Chapter 265

The turmoil of the engagement banquet, like a major earthquake, made Qiuzhouzhou City tense in the next few days.

The top geniuses who performed excellently at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival all stayed behind closed doors, fearing that they would be assassinated in a similar way.

All kinds of news were flying around, making people panic.

"It is said that it was one of the top people of the imperial court's Embroidered Clothes Divine Guards who took action, wanting to use this to provoke the contradiction between the Zuoqiu Sect and the Jiuli clan."

"Such a thing happened at the Zuoqiu ancestral home, and the murderer escaped; what is the difference from Zhu Huan's death? The Zuoqiu Sect really has a problem."

"But I heard that this matter might have been done by the Snow Sword Tang Ting, who has already joined forces with the demon race, wanting to rule north and south and divide Lingxiao. Originally, they were prepared to kill Zuoqiu Hongting together, but unfortunately, they didn't succeed."

"These are all rumors; the most accurate news is that the killer is a top powerhouse of the extreme west Ash Region faction, very likely Xu Fudu or Yuwen Yan, one of the two."

For several days, the Zuoqiu Sect's experts came out in full force, cleaning up the people of the extreme west Ash Region faction hidden in the city, killing them until heads rolled.

Therefore, all parties guessed that the demon race was the most suspicious.

After the change, many forces sent teams to Taoli Mountain to visit. Only a few young talents with closer relationships saw Li Youyi.

After going down the mountain.

These young talents shook their heads sadly.

"His life was saved, and the Confucian ancestor of the Zuoqiu Sect personally took action to save him, but the ancestral field was completely destroyed... In the future, he can at most become an inferior root Dao Seed Realm martial cultivator."

Someone sighed: "Shining brilliantly at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, crossing a realm, not losing to the Dragon Hall, and teaming up with the seriously injured Zuoqiu Hongting to fight to a draw with Luan Sheng Lin You, one can imagine that in the same realm, he can definitely suppress those young emperors. With such aptitude falling at the peak of life, can his heart hold up?"

"No one can hold up!"

"A person who can reach such a height must be full of love and passion for martial arts, and must value it more than his own life. Not being able to pursue martial arts is equivalent to losing his soul."

"The mouths of the people of the world are the most terrifying. They can lift a person to the sky when he is in a smooth situation. They can also step on him to death when he is in an adverse situation."

"Yesterday, I heard young disciples of the Zuoqiu Sect mocking and ridiculing in public. They think Li Youyi should just die directly; now that he is half-dead, it makes the Zuoqiu Sect very difficult to handle, and breaking off the engagement will be criticized. If they don't break it off, he will become a drag on the young emperor."

On the fifth day, a talent who went to Taoli Mountain to visit brought back a message: "Li Youyi is no longer as cheerful as he was a few days ago; it seems that he accidentally heard some gossip, and the whole person has become silent. On his neck, a sword mark appeared, with traces of stitching, although it was hidden very well, it was still observed."

"The Zuoqiu Sect has already dealt with those young disciples, directly abolishing their cultivation and sending them to guard the ancestral tombs."

"The more severe the punishment, the more it shows that this matter may be true."

"Li Youyi is completely finished; he is still too young, and his heart is not tough enough."

"A person who rose rapidly in just one year from having nothing, like a sudden wealth, how can he have such a tough state of mind? It should just be that he had some incredible opportunity a year ago!"

This anecdote of "genius falling" gradually cooled down.

After talking too much, there was no freshness; there were too many major events happening in this world.

On the eighth day after the change, a more major piece of news spread throughout the world.

The transcendent duel ended!

Several human transcendents fell, and the rest were seriously injured; the Lingxiao Life Realm had reached a precarious and dangerous situation. Therefore, after the transcendents discussed, they jointly issued—the Human Longevity Person Internal Martial Arts Prohibition Order!

This order prohibits Longevity persons of major forces from participating in internal killing and fighting, and encourages them to work together to deal with forces under the demon race.

