Young Venerable

The three Exotic Beast Carriage traveled along a winding and complex route for almost an hour before leaving the city and entering Yunzhe Mountain, located beside Soldier Ancestor Marsh.

Since ancient times, Qiuzhou has been home to a large number of believers and practitioners of Daoism, resulting in the construction of many ancient Daoist temples and vegetarian halls.

Mirror Moon Studio, located on Yunzhe Mountain, has a history of thousands of years. Built along the mountainside, its upturned eaves are hidden among the dense trees. Several green lamps float in the night, and the entire temple is shrouded in a mysterious and wabi-sabi gloom.

Three Exotic Beast Carriage were parked in a row outside the pavilion.

Two blue-skinned, Deformed Race Martial Cultivator carried down the Black Metal Box.

Li Weiyi could tell that the man and woman who got out of the third car were extremely powerful, so he stopped at a distance, not daring to get too close, for fear of being detected by their senses.

"Squeak!"

The wooden door of the Daoist temple opened, and two young Daoist priests who looked exactly alike walked out side by side.

The two men were dressed in blue Daoist robes, with thin, long faces, slightly dark skin, thick eyebrows, and large eyes. Each held a silver whisk in their hand. Their eyes were sharp and their aura was fierce, lacking the peaceful demeanor of Daoist practitioners in the mountains.

Li Weiyi gazed at the two figures in the distance and immediately thought to himself, "They are rice people."

Twins, of course, are not necessarily both rice people, but they always make people associate them with rice people.

Chen Xun held the two young Daoist priests in high esteem. After bowing, he carefully recounted what had happened Heavenly Pavilion.

One of the twin young Daoist priests, arrogant and haughty, said coldly, "Your Three Chen Palace can't even handle such a trivial matter, and you still need to trouble the Young Venerable?"

Chen Xun suppressed his anger and dared not voice his opinion. "The person in the iron box, we of the Three Chen Palace hoped to kill him outright, but it was Lord Qi who insisted on keeping him alive, saying he was still useful. Now that a large number of experts from the Jiu Li Tribe have appeared in Giant Marsh City, we can't just pass this hot potato to the Three Chen Palace, can we?"

Chen Xun had no idea how many people from the Jiu Li Tribe had come.

Only by making the situation sound more serious will the other party take it seriously.

The Daoist priest scoffed, "Only the trash of your Three Chen Palace would take the Jiu Li Tribe seriously. What Cangli, what young expert of the Jiu Li Tribe? Our Young Venerable could suppress them all with a single finger. Our purpose here is..."

The other of the twin young Daoist priests interrupted him, saying, "Since it's Lord Qi's goods, bring it in!"

Li Weiyi could tell that the two twin Daoist priests were highly skilled, with long, deep breaths and very aggressive eyes, like swords shooting outwards.

The Daoist temple behind them is definitely a den of dragons and tigers, and must contain array formations or runes. Once the metal box is sent inside, Li Weiyi will never have another chance to find out what's inside.

The more something is considered a hot potato by the enemy, the more necessary it is to seize it.

Since we're already here!

Anyway, I have Guardian Wife!

Li Weiyi kept convincing herself to take the risk, secretly calculating the distance to the metal box, the time needed, and which items to use to retrieve it...

By the time he had sorted everything out in his mind, the two Deformed Race Martial Cultivators had already carried the metal box up the thirty-odd stone steps, just a few steps away from the Daoist temple gate.

"Rustle!"

A gentle breeze blew up from below.

The fallen leaves on the stone steps all spun around.

Chen Xun, who was closest to the two Deformed Race Martial Cultivators, immediately stopped, sensing something was wrong. With a clang, he drew his crescent-shaped fish-scale longsword.

"Bang! Bang!"

The two Deformed Race, both at the third level of the Five Seas Realm, were just sensing the danger and had no time to release their magical energy when they were struck by two palms, their robust bodies thrown to the ground.

The Black Metal Box crashed to the ground with a loud thud, its chains rattling.

Without a suitable boundary bag, Li Weiyi decided to use the Evil Camel Bell to collect it.

Li Weiyi landed next to the Black Metal Box. Just as he took out the bell, Chen Xun's horizontal slash, like a curtain of light, had already spread before his eyes.

"That was a quick reaction."

Li Weiyi did not take the attack head-on. Instead, he enveloped the iron box with his magical energy, pushed off the stone steps with his feet, and shot out like an arrow from below the bright blade curtain.

However, before he could even land, Sheng Qingyan, whose speed was incredibly fast, was already waiting on the ground.

