Chapter 366

Seeing Zhang Huaide's appearance, the demonic cultivator surnamed Qiu did not know how much ability this person actually had, and thought to himself:

'We all came after receiving orders from Ancestor Di Fu. I don't know what methods this guy has, but looking at the ancestor's attitude, this guy probably has some background and might have some way to break the enemy!'

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and push his palms. White gas surged, forcibly taking Li Qinghong's thunder talisman. A harsh sound of annihilation and collision erupted between his palms, like he was grabbing a hot potato, and he pushed it away with great effort.

"Boom!"

Li Qinghong's 【Purple Talisman Origin Light Secret Method】 could be said to be the highest-grade spell of the Li family at present. The Three Sects and Seven Gates had particularly strict control over spells. Apart from this method, the Li family had no other secret methods that had entered the grade. At this time, it exploded in front of the demonic cultivator surnamed Qiu, purple electricity surged, and white smoke rose everywhere.

"Ah!"

The demonic cultivator cried out in pain, his two hands charred. Before he could catch his breath, a bright sword light rose again from the smoke and dust, wiping toward his neck. The demonic cultivator surnamed Qiu had no choice but to use his hands to resist.

"Puchi."

His spell was broken by Li Qinghong's thunder talisman, and the 【Qingchi Sword】 was a Foundation Establishment magic treasure. With a flash of sword light, five fingers were cut off, each falling down. Blood flowed like a fountain, his eyes were bloodshot, and he shouted:

"Damn you, Zhang Huaide!! I, Qiu Ji, am not playing with you anymore!"

Zhang Huaide, on this side, had light in his hands that was becoming increasingly thick. Li Yuanjiao had already buckled the only Foundation Establishment talisman left in the clan, and his other hand was also connected to the 【Qingchi Sword】, staring fixedly at Zhang Huaide.

As Li Yuanjiao's gaze fell, Zhang Huaide only felt a stinging pain in his brow. His expression was calm, and he was completely unafraid. He said coldly:

"Rat! Let me show you my demonic secret method!"

As soon as these words were spoken, several demonic cultivators were excited, just waiting for him to make a move. They saw the blood-bright magic mirror in his hand held high, and five jade rings appeared beside him. Zhang Huaide said in a deep voice:

"The Upper Hao has mercy, preaching to the ten directions of the forest; the Lower Underworld is dark, asking for the law of the four seas and the Great Void... 【Ridge Blood Imperial Void Escape Method】, Edict!"

After speaking, the magic mirror in his hand flashed, and his figure turned into a blood-colored stream of light, only the size of a fist, dragging a long red tail, and disappeared instantly.

The field was suddenly silent. The group of demonic cultivators couldn't even curse. The demonic cultivator who was besieged by the Li family's outsiders had long been thinking of fleeing, and knowing Zhang Huaide's shamelessness, he reacted the fastest.

"Crack!"

Taking advantage of everyone's distraction, this demonic cultivator found an opening, broke the magic power shield of the weakest, Tian Youdao, with a hammer, and struck him squarely in the chest, a sound of broken bones and flesh.

"Uncle!"

Tian Zhongqing's shrill voice resounded. Qiu Ji's figure moved, blood-red escape light flowing, forcibly resisting Li Qinghong's thunder light spell, and flew in a direction completely different from Zhang Huaide.

Li Yuanjiao and his sister naturally would not let him go and drove the wind to pursue. Unexpectedly, Qiu Ji's flight happened to crash into Xu Gongming, who was holding a magic treasure.

Xu Gongming was besieging the demonic cultivator in front of him and was originally at ease. Seeing Qiu Ji escaping on the wind, his eyes lit up, and he thought:

'If I block him, wouldn't it be a merit picked up for nothing!'

Thus, Xu Gongming drove his magic treasure to block. He was originally a sword user, but his family did not have such a path, and he hadn't even practiced sword Qi. He urged the Embryonic Breath magic treasure 【Qingwu Knife】 to fly over to block.

"How dare an ant!"

