A Ten-Year Pact

The Hidden Lord had regained his composure and released Yang Yin, who had been Immobilization Talisman, from the bag, causing him to roll on the ground.

"Pfft!"

Li Weiyi severed his head with a single sword stroke.

What are you doing?

The Hidden Lord was stunned by the sudden sword strike, and it was too late to stop it. "This is Yang Yin, Longevity Realm Giants, the second most important figure in the Sui Sect. He would be of great value if he were alive; we could interrogate him or search his soul to obtain a lot of useful information. Aren't you just acting recklessly?"

The safest course of action is to silence them, lest An Xianjing be harmed as well!

Li Weiyi slapped his forehead. "I forgot, it's my fault for being impulsive. I was only thinking that Yang Yin was in danger, and if he broke through the Immobilization Talisman, we might be caught off guard. You see, we almost let them escape several times before. The Longevity Realm Giants are all very capable and not easy to deal with."

He then changed the subject. "Old Li, you're really something. What methods did you use to trap Yao Qian underwater?"

Hidden Lord said, "Didn't you knock Yao Qian out of the water?"

Li Weiyi's heart stirred, and then he suddenly realized what was going on. He stopped talking, quickly squatted down, and searched Yao Qian's ancestral field, wind palace, and boundary bag. He found the Water Element Dragon Scale Armor on Yao Qian's wrist.

The armor shrunk into a black Dragon Scale Bracelet.

The trident magic weapon of the Nether Prince Mingjiao is also Thousand Character Artifact, which is kept in his magic bag. Yao Qian is not good at using halberds; he is more powerful with swords.

Beneath Yao Qian's skin, five golden Dragon Tendon patterns can be seen.

The Dragon Tendon are the foundation of the Prince Mingjiao's Young Son of Heaven, and they are not so easy to fuse and refine.

It takes at least several years for it to fully integrate with the body.

"Yao Qian's treasures are mine, and Yang Yin's treasures are yours. Those five Dragon Tendon are valuable; do you dare to refine and absorb them?" Li Weiyi herself didn't care for them and asked Hidden Lord.

The Hidden Lord hesitated. If the Dragon Tendon were to be exposed in the future, the death of the Prince Mingjiao would be blamed on him, which would bring great disaster to the Jiu Li Tribe.

"Take your time to think it over, I'll be right back."

Li Weiyi left the island and flew away.

A moment later, he arrived at the small boat a hundred miles away, clasped his hands in thanks, and said, "Thank you very much Hall Master An, for your help. Otherwise, Yao Qian would have escaped. It is indeed difficult to kill Longevity Realm Martial Cultivator."

An Xianjing stood quietly against the wind, her hair swaying gently, her long dress and wide sleeves rustling. "I didn't make a move! And don't try to show off here. If you can't break through to immortality, how strong can your combat power be? Not to mention those at the peak of the First Realm, even the Purple-clothed Woman and Wu Hongling, who are currently at the Early First Realm, are no match for you."

Li Weiyi asked, "They broke through to the next realm so quickly? Have they cultivated the Longevity Body?"

"They've returned to Shenyi Mountain! If you can't reach the Longevity Realm, you'll soon be left far behind by them, only able to stand in the crowd, looking up at their unparalleled beauty, never able to get close again," An Xianjing said.

Li Weiyi pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "How dare I boast in front of Hall Master An? I never thought that defeating Yao Qian was something to brag about. If one day in the future I can catch up with Hall Master An and defeat Hall Master An, that would be a truly exhilarating thing."

An Xianjing frowned. "So you want to beat me that badly? I'm not easy to catch up to. I won't stand still. You can catch up to them in a few years of cultivation. I've cultivated for 360 years. How many years do you plan to take to catch up with me? Sixty years? Thirty years?"

"Thirty years is too long, twenty years is hard to wait, how about ten years?"

Li Weiyi exuded composure and confidence, and her eyes always shone brightly.

An Xianjing felt she had heard a joke and said calmly, "You're young and arrogant, unaware that immortality is difficult to achieve. You've only collected a dozen or so Dragon Soul Origin Light, yet you dare to speak so arrogantly. Fine, let's make it a ten-year agreement... If you catch up with my mental power, that also counts."

The reason for saying the last sentence was that he didn't want Li Weiyi to get so caught up in martial arts that she would fall into a dead end.

"If you diligently cultivate the fourth level of Vajra Wrathful Eyes, it may help you break through the Longevity Shackle," she added.

Li Weiyi said, "I've heard that in the last thousand years, the Lingxiao Dao Cult has produced many Great Longevity and even several Transcendent Realm cultivators, because they possess a shortcut to the Longevity Realm. I wonder if Hall Master An dares to tell me the secret?"

"So you were waiting for me here," An Xianjing said.

Li Weiyi said, "There is no ten-year agreement. I Hall Master An, and I believe Hall Master An will tell me."

An Xianjing was easily swayed by his words. After a moment's consideration, she said, "Alright, consider it a debt I owe you. I shouldn't have eaten that bowl of noodles from you in the first place. It was exactly the same as that bowl of noodles. The cause and effect are intertwined, it's endless, and it's so annoying. Actually, there aren't many secrets, just two points."

"First, by utilizing the Three Thousand Stars Pagoda the Rice Sect's Imperial Techniques and mobilizing the brilliance of the stars, it will be easier to locate the Longevity Lock within the body. Second, comprehending the <Jidi Hunyuan Scripture> can help one break through to the Transcendent Realm."

"It's not a huge shortcut! But if you can quickly find the Longevity Lock at each realm, you can save a lot of time. Over the seven realms, the advantage will be considerable."

Li Weiyi asked, "If I use the Staff Spear of All Things to manipulate the brilliance of the stars, will it have the same effect?"

