Chapter 38: Immortal Spell Of The Stars
“Another magic tool.”
Yan Qingqing was stunned, finding it hard to believe she had never encountered such a strange person before.
Li Ling was nearly speechless. She felt Li Weiyi was profoundly scheming. Clearly, he had the strength to contend with the two behind them, yet he made her, a wounded person struck by flying needles, stand at the front. Moreover, in front of her brother, he pretended to be a Three Springs martial cultivator.
“Don’t let him escape. His cultivation isn’t high.” Xing Wanxing was not annoyed but rather excited.
Because that mysterious strange person’s cultivation wasn’t high, probably only having opened Five Springs, capturing him would yield multiple magic tools.
……
Ahead, the sound of water roared. They were about to rush out of Zangxian Town and reach Dragon Slaying Pass Waterfall.
But Li Weiyi suddenly stopped.
In the direction of exiting the town to the east, under that thousand-year apricot tree, stood a tall and thin figure in monk’s robe.
Shi Jiuzhai’s seventh disciple Fang Tong had his back to Li Weiyi and Li Ling who had arrived here, his gaze fixed on the giant silver skeleton in the silver coffin. Under the silver light, his shadow cast on the street reached right to the feet of Li Weiyi and Li Ling.
Shi Jiuzhai’s disciples were ranked not by age, but by cultivation level.
Fang Tong’s combat power was naturally above Yan Qingqing’s.
“Stars as heart, silver as bones, the remains of the Silver Skeleton Heavenly Clan. Such an otherworld coffin has appeared in history once before, causing a chaotic war lasting twenty years, with countless cultivators who desired to claim it perishing.”
“If this coffin is not opened, it is worth thirty million. If opened, its value is more than a hundred million.”
Fang Tong continued, “Logically speaking, with the silver skeleton here, the Immortal Law Star located at the heart should also be in the coffin. Who among you opened this coffin?”
His voice was very low, but everyone in the town could hear it clearly, demonstrating profound magic power attainment.
Xing Wanxing, who had caught up, was frightened by Fang Tong’s words and immediately explained, “This has nothing to do with us! It was already opened by the Cang Li Tribe. The Immortal Law Star you mentioned must have been taken by them beforehand.”
Fang Tong turned around, revealing a long donkey face: “It had better have nothing to do with you! A treasure like the Immortal Law Star, forget Master—even the Heavenly King would seize it at all costs, shaking the entire Southern Territory. I will report this matter truthfully.”
Yan Qingqing said, “Anyway, when I arrived, the coffin was already opened.”
Xing Wanxing cursed her inwardly as a bitch. She could have testified for him but chose not to get involved at all. He looked at Li Weiyi and Li Ling, and in desperation came up with, “These two arrived at Zangxian Town before me, and they have multiple magic tools on them. They likely obtained them from the coffin.”
Fang Tong’s gaze finally fell on Li Weiyi and Li Ling.
Li Ling was in extremely poor condition, all light marks retracted into her brow, and she said in a low voice, “If you have any more trump cards, use them quickly. This donkey-faced man seems even harder to deal with than that dog deformed humanoid race aunt.”
She didn’t hold much hope.
That Xie Jin, if his strength was really strong enough to deal with a Seven Springs martial cultivator, how could he have been fleeing in embarrassment all along?
But as long as they broke out and rushed to Dragon Slaying Pass Waterfall, there would be a slim chance of survival. The river below the waterfall led straight to Departed Spirit Fog Domain and Blood Sea Coffin Dock. These people definitely wouldn’t dare pursue inside.
“Then only the last move is left. I have to summon… a helper!”
Li Weiyi cut his wrist with his sword, spilling blood on the ground.
He was truly out of options!
Li Ling was also at the end of her rope.
If it were just Xing Wanxing and Yan Qingqing, they could still fight, but now an even more powerful donkey-faced man had appeared. Perhaps only that Guardian Wife who existed completely out of the ordinary could help him through this crisis.
“No matter who you summon, it won’t change the outcome that you must die today.”
Yan Qingqing held a three-foot soft sword and charged forward.
