sinovels Chapter 226: Potential Crisis
Chapter 226: Potential Crisis
On the tower, Ye Yifan was frozen in place because he reacted a breath too late.
His eyes wanted to move, but he couldn't.
Even the soul is frozen and gradually loses consciousness.
"What terrifying chill..." Ye Yifan murmured to himself, "Where did this powerful demon come from?" His thoughts were in turmoil.
Just then, the great demon opened its mouth and swallowed Ye Cangliu, who was frozen in mid-air, directly into its belly.
"Father..." Ye Yifan cried out, his heart filled with fear.
The next instant, the giant python coiled in the air and then swooped down. Its tail coiled around Ye Yifan, and then a yellow light emanated from its body, forming a light shield before disappearing into the mountain and rapidly disappearing towards the ground.
After a while.
Lingxi Peak.
A cold mist rose from the courtyard.
A giant jade python, thirty-six feet long, materialized.
A frozen cultivator was coiled around the giant python's tail.
It was Ye Yifan.
The giant python in front of us is Xiao Bing.
Before activating the "Minor Yin-Yang Reversal Array", Yang Jiuli had Xiao Bing quietly travel to "Lingxiu Peak" using the "Earth Escape Technique".
This was to prevent Ye Cangliu and his son from escaping.
After arriving in the courtyard, Xiao Bing opened its mouth and spat out Ye Cangliu, which flew out of its belly and landed on the ground in front of it.
"Where am I?" Ye Yifan's body was released, and he fell to the ground.
His hazy consciousness drifted out, trying to figure out where he was.
When his gaze fell upon it, he saw a blurry figure.
I could still hear a familiar voice.
"Very good!" Yang Jiuli patted Xiao Bing's head, then took out a 'Beast Spirit Pill' and fed it to the latter.
After swallowing the Beast Spirit Pill, Xiao Bing obediently rubbed against Yang Jiuli's palm. It then transformed into a small snake the size of a palm and coiled up beside him, silently beginning to refine the medicinal power of the Beast Spirit Pill, appearing extremely well-behaved and sensible.
"That voice...it's Master Yang!" Ye Yifan, who was frozen on the ground, was suddenly startled, his face filled with shock.
His heart was in turmoil.
It stirred up a great deal of waves.
At this moment, Ye Xiyu, Ye Zhirou, and Ye Xijia, who were in the courtyard, had already been taken into the hall and settled in.
Yang Jiuli glanced indifferently at Ye Cangliu, who was frozen in ice.
As for Ye Yifan, Yang Jiuli didn't even glance at him.
He flicked his palm, and a Flame Talisman flew out from his palm.
The talisman hovered above Ye Cangliu's body, igniting into a raging fire.
Ye Cangliu, who was frozen in ice, felt the ice on his body melt away.
The consciousness of the soul gradually became clear.
The moment the ice completely melted, he slapped the ground with his palm, and his body was about to rise into the air.
Their intention was to flee.
But he had just escaped.
"'Frosty Sword Qi'..." Yang Jiuli's eyes flashed, and with a flick of his finger, a wisp of frosty true qi pierced towards Ye Cangliu's brow like a sword.
Ye Cangliu was struck as if by lightning. Before his body could even leave the ground, he collapsed again, leaving a bloody hole between his eyebrows.
"Dad..." Ye Yifan cried out in his heart from behind, filled with grief and indignation, but even more so with fear and horror.
A great deal of turmoil surged within him.
At this moment, due to the heat emitted by the Flame Talisman, the ice crystals on Ye Yifan's body gradually melted a little.
This made his consciousness begin to clear.
"Demon King... This Alchemist Yang is a great demon king!" Ye Yifan thought to himself.
Ren never expected that the seemingly gentle and weak man in white would be so ruthless.
It should be noted that in the past two years, they have been doing whatever they want with the Ye family, and they were worried that Yang Jiuli would intervene.
Who would have thought that despite several clan elders pleading with Yang Jiuli, he remained unmoved.
This made the Ye father and son naturally regard Yang Jiuli as a weak and incompetent person.
They even believed that the relationship between Yang Jiuli and Qin Zhixue was not as close as outsiders thought.
