Chapter 607: Good Wind Relies on Strength to Help Me Ascend to the Clouds

"..."

Outside the dim Long Wang Hall, figures stood with hands hanging by their sides.

Most of them were ancient elders with white beards and hair, draped in magnificent robes and possessing an extraordinary bearing, yet before this towering hall, they had lost their usual composure, obediently accepting the scrutiny of a young man.

"Three cities."

"Three cities."

Xue Yan walked past this group of so-called Sect Leaders one by one, uninterested, until he reached the side of the next person; he raised an eyebrow, staring at the old man before him with a sense of absurdity: "Two cities merging with the Dao?"

Facing the undisguised contempt in these words, that Sect Leader lowered his head in shame.

A declining sect lacks successors, but a precious land cannot be left idle.

"Heh."

Xue Yan turned his head to look at the family-protecting elder from the Yue family; though he said nothing, that laugh was enough to make the Xi Hong cultivators feel utterly aggrieved.

If you despise us for being so poor, then don't use us!

Worrying they can't defeat the Wan Yao Dian on one hand, yet still being picky on the other; wanting to have one's cake and eat it too, how cheap!

"..."

Yue Gonggui lowered his head, smiled silently, and gently rubbed his temples.

Don't think Xue Yan only has four cities; for the North Hong, especially for an Xian Sect of the scale of the Liangdaohuang Sect, selecting a branch Sect Leader and opening four Xiancheng is merely the threshold, after all, in nearly tens of thousands of years, they have only selected one or two.

This Sect Leader Xue stood out from several famous four-city geniuses; at the same realm, they also had to compete in understanding of techniques, methods of Dao soldiers, and the Dao laws comprehended.

But then again, even by the Yue family's standards, these cultivators are too mediocre.

This is probably why the Wan Yao Dian runs rampant in Xi Hong, yet there is no news of them in either North Hong or East Hong; they can only bully these wild cultivators.

"Enough, I won't look anymore."

Xue Yan shook his head and beckoned to the old man in hemp robes in the crowd: "You come take the formation diagram and distribute it to them."

Speaking thus, he glanced slightly at the young man in black robes beside the old man.

Among a pile of old things, this handsome youth, although very quiet, still stood out like a crane among chickens.

Unfortunately, whether crane or chicken, they are merely common birds, having never seen the true appearance of the world, unaware of what heavenly immortals are.

Perhaps he has some talent, but that's about it.

"I really want to know, if he dares to open his eyes and look at you, will his Dao heart shatter immediately?"

Huang Wenfa's voice transmission, with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, carried a bit of malicious fun as he walked toward Xue Yan.

"..."

Shen Yi glanced at the other party wordlessly.

His Xiancheng is covered by the Wan Yao Dian; it would be a ghost story if a Earth Realm cultivator could see through it.

He came on this journey to kill people; he does not have such a bad habit of deliberately drawing others' attention.

"This Great Wolf Formation requires you all to become formation stones; with my master over the formation, you only need to study the formation diagram thoroughly, move with the formation, and need not think of other things."

Xue Yan waved his sleeve again, and spirit jades fell into the hands of the various cultivators: "At that time, listen to my command, and I will guarantee your lives are safe."

Having said that, he looked toward Qi Laowu and Yue Gonggui: "The rest is up to you."

Just then, Xue Yan's expression changed slightly, the contempt in his eyes quickly fading, and he cupped his hands toward the distance: "Senior Zi Xian, what instruction do you have?"

Even when facing the West Long Wang, he had never been this serious.

The reason is simple; in Xue Yan's eyes, in this Hong Ze water and land, below the Immortals, only three forces can be considered people, while the rest are all subjects.

The Liangdaohuang Sect, the North Dragon Palace, and the East Dragon Palace.

"Instruction is too much; I am here to ask for a person."

Zi Xian was too lazy to give this junior a good face and walked slowly toward this group of Sect Leaders.

"..."

Xue Yan and the others stood silently, able only to watch helplessly as she made a scene.

