Chapter 425

A sudden change occurred!

"You!"

Chen Ming looked at Li Rui in disbelief.

Li Rui actually dared to plot against him!

"Aren't you afraid of the Dao oath backlash??"

Chen Ming demanded.

Li Rui's mouth lifted slightly: "Since Brother Chen has a way to transfer the Dao oath, I naturally have a way as well."

Chen Ming's expression turned ugly in an instant.

How could he have imagined that Li Rui would hide the same thoughts as him, and that they would become fellow travelers in the matter of taking a Dao oath.

He was so angry he laughed.

"Then let's see if you have that ability."

He had intended to abandon Li Rui and go treasure hunting alone, but now that Li Rui had taken the initiative, he didn't even have the last bit of moral baggage left.

Who is he?

Chen Riyue, who carries the sun and moon on his shoulders in Shu!

Want to kill him?

A pipe dream!

If he had been weak before, he might have had some scruples, but now that he had recovered to his peak, he was naturally fearless.

In his view, Li Rui was incredibly arrogant.

Don't forget, he could suppress Li Rui in the world martial arts evaluation, and it was the same in a life-and-death struggle.

The carrying pole Chen Ming had long been holding in his hand suddenly flashed with golden light, and the power of heaven and earth within ten feet gathered entirely on his pole, the terrifying power causing the air to begin to distort.

He was not panicked at all.

Not to mention whether he could defeat Li Rui, even if Li Rui really hid some incredible means.

He could also break the carriage and escape.

This is the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Once he burrowed in, even a First-Rank Earthly Immortal wouldn't be able to find him easily.

"Die!"

Chen Ming shouted violently.

Facing the violent strike, Li Rui showed no panic, waving his sleeve, and a small flag flew out, expanding in the wind.

The next instant.

The carriage was shrouded in the sound of ghosts crying and endless black mist.

Chen Ming's attack paused, his expression changing drastically.

He remembered a piece of news that had come from the South Sea before.

There was an old demon who refined a Ten Thousand Soul Banner!

He widened his eyes, looking at Li Rui in disbelief, and spat out word by word through his teeth: "Tiannan Old Demon, it's you!"

Li Rui didn't answer, just smiled faintly:

"Brother Chen, this old man's soul banner happens to be missing a main soul."

Chen Ming was furious.

"Don't even think about it!"

At this moment, he also realized the seriousness of the matter.

His overbearing true qi exploded violently.

Under such circumstances, generally speaking, even a carriage made of divine iron would be directly burst by true qi.

How could a martial artist be bound by a carriage?

It's simply a joke!

But soon, a look of disbelief appeared on Chen Ming's face.

The carriage didn't change in the slightest!

He only saw streaks of talisman light flickering, without a single sign of damage.

Li Rui stood up slowly.

The killing intent in his eyes was no longer hidden.

For this scene today.

He had been preparing for a long time.

As a Fourth-Rank talisman master, he naturally couldn't trap Chen Ming, but if one talisman wouldn't work, then two or three would.

To prevent Chen Ming from seeing through the clues.

While he was burying his head in drawing talismans, he also changed the original shielding talismans and added barrier talismans.

Barrier talismans were originally used to defend against external enemies.

But since they could be used externally, they could also be used internally.

Externally it's a shield, internally it's a prison.

If he hadn't exhausted his heart's effort like this, how could he have deceived Chen Ming?

And in this carriage, there were a full thousand talismans!

How could Chen Ming easily break through?

Today, Chen Ming must die.

"Enter my banner!"

Li Rui's eyes turned completely cold.

His large hand turned into the phantom of an immortal palace and suppressed Chen Ming.

Seeing the immortal palace formed by Li Rui's true qi.

Chen Ming was completely unsettled.

What kind of method is this?!

With his knowledge, he could naturally see that this move of Li Rui's was not the immortal arts in the mouths of those cultivators, but a form of qi.

A form of qi he had never heard of.

