Chapter 308: Escaping with Life

Qiongji Daozi stood straight on the back of the golden eagle, his green clothes like clouds, gentle and heroic, his eyes sweeping across. All three hundred patrol guards restrained their magic power, jumped off their mounts, and knelt on one knee.

"Greetings, Head Seat Senior Brother!"

Yi Yi Zhou Xue, Sikong Jingyuan, and Sikong Yanlun hurriedly bowed and saluted.

The Divine Son Head Seat was not only a Divine Son but also the First Seat of the Divine Sect, the leader of the younger generation of disciples; his power and prestige were so great that most Elders had to bow and obey orders.

Qiongji Daozi sighed: "One of you represents the patrol guards of the Heavenly Principle Palace, responsible for order and rules, patrolling for spies and traitors. The other represents the Withered Glory Palace, the enforcers of the Divine Sect. What kind of big deal is it that you have started fighting among yourselves?"

Yi Yi Zhou Xue, Sikong Jingyuan, and Sikong Yanlun all knew that Qiongji Daozi was the second disciple of the Spirit Valley Palace Master and had an unusual relationship with the Southern Venerable; they all thought he had come to protect Li Youyi, and all three felt uneasy in their hearts, not daring to speak.

Qiongji Daozi looked at the bloody ground, his gaze falling on Wang Shu's corpse: "Although this Head Seat takes the Southern Venerable as a role model and greatly appreciates her talent and character, I will never engage in favoritism. Wrong is wrong! Anyone who breaks the rules must pay the price."

"Law does not go beyond human feelings, and reason does not go beyond the human heart. You each have your own words, yet both have reason; so should the person be handed over to the patrol guards or the Withered Glory Palace?"

"Why not do it this way!"

"Yi Yi Zhou Xue, your junior brother was killed; it is only right and proper for you as a senior brother to avenge him. Sikong Jingyuan, Sikong Yanlun, Yang Qingxi will be handed over to you; you must investigate this matter to the end."

Yi Yi Zhou Xue, Sikong Jingyuan, and Sikong Yanlun were all stunned, then overjoyed in their hearts.

They secretly sighed, truly worthy of being the Divine Son Head Seat; his methods were brilliant, resolving the dispute with ease. And both sides gained something, with both face and substance taken care of.

"Head Seat Senior Brother is wise!"

The three shouted in unison.

Li Youyi looked at the Divine Son Head Seat, who had promised Yao Qingxuan to help take care of him, with eyes of disbelief.

When Yao Qingxuan left, she even told Li Youyi that if he encountered danger he couldn't solve, he should go and beg him.

Li Youyi had never thought of going to beg Qiongji Daozi, but he never expected that this person would actually kick him while he was down, wanting to drive him to his death.

Why?

Where exactly did he offend him?

Qiongji Daozi noticed Li Youyi's gaze and looked at him, a power of intent surging from his eyes: "Li Youyi, do you know your crime?"

His intent power was too strong, far more terrifying than Yi Yi Zhou Xue's Dao Heart manifestation, striking directly at Li Youyi's spirit and soul.

If it were an ordinary Dao Seed Realm martial cultivator, they would be directly pressed to their knees.

Li Youyi only had the cultivation of the Five Seas Realm and hadn't cultivated his soul. One must reach the Dao Seed Realm, build a soul bridge, integrate part of the soul into the Dao Seed, and complete the Dao planting to slowly nourish and strengthen the soul.

"Whoosh—"

In his spirit world, three intent power stars rotated rapidly, releasing layers of spiritual light shields, blocking the intent power in Qiongji Daozi's eyes.

Li Youyi struggled bitterly, his eyes always sharp and bright, not going to explain, because explanation had no meaning. He said: "I only became the Southern Venerable's Great Disciple three days ago. Three days later, the Great Disciple is dead; can the Southern Venerable afford to lose this face? Yi Yi Zhou Xue, do you dare to kill me? If the Southern Venerable wants to kill you, will your master protect you? You are just the next Wang Shu!"

Yi Yi Zhou Xue held his spear, his fighting intent and killing intent condensing on his body, but he was left feeling cold by Li Youyi's words.

He was somewhat indecisive.

"Could it be that I am also a pawn of the master?" he pondered.

Sikong Jingyuan giggled: "Yi Yi Zhou Xue, you fear the Southern Venerable, but our brothers do not. Breaking the rules and making a mistake is a capital crime; if there is no law that treats everyone equally, how can the Divine Sect rule the world in the future?"

With the two Palace Masters of the Withered Glory Palace as their parents, Sikong Jingyuan and Sikong Yanlun had far more courage than Yi Yi Zhou Xue.

