Chapter 270: The Qingyun Carriage Firm

The Qingyun Carriage Firm is located in the outer city district of the West City.

Under the cover of night, within the garden-like, massive carriage yard, hundreds of carriages of all sizes are parked in centipede-like formations. Under the lights, one can hear the restless movements and cries from the stables and the exotic beast lake, as well as the sounds of busy coachmen, craftsmen, and stable hands.

Unlike the inner city, which is covered by protective city arrays at all times, the outer city is vast, a place where dragons and fish mix, with frequent movement of people.

This is one of the reasons why Wang Zhi dares to return!

At this moment, Wang Zhi and the owner of the Qingyun Carriage Firm, Wang Shouxin, are sitting in a room on the second floor of the west shed; they do not look like foster son and foster father, but rather like equals.

Wang Zhi appears to be about fifteen or sixteen years old; he is the youth who drove the carriage for Yang Qingxi that day.

Wang Zhi is wearing a magical night-traveling garment, his eyes deep and gloomy: "Li Youyi is too cunning! Clearly, reports were heard that he had descended Taoli Mountain, but he disappeared very quickly, and there is absolutely no trace to be found."

Wang Shouxin said: "Although he has been crippled, he is still a God-Hidden Person of the Nine Li Hidden Sect after all, and who knows how much power he might still command behind the scenes. Before the Fourth Divine Son arrives, we must not act rashly."

Wang Zhi smiled slightly: "He is the person the Southern Venerable specifically named; if we can capture him, it will be a great merit."

"What exactly is the situation underground in the Prefecture?" Wang Shouxin asked.

"Only those above the Elder level know about this matter; I only heard the Southern Venerable and Elder Qiu discussing it once, saying that a great event is about to be accomplished!"

Immediately following this, Wang Zhi's eyes turned cold again: "The biggest problem now is that the imperial court and the various righteous armies have actually united temporarily because of the demon race, and are no longer fighting among themselves."

Wang Shouxin's heart skipped a beat, sensing that something was wrong.

All sounds outside the door vanished in an instant, eerily quiet.

"May I ask which sacred personage has arrived?"

Wang Shouxin's eyelids jerked upward, cold light shooting from his pupils, the magic power within his body surging like a river, and he struck a palm toward the tightly closed door in front of him.

With his cultivation, let alone a wooden door, he could shatter a city gate made of steel with a single palm.

A strange thing happened.

This overbearing and peerless palm strike was actually neutralized by an invisible force. Water-like ripples appeared in the air around the wooden door in front.

"Whoosh!"

Shi Jiuzhai's burly figure appeared out of thin air, standing inside the room, standing before the door and laughing: "Keep talking, this Dharma King still wants to hear more. Tonight's unexpected harvest is truly not small."

"Shi Jiuzhai!"

Wang Shouxin was terrified beyond measure, recognizing this fierce and savage bandit who has great fame throughout the entire Southern Region.

While shouting those three words, he spat out a mouthful of magic power. Wrapped within the magic power was a flying sword of the Hundred-Character Scripture artifact level, about two feet long.

Under the urging of the magic power, the flying sword bloomed with piercing brilliance.

Densely packed scriptures emerged on the sword body.

"Boom!"

The flying sword froze at a position one foot in front of Shi Jiuzhai, ripples appearing on the sword tip one after another, unable to advance even a fraction further.

"Bang!"

Wang Zhi smashed through the wall and leaped toward the street on the west side of the Qingyun Carriage Firm.

Shi Jiuzhai glanced at the hole in the wall, spread the five fingers of his right hand, and pressed lightly toward the ground from a distance. Instantly, the entire Qingyun Carriage Firm, including the surrounding blocks, was shrouded in a vast white fog.

This is the "Dao Heart Outer Manifestation," which can reach a radius of three miles, turning into his independent world.

Of course, the further out, the weaker the control.

"Bang!"

Wang Zhi had just landed on the ground and looked up; the surrounding scenery had vanished, leaving only boundless white fog.

"What a formidable Shi Jiuzhai."

The Ancestral Field trembled, and circles of spatial ripples appeared below his navel.

