God Weird Fairy

Chapter 445

[Name: Nan Yi]

Age at birth: seventeen years and one month.

Lifespan: 79 years.

[Realm Level: Refining Essence into Qi Realm - Great Completion of Mortal Transformation]

[Technique: The Formless Secret Manual]

[Dharma Seeds: Insightful Truth (Lower Mystery); Emperor's Sword (Lower Mystery); Complete Healing (Upper Yellow); Longevity (Upper Yellow); Dream Butterfly (Upper Yellow); Formless Escape from Emptiness (Upper Yellow); Formless Subjugation (Upper Yellow); Formless Form as Form (Middle Yellow); Formless Guidance (Middle Yellow).]

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With the rapid growth of True Qi Martial Arts and True Qi Water Industry, Nan Yi not only advanced his cultivation realm to the Great Perfection of Transcendent Realm, but also nurtured the "Dream Butterfly" Dharma Seed to the Upper Yellow Rank.

On September 25th, Nan Yi left the Luo residence quietly without making a fuss, departing from the capital.

This time, he was all alone, without even bringing his clone, leaving Qiu Changsheng behind in the capital.

Qiu Changsheng, who controls the Longevity True Qi, can be considered a key figure in the current favorable situation of True Qi martial arts. If something happens to him, it will have far-reaching consequences, so it is not suitable for him to take risks.

If they want to go to Kanchao together, they can only remain united with Nan Yi.

But rather than doing that, it would be better to stay in Lijing City and take over Nan Yi's command to oversee the growth of the True Qi martial arts and industries within Lichao.

However, after leaving the capital, Nan Yi did not go directly to Junshan Blessed Land to use the teleportation route. Instead, he concealed his presence and traveled northeast to a lake deep in the wilderness.

On a small island in the lake, there is a gateway to a spiritual realm.

The tree closest to the lake on the shore was destroyed and turned into a wooden plaque with eight characters engraved on it:

This place is extremely dangerous and dangerous; do not enter!

This is a warning that Su Guang hastily left here after he ventured into this spiritual realm several months ago, encountered the red-haired ghost, and used his trump card to escape in a sorry state, in order to prevent later generations from repeating the same mistake and simply offering themselves up to the red-haired ghost.

In addition, after receiving the message from Su Guang, the Wu'an Division also set up a warning array around the area to prevent any rogue cultivators from disbelieving the wooden plaque left by Su Guang.

Since it involves a Xuan-rank spirit, the cultivators of the Li Dynasty are unable to deal with it and can only report it to the Immortal Sect and wait for the inner disciples of the Xuan rank to come and resolve it.

If left unattended, these eerie realms will continue to erode the mortal world, eventually allowing the spirits to successfully descend upon it.

However, this erosion is quite slow.

As long as too many cultivators do not enter the Ghostly Realm and perish there, and the situation is left to stand for several months, the Ghostly Spirit will not be able to descend into the mortal world.

Ignoring the warning array, Nan Yi bypassed the wooden sign left by Su Guang and used "Formless Escape" to directly reach the small island in the middle of the lake, stepping into the spiritual realm portal.

In an instant, the sky changed color, and we had entered a spiritual realm, escaping the mortal world.

However, in the spiritual realm, there was no Xuan-rank ghost spirit covered in red hair, which Su Guang had described as a disciple of the Xiaoyao Immortal Sect. Instead, there stood a middle-aged man dressed in a blue Taoist robe with long hair flowing in the wind.

—It was none other than Tao Zhiming.

Once Nan Yi entered the spiritual realm, Tao Zhiming laughed and said, "Junior brother, your fishing hook is too straight; you didn't catch a single tail."

It turned out that Nan Yi had contacted Tao Zhiming through the Martial Spirit Realm long ago, asking Tao Zhiming, who had finished distributing the True Martial System everywhere, to visit this spiritual realm on his way.

That red-haired ghost spirit might have forbidden knowledge to rely on when facing other Foundation Establishment cultivators, which could shake their minds.

However, in front of Tao Zhiming, a cultivator who had fallen from the Xuan rank, knowledge that was no longer forbidden brought no pressure whatsoever.

Without the forbidden knowledge to shake or even destroy the cultivator's mind, this spiritual realm is not difficult to resolve.

