Really Gone

Military Advisor Ji looked at Li Yan, who had fallen to the ground and turned to face him, and laughed sinisterly, "Hehe, can you escape? No matter what, this is still your fate."

Seeing Li Yan silent and with a cold look in his eyes, he pondered for a moment and then said, "I just don't understand, how did you discover that I was going to harm you? And how were you able to escape from Hong Linying's grasp?"

Li Yan looked at him, dragging one leg, where blood was now gushing out. In just a short while, it had already stained the ground red along his trouser leg. He struggled to hold onto the tree trunk beside him, slowly supporting himself to stand. The tattered hem of his black robe was also stained with a dark patch of blood.

He revealed his white teeth, grinning at Military Advisor Ji. "Hehe, of course it was the notes left by my senior brother that told me. Why wouldn't Marshal Hong let me go? His target is you, not me!"

Military Advisor Ji was stunned. He suddenly didn't understand, feeling that there was a problem with Li Yan's words, but for a moment he couldn't figure out where the problem was.

In the instant that Military Advisor Ji was stunned, Li Yan suddenly slammed his hand on the tree he was holding onto, and roared in a low voice, "Then let's die together!"

Military Advisor Ji's thoughts were still stuck on Li Yan's previous words. Suddenly, he saw Li Yan's face contorted, and his palm suddenly slapped the tree trunk. Before he could figure out what he was going to do, he felt a fierce wind rising behind his head. He immediately cried out inwardly that something was wrong. He never would have thought that Li Yan would have set up an ambush here. This was a full li away from the ambush just now. He never would have expected it.

Immediately, he didn't have time to turn around. The light of Mana on his body shone brightly, and his hands kept waving behind him, but then he heard a "crashing, popping" sound, followed by a muffled groan. Some of the birds that had just landed back on the treetops were startled and flew away into the night sky again.

After Li Yan slapped the tree trunk, he used the force to roll to the side again. He heard a burst of chaotic noise and a heavy muffled groan in his ears. When he turned over and looked up again, he saw a scene that chilled him to the bone.

At this time, Military Advisor Ji was quite disheveled, it could be said that he was a bit miserable. His black robe had been cut in more than a dozen places, and his left arm had been pierced by two sharp wooden spikes about the thickness of a finger. The tips of the wooden spikes were also covered with some curved black things, which were human tendons. But what chilled Li Yan was that Military Advisor Ji was still alive and well, his chest rising and falling constantly, staring at Li Yan with a murderous gaze, his dark and purple face twitching from time to time, and then walking towards Li Yan step by step.

"You are really good, really good, to be able to plot against me two or three times in a row." He said, word by word, as he walked, the blood from his elbow spraying outwards like several water lines, behind him a pile of sawdust and broken branches. The seven or eight rows of dense wooden spikes tied together that had originally attacked him were cut to pieces by the Wind Blades he had just waved behind him, but he had only protected the back of his heart and the back of his head, and had not been able to completely disperse them. Two sharp wooden spikes still pierced his left arm in an instant, bringing out the blue veins inside. He didn't know if it had injured the bone, but at least for now it was difficult to use his left hand. Even if it healed in the future, with his current Mana, he might not be able to recover to its original state.

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This is a trap commonly used by hunters to capture large demonic beasts, the "Wooden Spike Trap". It uses hard branches to cut into individual wooden spikes with a thickness of an adult finger at the bottom and a sharp cone shape at the top. Then, these sharp wooden spikes are embedded and nailed into a thick piece of wood, forming something like a Wolf Tooth Club. Then, seven or eight of these Wolf Tooth Clubs are tied together in a large wooden frame, suspended between two trees. One end is tightened against the tree trunk with a rope, and the other end of the rope is tied to a certain place with a slipknot. When the rope is touched by an external force, the slipknot is instantly released, and the Wooden Spike Trap whistles and bursts out. Due to its large area, sufficient force, and strong inertia, its attack range is usually within two or three zhang in front of it, but it also has a disadvantage, which is that in order not to affect the smooth passage of the forward route and increase inertia, it is usually suspended in the air, about one or two chi above the ground. Therefore, if it is a small animal, it only needs to lie down on the ground, and it can only whistle past its head.