Li Ling snorted, and at the tip of her right index finger, a ball of bright light appeared. She drew it through the air. Immediately, a several-meter-long light arc flew out, forcing Yan Qingqing back.
On the other side, magic power radiance appeared on Xing Wanxing’s palms as he closed in on Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi swung his sword, unleashing brilliant yellow light.
How could Xing Wanxing dare to block a magic tool with his palms? He hastily dodged.
With the movement technique speed boosted by the scripture belt, for a short time, the two actually exchanged blows evenly.
Li Weiyi frowned tightly, doubting his own strength for the first time: “Could I possibly cross three realms and contend evenly with a Six Springs martial cultivator? But even a Pure Immortal Body can only cross one realm to suppress opponents.”
Li Weiyi quickly dismissed the thought. As a mortal who had been cultivating for less than a month, how could he get arrogant?
Arrogant people never meet a good end.
Seeing Yan Qingqing and Xing Wanxing unable to take down the two after a long time, Fang Tong was about to act personally.
But his pupils suddenly contracted.
He saw that on the ground where Li Weiyi had spilled blood earlier, the vitality rapidly spread out.
“Pa!”
A hand wrapped in ghost fire broke out from the soil, followed by the head, torso, legs… A middle-aged man with disheveled long hair crawled out from underground, his entire body wrapped in ghost fire, with a bloody strange character on his forehead.
Fang Tong’s expression changed drastically. He sensed power fluctuations on the middle-aged man that were no less than his own: “He really summoned a powerful eerie thing!”
“Pa!”
“Pa!”
……
On the streets, by the ancient well, inside abandoned houses… One hand after another broke out from the soil, one ghost fire figure after another with strange characters on their brows crawled out.
Old people, children, men, women—each had very strong strength, as if the entire Zangxian Town was reviving.
The soldiers of the Earth Wolf King Army were all horrified. Yan Qingqing and Xing Wanxing were also pale-faced. The scene before them was too spectacular and too terrifying.
They had never heard of such a powerful blood sacrifice summoning technique!
“You summoned all these? Didn’t you say just one…” Li Ling looked at Li Weiyi.
“Run quickly!”
Li Weiyi was already dumbfounded. This had absolutely nothing to do with him.
He suspected that Zangxian Town itself was abnormal—the town’s name, its location, the giant stone statue inside the town… and so on. Who knew if underground wasn’t buried with some things that were neither dead nor alive to begin with?
The two rushed out of the town one after the other.
They didn’t choose to jump off the waterfall. They charged down the steep slope of the dense forest at Dragon Slaying Pass. Just as they reached below the waterfall, they heard a whistling breaking wind sound approaching, with gray magic power clouds covering the sky.
“It’s Shi Jiuzhai.” Sensing the familiar aura, Li Weiyi was horrified to the point his heavenly spirit cover nearly lifted.
Without thinking, he pulled Li Ling and jumped into the turbulent Sui River, holding their breath at the river bottom and drifting downstream with the current.
Moments later, Shi Jiuzhai’s outstanding and arrogant figure appeared at the edge of the pool below the waterfall.
Within his gray magic power clouds were wrapped Fang Tong, Yan Qingqing, and Xing Wanxing. The other Earth Wolf King Army soldiers trapped in Zangxian Town couldn’t be saved in time.
Shi Jiuzhai scratched his head in frustration, extremely annoyed, and scolded, “Not a single one of you can handle things independently. Even fetching one coffin goes wrong. If I hadn’t arrived in time, would you all have been wiped out?”
Shi Jiuzhai had originally gone to capture Cang Li, but was ambushed by three tribe leaders of the Jiu Li Clan, forcing him to flee in embarrassment. Of course, he would never mention even half a word of such a disgraceful matter in front of his disciples.
Yan Qingqing said tremulously, “That mysterious man traveling with Li Ling is quite formidable…”
Before she finished, Shi Jiuzhai said, “How formidable could he be? If he were really that formidable, could you still be alive now?”
Fang Tong said, “His true cultivation is only around Five Springs, but he has many magic tools and trump cards on him.”
“Five Springs!”
