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Chapter 401 Li Guanyi wakes up (asking for monthly ticket)

It hurts!
Li Guanyi's vision was dim and he felt his consciousness was floating, sometimes it seemed like it was about to fly to the clouds, and sometimes it seemed like it was about to sink to the bottom of the abyss.

At this moment, he seemed to have the feeling of his youth again, of being poisoned and feeling uncontrollable pain all over his body.

This pain is there every moment, without interruption.

It seemed to be surging up from every tiny crack in his bones.

The intense pain almost tore him apart.

Originally, there was a warm air flowing in his body, which was used to fight against the tearing pain and keep the body in a comfortable state. But at this moment, this inexhaustible power seemed to finally dissipate, disappearing from his body bit by bit.

At the most painful moment, Li Guanyi only felt the excruciating pain surging from his bones and every crack in his limbs, making him feel dazed and return to his memory of the first time he was poisoned.

My aunt hugged me and sang songs for children, which slowly helped me suppress the severe pain.

While Li Guanyi was struggling slightly, he felt a gentle and delicate touch on his palm, as if his aunt in his memory was holding his hand and accompanying him through the most painful and weakest years.

Li Guan subconsciously grabbed the thing in his hand with his backhand. The delicate and gentle feeling accompanying him gradually made him feel at ease. It seemed that the pain rising from his limbs was no longer so unbearable.

No matter what time it was, I don’t know how much time had passed.

Whenever he felt the tearing pain in his limbs, that warm feeling and sense of security were always by his side.

Li Guanyi endured the layers of pain and fell into a deep sleep again.

He didn't know how long it had passed, but the severe pain and the burning sensation disappeared. He opened his eyes groggily and saw the environment in front of him -

There was a vast and distant expanse of land all around, and an extremely huge bronze tripod stood solemnly and majestically between heaven and earth. Li Guanyi himself was lying on the ground, looking at the flowing light in the sky.

Li Guanyi sat up suddenly, looked around, and saw the huge bronze tripod.

Thoughtfully: "Jiuzhou Ding..."

"Is this the world inside the Jiuzhou Cauldron? Or is this the feeling created by the Jiuzhou Cauldron projected into my soul?"

Li Guanyi clenched his fists, but could not feel the surging blood and qi. He further confirmed the state he was in, calmed down, and said to himself: "...I fought with Jiang Su in that battle, and I used the momentum of the army to hold on."

"Then I remember returning to the camp."

"Once your spirit is relaxed, you will know nothing."

"It seems that he has fainted."

"Is the loss of the soul too severe, causing it to exceed the limits of the mind and body?"

Li Guanyi had a clear understanding and anticipation of his own condition.

His attention was attracted by the magnificent Nine Cauldrons again. He stared at the magnificent Nine Provinces Cauldron, which seemed to occupy the entire space of his consciousness. He saw that two-ninths of the Nine Provinces Cauldron were already occupied by golden marks.

The golden lines in one place formed a prosperous water system, with clouds flowing in the sky and a red dragon roaring. The golden lines in another place turned into the vast western desert, with a nine-colored divine deer appearing in the clouds.

"Jiuzhou Ding..."

Li Guanyi's consciousness moved and he came to the second space of Jiuzhou Ding.

Divine weapons are stored in the beams of light.

The Tiger Roaring Sky Halberd, the Cloud-Breaking Sky Bow, the Dragon Sword, and the Scarlet Sky Sword were all in their positions, spinning slowly and emitting steady fluctuations of power.

Li Guanyi's gaze shifted to the back. In the space inside the Jiuzhou Ding, the clouds dispersed layer by layer, and the steps that he had not been able to climb several times before reunited. This time, the steps gathered in the clouds and spread to a higher place.

"Can I step onto the third level of the Jiuzhou Ding?"

Li Guanyi was surprised and curious.

