Chapter 74: Dharma King Of Ten Foods
The sounds of arguments from the front courtyard could be heard intermittently, quite chaotic.
Those outstanding young talents and noble daughters had not yet left and were all gathered around like they were watching a spectacle, truly making a mess of family matters as Li Songgu had said.
However, the news of Li Songlin collecting the immortal radiance exotic medicine also quickly spread throughout Yaoguan City.
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Li Weiyi questioned himself about wanting that exotic medicine, but it was far from being an absolute necessity. Whether or not he had the help of that exotic medicine, he was determined to go all out to break through the Nine Springs Ancestral Field.
The reason he followed Li Songlin to Date Plum Manor was firstly because he cherished the care and concern from this Cang Li Leader, and secondly, his identity had already been exposed in Yaoguan City, so he indeed needed to rely on the strength and influence of the Cang Li Tribe to escape more easily.
Therefore, he was not overly concerned about the sounds of argument coming from the front courtyard of the manor because of that exotic medicine.
Led by an old servant, Li Weiyi arrived at a room that had been cleaned and prepared specifically for him; it was very neatly arranged.
After thanking the old servant, he closed the door.
“Fourth Uncle was right. Although this Cang Li Tribe is a large and prosperous family, it is also full of internal troubles. Everyone is fighting for benefits, and everyone wants to gain an advantage.”
Li Weiyi lit a bone lamp on the sandalwood desk and smiled. In the end, he felt he wasn’t suited to staying in this bustling Date Plum Manor, nor did he want to fall into the Li family’s power struggles. Doing so would only exhaust him physically and mentally, leaving no room for peaceful cultivation.
What he pursued was the Great Dao of Longevity.
His gaze fell upon the paper, pen, ink, and inkstone on the desk, and he sat down.
Even if he had to leave, he couldn’t leave without saying goodbye; that would be too impolite.
“Fourth Uncle, Weiyi is leaving Yaoguan City first. I need to go find my own path. Consider that exotic medicine as something I’ve already received; I will remember this kindness for a lifetime…”
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After finishing the farewell letter, he folded it and placed his seal on it.
It was still early, and the sky had just begun to darken. The streets were crowded with many eyes.
He had to wait a bit longer.
Li Weiyi took out seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors from the Buddha’s Sarira, placed them into the insect tubes one by one, and then cut off a pound of Rou Cong Rong to feed them. He silently pondered his future path. Besides heading to the Hidden Sect, he also needed to quickly produce magic tools and the otherworld coffin, and purchase high-grade precious medicine.
If the seven little fellows grew to the Five Seas Realm, he alone could sweep through the Chang Lin Gang.
“First, I’ll sell Murong Xiao’s magic tool giant bow! The three-headed snake bracelet needs to be blood-sacrificed with my own blood, which is too evil and harmful to the body, so I can also get rid of it. However, according to the analysis of the Spirit Tablet Senior, this is a high-grade magic tool, worth over a hundred million… I need to be cautious when selling it.”
“Although there are many masters in Yaoguan City, the older generation will certainly not lower themselves to take action. With Cang Li in the city, the young generation of Five Seas Realm experts will likely not dare to act rashly.”
Li Weiyi calculated over and over; he was actually extremely safe in Yaoguan City. Only an attack from someone below the Spring Gushing Realm would not anger the Cang Li Tribe.
The quarreling voices from outside gradually reached the back courtyard.
A middle-aged woman’s voice, very sharp: “Fourth brother, are you absolutely determined to give the opportunity to break through to the Nine Springs to an outsider? Chang Feng is your nephew, and he’s also opening the Eight Springs. Why can’t it be him?”
“Chang Feng cannot open the Nine Springs; there is no hope at all,” Li Songlin’s voice replied unceremoniously.
“Is that outsider definitely able to? It’s said he’s just a mortal and is already twenty years old. Even if not for Chang Feng, why can’t the exotic medicine be left for the Pure Immortal Body in the tribe?” another rather deep and aged male voice emerged.
Li Songlin said calmly and firmly, “Eldest brother! The medicine I collected is mine to decide who takes it; I don’t need others to make decisions for me.”
