Chapter 294: Brother-in-law

The two walked out of the main gate of the Southern Clarity Palace.

Li Youyi felt a sensation, glanced into the forest, arched his hands, and said, "Master, please wait for this disciple for a moment."

Yao Qingxuan had always liked to keep a cold demeanor, and she nodded slightly.

The Southern Clarity Palace was located south of the Spirit Valley Hall, in an area where buildings were quite concentrated, backed by low mountains, accompanied by a blood river, with dense forests in front that extended all the way to the open rice field area in the distance.

Zuo Sheng had seen Li Youyi and was an experienced figure who had lived for a hundred years, so he was dispatched by the Fourth Divine Son to call out to Li Youyi and inform him of the recent situation of Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo.

Unfortunately, Li Youyi spent most of his time cultivating in the Tang Gu Sea and never heard his calls.

Thus, Zuo Sheng waited outside the Southern Clarity Palace; as long as Li Youyi appeared, he would immediately return to report.

"Finally out, it really is him. That is..."

Zuo Sheng saw Li Youyi, and at the same time, he saw the white-clothed woman standing with him, who looked like a celestial being descended to earth. He immediately gasped, knowing who she was.

Just as he was about to leave...

"Whoosh!"

The air became viscous, as if trapped in a swamp.

"Not good, I've been wrapped in intent!"

Zuo Sheng's first reaction was to think that the Southern Venerable was going to deal with him; he never thought this intent came from Li Youyi.

Because the intent was too strong, with his cultivation at the second heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, his ability to act was severely restricted.

It wasn't until he saw Li Youyi pouncing over with a sword in hand.

"Such a strong aura."

Zuo Sheng was terrified, immediately releasing his Dao Heart External Image. Countless ice crystal patterns spread from his body, breaking through Li Youyi's intent confinement, and he hurriedly fled.

From Li Youyi's glabella, three flame light whips flew out, tearing through the void and sweeping out, forming three layers of flame waves.

Zuo Sheng had been cultivating for a hundred years, and his attainments in Dao arts were extremely high. He had already cultivated the minor art "Ice Thorn Entanglement" to the second layer. Once unleashed, his combat power could double, which was more powerful than ordinary fourth-grade hundred-character artifacts.

Dao arts are divided into minor arts, major arts, and imperial arts.

Minor arts have a total of only three layers and are the first choice for Dao Seed Realm martial cultivators.

Generally, it takes one or two years of hard practice to cultivate the first layer.

To cultivate the second layer requires more than ten years of polishing. The third layer requires a full cycle of sixty years to have a chance of success.

Of course, for Longevity Realm martial cultivators, the time to cultivate minor arts is significantly shortened.

Major arts have a total of six layers and are the first choice for Longevity Realm martial cultivators and Dao Seed Realm successors.

Similarly, cultivating the first layer, the power of a major art is far stronger than that of a minor art.

Moreover, major arts also have a fourth, fifth, and sixth layer. The further one goes, the more powerful they become, capable of destroying heaven and earth and moving mountains and seas. Only those great longevity beings who have lived for hundreds of years can cultivate major arts to the sixth layer.

It is precisely because Dao arts are difficult to cultivate that the geniuses of the younger generation generally use high-grade artifacts to make up for the gap in combat power.

Older martial cultivators prefer to use Dao arts.

Because Dao arts can be unleashed at will, are not afraid of being taken away, are not afraid of being destroyed, and forever belong to oneself.

Moreover, many Dao arts can promote the breakthrough of martial arts realms; art and method run parallel, complementing each other.

"Boom! Boom..."

Once the second-layer Ice Thorn Entanglement was unleashed, over a dozen cold ice thorns spread from Zuo Sheng's body, colliding in the void with the three Golden Crow flame light whips released from Li Youyi's glabella, whipping and whistling in the wind.

The scene was magnificent, and in an instant, the entire forest was leveled.

Everywhere was scorched ash and frozen earth.

"Such a powerful Dao art. Relying on this Dao art, Zuo Sheng is like wielding a fourth-grade hundred-character artifact to clash with me."

Li Youyi used the flame light whips and intent to drag him down, unleashed his movement technique, and pursued him quickly, wanting to keep him there.

A fourth-grade hundred-character artifact is worth hundreds of thousands of Gushing Spring coins; a martial cultivator at the second heaven of the Dao Seed Realm would have to empty their entire fortune to afford one.

But now, Zuo Sheng could unleash such combat power with just a Dao art. And given his age, how could he have only cultivated one Dao art?

Unfortunately, he ran into Li Youyi.

