Chapter 654 Dying Today
Mo Duanfeng was accepted by Li Weiyi because of what he did later, which showed Li Weiyi his sense of responsibility. Therefore, she could forgive past grievances and even become friends who would share life and death.
Bai Benlei said, "Can I interpret this as you harboring deep resentment towards Bai Chuan?"
Li Wei laughed angrily: "In my opinion, the claim of 'four outstanding talents from one family' is also a misnomer."
"What did you say?"
Bai Benlei's eyes were like thunderbolts, and his fists were clenched tightly.
With a loud boom, a ground sword tens of meters tall burst forth from the ground, its rock structure hard and sharp.
Bai Wu quickly stepped in to smooth things over, standing between Bai Benlei and Li Weiyi: "Brother Li, we came for the Eight Trigrams Flag. We heard it fell into your hands. We wonder if you can return it?"
If the Bai family had played the victim card from the beginning, saying "We were all sentinel soldiers, and we all sacrificed for the human race," and considering the death of the dead, Li Weiyi might have made things difficult for them.
But now, the other party is clearly hostile.
Offering them the Eight Trigrams Formation might only invite ridicule for weakness.
"cannot."
Li Weiyi gave such a straightforward answer. Seeing the smile on Bai Wu's face gradually disappear, he continued, "In the battle to capture Qingzao, I did indeed take the four battle flags from her, but I almost died in battle. I feel that I am justified in accepting this spoil of war."
"As for Jingzhen... I have narrowly escaped death several times in his hands, so it is only natural that I take all four sides from him."
"It was I who disregarded past grievances and avenged Bai Chuan. Your Bai family should be thanking me."
"As expected of Yu Yaozi's successor in Daoist arts, you are indeed arrogant and somewhat disdainful of others. Brother Li, since you disregard the Bai family so much, would you be so kind as to offer a few pointers?"
Bai Wu's eyes suddenly flashed with sharp light, and from his ancestral field, magical energy surged out wildly.
"No interest, I need to go to the camp to pay my respects to the chief."
Li Weiyi moved with incredible speed and agility, bypassing Bai Wu and shattering the cloud of magical energy he released.
With a single flick of its finger, the white goose unleashed a sword-like beam of light that shattered the afterimages and hurtled straight towards the true form.
Li Wei's movement technique was incredibly mysterious, yet he was able to capture it accurately.
His skill was evident from his actions.
This person's combat strength is absolutely no less than that of Jingzhen, who possesses Shirakawa's body.
Unfortunately, Li Weiyi is now much stronger than when he killed Jingzhen. Without even turning around, he swung his arm back, his palm like a fan, striking the finger sword that Baiwu had thrust out.
"Bang!"
The Dharma energy rippled and vibrated.
Bai Wu retreated abruptly, his fingers feeling as if they were about to break. He had initially dismissed Mo Duanfeng's assessment that Li Weiyi would surpass Gu Zhencheng, but now he was beginning to believe it to some extent.
"Brother Li, your cultivation is truly formidable. Let's see how this sword strike turns out."
"Splash!"
With its arms outstretched, the white pheasant emerged from the ancestral field, a jade magical sword flying out and drawing forth countless sword energies, which surged towards Li Weiyi's back like a tide.
Li Weiyi knew that he couldn't let the matter rest today, so he had no choice but to take it seriously.
Turning around, he unleashed a powerful, radiant strike, as strong as a meteor from beyond the heavens. The force of the strike sent the jade sword and countless sword energies, encased in the scriptures of the magical artifact, flying backward and crashing into the white duck dozens of feet away.
"puff!"
The white geese's crown shattered, its robes torn, and it spat out blood before flying backward and crashing heavily to the ground.
"I've finished teaching you two moves! Now, can you leave?"
Li Weiyi had just finished speaking.
"Let's see what I can do with this move."
Bai Benlei roared and raised his finger above his head.
The earthy yellow aura instantly covered the vast fertile land beneath Mount Ling.
