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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 6: [Battle for the True Inheritance]
Chapter 64 (605): [Lakeside Reunion]
(64th of Volume 6)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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After refining the sword qi that had invaded his body, the Fire Cloud Marquis rode his Dragon Elephant Corpse Marquis to the scene, only to be stunned by what he saw.
It was Qingzao.
Who else but a True Disciple of the Ancient Sect or a Heavenly Emperor's Disciple from the Third Immortal Realm could defeat her?
Given Qingzao's mastery of movement techniques and Dao Techniques, killing her would be doubly difficult.
Capturing her alive would be exponentially harder.
Seeing the Jade Boat breached, Li Weiyi's eyes narrowed, his brow furrowing.
Realizing he had arrived too late, he halted a hundred zhang away.
This was unavoidable; the plan had always carried the risk of failure.
Recovering from his shock, Jingzhen immediately lifted Qing Zijin from the Jade Boat.
With a flick of his finger, he sealed her with Spiritual Qi.
Qing Zijin's veil had long since fallen away, revealing a face as pale as paper, blood streaming from her seven orifices.
She faintly regained consciousness, her voice a mere whisper: "Run... When you reach the Third Immortal Realm, avenge me... Ugh..."
Fresh blood spilled from her lips, silencing her.
Dark clouds swirled around them as more Fallen Spirit Marquises converged, their roars of fury echoing as they encircled Li Weiyi.
Holding the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal aloft, Jingzhen exuded Bai Chuan's noble and elegant aura.
He smiled: "You deliberately let Qingzao lure me away, making me believe you had fallen into my trap. This focused my efforts on attacking the Jade Boat. By first wounding the Fire Cloud Marquis and forcing him to focus on self-preservation, you created the opportunity to face Qingzao alone."
"You exhausted your Spiritual Qi, activated your Dragon Soul, and unleashed a Great Technique, leading Qingzao to completely underestimate you and seize the opportunity to drain your remaining energy."
"If Qing Zijin had held out just a moment longer until you arrived, I might have truly been at your mercy. After all, Qingzao is the True Disciple's woman. If anything happened to her, I couldn't bear the consequences."
"But there are no 'ifs.' It seems I've won!"
Li Weiyi surveyed the formidable enemies surrounding him, fearless and undaunted.
"You think you can control me?"
Jingzhen replied confidently, "You're a Sentinel Spirit Army soldier. You have a duty to uphold. You wouldn't stand by and watch Qing Zijin suffer. There's no need to escalate things this far - it's beneath your dignity. Release Qingzao, and I'll release Qing Zijin. Then we can settle this with a fair duel. If you defeat me, I'll let you leave."
"If you're being this naive, or if you think I'm that naive, there's no point in continuing this negotiation," Li Weiyi retorted.
"Captain," Li Weiyi said, "I've exhausted my Spiritual Qi. I'm sorry, I can't save you. To prevent you from falling into the hands of these fiends and suffering humiliation, I have no choice but to use the Grand Palace Master's Great Talisman of Slaughter to kill Jingzhen. You'll likely die under the talisman's power as well. Don't blame me. I'll avenge you in the future!"
Jingzhen didn't believe Li Weiyi's threats were entirely empty.
He raised Qing Zijin as a shield.
"Li Weiyi, why do you think the True Disciple hasn't come personally? If you dare use your trump card, I guarantee you won't escape."
"With Qingzao in my grasp, who dares stop me?"
Li Weiyi was confident Jingzhen wouldn't kill Qing Zijin.
Having accurately gauged Jingzhen's mindset, he held a slight advantage in this negotiation.
Earlier, on the mountain ridge, Jingzhen had confessed his love to Qing Zijin.
He must have had ulterior motives - how could he possibly kill her so easily?
Qingzao, with over a dozen broken bones and her Spiritual Qi sealed by Li Weiyi, was now critically weakened.
"You two... stop posturing... Li Weiyi, state your terms!"
