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Chapter 107: The Original Dharma Image, the Red Dragon Soars into the Sky

The surrounding temperature rises instantly.

Hou Zhongyu wanted to dodge, but it was too late. Qilin, who should have been locked up, had stood up at some point and stood behind him with his mouth opened. Li Guanyi grabbed Hou Zhongyu's palm with his backhand.

Then he jumped back, bent his knees, and stepped on Hou Zhongyu's chest with both feet.

let go.

His legs kicked violently.

Hou Zhongyu suddenly realized that even if he relied on magic to temporarily make his strength and body reach the level of a high-level martial artist, he was ultimately a sorcerer who sat for long periods of time. He was a layman in controlling his own strength, and in unloading and transforming his energy.

It's like a three-year-old swinging a sledgehammer.

Li Guanyi's blow knocked him back three steps.

The extremely blazing Qilin Fire fell directly the next moment, turning into a pillar of fire that enveloped Hou Zhongyu. The high temperature crystallized the bluestone floor under his feet in an instant. Li Guanyi crossed his arms and was forced back by the heat wave. The Jinwu Guard armor on his body almost turned into an iron furnace.

But Li Guanyi discovered it immediately.

Hou Zhongyu, not dead.

Flames spewed out, and Hou Zhongyu's skin carbonized and then quickly recovered, with wrinkles all over his face. He withstood the Qilin Fire and was suppressed by the flames and lay on the ground, but he still rolled out. The Qilin was still locked up, and he could attack but it was difficult to chase.

Li Guan was completely confused.

Looking at the warlock's flesh and blood all over his body, which was then cracked, the skin inside was still emitting heat, but he was still alive, with skull-like eye sockets revealing, and he began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The warlock of the third heaven is so difficult to kill! ?
No, this is definitely not an ordinary third-level sorcerer. Li Guanyi thought of what Master Xue had said to him, that there are practitioners who stop at every level and pursue the limits of this stage of practice. They do not take conventional breakthroughs, do not extend the length, but expand the width.

This state is probably the result of cultivating [Immortality] and [Life Force] to the extreme.

Just like the Buddhist Vajra who has cultivated the Vajra Prajna body.

As soon as Li Guanyi reacted, he rushed forward and stretched out his hand.

Grab the tripod next to it.

Swing up and step forward.

While the floor was crushed to pieces by the explosive force, the hand raised high had already knocked down the heavy tripod as big as an embrace and smashed it down. With a bang, the stone tripod shattered. Hou Zhongyu staggered and his skull was sunken, but he was still recovering.

Li Guan used his eyes to observe the aura and saw an undying aura coming from the old sorcerer's heart.

He rushed forward and knocked Hou Zhongyu over with the tripod in his backhand.

This time Hou Zhongyu was able to use magic.

Although the blow was extremely powerful, it was like hitting a heavy armor and the tripod was shattered, but the old sorcerer was able to get up.

It's almost instinctive.

Li Guanyi drew out the short sword from his waist, held the hilt with both hands and stabbed it towards Hou Zhongyu's heart. It seemed that the magic that could withstand the sword's blow was suddenly useless. Without any feeling of obstruction, the weapon in Li Guanyi's hand pierced directly into Hou Zhongyu's heart.

The magic was severed, the bones were cut open, smooth as a mass of rotten dirt.

Hou Zhongyu's body froze.

He opened his mouth, slowly lowered his head, and looked at the dagger in Li Guanyi's hand. His energy burst out, and the cloth that was originally wrapped around the sword shattered, revealing the ancient inscription on it -

【Autumn Water】

Hou Zhongyu's vocal cords were shattered, and he just said hoarsely:
"Autumn Water Without Trace...?"

Li Guanyi pierced his vital point. When he put away the sword, all he could see was a piece of white flesh at the sword mark, without a drop of blood. After three full breaths, the blood finally flowed out. The blade of the dagger was clear and tranquil, like a pool of autumn water, without the slightest trace of blood.

