I proved immortality through the imperial examination.

Chapter 106 Pureblood
"Lang Jun."

Liu Mei hugged Xue Xiang tightly.

A serpentine spot of light was rapidly illuminating her chest, and her fair skin was turning crimson.

At that moment, all sound disappeared.

Not far away, towering waves surged on the Xiang River, and the ice that had been laid out collapsed inch by inch.

Liu Mei hugged Xue Xiang tightly, large tears dripping from her bloodshot eyes.

Before she knew it, crimson scales, resembling melon seed shells, covered her arms and quickly spread to half of her face.

"The Spirit Race, it's the Spirit Race."

White Wolf exclaimed excitedly, "No wonder he possesses such terrifying combat power beyond his level."

"It's been a long time since we've seen the Spirit Race. The commotion caused by their mutation has shaken the land."

The white tiger soared through the air, followed by the white leopard and several low-ranking gang members.

Among the lower-level gang members, Tu Sunan, his face bruised and swollen, was bound hand and foot and strung on a thick tree trunk.

"The King of Hell is about to be resurrected. If a member of the Spirit Clan were to offer a blood sacrifice to him, the King of Hell would be overjoyed."

The white ape spoke in a loud voice.

"I come!"

The white lion roared and drew its bow and arrow once more.

The silver arrow shot out, leaving a long trail of flame in the air, which rippled outwards like water.

It seemed as if the arrow had just left the bowstring and already traversed time and space, reaching Liu Mei's back in the next instant.

"middle!"

The white lion snapped its fingers, and the roar abruptly stopped.

A slender, fair hand seemed to emerge abruptly from the river of time and space, grasping the silver arrow.

Her jade hand clenched tightly, and the silver arrow broke in two.

"hiss!"

White Lion gasped, and all the white-masked figures in the arena tensed up involuntarily.

"That's interesting. Let's do it again!"

The white lion roared, clasped its hands together, and channeled spiritual energy into them. It then drew its bow and nocked an arrow, pulling the small red bow to its fullest extent.

The spiritual power in his palm flowed infinitely into the small silver arrow.

The silver arrow hadn't even left the bowstring before it became a blur.

With a whoosh, the silver arrow left the bowstring and seemed to disappear into thin air.

The silver arrow reappeared in Liu Mei's palm in the next instant, and the huge shockwave snapped all the vegetation within a radius of more than ten feet.

Liu Mei put down the barely breathing Xue Xiang, and when she turned her head again, her eyes had lost their pupils, turning into a vast expanse of blood.

Her exceptionally beautiful face was half smooth like a baby's, and half covered with fine red scales.

"Although they can still maintain their human form after mutation, they are pure-blooded spirits."

White Tiger cried out in alarm, "Everyone be careful! The awakening of pure blood in the Spirit Clan is no small matter. Do not act rashly and wait for reinforcements."

As he spoke, he crushed a dark jade pendant.

The remaining white-masked figures quickly gathered around the white tiger, and the group of Qi-cultivating henchmen also formed a formation.

"I'd like to see how many arrows you can catch."

Enraged, the white lion drew its bow and arrow once more.

Whoosh! Before he could even release the silver arrow from his bowstring, Liu Mei flicked her wrist, and a silver arrow shot through the air from her hand.

The small silver arrow she flung from her hand seemed to be equipped with a silencer, moving silently and with unparalleled speed.

"Beware!"

With a fierce roar, the white tiger caused all the white-masked figures to simultaneously unleash their spiritual energy, forming dense spiritual walls.

Ding, ding, ding, a series of piercing sounds came.

The spiritual walls crumbled one after another, and the silver arrow struck the small red bow in the white lion's paw.

With a deafening explosion, the small red bow shattered, and the white lion was sent flying more than ten feet away, spraying blood as it flew through the air.

While the group of white-masked people were still dumbfounded, Liu Mei had already transformed into a rainbow of light and rushed straight towards them.

"Combined formation."

