Chapter 674 Assassination, Chu Yutian?
Time passes by day by day in the process of spiritual practice.
There is only one month left until the end of the year.
At the top of Mount Ling, where the Dongxu Camp Hall is located, the snow is vast and the cold wind howls.
The room was unusually quiet and quite warm.
Zhuang Shiyan glanced at Li Weiyi, then looked at Yao Qingxuan standing below, before tossing the brush in his hand. To join the Sentinel Army and the Shaoyang Division, one must undergo a strength test.
"Whoosh!"
The brush spun in mid-air, its luster increasing dramatically.
In the light, the brush transformed into a humanoid puppet warrior clad in bamboo armor.
The moment the puppet warrior landed, it moved forward like a phantom, unleashing a devastating palm strike. The force of the wind condensed into a gigantic handprint, completely enveloping Yao Qingxuan.
Yao Qingxuan's robes and black hair all fluttered behind him.
No refund.
Her seemingly frail body leaned slightly forward. She raised her right hand, releasing magical energy and a powerful vortex of wind from her palm, carrying a large amount of longevity scriptures, and struck out with a single palm.
"Bang!"
The puppet warrior and Yao Qingxuan were both sent flying backwards at the same time.
Upon landing, Yao Qingxuan did not linger or stabilize his body. Instead, he harnessed the wind and shot out like an arrow.
"Alright! You win. Don't ruin my pen."
Zhuang Shiyan waved his hand, unleashing a curtain of magical energy that repelled Yao Qingxuan while simultaneously recalling the puppet warrior, transforming it back into a writing brush.
Then, he sat back down in his seat.
He used the pen in his hand to add Yao Qingxuan's name to the Spirit Watch Book.
"You may step back now. I need to speak with Li Weiyi alone for a few minutes."
After handing over the Spirit Whistle Waist Token and the Shaoyang Guard Waist Token, which he had personally crafted, to Yao Qingxuan, Zhuang Shiyan said the following.
After bowing, Yao Qingxuan withdrew.
Zhuang Shiyan stared at Li Weiyi, whose aura had greatly improved, and sighed with displeasure: "Yu Yaozi has won for a thousand years, she is too confident, she always thinks that everything is under her control. In fact, this world is never short of people with clever methods and deep minds. From the fact that she was tricked by Yu Daozhen and Xian Min and fell into the Six Thoughts Mind Curse, we can see that she also has miscalculations. She can't win every time."
Li Weiyi laughed and said, "I'm not stupid! If I can't win, I'll just throw out the Jade Book of Life Spring. Does the Grand Palace Master think he'll kill me?"
"If Yu Baxian obtains the Spring of Life and the Spring of Destiny, he can extend his life by at least a thousand years. In this way, he can free up his hands and use the more than two billion people in the Holy Temple Realm and the countless members of the Time Clan to force the Time Ancient Clan to hand over the remnants of the Time Empress that he truly wants. That thing can help him break through the realm. Only by breaking through the realm can he truly extend his life and then be fearless of everything."
Zhuang Shiyan continued, "If Yu Baxian succeeds in breaking through to the next realm, Chan Hai Guanwu and Yu Yaozi will likely have their cultivation crippled and be taken into the Xiaoyao Palace as concubines, with no power to resist. He will not forget the humiliation Chan Hai Guanwu brought him. The reason he didn't touch Yu Yaozi for the past thousand years was because he was suppressed by the Holy Emperor and Jian Tianxia. Now, Yu Yaozi openly opposes him, and the Martial Emperor has lost all face. If it weren't for his declining blood and thin life energy, how could he swallow this insult?"
"This is a life-or-death struggle; neither side can afford to lose!"
Li Weiyi looked confused, unsure of which side Zhuang Shiyan was on. He seemed to dislike Yu Baxian's successful life extension and also harbored great prejudice against Yu Yaozi.
"Yu Yaozi is being too frivolous. To achieve her ambitions, she's taking a huge risk. Or is she acting out of spite? In the last round, she lost to Yu Daozhen, destroyed Lingxiao Palace, killed millions of people, and turned Lingxiao Realm from its glorious peak into ruin. Is she trying to win back some face from the Demon Kingdom?"
Zhuang Shiyan regained his calm and natural state of mind and waved his hand: "It's no use talking about this now. Go! Hongting came looking for you. She's very concerned about your safety. She's waiting for you in Night Demon City."
Li Weiyi took his leave, unaffected by Zhuang Shiyan.