Until the transcendents recover from their injuries and come out of seclusion.

After Li Youyi learned of this order from the Hidden Lord, he was puzzled: "Can it be prohibited?"

"It can't be prohibited! But with this order, the struggle between major forces will be eased to a level that everyone can accept." The Hidden Lord said: "It is equivalent to returning to before the war broke out; at that time, there was a potential rule."

"Human affairs are decided by humans; Longevity persons cannot interfere."

"Once they interfere, the contradictions will continue to escalate, and eventually, all the transcendents who have been seriously injured will be involved."

"Dao Seed Realm martial cultivators have the title of human hegemons because for thousands of years, the Lingxiao Life Realm has had such a potential rule. Dao Seed Realm martial cultivators play an extremely important role in the competition for world affairs."

Li Youyi nodded: "I think, if there is a choice, Longevity Realm martial cultivators also don't want to be entangled in these worldly affairs and are happy to leave it to the next generation to handle. Pursuing longevity is more fascinating than pursuing human interests."

The Hidden Lord said: "Do you know why the transcendents don't directly and comprehensively prohibit the fighting between human martial cultivators?"

"The war has been fought for eleven years, and too much hatred has been accumulated. Being able to guide everyone to resist the demon race together, I think, is already the result of compromise by all parties; wanting to comprehensively prohibit martial arts... will only make the transcendents' decrees as ridiculous as waste paper." Li Youyi said.

The Hidden Lord nodded lightly: "Once this order is issued, I must also retreat to the background. The number one person in the Dao Seed Realm on the surface of the Jiuli clan is Hidden Twenty-Four's father, Yao Xingyue."

"The number one expert in the Dao Seed Realm of the Jiuli Hidden Sect is Hidden One. There is a way to find him on the 'Hidden Person Roster'."

"By the way, the Due Temple Immortal Master has returned and originally wanted to come and check your injuries; I used the excuse that you had just committed suicide and could not be stimulated, and dealt with it."

"The ancestor of the Zuoqiu Sect's Confucian line will say a few tactful bad words about you there; I think the Immortal Master will be extremely disappointed in you."

"The Immortal Master is also seriously injured and will not put his energy on you; he should return to the Due Temple in the near future. Once he leaves, you don't have to make yourself so miserable!"

The suicide play itself was used to block the Due Temple Immortal Master.

Otherwise, if the Immortal Master took Li Youyi to the Due Temple for treatment, he would have absolutely no reason to refuse.

The Hidden Lord said: "Because the invitations and tickets for the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival were either lost or chaotic, they cannot be counted again. The Immortal Master decided to draw some martial cultivators with the highest aptitude and most outstanding performance from various forces to take them back to the Due Temple for cultivation, reshape their trace veins, wind mansions, and ancestral fields, and build the strongest foundation."

"Currently, there are ten spots, nine of which have been decided: Li Youyi, Zuoqiu Hongting, Ge Xiantong, Cang Li, Tang Wanqiu, Zhu Yibai, Lu Cangsheng, Jiang Ning, and Hidden Nine."

According to the regulations of the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, only martial cultivators who have collected all the Dragon Bone tickets or Dragon Seed tickets from one of the Eastern, Southern, Western, or Northern regions have this special reward. In fact, no one did it.

Now that the Longevity Pills, Dragon Seeds, and Dragon Bones are lost, the Due Temple can only make up for it in this way.

Li Youyi said: "Give my spot to Yao Yin; with her aptitude, she will definitely be able to catch the eye of the Due Temple Immortal Master."

"I'm afraid it's not easy to talk about; the Jiuli clan already has Cang Li and Hidden Nine inside. The two of them are justified, and no one can pick out any faults." The Hidden Lord said.

Li Youyi took out a stack of invitations and handed them over: "Use this to talk!"