The White Tiger roared, took control of the Kun position, and unleashed a beam of spiritual light from its palms, instantly illuminating the Kun position.

Almost simultaneously, the Qian, Li, Zhen, and Kan positions...

They all lit up.

A strange purple light enveloped the group of people wearing white masks.

In an instant, Liu Mei entered the purple light array, and with a grab of her hand, the light shattered, and her fist struck the white tiger mask squarely.

The mask, made of complex metals, shattered instantly, and the white tiger's head exploded like a watermelon.

Another palm strike landed on Bai Ying's chest, shattering his protective robes and causing his entire chest cavity to collapse instantly.

Immediately afterwards, she spun around and kicked off the attack with both feet, sending the white wolf and white leopard flying like gourds of blood.

She didn't unleash any spiritual power; her every move was like that of an ordinary martial arts master.

But this seemingly ordinary move is both fast and accurate, and impossible to defend against.

In just a few breaths, the group of white-masked people perished under Liu Mei's ruthless slaughter.

The motley crew of Qi Refining cultivators were terrified and collapsed to the ground.

The leader, wearing a blue raccoon mask, clenched his fists, his head practically buried in the dirt, his chest heaving violently, whether from fear or rage, it was hard to tell.

Without even glancing at the crowd, Liu Mei darted to Xue Xiang's side, picked him up, and sped off towards Suiyang Town.

"I, I, I haven't..."

Tu Sunan was stunned. His mouth was stuffed with a rag, and he was screaming in his heart, but all that could be heard from his mouth was whimpering.

Her eyebrows twitched, but the red clouds not far away still followed closely.

"cough."

Xue Xiang spat out a mouthful of foul blood, "Sister Mei, cough cough..."

Liu Mei remained silent; her face, half scales and half jade-like, was expressionless.

Holding him tightly, we sped through the dense forest like shooting stars chasing the moon.

Xue Xiang popped another Great Rejuvenation Pill into his mouth. At this moment, the terrible wound on his left shoulder had healed more than halfway.

If he hadn't swallowed a Great Rejuvenation Pill before falling into a deep sleep, he wouldn't be alive today.

The elixir entered the mouth and transformed into a torrent of heat.

With a loud bang, Liu Mei was sent flying, carrying Xue Xiang.

In mid-air, Liu Mei forcibly twisted her body, and with a series of booms, she crashed into three towering trees, causing them to collapse.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Three more masked figures landed, each wearing a black mask: one a dragon, one a qilin, and one a phoenix.

Not far away, the red clouds still lurked underground, quietly hidden.

"What a pure-blooded spirit race! Capturing this pure-blooded spirit race would be of immense value."

The black dragon said softly, "Set up the formation."

What formation?

"Black Qilin asked."

"Samsung Inviting the Moon Formation".

"Should we notify the other mountain strongholds as well?"

"A swift war has turned into a protracted one. Who knows if the old foxes of Canaan County have been alerted yet? To be on the safe side, let's recruit some men."

“Hiring is your business, I’m here to test the mettle of the Spirit Clan.”

Black Phoenix raised both hands, and a burst of dazzling white light erupted from her palms. The power of her inner energy flowed, and she instantly disappeared from the spot.

In the next instant, he had already flashed to Liu Mei's side.

Liu Mei tossed Xue Xiang aside, officially accepting the challenge.

Hey, hey, hey.

Patches of dense forest collapsed, and inch by inch the earth caved in.

"What pure-blooded spirit race? Nothing special."

Black Phoenix punched Liu Mei away and sneered, "They claim that pure blood can withstand Golden Core cultivators, but I'm only in the early stage of Core Formation, yet I've already rendered this pure blood cultivator powerless."

"Phoenix, do not underestimate your enemy."

While cooperating with the Black Qilin to activate the Three Stars Inviting the Moon Formation, the Black Dragon said loudly, "This pureblood has obviously just awakened and is fighting entirely on instinct. The longer it adapts, the greater its abilities will become. It's best to finish this quickly."

