Chapter 231: Heaven Is Dead, Yellow Heaven Shall Rise
“You say, do I count as a Successor Level martial cultivator?” Li Weiyi suddenly asked.
Jiang Ning had previously witnessed in secret Li Weiyi’s clash with Ku Di and Dharma Truth, and in her heart she was happy for his achievements today: “You should count! But Ku Di is only Southern Territory First Rank Eighth, you still have a gap with her, and with Ge Xian Tong you’re several levels behind.”
Li Weiyi said: “Li Jiufu had an arm severed by Luan Sheng Lin You, yet did not flee Qiu Zhou Prefecture City.”
“Cang Li had their head nearly smashed by Luan Sheng Lin You, yet was not scared off and still dared to fight again.”
“Lu Cangsheng and Long Dian, knowing full well that Lei Xiao Sect and Dragon Gate’s strength was far inferior to the Imperial Court and the Far West Ash Region, still dared to participate in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. To be honest, though from my own standpoint I curse them as Eastern Territory’s two insects, others indeed have an unyielding spirit, a heroic spirit daring to meet challenges.”
Jiang Ning’s mind drifted to the Five Seas Realm Boundary at Zangxian Town, the clash with Fire Crow Cavalry on the Sui River, and… that night at Bing Zu Marsh.
Perhaps it was because he always carried that fighting spirit that could turn the impossible into possible, that she valued him so much.
Jiang Ning kept her face icy cold, controlling her expression: “You have your reasons, I have my reasons. You can’t convince me, I can’t convince you. Perhaps the way women and men think is inherently different.”
“Then let’s fight. I’ll beat you into heavy injury, back to your combat power from seven days ago, or even from earlier in the year. At that time, you’ll know you must leave Qiu Zhou Prefecture City!”
Li Weiyi knew very well that Jiang Ning’s reason was “Li Weiyi absolutely cannot survive in Ge Xian Tong’s hands.”
…
Taoli Mountain, on the Third Heaven.
Hidden Lord and Zuo Qiu Ling stood side by side, gazing toward Eastern City, their expressions both extremely grave.
“Second Palace Master’s methods must be to first recruit, and if recruitment fails, immediately eliminate. Recruitment already used Jiang Ning, so who will do the killing?” Zuo Qiu Ling already had the answer in their heart.
Hidden Lord said: “I only hope the Imperial Court underestimates him a bit.”
“I’m more worried Li Weiyi won’t even pass Jiang Ning’s hurdle. We’ve all been young; which young man can pass the beauty pass? Like Yao Qingxuan back then—if she had just mentioned it to me once, I would certainly have brought her to Zuo Qiu Gatehouse, no old guy could have stopped me.” Zuo Qiu Ling felt heartbroken every time they recalled those days.
“Still thinking about the old days?”
Hidden Lord gave them a cold look, then said: “You should worry more about tonight’s situation!”
Riverside.
Li Weiyi suddenly pulled away distance from Jiang Ning, drew the Yellow Dragon Sword, cold light radiating, and laughed long and loud: “Imperial Court? The Imperial Court is already the sun setting in the west, the great building about to collapse, crumbling outside and rotten inside. I advise your Jiang Family to quickly choose another wise lord, or raise the flag in rebellion, otherwise you won’t escape family destruction and clan annihilation.”
Li Weiyi worried that Jiang Ning would go easy next and be seen through by Second Palace Master. Therefore, his words were extremely harsh and vicious, to truly enrage her.
“Zheng!”
Jiang Ning summoned the Jing Yu Sword, her body’s magic energy blooming like a cloud mass, enveloping the buildings on both sides of the street, and coldly said: “You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! Daring to curse the Imperial Court and curse the Jiang Family, too ignorant of what’s good for you.”
All sides were alerted.
“It seems negotiations broke down!”
…
Many gazes turned toward them.
Whether Jiang Ning killed the comet-like rising Li Weiyi, or Li Weiyi escaped from Jiang Ning’s hands, either would be no small matter.
“Not cursing, but fact. How many prefectures of Lingxiao’s Twenty-eight Prefectures does the Imperial Court still control? Turbulent World Current, rolling forward—you can’t block it.”
Li Weiyi retreated to the bridge, in the night wind, high-spiritedly raised his hand and shouted: “The azure sky is dead, yellow sky shall stand. The year is Jia Zi, great fortune under heaven.”
Jiang Ning was truly angered by him; he dared shout anything, forcing her to go all out.
