Chapter 231: The Blue Sky is Dead, the Yellow Sky Shall Rise

"Do you think I count as a successor-level Wu Xiu?" Li Youyi asked suddenly.

Jiang Ning had witnessed the confrontation between Li Youyi and Ku Di and Dao Di in the dark, and was naturally happy in her heart that he had achieved today's success: "I suppose so! But Ku Di is only eighth in the Southern Region's First Grade, and you still have a gap with her, and you are several levels behind Ge Xiantong."

Li Youyi said: "Li Jiu Fu had an arm broken by Luan Sheng Lin You, but didn't flee Qiuzhouzhoucheng."

"Cang Li had his head nearly smashed by Luan Sheng Lin You, but wasn't scared, still daring to fight again."

"Lu Cangsheng and Long Dian, knowing the strength of the Lei Xiao Sect and the Dragon Gate, are far inferior to the imperial court and the Far West Ash Region, yet still dare to participate in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. Honestly, although standing in my own position, I curse them as the two bugs of the Eastern Region, but there is indeed a hero's spirit in them that doesn't admit defeat and dares to welcome challenges."

In Jiang Ning's mind, her thoughts drifted to the boundary of the Five Seas Realm in Buried Xianzhen, the confrontation with the Fire Crow Cavalry on the Sui River, and... that night at the Ancestor of Soldiers Swamp.

Perhaps the reason she could value him so much was because there was always a fighting spirit in him that could turn everything impossible into possible.

Jiang Ning still had a cold face, controlling her expression: "You have your reasons, and I have mine. You can't persuade me, and I can't persuade you. The thinking styles of women and men are perhaps originally different."

"Then let's fight; I will beat you into severe injury, beat you back to the combat power of seven days ago, or even the combat power of last year. By then, you will know that you must leave Qiuzhouzhoucheng!"

Li Youyi knew very well that Jiang Ning's reason was "Li Youyi has absolutely no possibility of surviving in Ge Xiantong's hands."

Taoli Mountain, on the Third Heaven.

Yin Jun and Brother Zuoqiu Ling stood side by side, looking at the Eastern City, their expressions very grave.

"The Second Palace Master's method must be to recruit first, and if recruitment fails, eliminate immediately. If recruitment uses Jiang Ning, who should be the one to kill?" Brother Zuoqiu Ling already had the answer in his heart.

Yin Jun said: "I only hope the imperial court is a bit careless."

"I am more worried that Li Youyi won't even pass Jiang Ning's hurdle. We have all been young; which youth can pass the beauty hurdle? Just like Yao Qingxuan back then, if she had mentioned it to me, I would have definitely picked her up to the Brother Zuoqiu Sect, and no old guy would have dared to stop me," Brother Zuoqiu Ling felt heart-wrenching pain every time he recalled that year.

"Still thinking about that year?"

Yin Jun glared at him and added: "You'd better worry more about the situation tonight!"

By the river.

Li Youyi suddenly pulled away from Jiang Ning, pulled out the Yellow Dragon Sword, cold light shooting everywhere, laughing long and loud: "The imperial court? The imperial court is already setting sun, the building is about to collapse, the outside is crumbling and the inside is rotting. I advise the Jiang family to choose another master as soon as possible, or rise up, otherwise it will be difficult to escape the fate of family destruction."

Li Youyi was worried that Jiang Ning would show mercy next, being seen through by the Second Palace Master. Therefore, his words were very harsh and vicious, wanting to truly provoke her.

"Zheng!"

Jiang Ning summoned the Jingyu Sword, the magic power in her body blooming like a cloud, enveloping the buildings on both sides of the street, saying coldly: "Refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit! Daring to curse the imperial

All parties were alarmed.

"It seems the talks have broken down!"

Many pairs of eyes looked over.

Whether it was Jiang Ning killing the comet-like rising Li Youyi, or Li Youyi escaping from Jiang Ning's hands, both were matters of great significance.

"It's not a curse, but a fact. How many of the twenty-eight Lingxiao states are still controlled by the imperial court? The torrent of the turbid world rolls forward, and you cannot stop it."

Li Youyi retreated to the bridge, and amidst the night wind, he raised his hands high and shouted with high spirits: "The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky shall stand. The year is Jiazi, the world shall be prosperous."

Jiang Ning was truly a bit angered by him; he dared to shout anything, this was forcing her to strike hard.

As a person of the imperial court, how could she listen to such rebellious slogans?

