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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 71 (326): [Tang Wanzhou's Problem]
(71st of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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"Mind your own business," Yao Qingxuan said coldly, "And don't tell anyone I'm still alive. If you do, disaster will surely follow. You call me Master, so I'm warning you for your own good."
She brought Li Weiyi back to the first layer of the Asura Layer.
"Give me the Ghost Banner," she said.
Li Weiyi had anticipated this moment, so he handed over the Ghost Banner without hesitation, asking anxiously, "Master, are you still going to intercept it? That resurrected Monk Corpse is terrifyingly powerful. It's too dangerous!"
Yao Qingxuan took the Ghost Banner and released her Willpower to examine it. A flicker of surprise flashed in her eyes before she turned to Li Weiyi, who stood much taller than her.
Perhaps because of Li Weiyi's decisive action in handing over the Ghost Banner, or perhaps because of her concern, Yao Qingxuan, who usually avoided explanations, spoke softly: "Si Kong Yanlun, Si Kong Jingyuan, and Yi Zhouxue all described the Ghost Banner in glowing terms, blaming their failures entirely on it. This has piqued the interest of some Immortal Realm Great Powers within the Divine Sect, including Hall Master-level figures."
"Keep holding it. Once you leave the Main Hall, you'll face unpredictable dangers. You don't want to be trapped in the Southern Purity (Nanqing) Palace forever, do you? You must venture out. Young people should have the sharpness of youth, advancing with the sun and thunder and lightning."
"The Blood Handprint Demonic Armor is only a Ninth-Grade Hundred-Character Artifact. I believe you can defend it with your current strength, and you deserve to possess such a Battle Treasure."
"If those rare insect larvae were truly stolen by an old geezer, he wouldn't be able to hide them. Hall Master An, I, and even the Jiu Li Hidden Sect would come after him. Therefore, for you right now, the Ghost Banner poses the greatest threat."
Li Weiyi asked, "What exactly did Si Kong Yanlun and the others fabricate?"
"What they fabricated doesn't matter. The older generation knows everything. They've experienced it all and understand the truth perfectly well. Your escape, your ability to wound them, and your seizure of their Battle Treasure have brought great honor to me. Hall Master An laughed heartily, saying that as long as you remain loyal, she'll protect you until you become a Holy Spiritual Master."
Yao Qingxuan, holding the Ghost Banner, vanished from the suspension bridge, returning to the Truth Zen Forest.
She had made her intentions clear: she wasn't going to participate in the battle.
Instead, she was using this opportunity to tell those within the Divine Sect who coveted the Ghost Banner that it was indeed a supreme treasure, but it was currently in her possession.
If you want to seize it, go find her.
The tremors of battle never ceased.
Li Weiyi gazed across the drawbridge, sensing Yao Qingxuan's sincerity, yet his doubts remained unresolved. Soon, his thoughts turned to Zen Hai Guanwu and his three Masters, filling him with worry. But he knew he could do nothing to help right now.
The four of them had lived for over a thousand years and weathered countless storms. They likely had their own escape plan.
Lost in a whirlwind of thoughts, Li Weiyi waited for over an hour on the first level of the Asura Layer before Tuoba Butuo, Qi Xiao, Yang Qingxi, and Yang Qingchan finally returned.
Naturally, they were surprised to find Li Weiyi had arrived even earlier. Without asking too many questions, they all returned to the Mortal Realm Layer together.
The rumbling and shaking of the Underground Immortal Mansion continued unabated, sending shivers down their spines.
The Main Hall was protected by layers of formations that greatly mitigated the shockwaves, minimizing the impact.
Yang Yun and a group of Martial-Mystic Cultivators who followed Yang Qingxi came to greet them.
Yang Yun exclaimed excitedly, "Thank heavens, Sister! We've finally been waiting for you to return! I led people to search the southern region several times, but we couldn't find any trace of you or Second Sister. I was worried sick. Only when I learned you were with Brother Weiyi did I finally feel relieved."
Ye Nanfeng chuckled: "Fourth Divine Son and Sixth Divine Daughter, your methods are truly extraordinary! It's so satisfying to see Si Kong Yanlun lose an arm and Si Kong Jingyuan have his Seventh-Grade Battle Treasure stolen. They even went crying to the Wither-Flourish (Kurong) Hall, claiming you ambushed them. Anyone with eyes can see they were up to no good, and now they've paid the price with an arm and a treasure."
Ye Beifeng chimed in, "They deserved their humiliation for daring to make enemies of such peerless Heavenly Prides."
Li Weiyi turned to Yang Qingxi: "Si Kongqin is in your custody. Will you handle the aftermath?"
