Great Zhou Martial Immortal

Chapter 95 Breaking the Formation Like a Butterfly

Wei Yang was surrounded, with purplish-black poisonous mist surging around her like waves.

"Hehe... What a grand display."

With a wave of her hand, the poisonous mist dissipated, and she coldly stared at Li Lingyue: "Has the princess forgotten that you still have people in my hands?"

She suddenly raised her voice: "Get out here now and meet your princess!"

Before he finished speaking, twenty figures suddenly sprang out from beneath Suspended Peak.

Twenty of the twenty-four warriors leaped into the battle like ghosts. They were dressed in uniform tight-fitting clothes with their own floral patterns embroidered on their cuffs, but their eyes were empty and lifeless, like wooden puppets.

Li Lingyue's face darkened as she gripped the [Taihua Frost] tightly, coldly saying, "You think you can escape like this?"

Wei Yang laughed, "Even if the princess is ruthless and disregards our past friendship, I still have a few [Great Teleportation Talismans]. You should already know my identity, so you should know even more clearly who made these talismans and be aware of their power..."

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the room suddenly froze.

Wang Xiaojie gripped his spear tighter, and the five thousand Eagle Guards were poised to attack. The sound of clashing armor was clearly audible. The Shaolin abbot slammed his staff heavily on the ground, and the eighteen Arhats instantly formed the Vajra Subduing Demon Circle.

"Don't be nervous..."

Wei Yang put away the talisman, looked at Lu Chenyuan and the Empress at the back of the crowd, and sneered, "What a dishonest brat! You just want to capture me, which is impossible. However, I also have something I want, so we can make a deal. Your Highness, do you still want the people you want, including that head maid?"

Li Lingyue narrowed her eyes: "What do you mean?"

Wei Yang smiled and said, "What I mean is, I can release your people right now and cure them, but... I need Lord Lu to do something for me, as long as he agrees—"

"no!"

Li Lingyue retorted decisively, "Do you think I can't do anything to you? Jin Tuan!"

At Li Lingyue's command, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth from the top of Xuanlian Peak.

A colossal golden beast leaped down from the sheer cliff. Its body was the size of a lion but the size of a rhinoceros, and its golden fur shone brightly in the sunlight, like flowing molten gold.

"Roar--"

With a roar, the golden lion unleashed a fierce wind that flattened all the vegetation within a hundred feet.

Its amber vertical pupils locked onto Wei Yang, and it stretched its body in mid-air, every muscle taut like a bowstring.

"I heard that you only know how to use poison and don't have the eyes of the Goddess, so I'm afraid you know nothing about the Golden Lion."

Li Lingyue stroked the mane of the Golden Lion, looked at Wei Yang, and said coldly, "I'll tell you now! The Golden Lion is a rare beast of the world, formed from the essence of gold in the West. Its entire body is gilded and it is immune to poisons. Its eyes are like pools of molten gold, able to observe the primordial energy of heaven and earth. Its nostrils are exquisite, able to smell the stench of rotting rats a hundred miles away... Unless you can teleport a hundred miles away in an instant, no matter how far you run, I can catch you! Once you've used up all your talismans, what right do you have to bargain with me!"

"..."

Wei Yang's heart skipped a beat. She didn't care about Li Lingyue's sarcasm; what mattered was the content of her words. In the past fifty years, she hadn't just been filled with resentment in the alchemy room. If she didn't find something to do, the endless loneliness would drive her crazy.

Therefore, she searched through all the books in the alchemy room and naturally knew how powerful the Golden Lion was.

Aside from the fact that it is immune to poison, Li Lingyue is right in every way. The Golden Lion finds people by its sense of smell, so as long as it can discern the direction, poison cannot reach it...

The Great Teleportation Talisman can only teleport you five miles away. The talismans are precious, and even if she wanted to use twenty of them, she wouldn't have enough right now.

The situation reached a stalemate.

Wei Yang's killing intent erupted, and he sneered, "Since Her Highness the Princess is so ungrateful, then you have no reason to live. I'll count to three, one..."

Haitang's sword was suddenly pressed against her throat, the blade piercing her skin and drawing a line of blood.

Yulan held her palms three inches above the top of her head, the wind from her palms causing her hair to fly.

"you wanna die!!"

Li Lingyue unleashed her Taiyi True Qi, her hand gripping the sword bulged with veins, and the Taihua Qingshuang Sword emitted a piercing buzzing sound.

True energy began to gather on Wang Xiaojie's spear, while the Shaolin monks' staffs were deeply embedded in the ground.

Wei Yang was not afraid at all. She knew she couldn't show weakness, otherwise not only would she not get the [Condensing Splendor Lamp], but even her escape would be uncertain. That damned Lu Chenyuan, and that hateful Twelve, if they had fallen into the trap sooner, none of this would have happened. At this moment, she could only grit her teeth and continue reading: "Two..."

Blood trickled from the corners of the mouths of all twenty Flower Guards. A glimmer of clarity flashed in their eyes amidst the pain, but it was quickly swallowed up by the effects of the Mind-Bending Pill.

Camellia had already pointed the dagger at her heart, and Plum Blossom's fingertips gathered deadly energy.

