Chapter 875: Breaking the Flame

"【Splitting Light】." "To shatter evil and filth, to punish the insubordinate; not lightly lent to others, and once moved, it brings slaughter."

Li Ximing stood firm amidst the rolling wind and sand, holding the long halberd in his hand. The aura that had climbed to its peak gradually receded. The 【Shi Chuan】 hanging by his side emitted a cyan-yellow radiance, freezing the wind and sand almost in an instant.

The four-armed, golden-bodied Lianmin behind him remained in place, but its body trembled slightly, covered in dense cracks. Shards of sand and stone gushed out from the gaps, rolling down along its body, accompanied by brilliant radiance that escaped in thin wisps and threads from the fissures.

Its majestic, gold-lacquered head had already dissipated into a golden light storm that shot into the sky, and its neck had been smashed to pieces. Deep hacking marks were etched into the center of its two collarbones, and a web of impact-like patterns covered its chest, reflecting shimmering white light.

Li Ximing, a mere tiny speck of light before it, did not stop for a moment. His eyes turned pale gold, and he pressed two fingers to his lips, suddenly blowing out a mouthful of flame.

This flame appeared pale purple, echoing the 【Three-Hou Garrison Profound Fire】, staining this true fire with a layer of pale purple halo.

【Spitting Flame】! Once the Huayang King Halberd was unleashed, a mouthful of Li Fire immediately appeared in his mouth, surging down together with the 【Three-Hou Garrison Profound Fire】.

The Heavenly Gate above flickered, and the raging flames climbed up along the gaps. The headless, massive Dharma body stood sluggishly beneath the Bright Pass, casting a huge shadow on the earth. Suppressed by the Heavenly Gate and scorched by the true fire, the radiance escaped more and more violently, and the Dharma body showed rapid signs of melting.

The Slave Flame Lianmin had dared to receive the "Audience with the Heavenly Gate" head-on; its Dharma body was naturally not simple. But suppressed under the divine ability and scorched by the true fire, it could not move a step. With the light of the Release Earth severed and caught off guard, nearly ninety percent of this halberd strike was received by the Dharma body. Even though it wasn't sent back to the Release Earth by the halberd, it was nearly knocked unconscious.

Only at this moment did the Slave Flame Lianmin slowly recover. Its headless body creaked under the pressure of the Heavenly Pass. The dim orb barely managed to provide support, and two eyes opened on its chest, releasing light to protect its front, finally waiting for the Nüxiao Lianmin to gallop over.

The radiance of the "Audience with the Heavenly Gate" overflowed, and the divine ability rose and fell. Li Ximing's expression remained calm, but he had already sensed the tiny fluctuations in the Grand Void. The light of the Release Earth grew stronger, and he frowned secretly: "Another Lianmin has come... It shouldn't be the Great Desire Path; they are just watching from the Grand Void."

Under the reflection of the Immortal Mirror, a Lianmin had already stood in the Grand Void. Its radiance shot into the sky, stepping on golden clouds. It had three eyes on its face, and the one between its brows contained a purple-black color, its light restrained and quite astonishing. Two bright white eyes grew on its chest, which was extraordinary.

"This must be one under the Golden Lotus Seat! It looks like one with high cultivation!"

Although this five-eyed Lianmin sat upright in the Grand Void, its two eyes slightly lowered, not moving at all, with no intention of attacking, Li Ximing was secretly vigilant:

"Cannot drag this out any longer!"

Facing the galloping Nüxiao, he only tilted his head. The Lianmin's many arms formed seals forward together, then raised them high, releasing countless golden lights like lotus leaves. The Lianmin also split into three, each holding a saber, spear, and sword, hacking at his Dharma body.

This golden light looked ordinary and not very powerful, but when the Heavenly Light between Li Ximing's brows shone upon it, there was a faint sense of sharpness, and he knew these golden lights were not as simple as they appeared.

"Looks like it's emptying its bottom line!"

The 【Shi Chuan】 before Li Ximing brightened slightly, presenting the appearance of upright holding. The cyan-yellow patterns spread like water ripples, and the two marks at the head and tail lit up simultaneously:

【Monarch Balance】! Before these three bodies falling into the cyan-yellow mountain and river patterns could get close, countless lotus-leaf-like golden lights had already poured down. The divine wonder of 【Monarch Balance】 shone with a clear light, revealing a substantial flower-leaf radiance amidst the dense lotus-petal golden light.

