Beyond the Willows and Flowers, No Village in Sight

"You old scoundrel!" Ye Zhengwen's hair stood on end as he cursed, and he swiped the jade Ruyi again.

Fire Dragon Daoist raised his eyebrows, his aura gradually returning. Seeing Ye Zhengwen casting a spell, he didn't even get up, but instead made hand seals Hand Seals.

A wall of flames suddenly appeared in front of him. The eighteen beams of mysterious light that Ye Zhengwen unleashed with his yellow Ruyi were extinguished as soon as they met the wall of fire, having no effect whatsoever.

The fire in the wall of fire flared up slightly, and large blisters appeared on Ye Zhengwen's skin, which was several feet away.

Just as the latter Ruyi raise his Ruyi scepter again, the fiery city wall suddenly burst open, each brick becoming a fireball, and a rain of fire swept towards Ye Zhengwen.

Suddenly, a green rhinoceros horn plaque in the center of Ye Zhengwen's gold-threaded belt lit up, revealing six layers of circular water curtains.

Fire rain descended, the water curtain dissipated, clouds billowed, and the horn buckles shattered.

Ye Zhengwen was injured by the fire all over his body. His skin was so dry that it resembled a cracked piece of earth. Bright red blood seeped from the cracks and his single eye, but before it could flow to his chin, it was burned into bloodstains by his burning face.

"This old thief isn't injured?!" Ye Zhengwen was shocked. His Colorful Patterned Folding Sword was a Pseudo Spirit Artifact. Even at the peak of his Foundation Establishment stage, he would never be able to break it in one blow.

At this moment, the spiritual energy in his body seemed to have been burned away by the Fire Dragon Daoist's fire magic, and he felt that he didn't even have the strength to hold the Ruyi tightly.

The Fire Dragon Daoist seemed in no hurry to take the four lives. A smug look appeared on his face. He coughed lightly, glanced at Kang Dabao, who was clutching his chest and struggling against the short blade, and sneered.

"The people of Cloud Horn Prefecture are all like they've eaten your honeybee droppings. When they talk about you, Sect Leader Kang Da, very few say a bad word about you. They all say that you, Kang Dabao, are a brilliant strategist, that you rose from nothing, and so on."

"But why don't you think about this, you black pig brain? Back then, you dared to tell your lover surnamed Song about how you escaped from me. I'm not deaf or blind. I've been in Pingrong County for so long, how could I not hear about this?"

The Fire Dragon Daoist chuckled again, shaking his head and pointing at Ye Zhengwen, whose skin was now brittle and flaky from the previous fire magic, making him look extremely disheveled. "I not only remember you, but I haven't forgotten this one-eyed man either! I still remember that eye of his, which I gouged out with my own fingers!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhengwen's single eye could no longer distinguish between black and white; it was all a blazing red.

With a low shout, he hurled two black pellets. Despite the excruciating pain, he still gripped the jade Ruyi tightly and unleashed nine more beams of mysterious light.

Chu Huer's one-legged bronze figure followed closely behind. Jiang Qing applied medicine to Kang Dabao's wounds before taking a pill and leaving with his sword.

The Fire Dragon Daoist remained standing, his smile unchanged. With a flick of his finger, two flames leaped from his fingertip.

The flames grazed the two black pellets, and a huge explosion rang out, shattering Chu Huer's one-legged bronze figure. Jiang Qing paused, turned around, and sheathed his sword.

"Only you Qi Refinement juniors would treat Heavenly Thunder Seed Crystals like treasures! Have you ever heard of Foundation Establishment who have been injured by Heavenly Thunder Seed True Cultivator?"

Even after mocking him, the Fire Dragon Daoist didn't stop. He stretched out his hand, and a giant crimson hand, about ten feet tall, lunged at Jiang Qing. He even dared to tease him while casting his spell.

"Hehehe, I remember everything now! That one-eyed dao companion, tsk tsk, the eldest daughter of the Jiang Household Trading Company, her tender flesh is simply wonderful! Wait, when I killed her, your Sect Leader Kang Da seemed to be crying too!"

Haha, with your looks, you still have so many lovers, you're incredibly lucky! I'll strip you naked later and see if you have at least one of those 'handsome, rich, handsome, tall, and leisurely' features, right?!

However, the Fire Dragon Daoist's giant crimson hand was ineffective. Jiang Qing countered with fire, and the triple waves of fire blocked the giant hand, but he was only slightly at a disadvantage.

