Chapter 49: Five Seas Realm?

"Well come!"

Li Youyi was filled with heroic spirit and shouted loudly, then performed the Clear Void Cicada-Chasing Step, taking the lead to intercept the thick-whiskered seven-spring expert who already felt fear toward him.

With one sword strike, he opened the sea, and the yellow light stretched for a zhang, forcing him back.

Not pursuing, Li Youyi turned and rushed toward the middle-aged man with the black mole between his eyebrows, reaching his back with the sword tip before the opponent could blast open the building's main gate.

The man with the black mole was forced into a corner and had no choice but to crouch and roll to the right.

Li Youyi was waiting for this opportunity; once the opponent dodged in a panic, their vision would have a blind spot. All combat tactics, mentality, and courage would be lost because they had lost their footing.

"Swish! Swish! Swish..."

Li Youyi attacked like a storm, each sword strike faster than the last, the sword shadows like a pouring waterfall.

When the thick-whiskered seven-spring expert rushed up to rescue him, the man with the black mole had both arms severed, his shoulders bloody, as if he had turned into a human stick.

He screamed hoarsely, unable to accept his own miserable state.

The thick-whiskered seven-spring expert was terrified, all his battle intent gone, and he turned and fled.

And the man with the black mole, who looked like a human stick, had a stronger desire to survive than him and had already taken a step toward the main gate first.

"Having crossed that door, you still want to leave?"

Li Youyi pursued him.

If a magic martial cultivator who has opened seven springs has a tenacious fighting will, the courage to fight to the death, a calm and rational mind, and the spirit of "who else but me," then in a head-on confrontation, it would not be easy for Li Youyi to deal with any one of them.

With the two of them working together, they could even pose a life-and-death threat to Li Youyi.

But once their spirit collapsed and they started to flee, it was much easier for Li Youyi to deal with them.

"What on earth are they doing in that residence? Why are they fighting so fiercely? It sounds like people have already died; it's quite scary."

In the distance, in the brothel across the street, many young women dressed in flashy clothes stood by the railings, some curious, some frightened, some excited, talking and exchanging with the wealthy guests beside them.

"Such thick black fog, could it be passing spirits and evil demons?"

"Don't be afraid, we definitely won't be affected here. It's those people from the Long Lin Gang who wanted to rob the newcomers, but it seems they kicked an iron plate!" A magic martial arts expert who vaguely knew the inside story laughed like this.

"Who exactly are these newcomers, to dare to challenge the Long Lin Gang? Don't they know that the Long Lin Gang rules this district?"

"Look, the people from the City Defense Battalion have arrived."

"Arriving so late, they must be in collusion with the Long Lin Gang."

"Boom!"

The courtyard wall was smashed by the thick-whiskered seven-spring expert, creating a hole the size of a person. His body flew out more than a zhang, falling onto the street on his back, as if he had been blasted out by a punch.

The rubble from the courtyard wall was scattered all over the long street.

From the direction of the brothel, screams drifted over.

"Whoosh!"

Almost in the same instant, Li Youyi leaped out of the courtyard wall, flying down with his knees to hit his chest, and then punched him until his face was unrecognizable, causing the stone slabs on the street to crack.

"Stop!"

"Rebellion, daring to kill in the streets of Nine Licheng."

A team of City Defense guards riding sturdy horses, numbering more than twenty, all armored and holding spears, shouted to stop him while still in the distance.

"Rumble!"

The sound of iron hooves came from far to near, and soon Li Youyi was surrounded.

They wore white armor, and the sturdy horses they sat on had consumed the blood of exotic beasts, causing mutations, making them nearly twice as strong as ordinary horses.

Li Youyi slowly stood up, his fists covered in blood, his gaze sweeping over the army of City Defense guards who were like a wall of copper and iron. Not intimidated by their murderous aura, he cupped his hands and bowed: "Xie Jin, a commoner of the Cangli tribe, greets you, my lords. These villains broke into a private residence and intended to commit evil; I have already subdued them."

The captain of this team of City Defense guards was named Chen Chuan, a deformed human who had opened seven springs. He was over sixty years old, had a tiger's head, and was three meters tall, looking extremely powerful and muscular.

"Even the breathing and heartbeat are gone; you call this subduing?" Chen Chuan snorted coldly.

With his cultivation, even from several zhang away, he could hear the subtle state of the person lying on the ground.

