Chapter 133

"You mean..."

Zuoqiu Lanlan understood what he was pointing at, her eyes full of suspicion, and then shook her head: "No, Sima Tan is righteous and loyal, with noble character; he is not that kind of person."

"Perhaps he is not that kind of person yet, still shackled by conscience, but when he wakes up, he will definitely kill us to silence us. Extraordinary talent, plus seven exotic insects, plus our weak and feeble strength..."

Zuoqiu Baiming said: "If it were you, would you kill to silence? By the way, there's also the Heaven Flame Blade and the Immortal Soil; is he not tempted at all?"

Zuoqiu Lanlan thought of something and said miserably: "He won a complete victory in this battle and will definitely be able to seize a large amount of spoils. If he takes us back down the mountain, he will inevitably have to share the credit with us. If he kills us directly, it's just a matter of swinging the blade twice more."

Zuoqiu Baiming nodded: "We can't go back; the Thirty-Three Mile Mountain is our burial ground."

"If we flee now, there might be a chance," Zuoqiu Lanlan said.

"We can't escape! And fleeing at this time might instead provoke him to kill us to silence us," Zuoqiu Baiming said.

Zuoqiu Lanlan said: "Perhaps... we are being small-minded..."

Zuoqiu Baiming said: "If you want to survive, you have to make the worst plans. Lanlan, you are a pure immortal body with outstanding beauty. If you can take the initiative to give, perhaps you can stabilize him. Sima Tan looks like a greenhorn focused on martial arts. As long as you let him get lost in it and temporarily forget about killing us to silence us, it will be too late for him to regret it after going down the mountain."

"Ah... Che's body is not yet cold..."

Zuoqiu Lanlan exclaimed, unable to believe he would say such things. How could someone who was once so proud suddenly become so bottomless?

"Then let's wait for death together!" Zuoqiu Baiming sighed.

In the mist far from the stone forest of giant stone statues.

The sound of camel bells was loud, and thunder and lightning were intertwined.

Li Youyi used all his means, and finally used the thunder and lightning erupted from the black iron seal to blast Chen Song into a piece of charcoal. Immediately, he searched his body.

"As expected of a team leader, he actually has three medium-grade magic tools on him. The Three Chen Palace has really invested a lot."

Li Youyi found a boundary bag in Chen Song's arms, which was not damaged.

He used magic power to activate and open it, and touched seventeen dyed-mist exotic herbs from inside.

"So many? Great!"

Li Youyi was overjoyed. After searching Chen Song, he threw his corpse off the cliff to destroy the evidence, so as not to expose the Evil Camel Bell and the black iron seal.

As for the seven Phoenix-Wing Moth Emperors, it didn't matter; Zuoqiu Ting already knew anyway.

Next, he searched the corpses one by one, finding a large number of dyed-mist exotic herbs, gold springs, and magic tools.

Unfortunately, he gained nothing of the most precious Immortal Soil.

Li Youyi took back the seven Phoenix-Wing Moth Emperors into the insect tube and returned to the stone forest of giant stone statues in high spirits. Just this one haul was enough to make him rich in the Five Seas Realm.

He secretly calculated in his heart whether he should do it again.

After leaving the Thirty-Three Mile Mountain, Li Province was full of experts; how could he be as unscrupulous as he was now?

After returning, Li Youyi naturally returned the Heaven Flame Blade at the first opportunity.

Zuoqiu Baiming, sitting on the ground, acted as if disaster was imminent and said hurriedly: "I am now like a useless person and cannot fight with others. The Heaven Flame Blade is better held in Brother Sima's hands to exert its maximum value. After all, Xue Qi and that Tianya Ridge fox demon are still in the mountains; what if we encounter them?"

"Makes sense! It's already cleaned up, let's go, let's go down the mountain now."

Li Youyi didn't want to waste his breath and carried Shang Zhi's corpse on his back.

He noticed Zuoqiu Lanlan's heavy-hearted appearance and reminded her: "Lady Tian, let's go, you carry Brother Baiming!"

"Are we going down the mountain now?"

Zuoqiu Lanlan asked in a low voice, not daring to touch his eyes.

"Otherwise?"

Li Youyi felt inexplicable; could she still want to continue looking for Immortal Soil?

Zuoqiu Lanlan looked at his back as he carried the corpse forward and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seems she was really being small-minded; if he really had malicious intentions, why not strike now?

The two walked down the mountain very quickly, and before long, they arrived at the Three Mile Mountain.

Li Youyi secretly calculated in his heart that sending them here should be safe!

Next, how should they separate reasonably?

He didn't dare to see Zuoqiu Ting and planned to leave the Thirty-Three Mile Mountain from another direction.

