The Primordial Law

Chapter 341 The Hidden Monarch
The group of powerful figures from Luantai were clearly focused on Luan Shenglin's young life, and ignored Li Weiyi and his companions.

Half an hour later, Li Weiyi and his two companions, along with Lei Xiaozong and his two companions, broke out of the formation of the Thirty-Six Tombs of Lei and stood on a low hill, where they could see the city walls and lights of Leiling City.

The energy of heaven and earth began to flow, no longer remaining stagnant.

Li Weiyi let out a long sigh and looked back. The towering mountains behind him were silent and eternal, deep and hazy, like two different worlds from the outside.

It is safe for the time being.

Zhao Qianfeng was overjoyed, as if he had survived a disaster. He cupped his hands in thanks and said, "Thank you for saving me, senior. May I ask your name? The Thunder Cloud Sect will surely repay you handsomely."

"No need for a generous reward, just give me the money." Li Weiyi said indifferently, appearing aloof.

Zhao Qianfeng looked embarrassed and glanced at Elder Lin and Qin Qian.

One of them possessed profound spiritual cultivation, while the other came from a distinguished family.

Elder Lin knew that the mysterious old man possessed profound spiritual power and could even fight against Luan Shenglin and You, so he dared not offend him. After bowing, he said, "It is only right to repay the life-saving grace by giving everything we have. However, two million Yongquan coins are simply too much, and we really cannot come up with them at the moment."

Li Weiyi's eyes showed displeasure: "Were you lying to me before? I took a huge risk to save you."

"We wouldn't dare, we absolutely did not mean that."

Zhao Qianfeng was filled with fear and trepidation, secretly regretting that he hadn't escaped fast enough and had actually been caught up by this old monster.

In a life-or-death situation, I'd give any amount of money.

After safety...

Every Yongquan coin represents my hard-earned money.

Li Weiyi is a man of his word, and naturally he expects others to keep their promises as well: "Hand over all your valuables, including the magical artifacts in the ancestral fields and the Feng Mansion."

Qin Qian kept her eyes fixed on him, unsure whether he was Li Weiyi.

Furthermore, if I ask directly, the other party will definitely not admit it.

So she said, "I'd like to speak with you alone!"

"What's there to talk about? Stop with the tricks. If you push me too far, I'll sell you all out. If you don't have money, why are you shouting for two million Yongquan coins? You're driving me crazy!" Li Weiyi said in a deep voice.

Qin Qian took off the pouch at her waist: "I've collected 500,000 Yongquan coins in the past year, and I've been carrying them with me. Let's talk privately..."

Don't wait for her to finish.

The pouch in her hand had disappeared and fallen into Li Weiyi's hands.

Li Weiyi opened the bag to check and found that there were indeed 500,000 Yongquan coins, packed in five iron boxes. He felt a great increase in his goodwill towards Qin Qian, realizing that she was a person of her word.

It was worth saving her a year ago.

Li Weiyi put away the boundary bag, slightly satisfied: "Take out everything else you have on you."

"It's all gone! I don't even have a magic weapon to collect these 500,000 Yongquan coins."

Qin Qian gritted her teeth, filled with hatred, but dared not let it out. If the other party wasn't Li Weiyi, but truly a wicked old monster, any rash action she took would surely bring disaster upon herself.

Beside them, Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo had already thoroughly examined the two men from Leixiao Sect, counting all their magical artifacts, treasures, and coins, which were only worth 500,000 Yongquan coins.

Their main value lies in the two ritual implements, which constitute their entire fortune.

"You're all too poor! Confiscate all their life tablets so you can collect the debts later."

Li Weiyi raised Yongquan coins to purchase millennium-old medicine, hoping to quickly raise the seven little ones to the fourth level of the Dao Seed Realm, which was currently in great need.

Although Li Weiyi had saved them earlier, at this moment, the three members of Lei Xiaozong felt as if they had been robbed by bandits, and their hearts were filled with hatred.

Suppressing the burning anger in his heart, Zhao Qianfeng, though his rage was rising, calmly said, "Senior, you can come with us to Leiling City. We are sure we can raise the remaining one million Yongquan coins."

Elder Lin said, "We can also hold a banquet to entertain our three saviors."