A hint of urgency flashed across the Fire Dragon Daoist's eyes. He stopped sitting cross-legged, suddenly leaped up, and stepped onto the clouds. With a flick of his sleeve, countless sparks instantly fell from his sleeve, covering the white clouds beneath his feet.

White clouds turn red, and red clouds turn into smoke.

Smoke gathered, and a ferocious Fire Dragon carried the Fire Dragon Daoist. The dragon's roar echoed, soaring into the sky. This small world seemed to be shrouded in firelight, and everything in sight was red.

The Fire Dragon formed from the white cloud seemed to be even more powerful than the Spirit Transformation Technique that the Fire Dragon Daoist had used on the Jiazi Xu Mountain.

Even with Jiang Qing's proud and arrogant nature, he was so startled by the dragon that he lost his composure.

This colossal creature was truly terrifying. The smug look on the Fire Dragon Daoist's face deepened, and he roared, "If it weren't for your Kang Dabao with Sima Fei, your dilapidated sect, including all its immortals and mortals, would have been burned to ashes by me long ago!"

No sooner had the Fire Dragon Daoist finished speaking than two Golden Light appeared again.

This was beyond the old thief's expectations. With a flick of his fingers, the wall of flames reappeared, but its color had faded slightly. After a brief Ruyi with the Golden Light, a Ruyi scepter, now stained with blood, struck out.

The city wall cracked, and Golden Light, along with the Ruyi, struck the head of the Fire Dragon of the evil god Shenjun.

The Fire Dragon had no power to struggle and transformed into clouds of energy.

The Fire Dragon Daoist looked astonished, lost his support, and fell to the ground, muttering softly, "How is this possible? How dare you?!" In his mind, the group of juniors who had been intimidated by him should have been kneeling and begging for mercy at this moment!

Still clutching his chest, Sect Leader Kang Da mocked, mimicking the tone of the Fire Dragon Daoist, "A silver-plated spearhead! Even the old lady at the village entrance, when she's washing her socks, wouldn't utter so much nonsense from you, you old thief."

The Fire Dragon Daoist's illusion technique was truly extraordinary. He had used it himself several times and knew that even ordinary Foundation Establishment True Cultivator would be fooled if they didn't look closely.

Kang Dabao's pupil technique, which he relied on for protection, was quite advanced. He usually used the Golden Light of the "Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes" to fight enemies. He himself had almost forgotten that the reason why the "Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes" was regarded by the ancestors of all generations as being no less than the Cosmos Rank, Lower Grade was mainly due to the words "Illusion" in front of it.

Because they couldn't find the Moon Fern, even after using the Clear Eyes Treasured Liquid, Sect Leader Kang Da only slightly increased the power of his Golden Light.

Without cultivating the Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes to its highest level, one will be far from reaching the level described in Patriarch Zhang's notes. "Delusion of both the eyes and the mind."

However, it is still possible to see through Fire Dragon Fire Dragon Daoist, who is all bark and no bite.

It was just that this short blade, usually honed to an excessively sharp edge by Sect Leader Kang Da, was now incredibly painful to be stabbed in the chest. After flashing his golden eyes, Kang Dabao gasped and hissed, "Third, give it a try."

Jiang Qing had listened to Sect Leader Kang Da's words countless times. Upon hearing this, he suppressed Chu Huer and left alone with his sword drawn.

The Fire Dragon Daoist was furious. Despite blood trickling from his mouth, he charged forward with the top-grade Law Artifact, the Mysterious Mystic Seal Six Wood Shield.

As sword and shield clashed, Jiang Qing was sent flying backward, while the Fire Dragon Daoist let out a muffled groan, unable to keep his mouth shut any longer, and a stream of blood spurted out.

"Damn it, you old bastard, just wait and see how I'll skin you alive!" Kang Dabao watched as the color drained rapidly from the ugly face of the Fire Dragon Daoist, and his own face turned from deathly pale to flushed with excitement.

The Fire Dragon Daoist then pulled out a flying boat, preparing to flee.

It wasn't that he couldn't defeat these juniors, but rather that he was already injured and wounded. If he stayed any longer, even if he killed all these Qi Refining Qi Refinement, he would still lose a lot of his own energy, which would be a loss!

"Third, don't go!" Kang Dabao shouted sternly!

It's best not to pursue a cornered enemy, especially since Sect Leader Kang Da doesn't know how much strength the Fire Dragon Daoist still possesses or what other tricks he has up his sleeve. If Jiang Qing were to give chase now, the consequences would be unpredictable.

