Chapter 366

What Li Zhuiyuan held in his hand was the remnant spirit of Zhao Wuyang.

Although incomplete, it was absolutely more than enough to help Yu Dibei temporarily elevate his status and replenish that breath of Long Wang Qi.

After all, for this Long Wang of humble origins, the thing he lacked least was that indomitable, courageous spirit and charm.

Back when the Jiujiang Zhao clan was annihilated, it was the remnant spirit of the Zhao family Long Wang that had voluntarily chosen Li Zhuiyuan, and in the mysterious depths of fate, it had even sighed:

Your family's spirit is gone.

Before Zhao Wuyang died, he set up his arrangements, not hesitating to decompose his own corpse to suppress the evil flood dragon; after death, he did not care about the breaking of his own family's inheritance, but instead felt heartache for another family's child.

Moreover, this child was the very culprit who had destroyed his own family's inheritance.

Li Zhuiyuan naturally understood how important the Long Wang's spirit was. With it by his side, he could not only receive a certain amount of protection from fortune at any time, but also have an additional means of defending against enemies within his own mental consciousness.

Yet, the youth still gave it away without the slightest hesitation.

Because in Li Zhuiyuan's view, this was the best destination for this Zhao family Long Wang.

He would transform into a spark, igniting this Yu family Long Wang.

Although the one who would wake up next was Yu Tiannan, when Yu Tiannan suppressed this evil riot, there would inevitably be a figure belonging to Zhao Wuyang behind him.

The facts were indeed so; the moment Li Zhuiyuan's voice fell, that cluster of blue radiance slowly rose and merged into Yu Dibei's body.

In an instant, the condensation of pressure began to intensify, and the ripples on the surrounding pool of blood became increasingly dense.

Even though Yu Dibei was still sitting there motionless, that intangible sharpness that kept accumulating was like a physical substance, making people subconsciously want to avoid it.

This scene was a world of difference from earlier, when the little yellow dog was licking the back of his hand and licking blood, lying in Yu Dibei's arms and calling for its master to wake up quickly.

Di Ting stood there, and this time, not only his yellow right eye, but even his golden left eye revealed astonishment.

He marveled at the youth's grand gesture, and even more so at the youth's ability to turn decay into magic.

Di Ting stuck out his tongue and licked his lips. After all, he had just spent another round of adulthood with Yu Dibei in the memory created by Li Zhuiyuan, which was equivalent to being a little yellow dog for another round, so this tongue-licking was a bit disgusting, brushing past his own nose.

"Kid, a spirit wandering outside the Long Wang's gate, even if it's a remnant spirit, you actually gave it away just like that. You truly have great courage."

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Di Ting.

The youth's gaze was calm, with only a faint, imperceptible arc at the corners of his mouth.

The old dog controlled Di Ting's body, so naturally, he could utilize Di Ting's incomparably keen insight and perception. He discovered that the youth was currently expressing a very pure emotion toward him—very shallow and faint, yet very clear.

This was... disdain.

Regardless of whether you were once the Long Wang's companion beast or are now a heinous fiend, you successfully lured the river water over, causing the river-walkers to flock here, yet in the end, the work you did was not even as good as a single river-walker.

Di Ting now had the feeling of being an evil spirit being looked down upon by the righteous person before him for not being evil enough.

Yet he couldn't refute it, because the other party had truly done it with his own hands, and it was indeed better than what he had done—and better by far.

Di Ting: "Kid, you're also from the Long Wang's family, aren't you?"

Li Zhuiyuan did not answer.

Di Ting: "The current world of river-walkers is not like it used to be."

Li Zhuiyuan stepped out of the pool of blood and came to the "shore." The trousers on his lower body had been rinsed in the pool of blood over and over again, and the congealed blood scabs on them were layered one after another, which was very uncomfortable.

Di Ting: "Kid, which family are you from?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I saw two small offering tables on either side of the large offering table outside, on which are enshrined the relics of the Yu family Long Wang's companion beasts throughout the ages. I want to know, in the Yu family ancestral residence, is there a tomb specifically built for these companion beasts? Did they die as funeral sacrifices, and are their corpses well-preserved?"

Di Ting: "You answer my question first, and then I'll tell you."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I am a successor of the Qin family, and also a successor of the Liu family."

Hearing this answer, Di Ting subconsciously looked at the rotting Ming Yuwan in the pool of blood:

"Do you know, this girl previously had a dream, dreaming that she could become the world's first successor of two Long Wang gates, hehe."

"The Qin family, my master and I encountered them back then. That was truly a respectable opponent."