He actually refined an immortal palace into his own form of qi!

At this moment, Li Rui became unfathomable in his eyes.

'How many means has he hidden!'

Chen Ming roared; now he no longer had the heart to wrestle with Li Rui, only wanting to leave this prison that Li Rui had painstakingly set up for him as quickly as possible.

But since Li Rui had already chosen to take action, how could he let him leave?

"Suppress!"

Li Rui shouted lightly.

The immortal palace phantom fell and suppressed Chen Ming's head.

At the same time.

The Thousand Soul Banner whistled and wrapped around Chen Ming.

In just a breath's time, Chen Ming's figure could no longer be seen inside the carriage.

At this time.

Inside the Thousand Soul Banner, Chen Ming was being torn apart by thousands of souls.

"He does have some skills."

Li Rui looked at Chen Ming inside the Thousand Soul Banner.

Compared to the powerless Chun Xu, Chen Ming appeared much more tenacious.

This is the unique aspect of a body cultivator.

Once cultivators lose their magic treasures and talismans and are cut off from spiritual energy, they are almost completely crippled, which is why they fear the Ten Thousand Soul Banner like tigers; but body cultivators are different, and in terms of combat power alone, body cultivators are in the top tier among many cultivators.

Li Rui sneered: "Still struggling?!"

The Mount Changqing Qi pressed down on Chen Ming like a mountain.

Chen Ming struggled bitterly.

But all resistance was futile.

Soon.

Under the pressure of the Mount Changqing Qi, Chen Ming could no longer hold on, let out a roar of unwillingness, and was then completely refined.

About a quarter of an hour later.

A soul with lifeless eyes appeared inside the Thousand Soul Banner.

It was identical to Chen Ming.

The main soul is here!

Li Rui's mouth lifted slightly.

Although he wouldn't do things like slaughtering cities and destroying villages to refine soul banners like those demonic cultivators, he didn't mind refining the souls of his enemies to strengthen the Thousand Soul Banner.

He directly wiped out Chun Xu's soul before because Chun Xu was, after all, the disciple of the Great True Person Qing Ding, and he was worried about leaving behind some means.

But he didn't have this concern with Chen Ming.

Using him as the main soul for the Thousand Soul Banner was just right.

Li Rui walked off the carriage.

His true qi dissipated, instantly crushing the entire carriage and the demon horse into ashes.

Leaving not a single clue behind.

Seeing that everything had been handled properly, he walked away with his hands behind his back, satisfied, toward the direction of the Qingwei Sect.

Actually, from the first day Chen Ming broke into the spirit mine.

He had already had the intention to kill.

It was just that there were too many powerhouses in the spirit mine at the time, and it wasn't convenient to use the Thousand Soul Banner.

So he endured it until today before taking action.

Otherwise, with his temperament, he wouldn't even have let Chen Ming know that he was proficient in talismans.

Little did he know, the day he saw Li Rui use talismans to block surveillance, the other party had already made up his mind.

Once a person hides things, they are not worth trusting.

And Chen Ming knew he was being hunted by a demonic cultivator, yet he still chose to seek him out.

This was bringing disaster to others.

This was disregarding his life and death.

What kind of existence is a demonic cultivator?

Cruel by nature, with no reason to speak of.

It wasn't even impossible for them to rush into the spirit mine and take action by force.

In other words, it was very likely that Li Rui would be killed by Chen Ming.

This is a major taboo in the cultivation world, a deep enmity of obstructing the Dao.

With Li Rui's temperament, he naturally couldn't let it go.

Not to mention that Chen Ming also played tricks on the Dao oath, further confirming his impure intentions.

He must be killed!

As for the high-grade spirit stone, Chen Ming could find it, and he could find it too.

The curve of Li Rui's mouth widened.

In his hand, a palm-sized, brass-colored small compass was shining in the sunlight.

Chen Ming's death didn't stir up any waves.

