Yang Overcomes Yin
A menacing, dark red Sha Qi hovered above Yue Qianchou, poised to pounce. Meng Yan stared down and said in a deep voice, "This general's Ghost King's Palace is not a place for outsiders to enter at will. Mr. Yue, step aside and let's not ruin our harmony."
"You shameless bastard!" Yue Qianchou's face darkened. He saw that Yu Ji was still smiling and silent, while Ao Li turned his head to the side, acting as if he didn't care and it was none of his business.
It wasn't that Ghost General Meng Yan was deliberately showing off his power; rather, the demons trapped in the Demon Ghost Domain were extremely resentful. They couldn't get out, but they also couldn't stand outsiders entering the Demon Ghost Domain at will. Even if they didn't kill them, they wanted to teach them a lesson. But how could Yue Qianchou allow him to attack Wu Sihai and the others? Disregarding a thousand reasons, just the fact that they were descendants of Bi Changchun, and might be helpful to him in the future, was enough for him to protect them.
"Heh heh! Very well, General, how do you plan to deal with them?" Yue Qianchou sneered.
"Anyone else would be killed without mercy! But since they are your friends, I will naturally give them face." Meng Yan stared at the four men expressionlessly and said, "If you see me, kneel down quickly, or you'll lose your head."
Upon hearing this, the four were both shocked and terrified. However, as the Clan Leader of the Four Great Families in the Cultivation World, death was terrifying, but how could they abandon their dignity? They absolutely could not kneel down. They had the pride hidden in their hearts, and they would never do anything to dishonor their ancestors, even if it meant death.
Of the four people standing side by side, Bi Shouzhi stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Ghost General, if you don't welcome us, we'll leave. Why should we kneel down? Humph! Let's go." The last sentence was addressed to Wu Sihai and the others, and the four immediately turned and left. This shows that Bi Shouzhi was the one who could make the decision among the four.
"How dare you!" Ao Li shouted as he turned around, his eyes flashing with a sharp light. Meng Yan chuckled and said, "Mr. Yue, it's not that I, the general, don't give you face, but that your friends don't give me face. So don't blame me for being impolite." With that, the red and black Sha Qi that was about to pounce surged and was about to leap over Yue Qianchou's head and attack the four of them.
"Meng Yan death!" Yue Qianchou roared. With a wave of his hand, he unleashed a surge of eerie, bright red flames, instantly blocking the path of the Sha Qi in the air. The temperature inside the hall suddenly soared to a frightening level. Ao Li and the others immediately sensed the abnormality of the fire Yue Qianchou had unleashed; it was definitely not ordinary fire, otherwise it wouldn't have reached such a high temperature.
This fire seemed to have transcended the realm of ordinary fire, possessing an invincible and extremely fierce yang energy. When Meng Yan and Yu Ji, both ghost cultivators, were exposed to this firelight, they immediately felt extremely uncomfortable, as if they were being exposed to the scorching sun. However, Meng Yan's cultivation was far superior to Yue Qianchou's. Hearing Yue Qianchou's audacious words, he raised an eyebrow, let out a muffled groan, and a surge of Sha Qi rushed out, attempting to extinguish the flames.
But he forgot the saying that everything has its counter. He was a ghost cultivator, and although the Sha Qi he released was vicious, it was also extremely yin. On the other hand, the fire released by Yue Qianchou was close to extremely yang, so it could naturally counter his Sha Qi. The Sha Qi dissipated without a trace as soon as it touched the raging fire.
Yue Qianchou was somewhat annoyed. He had boasted to the Wu family and Wu Sihai about how good his relationship with the Ghost General was, but he hadn't expected that the Ghost General would attack him so directly after he brought them here. It was a complete slap in the face to him.
Seeing that his unleashed flames could suppress the Sha Qi, he immediately spread his five fingers, and boundless flames surged forth, quickly enveloping the Sha Qi in a sphere within the hall. Meng Yan shuddered, immediately feeling his Divine Sense lose connection with the Sha Qi, and exclaimed in surprise, "What powerful flames!"
Seeing that Yue Qianchou was already fighting the Ghost General for their sake, Bi Shouzhi and the others exchanged glances and immediately flashed back behind Yue Qianchou, swords in hand, ready to help at any moment. They also knew that if anything happened to Yue Qianchou, they would have no chance of leaving this 'Yin Feng Valley'.
In the blink of an eye, the Sha Qi enveloped by the flames offered no resistance and was completely dissolved. The hall was blindingly red, and the flames merging together in the sky were exceptionally spectacular, like an inverted hourglass, "whoosh" turning into a line of fire that was drawn back into Yue Qianchou's palm.
The raging fire was gone, and only then did the intense yang energy that had made Meng Yan and Yu Ji's hearts tremble disappear from the main hall. The couple and Ao Li all looked at Yue Qianchou in astonishment; none of them had ever seen such a spell before.
"I never imagined that Mr. Yue had been True Person all along. It seems I underestimated him." Meng Yan looked at Yue Qianchou with a newfound scrutiny, casually unfurled his close-fitting blood-red cloak, loosened the belt of his golden armor, ripped off the cloak, and threw it along with the longsword in his other hand into Yu Ji's hands, shouting, "I'd like to see what else Mr. Yue has to offer."
"I'm not afraid of you!" Yue Qianchou shouted on the spot. With a "boom," a ball of raging fire suddenly burst forth from his body, engulfing him in flames. Like a fire god, his aura was no weaker Meng Yan's, but rather even stronger. Yue Qianchou in flames, suddenly turned around and respectfully clasped his hands in a salute to Bi Shouzhi, saying, "Senior Bi, please step out of the hall first. This junior is about to unleash the power of 'Star Flame'."
The four exchanged glances, Bi Shouzhi nodded, saying, "Be careful." When Ao Li and Meng Yan heard the word "Bi," they were both taken aback, unable to describe their feelings.
Yue Qianchou noticed this and found it amusing. These people were truly terrified of Bi Changchun to the core; they reacted like this even to the mere mention of his surname. Who knew what they would do when they found out that Bi Shouzhi was Bi Changchun's descendant? Although the matter could be easily resolved, he still needed to show his abilities to others, lest they think he was afraid of them. Respect isn't given by others; it's earned.
The Divergent Flame attached to Yue Qianchou began to fluctuate violently. Although the fire didn't grow, the temperature inside the hall was rising rapidly, as if trying to suck the air out of the room. Ao Li, who was struggling against Yue Qianchou, was shocked. Even with his late Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivation, he couldn't withstand such high temperatures. What kind of fire was this, that it was so powerful? Ao Li silently retreated.
Yue Qianchou sneered inwardly. This fight was probably off; these Old Demons were only afraid of that Bi fellow, for no other reason than that. But he slowly forced out the last of his fire element, pushing the temperature inside the hall to its limit. Not for any other reason than to show them his power.
The temperature inside the hall had already reached an unbelievable level for the three of them, and it was still rising. They had run out of breath, and the air rushing in from outside was all converging on the flames surrounding Yue Qianchou's body, fueling the increase in temperature. The metal utensils placed in the hall had silently turned into liquid, and crackling sounds like a raging fire echoed everywhere. Fortunately, the entire hall was made of stone; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Meng Yan and Yu Ji felt a surge of panic. They realized that Yue Qianchou's raging fire seemed to be able to suppress them. As they resisted the rapidly rising temperature, their Yin energy was rapidly disappearing. Yu Ji steadied herself and stuffed the cloak and sword back into Meng Yan's hands, saying coquettishly, "General, look what you've done! What kind of joke is this? You've angered Mr. Yue!"
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