Chapter 121: A Duel of Inheritors

Li Youyi looted the corpses of Yuan Qi, Yuan Sheng, the Lynx Demon, Chen Ying, and that unknown human Five Seas Realm martial cultivator one by one, taking away their combat weapons and various valuables before following the trail of Wang Daozhen's escape.

Wrapped in a night-walking suit, he remained invisible and restrained his Qi, always cautious and prudent.

"He didn't even explain clearly, just left behind the word 'good'. Is it good, or is it not?"

Li Youyi sighed deeply. After careful deliberation, he felt that in the clash at the Five Seas Realm level, the Four Great Sects should still hold the upper hand, as they had united with various forces from outside the province. Tianya Ridge alone was filled with strong individuals like a forest, with demons dancing in chaos.

The two paths of barbarian bandits, Coffin Mountain and the Earth Wolf King Army, were also not to be trifled with.

Looking at the Nine Li Clan, over half a month had passed, and only a somewhat unreliable Li Ling had managed to kill her way here. The disparity was clear at a glance, which was worrying.

……

The grassland was vast, boundless and limitless.

With yellow sky and black earth, it looked exactly like the ancient Dark-Yellow borderlands from myths and legends.

But……

"The so-called Dark-Yellow is the mixture of heaven and earth; heaven is Dark and earth is Yellow. But here, why is it reversed, with the sky being Yellow and the earth being Dark?"

Li Youyi stood on a hill covered in dense weeds, peering at the yellow sky, a sense of extreme, ominous oppression in his heart. Even if this world was not an Immortal Realm space, it was certainly extraordinary.

Having pursued for nearly a hundred li, Wang Daozhen's aura grew closer and closer.

Li Youyi held the iron book, held his breath, and slowly approached.

Wang Daozhen lay prone under a massive ancient tree that would take six or seven people to encircle. On the ground at his neck was a pool of crimson blood, and he was completely motionless.

After investigation, he discovered that Wang Daozhen had no pulse or breath; he was thoroughly dead.

"There are no signs of a struggle. His neck bone and throat were severed instantly by a sharp weapon. Wang Daozhen didn't even have the strength to fight back."

"His body temperature is still there; he died not long ago."

"The Array-Splitting Whip was taken away. What a pity!"

Li Youyi had caught up, originally intending to subdue Wang Daozhen and first inquire about the situation of the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, but the plan had fallen through. Now, he could only rely on his senses to search for them.

In the air, a faint fragrance belonging to Li Ling still lingered.

There was no need to guess; it must have been the work of her and Zuoqiu Ting.

"They are truly formidable. A martial cultivator at the second realm of the Five Seas Realm didn't even have the chance to make a move before them."

Li Youyi's mood was heavy. He didn't consider himself much better than Wang Daozhen. If Zuoqiu Ting harbored hostility or had other schemes, how much chance would he have to escape with his life?

The first-sequence figures of the younger generation were truly terrifying.

"I must break through to the Five Seas Realm as soon as possible."

For over half a year, he had been pursuing quickly, but there was still a huge gap between him and the top geniuses of this world. Not to mention anything else, Li Ling's current strength was above his; in just half a year, she had gone from Earth Fire to Heavenly Fire.

He was progressing, and others were progressing too.

Taking out the magic treasure bottle, Li Youyi decided to try consuming the Golden Spring. Even if it couldn't temper the golden trace veins, increasing his physical strength a little was a good thing.

He drank a mouthful.

After the Golden Spring entered his abdomen, it gradually turned from lukewarm to scalding hot.

Li Youyi sat cross-legged, formed the Zi-Wu Taiji seal with his hands, and practiced breathing and Qi circulation. The magic power of his ten springs surged together, circulating through his one hundred and twenty trace veins. Consciously, he moved the mist transformed by the Golden Spring toward one of the silver trace veins.

As time passed, that silver trace vein was dyed with a layer of golden radiance.

"Excellent, it is transforming. The tempering ability of this Golden Spring surpasses the Golden Spring of the Hidden Sect. It truly deserves to be called an Immortal Realm space."

Li Youyi calmed his excited emotions and hurriedly drank a second mouthful.

