Chapter 1345: Ten Thousand Willow Ghost-Binding Wood

"Fellow Daoist He!"

Li Zijun, who had always maintained a grinning image, now had a face as gloomy as water.

His eyes stared at Wang Dun as if he were a venomous snake: "You can't just say whatever you want!"

"I know you have a way with women, but in front of my Li family, you'd better keep that act to yourself!"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Although Li Zijun hadn't moved an inch, an invisible killing intent was being projected from his body.

Wang Dun, however, gave a sheepish smile and continued: "Biyun Xianzi Li, your fiancé is injured by water; he is destined to die beneath the water among the Five Elements!"

"No... I misspoke!" Wang Dun took a deep breath and corrected himself: "He is not destined to die beneath the water; he has already died beneath the water!"

"As for whether you believe it or not, that is your business!"

After saying this, Wang Dun gently loosened his hand, letting go of Li Ziyuan's hand, and crossed his arms, looking elsewhere.

The atmosphere at the scene was once extremely awkward.

Fortunately, this awkwardness did not last long.

An old man wearing a grey Daoist robe walked slowly through the crowd, heading toward Wang Dun.

Wang Dun recognized the newcomer at a glance and said: "Eh... isn't this Master Liuyu?"

Swish...

Everyone turned their heads to look in the direction of Master Liuyu.

Li Zijun said: "Perfect, Master Liuyu is a top-tier master of divination. Later, let him take a look for you, Sister, and see if certain people are just spouting nonsense."

As they spoke, Master Liuyu arrived before the group.

"Fellow Daoist He... hehehe... we meet again!" Master Liuyu looked at Wang Dun and said: "Back in Xiling City, failing to take a look at your past and future always felt like a regret!"

Wang Dun said: "I wouldn't dare... Master is a senior, this junior is unworthy of the title 'Fellow Daoist'!"

Although Master Liuyu's cultivation was only at the early stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal, he was, after all, a Taiyi.

"Greetings, Senior!" Li Ziyuan and Li Zijun both bowed to Master Liuyu.

He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao also followed suit with cupped-hand salutes.

Only Xin Baobao showed no reaction at all.

Master Liuyu looked at Xin Baobao and gave a chuckle; he did not mind these details.

Wang Dun said: "Back then, I couldn't let Master take a look for me, and now I'm troubling you again..."

"Hey!" Master Liuyu waved his hand and said: "Fate is something that passes once it's gone. Looking at you today is not necessarily the same as looking at you back then."

After saying this, Master Liuyu looked at He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi, saying: "Good physiognomy, good physiognomy indeed... both of you will be dragons and tigers of the world in the future!"

"May I ask how the two fellow Daoists are addressed?"

Han Houzhi crossed his arms, his face full of arrogance: "Han Houzhi!"

He didn't really believe in this sort of thing.

Of course, Han Houzhi was extremely arrogant by nature and usually didn't give people a pleasant look.

He Pingsheng nodded indifferently: "This junior is Wang Dun!"

"Hmm!" Master Liuyu reached into his sleeve, fumbling around, and finally pulled out a piece of wood shimmering with a green divine light.

This wood was about a foot in size, round and stout, looking just like a cylindrical tree stump.

The bark on the outside of the stump was cracked beyond recognition, but on that cracked bark, there were countless golden and purple talisman imprints. These talismans flickered on and off, as if breathing.

Seeing this stump, Xin Baobao was moved and said: "What a massive demonic aura!"

"Wrong..." Wang Dun shook his head: "You, a princess of the Demon Sect, actually can't distinguish demonic nature? This isn't a demonic aura; it has a bit of a netherworld aura instead!"

"Hehe!" Master Liuyu laughed heartily: "Young Master He is indeed knowledgeable!"

He no longer called him Fellow Daoist He, changing it to Young Master He.

After saying this, Liuyu presented the stump to He Pingsheng, saying: "Wang Dun... this object is called the 【Ten Thousand Willow Ghost-Binding Wood】. Carrying it on your person can ward off evil, and it is also one of the most important main materials for refining a substitute puppet. Of course, it can also absorb the light of immortal spirits and nurture injured divine souls!"

"Ye Xiaodao is my disciple; the cultivation technique you gave him must be incomplete, right?"

"Take this Ten Thousand Willow Ghost-Binding Wood, and I will trade you for the remaining part, is that acceptable?"

Master Liuyu looked at He Pingsheng, smiling, his face revealing an innocent expression.

He Pingsheng said: "The technique I gave Ye Xiaodao is indeed not complete; it only reached the Golden Immortal chapter, but what I have in my hands only goes up to Taiyi at most!"

"Even if I give it to you, there is only the final chapter left!"

"Hehehe..." Liuyu chuckled: "Indeed, indeed!"

"Fine!" He Pingsheng took out the sixth chapter of the Heavenly Prison Soul-Forging Art and gave it to Liuyu, while simultaneously accepting the Ten Thousand Willow Ghost-Binding Wood.

"Wait..." Seeing Master Liuyu about to leave, Li Zijun hurriedly called out to him: "Master Liuyu, hold on!"

"Could you take a look at my sister's physiognomy?"

"Oh?" Master Liuyu turned around to look at Li Ziwan and asked, "What does Biyun Xianzi Li wish to see?"

Before Li Ziwan could speak, Li Zijun said directly, "Just one look, how is my sister's fiancé doing now?"

Master Liuyu stared at Li Ziwan for two breaths, then shook his head and said, "Cannot tell... cannot tell at all..."

After saying this, he swayed away.

"What does that mean?" Luo Bingyao looked in the direction Master Liuyu had left in confusion and asked, "This old man seems strange!"

He Pingsheng smiled; he also felt something was wrong.

But he could not put his finger on exactly what was wrong.

Just at this moment, a woman dressed in black flew over from the distance.

That's right!

She flew directly across the Immortal Emperor City and landed beside Li Ziwan in an instant.

"Eldest Miss... it's bad... something has happened!"

The woman was in a great hurry, and her face was somewhat pale.

Li Ziwan asked, "What happened?"

The woman looked left and right, not speaking specifically, only saying, "It is... the fiancé, Young Master Mao, has met with an accident."

Li Ziwan and Li Zijun both felt their hearts skip a beat.

But Li Zijun intended for Wang Dun to know the cause and effect, so he said, "It's fine, everyone here is our own, just speak boldly!"

Only then did the woman take a deep breath and say, "Just now, an Elder from the Thousand Machines Hall had me come to inform the Eldest Miss, saying that when Young Master Mao was at North Source, he was besieged by dozens of deep-sea ice dragons and has already... already... fallen!"

Li Ziwan's body trembled slightly, her face turning pale.

Li Zijun looked at Wang Dun instantly.

Wang Dun did not speak.

"Very well..." Li Ziwan said, "I understand!"

"Little brother, my emotions are somewhat agitated; I cannot participate in the competition at this moment!"

"Everyone, I will not be participating in this Golden Feather Assembly. I wish you all good luck!"

After speaking, Li Ziwan flicked her sleeves and left with a single teleportation.

Only then did the crowd become convinced by Wang Dun's earlier words, and one by one, they began to question him.

The number of people on the plaza grew larger and larger.

Those hundreds of seats were also slowly filling up with people.

He Pingsheng took a glance; those who could sit in these seats were all people from major families.

Among them were the six great families!

Besides the six great families, there were some prominent clans, though He Pingsheng did not recognize them.