Chapter 55: Merging With The Heavenly Dao Law
When the City Defense Camp arrived, the nearly four-meter-tall Giant Ape Deformed Humanoid Race had jumped into the river and disappeared.
Li Weiyi did not pursue, worried that Zhao Zhizhuo would have an accident at this critical juncture. When he caught up, Zhao Zhizhuo was on the road to the Cang Li Tribe for help.
Zhao Zhizhuo said angrily: “The person who attacked is Silverback Ape Yao Zheng Sheng, a Top Hundred Martial Artist from Li Zhou’s Seven Springs Hall, a figure from my generation. It must be that Yang Yun and Yang Qingxi promised him a Five Seas Pill, which gave him the audacity to kill in broad daylight. It’s simply too lawless. Let’s go find the Leader right now; this is insulting the Leader’s face, and the Leader won’t ignore it.”
Li Weiyi held him back: “Do you have evidence? Who can prove that Yao Zheng Sheng was invited by Yang Yun? Even if the Leader believes our judgment and believes it was someone invited by Yang Yun, without evidence, what can he do? A senior going to hit a junior?”
Zhao Zhizhuo quickly calmed down and said: “Since Yang Yun has made such a ruthless move, there must be follow-ups. Otherwise, let’s go find the Young Tribe Leader. The Young Tribe Leader is the Number One Person of the younger generation in Jiu Li City; if he warns Yang Yun, it won’t cause idle gossip.”
Li Weiyi also had a sense of pride in his heart: “It’s just a Yang Yun, not Yang Qingxi. Besides, the Young Tribe Leader can suppress Yang Yun on the surface, but how can he stop Yang Yun’s secret moves in the dark? We shouldn’t think only of seeking help whenever we encounter trouble; in the end, things in this world still have to rely on ourselves. Old Zhao, where is your former heroic spirit? Has it all been worn away in these dozen years?”
Zhao Zhizhuo smiled bitterly repeatedly: “I’m old; where is the sharpness I had back then? I was beaten to my knees long ago; talking about heroic spirit now would just invite ridicule. You say it; what do we do next?”
“First, go see that senior; helping you with Spring Rebuilding is the top priority.”
Li Weiyi stepped out, thought of something in his mind, and said: “Yang Yun owes me a carriage, not a small amount of money; I’ve noted it down for him!”
Zhao Zhizhuo chased after him, looking at Li Weiyi’s back, secretly admiring this young man’s calmness and the sharpness that never faded. If it were anyone else, they would either hide in the Cang Li Tribe or slink out of the city by now.
The two walked along the river.
Li Weiyi asked as he walked: “Old Zhao, what did you mean earlier by Seven Springs Hall and Top Hundred Martial Artist?”
Zhao Zhizhuo said: “Seven Springs Hall is an arena set up by the Governor’s Mansion, where Seven Springs Martial Cultivators can all go to make a name for themselves.”
“You have to know that after Martial Arts Cultivators open the seventh spring at the top hundred wisdom, they can choose to impact the Five Seas Realm. Once they break into the Five Seas Realm, to any power, that’s a sweet pastry.”
“But at this pass, eight or nine out of ten can’t get through. In the entire Li Zhou, the Seven Springs Martial Cultivators stuck below the Five Seas Realm are countless; some can only serve as servants in great clans.”
Li Weiyi thought of《Nine Springs Manual》and that sentence: “Superior aptitude with twenty years of hard cultivation offers hope for Seven Springs.”
In other words, Martial Cultivators with superior aptitude could hope to open Seven Springs by their twenties.
And superior aptitude, in the eyes of those Million-Strong Clans and sects, was merely the threshold for cultivating martial arts.
Not to mention the even more numerous medium aptitude ones. Those who could enter Seven Springs after grinding for decades were also plentiful.