"My master said that in that fierce battle, if it weren't for a sudden change in the surrounding environment, he might not have been able to win against that person."

"As for the Liu family, her sword was very sharp. You should have seen my physical body; there is a sword wound on it that is deep enough to see the bone and has never healed—that was left by a Liu family member. When I took that sword, I didn't even see clearly how she drew it. She was clearly still separated by a mountain, yet that sword suddenly fell upon me."

Li Zhuiyuan had indeed seen the old dog's physical body, but at that time its body had already rotted, and the injuries could not be seen clearly; only those two things hanging between its legs that could swing were quite conspicuous.

The youth: "Location, place."

Di Ting: "The Dragon-Phoenix position in the southwest, Earth Nine Kun... forget it, there's no need to look for the entrance. After arriving in that area, just find a crack and go down."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded.

Di Ting: "What are you going to do there now? The Long Wang stele has already cracked, and those evil spirits that were previously bound will all swarm toward the main gate. Your subordinates are all there; shouldn't you be in a hurry to help them?"

Li Zhuiyuan did not speak.

After completing the work of waking Yu Tiannan, the youth did not want to waste any more words with this old dog.

That "stupid dog" comment was indeed deliberately calculated, but it was also Li Zhuiyuan's true evaluation of this old dog.

Di Ting: "You have already finished your business, and you no longer have any trump card to continue threatening me. You dare to treat me like this—aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Take a guess, in my arrangements, is there a possibility of an accident happening after I die?"

Di Ting made a teeth-grinding sound.

He didn't believe others would do such a short-sighted thing, but precisely because he had "witnessed" the youth's true nature, he dared not gamble.

Di Ting: "You are very much like a person my master once mentioned. My master said that person was also a generation of Long Wang, but he never left any traces in history, as if even the Long Wang's inheritance had been broken in his generation."

"Yet the world of river-walkers in his generation was exceptionally clean."

"After my master finished speaking, he even patted my head and described it:

'Clean, just like a plate I've licked.'"

Li Zhuiyuan walked toward the outside of the council hall.

When passing by Di Ting, Di Ting spoke again:

"So, are you a successor of the Qin and Liu Long Wang gates, or a successor of that person?"

"Boom—! Boom—."

The trembling of the ancestral residence began again.

The evil spirits no longer restrained by the Long Wang stele rushed toward the Yu family's main gate like mad demons.

Breaking through the obstruction, leaving this place, and returning to the human world was their only belief at the moment.

Li Zhuiyuan stopped his steps and looked at Di Ting:

"Yu Tiannan still needs some time to wake up. Do you intend to stay here and wait the whole time?"

Di Ting: "My only wish is to see my master one more time."

Li Zhuiyuan: "If you continue to stay here, you will only be able to see Yu Tiannan once. But if you appear at the gate-guarding position to block those evil spirits, when Yu Tiannan wakes up, he will first suppress those evil spirits and then deal with you."

"In this way, you will be able to see your master many, many times."

Di Ting fell silent.

Li Zhuiyuan left the ancestral hall.

It was not peaceful outside, but it couldn't be called very dangerous either. Firstly, because of the old dog and the special nature of the Yu family ancestral hall, those evil spirits did not dare to come here in person; furthermore, they had no time to search for any fish that slipped through the net.

As long as they could leave the Yu family ancestral residence, there were countless living people outside to indulge in.

However, this stretch of road was indeed the most dangerous road Li Zhuiyuan had walked during this time. There was no one by his side to protect him, and what kept passing back and forth were existences that once needed to be suppressed by the Long Wang in person.

Fortunately, although there were twists and turns, there was no danger. After arriving at the location the old dog told him about, Li Zhuiyuan jumped down and slid down the crack in the ground.

Before landing, he originally wanted to turn his body in advance to dissipate the inertia by rolling, but looking at the white fur cushion in front of him, the youth simply did nothing and landed directly.

It was very soft and elastic, it was just that the fur was a bit prickly.

After getting down from it, Li Zhuiyuan saw a huge wolf head and the split skin on its chest.

It should have stood there with incomparable martial spirit, but it had been drained of almost all its blood and energy, which was why it had shriveled up.

In the corner was a glowing dagger; Li Zhuiyuan remembered the weapon's design—it was Liang Li's.

It seemed Zhao Yi had obtained what he wanted here.

However, this snow wolf was a companion beast of the Long Wang; having its blood and energy sucked away, Chen Jing should have already suffered a cultivation deviation.

Li Zhuiyuan noticed the footprints on the ground and the sprint friction marks extending from them.

Looking a little further, he could see some bloodstains left on the ground.

Was that all?