Kang Dabao had no intention of letting Jiang Qing take any risks. His earlier threats of killing or dismembering him were merely meant to scare the old thief.

At this moment, he formed the Compassionate Venerable Seal with his hands, his chest bulged, and he exhaled a burst of breath. The black short blade that had accompanied the Sect Leader Kang Da for some years was sprayed out with a bloody tinge.

Jiang Qing came over with concern, Kang Dabao used his internal energy to tightly lock the wound, which made him feel much better.

Fortunately, when the Fire Dragon Daoist seized the knife and stabbed back, Sect Leader Kang Da reacted in time and did not close his eyes and wait for death.

He secretly manipulated the short blade to deflect it slightly, and before leaving, he put on the inner armor that Yuan Jin had prepared for Jiang Qing over the years inside his robe, which barely reduced some of the force.

Otherwise, we might really have wasted the gourd's chance to save our lives.

Of course, his injuries weren't as severe as he'd feigned to lull the Fire Dragon Daoist into a false sense of security, but his bones and meridians were damaged, and it would be hard to say whether he'd fully recover in two or three years.

Ye Zhengwen was in a much worse state; his hair and beard were burned off at the roots, and there wasn't even a patch of good skin left on his body.

Its single eye was filled with dark, stagnant blood, making it impossible to distinguish between black and white.

"Old Ye, we'll avenge Wanjun another day." Seeing his state, Sect Leader Kang Da strolled over and sighed as well.

"Hmm," Ye Zhengwen replied listlessly, showing little sign of excitement.

Much of its skin had peeled off, and blood was seeping from all over its body. Its entire body was covered in dried bloodstains, making it look quite gruesome.

"Third, go and find Yundao."

"Senior brother, something's not right!" Jiang Qing frowned and called out, pointing in the direction the Liu Household family cultivators had left.

Kang Dabao activated his golden eyes, and with just one glance, he caused a Foundation Establishment on the approaching spirit ship, whose left hand was half severed and whose face was reddish-white, to suddenly open his eyes.

"Run! Run! Let's catch up with that old Fire Dragon!"

"Senior Brother Wei, have you rested enough?" Duan Anle helped the extremely weak Wei Gu along for a while, his face full of anxiety.

The latter was too weak to even speak, and could only shake his head slightly as a reply.

The Lin Household cultivators behind them relentlessly pursued them, chasing the three of them like rabbits, leaving them no chance to catch their breath. Under such circumstances, even if they swallowed the Restore Spirit Pill, they had no time to refine it.

"Senior brother!" Duan Anle called out to Han Yundao. Even though he had some skill in cultivating the "Azure Wood Treasured Light Guide," he couldn't keep up after running for so long.

"The top-grade Swift Divine Movement Talisman is only enough for the three of us to use twice more," Han Yundao, picking up the Storage Bag that Jiang Qing had given him before leaving and taking out the Divine Movement Talisman inside.

Duan Anle quickly replied, "It's alright, I'll just keep holding onto Senior Brother Wei. We still have three more uses."

"How can one talisman carry two people? What's the difference between this top-grade Divine Movement Talisman and a high-grade one?" Han Yundao, knowing Duan Anle's kind heart, glancing in the direction of the pursuers before speaking.

"Let's stay here for about half a cup of tea's time, prepare our talismans, and leave as soon as Senior Brother Wei has recovered his spiritual power. Tanggu County is just ahead. I heard that County Magistrate Tie didn't lead his team to Little Wu Mountain in this battle, so we can take refuge in the county government office."

Duan Anle agreed with his reasoning, but Wei Gu was too weak to even reply. Duan Anle picked up Wei Gu, fed him a pill, and then poured down a small bowl of spirit wine to help him digest the pill. Wei Gu gave up on regulating his breathing and collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.

The spiritual energy contained in the elixir gradually dissolved, nourishing Wei Gu's long-dried meridians, causing his complexion to gradually improve, and giving him the strength to sit cross-legged.

Wei Gu was about to bow to Han and Duan to express his gratitude for saving his life when Han Yundao stopped him, saying, "Senior Brother Wei, don't stand on ceremony. Hurry up and refine the pills; we can't wait any longer."

Wei Gu was moved by what he heard, and a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face.

He Rogue Cultivator background, and not only was his cultivation only at the Qi Refinement Fourth Layer, but he also practiced only common techniques like the "Water Spirit Art," Desolate-Tier Lower-Grade Rank. His foundation was extremely weak.

Han Yundao and Duan Anle grew up in the sect since childhood. They were disciples of the sect leader and practiced high-level Cultivation Method. Although they were not yet twenty years old and their cultivation was only similar to Wei Gu's, their foundations were far more solid.