Li Youyi wore the Blood Handprint Demon Armor, which was at the level of a ninth-grade hundred-character artifact. Such defense could not be pierced by a minor art. Although Li Youyi had not yet reached the Dao Seed Realm and could not trigger the true power of the Blood Handprint Demon Armor.

Triggering the defense of the Blood Handprint Demon Armor, Li Youyi traveled through the ice thorns, feeling the bone-chilling cold on his face, and after closing in, he slashed down with his sword.

Two defensive ice thorns were severed, Zuo Sheng was sent flying, and his protective magic power shattered.

"How can he be so strong?"

Zuo Sheng was horrified and unleashed an escape Dao art.

"Whoosh!"

Li Youyi's glabella flickered, and his intent attack transformed into a spiderweb, covering him layer by layer.

Zuo Sheng's most powerful ability was his escape Dao art; even when encountering experts on the "Sixty-Year Record," he had a chance to escape.

But being wrapped in intent, his art was severely restricted, and even his consciousness and reactions became rigid; he was soon caught up by Li Youyi.

Zuo Sheng manipulated the ice thorns, fleeing while resisting the battle sword swung by Li Youyi: "Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo are both in the hands of the Fourth Divine Son, Li Youyi, do not be presumptuous."

Hearing this, Li Youyi's eyes grew colder. He dared not use his six-zhang-high battle intent, but the sword moves in his hand became faster and faster, forcing Zuo Sheng into perilous situations.

"This is the main altar of the Divine Sect, do not be arrogant! If you dare to kill me, the Southern Venerable will not be able to protect you, and the Withered Glory Hall will tear you into pieces and throw you into the fields to raise rice."

Zuo Sheng's space for movement became smaller and smaller, and he became less confident with every fight, feeling that his hundred years of cultivation were like a joke, forced into a state of having no power to fight back by a junior who had only cultivated for two years.

"Whoosh!"

"Crack!"

Li Youyi severed all the ice thorns Zuo Sheng released, his figure changing unpredictably, and he slashed his sword onto his shoulder.

Zuo Sheng triggered the second-grade hundred-character artifact battle robe on his body to resist, neutralizing most of the power, and his body was thrown out, falling over ten zhang away, rolling on the ground.

Li Youyi did not give Zuo Sheng a chance to stand up again, stepping down with the light and shadow of a jade cauldron, which fell with a boom.

The earth sank, and a two-zhang-wide crater appeared.

Even the cultivation of the second heaven of the Dao Seed Realm could not withstand it; the bones in his body exploded, he was severely injured on the spot, vomited blood, and could never climb up again.

"Li You... yi... yi, you cannot kill me... I know who is behind Zuoqiu Qingying... she wants to kill you... the one the Zuoqiu Sect wants to deal with you is an even more powerful figure..."

Zuo Sheng, who was older and more afraid of death, was no exception, lying at the bottom of the pit and begging for mercy.

Li Youyi rushed into the pit, took off Zuo Sheng's second-grade hundred-character artifact battle robe, and took away his boundary bag.

He had a good sense of proportion; how could he kill Zuo Sheng?

A living Zuo Sheng was the most useful.

He was currently quite short of money; with money, the Dao Seed Realm would be just around the corner.

Besides Zuo Sheng waiting outside the Southern Clarity Palace, the homeless Yang Yun was also squatting nearby.

Yang Yun could not escape, and was caught: "I can't get the money back, my sister won't want me as a brother anymore! Now, I can't even return to the Divine Maiden Mansion, wandering outside like a lonely ghost."

Li Youyi was left speechless by this move of his, moving to the side, not daring to accept his grand salute: "Get up, don't shout nonsense."

"Brother-in-law, I was wrong, I was definitely wrong before. For the sake of us being a family, give me a way to live!" Yang Yun was tearful, kneeling and crawling over.

Li Youyi moved in another direction to avoid him, noticing that many onlookers had appeared in the distance, all core disciples and true disciples of the Twin Rice Sect.

"Get up first, I have a matter here that needs you to handle for me. If you succeed, I will find a way regarding your sister."

Yang Yun raised his head, revealing joy: "The hundred thousand Gushing Spring coins?"

"If you are willing to kneel, then continue kneeling."

Li Youyi squatted down, touched Zuo Sheng's left leg, and exerted force with both hands.

"Boom!"

Zuo Sheng screamed, his left leg bone breaking.

Yang Yun was attacked by familiar memories, standing up like lightning, standing straight: "Brother-in-law, whatever you have to say, just command it."

Li Youyi said: "Go to the Fourth Divine Son for me, tell him that Zuo Sheng is in my hands, and bring fifty thousand Gushing Spring coins to redeem him; this price is very fair. As a Divine Son, if he has the heart to watch his follower live in pain, ignoring and disregarding it, I fear no one will follow his lead in the future."

