Chapter 278: Qiubei Plains
Li Weiyi and Long Ting evaded the Magic Tool, but the power scattered from the Magic Tool was still not something their physical bodies could withstand. They were separately struck by lightning and flames, let out a muffled grunt, and were simultaneously flung away.
Long Ting’s entire body was charred black. He hung from the stone wall with one hand, withdrew the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale, looked toward the water surface below, and pondered whether to forcefully suppress his injuries and take this opportunity to completely deal with Li Weiyi.
But he was horrified to discover that the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors were coming from seven different directions.
These seven Strange Insects had such strong defense?
Frightened, Long Ting immediately changed his mind, fleeing into a ground crack fissure, leaving behind a voice that grew increasingly distant: “Once I break through to Dao Seed Realm Third Heaven, it will be your time to die.”
His cultivation was already very close to Dao Seed Realm Third Heaven, and he had combat power that defied the strong.
Ordinary Inferior Root Dao Seed Realm Third Heaven Martial Cultivators were not his opponents.
Li Weiyi suppressed his injuries and looked toward the ground crack dozens of feet above. He did not activate the Governor’s Official Robe to chase after. Because Long Ting was not alone; many Demon Race Experts had been traveling with him before.
Withdrawing the Seven Little Ones and Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, Li Weiyi treaded the waves and leaped back onto the Jade Boat.
Qin Qian lay at the bow, looking at Li Weiyi with completely different eyes. Her heart was deeply shocked. With his cultivation, he had actually forced Long Ting to retreat.
The Magic Energy released by the seven Strange Insects did not seem to be at Dao Seed Realm either.
Li Weiyi walked over, staring at her with eyes sharp as knives, his mind engaged in intense mental struggle. In the end, kindness overcame reason. He squatted down, his fingers probing her Five Seas, then Feng Fu and Zu Tian, checking and searching one by one.
Qin Qian was frightened by his gaze and did not dare move, only allowing him to manipulate her.
“Plop!”
Li Weiyi grabbed the collar of her clothes and threw her entire body into the Blood River, saying coldly: “If you don’t want to die, quickly wash yourself clean, change all your original clothes, and be fast. I’ll give you at most thirty breaths of time!”
Blood trickled from Li Weiyi’s mouth. He pressed his palm to his chest, then took out a set of men’s clothes from the Boundary Bag and threw it on the boat, beginning to regulate his breathing and heal.
In the water, Qin Qian was originally angry, feeling that Li Weiyi was very disrespectful to her.
But Li Weiyi’s unusual actions forced her to think hard.
She soon understood the reason.
The possibility that Long Ting could precisely track them across hundreds of miles meant he had done something to her body was extremely high.
Just now, Li Weiyi had been probing her various inner worlds to search for it.
Evidently, the reason Li Weiyi’s earlier gaze was so terrifying was that he was considering whether to ruthlessly abandon her and let her fend for herself.
For some reason, Qin Qian’s mind was extremely clear and thorough at this moment.
Having figured it all out.
Qin Qian gritted her teeth and began undressing in the water. Her heart was naturally aggrieved. From childhood to now, no one in Lei Xiao Sect had ever been so rough with her, and she had never been a burden. But now, it seemed like it was all her fault.
Her eyes secretly glanced at Li Weiyi standing on the boat.
That guy didn’t avoid it at all, keeping his eyes wide open. It wasn’t that he was looking at her, but that he was thinking about something.
But this was too embarrassing…
Dozens of breaths later, Qin Qian boarded the boat, changed into the clothes, her long hair dripping wet, her whole body tense, her originally extremely pale face completely flushed red.
“Pa!”
Without warning, Li Weiyi’s finger carrying strong Mind Power struck her forehead.
Qin Qian lost consciousness and collapsed softly into his hands.
Li Weiyi shrank the Magic Tool Jade Boat to the size of a palm. Then, he activated the spatial power of the Governor’s Official Robe, turning into a ball of purple mist light, using spatial shuttle power to head toward the ground.
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Qin Qian slowly woke up and found herself still on the Jade Boat.
The difference was.
The Jade Boat was flying swiftly through the clouds in mid-air.
She looked at the tall and straight figure at the bow urging the Jade Boat onward, secretly pondering why he had knocked her out earlier.
Suddenly, her chest, sleeves, and legs felt chilly, with cold wind blowing into the ill-fitting loose robes. She could only quickly shrink her slender hands and legs.
Immediately after, Qin Qian discovered that all the bones in her body had been reconnected. For a moment, her mood was complex, tears welling up in her eyes.
Li Weiyi did not turn around: “Thirteen broken bones, including arm bone, collarbone, rib bone, tail vertebra, finger bone. Long Ting was ruthless, a total of 130,000 Spring Coins, plus the previous 100,.. let’s call it 500,000 for you!”
Surprisingly, Qin Qian did not refute and was very quiet.
“Because of you, Long Ting was drawn here, forcing me to fight him to the death. I’m badly injured; how could that not be worth 270,000 Spring Coins?”