In a state of cultivation deviation, one would not distinguish between friend and foe and would kill anyone they saw.

This meant that Chen Jing had launched an attack on Zhao Yi, but this attack was not sustained; it seemed there was only this one strike.

And there were no traces of team fighting nearby, indicating that Zhao Yi had not joined forces with his subordinates to suppress and control Chen Jing.

As for the drama of using love and friendship to reform Chen Jing and make him sober, Li Zhuiyuan did not believe it.

Therefore, after Chen Jing finished absorbing the snow wolf's blood and energy, he was influenced by the snow wolf itself, causing him to still have a clear attack priority even while in a state of cultivation deviation.

Li Zhuiyuan looked around at the other dead powerful beasts standing here.

"Then you... should also have it."

After all, they were existences that followed the Long Wang from river-walking to suppressing the world of river-walkers, fighting for a lifetime. Suppressing evil spirits was an instinct branded into their bones.

The reason Li Zhuiyuan needed to consider these was that the level of these beasts was too high; his Black Leather Book secret art was barely able to "awaken" one, and if he treated it as a puppet to control, his own consumption would be even more enormous.

Moreover, for existences that had belief support even in their corpses, if he was not careful, they would break free from his control and cause him to suffer a backlash.

Look at that old dog's loyalty to its master; apart from their former master, they would absolutely not allow themselves to be enslaved by anyone else.

Furthermore, bearing such a huge risk and paying such a huge price just to get one out would be of no help.

To survive the period before Yu Tiannan woke up, he had to create a big commotion.

Although the general situation could be said to be settled, if some evil spirits took advantage of the chaos to escape, even if it was just one, it would cause immeasurable harm to the nearby people.

Li Zhuiyuan said loudly:

"The spirits of your masters have dissipated. Now, it is time for you to replace your masters and continue to fight."

The youth prepared to turn all the beasts here into "dead-risers."

They could not be controlled by him and would only act on instinct. Now, he could only hope that they would be like Chen Jing and rush out first to deal with the evil spirits above.

Even if he failed, it didn't really matter. There were so many evil spirits above; lice didn't fear being bitten, and he didn't mind having another group of big ones.

Li Zhuiyuan walked to a giant roc; its wings were spread, as if it wanted to soar, and even standing there motionless, its momentum was still compelling.

The youth placed his hand on the giant roc and began to reverse the use of the Black Leather Book secret art.

In the depths of his mental consciousness, the fish pond, fish with bellies swollen round, flew into the sky.

Because the beasts of the Yu family ancestral residence were slaughtered wantonly, a large amount of beast resentment permeated, condensed and concentrated at the blood pool, and was then absorbed by Li Zhuiyuan. Now, after going around in circles, it was sent back into the bodies of the former great demons by Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that he was just a transit station.

Accompanied by the injection of a large amount of resentment, the giant roc's body slowly changed. The body, which was originally no different from when it was alive, first presented a state of death, then a large amount of thick liquid dripped out, and then the resentment further bred, causing the giant roc's bright and transparent eyes to be gradually covered by black and white colors.

Li Zhuiyuan let go at the right time, allowing it to ferment for a while longer.

The youth walked to another tiger. This tiger had two fangs exposed, and its whole body's fur was cyan-purple. When approaching it, one could even perceive a slight numbness in the hands and feet.

When Li Zhuiyuan pressed his finger on the tiger's forehead, that stinging pain like a lightning strike was like a physical substance; it was only because Li Zhuiyuan's temperament was firm that he could endure this torture.

With the exact same measures, the Black Leather Book secret art was reversed again, and another batch of fish in the fish pond in the depths of his mental consciousness flew into the sky.

The tiger's body began to soften, the sound of "drip-drop" water was very crisp, its tiger eyes gradually turned white, and the entire tiger's temperament was also changing rapidly.

After withdrawing his hand, the youth shook it hard.

From his fingertips to his arm, the whole thing was twitching and spasming.

However, Li Zhuiyuan did not delay and hurried to the next one.

Just like this, injecting one by one, at the last elephant covered in scales, the youth extracted all the remaining stock in the fish pond and injected it in.

The fish pond, which was previously as rich in nutrients as a bowl of blood curd, became clear and bright again, and even slightly larger small fish fry could not be seen inside.

It really was Yu family earnings spent on Yu family things; not a single bit of resentment could be taken home.

At this time, in this underground beast tomb, the atmosphere was already completely different from before.

Previously, it was majestic and solemn, and every dead beast was a wordless monument, recording the Long Wang's legendary stories from the side.

Now, it was more like a demon cave.

