The Primordial Law

Chapter 604 Living towards death
In Qing Zijin's captivating eyes, memories and amazement surfaced: "It's not a rumor, it's true. Several years ago, I saw him once, and he left an indelible impression on me. He exuded imperial majesty, looking down upon the world. The remaining young generation guarded him like subjects. The proud daughters of the capital, talented women, and noble ladies gathered around him, yet they were treated like concubines, allowing him to choose at will. This man is not of this world."

"And what about me?" Li Weiyi asked.

Qing Zijin looked at the chicken wings he was still holding: "You belong to the mortal world! Anyway, if the ancient truth comes to the Ancient Kingdom of Time Ruins, Chu Yutian will probably have to avoid its sharp edge and won't be able to do whatever he wants."

Li Weiyi was curious. From Qing Zijin's description, it seemed that she saw the truth of the ancient truth at a grand event in Xiaoyao Capital. How could she have appeared at such an occasion?
Suppressing his curiosity for the time being, he said, "Let's just storm Chun City! If I fully activate the jade boat and spare no effort in expending my magical energy, I can arrive in half a day after two breath adjustments. The Netherworld Qi in Chun City can weaken our senses, making it much harder for Jingzhen to track us."

"At the same time, as long as the Taiyin Sect makes a big fuss, the Holy Master and Nangong will definitely notice and come to our aid."

"We have to escape in another direction; we can only rely on ourselves. Besides, Chu Yutian has no more scruples and might even personally hunt us down."

Qing Zijin said, "But in doing so, we will be completely exposed, and the jade boat will become a target for the enemy to attack from the shadows."

Li Weiyi pointed to the light and mist in the shadows: "We don't have many choices left. Rather than fleeing in panic, we should take the initiative to meet them head-on and move forward into the future. We fear the Taiyin Sect, but the Taiyin Sect fears our grand gestures. They prefer to act in the shadows and they prefer us to fear them."

Qing Zijin was persuaded by him again, and her previous resentment had been completely forgotten.

……

The jade boat, like a shooting star, streaked across the sky and headed straight towards the vast expanse of time on the distant ground.

Li Weiyi stood at the bow of the ship, holding a spirit crystal in one hand and a star of mental power in the other, exerting all his strength to activate it. His mood was not as relaxed as it appeared on the surface, and he was racking his brains for a solution.

Qing Zijin released all thirteen battle corpse puppets, released her mental power, and sensed the surrounding earth, feeling a thrill and excitement.

Before this, she would never have dared to release her senses so boldly.

“I have already condensed nineteen psychic stars,” she suddenly said.

Li Weiyi said, "With the help of the Holy Spirit King's mental power and star formations, it's not surprising that you have such a cultivation speed. What is your martial arts realm?"

"Not so great. I'm only at the third level of the Dao Seed Realm, and I haven't condensed a Dao Lotus. Are you still suspicious? Do you think I'm hiding my martial arts cultivation like Nangong?" Qing Zijin said.

Li Weiyi avoided the question and looked at the mummified corpses on the ship, saying meaningfully, "If we can refine battle souls and spirits within these battle corpse puppets, allowing them to develop combat consciousness, and then distribute them with magical artifacts, their combat power will definitely increase significantly. At the same time, we will no longer have to worry about the connection between us and the battle corpse puppets being broken by the enemy's magical energy."

Qing Zijin snorted lightly: "Don't even think about it! Once we leave the Ancient Kingdom of Time Ruins, all the corpses will have to be returned... There are martial artists moving rapidly on the ground to the left and right. How did they get here so fast?"

Li Wei looked down and quickly recognized the beautiful figure rushing across the mountains on the left as Chen Shi Qingzao.

Her melodious laughter carried clearly on the wind to a height of hundreds of feet, reaching Li Weiyi's ears: "Upon receiving Jingzhen's message, I thought you would immediately flee far away. I didn't expect you to choose to walk right into our trap. Don't you know that Chuncheng is a dangerous place? Even your Shaoyang Division's Holy Chief has been severely injured and died."

Li Weiyi's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly regained her composure and remained unaffected by her words.

