Chapter 115: Buying a Life-Saving Deal

The so-called "Boundary of the Five Seas Realm" is not a physical demarcation. Rather, in recent months, several martial cultivators of the Five Seas Realm have attempted to enter Burial Immortal Town from this direction. Upon crossing a certain threshold, their internal spiritual energy would uncontrollably ignite, incinerating their bodies. Consequently, two colossal stone statues were erected nearby to serve as a warning.

The boundary itself is indistinct, yet the invisible danger is very real. Now, the Boundary of the Five Seas Realm is naturally defined by the skeletons and bloodstains left from the battle five days prior, resembling a putrid, bloody Asura battlefield.

From the forehead of the stocky Suizong Grand Diviner, countless luminous particles emanated, transforming a radius of several tens of meters into a shimmering realm of light. Each particle served as an eye, allowing him to perceive his surroundings, making it impossible for anyone to approach him unawares.

He called out "Yang Yun" several times, but received no reply. Halting ten meters from the lion-headed steed, he stopped Chen Jingtang, who was about to press forward.

“I have an unsettling feeling; let’s stay put!”

The Suizong Grand Diviner formed a hand seal, and a chain of spiritual light shot forth from his brow. Like a winding spirit serpent, it extended ten meters and coiled around Yang Yun. The spiritual chain tightened, yanking Yang Yun off the horse.

“Splash!”

From the nearby Sui River, a splashing sound indicated something emerging from the water. Neither of them could have imagined that someone was hidden beneath the turbulent water. The moment Li Weiyi burst from the water, he unleashed an arrow. The bowstring twanged like a peal of thunder.

“Careful, an ambush!”

The Suizong Grand Diviner roared, abandoning any thought of rescuing Yang Yun. He drew circles with his hands, summoning spiritual flame, and forged a shield sigil before him.

“Boom!”

The bolt of electric energy struck the spiritual shield sigil, erupting into an explosion. Spiritual light and electrical sparks scattered in all directions. The Suizong Grand Diviner was flung backward by the concussive force, his chest robes shredding to pieces.

Li Weiyi discarded his bow, drawing a captured magical longsword from his back. Stepping on a mist of spiritual energy, he lunged forward, sword flashing through the air. He had to eliminate one opponent before Wang Daozhen arrived. Undoubtedly, the Grand Diviner posed a greater threat than Chen Jingtang and had to be dealt with first.

“It’s you!”

Chen Jingtang recognized “Sima Qin,” his eyes wide with shock. Yet, true to his reputation as a Nine Springs breakthrough to Five Seas Realm expert, Chen Jingtang, with his extensive combat experience, instantly brandished his iron sleeves. His battle robe, woven from special iron-infused fabric, unfurled like a flag with each swing, conjuring whirlwinds of spiritual energy to obstruct Li Weiyi’s assault on the Suizong Grand Diviner.

As Li Weiyi burst from the water, Yao Yin surged from the mist. Draped in a ghost banner, she vaulted over the lion-headed steed, her toes barely grazing its back as she moved with the wind, incredibly swift and agile. Her palm struck directly for Chen Jingtang’s head. It was the Heavenly Wind Palm technique, a fundamental martial art of the Medicine King. Before her palm could connect, an overwhelming wave of palm wind preceded it.

If Chen Jingtang intended to block Li Weiyi’s assault on the Suizong Grand Diviner, he would inevitably suffer a palm strike from Yao Yin, leading to severe injury or even death. Cornered, Chen Jingtang let out a long cry, shifting his stance and spinning his body. The fist force he had aimed at Li Weiyi now redirected to meet the palm print from the woman in the mist. Though seemingly young, the woman exuded a profoundly dangerous aura.

Also in the first stage of the Five Seas Realm, Chen Jingtang’s combat prowess far exceeded that of other cultivators. His body remained as steadfast as a mountain, and his fist force, domineering and robust, shattered all the incoming palm wind.

Yao Yin, wearing silver-threaded gloves, channeled spiritual energy, causing the silver glow on her palms to condense into a solid mass, appearing like a silver wall several meters wide.

“Boom!”

Fist and palm met with a resounding impact. The iron sleeve rotating off Chen Jingtang’s arm clashed with the ghost banner that simultaneously spun off Yao Yin’s body. After a brief stalemate, Yao Yin let out a muffled groan and was sent flying backward like a withered leaf.

