The Primordial Law

Chapter 603 Light and Mist in the Shadows
The sudden turn of events caught Qing Zijin completely off guard.

Before she could ask any questions, the humanoid luminous figure had already arrived in front of her, its features blurred and almost transparent.

Like a shadow, it contains no substance and is not gaseous.

But the danger is real.

In a daze, Qing Zijin turned pale and, almost instinctively, raised her slender, jade-white wrist.

Her green sleeves slid down, revealing the bracelet on her wrist.

It consists of more than ten psychic stars strung together, like round pearls.

"Wow!"

"boom!"

In her panic, she infused a wisp of spiritual light into the surface of more than ten psychic stars, deciphering the secret runes on their surfaces. Dazzling spiritual light burst forth, shooting out like thousands of sharp arrows.

From a distance, the mountaintop looks like a real star, shining brightly and visible from miles away.

The humanoid ethereal light emitted a low, muffled sound of being injured, and was sent flying down the mountain ridge by the intense spiritual light erupting from the bracelet.

A horrified exclamation, both real and ethereal, rang out: "The Holy Spirit King, the Mind Master... cultivated a Star of Mind Power..."

Li Weiyi caught up and glanced at Qing Zijin, who was still in a state of shock and confusion. He then pushed off the mountain and leaped down to chase after the humanoid illusory light.

He swung his arm in mid-air, unleashing a massive handprint formed from celestial radiance and magical energy, which pressed down like a cloud.

The humanoid ethereal light floated in mid-air, quickly stabilizing itself and supporting the sky with its arms.

A series of semi-transparent ripples appeared around it.

Instantly, the magical energy released by Li Weiyi was continuously absorbed by it. The magical energy handprint then disintegrated, turning into wisps of mist, losing its offensive power.

Li Weiyi felt a chill run down his spine; he had never seen such a bizarre creature before.

The records of Lingxiao Palace only state that the bodies of the Taixu Clan have no material substance; they specialize in attacking the souls and consciousness of cultivators, devouring them, and converting them into their own cultivation power.

Ordinary magical artifacts and battle robes, as well as the protective aura of cultivators, cannot withstand it.

Once these invade the body, unless a martial artist's cultivation level is several times higher than theirs, they can only defeat or kill them through battle techniques and willpower.

It is extremely dangerous and impossible to guard against.

Of course, the Taixu Clan also has weaknesses.

To launch a physical attack, they must possess a physical body, through which they can unleash various magical techniques. Additionally, martial artists with strong willpower and special combat intentions can also resist and defend against these attacks.

However, the fact that the Taixu Clan could absorb magical energy and dissolve it into nothingness greatly surprised Li Weiyi. No wonder, his protective magical energy couldn't stop them from invading his body.

"Li Weiyi, you destroyed my physical body at the peak of the third realm, so I can only compensate you with your own body."

The voice of the illusory humanoid figure sometimes sounded like Xu Daoqing, sometimes like Tu Miangou, and sometimes like a woman's voice.

The Taixu Clan appears to have no gender.

The humanoid illusory light rapidly contracted, transforming into a fist-sized ball of intense light that shot towards Li Weiyi's chest like a spear.

It didn't believe that Li Weiyi's spiritual power cultivation could conjure up a spiritual armor that could withstand it.

Li Weiyi quickly retreated, conjuring up a formation of 108 lightning strikes to bombard the enemy.

The ball of light was completely unfazed by the lightning and passed right through it, arriving right in front of him.

Li Weiyi used the Yellow Dragon Ascending to Heaven technique to narrowly avoid the ball of light, not daring to let the Taixu Clan get close. He wasn't entirely confident that the Spirit Light Armor could block Jingzhen, after all, he was only at the early stage of the second realm of Holy Spirit Mind Master, while Xu Daoqing, at the peak of the third realm, had already met his end.

"I really don't believe that there is no power in the world that can restrain the Taixu Clan."

Li Weiyi stood in mid-air, bathed in the glow of celestial clouds, and unleashed a golden swastika symbol, striking the ball of light flying from below.

