Chapter 242
Yin Eleven returned to the Bright Moon Seven Stars Pavilion to preside over the overall situation there.
Qi Xiao hadn't appeared since returning to Zuihuayin yesterday and rushing to the battlefield. Whether for his own future or for the Qi family, he couldn't escape at the most difficult moment of the Zuoqiu Gate Court.
The sky gradually brightened.
A simple carriage drove out of the underground underworld market, driven by a Spring Realm Wu Xiu.
Li Youyi, Shi Shi Shi, and Bai Shu all sat in the carriage, their thoughts different.
Bai Shu is a disaster fire realm Great Thought Master; she has no obsession with Dragon Bones and Dragon Seeds, and just wants to escape the battlefield and avoid the killing robbery. But as a member of the Earth Wolf King Army, she cannot escape the responsibility on her body.
Shi Shi Shi quietly looked at Li Youyi, not knowing how his injuries had recovered, and sighed dejectedly: "The Dragon Bone Ticket I hid was dug up by someone; I chased for two days but couldn't get it back."
"If hiding tickets is reliable, everyone would have hidden them!"
Li Youyi smelled the blood and pushed open the carriage window.
Cold airflow blew in.
On the street filled with morning mist, Wu Xiu of the Spring Realm from various forces were collecting corpses and cleaning the streets.
Passing by a mansion, the owner was a Dao Seed realm expert, and his servants and concubines were happily lighting firecrackers to welcome the Lantern Festival. The air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder.
No matter how cruel the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival is, it is only a battlefield for young Wu Xiu of the Five Seas realm.
"Clang!"
The carriage wheels rolled forward.
From time to time, one could see traces of fighting, and young heroes exposed on the street, whether Pure Immortal Body or stunning beauties, were all like grass mustard.
The cruel competition of the past few days had brought the festive atmosphere in the city to freezing point, and there were few pedestrians.
Li Youyi asked: "Have Zuoqiu Hong and the others been defeated? Are Cang Li and Li Ling still alive?"
Shi Shi Shi shook his head: "I don't know! These past few days, the major forces in Qiuzhouzhoucheng have been fighting in a mess, true and false news are flying all over the sky, and there are even rumors that you died in the hands of Ge Xiantong and died suddenly after escaping."
"Anyway, Zuoqiu Hong and the others suffered heavy casualties; the Zuoqiu, Nine Li, and Zhu Gate families, and the forces under their banners, dozens of strong holders with invitations, six or seven out of ten died, and only a dozen or twenty people might be left alive."
"Yesterday at dusk, Zuoqiu Hong scattered all the Longevity Pill tickets, Dragon Seed tickets, and Dragon Bone tickets to the besiegers. Then, she led the remnants to retreat and hide."
"That's how the news spread; whether they escaped or not is hard to say."
"If they escaped, perhaps they wanted to recuperate for a night, heal their injuries, and advance by retreating, planning for today's decisive battle."
Of the two hundred Wu Xiu with invitations in the whole city, only the top few people in a state, or the number one expert of a sect or gate, were qualified to be listed.
Even the Dao Truth and Extinction Truth of Coffin Mountain were only second-class.
There were more than a dozen inheritor-level figures in the Southern Territory alone, some of whom had been famous for a long time, some from hidden gates, or hidden experts of major forces.
Everyone brought out their family background!
The other three territories had fewer inheritor-level figures than the Southern Territory, but there were at least six or seven.
Six or seven out of ten of the strong holders of the three-family alliance died in battle, which meant dozens of Dao Truth and Extinction Truth-level experts died. The casualties of other Five Seas realm Wu Xiu and Great Thought Masters were countless.
Shi Shi Shi said: "Of the two hundred Wu Xiu with invitations, at most half are left. Inheritor-level figures died less, and there are probably ten in total."
Li Youyi fell into silence, deeply realizing the good intentions of Jiang Ning, Yin Jun, and Zuoqiu Hongting in persuading him not to participate in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival; they had long foreseen all this.
What kind of mentality did they have?
Is it knowing the danger and moving forward?
Or is it helpless, with no choice?
