Chapter 212: Facing Luan Sheng Lin You

Cang Li stared at the wide-open garden gate, and seeing that the enemies really hadn't acted rashly, he quickly understood the reason. After a look of admiration appeared in his eyes, he sighed softly: "It's useless! They have strength in numbers. Even if they don't act rashly for a moment out of fear, once someone in charge arrives and directly organizes forces for a long-range attack, they can flatten this courtyard."

Li Youyi sat on the stone steps inside the gate, holding the two invitations of Cang Li and Yin Jiu, examining them carefully.

Yin Jiu was ranked in the top three.

Inside the invitation was only one Dragon Bone ticket.

The Dragon Bone ticket was a small, golden bone grain the size of a fingernail, embedded in the jade invitation.

Below the golden bone grain was a simple map of the Qiuzhouzhou City, with the inner city in an eight-trigram pattern and only a few lines for the outer city. The positions of the eighty Dragon Seed tickets and seventy-nine Dragon Bone tickets were all flashing and moving on the map.

This could only be considered an approximate location.

Cang Li's invitation not only had Dragon Bone tickets and Dragon Seed tickets, but also two Longevity Pill tickets, as well as the location of the Qianlong Lantern Festival venue.

Among the top ten experts, he was indeed on the list.

However, perhaps because the invitation level was too high, the map only marked the locations of the remaining Longevity Pill tickets.

Li Youyi asked: "With the situation outside, can I get away?"

"Li Jiu Fu said that at the bottom of the Qin Garden lake, there is a box of thunder technique profound ice, and combined with the combat power I've recovered, it's enough to open a path of survival for you. Whether you can escape alive depends on your own ability..."

Cang Li suddenly asked: "Is Li Ling still alive?"

Li Youyi nodded.

Cang Li closed his eyes and let out a breath of satisfaction: "Then take good care of her! If you really can't escape, hand over the invitation, lower your posture, and kneeling to beg for mercy is not shameful; preserving your life is the most important thing..."

"Can you bring yourself to kneel?"

Li Youyi rolled his eyes at him: "These two invitations definitely can't be kept today! But taking them out of the city and letting them become waste paper would be a great pity."

Cang Li pondered: "What do you want to do?"

"The world of martial arts is not just about killing; it's about human relationships and worldly wisdom. Luan Sheng Lin You wants the invitation and your lives; whoever can save your lives gets them." Li Youyi said.

Cang Li shook his head: "First, no one dares to accept. Second, no one can save us in time. Third, you might not be able to send the invitation out. You want to drive the wolves to swallow the tigers, but unfortunately, the wolves in the city are leaderless; apart from us, no one dares to confront Luan Sheng Lin You head-on."

"Actually, there is a fourth: without enough strength to support it, even if you send out the invitation, you don't have the qualifications to negotiate conditions."

Li Youyi said: "What you said is not entirely correct. Luan Sheng Lin You is indeed very terrifying; apart from Ge Xiantong and us, no one dares to confront him head-on. But, a heavily injured Luan Sheng Lin You is not necessarily so!"

"Just think, if they really didn't dare to be his enemy, why would people like Lu Cangsheng, Long Dian, and Zhu Yibai participate in the Qianlong Lantern Festival? They are just waiting for an opportunity, waiting for Luan Sheng Lin You and Ge Xiantong to be injured; they all want to sit back and reap the benefits."

Cang Li began to think seriously.

Li Youyi asked: "How much magic power have you recovered?"

"A short battle is no problem. But the injuries will definitely worsen to the point of being incurable; in other words, there is only one final battle to the death left." Cang Li said.

"Then don't fight!"

Li Youyi took out the Ghost Flag and stuffed it into his hand: "At the critical moment, activate it. Didn't you say that without enough strength, others won't talk to us? It is our only remaining strength and confidence!"

Li Youyi had asked Master Coffin and the others, and although the Ghost Flag and the black iron seal had significant origins, they could be exposed in a life-or-death crisis.

The subsequent trouble wouldn't be too great.

Cang Li stared at Li Youyi's back as he went to the backyard to get the thunder technique profound ice. He felt that in less than a year, this child had undergone a earth-shaking transformation. The confidence and firmness in his tone, and the calmness and fearlessness in his eyes, were as if he had been tempered a thousand times.