The Jiuzhou Ding can absorb vital energy and gather jade liquid, as well as nourish divine weapons and display its various abilities. It allows Li Guan to unleash the sure-hit power of the Cloud-Breaking Sky Bow with an ordinary bow and arrow in one hand, and it also allows Li Guan to have the toughness and power of the Tiger Roaring Sky Halberd with an ordinary spear in his hand.

More importantly, it allows Li Guanyi to transform his magical weapons out of thin air.

Every time he tried before, he would fall off the stairs and then wake up immediately. Li Guanyi stood on the steps of the second level of the Jiuzhou Ding, looked down, and vaguely saw the clouds flowing, as if thinking about something.

"It seems that I can just jump down from here."

"Can I wake up now?"

After all, he didn't know how long he had slept. With Hou Zhongyu's elixir of immortality, plus his immortal body and the eight-fold foundation that allowed him to maintain his vitality without the need for food, Li Guanyi lay there, breathing in and out his vital energy. I'm afraid he could sleep for several years without dying.

Now that the world is in turmoil, Li Guanyi is very worried about what will happen next.

Looking at these stairs gives me the urge to jump down.

But then again.

Li Guanyi raised his head and looked at the third heaven.

"It's all here..."

"Go up and have a look."

He stepped forward and stepped on the steps in the clouds. The steps converged and he felt a solid feeling under his feet. Li Guanyi felt at ease and walked forward step by step. He heard the sound of wind and the whistling of swords and knives in his ears, and finally he took the last step.

The third level of the Jiuzhou Ding space appeared before his eyes.

Li Guanyi only saw a dark area with scattered lights, and a geomancy map of the entire world was constructed in the third heaven. Many places in it were detailed, while many places were dim with only a rough outline.

"This is the situation in the world..."

Li Guanyi scanned those detailed places and found that they were all Guanyi City, Jiangzhou City, Jiangnan, where he had lived for a long time, as well as places such as the grassland Turks in the north, the buffer zone between the Turks and Ying State, and outside the northern pass.

Ying State’s Western Regions forces and Central Plains forces.

And the western defense line of the State of Chen where Lu Youxian was located.

These places only have rough outlines and are not clear.

It was dark, foggy and unlit.

Li Guanyi paced slowly and muttered to himself, "...In other words, everything here is constructed based on my own understanding and cognition. Hmm...the most familiar place is the area where the Nine Cauldrons were cast."

Li Guan raised his palm and gently pressed it on the ripples in the air.

Then the light became bright.

The geomancy maps of the Western Regions and the South of the Yangtze River lit up in an instant and turned into two beams of light, rushing towards the sky. The aura was surging and the spirit of humanity was flourishing. This represented the two Nine Cauldrons that were cast.

But at this moment, the two Nine Cauldrons are separated into two places and cannot touch each other.

Li Guanyi had a vague feeling——

Or in other words, it is a further level of induction.

When the energy of these two already-cast Nine Cauldrons is connected, Li Guanyi himself and the Jiuzhou Cauldron will undergo a transformation - the so-called "of the same spirit, two branches connect" is very accurate, but it can also be roughly described.

"We need to connect the spirit of the people represented by the Nine Cauldrons..."

"We need to complete the next strategy."

Li Guanyi walked slowly on the land covering the entire third space and stood in the area representing the southwestern territory - the southwest, where the Yi people lived, a place that even the Red Emperor had not been completely conquered.

For hundreds of years, they have been surrendering and rebelling against the Central Plains dynasty.

It was more than ten years ago that his father, Duke Taiping, completely pacified the southwest and made the southwestern territory a part of the Chen State. However, because it had been part of the Central Plains for a relatively short time, the commander of the southwest was named the King of the Southwest and settled here forever, and the lineage did not have much sense of belonging to the Chen State.

Even when there was a major situation like the war between Chen and Ying, no one was sent to fight.

Rather, according to past customs, the fact that they did not rebel at this time has already proved the level of reputation that Duke Taiping had reached in the local area when he entered the southwest.

"If we want to go further... both the overall strategy and the path to becoming a Grandmaster that I have decided on require support from the southwest."

"But it's difficult to resort to violence anymore."