Li Wei narrowed his eyes; how could he not see their unwillingness?
He took the life tablets from Qi Xiao and coldly laughed, "Are you trying to entertain your savior, or are you trying to kill him? Get lost!"

Elder Lin and Zhao Qianfeng realized that the old monster was very vigilant, so they dared not have any more thoughts and immediately flew towards Leiling City.

Qin Qian walked slowly down the mountain, transmitting her voice with her spiritual energy: "The life tablet will reveal your location! Within a certain distance, the Longevity Realm giants of the Thunder Cloud Sect can use it to find you."

Keeping promises and not repaying kindness with enmity, the Thunderclap Sect still has some disciples of good character. Li Weiyi nodded slightly, then a thought struck him as he remembered the Divine Child Life Tablet of his Rice Cult.

It might reveal its location, so I'll have to store it in the Blood Mud Space.

"Thank you."

Qin Qian, who had already reached the foot of the mountain, heard those two words and trembled all over. It really was him. The anger and hatred she had felt earlier vanished.

She turned around abruptly and looked up at the mountaintop, but there was no sign of Li Weiyi and the other two.
……

It's only about 400 li from Leiling City to Nanyan Pass.

Qi Xiao enveloped the two of them in his magical energy throughout the night as they traveled.

By daybreak, Li Weiyi had fully recovered from his injuries. Looking into the distance, he could see the Nanyan Pass, built against the mountain, about twenty miles away. The structure stretched from the foot of the mountain to the summit in five tiers.

On the road, refugees came from all directions, including many martial arts masters of the Five Seas Realm.

Some Dao Seed Realm experts even moved their entire families.

In chaotic times, all sides are recruiting soldiers and horses. As long as you have strength, you can at least secure a way to survive.

The Five Seas can protect themselves.

The Daoist realm can protect one's family.

Struggle, migration, gambling with one's life, compromising, and barely surviving...

The more remote and chaotic the area, the more unrestrained the undead demon race becomes.

The most dangerous places are those without order.

Therefore, everyone felt that Yuntian Immortal Plains was currently the safest place in Lingxiao Realm. Consequently, most martial arts practitioners from war-torn areas flocked here. Nanyan Pass had already begun martial law, making entry far more difficult than before.

On the plains outside the pass, shantytowns stretching for twenty miles were erected, housing at least a million people, turning the area into a refugee city.

A soldier on a sturdy horse galloped past Li Weiyi and his two companions, shouting: "General Taishi is recruiting soldiers to guard the pass. Those with cultivation levels above the Five Springs and who are registered citizens of the court may go to the recruitment point for assessment."

“Martial arts practitioners from the Five Seas Realm who are registered in the imperial court and are willing to have their souls taken can participate in the Giant Spirit Army’s assessment.”

……

Upon hearing the news of the recruitment of soldiers, countless figures rushed out of the refugee city, all hoping to make a living and pursue a future.

If we could gain the opportunity to enter the country through this, that would be ideal.

Li Weiyi sighed inwardly. The large-scale conscription at Nanyan Pass was precisely proof that war was imminent. But how could a martial artist struggling on the brink of life and death think about this?

In any case, the imperial court has at least recognized the danger and is actively responding. The officials of the court are not all incompetent.

Li Weiyi said, "Dao Jiao used the lives of his wife, daughters, and family to hold Zhou Bida hostage, so he must harbor resentment. It may not be safe for me to go there. You two should not go into the city. If I do not send back any news within two days, something bad has probably happened to you."

"At that time, one of you must immediately return to the Tuoba clan or the Qi family and pass on the message I told you to the Xuejian Tang court or the Zuoqiu Men court."

"Of course, this also means that you have betrayed the Rice Cult, and the death flame within your bodies will be activated. That means death!"

"The other person returns to the Rice Sect and tells Venerable Nan about what's happening here, so she can prepare a response as soon as possible. You can decide for yourselves what to do then."

Qi Xiao said, "Since there is danger, I will go to the Zhou residence."

“Let me go,” Tuoba Butuo said.

Li Weiyi gently shook his head: "Stop arguing! You are all pure immortal bodies with high cultivation levels. Once you enter the pass, you will be targeted by the imperial court. Besides, this is just in case. If it were really a great danger, Master would not have asked me to do this."