Li Guanyi kicked Hou Zhongyu in the chest.

He forced Duke Chen to use his unique skills.

【Destroy the mountain】!
A huge gust of wind surged up.

Hou Zhongyu was beaten back, staggered back and sat on the ground. His meridians, which had just healed, were broken. Even though he was one of the most powerful sorcerers in the world, he now had no ability to fight back. At this time, he suddenly understood the essence of the warriors' persistent pursuit of killing.

Without the means to protect oneself, no matter how strong the vitality is, it is difficult to kill.

It is a chaotic world after all...

Hou Zhongyu sighed and looked at the young man who was gradually moving away from him.

All the resentment and hatred disappeared, and finally, with his eyes closed, he seemed to have become the child on the battlefield, watching the snow falling in fear. His parents and sister were all dead, but he didn't want to die. As the snow fell, a man came over with an umbrella and stretched out his hand.

The great warlock, whose blood was almost drained out, finally murmured:
"Teacher, I'm cold..."

He reached out his hand and touched the warm light.

boom! ! ! !

Kirin fire burned and fell.

This time Hou Zhongyu had no ability to resist at all. Sanchonglou, the warlock who pursued the ultimate in [Immortality], was picked up as an orphan by his teacher from a snowy battlefield and died in the endless flames.

Li Guanyi staggered, sat on the ground, and gasped heavily.

The bluestone slabs melted and then crystallized, and Hou Zhongyu's body actually held out for more than a dozen breaths before slowly disappearing. Li Guanyi grinned, thinking that it was really tricky for a sorcerer to reach this level.

"Really, it's hard to kill."

If it wasn't in the palace, if it weren't for the formation and the Qilin.

Even an ordinary triple-level warrior or a cavalry general of a dynasty or a country may not be able to kill this sorcerer.

He felt more and more that skills and realm alone could not determine life or death, or victory or defeat.

Li Guan didn't even bother to regulate his breathing.

He regained control of the formation and sensed that no one seemed to be approaching here. Although he was confused, he calmed down temporarily. It seemed that in addition to the [Four Symbols Soul Sealing Formation], there should also be a [Breath Concealing Formation] that could conceal the Qilin's aura.

This formation was originally designed to conceal the noise made when extracting Qilin's blood.

This moment also to a certain extent concealed the brief massacre in the Qilin Palace. Li Guanyi stood up, looked at the Qilin that was attacking forcefully, and began to try to unlock another layer of formation for the Qilin. The Qilin itself had been suppressed for ten years, and before that, half of its accumulated power was divided to Li Guanyi.

After two attacks, it is already extremely weak.

He was already sitting on the ground, watching Li Guanyi unravel the formation, and said calmly:

"Just leave."

"I can't go out with you."

Li Guanyi continued to move and only stopped after he had partially untied the formation for Qilin.

Qilin continued, "I have seen that emperor. I have seen many emperors. Every emperor is actually the same. If I escape, no matter what the reason is, 99% of the people who have entered this palace in the past month will die immediately, and some will be tortured."

"The emperors, they look different, they look different, but they do exactly the same things. I almost thought they were the same person, just constantly resurrecting in their young descendants."

"For the secrets that lurk in me."

"They are so tyrannical that I would rather kill them all than let them go."

"If I leave, no one can protect you."

Li Guanyi: "I know, I just want you to feel a little more comfortable..."

He withdrew his hand. Li Guanyi understood what Qilin said. If Qilin left today, the emperor would definitely kill him. Even the Xue family could not protect him. It would be better to say that if the Xue family tried to protect him, it would only arouse greater suspicion from the emperor.

Since ancient times, the word "immortality" has most moved the emperors.

Li Guanyi said, "I will unlock the formation to the third level. In this way, although you will still be trapped, you can breathe in and out and slowly recover from your injuries. As for taking you away, I have thought about it for a long time. There is only one situation in which you leave and I will not be implicated."