……

The Golden Spring in the treasure bottle was only a thin layer; Li Youyi drank six mouthfuls and not a drop remained.

But these six mouthfuls allowed him to temper two new golden trace veins in a short time.

The number of golden trace veins in his body reached seventy-six.

In addition, some of the Golden Spring substance had fused into his bones; although he couldn't verify it, his bone strength had certainly increased.

Li Youyi was currently feeling both happy and distressed.

What made him happy was that this Golden Spring substance was truly wonderful; it could temper all the trace veins in his body into gold in a short time and increase his bone strength.

What made him distressed was that the Golden Spring was gone!

To get more, he could only go to the Thirty-Three Li Mountain.

But according to what that Luan Terrace angel said, wanting to enter the Thirty-Three Li Mountain was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Since there were treasures like "Immortal Soil" and "Golden Spring," they must already be controlled by major forces. If ordinary martial cultivators approached, they would likely be killed.

Even if one were lucky enough to obtain the Golden Spring, one couldn't take it away.

Just like that fellow who was hammered to death by Yuan Sheng.

What was even more distressing was that other martial cultivators would certainly be able to collect the Golden Spring to temper their bones. In the martial path, wouldn't he fall behind others?

"Forget it, no matter how good the opportunity is, it's not as important as life. I'd better go find the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors first!"

Li Youyi's mental power vaguely sensed that the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors were in this Immortal Realm space, and he had a general direction.

Following the sensed direction, he moved invisibly and rapidly.

There was no day or night in the Immortal Realm space; the sky was always dim yellow. The light illuminating the world came from the pillar of light on the horizon and the Immortal Mist clouds in mid-air.

Having traveled over a hundred li, the hills on the grassland became increasingly massive, some even reaching seven or eight hundred meters in height.

Trees gradually became more numerous from being sparse.

The types of vegetation were complex and varied, no longer just dark green wormwood, but also velvet grass, wheat grass, shrubs..., as well as large patches of exotic He-Xuan flowers. The Immortal Mist clouds settled into the sea of flowers on the mid-mountain wilderness, forming a beautiful, painting-like scene.

Walking through the mid-mountain flower sea and mist, the moment he climbed to the top of the mountain, Li Youyi witnessed a martial arts battle that shocked his heart, something he had never seen in the past twenty years.

On the open area at the top of the mountain extending into the distance like a cow's back, a giant dragon circled in mid-air. The dragon head, dragon scales, and dragon claws were clearly distinguishable, not at all like the blurry shadow of the dragon he manifested when performing the Yellow Dragon Ascending to Heaven.

A peerless figure in silver robes and white garments stood at the center of the circling giant dragon, his arms waving and stirring up gusts of hurricane. The giant dragon swooped down, heading straight for Jiang Ning, who was wearing a veil opposite him.

Jiang Ning's slender and beautiful figure stood in the void, with a pair of huge white feathered light shadows growing on her back. Countless feathers condensed from magic Qi drifted in the world centered on her.

A magnificent building and palace platform, of unknown height, flew out from the void behind her, colliding with the swooping giant dragon.

"Boom!"

Magic Qi energy surged and vented, and mud and stones on the mountain top flew everywhere.

Even the Immortal Mist cloud sea on the mountainside was agitated and shaken by it.

Li Youyi held his breath and restrained his Qi. At this moment, a strong longing for the martial path sprouted in his heart, just like a mortal catching a glimpse of a corner of the Heavenly Palace; from then on, he would no longer be content to be just a mortal.

"That figure... looks very much like the mysterious noble guest who conspired with Shi Jiuzhai at the Burial Immortal Town."

Li Youyi's cultivation base was no longer what it used to be, and he could clearly see the figures of the two people fighting on the battlefield.

When his gaze fell on the face of the man in silver robes and white garments, Li Youyi couldn't help but be stunned: "Zuoqiu Ting? No, that's not right, they just look exactly the same, they are not the same person at all. Could they be twin brothers?"

The face of the man in silver robes and white garments was extraordinarily beautiful, and his whole body exuded a noble and outstanding temperament. His figure was upright, and his brows and eyes were sharp; this was true masculine spirit, without any disharmonious aspects.

"Manifesting the dragon through battle intent; could he be that legendary inheritor of the Longmen?"

