After the Skyfall

Chapter 387: Meeting Together
After Li Yi gutted the young dragon, he gave all the skin, tendons and dragon bones he had peeled off to his master Zhao Ge. He then threw the dragon into a big pot to cook and asked Skinny Monkey to watch the heat, preparing to have a delicious meal when the time came.

"Big Brother, I have no experience in stewing dragon meat. If you let me do it, what if it gets overcooked?" The skinny monkey scratched his head, a little hesitant to take on the task.

This is a rare treasure and he has no idea what it is.

Li Yi said, "Just cook it until it's done. The meat has been rotten in the pot, so how can it be overcooked? Don't worry, I'll treat all of you to dragon meat after it's cooked. Even though it's just a young dragon, its flesh and blood are very nutritious and will be of great benefit to practicing martial arts."

"Since Senior Brother said so, I'll give it a try." The skinny monkey gritted his teeth, accepted the task, and then called two fellow disciples to help.

At this time, Zhao Ge suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Meng De, you said before that something important will happen today. I think it should not be about cooking dragon meat."

"Master, I came to Sanyang City in a hurry this time because I need to deal with ghosts and gods. I have made an agreement with the people of the four great families before that I will help them kill ghosts and gods. Correspondingly, the four great families must support me with all their strength." Li Yi said: "Now the time is ripe, I plan to take action tonight."

"When I came here before, I killed a ghost god named Tianxiong on Ghost Street. Now it's the turn of the other ghost gods from all over the world. I have asked the Yin gods of the four major families to go and challenge them for a fight. If nothing unexpected happens, a big battle will break out outside Sanyang City tonight."

He briefly recounted the incident in a few words.

Although the words are short, the amount of information is extremely explosive.

Everyone was shocked.

"A challenge to a ghost? This, this." Even the calm Zhao Ge was so shocked that he was speechless. "This is too sudden, Meng De, have you really come to this? No one in the four seas and eight continents can be your opponent. Only the legendary thousand-year-old ghosts and gods can fight you?"

He couldn't believe that when Li Yi accidentally entered the Ghost Street, he was just an ordinary person with no strength, but in the blink of an eye, Li Yi now stood at the pinnacle of martial arts.

This improvement in strength is truly unprecedented.

"It seems that what I said back then is coming true. Now you are probably qualified to sit on the throne and be worshipped by ghosts and gods."

While being shocked, Zhao Ge let out a sigh.

It all happened so fast that he is still a little dazed.

If you calculate the time carefully, it should be about a year.

If it were a disciple of a martial arts school, he wouldn't even be able to restore his qi and blood in a year, and he wouldn't even be qualified to practice martial arts. However, Li Yi dared to openly challenge ghosts and gods.

Li Yi said: "Master, the outside world is huge. My cultivation speed is nothing. Moreover, my strength is only at the bottom of the world. Thousand-year-old ghosts and gods are not scary. It's just that the four seas and eight continents are too small, and no real strong people appear, so this result occurs."

Zhao Ge fell silent. He looked at the sky, and a sense of curiosity and impulse inexplicably emerged in his heart.

He also wanted to see the world outside where there were many powerful people.

I am already a martial artist who has entered the upper three realms. My journey in martial arts is almost at the end, but I am still young. Am I going to be trapped here for the rest of my life?
"Big Brother, is it dangerous to fight against ghosts and gods?" At this time, Rong Niang asked with concern.

Li Yi said, "Since I dare to challenge you to a fight, I must be fully confident. Don't worry, you just stay in the house today and don't go anywhere. After tonight, everything will be over. You don't have to worry about being retaliated by ghosts and gods, and there will be no more life-span-reducing incidents. You can live and practice peacefully."

Rong Niang didn't know what to say at this moment, she just nodded slightly in response, but her eyes when she looked at Li Yi became extremely complicated.

But just when a few people were chatting.

Suddenly, the sound of iron hooves trampling was heard on the streets of Sanyang City. The sound was particularly clear in the dark night, and all the warriors in the mansion noticed it. Then they saw more than 20 people riding on horses, galloping towards here in the night.

"Big Brother, he is from one of the four great families." Zhao Qian said hurriedly.

During the time when Li Yi was away, she and Zhao Ge had dealt with people from the four major families, so as soon as they saw those horses appear, they immediately knew what was going on.

“They are all top masters from the four great families. There are at least a dozen of them who are practicing the Gang realm. There seems to be someone practicing the Shen realm at the head of them. Is this all the strength of the four great families being revealed?” Zhao Ge’s heart suddenly trembled when he saw this.