If Tang Wanzhou had been beaten to death, Jingzhen must have already said so to demoralize him.

On the ground to the right is a red-armored knight riding a dragon-elephant and wielding a long sword.

The crimson armor burst into flames as the dragon and elephant galloped.

Inside the armor was a Bone Marquis, its entire body covered in sharp, golden bone spikes.

Li Weiyi turned around and looked behind the jade boat.

On the horizon behind them, dark blue ghostly energy, like clouds and mist, obscured the sun. Within the clouds and mist, the figures of seven or eight ghostly lords were rapidly taking flight in pursuit.

"It is Huoyun Hou, whose cultivation reached the peak of the third realm ten years ago. His mount is the Dragon Elephant Corpse Hou, who is also at the third realm. With the bone and the corpse working together, even the Taiyin Envoy at the peak of the third realm might not be able to defeat them." Qing Zijin revealed the details of the red-armored knight.

Her face was filled with worry, clearly affected by Haruhachi's words, feeling that Tsubaki Castle was no longer the shore of victory, but an even more terrifying abyss.

"Such a powerful aura! It's because the swastika artifact has been activated, unleashing its primal power."

Li Weiyi saw the flying Yin-Yang gong, but he didn't see where the martial artist wielding the swastika was.

The Yin-Yang Gong has transformed into the size of a millstone, made of bronze, with tens of thousands of scriptures falling off and spinning rapidly, like a blue moon, vying for brilliance with the distant past.

Li Weiyi immediately steered the jade boat, swooping down to the ground to avoid the Yin-Yang Gong's first attack.

Amidst a piercing whistling sound, the Yin-Yang Gong made a turn in mid-air, drawing a graceful arc, and chased after the jade boat again at a speed more than twice as fast.

Li Weiyi's eyes suddenly turned cold. He steered the jade boat straight toward Qingzao.

The distance is getting closer.

Almost the instant Yuzhou and Qingzao collided, the Yin-Yang Gong changed direction, flew over their heads, and made a deafening explosion.

The defensive array light barrier of the jade boat was torn apart by it.

"Boom!"

Qingzao, confident in her powerful cultivation, did not dodge at all. She raised her palm and unleashed a triple barrier of longevity scriptures, stopping the jade boat. Her figure only retreated a dozen or so feet.

On the jade boat, the four long-lived battle corpse puppets had already activated the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal.

"Crack!"

Purple lightning surged forward like a tide towards the clear morning.

Having already experienced the power of the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, how could Qing be unprepared? She ducked, took three steps around it, and dodged the lightning while leaping onto the jade boat with incredible speed.

With a single slash, the sword's light enveloped both Li Weiyi and Qing Zijin.

Li Weiyi is no longer the same as before. Her figure flashed like smoke and mist, and the Yellow Dragon Sword collided with the Needle Rain Sword in her hand, blocking her sword momentum.

A look of surprise flashed across Qingzao's eyes. She hadn't expected Li Weiyi to be so fast and to use her sword so skillfully. Compared to last time, it was as if she were a completely different person.

She circulated her magical energy throughout her body, dragging her wrist. "Whoosh!"

The blades of the two swords rubbed together, sparks flew, sword energy soared, and the energy ripples gradually intensified, finally bursting apart.

Li Weiyi was thrown off the jade boat by the force of her all-out sword strike.

Qingzao's sword momentum was blocked, and after a brief delay, she was struck by a bolt of lightning from the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal. A large number of profound array runes appeared on her body, blocking the lightning, and her delicate body was thrown backward and fell to another location.

Li Weiyi, Qingzao, Qing Zijin and the thirteen corpses on the jade boat stood in a triangular formation.

Qing Zijin stayed on the jade boat, using it as a fortress, and only by controlling the thirteen corpses to activate the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal could she unleash her strongest combat power.

"Little Li, your cultivation has improved tremendously in the two years you've spent in the Netherworld. I'm truly impressed!" The purple lightning on Qingzao's body gradually dissipated, without harming her physical body.

Li Weiyi laughed and said, "This is nothing! Is Sister Qing wrapped in a battle flag? Last time, I ruined your clothes?"