Beside him, the hundred-foot-tall stone sword that had previously burst forth from the ground tilted like a mountain, crashing down and slashing towards Li Weiyi.
"stop!"
A voice rang out from the mountaintop.
Too late!
Li Weiyi felt immense pressure and realized that Bai Benlei's cultivation had reached the fourth realm, far surpassing Bai Wu.
That's a difference as vast as heaven and earth; no martial artist at the third realm could possibly match it.
But Li Weiyi anticipated that Bai Wu would definitely make a move after his defeat. Therefore, he had been secretly accumulating strength, wanting to assess just how powerful martial artists of their level had become after entering the fourth realm.
As he retreated rapidly, he unleashed the fifth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Sword.
"Sizzle!"
One hundred and eight purple lightning bolts appeared, condensing into a nearly materialized giant sword ten feet long, which pierced through the air and collided with the hundred-foot stone sword that was pressing down.
"Boom!"
The tip of the stone sword broke off.
The tip of the broken sword struck Li Weiyi's feet, causing him to stagger backward.
If the sword tip hadn't been severed by the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
On the other hand, Bai Benlei never expected that Li Weiyi would react so quickly and be able to unleash such terrifying sword techniques and Taoist arts in such a short time.
Seeing the giant lightning sword, several feet long, flying towards him, he was somewhat flustered.
There was no time to dodge.
He could only rely on his powerful cultivation to unleash a thick stream of magical energy to defend himself, while simultaneously retreating rapidly with both feet.
He retreated a hundred feet before gathering his strength in both hands to move the purple lightning giant sword aside, striking the mountain behind him with a thunderous roar.
Bai Benlei's protective aura was completely shattered, and his sleeves were torn to shreds by the lightning sword energy.
Despite his superior combat strength compared to Li Weiyi, he seemed to be at a disadvantage after their initial clash, leaving him both shocked and furious.
Zhuang Shiyan's clones, the cloth-making master, and Tang Wanzhou all appeared at the foot of the mountain, and they were all stunned by the scene before them.
They had originally come to stop Bai Benlei, who was at the Great Longevity Realm, from attacking Li Weiyi. But they never expected it to turn out this way.
“I underestimated you just now, Brother Li, let’s try again,” Bai Benlei said.
"Get out of the way."
Master Bu unleashed a torrent of magical energy, sending Bai Benlei flying. He then rebuked him, saying, "As a Great Immortal, how dare you lay a hand on a junior? Isn't that shameful enough? Lord Shao, this is our fault. We will make sure your father disciplines you severely when we return to the capital."
Li Weiyi looked at the man standing next to Tang Wanzhou and thought to himself, "This should be the cloth-training master that Taishi Yu mentioned."
He is indeed a formidable figure.
Logically speaking, if a powerful outsider in Dongxu Camp attacks a whistle spirit who has made great contributions, it should be treated as an attack on the camp. It would be reasonable to arrest him and imprison him for several decades.
But Master Bu struck first, then took the initiative to admit his mistake, and even said he would take him back to the Bai family for discipline. After three moves, if Master Zhuang were to pursue the matter too severely, the Bai family and the Sword Dao Imperial Court would have something to say about it in the future.
Zhuang Shiyan looked at Li Weiyi: "What do you say?"
Li Weiyi laughed and said, "Anyway, I wasn't injured. If we keep harping on this, the Bai family will probably say we're being too aggressive, that our Dongxu Camp is so great that we can't be touched. Didn't Senior Bu, who was well-behaved and brought back to the Bai family to be disciplined, already slap him?"
The cloth-training master's gaze fell on Li Weiyi: "What a perfect fifth-level imperial technique! What an aggressive remark! It has also shut me up. If the Bai family continues to pursue Bai Chuan's death, it will only make them seem aggressive!"
"In that case, I'll just ask one more question: why didn't you capture Jingzhen alive in the Ancient Kingdom of Time Ruins?"
