Chapter 238: Old Man on the Creek, Fish in the Cave (Part 2)

Yu Yufeng had already driven the wind away. Seeing Yu Mugao had blood in his mouth, and his magic power was stagnant from Yu Yufeng's move. He pinched the magic formula twice but couldn't fly up. He shouted in vain and had to stop his steps.

"Pfft!"

Seeing Yu Mugao spat out the blood in his mouth, spraying red blood foam all over the floor. He looked back and found that he had run to the bluestone platform under the hall, disheveled, covered in dust, with blood on his lapels, and barefoot on the ground. Where was there any appearance of a handsome young man?

He didn't care at all, standing blankly on the open space, his heart infinitely confused. He looked at the gloomy sky, the dark night sky floating between the peaks of the mountains. Seeing Yu Mugao's heart was empty, and he just stood barefoot like this.

The uncles, nephews, and brothers behind him followed slowly, like a group of buzzing hornets, shouting in a pretentious manner.

"Mugao! This is a great joy, how can you say such things!"

"The ancestor is benevolent, the ancestor is benevolent! Brother Mugao is fine!"

Seeing Yu Mugao looked desolate, his anger surged, and he could only grit his teeth and accept it. He let out a long sigh, shed two lines of tears, roared to the sky, and mourned:

"This is not something human power can reach, what can be done! What can be done..."

There was still noise behind him. He glared, pulled out his sword from his waist with a 'clatter', looked back at the group of Yu family members like a tiger, scaring them all into silence, and they lowered their heads, not daring to look at him. Seeing Yu Mugao's lips trembled. After a full sixty breaths, he dropped the treasure sword with a 'clang' and roared:

"Get out!"

The group of Yu family uncles, nephews, and brothers scattered like a whirlwind, leaving Seeing Yu Mugao standing blankly in place for a while, covering his face and weeping:

"Muyuan... I lost you, who else can I let manage this group of idiots!"

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Li Tongya and the four landed on the small hill. Nanshan Weng took out twelve formation flags and several jade slips, distributed them one by one, and smiled:

"Brother Taojing and I will set up formation flags at the Qian, Kun, Kan, and Li positions, and you two will set up flags at the Zhen, Xun, Gen, and Dui positions. The methods and incantations are all in these jade slips."

Xiao Chuchou and Li Tongya both nodded and agreed, turned around and drove the wind. Li Tongya read the jade slip for a moment, determined the Zhen position according to the magic technique in the jade slip, and inserted the formation flag. Xiao Chuchou also flew over, and the two set the flag together. Xiao Chuchou pinched the magic formula in his hand, glanced at Li Tongya, and whispered:

"Fellow Daoist Tongya, do you have any doubts?"

"Naturally, I do."

Li Tongya nodded, cast the magic formula, and replied:

"With the ancestor present, Tongya didn't dare to ask, but I can't understand why Yu Yufeng, who is as steady as a mountain in his seclusion, would come west."

Li Tongya actually had a guess, but he said polite words to hook Xiao Chuchou's desire to talk. Xiao Chuchou laughed and opened his mouth:

"The supernatural power the True Person refined originates from the 'Old Man on the Creek', which is unique to my family in the entire Yue State and even Jiangnan. It is his life supernatural power and has various wonders. One of them is to stir up greed and anger, and hallucinate various tempting things, making this Yu Yufeng have to come. He has been obsessed for many years and is deeply poisoned by the technique. Unless someone has the strength to stop him for a moment and give him a slap, he can slowly wake up..."

Li Tongya felt a chill down his spine. Such a miraculous ability to play with others in the palm of his hand was only one of the effects of this supernatural power. He let out a long sigh and sighed:

"We are as small as dogs and horses by the collapse, and fish and shrimp in the cave compared to the Zifu..."

Xiao Chuchou shook his head gently and replied:

"This stirring up of greed and anger, and hallucinating various tempting things is only the application of this supernatural power in small places. Yu Yufeng is also blinded by his obsession, and his spiritual platform is turbid, which is why he fell into the trap so easily. If used in ordinary places, it can only make people inadvertently lean toward something, or commit taboos when they are anxious."

Li Tongya nodded slightly, feeling terrified in his heart, but became more and more panicked, shocked, and thought:

"Guiding the bias... who can see it except the Zifu! Who knows how many big and small things Xiao Chuting has secretly led and influenced in the past ten years?!"

A large group of doubts appeared in his heart, and Li Tongya secretly thought:

"The Yu family wasted twenty years on the families in the east, and one wave after another. Although it was the Fei family making trouble frequently, how much smarter is Fei Wangbai than Seeing Yu Mugao? Why is he able to pick himself out every time..."