"You don't think that the only backer I have is the master herself, do you?"

Li Youyi took out the green jade array talisman given by An Xianjing and held it between two fingers: "I can control the array of the entire Southern Clear Palace because of this array talisman bestowed by the Palace Master. You don't even think about why the Palace Master values me so much? You act rashly without figuring out the reason; are you really not afraid of death?"

The green jade array talisman was worthless in private; no one would dread Li Youyi because of it, they would only kill him to silence him.

But in full view of everyone, it was like the decree of the Palace Master.

Elder Xu exclaimed: "No wonder you could cultivate the first layer of the Six-Like Burning Karma Talisman to perfection; it must be that the Palace Master taught you long ago."

Qiongji Daozi was an expert who knew the goods, seeing that the green jade array talisman was indeed the master's item, and immediately fell into deep thought.

Sikong Jingyuan and Sikong Yanlun also calmed down a lot; they had just returned from the Nether Realm of the Dead and didn't know Li Youyi's background.

They could ignore the Southern Venerable's disciple. But they had to be cautious about someone who could be personally bestowed an array talisman by the Spirit Valley Palace Master.

In other words, Li Youyi's qualification to enter and exit the Southern Clear Palace freely was the Palace Master's intention.

Was the Southern Venerable taking Li Youyi as a disciple also the Palace Master's intention?

Most importantly, in this situation, even if they snatched all the treasures, they would have to obediently return them to the Palace Master in the future; they couldn't hold onto them at all.

Li Youyi saw that everyone was intimidated and whispered to Yang Qingxi: "Go!"

As long as they returned to the Southern Clear Palace and used the array, they could absolutely resist them.

If that didn't work, they could still enter the array area where the Golden Rice was located.

The three of them retreated while staying on guard, walking among the patrol guards, nervous to the extreme. If the enemy took a risk and took action regardless of the consequences, they would die without a burial place.

Chu Tianshu stood outside the gate of the Heavenly Principle Palace, secretly deliberating in his heart.

Li Youyi's previous shouting made him very passive at this moment. Logically speaking, as a master, avenging a disciple was something no one could criticize.

But as a master, why didn't he take action to save him?

He didn't fear criticism; he feared An Xianjing seizing this handle.

Now Chu Tianshu could only continue to pretend to be searching for Tang Wanzhou, not in the mortal layer, and unaware of the situation.

"What a cunning junior; it seems he cannot be left alive. If he is allowed to grow up, wouldn't Yao Qingxuan be like a tiger with wings?"

Chu Tianshu's intent crossed dozens of li and transmitted to Yi Yi Zhou Xue: "The law does not punish the masses; let the patrol guards take action to suppress them. After killing them, Sikong Jingyuan and Sikong Yanlun will definitely take the opportunity to get a share of the spoils, as long as these two are dragged into the water. The water will be muddy!"

Yi Yi Zhou Xue understood his master's meaning, so his lips moved, blending his voice into strands of magic power, transmitting to the three hundred patrol guards.

Li Youyi and the three of them hadn't walked out of the battle array of the three hundred patrol guards when he captured Yi Yi Zhou Xue's sound transmission with his intent power, his heart sinking, and he shouted: "Run!"

"Boom!"

Li Youyi's intent power transformed into a vast spiritual light shockwave, knocking more than a dozen patrol guards in front into the air.

He had to escape the battle array at the fastest speed.

In front, ten spears thrust out in unison, forming a small array, twisting the power of the ten patrol guards into one, transforming into a huge war god phantom that punched toward Li Youyi.

The smallest battle array of the patrol guards was a ten-man array.

There were also twenty-man arrays, thirty-man arrays, hundred-man arrays...

The more people, the stronger the array's power.

Li Youyi naturally didn't fear a mere ten-man array, using an intent power light whip to blast the war god phantom apart.

He dared not linger in battle.

He unleashed Yellow Dragon Ascending the Sky, breaking away from the three hundred patrol guards' array area, appearing several zhang above the edge of the array area.

A hundred-man array was successfully formed, with an array disk a hundred zhang in diameter rotating above their heads. From the center of the array, a Grade Seven Hundred-Character Artifact level great seal flew out, its power fully displayed.

"Rumble!"

The great seal landed, smashing a huge pit into the ground.

The soil around the giant pit showed signs of melting, and the vegetation within several dozen zhang was reduced to flying ash.

Li Youyi used his movement technique to dodge a step ahead, but was shaken away by the impact of the great seal, rolling several times on the ground, and continued to flee toward the Southern Clear Palace.