At that moment, Tao Zhiming entered the spiritual realm and heard the eerie whispers. He merely scoffed, "The law of the jungle prevails over the weak. What immortal sect scam? You're clearly no match for them. If you were clever enough, what difficulty would it be for you to devise a plan to kill the patriarch of a powerful family?"

Immediately, with a slight movement, he shaped the calamity-inducing aura, which resembled dark clouds obscuring the sun, into a black bead and casually stuffed it into the mouth of the ghost, silencing it.

However, at Nan Yi's request, after Tao Zhiming subdued the evil spirit, he did not immediately break the spirit realm to settle the matter. Instead, he stalled for time and waited for Nan Yi to arrive.

Although Nan Yi concealed his presence and tracks when leaving the city, he used concealment talismans and invisibility talismans he had drawn himself—effective, but only moderately so, serving to deter honest people but not malicious ones. Anyone with a discerning eye could easily discover Nan Yi's whereabouts outside the city.

However, if someone seeking an opportunity to assassinate Nan Yi follows him to this spiritual realm, they will find that in addition to Nan Yi, Tao Zhiming is also present.

As a Xuan-rank cultivator, Tao Zhiming could not bully the weak and would not usually stand up for Nan Yi.

However, the fact that Tao Zhiming came to the spirit realm where the red-haired ghost was located, and then rested for a while while waiting for Nan Yi to chat for a bit, was beyond reproach.

At this moment, Nan Yi was unimpressed by Tao Zhiming's teasing.

As the saying goes, "If there is doubt, then there is guilt."

With one assassin, Cao Sheng, there will surely be a second and a third.

Taking appropriate precautions is always better than being unprepared.

Moreover, he never expected to actually catch an assassin by fishing with a straight hook.

Unless an assassin is a mindless brute, they will most likely seek opportunities in Kan Dynasty rather than in Li Dynasty, where Nan Yi has a home-field advantage.

However, to avoid potential assassins along the way, Nan Yi chose to shake them off directly and only become more vigilant once they reached Kan Chao.

He took out a "Strange Horse Token" from his Qiankun Ring.

In the past, when Gu Yongze stormed into Nantian City, he carried two items with him as a backup plan: the "Strange Horse Token" and a peculiar blood crystal.

After he died at the hands of Nan Yi, his belongings naturally went to Nan Yi.

The "Mysterious Horse Token" is essentially a one-time use artifact that can summon a mysterious spirit horse in the spirit realm. By paying with spirit coins, one can ride the horse through different spirit realms.

In this way, Nan Yi would not need to use the blessed land to teleport, and would not have to worry about revealing his whereabouts. He could ensure that he could shake off the assassins without any worries and head north to Kan Dynasty.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Tao Zhiming, Nan Yi crushed the "Strange Horse Card".

A series of hoofbeats rang out, and a skeletal horse, its entire body resembling armor, seemed to break through the void, suddenly appearing from nothingness.

However, after appearing, the skeletal horse immediately moved aside cautiously, slightly avoiding Tao Zhiming's location. After hesitating for a moment, it walked over to Nan Yi's side and uttered a hoarse voice: "Boy from the mortal world, you summoned me here. Do you have any spirit coins on you?"

Spirit coins are used in both the Yin and Yang realms and are considered the true general equivalent in the cultivation world.

Items like gold coins could be used as materials for most spells and magical abilities, which is why they became the currency of cultivators in the Li Dynasty.

Even the other three major dynasties could recognize it.

But to the spirits of the underworld, it is obviously of no value.

Nan Yi has not yet established his foundation, so he has no way to accumulate spirit coins.

Fortunately, Gu Yongze had prepared travel expenses for Nan Yi well in advance.

Nan Yi took out the peculiar blood crystal, held it in his palm, and presented it forward.

The skeletal horse immediately lowered its head and swallowed the blood crystal in one gulp, then gestured for Nan Yi to sit on its back.

However, just as Nan Yi revealed his destination, Tao Zhizhi spoke up from the side: "Wait a minute."

“My junior brother’s journey is not far, and the fare will be more than enough. Since you’re in this transportation business, how can you only do one-off business?”

Hearing Tao Zhiming's words, the skeletal horse didn't hesitate and directly conjured another "mysterious horse token" from its bone armor, indicating that Nan Yi should take it.

Tao Zhiming laughed and said, "Junior brother, this horse is honest and can do a lot of business. However, you'll have to save up the spirit coins yourself."

Nan Yi nodded in agreement: "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother. I will pay attention to the follow-up."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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