Chapter 74: Bearded Immortal Li Yuanhua

"Ancestor! Ancestor!"

Someone on the ground was shouting.

The voice came from the head of the Drunken Dragon Bridge, near the north side. Hong Changbao looked down and saw about a dozen Miao people, among whom were actually a few from the Hong Family Stronghold.

The people of the Hong Family Stronghold are easy to recognize. The reason the Hong Family Stronghold is called the Hong Family Stronghold, and why the Miao people inside are surnamed Hong, is the same reason: they live at the source of the Hong River. Therefore, the people of the Hong Family Stronghold have a tradition of tattooing dragons on their faces, symbolizing the suppression of floods.

Some also say this is exactly why the Red-Haired Ancestor likes Hong Changbao even more than his eldest disciple, Yao Kaijiang.

However, Hong Changbao was greatly shocked at this moment. Those idiots, with Master Red-Haired Ancestor right in front, why are you calling me Ancestor? Is it that you think life in the stronghold has been too good in recent years?

He made a clawing motion in the air, and those few Miao people from the Hong Family Stronghold at the head of the Drunken Dragon Bridge were lifted into mid-air, and he separated a streak of red clouds for them.

Those few people fell onto the clouds, and Hong Changbao hurriedly said,

"You called for the Ancestor just now; did you see his immortal face and have something to say?"

These few from the Hong Family Stronghold weren't too stupid; they hurriedly kowtowed to the Red-Haired Ancestor, shouting,

"Greetings, Ancestor! We pay our respects to the Ancestor!"

The Red-Haired Ancestor, just like in the legends, was quite doting on his disciples. Even to these disciples and grand-disciples of lowly realms, he spoke kindly, saying,

"What business do you have, calling out here?"

There was a person in the Hong Family Stronghold called Yue Shanhong, who was the one just saved by Yunqi. He cried out,

"Ancestor! Today, our descendants were competing for a position at the western valley mouth of this Rotten Taoshan with the little demons of Mount Baiman, when unexpectedly, treacherous Daoists from Western Shu ambushed us from behind, slaughtering us and causing most of us to die or be injured!

"After we escaped, we gathered manpower to return to the valley to bring back our brothers' corpses, and Daoist Cheng Qieqing, a guest Daoist from the Green Dragon Cave, followed us into the valley to search for the bodies. In the valley, we encountered the Shu Daoists again. There were people among the Shu Daoists holding strange treasures and flying swords. Your descendants are ashamed; we were truly no match.

"It was Daoist Cheng who stepped in to save us. To let us escape, Daoist Cheng blocked several people alone. Now your descendants have escaped with our lives, but that righteous Daoist is still in the valley. We beg the Ancestor to display immortal magic and save him!"

The man finished speaking quickly, and after he finished, he kowtowed on the clouds incessantly, as did the others.

The Red-Haired Ancestor was somewhat surprised upon hearing this and looked toward Liu Tianfang.

Daoist Tianfang flew closer in the air, his expression solemn, and said in a low voice,

"Senior, this person is a guest at the Green Dragon Cave, and I am the one who vouched for him. I came here also wanting to find him. He came from the East and studied under Mount Sanqing!"

The Red-Haired Ancestor raised his eyebrows and suddenly said loudly,

"What you seek is only right and proper. That righteous Daoist risked danger for my disciples and is also a guest of the Green Dragon Cave. I naturally must go to save him. Daoist Tianfang, are you willing to go together?"

Liu Tianfang looked at the malevolent Qi rolling like the sea, and it was new malevolent Qi. With his abilities, he might not necessarily be able to stay for long. Now that the Red-Haired Ancestor wanted to take him along, he naturally nodded in agreement.

"You lot, stop acting here!"

The Green-Robed Ancestor gave a disdainful laugh. "It's quite a feat for you few to come up with a script in such a short time, but even if you talk until the sky falls, don't think about being the first to enter this malevolent Qi!"

This is a new malevolent Qi that has just appeared in the world. Who knows if there are any treasures gestating inside? Furthermore, entering the malevolent cavern first to probe the reality would be of great benefit for future extraction of malevolent Qi and the division of the malevolent cavern's territory. How could the Green-Robed Ancestor easily yield?

"So, do you want to have a go?"

The Red-Haired Ancestor shouted.

