Chapter 86 Burn it all x2 (26,000+)
Kong Yiyi could only regretfully continue guarding the teleportation point of the twelve sections of the dragon's belly, patiently waiting for Zhong Lishan and the others to arrive and join them.
Xue Mushi performed miracles through divination along the way, and on the morning of the sixth day, he led Yu Sui and Mei Liangyu directly to Longhou Mountain.
Before her stood a lush, verdant tree, a teleportation point Mei Liangyu had never been to before. The surroundings were serene, without even the sound of wind, as if no living things existed, only these flowers, trees, and gravel mountain paths silently gazing up at each other in existence.
Mei Liangyu glanced back at the cave entrance where the teleportation array was hidden, then looked at the winding blue stone path ahead. Occasionally, a few rays of sunlight would fall through the gaps in the branches, forming pillars of light that shone obliquely, giving the scene a somewhat languid feel.
The most common features in the Dragon Slayer Cave are dense forests and high mountains.
They were currently at the foot of Dragon Throat Mountain.
Xue Mushi stood in the middle of the bluestone path, looking up at the pillar of light, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Mei Liangyu looked at him and said, "No one has ever been to this place before."
Yu Sui continued, "Master Xue is truly amazing!"
Xue Mushi remained silent, not daring to speak.
"Senior brother, have we arrived at Dragon's Throat?" Yu Sui asked curiously as he walked forward without turning his head.
Mei Liangyu responded, glanced around, and remained vigilant, saying, "Dragon Throat Mountain, once you cross the summit, you'll reach Dragon Head."
"Is it enough to just climb to the top of the mountain?" Yu Sui asked.
Mei Liangyu said, "On the way up the mountain, your five elements will dissipate and you won't be able to hold onto them. Everyone is like this."
"Huh?"
Yu Sui and Xue Mushi, who were walking in front, turned around at the same time.
Mei Liangyu remained unfazed and said, "The impact is less at the foot of the mountain, but the higher you climb, the greater the impact. So it's best to rush straight to the top in one go, but by the time you reach the halfway point, everyone's five elements of energy will be exhausted."
After listening, Xue Mushi looked at Yu Sui with a hint of hesitation.
There is no teleportation array from Dragon's Throat to Dragon's Head. Even though it's just a short distance across a mountain, the five elements' energy will be lost along the way. No wonder everyone is scrambling to be the first to arrive.
It turns out they were rushing to climb the mountain.
Yu Sui feigned ignorance and asked, "Are there any other dangers in the mountains?"
“Yes,” Mei Liangyu said. “This mountain can be described as a military formation, and there are puppets resembling evil spirits in the mountain.”
After saying that, he added, "Tonight."
Yu Sui: What's available during the day?
“Insects, illusions, poison,” Mei Liangyu summarized simply. “And divination arrays. There are also many rare treasures; it depends on whether you can find them.”
Xue Mushi sensed something was off about his words and asked, "Aren't you coming with us?"
Mei Liangyu stood there in deep thought for a moment.
His initial plan was to help Zhongli Mountain stop people. The best place to stop people was at the teleportation point at the entrance to Longhou. The five elements energy dissipates slowly at the foot of the mountain, so he could stop quite a few people.
Mei Liangyu was a little worried about letting Xue Mushi and Yu Sui travel alone. They had come this far, and it would be a real pity if they were eliminated by encountering insect poison arrays or illusions.
Before being trapped in the shallows, he searched everywhere for the three disciples of the Ghost Daoist School. After eliminating them, no one could break Nian Qiuyan's divination formation.
There are more people and stronger forces on Zhongli Mountain's side, so the danger is less.
These two newcomers were visiting the Dragon Slayer Cave for the first time, and their cultivation levels were not high. If they were to encounter a group of soldiers and evil spirits attacking them, it would be quite nerve-wracking and worrying.
Moreover, he had already released the communication beast, so Cang Shu and Shi Yuezhen could know the route he took, and Nian Qiuyan would also perform divination to see if he was alive or dead after receiving news of his fall from the cliff.
According to Mei Liangyu's plan, he could take Zhonglishan to Longtou within ten days and spend five days going back to find Yu Sui.
Who knew that Yu Sui would arrive even faster than he expected.
When Mei Liangyu first came to the Dragon Slayer Cave, everything seemed new and interesting. But after visiting it many times, he found it rather uninteresting.
"Let's go." Mei Liangyu stepped forward and said without changing his expression, "Let's go up first."
Yu Sui asked, "Aren't we waiting for Senior Sister Su and the others?"
