Chapter 216: Yang Qingxi is Dead

Master Coffin said: "Listen to your Master Can; in martial arts, he has more say. Your first three seas have already been walked very hurriedly, and you cannot destroy your foundation again."

"With your cultivation of perfecting the fourth sea, your combat power is enough to draw with pure immortal bodies like Yang Qingxi and Chen Wenwu in the Seventh Sea. If you add the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, it's not impossible to compete with weaker successor-level experts."

"With such combat power and cultivation speed, as long as the people of the Dueguan are not blind, they all know that you are the most terrifying hidden dragon."

"During the Qianlong Lantern Festival, if you are really as strong as Long Dian and Lu Cangsheng, it would be a very dangerous thing. Now on Peach Plum Mountain, I don't know how many eyes are staring; didn't Jiang Ning say that even Xian Min of the Lingxiao Palace has come!"

"As for the Longevity Pill, relying on the strength of Cang Li and Yin Jiu, it shouldn't be a difficult thing to capture one. Don't carry all the responsibilities on your own shoulders; think clearly, participating in the Qianlong Lantern Festival is to temper yourself, not to fight for your life."

Li Youyi was young, so naturally he was unwilling, and suddenly thought of something: "Since so many old guys have come, will the Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors be recognized? The strength they have shown is too extraordinary; I'm afraid many people won't believe they are just commander-level exotic insects."

Before, he claimed to the outside world that these were commander-level exotic insects, Five-Colored Spirit Moths.

Commander-level exotic insects, when adult, have Dao Seed Realm strength. Although rare, they wouldn't attract the attention of Longevity Realm giants.

Master Lingwei's voice sounded: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements. During the few days you were practicing, I let them all swallow immortal soil. With the influence of the aura of immortal soil and the Xihe flower, as long as they are not personally probed, in a short time, no one will be able to recognize that they are Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors."

"If it really can't be covered up, you can tell the outside world that these are Marquis-level exotic insects, Xihe Butterflies."

Li Youyi then discovered that his immortal soil medicine field had been messed up by the seven little ones.

The only two remaining thousand-year-old essence medicines planted in the medicine field were naturally eaten up by them.

If they were placed in the medicine garden of some million-sect faction, Li Youyi seriously suspected that they could eat themselves to death.

The bodies of the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors had grown to six and a half inches, and it was clear that their strength had improved again. According to this growth rate, it was entirely possible for them to grow to seven inches and reach the Sixth Sea Realm of martial cultivation before the Lantern Festival.

With the combat power of the imperial-level exotic insect cubs...

Li Youyi touched his chin, pinning his hopes for this Qianlong Lantern Festival on the seven little ones. Because, with the growth of the realm, the special powers of the seven little ones appeared one after another, the attack methods were no longer single, and the combat power had increased again.

Thinking of this, Li Youyi was in a good mood and immediately picked another Xihe flower, preparing it for them.

"They ate two thousand-year-old essence medicines and three Xihe flowers to grow from five inches to six inches."

"Now eating two thousand-year-old essence medicines, they only grew half an inch. To raise them to seven inches, I'm afraid I need to prepare two more thousand-year-old essence medicines."

At this thought, Li Youyi felt a pain in his heart, thinking of the five boxes of Gushing Spring coins snatched away by Yang Qingxi.

One must know that those were not just five boxes of Gushing Spring coins, but also the various gambling treasures of the last day.

Among them was the 1,600-year-old Black Dragon Grass taken out by Lu Wensheng.

Just this one plant had medicinal power comparable to two ordinary thousand-year-old essence medicines.

If those five boxes were still there, why worry about thousand-year-old essence medicines?

"Must get them back! Raising insects is a money-burning thing; my Five Seas Realm cultivation also needs quite a few Dao Lotuses and Dao Fruits."

Li Youyi prepared to leave the Blood Mud Space and set about solving the problem of thousand-year-old essence medicines.

Of course, he couldn't pin all his hopes on the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors; his own strength still had room for improvement.

These seven days, he was quenching Qi and also taking immortal soil internally. As long as the muscles and internal organs were shaped, his combat power could be improved by another step.

As for cultivating tendons and skin in seven or eight days, that was a daydream.

No matter how difficult, the fighting spirit cannot be extinguished.

"In your current state, once you fight with others, especially with experts of the same level, the magic power of the fourth sea is very likely to appear out of control. You must pay attention to this point!"

Before leaving, Master Can warned him like this.

"Creak!"

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Li Youyi finally walked out of the room.

The weather was gloomy and severe, the heavy snow was falling wildly, and his eyes were full of snowflakes, which could affect his vision, without any beauty.

This was the biggest snow Li Youyi had seen since he was born; clearly it was afternoon, but there was a kind of dimness of evening.

He headed to Yin Jiu's residence, only to find it empty.

Cang Li's residence was adjacent to Yin Jiu's.

Li Youyi just stepped into the door.

Cang Li's voice came from inside: "He left in the morning, ordered three coffins, and sent the corpses of the three top experts of the Yin Sect to the Southern City first. After the Qianlong Lantern Festival ends, he wants to personally send Qin Li and the others back to Lizhou, so that fallen leaves return to their roots. I will try my best to strive to have them buried in the ancestral realm and give them the highest honor."

On the surface, Cang Li's injuries had healed, only his face was still quite sickly, and he no longer had the tragic look of seven days ago.

He stopped meditating, went to the table, poured a cup of clear tea and drank it: "Shall we have a chat?"