But Military Advisor Ji was first confused by Li Yan's words, not knowing what he meant, and was thinking about it, caught off guard. Secondly, he used to seek immortals in the deep mountains, where would there be hunters? There were either demonic beasts or Cultivators. If mortal hunters went there, not to mention setting traps, they would have become food in their bellies or ghosts under their swords before they had gone far. Thirdly, Divine Sense was of no use against this kind of physical mechanism. The fourth thing was that he never thought that Li Yan could set up ambushes in different places in succession. It was pitiful that a martial arts expert in the secular world, a Cultivator who had just entered the door in the Cultivation World, was tricked because of this.

Li Yan supported his body with his elbow, half-lying down. "Hehe, it's really a pity."

"I can't see that you, a young boy, are so cunning, with so many tricks. Let me see what you've got." Military Advisor Ji had walked to a distance of two or three steps in front of Li Yan and stopped. At this time, he raised his right hand and quickly tapped several times on his left elbow and arm, and immediately no more blood was spilling.

"This time, it's really over." Li Yan supported his body, and at this time he had calmed down and even laughed softly.

Military Advisor Ji looked around left and right, and then focused his eyes to carefully examine the area around Li Yan. After a while, he slowly approached again. Just as he walked in front of Li Yan, he suddenly moved, and his right hand tapped out continuously in a dazzling manner. After he stopped moving, Li Yan had fallen backwards.

"This way, it's really over." Military Advisor Ji stood in the forest, looking at Li Yan, who had fallen backwards at his feet, and said.

Li Yan didn't say a word, but his eyes occasionally moved, and even the blood from the wound on his leg stopped flowing out.

It turned out that Military Advisor Ji had restrained Li Yan in an instant, and also sealed the major acupoints near the wound on his leg, so that the blood would no longer flow out. He didn't want Li Yan to die from excessive blood loss now.

Military Advisor Ji looked up again at the surrounding dense trees, standing staggered in the distance. Only the moonlight from the sky shone through the branches and leaves. He carefully checked around Li Yan as the center, and sure enough, he didn't find any other traps. Only then did he feel relieved, and then glanced at Li Yan on the ground, confirming that he was restrained and unable to escape, his figure flashed and he swept towards the platform on the mountainside.

After a few breaths, he had arrived at the platform where Li Yan had set up an ambush just now. The huge rock on the ground had disappeared, leaving only a pit and several waterskins, a small section of two stone pillars as thick as a baby's arm, and a small section of the demonic beast's tendons. He picked up the demonic beast's tendons and looked at it, then picked up a few waterskins and shook them. He stood there and thought for a while, then quickly walked to the cliff behind the giant pine and looked down. He only felt that the night was dark and bottomless, like a monster's giant mouth full of fangs, and he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart. His current physical body was only stronger than that of a mortal, but after all, it was still a mortal body. If he fell, it would be a pile of minced meat or pierced into several pieces by the giant stones facing the sky at the bottom of the cliff.

After watching, he basically understood how Li Yan had set up the ambush. Although he was not a mountain hunter, just now he was the prey in the trap. Knowing the process of being ambushed, and looking at these, plus he was such a veteran in the Jianghu, he could guess a rough idea.

After a few flashes, he disappeared from the platform and disappeared into the forest at the foot of the mountain.

Military Advisor Ji came not far from where Li Yan was lying on his back, and a trace of pain suddenly flashed on his face. Black blood was overflowing from the corner of his mouth. He quickly sat down cross-legged, hurriedly took out a translucent crystal stone from his arms with his right hand, slowly closed his eyes, held the crystal stone, and began to breathe. He had not rested for the past few days, and he had suffered heavy injuries just now, his body was in extremely bad condition.

More than an hour later, Military Advisor Ji slowly opened his eyes. At this moment, the Mana in his body had recovered to about 70 to 80 percent. Looking at the turbid crystal stone in his hand, which had changed from translucent, a trace of heartache flashed on his face.