As long as Yi Yi Zhou Xue didn't have the guts to join the pursuit, these patrol guards had limited speed and few experts, so he was confident he could escape back to the Southern Clear Palace.

"Rumble!"

A large number of patrol guards rode lingering spirit soul beasts, chasing Li Youyi like a tide.

Qiongji Daozi stood on the back of the Two-Headed Golden-Winged Eagle, remaining silent after Li Youyi took out the green jade array talisman. He knew that he had miscalculated today, and if he got involved again, he wouldn't be able to handle it in front of his master.

Then he fell into reflection, why did he make such a mistake?

Heavenly Heart Temple is the number one great Daoist temple in the prefecture, with flourishing incense and numerous disciples.

It was the third month of spring, branches hanging with emerald green, birds chirping pleasantly.

Yao Qingxuan wore a veil, a red mole on her brow, sitting on a cattail mat, both dignified and sacred, and mysterious and beautiful, quietly listening to the information about Spirit Spine Mountain reported by the people she left at the main altar.

Every quarter of an hour, new information was sent to the ground.

"The people of the Yang family didn't show up?" she asked softly.

The old man kneeling outside the door shook his head: "No."

"They are still able to keep their composure! Then don't worry about the Yang family; anyway, they weren't included in the calculations."

Yao Qingxuan expected that Li Youyi would definitely go to the Fourth Divine Son's Mansion to save people, and she also knew that Qiongji Daozi had a jealous personality; the more she cared about Li Youyi and praised Li Youyi, the less Qiongji Daozi would protect Li Youyi.

So she deliberately left the main altar, letting the situation develop in the direction she had deduced.

Li Youyi's identity was special, and there were too many treasures on him, with many coveting them within the Divine Sect.

Some people wanted him dead.

Some people wanted the strange insects and the Ghost Banner.

If they didn't take this opportunity to solve these problems in advance, Li Youyi would sooner or later die inexplicably.

To solve this problem, Palace Master An had to take action.

What exceeded her expectations was that Li Youyi actually took action three days later and killed Wang Zhi and Wang Shu. This strength was far stronger than she had estimated, and the commotion was much bigger.

What she didn't expect even more was that Qiongji Daozi didn't help, but actually wanted to take the opportunity to drive Li Youyi to his death.

If he could carry it through to the end and maintain an upright attitude, Yao Qingxuan could have thought more highly of him.

But after Li Youyi took out the green jade array talisman, this Divine Son Head Seat actually retreated!

Yao Qingxuan said: "Li Youyi is too bold, daring to kill even a Divine Son; we must let him suffer a little. Tell Shanze, as long as there is no life threat, there is no need to save him. Also, send a piece of information about what happened at the main altar to Palace Master An!"

Sikong Jingyuan and Sikong Yanlun followed behind the patrol guards, watching Li Youyi and the three of them getting closer and closer to the Southern Clear Palace.

Sikong Yanlun was very unwilling: "We have already offended him to death today; if we let him go just like this, the other side will definitely take revenge in the future."

Sikong Jingyuan was much calmer: "Even Yi Yi Zhou Xue doesn't dare to act rashly, and the Divine Son Head Seat is also silent, which shows that the green jade array talisman in this Li Youyi's hand is real. Just now, we were acting in our capacity as Withered Glory Palace martial cultivators, doing official business, which doesn't count as offending him to death. If we took action, there would truly be no room for maneuver."

Sikong Yanlun said: "What a pity, what a good opportunity."

"Taking action in the open doesn't count as a good opportunity," Sikong Jingyuan said.

Sikong Yanlun said: "What do you mean?"

"They cannot stay at the main altar to cultivate forever; they will definitely go out to execute missions. Taking action in the dark can avoid a lot of trouble."

Sikong Jingyuan added: "First investigate, investigate who this Li Youyi is, what his relationship with Palace Master An is, and why he can control so many treasures?"

Charging and killing all the way, leaving behind a ground full of patrol guard corpses, Li Youyi, Yang Qingxi, and Yang Qingchan rushed into the array light gauze of the Southern Clear Palace.

Li Youyi panted like an ox, covered in blood, the Blood Handprint Demon Armor having had its scriptures scattered and blood mist exhausted, his body pierced by spears with several bloody holes.

But he didn't lie down to rest, instead mobilizing his intent power to urge the Southern Clear Palace's great array with all his might.

At this moment, Li Youyi could finally laugh out loud: "Yi Yi Zhou Xue, you were bluffed by me! In this world, the most taboo thing is doing things halfway and then being indecisive. Not only failing to achieve the goal but also creating enemies for yourself."

He also sent these words to that Divine Son Head Seat.

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