Li Youyi walked to the window, propped up the wooden window, and let the cold wind blow on him: "How is your injury recovering?"

"It healed yesterday; the current look is just to pretend for Tang Wanqiu." After Cang Li sat down in the chair, he said again: "Do you know why the Dueguan chose the Brother Zuoqiu Sect instead of the more powerful Snow Sword Tang Ting?"

"Why?"

In this regard, Li Youyi was naturally not as good as Cang Li, who was born and raised in this world.

Cang Li said: "Although Snow Sword Tang Ting has taken five states in the North, its internal forces are mixed and there are countless mountain heads; Yin Mountain, Yue Clan, Wanyan Clan, and Tuoba Clan are all powerful, and they were forcibly integrated over ten years."

"Ten years of war have left not small grudges between each other. Currently, Snow Sword Tang Ting is the biggest mountain head, and they have used marriage to bind everyone to their chariot. As long as they can keep winning and sweep the world, naturally there will be no problems, because there is profit to be made."

"But once they lose a battle, or Snow Sword Tang Ting has a major change, I'm afraid it will instantly disintegrate from within and become a plate of loose sand."

"By comparison, although the Brother Zuoqiu Sect only has two and a half states, it has been managed for thousands of years and is already deeply rooted. Plus, the full support of the Li Clan actually means they control half of the Southern Region."

"If it weren't for the far western Ash Region intervening, during the Qianlong Lantern Festival, they could have made the Tianya Ridge, Coffin Mountain, Night City, and other factions surrender without a fight, and then also control five states. With the Li Clan helping them stabilize the rear, they could walk more steadily than Snow Sword Tang Ting."

Li Youyi said: "We are just insignificant juniors; is it necessary to consider so much?"

"Do you really think the influence of the Qianlong Lantern Festival on the world situation is insignificant?"

Cang Li transmitted his voice with magic power and said in a low voice: "If the Dueguan determines that the next generation of the Brother Zuoqiu Sect truly has the qualifications of a Son of Heaven and is the next Chan Hai Guan Wu. Then the high-level figures of Coffin Mountain, Tianya Ridge, and Night City will not be able to walk out of Qiuzhouzhou City after the Qianlong Lantern Festival."

"This might not be a killing trap to lure the snake out of the hole, targeting those with different hearts in the Southern Region."

"They even have the reason to kill them; colluding with the far western Ash Region, the powerhouses of other factions in the Lingxiao Life Realm simply can't pick out any faults and won't attract public anger."

Li Youyi was shocked, never expecting that Cang Li had such unique insights into the world situation and the Qianlong Lantern Festival.

Cang Li said: "These seven days, many things have happened in the city, and all the top factions are expanding their territory, collecting Dragon Seed tickets and Dragon Bone tickets. Small factions and individual martial cultivators have no room for survival and can only rely on big factions."

"Seven days have passed, and I expect Tang Wanqiu must be impatient; there will be action in these two days. Don't participate; anyway, you didn't promise him anything."

Suddenly, Li Youyi asked: "Can you get thousand-year-old essence medicines? Ice attribute."

"To feed insects?" Cang Li said.

Li Youyi was surprised: "How did you know?"

"The whole city is spreading that you raised seven Marquis-level exotic insects, and once they are adult, they will be seven Longevity Realm giants. Too many people want to put you to death; I have already sent people to investigate the source of the news, and there should be results soon." Cang Li said.

Li Youyi secretly rejoiced.

The people who wanted to put him to death still didn't have enough bold imagination.

Seeing Li Youyi's face unchanged, Cang Li was greatly moved and exclaimed: "It really is seven Marquis-level exotic insects?"

"Hey! Can't hide it from you... must keep it secret for me." Li Youyi said.

Cang Li nodded lightly: "I'll think of a way for the thousand-year-old essence medicines; it will take some time."

Outside the door, rapid footsteps rang out.

Li Ling returned, as if something important had happened, and looked at Li Youyi quite strangely: "Yang Qingxi is dead!"

"Ah!"

Li Youyi and Cang Li were both surprised.

"Who killed her?" Cang Li asked.

Li Ling looked at Li Youyi and said: "Him!"

"Don't slander people; I've been in seclusion for these seven days and haven't stepped out of the house." Li Youyi said.

Li Ling said: "Yang Qingxi... to be precise, her name is Yang Qingchan, and she died on the night seven days ago. The corpse fell into the river and was washed up to the Soldier Ancestor Marsh this morning before being fished out. Yao Qian and Yang Qingxi personally rushed to verify the injuries and determined that she was undoubtedly killed by Li Youyi. Yao Qian declared that after the Qianlong Lantern Festival, he will definitely behead Li Youyi before Yang Qingchan's spirit tablet."

Li Youyi said: "I am certain that she definitely didn't die at my hands. I don't admit to things I haven't done."

"Wait a moment."

Cang Li said: "Can you tell me first who Yang Qingchan is? Who is the one who died?"

"Yang Qingchan is Yang Qingxi's younger sister; the two look exactly the same and are hard to distinguish, and I only found out about this today. The Sui Sect must have hidden quite a bit of power!" Li Ling said.

Cang Li looked deeply at Li Youyi: "How Yang Qingchan died is no longer important! What's important is that your edge was too sharp seven days ago, and someone is pushing you to the forefront step by step."

Li Youyi showed a thoughtful expression, and suddenly felt a response, looking outside the door: "Tang Wanqiu is here!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 217 =====