There was no spiritual energy here, and he could only rely on this crystal stone to recover. This crystal stone was left to him by the previous Sect Leader of the Seeker Lineage, telling him, "If you can embark on the path of immortality in the future, then this crystal stone will definitely help you." For so many years, although he had embarked on the path of immortality, he had been reluctant to use it, but today he used it in this situation.

This is a Spirit Stone in the Cultivation World, containing spiritual energy, which can help people cultivate. Military Advisor Ji also heard these things from the seniors in his sect. They only had this one crystal stone in their sect, and it had been passed down for more than a dozen generations.

He could have returned to the inner valley of the Military Advisor's Residence to recover with the help of the spiritual energy emitted from the pool, but before that, the spiritual energy in his body had been consumed by nearly half. These were the results of forcibly using the Wind Blade Technique. Originally, with his current realm, he could still fully display eleven or twelve Wind Blade Techniques, but just now, in order to deal with Li Yan, cut off the giant stone on his feet, and break the Wooden Spike Trap, he had used a full six Wind Blade Techniques before and after. If he had carried Li Yan for another seventy or eighty li of mountain road, it would have been impossible. Just

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When he returned from the cliff, the Fire Poison in his body had already broken out. If he didn't suppress it, he would have left before Li Yan. The half of the Mana in his body was not enough to suppress the Fire Poison, and he had to use this sect's treasure in desperation.

Looking at the turbid Spirit Stone in his hand, he stared blankly for a while, then put the Spirit Stone back into his arms.

He raised his right hand and pressed hard on his left elbow and upper arm respectively. He only heard two "chi chi" sounds, and he groaned again. The two finger-thick wooden spikes in his left elbow and upper arm shot out from the flesh, deeply shooting into the distance, bringing out a series of blood beads. Then his right hand quickly tapped on the wound to stop the gushing blood. Looking at the several black tendons on his left arm that were either drooping or broken and exposed outside his body, he couldn't help but frown.

Then he stood up, his figure flashed, and he quickly flew through the forest. After half a cup of tea, his figure flashed and he reappeared in the same place, looking at Li Yan on the ground with his eyes closed. Military Advisor Ji pointed with his right finger, and a wisp of finger wind flew out and entered Li Yan's head.

"I know you're not asleep. I don't want to know how you knew my purpose now. Whether you know it or not, it's the same result. I just didn't expect that you, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, would be so vicious. Every plan is a good trick to trick people. I really underestimated my disciple." Military Advisor Ji looked at Li Yan, his eyes flashing with resentment.

It turned out that his plan was to forcibly suppress his Fire Poison for another half a year. At that time, Li Yan was estimated to be able to cultivate to the middle stage of the first level of the Qi Condensation Stage. He still had more than half the certainty of breaking through to the fourth level. But now, not only has the time been advanced, but Li Yan's Mana is far from his minimum requirements, and it has also shaken his foundation. Now the Fire Poison in his body has broken out because he has greatly moved his Mana, and his current Qi and blood are also greatly damaged. But at this time, there is no room for choice. Qi and blood can be slowly replenished. Could Li Yan still wait for him for another half a year? Can the Fire Poison that has already broken out in his body be restored to its previous state?

Thinking of this, Military Advisor Ji was extremely angry in his heart. Several years of planning were all due to this person, and in the end, he ended up like this.

"Am I vicious? Didn't you want to use my life to exchange for your life?" After a while, Li Yan on the ground suddenly opened his mouth in a hoarse voice.

"Oh? It seems you know. I really want to figure out how you knew, but now I don't want to waste time. With your state of mind, in a situation where even I can't see the loopholes, you can tirelessly kick down the waterskins and sprinkle water on the demonic beast's tendons. If I hadn't been poisoned, I would have really taken you as a true disciple."

A strange look flashed in Li Yan's eyes lying on the ground. If Military Advisor Ji went to the platform to check and could see how the trap was set up, he wouldn't be surprised, but he was a little surprised that Military Advisor Ji could infer that he had kicked the waterskins many times.

"Oh, you even saw this. Teacher is really amazing." Li Yan said lightly, while thinking in his heart that you still didn't see another problem.