Pounding Tea for His Return

Seeing this, Su Yao took the purple flute and said with a smile:

"Fellow Daoists, please wait for me."

After speaking, he flew away from the mountains.

Behind me, Zilin's voice came:

Fellow Daoist Su!

Su Yao turned around and saw Zilin stirring the tea in the bowl with a tea mallet, looking in Su Yao's direction and smiling as she said:

"I need to grind this tea for another half an hour. When you return from your mission, you'll be ready for the first cup. Don't linger too long, as tea doesn't taste good when it gets cold."

Su Yao smiled upon hearing this, raised the purple flute in his hand, and said loudly, "Then Fellow Zilin, you must brew the tea strong! I'll be right back; it'll be just right to soothe my throat."

After speaking, he quickly headed out of the mountain.

Outside the mountain, a figure in crimson gold stood in mid-air, its body surrounded by layers of radiant light spreading outwards like the tide.

He was a boy who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, with handsome features and a faint smile on his lips.

He stood with his hands behind his back on the cloud, his gaze fixed on the protective array of Golden Ao Mountain. Seeing no response for a long time, he spoke again in a loud voice:

"I have long heard that Qixia Daozi has inherited the true lineage of Rainbow Clouds, and I, Yuxiao, have long admired him. Today, I am passing through Nanzhao and have come specifically to invite you, Daoist brother, to come down from the mountain for a meeting. We are fellow practitioners, and we can verify our paths. Victory or defeat is all due to fate. Since you are on the mountain, why begrudge me a meeting?"

He had barely finished speaking when Su Yao's voice came from ahead:

"Fellow Daoist Shen, why are you in such a hurry? I, Su, do not possess your leisure and refined taste!"

As he finished speaking, he looked ahead and saw a rainbow light coming from Golden Ao Mountain. A moment later, the Rainbow Clouds stopped a hundred feet away from him and revealed Su Yao's figure.

He was also taken aback when he saw Su Yao. He was ninety-six years old, much older than Su Yao, and he also practiced the Qixia Mountain Cultivation Method, which was obtained by the Lord of the Prefecture from Qixia Mountain with some gifts back then.

His Immortal Foundation was also "Draped in Rosy Radiance," but his Cultivation Method were certainly no match for the person before him, let alone the Law Technique of the Rainbow Clouds Sect. However, he came from the Yuanfu, practiced many Witch Technique, and had considerable Daoxing in the Rainbow Clouds Sect. He should have a chance of defeating Su Yao, after all, he was older and had been traveling in Miao Frontier for many years, so he was more experienced, unlike Su Yao, who was coming down the mountain for the first time.

On the other side, Su Yao naturally knew this person. After all, it was the Lord of Yuanfu who came up the mountain to ask for Cultivation Method. Daozheng had also told him about it. However, he was not afraid. Although he had not practiced the Cultivation Method that the other party cultivated, he had studied them.

So he began to speak:

"Now that Fellow Daoist Shen has arrived, why not come to the mountains and sit down for a leisurely chat about Daoist teachings?"

Shen Yuxiao shook his head:

"I am not like you, a Immortal Dao immortal, with such leisurely and refined tastes, but I still thank you for the invitation. I am merely passing by today and have come only to inquire about your sword!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yao sneered:

"A person practicing the Immortal Dao?"

He paused, and the Clear Wind Sword appeared in his hand, pointing at his opponent:

"Then Fellow Daoist Shen, please make your move. I, Su, am ready to oblige!"

Shen Yuxiao said no more, and with a flick of his right hand, a long sword, entirely crimson, appeared in his palm.

The sword was covered in a crimson glow, with faint witch-like patterns that moved along its spine like tadpoles.

He held his sword and looked at Su Yao:

This sword is named Red Crow!

Knowing Su Yao's prowess, he dared not test him and, without waiting for Su Yao's reply, launched a deadly attack.

The Red Crow Sword slashed down suddenly, and a dark red streak shot through the air towards Su Yao. Within that streak, rosy light and Witch Technique intertwined endlessly.

"Fellow Daoist Su, please accept my move, ' Witchcraft and Rosy Clouds in One Furnace '!"

Su Yao remained unfazed upon hearing this.

The spectacle before us is still somewhat lacking compared to the nine crimson-gold lightning pillars of the Ji Jie.