"Really? It's a pity she didn't have a chance to adapt."

Black Phoenix chuckled and then quickly rubbed his palms together, creating a fiery Tai Chi symbol.

The black phoenix, wielding a Tai Chi symbol as if it were a mountain-splitting axe, caught up with Liu Mei and smashed it at her.

Strangely, instead of dodging, Liu Mei advanced, her delicate hand waving lightly through the Tai Chi pattern, reaching for the black phoenix's neck.

Phoenix was shocked. A cold light burst out from his waist, and the sword light, like a bolt of lightning, slashed straight at Liu Mei's delicate hand.

Liu Mei neither dodged nor avoided the blade's edge, but instead grabbed at it head-on.

clang!
The silver longsword struck the jade hand squarely, producing a sound like metal clashing against stone.

Bang! A piece of the silver longsword shattered.

The shattered blade, like a bolt of lightning, struck Black Phoenix squarely in the shoulder.

Black Phoenix grunted and turned to leave.

With a light whistle, Liu Mei stamped her feet, causing the ground to collapse, and she shot out like lightning.

"Help me!"

Black Phoenix turned pale and cried out urgently.

The black dragon and black qilin, which had already formed a great formation, rushed out together. In an instant, spiritual light exploded, and the mountains and rivers changed color.

Black Phoenix popped a pill into her mouth and turned to rejoin the battle.

With the three Core Formation experts working together, Liu Mei gradually lost ground, yet she remained undefeated despite her decline.

Her defensive abilities were almost invincible; with every move she made, she could withstand divine weapons.

The black dragon, black qilin, and black phoenix were all shocked. Although they had never fought against the pure-blooded spirit race, they had at least seen pigs run before.

When have I ever seen such a terrifying pure-blooded Elven race?

The three of them seemed to have the upper hand, but their advantage was slow to translate into victory.

Their spiritual power has a limit, but this little spirit girl in front of them seems to have unlimited combat power.

"Attack the enemy and they will have to come to their rescue."

The black dragon said coldly, "The spirit race is risking their lives to protect that brat. Qilin, go and capture that brat. Phoenix and I will hold her off."

The black Qilin loudly agreed and quickly left the battlefield, heading straight for Xue Xiang.

Before he could move, Liu Mei moved as well, arriving first and blocking his path. She delivered a hand chop, which the black Qilin managed to withstand, forcing him to retreat several feet.

"The one who rides on the horse."

The black Qilin, in pain and enraged, unleashed a move called "Deceiving the Mountain and Chasing the Sea" at Xue Xiang.

Suddenly, the soil around Xue Xiang came to life and swallowed him whole.

Liu Mei, like a sharp arrow, pierced into the place where Xue Xiang had disappeared, and then emerged from the ground, but there was no trace of Xue Xiang left.

Liu Mei roared to the sky, and the spirit jade pendant at her waist cracked inch by inch, and with a bang, it shattered completely.

The remaining half of her face quickly became covered in scales, and her jade hands rapidly expanded, transforming into webbed hands.

Her eyes, like a vast ocean of blood, revealed double pupils. She turned her head and looked at the distant green mountains, which trembled.

She turned her head again and looked at the Xiang River, which suddenly turned into a torrent, surging with waves ten feet high.

"This, this, it can even mutate..."

"Her ancestors must have been some extraordinary beings who obtained the diagram of creation; everyone be careful..."

"Be careful my ass, quickly activate the Three Star Moon Invitation Formation..."

The three activated their powers simultaneously, and the Three Stars Inviting the Moon Formation was activated.

Almost instantly, more than twenty masked figures appeared.

Even the lowest-ranking among them wears a white mask.

More than 30% of them wore black masks. The leader, a black elephant, chuckled, "Brother Dragon, this isn't like you guys. Aren't you used to hoarding everything? What's going on this time..."

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Mei transformed into a blur and pounced forward. "What the hell..."

Before the black elephant could react, it turned into a cloud of blood mist and died on the spot.

