Chapter 93: The Shock Of A Single Letter
“Good!”
“Tian Shu Ge, come with us!”
Shi Shishi grabbed Li Weiyi, his figure flashing rapidly.
Li Weiyi only felt the wind whistling past his ears, his figure rising and falling. In just a few breaths’ time, he crossed more than three miles of street blocks with Shi Jiuzhai and arrived at a busy dock by the Sui River.
The speed and cultivation that Shi Shishi displayed were truly not matching his age.
The three boarded a fast boat, pulled by an exotic beast like a water python, speeding downstream at full sail.
In the cabin, Shi Shishi used a low-tier magic tool rope to tie up Li Weiyi, laughing: “Tian Shu Ge, I didn’t expect you to be so powerful. With a mortal body, you possess the combat power of Hundred Meridians Pure Silver Immortal Body. The Heavenly King will definitely like you very much. As long as you honestly confess all the secrets on your body, I dare to guarantee that the position of Old Eleventh will be yours.”
Li Weiyi leaned against the cabin wall and sat, saying coldly: “Your Earth Wolf King Army doesn’t keep its word. You clearly promised rewards, but you don’t fulfill them.”
Shi Shishi scratched his head, troubled: “No way! With Yao Qian there, who can touch Yang Qingxi? I really want the rewards you mentioned. Another day, wait until you break through to Five Seas Realm, the two of us can think of a good way.”
“Where are we going now?” Li Weiyi asked.
Shi Shishi said: “Of course back to Shu Zhou. To be honest, the secrets on your body are already enough to alarm the Heavenly King. Who doesn’t want to metamorphose into Pure Immortal Body? I want it too!”
Li Weiyi said: “What about Jiu Li Hidden Sect?”
“You will be honest and help us probe information? You don’t have a few truthful words in your mouth… Hmm, anyway, with Li Qing there, it won’t make much difference without you.” Shi Shishi said.
Li Weiyi said: “Li Qing has already been killed by me!”
“…”
Shi Shishi was stunned.
Shi Jiuzhai stood tall at the stern, his bright and spirited eyes gazing at the gradually receding Jiu Li City.
The sun set in the west, and the sky quickly darkened. Only the sky-connecting light formation screen outside Jiu Li City remained brilliant, like streaks of aurora on the horizon, dyeing even the Sui River colorful.
Shi Shishi walked out of the cabin: “Li Qing was killed! It should be true, he has that strength.”
Shi Jiuzhai had his hands behind his back and was silent for a moment before saying: “Let him go back, the people of Jiu Li Hidden Sect won’t trust him anymore and will kill him directly. Going to Earth Wolf King Army instead gives him a way to survive.”
Shi Shishi knew these words were meant for Li Weiyi in the cabin, somewhat worried: “Why hasn’t Sixth Bro caught up yet? He wasn’t taken out by Yao Qian, was he?”
“How is that possible? Sui Sect still needs to borrow the power of Earth Wolf King Army to help them attack Jiu Li Tribe. Liu Se is still very strong. He might not be able to beat Yao Qian, but restraining and escaping should be no problem.” Shi Jiuzhai laughed.
In the cabin, Li Weiyi secretly calculated the successes and failures of this day. The biggest problem was still with the Six Desires Talisman, and at the same time, he realized his lack of understanding of the abilities of the top experts in this world.
Existences like Shi Liuyu and Yao Qian had long transcended the category of humans.
Measuring them in human ways would definitely lead to mistakes.
Suddenly, Shi Jiuzhai’s startled roar came from outside: “Careful, enemy attack!”
The fast boat shook violently, followed by the sounds of palm force clashing, magic energy colliding, and waves surging.
“Bang! Bang…”
Four pebbles pierced through the cabin wall, striking the four sealed spring acupoints on Li Weiyi’s body, immediately restoring the flow of magic power. At the same time, the magic tool rope that had tightly bound his body was severed by the incoming Yellow Dragon Sword.
The Yellow Dragon Sword had previously been taken by Shi Shishi.
Clearly, a master had snatched the Yellow Dragon Sword from his hand and precisely thrown it here.
Li Weiyi was overjoyed, realizing that Yin Twenty-Four had finally brought reinforcements from the Hidden Sect. He shed the loops of rope, grabbed the Yellow Dragon Sword, and rushed out of the cabin.
Magic energy surged in the darkness.
Figures clashed intensely, but it was impossible to see who was who.
Li Weiyi was very clear about his own capabilities, so he decisively mobilized magic energy to surge into his legs, stepping on the waves and fleeing. In moments, he vanished into the dense forest by the shore.