Haruka wasn't annoyed at all, and said in a sweet tone, "That's right, one of the eight array flags controlled by Shirakawa was wrapped around my body, specifically to block the lightning of the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal."

"Wow!"

On the jade boat, the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, which hovered above the heads of the four war corpse puppets, once again erupted with lightning.

Qingzao narrowed her eyes and used her movement technique to rush towards Li Weiyi, her speed so fast that Qing Zijin could hardly catch up.

"Chichi!"

Li Weiyi's body was adorned with four-colored spiritual armor, which moved towards her.

Both were sword masters. In an instant, countless figures appeared, their swords clashing, each move deadly, and they used all sorts of Taoist techniques.

In just two breaths, they exchanged dozens of sword strikes.

Li Weiyi took four steps back to create distance, and then unleashed a burst of Heavenly Sword Talisman rain from between his eyebrows, attacking Qingzao from all directions.

Qingzao pressed her body against the ground and retreated rapidly, striking the hilt of the Needle Rain Sword with a palm strike.

"Swish! Swish..."

The sword broke apart into a dense rain of needles, colliding with the overwhelming rain of runes.

At this moment, Qingzao's pretty face was extremely solemn. She hadn't expected Li Weiyi's combat power to be so strong after merging martial arts and mental power. She could also see his purpose and tactics.

Li Weiyi clearly intended to capture her as a hostage before Huoyunhou and the others could surround her.

That's utterly arrogant and audacious.

Fortunately, Qing Zijin, who was controlling the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, was restrained by the Yin Yang Gong; otherwise, Qing would have suspected that she had already suffered a setback due to underestimating her opponent.

Li Weiyi chased after the Heavenly Sword Talisman, rushing towards Qingzao at top speed, already hearing the long roar of the dragon-elephant mount. The blazing magical energy released by the Fire Cloud Marquis swept over him, spanning several miles.

"Little Li, you're really strong now. I can only avoid your sharp edge for now."

Qingzao believed she was still a cut above Li Weiyi in combat. She had improved over the past two years, but a direct confrontation was unwise; encirclement was the better strategy. That kid had too many hidden tricks up his sleeve; she didn't want to take the risk.

Just by the mere sight of the dragon soul within the governor's robes, she felt that her advantages would vanish, and she would instead find herself in a predicament.

While resisting the Heavenly Sword Talisman, Qingzao swiftly fled into the distance.

Li Weiyi realized that the distance between him and Yu Zhou was increasing, and knew that Qingzao wanted to separate him and Qing Zijin so that they could be defeated one by one. Therefore, he put away the Heavenly Sword Talisman and rushed back at top speed.

In terms of speed and agility, Haruhachi had a huge advantage and couldn't catch up at all.

"boom!"

"Boom!"

……

The ground shook, and a dragon-elephant corpse appeared, with the body of an elephant and the head of a dragon.

Its mountain-like body raised its scaly neck and spat out a mouthful of karmic fire, which condensed into a green waterfall of fire to intercept Li Weiyi as she turned back.

On the back of the Dragon Elephant Corpse Marquis, the Fire Cloud Marquis roared, his whole body bursting with crimson flames. He raised his long sword and slashed through the air, his sword intent domineering and fierce.

The two forces worked together seamlessly.

One attack has a wide range, while the other concentrates power.

One surged up from the ground, and another fell from above.

"Ow!"

The white mist dragon soul burst out from Li Weiyi's governor's robe and collided with the karmic fire spewed out by the Dragon Elephant Corpse Marquis.

Li Weiyi swung his sword and slashed, colliding with the fiery blade light above.

Haruhachi, who had been on the run, caught up from behind and said with a smile, "Little Li, Shirakawa went to catch your lover!"

Li Weiyi did indeed see Bai Chuan's figure; he was the one wielding the Yin-Yang Gong.

Faced with the combined attack of three top experts, he could not afford to be distracted. He did not think about the reasons behind it, but abandoned all distracting thoughts. He flew onto the back of the dragon soul and ran at full speed, attacking the Fire Cloud Marquis who was blocking his way.

(End of this chapter)