Zuoqiu Lanlan and Zuoqiu Baiming, who were following behind, became more nervous the further they got down the mountain, fearing that "Sima Tan" would react and suddenly explode to kill them.

Just as the two of them were tense and extremely nervous.

Li Youyi suddenly stopped, turned around slowly, and revealed a smile that the two found extremely strange. He only heard him say: "It's safe enough here. You go first, I still have something to do."

As he spoke, he took a step back, giving way to a path.

Zuoqiu Lanlan's face turned pale instantly, and then she shook her head vigorously.

Zuoqiu Baiming gave a dry laugh: "What is it? Lanlan can also help a little."

Zuoqiu Lanlan nodded hurriedly.

Li Youyi had already prepared his wording: "If the people from the Sui Sect and Tianya Ridge go down the mountain, they will definitely pass through here. I plan to use a tactic of waiting for the rabbit, and take this opportunity to clean them up. I alone am enough; you don't need to stay."

Li Youyi had the intention to get away, but also the idea of making another fortune.

Zuoqiu Lanlan and Zuoqiu Baiming stared at him tightly, not daring to advance a single step.

The current "Sima Tan" was extremely abnormal. Since he was hunting the Sui Sect and Tianya Ridge, why did he want to send them away? It was too deliberate!

Li Youyi realized and hurriedly handed over the Heaven Flame Blade in his hand: "It's time to return it to its owner!"

Zuoqiu Baiming didn't dare to take it, feeling that the other party was testing them, or still hesitating whether to kill them. Sometimes, a person's good and evil are just in that one thought.

Perhaps it was when he took the blade, or perhaps when they went down the mountain.

Zuoqiu Baiming smiled uneasily: "Brother Sima has saved our lives; we have nothing to repay you with, so let's gift you this blade!"

Li Youyi was surprised, and his impression of Zuoqiu Baiming changed instantly.

He might be a bit arrogant, but being able to distinguish between gratitude and resentment was commendable. Who doesn't have some character flaws?

Since he had already saved them, Li Youyi naturally accepted it with peace of mind, and his smile became much more sincere: "I feel you are all too nervous. It's already very close to the foot of the mountain; there's nothing to be afraid of. Lady Tian, please!"

Zuoqiu Lanlan put Zuoqiu Baiming down and said with a more sincere look: "We are irreconcilable with the Sui Sect and Tianya Sect. I also want to avenge this grudge. We are teammates, advancing and retreating together, sharing life and death."

Zuoqiu Baiming said: "That's right, with this friendship of sharing life and death, even if we go down the mountain, we will definitely keep the secret for Brother Sima and never reveal a word to the outside."

"Brother Baiming, your injury..."

"It's fine, no rush to treat it."

Li Youyi frowned deeply.

Can't shake them off?

Zuoqiu Baiming is so loyal; did he really misunderstand him before?

"Fine, there is still one day before the immortal mist disperses. I expect Xue Qi and the others will only go down the mountain tomorrow. You guys rest and heal your wounds first; I'll go over there and rest for a while."

Li Youyi carried Shang Zhi's corpse and walked into the distance.

He prepared to take this time to swallow the Five Seas Pill, open the first Qi Sea, and impact the Five Seas Realm.

After going down the mountain, he might encounter all kinds of experts. If he could officially enter the Five Seas Realm, not to mention a fish turning into a dragon, at least the sky would be high and the sea would be wide.

Arriving at a stream, Li Youyi put down the corpse and stared cautiously at the two Zuoqiu Gate people in the distance, ensuring that using the space power of the Buddha Relic here would not be sensed by them.

He had three treasures on him to help impact the Five Seas Realm: Five Seas Pill, dyed-mist exotic herbs, and the Buddha Relic.

But he wanted to try with his own strength first.

Impacting the Five Seas Realm, the most important thing was to open the first Qi Sea.

The Qi Sea is like a furnace, possessing the ability to refine magic power. Magic power gushes out from the spring eye, is transported to the Qi Sea for storage, and is refined into purer high-grade magic power. When performing martial arts moves and activating magic tools, the power will far exceed that of a Gushing Spring Realm martial cultivator.

Li Youyi sat cross-legged, performed the breathing method, and gradually entered a state of tranquility and nature.

I am the only one in the world.

The outside world disappeared.

The method of impacting the Five Seas Realm had already been taught to him by Master Guan, and it was not complicated.

The ten springs in his body surged one by one, and magic power entered the one hundred and twenty trace meridians, circulating throughout his body. After several cycles, Li Youyi guided it with the realm-breaking method, and the first trace meridian branched out a sub-meridian connecting to the first lung lobe.

Immediately after, the second trace meridian branched out a sub-meridian.

The third trace meridian branched out a sub-meridian...