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After finally seeing off the two, Date Plum Manor successively welcomed over a dozen more people seeking medicine, all of them elders from various Jiu Li tribes, seeking it for their exceptionally talented descendants.
After a full hour of being overwhelmed and distressed, Li Songlin was utterly exhausted. His expression grew increasingly grim, and he looked at Li Ling: “Fourth girl, go call Weiyi over. Let him take it now, so everyone doesn’t have to look on with longing.”
He had originally planned to let Li Weiyi settle in the Eight Springs Realm for a few months before taking the exotic medicine to attempt to break through to the Ancestral Field.
But in the current situation, continuing to keep the exotic medicine would not only drive him mad with annoyance but would likely also put immense psychological pressure on Li Weiyi.
A moment later, Li Ling, holding a letter, her legs shrouded in blue misty light marks, returned rapidly. She said urgently and worriedly: “It’s bad… Fourth Uncle, he’s gone! He only left a letter. I’ll go chase him!”
After handing the letter to Li Songlin, she rushed towards the door.
“You come back!”
Li Songgu, sitting in the main seat, flicked his right index finger, and a long strand of spiritual light and qi lock flew out, imprisoning Li Ling, who had already rushed out of the hall.
Then, he stood up and said earnestly, “That kid left without a sound; even I didn’t notice. It shows he has considerable skill in hiding and escaping. Can you find him?”
Li Ling’s body was entangled by the spiritual light and qi lock seven times, and she couldn’t break free. She really wanted to tell her father that she could find him.
But the Zen Sea Observing Mist within her was her biggest secret. It was precisely because of this unparalleled opportunity that she could break through to become a Great Mind Master at such a rapid pace.
She and the Zen Sea Observing Mist were now in a relationship of mutual prosperity and loss. This secret, capable of shaking the entire Lingxiao Life Realm, naturally could not be known by anyone.
Regarding her closeness to Li Weiyi, it was initially a task from the Zen Sea Observing Mist. But after interacting multiple times, she genuinely felt that Li Weiyi was a very good person, possessing his own principles and bottom lines, as well as a sensitive side. At the very least, he was a friend worth befriending.
She was truly a little worried that Li Weiyi would get into trouble leaving alone like this. Thus, with a pleading look, she turned to Cang Li and Li Songlin.
Cang Li walked directly out the door and said, “Pass a message to all Five Seas Realm martial cultivators in the city: I guarantee Li Weiyi’s life! Any assassins, or martial cultivators from the Yang Clan or Sui Sect, if they don’t listen to this, I will definitely kill them, I will!”
He couldn’t control those above the Dao Seed Realm.
He didn’t want to manage those below the Five Seas Realm.
After reading the letter, Li Songlin sighed, then looked at Li Songgu and said, “He asked me to take care of those juniors cultivating in the tribal school. He said that without the exotic medicine, he could also open up the Ancestral Field and that I shouldn’t worry. Second brother, can you see this child’s character now?”
“I’ll personally send people to look for him. It’s Elder Brother and the others who caused this trouble,” Li Songgu said.
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Li Weiyi used the ghost flag to leave Date Plum Manor without a sound.
Of course, the most important reason that these two great masters, Li Songgu and Li Songlin, who had gone extremely far in the fields of Martial Way and Mind Master, did not detect it in advance was that they were too busy dealing with those seeking medicine, and their attention was not on him at all.
It was already late at night, and fewer and fewer pedestrians were on the streets of Yaoguan.
Li Weiyi moved quickly through the shadows of the building, preparing to leave the city overnight and go directly to the Jiu Li Hidden Sect.
In the Jiu Li Tribe, even the leaders of the Nine Great Tribes do not know the specific location of the Hidden Sect. They are only responsible for selecting one or several youths with peak talent each year and sending them to a specific location at a specific time.
But as the former leader of the Jiu Li Tribe, Jar Master naturally knew where the Jiu Li Hidden Sect was located.
Li Weiyi moved swiftly, like an afterimage beneath the night.
The lights ahead were completely extinguished, and there was not a single pedestrian on the street. They had arrived at the outskirts of Yaoguan City, and further ahead lay the primitive and wild Mang Mountain Range.