"Of course! With a witness in hand, I'm eager to see how Si Kong Yanlun and Si Kong Jingyuan will wriggle out of this mess," Yang Qingxi said with interest, already envisioning a hefty compensation.
Under different circumstances, Li Weiyi would have exploited Si Kong Qin to thoroughly humiliate Si Kong Yanlun and Si Kong Jingyuan and extort a substantial sum from them.
But having reaped such a massive harvest, he wasn't currently short on Yongquan Coins and didn't want to waste time on such matters. He was eager to return to the Southern Purity (Nanqing) Palace to focus on cultivation.
Si Kong Ce, who had been crippled by Tuoba Butuo and sealed in a Cosmic Pouch, was also a crucial witness.
However, during the battle, the Cosmic Pouch accidentally shattered, and this Dao Seed Realm, Fourth Heaven expert was torn apart by Spatial Power.
Now, Si Kong Qin remained the sole witness.
Yang Yun said, "They clearly knew you would return and expose their lies. They've already taken on a mission and left for the surface."
Li Weiyi, Tuoba Butuo, and Qi Xiao first went to the Spirit Valley (Linggu) Hall to exchange the Meditation Mushrooms they had picked and the rusty armor and weapons they had salvaged from the swamp for cultivation resources.
The rusty armor and weapons were vast in number and worth over a million Yongquan Coins.
In addition to Millennium Essence Herbs, Li Weiyi also exchanged for the fourteen auxiliary medicines needed to refine Star Spiritual Pills.
He currently had enough Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stones. To reach the peak of Four-Star Spiritual Master cultivation as quickly as possible and qualify for the Five-Star Spiritual Master breakthrough, refining Star Spiritual Pills was his only option.
As for the Meditation Mushrooms, all were white and blue, their grade too low to be of any real help. He naturally exchanged them all.
Martial-Mystic Dao cultivation relied more on enlightenment, scriptures, and guidance from renowned masters. The primary need for cultivation resources lay in physical training.
For Martial-Mystic Cultivators practicing the Dragon Seed, even Dao Lotus Pills and Dao Fruit Pills could be skipped.
Li Weiyi then visited the Technique Pavilion to borrow Daoist scriptures. For the next period, he would focus on Martial-Mystic Dao cultivation, particularly the Twelve-Character Dao Seed.
Cultivating Psychic Power and the Wind Mansion Dragon Seed were merely distractions to conceal his true intentions.
The Twelve-Character Dao Seed within his Divine Gate was the fundamental key to whether he could reach the pinnacle of the Martial-Mystic Dao in the future.
"I feel like I'll break through to the Dao Seed Realm, Third Heaven, soon and catch up to Tuoba. As long as my physical cultivation keeps pace, I won't have any weaknesses," Qi Xiao said, having exchanged for several precious medicines for physical cultivation and with four pounds of Immortal Soil in hand, his mood was excellent.
Tuoba Butuo declared proudly, "Within two months, I will definitely condense a Dao Lotus. Then I can compete with one of the Fifth Divine Sons."
"Those two Divine Sons have been severely weakened - one lost an arm, and the other lost a Seventh-Rank Battle Artifact. They might not be your match."
On their way back to the Southern Purity (Nanqing) Palace, the three of them chatted and laughed.
Though this journey had been fraught with danger, the rewards were immense, and the future looked promising.
"Look, that should be the hole the Monk Corpse broke through," Qi Xiao said, pointing at the sky.
Li Weiyi looked up.
The hole was small, appearing about the same size as the sun and moon from the ground.
"This position..."
Li Weiyi realized the hole in the sky was directly above the Southern Purity (Nanqing) Palace, and his heart skipped a beat as a thought struck him.
He immediately activated his Body Technique and rushed back at top speed.
Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao exchanged puzzled glances and followed closely behind Li Weiyi.
Back at the Southern Purity (Nanqing) Palace, Li Weiyi rushed straight to the area where the Black Buddhist Pagoda stood, the location of the formation.
He retrieved the Azure Jade Formation Talisman, opened the Formation Light Veil, and stepped inside.
On the first floor of the pagoda, where the open doorway had once revealed the withered corpse bound by chains, nothing remained.
As if struck by a bolt of lightning from a clear sky, Li Weiyi froze, his scalp tingling.
"It really did awaken!"
The Monk Corpse had awakened a month ago, and Li Weiyi couldn't help but shudder at the thought. If he hadn't been outside the Main Hall at the time, wouldn't he have encountered it head-on?
He didn't know that the Monk Corpse's awakening was caused by the Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish's unusual activity.
Li Weiyi immediately rushed to the formation area where the Golden Rice grew, only to breathe a sigh of relief upon finding it unharmed.