"When autumn comes on the eighth day of the ninth month, my flowers will bloom and all others will die. The soaring fragrance permeates the Lingxiao, and the whole city is covered in golden armor." Li Youyi shouted again.

"You are courting death!"

Jiang Ning could no longer endure it, worried that this rebel would shout more treasonous words.

A cold sword light pierced the night curtain!

Like a flying immortal, she instantly crossed a distance of over ten zhang and arrived at the bridgehead.

"Whoosh!"

The magic power escaping from her body automatically condensed into sharp white feathers in mid-air. The white feathers, along with the sword light, attacked Li Youyi.

Li Youyi knew her cultivation was superb and constantly improving, so he didn't dare to clash with her head-on; he leaped off the bridgehead and fell toward the water surface.

Touching the water like a dragonfly, he stepped on green smoke and fled along the river toward the Nancheng.

As long as he escaped back to the Nancheng, relying on the strength of the Jiuli tribe and the Brother Zuoqiu Sect, neither Jiang Ning nor Ge Xiantong would be able to do anything to him.

Relying on the Qingxu Cicada-Chasing Step, Li Youyi was actually a notch faster than Ku Di in terms of speed.

But...

He had only rushed out a dozen zhang.

Li Youyi was shocked to find that magic power white feathers were floating in front of him.

Only when he truly became Jiang Ning's enemy did he realize how terrifying these white feathers were. They were everywhere, sharp as flying knives, constantly bombarding his protective magic power.

Even more terrifying was that five-zhang-long white light wings sprouted from Jiang Ning's back, illuminating the nine heavens, holy and flawless, and she caught up to his front in an instant.

"Want to escape back to the Nancheng? Dream on!"

She hovered over the river surface a few zhang above the ground in front of Li Youyi, her momentum climbing to its peak, and she swung her sword.

A brilliant sword qi several dozen meters long, like a solidified ripple, completely shrouded Li Youyi's vision.

There was nowhere to hide.

Li Youyi stepped on the river surface, his battle intent manifesting behind him, as if standing on a surging sea, and he raised his sword to slash down.

"Taiyi Sea-Opening!"

"Boom!"

One horizontal and one vertical, the two sword lights clashed together.

Jiang Ning's sword qi was too thick and heavy, as if boundless.

Li Youyi failed to slash it open completely and was struck by the residual force of the sword qi. Fortunately, he had long since activated the three-layered protective magic armor on his body, and his body flew backward, his chest feeling as if it had been struck by a wooden club.

In Burial Xianzhen, Jiang Ning already possessed the combat power to hunt down Long Ting.

Later, she continuously expanded her ancestral fields, and for several months, her cultivation had been constantly improving.

With her current strength, it was by no means an easy task for an ordinary inheritor to escape from her hands.

"It seems she really wants to beat me into a severe injury and personally expel me from the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. That's right, if I can't even pass her test, how can I pass Ge Xiantong's? She is weighing me!"

He could not fight her in an open area.

Li Youyi left the river channel, shuttling through the forest, then diving into alleys and dark culverts to weaken the speed advantage brought by Jiang Ning's light wings.

"Swish!"

Jiang Ning retracted her wings and landed on the ground, falling into the dense forest of buildings, disappearing from Li Youyi's sight.

Li Youyi felt a bad omen, hurriedly released his mental perception, pushed his hearing and smell to the limit, looked up at the inner city wall ahead, and continued to head south.

Suddenly, a warning sign arose.

Hundreds and thousands of sword qi, like a tide, surged out from the darkness.

Jiang Ning didn't know what sword technique she was using, as if she could hold off an army of thousands by herself, and the magic power in her body was countless times thicker than Li Youyi's.

"Bang bang!"

Li Youyi stepped with his footwork and swung his sword repeatedly, defending airtightly, propping up a sword net in front of him, shattering all the incoming sword qi.

Before his eyes, human shadows flickered like illusions.

Dozens of sword shadows appeared simultaneously, crisscrossing everywhere.

Li Youyi met the myriad changes with constancy, observed calmly, and locked onto her most real sword strike.

This sword strike went straight for his wrist, wanting to sever his hand tendons and make him unable to recover his combat power for several days.

Li Youyi formed a palm with his left hand, striking out a golden divine seal condensed from palm power, wanting to force Jiang Ning back. Jiang Ning did not retreat, her momentum undiminished, and her left hand also struck out a palm print.

"Bang!"

The palm prints collided, and magic power surged outward.