Seeing that woman getting closer and closer, Huang Wenfa couldn't help but feel a bit nervous and shifted a few steps toward Shen Yi; as a Xi Hong cultivator, how could he not know the famous name of Lady Yushan, the Dragon Consort? Compared to this public identity, the other identity of the other party was even more terrifying.

The most beloved daughter of the East Long Wang.

Her every move, for the beings of Xi Hong, could be said to be the might of heaven.

"Come with me."

Zi Xian directly grabbed Shen Yi's sleeve and, under the gaze of all, forcibly dragged him out of the crowd, flying all the way toward the far distance.

"Tsk."

Xue Yan and Yue Gonggui exchanged a quiet glance, their eyes slightly strange, standing in place with thoughtful expressions.

You must know, Zi Xian is nominally still the wife of Qi Zhaoyi; now, inside the West Dragon Palace, in front of outsiders, she is so unreservedly pulling and tugging with a young cultivator; didn't you see Qi Laowu is already so angry his face has turned purple?

Is she worried that the boy will get into trouble?

"The Dragon Girl from the East still likes to keep a pretty boy." Seeing Zi Xian walk away, Xue Yan finally chuckled lightly, but there was a hint of sourness hidden in his voice.

Being chosen by a Dragon Girl is also a great beauty to add to the path of a genius.

"Enough, missing one is missing one; originally, he wasn't anything good anyway."

Xue Yan waved his hand, turned around, and stepped back into the main hall.

Huang Wenfa looked toward the distance with worry; how could Shen Zongzhu be some pretty boy? Based on the other party's style of conduct, rather than believing Shen Yi and Lady Yushan were having an affair, it would sound more plausible if they had some grudge.

Not to mention anything else, Lady Yushan's husband was personally beaten to death by Shen Zongzhu in Nan Hong.

Unfortunately, given Huang Wenfa's status, he had no qualification to move around freely here, so he could only follow this Dragon Son to the resting place under the resentful gaze of the fifth elder of the Qi family.

"Are you crazy?!"

Having left the range of the Long Wang Hall, Zi Xian finally let go of Shen Yi's sleeve and looked over with a bad temper.

With this young man's alertness and shrewdness, it is absolutely impossible that he was dragged into this murky water unintentionally; nine times out of ten, he deliberately mixed in.

Just thinking of this made her feel a bit of fear.

If it hadn't been that she happened to plan to come over for a look today, this young man would have truly slipped in.

"My Shenda Sect Master, did you perhaps forget something?"

Zi Xian adjusted her breathing; today the Yue Family was planning to surround and capture the Wan Yao Dian because those two brothers had died outside, and they were looking for the murderer.

As it turned out, there was no need to look at all; the murderer had barged in on his own, wearing an air of being perfectly at ease, looking more relaxed than anyone else.

Besides the Yue Family, Shen Yi had also offended the Wan Yao Dian on the other side.

That is to say, both families wanted to kill him.

"I didn't forget; we just happened to meet, so I came over to take a look."

Shen Yi glanced casually around; he was not very familiar with this Dragon Concubine, and even if he wanted to cooperate, it was not the time to discuss it under such circumstances.

However, the withered old man he had seen earlier had a strength he could not quite gauge, and it also involved a formation diagram; he did not know if there were other tricks hidden. To ensure no accidents occurred, he might as well take this opportunity to come out and tally his gains.

"Take a look?"

Zi Xian nearly laughed in anger, but thinking of the things the other had done before, and the words Ji Jingxi had spoken last time, she pondered for a moment and still put away that elder-like demeanor.

"I don't know what you are thinking, but if I stood by and watched you take risks without doing anything, and something happened, Jingxi would hate me for a lifetime."

"That group from Bei Hong is quite different from those you encountered before; they have deep foundations and opportunities to contact immortals. Without making perfect preparations, do not engage them in direct conflict."

Having said all that in one breath, Zi Xian sighed slightly: "Alright, anyway, I have brought you out; after you think it through clearly, stay or go as you please."

