The Primordial Law

Chapter 241 Heroes and Valiant Men
Yin Shiyi returned to the Bright Moon Seven Stars Pavilion to take charge of the situation there.

Since returning to Zuihuayin yesterday, Qi Xiao has gone to the battlefield and has not shown up again. Whether for his own future or for the Qi family, he cannot run away during the most difficult time for the Zuoqiu Clan.

The sky gradually brightened.

A simple carriage drove out of the underground market, driven by a martial arts cultivator at the Spring of Life Realm.

Li Weiyi, Shi Shishi, and Bai Shu were all sitting in the car, each lost in their own thoughts.

Bai Shu is a cultivator of mental power. She has no attachment to dragon bones or dragon seeds and only wants to escape the battlefield and avoid the killing. However, as a member of the Earth Wolf King's army, she cannot escape the responsibilities she bears.

Shi Shi glanced at Li Weiyi discreetly, unsure of how well his injuries had healed, and sighed dejectedly, "The dragon bone tickets I hid were dug up by someone. I chased after them for two days, but I still couldn't get them back."

"If the ticket hoarding is reliable, everyone's hoarding it!"

Li Weiyi smelled blood and pushed open the car window.

A cold air current blew in.

On the streets shrouded in morning mist, martial artists at the Spring of Life Realm from various factions were collecting corpses and cleaning the streets.

Passing by a mansion, the owner, a Dao Seed Realm expert, was joyfully lighting firecrackers to welcome the Lantern Festival. The air was thick with the pungent smell of gunpowder.

No matter how brutal the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival is, it is still just a battlefield for young martial artists in the Five Seas Realm.

"Bang!"

The wheels rolled forward.

Traces of battle and the corpses of young heroes lying in the streets are frequently seen. Whether they are immortals or stunning beauties, they are all treated like dirt.

After several days of fierce competition, the festive atmosphere in the city plummeted to freezing point, with very few pedestrians.

Li Weiyi asked, "Did Zuoqiu Hong and the others perish? Are Cang Li and Li Ling still alive?"

Shi Shishi shook his head: "I don't know! In the past few days, the major forces in Qiuzhou City have been fighting each other in a chaotic mess. There are all sorts of true and false rumors flying around. Some even say that you died at the hands of Ge Xiantong and that you died suddenly after escaping."

"Anyway, Zuoqiu Hong and his group suffered heavy casualties. The Zuoqiu, Jiuli, and Zhu families, along with their subordinate forces, and dozens of experts holding titles, were all killed. There are probably only a dozen or twenty survivors."

"Yesterday evening, Zuoqiu Hong scattered all the Longevity Pill tickets, Dragon Seed tickets, and Dragon Bone tickets at the attackers. Then, he led the remaining troops to retreat and hide."

"That's the rumor. Whether they escaped or not is hard to say."

"If they escaped, perhaps they wanted to rest for a night, heal their wounds and recuperate, and then retreat in order to plan for today's decisive battle."

Of the two hundred martial arts practitioners in the city who held the certificate, only the top few in a state or the number one expert in a sect or school were qualified to be included.

Even the mighty Daoist Truth and the Annihilation Truth, like those of the Coffin Mountain, are only of the second rank.

In the Southern Territory alone, there are more than a dozen inheritors, some of whom are already famous throughout the world, some of whom come from hidden sects, or are hidden masters of major forces.

Everyone has brought out their savings!

The other three realms have fewer inheritors than the Southern Realm, but there are still at least six or seven.

Of the martial artists from the three alliances, 60-70% perished, including dozens of experts at the Dao Truth and Extinction Truth levels. The casualties among the remaining martial artists at the Five Seas Realm and Grand Mind Masters were countless.

Shi Shi said, "Of the two hundred martial artists who held the tokens, at most half are still alive. Among the inheritors, fewer have perished; I estimate there are at least ten left!"

Li Weiyi fell silent, deeply understanding the good intentions behind Jiang Ning, Yin Jun, and Zuoqiu Hongting's advice against him participating in the Qianlong Lantern Festival; they had foreseen all of this long ago.

What is their mindset?
Is it knowing the danger yet facing the challenge head-on?

