Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 423 Confrontation, Feud Begins with the Black Vulture

"Tick-tock!"

Li Wushou, in his corpse spirit form, held half of Shi Santong's Yin-Yang corpse in each hand.

Because of his advancement to the Nascent Soul stage, this Yin-Yang Corpse appeared to be a living person, dripping with blood.

His primordial spirit contained two halves of his corpse. Shi Santong was not completely dead, but the tearing of his primordial spirit made it difficult for him to struggle, and he could only whimper softly.

The onlookers were utterly shocked.

He looked Zang Qiu and the Corpse Spirit up and down with a shocked expression.

The result was so dreamlike that they initially thought they were in a fantasy world.

An eerie silence fell over the northern city gate.

The clouds in the sky shattered, and six figures emerged from the void.

Among the six figures, the passersby who came to answer the imperial edict recognized the rulers they were to serve:
The direct descendants of Queshen Mountain are Wujiu, Yingtian, Luanxuan, Xiongchuan, Lusheng, and Yangdingtian, the three city lords of the former Jiangbei City.

Judging from their positions, Luanxuan took the lead, standing at the very front, with Wujiu and Yingtian on either side, while the three city lords, Xiongchuan, Lusheng, and Yangdingtian, lined up at the back.

It is not difficult to see from this that Jiangbei City is now under the control of Queshenshan, and Luanxuan should be the supreme commander.

Upon recognizing these people, the passersby bowed respectfully and exclaimed:

"Greetings to the great master of Que Shen Mountain/Lord of Jiangbei City".

Seeing this, the six people remained silent, each gazing at Zang Qiu and the Corpse Spirit with different expressions.

Zang Qiu remained calm and composed. At this moment, he was filled with pride and felt exhilarated. However, when facing the six people from Luan Xuan, he restrained his emotions and bowed to them along with everyone else.

Li Wushou, in the form of a corpse spirit, remained unmoved, carrying Shi Santong's two-sectioned corpse.

He secretly and discreetly observed the six people.

All three from Sparrow God Mountain were at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, especially Luan Xuan, whose aura Li Wushou even felt was faintly approaching that of the Blood Buddha.

Although there is still a gap, this is already one of the strongest batch of Nascent Soul cultivators that Li Wushou has ever seen.

Xiong Chuan, the city lord of the former Jiangbei City, was also at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, while the other two were slightly inferior, judging from their auras, they were only at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

However, the aura emanating from the Third City Lord, Yang Dingtian, was quite sharp.

Especially the single horn on the opponent's head; just one glance at it gave Li Wushou a sense of awe.

They're all formidable characters!
No wonder these people were appointed to command the northern border; they certainly seem extraordinary.

However, the greater the strength, the better for Li Wushou.

On the one hand, these people are all quite wealthy;
On the other hand, the stronger these people are, the longer they can maintain a stalemate with the Central Domain, thus allowing Li Wushou to gain a greater profit.

As Li Wushou pondered inwardly, Wu Jiu, his face ashen, looked down at Zang Qiu and demanded:
"I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?"

The vulture is bald, has a long nose, and wears a long, trailing gray robe. When it is angry, its pupils swell, making it a fearsome sight.

Seeing this, Zang Qiu replied neither humbly nor arrogantly:

"Reporting to Master Wu, Shi Santong is attempting to seize my Corpse Spirit."

As Wu Jiu saw Zang Qiu defend himself, his expression grew even colder.

He took a step forward, standing three zhang above Zang Qiu's head, interrupting him from above, and asked again:
"I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?"

The primordial spirit descended with the oppressive force of the boundary, causing Zang Qiu's breath to falter, his back to crack, and making it difficult for him to stand in the void.

Just then, the corpse spirit that Li Wushou had transformed into silently appeared. Standing in the large tomb above Zang Qiu's head, a vast wave of Yin energy swept up, pushing back Wu Jiu's boundary power.

Caught off guard, Wujiu staggered, his foot stepping back into the air.

"what?"

Luan Xuan, who had been observing the Corpse Spirit, exclaimed in surprise. The fact that it had reversed the Nascent Soul stage was already surprising enough, but this Corpse Spirit was actually able to break through the Black Vulture's pressure and even tear open the Black Vulture's primordial spirit.

Even though Wujiu didn't actually fight, it was enough to shock Luanxuan.

Moreover, he always felt that the aura of the corpse spirit, the scent of a flawless corpse, was too mysterious, and it even resembled the aura of a great deity's corpse.

It only retains a faint trace of life because of the sealing of the spirit.

No wonder he was able to defeat Shi Santong, who had just broken through to the next realm.

The others also clearly noticed the unusual nature of the corpse spirit, and they all looked at it with curiosity.

Eagle Sky, however, smiled as he looked back and forth between the vulture and the corpse spirit.

He naturally knew that this corpse spirit was extraordinary, but there are many extraordinary things. He wasn't a master of sealing corpses, so this corpse spirit held no appeal for him. He was more interested in watching Wu Jiu make a fool of himself.

Eagle Sky's posture enraged the already angry Black Vulture.

Standing still, a ring of jet-black bird feathers grew around the top of his bald head.

As its body shape changed, the vulture's eyes shifted.

He showed a greedy and lustful look at the corpse spirit that Li Wushou had transformed into, and the yin-yang corpse that he was carrying.

The spirit he enshrined was a carrion vulture, which had a great fondness for carrion, and corpses were its favorite food.