"Sister Qing is always so straightforward. But I fear Jingzhen won't agree to my conditions. And what if he disregards your life and goes back on his word?" Li Weiyi asked.
Though Qingzao loathed Li Weiyi, survival came first.
"If I die because of him, someone will make him pay. And I'm not just talking about True Disciple Chu."
Li Weiyi turned to Jingzhen: "Did you hear that?"
Jingzhen stared intently at Li Weiyi, waiting to see what trick he would pull next.
Li Weiyi conjured Death Spirit Fire at his fingertips and plunged it into Qingzao's body.
"Now we can exchange hostages! That includes the Purple Cloud Thunder Seal Jade Boat and the thirteen battle corpse puppets."
Jingzhen sneered: "You've planted Death Spirit Fire in the Chen Envoy's body. You could kill her with a thought. What's the point of an exchange?"
"You underestimate Sister Qing's cultivation! With my current Psychic Power, the Death Spirit Fire I planted can be resisted if she dispels the seal. If you assist her, she can refine it within fifteen minutes. That's all the time I need to escape your encirclement," Li Weiyi countered.
Feeling the intensity of the Death Spirit Fire within her, Qingzao weakly urged, "Agree to his terms."
"This boy has become a threat," Jingzhen said, "If he escapes now, he'll cause endless trouble later."
"If you push him to the brink, you'll doom me too," Qingzao warned, "If I die, you won't fare any better."
She feared Jingzhen might disregard her life, especially given his desire for the Myriad-Inscriptions Artifact and Qing Zijin.
With the added merit of killing Li Weiyi, Jingzhen might make any choice.
Jingzhen pondered for a moment.
"The Chen Envoy's recklessness led to our failure. You must bear full responsibility. Li Weiyi, let's release our hostages simultaneously!"
"Bang!"
He hurled Qing Zijin several dozen feet away.
Qing Zijin crashed to the ground, groaning in pain.
Li Weiyi similarly flung Qingzao aside, his gaze fixed on Jingzhen.
"Place the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal on the Jade Boat and retreat three miles."
Jingzhen placed the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal on the bow of the Jade Boat and jumped off, but instead of retreating three miles, he only took three steps back.
With his left hand concealed behind his back, he secretly channeled Spiritual Qi into the Yin-Yang Gong.
Li Weiyi unleashed Spiritual Light, enveloping the Jade Boat and Qing Zijin, and abruptly yanked them back.
Jingzhen countered with a surge of Spiritual Qi, sweeping Qingzao away.
After storing the Jade Boat and all the battle corpse puppets in his Boundary Pouch, Li Weiyi immediately activated the Divine Swiftness Talisman he had affixed to his inner robes, transforming into a streak of Talisman Light and darting away.
Simultaneously, Li Weiyi mentally triggered the Death Spirit Fire within Qingzao's body.
"Whoosh! Whoosh..."
Jingzhen's right hand blurred into motion, striking all nine of Qingzao's Nine Springs acupoints in rapid succession, dispelling the seals binding her.
However, contrary to Li Weiyi's expectations, Jingzhen didn't help Qingzao refine the Death Spirit Fire within her.
Instead, he immediately struck the Yin-Yang Gong, sending a sonic blast hurtling toward the fleeing Li Weiyi.
"Chen Envoy," Jingzhen called out, "Li Weiyi is trying to use the Death Spirit Fire in your body to restrain me. If I fall for his trick, the Tai Yin Sect will suffer a crushing defeat today and become a laughingstock to the world!"
Jingzhen activated his movement Dao Technique and pursued Li Weiyi.
All the Fallen Spirit Marquises unleashed their Spiritual Artifacts and Dao Techniques at the fleeing pair.
"Whoosh!"
Li Weiyi activated his Governor's Official Robe, carrying Qing Zijin as they vanished into a Purple Mist Light Cluster, teleporting over ten miles away.
