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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 2: [Jiuli Insect Valley]
Chapter 36 (63): [Fight Between Dragon and Tiger]
(36th of Volume 2)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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On the giant warship, the various influential figures watching the battle on the shore were all speculating about the cultivation realm and background of the Surging Spring junior with several spiritual artifacts.
"To kill so many Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators and top Hundred Strong Warriors in a single night, then cut through the Sui River under heavy siege - I doubt I could have done that in the Spring Surge Realm. This kid has truly made a name for himself tonight!" Shi Jiuzhai exclaimed in admiration.
The Long Clan Man remained at the bow of the ship, as if rooted there, and said calmly, "The world never lacks geniuses, but those with such combat will and combat wisdom are exceedingly rare. Once he breaks through to the Five Seas..."
Shi Jiuzhai turned to Yang Qingxi's ice-cold face and asked, "What's his name?"
"Why doesn't you ask the Great Zen Master, Dharma King Jiuzhai?"
Yang Qingxi naturally had no good feelings for Shi Jiuzhai. If he and the White-Robed Jushi hadn't intervened, how could that Spring Surge Realm junior have captured Yang Yun right before her eyes and escaped unscathed?
If they were to lose face, they would lose it together.
After all, the Murder Warrant was posted on your Five Burials Temple's notice board.
Great Zen Master Yuzhen chuckled dismissively: "Haha, accidents happen when killing. Don't take it too hard, Miss Yang. The Changlin Gang's two Five Seas Realm experts have already gone after him. They'll definitely bring your brother back."
With her own brother captured, the White-Robed Jushi and Shi Jiuzhai couldn't very well continue their opposition. They each dispatched one of their own to join the rescue effort.
Yang Qingxi had recovered from her initial fury and spoke calmly: "Yang Yun is a Cultivator of the Eighth Spring and the eldest son of the Yang Clan. Surrounded by so many experts, he was still captured by an unknown nobody. Even if he dies, it's only because he was overconfident and underestimated his opponent. He has no one to blame but himself, right, Senior An? Dharma King Jiuzhai?"
Yang Yun's capture and uncertain fate had become a bargaining chip for her to gain more advantages.
The first negotiation over the division of Li Province officially began.
They could only agree on a general framework. The actual decision on how to carve up Li Province would be made by the true elder giants behind them. Of course, such a meeting at that level would mean war was imminent.
In the end, they decided to play it safe and first follow Elder Li's plan to scout out the Jiu Li Hidden Sect.
However, there was another crucial reason for postponing the war.
It was the massive upheaval in Burial Immortal Town.
Having already come to Li Province, how could they possibly pass up the chance to investigate? If it had drawn every elder from Jiu Li City, the opportunity must be extraordinary!
What exactly had happened there?
"Roar!"
With a tiger's roar that shook the night sky, Cang Li, mounted on a Zouwu Strange Beast resembling a giant tiger, stood tall, brandishing a ten-foot-long silver spear as he charged out of Jiu Li City's gates toward the arched bank of the Sui River in the distance.
The giant tiger raised its head and roared, causing the river waves to churn.
On the giant warship, doors and windows rattled, the Sui flag fluttered wildly, and every object trembled.
Great Zen Master Yuzhen said, "The battle inside the city seems to be over! Miss Yang, have the Yang Clan and the Cangli Tribe completely severed ties this time?"
"Impossible," Yang Qingxi chuckled, "Our two families have been intermarrying for generations. Our blood ties are deep. A minor conflict like this could never sever our bond."
"Really? I thought he looked rather murderous."
Shi Jiuzhai stared intently at the distant shore, where Cang Li rode a Zouwu Strange Beast, its hooves pounding the Sui River.
Spiritual Qi overflowed, condensing into a towering tiger shadow dozens of meters high, stirring up monstrous waves that threatened to capsize the entire giant warship.
"Now is not the time for you to reveal yourselves. I'll go meet this so-called Inheritor of the Jiu Li Clan and see if he truly lives up to the title."
"Whoosh!"
The Long Clan man vanished from the deck in a blur.
The next moment, he reappeared dozens of meters away on the water's surface, walking against the current of the Sui River. Spiritual Qi clouds swirled around him, making him look like a handsome immortal, as he charged towards Cang Li, who was riding the Zouwu Strange Beast.
All the spiritual Qi clouds coalesced into a massive dragon shadow, which let out a high-pitched roar as it snaked through the water.
"Boom! Boom!"
Dragon and tiger clashed, their spiritual Qi colliding with such force that the Sui River threatened to be split in two.
The people from Coffin Mountain and the Earthwolf King's Army seized the opportunity to slip away from the giant warship, silently disappearing into the eternal night.
Yang Qingxi sat beside the spiritual artifact bone lamp, her bright eyes fixed on the two figures locked in battle on the river below.
Her gaze had returned to its original calm, devoid of any visible emotion. No one knew what thoughts swirled within her mind.
In this world, truth and falsehood are intertwined, often impossible to discern. It's better to pretend to be transparent than to be truly understood.
Shi Chuan Yu, dragging his injured body, climbed aboard the giant warship. With a resounding thud, he knelt at Yang Qingxi's feet, wailing, "Young Mistress, your subordinate has failed. Young Master Yun has been captured by Thief Li. I am prepared to accept any punishment."
Yang Qingxi produced a Five Seas Pill, letting it fall to the ground as if slipping from her fingertips. She rose gracefully, her long, light gauze skirt trailing behind her, her porcelain-white skin and jade-like body ascending the stairs to the second floor of the ship's tower.
