Chapter 428

The sturdy youth in front of him was sitting in the courtyard, pinching a dharma formula in his hand. Streams of black flames surged from his palms, flowing in all directions. Several black talisman characters transformed into various streams of light, surging by his side.

Li Li Xijun swept a rough glance, afraid that he would have some induction, so he turned his gaze away, only using his peripheral vision to pay attention to him.

'Li Chengliao was not affected by him. This person is not as good as Chu Yi. This time, there should be no Early Zifu cultivator manipulating him from behind. Perhaps he has some destiny upon him, discovered some inheritance secret treasure... and obtained guidance from some expert.'

Li Li Xijun didn't act rashly for a moment, first calling Chen Mu-feng over:

"The patrolling Jade Court Guards are too dense, making it easy for people to notice something is wrong. Scatter them to the border. His sweetheart is still on the mountain. I will let Senior Li Wushao watch Xu Xiao personally."

Chen Mu-feng's mouth was full of bitterness, and he only had the thought of making up for his mistakes so as not to be dismissed too much.

He had only sent his confidants over at that time. That colluding Chen-surnamed Court Guard was his clansman. At the moment, he had already silently sent him to East Shanyue, isolating him from the town's affairs, just waiting to deal with it after this matter ended.

He thought about this and responded, busy going down.

Li Li Chengliao gave Liu Liu Lingzhen the qualification to cultivate on the mountain, originally out of alienation and winning over, but now it made this woman fall into the hands of the Li family. Li Li Xijun arranged for two people to go down to probe for news from Liu Liu Lingzhen, and on the other side, he opened his mouth toward Li Li Wushao:

"Senior, do you know of any forces or cultivation methods famous for black flames? It's best if they can also confuse people's minds and threaten their lives."

Li Li Xijun knew the forces of the Wu-Yue Kingdom very clearly and had never seen any black flames that could confuse people's minds and play with lives. He had already started considering overseas.

Li Li Wushao pondered for a while and hissed:

"There are countless Daoist traditions on the sea, and those that have sunk to the bottom of the sea are countless. Black flames... there is one that is very famous."

He paused and said in a deep voice:

"Chijiao Island, a major force on the sea. The direct lineage cultivates the 'Tianwu Tianwu Binghuo' in the Fire Virtue, mostly spitting black flames, and are good at using confusion-mind witchcraft."

"Chijiao Island..."

The only concern Li Li Xijun had was that this person was a chess piece of some Early Zifu cultivator. But there was no news from Li Li Xizhi's side. With the Li family's current power, if it were just a Early Zifu cultivator acting, they could have greeted the Li family, without needing to cause trouble.

Now that his family hadn't received any news, and Xu Xiao's means were limited, killing intent arose in Li Li Xijun's heart. He suspected that there was someone behind Xu Xiao, secretly causing trouble for his family. But his family had no connection with Chijiao Island, so he couldn't make up his mind. He summoned another person and ordered:

"Call a clever female cultivator to find out news from Liu Liu Lingzhen, get close to her and provoke her, do it secretly, and see what her attitude is toward the Immortal Sect and Immortal Gates."

This person nodded hesitantly. Several capable assistants left. This person obviously couldn't handle his words, so Li Li Xijun had to point it out:

"Just send a female cultivator, talk about a few news of overseas Immortal Gates, deliberately leave a few mistakes, speak with certainty, and be annoying, to see if she can distinguish them and what her attitude is toward these Immortal Sects."

After arranging the matter, Li Li Xijun didn't act yet, planning to probe the background, dragging the time, preferably waiting for several elders to return.

"If he can leave, that's fine... I'm just afraid he holds a grudge, then I can't let him go."

Li Li Xijun stayed in the sky for a while, unable to rest easy. Only he in the family had a pupil technique that could see through illusions, so he found a foothold on Mount Lijing Peak, where he could overlook the big town.

After just one night, a person drove the wind close and said respectfully:

"Returning to my Lord, according to my Lord's meaning, we sent people over, and Liu Liu Lingzhen spat out some news."

The people below followed Li Li Xijun's instructions, let a female cultivator go over to show off arrogantly, and introduced overseas mysteriously. Liu Liu Lingzhen's mind was simple, unable to withstand her showing off, and she refuted her a few times.

"This woman pointed out the mistakes of the two people we sent, put on a show of showing off, and couldn't stop once she opened the conversation, and she also highly praised the Immortal Sect, describing several dharma treasures in great detail."

'Xu Xiao is still careful, but his sweetheart is useless... leaving too many handles.'

These two things Liu Liu Lingzhen dropped were sent to Li Li Xijun's front immediately. The two words "overseas" turned in his heart. Li Li Xijun lowered his eyebrows:

"A woman who has never left the town since birth actually knows about the dharma treasures of overseas Immortal Sects."

Probing left and right like this, many possibilities were excluded. Either Xu Xiao was favored by destiny, obtained the inheritance of Chijiao Island, and had his mind confused, causing his personality to change drastically, or he himself was a person from Chijiao Island who had occupied his body.