Wilderness.
He stopped and looked back, feeling as if he had been followed the entire time.
“What’s the matter, are you being overly suspicious?”
As soon as Li Weiyi turned around, he saw a little fatty, about fifteen or sixteen years old, suddenly appear in front of him, standing three steps away and grinning at him.
This little fatty was fair and tender, with thick black eyebrows. He was about 1.6 meters tall, with a long braid tied to the top of his head, woven with colorful thin ropes.
He wore straw sandals on his feet, and his pant legs were wide, exposing most of his calves.
It was the same person they met at the noodle stall during the day.
In the brief moment of a turn, the other party appeared out of thin air. It wasn’t just their terrifying speed, but their silent, breathless concealment skills were even more frightening. Li Weiyi deeply realized that he had encountered an unfathomable master tonight.
“Tian Shu Ge, what a coincidence! Where are you going? Can you take me with you?” the little fatty said with a smile, revealing a row of snow-white teeth.
Li Weiyi said, “How did you find me? During the day at the noodle stall, you did something to me?”
“It’s magic energy! I had a wisp of magic energy that accidentally attached itself to you during the day.”
The little fatty spread open his small, tender hand, and immediately, a wisp of colorless energy, as minuscule as a strand of hair, flew out from Li Weiyi’s sleeve and returned to his palm.
While Li Weiyi was shocked, he also knew the visitor was not good. His hand slowly reached for the Yellow Dragon Sword on his back.
“Are you looking for this sword?”
The Little Fatty took out the Yellow Dragon Sword with his other hand behind his back, channeling the magic power within to activate it, but the sword showed no reaction.
His two thick, dark eyebrows immediately furrowed. “Strange, why can’t I activate it?”
Li Weiyi forced a wry smile again and again, already realizing the huge cultivation gap between him and the other party.
The other party could do so many things without a sound, so naturally they could also take his life without a sound.
Li Weiyi said, “Speak, who are you?”
“Didn’t I tell you during the day? My name is Shi Shishi.”
The little fatty threw the Yellow Dragon Sword over, and said to Li Weiyi, “Come with me! We have such a good relationship, and you even treated me to noodles, so there’s no need to fight, right?”
He first walked towards the night sky where the Mang Mountain Range was located, with his little chubby hands on his back.
But the darkness ahead at this moment was like the gaping maw of a demon, and if one stepped into it, it was as if they would be shattered into pieces.
Li Weiyi took the Yellow Dragon Sword, secretly considering the possibility of releasing the giant camel to escape, or the success rate of using the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish to pull the opponent into the Blood Mud Space.
But the opponent was too fast, and it took him time to activate his magic tool.
Once we fail and these two things are exposed, I’m afraid there will be no way to survive today!
Li Weiyi said, “You’re not here to kill me?”
“Why would I kill you? We have no enmity. Is it for that pitiful bounty from the Five Burial Temple? That would be too demeaning, and if people knew, they’d surely laugh at me.”
The Little Fatty saw Li Weiyi still in place and turned to look at him, “Don’t be so nervous, I’m looking for you for a good thing. Look at me, do I look like a bad person?”
Li Weiyi said, “Why don’t you tell me first, what exactly is this good thing.”
The little fatty sighed, “It was my Ninth Brother who wanted to find you. You should know him. He said you met in Zangxian Town.”
Li Weiyi’s heart stirred, and his eyes changed accordingly. No wonder the other party wasn’t afraid of the Cang Li Tribe. He exclaimed, “Are you talking about Shi Jiuzhai? Are you from the Earth Wolf King Army?”
“That’s right, I’m Shishi, full name Shi Shishi,” the little fatty said.
Li Weiyi was completely dumbfounded, and his last illusion of escape was crushed. This was because the other party could take Stone as their surname and be ranked Tenth, which meant they were definitely one of the Ten Law Kings of the Earth Wolf King Army.
Their cultivation level is so high, it’s definitely not as simple as the First Realm or Second Realm of the Five Seas Realm.
Where is the way to live today?