"Those who helped me won't be hurt either."

"Unless, at that time, I was not here at all. I was right under the emperor's nose. No matter what happened, he couldn't blame me."

"At that time, the eyes of the whole world and Chen State were on another place. Even the masters in the Chen State Palace had no time to pay attention to this place. No one could stop you." Li Guanyi paused and said, "Grand Sacrifice."

Kirin's voice deepened, "The Great Festival...yeah, it's been ten years."

"The great sacrifice held every ten years by the State of Chen is about to begin again."

"Your parents had an accident during the great sacrifice ten years ago. They added a rare substance to the sacrificial wine. It's not poisonous, but it will affect our luck. We fought with all our might, but we couldn't get out. The top masters of the royal family are here."

"Wanli, he——"

Qilin's voice became lower.

Li Guanyi stretched out his hand. Standing there, he just happened to touch the horn of the Qilin and patted it gently. "I will find a way to take you away and leave without being noticed. But before that, please be patient for a while."

"There are only sixteen days left. After sixteen days, I will find a way to open the formation."

"You have to take advantage of that opportunity and rush out."

Qilin nodded in a low voice.

Li Guanyi thought for a while and said, "As for this matter, I can only ask you to destroy Qilin Palace a little bit, melt all the traces of the fight between Hou Zhongyu and me, and also push Hou Zhongyu's death to your breaking through the formation."

"Don't worry, I will leave a few formation nodes, just like what Hou Zhongyu did."

“The emperor’s subordinates should have other sorcerers. When they come to repair the formation, they will not notice these seven nodes. This time, I will place the seven nodes with you. On the surface, they are sealed by the Four Symbols Sealing Spirit Formation, but in fact they are protected.”

The young man held the broken sword and sketched out variations of the formation on the ground.

Explain to Qilin.

The Qilin is a naturally auspicious beast with a high level of comprehension, and it quickly understood Li Guanyi's plan.

Li Guanyi threw down his sword, breathed a sigh of relief, and said:
"So, it was you, Qilin, who broke through the defense. I was just a Jinwu Guard who rushed in after hearing the sound. As soon as I came in, I was forced back by a burst of Qilin fire. My sword was broken and my armor melted. But Hou Zhongyu, the sorcerer, served the country and the king."

"He died heroically."

With just one sentence, Li Guan put the final nail in the coffin for the dead sorcerer.

If Qilin doesn't leave and Hou Zhongyu dies, Li Guanyi will have made a great contribution.

If Qilin escapes, everyone in Qilin Palace will die.

Qilin suddenly laughed. He stared at Li Guanyi. When he laughed, the flames on his body were shaking. "Your personality is not like your father, nor your mother. You are very similar to the girl from the Murong family."

Li Guanyi's eyes moved, and while dismantling the formation, he asked, "Is my mother also from the Murong family?" Qilin thought for a moment and replied, "Yes, your mother's mother was a disciple of the Murong family, so when it comes to your mother's lineage, she can only be considered a relative of the Murong family."

"But your mother's grandfather has a high status in the Murong family and dotes on your mother very much."

"And your mother is very good at playing the zither and chess. The Murong family values ​​her very much. At that time, the little girl from the Murong family kept pestering your mother to teach her various skills. And she seemed to be more talented than your mother, and she made rapid progress in playing the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting."

Li Guanyi said: "My aunt also taught me music, chess, calligraphy and painting."

Qilin said: "Really?"

"It's also..."

He suddenly didn't know what to say next, thinking about how many years ago, that woman taught Murong Qiu Shui music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Later, when Murong Qiu Shui grew up, she also taught Li Guanyi these things.

The wind in the south of the Yangtze River is still there, the chess score is still there, and the sound when fingers brush against the strings is still the same as before.

But the person who taught her step by step is no longer here.

The girl that year looked at her sister's child.

She spoke the words that she had taught her.