Li Lingyue stared intently at Wei Yang: "I will definitely tear you to pieces and make you pay with your life!"

"Ha ha……"

Wei Yang chuckled coldly, but his heart sank.

"Wait a minute."

Just as tensions were about to rise, Lu Chenyuan put down his divine power and stepped forward, saying, "Release them first." The meaning behind his words was obvious.

The Sheep was surprised by the unexpected turn of events and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Lingyue was shocked: "Shen Yuan, you..."

Lu Chenyuan deliberately lowered his helmet, and through the gesture of turning to the side, gave her a look, and said in a deep voice, "We can't just watch your subordinates die here. How will we be able to command the people in the manor if word gets out?"

Li Lingyue's heart stirred slightly. She looked at the Empress, who neither spoke nor stopped her.

Li Lingyue immediately understood that the goddess must have entered the painting and discovered some secret.

This secret can help Lu Chenyuan, at least it will prevent him from getting into trouble!

If she could have the best of both worlds, she would certainly be willing to save Yuan Qingshuang and the Twenty-Fourth Division, but she still had to put on an act. She was a seasoned actress, much better at acting than the Empress. She resolutely said, "No! This sheep is full of poison and has a high cultivation level. I have already lost Qingshuang and the Twenty-Fourth Division. I absolutely cannot let you fall into her hands because of them!"

"Humph!"

Wei Yang sneered, "Princess, rest assured, he can come out the same way as Twelve... You just want to get Yuan Qingshuang and the others out of my hands first, and then take the opportunity to use the jade pendant to repeat the same trick... But even so, I am willing to make this deal. There is no use in keeping these useless people in my hands!"

This statement came as a complete surprise to everyone.

With a casual wave of his hand, Wei Yang scattered a cloud of white powder, and the twenty people immediately regained their senses, grabbing their swords and turning to face Wei Yang.

Wei Yang sneered, ignored them, and turned to walk towards the beaded waterfall.

Wang Xiaojie and the abbot of Shaolin Temple looked at Li Lingyue. Li Lingyue hesitated for a moment, but nodded. The two made way for her.

Wei Yang walked straight through the waterfall, down the thatched cottage, and into the cave. He reached in and pulled out Yuan Qingshuang, Chi Mei, and Jingzhe. They were already seriously injured, and their injuries were aggravated by the withered soul in the first realm. They were covered in wounds. Li Lingyue could hardly suppress her killing intent and hurriedly went forward to feed Yuan Qingshuang medicine.

The twenty Flower Friend members, having regained their senses, also began to heal Chi Mei and Jing Zhe.

Wei Yang looked at Lu Chenyuan and said, "Let's not delay, let's go."

After saying that, she gestured and led Lu Chenyuan to retrace the path she had taken with the Empress.

Li Lingyue was still a little worried, but Lu Chenyuan patted her hand and said it was nothing, then strode into the painting.

Wei Yang followed in. This time, she didn't go first herself, but let Lu Chenyuan go first, also to see if he really had the ability to break the [Fengdu Illusionary World Array].

After the two left, Li Lingyue immediately looked at the Empress and asked anxiously, "Is he really alright?"

The goddess nodded gently, gazing at the enormous "Azure Netherworld Hundred Ghosts Painting" before her, and said, "This painting is also a magical artifact, and magical artifacts recognize their masters... She can only borrow a portion of its power; the painting's true owner is not her..."

The two stepped into the painting.

Lu Chenyuan strode forward. He hadn't encountered any problems while passing through the Withered Soul Forest, but when he came to the fork in the road again, he made the wrong decision.

Not wanting to waste time, Wei Yang grabbed him and demanded, "What are you trying to do?"

Lu Chenyuan actually raised his sword and was about to chop down on the three stone tablets!

At this moment, what was clearly engraved on the stone tablet was:

"If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening."

—Hold the middle way, and truly hold to the middle way.

People with different principles cannot work together.

Lu Chenyuan asked in bewilderment, "How can we break the formation without destroying its core? Don't tell me you're just choosing your own path."

Sheep: "..."

Lu Chenyuan turned to look at her, his face full of strange expression: "Lingxi said you've been in here for fifty years. What have you been doing for the past fifty years? Trying to solve the illusions on this monument?!"

"...Enough with the nonsense!"

The Sheep was furious: "If you can break it, then break it quickly!"

Lu Chenyuan sneered, swung his sword horizontally, shattering the stone tablet, and countless cracks spread out like a spider web.

In an instant, the entire First Realm began to tremble violently. The surrounding scenery peeled away layer by layer like a faded ink painting. The twisted withered trees and ghosts let out mournful howls and turned into wisps of black smoke and dissipated. Foul-smelling blood seeped from the cracks in the ground, but was evaporated by an invisible force in the blink of an eye.

As the last fragment of the illusion dissipated, the gate to the realm suddenly appeared where the stone tablet had been.

Lu Chenyuan, carrying the Heavenly Punishment Sword, strolled in leisurely.

"..."

Wei Yang looked around at the empty First Realm, stood there for a moment, and then followed it inside...

(End of this chapter)