The group of masked men were stunned.

Without anyone saying a word, everyone immediately declared their omnipotence.

Countless orbs of light shot towards Liu Mei, who grabbed them with both hands and poured them into the ground.

In an instant, the ground surged and the mountains trembled.

With a thunderous roar, countless grains of sand and dust billowed up as Xue Xiang, who had been buried deep underground, was dug out.

Liu Mei grabbed Xue Xiang tightly, as if holding her most beloved child, and would never let go.

At that very moment, countless miles away, in a submerged palace locked deep within an ancient glacier.

Inside the empty palace, only one lamp burned eternally, and the four walls were covered with mottled reliefs.

Each relief sculpture is a bizarre and enormous figure, exuding a terrifying sense of oppression.

It's as if these reliefs weren't created by human hands, but rather directly sealed away deities.

The ancient palace, which seemed lifeless for millennia, suddenly trembled violently when a huge relief of a human-faced snake coiled on a pillar began to shake.

The entire hall was rustling, and as the stone surface peeled away, the huge human face slowly twisted, and stone chips flew everywhere.

The snake's body, covered in bronze scales, began to rub and undulate, like a colossal creature awakening after a long slumber, stretching its stiff bones.

Its vertical pupils suddenly contracted, shooting out a ghostly light, cold and viscous like congealed blood, silently enveloping the entire palace.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

One after another, figures draped in cloaks appeared from the altar in the center of the palace.

In the center was a hunched old man with his withered, claw-like hands tightly gripping a pearwood cane covered in runes.

The pearwood cane clattered on the center of the altar, and the old man's hands trembled with excitement. "How many years, how many years! The pure-blooded deity with the blueprint of creation has finally been born."

Investigate! Investigate! No matter the cost, we must welcome back the pure-blooded deity.

"Our Spirit Clan's great undertaking, spanning ten thousand years, will surely prosper today."

"The great cause of the Spirit Clan will surely flourish today."

Inside the ancient palace, the enthusiastic responses echoed like thunder.

Almost simultaneously, Liu Mei opened her arms and tightly embraced Xue Xiang. Her jade hands, which had transformed into webbed feet, gently opened, resembling a pair of bronze palm fans, firmly protecting Xue Xiang.

She moved like lightning, crashing into everything in her path, whether it was rocks or trees.

A dense forest collapsed under her impact, and a peak blocking her path was also smashed open by her, leaving a human-shaped hole.

The red cloud hidden underground shone brighter and brighter, chasing after Liu Mei.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Yama is relentlessly pursuing us; his intentions are clear."

The black dragon said in a deep voice, "That pure-blooded spirit race can undergo a second transformation, so its bloodline must have been inherited from the Creation Chart. It would be too costly for us to fight such a monster head-on."

It is time to awaken Yama, the King of Hell.

What do you all think?

"That's how it should be."

"Yanluojun has already spent most of the military funds he obtained. Although he has not recovered to his full strength, it should be enough to dominate Canglan Prefecture."

"With a top-tier pure-blooded spirit race member ahead of us, once captured, it's not impossible for Yama to recover to his peak condition."

"If that's the case, what more is there to say?"

Having made their decision, the group of white-masked figures simultaneously chanted incantations, their skin radiating eerie patterns.

Just then, the distant mountains shook, a cold and desolate aura wafted over, and a layer of white frost silently spread from afar.

The sky suddenly darkened, and a blood-red afterimage obscured the rising sun, like a gentle breeze chasing after the place where Liu Mei had disappeared.

"Welcome, Lord Yama."

Black Dragon and his followers knelt down.

After bowing three times, the Black Dragon and his group gathered their escape light and quickly caught up.

No one wants to miss the great battle between the Earth Witch Yama and the pure-blooded spirit race who inherited the Creation Diagram.

As soon as they arrived, they saw a storm gathering on the Xiang River, and the riverbed was drained from view.

