Chapter 123

"Swish!"

"Swish!"

Two monks clad in monastic robes, like two lingering shadows of magic power, rushed to the mountaintop at an inconceivable speed, reaching Jiang Ning in an instant.

One of the monks was a Pure Immortal Body, wearing blue monastic robes; he appeared to be in his twenties, with a fair face, skin like jade, and only a thin layer of hair on his head, looking quite heroic.

The other monk was a tiger-like mutant; the hair on his tiger head had been completely shaved off, leaving only the black character "King" on his forehead. He cast out a white cloth bag, and before Jiang Ning could react, he had stuffed her inside.

That cloth bag was a formidable magic tool; despite Jiang Ning's cultivation base at the third realm of the Five Seas Realm, she was unable to escape or break through it.

"Oh no, it's the Extinction Truth and the Path Truth from the Four Noble Truths of Coffin Mountain. Let's go, Brother Daozhen, we have to snatch her back!"

Shi Shi stopped hiding, mobilized the magic power within his body, and charged over at top speed.

Li Youyi knew about the Four Noble Truths of Coffin Mountain; it was something Yin Twenty-Five had told him.

They were the four individuals with the highest natural talent in the younger generation of Coffin Mountain, second only in fame to: the Three Zen Masters, the Two Bodhisattvas, and the One Taboo.

This referred to the strongest of each of the four generations of Coffin Mountain, not the ten strongest individuals in terms of overall strength.

The Two Bodhisattvas referred to Xu Fu and An Xianjing.

Back in Nine Li City, it was only because Li Youyi had treated An Xianjing and the group of straw-man children she brought to noodles that he had narrowly managed to save his life.

Li Youyi knew his own limitations; not to mention that Jiang Ning was not far away and could arrive at any moment, even these "Truths" and "Dharma Kings" among the barbarian thieves were renowned throughout the Southern Border, with unfathomable cultivation bases.

He quietly retreated and headed down the mountain.

He would just have to find a way to retrieve the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors later.

Jiang Ning discovered that Jiang Yue had been captured, her eyes shooting cold glints; with a wave of her sleeves, she stirred up a large amount of white feathers of magic power, which converged into a long white river and surged toward the two monks who had suddenly appeared.

The Extinction Truth knew how formidable she was and threw the cloth bag in his hand toward the foot of the mountain: "Take the person away first."

Halfway up the mountain, the six Buddha-Saving Thieves waiting there caught the bag and threw it into a carriage.

Two white elephants pulled the carriage as it ran, the wheels rumbling as they charged toward the foot of the mountain.

On the mountaintop, the Path Truth pressed his palms together, his snow-white skin turning golden, and he struck out with a massive Buddha handprint over ten meters high, scattering the surging river of white feathers.

A look of shock suddenly appeared in his pupils.

"Even Buddha-Saving Thieves dare to meddle? You're courting death!"

Jiang Ning scolded sharply, following closely behind the river of white feathers.

She swung her sword in mid-air, slashing out a streak of sword Qi as bright as a heavenly river.

"Nine-Thought Zen Beads."

The Path Truth threw out a string of Buddhist beads; nine golden Buddhist characters appeared on them. Each character transformed into a sacred Buddha shadow six or seven meters tall, assuming nine mysterious postures—some forming seals, some pinching fingers, some kicking legs... all nine combat techniques unleashed at once.

"Tiger-Elephant Born."

A tiger's roar issued from the Extinction Truth's mouth; magic power and the intent of Daoist techniques combined, forming a golden tiger shadow that enveloped his body, reaching out with sharp claws toward the sky.

"Boom!"

Taking this sword strike head-on, the Path Truth and the Extinction Truth slid backward for dozens of meters, plowing two deep trenches, their monastic robes showing cuts damaged by the sword Qi.

Even joining forces, they were no match.

"Your opponent is me."

Long Ting placed a two-foot-long bone flute to his lips; as the mournful, sobbing sound of the flute rose, a glow of dawn rose in the distant sea of clouds, transforming into a long bridge that spread toward the mountaintop, coiling toward Jiang Ning.

Li Youyi had just descended the mountain when he heard a continuous rumbling sound not far away, as if the earth were shaking and the mountains were swaying.

He looked over.

It was two white elephants pulling a carriage, charging down from the mountain, kicking up clouds of dust along the way.

Six Buddha-Saving Thieves—two riding on the backs of the white elephants, two driving the carriage, and two standing on the roof of the carriage.