Li Youyi said: "The strike might have been a little too heavy! But this commoner had no choice; the villains' cultivation was too strong and too vicious; I had to fight for my life."

Chen Chuan knew the middle-aged man lying on the ground and also knew his strength, so he was very clear that the kid in front of him had unfathomable cultivation. He was in a dilemma for a moment, unsure whether he should offend such a powerful figure for the sake of the Long Lin Gang.

After all, the Long Lin Gang only sent him a thousand silver coins every month.

"You say you are a commoner of the Cangli tribe; do you have a commoner's register?" Chen Chuan asked.

"I do!"

Li Youyi reached into his bosom and took out the commoner's register that Zhao Zhizhuo had helped him obtain in Yao Guan City.

More than eighty percent of the people in the entire Lizhou were born into the nine great tribes, collectively known as commoners.

The commoner's register could be processed in every city in Lizhou. With the Young Clan Leader Cangli speaking up, many assessments were omitted, and it was just a formality.

Of course, things that were easy to process were also easy to forge.

In recent years, as the major tribes of Nine Li declined, coupled with years of war in the outer provinces, many external forces flooded into Lizhou, either to avoid the flames of war or to seize benefits and territory.

Many crooked and evil paths used forged commoner's registers to run rampant in Lizhou.

Chen Chuan was born into the Red Li tribe and naturally saw that Li Youyi's commoner's register was not simple; it actually had a village fiefdom on it, with an accurate geographical location.

It couldn't explain anything else, but at least it could explain that this kid's commoner's register was not forged.

Because forging such a commoner's register was easy to be exposed, and the price paid after being exposed was also very high.

With a "clatter," Chen Chuan jumped off the sturdy horse, which was also covered in white metal armor, threw the commoner's register back to Li Youyi, and then walked into the residence through the big hole in the courtyard wall, stepping on the rubble.

Seeing the scene inside clearly, Chen Chuan gasped, and his gaze toward Li Youyi suddenly had a few more points of wariness.

At the end of the street, the two Long Lin Gang members responsible for keeping watch fled in panic, disappearing into the darkness.

The residence where the Long Lin Gang leader lived occupied nearly a hundred acres, with high walls and a large courtyard, and the gate was three zhang wide.

Bone lamps hung high in front of the gate, and four deformed human magic martial arts experts stood on each side, all wearing weapons.

Yang Qingxi wore a veil and sat in the position that originally belonged to the gang leader "Xu Changlin" in the main building, flipping through the accounts of the last three months. As a pure immortal body, her hair and skin had a luster different from ordinary people, and even her five snow-onion-like jade fingers had a beauty that made one's heart tremble.

The pair of wonderful eyes not covered by the veil were spiritual and focused.

Xu Changlin, who stood to the side, Deputy Gang Leader Tang Yan, and Flag Master Shi Chuanyu were originally ruthless characters that everyone feared in this district, but at this moment, they all tried hard to restrain their gazes, not daring to have any overstepping behavior.

This was only because they knew that the young lady in front of them not only had the beauty of a pure immortal body but also had the cultivation of the Five Seas Realm and the iron-blooded means of killing while laughing.

Yang Qingxi finished flipping through and closed the account book.

Her slender fingers picked up a bamboo brush from the brush holder to play with, and she swept her beautiful eyes calmly toward the three: "Your Long Lin Gang is getting better and better at making money; the income for this quarter is equal to half a year last year. Should I praise you, or should I reward you?"

Deputy Gang Leader Tang Yan smiled flatteringly: "Making money for the young lady is our duty... Ah..."

"Swish—"

The brush flew out from Yang Qingxi's fingers like a stream of light, brushing past Tang Yan's cheek and hitting a rockery six or seven zhang away.

The rockery could not withstand the surging magic power contained in the brush and collapsed with a bang.

The rubble after the collapse splashed layers of water in the pool.

One could imagine what would happen to a person if this strike landed on them.

A bloodstain appeared on Tang Yan's cheek, and he was so scared that his legs shook like chaff. At that moment, he almost felt that he was dead for sure, his head about to explode, and he couldn't dodge at all.

Also in the Five Seas Realm, the pure immortal body was far too powerful compared to him; killing him only required an ordinary brush.