The reason I thought of using this trick was that Tang Wanzhou had once told him that when he looked at the swastika mark on the stone wall, his consciousness felt like it was being caught in a vortex and about to be shattered.

Even if the Taixu Clan is bizarre, they must still possess consciousness.

Inside the ball of light, Jingzhen felt the mysterious power of the swastika mark, which made him extremely uncomfortable and dizzy. He dared not touch it and immediately dodged and flew to the right.

"It seems that the most promising prodigy of Shaoyang Division is not Tang Wanzhou, but you, Li Weiyi. Once I find a stronger body, killing you will be my top priority."

The ball of light crashed into the ground and disappeared.

"Boom!"

The swastika mark followed closely behind, creating a crater several meters long in the ground. The golden light within the crater lingered for a long time.

Li Weiyi immediately released his telekinetic power to investigate, only to find that Jingzhen had already vanished without a trace.

The Taixu Clan is inherently difficult to detect and lock onto.

Worried that Jingzhen would attack Qing Zijin again, he turned around, intending to rush back to the top of the mountain.

But then, Qing Zijin activated the psychic star on her wrist and swiftly arrived behind him, intending to lend him a helping hand.

"Where is he?" she asked.

Li Weiyi probed the ground again, shrugged, and said, "They escaped!" "What exactly happened?"

Qing Zijin's eyes were filled with anger. She realized that Li Weiyi had known Xu Daoqing's true identity all along, but had deliberately kept it from her.

Feeling guilty, Li Wei avoided her burning gaze and, as he returned to the top of the mountain, told her what he knew while keeping his back turned.

The psychic starlight on Qing Zijin's wrist faded, her long dress swaying as she quickly caught up with him: "He's the Hai Envoy? Since you knew he was a spy, a member of the Taixu Clan, and extremely dangerous, why did you send me to pick him up alone without informing me beforehand? Do you know how dangerous it was just now? What... do you mean by that?"

Upon reaching the top of the mountain, Li Weiyi retrieved all the Heavenly Sword Talisman papers from the ground back to his brow.

With the help of these Heavenly Sword Talismans, even though Jingzhen relied on Xu Daoqing's powerful cultivation to overcome the odds in the previous duel, she was still at a disadvantage.

The ground was covered with pieces of flesh and blood.

Xu Daoqing's only remaining body is his golden skeleton, which is still relatively intact.

The ancestral field, wind palace, qi sea, and boundary bag were all shattered and annihilated in space, which made Li Weiyi feel a pang of regret.

Qing Zijin stood gracefully in the cold wind filled with the scent of blood, her skirt sleeves fluttering in the wind. She gazed at the silent Li Weiyi's back with a pitying look in her eyes and murmured to herself, "I understand! You suspect me, you're testing me, aren't you? You...you think I'm also a spy for the Taiyin Sect?"

Li Weiyi didn't dare turn around to look at her, but she could imagine the look in her eyes at that moment.

Furthermore, given her personality, the two of them were already on the verge of a complete break.

Can't escape.

He took out the Staff of All Things that he had hastily thrown into his bag, held up the giant chicken wing, walked over, and held it in front of her delicate nose: "It's still warm. Take a sniff. The aroma of chicken from the Longevity Realm is completely different."

Qing Zijin's eyes were misty with tears, filled with resentment. She then turned and left, saying coldly, "Since there is no trust, let's not travel together anymore. Being on guard against each other only causes pain for both of us."

"Where are you going?" Li Weiyi asked.

Qing Zijin didn't say another word and used her movement technique to go down the mountain.

After a while.

Li Wei caught up with her like a wisp of smoke, blocking her way. Before she could react, he said, "First of all, I agree that if two people lose trust, they shouldn't force themselves to continue traveling together. But if something happens, just look at your shadow."

Qing Zijin stubbornly looked up and refused to look, persisting for a moment before finally looking at her shadow, which was stretched long by the moonlight.