Or were they forced into a situation with no choice?

"This is not a grand event!" Jiang Ning's warning rang in Li Weiyi's ears once again from the side of the fishing boat.

This is a battlefield...

A battlefield where you live or die!
Shi Shi said, "The Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival is much better than the real battlefield outside. At least there are still rules. It's just a competition among the younger generation. You can retreat or hide."

"Where is Tao Yanyan?" Li Weiyi suddenly asked.

Shi Shi remained silent.

Bai Shu said, "Sister Taozi was killed in a wolf's den on the tenth day of the month and was unable to escape."

"Who did it?" Li Weiyi asked.

"I don't know! There are countless forces, big and small, in Qiuzhou City, and the experts all have different backgrounds. Anyone could do that for Tao Yanyan's Dragon Bone Ticket."

Bai Shu and Shi Shi both smiled bitterly and shook their heads.

Most of the forces involved in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival fell before the seventh day of the month, either being wiped out or reduced to vassals of countless other sects. However, in the grand scheme of things, these forces remained independent entities, each possessing a giant at the Longevity Realm, or even a transcendent, colossal figure dominating their respective regions.

Although the Earth Wolf King's army appeared small at the Qianlong Lantern Festival, the Stone Heavenly King, the Great Master, the Second Bird Master, and the mighty Earth Wolf Iron Cavalry behind them wielded immense power and influence in Shuzhou.

"My injuries have almost healed! You guys go to Changqing Temple in the East City and wait for me. I'll be there before noon."

Li Weiyi jumped out of the car, used a disguise technique, and disappeared into the crowd.

Before the decisive battle, he wanted to see the recluse, so he secretly traveled to Zhuoyuan Garden.

After knocking, Yin Twenty-Five opened the door.

Upon seeing Li Weiyi, Yin Ershiwu was clearly startled and quickly ushered him inside, then closed the door and sealed the formation.

"Thank goodness, it was all just a rumor. We really thought you were already..."

"What, you think you can just not pay me back?"

Upon entering, Li Weiyi was stunned by the sight of the garden filled with corpses and the white sheets draped over them. She then used her mental powers to sense the desolate garden, finding it deserted except for Yin Ershiwu.

"What's going on? Where are they?" Li Weiyi asked in a deep voice. Yin Ershiwu lowered his head and whispered, "They were just helping to collect the bodies."

"What do you mean by just helping to collect corpses? The martial artists of the Jiuli Clan at the Yongquan Realm know to do that, but you are at the Five Seas Realm. If you get involved, you will die without a burial place." Li Weiyi's voice was deafening.

A quarter of an hour later.

There was a knock on the door.

Yin Ershiwu cautiously stared at Li Weiyi, who was sitting on a white stone by the lake.

“Go, go open the door for these heroes,” Li Weiyi said.

The gate and the array opened, and Yin Twenty-Three, Yin Twenty-Four, and Yao Yin, all dressed in night clothes, emerged from their concealment. They then pulled out blood-soaked pouches and retrieved the corpses inside—all of them either pure immortal bodies or the bodies of women.

Yin Twenty-Four gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and his chest heaved: "It's all your fault. Why did you drag me along? I hadn't finished killing yet. You're shameless and despicable. You didn't even spare the corpses. You have no humanity."

“They weren’t human to begin with,” Yin Twenty-Three said.

"Hmm, cough cough..."

Yin Ershiwu repeatedly winked at them.

The three looked into the distance and saw Li Weiyi sitting there like a statue. They were first surprised, then overjoyed, and then became uneasy.

Li Weiyi remained expressionless, coldly staring at Yin Twenty-Four: "Since you're so capable, why don't you go out and kill some more people?"

"Okay, shall we go together?" Yin Twenty-Four asked.

"..."

Li Weiyi was at her wit's end. She stood up and said, "Who gave you permission to act without my consent? Who led the way?"

“Me!” Yao Yin said.

“Me!” said Yin Twenty-Four.

“Me!” said Yin Twenty-Three.

Unable to guard the house, Yin Twenty-Five stepped forward and whispered, "Me!"

Li Weiyi said, "Good, good, good, they are all heroes."

