Chapter 191 The Demon Lord [Part 1]

"Xiao Zhi?"

The old woman raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in her cloudy eyes.

"How could that be? Didn't that girl go back to the Ji family with Fifth Brother to acknowledge her ancestors?"

"have no idea."

Li Yifeng's face turned deathly pale.

"But Xiaozhi's jade pendant was broken. It contained magical runes that would activate automatically if she encountered danger."

It is sufficient to withstand ten full-force attacks from a martial artist at the peak of the Blood Exchange Realm.

As he spoke, he stared intently at the crescent-shaped jade pendant in his hand.

The cracks spread out from the jade heart, like a hideous scar, shocking and glaring.

Li Yifeng had many female confidantes.

Mature, sophisticated female teachers, pure and beautiful female college students, genius teenage academic achievers, and even married women—all types are represented.

Generally speaking, once the relationship is deep enough, he will give you a talisman engraved with magical runes.

For each of these women, the amulet he gave was different, representing their uniqueness in his heart.

This is the rhetoric he uses with those women, and of course, he believes it to be the same.

These things are very precious; each one took a lot of effort to make.

Furthermore, these amulets are not single, but rather two in total, and they can sense each other.

Once another one is triggered or used, it can be detected.

This situation only occurs when the amulet is damaged.

The reason he was so flustered.

It's because Xiaozhi is different from the other female confidantes.

That was his childhood sweetheart, the person he grew up with.

From the time they wore open-crotch pants, the two have been inseparable.

Her importance in his heart naturally increased to some extent.

"You don't need to worry too much."

The old woman spoke in a deep voice, her cane tapping the ground lightly, making a soft sound.

"Perhaps it was just an accident that damaged the jade pendant. Besides, with that old man Ji protecting her, who in this vast world could possibly harm her?"

She paused, her gaze becoming serious.

"Even if there is a Grandmaster of the Yuan Dan Realm, your fifth master's strength is more than enough to deal with him."

Unless a powerful expert at the Crescent Moon Realm intervenes, there's virtually no chance of anything going wrong.

However, even on the entire planet Earth, the number of such beings is extremely small.

There's absolutely no need to lay a hand on a little girl.

"You should go back and contact your fifth master first, and find out exactly what happened."

Upon hearing these words, a trace of color finally returned to Li Yifeng's pale face.

He took a deep breath and loosened his grip on the jade pendant slightly.

"Yes—Third Master, you are right. I was just too worried and confused."

He murmured to himself, as if trying to convince himself.

"With Master Wu by her side, Xiao Zhi will definitely be safe."

After half an hour.

Inside a stone house.

The lamplight was dim, with several oil lamps placed in the four corners, their flames flickering gently, casting long and short shadows of several figures.

This stone chamber is much more spacious than an ordinary house. The walls are roughly carved, yet they exude a profound sense of history.

A faint scent of sandalwood lingered in the air.

Several figures stood there.

Besides Li Yifeng and the hunched old woman in a long gown leaning on a black cane, there were three others.

A middle-aged woman, wearing a purple dress with embroidered patterns on the hem, was faintly visible under the lamplight.

Her hair was styled in a high bun, with a crescent-shaped wooden hairpin inserted at an angle, and her eyes held a hint of aloofness.

An old man with one eye, his body as burly as a mountain, even when standing still, resembled a crouching tiger.

A black blindfold covered his left eye, while his right eye shone with a restrained brilliance.

The last one was a round, fat man with a white face and no beard, holding a bamboo fan with a cluster of ink bamboo painted on the fan.

He sat there with a smile always on his face.

now.

In the center of the room, a middle-aged woman stood with her hands forming a hand seal.

The five fingers are slightly bent, and a faint light flows from the fingertips.

Her hand gestures changed, her movements were neither hurried nor slow, yet they carried an indescribable sense of rhythm.

Twelve copper coins suddenly flew out of his sleeve.

The coin had a dark, bronze hue, its edges were polished to a shine, and the runes engraved on it flickered on and off under the influence of spiritual light.

They seemed to be pulled by invisible threads, swirling and dancing around the beautiful woman, emitting a faint buzzing sound, like the flapping of a swarm of bees, or like whispers from afar.

The beautiful woman's eyes were slightly closed, and a faint light flickered between her brows.

The twelve copper coins spun faster and faster, their trajectories becoming increasingly mysterious and unpredictable. Sometimes they would gather together, and sometimes they would scatter, leaving afterimages in the dim lamplight.

The atmosphere inside the stone chamber suddenly became heavy.

The old woman leaned on her cane, her eyelids slightly raised, her cloudy eyes staring at the copper coins, without saying a word.

The one-eyed old man crossed his arms over his chest, his right eye slightly narrowed.

The fat man stopped fanning himself, and held the bamboo fan half-open in front of his abdomen.

Li Yifeng stood to the side, his fists clenched unconsciously until his knuckles turned white.