Li Weiyi explained this way and turned to look at her.
He felt her talent was good and her appearance excellent, so he should be able to get 500,000 Spring Coins from Qin Family and Lu Cangsheng. This way, the account with Yin Er would be settled!
Qin Qian wiped away her tears and said calmly: “Whatever you say is fine. Could I still haggle?”
Li Weiyi saw that her mood was very low and couldn’t help reflecting if he was exploiting her too much, so he comforted: “People can only truly awaken after great ups and downs. This calamity from Long Ting was undoubtedly painful for you, but was it not also a rare experience? True calamity is one from which there is no return, body dies and soul perishes, with no chance to try again. At least you’re still alive, aren’t you?”
Qin Qian said: “The one Long Ting wants to kill is you, Senior Disciple Brother. I’m the victim. I should reflect, but not because of this matter.”
Li Weiyi was slightly surprised and momentarily didn’t know what to say.
“The Purple Heaven Thunder Seal was once Lei Xiao Sect’s supreme treasure. It’s said to now be a Warring Apparatus of some tycoon in Jiu Li Clan. During the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, it was only lent to you for use and has already been reclaimed.” Qin Qian suddenly said.
Li Weiyi frowned: “This doesn’t sound like haggling; it sounds like seeking death.”
“If I die, Lei Xiao Sect won’t let you go. Long Ting escaped and will surely spread news of us both. Hmph, you can’t threaten me!” Qin Qian continued: “Besides, if you kill me, who will pay you? If you, Li Weiyi, were ruthless, you would have left me in the underground Blood River long ago.”
Li Weiyi was amused by her. Crucially, what she said had a bit of truth.
Qin Qian feared Li Weiyi might really silence her and softened her tone: “Rest assured, I won’t repay kindness with enmity. I’ll pretend I never saw the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, and I’ll definitely find a way to give you the 500,000 Spring Coins. I just feel you shouldn’t treat me like a fool, and certainly not underestimate me like that.”
“Just pay the money! If Long Ting really talks nonsense, I won’t let him go.”
Li Weiyi’s expression relaxed, he smiled, and added: “If Lao Lu misunderstands, tell me, and I’ll definitely explain for you. He’s a smart person…”
“You’d better not talk nonsense on his side.”
Qin Qian snorted coldly, said no more, and focused on healing her injuries.
The Jade Boat flew north for hundreds of miles, and Li Weiyi’s Magic Energy was severely depleted.
So they returned to the ground, preparing to rest for two hours and absorb Heaven and Earth Magic Energy.
Qiu North Plain was vast and boundless.
It was the season of crisp autumn weather. Looking out, patches of yellow and red leaves, withered grass a foot high, desolate yet magnificent.
Weirdly.
On the plain, many grave mounds and stone tablets appeared, densely packed unnaturally. Under the slanting sun, they cast long shadows.
The grave mounds had bulged directly from underground, most only a few feet high.
As for the stone tablets, they were all ancient and damaged, with writing traceable to a thousand years ago or thousands of years ago.
If Li Weiyi hadn’t heard Zuo Qiu Cang Wu explain it beforehand, he would definitely think he had mistakenly entered the Underworld’s world of lost souls.
The eerie feeling and shocking emotion after seeing it with his own eyes could not be described in words. There was truly a horrifying atmosphere of doomsday approaching step by step.
He released Mind Power to probe.
Most grave mounds contained bones, with varying degrees of decay.
“What kind of power is this exactly?”
“Splash—”
Li Weiyi pressed his palm to the ground.
Strands of Spiritual Light Silk Threads spread out, but he found no strange energy underground.
Qin Qian said: “Stop probing! Even a ancient Saint Spirit Mind Master from Lei Xiao Sect couldn’t find the reason, let alone you?”
Li Weiyi withdrew the Spiritual Light Silk Threads: “Where are your Lei Xiao Sect people? I can take you to a place not far from them.”
Qin Qian pondered for a moment and explained: “After the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival ended, our Five Seas Realm young disciples didn’t return to Eastern Territory. Instead, we gathered in the area of the Underground Immortal Mansion entrance, led by sect elders and Core Disciples, to probe and seek treasures.”
“Until the strange explosion in the Underground Immortal Mansion, we retreated.”
“Many tycoons and big figures from Lei Xiao Sect rushed over. After probing the strangeness in various places, some went to Fu Zhou Prefectural City to communicate with Jiang Family. They believe Jiang Family has occupied Fu Zhou for many years and must know something about the underground situation.”
“Others went to Qiu Zhou Prefectural City to visit that transcendent Confucian Dao expert. They believe transcendent Mind Power can definitely probe and understand this strange power.”
“On the way to Qiu Zhou Prefectural City, we were ambushed by Demon Race. In the chaos, I fell into Long Ting’s hands.”
“I don’t know where to find Lei Xiao Sect people now… There should be some Core Disciples at the Underground Immortal Mansion entrance.”