"Your staff and spear are indeed extraordinary; they must be a treasure of the ancient Bhakara Sect. Once you reach the peak of the Ninth Heaven, try to find the Universe Lock yourself. Martial cultivators are on their way, so I have to go!" An Xianjing said.

"Wait a minute, we have to go all the way with this act."

Under An Xianjing's astonished gaze, Li Weiyi suddenly unleashed an aura of transcendence, strode forward, and struck her chest with a palm.

"Boom!"

An extraordinary aura swept across the sky, startling the martial arts practitioners who had rushed to investigate the area. They were all terrified and fled in panic.

Another monster discovered An Xianjing's flowing blood in the nearby sea.

Its blood and energy are so potent that every drop can stain vast swathes of the sea red.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Weiyi returned to the sea area, his hand still throbbing with pain as he clenched his wrist. "How can the difference be so great? Both are at the Longevity Realm, but if Yao Qian had taken a direct hit without any warning, he would have been half-dead, if not killed. But she... she wasn't injured at all."

Finally, An Xianjing herself cut her wrist, released some blood, and pretended to be injured.

On the sea, Li Weiyi saw Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan, put his hands behind his back, and walked over to them, taking several dozen feet at a time.

Yang Qingxi didn't dare approach the area where Yao Qian had fallen, but she could guess the outcome of the battle. Her eyes were deep and she asked in a fearful and worried tone, "Is my grandfather still alive?"

Her eyes were fixed on Li Weiyi.

"I don't want to lie to you, but I killed Yang Yin," Li Weiyi said.

Yang Qingxi remained silent for a long time before nodding and saying, "I understand!"

She removed the three heads, threw them into the seawater at Li Weiyi's feet, and slowly turned to leave.

Li Weiyi's feelings were inexplicably complicated. "Yang Qingxi, I'm ready for your revenge anytime, but I hope you're only targeting me."

"I won't seek revenge, I can't get revenge. You can already kill Longevity Realm Martial Cultivator, how can I get revenge?"

Yang Qingxi turned around, her emotions surging, her chest heaving, and tears of grief welling in her eyes. "Why? My grandfather wasn't your enemy! You could have killed Yao Qian, killed him, and I would have even thanked you. Now that my grandfather is dead, no one in the Bright Dao Realm will protect me anymore. The Yang Shen Realm only cares about interests, not kinship."

"I don't believe I owe you anything; every collaboration has been an exchange of benefits. But this time, consider it something I owe you. If you encounter difficulties in the future, you can come to me."

Li Weiyi didn't mention the five million Spring Coin because he wasn't sure if Yang Qingxi was genuinely heartbroken or just acting. If she was truly expressing her feelings, it would only cause her further harm.

It was precisely because Yang Qingxi always gave him a feeling of uncertainty about her authenticity that Li Weiyi chose to keep his distance.

The reason we were so lenient with her is because she was genuine when she wanted to be.

Once she was certain Li Weiyi had gone far away, the tears in Yang Qingxi's eyes disappeared, and she murmured, "He's truly heartless; he wouldn't even take me in after all this."

Seeing that she had suddenly stopped being sad, Yang Qingchan was also taken aback. "Are you deliberately using this opportunity to make him feel sorry for you?"

"Let me ask you, are Li Weiyi and I enemies?" Yang Qingxi said.

Yang Qingchan said, "Since he said in the White Desert that grudges are settled in one fell swoop, he is naturally no longer an enemy."

"Do I have any connection with him?"

"As human beings, we all have emotions."

Yang Qingxi said, "Someone like Li Weiyi, who killed a stranger's grandfather, must have felt guilty when faced with my questioning. Besides, we have a history of friendship and have been through thick and thin together many times."

"Although we didn't achieve our goal, we gained at least two major benefits. First, that old scoundrel Yang Yin always tried to use me as a bargaining chip to exchange for benefits and curry favor with some Longevity Realm Martial Cultivator in the Dao Palace, but now he's finally dead! With both of the Yang Shen Realm's arms severed, he can't do everything personally, so from now on, he can only focus on training you and me."

"Secondly, it's good that Li Weiyi owes me something!"

Yang Qingxi is a rice person, and Yang Yin is only her nominal grandfather. In reality, she has only met him four times since she was a child.

Back then, when Yao Qian killed Yang Qingchan, Yang Yin voted in favor.

Yang Qingxi kept this matter in mind!

The sun hangs low in the sky, and the sea glistens.

On the deserted island, the Hidden Lord had already collected the two Longevity Corpse. Sitting on a reef, he held a sword manual and asked meaningfully, "Who did you see?"

"Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan," Li Weiyi said.

The Hidden Lord remained unconvinced and did not expose him, tossing the sword manual to Li Weiyi: "Yang Yin's Mysterious Light Nine Illumination has never been used before; it's not Sui Sect sword technique. The Sui Sect's sword techniques originated from the Jiu Li Tribe and are not this profound."

Li Weiyi took the sword manual and examined it. "Not simple! Although it's a copy, the person who copied it was at least extraordinary, and the sword aura preserved is very impactful. But why is it incomplete, with only four images?"

Li Weiyi immediately lost interest, casually tossed it into his storage bag, and asked, "How was the decision made regarding those five Dragon Tendon?"

"The risk is too great! I am from the Jiu Li Tribe, and my identity is special. If I am exposed, the consequences will be unimaginable," Hidden Lord sighed.

Li Weiyi said, "You're always so hesitant and indecisive, always trying to be thorough and steady, lacking the fighting spirit and ruthlessness that Yang Shen Realm had. Oh well, everyone has their own ambitions. You can give it to Master Yao; she'll definitely dare to refine it."

"She's gone!" Hidden Lord said.