She had a slender waist and full hips, and her red lips were brimming with laughter. All the leaves on the surrounding ground flew up, covered with a metallic sheen, like thousands of flying knives shooting towards Li Weiyi.

"The Fifth Realm of the Five Seas!"

Li Weiyi never imagined that this seemingly gentle and beautiful woman would possess such terrifying cultivation.

Another young prodigy from a single state.

That's it. He's only been cultivating for less than a year, and he's stirred up trouble with a top-tier expert.

"Bang! Bang!"

Li Weiyi activated the Corpse Cloth Soft Armor, and blood mist and crimson scriptures burst forth from his body, colliding with the flying leaves.

These leaves, though seemingly fragile, were transformed by Sheng Qingyan's magical energy, each one acting like a powerful punch, continuously dispersing the blood mist.

"Hehe!"

Sheng Qingyan's laughter contained a bewitching, seductive melody.

With a slender hand, she wielded a soft sword, and instantly, one sword transformed into ten thousand. Countless bright sword shadows formed a net, slashing towards Li Weiyi, who was still suspended in mid-air.

Li Weiyi formed a palm seal in mid-air, and his Battle Intent manifested on his back, as if he were carrying an old immortal in battle.

"Boom!"

The golden Sky-Flipping Divine Seal was unleashed along with the palm strike, shattering the sword net and annihilating the Sword Qi.

The palm technique's divine seal pressed down on Sheng Qingyan below the stone steps.

Sheng Qingyan let out a soft exclamation, having never seen such a wondrous palm technique before. It was extremely powerful and fierce, unlike anything that should exist in the mortal world. She knew that she would not be able to withstand it with her soft sword; there was no such thing as using softness to overcome hardness.

"Whoosh!"

With her incredibly skillful movements, she took a step back and instantly flew to the top of a tree behind her. This allowed her to avoid her opponent's palm strikes, observe the entire situation, and intercept their escape route if they tried to flee.

Li Weiyi didn't land, knowing that once she did, she wouldn't be able to leave today!

A hurricane arose from the soles of her feet, clad in wind- Wind-Riding Boots, propelling her towards the woods to Sheng Qingyan's right. This was because the right-hand woods were closest to Soldier Ancestor Marsh, making it the easiest place to escape.

But among the top figures of the younger generation, none of them are fools. Except for Chen Xun and Sheng Qingyan, the third person had already secretly moved to that position.

A silver spear thrust out of the ground, its shaft and silver light shooting up dozens of meters high, forcing Li Weiyi back and causing him to land back on the stone steps outside the Daoist temple.

"Da da!"

The young figure, holding a silver spear, emerged from the forest. "Huo Qiankun of Tianyi Gate."

The entire exchange just now took no more than a breath. Each strike from the three masters was timed and aimed with utmost precision.

Huo Qiankun believed that a martial artist who could escape unscathed from three attacks was worthy of having his name known.

Li Weiyi dispelled his invisibility; there was no point in remaining invisible in front of people of their caliber.

He ignored everyone else, put the black iron box into the evil camel bell, and said, "I know you, the number one young talent of Tianyi Sect, Little Cangli Huo Qiankun! Among the young masters of guns in Lizhou, after Cangli, you are one of the best!"

The two twin Daoist priests, who had already entered the Daoist temple, returned, but never once made a move.

One of the Daoist priests said coldly, "You're all useless! You didn't even realize you were being followed. Quickly take care of him; we can't let Mirror Moon Studio be exposed."

"You really think I came here alone?"

Li Weiyi had no intention of fighting multiple opponents alone. He immediately communicated with Zen Sea Observing Mist, preparing to have her come out to resolve the current situation. If she refused to come out, as the master of Lesser Yang Star, he could forcibly pull her out.

The expressions of everyone present turned serious, and they quickly released their senses.

Standing atop a treetop, Sheng Qingyan seemed weightless, her skirt dangling loosely beneath her, and said with a smile, "Why does it seem like you're just bluffing!"

"May I ask which side you belong to? Do you know what's in that iron box? Some of these are murky waters you shouldn't wade into."

Chen Xun drew his sword and walked step by step down the stone steps, steadily approaching Li Weiyi.

"There's no murky water in this world I wouldn't dare wade into. To be honest, I'm curious which side the people in this Daoist temple behind you belong to?"

Li Weiyi had barely finished speaking.

Chen Xun's body surged with silver light, shattering the stone steps beneath his feet. An incomparably powerful Battle Intent grew forth, and he unleashed a domineering slash towards Li Weiyi.

The blade gleamed, its surface covered in dense fish scales.

