Chapter 255

Zuo Qiu Ling looked toward the Nine Heavens above Peach Plum Mountain; even a state of mind tempered by a Longevity cultivator could not hide the emotions and worries in his eyes at this moment.

He withdrew his gaze and suddenly said, "Li Youyi, do you think the world situation will evolve like the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival? Or rather, even worse."

Clearly, Zuo Qiu Ling felt that the situation tonight was just like the New Year's Eve at the beginning of the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival.

The Brother Zuoqiu Sect was facing an extremely difficult challenge; if they held on, they could usher in a new pattern for the Lingxiao Life Realm.

If they could not hold on, it might mean the destruction of the clan and the death of its people.

Facing this head of a million-strong sect, Li Li Youyi did not dare to speak recklessly, pondering for a moment before stating his point of view: "Tonight is very similar to New Year's Eve, but still different."

"When the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival began, the Far West Ash Realm was able to hide its clumsiness, not exposing its hidden power. They had always been located in the west of the Lingxiao Life Realm, and for thousands of years, they had not revealed their ambitions."

"Therefore, everyone thought that the Brother Zuoqiu Sect, supported by the Dueguan, was the biggest threat and had to be destroyed first."

"Tonight is different; the demon race has come with great momentum, and Born Qilin Zang is even boasting shamelessly—it is entirely a posture of not stopping until the human race is annihilated."

"Even if the imperial court wants to use the hands of the demon race to destroy the Brother Zuoqiu Sect, they must first protect the Brother Zuoqiu Sect right now. Otherwise, if the Southern Region falls, the next will be Lingxiao City."

"The major forces in the Northern, Eastern, and Western Regions cannot stand by and watch like they did on New Year's Eve. Because, if you don't win the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, you can flee the city. If you don't win the war of the world, there is nowhere to flee, and descendants will be slaves and livestock."

Yin Twenty-Four and Yao Yin were simply impressed by Li Li Youyi to the point of prostration—not because of how well he spoke, but because he could converse with a big figure like the Lingxiao First Head so calmly and naturally, without appearing arrogant or conceited.

The two of them, however, were extremely nervous.

It was not that they were afraid of anything, but the aura invisibly radiated by Zuo Qiu Ling was truly too strong.

Zuo Qiu Ling said, "Born Qilin Zang's cultivation has reached an unimaginable height; the array of the Qiuzhouzhoucheng can only temporarily repel it, unable to hurt it in the slightest. The Dueguan immortal master can only barely contend with it, and the transcendent beings who rushed from the Western Region were swallowed by it in one gulp; there is no one left in the entire Lingxiao Life Realm who is its opponent. It dares to start a war unscrupulously, so it must have absolute certainty."

Li Li Youyi knew very well that Zuo Qiu Ling was testing him.

A person capable of being a sect head could not possibly fail to see the predicament behind Born Qilin Zang.

Li Li Youyi said, "I think Born Qilin Zang may not have absolute certainty; it is just that the arrow is on the string and must be fired."

"At the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, with the strength and trump cards of Green Luan Sheng Lin You and the subordinate forces, it was originally a sure thing. As long as Green Luan Sheng Lin You was crowned the Hidden Dragon, Born Qilin Zang would appear in the trend, and the two forces would be superimposed; there would be no need to take action at all, and tonight countless forces would have surrendered to its command."

"The failure of the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival was clearly the result it least wanted to see."

"But forces like Tianya Ridge, Yinshan, Coffin Mountain, Longmen... etc., have all clearly taken sides. If it doesn't take action tonight, if it doesn't show the toughest attitude, how can it give these people an explanation?"

"Tianya Ridge is right under the nose of the Brother Zuoqiu Sect."

"Yinshan will be uprooted by the Snow Sword Tang Ting."

"Longmen will be punished by the imperial army at the first opportunity, and the people of the world will applaud."

"The reason Born Qilin Zang is so tough in this battle, with a posture of being determined to win, I think, is more to show its attitude to its allies to reassure them."

Zuo Qiu Ling's eyes lit up, and he nodded gently: "Born Qilin Zang did not get the support of the Dueguan; overlords like the Four-Pole Ape King and the Silver-Feathered Eagle King must be hesitant in their hearts, and it is entirely possible they could change sides again... It's here, the Supreme Magic Treasure has finally finished absorbing the magic energy..."