Zhao Zhizhuo said: “The original intention of the Governor’s Mansion in setting up Seven Springs Hall was to select the strongest in combat power among Seven Springs Martial Cultivators, then grant Five Seas Pills from Lingxiao Palace. This naturally drove Seven Springs Martial Cultivators under heaven crazy, giving them a chance to advance to the Five Seas Realm.”
“At the most prosperous time, as long as you entered the top one hundred in a state’s Seven Springs Hall, you could obtain a Five Seas Pill. The term Top Hundred Martial Artist originated then, representing both glory and the opportunity to advance to the Five Seas Realm.”
“Ten years ago… to be precise, three years earlier, after Lingxiao Palace issued the Small Field Edict, Five Seas Pills were no longer so easy to get!”
“After the outbreak of warfare and the world jointly rebelling against Lingxiao Palace, Five Seas Pills were directly stopped.”
“But Seven Springs Hall still has its significance; there, it can slightly satisfy the sense of achievement for those Martial Way cultivators unable to advance to the Five Seas Realm. Additionally, major powers also select people from the Top Hundred Martial Artists, grant Five Seas Pills, and recruit them for their own use.”
“The path upward is still there, just narrower. But how precious are Five Seas Pills; even great powers don’t have enough for themselves. To get what’s leaked out, what great price do you have to pay?”
Zhao Zhizhuo continued: “These old Seven Springs, though unable to break through realms, can spend decades honing their techniques to near perfection. Those who become Top Hundred Martial Artists are all extraordinary. In the same realm, even young Pure Immortal Bodies may not be their opponents.”
“I’ve heard that some Top Hundred Martial Artists ranked very high have defeated Five Seas Realm.”
“Of course, that definitely wasn’t Seven Springs cultivation; Eight Springs is the greatest possibility. After all, every state has some who open Eight Springs but can’t break Five Seas; even Five Seas Pills don’t work.”
“That Silverback Ape Yao Zheng Sheng has innate divine strength, his body far larger than other Deformed Humanoid Races, and ten years ago he cultivated the Mountain Splitting Staff Technique to the Law Integration Realm, but he was only ranked near the bottom among Top Hundred Martial Artists.”
“He’s over fifty this year; if he doesn’t go all out now, he’ll completely have no chance.”
Li Weiyi said: “What is this Law Integration Realm?”
“Heavenly Law Integration!”
Zhao Zhizhuo explained: “It’s cultivating a technique to the point where it can harmonize with some wondrous laws between heaven and earth. Of course, this harmony only touches a bit. But it’s still quite remarkable, requiring day after day of grinding; few can achieve it even with decades of hard cultivation on one move. Many Five Seas Realm Martial Arts Cultivators can’t reach this step.”
“Luckily you have a magic tool and used the advantage of the magic tool to break his Mountain Splitting Staff Technique; otherwise, it would have been dangerous today!”
Every time Li Weiyi recalled Yao Zheng Sheng’s unavoidable staff strike, he felt amazed. It seemed he needed to learn more about Heavenly Law Integration next and strive to cultivate such a move himself.
Earlier, when he used “Grand Unity Opens the Sea” in the moment of crisis, he had a strong feeling.
Unfortunately, that feeling couldn’t be sustained.
…
Li Weiyi took Zhao Zhizhuo on a long detour, even changing clothes, and only after confirming no tracking did he randomly find an inn.
High-level seniors might not live in luxurious places.
A more ordinary inn might be more suitable. Most importantly…
Opening a room was cheap.
Still a hundred zhang from the inn, Li Weiyi stopped and said: “Old Zhao, you should have seen it too; although we are outsiders, our identities are not simple.”
Zhao Zhizhuo had long guessed this; after all, people with simple identities, where could they have magic tools? Where could they make two Pure Immortal Body companions undergo metamorphosis?
He even guessed that Li Weiyi and the others were not from Lingxiao Life Realm, perhaps a minority tribe from some strange secret realm.