"What I just said, not a single word can be missing; tell him exactly as it is."

Yang Yun was not stupid; he knew what the consequences would be if he got involved in this matter.

Li Youyi was not only using him, but also wanted to drag his sister into it.

"Boom!"

Zuo Sheng's right leg was also broken.

Yang Yun was crying without tears, regretting it so much that his intestines turned green, shivering while saying: "Brother-in-law, this is not a way to live, this is forcing me onto a dead end."

Li Youyi also broke Zuo Sheng's hands, breaking all four limbs so he wouldn't escape; this was the most barbaric, but also the most stable way.

He stood up, walked over, and patted Yang Yun on the shoulder: "Just passing a message, don't think too deeply. I am now also a member of the Divine Sect, a disciple of the Southern Venerable."

"Ah?"

Yang Yun was stunned, his scalp tingling with shock.

"Let's go!"

Yao Qingxuan had long since lost patience, heading to the Spirit Valley Hall first.

Li Youyi threw Zuo Sheng into the Southern Clarity Palace, ordered the six Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors to guard him, walked out again, and passed by Yang Yun: "Are you stupid? You doing things for me means I won't kill you. Buying a life for a hundred thousand Gushing Spring coins, what's so expensive about that?"

Yang Yun was so scared he shrank by half, kneeling on the ground.

Only then did he remember that he had once almost taken Li Youyi's life.

"Brother-in-law, rest assured, this matter is on me!"

Yang Yun crawled away, not heading to the Fourth Divine Son's mansion first, but rushing back to Yang Qingxi's Divine Maiden Mansion to bring back the explosive news that Li Youyi had apprenticed to the Southern Venerable.

Li Youyi knew very well that he could not be led by the nose by Wang Shu, and could not go to his home turf to save people; that was too passive.

Therefore, this card of Zuo Sheng had to exert its maximum value.

Previously deliberately breaking Zuo Sheng's four limbs was also done for the disciples of the Twin Rice Sect to see, thereby forcing Wang Shu to take the initiative.

He was a Divine Son, representing the face of the Twin Rice Sect; having enjoyed the glory, he was also put on the spot.

Yao Qingxuan said: "You are a newcomer; even if you apprentice to me, don't do anything too extreme. Everything must be within the rules. Once you provoke the wrath of the younger generation, I won't be able to protect you. Cultivating the Golden Rice is what you should be doing."

"They used a puppet scarecrow to assassinate me first, and Zuo Sheng was bold enough to hide outside the Southern Clarity Palace, monitoring your mansion, intending to do something untoward. Can this be tolerated? I dealt with him, reasonably and legally," Li Youyi said.

Yao Qingxuan said: "Wang Shu has reached the third realm of the Dao Seed Realm for three years, and he is very close to the fourth realm, condensing the Dao Lotus. You are not his match!"

Li Youyi asked: "Actually, I have always had a doubt in my heart. Wang Shu, he is not a pure immortal body, why can he become a Divine Son?"

Yao Qingxuan said: "The Hundred-Meridian All-Silver Pure Immortal Body is the standard for genius-level successors in the Five Seas Realm, but when it reaches the Dao Seed Realm, it may not necessarily keep up."

"Martial cultivators who fall behind in the Five Seas Realm still have a chance to catch up when they reach the Dao Seed Realm. It's just that the difficulty is very great, requiring great effort, great opportunity, or great comprehension."

"Cultivation is like sailing against the current; one must fight for every realm, and in every realm, there is a possibility of someone catching up."

Li Youyi said: "Which one does Wang Shu belong to?"

Yao Qingxuan said: "He has extremely strong comprehension, especially in the cultivation of Dao arts. He has only been in the Dao Seed Realm for three years, yet he has successfully cultivated the first layer of the major art 'Golden Armor Mountain-Moving Art,' with golden armor protecting his body, gaining extraordinary strength. Just relying on his physical strength, he is comparable to successors of the same realm, and by this, he became a Divine Son in one fell swoop."

"If he can cultivate the second layer of the 'Golden Armor Mountain-Moving Art,' he can instantly use this art to cast a Dao Lotus and reach the fourth heaven of the Dao Seed Realm."

"Before this, among the young geniuses below the fourth heaven of the Dao Seed Realm in the Divine Sect, even successors, no one has been able to cultivate major arts."

"Major arts are infinitely miraculous and cannot be piled up by time; they are attack methods cultivated by Longevity Realm giants."

It's the end of the month, asking for monthly tickets...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 295 =====