With a swift movement, the vulture swooped down, its illusory beak emerging from the void, lunging at the corpse spirit that was Li Wushou in disguise. Luan Xuan raised his arm slightly, intending to stop it, but it was already too late.

This is a time when manpower is needed, and letting the vultures devour the corpse spirits is clearly not in the interest of Jiangbei City.

But the vulture moved too fast, and it was too late for him to stop it, which made him somewhat dissatisfied.

At that moment, the Yin and Yang flowed around the corpse spirit that Li Wushou had transformed into, and this flow was several times smoother than the Yin and Yang corpse power of Shi Santong earlier.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Wushou directly suppressed the Yin-Yang Corpse of Shi Santong.

Anchored in the void where the eagle was, with a teleportation, the eagle's outstretched beak missed its target.

The corpse spirit that Li Wushou had transformed into quietly appeared behind Wujiu. He gently raised his right foot, and a yin-yang diagram appeared beneath his feet as yin and yang converged.

Then, he silently and swiftly stomped down on the back of the vulture.

Wu Jiu's expression hardened, and a divine palace suddenly appeared above his head, unleashing a surge of immense boundary power that crashed into the Yin-Yang Diagram.

With a loud "boom," the Yin-Yang Diagram and the Boundary Force shattered simultaneously, and Li Wushou's foot slammed hard onto the back of the black vulture.

"boom!"

With a muffled thud, the black vulture was stomped off the void. Its primordial spirit, controlling its body, staggered a few times before barely managing to regain its footing.

His vertical pupils suddenly contracted, and a murderous intent emanated from the vulture's eyes.

The shrine was fully revealed, and a corpse vulture slowly flew out from within it.

Seeing this, Luan Xuan stepped forward, standing between the corpse spirit and the black vulture, and said softly to the black vulture:

"Okay, that's it!"

Wu Jiu remained silent, but the killing intent in his eyes grew even stronger. Luan Xuan glanced at Wu Jiu and spoke again:
"I said! That's enough!"

Wu Jiu's face was ashen, filled with resentment, but because of his fear of Luan Xuan, he did not make any further moves.

After giving Zang Qiu and the Corpse Spirit a deep look, Wu Jiu suppressed his killing intent and withdrew the Divine Palace back into his Divine Aperture.

Seeing this, Luanxuan withdrew his gaze with satisfaction.

Without turning his head, he lightly patted Li Wushou's shoulder.

Li Wushou's mind stirred as he sensed the flow of primordial spirit power within his body, and a smile flashed across his face.

Is this an attempt to test my limits?

Li Wushou was quite frank about this; let alone Luanxuan, even a Great Venerable would find it difficult to fathom his true strength.

As expected, after his primordial spirit wandered around, Luan Xuan did not notice anything unusual, and the power of his primordial spirit began to gather towards Li Wushou's hands.

Li Wushou understood and concealed his aura. The Corpse Three-Pronged Yin-Yang Corpse that he had been holding fell to the ground and floated in front of Luan Xuan.

He himself returned to Zang Qiu's side.

Zang Qiu looked arrogant at this moment. Because of Li Wushou's guidance and distortion, he was not surprised by any of the corpse spirit's actions.

Therefore, in the eyes of Luanxuan and everyone else, all of this was done by Zang Qiu with confidence.

This made Luan Xuan take another look at Zang Qiu, and he thought to himself, "Not bad." Then he lightly lifted his foot and kicked the two halves of the Yin-Yang Corpse with his right foot.

The two halves of the corpse silently stuck together, then rolled and flew to the front of the vulture.

"Shi Santong is not dead; he just needs some rest!"

After speaking, Luan Xuan looked around the room and solemnly warned everyone:
"With the Central Domain invasion imminent, whoever it is, whatever past grievances may have, if anyone dares to provoke trouble again, don't blame me for being ruthless. Do you all understand?"

Seeing the solemnity in Luanxuan's words, everyone quickly bowed their heads in agreement.

At Li Wushou's prompting, Zang Qiu also put away his arrogance and became respectful and obedient to Luan Xuan.

This made Luanxuan even more satisfied with Zangqiu.

Composing himself, Luan Xuan waved to the crowd and softly called out:

"Disperse, everyone. Report to your respective sect leaders as soon as possible. According to intelligence, the main force from the Central Region will cross the Yan Yang Mountains in two days. At that time, we will face a fierce battle at any time."

"Yes!"

Everyone tensed up, agreed again, and then turned to walk into the city of Jiangbei.

Wu Jiu picked up Shi Santong, who was still repairing the body, and then looked at Zang Qiu with a gloomy expression.

With Zang Qiu under his command, he had plenty of ways to slowly destroy his opponent, even to the point of making him die silently.

Luan Xuan seemed to have seen through Wu Jiu's plan and spoke again:
"Now that Zang Qiu has joined my sect, you should take Shi Santong to heal his wounds first!"

Without waiting for Wujiu's reaction, he grabbed Zangqiu, who had just returned to the Divine Palace Tomb, and flew towards his own tent.

Upon seeing this, Ying Tian laughed heartily and exclaimed, "Interesting!" before disappearing into the air.

The three men from Xiongchuan clasped their hands in greeting to Wujiu. Seeing that Wujiu was not in a good mood, the three of them did not say anything more and turned back into the city.

Only Wujiu remained, holding Shi Santong in the void, his eyes now bloodshot!
"Luanxuan is going too far! You can't protect that corpse spirit; it will end up inside me sooner or later!"

(End of this chapter)