Li Weiyi asked: “Do you know the location of Qifeng Ancient County City?”
“I’ve been there; it’s only a hundred miles from the Underground Immortal Mansion entrance, but the direction…” Qin Qian shook her head.
“Hurry and heal. Who knows when Demon Race will catch up.”
Along the way, Li Weiyi had flown straight north. Demon Race Experts could definitely guess he wanted to go to the Underground Immortal Mansion; tracking wouldn’t be hard.
The reason he dared do this was first, to expose his position to Shi Jiuzhai and possibly Zhuo Lao following behind.
Staying underground the whole time, those two couldn’t find him even if they wanted to protect him.
Second, Li Weiyi’s Magic Tool Jade Boat was from Qiu Prefecture Governor Zhu Qin Feng a thousand years ago, of extremely high grade, a treasure for escape. Only on the ground could it display its speed advantage.
Entering Qiu North Plain, Martial Cultivators frequently flew over the sky on flying beasts or hurried along the ground, all heading to the Underground Immortal Mansion.
Li Weiyi stopped a Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivator from Shu Zhou and asked the location of Qifeng Ancient County City, learning it was only eight hundred miles away.
Ignoring his rumbling hungry stomach, Li Weiyi took out the Jade Boat, called Qin Qian to board, preparing for them to take turns driving it to reach Qifeng Ancient County City before nightfall for steaming hot noodle soup and a hot bath.
Thinking of this, he grew eager.
“Rest assured, don’t worry! I have a friend there whom I can ask to help slay Long Ting. Your reputation matters, but mine matters more. What if Zuo Qiu Hong Ting calls off the wedding?”
Li Weiyi released Magic Energy into the palm-sized Jade Boat, urging it to five or six meters long.
The length of the Jade Boat was controllable; the smaller the boat body, the lower the Magic Energy consumption.
Qin Qian boarded, somewhat pitying him, and asked with concern: “After your Zu Tian was crippled, life at Zuo Qiu Gatehouse must have been hard, right? I heard you even committed suicide? If Zuo Qiu Hong Ting calls off the wedding, she’ll definitely regret it. Your Mind Power talent is extraordinary.”
“Rumble!”
From the horizon, a thunderous sound came from the clear sky.
It seemed very abrupt.
Li Weiyi looked over and saw a large mass of black clouds surging in: “A strong practitioner from your Lei Xiao Sect?”
After looking, Qin Qian’s expression changed drastically: “Quick, go! That’s a Demonic Beast with Lightning innate Dao Technique, Ying Ji. His cultivation is terrifyingly many times stronger than Long Ting’s; he’s one of Dragon Gate’s mountain-guarding giant beasts.”
The black clouds rolled in from the south side, accompanied by a biting cold wind that swept the ground.
A high-pitched eerie cry rang out from the clouds.
Then a bolt of lightning streaked across more than ten miles of void, striking the ground where the Jade Boat was.
“Rumble rumble!”
Thunder boomed repeatedly, dust flying.
The Jade Boat turned into a stream of light, shooting into the sky, narrowly evading.
Li Weiyi poured Magic Energy into it ceaselessly without regard for consumption. Inside the Jade Boat, countless scriptures emerged, its speed increasing faster and faster, streaking through the long sky toward Qifeng Ancient County City.
Ying Ji pursuing from behind was a strange bird with two rock-like heads, its double wings spanning over sixty meters when spread, countless lightning patterns on its feathers.
In terms of speed alone, it crushed same-realm Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivators.
But the Jade Boat ahead, he surprisingly couldn’t catch up.
Too fast!
After flying only two hundred miles, Li Weiyi’s Magic Energy in Five Seas and Feng Fu was depleted. He immediately switched to Qin Qian to drive it.
He quickly sat in meditation, absorbing Heaven and Earth Magic Energy.
At this time, Heaven and Earth Magic Energy showed abnormal flow signs.
On the left side of the sky, a strong power appeared, swallowing and pulling Heaven and Earth Magic Energy over, making the Magic Energy in this region increasingly thin.
Li Weiyi looked to the left.
There, on the horizon, in the setting red sun, a bone bird flew up from the ground.
Its skeleton was entirely crimson red, veins distributed in the bone grooves, with a long bony tail, shrouded in crimson clouds, intercepting toward the Jade Boat.
“It’s Yin Mountain’s Bone Bird King, Shang Lie.”
Qin Qian grew tense. The two Demonic Beasts pursuing them were infamous strong practitioners even in Lingxiao Life Realm. Once caught, they had no power to counter.
Only Li Weiyi, this Hidden Person of Jiu Li Clan, had the qualification to alarm them into personally acting.
Li Weiyi said in a teaching tone: “The more dangerous the moment, the more you must stay calm. You must know how to adapt to circumstances. Our speed is very fast; they won’t catch up easily. Have the Jade Boat fly low, using the terrain to dodge their long-range attacks.”
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