"Damn it! After this battle, the Monk Corpse's origins will inevitably be discovered. Won't the Space Teleportation Formation be exposed along with it?"
Li Weiyi felt a headache coming on. He hurried to the formation area where Tang Wanzhou had been hiding, intending to remove the Blood Crystal embedded in the Space Teleportation Formation and restore it to its original state.
As for Tang Wanzhou, if she wanted to return, she would have done so long ago!
Most likely, she had perished on the other side of the Space Teleportation Formation...
"Tang Wanzhou!"
The moment Li Weiyi stepped into the Formation Light Veil, he saw Tang Wanzhou lying unconscious at the center of the Space Teleportation Formation. His heart surged with both shock and joy, and he immediately rushed forward to check on her.
Her Life force was strong, her body showed no injuries, and her Blood Qi was vigorous.
Yet she remained unconscious, in a bizarre state.
"She must have just returned! The battle in the Sacred Heart Level must have broken out, allowing her to escape. What exactly did she go through?"
Missing for two months, yet showing no signs of imprisonment or suppression - it was truly strange.
Li Weiyi called out to her for a long time, but he couldn't wait any longer. An Xianjing and Yao Qingxuan might return at any moment.
So, he released his Psychic Power, intending to enter her Sea of Consciousness, communicate with her, and forcibly awaken her.
But the moment his Psychic Power entered her body, a torrent of overwhelming Willpower surged back at him like a tidal wave.
Li Weiyi's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected Tang Wanzhou's Battle Technique Intent to still possess such terrifying self-defense even in her current state!
He immediately retreated to defend himself.
"Boom!"
Reeling from Tang Wanzhou's Willpower counterattack, Li Weiyi trembled violently.
His Psychic Power faltered, and countless illusions, both real and false, flooded his mind. It felt as though someone had forcibly created a memory, stuffing it with experiences that weren't his own.
These memories and experiences vividly portrayed the seven emotions and six desires, twisting him, altering his mental state, and blurring the lines between reality and illusion.
Li Weiyi managed to maintain his clarity only because the two Fish Eyes of the Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish on his chest had grown bright, coalescing into a Tai Chi Diagram Seal that enveloped him, leaving his mind clear and his spirit sharp.
"How could she possess such bizarre Willpower?"
Li Weiyi collapsed to the ground, practicing the Jade Void Breathing Technique to sort through the memories and experiences flooding his mind.
The more he sorted, the more shocked he became. He strongly suspected that Tang Wanzhou hadn't simply gone mad; she had encountered something terrifyingly strange in the Sacred Heart Level.
Each memory was utterly bizarre, wildly different from reality, yet chillingly plausible.
For example, Tang Wanzhou had forced her way into the Mortal Realm Layer, sustained grievous injuries, and sought refuge in the Southern Purity (Nanqing) Palace, finding Li Weiyi entirely of her own volition.
But during the recent psychic backlash, memories were forcibly implanted into Li Weiyi's mind. These memories depicted her gravely wounded, Li Weiyi secretly smuggling her into the Southern Purity (Nanqing) Palace and hiding her within this formation area. The entire process was intimate, their conversations and actions resembling those of clandestine lovers.
For instance, it was clearly her own decision to enter the Space Teleportation Formation.
Yet in the chaotic memories, it was Li Weiyi who had urged her to enter the formation.
Li Weiyi didn't know why this was happening, and his heart was filled with worry. He could only hope that his cultivation wasn't high enough, and he had been mentally wounded by the other party's Long Life Will, rather than something being wrong with her.
As time passed, the pain in Li Weiyi's head subsided, and his thoughts gradually cleared.
At the center of the Space Teleportation Formation, Tang Wanzhou, tall and slender, awoke.
She slowly sat up, her head splitting with pain. A torrent of negative emotions flooded her mind: sadness, fury, agony, resentment. She felt deeply wronged, wanting to weep and kill at the same time.
Tang Wanzhou's gaze fell upon Li Weiyi, who had risen outside the Formation.
Gradually, the hazy figure in her mind - the one she both adored and resented - became clearer and more distinct.
Filled with hatred, Tang Wanzhou clenched her pearly teeth, her voice cold and filled with resentment. "Li Weiyi, why did you use me?"
Li Weiyi rubbed his temples, having just stood up.
His face paled at these words. He inwardly groaned, "It's over. Something really did go wrong."
Before he could explain, Tang Wanzhou reached out and seized him through the air, clamping her hand around his throat.
Her eyes, cold as swords yet brimming with tears, slammed Li Weiyi to the ground with a thud.
She choked out in agony, "I trusted you so much... I gave you everything I had... Why did you deceive me? Why?"
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