Although the other side does not have many people, each of them is powerful. Any one of them can become a overlord in any place in the world.

"It seems that the four major families have already started to act. That's great." Seeing this, Li Yi strode out and then stopped in front of the gate.

At this moment, more than twenty masters stopped their horses and dismounted thirty meters away from Li Yi's mansion as a sign of respect. Then, led by the heads of the four major families, these people took the initiative to come to visit Li Yi.

"The head of the Fan family, Fan Wentian."

"The head of the Meng family, Meng Daoxian."

"The head of the Qi family, Qi Yunshan."

"The head of the Zhao family, Zhao Ding."

The four people saluted Li Yi in unison, and said respectfully: "Greetings, Master Li."

"Greetings, Mr. Li." The twenty top masters behind him also clasped their fists, bowed, and saluted respectfully.

This ceremony seemed to represent that the four great families would bow their heads and respect Li Yi from now on.

Whether you are practicing the Gang realm or the Shen realm, you have to restrain your edge at this moment and dare not show any displeasure.

Because the four major families already knew that Li Yi entered the Ghost Street tonight and killed the ghost god Tianxiong. This means that from today on, the thousand-year situation in the four seas and eight continents will change, and the pattern of the world will be rewritten, and they are about to witness this historic moment.

At this moment, they were somewhat nervous, yet full of excitement and joy.

"No need to be so polite. This is not the first time we have dealt with each other, so there is no need to say some polite words. Master Meng, I asked your Meng family's Yin God Meng Fanxing to inform the ghosts and gods that I wanted to challenge them to a duel. Have they completed their task?" Li Yi's silver eyes calmly glanced at everyone and then stopped on a burly middle-aged man in brocade clothes.

Meng Daoxian, the head of the Meng family, hurriedly said, "Mr. Li, I have already dispatched all the Yin Gods of my Meng family to notify them. The other heads of the families have also sent out their Yin Gods. However, the Eight States are not small, and the other four great families are completely unaware of this matter, so it will take some effort. But Mr. Li, please rest assured that the ghosts and gods will definitely come as agreed before dawn tonight."

"Very good. I am a trouble-shy person. I don't want to look for ghosts and gods one by one. I might as well invite them all here and decide the outcome in one battle. But I don't know how many ghosts and gods there are in the four seas and eight continents?" Li Yi asked.

Fan Wentian, the head of the Fan family, immediately said, "We, the four great families, have been investigating ghosts and gods since we reached an agreement with Master Li last time. Apart from the ghosts and gods that are hiding in the Four Seas, there are about 24 ghosts and gods in the Eight States, and there will never be more than 20 who can actually keep the appointment."

"Although many ghosts and gods have been recorded, they have never reappeared in the past hundred years. I think it is because they disappeared for some reason or have completely fallen into dormancy."

"It's indeed a large number." Li Yi nodded when he heard that.

It is indeed not easy for a world with four seas and eight continents to accumulate so many ghosts and gods. After all, this is a world with sparse cosmic energy. If you want to reach the Dharma Realm in this world, you definitely need extraordinary talent and profound opportunities. If these ghosts and gods were placed in other worlds, they would definitely become extraordinary existences.

But the upper limit of the world locked these once-proud warriors, reducing them to a state of being neither human nor ghost.

My coming here today is just the right thing to help them get rid of it, so that these ghosts and gods won’t continue to live in the world and exhaust their heroic spirit.

"In this case, are you sure, Mr. Li?" The head of the Qi family, Qi Yunshan, asked with a little uneasiness.

They are now in a difficult situation.

The message has been passed on. The lives of the four great families all depend on Li Yi. There is no way back. Although they think it is a bit reckless to do so, the moment Li Yi killed the ghost god Tianxiong, the fate of the four great families was doomed. Either they will rule the eight states forever, or they will be liquidated by the ghost gods and disappear into thin air.

"There are only about twenty ghosts and gods, which is nothing." Li Yi said calmly.

He had fought with Tianxiong before and knew the power of ghosts and gods, so he didn't take it seriously.

There is little cosmic energy in this world, and the power that ghosts and gods can exert is very limited. If he were on Earth, where cosmic energy is abundant, he would not dare to be so arrogant. After all, that is an existence equivalent to the spiritual power realm. Even if the physical body decays and only the soul is left, it should not be underestimated.

Hearing Li Yi's confidence, the four family heads felt slightly relieved.

Right.

How could you act so rashly without the certainty of victory?