Li Guanyi looked at the southwest area, and as his mind moved, the light in the southwest area also lit up. The Jiuzhou Ding seemed to deduce the changes and reactions after the light in that area lit up. The southwest, Jiangnan, northwest and western regions all connected into a stream of light in an instant.

Li Guanyi felt a blessing from vital energy.

Whether it is strength or speed, there is an improvement to a certain extent.

Its scale exceeds that of any of the Nine Cauldrons in Jiangnan and the Western Regions.

Li Guanyi understood and said to himself, "By then, the energy of the Nine Cauldrons will be connected, and I can get the blessing of both the Nine Cauldrons of the Western Region and the Nine Cauldrons of the South at the same time..."

"And in the general trend of the world, it has truly stood firm."

"So, I still can't rest."

"It is better to pursue the enemy with all your remaining courage..."

Li Guan raised his head and saw the aura of the Nine Cauldrons surging up into the sky. Faintly, there seemed to be space above the third level of the Nine Provinces Cauldron. Li Guan asked, "The third of the Nine Cauldrons, could there be a fourth of the Nine Cauldrons above it?"

How many layers are there in the magical space inside the Jiuzhou Ding?

Li Guanyi felt his spirit gradually condensing and gradually falling downwards. He knew that he was about to wake up. The geomancy of the world in front of him seemed like an illusion. When he woke up from the dream, it turned into pieces and scattered. Only Li Guanyi's last consciousness was thinking.

How many layers are there in the Jiuzhou Ding...

Four floors?

Or...

The fifth level of Jiuzhou Ding.

[The ninth and fifth position]?

The Jiuzhou Cauldron roared, and the scene in front of Li Guanyi's eyes dispersed. But when he fell here, he seemed to return to his body. His eyes trembled and slowly opened. He had just woken up, and when he opened his eyes, he was not used to the dazzling light.

I squinted my eyes and tried for a while before I slowly got used to it.

Li Guanyi felt a warm breath beside him, and suddenly thought of the energy that accompanied him when he felt boundless pain in that dream, and his heart couldn't help but warm up.

That day and night, he accompanied me, never left me, never let me go.

"Is it Yaoguang..."

The boy turned his head slightly.

I met a pair of clear and peaceful eyes.

Li Guanyi froze.

My mind was stuck and only one thought came to my mind.

This, this is...

What is this for me?
Is this still the battlefield in the Western Regions, the front-line military camp?
The eyes blinked, and a warm and soft voice came: "Are you awake?"

The eyes in front of me belong to a beautiful... beautiful deer.

The Nine-Colored Deer transformed into a young deer, and lay quietly beside Li Guanyi, staring at him with clear eyes, emitting a very warm vitality, which was like a spring of sweet water in the desert, covering Li Guanyi's body and making his tired body, which was almost at the limit, recover quickly. The Nine-Colored Deer was a true auspicious sign.

It is different from the name of a certain ancient red dragon who does not want to reveal his name, and the name of the mythical beast that was forcibly given.

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer is not good at fighting, but it has various other abilities.

Li Guanyi endured the severe pain in his body, thanked him gently, and chuckled:

"You saved me? Thank you so much..."

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer said, "It's not me. You fainted on the battlefield that day and were immediately sent here. There is a vitality in your body that is lingering. Old Siming said that it was the immortality medicine refined by the last descendant of the Wu Gu lineage hundreds of years ago."

"This thing is holding your breath."

"It's said to be an elixir of immortality, but it may not make you immortal. However, it does make you immortal. At that time, your whole body, even your bones, were about to be shattered into pieces, but you were still hanging on by a breath."

"It's like being neither dead nor alive."

"From your performance, this lineage's pursuit should start with [immortality], and then seek [longevity]. As long as you live for a thousand years or ten thousand years without dying, in the eyes of ordinary people, isn't that longevity?"

“It is the path of Taoism [starting from action and gradually approaching inaction].”

"He seems to be a decent person."

"Just looking at this core, even the so-called Xuanmen orthodox sect does not have this method."