"This is not a grand event!" By the fishing boat, Jiang Ning's warning sounded in Li Youyi's ears again.
This is a battlefield...
A life-and-death battlefield!
Shi Shi Shi said: "The Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival is much better than the real battlefield outside; at least there are rules, it's just a competition of the younger generation, you can retreat, you can hide."
"Where is Tao Yanyan?" Li Youyi asked suddenly.
Shi Shi Shi was silent.
Bai Shu said: "Sister Tao was killed in the wolf den on the tenth day and couldn't escape."
"Who did it?" Li Youyi asked.
"Don't know! There are countless forces in Qiuzhouzhoucheng, experts have their own origins, and for that Dragon Bone Ticket of Tao Yanyan, anyone is possible."
Bai Shu and Shi Shi Shi smiled bitterly, both shaking their heads.
Most of the forces in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival fell before the seventh day, either wiped out or reduced to vassals of million-year-old gates. But in the world situation, these forces are still independent individuals, all having longevity realm giants, and even transcendent ones, occupying one side like behemoths.
Don't look at the Earth Wolf King Army having only a few cats and dogs in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. But behind them are Shi Tianwang, Da Laoye, Bird Erye, and the vast Earth Wolf Iron Cavalry, who are calling the wind and rain in Shuzhou.
"My injuries are mostly healed! You go to the Changqing Temple in the East City and wait for me; I will arrive before noon."
Li Youyi jumped off the carriage, used the Disguise Technique, and disappeared into the crowd.
Before the decisive battle, he wanted to see Yin Jun, so he sneaked all the way to Zhuoyuan.
After knocking on the door, the one who opened the door was Yin Twenty-Five.
Seeing Li Youyi, Yin Twenty-Five was obviously startled, hurriedly welcomed him in, and then closed the door and sealed the formation.
"Thank God, fortunately it's all rumors; we really thought you had..."
"Why, thought you didn't have to pay back the money?"
After entering the door, Li Youyi looked at the corpses all over the garden and the white cloth covering the corpses, and was stunned. Then he released his mental power to perceive, and found that Zhuoyuan was cold and clear, and except for Yin Twenty-Five, there was no one.
"What's the situation? Where are they?" Li Youyi asked in a low voice.
Yin Twenty-Five lowered his head and whispered: "Just helping to collect corpses."
"What do you mean by just helping to collect corpses? The Spring Realm Wu Xiu of the Nine Li tribe know to do it; you are Five Seas realm, once you get involved, you will die without a burial place." Li Youyi's voice was deafening.
A quarter of an hour later.
A knock on the door sounded.
Yin Twenty-Five stared cautiously at Li Youyi, who was sitting on a white stone by the lake.
"Go, go open the door for a few heroes," Li Youyi said.
The gate and the formation opened, and Yin Twenty-Three, Yin Twenty-Four, and Yao Yin all appeared from invisibility, wearing night clothes. Then, they touched the bloody world bags and took out the corpses inside, all of which were Pure Immortal Body or female corpses.
Yin Twenty-Four gritted her silver teeth, clenched her fists, and her chest heaved: "It's all your fault for pulling me; I haven't killed enough yet. Too shameless, too despicable, not even letting go of the corpses, simply inhuman."
"They weren't human to begin with," Yin Twenty-Three said.
"Hmm, cough cough..."
Yin Twenty-Five kept winking at them.
The three looked into the distance, saw Li Youyi sitting there like a sculpture, first startled, then overjoyed, and then uneasy.
Li Youyi was expressionless, looking coldly at Yin Twenty-Four: "You are so capable, why don't you go out and kill another round?"
"Okay, shall we go together?" Yin Twenty-Four said.
"..."
Li Youyi was speechless, stood up: "Without my permission, who let you act without authorization? Who led the head?"
"Me!" Yao Yin said.
"Me!" Yin Twenty-Four said.
"Me!" Yin Twenty-Three said.
Yin Twenty-Five, who couldn't look after the house, also stood up and whispered: "Me!"
Li Youyi said: "Good, good, good, all heroes."