If this person really had a deep connection with Chijiao Island, it might be some special reincarnation and death-avoidance technique. The threat this person posed would be greater and harder to kill.

Li Li Xijun pondered for a breath and first excluded this answer:

"If it really is a reincarnation and death-avoidance technique, then just propose it openly... greet me, and my family will naturally send him back to the island safely... unless it is some traitor of the sect..."

Li Li Xijun's mind was delicate. In the short time he got the news, he had already gone through many twists and turns in his heart. The more he thought, the harder it was to judge. Li Li Xijun silently spat out a breath and associated it with the "confusion in the womb."

"In any case, it must be related to Chijiao Island."

Setting aside these, he flipped through the files handed over by his subordinates. Li Li Xijun looked at his affairs over the past few years carefully this night, and had to admit that with this person's personality and temperament, he had likely long since held a grudge and coveted his family.

Li Li Xijun couldn't tolerate a person favored by destiny hating his family while wandering outside. It was even more terrifying than a Foundation Establishment cultivator eyeing them covetously. If it really reached that step, even if it might offend Chijiao Island, he must kill this person.

"Favored by destiny, can't it be killed?"

Li Li Xijun rubbed his precious sword, killing intent gradually rising in his heart, holding it back without releasing it, silently saying:

"To deal with such a person, either endure without releasing, or once you act, you must kill them, never leaving him a chance to escape."

He stood up, calculated the time for several elders to go out, and the return was still far away, and they were flying overseas, with uncertain whereabouts. Xu Xiao was getting stronger every day, so he was afraid he couldn't wait any longer.

Just as he was thinking, someone came in again and reported:

"Reporting to my Lord, that demonic disciple took a large bucket of medicinal herbs, not knowing what dharma spell he is going to cast!"

The Li family valued Xu Xiao so much that several direct descendants knew clearly, but most of the people below were very confused. Li Li Xijun had long since ordered to label Xu Xiao as a demonic disciple who had been possessed. Combined with the strange and miserable death of the old Liu man, everyone in the Li family was already fearful and hateful.

Li Li Xijun heard this and hurriedly stood up to drive the wind out. Li Wushao welcomed him and hissed:

"This person just walked out of the courtyard gate."

Li Li Xijun looked closely and saw Xu Xiao in the courtyard sitting cross-legged, soaking in red medicinal water, seemingly preparing to break through. Li Li Xijun thought it was bad:

'No, I can't wait any longer. If this continues for three to five years, the East Sea is vast, and the elders haven't returned. This person might already be able to impact Foundation Establishment! And who knows what other means he has as his power grows stronger! Rather than waiting for that time to act, it's better to strike first!'

Li Li Xijun waved his hand decisively:

"Everyone come over!"

He narrowed his eyes, pupil technique and talisman energy urged to the limit, secretly paying attention to the flow of spiritual energy in the medicinal bath, just waiting for Xu Xiao to enter the state completely.

"When this person reaches the critical moment of breakthrough, I ask several to act together."

Li Li Xijun muttered a sentence, his hand already pressing on the cyan blade at his waist. Behind him, the rolling movement under Li Li Wushao's hem, and the white monkey, Chen Mu-feng, and others also stood ready one by one.

Li Li Xijun sighed in his heart:

'Sigh... this!'

'Since the family had Foundation Establishment, and my family became the hegemon on the lake, how many years has it been since I was so ready for battle... and now it's for a tiny Qi Refining cultivator!'

Watching that person gradually calm down, his aura began to fluctuate, and the medicinal liquid in the basin also rotated rapidly, slowly fading. With the precedents of Chu Yi and the Kong family, Li Li Xijun didn't dare to be careless, and was even more afraid that several guest cultivators would be careless, only repeatedly reminding:

"This person is likely a demon reincarnated, with no idea how many secret treasures and secret techniques he has. You must not be careless. As long as you are slightly relaxed, you will likely bring about a killing disaster!"

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, everyone showed a look of solemnity. Even Li Li Wushao, who was standing to the side with a straight face, was slightly surprised, and the look in his eyes looking down below had a few more points of vigilance.

Xu Xiao's momentum soared. Li Li Xijun held his breath and concentrated, waiting for him to charge.

East Sea.

Li Li Yuanjiao sent Li Li Qinghong back to the Xiuyue Sect's river path all the way, determined that his younger sister had flown into the river path, and then turned his head to fly toward the east again.

He was cautious by nature and didn't return the same way, but took Master Kongheng and changed a route back to Zongquan Island, taking a slightly longer detour, which was of no consequence.

The two flew in silence for a while, passing by a long island full of green pines. From afar, they saw dharma light colliding in the air, with quite a grand momentum.

Li Li Yuanjiao calculated the position. This place should be the 【Qing Song Guan Ruins】 that had been making a lot of noise in recent years. The Jianmen, the Chunyi Dao, and Chijiao Island had been fighting for many years, and there had been no outcome.