Chen Jingtang immediately turned his gaze to the other side of the battlefield, witnessing “Sima Qin” relentlessly wielding his sword. The Suizong Grand Diviner, alternating between summoning spiritual flames and casting runes, was clearly overwhelmed in close quarters, taking repeated sword strikes. His demise was only a few sword strikes away. There was no time to intervene.

Without hesitation, Chen Jingtang charged towards Yao Yin, employing the strategy of “Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao.” Yao Yin’s extraordinary combat power suggested she might be a Hundred Meridians Pure Immortal Body. He was certain that if she were in mortal danger, “Sima Qin” would immediately return to assist her. He drew out an intermediate-grade magical iron book and infused it with spiritual energy.

Yao Yin landed, stumbling backward, her face ashen. After regaining her footing, she immediately channeled ancestral spiritual energy into her ghost banner.

“Swish!”

The nether mist erupting from the ghost banner transformed into a dark, ominous cloud. An icy power spread, coating the red earth beneath her feet with a layer of white frost. A majestic and formidable armored ghost materialized before her, wielding a war halberd that clashed with the thirty-five incoming iron book pages.

Li Weiyi decapitated the Suizong Grand Diviner with a single sword stroke. Turning, he caught sight of the unfolding scene and immediately hurled his magical battle sword. Hearing the sharp whoosh behind him, Chen Jingtang could only sigh. He turned and swung his sleeve, deflecting the magical battle sword with a metallic clang.

“You always hold back in a life-or-death struggle; you are destined for utter defeat.”

Li Weiyi employed the Clear Void Chasing Cicada Steps, moving as if treading on mist and chasing the wind. Spiritual energy surged into his Corpse Robe Soft Armor, immediately enveloping him in a crimson mist, within which blood-colored scriptures danced.

“Audacious!”

Wang Daozhen roared in fury. The moment Li Weiyi made his move, Wang Daozhen swiftly rushed towards the Boundary of the Five Seas Realm. But everything unfolded too rapidly; in mere moments, the sect’s Grand Diviner was decapitated. Still some distance from Li Weiyi, Wang Daozhen exhaled a breath of spiritual energy, which condensed into thirteen flying swords that shot forth ahead of him.

Unlike Chen Jingtang who was forced to defend himself earlier, Li Weiyi’s palm strike continued unabated, a surge of blood mist and blood-colored scriptures erupting from his arm.

“Boom!”

Chen Jingtang disregarded the iron book’s pages and met the attack with a direct punch. The opponent’s palm force was extraordinarily potent, in no way inferior to his own. Furthermore, the accompanying blood-colored scriptures struck him like countless colossal boulders, instantly causing him to spit blood and fly backward. Simultaneously, Li Weiyi was struck by two spiritual flying swords from behind. Enduring the impact, he swiftly activated his movement technique to evade the remaining blades. Enhanced by his high-grade magical Nightwalker Robe, his speed was almost illusory.

Meanwhile, Yao Yin, using her ghost banner, shattered the uncontrolled iron book pages and swept forward. She struck Chen Jingtang before he could land, her coordination with Li Weiyi utterly seamless.

Wang Daozhen arrived and lashed out with his Array-Splitting Whip. Li Weiyi had no intention of engaging him head-on. He swiftly retreated, landing a short distance from the Boundary of the Five Seas Realm. Wiping blood from the corner of his mouth, he felt the lingering pain in his back where the spiritual flying swords had struck, indicating internal organ damage.

Facing Wang Daozhen, who stood several meters away, radiating killing intent, Li Weiyi remarked, “Be careful. As a cultivator of the second stage of the Five Seas Realm, approaching this area is far more perilous than for someone at the first stage. Your spiritual energy must be scalding hot already, isn’t it? One more step, and it might just ignite.”

Wang Daozhen gripped his Array-Splitting Whip, his eyes chilling to their depths, yet he dared not advance further. “You are far stronger than I anticipated, possessing both immense courage and cunning,” he said. “How could someone like you be content to remain hidden, relying on the power of the heavens and earth?”

“You’re making me blush with such praise!” Li Weiyi quipped.

Wang Daozhen replied, “Even from this position, I cannot unleash my full power. I must reserve some strength to resist the mysterious energy pervading the area, which significantly reduces my combat effectiveness. Why don’t you step out and try? Perhaps you could even kill me.”

Li Weiyi completely ignored him, picking up Yang Yun and tossing him back over the Boundary of the Five Seas Realm. He then released wisps of spiritual energy, gathering the thirty-five scattered iron book pages from the ground and reassembling them into a single iron tome.

“How should he be dealt with?” Yao Yin pointed towards Chen Jingtang, who lay incapacitated.