They all had bronze-colored skin and sturdy, hulking builds, each carrying a string of skull prayer beads, their eyes filled with murderous intent; they didn't look like monks, but rather butchers wearing monastic robes.

On that carriage, Li Youyi sensed the aura of the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors.

"Rumble!"

The two white elephants were getting closer and closer to him; Li Youyi looked back at the mountain behind him, saw that the Extinction Truth and the Path Truth were not chasing him, gritted his teeth hard, changed his direction of flight, and charged over.

The two Buddha-Saving Thieves standing on the carriage roof were the first to hear the sound of wind being broken as he approached.

"What kind of petty thief are you? Get lost immediately! Can't you see we are the Buddha-Lords of Coffin Mountain?" one of the Buddha-Saving Thieves roared.

Although he couldn't see, he knew someone was approaching.

"My Sui Sect is the number one major sect in Lizhou; why should I fear your Coffin Mountain? I, Wang Daozhen, am determined to have the person in that carriage!"

Li Youyi's arrogant tone infuriated the other party.

The two Buddha-Saving Thieves on the roof looked at each other, jumped down suddenly, and intercepted Li Youyi.

They were both at the first realm of the Five Seas Realm; they activated the skull prayer beads in their hands, and in an instant, dozens of departed spirits appeared, surging over like two cold, ghostly clouds.

Li Youyi mobilized his magic power to surge into his corpse-cloth soft armor; blood mist and blood-colored scriptures appeared around his body. After colliding, he crushed the ghostly cloud of departed spirits and struck each of the two Buddha-Saving Thieves in the chest with a palm.

"Bang! Bang!"

The two Buddha-Saving Thieves spat out blood and were sent flying like paper dolls.

"With just this little bit of strength, you dare to oppose my Wang family?"

Li Youyi was secretly shocked by their formidable physical defense; he had no time to continue attacking to kill them, dropped these words, and chased after the carriage that was galloping forward.

The two heavily injured Buddha-Saving Thieves struggled to stand up, their internal organs severely damaged. They looked with venomous eyes at the illusory figure speeding away, secretly noting down the Wang family and Wang Daozhen.

After closing the distance, Li Youyi performed the Yellow Dragon Ascending the Heavens, flew up from the ground, and charged toward the carriage roof.

"Awoo!"

A dragon shadow appeared, and just as he was about to land on the carriage in one step.

"I don't think you are a person from the Sui Sect, but rather a person from the Dragon Gate, right?"

The two people who had been driving the carriage suddenly rushed onto the roof, each striking out with a palm.

Li Youyi had been prepared; he threw out the mid-grade magic tool Iron Book, and thirty-five pages flew out, slashing the two Buddha-Saving Thieves until they howled in misery and fell off the carriage.

Some of the pages charged toward the two people riding on the backs of the white elephants.

Those two were at the second realm of the Five Seas Realm, their combat power a significant cut above the previous four. They swung the skull prayer beads in their hands, knocking away all the pages that approached them.

Then, they lunged toward the carriage from left and right.

The carriage cabin exploded with a bang, but where was the figure of that person?

The two Buddha-Saving Thieves looked around in confusion.

Li Youyi, holding the rope tied to the bag, hung the white cloth bag on his back, appeared on the wilderness more than ten zhang away, used magic power to retrieve all the Iron Book pages, and then fled into the distance.

"Stop!"

The two Buddha-Saving Thieves at the second realm of the Five Seas Realm chased after him, occasionally striking out with long-range magic power attacks.

Li Youyi was annoyed; he turned around to meet the attack, his figure moving and changing rapidly, striking each of them with a palm, and threatened: "If you chase me again, I, Wang Daozhen, will start a massacre; don't blame me for not honoring our alliance."

These two Buddha-Saving Thieves were both Seven Springs Breaking the Five Seas.

Although they were at the second realm of the Five Seas Realm, their combat power was far inferior to Wang Daozhen, who was Eight Springs Breaking the Five Seas, and Yuan Sheng, who had the reinforcement of physical strength.

After each of them took one of Li Youyi's Heaven-Turning Palm imprints head-on, their arms were so painful they almost lost sensation; how could they dare to chase him again?

Li Youyi escaped for several miles.

Behind him, the sound of wind breaking and footsteps approached rapidly: "Brother Daozhen, don't forget what we agreed on earlier; both families share information."

He looked back and saw it was indeed Shi Shi. He had been injured by Jiang Ning and had been bleeding from his mouth, but he kept chasing Li Youyi, and his speed was quite a bit faster than Li Youyi's.