As someone from the Imperial Court, how could she listen to such rebellious slogans?
“When autumn comes on the eighth of the ninth month, after my flowers bloom, a hundred flowers kill. Soaring fragrance pierces Lingxiao, the whole city clad in golden armor.” Li Weiyi shouted again.
“You’re seeking death!”
Jiang Ning could endure no more, worried this rebel would shout more treasonous words.
One sword’s cold light pierced the night curtain!
Like a flying fairy, she instantly crossed over ten-odd zhang distance, arriving at the bridgehead.
“Hua!”
Magic energy emanating from her body, in mid-air, automatically condensed into pieces of sharp white feathers. The white feathers with sword light together attacked Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi knew her cultivation was extremely high and constantly progressing, didn’t dare hard clash with her, leaped down from the bridgehead, landing toward the water surface.
Like a dragonfly touching water, he rose with one touch, feet stepping on green smoke, fleeing along the river toward Southern City.
As long as he escaped back to Southern City, with the strength of Jiu Li Clan and Zuo Qiu Gatehouse, neither Jiang Ning nor Ge Xian Tong could do anything to him.
With Qing Xu Cicada Escape Step, in speed, Li Weiyi was a notch faster than even Ku Di.
But…
He had only rushed out ten-odd zhang.
Li Weiyi shockedly discovered magic energy white feathers floating ahead of him.
Only after truly becoming Jiang Ning’s enemy did he know how terrifying these white feathers were. Everywhere, sharp like flying daggers, constantly impacting his protective magic energy.
Even more terrifying, five-zhang-long white light wings grew from Jiang Ning’s back, illuminating the nine heavens, holy and flawless, instantly catching up ahead of him.
“Want to escape back to Southern City? Dream on!”
She hovered several zhang above the river surface ahead of Li Weiyi, momentum climbing to peak state, swung out one sword.
A dozens-of-meters-long brilliant sword qi, like solidified ripples, completely enveloped Li Weiyi’s line of sight.
Nowhere to avoid.
Li Weiyi feet stepping on the river surface, battle intent manifesting behind him, like standing atop surging waves of the great sea, raised sword and slashed straight down.
“Grand Unity Opens the Sea!”
“Boom!”
One horizontal, one vertical, two sword lights clashed together.
Jiang Ning’s sword qi was too thick and heavy, like boundless expanse.
Li Weiyi couldn’t fully split it open, was struck by the residual sword qi force. Fortunately he had long activated the three layers of protective magic tool battle robe on his body; his body flew backwards, chest feeling like it was struck horizontally by a wooden stick.
At Zangxian Town, Jiang Ning already had the combat power to pursue and kill Long Ting.
Later continuously expanding Zu Tian, over several months her cultivation had been progressing.
With her current strength, for an ordinary successor to escape alive from her hands was absolutely not easy.
“Looks like she really wants to beat me into heavy injury, personally drive me out of the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. Right, if I can’t even pass her hurdle, how to pass Ge Xian Tong’s? She’s testing me!”
Can’t fight her in open terrain.
Li Weiyi left the river channel, shuttled in the forest, then drilled into alleys and dark ditches, using this to weaken Jiang Ning’s speed advantage from the light wings.
“Shua!”
Jiang Ning retracted wings and landed on the ground, plunging into the dense jungle of buildings, disappearing from Li Weiyi’s sight.
Li Weiyi felt greatly uneasy, immediately released mind power perception, pushing hearing and smell to the extreme, looked up toward the inner city wall ahead, continuing south.
Suddenly, warning signs arose sharply.
Hundreds and thousands of sword qi, like tidal waves, surged out from the darkness.
What sword technique Jiang Ning used was unknown, as if one person could block thousands of troops and horses, her body’s magic energy was far thicker than Li Weiyi’s by many times.
“Bang bang!”
Li Weiyi feet stepping movement technique continuously swung sword, defense airtight, propping up a sword net before him, shattering all the incoming sword qi.
Before his eyes, human figures flashed like illusions.
Dozens of sword shadows appeared simultaneously, crisscrossing everywhere.
Li Weiyi met all changes with immovability, calmly observed, locking onto her most real that one sword.
This sword aimed straight at his wrist, wanting to sever his hand tendons, leaving him unable to recover combat power for several days.
Li Weiyi left hand formed a palm, struck out a golden yellow divine seal condensed from palm force, trying to force Jiang Ning back. Jiang Ning did not retreat, momentum undiminished, left hand also struck out a palm seal.
