I... kept my eyes open and spouted nonsense.
The system deep within Li Tianwei's consciousness had awakened early on, when Li Tianwei questioned Bai Muxu. It had been eagerly waiting for Bai Muxu to open his mouth and knock Li Tianwei down a peg.
Yet Bai Muxu had unexpectedly ignored all of Li Tianwei's circumstances and shamelessly spoken such words.
If it could communicate with Bai Muxu, the system dearly wished it could march up to him, pry open his eyes, point at Li Tianwei, and ask:
Are you blind?! Every kind of wicked art, even the Dao intents he comprehended, were death, resentment, slaughter, and evil. Which one of your eyes saw anything righteous?!
Unfortunately, the system could not. From the moment it had bound itself to Li Tianwei, it belonged to him. Its consciousness could only communicate with and assist him.
As for Bai Muxu, he had no idea that some entity had heard him staring at Li Tianwei with his eyes open while spouting nonsense.
After finishing without so much as a blush or a racing heartbeat, he bade Li Tianwei farewell.
"Alright, I shall not disturb you further. Since you have grasped the structure of spells, I hope you can use the immortal art I gave you to construct a spell of your own."
"Farewell, Master."
Li Tianwei nodded at those words and saw Bai Muxu off.
"System, it seems you have a problem. You need to clean out your viruses properly."
Li Tianwei immediately said this to the system within his consciousness.
The system instantly fell silent. It had not expected Bai Muxu, who looked righteous and dignified, to be such a shameless bastard. Master and disciple were two peas from the same pod.
Unfortunately, sighing over it was useless.
Fine. Once the Out-of-Body and Tribulation Transcendence ancestors of Lingxu Sacred Land emerge from seclusion, I want to see what else you can say.
The system was sulking as well. Anyone who had been thwarted by this host from the beginning until now would have been driven mad.
Jinxu Peak.
Liu Muyu returned to his cave abode in a daze, swaying unsteadily. At this moment, he could already foresee his own fate.
"I clearly used the Wuhun Banner, yet Li Tianwei was still unharmed. He even killed Yuan Xixiao in return."
Scenes from the dueling platform kept replaying in Liu Muyu's mind. Now even Xiao E had been detained, while Yuan Xixiao was finished in that condition.
If Baiyuan Sacred Land learned of this news, Liu Muyu could not help drawing a deep breath.
"No, I have to fight for a chance. Otherwise, Baiyuan Sacred Land will definitely not spare me."
Thinking of this, Liu Muyu stopped hesitating and directly took out a communication pearl.
Looking at the communication pearl before him, Liu Muyu clenched his teeth, his gaze turning resolute. Without hesitation, he poured spiritual power into it.
Soon, ripples stirred by the spiritual power spread out, and the communication pearl's surface trembled a few times. An old man with crane-white hair, a youthful face, and a kindly expression appeared within it.
"Elder Ding."
Liu Muyu hurriedly greeted him.
"Liu Muyu, you good-for-nothing! What is going on with your intelligence? Didn't you say you had already used the Wuhun Banner to contaminate that fellow with foul resentment qi?"
"How did the Vengeful Curse fail, and even cause Baiyuan Sacred Land to suffer such tremendous losses?"
Elder Ding's originally peaceful-looking face instantly twisted into a savage mask as he glared at Liu Muyu and roared.
"Elder Ding, I do not know what happened either. I had already sent the hundred thousand strands of resentment qi within the Wuhun Banner into his cave abode, and I personally saw him cultivate and absorb the foul resentment qi."
Liu Muyu immediately began defending himself.
But Ding Moxian did not take any of those explanations to heart.
"Say no more. You know the consequences of betraying Baiyuan Sacred Land."
Ding Moxian said this with ferocity in his eyes.
"No, it cannot be like this! Elder Ding, give me one more chance!"
"I will find a way to eliminate Li Tianwei. Give me one more chance—I have already thought of a method."
Liu Muyu fell to his knees, pleading desperately.
"What method?"
Seeing this, Ding Moxian slightly raised his brows and asked.
Very soon, Liu Muyu told him of his plan.
The viciousness on his face faded, and he regained his former benevolent appearance.
"Not bad, not bad. I will give you this chance. You must eliminate him. Otherwise, not only you—I will wipe out your entire household and lineage."
Ding Moxian threatened.
Liu Muyu nodded vigorously upon hearing this.
Tianmen Peak. Some time had passed since the last duel on the dueling platform.
It was precisely because of that battle that Li Tianwei's name had thoroughly resounded throughout Lingxu Sacred Land. He had even been judged the foremost among the new disciples.
However, during this time, some of the new disciples had also begun reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Among them, Fang Mochen was the second. Since he had broken through several days after the hundred-day mark, it also indicated that his chances of ascension had diminished.
Most importantly, as Li Tianchen broke through to Foundation Establishment, the news of two stars from one household—the Heavenly Star Li Tianwei and the Earthly Star Li Tianchen—became the center of attention throughout Lingxu Sacred Land.
Muxu Peak, alchemy chamber.
"Two stars from one household—the Heavenly Star Li Tianwei and the Earthly Star Li Tianchen. Hahahaha, this is too hilarious."
Elder Ling within the ring laughed until he toppled back and forth upon hearing the rumor. As a Remnant Soul, he simply flipped about in midair.
Li Tianchen had also gone to the dueling platform. Originally, he had intended to watch Li Tianwei make a fool of himself.
With his Pseudo-Spirit Root, even if someone had helped him through countless dangers, now that he had stepped onto the dueling platform, real skill was what mattered.
Yet Li Tianwei had won, settling it in just a few moves.
From that point on, Li Tianchen sensed that something was wrong.
At the beginning, Li Tianwei had been mistakenly tested as possessing a Heavenly Spirit Root because of the spirit-testing stone. Later, after arriving at Lingxu Sacred Land, he had received someone's help, successfully climbed the Heart-Questioning Stairway, and successfully disguised himself as having a Heavenly Spirit Root.
Afterward came Foundation Establishment within a hundred days, and now he had crushed another genius who had also achieved Foundation Establishment within a hundred days in a duel.
No matter how Li Tianchen looked at it, he felt as though he had stepped into some kind of conspiracy.
Every sign spoke of Li Tianwei's unusual nature.
"Just what is going on with my dear elder brother?!"
Li Tianchen could not help clutching his hair. He had been tormented by this very conflict these past few days.
"Elder Ling, what exactly is the situation with my eldest brother?"
Li Tianchen asked Elder Ling once more.
"Why care what it is? Since he has a Pseudo-Spirit Root, then no matter what he does, he will always have a Pseudo-Spirit Root. The further he cultivates, the greater the drawbacks will become."
Elder Ling let out a long sigh.
"But I..."
Hearing this, Li Tianchen still gritted his teeth, suppressing the surging turmoil in his heart.
Elder Ling hesitated for a moment upon seeing this, as though he had thought of something.
"Perhaps there is another possibility. Do you remember the disciple who tried to attack you, the one we joined forces to kill before?"
"He had a strange aura on him, almost identical to what your so-called elder brother revealed during his duel on the arena. We can start from there."
Hearing this, Li Tianchen also recalled that man. When he killed him, the man had erupted with tremendous strength. If Elder Ling had not been there, he might have fallen.
Comparing them now, they truly were very similar to Li Tianwei.
"Just wait, Li Tianwei."
With that, Li Tianchen had formed a plan.