Chapter 347: Hundred-Form Pill (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

On the mist above both sides of the passage, all manner of Sea-Splitting divine script and illustrations were spread out, their style almost identical to the passage behind the Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing Gate.

"Could the remains of the twelve Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing all come from the Sea-Splitting Star?"

Li Yuan mulled it over in his heart, then strode forward quickly, reaching the 'arena,' whose style was almost no different, before the passage began to quake.

On the surrounding high platforms wreathed in mist, there seemed to be some blurry, indistinct human figures, impossible to see clearly.

From the passage opposite, a burly, towering, blurred figure walked out, bearing no blade or weapon, only empty hands, approaching at a measured pace.

Boom!

Boom boom~

That figure walked step by step, each footfall landing like a drumbeat.

Li Yuan only felt that every step of this person was like stomping on his own heart, making his qi and blood surge, impossible to calm his mind to face the enemy.

"A master of the Thousand-Ages tier!"

Just from the momentum of his striding approach, Li Yuan felt a headache coming on; he suspected Long Long Yingchan simply wanted him to come in here and take a beating and get abused.

Let alone that he hadn't yet refined his viscera—even if he had achieved great success in viscera refining, it would be impossible for him to slay a master expert with Thousand-Ages-tier talent against the odds.

He touched his waist; the Dragon-illusion Belt, as expected, gave no response at all, impossible to activate.

"What's even the point of fighting this?"

Master Li was speechless inside, but still pulled himself together.

If he really met such a great expert outside, he would of course turn tail and run without a word, but since there was no danger to his life, naturally he still had to try once or twice.

"This big fellow must surely be a great expert who cultivates both horizontal training and fists/palms, his momentum vast and mighty like Rushan... but his speed, probably not necessarily faster than Brother Zhongli Luans?"

The entire vast arena paused for a beat; that giant man whose face could not be seen had already pounced to kill, his arms spread wide, then suddenly clamping together.

This was just a single move, the simplest "Old Bear Hugging the Tree," yet Li Yuan, who bore the brunt of it, only felt his heart pounding madly.

Under that giant man's embrace, the airflow in this half of the arena where he stood churned like boiling water, pure and violent power erupting,

as if it would crush him along with the space of this half of the martial stage in one embrace!

"Bang!"

Li Yuan reacted extremely fast; with force under his feet, he instantly activated all manner of weapons including the Sea-Splitting Yu Xuanjing Hammer, relying on tremendous strength to smash through the airflow pressing in from all around.

With one leap shooting out, he looked back and saw the exploding air blast shooting skyward; within a hundred zhang of where the giant man stood, the ground was all caving in and shattering.

"Too ferocious!"

Li Yuan's body hair stood on end; he stepped on Cloud Dragon Nine Appearances to dodge, yet the giant man's burly frame was not slow in the slightest; Li Yuan dodged left and right, yet still nearly got hammered to death on the spot several times.

"Switch palm-control!"

Having barely managed to stall until palm-control cooled down, Li Yuan didn't hesitate at all, swapping out all weapons except the Sea-Splitting Yu Xuanjing Hammer for boots.

Rumble!

Amid the exploding air blast, Li Yuan shot up into the sky, like a flash of Lei Guang streaking past, dodging that violent palm strike.

"Roar!"

Li Yuan heard the furious roar; after multiple failed pursuits, the giant man howled at the sky, and rings of crimson light suddenly burst forth from all over his body,

as if it were the fusion of qi-blood and true qi, and at the instant of leaving his body, it interacted with the airflow from all directions.

Buzz!

Before the roar's echo had even landed, those interwoven strands of qi and blood had already transformed into a crow with a wingspan of over three chi, possessing three legs, as if draped in flames.

"Whoosh!"

Li Yuan turned tail and ran, pushing his lightness skill to the absolute limit, Cloud Dragon Nine Appearances and the Divine Foot Scripture both erupting at full power, only then dodging the pounce-kill of that three-legged fire crow.