Although there was only one strike, the wind from the blade came from all directions.

Li Weiyi felt as if the ground beneath his feet was sinking, the sky was collapsing, and everything around him was being destroyed.

There was nowhere to escape, nowhere to avoid.

But he was prepared; he waved his hand to unleash the Ghost Flag and struck it from behind with a palm.

Amidst the Nether Mist, a ghostly figure wielding a halberd and clad in armor emerged from the Ghost Flag.

After reaching the Second Realm of the Five Seas Realm, the ghostly figure in the Ghost Flag became incredibly huge, standing three zhang tall. Its body was no longer a shadow, but seemed to truly exist, with its armor and battle halberd appearing to be cast from metal.

"Boom!"

Ghostly Shadow swung his halberd, colliding with Chen Xun's all-out strike. Instantly, cracks appeared on the dozens of stone steps, and the surrounding trees turned into bare branches amidst the energy ripples.

The ground beneath Li Weiyi's feet cracked, and the Ghost Flag trembled.

Chen Xun took two steps back, and dozens of stone steps collapsed and shattered into rubble.

"That's interesting!"

Li Weiyi had a completely new understanding of the Ghost Flag's power; it seemed to contain a powerful Fifth Realm of the Five Seas expert, which was far more reliable than the Blood Refined Magic Tool he sold to Hidden Twenty-Four.

The two twin Daoist priests burst into laughter, then said in unison, "This flag is quite interesting. It's no ordinary flag. We, your Left and Right Attendants, will take it!"

Without them taking a step, their bodies moved at a speed beyond what Li Weiyi could perceive with the naked eye, coming from the left and right respectively. Their speed and agility were terrifying, far surpassing that of Sheng Qingyan, who was known for her speed.

"Whoosh!"

Before Li Weiyi could retrieve the Zen Sea Observing Mist, a folding fan spun and flew in from the darkness.

The folding fan was like a miniature world, with hundreds of characters floating on it. As it spun, the world itself spun, and the Wind Force it released swept Chen Xun, Sheng Qingyan, and Huo Qiankun away like scarecrows, sending them flying in three different directions.

Finally, the fan blade struck horizontally, sending the Left and Right Attendants crashing through the temple wall and blasting them back inside.

The two people had broken skin, and tiny Mars could be faintly seen emerging from their skin, which were extremely conspicuous in the darkness.

"They really do have help... Who is it?"

The left attendant shouted and stomped his foot, which transformed into a blazing sea of fire.

Li Weiyi was also stunned. The cultivation of the Left and Right Attendants Zuoqiu Courtyard, that pretentious guy, to be so strong. He could send the two flying with just his folding fan before he even arrived.

He recognized the folding fan; he had seen it in the Immortal Realm of Immortal Burial Town.

Since he arrived, Li Weiyi temporarily stopped summoning Zen Sea Observing Mist.

"Whoosh!"

The words and radiance on the folding fan faded, spun back, and disappeared into the darkness.

A moment later, Zuoqiu Ting, fanning himself with a folding fan, and walked over to Li Weiyi's side. He glanced at Li Weiyi and said, "You go first. Wait for me in Giant Marsh City. I'll meet the master of this place."

It's late at night, and it's winter, yet he's still fanning himself with a fan—how pretentious!

Li Weiyi wouldn't stand on ceremony; he immediately activated the invisibility power on his Nightwalker's Robe and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Behind him, Zuoqiu Ting's loud voice, imbued with Dharma energy, rang out. "Young Venerable has come to Zuoqiu Courtyard's territory, why are you hiding like this? You should have given me a heads-up so I could have come to pay my respects sooner!"

Zuoqiu Ting flashed and landed in front of the Daoist temple.

Inside the Daoist temple. "A mere inheritor dares to presume to assess my strength? My opponents are the older generation of your human race; none of the younger generation are qualified to fight me."

After escaping for several miles, Li Weiyi looked back.

Two large handprints with different power fluctuations collided above the Daoist temple, and the residual energy of the magic power spread to him several miles away.

The trees swayed in the mountains, and the hurricane howled.

The Daoist temple, built against the mountain, collapsed completely with a loud crash.

Then all the light disappeared, and the whole world fell silent.

"Is this still a clash between the younger generation?"

After cursing under his breath, Li Weiyi rushed back to Giant Marsh City as fast as he could, wanting to get as far away from Mirror Moon Studio as possible.

As for Zuoqiu Ting's safety, he wasn't worried at all, after all, this was Zuoqiu Courtyard territory. It would be a huge joke for the inheritor of the Zuoqiu Courtyard to die on his own turf.