txolops Chapter 112 Unpolished Jade and Interception
Chapter 112 Unpolished Jade and Interception
In the small courtyard.
Mr. Yan looked at Qi Hanmo with a smile, as if he were looking at a piece of unparalleled jade.
In Mr. Yan's view.
Qi Hanmo was a musician.
To wholeheartedly treat Lin Yue is an act of benevolence.
Under Lin Yue's affections, regulating one's own behavior is a matter of propriety.
When faced with the reward from Teacher Lin Yue, he refused the riches because his elder brother had suffered humiliation; this was righteous.
It is wise not to take out one's anger on Lin Yue because one's elder brother was humiliated.
He said solemnly, "Young friend, do you know who I am?"
Qi Hanmo shook his head in confusion. He wasn't stupid. After being repeatedly guided by Mr. Yan, and with the faint aura emanating from Mr. Yan, he guessed that Mr. Yan was no ordinary cultivator.
But he really didn't know Mr. Yan's specific identity.
Mr. Yan raised his voice slightly: "I come from Jixia Academy and am one of the lecturers at the academy."
"Jixia Academy? Lecture hall?" Qi Hanmo was stunned when he heard Mr. Yan's words.
He never expected that Mr. Yan, with whom he had played chess for so many days, would actually come from the holy land of Confucianism, and that he would be a lecturer known as a contemporary sage.
After Mr. Yan finished speaking, he paused briefly, waiting for Qi Hanmo's expression to calm down, before continuing with a solemn expression: "Would you be willing to return with me to Jixia to cultivate?"
"Go to Jixia Academy to cultivate?" Qi Hanmo understood that Master Yan wanted to take him as a disciple.
He quickly bowed respectfully and said, "I have received much guidance from you, Master, during this time of learning. I am willing to follow you as a disciple and pursue my own path!"
Mr. Yan nodded: "Then you should pack your things. We'll return to Jixia together today."
Upon hearing this, Qi Hanmo did not immediately agree; instead, a look of struggle appeared on his face.
Mr. Yan's eyes held a deep sense of testing, but he did not say anything, instead waiting quietly for Qi Hanmo to speak.
After a long silence, Qi Hanmo seemed to have made a decision, and his expression relaxed. He said in a low voice, "Please forgive me, sir, but I cannot return to Jixia with you at this time."
"Oh? Why is that?" Mr. Yan asked, stroking his beard.
Qi Hanmo spoke in a low voice, but as he continued, his voice grew louder and louder before finally returning to normal: "Miss Lin Yue's treatment is not yet over. If I leave now, her condition may relapse, or even worsen. I cannot do such a thing. Furthermore, my elder brother has not yet returned from visiting his family, and I cannot leave without saying goodbye!"
Upon hearing this, the last trace of scrutiny in Mr. Yan's eyes vanished, leaving only satisfaction.
To not abandon one's responsibilities just because an opportunity presents itself is a matter of faith.
Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trustworthiness... Qi Hanmo could be his personal disciple.
"I see, I was oversight." Mr. Yan smiled and nodded. "Then how about this: after you cure Lin Yue's illness and obtain your brother's permission, you can come to Jixia to cultivate with me, would that be alright?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Hanmo's eyes showed gratitude, and he bowed respectfully, saying, "Hanmo thanks you for your kindness, sir!"
……
After leaving Jixia Immortal City, Li Ping boarded a flying boat and flew westward.
Along the way, he also witnessed a lot of fighting.
The four major sects of the demonic path fought against the Alliance of Defenders of the Way. The Alliance of Defenders of the Way poured its forces into the Yuan Kingdom battlefield, inevitably reducing its control over the territory.
Many normally honest and unaffiliated cultivators, upon seeing the situation deteriorate, began to act as plunderers.
Some demonic cultivators, unable to break through on the main battlefield, chose to infiltrate the Qi Kingdom and plunder throughout its territory, attempting to disrupt the morale of the righteous alliance.
The rampant presence of demonic and treacherous cultivators has severely impacted the cultivation families and sects of the Qi Kingdom.
However, the Defenders Alliance would not turn a blind eye to this, and they also dispatched small teams of cultivators, each with a Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge, to provide support in various places.
Once the two sides meet, a battle is inevitable.
Witnessing the fierce battle between the two sides made Li Ping even more eager to leave.
He mostly chose to avoid these battles, relying on the high mobility of his flying boat so that those cultivators could not catch up with him.
However, while flying boat-type magical artifacts are precious, they are not uncommon.
After traveling nearly ten thousand miles from Jixia, Li Ping finally encountered a group of two demonic cultivators who also possessed flying boat-like magical artifacts.
……
Above the desolate wilderness.
A dark, ethereal light streaked across the sky, followed a moment later by a streak of crimson light, seemingly chasing after the dark light ahead.
Standing on the flying boat, Li Ping looked at the blood-red light that was constantly approaching behind him, his expression solemn.
Not long ago, when he passed by the ancestral land of a Foundation Establishment cultivation family, he happened to see these two demonic cultivators use a barrier-breaking formation to break through the formation and slaughter the entire cultivation family.
With everyone already killed, and not wanting to get involved in the battle between the Defenders Alliance and the Demonic Path, he didn't hesitate to urge the flying boat away.
To his surprise, the alluring woman among the two demonic cultivators pulled out a triangular blood-red banner, released a layer of blood mist to envelop the two of them, and then chased after them.
Moreover, its speed is even faster than the Floating Shadow Shuttle!
"Since we can't escape, it looks like we have no choice but to fight!" Li Ping said solemnly, directly controlling the Floating Shadow Shuttle to fly towards the desolate mountain not far away.
Since he was going to fight, he naturally had to choose a suitable fighting environment. His various methods were more effective in more complex environments.