Li Weiyi began telling the story he had prepared long ago: “That senior is also from our side, but his body has some problems; he’s temporarily healing injuries in Jiu Li City. I only recently contacted him. Strictly speaking, I shouldn’t bring you; what if the news leaks…”
Zhao Zhizhuo hurriedly said: “I understand the rules! I swear by the Jiu Li God: if I reveal even half a word to the outside, let me lose everything I care about in this life, including my life.”
“Then I’ll go report first; wait here for me.”
For safety, Li Weiyi gritted his teeth and spent two hundred silver for a month’s long-term room fee.
He took the stone coffin out from the Evil Camel Bell, arranged the room properly, then went to fetch Zhao Zhizhuo.
“Knock knock!”
Li Weiyi knocked on the door and asked: “Senior, my friend is here; can we come in?”
Coffin Senior’s voice rang out: “Come in!”
The two pushed the door and entered; inside, nether mist was thick, pitch black with nothing visible.
It was Coffin Senior activating the Ghost Flag, clearly not wanting Zhao Zhizhuo to know he was a mutilated corpse.
Zhao Zhizhuo was so nervous he didn’t know what to do with his hands and feet; this moment had finally arrived, but he still had no confidence in his heart, after all, Spring Rebuilding was as hard as ascending to heaven. What if the other’s magic tool grade wasn’t enough? What if his own spring eye was damaged too long? What if…
There were too many what ifs.
“Junior surnamed Zhao, come over!” Coffin Senior said.
Li Weiyi’s senses were sharp; though he couldn’t see, he immediately realized Coffin Senior was sitting on the bed now, scalp tingling as he imagined a mutilated corpse sitting there.
Coffin Senior helped Zhao Zhizhuo refine the spring fluid and rebuild the spring eye, not using the Evil Camel Bell, but his own Nine Emperor Banner.
This made Li Weiyi even more certain of his guess.
…
The assassination on God Dragon Great Street spread to the tribal school opened by the Cang Li Tribe in Jiu Li City just half an hour later.
The tribal school headmaster had already returned to Ancestral Mountain due to the Snow Wolf King Tooth incident.
Now the tribal school was stationed by Li Songlin.
In the tribal school, Cang Li Leader Li Songlin, upon hearing this news, swept away the laziness on his body, like a sword unsheathed: “Too presumptuous! How is the person?”
The one reporting recounted the detailed process of the assassination.
“Silverback Ape Yao Zheng Sheng still has some skill; to withstand his assassination, though using a magic tool, is still very eye-catching.” Li Songlin said.
The one reporting said: “Eyewitnesses claim that his broken staff and one sword already had a shadow of Heavenly Law Integration.”
“That’s somewhat unexpected; how old is he?”
Li Songlin became interested, a thought forming in his mind, and since he also cultivated sword technique, he asked: “Did those two go to Cang Li Tribe Mansion?”
The one reporting shook his head: “They didn’t go to the Young Tribe Leader, nor to Jiu Li Dao Academy to find Fourth Miss; it seems they want to handle it themselves.”
“Quite some integrity.”
Li Songlin smiled, but soon his face turned cold again: “Young generation matters, I’m not convenient to intervene. Go tell Cang Li; he’s responsible for this. If he can’t even suppress a Yang Qingxi, his title as Jiu Li Tribe’s First Successor won’t ring true, and no one will really take him seriously.”
“Also, go to Yang Clan and pass a message: if anything happens to the people in that courtyard within a month, I will sweep through all Yang Clan’s gangs in Jiu Li City. At that time, don’t blame me for not giving face.”
The one reporting said: “What about after a month?”
Li Songlin laughed: “I’ll let that kid enter Jiu Li Dao Academy; once in the academy, it’s absolutely safer, but he hesitates, fears this and that, indecisive… just force him a bit. One month is enough for him to think clearly!”
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In the previous live stream, I promised to send the Yellow Dragon Sword signed to a certain alliance leader brother for everyone, but recently the writing pressure is too great, really no time, and Fish Sister-in-law just gave birth and is very busy. Very sorry; I’ll make it up when sending peripherals next time.