One must know that in such a sinister situation, even he was filled with despair inside and hadn't considered the possibility of a comeback.

On the street outside.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two sounds of heavy flesh and blood hitting the ground rang out.

Then Luan Sheng Lin You's formidable and unique aura appeared outside the Qin Garden from far to near.

Outside the Qin Garden gate, the two corpses that had fallen were both wearing black night-traveling clothes; they were Yin Fifteen and Yin Sixteen. One had their head exploded, and the other's body had collapsed, a bloody mess.

"Thump! Thump..."

The crisp knocking sound continued, like the sound of hell urging death.

All the martial cultivators on the street looked toward the back and retreated to form a passage.

Luan Sheng Lin You used Cang Li's silver spear to knock on the ground in a leisurely and casual manner, walking forward step by step, with a wine-cup-sized blood hole in his chest.

Unfortunately, he was not human, and his heart was not in that position.

His long hair switched between silver and white, and his face had a kind of evil, cold, and handsome beauty: "To be able to pierce my chest with one spear, you can rank first among the Eastern Dragon, Western Pig, Southern Tiger, and Northern Sword! But why did you flee? I could only use this spear of yours to kill those two Li Clan martial cultivators who weren't qualified to die at my hands, and only then did my anger subside a little."

Luan Sheng Lin You scanned the crowd in front of him and questioned: "What are you all standing here for? Can standing here scare the enemy to death?"

Ming Niansheng was the first to step forward, explaining the situation of the Qin Garden and also Yuwen Tuozhen's analysis.

Luan Sheng Lin You glanced coldly at Yuwen Tuozhen: "The enemy opened the door on their own, and you dare not enter? I think you are clearly afraid of being taken away by Cang Li and Li Jiu Fu's counterattack when they die."

"Since you are wary of the thunder technique profound ice set up inside, then use long-range attacks, break the array first, crush it inch by inch, and let them die under the thunder technique profound ice they set up themselves."

Once these words were spoken, Yuwen Tuozhen and the leaders of the various factions felt as if they had been granted amnesty and hurriedly went to arrange manpower, organizing Great Thought Masters, crossbow martial cultivators, and long-range attack magic tools.

Bai Shu had been scared back into the garden when Luan Sheng Lin You arrived; the other party's aura and power of intent were too strong.

But just as she fled back, she was grabbed by Li Youyi: "Help me move this box of thunder technique profound ice out!"

Li Youyi walked to the side of Yin Shi's corpse, paused for a moment, took off his night-traveling clothes, and covered her face. Then, with even more gloomy eyes, he put on a white martial robe and stepped out of the gate.

He had no confidence in his heart either, not knowing if he would be able to return after walking out of this door.

But, the path of cultivation cannot be a calm lake in the mountains, but a long river rushing toward the sea.

Holding the two invitations, he walked quickly down the stone steps in front of the gate and said loudly, shocking everyone: "Luan Sheng Lin You, if you had a little less arrogance and a little more rationality, you wouldn't have killed Cang Li and Li Jiu Fu, letting yourself fall into the abyss of failure."

The group of martial cultivators who were preparing to launch an attack on the Qin Garden were shocked.

Who was so bold as to point at Luan Sheng Lin You's nose and curse him for being an arrogant and stupid fool?

Bai Shu, who was moving the box of thunder technique profound ice with thought power, was so scared by Li Youyi that her vision went black, secretly regretting why she had come to the Qin Garden with this true barbarian thief.

"Presumptuous!"

The sound of bowstrings rang out deafeningly.

A magic tool profound ice arrow, carrying a harsh whistling sound, arrived in front of Li Youyi in an instant.

It was a martial cultivator who had cultivated the Seventh Sea, shooting with a high-grade magic tool battle bow.

Li Youyi performed the Spirit Treasure Snatch, extending only his right hand, but dozens of hand shadows appeared, steadily grabbing the flying arrow. He unloaded the arrow's impact to his feet.

"Boom!"

He stood motionless, but the stone slabs within a radius of two zhang under his feet were shattered, appearing with spiderweb-like cracks.

Just this move shocked many martial cultivators present.

