Chapter 259: The World's Chaotic Situation

Zuoqiu Ting gently pushed him away, tidied his long hair and collar, and used the folding fan to draw a boundary: "It's true that we are brothers who have lived and died together, but we can't be this intimate. If people see us, they'll think we have some special hobby. If it gets out, it won't sound good for our reputation!"

"You... alas, you just like to put on airs."

Li Youyi had been deceived miserably, kept in the dark from Burial Immortal Town all the way to Qiuzhou Prefecture City. Who would have thought that "Brother Zuoqiu" was actually "Sister Zuoqiu"? Who could handle that?

Now that he knew the truth, how could he let her off so easily?

He secretly pondered in his heart.

Since she still wanted to deceive and pretend, then don't blame me for not treating you as a woman, brother. Let's see how long you can keep it up?

Now, it was Li Youyi's turn to act!

Zuoqiu Ting kept her distance from Li Youyi, crossed her arms in front of her chest in a defensive posture, and said sternly: "My sister is a pure Dao cultivator whose ambition since childhood has been to pursue the supreme realm of martial arts. She is single-minded, clear-headed, and will not be bound by the feelings between men and women. You, give up that idea!"

Li Youyi smiled, looking full of confidence: "You aren't her, how do you know she won't be moved by me? Pursuing the supreme realm of martial arts is good; it's exactly the same as my ambition, wonderful."

"On the night of the Lantern Festival, although we were just getting to know each other, we were extremely in sync, as if we had a tacit understanding. On the Ancestor of Soldiers' Marsh, she even risked exposing her supreme treasure to save me. I feel that in her heart, I must be different from other men."

The two walked along the stone path by the cliff.

Peach blossoms were fluttering on the mountain, and the fragrance was intoxicating.

Zuoqiu Ting was secretly fuming, trying her best to keep her tone calm: "You don't know each other at all; everything is your illusion, you don't understand her at all. She is a person who is hot on the outside and cold on the inside; it is very difficult to enter her heart. You aren't just seeing that she is beautiful and acting out of lust, are you?"

Li Youyi stopped, blocked her, and pretended to be serious: "In your heart, is that the kind of person I, Li Youyi, am? I have to admit, your sister does have a stunning beauty that made me fall in love at first sight. Just one glance, and I haven't been able to forget it for these past few days; it's like it's branded in my heart, making me mentally distracted, and I'm distracted doing everything."

"I was in seclusion for these seven days just to try to get rid of this feeling of being bound by emotion, but unfortunately, I failed."

"Watching the sky at dawn and the clouds at dusk, I think of you when walking, and I think of you when sitting."

Zuoqiu Ting fell into deep thought, and after a long time: "Don't blame me for not warning you, brother; my sister is a very difficult person to get along with. You had better restrain your emotions, lest you get hurt even deeper in the future."

Li Youyi was holding back very uncomfortably; if they kept talking, he felt he would be the first to burst out laughing, so: "Fine, you're right. She is a direct descendant of a thousand-sect family, and what am I? It is indeed a bit of wishful thinking... Has the crisis in Qiuzhou Prefecture City been resolved? What is the situation now?"

Zuoqiu Ting breathed a secret sigh of relief and returned to her calm and dashing state: "The crisis is temporarily resolved! But the top-tier powerhouses are still fighting, and no one knows what earth-shattering things will happen next."

"Transcendental duels have a huge impact; a slight carelessness relates to the survival of a clan."

"In the nearly eleven years of war between the various rebel armies and the imperial court, the number of transcendent beings who have fallen combined is not as many as in these seven days. It really is heaven collapsing and earth cracking; the impact is even more terrifying than many wise men's simulations of transcendental duels."

Li Youyi said in surprise: "In the past eleven years of war, the imperial court had experts as numerous as clouds, yet they allowed the rebel armies to rise everywhere?"

Zuoqiu Ting shook her head: "The imperial court has been suppressing the rebellions, but just as one force was held down here, several more would pop up there. Later, the whole world fell into chaos, every province rebelled, everyone rebelled, and it was impossible to suppress them. They could only constantly shrink the territory of their core control area."

"No matter how strong the imperial court is, it cannot be stronger than the people of the world."

"In addition, the imperial court and the rebel armies have always been avoiding direct collisions between transcendent beings, intentionally controlling the intensity of the war. They are just afraid of the current situation. They are even more afraid that their top combat power will suffer both losses and be taken advantage of by the Far West Ash Region and the Ghost Realm of the Dead."

"Of course, the most fundamental reason is that the imperial court still has Yujaozi as a trump card, believing that as long as she takes action, all the current rebel armies and crises will be solved."

"The large-scale transcendental duels that have broken out in the past few days have not appeared in the past thousand years."

"It really is pulling one hair and moving the whole body; almost all the top figures in the entire Lingxiao Life Realm have been alarmed."

"According to the news sent back to Qiuzhou Prefecture City, several transcendent beings have already fallen, and even more are seriously injured. One can imagine that the forces of these fallen transcendent beings will surely have a miserable end in the next few years."

"Even more miserable are the common people in each province. After seven days of great war, I'm afraid the casualties exceed ten million, or even tens of millions. How many families is this? How much blood and tears?"

Li Youyi followed Zuoqiu Ting's gaze, looking far toward the city gate, and saw a large number of refugee teams. His mood was as heavy as hers. He secretly rejoiced that he had stayed at Taoli Mountain, otherwise, he might have become one of those turned into ashes.

He said: "Did the transcendental duel affect other prefectures?"

Zuoqiu Ting nodded: "In the Southern Territory, they fought from Qiuzhou to Fuzhou, and from Fuzhou to the Eastern Territory. The Thunder Heaven Sect and the Dragon Gate have both served as battlefields. According to the news sent back today, the battle is moving west again, and it seems they won't stop until the Zhu Men is destroyed."