“They will catch up.” Mei Liangyu pointed at her vaguely. “This isn’t their first time in the Dragon Slaying Cave, and they are all top-level disciples. It’s almost impossible for them to get hurt when they travel together. But you two, I’m afraid I’ll regret letting you leave like this in the middle of the night.”
Yu Sui turned to the side and stood at the edge of the bluestone, looking like a sensible person making way for his senior brother.
Mei Liangyu took a few steps forward and said, "Use the Wind Control Technique to go."
The three figures instantly rode the wind and disappeared into the distance.
Looking at a mountain is easy, climbing it is difficult.
Only after entering the mountain did they realize how far the distance was. The three hurried up the winding bluestone path, and the five elements of energy in the light core were uncontrollably leaking away.
If they encounter poisonous insects hanging on trees along the way, Yu Sui will take a few curious glances, and Mei Liangyu will tell him not to get too close.
While Yu Sui was on his way, he was looking at the terrain of the Dragon-Slaying Cave, which was a concrete representation of the mountains. They were the first to reach Dragon Throat Mountain. Zhong Lishan and Sheng Fei had already passed the eleventh section of the dragon's belly, and Gu Gan and others had passed the tenth section.
There are still several days before Gu Gan plans to enter the Upside-Down Moon Cave.
There should be enough time.
Yu Sui looked at the map again and realized that the natural scenery here was too dense, and there was no way to avoid it.
The moment Xue Mushi landed using his Wind Control Technique, his feet touched an unremarkable bluestone slab. Yu Sui's eyes twitched slightly. Before she could warn him, the bluestone shattered, the ground trembled, and the coiled body of a white frost python was revealed.
The surrounding temperature plummeted, and a cold fog rose up.
Xue Mushi and Yu Sui simultaneously rose up and retreated on the wind.
The Frost White Python opened its blood-red maw and lunged at Xue Mushi, but the second Frost White Python summoned by Mei Liangyu bit its vital spot, knocking it to the ground and creating a huge crater that crushed countless flowering trees.
The two frost-covered white pythons shattered and dispersed simultaneously.
Xue Mushi was relieved to be on the ground. He felt a chill run down his spine as soon as he landed. Looking up, he saw several black snakes hanging upside down in the tree, staring at him. When they saw Xue Mushi make a move, they hissed fiercely, and the scales on both sides of their necks opened and vibrated, making a seductive sound.
As the venom splattered, golden five-element energy ignited around Xue Mushi to protect him, but he was immobilized by the sound of the snake scales vibrating.
Yu Sui arrived on the wind and snatched him away. The venom splashed onto their protective auras, immediately dissipating the golden five elements energy.
The black snake moved very fast and disappeared into the dense bushes in the blink of an eye. Yu Sui and Xue Mushi retreated further away.
As soon as Xue Mushi stepped back to Mei Liangyu's side, he felt an itch on his neck. He looked down and glanced to the side, where spider silk, barely visible to the naked eye, appeared and disappeared under different angles of light.
His fingertips trembled slightly, and the Zhou Tian Fire ignited instantly, burning away the spider silk wrapped around his neck. The red dot of the departing spider silk was reflected in his dark eyes.
The giant spider that lives freely in the forest.
Mei Liangyu crushed the Ghost Armored Sky Spider that was trying to escape with his Thunder Serpent, then turned to look at Xue Mushi standing behind him, and said with an inscrutable expression, "Your good luck has run out, hasn't it?"
Before Xue Mushi could reply, spider silk brushed against his face. If he turned around, he could see that the green branches behind him were covered with countless red dots, with hundreds or even thousands of Ghost Armor Sky Spiders staring at them.
Mei Liangyu made a decisive decision: "Let's go."
The three of them simultaneously used the wind to evade, forced to constantly shift positions by the transparent spider silk.
The spider silk relentlessly pursues you, its transparent surface coated with glistening venom, making it impossible to defend against.
Mei Liangyu waved his hand and made a hand seal, causing the golden Five Elements Qi to dissipate.
Yin-Yang School's Cursed Fire.
Scattered sparks landed on the spider silk, following it to the Ghost Armor Sky Spider's main body. In the blink of an eye, the sparks spread to all the Ghost Armor Sky Spiders, setting them ablaze.
There are too many poisonous creatures along the way. While illusions can be easily dealt with, poisonous creatures are more time-consuming and laborious to deal with.
Apart from the disciples of the Farmer School, others have a natural fear of many poisons, and poisons also bring an innate sense of oppression.