After a while.

The beautiful woman changed her hand gestures and suddenly clenched her five fingers.

The twelve copper coins suddenly stopped spinning and fell one by one onto the table in front of her.

Ding, ding, ding————

Each drop produced a crisp sound that echoed through the silent stone chamber.

The beautiful woman looked down.

The copper coins were scattered on the table, some face up and some face down. The arrangement seemed random, yet it subtly followed some inexplicable pattern.

Her gaze swept over the copper coins one by one, then she suddenly paused, her expression slightly taken aback.

"Second brother, how did it go?"

The fat man asked curiously, his voice not loud, but it broke the silence in the room.

"What's the rush? And stop calling me 'second brother'."

The beautiful woman frowned and glared at him, but did not reply immediately.

She raised her hand and waved it, causing a gentle breeze to rise from her sleeve. The twelve copper coins seemed to come alive, jumping up and disappearing into her sleeve.

She then raised her head, her gaze falling on Li Yifeng's face, her expression becoming more serious.

"Second Master, how did it go?"

Li Yifeng took half a step forward, his voice full of urgency.

"If my divination is correct."

Looking at Li Yifeng.

The beautiful woman spoke slowly, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Your fifth master and that girl Xiaozhi must have really gotten into trouble."

Li Yifeng's expression changed, and the urgency between his brows turned into anxiety.

"Has something really happened?"

His voice was strained.

"Then can you figure out where Xiaozhi and Master Wu are?"

"Don't panic, Xiao Feng."

The one-eyed old man spoke up, his voice like muffled thunder, buzzing through the stone chamber.

"You know your second master's divination skills; they're sometimes accurate and sometimes not."

Perhaps they entered the Ji family's blessed land, thus isolating themselves from divination; that's not impossible.

The beautiful woman nodded slightly, her tone softening.

"Your master is right, it's not impossible."

Nowadays, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is gradually depleting, and divination is easily affected by the power of heaven and earth, so it is common for some deviations to occur.

The Ji family is the ancestral home of the fifth son, one of the top three families in the Yu Kingdom. They possess profound resources, and the blessed lands they control may contain secrets that isolate the heavens.

The function of the machine.

"That's right."

The old woman and the fat man nodded in agreement.

"Xiao Zhi should be fine. What's most important for you right now is to calm down and improve your strength."

With your talent, it's not impossible for you to reach the Blood Exchange Realm within ten years and the Yuan Dan Realm within a hundred years.

Once you reach the Yuan Dan realm, you can go anywhere in the world.

As Li Yifeng listened to his masters' words, the hesitation in his expression still lingered, but compared to before, the unease in his heart had faded somewhat.

Indeed, his fourth master had taught him divination, and he naturally understood that the results of divination should only be used as a reference.

He took a deep breath, clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Thank you, masters. I understand."

After saying that, he turned and left.

The footsteps faded into the distance.

The stone gate slammed shut, shutting out the outside world.

The stone chamber fell silent.

The lamplight flickered, casting shifting shadows on the faces of the group.

The gentle expression on the beautiful woman's face slowly faded, returning to her usual coldness.

Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and a hint of confusion appeared in her eyes.

"That's strange."

She spoke in a low voice.

"According to the deduction, Xiao Feng is destined for greatness, and all the women he encounters are destined to be his soulmates. He shouldn't have any mishaps."

"Heh, even those destined for greatness are not immune to stumbling and falling a few times, let alone those around them."

"How can you improve without stumbling and falling?"

The one-eyed old man then spoke.

As he spoke, he glanced at the fat man next to him.

"Perfect timing. I have nothing to do, so I'll go to the Ji family and see what's going on."

"Fourth brother, want to come along?"

"No problem. Anyway, I've already taught that kid most of what I was supposed to learn, so it's a good opportunity to go out and get some fresh air."

Upon hearing this...

The fat man paused in his bamboo fan, then nodded in agreement.

Neither the beautiful woman nor the old woman stopped them.

"Then be careful."

The beautiful woman gave a word of advice.

Qifeng Province.

Located in the southwest of the ancient Yu state, this place is one of the provinces where Buddhist culture flourished most, and it is also known online as the "Buddhist Land of the Southwest".

Among them are many famous Buddhist temples.

The reason for all of this is that this area is under the jurisdiction of the Zhao family, one of the eight superior clans.

The Zhao family residence, inside a temple.

The peaceful Buddhist chants spread out like ripples on water.

Zhao Baizhou, dressed in a monk's robe, sat cross-legged on a futon, holding a string of Buddhist prayer beads in his hand, his thumb constantly moving them.

Today, he felt inexplicably uneasy.

For ordinary people, this might just be a misperception caused by not getting enough rest.

But he is different.

As someone who has grasped the true meaning of martial arts, this situation should not occur at all.

Moreover, at this stage, one can even intuitively sense danger in advance.