"What kind of bizarre spirit-phase is this?"

Boosted by six pairs of famed-weapon-grade boots, combined with the Divine Foot Scripture and Cloud Dragon Nine Appearances, Li Yuan asked himself if his speed was not much slower than that famously renowned Brother Zhongli Luans.

But that fire crow was even faster; it darted through the arena, like the flying sword in the hands of a legendary sword immortal, weaving back and forth, as if setting this stretch of sky ablaze.

Crack after crack of sonic-boom sounds rang out in a stretch, sweeping away rolling clouds of dust.

"This—

How do I fight?"

Master Li, chased until sweat streamed down his back, relied entirely on perception and Cloud Dragon Nine Appearances to shift his body and dodge, his whole person as if drowned in firelight.

Watching the arena covered in firelight and sonic booms, Li Yuan was numb; this was simply like being encircled and pursued by several dozen bombers.

"Spirit-phases are this fierce?!"

Li Yuan was utterly shocked; it wasn't his first time seeing a master's spirit-phase, but it was his first time seeing a spirit-phase driven at full power.

"Even with the Dragon-illusion Belt, I can't win!"

Looking at the giant man a hundred zhang away, coldly watching without attacking again, Li Yuan gritted his teeth.

He couldn't even get within a hundred zhang—how could he fight?

Buzz~

When Li Yuan was almost ready to give up, he suddenly heard a buzz that rang out clearly.

Then, the giant man in the arena seemed to be enraged, beating his chest and roaring, but in the blink of an eye, he had been struck by a streak of flowing light that flew down from the viewing platform.

His vast body flew out like a stalk of straw, falling back into the passage.

Hoo~

The giant man vanished, and that bizarre spirit-phase of his also let out a wail and disappeared.

"This......

This change came too fast; Li Yuan hadn't even reacted, and he seemed to hear a voice coming from outside the arena, as if someone was speaking.

"Can't understand!"

Li Yuan's mind turned, and palm-control activated the 'Divine Fire Bone-Forging Ring,' swapping out the Sea-Splitting Yu Xuanjing Hammer; while committing this voice to memory, he called out to the Yu Xuanjing Hammer spirit.

Buzz!

The Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing spirit had not yet responded, and the sounds coming from all around had already vanished.

Li Yuan flicked his sleeve and blew away the dust before his eyes, then strode quickly toward the center of the martial arena. The ground that had been crushed by the giant man had long since restored itself.

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As the smoke drifted, a stone tablet had appeared on the ground. The tablet was densely covered in Splitting Sea divine script, and atop the tablet lay a piece of unnamed beast-hide.

"Is this a pill formula?"

Li Yuan took the beast-hide in his hand, and could not help feeling somewhat astonished: "Does this count as me winning?"

His question received no answer; the Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing spirit's reaction was extremely slow.

"It should count as winning?"

Li Yuan tucked the beast-hide away, then committed every character on the stone tablet to memory, before turning to walk back toward the passage he had come from.

Although he himself was somewhat baffled, it seemed he had won?

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"Not only is it unparalleled through the ages, it also seems to be among the upper grade of such......"

Outside the archway of the Yan Mama gate, Long Long Xinglie was still waiting. He pinched his long beard, his mood excellent, the smile on his face impossible to suppress:

"Heaven bless my Dragon Tiger Temple — not only have we gained a once-in-an-age disciple, we can also add another Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing!"

A single Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing is enough to establish a Daoist sect with a two-thousand-year legacy; with one more, the Dragon Tiger Temple would have the possibility of becoming the leader of the martial world in the future.

"The only slight obstacle is the other great Daoist sects......"

That one sect cannot hold two Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing is an unspoken rule among the Wudadao Sect, and Long Long Xinglie did still have some wariness of it.

But he was only slightly wary; in his heart, joy still prevailed.