Within the shadows, wisps of light appeared.

She waved her hand, but couldn't disperse them.

Even with the psychic energy emanating from his wrist, the light mist only dissipated slowly. It wouldn't be possible to completely banish it in a day or two.

She looked at Li Weiyi's shadow.

“I have it too! If I’m not mistaken, it must be Jingzhen’s doing. With the light and mist in these shadows, he can find us even if we escape to thousands of miles away. The methods of the Taixu Clan are truly extraordinary and unfathomable.”

Li Weiyi had already tried various methods, but could only refine it slowly.

Qing Zijin said, "It's alright. Anyway, I'm the evil woman of the Taiyin Sect, so I don't need to worry. If you want to escape, then hurry up and run for your life. The Taiyin Sect must also have a communication treasure. Jingzhen might be gathering a large number of experts to kill you right now. If you don't escape now, it will be too late."

Forced into a corner, Li Weiyi had no choice but to resort to his ultimate move: "Captain, do you know why I suspect you, and what I suspect?"

Qing Zijin didn't want to hear a single word and turned to face him sideways.

“Someone told me that your relationship with Xu Daoqing is ambiguous, and that you have met privately before,” Li Weiyi said.

Qing Zijin instantly became furious and embarrassed: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

This time, Li Weiyi turned to face her and said, "I didn't believe it at first, but Xu Daoqing's touching words earlier didn't seem like the first time he had said them. I think if your relationship is really extraordinary, and I rashly take action against Xu Daoqing, you'll probably fight me to the death. If Xu Daoqing uses a self-inflicted injury ruse again, I'll have no way to defend myself."

Qing Zijin covered her ears with both hands, gritted her teeth, and stomped her feet, saying, "You're going to drive me crazy! Who's spreading rumors and making things up out of nothing?"

“Nangong,” Li Weiyi said.

Qing Zijin was surprised and said incredulously, "Li Weiyi, you're not playing me again, are you? Do you dare to have a face-to-face confrontation between the three of us?"

"Why don't you dare?"

Anyway, Nangong owes Li Weiyi two favors.

Li Weiyi immediately added, "But the prerequisite is that we must survive to reach Chuncheng and find her. The road to Chuncheng will inevitably be fraught with danger, and only through sincere cooperation can we possibly get through it."

Qing Zijin was drawn to the trip to Chuncheng by his words, temporarily forgetting her previous unpleasantness, and seriously considered: "Jingzhen must know that we are going to Chuncheng, and will gather a large number of experts to ambush us ahead. Moreover, the Taiyin Sect is full of tricks and is best at using others to do their dirty work and using their strength against them."

"It is very likely that they will inform the Demon Kingdom, the Rice Palace, the Demon Clan, and those who have a deep-seated hatred for you about your whereabouts. More likely, they will exaggerate the threat posed by your breakthrough to immortality, even though your current martial arts combat power is already frighteningly exaggerated."

"You should know that not every martial artist is as easily trusting as Yu Baoyuan and Yu Shouyi."

Li Weiyi said, "But there is one advantage. Which of the top experts from all sides would not want to kill Chu Yutian, make a name for themselves, and be admired and respected by all martial artists in the world? As long as they can restrain Chu Yutian, I am not really that afraid of the other Taiyin Envoys of the Taiyin Sect."

Qing Zijin knew, of course, that Li Weiyi was qualified to say such a thing.

She asked, "Have you ever heard of the name 'Ancient Truth'?"

"How could I not have heard of the new champion of the Demon Kingdom? It is said that after reaching the Dao Seed Realm, he did not cultivate great techniques, but instead cultivated imperial techniques. Moreover, before breaking through to the Longevity Realm, he had already cultivated the imperial techniques to the third level of mastery. I wonder how advanced his cultivation has become now."

Li Weiyi added, "There are also legends that he was the reincarnation of the Martial Arts Emperor, born with imperial might that caused people and animals within a hundred miles to kneel. In short, the legends are incredibly fantastical."

(End of this chapter)