Yao Yin, the youngest, with slightly red eyes, was the first to soften: "Those demons, Jinling, and all sorts of evil villains wanted to force Cang Li, Yin Jiu, and Li Ling to show themselves, cook the corpses of pure immortal martial artists of the Jiuli tribe in cauldrons, and strip the female martial artists' corpses naked and hang them on the city gate. How can we tolerate such a disgrace?"

Yin Twenty-Four raised his chin: "We didn't do anything risky. We just snatched the corpses back from those low-level martial artists who collect corpses."

“This is intolerable!” said Yin Twenty-Three.

Li Wei frowned. The enemy's methods were indeed crude, but they might have a surprising effect on Cang Li.

This is good news!

This at least proves they are still alive.

Li Weiyi paced back and forth, coldly staring at Yin Twenty-Four: "You're only relying on possessing that Blood Refining Magic Artifact. Hand it over to me."

Yin Twenty-Four covered the three-headed snake bracelet on his wrist and sneered, "Aren't you also relying on the Blood Handprint Demon Armor and the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal?"

"You dare to talk back?" Li Weiyi said.

Yin Ershisi said, "We're just collecting a corpse. How capable are you? You dared to kill Hua Yuzi and fight Ge Xiantong. Rumors are flying everywhere, saying you've died suddenly. Aren't we afraid that when we collect the body, we'll find it? Aren't we afraid that you'll be lying in the street, your head being gnawed on by wild dogs? Li Weiyi, you're a hidden person. Let me tell you, even if you're tens of thousands of miles away, hundreds of thousands of miles away, or even further away... as long as we know you're dead, we'll definitely bring you back. I'll go even if it's thousands of miles away!"

Go ahead and curse me all you want!

Yin Ershiwu had already moved a chair over and placed it behind the furious Li Weiyi.

After Li Weiyi sat down, Yao Yin took the initiative to step forward and massage his shoulders and back. She whispered, "We are really being cautious, and we will definitely not act on our own in the future."

"All of you swear in the name of the God of Jiuli that you will not leave Zhuoyuan again today. Also, prepare a midnight snack. I will bring Yin Jiu and Yin Shiyi back safely. Whoever is the most obedient will have the chance to obtain the dragon bone and the dragon seed." Li Weiyi closed his eyes, enjoying the massage from Yao Yin's soft jade hands.

Upon hearing this, the reclusive figures present became eager.

Yin Ershisi's pretty face was filled with surprise: "We also have a chance to obtain dragon bones and dragon seeds?"

"You? You're so rebellious, you can't refine dragon bones. You'll just have to annoy me more often in the future."

"You all keep an eye on each other, heroes on heroes, good men on good men, so that no more trouble is caused."

Li Weiyi stood up and forced them all to swear oaths before leaving Zhuoyuan.

As he was leaving, he glanced at the garden full of corpses, his eyes grew serious, and his resolve hardened.

Unable to meet the Hidden Lord, they could only communicate and discuss with their three masters.

He said, "If I were to attempt to break through to the fifth realm of the Five Seas Realm, pushing myself into even greater dangers, wouldn't that be too risky? You understand this world better than I do."

Why are you still not giving up?

The master potter strongly objected, insisting that three months of quenching was his bottom line.

Li Weiyi said, "I am well aware of the matters of martial arts, and I have a way to temporarily stabilize my spiritual energy. After the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, I will definitely devote myself to seclusion for a period of time and will never act recklessly again."

"Then let's fight! It's just the Five Seas Realm, what's there to be afraid of? If the Zuoqiu Clan and the Jiuli Clan can't even handle this little thing, they'd better throw away the reputation of the Ten Thousand Clans and Ten Thousand Ancient Clans in advance."

It is the sound of Zen Sea Observing the Mist.

The spirit tablet master said, "Since you have a way to temporarily stabilize your spiritual energy, I also support you in following your heart. Cultivation is like sharpening a sword; you must conceal your edge in ordinary times, and at the crucial moment, you must unleash the most magnificent strike."

"For the elixir of immortality, the dragon seed, and the dragon bone, this risk is worth taking. This first battle as a hermit can demonstrate our courage," said Master Coffin.

(End of this chapter)