Otherwise, why would he be so timid and hesitant?
But what he was seeing completely overturned his understanding.
"A seed of a past life." Yang Jiuli made a hand gesture, and a light pattern flashed between his brows. A seed of a past life flew towards Ye Cangliu.
The talisman seed disappeared into Ye Cangliu's brow.
Yang Jiuli immediately started the process.
Suddenly, he felt as if he had traveled through time and space, experiencing a great dream.
He possessed Ye Cangliu's body and experienced his entire life.
……
A moment later, Yang Jiuli opened his eyes.
"With a low-grade spiritual root, he was never expected to achieve anything from a young age. Later, he harbored resentment and, in order to take control of the Ye family, he did not hesitate to set a trap to kill his younger brother. Now, for the sake of a Foundation Establishment Pill, he is acting as an intermediary to contact the 'Shadow Blade Alliance' in an attempt to capture me."
Yang Jiuli shook his head and smiled.
He did not wish to comment on Ye Cangliu's life.
Everyone has the right to make their own choices, and others have no right to interfere.
This person is really bold.
A mere Qi Refiner dared to attack him, a cultivator with a background in a third-tier immortal sect.
Little did he know that even if he succeeded, the mastermind behind it might try to silence him and absolve himself of responsibility.
Of course, Ye Cangliu, being in the thick of it, would naturally think the best of it.
After all, the mastermind behind it all, an envoy from the Golden Cloud Sect, had said he wanted to train him to be the spokesperson for Nanling.
We must help the Ye family dominate the region.
Such examples are not uncommon.
Furthermore, if they capture Yang Jiuli, the Golden Cloud Sect will join forces with other immortal sects to attack the Ice River Valley.
The messenger from the Golden Cloud Gate also mentioned that the Supreme Elder of the Ice River Valley was nearing the end of his life and was destined to decline.
Hearing these secrets, Ye Cangliu was greatly moved, feeling as if he had finally come into contact with the higher-ups of the immortal sect.
With a promising future ahead, he made up his mind to take action against Yang Jiuli.
……
"Glacier Valley... Su Beichuan..."
"Jinxia Gate..."
After whispering something, Yang Jiuli's gaze sharpened.
There were two people who could contact Ye Cangliu.
They came from the Su family under the rule of the Glacier Valley, and the Jinxia Gate, respectively.
Furthermore, the deposit of 20,000 low-grade spirit stones was actually made up of 10,000 each from the two factions.
Now it has fallen into Yang Jiuli's hands.
"These two forces have joined forces to capture me... and they even mentioned they would try to stop Zhixue from reaching the Core Formation stage..."
"Clearly, they've come for Zhixue..."
"To capture me, I fear it would require disrupting my resolve at a crucial moment!"
"Just like when Li Hongtai reached the Core Formation stage, the Golden Cloud Sect attacked the Li Clan of Yunmeng Lake!"
"Zhixue has no relatives... therefore, I became their target!" Yang Jiuli knew this perfectly well.
"When you're in the game, you're often not in control of your own destiny... so it's always good to have a few trump cards up your sleeve!"
He took a deep breath, his expression solemn.
Yang Jiuli lived a secluded life to avoid getting involved in karma and trouble.
However, how can one avoid getting involved in karma when one is in the world of martial arts?
Even if he stays on Lingxi Peak and doesn't come out, he will still make a move if any force takes a liking to this land.
Therefore, some things are hard to avoid.
The only thing he can do is plan ahead, increase his own resources, and enhance his ability to resist risks.
After whispering something, he moved his hand and snatched back Ye Cangliu's storage bag.
Immediately, the blazing flames of the suspended talisman swept across the air, reducing Ye Cangliu to ashes.
"Father... Father!" Ye Yifan, looking terrified, tried to speak but gritted his teeth.
At this moment, the ice crystals on his body had disappeared.
He shifted his body slightly, trying to avoid Yang Jiuli's gaze and escape.
But at that moment, a nine-foot-tall tiger-sable appeared behind him, and with a wide-open mouth, it spewed out a ball of flame.
call!
As the flames swept past, Ye Yifan was reduced to ashes.
From beginning to end, Yang Jiuli never glanced at him.