He didn't even pause, spitting out a puff of white gas, like smoke and fog. In an instant, it blew Xu Gongming's Embryonic Breath magic treasure into pieces. That puff of white gas still had residual power after injuring his magic treasure, breaking his protective magic power and hitting Xu Gongming's cheek.

As flesh and blood dissipated, Xu Gongming couldn't even hold the wind under his feet and fell down with a wail. Madam Dou had to pull away to catch him and help him dissolve the evil energy on his face.

The Li family siblings could not care too much. Riding the wind, they chased after him. An Jiyan, who had been suffocated by Zhang Huaide, found an opening and turned back to intercept the demonic cultivator at the early stage of Qi Refining who was holding the hammer.

He had a deep friendship with Tian Youdao, and at this time, his eyes were splitting with rage, and he cursed:

"Dog thief!"

An Jiyan, with a cultivation base of the eighth level of Qi Refining, forced him back with one palm. For a time, he had an overwhelming advantage. The demonic cultivator couldn't even drive the wind and was beaten until he spat blood with one slap.

"Boom!"

Everyone joined forces, and in a few moves, they beat the demonic cultivator into meat paste, and threw a few fire spells on it, burning it into a pile of charred fragments.

Tian Zhongqing had already fallen down to hold his uncle. Tian Youdao had long since lost his breath, his chest bloody and wet, his face livid.

On the other side, one of the people besieging Kongheng shouted:

"A-Gan, the one surnamed Zhang ran away!"

"Damn it, let's retreat too!"

These two brothers were originally just going through the motions, stalemating with Kongheng. They even had time to apologize to Kongheng before fleeing for their lives.

The last demonic cultivator, Zhang Mutong, was the most unlucky. He had just driven the blood wind when he was instantly knocked down by Shamoli's thunder light. He didn't have Qiu Ji's deep demonic power, and after failing to fly two or three times, the Li family crowd swarmed up, each releasing their magic treasures.

Magic treasures and spells of various colors swarmed in, but were all deflected by the spell of the red glaze bead in his hand. Fortunately, Shamoli wandered on the periphery, knocking down Zhang Mutong's blood wind from time to time, preventing him from escaping.

Zhang Mutong only lasted a few dozen breaths more than that Qi Refining demonic cultivator. After struggling to death and injuring three or four people, he was dismembered into several pieces, burned by fire and struck by thunder, and died completely before long.

The crowd settled down. Li Yuanjiao and his sister returned on the wind. Li Yuanjiao's expression was gloomy, his hands empty.

This Qiu Ji was extremely decisive, sacrificing various secret methods all the way while fleeing, from his heart, liver, spleen, lungs to his hands, feet, eyes, and ears. Although the two had the 【River Turbulence Step】, this movement technique was better at leaping and dodging, and he forcibly escaped a path to survival.

As they got further and further away from home, the two were afraid of an ambush, so they didn't dare to pursue anymore and returned on the wind silently.

"Master..."

All the cultivators suffered injuries of varying sizes. Li Xuanxuan and Tian Zhongqing were the most seriously injured. The former's complexion was still passable with the support of the monkey, while the latter only held Tian Youdao's corpse, bowing his head and weeping.

Xu Gongming had long since fallen into a coma, half of his face left with only white bones, looking quite terrifying. Qiu Ji was injured, and Xu Gongming's magic treasure had blocked for him, so apart from ruining his appearance, he didn't suffer too heavy an injury.

Among the guest ministers, Li Qilang and An Jiyan were the least injured and were guarding on the spot. Xu Gongming was unconscious, and Madam Dou was holding Li Xuanxuan, who looked even more aged, looking like a daughter and father.

"Elder Tian has fallen!"

Everyone was healing their wounds cross-legged. Xiao Guiluan came up and said softly.

Great-uncle Tian Youdao lay on the ground like a pile of mud. Li Yuanjiao tightened the Foundation Establishment talisman in his sleeve, not looking at Tian Zhongqing's expression, only letting Li Qinghong go up to comfort him, while he stood holding his sword.