All the beasts were dripping with thick liquid, and under the urging of resentment, a terrifying aura was brewing. Many beasts' corpses had already shown unconscious movements, as if they had come back to life.

Li Zhuiyuan stood in the center position. The preparatory work had been completed, and next he needed to light the final fire for them collectively.

He entered the gate by reading Wei Zhengdao's books. Wei Zhengdao had a characteristic when writing books: simple and easy-to-understand righteous methods were brushed over, while demonic arts and evil techniques were explained in detail.

Sometimes, it was indeed like this; the sin lay not in the technique but in the person.

Just like in this wave, he first helped the old dog reverse the great taboo to "resurrect" Yu Tiannan, and now he was mass-producing powerful evil spirits here.

If any one of these were picked out and made public, it would be enough for him to be heinous in the world of river-walkers and be killed by everyone, yet he did all this for the sake of the righteous path.

His right palm spread open, and a flood dragon spirit as thick as a small snake emerged.

The current Li Zhuiyuan no longer needed to use his own blood mist to condense array flags; he could just hold the flood dragon spirit to set up the array. The flood dragon spirit was full of spirituality and could cooperate on its own. Some arrays he had used before, it could even set up again by itself.

Li Zhuiyuan looked down at it, and the flood dragon spirit gently rubbed against the youth's fingertips with its head.

Was he not also cultivating another "Yuanbao"?

If he had an accident in the future, and this flood dragon spirit did not die with him but was left behind, and then obtained some fortune and reshaped its physical body, while its ferocity erupted again because no one suppressed it, then years later, an evil flood dragon skilled in arrays would appear in this world, setting off a new catastrophe.

Putting away his thoughts, the youth used the flood dragon to set up the array, and halos of light spread out from under the youth's feet, rippling onto the surrounding beasts.

This was a very risky move. If the youth judged wrongly, when these beasts turned into dead-risers and woke up, if they did not rush up to attack those evil spirits at the first moment, then he would face the fate of being devoured by a group of beast dead-risers.

But some risks had to be taken.

Because according to Li Zhuiyuan's deduction, in the gap before Yu Tiannan woke up, if the gate-guarding side did not have enough new power to join, when a large number of evil spirits arrived later, there would inevitably be a large number of deaths, or even total annihilation.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Wake up."

The next moment,

All the surrounding beasts raised their heads, their fierce aura rolling, their roars shaking!

Zhao Yi: "Runsheng, block!"

The ghost face above bulged its cheeks, and then spat out a fierce yin wind. This wind even carried broken blades like ice shards.

In legends, there is ghost wind spitting that blows away a person's flesh and skin, leaving only white bones on the spot; this refers to this kind of evil spirit.

Runsheng held the Yellow River shovel and stood in front, gathering his strength.

Zhao Yi: "Xu Ming, protect!"

Xu Ming pinched the seal with both hands, and from beside Runsheng, wooden strips grew out, quickly crossing to form a barrier above Runsheng, covering Runsheng inside.

The defensive ability of this barrier could only be said to be better than nothing.

But the purpose of Zhao Yi's arrangement was to block the view, so that others would not see that Runsheng was using the "Qin Family Dragon-Watching Method."

In normal fighting, this could not be seen, because Runsheng's physique was already astonishing enough, but this kind of momentum application involving the general direction was hard not to remind people of the once-famous Long Wang Qin in the world of river-walkers.

The reason Runsheng could use it casually before was just like those who had seen the Li family report their family name—most of them would die.

But this group of people now might not necessarily die cleanly.

Therefore, it should be covered up; Zhao Yi knew that the Li family did not want to become famous in the world of river-walkers.

"Boom!"

The yin wind blew Xu Ming's wooden strip cover full of holes, and then the Qi from Runsheng also rose, directly blowing up the wooden strips, and the two waves of Qi collided violently in the air.

"A-You, go!"

Lin Shu You leaped to the side of the ghost face. Although he held double maces, the maces were attached with phantom images of tridents. When attacking, it looked like chopping but was actually cutting, and the ghost face was immediately shaved off piece by piece, retreating while wailing.

On the other side, Chen Xiyuan was moving rapidly while holding Tan Wenbin and supporting the domain. The pink skeleton in front made bewitching sounds at them, but this effect was completely blocked by Chen Xiyuan's domain.

Zhao Yi: "Advance distance, disperse!"

Chen Xiyuan threw Tan Wenbin out, and just as she was about to hold the flute and press up as well, another order from Zhao Yi came from behind:

"Back pressure, left side!"

Chen Xiyuan had no choice but to retreat while holding the flute to her mouth. The sound of music rang out, blending with the tone released by the pink skeleton, which could be considered continuing to execute containment.