Li Weiyi replied, “Kill him outright!”

Yao Yin countered, “Before the great upheaval in Burial Immortal Town, only a handful of young cultivators from the Three Chen Palaces were capable of cultivating the Nine Springs Ancestral Field. Killing him would undoubtedly invite desperate retaliation from the Three Chen Palaces’ elders.” During the Mangshan martial arts battle fourteen years prior, the three Supreme Elders of the Three Chen Palaces defeated three patriarchs of the Jiuli Tribe, including Yao Yin’s maternal grandfather, the chief of the Medicine-Li Tribe.

Li Weiyi retorted, “I predict that once the younger generation’s duels conclude here in Burial Immortal Town, regardless of the outcome, Lizhou will inevitably plunge into turmoil, and all established rules will cease to exist. War is ruthless; the older generation won’t show mercy merely because you’re younger, nor will they abstain from action out of a sense of decorum. The Five Seas Realm cultivators of the Four Great Sects hunting young Spring Realm cultivators of the Jiuli Tribe is a clear example of this, isn’t it?”

After dispatching Chen Jingtang with a single blow, Li Weiyi removed his iron-woven battle robe. It was a low-grade magical artifact, quite heavy, weighing over five kilograms.

“Aren’t you returning to report, or are you simply too afraid?” Li Weiyi prodded.

Wang Daozhen replied, “The collective wrath of the powerful entities backing the Demon King’s Sixth Grandson, Yang Yun, and Chen Jingtang is more than enough to annihilate the Medicine-Li Tribe.”

“Talking to you is truly a waste of breath.”

Li Weiyi glanced into the mist behind him, hearing the rapid thud of footsteps from a mile away. A smile instantly spread across his face. “These people are too slow to escape,” he said. “Yao Yin, let’s strike together; don’t let a single one get away.”

Six panic-stricken Spring Realm experts, ranging from Seven Springs to Eight Springs, reached the Boundary of the Five Seas Realm, all sighing with relief, a feeling of triumphant escape washing over them. Exhausted, they collapsed onto the ground, panting heavily.

“Let’s rest; that was terrifying! Sima Qin doesn’t even need a second strike to kill a Nine Springs Supreme, he’s definitely a Hundred Meridians All Silver individual.”

“We were hunting the Jiuli Tribe, only to become the hunted ourselves. Thankfully, we escaped. We need to leave immediately and return to Yao Pass City; this place is uninhabitable!”

“He’s an absolute fiend; I never want to see him again. I’m leaving Lizhou right away.”

Li Weiyi emerged from the mist, his eyebrows slightly raised in exasperation. “Don’t slander my name,” he said. “Had you not initiated the hunt against me, why would I have resorted to such slaughter? I have never committed a single malicious act!”

The six Spring Realm cultivators turned ashen, as if they had seen a ghost, their legs trembling. They struggled to their feet, desperate to flee, only to see Yao Yin emerge from the mist in another direction, blocking their escape route. Everyone possessed a strong will to survive, particularly after recalling Li Weiyi’s merciless and cold-blooded manner of killing. Terrified, the six fell to their knees, kowtowing and pleading for mercy.

Li Weiyi knew that many more cultivators would gradually escape to this point. Killing them all would create an overly gruesome spectacle, and he felt no joy in it whatsoever. If given the choice, he was the last person who wished to take a life. Therefore, he said, “Whoever possesses a Twilight-Dyed Exotic Medicine may exchange it for their life.”

“I… I have an exotic medicine…”

A Seven Springs cultivator cautiously produced a Twilight-Dyed Exotic Medicine he had concealed on his person, feeling extremely anxious and unsure if his captor would honor the deal. He was already past his prime, and even if he used the Twilight-Dyed Exotic Medicine to transform into a Pure Immortal Body, his potential would be quite limited. Thus, he had secretly preserved the exotic medicine, intending to take it home for his young son. The cruel hunter was also a loving father.

Li Weiyi had asked on a whim, yet he received an unexpected boon. Taking the Twilight-Dyed Exotic Medicine, he said, “You may go! I’ll spare you this once, but don’t let me see you again.”

The Seven Springs cultivator scrambled away, running several miles before truly exhaling in relief. He decided to leave Lizhou immediately and return home to live out his remaining years in peace.

The remaining five were consumed by envy, then plunged into despair as if they had lost their parents, for they truly possessed no exotic medicine.

Li Weiyi then stated, “Those with magical artifacts may exchange them for their lives. For those without, 300,000 silver coins will suffice to purchase your freedom.”