"Fine, once I ask for the information, I will definitely tell the Dharma King first. The Dharma King seems to be seriously injured; you should tend to your wounds first!" Li Youyi mobilized the dawn glow and magic power together to drive his night-traveling clothes, bursting out with even faster speed.

Shi Shi said: "It doesn't matter, just a minor injury. Brother Daozhen, stop first; we are allies, don't overthink it, let's interrogate together."

Li Youyi clearly saw Shi Shi take out a dagger when he said this; how could one not overthink it?

This little fatty was too dishonest!

Li Youyi knew very well that carrying a person greatly affected his speed, and he would soon be caught up by Shi Shi. With his current cultivation base, he was definitely no match for him.

He simply stopped and placed the white cloth bag on the ground.

Jiang Yue's strength was very strong, and with the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, if they could join forces, they would definitely have a fighting chance.

Li Youyi had calculated everything, but he hadn't calculated that just as he untied the magic rope on the bag, a bright finger-sword would strike out from inside, piercing straight toward his brow.

There was simply no way to avoid it.

The Bright Fire of Spiritual Light in Li Youyi's brow's spiritual world erupted, transforming into a beam of light that blocked her finger-sword for an instant.

Gaining this split second of time, Li Youyi hurriedly rolled to the side, but a bloodstain was still scratched onto his ear by her fingertip.

Too strange, too ruthless; he had almost capsized because of her.

Fortunately, during this period, Li Youyi had been taking Light Flame Pills, his mental power cultivation had greatly advanced, and the bright fire in his brow's spiritual world was flourishing. Otherwise, he would not have been able to block her finger-sword for even an instant just now.

"Evil thief, die."

Jiang Yue drew the battle sword from her back, her eyes full of murderous intent.

In such a dangerous situation, Li Youyi had no way to keep pretending; he hurriedly lifted the hood of his night-traveling clothes and shouted: "Jiang Yue, I am Sima Tan; figure out first who saved you and who is the evil thief?"

A look of surprise appeared in Jiang Yue's beautiful eyes as she carefully identified him: "You are actually still alive, and you've even broken through your realm?"

She and Jiang Ning had heard many people say during this time that Sima Tan was still alive, slaughtering his way on the road of the Spring Realm, encountering no enemy who could withstand a single move at the same realm.

Li Youyi stood up: "Return the seven... bugs to me."

Jiang Yue showed an embarrassed expression.

Half a month ago, in that battle at the boundary of the Five Seas Realm, they had originally intended to intervene and save him at the most dangerous moment, taking the opportunity to subdue him for the imperial court's use.

But the change happened too fast, and they couldn't save him.

In the end, Jiang Yue killed Master Liu, who wanted to collect the seven exotic bugs, with one sword, and then used precious medicine to lure the seven exotic bugs away. Now that she saw the owner of the exotic bugs again, as a Luan Terrace Wu Xiu who prided herself on being high-minded, she felt guilty, and her expression was very unnatural.

What's more.

It seemed that the other party really had saved her.

Shi Shi arrived and stood there stunned: "So it wasn't Brother Daozhen, but Brother Sima. What's the situation now?"

Li Youyi knew the hatred the people of the imperial court had for the barbarian thieves, so he introduced him to Jiang Yue: "This is the Ten-Food Dharma King of the Earth Wolf Army!"

"It is me," Shi Shi said.

"Watch the sword."

Jiang Yue thought it was Shi Shi who had captured her, and the anger in her chest finally found an opportunity to erupt; the magic power in her body surged, stimulating her battle intent. Immediately, a virtual image of a woman a zhang tall appeared, overlapping with her body, and she thrust her sword straight at Shi Shi.

"Bang bang!"

After several rounds of exchanges, Li Youyi saw that even if Shi Shi was seriously injured, Jiang Yue was still no match.

"Jiang Yue, return the bugs to me first!"

Once he got the bugs, he was ready to run.

"Bang!"

In a collision, Jiang Yue retreated, her cloud sleeves shattered, blood dripping from her fingers.

Even the youngest Dharma King was actually this formidable.

Her face was pale, and after hesitating for a moment, she took off the bug tube and threw it to Li Youyi: "This thief's cultivation is profound, I am no match; you go first, and remember to tell my young lady who killed me."

New Year's Eve, wishing everyone a Happy New Year in advance! Asking for monthly tickets for the New Year, haha!