Ye Yifan, who was only at the Qi Refining stage, was not worth paying attention to at all.
After doing all this, Yang Jiuli returned to the hall and glanced at the three women who had been placed in chairs.
He then used a secret technique to invade the three people's consciousness with his divine sense and erase their memories.
Erasing memories...
If used against a cultivator of the same level, it is highly likely to result in a backlash.
Yang Jiuli's spiritual power is comparable to that of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The three women were still under the influence of a bewitching drug.
He was in a daze, his mind was foggy and confused.
Therefore, performing this secret technique was extremely smooth.
The three women lay quietly in their chairs, fast asleep.
Yang Jiuli then returned to his cave.
He took out the "Fiend Blade," Zhao Centipede, and Tan Shanlin's storage bags, and counted the spoils of war.
There are 40,000 low-grade spirit stones in the 'Sha Dao' storage bag.
Four second-tier spiritual artifacts.
Twenty-six second-tier talismans.
There are three second-tier high-grade talismans among them.
However, Yang Jiuli unexpectedly activated the "Minor Yin-Yang Reversal Formation," leaving him no time to activate talismans to defend against the enemy.
In addition, there are many second-tier pills.
And several jade boxes containing second-tier spiritual essence.
"This 'Crimson Fire Jade Scale Fruit' can help people condense 'Earth Flower', which could be helpful for You Rong to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage."
Yang Jiuli whispered.
Zhao Wugong and Tan Shanlin also possessed a considerable amount of spiritual essence.
"As expected of a Tribulation Cultivator... he has so many good things in his hands!" After taking stock, Yang Jiuli put them away with great satisfaction. This time, his harvest was nearly 70,000 low-grade spirit stones alone. As for some spiritual weapons and magic artifacts, they were worth more.
There are also nearly 100,000.
The nine Qi Refining cultivators and Ye Cangliu together possessed nearly 30,000 low-grade spirit stones.
This made Yang Jiuli, who was already struggling financially, rich again.
……
After cleaning up the spoils.
Yang Jiuli walked out of the cave.
He went outside the villa and took out a talisman.
The talisman flew out of Lingxi Peak, bloomed in the sky, and transformed into three huge light blue characters: "Glacier Valley".
The giant characters hung in the sky, lingering for a long time, and were clearly visible to cultivators within a radius of a thousand miles.
There are monks stationed in the Glacier Valley in the Southern Mountains.
After seeing this character, he would go to the valley to inform Qin Zhixue that something had happened to Ye.
This was an agreement between Qin Zhixue and Yang Jiuli.
If this talisman is used, something big is bound to happen.
Although Yang Jiuli used the "Minor Yin-Yang Reversal Formation" to annihilate the invading enemy of the "Fiend Blade Alliance".
But if a Core Formation cultivator were to attack, he would surely use every means at his disposal and completely expose his trump cards.
This would also disrupt his plans.
Therefore, Yang Jiuli did not hesitate to use this talisman.
……
After doing all this, Yang Jiuli entered the cave and began to sort through the medicinal herbs from the spoils of war to refine elixirs.
……
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
August 5th.
clear.
Yang Jiuli successfully refined a batch of second-tier "Beast Spirit Pills".
Yang Jiuli remained as usual, summoning two tiger weasels and Xiao Bing, and feeding them pills.
Afterwards, he left the cave, watered the spirit flowers, and began brewing wine in the courtyard.
The aroma of wine filled the air.
High in the sky above Lingxi Peak, the "Minor Yin-Yang Reversal Array" that concealed the secrets of heaven has been hidden.
At this moment, in the hall, Ye Xiyu, Ye Zhirou, and Ye Xijia gradually regained consciousness as the effects of the drug wore off.
"Where am I...?" After regaining consciousness, Ye Xijia felt dizzy and tried hard to remember.
"This is... Lingxi Peak..." she said with a look of surprise.
"That's it! The 'Fiend Blade Alliance' has attacked... I've arrived at Mr. Yang's courtyard," Ye Xiyu whispered.
"The 'Shadow Blade Alliance'..." Ye Zhirou was filled with fear. Her eyes flickered and she saw Yang Jiuli outside.