The 【Splitting Light】 of the 【Huayang King Halberd】 fell too slowly, so he naturally dared not block this object. Li Ximing then gently held the 【Huayang King Halberd】 upright and rotated it.

【Brightness】! Pale white phantom colors immediately climbed onto his body. Li Ximing's methods did not stop there. First, the bright Sun Response Li Fire appeared, the 【Mountain-Driving and Sea-Going Tiger】 hanging in the middle immediately rose, and the 【Mountain-Driving Profound Curtain】 poured down.

This piece of golden flower-leaf hit the brownish-yellow 【Mountain-Driving Profound Curtain】 like rain, immediately causing the barrier to shake. Following the fall of the radiance contained within, the 【Mountain-Driving Profound Curtain】 shattered.

And with the fluctuation of the 【Shi Chuan】 patterns, Li Ximing himself did not hesitate, taking a step to close the distance to the Slave Flame Lianmin!

The Slave Flame Lianmin's Dharma body was already on the verge of collapse, relying on the orb it had painstakingly refined to survive under the Heavenly Pass. Even so, the scorching true fire was still climbing on its body; how could it have a chance to move?

It only used its scorching eyes to pierce at Li Ximing, its gold-lacquered eyes full of resentment.

In this short breathing space, it knew that Nüxiao was useless and the five-eyed one in the Grand Void was watching from the sidelines. The only thing it could do was to raise the cassock in its hand high, abandoning its shattered Dharma body, which finally turned into rising radiance from top to bottom, flowing against the current to strike the "Audience with the Heavenly Gate"! If the Slave Flame Lianmin had abandoned its Dharma body at its peak to strike the "Audience with the Heavenly Gate," Li Ximing would certainly have been injured during this pincer attack. But having taken a hit from 【Splitting Light】, it was already seven or eight parts gone. The remaining radiance rushed up, only causing the "Audience with the Heavenly Gate" to lift, turning into light and falling back into Li Ximing's hand, making him retreat and his face turn pale.

And the radiance from the Nüxiao Lianmin followed closely, landing on Li Ximing's shoulder. The 【Geng Earth Spirit Absorption】 suddenly failed under the radiance, and only the 【Brightness】 divine wonder shone slightly. With a hollow sound, the Heavenly Light rose, faintly revealing white bones flashing with colorful light.

Although the 【Mountain-Driving Profound Curtain】 was not very powerful, it had the advantage of being able to be summoned repeatedly at will, with minimal consumption and fast response. With this profound curtain blocking, and the blessing of 【Brightness】, the injury was not heavy.

But his gaze followed the cassock flying up from the sky, and at the same time, he used the Immortal Mirror to investigate. At this moment, three golden lights were already rushing from the eastern Grand Void!

"Gradually catching up!"

The old man Bai Yinzi was wrapped tightly in the cassock, unable to move, leaving only a human shape. But this cassock was blessed by the dying Dharma power of the Slave Flame Lianmin, emitting golden light, and was about to escape!

Li Ximing stepped forward immediately, not daring to show too much excitement. The 【Sun Response Li Technique】 in his hand immediately turned into a rope of Li Fire, following after it.

The Slave Flame Lianmin must have known where the five-eyed Lianmin was, and also knew that the Nüxiao Lianmin could not keep it. It would rather die than let this thing be lost, so it sent it to the five-eyed Lianmin's hand as soon as the three landed and were still far away.

"But there is still one person now!"

Sure enough, the cassock had no chance to fly far at all. A large hand had already flown out from the Grand Void, divine ability flowing, pressing the cassock down and capturing it in its hand.

This person wore a cyan-bottomed, profound-patterned Daoist robe, with a young face, carrying a smile, a cinnabar dot between his brows, and a black-cloud silver-sparrow bottle hanging at his waist. He caught the cassock with one hand and laughed: "Good monk!"

Seeing him appear, Li Ximing actually felt more than half relieved in his heart. After considering the pros and cons for a brief moment, he waved his hand to disperse his spell, still holding the halberd and steadying his mind.

"Audacious!"

Sure enough, four rays of light appeared not far away. The five-eyed Lianmin with a vigorous aura sat in the middle, its expression solemn, with three Lianmin standing behind it, all with angry expressions, shouting in unison, sounding like thunder in the sky.

Li Ximing simply pretended not to hear. This True Person was even more disdainful, his expression strange, and he and Li Ximing looked together at the Nüxiao Lianmin caught in the middle.

