Chapter 96

Summer passed and autumn came, two months later.

Yin Thirteen sat upright on a four-meter-long magic artifact jade boat, his body steady, unaffected by the turbulent water flow, along the complex underground blood river, entering this vast river valley where the Nine Li Insect Valley is located.

He was about twenty years old, his face round and soft, his skin white, and he had a small tuft of beard on his chin.

Walking to the high cliff wall engraved with "Nine Li Insect Valley", the jade boat docked on the right bank of the blood river.

As a Five Seas Realm expert and one of the wind agents for the Nine Li Hidden Sect to collect information outside, Yin Thirteen was one of the few Hidden People who mastered the route from the underground river to the Nine Li Insect Valley.

As for Yin Twenty-three, Yin Twenty-four, and Yin Twenty-five, these young people didn't even have the qualifications to officially graduate and needed to practice and grow in the Hidden Sect.

After Yin Thirteen landed, he stretched his palm into the void.

"Whoosh!"

The four-meter-long magic artifact jade boat flew up, turned into a delicate small boat four inches long, and fell into his palm.

A knowing smile appeared on his face. This treasure at the level of a medium magic artifact was really too easy to use. In the water, it could travel 1,800 miles a day, and ordinary fierce insects couldn't catch up. The underground river, this special transportation network that everyone feared, would be his world from now on.

"The imperial court still has good things, no wonder everyone wants to rule the world."

Putting the magic artifact jade boat into his bosom, Yin Thirteen heard the sound of battle collisions in his ears.

It was the direction of the mental power stone wall.

Is someone challenging the three people on the mental power stone wall?

Yin Thirteen was surprised in his heart and walked quickly through the purple forest, arriving at the edge of the square under the mental power stone wall.

"Thirteenth Senior Brother!"

"Seen Thirteenth Senior Brother!"

Yin Twenty-three, Yin Twenty-four, and Yin Twenty-five had long been watching the battle here and bowed to Yin Thirteen one after another.

There was no such etiquette between the three of them because the strength difference was not too big, and it was unclear who would be stronger in the future. But Yin Thirteen had entered the Hidden Sect more than ten years earlier than them, and his cultivation was already unfathomable.

"Twenty-five, why are you still so thin? I thought it was you challenging the mental power stone wall. How is it, have you reached all-silver yet?" Yin Thirteen pinched Yin Twenty-five's chest and asked with a smile, then cast his gaze on the one person and one shadow fighting in the center of the square, his eyes instantly fixed.

Yin Twenty-five felt pain in his chest and could only endure it, saying: "Almost! But even if the trace veins are all-silver, don't think about holding on for twenty moves under Yin Nine Axe... The gap between ninety-one trace veins and one hundred trace veins is not ordinary."

"Did Yin Nine lose? Who is this kid, actually challenging a Hundred Veins All-Silver Yang Yang Shenjing."

The more Yin Thirteen watched, the more shocked he was, his eyeballs almost falling to the ground. After all, being able to fight back and forth with a Pure Immortal Body, that absolutely counts as a successor seed level figure.

Yin Twenty-five was full of emotion: "The newcomer this year, he has only been in the Hidden Sect for four months, and his combat power is growing rapidly every month, without any bottlenecks."

Except for the four Hidden People, Seeing Yao Yin in a cloud-shirt white dress stood at the edge of the square like a fairy in a painting, watching the battlefield quietly, her expression more serious than anyone else.

Several Hidden People elders of the older generation also appeared, looking out from the medicinal diet room.

Yin Thirteen stared at Li Youyi for a long time, thought of something, and suddenly realized: "So it's him, he actually joined the Hidden Sect. Interesting, really interesting!"

"Thirteenth Senior Brother knows him?" Yin Twenty-four said.