And Tan Wenbin fell above the pink skeleton, taking advantage of the opponent's distraction, Five Senses Awe!

The pink skeleton let out a scream, and large areas of cracks appeared on its bones.

Chen Xiyuan, who was retreating, held the emerald flute in her hand again, flashed to the left, and whipped the zombie with the flute, causing the zombie's figure to stagnate.

Immediately, the Liang sisters followed. Liang Li threw her dagger, and Liang Yan's soft sword followed with a sweep, and all the daggers were nailed into the zombie's body.

The sisters each freed a hand, stuck them together, and pinched the seal.

The daggers bloomed with luster, and the Taoist righteous method talismans stuck on them were activated. A series of explosions immediately appeared in front of the zombie, and corpse Qi kept overflowing.

Two groups of people joined the battlefield. After the initial chaotic period ended, Tan Wenbin said nothing, and Zhao Yi asked nothing. In short, Zhao Yi naturally took over the command of the team.

Except for Chen Xiyuan, everyone felt it was a matter of course.

Even Chen Xiyuan, after seeing Runsheng, Tan Wenbin, and Lin Shu You start to obey Zhao Yi's command, no matter how many opinions she had about Zhao Yi, she also started to fight according to his instructions.

The effect of fighting was really good. In this kind of chaotic battle, whichever side fought more methodically was not only more advantageous but also more labor-saving.

Chen Xiyuan finally understood what the "Front External Team" that Tan Wenbin kept talking about meant.

The key to this term was not the first two words, but the "team" in "captain," because at certain moments, when the little brother was not there, the external team could really be used as a captain.

Chen Xiyuan had to admit that Zhao Yi was truly very capable and could sort out such a complex situation very clearly.

Zhao Yi actually had a similar feeling in his heart.

Damn it, the Li family's team configuration is getting more and more outrageous!

The museum time was just a small test, and no one took it seriously, but at that time he discovered that the strength of Runsheng and the other two had clearly undergone a qualitative change.

Now that they were really fighting for their lives, more was revealed. Many technical and complex things, they could handle themselves, as if they had practiced many times at home.

Especially after Chen Xiyuan also obeyed his command, this feeling was truly off the charts.

No wonder the Li family insisted on saving her back then and kept her by his side, not hesitating to endure her chatter.

The Chen family girl is truly strong.

Zhao Yi divided the two teams into three fighting directions to deal with different threats. Only Chen Xiyuan could continuously shuttle back and forth between various directions to provide support, and every time she made a move, she was not playing support but was the main force.

As long as she expanded her domain, no matter how evil the spirit was, she could restrain it.

Zhao Yi was really glad that the Chen family girl had already lit the lamp and gone river-walking.

If not, if she were met by the Li family and taken in to worship him as the Long Wang, then how could other river-walking teams play with the Li family's side?

Other Long Wang gates—no, even forces in the world of river-walkers that felt they had some status would not allow their own successors to worship others for river-walking, but the Long Wang Chen might not necessarily... most importantly, this Miss Chen might really be tricked onto someone else's boat.

The fighting continued. If it were a single or two evil spirits, then after knocking them down, if they could not be killed in time, one could find sealing or other methods to hand them over to time to suppress.

But the number of evil spirits at the moment was really too many, and they also had echoes with each other. After all, having been sealed by the Yu family for so long, they did not want to be sealed back, so when fighting, whoever was suppressed, other evil spirits around would take the initiative to rush over to relieve them.

Furthermore, among this batch of evil spirits, there were a few that were very strong or had retained more strength. Thanks to those old guys who spared no cost to top it up, otherwise these young people would really not be able to hold the line.

Therefore, although the situation seemed stable at the moment, in the long run, in terms of consumption, everyone really could not outlast these things that could not be chewed or torn apart.

And the biggest consumption was not physical strength and state, but spirit.

If it was just doing one's best and listening to fate, and fighting this battle was just because one was unwilling to light the lamp a second time and admit defeat, then facing this kind of sticky fighting style, it was easy to make people feel despair, and even give rise to the thought that it would be better to die early for a quick release or a clear conscience.

Zhao Yi discovered that other river-walking teams basically had this mentality now.

Putting himself in their shoes, if he were them, Zhao Yi felt he would also be like this. This was also why he was busy searching for the Li family with his eyes as soon as he rushed out from underground.

You have to know that your resistance is meaningful, then you can hold onto hope and continue to find ways to support. Without this expectation, the so-called persistence and righteousness would all appear very pale and weak.

