Slay Cangli, Plot a Generation's Extinction

The ship bearing the Medicine Banner was filled with the Jiu Li Tribe soldiers clad in heavy armor and magical artifacts. They were all Deformed Race, each wielding a halberd in one hand, full of energy and spirit, and were definitely the elite of the army, ready to form ranks at any time to fight against great cultivators.

Medicine Li First Seat, "Yao Xingyue," has boarded the ship and is currently negotiating and communicating with Yao Yin.

Li Songlin deliberately stayed below the ship to monitor the massive warship. Seeing Li Weiyi disembark safely, he went up to him and bluntly pointed out that Li Weiyi's Disguise Art was still quite crude.

Li Weiyi was greatly alarmed. Had he been seen through so easily?

He wasn't afraid of being exposed by Li Songlin; what he feared was that there were too many people and too many eyes on the dock today. Exposing his identity was secondary; exposing the true nature of the Hidden Gate would have unpredictable consequences.

Li Songlin remained as lazy and leisurely as ever, introducing himself. "Li Songlin, the Cangli First Seat, may I ask your name, young brother?"

Upon realizing that he had only been detected by Disguise Art, Li Weiyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and cupped his hands in greeting, saying, "Sima Tan."

"May I take a look at your knife?" Li Songlin asked.

Li Weiyi handed over the still blood-stained Horse-Slaying Saber.

Li Songlin examined the sword by its hilt and said, "This is the standard battle sword of the West Sea Slaves from the Western Territory, a military magical weapon called the Slave Nu Ma Zhan. Ten thousand West Sea Slaves, a thousand-year-old iron-blooded army. As long as the West Sea Slaves exist, Lingxiao City will not fall. Ten years ago, in the Battle of Cangyuan, the West Sea Slaves suffered a great defeat, with 30,000 dead and wounded, and the seven states of the Western Territory were thrown into chaos."

"What do you think of the Yao Li Army trained by the Yao Li Tribe?"

Li Weiyi looked at the army before him, uniformly armored and armed with halberds, and compared them to the eunuch army he had encountered before. He smiled and said, "How dare this junior comment on the Yao Li Army?"

"Say whatever you want," Li Songlin said.

Li Weiyi said, "The army is composed entirely of Deformed Race Martial Cultivator. Each of them possesses immense strength and their cultivation is above the sixth level. They are full of energy and spirit, with sharp eyes and unified aura. Their battle halberds and armor are all magical artifacts, a grand gesture from the Yao Li Tribe. But... I always feel that they lack a certain killing intent, probably because they have never actually been on a battlefield."

Li Weiyi secretly guessed that these were the personal guards of Medicine Li First Seat, and said, "If they march to Immortal Burial Town, why should the Jiu Li Tribe fear the hunting down of their young elites?"

"The army cannot enter Immortal Burial Town; this was agreed upon by all parties long ago."

Li Songlin returned the Nu Ma Zhan to Li Weiyi and asked, "Do you have the Five Seas Pill?"

Li Weiyi shook her head.

Li Songlin took out a pill bottle and handed it to him. "The Dao Fire Ape has humiliated the Jiu Li Tribe Clan. Whatever your purpose was, your strike at least allowed the younger generation of the Jiu Li Tribe to stand tall again. You deserve it."

Li Weiyi accepted the pill bottle without ceremony. As he passed Li Songlin, he whispered, "Fourth Uncle, there's nothing to worry about regarding the Mang Mountain Grand Sacrifice. Below the Five Seas Realm, if I claim to be second, no one in the world dares to claim to be first."

When Li Weiyi said this, her voice remained unchanged.

Li Songlin was stunned for a moment, his eyes widening in disbelief before he suddenly turned to look at Li Weiyi, who had already climbed the gangway. He had been quite nervous, unsure how to address a junior, but now he was overjoyed.

He tried hard to restrain himself, not letting his expression be too exaggerated, lest some people in the shadows notice something amiss.

But I couldn't help it.

Concerned, he called out, "If you don't have enough Five Seas Pill, tell me again."

Li Weiyi did not turn around to respond. Just as she boarded the ship, she encountered Yao Xingyue, who was preparing to disembark. The two sized each other up and passed by.