"Given this boy's talent, if this old man lends his full support, in at most thirty years he will have the possibility of breaking through the Tiangang realm. When that time comes, this old man will still be here, and with Junior Brother added in, that will be three Grandmasters in a single sect!"

Two Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing, three Grandmasters — Long Long Xinglie only had to think of this, and his heart could not help but stir:

"And there's Long Xinglie......"

Before the archway, Sect Leader Long paced slowly, the two long brows he was pinching never still. After a long while, he still pressed down the stirring in his heart.

Anticipation is anticipation; how to achieve it must also be carefully considered.

"This boy's talent is peerless, but his character is overly cautious and slippery. The reason his spiritual endowment is not high is related to this — he lacks purity."

"Junior Brother, on the other hand, is pure. In spiritual endowment, he is second only to the two ancestors...... This master and disciple both have no small problems; it still must be this old man sitting in the middle to hold things steady."

Long Long Xinglie felt regret in his heart; he still felt that this boy being trained by himself would be best.

(continuation of training)

"Now, I can still train him."

He looked past the archway, at the passage formed by clouds and mist, and estimated that this boy should also be coming back after his beating.

Before long, Li Yuan strode quickly out of the passage.

At this moment, he was in a very sorry state — not only was his Daoist robe burned, his body also bore quite a few wounds, all left by that fire crow.

"Sect Leader......"

Long Long Xinglie nodded inwardly, and did not let slip this opportunity he had created to teach a disciple:

"Your talent is peerless, but your disposition is not yet settled, and still needs polishing. However, that person in the martial arena had talent no less than yours, and Wu Gong far surpassing yours — there is no need to mind the defeat......

"What you say is true."

Li Yuan nodded repeatedly. The principle that there are always people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens, he had known since his previous life.

"Don't just listen — commit it to your heart as well."

Long Long Xinglie admonished.

"This disciple will keep it firmly in mind."

Li Yuan did not argue back, and waited until Sect Leader Long finished his set of reasoning before pulling from his bosom that unnamed beast-hide scroll:

"Sect Leader, what is written on this?"

"Quite an obscure divine script, but this old man can read it. This should be a pill formula — a Bai Xing Dan? What is this......"

"Hm?!"

Suddenly, Long Long Xinglie jerked his head up, nearly tearing off his two long brows: "You — you, this pill formula, this pill formula...... you won?"

"You actually won?!"

Even Sect Leader Long was somewhat stunned.

He himself had undergone the True Inheritance Trial, so how could he not know how difficult it was to win.

With Li Yuan's current Wu Gong, how could he possibly have won?

"It should be, right?"

Li Yuan himself was not entirely sure, so he recounted the details.

"You're saying you ran into an opponent with very poor Qinggong, tangled with him for over a hundred exchanges using Qinggong, and after that, this stone tablet appeared?"

Sect Leader Long's spirit shook — he had never seen such a thing even in the Records of the Ancestors' Daily Life:

"Write down the divine script you saw."

"Yes."

With the aid of "photographic memory," Li Yuan had committed every divine script he had seen and heard to memory, and immediately, pressing two fingers together like a sword,

he exhaled a burst of true qi, and had already drawn dense, scribble-like characters on the ground beneath his feet.

"These characters......"

Sect Leader Long slightly furrowed his brow — of these characters, he recognized only a small portion.

Buzz~

He glanced at Li Yuan; behind Long Long Yingchan, where the cloud qi instantly flared, a streak of red light appeared. Li Yuan, with his sharp eyes, caught a glimpse of a cauldron flashing within the red light.

Was he communicating with the spirit of the Life-Nurturing Cauldron? Or was he communicating with the two Ancestors?

Whoosh~

Long Long Yingchan pointed with his finger, and a wisp of true qi exploded like fireworks, transforming into various characters:

【Trialist: Li Yuan】

【True Disciple Trial: One Victory】

【For defeating the strong with the weak, for overthrowing the superior with the inferior, not losing is victory; if victorious, there shall be a reward...】

【Reward: The Formula for Yi Bai Xing】

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