Li Weiyi sat on the stone stool next to him and smiled confidently: “If I didn’t have full confidence, would I bet ten jin of immortal soil and a Dao Lotus with you? I’d be losing big!”
“I’m finding your cultivation and combat power harder and harder to understand.”
Zuo Qiu Ting narrowed his eyes: “Zuo Qiu Bai Yuan said that the Qian Yan Zhen who was at our table that day had one of the Young Venerable’s four major masters, Cang Jin, hidden in their body? You really injured it? I think you might have overestimated your opponent; that definitely wasn’t Cang Jin.”
“Why are you so sure?” Li Weiyi asked puzzled.
Zuo Qiu Ting said: “Because all the martial cultivators in the city know that Long Ting is dead, and under the human skin is Cang Jin. There can’t possibly be two Cang Jins, right?”
“Long Ting was found?” Li Weiyi said.
Zuo Qiu Ting shook his head: “The strange thing is right here—everyone is looking for him, but he vanished like he evaporated from the mortal world, without a trace. Zuo Qiu Gatehouse has countless informants in the city, yet we can’t find any clues.”
“Actually, there’s another possibility! Long Ting isn’t dead, and under the human skin isn’t an ash spirit at all.” Li Weiyi said.
Zuo Qiu Ting had of course considered this possibility and said meaningfully: “That would be too interesting! Forget it, no more about Long Ting; Zhu Men and Lei Xiao Sect will naturally investigate. I came to you to learn《Bone Changing Spirit Shifting Chapter》. Only this kind of secret technique can fight against those ash spirits who like to wear human skin.”
“Using their own methods against them?” Li Weiyi said.
“Smart! They can change faces and hide among human martial cultivators. I can also transform endlessly, become one of them, and stir up this Qiu Zhou Prefectural City into muddy waters.”
Zuo Qiu Ting’s eyes darted, and he smiled: “Your Disguise Art is already quite proficient. How about helping me out?”
“No way! With my current cultivation, getting involved in your top-level contest—I wouldn’t even know how I’d die.”
Li Weiyi had no desire to push himself to the forefront; only hiding in the dark, navigating the gaps between various undercurrents, could he seize the greatest value at the critical moment.
Right there in the courtyard, Li Weiyi began teaching Zuo Qiu Ting《Bone Changing Spirit Shifting Chapter》.
Not only reciting the incantation but also giving careful guidance.
This lost secret technique originally belonged to Zuo Qiu Gatehouse; now he was just fulfilling the spirit tablet master’s entrustment, returning it to its rightful owner in this way.
Two hours later.
Zuo Qiu Ting practiced in the courtyard, while Li Weiyi went upstairs to sleep.
He hadn’t rested properly for several days, and his mental state was extremely fatigued. Now with vitality minor accomplishment, his strength had advanced further, so the sense of urgency in his heart relaxed a bit.
Of course.
He wouldn’t relax his vigilance.
Before getting into bed, he released the seven little ones, hiding them in various corners of the room.
After digesting the thousand-year cold ginseng, their body lengths had fully reached five inches, equivalent to seven successor-level human martial cultivators at the fourth stage of Five Seas Realm.
Their combat power was strong enough to rival masters in the fifth realm of Five Seas Realm.
As for fighting Sixth Sea martial cultivators…
Any martial cultivator who could cultivate to the Sixth Sea was no weakling; their baseline was very high, with extremely solid foundations. Because the Sixth Sea was located at the “Feng Fu” of the eighth spring in Spring Gushing Realm, those seven springs breaking five seas martial cultivators couldn’t reach this realm.
To be precise, seven springs breaking five seas martial cultivators would all be eliminated at the fifth realm of Five Seas Realm—that was their ceiling, the end of their path.
“Dao Seed Realm has no seven springs; below nine springs, no longevity.”
This was an extremely popular saying in the martial way world!
Therefore, crossing realms became increasingly difficult. Crossing two realms to defeat a Sixth Sea martial cultivator was almost impossible. Unless the successors had outstanding achievements in physical body or mind power cultivation.
Crossing two realms to defeat a Seventh Sea martial cultivator was even harder than ascending to heaven. Because those cultivating the Seventh Sea were all nine springs supreme persons, who themselves were once heaven’s chosen who crossed borders to defeat superiors.
Of course, with numerical advantage, the current seven phoenix wing moth emperors already had the ability to break through Yang Zhiyong’s battle intent defense. Killing him was no longer difficult.
With them guarding, Li Weiyi felt at ease.
He dropped the bed curtains and fell asleep.
He didn’t know how long he slept when he suddenly woke up, clenching his fist into a palm strike.
Zuo Qiu Ting, who had appeared on his bed at some point, grabbed his wrist, and between his five fingers, a soft force of eight trigrams rotation silently neutralized his palm force.
He made a silencing gesture and whispered: “It’s me! Someone broke into Qin Garden…”
Li Weiyi, lying flat on the bed, was still shaken, exhaling long, his heart still beating fast. He glanced at the window outside the bed curtains; it was completely dark—he had slept straight through to night.
He began to doubt the seven little ones’ guarding ability again.
Turning back, looking at Zuo Qiu Ting so close, his heart pounded again. Li Weiyi closed his eyes and complained: “Don’t learn《Bone Changing Spirit Shifting Chapter》 and randomly change; it’s scary, and a bit off-putting.”
At this moment.
Zuo Qiu Ting’s face was exquisite, skin crystalline, eyes spirited, long hair scattered—just like Yang Qingxi.
Even her figure had changed; arms and legs slender and graceful, as if truly sharing the bed with Yang Qingxi.
“After learning Bone Changing Spirit Shifting, don’t maintain the disguise state for too long; it will damage the physical body.”
Li Weiyi really couldn’t face Zuo Qiu Ting in Yang Qingxi’s appearance and doubted his real looks, so he said again: “How about you dispel the Disguise Art and restore your original face? Since we’re friends, I think being honest and sincere is better; otherwise, I always feel like I don’t even know who you are.”
“There will be a chance.”
Zuo Qiu Ting, with Yang Qingxi’s alluring appearance, squatted on the inner side of the bed, released his wrist, beautiful eyes staring at the door, red lips and white teeth smiling: “The one who came seems to be that stunning hidden person from your Jiu Li Hidden Sect. Interesting—what is she doing here alone so late? Isn’t Qin Garden just you now?”
Li Weiyi’s expression changed slightly; he quickly got up, about to warn Yin Ten.
“Why so nervous? Lie back!”
Zuo Qiu Ting pulled a body-fixing talisman from his sleeve and lightning-fast stuck it to his chest, pressing him back down, gently patting with his palm, a smile always on his face.
Li Weiyi was certain that Zuo Qiu Ting had known it was Yin Ten before entering his room. That’s why he hid in his bed, to satisfy his curiosity.
After all, Zuo Qiu Ting had always doubted the authenticity of Yin Ten as a “hidden person,” suspecting he had been deceived by Jiu Li Hidden Sect and Li Weiyi.
After trying, Li Weiyi couldn’t move his whole body; even his magic energy was fixed. He could only blink and breathe.
His five senses were still there; he could hear the light “rustle” footsteps outside, passing through the snow-covered courtyard, up the stairs to the door before stopping, without knocking, as if still hesitating.
“Whoosh!”
Zuo Qiu Ting’s arm reached out from the bed curtains, flicking a finger, sending a spiritual light flying out.
With a hiss, it lit the bone lamp on the round table by the window.