It wasn't just the powerful strength and mysterious moves, but also the calmness and tranquility in his eyes that were enough to make people look at him with respect.

Li Youyi untied the runes on the half-person-high metal box, opened the lid, and cold air and purple electric light escaped. Then, he placed the two invitations on the thunder technique profound ice.

"You all better not mess around; thunder technique profound ice is very unstable, and what's placed on top are two Longevity Pills, one Dragon Seed, and two Dragon Bones. If they are destroyed, it would be too worthless."

Li Youyi stood proudly, the tip of the profound ice arrow pressing against the two invitations, scanning everyone present, colliding with countless pairs of eyes, and said to Bai Shu: "Help me move the corpses of the two senior brothers back."

Bai Shu, wishing for nothing more, hurriedly carried the corpses back into the gate.

Someone recognized Li Youyi: "It's that Li Youyi who claims to defeat all enemies of the same realm in five moves. Isn't he in the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas Realm? How could he catch that arrow just now?"

"It's not catching; he took the arrow away!"

"There really is thunder technique profound ice; fortunately, we didn't break in rashly before. If there's one box, there must be many boxes."

No one knew whether thunder technique profound ice could destroy the Dueguan's invitation, so they didn't act rashly for the time being.

Luan Sheng Lin You's silver pupils shone brightly, examining the man in the center of the street opposite, as if wanting to see through where his confidence came from.

Ming Niansheng, who was standing beside him, said: "This child is too ignorant of life and death; I'll go kill him."

"A martial cultivator in the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas Realm can also make you angry?"

Luan Sheng Lin You waved his hand and then said loudly: "You better say something reasonable, and I might leave your corpse intact. Otherwise, many demon cultivators want to taste the meat of a genius who can defeat all enemies of the same realm in five moves."

Li Youyi ignored the roaring laughter around him: "The great battle between the Brother Zuoqiu Sect and the imperial court has not ended yet. If the Li Clan is out at this moment, the Brother Zuoqiu Sect will have no other choice but to immediately lean toward the imperial court in exchange for a path of survival. Who do you guess is the first person they will deal with?"

"If the Li Clan is not out, the Brother Zuoqiu Sect and the imperial court will never truly join forces in a meaningful sense. Because the Brother Zuoqiu Sect supported by the Li Clan is too strong and poses too great a threat; how could the imperial court join forces with such a strong Brother Zuoqiu Sect?"

Luan Sheng Lin You thought for a moment: "It makes some sense, but it's not enough."

Li Youyi said again: "You are injured! Are you sure you want to deal with the joint siege of the Brother Zuoqiu Sect and the imperial court in a heavily injured state? Even if you win, your injuries will further worsen. By then, you will have even more enemies to face."

Luan Sheng Lin You said: "Then wouldn't I be letting the tiger return to the mountain?"

Li Youyi said: "You know better than anyone how heavily injured Cang Li and Li Jiu Fu are; it's impossible for them to heal within half a month. Even if they are tigers, they are just two sick tigers, and they are no longer a threat. Killing them at this moment is too unwise; you just want to vent the hatred in your heart."

A smile appeared on Luan Sheng Lin You's cold and stern face: "Very reasonable! If it were Cang Li who said these words at this moment, I would definitely have taken people and left! But, Cang Li and Li Jiu Fu didn't even dare to show their faces, letting a martial cultivator in the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas Realm come out to speak. Could it be that they are already heavily injured to the point of coma, or have completely lost their combat power? If that's the case, why should I let them go instead of capturing them as hostages?"

Li Youyi secretly admired Luan Sheng Lin You's wisdom, as he had guessed the situation inside almost correctly.

If Cang Li showed his face now, the experts would definitely see the clues about his injury status.

There was no need for Luan Sheng Lin You to give orders.

A figure of the deformed race had already flown out rapidly, laughing strangely: "A mere nobody dares to come out to negotiate with the Young Venerable. Wait until this poor monk kills you, and I will naturally be able to test how Cang Li and Li Jiu Fu's injuries are. Haha!"

"Roar!"

A five-zhang-long Golden Tiger battle intent appeared, and Extinction Truth had already arrived in front of Li Youyi, striking out with a huge tiger claw light shadow that was golden and brilliant.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 213 =====