Li Weiyi had a degree of trust in Venerable Nan.

The reason Li Wei didn't immediately betray the Rice Cult and spread the news was that her biggest worry was that it would harm her. Therefore, he spent the entire journey thinking of a solution, trying to find a way to satisfy both sides.

After agreeing on a method of contact, Li Weiyi left alone.

Yuntian Immortal Plain was already overcrowded, and Nanyan Pass was under strict control. Even for martial artists of the Five Seas Realm with civilian records, it was extremely difficult to enter the pass.

Li Weiyi never considered forging the register of citizens or seizing the passersby's register of citizens.

Nanyan Pass is a strategically important military location, and it would certainly be under close surveillance by the imperial court. As soon as he enters the Zhou residence, it will definitely be known to some agencies. The more he tries to conceal it, the more dangerous it becomes.

In front of the city gate.

Li Weiyi used a disguise technique to reveal his identity as a spiritualist. He then handed over a visiting card that had been processed using a special method of the Rice Cult: "I have been invited to visit Deputy Commander Zhou. Please help me deliver this card."

Having learned from the previous experience, Li Weiyi disguised himself as someone in his forties this time.

The soldiers guarding the city gate dared not be negligent, after all, this was a spiritualist, most likely a distinguished guest of the deputy commander-in-chief. Perhaps, he might even become their superior in the future.

The invitation was sealed with runes; opening it would destroy it.

Of course, no one would dare to open it without permission.

Before long, a strange beast-shaped carriage picked up Li Weiyi and took her to Nanyan Pass, heading towards the Zhou residence.

The driver was Zhou Bida's personal guard.

Nanyan Pass is built against the mountain, stretching from the Fuzhou Plain all the way to the top of the Xushan Tianmai Mountain. It covers an extremely large area, but it is not as bustling and lively as a megacity. Everything is orderly, solemn and dignified.

The streets are lined with all kinds of shops, restaurants, car dealerships, medicine shops, and magical artifact shops. The pedestrians are dressed in fine clothes and mostly travel by carriage, which is in stark contrast to the refugee city outside.

At every crossroads and at every boundary between city levels, there is a formation tower.

This city gate is one of the four major gateways and transit points to Yuntian Xianyuan, where the imperial court has amassed eight thousand of its most elite Five Seas soldiers.

Legend has it that this Giant Spirit Army, led by Taishi Qingcang, is capable of attacking even the most formidable opponents, and its defense is impregnable.

There were three deputy commanders at Nanyan Pass, one of whom was Zhou Bida, who was in charge of battle formations and city defense.

The mythical beast-shaped carriage slowly drove into the Zhou residence.

Li Weiyi lifted the carriage curtain to observe. The mansion was very large, with snow-capped trees and planted with rare and precious medicinal plants. However, there were no maids or servants in sight, and it was unusually quiet.

"From entering the pass to arriving at the mansion, it went by far too smoothly!"

Li Wei frowned and quickly put on the governor's robe as an inner layer.

If anything changes, immediately use the spatial power within your official robes to escape.

When he entered the pass, he had already investigated and found that the array light above the city gate was not strong. With his current cultivation level, he could break through the array and get out.

The formation is not usually fully activated.

The strange beast carriage suddenly stopped, and the guard driving it announced, "Guests, we have arrived," before driving off, his footsteps fading into the distance.

Li Weiyi got out of the car cautiously and looked to her right.

They discovered that the strange beast carriage was parked in front of a moon gate, with plum blossoms blooming on the white walls and a serene surrounding environment.

inside the door.

Hidden Lord's familiar voice rang out: "Come in quickly!"

Li Weiyi was slightly taken aback, his mind racing. Many of his doubts were instantly resolved, and he revealed a look of great joy as he quickly stepped into the moon gate.

Wearing a mask and with his hands behind his back, Yin Jun stood in the pavilion on the edge of the cliff, gazing at the dark mass of refugees on the plains outside the city.

The Zhou residence is located in the fourth-tier city, on a high elevation with a wide view.

The entire Fuzhou Plain was spread out before us.

Zhou Bida was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties. He had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a tall stature of over two meters. He was wearing heavy black armor and stood next to Yin Jun. He turned around first to look at Li Weiyi.

(End of this chapter)