"In the past few months, he has quite a reputation in Lizhou. Especially two months ago, after destroying the Long Lin Gang, it was like poking a hole in the sky, and the Yang clan's bounty on him has been doubled again and again. An older generation figure of the Xue clan spoke out that he would personally take action to behead him to compensate for Xue Zheng. Fortunately, he is hiding in the Hidden Sect, otherwise, the Cangli tribe might not be able to protect him."

Yin Thirteen said like counting family treasures: "It is said that he is a Nine Springs Supreme Person."

"There are also rumors that his combat power is comparable to the Hundred Veins All-Silver Pure Immortal Body, and he is a successor seed of the Nine Li clan, wanting to cultivate him into the second successor after Cangli. I originally thought the rumors were too exaggerated... tsk tsk..."

"By the way, it is also said that he and the fourth young lady of the Cangli tribe are in love, but Yang Yun intervened, so he formed a grudge with the Yang clan. The story of a poor boy and a rich girl is always full of twists and turns, and the competitors are stronger than each other."

Hearing this, Seeing Yao Yin couldn't help but glance at Yin Thirteen.

Yin Twenty-four frowned: "What kind of messy rumors are these? I know Li Ling, and these two people, Li Youyi, don't look like the kind of people who would easily fall in love."

"I am a wind agent of the Hidden Sect, my news will definitely not be groundless. The Prefecture Governor's Mansion specifically investigated him. In Yao Guan, he had already met the clan leader and mistress of the Li family, and was deeply valued by the Cangli Head. For this brother-in-law, Cangli once called out to all the young generation martial cultivators, causing quite a stir." Yin Thirteen laughed.

Yin Twenty-four fell into silence, not knowing what she was thinking.

In the Nine Li clan, the "Li" surname is the largest surname.

But the only ones who can be called the "Li family" are the direct main line of the Cangli tribe, because they are the descendants of the Cang King. Cang King, the eldest son of the Nine Li God, is the nominal first main line among the descendants of the Nine Li God.

"Really strong, almost on par with the Yang Yang Shenjing, no wonder he is valued by the Cangli tribe and wants to recruit him as a son-in-law." Yin Thirteen said.

Yin Twenty-four sneered: "With someone with such top-notch talent, how could he be a son-in-law? The Cangli tribe is too self-righteous, and Li Ling is just a half-immortal body, what virtue and ability does she have?"

"Bang! Bang..."

Li Youyi's magic energy overflowed, as if wrapped in clouds and mist, continuously waving the Yellow Dragon Sword, hard-resisting the long spear danced by the Yang Yang Shenjing in his hand.

In the past two months, he tempered fifty-five golden trace veins, and his physical strength increased by a large margin.

But tempering golden trace veins delayed a lot of time, and he couldn't break through to the Ninth Spring Ancestral Field.

The biggest disadvantage of not breaking the Ancestral Field is that there is only magic energy in the Wind Mansion to perform a martial arts stunt. And the Nine Springs Supreme Person who opened the Ancestral Field can mobilize magic energy to erupt more than a dozen, or even dozens of moves of combat power beyond his own cultivation.

Just like Yin Nine, in the state of mobilizing Ancestral Field magic energy, combat power surges, and can fight back and forth with the Yang Yang Shenjing. Only when the Ancestral Field magic energy is exhausted will he be defeated immediately.

Under the blessing of golden trace veins, the magic power in Li Youyi's body flows faster and smoother, plus the increase in physical strength, he can finally withstand the attack of the Yang Yang Shenjing in the battle eruption state of mobilizing Ancestral Field magic energy. Before, it was hard to block even one move.

"What a powerful Yang Yang Shenjing, is his Ancestral Field magic energy so abundant?"

Li Youyi resisted until the thirty-first move, finally feeling the exhaustion of the Yang Yang Shenjing's Ancestral Field magic energy, and the combat power quickly slipped to the normal state. So, he decisively counterattacked, and various Heavenly Dao Law Convergence moves hit out like a landslide.

Seven moves later.

"Boom!"