"Everyone, cheer up. Heaven never closes all doors. Believe me, the river water will not arrange a dead-end for us. I firmly believe that as long as we can continue to support, the situation will inevitably change!"

"I don't know what you think, anyway, I, Zhao Yi, haven't lived enough. This Long Wang position, I still want to fight for it again!"

"If you are tired or exhausted, then go down."

"One less piece of trash, and I can have some peace on the river, hahahahaha!"

"To tell you the truth, from meeting in Jiujiang all the way to Luoyang, I really haven't looked down on you aristocratic children at all!"

"In my eyes, you are nothing!"

A very low-level provocation, but very useful.

Most importantly, when everyone's heart was numb, someone could still take the initiative to stand up and shout such words. You have to be convinced; this person's state of mind is above your own.

Although this was not the final result, it also meant that you had already fallen behind others.

How could these outstanding figures of the young generation be willing to be convinced?

No one was angry; instead, everyone laughed.

Tao Zhuming: "Brother Zhao, I said long ago that you were acting very tired. Today is the first time I have truly witnessed the demeanor of 'Jiujiang Zhao Yi' in the world of river-walkers."

"It's a pity that my family gate is too big and too heavy, and there's no way to learn from you, Brother Zhao, in tinkering with your own gate, haha!"

Ling Wuxing: "Today I admit I am a head lower than Brother Zhao, but until the end, the outcome is still unknown!"

Scholar: "If we can survive this wave, I will treat you to barbecue. I killed an old thing from I don't know whose family, couldn't eat it, and pickled quite a bit."

Bald man: "Is there a lot of fat?"

Scholar: "Dry, skin and bones, not much grease!"

Bald man: "Then that's not my old uncle, leave me a piece of meat!"

Xu Mofan: "Brother Zhao, the gun in my hand is now at your disposal!"

Tao Zhuming: "Brother Zhao, together!"

Ling Wuxing: "Brother Zhao, suffer the trouble!"

Scholar: "Follow the crowd."

Bald man: "Brother Zhao, send someone to save me first!"

The scale of command became larger and larger, and Zhao Yi was busy shuttling back and forth in various places, having to familiarize himself with their respective fighting methods and strength, while also having to make new adjustments.

Busy, but incomparably fulfilling.

Most importantly, when everyone's spirits were up, this combined attack actually turned the situation around, and they even had the energy to support those old guys in the front.

Tao Wanli: "Miscalculated, I really should have pondered more about accidentally killing this Zhao Yi back then."

Ling Zhuxing: "That's right, this kid already has the form of a commoner turning into a dragon."

Tao Wanli: "Missed, missed."

Ling Zhuxing: "It's just that he didn't seem to go deep into the residence at all, and we couldn't meet him."

The two old guys who came out of the Long Wang family, while mercilessly attacking the powerful evil spirits in front of them, did not forget to continue their "fly-buzzing and dog-scurrying."

Anyway, they were already old, and this temperament could not be changed.

Moreover, the family sent them both here precisely because of this temperament, thinking that they could play a role in this encounter.

When they talked, they didn't avoid anyone, and their voices were loud.

At this time, it could be considered adding a fire to the young people, and it was even more of an approval of Zhao Yi.

Xu Fengzhi: "Under the Long Wang's order, the sages gather, suppressing the world of river-walkers, it should be so!"

Voices of praise entered Zhao Yi's ears. Zhao Yi felt very useful in his heart, but also a little bit ashamed.

He knew that his optimism and ease were all built on the foundation of trust in the Li family.

However, it didn't matter anymore. Anyway, it wasn't the first or second time he had become famous for the Li family, and it didn't matter if there was one more time.

At this time, Xu Fengzhi had already almost burned out. After stabbing out his last shot, his figure swayed.

A black shadow appeared behind him, preparing to harvest his life.

Zhao Yi, who had long anticipated this, had sent Chen Xiyuan over in advance.

An emerald flute stirred up the black shadow.

And Xu Fengzhi had already raised his long spear, intending to pierce his own body at the last moment and then pierce the evil spirit behind him.

Chen Xiyuan coming to save him instead made him feel a touch of regret.

He felt this way of dying was quite beautiful.

Chen Xiyuan grabbed his arm and pulled him backward.

"Miss Chen, this old man cannot live for many more days, why not let this old man exert his last bit of strength."

"Within half a day, you will be able to see the turn of fortune."

Xu Fengzhi was thrown out, his figure landed on the steps of the Yu family's main gate. Having fought until his oil was exhausted and his lamp was dry, he had to sit down and mutter:

"In the current world of river-walkers, if another Chen family Long Wang can emerge, it can be considered a cleansing of the current atmosphere."