It wasn't until half an hour later, when the sky was slightly dim, that Li Qilang had packed up two storage bags and delivered them to Li Yuanjiao. Everyone stepped forward to comfort Tian Zhongqing, leaving him alone in silence.

Kongheng walked up silently, carrying his Zen staff, the copper rings jingling. Li Yuanjiao's heart was filled with extremely complex emotions. He had not yet shaken off his suspicion of him, so he drooped his eyelids and only said:

"Thank you, Bhikkhu, for your help."

Kongheng shook his head slightly and walked to the side of Tian Youdao's corpse, which had softened into a pile, chanting silently, as if performing a transcendence for him. Tian Zhongqing suddenly raised his head, bursting out with two cries, and cursed:

"Dog bald donkey... jinx! Die further away!"

Kongheng was neither anxious nor angry. He retreated a few steps, faced Li Yuanjiao, and said gently:

"This humble monk will practice on the small island by the lake. If the clan has any needs, you can come to the island to find me."

Thus, he drove the wind and left. The remaining crowd was silent for a moment, then took their leave one by one. The crimson setting sun and the blood on the ground reflected each other. Li Qinghong comforted him softly, and Tian Zhongqing also stood up holding Tian Youdao, apologized to Li Yuanjiao, and drove the wind away.

Only a few core members of the Li family remained in the forest. Li Yuanjiao stood alone. Li Xuanxuan coughed twice and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, saying:

"There is no fault in weighing choices."

Li Yuanjiao nodded gently, gripped the cyan-white 【Qingchi Sword】 in his hand, and replied:

"Child understands. Holding this sword, I should prioritize the clan's interests. It is only right to bear the stigma and resentment."

Tian Youdao was the younger brother of Tian Yun and the uncle of Li Xuanfeng and Li Jingtian. He was also an old man with high seniority in the Li family. It was rare for him to break through to Qi Refining, but he ultimately died at the hands of demonic cultivators.

The funeral was kept simple. Apart from the Li family's direct line and the Tian family, the other guests did not have much sorrow, and some families even felt fortunate.

This battle left behind two demonic cultivators, and one of them was at the mid-stage of Qi Refining. The benefits were rich, and the various Qi Refining cultivators looked up, their hearts excited, having no thoughts of mourning.

Lijing Town, Central Hall.

The Central Hall was where the family head Li Yuanping handled affairs and was the hub of the entire Li family's secular power. When it was first built, it had some appearance, but now it had been used for many years, and there were signs of wear on the stone steps and blue bricks.

Ordinary Qi Refining cultivators had only about ten spirit stones on them, and their total net worth was only thirty or forty. These two demonic cultivators alone yielded forty-six spirit stones in captured spirit stones. It would be a bit difficult for the Li family's liquid funds to take out such a sum of spirit stones.

There were eleven cultivators who participated in the battle that day. Excluding the five direct relatives, there were five others. Xu Gongming and Tian Zhongqing, who were at the early stage of Qi Refining, were seriously injured and contributed a lot, so each received three, and Li Qilang received two.

The old monkey and Shamoli at the mid-stage of Qi Refining received four, An Jiyan at the late stage of Qi Refining received six, and ten were distributed as Tian Youdao's pension. The remaining eighteen were confiscated.

Several guest ministers from outside surnames came forward happily to receive them, thanking them repeatedly. Xu Gongming's face was ruined, but he didn't seem depressed, wearing a mask to cover it and grinning.

When Tian Zhongqing came forward to receive this huge sum of thirteen spirit stones, Li Yuanjiao took out a few bottles of pills alone to subsidize him and said softly:

"Great-uncle has passed away. Has this pension been received by his only son, Tian Rong?"

Tian Zhongqing had already adjusted himself and said respectfully:

"Returning to Master, Tian Rong has always liked to abuse maidservants and was drinking during the mourning period. He was dead drunk and was secretly stabbed to death by several maidservants with hairpins at the third watch. I'm afraid this pension will have to be received by the direct grandson, Tian Ling."

"Oh."

The group of guest ministers and outside surnames were not surprised, their expressions all meaningful.