Two gusts of wind from the Xiang River shot straight into the sky, causing the distant green mountains to tremble. Thick layers of dark clouds obscured the rising sun that had just burst forth.

Liu Mei stood firmly on the ground, her double pupils fixed on the front. Her feet were deeply embedded in the ground, rising and falling slightly with the trembling earth, as if she were breathing and sharing the fate of this land.

Yama floated above the void. He had eyebrows like those of a knife, a white face without a beard, and his hair was loose and shiny.

His face was expressionless, and his red robe and cloak gave him an aura of death.

With a flick of his fingertips, blades of grass grew rapidly, and stones rolled forward, gathering at his feet.

"Inheriting the Spirit Clan, tsk tsk, if you hadn't just awakened, I really wouldn't be worthy to meet you."

Yama's voice was gentle and surprisingly pleasant to the ear, "I advise you to obediently supply spiritual blood, and I have no intention of killing you."

You don't need to struggle. The harder you struggle, the deeper the inheritance will be imprinted in your blood, and the more you will lose your true nature.

The fact that you still protect that kid proves that you still have a conscience and your reason hasn't been extinguished.

This is absolutely an anomaly among the inherited spirit races, awakened without undergoing a true spirit-initiating process.

Just as the Earthly Witch Yama was trying to capture Liu Mei with minimal cost, not far away, Xue Xiang struggled to climb over the town monument of Suiyang Town.

He was breathing rapidly, his chest heaving violently, his lungs sounding like a broken bellows.

The seal that had been hidden in his palm for so long finally reacted. Xue Xiang immediately channeled his thoughts into the seal fragment and activated the telepathic communication.

In an instant, the thoughts of Chen Tong, Yan Guangming, Jin Guang, and Chu Zhao arrived almost simultaneously.

Chen Tong stated that he had led his men to attack and could already see two towering water columns, urging Xue Xiang to hold on.

Xue Xiang sent a telepathic message, ordering them to retreat immediately and not to come any closer.

He knew in his heart that these white-masked people were all at the Core Formation stage, and any one of them would be enough to wipe out Suiyang Town.

Even with its superior equipment, the armed forces of Suiyang Town were no match for these Core Formation experts.

His focus was never on reinforcements, but on the cultural lineage and the heavenly principles behind the seal.

Once the six seals of Suiyang Town are activated simultaneously, the cultural heritage of Suiyang Town will decline.

Once the cultural lineage declines, it can be molded into an environment like the Han Valley Ruins Trial Realm.

At that time, Xue was no longer a lowly Qi cultivator who could be easily manipulated by others.

Chen Tong, Yan Guangming, Jin Guang, and Chu Zhao immediately expressed their willingness to cooperate in activating the Heavenly Dao of the Cultural Heritage.

However, there was no news about Su Suiran.

Everyone in the document asked at the same time, but Su Suiran did not appear.

“That’s strange. I went to his family compound and his public housing, but I couldn’t find him.”

"Could he have some kind of premonition, knowing what was happening here, and fled beforehand?"

"Old Su is no human being. What is he trying to do at this critical moment?"

"........."

The crowd used their thoughts to fiercely denounce the document.

Xue Xiang sensed something ominous.

boom!
A loud explosion rang out, and Liu Mei fell heavily from the sky, landing on the ground motionless.

A faint thought was sent into Xue Xiang's mind.

This time, she couldn't get up again; she fell to the ground and remained silent.

A new thought flashed through Xue Xiang's mind: "My lord, go..."

With a snap, Xue Xiang shattered the fragment of the seal in his palm.

With a thunderous roar, atop the mountains, at the Canglan Academy, the Star River Bell rang once more.

With a whoosh, Ni Quanwen and his fellow students from the academy reunited.

Anyway, everyone has gotten used to getting together lately, and Wei Fan even knows Ni Quanwen's childhood nickname.

"What kind of trouble is this now?"

"The world will be in turmoil from now on. Just from the frequent strange sounds of the Star River Bell, we can tell what's going on."