Otherwise, if all three of them were like Wei Gu, even if they had a thousand top-grade speed -Divine Movement Talisman in their Storage Bag, they would definitely be caught up by the Lin Household behind them.

Duan Anle, who was practicing the "Azure Wood Treasured Light Guide," already had more stamina. He also released the Gray Spirit Falcon and the Fire Jackal, which roamed and patrolled the airspace and ground.

During the rest period, it would have been most appropriate for him to take the lead, but Han Yundao refused the suggestion, saying that his cultivation level was higher and that Duan Anle should seize the time to recover his spiritual power.

Knowing his temperament, Duan Anle stopped trying to persuade him and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

A gleaming bamboo arrow was aimed at the Gray Spirit Falcon soaring in the air. Its master narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and drew his bow to its fullest extent, waiting only for the moment he would release his grip to shoot down this pesky beast.

Suddenly, the bowstring was ripped off by a thick arm. The Lin Household archer, his face contorted with rage, cried out upon seeing the newcomer, "Ninth Uncle!"

"What are you shouting for! Our clan uncles are all dead! Did we risk so much to chase after them all this way just to kill that feathered beast in the sky?" The bearded man, known as Ninth Uncle, shouted.

The Lin Household archer's eyes reddened, he straightened the bowstring, and remained silent.

The deceased Lin Household Lin Yuanfeng, Foundation Establishment the Lin family, was the most admired elder among the younger generation in the family. He was fair in his dealings and kind to others, and the younger generation had an excellent impression of him. They even hoped that he would take over the position after the head of the family abdicated.

Unexpectedly, on their way to catch up with Han Yundao and the others, they received a message from the clan elder.

The letter said that Lin Yuanfeng was ambushed by the Fire Dragon Daoist and killed by a group of villains from the Chongming Sect. He didn't even leave behind a complete corpse!

The Lin Household members were immediately filled with grief and indignation, even though the letter from the clan elders had already stated that they should choose an opportunity to return to Little Wu Mountain and reunite with the Lineage clan.

However, the ninth uncle of the Lin Household, who was leading the group, still wanted to take back the heads of a few Chongming Sect disciples to offer as a sacrifice to his clan uncle, which is why he kept following Han Yundao and the other two.

Tanggu County is not far ahead. I heard that there is still a team of Xiezhi Iron Guard left behind by Tie Liuyun there. Looking at the spirit birds and beasts released by the Double Brightness disciples in the sky, Uncle Lin Household Jiu began to make plans.

"Awoo awoo!" Upon hearing the Fire Jackal's barking, Duan Anle immediately opened his eyes and stood up.

Upon hearing the noise, the Gray Spirit Falcon also flapped its wings and rushed over. It saw a Silver-Armed Spirit Ape covered in fruit pulp and grass scraps, its body filthy, fighting with the Fire Jackal, who had recklessly trespassed into its territory.

Duan Anle played his flute, and the Fire Jackal tried to leave, but the Silver-Armed Spirit Ape relentlessly pursued it, entangled with Fire Jackal again. In an instant, everyone's attention was drawn to this wild Demon Beast that had emerged from the mountains.

Han Yundao cursed his bad luck and drew his sword to help the Fire Jackal out of its predicament. He had only gone halfway when a sharp glint suddenly flashed in the eyes of the Gray Spirit Falcon hovering in the air, and it let out a shrill cry.

"Be careful, senior brother!"

A spirit arrow was aimed at Han Yundao's left eye. The Fire Spirit Pendant at his waist rang softly, and Bright Fire Shield as tall as a person instantly appeared, burning the fierce spirit arrow to ashes.

"You son of a bitch!" The Lin Household archer was furious. He had planned everything carefully, even bringing a Silver-Armed Spirit Ape to confuse everyone, but he never expected that a disciple from a small Qi Refinement sect would possess such a valuable protective item.

Han Yundao looked at the Bright Fire Shield in front of him. If he didn't have the Fire Spirit Pendant to protect him, he would really die here!

Six or seven Lin Household cultivators no longer concealed themselves, each Law Artifact and leaping out. Han Yundao shouted anxiously, "Anle, I'll cover the rear! You take Senior Brother Wei and go first!"

"Senior brother!"

"Stop acting coy! I'm the senior disciple, the current top disciple! Listen to me, let's go!"

Han Yundao's handsome face showed no fear as he stood alone with his sword to meet the enemy.

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