The Due Temple Immortal Master was obviously worried that things would change if they dragged on, and after selecting the ten spots, he prepared to set off the next day.

Before leaving.

Zuoqiu Hongting came to visit Li Youyi to say goodbye.

She thought Li Youyi didn't know that everyone was going to the Due Temple for cultivation, so she hid it and said: "I will travel far, three years at the longest, one year at the shortest. Cultivate your injuries well at Taoli Mountain, and wait for me to return."

Li Youyi struggled to support his body and sat up from the bed, his face pale, squeezing out a smile: "Going to the Due Temple?"

Zuoqiu Hongting said: "Yes!"

"Don't be so careful; I'm not that fragile. Going to the Due Temple to reshape the foundation is good; you can walk more steadily and further in the future..." Speaking of this, Li Youyi's eyes were sad, and he remained silent.

Zuoqiu Hongting didn't know how to comfort him, so she performed the Disguise Technique, transformed into Li Youyi's appearance, sat beside him like a twin brother, hugged his neck, and laughed: "You kid, don't look like the sky has fallen; have you forgotten that you can also practice mental power? You are an incredible insect controller. Cultivating mental power to the extreme is definitely no worse than martial arts."

"Haha, that's right, I can still practice mental power! Don't worry, I'm fine, I'm really fine, I'm not that fragile." Li Youyi said.

Hearing Li Youyi emphasize "I'm not that fragile" twice, Zuoqiu Hongting felt uncomfortable for him, and forced a smile: "Tell you a good news, Jiang Beauty came to see me and said some inexplicable things to me. She felt that I would dislike you, and asked me to let go earlier, saying she would take you to Fuzhou. How about it, are you happy? She seems to really have some interest in you!"

Li Youyi was of course happy that Jiang Ning cared so much about him, but he sighed in his mouth: "She is just pitying me! Pity is temporary, but feelings need to be tested by time. There is more than one person going to the Due Temple, right? After you go, you will definitely meet many stunning people, and your heart will fly higher... I'm a little tired, you can leave..."

Li Youyi's emotions changed suddenly, and he directly issued an order to evict the guest.

Zuoqiu Hongting walked out of the room, looked at Li Ling outside, and sighed: "Take good care of him, don't let him hear those messy bad words again. Whoever chews their tongue again, cut their tongue directly."

That evening, the Due Temple Immortal Master led the ten chosen proud sons of heaven, took a strange bird, and disappeared into the colorful clouds in the sky.

Li Youyi, supported by Li Ling, walked out of the room and looked into the distance, only seeing the last small bird shadow light spot on the horizon, and secretly thought: "My Brother Zuoqiu, there is really no other way; when you come back, I will apologize to you properly."

Yao Yin replaced Li Youyi's spot and went to the Due Temple.

Since obtaining the battle method intent of the Jiuli God, the ice-cold energy in her body had never flared up again, so Li Youyi did not take her to see Chan Hai Guan Wu for the time being.

Time flew by, and half a year passed.

On the Tang Gu Sea, thick fog rose.

Xihe flowers floated all over the sea, emitting bright light, like thousands of divine lamps.

The Fusang Divine Tree in the distance, with rugged trunks, grew straight to the sky, and the leaves were like thousands of moons hanging in the universe.

A jade boat more than thirty meters long floated on the sea.

Li Youyi sat at the bow of the boat, breathing and exhaling, using the power of the Fusang Divine Tree to temper the magic power in his wind mansion.

Since completing the tempering of the Fourth Sea and the Fifth Sea two months ago, he had begun to cultivate the Sixth Sea "Wind Mansion".

The Wind Mansion is a living inner world.

When opened in the Gushing Spring Realm, many martial cultivators' wind mansions are only the size of a fist.

Two months of cultivation, with the help of the Dao Lotus, Li Youyi's wind mansion had expanded to ten thousand square feet.

The way of expansion is to continuously accumulate Qi and support the wind mansion.

(End of chapter)