The Chen family either doesn't produce a Long Wang, or once they do, they crush an era. Xu Fengzhi saw the demeanor of the three Chen family Dragon Kings in history in Chen Xiyuan.

The current world of river-walkers is really messy.

The reason Xu Fengzhi came here really had nothing to do with his family's disciples river-walking here. In fact, he had always been in seclusion and did not ask about the family disciples' river-walking. He purely followed the call to come.

After coming, he discovered that the number of people gathered this time was so small. Few people... only then is it good to divide the Yu family's foundation.

If it were serious, and more people came, and every family was really willing to bleed a little, and there were fewer internal fighting troubles when it was dark earlier, this situation really wouldn't have rotted to this extent in the end.

The old lady wearing a flower on her head also withered. One palm failed to slap the evil spirit in front of her away. When the evil spirit stretched out its tentacles, the old lady sighed.

The emerald flute appeared again, first wrapping around the tentacles, and then struggling to stir, forcing the evil spirit to shake.

Chen Xiyuan, as before, grabbed the old lady's shoulder and pulled her backward. After entering a safe distance, she also threw her backward.

"Plop!"

"Ouch!"

The old lady fell on the steps. The previous fighting only overdrawn her potential. At this moment, she really had no strength left and fell directly, breaking her head and bleeding.

Xu Fengzhi: "Are you okay?"

Yu Xiangu: "You don't even know how to catch me."

Xu Fengzhi: "I have no strength left either. If I catch you, I'll be crushed to death by you. You are very heavy."

Yu Xiangu: "Go to hell!"

After having young people to command, Zhao Yi began to specifically arrange for Chen Xiyuan to rescue the old guys who had run out of strength.

Zhao Yi actually didn't know why he wanted to do this.

These old guys used the life-burning fighting method as soon as they went up. Even if they were rescued, they wouldn't live long.

Probably, it was because he knew that this situation could definitely be turned around, and he wanted them to keep that breath to see the elimination of this catastrophe.

Compared to the Li family, Zhao Yi understood the disgust of this world of river-walkers better. Those old things who left didn't matter, but the old seniors who were willing to stay were truly treasures of this world of river-walkers.

Even his own attitude gradually changed. You must know that the reason he plunged into the battle was to protect his precious Chen Jing.

Now Chen Jing didn't listen to command at all, just rushing and biting wildly in the evil spirit group, repeatedly in danger.

But he didn't order Chen Xiyuan or other teams to provide support.

He was the one who ignited this atmosphere, and at the same time, he was also being changed by this atmosphere.

If A-Jing really folded here, then this was A-Jing's fate, and also my, Zhao Yi's, fate!

Zhao Yi: "The old guys are old and can't fight anymore, it's time for us to top it up!"

Under this shout, the young people immediately erupted with more potential.

Many even directly improved their realm or cognition in this fighting.

They were all people who survived tenaciously under the beating of the river water, and none of them were simple. Plus, they were young, and the thing they lacked least was potential and miracles.

Besides Yu Xiangu, several other old guys sat beside Xu Fengzhi, all thrown back one by one by Chen Xiyuan.

Yu Xiangu said: "This Jiujiang Zhao Yi is good at bewitching people's hearts."

Xu Fengzhi: "Bewitching people's hearts is a small path; being able to knead people's hearts is the great path."

When Chen Xiyuan was rescuing another old man, a sickle suddenly slashed out from behind Chen Xiyuan. Chen Xiyuan's domain actually showed obvious distortion and deformation under this sickle.

She was tired, and also caught off guard.

Shuttling continuously in the chaotic battle, any accident could happen, especially this evil spirit, which had been hiding all along and had not made a move.

But this first strike was fatal.

A square seal on Tao Zhuming's chest shattered, and he pointed his hand toward the direction where Chen Xiyuan was.

A new barrier appeared behind Chen Xiyuan.

The sickle cut open Chen Xiyuan's domain but was blocked by this barrier.

Chen Xiyuan took the old man in front of her and retreated rapidly, escaping danger.

"Puff!"

Tao Zhuming himself spat out a large mouthful of blood, his chest split open, and ribs broke one by one.

However, he still launched a strike at the evil spirit he was dealing with in front of him, knocking it back,

and shouted:

"Miss Chen, the life I owed you, it's paid!"

Here, it refers to the siege at the museum.

Ling Wuxing shouted to his own elder who was still fighting in front:

"Uncle, you help me pay my share!"

Ling Zhuxing scolded angrily: "Get lost!"

Tao Wanli: "Chen family girl, we are almost out of strength too, remember to pull us later!"