Just as Li Li Youyi was surprised.

An inexplicable, terrifying aura erupted from the unknown space above the Nine Heavens of Peach Plum Mountain, and countless martial cultivators in the city were shocked and collapsed to the ground.

"Whoosh!"

A dazzling ray of light, like a scorching sun in the sky, dispelled the dark night.

It illuminated the entire Qiuzhou until it became broad daylight.

The Brother Zuoqiu Sect's Supreme Magic Treasure, the "Xi Emperor Bagua Mirror," after absorbing enough magic energy from the Heavenly Law Earth Spring, flew out of Peach Plum Mountain, its supreme power vast and mighty.

The sea of clouds in the firmament boiled.

The scorching sun and bright moon derived from the Bagua Mirror formed a strange scene of the sun and moon in the sky.

Feeling that destructive aura, the Silver-Feathered Eagle King was no longer as arrogant as before, spreading its wings and fleeing in a hurry, a single flap covering over a hundred miles. But it was caught up by the Xi Emperor Bagua Mirror, and after a while, a cloud of blood mist exploded from its demonic body, and the southern sky turned completely blood-colored.

"Boom!"

The broken corpse of the Demon King fell to the ground, and a hundred-mile radius turned into a blood-red demon soil plain.

It truly was a blood-colored night, with another transcendent being fallen; the pattern of the Lingxiao Life Realm must change drastically tonight.

The firmament of this Ancestral Realm of Peach Plum Mountain had one of the best Heavenly Law Earth Springs in the Southern Region, which could explode the power of the Supreme Magic Treasure to its strongest.

Therefore, as long as a million-strong sect activates its Supreme Magic Treasure at its own base, it can almost remain invincible.

The Brother Zuoqiu Sect's second transcendent being walked out of the unknown space at the top of the mountain, his physique even more robust than Zuo Qiu Ling's. With every step he took, the void trembled, and circles of energy light spread out.

He was the one wielding the Xi Emperor Bagua Mirror.

"The Brother Zuoqiu Sect actually has a second transcendent being!"

"No wonder the Dueguan intends to choose them. Who exactly is this person? His aura is too tyrannical; he seems no less than the Second Palace Master."

The Brother Zuoqiu Sect's second transcendent being, driving the Xi Emperor Bagua Mirror, killed his way out of the Qiuzhouzhoucheng and headed straight for Born Qilin Zang.

"Boom!"

With just one strike, several hundred-meter-wide cracks appeared on the ground, extending to the end of the horizon.

Born Qilin Zang came prepared, and the Supreme Magic Treasure it carried was also fully activated, turning into a silver moon that rose and collided with the Xi Emperor Bagua Mirror.

In an instant, countless scriptures exploded, and the vast plain continuously collapsed, turning into a basin.

The transcendent being duel escalated further.

The landscape of Qiuzhou was violently changed by the fighting.

The human race's transcendent beings were rushing over quickly, and the transcendent beings of the Far West Ash Realm also appeared one after another. Magic treasures collided in the firmament, and Dao techniques either burned the sky or boiled the sea.

They fought for an entire night.

When dawn was about to break, the combat fluctuations gradually moved away.

Fighting near the Qiuzhouzhoucheng, the Xi Emperor Bagua Mirror could continuously absorb magic energy from the Heavenly Law Earth Spring, displaying its strongest power. At the same time, the attack power within the city-protecting array was also continuously released, and the demon race was completely suppressed.

Only by moving away could they dismantle the advantage of the human transcendent beings and regain the upper hand.

The martial cultivators in the city had suffered through a night of trembling, and finally breathed a sigh of relief; that aura of doomsday was too terrifying.

On the Third Heaven, Zuo Qiu Ling did not feel happy about repelling the demon race; instead, his expression was grave, and he sighed long. It was unimaginable how severe the damage to Qiuzhou was from this battle; countless civilians outside the city had died, and the city itself had suffered severe damage.

The morning sun rose.

Zuo Qiu Ling received a ten-thousand-mile urgent letter from the Western Region, his expression changing drastically: "Sounding the east while attacking the west! Could it be that the rehearsal at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival really couldn't be avoided?"