"Thank you."

Shen Yi nodded seriously; he could feel that this Purple-Bearded White Dragon was truly thinking for him: "If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

"Where are you going?" Zi Xian stared blankly as the other walked away.

Shen Yi stretched: "To make perfect preparations."

"I!" Zi Xian felt a heaviness in her heart; it seemed all the words she had just spoken had not entered the other's ears at all.

Until Shen Yi's figure completely disappeared from her sight, she stamped her feet hard and said in a low voice: "Do as you please, do as you please; I am not one of the Qi Sect, so I don't care whether you live or die."

"Huff."

Shen Yi walked slowly forward, his figure gradually becoming hazy, quickly merging into this blue sky.

The actions of the Purple-Bearded White Dragon clan made it very difficult for him to draw the sword of slaughter against the Eastern Dragon Palace with a calm heart; having cultivated through slaughter all this way, this was the first time he had encountered a similar situation, inevitably making him feel somewhat unaccustomed.

Forget it; since he cannot defeat them now anyway, what is the point of thinking so much?

Shen Yi gathered his spirit, raised his eyes to look toward the area above the waters; a huge black shadow gradually covered this place, and one by one, the guardian stones returned from all directions, sending all the gains into that ring.

"Tianlang Star Diagram?"

He silently chewed over this name in his heart, his gaze falling upon the many guardian stones.

Truly worthy of the Bei Hong cultivators; every time they bring me good things.

You must know that within the Wan Yao Dian, there are now more than twenty guardian stones of the He Dao realm and above, among them even the Cold Mountain Shenxu Laozu with Heaven realm cultivation; if one adds Ke Shisan and several other Dianzhus.

The effect of this formation would probably exceed one's imagination.

"Go."

Shen Yi let An Yi out, gently patting the little one's shoulder.

Since the Western Dragon Palace wanted to release bait, he did not mind biting the hook; one Dianzhu should be enough to tempt them.

"An Yi obeys."

The face of this little tiger demon had long lost its initial childishness; after the Wan Yao Western Dian nurtured the divine ability, those great demon guardian stones were connected to An Yi's aura, becoming a single entity, all emanating a scent similar to the Taishang Netherworld Mansion.

After finishing these things.

Shen Yi finally turned his gaze toward the ring.

In an instant, the lifespans of the demons and monsters began to rapidly drain; one by one, demon souls were born out of thin air, and even before their consciousness was complete, they instinctively knelt before this vague figure in black robes.

Countless guardian stones fell into the Wan Yao Eastern Dian; the stone skins peeled off neatly, transforming into various ferocious forms.

At the same time, Ke Shisan, far away in the Wanxiang Pavilion, seemed to sense something and suddenly stood up.

Within the entire Wan Yao Eastern Dian, black qi filled the air; a heart-beating sound like thunder rang out, and the thing nurtured within began to gradually become distinct.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Shen Yi calmly selected the corpses of demons and monsters, wanting to gather as many He Dao realm great demon guardian stones as possible.

The Blood River surged ceaselessly in his palm, gradually building a path to the mid-stage of the Heaven realm.

Xi Hong, Long Wang Dian.

Yue Gonggui closed his eyes to rest his spirit, while the fifth elder of the Qi family accompanied him nearby.

Xue Yan leaned lazily against the main seat, his gaze sweeping over the many cultivators below; with him leading the formation, each person merely memorized parts of the formation diagram by rote without needing to understand, yet it still took so long.

Such a group of earth chickens and clay dogs, yet they are worthy of possessing such a rare treasure like Baodi?

Now, he only hopes that the so-called Wan Yao Dian can give him a little surprise.

"Elder Yue?" Qi Laowu noticed the old man beside him suddenly opened his eyes.

"There is news."

Yue Gonggui did not respond to this dragon son, but instead turned his gaze toward Xue Yan.

He had sent a clansman, using the Huo Lin's true form to wander around Xi Hong, just to see if the Wan Yao Dian truly, as rumored, liked to recruit various great demons.