The Immortal Haze Pure Radiance Qi had indeed been completely depleted.
But the Liquid qi within his Divine Pivot remained.
"Boom!"
The Yin-Yang Gong struck the location where the Purple Mist Light Cluster had been, shattering the ground and leveling the surrounding hills.
"Still has Spiritual Qi to use?"
Jingzhen fully unleashed his Dao Heart Manifestation, enveloping Li Weiyi from over ten miles away.
He roared, "Split up and pursue! Use long-range Spiritual Artifact attacks! Target Qing Zijin with Intent attacks! Don't give him another chance to use Space Evasion!"
Li Weiyi summoned the Fusang Divine Tree Light Shadow, enveloping himself and Qing Zijin to block the incoming Intent attacks from behind.
Qing Zijin, clinging to his back, murmured with glazed eyes, "Are you an idiot? Do you really think Jingzhen cares about Qingzao's life or death? All he cares about is clearing his own name. Once he dispels Qingzao's seal, even if Qingzao dies under the Death Spirit Fire, it will be your fault, not his."
"If the Captain sees the Tai Yin Sect's selfishness while our Sentinel Spirit Army comrades risk their lives to save you, then everything will have been worth it," Li Weiyi replied.
Qing Zijin, furious, raised her soft, weak hand and gently punched him.
"After I was almost moved to tears... you still doubt me? Do I have to tear my heart out to prove myself to you?"
Unseen by Li Weiyi, Qing Zijin rested her cheek against his neck, her gaze darkening with contemplation.
"Jingzhen is catching up again," Li Weiyi said, "Try activating the Psychic Power Star on your wrist. It might scare him off."
"He's too far away, and he has a physical body now... I'll try..."
Qing Zijin's brow flickered with Spiritual Light.
Before she could unleash it, the ground beside them erupted with a thunderous roar.
A masked figure in black robes shot up from the depths.
His voice rasped, "Go on ahead. Leave everything to me."
The black-robed figure was tall and imposing, with a broad chest and long arms.
Beneath the mask, a pair of tiger-like eyes burned with battle lust, fixed on the Yin-Yang Gong hurtling toward them from miles away.
Around the Yin-Yang Gong, tens of thousands of scriptures condensed into a swirling cloud, radiating immense power.
The air within miles trembled violently.
The black-robed figure neither flinched nor dodged.
He crouched slightly, spreading his arms wide.
From his Ancestral Field surged torrents of Immortal Sutra Scriptures and Spiritual Qi, coalescing into a fifth-layer body-protecting Dao technique.
A radiant Divine Pagoda of light enveloped his body.
"Boom!"
The Yin-Yang Gong struck the Divine Pagoda's light shadow, causing the earth to tremble and ripples of energy to spread in all directions.
The Divine Pagoda's light shadow shattered, unable to withstand the Myriad-Inscriptions Artifact's unleashed Origin power.
However, most of the Myriad-Inscriptions Artifact's power was dispelled.
The black-robed figure seized the opportunity, extending a metal-gauntleted hand to grab the Yin-Yang Gong.
He retreated dozens of yards before stabilizing his stance, glancing at "Bai Chuan" who was approaching with a torrent of sword qi.
Tears of unbearable anguish welled in his eyes.
Clenching his left fist, he unleashed a punch that detonated the surrounding air with a thunderclap, annihilating all the incoming sword qi.
"Bai Chuan" was sent flying backward.
"You've only just undergone Soul-Devouring Possession and haven't even familiarized yourself with this physical body. Your combat power is still far from its peak. Do the Great Void Clan think they can do as they please? You're courting death!"
"Void-Piercing Profound Light!"
The black-robed figure released his battle intent, which contained a black profound light specifically designed to counter the Great Void Clan, capable of melting their souls.
Instantly, the surrounding world plunged into darkness so complete that one couldn't see their own hand in front of their face.