Yang Qingxi looked coldly at Tang Yan, who had been scared to the point of kneeling on the ground, and said: "The things your Long Lin Gang has done in the last few months, the specific amount of money you have earned—did you think you could hide it from the Yang tribe?"

Xu Changlin explained hurriedly: "Young Lady, it was Deputy Gang Leader Tang who recruited a powerful Insect Controller for the Long Lin Gang. That Insect Controller keeps a nest of Pincer Spiders, which must feed on human magic martial cultivators. Every time, he is the one who kills people to feed the spiders, and we only need to clean up the aftermath. Over time, the unexpected wealth harvested has been quite abundant."

Yang Qingxi did not think the Long Lin Gang could recruit any powerful Insect Controller and was not interested in this. Her gaze was serious: "For a gang to gain a foothold, it is acceptable to be a bit ruthless. But in three months at the shortest, or half a year at the longest, Lizhou will inevitably be in chaos; I only fear that you will ruin the big picture for small gains."

"In the last few days, several important friends of the Yang tribe will come to Nine Licheng from other places. Their identities are special, and it is not appropriate for them to enter the city. For the time being, you will receive them. During this period, all of you behave yourselves; don't let their whereabouts be exposed because of you."

An old man hurried to the outside of the main building, his expression urgent.

Xu Changlin gave Shi Chuanyu a look, and Shi Chuanyu bowed to Yang Qingxi before walking out quickly to ask the old man what had happened.

After some whispering, Shi Chuanyu's expression changed instantly: "Are you sure it's the Five Seas Realm?"

The old man nodded: "Very strong! The brothers who were keeping watch said that just one person made a move and killed more than a dozen of our experts, including two seven-spring guest ministers, and even Master Qi the Insect Controller was captured. Moreover, the opponent holds magic tools and even set up a spirit tablet in the courtyard, full of confidence. If this isn't the Five Seas Realm, what is?"

"What is even more terrifying is that the owner of that residence, that giant deformed human with a six-meter-tall body, never appeared from beginning to end, clearly even more unfathomable."

Shi Chuanyu's heart beat wildly, realizing that the reason he didn't detect magic power when he touched someone else's palm during the day was likely because the opponent's cultivation was too high.

The old man added: "There is one more thing."

Shi Chuanyu tried hard to calm the shock in his heart, his gaze looking toward Yang Qingxi in the building, and his mood finally settled slightly. He said: "Speak!"

"Chen Chuan of the City Defense Battalion has already rushed over, and the opponent claims to be a commoner of the Cangli tribe."

Immediately after, the old man waved his hand toward the distance.

Two strong gang members carried Zhao Zhizhuo, who had been beaten to within an inch of his life, over.

Zhao Zhizhuo lay on the ground covered in bloodstains, his face unrecognizable, his arms dislocated, his eyes swollen from blood stasis struggling to open a slit, and he said weakly: "They really are guests of the Young Clan Leader of the Cangli tribe; you Long Lin Gang... had better not have evil intentions; the Young Clan Leader will not let you go..."

After being captured, Zhao Zhizhuo had no other choice but to report the name of the Young Clan Leader, hoping to scare off the Long Lin Gang.

But he was met with the ridicule of that group of gang members and even more brutal beatings. Someone asked him why he didn't report the name of the Clan Leader of the Cangli tribe, and someone told him that reporting the name of Xu Fudu would be more useful.

Shi Chuanyu looked at the old man with a questioning gaze.

The old man was also very distressed: "At that time, who could have imagined that guests of the Cangli would rent a residence in the suburbs? Besides, he is just an old servant who opened two springs; what credibility could his words have? Everyone reports a name, and I go to verify it—then anyone could bluff us. But if the person living inside is really the Five Seas Realm... then it's hard to say!"

Yang Qingxi, sitting inside the room, naturally took all the words of the people outside into her ears. She glanced at Xu Changlin and sneered: "This is the powerful Insect Controller you were talking about? Whoever caused the trouble, go solve it yourself."

"This subordinate will definitely handle it properly."

Tang Yan stood up hurriedly and walked out, just wanting to leave this room that made him unable to breathe as quickly as possible.

Thinking of something, Yang Qingxi called him back, and after careful consideration, she said: "The Cangli have always been generous and extravagant. If it really is a powerful figure he befriended, it is unlikely they would be arranged in the suburbs. Unless there is another purpose... Investigate, you must investigate clearly for me, what exactly is their background."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 50 =====