Because he knew that Yu Yaozi did this not only out of ambition, but also because she wanted to help the Holy Temple habitat.
He didn't know how those powerful figures at the pinnacle of transcendence and the realm of emperors thought, but he knew that if Yu Yaozi hadn't stepped forward, the Holy Hall Realm and the Ancient Clan of Time would most likely have been sacrificed.
Moreover, Yu Yaozi had already told Li Weiyi what she was going to do.
More importantly, Li Weiyi believes that Zhuang Shiyan was influenced by the Abbot of Du'e Temple! Otherwise, how would he know Yu Baxian's true purpose?
The night was bitterly cold, with dark clouds obscuring the stars and hiding the moon.
Li Weiyi and Yao Qingxuan, dressed in invisibility cloaks, left the Dongxu Camp and headed towards the Holy City of the Crimson Bright Realm.
That's where the teleportation array to the Demon Kingdom is located.
The reason for their stealth and concealment is not out of fear of the Demon Kingdom. In fact, before the Hundred Realms' Struggle for Immortality, the Demon Kingdom will do everything in its power to protect Li Weiyi.
If Li Weiyi gets into trouble, Yu Yaozi will definitely not use the Life Spring to fight for it again.
Li Weiyi was worried about the Taiyin Sect and the departed spirits.
The Taiyin Sect does not want Yu Baxian to succeed in prolonging his life. They do not want the powerful figures of the Demon Kingdom and the armies of the various realms to go to the Holy Temple Realm. They hope that the human race will continue to hinder each other, that the Demon Kingdom will continue to be in chaos, and that the entire Hundred Realms Realm will become chaotic.
Li Yao and his companion carefully and stealthily traveled a thousand miles, completely leaving the "forbidden zone of the Immortal Cloud Sect".
As dawn broke, they stood atop the snow-covered mountain, gazing into the distance. Ahead, the terrain flattened out, while behind them stretched a range of mountains.
"Aren't you being a little too cautious? This is the location of the Cave Ruins Camp!" Yao Qingxuan said.
"It is precisely because we came from Dongxu Camp that we must be even more careful."
The two braved the cold wind and rushed out of the mountains.
For the next day and night, they either burrowed underground or moved stealthily. Only after confirming there were no pursuing enemies did they use a disguise technique to ride their spirit beast carriage swiftly along the official road.
The Crimson Bright Realm is a medium-sized habitat ranked tenth, with a larger population and territory than the Holy Temple Realm, ranked fifteenth. However, the overall strength of martial artists above the Longevity Realm is slightly inferior.
The Ancient Race has propelled the Holy Temple Habitat into the top ten of medium-sized habitats.
Habitat ranking refers to the ranking of geographical areas.
Five days later.
Li Weiyi and Yao Qingxuan arrived at Chiming Holy City by car.
As they entered the city, above the city gate, a top-tier ancient mirror with the Eight Trigrams and the character "万" (wan) cast on its back floated, and beams of light fell upon them.
The Crimson Bright Realm is located in a chaotic zone, surrounded by the Netherworld of the Dead. Naturally, it is necessary to guard against powerful spirits sneaking into the Holy City and causing destruction.
Enter the city.
The vehicle traveled along the wide cobblestone streets, heading towards the teleportation array.
Li Weiyi cast aside all his tension, worries, and pressure, glanced into the car, and said, "Master Yao has been in seclusion in the Underworld for many years. Would you be interested in trying the delicacies of the Crimson Bright Holy City? It's on me!"
“No interest! Since entering the city, I’ve heard many cultivators in taverns and teahouses talking about you. It seems the whole world is waiting for you to go to Xiaoyao Capital,” Yao Qingxuan said.
Li Weiyi, of course, also released his senses to gather information: "It's not too hard to guess that the Grand Palace Master has staked his life force on me, so it's bound to attract the attention of busybodies. Is Master Yao afraid?"
Yao Qingxuan sat quietly in the carriage, his hands clasped together in the ancestral field, refining the dragon soul source light. His eyes were cold and indifferent: "After cultivating in the Netherworld for seven years, with the help of the demon king's flesh and blood, I successfully broke through to the third realm of the Longevity Realm. However, I don't think that my cultivation at the early stage of the third realm can be of any help in this situation."
“Master Yao is exceptionally intelligent, but even he has his moments of being blinded by a single leaf. In fact, you can be of great help to me,” Li Weiyi said.