"Can you capture the second-ranked scholar of the Sword Dao Imperial Court from the previous sixty years ago?" Li Weiyi asked rhetorically.
"I will relay your words to the elders of the Bai family."
The instructor was surprised by his answer and calmly said, then looked at Tang Wanzhou and the three Bai family heroes: "Let's go."
"Wait a moment."
Tang Wanzhou, dressed in a black robe with a high collar, walked towards Li Weiyi, braving the winter wind.
The two strolled upstream along the riverbank, heading towards a misty, tree-lined mountain valley, far from the sight of others.
In the silence, Li Wei spoke first: "Are we still going to the Sword Dao Imperial Court?"
“Yes, after all, my father is a disciple of the Sword Emperor. Now that the new Sword Dao Imperial Court has no one to carry the banner, how can I not go? I have already spoken to the Sentry Master, and from now on you will be the Holy Chief of the Shaoyang Division,” Tang Wanzhou said with a smile.
Li Weiyi stopped and looked closely into her eyes: "Is that the reason? I feel that you are preoccupied and pretending to be relaxed? Were you forced? If you don't want to go, then don't go. You are the young lord of the Northern Territory, the Tang Wanzhou who overshadows the fourteen prefectures of the Southern Territory."
"What 'Young Lord of the North'? We are all Southerners."
Tang Wanzhou's smile faded, his expression becoming much more solemn, his eyes filled with helplessness and bitterness: "Perhaps this is maturity! Maturity means learning to compromise, knowing reverence, knowing one's own limitations, and no longer being able to do whatever one pleases. Youth is about being full of fighting spirit, fearless, and high-spirited. I can't do it anymore, Li Weiyi... You must stay young forever!"
Seeing her like this, Li Weiyi knew that she must have gone through something, and she felt an indescribable sadness.
It's as if I can see the snow-capped mountains of the North shrouded in dark clouds. The most heroic and spirited woman of the Lingxiao Realm seems to have had her spine broken by reality.
"Just think of the young Tang Wanzhou who died today."
Tang Wanzhou released the imperial carriage from the ancestral field and handed it to Li Weiyi: "I'm giving you this ancient imperial carriage. I'm not worthy of it. When I get there, if I ride in such an unruly carriage again, no one will tolerate it."
"What exactly happened?"
Li Weiyi knew something must have happened; she was behaving very strangely.
"Don't overthink it, it's nothing. I just suddenly had some new insights. I'm going to be the top scholar in the new imperial examination. Goodbye!"
Tang Wanzhou turned and headed downstream, waving goodbye as he shouted, "From here I depart alone, Yingzhou is my utmost home."
Unfortunately, he can no longer shout with that heroic spirit.
On the other side, inside a jade palace on the back of an iron-backed pterosaur.
Bai Wu suppressed his injuries and reported to the cloth trainer: "This boy's combat strength is probably no less than that of Gu Zhenxiang, who is at the same level. If what Mo Duanfeng said is true, he will join the Holy Dynasty's camp, and our Imperial Court will be extremely passive in the new armor competition."
It was Mo Duanfeng who deliberately said in the Sword Dao Imperial Court that Li Weiyi was his sworn brother and would join the Holy Dynasty camp, so the Bai family wanted to take this opportunity to test Li Weiyi's strength and progress in cultivation.
When the cloth-training master saw Tang Wanzhou returning from afar, he called out, "Little Tang, come to my Jade Palace. I have something important to discuss with you on the way."
Four iron-backed winged dragons took flight toward the holy city of the Crimson Bright Realm, where a large spatial teleportation array leading to the Sword Dao Imperial Court could be found.
Li Weiyi stood in the snow, raising his hand to catch the falling snowflakes, exhaling a puff of white breath. He felt an emptiness in his heart, as if everyone had left. It was a stark contrast to the lively gathering of new recruits when he first arrived.
This winter is unusually cold.
(End of this chapter)
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