"If we have a go, then we have a go! We'll see the real truth in our hands!"

These two ancestors didn't know how many years they had been fighting. As they spoke, they began to fight. The two leaped onto the clouds and vanished in an instant. Instead, the spiritual energy in the sky fluctuated, wind and fire intertwined, and roars continued incessantly.

Meanwhile, Hong Changbao and Xin Chenzi also stood in opposition, both blocking the other from entering the malevolent cavern first. Liu Tianfang didn't know when he had fired an order arrow, which shot toward the East. Xin Chenzi saw it and sneered,

"The two ancestors haven't decided the winner yet. No matter how many people you call, it's useless. Besides, if it comes to calling people, my Mount Baiman doesn't fear you!"

Just as the few were confronting each other, another sword light came from the Northwest, truly fast as lightning, shredding the clouds in the sky.

The sword light drew near and transformed into a burly man. The man was also in purple Daoist robes, but his image was quite unconstrained; he had a face full of whiskers and short hair standing on end, as if he had just waded out of a sea of thunder. Behind his back, he carried a huge, dark gold leather gourd half a person tall. Just standing there in the air, he had the aura of a grandmaster.

"Li Yuanhua!"

Hong Changbao and Xin Chenzi called out the newcomer's identity at the same time.

Both being in the Southwest, these two families had constant friction with Emei, so they naturally recognized at a glance that the newcomer was the Bearded Immortal Li Yuanhua of Emei.

"Heh! It's quite lively here!"

Li Yuanhua looked at the malevolent Qi soaring into the sky, a strange light flashing in his eyes. He originally thought it was a boring little errand, but he didn't expect to run into the birth of new malevolent Qi. No matter what, he had to get a share of the spoils.

Seeing the two looking ready to explode at any moment, Li Yuanhua laughed and said,

"Two fellow Daoists, don't misunderstand. Just listen to me: my nephew somehow broke into this malevolent cavern I've never seen before and sent a message for me to come and save him. I ask everyone to make it convenient!"

"So it was your Emei junior who ambushed my disciples from behind!"

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Hong Changbao already loathed Emei and was even more annoyed by his coveting of the new malevolent Qi. Now hearing that his nephew was under Rotten Taoshan, how could he not guess that it was the treacherous Daoist who ambushed the disciples of the Red Wood Ridge? Anger surged in his heart, and he threw out a blood-colored flying knife straight at Li Yuanhua.

On the other side, Xin Chenzi heard Li Yuanhua's explanation and believed the words of the few little minions from Red Wood Ridge a bit, but today, no matter what righteous Daoist or treacherous Daoist was buried inside, no one should think about entering under the banner of saving people!

Seeing Hong Changbao make the first move, he was even more delighted. When it came to loathing Emei, no one in the world could compare to Mount Baiman. His eyes rolled, and he shouted,

"So it was your junior who ambushed my Mount Baiman disciples! Fellow Daoist Changbao, I will help you!"

After saying that, Xin Chenzi waved his empty sleeve and threw out a streak of miasma straight at Li Yuanhua. This miasma was exactly the Clear Wind Peach Fragrance Miasma he had refined by combining peach mud miasma and yin wind miasma!

Li Yuanhua saw the two attacking and laughed, "The side sects and demonic sects are indeed in cahoots. But even if you two come together, I, Li Yuanhua, do not fear!"

Only to see this Bearded Immortal pat the gourd behind him. The gourd mouth opened automatically, and a group of sword light emerged from it.

At the core of this sword light was a flying sword shimmering with silver light, but because this sword light was too intense, it made it hard for people to see the true appearance of the flying sword clearly.

After this flying sword left the gourd, the sword light surged again, especially when flying at extreme speed, bringing up flowing light and vibrant colors, as brilliant as a comet trailing its tail.

And when the flying sword moved and attacked, it was like a white dragon dancing, or even more like a waterfall flying in the wind, truly dazzling and mesmerizing.

The flying sword first struck the blood knife, then broke the miasma poison, dividing into thousands, and fighting two with one, it didn't fall into a disadvantage at all.

Thinking back to the appearance of the precious sword "Taodu" in the hands of Li Yingqiong and Cheng Yunqi at this time, one could only call it a "flying fire stick." ===== CHAPTER 75 =====