"Not good!"

Nüxiao's joy had only risen halfway when its expression turned horrified, its three souls and six spirits lost, caring for nothing else. The radiance on its body evaporated like gas, and it escaped into the Grand Void in one breath, clearly frightened.

Li Ximing took a slight step forward, and the two tacitly stepped into the Grand Void and disappeared.

"Five-eyes! You... you... you really know how to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight! Now that the thing is lost, let's see how you explain it!"

Nüxiao suddenly appeared, full of anger, and rebuked, but saw the five-eyed Lianmin's expression was plain, quietly saying: "Ignorant! You fought here, and Xuan Yi of the Grand Void had already been watching me. Wouldn't attacking be alerting the enemy? The reinforcements came so slowly, and you don't even think about what went wrong with your Great Desire Path! And you come to question me?"

"I already held back one Zifu, it is your Great Desire Path that is in a mess!"

Grand Void.

Although Li Ximing escaped into the Grand Void, his aura was tightly attached to the other party. With a group of Lianmin here, the two naturally retreated together. If the other party snatched Bai Yinzi and ran, the ones most happy might be the Release cultivators.

Then he saw this True Person smiling, not even giving these Lianmin a glance, also leaning forward, taking advantage of the situation to go south, and praised: "Can Can Zhaojing has good skills! I am Xuan Yi, long admired, long admired!"

"Long heard of the great name!"

This person was exactly True Person Xuan Yi of Jingyi Mountain! His reputation was not small, and Li Ximing had heard it countless times. Back when the Pure One surrounded and blocked, this True Person Xuan Yi was also having a hard time, so they hadn't met for a long time, and now they finally met.

Li Ximing swept a glance at the black-cloud silver-sparrow bottle at his waist without a trace. Nüxiao clearly knew Xuan Yi, and it seemed the relationship was extremely poor. That meant he was a potential ally for his own side—not to mention Bai Yinzi was still in his hands.

He laughed: "It is dangerous here, please!"

There was no hatred between the two, and there was even a lot of fate, and he even owed a small favor. Since it was snatched down, it certainly had to be divided. Li Ximing was not worried about what happened later.

True Person Xuan Yi was unexpectedly young. No matter what he looked like in his heart, his appearance was at least somewhat dashing. He laughed:

"I didn't do it on purpose. I didn't expect fellow Daoist to be here, and to run into fellow Daoist... This is really offending!"

"The current situation... snatching food from the tiger's mouth in front of the Release cultivators, I have to thank this True Person Xuan Yi..."

Li Ximing had truly made the decision to take Bai Yinzi even if he was seriously injured. Although Xuan Yi finally snatched Bai Yinzi, Li Ximing had known early on that he was watching the battle from the side, so he didn't appear surprised, and even calculated him into it early on.

Although he had already captured this Bai Yinzi with the Sun Response Li Technique, if Xuan Yi hadn't appeared, he would have lost half his life if he had killed his way out!

Not to mention that if he hadn't snatched the thing and it had fallen into the hands of the five-eyed Lianmin, that would have been a tough battle to fight. It was impossible for the two sides to sit down and distribute it... This five-eyed Lianmin could probably match two Slave Flames, and with Xuan Yi forcing the five-eyed Lianmin to stop chasing, it was naturally much better.

This was also the reason why Li Ximing let go to Xuan Yi. The Release cultivators already hated him enough. If they really fought, and the thing was in his hands, the situation would be difficult to handle.

"After all, the Release Earth is in front."

The two shuttled through the Grand Void, and the surroundings shook. Clearly, there were disputes everywhere in Jiangbei, and the fighting was fierce. Everywhere had reached the end. Li Ximing asked: "There are still things to divide, Xuan Yi, are you not going to take a look?"

True Person Xuan Yi waved his hand, his tone plain:

"Showing up once is enough. The Pure One is also in Jiangbei. No matter where you go, there is a risk of being caught by them. Fighting may not necessarily win against them. As long as you are dragged down, things will be troublesome."

True Person Xuan Yi was an overseas cultivator, and having fought wits and courage with the Pure One for so many years, he clearly had his own set of survival rules. Li Ximing nodded secretly, and had no intention of snatching other things, leading him to Zhijing Mountain and appearing under the jade pillar.

Xuan Yi wore a cyan-bottomed, profound-patterned Daoist robe, which was quite compatible with the gardenia flowers all over the ground. He looked at Zhijing Mountain with appreciative eyes and said:

"Good scenery!"