Behind him came Shi Jiuzhai’s anxious explosive roar: “That kid escaped!”
Li Weiyi fled for half an hour, the sounds of battle behind him long inaudible. The frantic running aggravated his serious internal injuries, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, feeling darkness before his eyes and the world spinning.
When he had recovered a bit and was about to continue fleeing.
He saw.
Under a tree more than ten feet ahead, two black figures, one tall and one short, appeared.
That slightly shorter and slender black shadow quickly came before him, feeding a cool pill into his mouth. Her lips uttered words unlike her usual icy tone, in a soft whisper: “Heal first!”
The pill entered his abdomen and instantly dissolved.
The severe injuries to his five viscera and six bowels were immediately treated, no longer so painful.
That tall and mighty black shadow wearing a metal mask walked over step by step, his dark red cloak swaying in the wind. He said in a low voice: “You told all the Hidden Sect’s secrets to Shi Liuyu, didn’t you?”
The aura on his body was very oppressive, every word impacting Li Weiyi’s soul spirit.
Li Weiyi briefly met his gaze, then laughed fearlessly: “Hidden Lord’s cultivation is so profound and unfathomable. How could you not know whether I leaked secrets to Shi Liuyu?”
“How could I know?” Hidden Lord said.
Li Weiyi said: “The so-called trial was never about exterminating Chang Lin Gang, but probing what choice I would make when facing Shi Liuyu, whether I would betray Jiu Li Hidden Sect.”
This point, Li Weiyi had only realized in the cabin earlier.
He had no understanding of the abilities of this world’s top experts, but how could Hidden Lord not?
How could Hidden Lord not know that Shi Liuyu could sense his general location through the Six Desires Talisman?
Thinking of this, the purpose of deliberately arranging him to trial in Jiu Li City became clear.
Li Weiyi didn’t know if Hidden Lord was near Chang Lin Gang at the time, or sensing through the death spiritual fire at his brow. In any case, Hidden Lord definitely knew all his conversations with Shi Liuyu.
Hidden Lord looked at him with some surprise.
In dire straits, fleeing in panic, yet able to think so clearly—it was indeed material for becoming a Hidden Person.
Yin Twenty-Four said: “To become a Hidden Person, everyone must undergo the death trial. The so-called death trial means whether you can guard the secrets when facing the threat of death. This point is extremely important. If you can’t, it will endanger the entire Hidden Sect.”
“So you knew the true content of the trial long ago?” Li Weiyi said.
Yin Twenty-Four said: “I only knew that the real trial wasn’t exterminating Chang Lin Gang.”
Li Weiyi’s gaze turned back to Hidden Lord: “Did I pass the trial?”
“Naturally!”
Hidden Lord said: “No matter what method you used, as long as you didn’t leak secrets, it counts as passing. Let’s go, back to Hidden Sect first.”
Li Weiyi stood in place: “Aren’t you interested in the secrets on my body?”
“As long as all your actions pass the Hidden Sect’s screening, your secrets will forever be your own. When you truly find a sense of belonging in the Hidden Sect, you won’t need me to ask—you’ll tell naturally.” Hidden Lord said.
Li Weiyi said: “Since I am now a member of Hidden Sect, there are two things I must do. Will Hidden Sect lend a hand?”
“You can say them first.” Hidden Lord said.
Li Weiyi said: “The first is those people I saved from Chang Lin Gang. I want to see it through to the end, send Buddha all the way to the West, give them proper arrangements. Otherwise, my heart won’t be at ease.”
“No need for you to mention it. Yin Twenty-Four has already arranged it, and people from Jiu Li Tribe will take over them.” Hidden Lord said.
Li Weiyi looked surprised at Yin Twenty-Four.
Yin Twenty-Four slightly raised her chin, her eyes showing no evasion like when questioned by Li Weiyi earlier.
Li Weiyi thought for a moment, then said: “I have a few companions, cultivating in Jiu Li Dao Academy and Cang Li Tribe School respectively. They have been targeted by Sui Sect. Can I bring them to Hidden Sect?”
“Impossible!” Hidden Lord said.
Li Weiyi said: “They have very high talent.”
“People with very high talent, even once-in-a-million Pure Immortal Bodies, there are many to pick from under heaven. But when there are too many, one Li Qing might sneak in, two Li Qings… Hidden Sect puts all resources on one person each year because we want to cultivate Cang Li, Yao Qian, top experts who suppress a generation single-handedly, not a group of Five Seas Realm.”
Hidden Lord paused, then said: “For now, they are safe in Jiu Li Dao Academy and Cang Li Tribe Mansion.”