After all, he was just a wandering martial artist, without a sect or faction, and the things he did were underhanded, so no one even knew he had come to the Ten Thousand Mountains, let alone investigate the cause of his death.

A person dying in the Ten Thousand Mountains is like a grain of sand in the vast sea.

There was nothing to investigate.

Li Rui returned to the Qingwei Sect as if nothing had happened.

No one would know that he had killed someone on the way.

He returned to Mount Changqing Peak.

Li Rui was the same as usual, spending most of his time locked in his room cultivating; this is the normal state for a cultivator.

Look at the two Daoists, Su Xuan Wei and Su Xuan Yu; they were much the same as Li Rui.

Unless it was a major matter.

They were also cultivating the rest of the time.

Some bitter cultivators wouldn't even move an inch for decades, just practicing.

Li Rui practiced diligently every day, and his cultivation base rose smoothly.

Above Below Tongxuan, every barrier is difficult.

Every step taken requires countless years.

The old immortals in the world of martial arts are mostly at this realm.

Even a genius like Yuan Yuan Dingting took a full twenty years to comprehend the Great Dao and break through to the Tianxiang Realm, and many Second-Rank Tianxiang Grandmasters spent over a hundred years before finally achieving something.

It can't be rushed.

One must walk steadily step by step, otherwise, no matter how fast one walks, it's all in vain.

Li Rui stayed on Mount Changqing Peak for a month.

Then went down the mountain.

Returning to Qinghe City.

"It's been a long time since I've been back."

This time, Ge Hong followed behind Li Rui, looking at the familiar streets with emotion.

Among the few.

Except for Li Rui, he had spent the longest time in Qinghe, so his feelings were naturally the deepest.

Although he certainly wasn't as familiar with every alley as Li Rui, he had walked through most places.

Ever since Ge Hong followed Li Rui to Mount Changqing Peak, he hadn't returned.

This time, his cultivation had also broken through, reaching the Sixth Rank.

That was why he had the idea of coming out to walk around.

Li Rui looked at Ge Hong: "Brother Ge, from now on, you will be an old immortal in the eyes of our Qinghe people."

Ge Hong was speechless:

"Old Brother, please don't tease me."

Li Rui just smiled.

Ge Hong's talent for cultivation was excellent, and he resolutely gave up martial arts to switch to cultivation; it had only been a few years, and he had already reached the Sixth Rank, and even though it was also because of his solid foundation before, it was still extremely remarkable.

He was no weaker than the inner disciples of the Qingwei Sect.

Among the brothers, he was probably only behind Ning Ning Zhongtian.

Even Tan Hu, who was naturally diamond-like, was not as good.

So wouldn't he become an immortal in the eyes of ordinary people?

Ge Hong smiled, his eyes full of emotion: "After cultivating immortality, it's really different; the days pass by really fast."

Li Rui nodded:

"Indeed."

Ordinary people live no more than a hundred years, while cultivators live for hundreds of years at every turn.

Plus, with the current recovery of spiritual energy, cultivators can live even longer.

The vicissitudes of life are nothing more than this.

The two chatted as they walked.

Before long, they returned to the camp of the Annan Garrison in Qinghe.

Li Rui walked into the General's Mansion.

And saw a beautiful figure sitting quietly in the small courtyard.

"Miss Yao."

Yao Xue opened her eyes slowly, a flash of joy crossing them: "Uncle-Master, you're back."

Li Rui nodded with a smile.

Ever since Yao Xue came to Qinghe that day, she hadn't left, but had been living at his residence in Qinghe.

Yao Xue was practicing, and she walked to Li Rui with a smile:

"Uncle-Master, I will be heading north in a few days; I've troubled you for these days."

Li Rui was surprised: "Miss Yao can keep staying; it's no trouble."

Yao Xue shook her head with a smile:

"Little Uncle-Master sent a letter saying that a spirit mine has appeared in the Northern Plains and asked me to go over and help."

(End of chapter)