No matter how hard he tried to sense it, he couldn't find the source of the danger.

"Could it be that I've been trapped in this realm for too long?"

This thought popped into Zhao Baizhou's mind.

After reaching the Yuan Dan stage, advancing any further is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

After all these years, he is still stuck at the first stage of the Yuan Dan realm, the Perfection of the Void Intent Realm, unable to make any progress.

The secret martial arts practiced by the Zhao family leans towards the Buddhist and Taoist traditions, emphasizing mental state.

But during this time, he found it increasingly difficult to settle down.

The figure wearing the Rabbit-shaped magic implements often appears before my eyes.

That person almost became his inner demon.

If it cannot be eradicated, I fear I will find it difficult to make any further progress in this life.

But ever since that person appeared in Luo Guo, it's as if he's completely disappeared.

It never appeared again.

Given the opponent's strength and intentional hiding, finding them would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.

However, as an upper-class clan, they have many means at their disposal.

I've also found a lot of information during this period.

Based on previous deductions, that person was most likely from the State of Yu.

And it's very likely from the southern province.

Because one of the Black Reef captains had previously been to the Southern Province, shortly afterward.

Black Reef was attacked.

It's highly unlikely that the two are completely unrelated.

"A hasty arrest might provoke that person to take drastic measures against my Zhao family. It would be better to leak that person's information to the Purple Gold Empire, and let the Luo Kingdom use him as a tool to kill him."

It seemed as if he had thought of something.

A strange light flashed in Zhao Baizhou's eyes.

However, at that moment...

It was as if they had sensed something.

He suddenly looked up.

Boom!

The golden Buddha dome exploded open.

Pebbles rained down, and dust billowed.

A colossal dragon claw, carrying a destructive force, tore through the dome and swooped down from the sky!

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How dare you!

Zhao Baizhou's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his voice was like thunder.

His monk's robe billowed in the wind, his prayer beads tightened suddenly, his fingers flipped, and he lifted his hand upwards with a powerful strike!

A violent and unparalleled force condensed in an instant.

It transformed into a giant golden Buddha's palm, its five fingers spread wide, radiating Buddha's light, and struck head-on at the dragon claw.

Boom!!

In an instant, two extremely powerful and fierce forces collided violently in mid-air.

A thunderous explosion erupted, and the shockwave swept in all directions like a raging tide.

The Buddha's palm and the dragon's claw were locked together, creating a strong wind that cracked the ground and sent the incense burner flying.

next moment.

The entire temple seemed to be unable to withstand the pressure any longer; the pillars broke and it collapsed with a crash.

A white shockwave, carrying rubble and debris, swept outwards in all directions.

The smoke and dust were swept away by the strong wind, revealing the scene in the center of the ruins.

A deep pit, nearly 100 meters in diameter, suddenly came into view.

Wisps of white smoke rose from the pit.

The soil turned a bright red under the scorching heat, and its surface crystallized, as if it had been plowed by heavenly fire.

in situ.

Zhao Baizhou, who had originally dressed as a virtuous monk, looked disheveled and miserable.

He knelt on both knees at the bottom of the pit.

He exuded a strong smell of blood.

The once clean and tidy monk's robe was now soaked in blood and clung tightly to his body.

His right arm was almost entirely gone, leaving only a few sharp white bone spurs exposed, a shocking sight.

Regarding these...

He didn't interfere much.

At that moment, his eyes were wide open in anger.

He stared ahead with an incredulous expression.

A few meters away from him.

A figure wearing a black rabbit-face mask appeared.

The long rabbit ears bent backward and swayed slightly in the smoke and dust.

"Long time no see, you old bald monk!"

The man spoke, his voice not loud, but it clearly reached Zhao Baizhou's ears.

"—It's you? You're from the Ji family?!"

Zhao Baizhou's pupils contracted slightly as he recognized Hu Long at a glance.

He just didn't expect the other party to dare to appear in front of him.

Still in this way.

What surprised him even more was that the opponent's strength had actually reached the Yuan Dan realm.

That terrifying internal energy was so domineering it was chilling.

In just one exchange, he was severely injured.

Moreover, if he wasn't mistaken, the opponent was using the Ji family's Emperor Dragon Fist.

Could it be that the Ji family was behind all of this?

Thinking of this, a chill ran down his spine.

Both are upper-class clans, but the other party belongs to one of the three upper families, and the Zhao family is no match for them at all.

As the true masters of the Yu Kingdom, the Ji family has as many as three Yuan Dan Realm experts, among whom the family head, Ji Wudi, is a powerful being at the Remnant Moon Realm.

They are simply not something the Zhao family can contend with.

If the other party truly intends to attack the Zhao family, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Just then.

The commotion alerted the surrounding area.

A whooshing sound came from afar, and figures rushed towards this place at high speed, among them were several powerful auras of the Blood Exchange Realm.

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