Medicine Li First Seat man with thick eyebrows, red eyes, and a straight nose. He exuded Aura that was not angry but imposing, which was very intimidating.

After disembarking, Yao Xingyue met up with Li Songlin and couldn't help but glance back at the ship. "This young man is truly ambitious. When he disembarked just now, he actually dared to scrutinize me. I am the head of a military unit, and I have been a powerful figure in Lizhou for decades. Don't I have any presence at all?"

Li Songlin laughed and said, "Feeling a sense of loss? Do you think that younger generations should be respectful and cautious in front of you? What great things can such juniors achieve?"

"I always felt this kid was too strange. I really wanted to break his Disguise Art and see what his true face was like. He should have Pure Immortal Body!" Yao Xingyue said.

Li Songlin had no intention of telling anyone the secret, and cautiously reminded him, "You'd better not do anything rash. The Mang Mountain Grand Sacrifice still needs them. I can only feel at ease with him around."

The thought of Li Weiyi and Yao Yin getting too close made Li Songlin uneasy. That was Yao Qingxuan's daughter, still young and not fully grown up yet, but in a few years she might become a beauty that would captivate Lizhou.

What can Li Ling do?

Yao Li Army did not leave; he remained to protect Li Weiyi and the other two.

Li Weiyi entered the main hall of the ship and was surprised to find that Hidden Twenty-Five's injuries had mostly healed. Upon asking, he learned that Medicine Li First Seat had personally helped him heal. Such treatment would make any Spring Realm envious.

"So he's the Medicine Li First Seat. No wonder he has such a powerful aura, like a majestic mountain passing by. I almost showed my fear," Li Weiyi said.

Yao Yin said, "He is also my and Hidden Twenty-Four's father."

Li Weiyi was stunned. "Hidden Twenty-Four isn't his biological son either?"

"Of course he's my biological son," Yao Yin said.

Li Weiyi said, "If the daughter of the Chief is his own, why would she be sent to the Hidden Gate for trials?"

"First, before entering the Hidden Gate, no one knew that the trials would be so brutal that only one could survive," Yao Yin said.

Hidden Twenty-Five said, "Secondly, not everyone is qualified to enter the Hidden Gate for trials. As far as I know, half of the Hidden Sect members are direct descendants of the Nine Divisions. Entering the Hidden Gate represents a heavy responsibility rather than a privilege."

"In my opinion, few of the Nine Divisions chiefs truly regard the Hidden Gate as the last line of defense for their tribes. Because during the most difficult and humiliating years for the Jiu Li Tribe, the Hidden Gate chose to remain silent. The Nine Divisions chiefs' annual selection of young people into the Hidden Gate was more about preserving the Jiu Li Tribe's future by remaining hidden in the shadows."

"Of course, once you enter the Hidden Gate, you must sever ties with your past and, except in special circumstances, you must not contact your clansmen again. Even if you do contact them, you must never reveal anything related to the Hidden Gate. The Death Trial is to filter out those who cannot keep secrets."

Li Weiyi looked at Yao Yin: "Is Medicine Li First Seat here for the Mang Mountain Grand Sacrifice tomorrow?"

Yao Yin nodded slightly. "I agreed, after all, this is our mission. But I made a request to him, asking him to prepare at least fifty Spring Breaking Needle, twenty Light Flame Pill, and ten Blood Crystals for us."

"You really are greedy! But to be fair, there are too few blood crystals."

Li Weiyi chuckled, in high spirits, and took out the wooden box containing the Immortal Haze Exotic Medicine: "This herb is rich in celestial energy, but it lacks spatial aura. It should help martial cultivators transform their Pure Immortal Body. Hidden Twenty-Five, you must be quite wealthy to have obtained Otherworldly Coffin. Do you want to buy it?"

An Otherworldly Coffin costs at least tens of thousands of Silver Coin; it's not cheap.

Yao Yin said, "Why don't you transform into Pure Immortal Body yourself?"

Hidden Twenty-Five hurriedly snatched the wooden box away. "He's already so monstrous, how can Pure Immortal Body compare to him? He must have the legendary special physique. I need this rare herb more."

"One million Silver Coin," Li Weiyi said.

Hidden Twenty-Five nearly dropped the wooden box in his hand; where would he get so much money?

Isn't this blatant robbery?