While using the Wind Riding Technique to travel, Yu Sui glanced at Xue Mushi in front of him. He didn't seem afraid at all, and although he was targeted by poisonous creatures several times, he reacted quickly.
For some reason, Yu Sui recalled the first time she met Xue Mushi. On the flying dragon chariot, Wei Ren had secretly left a scorpion on Xue Jiayue, but Xue Mushi caught it.
At this moment, Xue Mushi was like someone who had stirred up a nest of poisonous insects. One moment there were snakes, the next spiders, and countless flying mosquitoes, scorpions, poisonous ants, and so on. The three of them were almost constantly on the move, and their Wind Control Technique kept them suspended in the air and in a state of instantaneous movement.
After finally burning all the spiders that were chasing them, it was already late at night, with stars in the sky and fireflies on the ground.
Yu Sui stopped by the stream in the valley and looked up at the distant mountain peaks. They had only gone less than halfway.
The scenery here is quite nice. The valley is lined with flowering trees, their pink, white and deep red hues intermingling. A stream babbles, and the exposed rocks are strangely shaped. Water flows down from above the rocks, and countless fireflies dance around the stream in the valley.
Xue Mushi took off his coat and sifted the dead poisonous ants off his body. They were densely packed, and countless black poisonous ants fell off with each swipe of his hand.
Mei Liangyu stared at him with a strange look in her eyes and said, "How unlucky you are! Not only have you been chased and bitten by poisonous insects all the way here, but you're also the one who triggered the illusion."
"What about your divination for avoiding misfortune and seeking good fortune?"
Xue Mushi was also on the verge of tears, hanging his head and answering in a muffled voice, "It's too late."
It was indeed too late; the venomous insects attacked swiftly.
He had barely finished speaking when he suddenly felt something was amiss.
A spark ignited the reflection in the water, transforming it into the form of a demonic puppet army, which leaped out of the water wielding a sword.
Xue Mushi reacted quickly, and as he retreated, he caught a glimpse of a figure blocking his way.
Mei Liangyu's longsword clashed with the longsword of the evil spirits in the battle formation, sparks flying everywhere, and both sides unleashed several sword energies.
The words of famous masters, combined with the weapon-wielding skills of military strategists, can materialize the five elements into the weapon you desire. The Ghost Daoists can use two different schools of the Nine Streams of Arts simultaneously, but only Mei Liangyu of the Ghost Daoists can use different schools of the Nine Streams of Arts at the same time.
Yu Sui and Xue Mushi, however, were focused on the evil spirits in the battle formation.
This is exactly like the evil spirits in the Asura Hell of the Special Forces Armor Formation.
Mei Liangyu acted decisively, destroying the evil spirit's death talisman while simultaneously engaging in a sword fight. Without the support of the five elements, the materialized battle formation of the evil spirit shattered and dissipated.
Xue Mushi stood there, frozen in place.
Standing by the stream, Mei Liangyu turned to look at him, her expressionless face conveying the words, "Why are you so unlucky?"
Yu Sui walked over and changed the subject, saying, "Senior brother, the evil spirits in the battle formation just now looked really powerful. What level were they at?"
Mei Liangyu looked away from the stream and then gazed back at it, lost in thought: "The puppets used to be made by soldiers of the thirteenth realm, but this one is even more powerful than the previous ones. I've never seen anything like it before."
Yu Sui and Xue Mushi felt a sinking feeling in their hearts at the same time.
Their hidden power is so great that special circumstances are always unavoidable during certain trials.
Fortunately, Mei Liangyu didn't dwell on the matter of the evil spirits in the battle formation; instead, she kept asking Xue Mushi why he was so unlucky.
Because Yu Sui was able to avoid some dangers by using the map of the Dragon Slaying Cave, Xue Mushi had no way to do so.
When pressed by Mei Liangyu, Xue Mushi hesitated at first, but he couldn't think of a good explanation, so he simply shut up. Silence is golden, and less talk means less mistakes.
Fireflies in the valley and stars in the sky lit up the dark night. None of the three relied on the Zhou Tian Fire for light and they planned to continue on their way. The longer they delayed, the more of their Five Elements Qi would be lost.
Yu Sui walked along the stream for a while and saw a fan-shaped boulder standing in the middle of the stream.
Giant rocks connected the two sides of the valley, forming a barrier. White light shimmered between heaven and earth, blocking the way forward.
The words "life" and "death" are written on the black, fan-shaped boulder, and the surface of the stone shimmers with a ghostly blue starlight, which looks like the power of a divination array from a divination family.
Yu Sui reached out and tapped on the barrier, saying, "I can't get through."