From the center of the spatial ripples flew out a first-grade Hundred-Character Artifact level golden whip. The golden whip, like a golden flood dragon, wrapped and enveloped his body, reaching several zhang in length.

Over a hundred profound scriptures shrouded his entire body.

"Clatter!"

Footsteps sounded, and Li Youyi walked out of the fog: "One truly cannot judge a person by their appearance! Who would have thought that a youth mingling in a carriage firm would actually be a Dao Seed Realm existence?"

Wang Zhi only has the appearance of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old, and the appearance of a Wu Xiu is often highly deceptive.

Wang Zhi grabbed the golden whip, an expression of disbelief surging in his eyes: "It's you; aren't you already crippled?"

Li Youyi said indifferently: "My Ancestral Field is merely crippled! Relying only on my Sixth Sea cultivation, I believe that beating you should be no problem. In the past half year, I have made great progress."

Wang Zhi sneered: "I'm afraid you still underestimate the combat power of a Dao Seed Realm Wu Xiu."

"Being able to cultivate an Ancestral Field, you are naturally not weak, and at the same realm, you are not comparable to those inferior-root Dao Seed Realm cultivators. What about Qingxi? I miss her very much; where is she?" Li Youyi said.

Wang Zhi frowned deeply; even he could not grasp the true relationship between Li Youyi and Yang Qingxi.

Li Youyi said: "Then let me change the question, what about Qi Xiao?"

"Swish!"

Wang Zhi's expression changed, magic power like a swimming dragon on his arm, and instantly the golden whip turned into a bolt of golden lightning and flew out, its speed extremely fast.

A harsh tearing sound appeared in the air.

Li Youyi calmly dealt with the intent force on the opponent's body, raised one hand forward, and instantly, countless hand seals appeared. Behind him, a five-zhang-tall battle-method intent divine shadow rose.

One of the Twelve Scattered Hands, Spirit Treasure Snatch.

The golden whip's power was fierce, tearing open a white fog area several hundred meters long, and a half-meter-deep groove was struck into the ground.

A single whip could carve a river channel on flat ground!

But this Hundred-Character Artifact of immense power was steadily caught in Li Youyi's hand. Ignoring the shock written all over Wang Zhi's face, the magic power in his one hundred and twenty golden meridians circulated in unison, his wrist exerted force, and an overbearing pulling force erupted.

"How is it possible..."

Wang Zhi did not expect that a Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu could have strength exceeding his own.

Quickly suppressing the shock in his heart, he no longer resisted Li Youyi, but instead took the initiative to charge toward Li Youyi.

Magic power energy overflowed from his entire body, his fingers rotated in the void to form a palm, and instantly, the white fog within ten zhang twisted along with it, a small sun appearing in his palm, its light and heat both astonishing.

He struck with a palm!

The opponent's palm force collided like a great mountain.

Li Youyi took a deep breath, and ten battle-method intents appeared behind him simultaneously. With a flying kick, a jade tripod light shadow appeared, colliding with the palm seal Wang Zhi had struck.

"Puff!"

Wang Zhi spat blood, his body spinning as he flew backward.

Too monstrous, how could there be ten battle-method intents?

The moment he landed, Wang Zhi suddenly sprang up, ignoring the golden whip taken away by Li Youyi, and turned to flee.

A moment later.

Wang Zhi stiffened his body and retreated step by step, with six Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors in front of him.

The seventh Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor stood on his left shoulder, its membrane wings, sharper than a magical battle sword, pressed against his neck. The membrane wings sliced through his skin, and blood flowed continuously.

"A first-grade Hundred-Character Artifact, worth tens of thousands of Gushing Spring coins."

Li Youyi put the golden whip into his boundary bag; this speed of making money made him feel very happy.

However, the most valuable things for a Dao Seed Realm Wu Xiu are their magical battle weapons.

Li Youyi looked at Wang Zhi, who was restrained by the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors: "Who is the Southern Venerable? What great event are you plotting?"

Wang Zhi gritted his snow-white teeth, his eyes becoming incomparably fanatical, laughing at Li Youyi, but saying nothing.