Shi Jiuzhai laughed in anger, then roared, “Why aren’t you hurrying along the river to search? If you don’t find them, don’t come back. Stay here for the rest of your lives.”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
Yan Qingqing and Xing Wanxing had never seen Master so furious. They immediately headed downstream along the Sui River, hoping to intercept the two before they escaped into Departed Spirit Fog Domain.
Otherwise, no matter how dangerous Departed Spirit Fog Domain was, they would have to brace themselves and pursue inside.
Fang Tong said, “Master, it’s not all bad news. That silver coffin might contain an Immortal Law Star emerging. It’s not in those two’s hands, so it must be with the Cang Li Tribe. This disciple leans toward the latter!”
“Immortal Law Star!”
Shi Jiuzhai was moved. If it was truly this legendary item, even he had no qualification to touch it and could only immediately notify the Heavenly King. He said, “It seems chaos in Li Zhou is inevitable. Although the Cang Li Tribe obtained the treasure, they have also incurred the crime of extermination because of the treasure.”
“I have to go back. Leave this place to you!”
Shi Jiuzhai threw a necklace with a four-inch-long wolf fang pendant to Fang Tong.
“Bring the Snow Wolf King. Both must be captured alive. If you can’t take them down, even as your master, I won’t be able to plead for you before the Heavenly King.”
This was a death order!
Fang Tong’s expression changed, and he responded in a low voice.
……
Departed Spirit Fog Domain was only two hundred li wide, but it had a notorious reputation. Not only were various departed spirits and fiend demons active, but it was shrouded in thick fog year-round. No matter how high one’s cultivation, entering could lead to getting lost.
The Sui River flowed along the high mountain gorge to this place, where the river widened, the flow slowed, and it gradually disappeared into the mist.
Li Weiyi dragged Li Ling ashore to the beach and looked up. All he saw was dark and heavy yin mist.
Only some scattered light spots from strange insects in the bushes and grass slightly illuminated the fog domain.
She had already passed out.
Li Weiyi lay on the ground and circulated Three Springs magic power to his right ear. Within one li, he heard no pursuing footsteps from behind. That gray magic power cloud earlier was definitely Shi Jiuzhai personally arriving. If they had jumped into the river even slightly slower, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
“Phew!”
He let out a long breath, releasing the pent-up tension.
After resting briefly, Li Weiyi looked at Li Ling lying on her back nearby.
He first checked her breathing, then examined the wound on her waist and abdomen stabbed by Yan Qingqing’s soft sword, confirming there was no threat to her life. Only then did he leave her on the shore and head alone toward the Blood Sea direction.
Anyway, the Earth Wolf King Army people probably wouldn’t dare enter Departed Spirit Fog Domain. He had already done all he could.
Behind him, Li Ling suddenly sat up: “Hey, you actually just left like that? You really don’t care about my life or death?”
“Don’t women all love acting like this?”
Li Weiyi instantly realized she had been pretending to faint earlier and said, “If I didn’t care about your life or death, I wouldn’t have dragged you ashore. Someone else might have even killed you in the water.”
Li Ling of course knew the reason for Li Weiyi’s cold indifference: “You didn’t act, you didn’t lie? Do you know why I tracked you all the way? The fundamental reason is that you lied in front of my brother, and you didn’t fool my discerning eyes. Acting ghost, lying expert, and you say I do the same?”
At this moment, she finally had a bit of a young lady’s demeanor.
But the contrast was too great.
It felt like two people lived inside her body, Li Weiyi sensed.
To go to Jiu Li Dao Academy for Gao Huan, for the scientific expedition team members to have a place to settle, he said, “I have no malice. I only want to find a place to live and settle for my homeless companions.”
Li Ling stood up, her whole body drenched and clinging tightly. She walked over smugly and laughed, “You’re not good at lying, are you? But I’m good at it, so I’m also good at spotting who is lying. A spirit god mind master’s perception is extremely subtle. In Yao Guan Date Plum Manor, hardly a word from your mouth was truthful.”
“I have no malice.” Li Weiyi emphasized again.
Li Ling nodded and smiled slightly: “I can believe now that you have no malice because you… have decent character. But at Yao Guan, how was I supposed to trust you, a stranger?”
“So you pretended to faint earlier to test me?” Li Weiyi said.