Li Youyi secretly worried for Li Ling. That Zuoqiu Ting was most likely a member of the Longmen; otherwise, it would be impossible for them to look so alike. And the Longmen was one of the masterminds who had been racking their brains to incite the great chaos in Lizhou.

"Zheng!"

Jiang Ning, like a feather fairy who didn't eat the smoke of the world, broke through the air with a sword, accompanied by feathers flying all over the sky.

The brilliance erupting from the sword was as bright and swift as lightning, slashing across, piercing through the dragon shadow, and approaching the front of the Longmen inheritor, Long Ting.

Long Ting had a layer of golden dragon scale light protecting his body, and he pointed out with a two-foot-long bone flute in his hand.

"Bang!"

Thousands of sword Qi, like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, spread from the center of their duel to the entire mountain top area.

Zhuang Yue, who stood with a sword on her back, retreated rapidly to a further distance from the battlefield.

Li Youyi's gaze fell on Zhuang Yue, sensing the aura of the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors; the insect tube was hanging on her shoulder.

"Strange, how could the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors be captured by them?"

Li Youyi knew Zhuang Yue's cultivation was very high and dared not act rashly, so he mobilized his mental power, preparing to carve insect scripts to communicate with them.

Suddenly.

Footsteps came from behind.

Li Youyi was startled and immediately turned to look.

The process of him turning caused air fluctuations, which were immediately sensed by the stealthy Shi Shishi. Shi Shishi was also startled; who would have thought that someone was hiding invisibly nearby?

An invisibility talisman?

Or a high-grade magic invisibility garment?

The two were eight or nine zhang apart.

Shi Shishi couldn't see Li Youyi, but knew his invisible position, so he hurriedly lay prone and made a gesture to keep quiet.

"I only sensed him within ten zhang; this little fatty truly deserves to be a Dharma King of the Earth Wolf King Army." Li Youyi quickly recovered from his surprise and dared not act rashly again.

Shi Shishi approached cautiously and transmitted his voice with magic Qi: "I am Dharma King Shi Shishi of the Earth Wolf King Army. Which path are you from, my friend?"

"Wang Daozhen of the Sui Sect."

Li Youyi changed his voice and replied in a low tone.

"Great, one of our own. Brother Daozhen, what kind of method are you using? Your invisibility and Qi-restraining skills are marvelous."

Shi Shishi was very interested in invisibility treasures.

"A family heirloom." Li Youyi dared not reveal too much.

Shi Shishi moved his gaze away from the direction of Li Youyi, staring intently at Zhuang Yue, a smile overflowing from the corner of his mouth: "Brother Daozhen, why don't we join forces and take the opportunity to capture that woman from the Nine Li Hidden Sect?"

"Ah?"

Li Youyi was astonished.

He really didn't understand why Shi Shishi thought Zhuang Yue was from the Nine Li Hidden Sect.

But he dared not ask.

Asking would expose his identity.

Shi Shishi said: "After capturing her, we can force out information about the Nine Li Hidden Sect. How about we share it between our two families?"

Li Youyi wanted to probe all the forces dividing Lizhou, so he said: "Such important information should naturally be reported to each family, so we can all take action together and destroy the Nine Li Hidden Sect first."

"Brother Daozhen is a rare, frank person in the Sui Sect! But before taking action, whoever masters more exclusive information can get more benefits during interest negotiations. Did Young Lady Yang not tell you this principle?"

Shi Shishi moved even closer!

Li Youyi suddenly felt a sense of insecurity and glared at Shi Shishi: "Don't come over here! If you get any closer, I'll feel like you want to finish me off first and then swallow the information about the Nine Li Hidden Sect all by yourself."

Shi Shishi felt that this Wang Daozhen was a bit shrewd and difficult to scheme against, so he hurriedly put away the magic Qi in his palm: "We are allies; how could allies harm allies?"

"Then you make the first move?" Li Youyi said.

Shi Shishi was very wary of Jiang Ning and said: "That woman who can suppress the Longmen inheritor is very terrifying. Let's take action together, capture her quickly, and then escape immediately..."

"Oh no, someone has gotten there first." Li Youyi exclaimed.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 122 =====