"Lu Sisi worked hard all his life, prepared many backhands, and had arrangements in the Ding, Li, and An families, and even on the Mushroom Forest Plain. Why did he die overnight, and these backhands turned into ashes, and not even half a shadow could be seen? The three families seemed to have agreed to attack the Lu family at the same time, not caring about the consequences..."

Li Tongya's hand hidden in his sleeve trembled slightly, and even the expression on his face was somewhat distorted. He hurriedly lowered his head to hide his emotions. If one were to say that these things were only possibly pushed by Xiao Chuting, they could be seen as Li Tongya's suspicious nature guessing for no reason, but there was an inference that he could not erase and made him believe it was Xiao Chuting's move.

"Back then, the An family occupied the Lu family's old nest, Tiaoyun Mountain. An Jingming gave Tiaoyun Mountain to the Ding family without thinking, leading Ding Xiding into Wangyue Lake..."

Where is Tiaoyun Mountain located? It is exactly at the junction of Wangyue Lake and the Mushroom Forest Plain! This place was occupied by the Ding family, exactly blocking the An and Li families from invading the Mushroom Forest Plain and Li Xia County along the Ancient Li Road, and the road connecting with the Xiao family...

The Ding family is the watchdog of the Yuan family for generations. The Yuan family has many Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Yuan Tuan in the family is Li Chijing's senior sister. Now she is the peak master of Qingsui Peak where the Li family is about to send disciples to apprentice! As long as the Li family did not occupy Tiaoyun Mountain first, it was almost impossible to conflict with the Yuan family for the broken Tiaoyun Mountain. The Xiao family has been worry-free since then, and there will never be any geographical conflict with the Li family again...

"No wonder... no wonder they want my family to send disciples to apprentice in the Qingchi Sect, so there is this key point..."

The key points were linked one by one, making Li Tongya terrified and deeply panicked. For a time, he lost his mind...

"Looking further ahead, Shanyue invaded the east, Ga Nixi committed suicide, the Wangyue Lake market was destroyed, each of which has doubts... Xiao Chuting... Xiao Chuting... What a good Old Man on the Creek, what a good Xiao Chuting!"

"Fellow Daoist? Fellow Daoist Tongya?"

Xiao Chuchou called twice, making Li Tongya wake up suddenly. He apologized repeatedly and said hoarsely:

"Tongya was thinking about the wonders of the Zifu and various tempting supernatural powers, and for a moment, I actually lost my mind. I am truly ashamed!"

Li Tongya said, but felt a burst of confusion in his heart, and secretly thought:

"The day I broke the Lu family, I knew that the matter of Ga Nixi was a Zifu sacrifice. I only felt that the sky was dark and there was no light everywhere, and I was at the mercy of the Zifu. Over the years, my cultivation has grown, and I have not asked about world affairs, feeling that I have a sense of freedom. I didn't expect that I am still a small shrimp in the cave, thinking I am free!"

Even though Xiao Chuting was helping his family secretly, it still made Li Tongya feel quite uncomfortable. He could only suppress these thoughts, and saw Xiao Chuchou laugh and reply:

"The Zifu is naturally miraculous! In ancient times, it was called 'Refining God', taking the meaning of refining supernatural powers, and it is famous for its various wonders!"

"Refining God..."

Li Tongya echoed, quickly adjusted his state, and asked with a smile:

"There is actually such a secret!"

"Not bad."

Xiao Chuchou cast the last magic formula into the formation flag, joined hands to complete the arrangement of this formation eye, and drove the wind with Li Tongya to the next Gen position to set up the flag. Li Tongya did not want to miss the opportunity to understand the news. While driving the wind, he followed the topic and asked:

"Senior is knowledgeable, I don't know what the other realms are called?"

"Ho."

Xiao Chuchou nodded slightly and replied:

"In ancient times, Embryonic Breath was called 'Nurturing Wheels', Qi Refining was called 'Serving Qi', Zifu was called 'Refining God', and Jin Dan was called 'Seeking Zai Xingzi'. Various descriptions are closer to cultivation."

"As for today after the battle between immortals and demons, not only to prevent others from stealing the Dao lineage, but also because the cultivation techniques have evolved many secret languages and terms, even the realms are very different and more obscure and difficult to understand."

The two chatted, and the last formation point was also arranged properly. They flew to the small hill. The saber wielder Chen Taojing and Nanshan Weng were already waiting on the small hill. The four hid their figures and waited quietly for Yu Yufeng's arrival.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 239 =====