Li Youyi frowned: "Why would it be like this?"

"What's wrong?" Zuoqiu Ting said.

Li Youyi said: "Qiuzhou and Fuzhou in the Southern Territory are both wealthy prefectures that have not been affected by war for eleven years. The core prefectures of the Thunder Heaven Sect and the Dragon Gate in the Eastern Territory must also be the same. The core prefecture of the Zhu Men in the Western Territory goes without saying."

Zuoqiu Ting understood what Li Youyi meant and nodded: "Fighting in densely populated prefectures that have not experienced war, it is clear that the initiative has been firmly grasped by the demon race, and the human transcendent beings can only be led by the nose. After this battle, the population of the Lingxiao Life Realm will surely plummet, and the human race will be exhausted dealing with relief, reconstruction, famine, plague, and so on for a long time. Is Qilin Zang preparing for a protracted war?"

"How can we guess the thoughts of beings at that level?"

Li Youyi thought of something and asked: "What about the Northern Territory?"

Zuoqiu Ting said: "The Northern Territory has not been affected yet."

"That is a bit strange!"

Li Youyi said: "Qilin Zang cannot be unaware that the Snow Sword Tang Ting is a powerful force second only to the imperial court. How could it not lead the flames of war to the Northern Territory to weaken them?"

Zuoqiu Ting said: "The Snow Sword Tang Ting should not have cooperated with the demon race; the transcendent beings of the Northern Territory almost all came for this battle and contributed a lot."

"Forget it, with our cultivation, why think about these things?"

Li Youyi asked with concern: "With the demon race making such a scene, do you think Crossing Tribulation Temple will still redeem the tickets we collected at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival?"

Zuoqiu Ting said: "Hard to say! The dragon seeds and dragon bones are limited; once lost, they cannot be replaced. As for the Longevity Pills... alas, now the invitations and tickets in everyone's hands are almost all lost, and it is impossible to count them. Let's wait; we can only wait for the transcendental duel to end and see how Crossing Tribulation Temple remedies it."

Li Youyi and Zuoqiu Ting arrived at the place where the Jiuli Tribe Wu Xiu were recovering from their injuries.

Cang Li and Yin Jiu had already woken up and gone to a separate place for seclusion and recuperation.

They did not see Yin Jun and the two old men, Qin Zhuo.

A young Wu Xiu walked over quickly and reported something to Zuoqiu Ting via magic power transmission.

Zuoqiu Ting looked at Li Youyi: "Brother Youyi, do you want to go down the mountain for a stroll? The corpse of the Silver Feather Demon King has been transported back and is at the city gate. Some of the transcendent flesh and blood will be taken out for sale. This is good stuff for helping with body tempering!"

"There are many monks and little porridge, so we must go and snatch it. I reckon that even if some is sent to Taoli Mountain, there won't be many pounds left for us juniors."

Li Youyi was just about to go down the mountain to buy elixirs for cultivating thought power, in order to break through as soon as possible and go to the Fusang Divine Tree to refine Qi, so he gladly agreed.

The two went down the mountain.

An old man was already driving a carriage and stopped at the mountain gate.

"Young Master Zuoqiu, Brother Li, where are you two going?"

Qi Xiao arrived in a gorgeous carriage and stopped in front of the two, then pulled himself out from between two twin-like rice-person beauties.

After jumping out of the carriage, he tossed his hair in high spirits and laughed: "I thought you were still seriously injured in bed and was about to go up the mountain to visit. As expected of the Hundred Veins All Silver and Hundred Veins All Gold, the speed of healing is beyond reach."

"However, I, Old Qi, won't be humble! I am now worlds apart from before, and you two may not be my match. Haha!"

Li Youyi had noticed Qi Xiao when he got out of the carriage!

His eyes were sharp, his spirit was vigorous, and the purity of the magic power overflowing from his pores far exceeded the sixth-tier Qi, reaching a brand new height.

Even more remarkable was the invisible Dao rhyme on Qi Xiao, as if he had merged with heaven and earth.

At the same time, he had his own independent field. Within this field, any Five Sea realm Wu Xiu would probably be killed by him with one palm. And they would be locked on tightly, unable to escape.

Li Youyi said: "Why do I feel that you are now even more terrifying than Ge Xiantong and Luan Sheng Lin You of the Five Sea realm?"

"Human Overlord, Dao Seed realm," Zuoqiu Ting said.

"That's right, I am now one of the human overlords, possessing the qualifications to establish a sect. Completely transcending mortals, the essence of life has changed. As long as I am willing, I can even use part of my magic power to maintain my youth, and I can still maintain a relatively young state at one hundred years old."

Qi Xiao was naturally in high spirits. Reaching the Dao Seed realm meant possessing the ability to stand on one's own and walk the world, officially stepping into the ranks of experts.

Many old fellows in the clan whom he had to look up to before were only in the Dao Seed realm.

Qi Xiao added: "Brother Youyi, is it not normal for a Dao Seed realm expert to be stronger than a Five Sea realm Wu Xiu?"

"I, in the Spring Realm, opened nine springs; in the Five Sea realm, I cultivated seven seas, and I am a pure immortal body, with a dragon seed planting the Dao. How can a person like me be compared to those inferior Dao Seed realm Wu Xiu with eight springs and six seas?"

Zuoqiu Ting said coldly: "Speak properly."

Qi Xiao naturally did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Zuoqiu Ting, even though he was already a Dao Seed realm expert.

He hurriedly restrained his arrogance: "Just broke through the realm, got a bit carried away! Everyone is in the Dao Seed realm, there is no distinction between high and low."