"As far as I know, since the great changes in Immortal Burial Town, fewer than a hundred rare herbs capable of helping martial cultivators transform into Pure Immortal Body have been produced. They are extremely precious. If you don't want them, that's fine. There are plenty of people who do. Hidden Twenty-Four ordered three from me, all at this price." Li Weiyi prepared to take them back.

Hidden Twenty-Five quickly tucked the wooden box into his robes. "I'll buy it! I'll pay 30% upfront, and owe you 70%, how about that? That's all the money I have left; I've already emptied my pockets."

Li Weiyi sighed, "Fine, they all like to buy on credit. It won't take thirty years to pay them all off, will it?"

"That's not necessarily true. Once I break through to the Fifth Sea Realm, I can earn quite a bit in a year." Hidden Twenty-Five was very confident about this.

Li Weiyi said, "If it weren't for the fact that we're going to Immortal Burial Town, and I want to cultivate properly, I would have trained you all to work before I sold you. Let's make it clear first, all the exotic herbs you collect must be handed over to me. I'm the leader of this trip, and the exotic herbs are to be brought back to the Hidden Gate."

Hidden Twenty-Five thought to himself, "You casually unleashed a slash and earned a million Silver Coin. Dao Seed Realm cultivator couldn't compare to you. And you even brought it back to the Hidden Gate. Didn't you say that Hidden Twenty-Four had already pre-ordered three?"

Thinking that he would have died at the hands of the Dao Fire Ape if Li Weiyi hadn't saved him, he finally felt better.

"People from the Ash Region of the Far West?"

Upon hearing this news, Yang Qingxi frowned slightly, unsure of what to do.

The messenger was Yang Yun, who had broken through to the Ninth Spring Realm with the help of the Crimson Haze Exotic Medicine. He said, "Sister, this person is extremely powerful. He killed the Dao Fire Ape with a single strike. Chief Jia saw that he used Disguise Art, and he is likely a Hundred Meridian Lines All Silver Pure Immortal Body. We must proceed with caution tomorrow."

Yang Qingxi muttered to himself, "Since Chief Jia has personally confirmed it, he must indeed be an anomaly at the Spring Realm."

Deep within the courtyard filled with blooming begonias, Long Ting, the inheritor of the Dragon Gate, sat by the pond, his body wreathed in dragon scales and shimmering light. In a calm yet resolute tone, he said, "If someone at the Spring Realm is this strong, then they absolutely cannot be allowed to live. We must directly dispatch Five Seas Realm to kill them in Immortal Burial Town."

Yang Yun could see the dragon-scale-like glow rising above the building and said, "The sixth-generation descendant said he wants to give it a try."

Deep within the courtyard, Four-Armed Golden Ape standing beneath a thousand-year-old purple tree said in a deep voice, "Tell him to be cautious in his actions and not to act impulsively. Even if he wants to test it, there must be someone from the Five Seas Realm guarding him."

Chen Wenwu, the foremost of the younger generation of the Three Chen Palace, stood atop the building, his figure exceptionally graceful and elegant. "He's merely a Spring Realm cultivator. Each family should send one Five Seas Realm cultivator to attack him, crushing him like an ant. There's no need to waste time on him. Our objective this time is to ambush and kill Cangli."

Yang Qingxi returned to the depths of the courtyard, looking at the dozen or so figures gathered there, her voice clear and elegant. "To be precise, it's all the younger generation of the Jiu Li Tribe at the Five Seas Realm and the Spring Realm. This battle is to break their generational gap and force out the so-called Jiu Li Hidden Gate. Or rather, to force the Jiu Li Tribe to make the first move and see what their true strength is."

Besides the young elites from Dragon Gate, Tianya Ridge, Sui Sect, and Three Chen Palace, more than a dozen top forces, including Tianyi Gate, Coffin Sea Pavilion, Licheng, Coffin Mountain, and Earth Wolf King Army, all had experts at the Five Seas Realm holding secret meetings here.

Faced with enormous profits, everyone wants a piece of the pie.

Long Ting sat calmly, handsome and elegant, and smiled, "Cangli is already doomed, but what about that Luantai Angel? Does anyone dare to take care of her as well? Killing her is the true way to awe the world."

Upon hearing this, some were eager to try it out, while others were terrified.