"Is this a formation from the Fang family?" Xue Mushi was also looking at the barrier.
Mei Liangyu, however, stared at the black boulder inscribed with the words "life and death."
The color is a glossy black, and you can feel its cool touch even before you touch it.
Yu Sui also walked over and tapped the stone surface with her hand. The sound was dull and somewhat soft. She said, "The sound of this stone sounds a bit strange."
"Because it's not a stone," Mei Liangyu said. "It's a sacred wood commonly used by diviners in divination."
Upon hearing that it was the divination wood of the Fang family, Yu Sui calmly withdrew his hand and kept his distance from it.
Mei Liangyu stepped forward, tapped the sacred wood cluster, and said with a hint of curiosity, "The sacred wood forest of the Fang family is ever-renewing, dying and growing again. Nearly 90% of the sacred trees on the Xuan Gu Continent come from Taiyi. I heard there is a seed that never dies. It seems that this is that sacred wood seed."
An immortal seed.
It sounds incredibly powerful, so neither Yu Sui nor Xue Mushi intend to have anything to do with this divine tree seed.
Who knows what divination techniques can predict? It's best not to play with them.
Yu Sui said, "Such a powerful divine tree seed is blocking our way. We definitely can't get through. Senior brother, why don't we take a detour?"
"Why change? Just get through it." Mei Liangyu had no intention of backing down.
Taking a detour would take too much time; this route is the shortest, so let's go this way.
If everyone's five elements of energy are completely depleted, and they encounter poisonous creatures and the more powerful enemy formations and evil spirits than in previous years, the risks will be even greater than if they were to break through the formation.
Yu Sui and Xue Mushi stood together, gazing at him expectantly.
The meaning is clear: neither of us will take the risk.
Mei Liangyu laughed and said, "I didn't say you two would try to get through, and you two wouldn't have made it anyway."
"Senior brother, can it tell fortunes?" Yu Sui asked hesitantly.
“Only those who break through the barrier will be allowed to do so.” Mei Liangyu’s gaze shifted between life and death. “It should be that someone must be divined by the divine tree before the barrier can be removed.”
Yu Sui pursed her lips. Why was this sacred tree forcing divination?
Xue Mushi suggested, "Choose a newborn; perhaps the divination result can resolve the future crisis."
Mei Liangyu's gaze, however, was fixed on the word "death," and he said slowly, "I'd like to know what could kill me."
He hoped to reclaim the past.
Why did you hover between life and death in the past, or why did someone around you die?
Mei Liangyu placed his palm on the character "death" and gently stroked it. Golden five elements energy danced and gathered in the valley, stirring up huge waves that made Yu Sui and Xue Mushi, who were standing to the side, subconsciously raise their hands to defend themselves.
The imbalance of the five elements in the valley caused thunder and lightning, and the poisonous insects that had been waiting in the shadows fled the place.
Mei Liangyu's consciousness plunged into darkness, falling endlessly.
The sacred tree seed only relates to matters concerning him personally.
The golden five elements energy connecting his brain and the core of his soul flickered on and off, and the images he glimpsed deep in his consciousness also appeared and disappeared.
The sacred tree seed wanted him to see the future, not the past.
The sky, heavy with dark clouds, looked as if it were about to collapse.
On the flat ground high up on the mountain cliff, a dense crowd stood, surrounded by a large army in the distance, thirteen masters guarding the center, and many continental saints standing at the forefront.
He can even recognize quite a few people.
Whether from the army, from the ninth-rate sorcerers of the thirteen realms, or from saints.
The flat ground on the cliff is wide, and the sharp corners that extend all the way out stop at the edge of the cliff. From a high place, there is a figure that looks like it is about to fall.
Mei Liangyu saw Yu Sui, who had been driven to the brink of despair.
She was seriously injured, barely able to breathe, and her usually bright eyes were filled with blood and covered in wounds.
Yu Sui seemed to have just recovered from something, her expression slightly stunned.
She gazed at the people ahead with an unprecedented seriousness, countless figures reflected in her eyes. After a moment, she whispered, "Burn them."
The moment those two words are uttered, no emotion becomes necessary.
The black flames that erupted from the heavens and earth devoured everything.
Even in the pitch-black sky, sparks fell to earth, and people scattered and fled.
Mei Liangyu opened his eyes and grabbed the wrist that was reaching for him, his cold gaze meeting Shang Yu Sui's surprised face.
Yu Sui squatted down beside Mei Liangyu and reached out to help him remove the flower petals that had blown onto his hair, but his hand was grabbed. So he softly called out, "Senior Brother."
[Author's Note]
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