Yao Yin was the youngest, her eyes still a little red, and she was the first to soften: "Those demon kinds, Jin Ling, all kinds of evil thieves, wanted to force Cang Li, Yin Jiu, Li Ling and others to appear, cooked the corpses of the Pure Immortal Body Wu Xiu of the Nine Li tribe in a cauldron, stripped the clothes of the female Wu Xiu, and hung them on the city gate. Such a great shame, how can we bear it?"
Yin Twenty-Four raised her chin: "We didn't do anything risky; we just snatched the corpses back from those low-cultivation Wu Xiu who collected corpses."
"It is unbearable," Yin Twenty-Three said.
Li Youyi frowned; the enemy's methods were indeed inferior, but used on Cang Li, it might have miraculous effects.
This can also be considered good news!
At least it shows they are still alive.
Li Youyi paced back and forth, looking coldly at Yin Twenty-Four: "You relied on having that blood-refining artifact; hand it over to me."
Yin Twenty-Four covered the three-headed snake bracelet on her wrist and sneered: "Don't you also rely on having the Blood Handprint Demon Armor and the Zixiao Thunder Seal?"
"You still dare to talk back?" Li Youyi said.
Yin Twenty-Four said: "We just collected corpses; you are so capable, you dare to kill Hua Yuzi, dare to fight Ge Xiantong. Rumors are flying all over the outside, saying you have died suddenly. Are we afraid? When collecting corpses, we found your corpse? Are we afraid that you will be exposed on the street and have your head gnawed by wild dogs? Li Youyi, you are a God-Hidden Person, I tell you, even if you are ten thousand miles away, one hundred thousand miles away, or even further... as long as we know the news of your death, we will definitely go and bring you back, even ten thousand miles... I will go too!"
"Just keep cursing me!"
Yin Twenty-Five had already moved a chair and placed it behind Li Youyi, who was furious.
After Li Youyi sat down, Yao Yin took the initiative to step forward and rub his shoulders and beat his back. She whispered: "We are really cautious; we will never act without authorization in the future."
"All swear in the name of the Nine Li God, you cannot leave Zhuoyuan for half a step today. In addition, prepare supper; I will bring Yin Jiu and Yin Eleven back safely. Whoever is the most obedient will have the opportunity to get the Dragon Bone and Dragon Seed." Li Youyi closed his eyes, enjoying the rubbing of Yao Yin's soft jade hands.
Hearing this, the hidden people present had fiery eyes.
Yin Twenty-Four's pretty face was full of surprise: "Dragon Bone and Dragon Seed, we also have a chance to get them?"
"You? You have anti-bones all over your body, you can't refine Dragon Bones, just anger me more in the future."
"You supervise each other, heroes supervise heroes, good men supervise good men, don't make any more moths."
Li Youyi stood up, forced them all to swear, and then left Zhuoyuan.
When leaving, he looked at the corpses all over the garden, his eyes became heavy, and his determination became firmer.
He didn't see Yin Jun, so he could only communicate and discuss with his three masters.
He said: "If I impact the fifth realm of the Five Seas realm and push myself into higher waves, will it be too dangerous? Compared to me, you know this world better."
"Why are you still not giving up?"
Master Can strongly opposed it; three months of tempering Qi was his bottom line.
Li Youyi said: "I have a sense of martial arts; I have a way to stabilize magic power temporarily. After the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, I will definitely close-door cultivate for a period of time and will never be willful again."
"Then fight! It's just the Five Seas realm, what is there to be afraid of? If the Zuoqiu Gate Court and the Nine Li tribe can't even carry this little thing, it's better to throw away the signs of million-year-old gates and million-year-old clans in advance."
It was the voice of Chan Hai Guan Wu.
Master Spirit Tablet said: "Since you have a way to stabilize magic power temporarily, I also support you to move forward with your heart. Cultivation is like grinding a sword; hide the edge at ordinary times, and you must cut out the most gorgeous sword at the critical moment."
"For the Longevity Pill, Dragon Seed, and Dragon Bone, this risk is worth taking. The first battle as a God-Hidden Person can be fought with spirit," Master Coffin said.
End of Chapter
