A fiery red phoenix shadow appeared behind Pei Ji. It flapped its wings and disappeared from the spot in an instant, at such a speed that the air was distorted.
Looking at Pei Ji who suddenly appeared in front of him, the white-robed monk's pupils trembled, and before he could react, his neck was strangled.
Pei Ji asked coldly, "Name?"
Stared at by Pei Ji's bloodthirsty eyes, the white-robed monk did not dare to hide his words, "Li, Li Yuanyi."
"Li Yuanyi from the Jiuhua Sect in the Eastern Region?"
The Daqi Empire, an imperial dynasty of cultivation, has a vast territory, divided into five major regions: East, South, West, North, and Center. Each region has a domain lord, under which there is a palace lord, and under which there is a city lord.
The five domain lords are equal and their status is second only to the emperor.
Each domain is like a vassal state, and all affairs within the domain are decided by the domain master, which basically achieves autonomy. The only thing to do is to pay taxes to the court on time.
The Jiuhua Sect was the largest sect in the Eastern Region. The leader's daughter was a royal concubine in the palace. Royal Concubine Zhang had a son, the Second Prince. And Pei Ji was the current Crown Prince.
Li Yuanyi trembled: "...Yes."
Pei Ji sneered, and finally understood.
It seems that his brothers have become restless during the time he has been away from court.
Feeling the hand on his neck tightening and the threat of death approaching, Li Yuanyi felt very regretful that he should not have taken this mission for the sake of the longevity pill.
The leader gave him a task - to kill the crown prince Pei Ji!
Crown Prince Pei Ji is the legitimate son and is extremely talented. He has already entered the Golden Core Stage at a young age and is now on his way to the Nascent Soul Stage. He has the highest cultivation level among all the princes.
In addition, he also has considerable prestige in the army.
Daqi is a dynasty of immortal cultivators. To ascend the throne, one must possess unparalleled strength. Otherwise, how can one control the ministers under him? How can one lead his subjects to resist demons?
Prince Pei Ji was far ahead of the other princes in terms of birth, background and strength.
There is little hope of surpassing him and ascending the throne.
But which of the princes didn't want to ascend to that supreme position? The Second Prince was second only to the Crown Prince in power, and with the Jiuhua Sect as his backer, it was only natural that he had ambitions for the throne.
So, this assassination took place.
Li Yuanyi had initially been reluctant to undertake this mission. How could the Crown Prince be so easily assassinated? Apart from his own strength, he was also surrounded by countless experts guarding his safety.
The probability of failure is as high as 90%!
When he dies, he won't even know how he died.
However, the clan leader got information from somewhere that the prince was facing a critical moment of promotion. In order not to leak the news, he went into the depths of Canglong Mountain alone. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Hearing this, Li Yuanyi couldn't help but be moved.
Afterwards, the sect leader took out another longevity pill and said that if he agreed, the pill would be his.
As an early Nascent Soul cultivator with a short lifespan and little chance of advancement in the future, one can imagine the appeal of this longevity pill to Li Yuanyi.
If he took the longevity pill, he would be able to live for at least another fifty years. During these fifty years, he might be able to be promoted again? Once promoted, his lifespan would be greatly increased!
The temptation is too great.
Li Yuanyi couldn't resist, took the longevity pill and accepted the task.
Originally, he thought that this task would be easy. After all, he was a Nascent Soul cultivator, while Prince Pei Ji was only in the Golden Core stage. As long as he found him and attacked him when he was advancing, he would have only two outcomes: death, or becoming possessed!
But in actual practice, he found that Pei Ji was extremely difficult to deal with. With his Jindan cultivation, he was able to resist him, a Yuanying, and destroyed his natal magic weapon, severely injuring him!
Now he was even pinching his neck so that he couldn't resist.
Li Yuanyi regrets it now, he regrets it very much.
Now that things have come to this, we can only try our best to survive.
Li Yuanyi was ruthless. Without waiting for Pei Ji to strangle him to death, he bit his tongue to commit suicide. The Nascent Soul in his sea of consciousness took the opportunity to escape.
For a Nascent Soul cultivator, the death of the body does not mean final death. As long as the Nascent Soul is still there, he can find an opportunity to take over another body and soon he will be a brave man again.
This is what Li Yuanyi thought, but unfortunately, Pei Ji would never give him this opportunity.
The phoenix shadow behind him flapped its wings and flew out in an instant, as fast as a streak of crimson light. It grabbed Li Yuanyi's Nascent Soul and with a force of its palm, the Nascent Soul shattered with a snap.
However, before death, Yuanying suddenly opened his mouth and a fine cow-hair needle flew out.
This needle, called the Cold Shadow Needle, was forged by Li Yuanyi using millennia-old ice marrow and kept warm within his Nascent Soul. Although it was only a tiny needle, it contained a terrifying cold poison.
If an ordinary cultivator were to get even a little bit of it on him, he would probably be frozen into an ice cube and die instantly.
At such a close distance, even though Pei Ji reacted very quickly, he was still touched by the cold shadow needle.
The cold poison immediately invaded the skin and seeped into the bone marrow.
Under normal circumstances, this cold poison would not cause him much harm. As long as he meditated and practiced for a period of time, the cold poison could be forced out of his body.
However, his advancement was forcibly interrupted. He was already seriously injured, and it was a struggle for him to maintain a trace of consciousness and not go astray. Now he was infected with a cold poison, which was simply adding insult to injury. The flow of spiritual energy in his body suddenly became extremely stagnant.
All the internal organs showed signs of being frozen.
He must return to the cave immediately and go into seclusion again!
Pei Ji rushed to the cave quickly, but just as he saw the entrance, he could no longer hold on. He spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with broken internal organs and fell directly from the air, breaking many large tree branches on the way.
Xue Huan, who was always keeping an eye on him, quickly drove the cloud over and caught him before he landed.
One look at him and she couldn't help but gasp.
This is too miserable!
The skin on his exposed upper body was cracked and covered in blood. His body was covered with a layer of light red flames, but the flames soon went out, as if they were running out of energy. Then, a layer of cold frost climbed up his body.
There was a layer of white frost on his eyebrows and hair, and Xue Huan shivered from the coldness emanating from him.
She was so cold next to him, one could imagine what kind of pain he was going through at that moment.
Seeing his furrowed brows, Xue Huan's heart twitched and she felt deeply distressed.
She quickly found the pile of pills that Aunt Lin had prepared for her before she left the house. The Yang Yuan Pill, Ning Shen Pill, Purple Gold Pill... none of them were there!
Where is the healing medicine?
Ah, I found it, the rejuvenation pill!
She poured out a pill and fed it to Pei Ji, which finally stopped his injury and the bleeding stopped.
But how can he cure the cold poison in his body?
She searched among a pile of medicine bottles and found a pill called "Xuerongdan" with a small note on it that said "can cure all poisons."
Ah, Aunt Lin is so thoughtful!
I just don’t know if this Snow Melting Pill will be effective for his cold poison. Who cares? I’ll just feed it to him first.
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