Li Guanyi was shocked.

Hou Zhongyu, the sorcerer he had killed when he was young, the more he traveled around the world, the more he realized the importance of this man. He knew that the world was so big, with countless talented people and extraordinary things, and that martial arts alone could not decide everything.

Only at this moment did Li Guanyi realize how much gold content Hou Zhongyu had, without the support of his master's foundation, was able to become the chief sorcerer of the powerful and poisonous dragon Chen Dingye with the realm of a mere third-level sorcerer, and even occupy a forbidden palace.

Li Guanyi suddenly felt a little strange.

Could it be that when he was just starting out, he had killed the top three great sorcerers and alchemists of this era? No, with his attainments, he would probably be ranked in the top ten in the world over the past thousands of years.

He died in the Fire Kirin's aged fire.

Li Guanyi smiled to himself: "Then I have to thank Hou Zhongyu."

"If he is in the Lingyan Pavilion someday, I'm afraid he will also erect a statue for Hou Zhongyu."

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer said, "You are just a sorcerer, and you said so."

Li Guan smiled and said, "The dead old Hou is the good Hou Zhongyu."

"What a kind man!"

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer said, "However, that elixir of immortality is just a bonus. You have an immortal body, so if you take this pill, you will just be able to hold on and slowly recover. There are other reasons for this."

"The day you come back."

"A Taoist with silver hair suddenly appeared. He rushed through your army's encirclement and found you. He passed a breath of energy to you and then completely dissolved the elixir of immortality into your body."

"Then your vitality will be completely stabilized."

"He said he was just an unknown Taoist."

"I left a few words for you. Did you have a teacher called Wang Tong back then?"

Li Guanyi was stunned and replied, "Yes."

"Did Master Wang Tong leave any message?!"

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer shook his head and looked at the anxious young man in front of him. He hesitated for a moment, but still had a gentle and compassionate look on his face, and spoke directly:

"Back then, the Taoist said he could extend Wang Tong's lifespan by three years with a magical method. Wang Tong then asked the Taoist to come to you, saying that he was just a scholar, good for nothing, and suffering from illness."

"It is said that the spring breeze is three thousand feet high."

"I gave him three years of life to help you survive this catastrophe."

"You were once a master and a student, but your fate in this life has ended."

"If there is a reincarnation path, walk slowly. Hearing the news that your world is at peace, I have no regrets in this life."

"His tomb is under the big tree in the academy. When you conquer the Central Plains in the future, don't forget to give him a glass of light wine there. That will satisfy his wish no matter what."

"explain……"

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer stopped and looked at the young man in front of him. For some reason, even though he had an auspicious name, he felt that this world-famous young man in front of him had a very bitter fate. His parents died when he was young, and he became homeless. When he was older, he fled in all directions.

Then a teacher who teaches him, helps him to strengthen his faith and choose his path.

After teaching him.

Leaving one by one.

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer said:
"Wang Tong doesn't have the ability to save the people, but he can save a disciple from disaster. The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water, so there is no need to feel sentimental."

“The road ahead is very hard.”

"Go ahead, go ahead."

"Don't look back."

Li Guan was stunned.

Suddenly, he felt a pain in his heart. The gentleman who was so quiet that he didn't even tell them about his death, reached out to him at this moment, and at this moment.

The Master has been dead for over a year.

He seemed to still see the quiet scholar, with his straight and thin back, walking away.

The gentleman walks alone.

Li Guanyi said softly: "That's my teacher..."

The Nine-Colored Deer nodded: "Although I have never met him, but from what he said, he should be a very good young man." Li Guan nodded, feeling much more depressed. He forced himself to cheer up and said with a smile: "I also want to thank the senior for staying by my side all this time."

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer was stunned: "???"

"I, have always been by your side?"

Li Guanyi was also stunned: "Isn't he a senior?"

Then he saw a kind smile in the eyes of the Nine-Colored Divine Deer. The Nine-Colored Divine Deer moved its ears, raised its head and said, "I am just gathering my vitality to help you heal. I can't stay here forever."