She spoke softly, "You've opened the Eighth Spring - you're a talent. But after taking this Five Seas Pill, whether you break through to the Five Seas Realm or not, you must bring Yang Yun and Li Weiyi back to me... dead or alive."
Shi Chuan Yu was overjoyed, stuffing the Five Seas Pill into his mouth as if devouring a wolf. He then kowtowed repeatedly, "I swear to slay Thief Li and rescue Young Master Yun!
...
Yang Yun awoke to his own screams, his right arm twisted and broken by Li Weiyi. He looked around, finding no trace of his own men, and realized he was about to meet his end at the hands of this murderous star.
Regret washed over him, followed by a wave of despair.
He was the eldest son of the Yang Clan, having broken through the Eighth Spring at just seventeen, with the potential to reach the Nine Springs Supreme. Even if he failed to break through to the Nine Springs, he could take the Five Seas Pill and instantly become a Five Seas Realm expert. What a glorious future awaited him!
To die here, he couldn't accept it.
"Aaaah..."
His left arm was twisted and broken next.
After screaming in agony, Yang Yun desperately blurted out, "Brother Li... listen to me... killing me won't benefit you in any way... as long as you spare my life, I'll do anything... Aaaah..."
His right leg was broken.
Sweat poured down Yang Yun's face as his body trembled violently. Panic overwhelmed him, and in his dazed state, he rambled incoherently, "I have money... I'll pay for my life..."
"How much?"
In the darkness, Li Weiyi, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke.
Yang Yun's spirits lifted. This trick had actually worked! He quickly said, "Many... I have a lot of money..."
"Name a number," Li Weiyi said.
Yang Yun stammered, "One hundred... no, ten million Silver Coins..."
Ten million Silver Coins was equivalent to one billion Copper Coins.
Li Weiyi didn't believe he could possibly have that much money and sneered.
Fearing Li Weiyi wouldn't believe him, Yang Yun rushed to say, "I don't have it, but my sister does. Brother Li... believe me, from this moment on, I owe you ten million Silver Coins. If I can't pay, I'll use... I'll use everything I can mortgage to repay you... I, Yang Yun, always keep my word..."
"Alright! I'll remember that. You owe me ten million Silver Coins and a carriage," Li Weiyi said.
Yang Yun was just feeling pleased at how easily he had fooled Li Weiyi when he let out another scream. Li Weiyi had broken his left leg.
"That's much safer now. Otherwise, I was worried you might break the rope and escape."
Li Weiyi bound Yang Yun's limbs to a small boat and threw his bloodstained robe over him. Then, he slit Yang Yun's wrist, letting the blood slowly drip into the river.
After finishing, Li Weiyi pushed the boat into the water, releasing Yang Yun.
Swept along by the swift current, the boat rapidly drifted downstream.
"Yang Clan and Sui Sect, if they can find you before your blood runs dry, it means fate has spared you. I'll come to the Yang Clan to settle the score another day."
Ignoring Yang Yun's curses, Li Weiyi plunged into the water and swam toward the opposite bank of the Sui River.
Yang Yun's scent would draw the pursuers downstream, giving Li Weiyi enough time to escape into the Mangshan Mountain Range.
He hoped to heal his injuries before they caught up.
Reaching the other side, Li Weiyi immediately took a fresh set of clothes from his Evil Camel Bell and charged into the night-shrouded mountains.
The Mangshan Mountain Range was a vast, towering chain that stretched north-south along the western border of Li Province. To the south, it connected to the Domain of the Death Mist Domain and the Blood Sea, extending a thousand miles north into Zhi Prefecture.
Legend had it that every peak in this immense, mysterious mountain range was the tomb of an emperor.
The Tomb of the Azure King was one of them.
After fleeing all night, Li Weiyi had already ventured deep into the Mangshan Mountain Range.
As dawn broke, he finally collapsed. His body went limp, and he fell onto a thick bed of fallen leaves in a dense forest. His injuries were severe, and his stamina was completely depleted.
At that moment, he didn't want to think about anything. He just wanted to sleep, regardless of whether he would ever wake up.
....
The sun rose.
The first rays of sunlight filtered through the dense canopy, dappling his face with light and shadow.
In that instant, a beam of light pierced through his body and appeared in his mind, illuminating the darkness within his skull.
Lying on the ground with his eyes closed, Li Weiyi murmured, "As Day and night alternate, A flash of Spiritual Light suddenly appears, the Path of the Spiritual Realm opens. Who would have thought that the flower I tried so hard to cultivate wouldn't bloom, while the willow I planted without intention would flourish?"
"The more I tried to cultivate it, the less Spiritual Light appeared. But now, when I least wanted to cultivate, it finally appeared."
"Perhaps Senior Spirit Tablet was right. I had too many distractions in my mind during my previous cultivation attempts!"
...
Li Weiyi forced his exhausted and excruciatingly painful body to sit up.
Following the meditation techniques taught by Senior Spirit Tablet, he began absorbing the radiant energy released by the sun - or, at least, what he would call the sun for now.
The sunlight wasn't composed of individual rays but rather countless tiny particles.
Before long, these microscopic light particles enveloped his body, penetrating and swirling within him.
Their shimmering, rosy glow made his vitality appear incredibly vibrant as he sat cross-legged amidst the withered branches and fallen leaves.
His wounds visibly began to heal.
Day turned to night, and the cycle of life and decay continued.
Simultaneously, the Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish, which had hung around his neck for years without ever activating, began to function after absorbing the light particles.
The surrounding scenery, including the ground beneath Li Weiyi, underwent a dramatic transformation.
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