"They should be people from the Twin Rice Sect. It is said that there are five great Venerables in the sect, respectively responsible for the affairs of the East, South, West, and North regions and Lingxiao City. There are also twenty-eight Elders, in charge of the twenty-eight prefectures of the world."

"In the evil path, the Twin Rice Sect is the absolute leader."

Shi Jiuzhai grabbed the unconscious Wang Shouxin and walked out of the fog.

As a Dharma King of the Earth Wolf King Army, he can also be considered half a person of the evil path, and naturally has a deep understanding of the evil path.

Seeing his identity exposed, Wang Zhi said angrily: "Shi Jiuzhai, since you know we are people of the Divine Sect, you should hold awe in your heart; your Earth Wolf King Army cannot afford to provoke us."

Shi Jiuzhai couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him, and transmitted his voice to Li Youyi: "Before I acted, I wanted to tell you that such pieces buried in the dark usually have Death Spirit Fire planted in their bodies. Now the trouble is big; the followers of the Twin Rice Sect are much crazier than the dark pieces of the Sui Sect, and they are not afraid of death or torture at all. Asking for things from their mouths is as hard as ascending to heaven."

"As soon as they see no hope of living, they will take the initiative to release the Death Spirit Fire in their bodies."

"You mean I have alerted the enemy?" Li Youyi said.

Shi Jiuzhai said: "Since it's already done, then take this opportunity to set a trap and fish out a big fish."

"I'll be the bait!"

Li Youyi worried that Shi Jiuzhai might have another accident, but he was different; he had more than one guardian behind him... Thinking of this, a figure appeared in his mind, and he laughed: "Even if they have Death Spirit Fire planted in their bodies, it doesn't mean it's impossible to ask for things."

"Swish!"

Li Youyi's figure flashed, and he slapped Wang Zhi unconscious with a palm.

The unconscious Wang Zhi and Wang Shouxin lay by the lake in the Qin Garden.

Chan Hai Guan Wu was in a red dress, wearing a veil; it was her true body.

Her figure was as beautiful as a painting, her temperament noble and mysterious, and her ten snow-white jade fingers hovered above the heads of the two, releasing countless spirit light threads that drilled into their skulls.

Li Youyi had long since witnessed Chan Hai Guan Wu's soul-searching methods; even if the opponent had Death Spirit Fire planted in their body, she could still find some memory fragments.

Now, Chan Hai Guan Wu's cultivation was far superior to before, so soul-searching was naturally more certain.

Shi Jiuzhai was a bit distracted, looking at Chan Hai Guan Wu in the distance, believing that even when facing the Heavenly King Shi Na'er, he could remain calm and composed. But after this woman appeared, he felt terrified, his soul seemed to leave his body, and his heart could not settle down at all.

It was not because how strong the opponent's cultivation aura was...

It was like a natural fear!

He transmitted his voice and asked: "Which great master of supernatural powers is this?"

"Her? You'd better let matters concerning her rot in your stomach; don't mention it to anyone, otherwise you will get involved in great karma." Li Youyi said.

Shi Jiuzhai did not feel that Li Youyi was joking, and nodded cautiously.

"Sizzle!"

"Snap!"

Once soul-searching began, the Death Spirit Fire in the two people's bodies would be passively activated.

At this moment, it was already burning.

After a few breaths, they turned into two charred corpses.

The spirit light threads dissipated, and Chan Hai Guan Wu stood by the lake for a long time, saying nothing. Those beautiful eyes, full of wisdom and unfathomable depth, were in a thoughtful state.

Li Youyi walked over and asked: "Miss Chan Wu, what's wrong?"

Shi Jiuzhai hesitated for a moment and did not walk over, feeling very wary of Chan Hai Guan Wu.

Chan Hai Guan Wu looked at Li Youyi, and under the veil, her red lips parted slightly: "I didn't obtain all the memories! From what I know so far, it's already astonishing... In just a short thousand years, the Rice People of the Lingxiao Life Realm have actually grown to this extent; I must go underground in the Prefecture."

(Concerning the origin and legends of the Rice People, it was discussed in Chapter 56, 'Benevolent Rice'.)

(End of chapter)