"If you say, you are referring to the child who pulls you every moment."

“You should turn your head away.”

"Ah, is it because the vital energy I guide here is too strong, causing you to ignore that side..." The Nine-Colored Divine Deer reflected on itself.

Li Guanyi turned his head with difficulty and felt a sharp pain in his back. Then he saw a silver-haired girl lying quietly next to the bed, sleeping soundly.

Even at this time, she still held Li Guanyi's hand.

"During the seven days and nights you were unconscious, she stayed here with you and almost never left. Because of exhaustion, I just persuaded her to fall asleep a little. Ah, but the martial arts legend seems to have gone mad."

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer chattered gently.

Li Guanyi looked quietly at the silver-haired girl next to him. The girl seemed to feel Li Guanyi's gaze. Her eyelashes trembled and she slowly opened her eyes. She raised her clear eyes and saw Li Guanyi, and then she was stunned.

The silver-haired girl narrowed her eyes slightly and her voice was calm, without ripples.

It was as if there had been no seven days and seven nights of waiting. He just said:
"You are awake."

Li Guanyi said, “Yeah.”

Yaoguang said in a calm voice, "I'm going to find Mr. Pojun and Mr. Wenhe." She stood up and staggered suddenly. Li Guanyi reached out, grabbed the silver-haired girl's wrist, and pulled her backwards.

The silver-haired girl sat back in her original seat. Li Guan said:
"You should take a rest first."

The silver-haired girl looked at him, then pursed her lips and said softly, "Well, excuse me." She covered Li Guanyi's palm with both hands, closed her eyes, lowered her gaze quietly, and then said softly, "That's great..."

"The stars in the sky heard my longing. Or maybe it was just a joke on my part, but it's great that you woke up."

The silver-haired girl looked at him quietly.

Li Guanyi's heart suddenly jumped. He looked at Yaoguang and said, "If I hadn't woken up..."

The silver-haired girl stared at him.

Then he smiled gently.

For some reason, this faint smile carries with it a kind of soul-stirring peace and beauty.

She nodded slightly, her silver hair falling down at her temples, and the silver-haired girl said softly:

"I will accompany you."

It was the same answer as always, calmly and without hesitation.

Li Guanyi pursed his lips and stopped there. Such determination and seriousness could not help but be shaken by anyone. The silver-haired girl lay quietly beside Li Guanyi and fell asleep gently.

Li Guanyi's mind became peaceful with the girl's breathing. He looked outside, and after waking up, the first thing he thought of was the Wolf King in the distant battlefield.

In any case, he has done his best.

So, uncle...

Did you get what you wanted?
Have you done what you wanted to do?
…………

At this moment, the world was in the midst of wars and flames, and news could not be transmitted quickly. Especially on the northern battlefield, Chen Dingye led the Chen army to fight against Yuwen Lie, and he was not at an advantage.

However, when the second most powerful general in the world went to war, even Yuwen Lie could not resist him. But facing such a situation, Yuwen Lie was still able to hold the front line. Even if he had to retreat, he remained steady and calm.

Chen Dingye had been fighting fiercely for several days and had not slept for several days.

But on this day, a captain from the Ying State suddenly came as an envoy. As the saying goes, when two countries are at war, envoys should not be killed, and Chen Dingye did not kill this guy with a knife. The man came in person with gifts, and his courtesy was very thorough and detailed, whether it was when he entered the door or when he talked and laughed.

He knelt down respectfully and said:
"I came here on the orders of His Majesty and the Grand Master. Our Great Ying State and the State of Chen are both vassal states under the Red Emperor. We once had a pact to be brothers. Now that we are at war on all sides, the people are uneasy and the soldiers are suffering. It is better for us to stop fighting and recuperate."

"This is a gift from my Majesty and the Grand Master to Lord Chen."

He held a box in both hands and handed it over respectfully.

Chen Dingye opened it.

Inside the box.

It is the head of the Wolf King Chen Fubi.

(End of this chapter)