Ling Zhuxing: "That's right, don't forget, our three families are family friends!"

Chen Xiyuan ignored them. Apart from the two most capable ones, the rest of the old people outside were rescued by Chen Xiyuan. She herself did not enter other battlefields, helping while panting to recover.

Foundation is something that can only be manifested at critical moments.

Originally, the strongest evil spirits dealt with by a group of old guys, after other old guys went down, everyone actually discovered that Tao Wanli and Ling Zhuxing, these two old men... could still deal with them!

At this moment, the group of old men and old ladies sitting on the steps had somewhat ugly expressions.

Xu Fengzhi was so angry that his beard blew up:

"These two goods were actually still holding back earlier!"

Scolding is scolding, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, but you still have to admire the strength of these two old things. The most terrifying thing is that even so, even now, they still didn't show any fatigue.

And, they were still chatting while fighting, regretting which young person didn't take the opportunity to kill them when it was dark, and would become a great threat to their own juniors chasing the Long Wang in the future.

Young people from the Long Wang family generally had a relatively clear understanding of this, while young people not from the Long Wang gate had a new understanding of the strength of the Long Wang family.

What famous forces in the world of river-walkers, what top sects, what not inferior to the Long Wang gate—if they are not from the orthodox Long Wang family, they are really not on the same level at all.

However, the most curious ones were Tan Wenbin and Lin Shu You. No way, who told them that the one they could match had never seen him make a serious move, and he was either farming or pulling goods all day.

Zhao Yi had the deepest feeling. After all, he once had the opportunity to test Qin Shu's depth.

Looking at the terrifying performance of the two in front now, he was really glad that he had actively shown his depth to Qin Shu early on.

Tao Wanli: "I'll ask one more time, who exactly among you killed Ming Qiushui!"

Ling Zhuxing: "If that old woman from the Ming family were here, the three of us could be more relaxed, now it's really exhausting."

No one answered.

However, everyone couldn't help but mutter in their hearts: Tao Wanli and Ling Zhuxing were already so terrifying, so was Ming Qiushui, who was also from the Long Wang family, really something their young generation could kill?

Zhao Yi waited for a while, and after confirming that no one claimed it, he immediately knew who killed it.

The Li family was best at destroying corpses and erasing traces quietly. Since it was the Li family who did it, it was equivalent to him doing it.

Zhao Yi immediately shouted:

"Sigh, if you want to blame someone, blame Senior Ming for wanting to mess with me."

Tao Wanli: "Good fellow, kid, you have guts!"

Ling Zhuxing: "Fine, you admitted it generously, as long as you are still on the river, the Ming family won't dare to touch you!"

Tan Wenbin, Lin Shu You, and Runsheng were already used to this.

Chen Xiyuan took the opportunity to glance at Zhao Yi: This person, really shameless!

The scholar threw a piece of dried meat from his back basket toward Runsheng.

"I am pretending to be evil, brother, you are truly evil!"

Runsheng bit a large mouthful of this dried meat during the gap of changing breath without any scruples, his eyes immediately lit up, and he asked:

"Is there more?"

Scholar: "There is plenty, I smoked quite a bit in my kitchen. If we can survive this wave, it's enough!"

Runsheng: "Good!"

Ling Wuxing said anxiously: "Miss Chen, you should rush forward and take a risk, I want to save you once."

Chen Xiyuan: "Idiot."

Ling Wuxing: "..."

Originally, although the situation was difficult, the atmosphere was good.

But this state was broken by a sudden cracking sound.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

All the Long Wang steles shattered.

Behind, a large group of more evil spirits was surging toward here.

Tao Wanli: "Forget it, we're done for."

Ling Zhuxing: "Sigh, as expected."

The first batch of evil spirits that rushed out because of the vacancy of Yu Tiannan's stele was not impossible to block, but what was the point of blocking them? There were more behind.

The reason the two old guys were hesitant and unwilling to make a move earlier was because they felt that what they got in exchange for making a move, apart from the old man's youthful madness, was no different in result.

Moreover, this first batch of evil spirits also suffered from these gate-blockers. Although they were difficult to be killed, being knocked down and severely injured time and time again not only accelerated the loss of their state but also made them endure round after round of pain.

Therefore, after sensing the arrival of the mass evil spirits behind them, the first batch of evil spirits instinctively began to change tactics, not focusing on rushing the gate, but starting to entangle.

They did not want this group of people to have a chance to retreat.

The old people sitting on the steps behind fell silent one after another.

There was no chance left. This time, such a huge number of evil spirits really couldn't even block a single round of impact.