“Bang!”
Palm seals collided, magic energy surging and overflowing.
Li Weiyi retreated over ten-odd zhang, plowing a long trench under his feet. The left arm that clashed palm force ached with numbness, losing sensation.
The sword-holding right hand, though preserved, still had a cut breaking the skin, blood trace.
Before he could circulate energy to heal the numb left arm.
Jiang Ning struck with another full-force sword.
Li Weiyi boldly countered.
Two swords boomed in collision, Li Weiyi continuously retreated, forced to heavily crash into the inner city wall.
Jiang Ning magic energy sound transmission: “Now you know the gap, right?”
“In terms of speed alone, I think even Ge Xian Tong may not match you. So you catching up to me every time proves nothing.” Li Weiyi said.
“Then come again.”
Jiang Ning quickly dragged the war sword in her hand, two swords friction produced ear-piercing sound, sparks flying. Then, swung sword upward, chopping toward his waist and abdomen.
Li Weiyi had cultivated Ruyi Qiankun Sword to extremely high level, sword moves changed as heart desired, blocked her this sword, body like a roaming dragon retreated toward the top of the city wall.
Jiang Ning followed like shadow, Jing Yu Sword as if stuck to Yellow Dragon Sword, chased to the city wall, thrust toward his neck, again magic energy sound transmission: “I haven’t used Dragon Awakening Art yet!”
“Be careful!” Li Weiyi reminded.
Jiang Ning’s expression slightly changed, body’s magic energy erupted like explosion, shaking flying the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors that sneaked up.
Li Weiyi took advantage to rapidly retreat, pulling distance from her.
In the earlier brief clash, he had already suffered internal injury, wiped away the blood at his mouth: “Such formidable Yu Xianzi, worthy of being Second Palace Master’s prized disciple. But this bit of injury, still doesn’t count for much!”
Jiang Ning even knowing Li Weiyi now possibly already possessed Successor Level combat power, but him blocking so many of her swords, in her heart still marvelled. On him, she saw many qualities of masculine vigor that the Imperial Court’s eunuchs lacked.
Li Weiyi left arm whipped like a lash, magic energy circulated in golden veins, pain and numbness instantly vanished.
Fast recovery speed was another advantage allowing him to dare battle opponents stronger than himself.
Seeing Jiang Ning’s graceful figure blur, indistinguishable, Li Weiyi had a headache.
Her speed was too fast!
Full body magic energy surged to soles, Li Weiyi feet stomped, figure shot like a shot, appeared at ten zhang high place. In this from below upward process, under feet a dragon shadow flashed and passed.
Second step stepped into empty air, body rose again, and moved south.
Third step, fourth step…
Yellow Dragon Ascends to Heaven, one step ten zhang, speed extremely fast.
This movement technique too divine, city martial cultivators unheard, unseen. Not long after, Li Weiyi like ascending to heaven, appeared under the low dark clouds, posture of directly crossing the city from hundreds of meters high, returning to Southern City.
Unfortunately, the one he encountered was flying-capable Jiang Ning.
After brief surprise, Jiang Ning spread wings and flew up, caught up to him, behind her a majestic mysterious pavilion and hall battle intent manifested.
Merely the attack from her battle intent explosion, made Li Weiyi body’s magic energy chaotic, unable to continue Yellow Dragon Ascends to Heaven, falling toward the ground.
“Fourth Sea’s magic energy, indeed has issues, very unstable.”
Li Weiyi double feet released magic energy cloud mass, dissipated the falling momentum.
“Boom!”
Heavily crashed to ground, smashing the street into depression, cracking a large area.
Before he could rise.
Above Jiang Ning already arrived, two people one chase one retreat, sword shadows countless, exchanged several moves.
“Shua! Shua…”
Seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors arrived, like seven flying daggers, surrounded Jiang Ning.
Their body lengths already close to seven inches, only lacking final metamorphosis. Each one’s combat power straight chased ordinary martial cultivator just entering Seventh Sea.
Seven united, combat power absolutely not to be underestimated.
They originally did not want to attack Jiang Ning, but Li Weiyi told them, only by staying, possible to obtain sufficient dragon bone and dragon seed. These two foods, sufficient to make their physical bodies even stronger, and quickly metamorphose into Commander Level Strange Insect.
Li Weiyi and seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors joined hands, eight strands of power collided with Jiang Ning’s battle intent, immediately street exploded open, gravel flying everywhere.