What is the other party’s ultimate intention?
Li Weiyi gazed at Little Fatty’s pure, smiling eyes and, as if resigning himself to fate, followed. But he left a footprint on the ground, neither deep nor shallow.
“That’s more like it! If I have to physically capture you, outsiders will say Shi Shishi doesn’t play by the rules, and then no one will ever invite me to eat again!” Shi Shishi said.
Li Weiyi wanted to learn more information and strive for more survival opportunities, so he asked, “What does Jiuzhai Law King want me for?”
“A month ago, after seeing you in the Sui River Bloody Battle and recognizing you, it was my ninth brother who wanted to find you. But today, it’s actually me who wants to find you, to ask you to help us do a great deed. I feel that your strength and intellect are quite good, and you should be capable of this.”
Shi Shishi also said, “That’s right! Ninth Brother said you said you would go with him in Zangxian Town, but you ran off and disappeared, not keeping your word.”
Stepping out of Yaoguan City, the surroundings were pitch-black dense forest.
Li Weiyi suddenly stopped, “Not good, a sudden stomach ailment has struck. How about I take care of it first?”
Shi Shishi chuckled, “You’re not thinking of running away, are you? Don’t be fooled by my size, I’m very fast.”
“I’m just in the Spring Gushing Realm, how could I possibly escape from a Law King? I’m aware of that much,” Li Weiyi said.
Shi Shishi said, “Alright, just don’t go too far.”
Li Weiyi quickened his pace into the dense forest, and after walking dozens of steps, he arrived under a camphor tree as thick as a bucket.
Of course, he didn’t really have a stomach ailment; he was preparing to put some important magic tools into the Blood Mud Space. Shi Shishi seemed uninterested in magic tools, or perhaps he thought Li Weiyi’s magic tools wouldn’t be anything high-grade.
However, if Shi Jiuzhai were to touch magic tools like the Evil Camel Bell, Ghost Flag, or Scripture Belt, he could determine their value with just a little manipulation of magic power.
His life needed to be preserved, and his magic tools even more so.
After storing all his important magic tools into the Blood Mud Space, Li Weiyi walked out from behind the tree and stretched comfortably. “See, I didn’t run, I’m quite a person of integrity.”
The two continued walking deeper into the dense forest.
By the stream in the valley, a campfire was lit, with firewood crackling and burning.
Shi Jiuzhai sat alone on a blue stone by the campfire, his long hair slightly curled. The yellow flame reflected on his sharply defined cheeks, making him look like a sculpture, possessing a masculine charm.
He heard footsteps and looked up at Shi Shishi and Li Weiyi approaching from the darkness, chuckling, “The one you found… is him.”
Shi Shishi sat on the ground by the campfire. “A month ago, you wanted to find him too, didn’t you? Hey, has Sixth Brother still not returned?”
“Him? Who knows if he’s been bewitched by some stunning beauty again!”
Shi Jiuzhai’s gaze fell upon Li Weiyi. Amidst the coldness, a hint of a smile emerged. “Do you know who I am? Do you know the price for deceiving me? Shishi, while his strength is passable, there’s still a considerable gap compared to the Nine Springs martial artists.”
Li Weiyi had been listening and analyzing. The Earth Wolf King Army seemed to be looking for someone to help them with something.
In other words, as long as he was useful, he could live today.
No matter how intimidating Shi Jiuzhai appeared at this moment, or how much he wanted to punish him, it wouldn’t change this fact.
Li Weiyi said, “The title of Jiuzhai Law King is thunderous in the Southern Territory, how could I not know? I believe that if a great figure like yourself were deceived by a junior in the Spring Gushing Realm, it would absolutely not be the other’s fault, but solely your own poor judgment of character.”
Shi Jiuzhai’s eyelids lowered, a cold wind flashing in his pupils, as if sword light and sword shadows were constantly flying out.
How could a prisoner be this arrogant?
Did the words “Jiuzhai Law King” no longer hold any deterrence in the Southern Territory?
“Brother Jiu, why do I feel like he has a point? If I were deceived by a child of four or five, I’d definitely slap myself a couple of times,” Shi Shishi said.