Li Youyi retreated more than ten zhang, plowing a long gully under his feet. The left arm that had clashed with the palm power was in so much pain it lost sensation.

Although he managed to keep his right hand holding the sword, it was still cut with a bloodstain that broke the skin.

He didn't wait to circulate his energy to heal his numb left arm.

Jiang Ning slashed over again with all her might.

Li Youyi met the attack fiercely.

The two swords collided with a boom, and Li Youyi retreated continuously, forced by her to crash heavily into the inner city wall.

Jiang Ning transmitted her voice with magic power: "Know the gap now?"

"In terms of speed alone, I don't think Ge Xiantong is necessarily your match. So the fact that you can catch up to me every time doesn't prove anything." Li Youyi said.

"Then come again."

Jiang Ning quickly dragged the battle sword in her hand, the two swords rubbing against each other with a harsh sound and sparks flying. Then, she raised her sword and slashed toward his waist and abdomen.

Li Youyi had already cultivated the Ruyi Qiankun Sword to a very high level, and his sword moves changed as he pleased, blocking her sword strike, his body retreating like a swimming dragon toward the top of the city wall.

Jiang Ning followed like a shadow, the Jingyu Sword seemingly stuck to the Huang Long Sword, chasing onto the city wall, stabbing toward his neck, and she transmitted her voice again: "I haven't even used the Dragon Awakening Art yet!"

"Be careful!" Li Youyi gave a reminder.

Jiang Ning's expression changed slightly, and magic power surged out from her body like an explosion, shaking away the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors that were sneaking up on her.

Li Youyi took the opportunity to retreat rapidly and put distance between them.

In the brief clash just now, he had already suffered internal injuries, and he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: "What a formidable Feather Fairy, worthy of being the high disciple of the Second Palace Master. But this little injury is nothing!"

Even though Jiang Ning knew that Li Youyi might already possess the combat power of an inheritor, she was still amazed in her heart that he could block so many of her sword strikes. In him, she saw a masculine temperament that many of those eunuch officials in the imperial court lacked.

Li Youyi's left arm swung like a whip, and after the magic power circulated in his golden veins, the pain and numbness vanished instantly.

His fast recovery speed was another advantage that gave him the courage to face opponents stronger than himself.

Seeing Jiang Ning's slender figure become blurred and unrecognizable, Li Youyi had a massive headache.

Her speed was too fast!

All the magic power in his body surged toward the soles of his feet, and Li Youyi kicked off, his figure shooting out like a projectile, appearing ten zhang high. In this process of going from bottom to top, a dragon shadow flashed and disappeared under his feet.

He took a second step into the void, his body rising again and moving toward the south.

Third step, fourth step...

The Yellow Dragon ascended to heaven, ten zhang per step, with extremely fast speed.

This movement technique was too miraculous; the martial cultivators in the city had never heard of or seen it before. Before long, Li Youyi appeared beneath the low dark clouds as if ascending to heaven, with the posture of crossing the city directly from a position hundreds of meters above the ground to return to the Nancheng.

Unfortunately, the one he encountered was Jiang Ning, who could fly.

After a brief moment of surprise, Jiang Ning spread her wings and flew up, catching up to him, with the battle intent of a magnificent and mysterious pavilion and palace manifesting behind her.

The attack unleashed by her battle intent alone made the magic power in Li Youyi's body chaotic, unable to continue performing the Yellow Dragon Ascending to Heaven, and he fell toward the ground.

"The magic power of the Fourth Sea really has problems; it's very unstable."

Li Youyi released magic power clouds from his feet to dissipate the momentum of the fall.

"Boom!"

He crashed heavily to the ground, causing the street to cave in and crack over a large area.

Before he could get up.

Jiang Ning had already arrived from above, and the two chased and retreated, with countless sword shadows, exchanging several moves.

"Swish! Swish..."

The seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors arrived, like seven flying knives, surrounding Jiang Ning.

Their body length was already very close to seven inches, only one last transformation away. The combat power of each one was catching up to a mortal martial cultivator who had just entered the Seventh Sea.

With the seven of them joining forces, their combat power was absolutely not to be underestimated.

They originally didn't want to attack Jiang Ning, but Li Youyi told them that only by staying could they possibly get enough dragon bones and dragon seeds. These two types of food were enough to make their physical bodies become even more powerful, and they could quickly transform into commander-level strange insects.

Li Youyi and the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors joined forces, and the eight strands of power collided with Jiang Ning's battle intent, causing the street to explode instantly, with broken stones flying everywhere.

(End of chapter)