The letter stated that last night, the Zhu Men was attacked by the demon race, and the leader of the four great demon kings, the Mountain Lord Huihuo, the Que Rong ancestor, and the Purple Green Luan, one of the five Luans of the Far West Ash Realm, appeared with Supreme Magic Treasures.

The result of the battle had not yet been transmitted.

In the current situation, as a junior, one could only leave it to fate.

Peach Plum Mountain was already the safest place; outside the city, transcendent beings were fighting, and how many civilians had died without knowing why.

Zuo Qiu Ling arranged a separate cave dwelling for Li Li Youyi to go into seclusion on the Third Heaven, and ordered people to bring over medicinal soup for healing, brewed with thousand-year-old essence herbs.

The cave dwelling was built against the cliff, and there was an ancient peach tree at the entrance.

"The Brother Zuoqiu Family Head is approachable, without the arrogance of being invincible among his peers as legend says. As a Longevity Realm existence, he is polite even to a junior like me. Master Master Lingwei, the upbringing and moral cultivation of your Brother Zuoqiu Sect are indeed worthy of praise."

After opening the array of the cave dwelling, Li Li Youyi finally dared to communicate with the few people in the Blood Mud Space.

Then.

He used the Spirit Light Flame to activate the Dao Ancestor Wu Taiji Fish and entered it.

Just as he stepped into the Blood Mud Space, he saw the seven little ones lying on the medicine field, ruining his immortal soil.

His heart was both angry and happy.

"Eat, eat, sooner or later you'll ruin it all."

Li Li Youyi hurriedly packed away ten jin of immortal soil to save for shaping a Longevity Body. In the blink of an eye, he saw the Huang Long sword and the Jing Yu sword stuck in the ground; his battle weapons were recovered, and the gloom in his heart was swept away.

Chan Hai Guan Wu sat on the edge of the jade boat, her red clothes bright, her skin as white as mutton-fat jade, not cultivating, looking heavy-hearted.

Li Li Youyi didn't need to guess to know that on the Soldier Ancestor Marsh, it must have been her who took action to pull the Huang Long sword and the seven little ones into the Buddha Ancestor Sarira.

From this, it could also be inferred that her cultivation must have recovered quite a bit.

Noticing Li Li Youyi's gaze, Chan Hai Guan Wu said: "Our relationship is quite special; I can also activate the Buddha Ancestor Sarira to a certain extent."

Li Li Youyi asked: "Will it be detected by others?"

"With the blood mist and scriptures of the Blood Handprint Demon Armor covering it, in their state at that time, they couldn't detect it."

Chan Hai Guan Wu jumped off the jade boat, her expression solemn, pacing as she said: "The drastic change in the situation exceeds my expectations. I originally wanted to hide in the dark, slowly accumulating, and wait until I return to the level of a Martial Son of Heaven to do many things boldly. But now, there is no safe place in the world. If Born Qilin Zang is truly allowed to win, we will all be doomed."

Li Li Youyi said: "Do you think the major forces, even if they join hands, are not Born Qilin Zang's opponent?"

Chan Hai Guan Wu said: "The cultivation Born Qilin Zang has displayed has already pulled a large gap from all the transcendent beings. The Dueguan's Zhuang Zhuang Shiyan is actually very capable, but he can only barely contain it. What do you think of the one from the Brother Zuoqiu Sect's Vertical and Horizontal School?"

This question was clearly not asked to Li Li Youyi.

Master Master Lingwei said: "In the thousand years we have been away, that he could cultivate to this level is already beyond my expectations. But there is still a significant gap with Born Qilin Zang."

Master Guan gave Born Qilin Zang a very high evaluation: "He is already on par with me back in the day."

"His strength is above yours," Master Coffin said.

The two then began to argue.

Ignoring them, Li Li Youyi looked at Chan Hai Guan Wu and asked curiously: "I have actually always wanted to know what the purpose of the Dueguan is? Rumors in the streets say that when you defeated the Lei Xiao Sect and established the Lingxiao Palace, you had their support behind you. It is also said that the Dueguan is your sect."

"Sect... are they worthy?"

In Chan Hai Guan Wu's mind, many childhood memories surfaced, and after a while, she said: "The Dueguan, just consider them a group of investors who, at the right time, select the best forces or people, provide a certain amount of funding, and exchange it for rich returns."

(End of chapter)