Tian Youdao's only son was not a good thing. Not only was he ignorant of current affairs, but he also had conflicts with many families. Even the Shanyue King, Li Jiman, wished he could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin. It was originally Tian Youdao's deep love for his son that protected him with all his might.

Now that he died half a month after Tian Youdao, it was already due to the good deeds Tian Youdao had accumulated during his lifetime. As for whether his death was humiliating or not, and whose handiwork it was, even Tian Zhongqing himself was too lazy to care.

Li Yuanjiao stroked his beard and sighed:

"Great-uncle died for the clan's affairs, leaving behind this orphan. Then send him up the mountain to practice, and the main line will bear the resources for his future practice."

"Yes!"

Tian Zhongqing lowered his eyebrows and responded. The group of guest ministers from outside surnames retreated one after another, and low cheers came, pulling each other toward the restaurant in the town.

Li Qinghong on the side saw it clearly. Li Yuanjiao's move was both compensation and a probe. There was still some resentment in her heart, so she said:

"We must also send someone to the west to inform Aunt Jingtian."

"Someone has already been sent."

Li Yuanjiao responded, setting aside the blood energy, resentment, and cultivation techniques on the table, and picked up the magic treasure hammer and the magic treasure glaze bead. Both were low-grade Foundation Establishment magic treasures. The former had nothing special and could be sold.

"This red glaze bead is a good magic treasure. The runes inside are quite profound and can release magic light to protect the body. It would be good to give it to the juniors."

With a turn of his wrist, red light was released from the red bead, and a power of differentiation and erosion flowed continuously. Li Yuanjiao calculated the power, which could already erode most of the early-stage Qi Refining spells.

"Why not call it..."

Li Yuanjiao was pondering, and Li Qinghong, fearing that he would call out some name like Red Light Bead or Red Light Bead, hurriedly smiled and said:

"I see that this glaze bead is made of 【Rouge Glaze】, and various runes are attached to it, like the evening glow in the sky. Why not call it 【Late Red Glaze】."

Li Yuanjiao paused, pondered for a while, nodded, and replied:

"Good, send it to Xijun."

The rest were mostly spirit objects and Embryonic Breath magic treasures. I don't know where they were robbed from, but together they could be worth ten or so spirit stones. The spirit objects and Embryonic Breath magic treasures in the treasury had just been sold by Li Yuanjiao, so they were directly put into the treasury.

Gathering the spirit stones on his body, he finally gathered one hundred and twenty. Li Yuanjiao handed them to Li Qinghong and sighed:

"Trouble sister to make a trip to the Yuan family."

Li Qinghong nodded. Li Yuanjiao hesitated for a while, then took out the cyan-gray Immortal Mirror, handed it to her respectfully, took out the Foundation Establishment talisman, and said:

"I only fear that Zhang Huaide and Qiu Ji have ulterior motives and will ambush on the road. It is better to ask for the Dharma Mirror just in case."

"Immediately go into seclusion to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining!"

Thus, he drove the wind back to Wutu Mountain and saw Xiao Guiluan standing in the courtyard with a smile, looking up. Li Yuanjiao was puzzled. Unexpectedly, her phoenix eyes blinked slightly, and she smiled:

"We need to pick another name!"

The two had been husband and wife for many years, in harmony, and already had much tacit understanding. Seeing Xiao Guiluan stroking her lower abdomen, he immediately understood.

"What!?"

Li Yuanjiao was pleasantly surprised. He had a son when he was an Embryonic Breath cultivator. Later, both husband and wife advanced to Qi Refining, and the chance of having children became even smaller, so he didn't think about it anymore, just treating it as a pastime in the boudoir.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Guiluan was pregnant again. He laughed loudly, hugged his wife, kissed her twice, and replied:

"I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, this child came late."

The husband and wife were intimate for a while, Li Yuanjiao was in a great mood, and went into seclusion to break through.

Thank you to the three big bosses @Yelü Zhiwu @Single Kill 6 Times @Respect Teacher and Teach Li Huowang for the alliance leaders!! Working overtime on the weekend to write 555~ Thank you for your support()

Continuing to add characters, I hope I can handle it.

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