“After the Zangxian Town assassination and the battle between Cang Li and Dragon Gate Successor on Sui River, Jiu Li Tribe and Sui Sect are already showing their cards openly, but haven’t reached the point of tearing faces yet.”
Li Weiyi found it hard to understand: “Since the cards are already shown, why doesn’t Jiu Li Tribe strike first?”
Hidden Lord said: “You asking this question shows you have a long way to go to become a Hidden Person.”
Yin Twenty-Four said: “Sui Sect and Jiu Li’s various tribes have many important figures connected by marriage alliances—you in me, me in you. Jiu Li Tribe secretly spread the news of assembling troops this morning. By noon, Sui Sect’s higher-ups will know all of Jiu Li Tribe’s movements and deployments, and might even act one step ahead.”
“Vice versa. That’s why Sui Sect allies with external forces.”
Li Weiyi understood—this world was never black and white, friend or foe.
But foes among enemies, friends among allies.
Li Weiyi asked curiously: “What role will Hidden Sect play in this war that is bound to erupt?”
“Since the rotten flesh has grown inside the body, take this chance to scrape bone to heal wounds. Without experiencing array pain, how to welcome new life? Let them kill, kill out a clear enemy and ally.”
Hidden Lord thought for a moment, then said: “In the entire Li Zhou, only Jiu Li Divine Palace is relatively safe. When the situation becomes unstable, I will arrange for people to send your companions there.”
This was his final compromise!
“Thank you, Hidden Lord.” Li Weiyi said.
Hidden Lord said: “Both things are for others. I thought one would be for the Six Desires Talisman.”
“Is Hidden Lord an opponent of Shi Liuyu?” Li Weiyi asked hurriedly.
“You shouldn’t ask such a stupid question.”
Hidden Lord said: “Among the ten Law Kings of Earth Wolf King Army, in wisdom, only Great Lord is formidable, Shi Laoba excels in scheming. Shi Liuyu… even you survived in his hands. Keeping him might be of great use in the future.”
Li Weiyi secretly felt relieved, then took out a letter wrapped in oiled paper from his bosom and handed it over.
“What is this?”
Hidden Lord took the letter and asked.
“All the secrets on my body are in this letter.”
Li Weiyi always felt that delivering Jar Master’s letter sooner would be more secure. Who knew if Hidden Lord really didn’t care about his secrets?
Beside him, Yin Twenty-Four’s eyes lit up.
She knew Li Weiyi had quite a few treasures on him. This guy definitely had a big background; she just didn’t know what the secret was.
Hidden Lord opened the letter and immediately sensed it was extraordinary, his gaze turning serious from casual.
The aura emanating from the letter was extremely unusual.
The more he read the contents, the more his scalp tingled, his whole body numbed by the shock, his pupils contracting sharply, his hand holding the letter even trembling.
In Yin Twenty-Four’s eyes, Hidden Lord had always been a god-like existence. She believed even if the sky collapsed, it wouldn’t make him lose composure like this.
What kind of letter was this exactly?
What terrifying background did this Li Weiyi guy have?
After reading the contents, Hidden Lord’s gaze fixed deadly on Li Weiyi. After a long while, he finally couldn’t confirm its authenticity. It was too shocking, enough to shake the world under heaven.
“Go, back to Hidden Sect, see Hidden Ancestor!”
Hidden Lord enveloped Li Weiyi and Yin Twenty-Four with magic energy, unleashing maximum speed toward Jiu Li City.
As for the Six Desires Talisman on Li Weiyi, with him there, how could Shi Liuyu possibly sense it? Once underground, the sensing would naturally be cut off.
Yin Twenty-Four was dying of curiosity in her heart—why even alarm Hidden Ancestor?
Hidden Ancestor had always been just a legend. Even Hidden People didn’t know if it really existed or was still alive. Because legend had it that Hidden Ancestor had lived for over a thousand years.
…
Back to Hidden Sect, Hidden Lord led Li Weiyi step by step toward the depths of Jiu Li Insect Valley.
His mood had calmed down, and he asked: “You should have taken out this letter earlier. With it, you wouldn’t even need to participate in the trial to become a Hidden Person.”
“I wanted to try with my own strength.” Li Weiyi said.
Hidden Lord didn’t know what to say, because this kid really had that strength. Opening Eight Springs made him comparable to Hundred Meridians Pure Silver Immortal Body, completely beyond cognition and understanding.
But thinking he was the leader’s successor, everything became reasonable.
All the secrets on him, including his and his companions’ mysterious origins, seemed explainable!
Now, only Hidden Ancestor needed to personally verify the letter’s authenticity.
After all, only Hidden Ancestor had truly seen the leader.
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