"Don't speak yet, let me think for a while."
Yao Qingxuan pondered for four blocks but still couldn't come up with a solution: "Tell me, I can't figure it out."
“If everyone in the world thinks that the Jade Book of Life is in my hands, and I have temporarily entrusted it to you for safekeeping. More importantly, you joined the Holy Dynasty's camp before this and received the protection of the Holy Dynasty's immortals,” Li Weiyi said.
Yao Qingxuan said, "I'm not afraid of being killed by you, but do you dare to give me the Jade Book of Life Spring?"
“As long as the Demon Kingdom considers you a pawn in my game, and there’s a possibility that they might temporarily entrust the Jade Book of Life to you, they can draw away some of their power. Even if they only draw away one-tenth, Master Yao, your value is greater than that of a martial artist at the peak of the fourth realm. A martial artist at the peak of the fourth realm can’t deal with one-tenth of the Demon Kingdom’s ninth-generation immortals,” Li Weiyi said.
Yao Qingxuan's voice drifted out from inside the carriage: "I understand, you really want to kill me, but first you have to convince the Demon Kingdom that you might do it... No good..."
A talisman flew through the alley and struck the moving vehicle.
"boom!"
The chassis shattered, leaving a crater several meters in diameter in the ground.
The buildings on both sides of the street collapsed instantly, and all pedestrians within a radius of twenty feet were sent flying through the air, bleeding from their seven orifices, by the shockwave released by the talisman.
"Whoosh! Whoosh..."
In this urban area, defensive array beams of light shot into the sky one after another.
Li Weiyi and Yao Qingxuan were the first to leap out of the vehicle, flying sideways to avoid the attack, and then crashing into the dusty ruins.
The two quickly stood up, released their protective energy, and took out their weapons.
"What a terrifying talisman! If we had reacted even slightly slower, we would have both died." Yao Qingxuan's senses were fully extended outwards, and he was on high alert in all directions.
Before the two could activate their magical artifacts, a ghostly black shadow, carrying a chilling aura, rushed out of the alley and roared towards them.
This person's movements were unpredictable, and his intention was to kill Li Weiyi.
Another talisman flew out of his sleeve like an arrow.
"Taiyin True Qi!"
Li Weiyi shouted loudly, recognizing the other party's identity as a member of the Taiyin Sect, hoping to use this sound to attract the attention of the human race in the Crimson Bright Holy City.
At the same time, Li Weiyi, like a raging lion, strode forward and swung his sword at the dark figure following behind the talisman, his eyes fixed on him. As for the talisman that was close at hand, he completely ignored it.
The shadowy figure looked surprised.
Li Weiyi wasn't afraid of his talisman?
This caught him somewhat off guard!
"Whoosh!"
The shadowy figure formed a hand seal with his left hand, unleashing the killing power of the talisman. His right hand, clad in a magical gauntlet, slammed towards the blade of the Yellow Dragon Sword.
The talisman flying in mid-air flickered and shot out like an arrow, completely piercing through Li Weiyi's protective magical energy.
However, it failed to penetrate Li Weiyi's body. The high-grade spirit talisman given to him by Zhuang Shiyan automatically condensed a layer of defensive power to block it.
"Boom!"
Li Weiyi took three steps back.
The dark figure flew backward, its toes barely touching the ground as it hurtled away into the distance. Using some unknown secret technique, its body swiftly merged into the array's light veil, disappearing instantly into the crowd several streets away.
Li Weiyi chased after him for a distance, then immediately stopped and retreated to Yao Qingxuan's side.
Yao Qingxuan said, "It must have been that magical mirror when we entered the city that exposed our identities and whereabouts. Someone has been waiting for us in the Crimson Bright Holy City. What a strange technique, completely ignoring the array barrier."
"Chu Yutian?"
Li Weiyi frowned and muttered to himself.
Within the Taiyin True Qi emanating from that dark figure, a familiar aura could be sensed, even though the other party was using a magical artifact similar to Yao Qingxuan's smiling Buddha mask to deliberately conceal the aura of their inner magical energy.
"Where are the evil figures of the Taiyin Sect? Are you Li Weiyi, the successor of the Lingxiao Palace's Taoist arts?"
One transcendent being and seven immortal beings from the city arrived first, appearing above Li Weiyi and Yao Qingxuan.
Amidst the deafening roar, a large number of city guards surged in like a tide, sealing off the entire urban area.
(End of this chapter)
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