Li Li Yuanjiao glanced at it, and suddenly his heart moved, asking:

"Dharma Master, are there any records of this ancient Daoist gate 【Qing Song Guan】 in the Liaohe Daoist tradition?"

Master Kongheng put his hands together and said softly:

"Naturally there are. This Immortal Guan was established before the Taiyin Yuehua Yuan Mansion. It produced two True Persons. The record of the former is not detailed, only known to be of the Fire Virtue lineage. The latter attained the Exchange Gold Fruit Position and died at the hands of the West Shaoyang Demon Lord..."

Li Li Yuanjiao still remembered this West Shaoyang Demon Lord. That Fenkuai Island was named after the Demon Lord. At that moment, he nodded and reacted immediately:

"So this Qing Song Guan contains the Exchange Gold and Fire Virtue inheritance?"

"Not bad."

Just as Master Kongheng responded, Li Li Yuanjiao raised doubts again, asking:

"Since it produced two True Persons, why is it the turn of these few Early Zifu Immortal Sects to fight? Why are the other Golden Cores not interested? It seems there is an Exchange Gold True Person in the inner seas, right?"

Master Kongheng put his hands together and replied:

"After 【Qing Song Guan】 was destroyed, it was divided up, looted by many forces one after another, and has long been a mess. There is nothing truly precious, and now it is called 【Qing Song Guan Ruins】."

"But even if there are no treasures, these cultivation methods are still recorded in the cave heaven, and there are also many spiritual herbs born over hundreds or thousands of years, which are quite important to the Immortal Sects."

Li Li Yuanjiao nodded while looking at the mountain. Master Kongheng followed his gaze and said warmly:

"The Jianmen has the Exchange Gold Dao, Chijiao Island cultivates Tianwu Tianwu Binghuo, and both are very greedy. As for Chunyi Dao... they just claim to be the descendants of Qing Song Guan, and they all want it."

"The Qing Song Guan formation has been tightly closed for many years and has not been broken, still waiting for that one fated person."

"Fated person."

Li Li Yuanjiao and the other didn't want to provoke a stay, so they bypassed the mountain directly. Li Li Yuanjiao muttered a sentence, and Master Kongheng said:

"It is also called destiny... mysterious and mysterious... if you don't wait for this one person, unless a Golden Core takes action, the three sects will break their heads and won't be able to get in."

Master Kongheng paused slightly and explained:

"Some formations require that one person to pass through, and they break naturally. Some dharma treasures have been placed in the ground for thousands of years, waiting for that one person to pick them up. Some people go through all kinds of hardships, knowing the hexagrams before knowing, and no matter how they kill, they can't be killed. These are all destiny upon them."

"Is destiny so magical? Isn't it invincible in the world?"

Li Li Yuanjiao kept it in his heart. Master Kongheng, however, said:

"Destiny is not Gold Nature, even if it is Gold Nature, it has limits. Success or failure can all be attributed to destiny. There is a sentence in the scriptures: 'What human power cannot reach is destiny,' and that is exactly it."

Buddhist monks never explain things clearly. Li Li Yuanjiao understood slightly for a while and said in a low voice:

"In my opinion, destiny and Gold Nature are extremely similar, both things that you are powerless against once you touch them, often transcending wisdom and strategy, confusing people's hearts."

Li Li Yuanjiao thought of his elder, Li Li Tongya. Master Kongheng put his hands together and chanted:

"It wasn't like this before, it's just that the Immortal, Demon, and Buddhist sects all demanded freedom, and now that they are free, this is what it looks like."

On the green-red water surface, the water waves rippled. Li Li Yuanjiao didn't respond to him again, flying together. Soon they arrived at Zongquan Island. Everyone on the island was looking forward to it. Seeing the two return, a burst of cheers erupted.

The two landed. Zong Yan welcomed them respectfully. Master Kongheng retreated while chanting. Li Li Yuanjiao said to this Zong Yan in a low voice:

"You send a few people out to inquire about news for me in the major markets, pick some reliable hands, and do it secretly."

Zong Yan bowed down:

"My Lord, rest assured, all the brothers on the island have walked out of the mouths of demonic beasts and are loyal and reliable."

Li Li Yuanjiao said in a deep voice:

"There is an Immortal Foundation called 【Jin Xiao Cave】, which can sense dharma tools, forge weapons, and is sharp and hidden. You go and inquire which of the three golds it is, what other companions it has, and report back to me."

Zong Yan responded and went down. Li Li Yuanjiao had a train of thought:

'【Jin Xiao Cave】 has no companions in the Mount Qingchi Sect. Yu Yu Muxian is arrogant and proud, how can she tolerate the path of cultivation being cut off? As long as I can inquire about the relevant cultivation methods and place them on the 【Qing Song Guan Ruins】, I will definitely be able to trick Yu Yu Muxian out...'

He arranged the matter, found a secret room, started the formation inside, thought about it and felt it wasn't safe enough, took out a formation disk and arranged it himself, and only then felt at ease to go down and go into seclusion.

"Prepare to break through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment!"

(End of chapter)