This was a slow and tiring process; every trace meridian must branch out a sub-meridian to connect to the future Qi Sea.

These sub-meridians were called string bridges.

Like strings connecting the Qi Sea and the trace meridians.

Once interrupted, all previous efforts would be wasted.

Therefore, many martial cultivators swallow Five Seas Pills before impacting the realm to provide sufficient energy and magic power support. At the same time, the Five Seas Pill also contains the power to refine lung lobes, making it easier to open the Qi Sea.

In the distance.

Zuoqiu Baiming glanced at Li Youyi and transmitted his voice with magic power: "He appears to be meditating, but is actually asking his heart. The next day will be hard to endure! Life and death fate are in his one thought."

"It's already very close to the foot of the mountain here; if we want to escape, it's a matter of an instant," Zuoqiu Lanlan said.

Zuoqiu Baiming mocked: "With his cultivation, just you? Why do you think he sits so far away? For normal rest, shouldn't he rest right next to us? He is testing us; if we flee, it means we are guilty. At that time, he can kill us without any psychological guilt. For a person of his character, breaking through the moral barrier requires a reason."

"Brother, are you thinking too deeply? I think Sima Tan is not that kind of person," Zuoqiu Lanlan said.

Zuoqiu Baiming said indignantly: "Thinking too shallowly, isn't the price paid big enough? Don't underestimate human nature; you only have one life. You just refuse to give, right? I see you admire him very much, almost regarding him as a saint!"

"I..."

Zuoqiu Lanlan struggled in her heart, falling into endless pain.

Li Youyi finished building the one hundred and twenty string bridges, his energy severely consumed, and he became secretly nervous.

If the realm breakthrough failed, he would have to wait another year.

"Let's start!"

The ten springs in his body surged wildly, and magic power rushed toward the one hundred and twenty string bridges at the fastest speed. The routes of the string bridges were all different, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, heading straight to the central lung lobe.

At this moment, Li Youyi's breathing became incomparably long, the surrounding airflow surged, and the branches and leaves swayed.

An unprecedented intense pain and swelling sensation erupted in his lungs, as if his chest was about to explode.

"Bang! Bang..."

The lung lobes beat rapidly and violently like a heart.

"Boom!"

His body shook violently, and all magic power had a vent, pouring into the inner world of the lung lobes, making the inner world larger and larger.

"The Qi Sea is open!"

Li Youyi hurriedly swallowed the Five Seas Pill and a dyed-mist exotic herb, while activating the space power of the Buddha Relic to expand the inner world in the lung lobes.

He knew that the size of the first Qi Sea of every martial cultivator was different.

The larger it was opened, the more advantageous it obviously was.

The first Qi Sea of a martial cultivator who broke into the Five Seas from the Seven Springs was almost only one square. A martial cultivator who broke into the Five Seas from the Eight Springs could reach two squares.

A martial cultivator who broke into the Five Seas from the Nine Springs started at three squares.

In the same realm, the gap in the thickness of magic power could reach several times. The gap in combat power was evident.

After three breaths, Li Youyi's first Qi Sea reached one square.

After seven breaths, it reached two squares.

After a quarter of an hour, it expanded to seven squares.

The speed of expansion slowed down, becoming more and more difficult.

Because the larger the space of the inner world, the thinner the magic power inside. Li Youyi had been continuously mobilizing magic power to transform it, but it was far from enough.

For a martial cultivator in the first realm of the Five Seas, the process from breaking the realm to filling the Qi Sea with magic power, and then to completely refining the magic power, often takes several months.

Just as Li Youyi was going all out to impact the eighth square.

A pair of soft and delicate arms suddenly rested on his neck, someone sat in his arms, fragrance came from the tip of his nose, and the delicate body had a very elastic and warm touch.

"What's the situation?"

Li Youyi had long released the seven Phoenix-Wing Moth Emperors to protect him; how could someone get close to him?

He had no time to be distracted and continued to impact the eighth Qi Sea.

"Bang!"

Li Youyi vaguely sensed that someone had struck the woman in his arms unconscious. While curious, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and then went all out to impact the Qi Sea.

An hour later, the size of the Qi Sea settled at ten squares.

Gradually, his consciousness returned completely to the outside world, and he opened his eyes. He saw Zuoqiu Lanlan, with disheveled clothes, fainted in his arms, giving a feeling of "touching porcelain."

If this were seen by others, he wouldn't be able to wash it off even if he jumped into the Sui River.

The huge Hidden Twenty-Three and a slender figure wearing Spirit-Passing Human Skin were sitting on a stone several zhang away, communicating via voice transmission. Seeing him open his eyes, the two looked over immediately.

Seeking monthly tickets!

(End of chapter)