Upon witnessing this black profound light, "Bai Chuan's" expression twisted in horror as he immediately tried to flee.
"You're..."
"Boom!"
The black-robed figure pursued relentlessly, slamming both hands into the ground.
The earth erupted in chaos, unleashing countless blades of qi.
These blades of qi fused with mud and dust, solidifying into stone swords that sent "Bai Chuan" and the dozen Fallen Spirit Marquises trailing behind him flying backward.
Carrying Qing Zijin on his back, Li Weiyi fled swiftly, covering a hundred miles in a flash.
Qing Zijin was incredulous: "To single-handedly hold off all those pursuers... Who is this person?"
Li Weiyi continued his frantic escape, enveloped in Talisman Light.
He chuckled bitterly: "Under the Great Immortal, there are only a handful of experts of this caliber. Who else could it be but Mo Duanfeng?"
Qing Zijin was astonished: "Why would he conceal his face, alter his voice, and even change the attributes of his Spiritual Qi?"
"In this world, some people value their reputation and dignity more than their own lives," Li Weiyi replied, "Before killing Chu Yutian, he probably felt he couldn't face the Shaoyang Division or live up to the Heavenly Emperor's praise."
Li Weiyi added, "Those who join the Sentinel Spirit Army, aside from the Tai Yin Sect's spies, may have their flaws, but they all possess a strong sense of justice and responsibility."
After covering a thousand miles, the Divine Swiftness Talisman's energy depleted, shattering into fragments.
Standing on a grassy hillside, Li Weiyi gazed down at the vast, lake-like expanse that stretched before him.
Under the moonlight, the lake shimmered with a milky, pearlescent mist.
Amidst this vast, misty expanse, a colossal spiritual artifact warship, hundreds of meters long, sailed forth with sails billowing, its speed rivaling an arrow's flight.
Wenren Tinghai, the Demon Kingdom's master of intelligence, stood gracefully on the deck, gazing at Li Weiyi on the shore.
A sinister smile curled his lips.
"Brother Weiyi, Tinghai has been waiting long for you. Since our parting in the East Sea, I never imagined you would rise to such heights. Dare you board my ship, reminisce, and share a drink?"
Li Weiyi's heart sank like a stone.
His Spiritual Qi and Liquid qi were both nearly depleted.
As he reached for his second Divine Swiftness Talisman, intending to escape, armored figures erupted from the earth, surrounding him and Qing Zijin.
Li Weiyi burst into laughter: "I've heard you serve the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince, Brother Tinghai. Do you carry any of His Highness's Heaven-Defying Dao Techniques?"
Wenren Tinghai's smile vanished: "If you can unleash Yu Yaozi's ultimate techniques, I can unleash the Crown Prince's divine powers. Whether we clash in a life-or-death battle or sit down to share a cup of warm, fine wine rests entirely on your decision, Brother Weiyi."
"Since there's fine wine, why not invite the entire Shaoyang Division to join us?" Tang Wanzhou's voice echoed across the lake.
"Whoosh!"
A sword beam sliced through the air, arcing across the boundless lake surface to land atop the mast of the spiritual artifact warship.
There, it transformed into Tang Wanzhou's strikingly upright figure, her dark robes billowing ominously and her eyes gleaming like lightning.
The overwhelming Qi Field of her Third Immortal Realm cultivation pressed down on Wenren Tinghai below, like a colossal boulder weighing on the heads of all the Demon Kingdom Martial-Mystic Cultivators aboard the ship, making it difficult to breathe.
On the lake's surface, Nangong rode a mythical beast with a dragon's head and a deer's body, holding a jade flute.
Bathed in holy light, she was surrounded by countless white birds, appearing like a celestial fairy emerging from the misty waters.
"The wine he's found must be different from anyone else's," Zhao Tang remarked with a smile as he and Yan Zhiruo appeared on the shore.
They strode past the Demon Kingdom's Immortal Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators to greet Li Weiyi and Qing Zijin.
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