Since he was going to fight, he naturally had to choose a suitable fighting environment. His various methods were more effective in more complex environments.
Of course, a large part of the reason he dared to stop and fight was because the two cultivators who were chasing after him were in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.
If one of them is in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, or even the late-Foundation Establishment stage, he will not hesitate to use the "Blood Wing Escape Technique" to escape.
Whoosh!
The Phantom Shuttle flew into a canyon, where Li Ping stopped abruptly. With a wave of his hand, nine poisoned deadly needles flew out of his storage bag and quickly disappeared into various inconspicuous places!
Then he flew back over the canyon and waited quietly.
……
Enveloped in the blood mist were a beautiful woman in a green robe and an ugly man in a black cloak.
Seeing the flying boat ahead disappear into the mountains, the ugly man hurriedly warned, "Shi Niang! Quick! Quick! He's hiding in the mountains!"
"Alright." The alluring woman smiled seductively, waving a small flag in her hand.
The blood-red light immediately changed direction and chased after the direction Li Ping had left.
The ugly man grinned maliciously: "Heh heh, to possess a flying shuttle at the early Foundation Establishment stage, this cultivator must be from some powerful force; his wealth must be considerable!"
"What's the hurry, ugly man? We'll find out once we kill him and take his storage bag!" The glamorous woman also didn't take Li Ping seriously.
Although they were both only early Foundation Establishment cultivators, they came from the Joyful Union Sect and had the support of dual cultivation secret techniques. Their cooperation was seamless, and together they were enough to rival a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator!
Moreover, there's that extraordinary treasure.
……
The crimson light in the distance flew rapidly across the sky, emitting a series of whistling sounds, until it stopped abruptly when it was less than thirty feet away from Li Ping.
As the blood mist dissipated, it revealed the two people encased within it.
The ugly man in the black robe looked at Li Ping with interest: "Kid, why aren't you running anymore?"
Just as the ugly man was deliberately talking to attract Li Ping's attention, the glamorous woman beside him seemed to unintentionally shake the triangular blood banner in her hand, and immediately a colorless and odorless poison spread out from the blood banner.
This blood banner is a treasure they obtained from an ancient cultivation cave. Not only is it incredibly fast, but it can also refine poisons into a colorless and odorless form, which can then be released during battle.
Using this blood banner, they joined forces to kill several Foundation Establishment cultivators, including one in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage!
Therefore, the ugly man did not rush to make a move, but instead delayed, hoping to wait until the poison affected Li Ping and caused him to lose most of his fighting power before he could easily kill him!
Although he didn't know what the other party was up to, Li Ping had no interest in wasting words with him.
"snort!"
With a cold snort, the Purple Shadow Sword hanging in front of him transformed into a purple streak of light, tearing through the sky and rushing directly towards the two of them!
"You're asking for it!" Li Ping said as he made his move.
The ugly man and the alluring woman simultaneously patted their storage bags, and a flying fork and a hairpin-shaped magical artifact flew out from their bags.
The flying fork met the Purple Shadow Sword head-on, while the hairpin whistled as it pierced towards Li Ping.
Li Ping calmly summoned his crimson armor shield, causing it to grow to a foot tall and float around him, blocking the hairpin's attack.
The relentless attacks were blocked by the Crimson Armor Shield, while the Ugly Man's Flying Fork was quickly breached by the Purple Shadow Sword's frenzied slashes.
Both the Purple Shadow Sword and the Crimson Armor Shield are high-grade second-tier magic weapons, so naturally they cannot be blocked by the opponent's low-grade magic weapons.
Upon seeing the damage to his magical artifact, the ugly man couldn't help but show a displeased expression. He immediately sent a telepathic message to the alluring woman beside him: "Shi Niang, why isn't the poison working yet!"
The alluring woman manipulated her hairpin, drawing exquisite curves in the air in an attempt to attack Li Ping, but all her attacks were blocked by the crimson armor shield.
Her attack failed, but her eyes grew brighter: "High-grade magic artifacts! Both of them are high-grade magic artifacts! I'm rich!"
Upon hearing the ugly man's voice, she smiled and comforted him, "Ugly man, it'll be over soon."
"Poison?" Li Ping also noticed the abnormality at this time.
Just now, a wisp of unknown energy suddenly entered his body, but before it could take effect, it was decomposed into nothingness by the power of the Nourishing Life Technique.
Li Ping sneered, "As expected of a demonic cultivator, so despicable, resorting to poison!"
The next moment, he took out a second-tier mid-grade giant lightning talisman, activated it, and threw it at the two demonic cultivators.
"Snap!"
The talisman exploded in the air, and a bolt of blue lightning as thick as a water vat, guided by Li Ping, rapidly struck the demonic cultivator's location!
Upon seeing that Li Ping still had a mid-grade spirit talisman in his hand, the two demonic cultivators were surprised, but their faces also lit up with wild joy.
It seems they were right; they've encountered a big fish today.
The two each used defensive magical artifacts to block the incoming lightning bolts. Unlike magical artifacts, talismans are not flexible; once activated, their direction is fixed.
The two of them didn't take this kind of rigid attack seriously at all.
"boom!"
The giant lightning bolt collided directly with the defensive magical artifacts controlled by the two people. After the explosion, it dissipated, and the remaining lightning power darted around in the air!
Furthermore, under the attack of the giant lightning, the divine senses of the two people left inside the defensive artifact also wavered, and they briefly lost control of the defensive artifact!
Because they were confident in their ability to poison the Blood Banner, the two of them did not use any other defensive measures besides their defensive magic weapons!
"Now!" Li Ping's expression hardened.
Whoosh! Whoosh! ...
Under Li Ping's control, nine faintly visible, translucent flying needles flew out from the canyon below, splitting into two groups and fiercely stabbing towards the two demonic cultivators.