With a thought, his Immortal Foundation "Draped in Rosy Radiance" activated. A long robe of radiant glow draped over his shoulders, interwoven with red, orange, and golden hues, creating three layers of radiant glow, like brocade spread across the clouds. At the same time, "Guarding Unity Rosy Cloud Robe" quietly condensed, and a thin halo of radiant glow covered the robe, flowing endlessly.

Facing the dark red streak hurtling towards him, Su Yao advanced instead of retreating. With a casual flick of his Clear Wind Sword, a thin, hair-like rainbow light condensed from the tip of the sword and crashed head-on into it.

The fusion of "Glow Ashes" and Sword Qi.

The rainbow light, like a wisp of silk, plunged straight into the dark red ribbon. The next moment, the ribbon exploded from within, the rosy light and the witch's runes shattering simultaneously, creating ripples between the two.

Shen Yuxiao was taken aback. He knew Su Yao's Swordsmanship was exquisite, but he didn't expect him to break his "Witchcraft and Rosy Clouds in One Furnace" so easily.

He immediately made a hand Hand Seals with his left hand, and the glow around him suddenly dimmed. Countless witch runes surged from his body and condensed into three dark red witch runes in front of him.

The talisman shimmered with crimson light, emanating a suffocating aura of destruction.

Three talismans shot out simultaneously, transforming into three blood-red lines in the air, blocking all of Su Yao's escape routes.

Su Yao didn't even glance at it.

A rosy glow and Li Fire simultaneously shone from between their brows.

"Southern Emperor Profound Light" and "Heavenly Radiance Resonance Technique" were activated in response to the incantation. The Li Fire his eyebrows and transformed into dozens of Fire Sparrow, which screeched and pounced on the three witch talismans. The glow of the sky turned into a layer of light film and covered the Fire Sparrow.

Since the third talisman was completed, the Law Power in his dantian has been as vast as a swamp and as inexhaustible as an underground river.

The Law Power that used to require careful calculation is now used without restraint.

The Li Fire is the nemesis of Witchcraft Dao.

After all, the Li Fire is the fire of Human Dao civilization, and in the past, the Red Emperor's southern tour was to punish the witches.

The Fire Sparrow and the sorcerer's talisman collided in mid-air, emitting a piercing screech. In less than two breaths, the three sorcerer's talismans were Li Fire, turning into black mist and dissipating.

Shen Yuxiao's expression changed drastically.

He never expected that Su Yao could break the witch talisman so easily with the Li Fire.

But he had no time to think about it, because Su Yao's figure had already disappeared from the spot.

"Mysterious Floating Body" left a trail of afterimages.

The next moment, Su Yao appeared ten feet in front of Shen Yuxiao. Three layers of rosy light flowed endlessly on the Clear Wind Sword, and "Glow Ashes" condensed at the tip of the sword before being thrust out.

This sword strike had no dazzling light or thunderous sound; it was only a thin, hair-like rainbow light that silently pierced Shen Yuxiao's chest.

Shen Yuxiao gritted his teeth and raised his Red Crow Sword to parry.

"When!"

The two swords clashed.

The witch's markings exploded, and rays of light burst forth.

The Red Crow Sword let out a mournful cry, but the rainbow light bypassed the Red Crow and went straight for Shen Yuxiao's left shoulder. However, the Greater Yin radiance on Shen Yuxiao's body suddenly lit up, and the rainbow light collided with the Greater Yin barrier and was blocked outside his body. After stirring up ripples, it dissipated without a trace.

Seeing this, Shen Yuxiao felt somewhat relieved and made another Hand Seals.

But just then, an unusual silence fell from above.

He suddenly looked up.

Above, the rosy dawn and the golden palace had quietly appeared. The majestic golden palace and the radiant dawn illuminated half the sky, turning it into a dazzling crimson gold.

It is indeed "the Golden Palace Morning Clouds".

Su Yao had retreated to a distance of over a hundred feet without anyone noticing. His left hand Hand Seals, while his right hand held the Clear Wind Sword pointing diagonally at the ground, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Fellow Daoist Shen's Taiyin Greater Yin Law Artifact can withstand one of my sword strikes, but I wonder how many showers of my rosy clouds it can block?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he uttered the word "Imperial Edict".

The morning glow and the golden palace collapsed with a roar, transforming into countless colorful rays of light and rain, which poured down upon Shen Yuxiao from all directions.