"Stop talking nonsense and quickly open the star chart to find out the reason."

"........."

After the Master of Xinghe Temple performed some actions, the star map opened, and the Wendao Stele was revealed to the public once again.

A new crack appeared on the body of the Wendao Stele, and the entire stele was trembling violently.

"The cultural lineage has collapsed! This is a collapse of the cultural lineage! Who is it? Who is recklessly abusing the seal of authority? Are they courting death?"

"He's incredibly reckless! He dared to crush the seal? Is that how you use a seal?"

"Quickly investigate, find out exactly where the problem lies, and go ask them immediately..."

As the high-ranking members of Canglan Academy were in an uproar, a surge of thoughts also swept over Xue Xiangwen from the fragments.

"Chief Xue, you!"

"How could you take such a risk!"

"sky!"

Yan Guangming, Chen Tong, Chu Zhao, and Jin Guang were all stunned.

When they obtained the fragments of the inscription, they were all strictly instructed and repeatedly told that unless the heavens and earth were collapsing and there was no other choice, they must not break the fragments of the inscription and forcibly activate the lowered heavenly lineage of the inscription.

Because the coming together of the six fragments of the printed document is a summons.

The cultural lineage and the natural order of this world remain intact.

Forcibly breaking apart fragments of cultural heritage is tantamount to forcibly stimulating it.

The cultural lineage and natural order of this land in Suiyang Town will be disrupted.

Disrupting the natural order and cultural traditions has caused great harm.

Not only will it affect the cultural heritage and celestial order of other areas, but if the disrupted cultural heritage and celestial order are not sorted out, the entire Suiyang Town will become a lost land like the Hangu Ruins.

The most tragic ending belongs to those who forcibly crushed the fragments of the printed document.

Not only will they be surrounded by the chaotic literary energy that permeates the heavenly realm.

Furthermore, because these riotous literary forces cannot be quelled in the end, they will be devoured by the literary forces and die on the spot.

Xue Xiang, however, couldn't care less about any of that.

He was chased and beaten the whole way, but Liu Mei protected him the whole way.

He had been holding back his burning passion for this moment for a long time.

Suddenly, a breeze picked up, a cool wind swept across the entire area, and clouds appeared in the sky.

Yama looked up at the sky, a hint of solemnity appearing on his usually calm face.

“Dragon Lord, Xue Xiang is the seal holder of Suiyang Town. The current strange colors in the world must be because he crushed the seal and caused the Heavenly Dao of this area to decline.”

A man wearing a blue raccoon mask approached the black dragon and whispered something.

Black Dragon patted the blue raccoon cat, "You are indeed loyal."

Don't worry, so what if he causes the decline of the literary tradition and the Heavenly Dao?
They haven't killed him yet, even though he's just a mere Qi Refining junior, because he's still somewhat useful on Suiyang Ferry.

Besides, keeping him alive would keep that little spirit race brat in check.

Now, it's all over.

"King Yama has inherited the bloodline of the Spirit Clan, and you are all meritorious subjects."

The crowd cheered.

The blue cat whispered, "Xue Xiang is a cunning and treacherous scoundrel, and quite quick-witted."

Give him time, let him rack his brains for brilliant ideas; it might just stir up the literary spirit here, causing immense harm.

Qinglong sneered, "At this time, let's not spoil Yama's mood."

He was waiting for the spirit girl to recover a little; he didn't like the lifeless spirit blood.

As for Xue Xiang...

The commotion here is so great that it's bound to alarm Canglan Prefecture. It's no longer realistic to expect to get the treasure trove that is Suiyang Ferry from him.

This person is useless now; you can do whatever you want with him, whether you want to fight or kill him.

"Follow the order!"

The blue raccoon was overjoyed and was about to make a move.

Suddenly, large amounts of golden, purple, black, white, and cyan things fell from the sky, curved, twisted, cotton-like, willow-like, and snowflake-like things, covering the entire world.

(End of this chapter)