"Interesting."

Xue Yan sat up straight, a bit more interest appearing on his face.

To have a reaction so quickly indicates that the Wan Yao Dian's control over Xi Hong has reached an extremely terrifying level.

Not bad; at least it is not just a show, no wonder they dare to challenge the Western Dragon Palace.

"Elder Yue, don't disappoint me. I truly want to see what kind of ugly faces these hidden things have, that they dare not show themselves."

"Sect Master Xue, rest assured."

Yue Gonggui slowly rose to his feet, his expression wooden.

If not for that beast Yue Tianji, perhaps the current Yue family would not have to endure the cold sneers of mere juniors from the Dao Huang Sect.

That beast deserved to die, and it was good that he died.

But of all the things he shouldn't have done, the people of this barbaric land should not have laid hands on Yue Tiance — he was the last hope of the Yue family.

"Let's go. Since the Wan Yao Dian's intelligence is so well-informed, even if they weren't the ones who did it, they should still be able to give this seat a satisfactory answer."

He took a light step toward the outside of the hall.

The Yue family still needs to observe some propriety in North Hong, but this is West Hong. The living beings of West Hong are too foolish to understand reason — they only need to recognize fists, and that is enough.

The many Yue family disciples all rose and followed, bristling with killing intent.

In an instant, dark clouds swept in, so thick they made it hard to breathe.

"……"

The faces of the many West Hong sect masters darkened, unable to hide the fear in their eyes.

Following a group of demons to deal with another group of demons.

Throughout the entire process, they didn't seem at all like guests invited to help — they were more like a band of servants. Forget about courtesy, these North Hong people hadn't even treated them as people.

"May I ask Sect Master Xue, how can you ensure our lives will be safe?"

Finally, someone could not help but ask.

It wasn't that they feared death — since they had come, they had prepared themselves to take risks. After all, they were all Hedao Sect masters; none of them wished to see West Hong picked off one by one by some inexplicable force, and finally reduced to purgatory.

But the attitude of the Wuliang Dao Huang Sect was indeed a bit too high and mighty.

"In the name of my Wuliang Dao Huang Sect." Xue Yan swept a cold glance over.

"Are you so certain the Wan Yao Dian will fear the Wuliang Dao Huang Sect? You must realize, they are…" That sect master clenched his teeth. Wasn't the Wan Yao Dian first famous precisely for slaying disciples of the Wuliang Dao Huang Sect?

"That, I cannot be certain of."

Xue Yan shook his head, the corner of his lips curving upward: "But this seat is very certain that, with just this name, you dare not disobey. Since there is no room for choice, why waste words here."

At these words, everyone looked over, angry but not daring to speak.

"With talk like that, only a fool would fight for you."

Huang Wenfa rolled his eyes and muttered in a low voice. But before those around him could react, as if he had seen something, he slapped himself hard across the face several times: "Speak without thinking! Speak without thinking!"

"……"

At the empty entrance of the great hall, a figure in dark robes stood with hands at his sides.

On Bai Xi's handsome, fair face there was not much ripple — as if he had merely wandered here. He shook the spirit jade held between his fingertips, then quietly walked toward the crowd.

Shen Yi's actions undoubtedly left everyone frozen on the spot.

There really are people who care about West Hong — clearly already rescued by Lady Yushan, yet able to come back on their own?!

Yue Gonggui glanced at this youth in dark robes but said nothing; he was in no mood to bother with other matters now.

Xue Yan, however, was briefly stunned, then revealed an amused smile.

He did not think any higher of Shen Yi because of this.

Instead, he softly uttered two words: "Stupid thing."

As the saying goes, a good wind rises to bear one aloft, helping one ascend the blue skies.

Such a stubborn fool, desperate to prove to everyone that his growth came entirely from himself, never relying on outside help — as if that would make him seem more noble.

It easily reminded Xue Yan of another fool, who had relied on outside power his whole life yet always believed himself extraordinarily remarkable.

Honestly, they really were quite alike.

Tch.

(End of chapter)