Li Youyi split the Yang Yang Shenjing in half with one sword, turning into two groups of spirit light magic energy, flying into the mental power stone wall.

Li Youyi stood on the square, exhaled a long breath, looked at the bloodstain on the tiger's mouth, and secretly thought: "With Eight Springs cultivation, it is still too difficult to hard-resist the battle eruption state of the Hundred Veins All-Silver Pure Immortal Body mobilizing Ancestral Field magic energy! Must break through to Nine Springs, should be able to crush it in one or two moves."

"A difference of one realm is a difference of heaven and earth."

Yin Thirteen stared at Li Youyi who was sitting and adjusting his breath, gradually digesting the shock, and then many doubts arose: "If I didn't see it wrong just now... he didn't mobilize Ancestral Field magic energy at all? Defeated the Hundred Veins All-Silver Pure Immortal Body with normal combat power?"

The other three Hidden People all had strange expressions. They knew some inside information and seriously suspected that Li Youyi simply hadn't broken through to the Ninth Spring.

But how is this possible?

There is no such record in history!

The several Hidden People elders watching the battle all had relaxed expressions, showing smiles, looking extremely happy.

Yin Thirteen went to pay respects.

"Little Thirteen, you rushed back from the underground river, is there anything important?" the old man guarding the gate asked.

Yin Thirteen said: "Major events have occurred frequently in the past few months, especially the great changes in Burial Xianzhen, which have attracted the eyes of practitioners in the world. I entered the underground river from that side and rushed back specifically, intending to see the Hidden Lord."

The old man guarding the gate is the organizer of external information, responsible for handing important news to the Hidden Lord. He asked: "Are there new changes in Burial Xianzhen?"

Yin Thirteen nodded: "The Immortal Mist space inside Burial Xianzhen expanded violently a few days ago, and some special treasures were constantly born. Even the Four Extreme Ape King appeared six days ago, the entire sky was covered by demon energy, a black patch of several hundred miles."

The Hidden People elders present were all moved.

The Four Extreme Ape King entrenched in Tianya Ridge is the most terrifying evil demon in the Southern Region. Every time he has a birthday, all parties in the seven provinces of the Southern Region must send gifts, otherwise it is disrespectful and will bring about a monstrous disaster. Even the three barbarian thieves Coffin Mountain "Xu Fudu", Earth Wolf King Army "Shi Na'er", and Night City "Yuwen Yan" all have to pay respects.

Such an existence coming to Lizhou, the major forces in Lizhou must all tremble.

The old man guarding the gate asked: "Does the Zuoqiu Courtyard have any movements?"

In the Southern Region, the Zuoqiu Courtyard is the first speaker, the door of the ten-million-strong courtyard is very high, and the demon king also has to retreat. If the Nine Li clan had not declined, they would naturally have this strength.

Yin Thirteen said: "The successor of the Zuoqiu Courtyard arrived at Burial Xianzhen, and has already fought with the successors of Cangli and Longmen, and the outcome is unknown."

"In addition, the Luan Terrace Angel arrived in Lizhou half a month ago, visited the clan leaders of the nine major tribes one after another, and carried the magic decree of a certain palace master of the Lingxiao Palace. Obviously, he came to urge the Nine Li clan to send troops to suppress the barbarians, and at the same time to raise resources and food for the imperial army."

The old man guarding the gate snorted coldly: "This is treating the Nine Li clan as a granary and treasury, everyone wants to take a bite."

"The Luan Terrace Angel represents the imperial court after all, the Lingxiao Palace is still not down, and Yu Yaozi is still the world's number one expert, no one can afford to offend."

Yin Thirteen added: "This Luan Terrace Angel is said to be extremely young and has already called out to the Longmen successor, saying he will behead him in Lizhou."

The old man guarding the gate sighed.

The Lingxiao Palace and the Longmen, the Nine Li clan can't afford to offend either side now, whoever dies in Lizhou is a disaster.

(End of chapter)