Li Yi looked outside the city again. "Let's choose the foot of Daqing Mountain as the battle site. The feng shui there is good, and many people are buried there. It shouldn't be a problem to bury some ghosts and gods. If we fight in Sanyang City, I'm afraid the city will be destroyed. After the battle, the masters of the four great families will only have one mission, which is to protect the Zhao family martial arts gym and my mansion, so that some evil spirits and ghosts won't take the opportunity to attack and kill us."

"Mr. Li, please rest assured. The masters of our four great families will defend your mansion with their lives and will never let any casualties occur." Several family heads immediately made a solemn promise.

Now is a good time to take credit and show off. After today, you will miss this opportunity.

Li Yi nodded, and then gestured: "Then please come to the mansion for the banquet. I have stewed a pot of good meat and would like to share it with you."

The four major families exchanged a few polite words and were invited into the mansion one after another.

As soon as they entered the mansion, they smelled a strange meaty aroma. They saw a large pot in the middle of the yard, cooking the meat of some rare animal. Just by smelling it, they could feel the blood in their bodies stirring.

"Big Brother, this dragon meat is so nutritious. I just drank a sip of the soup and I felt like the blood and energy in my body is about to explode. No, ordinary warriors can't eat this." At this moment, the skinny monkey ran over. His whole body was red and his blood was boiling. This was a sign of over-nutrition.

Dragon meat?

As soon as these words came out.

The heads of the four great families and other masters were all surprised and suspicious. Then a sharp-eyed master actually saw a peeled dragon skin in a corner of the yard.

"Is it really dragon meat?"

Everyone was shocked.

Dragons have become extinct in the four seas and eight continents, only legends remain. How could Li Yi actually hunt a dragon and cook it here?

Li Yi said at this moment: "If you can't finish it, eat less. This stuff can't be kept. It's easier to eat it quickly. It's also easier to fight after you're full."

As he said this, he strode over, took the bowl handed to him by a disciple, filled it with soup, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Skinny monkey, your cooking skills are good, and the taste is great." Li Yi praised, and then he scooped another bowl of meat and handed it to his master Zhao Ge: "Master, come and taste it, the meat is cooked, and the heat is just right."

"Okay." Zhao Ge was also very happy. After taking it, he carefully took a bite.

It’s really delicious.

But then his expression changed.

After taking a mouthful of dragon meat, the blood in his body began to boil and his face soon turned red. The essence of blood and qi contained in it was so huge that it was hard to imagine.

Moreover, the muscles and bones are nourished and can't help but slowly expand, and the whole body feels indescribably comfortable.

"call!"

Zhao Ge let out a long breath, his whole body was already dripping with sweat: "This is really an incredible treasure. This bite of meat feels like it is worth ten precious medicines, no, at least twenty. This is not meat, it is clearly a magical medicine."

Li Yi was not stingy and invited others to come and eat together.

Although a pot of dragon meat may not look like much, the amount that each person can eat is very limited. Even for a master in the Gang realm, two bites is already the limit. A strong person in the Shen realm can only eat a small piece.

Li Yi was very generous. Anyone in the mansion could come and eat. Even the butler Jin Dafu got a small bowl.

In less than half an hour, the dozens of people present felt burning all over, their blood boiling, and they were so bloated that they could not bear it. Even their efforts to digest it were of no avail, because the essence of the blood and qi in the dragon meat was simply not on the same level as the treasures from all over the world. It would take at least several days to fully digest it.

Li Yi didn't hold back either. He ate and drank heartily to replenish his strength and recover.

Although he ate the most, he still had more than half of the pot left to eat.

Finally, Fan Wentian, the head of the Fan family, suggested that Li Yi add some powerful medicine to the remaining dragon meat, refine it into pills, and seal them with beeswax to avoid waste.

Li Yi followed the advice, and the four great families quickly brought in various precious medicines and sent pharmacists to boil a pot of dragon meat and broth into three thousand pills, which they named Dragon Essence Pills.

He had no use for these pills, so he gave 300 pills to each of the four great families, and gave the rest to his master Zhao Ge.

After eating and drinking and being busy for most of the night, the originally peaceful night was suddenly blew by a cold wind, sweeping across the entire city. The sky was covered with dark clouds and sand and rocks were flying all around.

Outside the originally quiet Sanyang City, there were sounds of swords and horses, and shouts of fighting and killing.

It was so abnormal that everyone noticed it.

Ghosts and gods from all over the world came to keep the appointment.

"It's quite a grand ceremony. Several family heads, do as we said before, and there will be no more ghosts and gods after tonight." Seeing this scene, Li Yi jumped up. His whole body was shining with dazzling silver light. He turned into a streak of light, tearing through the sky and heading straight out of Sanyang City.

(End of this chapter)