Then I looked at the similar but much more childish eyebrows and eyes, frowning, and showing a headache expression just like I did back then. At that time, she was enjoying the Jiangnan wind, and I wondered what kind of feelings she would be feeling in her heart.

A propitious creature like the Qilin is very able to empathize with human feelings, so He could only sigh. Li Guanyi stood up and quickly searched Hou Zhongyu's things, finding some jade bottles of elixirs, some martial arts books and letters.

Li Guanyi wrapped these things in a waterproof cowhide cloth.

It was tied with a rope, wrapped with stones, and thrown directly into a well in Qilin Palace.

Wait until it is safe to pick it up later.

Although the methods used by the Taoist priest Hou Zhongyu were tricky when he was killed, he was quite curious at this moment. The painstaking work of such a great sorcerer must be hidden; and Li Guanyi could not let the part involving the blood of the Qilin continue to remain in the world.

After doing all this, Li Guanyi pressed his sword and said, "Then I will leave. You can just breathe out fire and have fun as much as you want."

"it is good."

Qilin stood up and said slowly, "Come here."

The young man was puzzled, so he walked to the side of Qilin. Qilin looked at Li Guanyi, and suddenly took two steps forward. The patterns on the bronze pillars lit up, and the chains were tightened. Qilin lowered his head, and his forehead lightly touched Li Guanyi's.

Silently, a divine charm flowed and fell on Li Guanyi.

After a long time, Qilin raised his head and said, "In the earliest times, human ancestors learned the method of cultivation from all things in the world, and found the charm from the innate spirits. They received the aura and recognition of those divine beasts and could fight together. This is the original Dharma."

The aura around Li Guanyi changed.

A Qilin stood there quietly, with a strong aura around it.

Qilin said: "What you are about to do is equally dangerous."

"I am here to fulfill the deeds of my ancestors in the ancient times and to conclude a covenant with you. I will transform my charm into a blade and give it to you to use. This is the original Dharmakāya..."

The Qilin Dharma Image roared softly and disappeared.

Li Guanyi held his hand, pressed it to his heart, and said softly, "Don't worry."

The Qilin fell dormant again. Li Guanyi turned around and strode out. After Li Guanyi left, the Qilin's flame began to flow, burning everything around it. Li Guanyi raised his head. More than two hours had passed and it was getting dark.

Li Guanyi pursed his lips and did not tell Qilin that there was actually another question that he found difficult to answer - if he was away for two hours, the guards would become suspicious of his movements. If such doubts were to be revealed, the emperor would definitely be suspicious.

Sometimes, suspicion does not require evidence, only torture.

Gotta think of a way.

He pressed his palm against the bronze tripod on his chest, thinking about how to deal with this problem. He broke into the second level. The power left by the Qilin the first time was still there, blazing and warm. At this moment, the bronze tripod suddenly hummed.

Start accumulating jade liquid.

The red dragon's image also lit up, and Li Guan was stunned with his eyes widened.

After breaking through to the second level, the bronze tripod can naturally accumulate jade liquid.

However, the red dragon's image lit up, doesn't this mean...

Big Brother?!

Why is he here?
Li Guanyi's mind suddenly flashed back to the words that Hou Zhongyu and the Queen's lady-in-waiting had said before - 'These few days are the days when the Jinwu Guards are rotating...'

The rotation of the Jinwu Guards is suitable for confidential talks and naturally also for certain special operations.

However, this is the last rotation before the grand ceremony.

Is it just a coincidence, or is the emperor trying to lure certain people into the game?

The night was long, and a flash of fire exploded in the dark sky. After the owner of the Red Dragon Dharma Image was discovered, he had to take action. The power of the Dharma Image rose up wantonly, showing its presence, and then bombarded down heavily.

The energy rushed out, accompanied by screams, and a powerful voice shouted angrily:

"Jinwu Guard?"

"roll!!!"

It’s Yue Qianfeng!

(End of this chapter)