He put the cassock on the ground, nodded to him with great kindness, and laughed:

"Regarding Shou Ding, I troubled your clan. He is someone who doesn't know things, reckless and negligent, and I was unable to separate myself. Thanks to your clan for mediating, I thank you first."

"No matter!"

Li Ximing laughed, waved his hand to signal, took the lead in the conversation, gently poured tea, not appearing too urgent, and replied:

"Let's take a look at Bai Yinzi, don't let the Release cultivators deceive us."

"That makes sense."

Xuan Yi nodded, gently hooked his finger. The cassock was not a good thing to begin with, and after being worn down by his divine ability all the way, it shook for a while and then scattered on the ground. The old man Bai Yinzi fell out of it in a daze, shouting:

"Ouch!"

Li Ximing endured the excitement and watched quietly. The old man climbed up, and sure enough, recognized Li Ximing at a glance. His eyes turned red, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you, True Person, for saving my life! Thank you, True Person, for saving my life!"

Xuan Yi's divine ability was still staining him, so Li Ximing smiled and said: "It was this True Person Xuan Yi who saved you."

Xuan Yi held the cup, looking at Bai Yinzi with a smile, and replied:

"Storage bag."

Bai Yinzi hurriedly presented the things. Xuan Yi took them casually, swept them with his divine ability, and the storage bag was forcibly refined. With a bang, it exploded, and all the things poured onto the ground with a clatter.

This action was done in front of the two people, which was also Xuan Yi's way of proving that he was not hiding anything. Li Ximing's gaze was casual, but his peripheral vision swept across the pile of sundries in an instant. Among the bottles, jars, talismans, and spirit objects, a small, bright white spirit stone was buried! This thing was discarded among many spirit objects like garbage, revealing only a small half, abandoned like shoes, while two brownish-yellow Qi-refining spirit objects were carefully packed in semi-transparent jade boxes and pressed on top.

The talisman seed in Li Ximing's Qi sea jumped non-stop, emitting bursts of cool airflow. His blood surged, but his face showed no expression, and he relaxed his brows.

But don't talk about him, even True Person Xuan Yi opposite him relaxed his brows, but he relaxed his brows for the magic weapon on Bai Yinzi, laughed, and asked:

"Can Can Zhaojing, you take first, or I take first?"

He didn't care about the thoughts of Bai Yinzi kneeling on the side at all, and just asked it out loud. The old man was also only busy kneeling on the ground, his eyes somewhat confused.

Li Ximing's gaze swept lightly, and many jade bottles and jade boxes were all shattered, revealing spirit objects of varying values. The key was that four magic weapons were piled up in the main body, looking brilliant and quite good. There was also a small box placed among them, which was not destroyed by the divine ability, pure white all over, with golden patterns, which looked like no ordinary object at a glance.

He smiled slightly and replied:

"My family doesn't want many things, and he probably doesn't have many on him, let's take a look first..."

Xuan Yi nodded with a smile, flicked his finger, and the box, which was pure white all over with dense golden patterns, jumped open by itself, presenting the items inside.

It was five small silver leaves, each only the size of a fingernail, but with a somewhat furry taste. Each tiny hair densely attached to the leaf emitted a faint fluorescence, and an abundant spirit machine rushed to his face, making people feel refreshed and happy.

Li Ximing only took this glance, and under the investigation of his spiritual sense, he actually felt familiar. After thinking for a while, he vaguely felt a divine wonder of the "Du Wei" path.

"So it is Zifu spirit resources."

Xuan Yi picked it up lightly, took the jade box, and examined it in his hand. Although he didn't say anything about asking for it, his intention to move was already very obvious.

Li Ximing caught this opportunity, made a sudden realization, moved his divine ability, and the rest of the things followed one by one, landing on the table in turn. The remaining sundries rolled to the ground, and with a casual wave of his sleeve, these sundries were all collected into his sleeve.

"Got it!"

He was determined in his heart and nodded silently. Because he had spread out all the spirit objects early and looked at them with his spiritual sense, Xuan Yi opposite naturally had no objection, only nodded and laughed: "Fellow Daoist, do you recognize this object?"

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Li Ximing 【Early Zifu】【Zifu Alchemist】

Xuan○Yi 【Early Zifu】

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Blocked by a heavy rainstorm at night, I got wet and went home, the update is a bit late, sorry. ===== CHAPTER 876 =====