txolops Chapter 129 Retreat Intent
Chapter 129 Retreat Intent
According to the map drawn by Gu Musheng.
Teng Feng was born in a village located at the foot of a mountain about two thousand miles southeast of Xiancheng.
The person who possessed the body had committed murder and robbery not long ago. With his Qi Refining stage cultivation, he certainly couldn't have crossed the two thousand miles of the Heavenly Path in such a short time.
"If he dares to go back to get his storage bag, I'll definitely catch him!"
With that thought in mind, Li Ping accelerated his escape speed again and soon left the Immortal City.
After leaving the Immortal City, he immediately launched the Floating Shadow Shuttle and then steered the flying boat rapidly towards the location marked on the map. At the speed of the Floating Shadow Shuttle, the distance of two thousand miles would only take about two hours to reach!
Sitting on the flying boat, Li Ping pondered his next course of action while taking stock of the magical artifacts, talismans, and other items he carried.
To ensure everything went smoothly, he brought all his belongings with him this time.
This includes the "Blood Banner", the talisman "Fire Ring", and hundreds of second-tier mid-grade spirit talismans.
Moreover, not long after leaving the Immortal City, he began to use the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture".
After a transformation, he became a man with a long face, ensuring that his true identity would not be recognized later.
Although he was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, Li Ping was confident that he could kill a typical mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with the help of talismans and spirit talismans.
Even when facing a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, he could easily escape using the "Bloodwing Escape Technique".
If he encounters a Core Formation cultivator, Li Ping will not hesitate to throw out all his talismans and then take advantage of the chaos to use the "Blood Wing Escape Technique" to escape.
However, he didn't know much about the combat strength of Core Formation cultivators, and he wasn't really confident that he could escape from them.
Of course, he believed that the chances of encountering a Core Formation cultivator on this trip were slim.
Even if the person who was possessed had the cultivation level of Core Formation in life, it is impossible for them to regain it in such a short time after possession.
Whoosh!
The black shuttle streaked across the sky and disappeared into the horizon!
……
In a mountain cave hundreds of miles away from the Immortal City.
Yan Liming sat cross-legged, holding two spirit stones in his hands to replenish his own magical power, while the unconscious Yan Hengchuan was thrown not far away against the wall.
After a long while, he let out a soft sigh, opened his eyes, and found that the two spirit stones in his palm had been shattered into dust.
"Time was too short, and my Qi Refining Level 5 cultivation is still too low," Yan Liming muttered to himself, a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
He escaped from the siege of Yan Changqiu and Bai Yurong. He was seriously injured at the time and did not have time to carefully select before possessing He Yunyi. After possessing He Yunyi, he was taken to the Immortal City by Gu Musheng.
During this process, he had no chance, nor did he dare to, retrieve his storage bag.
It was thanks to the more than one hundred spirit stones that Gu Musheng gave him that he was able to cultivate to the fifth level of Qi Refining so quickly.
If he were given another five years, he was confident he could cultivate to the late stage of Qi Refining.
Once he advances to the late stage of Qi Refining and retrieves his storage bag, he is confident he can deal with Foundation Establishment cultivators.
At that time, he can find a secluded place to cultivate and attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
"Hmph! It's all that kid's fault!" Yan Liming thought to himself, his gaze turning to the unconscious Yan Hengchuan, his eyes filled with coldness.
He said coldly, "Boy, now that you're awake, why pretend to be asleep? Do you think you can fool me?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Hengchuan, who was lying by the wall, opened his eyes. It turned out that his fainting spell earlier was just an act.
"Xiao He... you killed Mo Lingchu and the others, you know you've committed a grave crime? If Master Li finds out I'm in trouble, he'll definitely come after me. You can still let me go now, but once Master Li catches up, you're finished!" Yan Hengchuan said, his voice trembling slightly.
Because he had been poisoned, he was unable to move his entire body, and the magical power in his dantian was frozen and unresponsive.
Recalling the scene in the restaurant, even though Yan Hengchuan was usually fearless, he couldn't help but feel a pang of fear.
He never expected that He Yunyi would be so bold as to poison the spiritual tea that everyone was drinking.
Then, right in front of him, he tortured and killed all the people who were poisoned and unable to move.
"Everyone else is dead except me. Will he kill me?" Yan Hengchuan's eyes were filled with fear.
Yan Liming seemed to have read his mind, and he sneered, "Your grandmaster probably doesn't know what's going on yet. Besides, even if he did, could he possibly guess that I would go deep into the Cloud Mist Mountains?"
Indeed, after his identity was exposed, Yan Liming never considered retrieving the storage bag.
His possession of He Yunyi's body was no secret.
That traitor, and others with ulterior motives, would probably think of staking out the location where he possessed someone immediately.
How could he possibly walk right into a trap?
He wouldn't go to the Western Wilderness either, because he was worried that the cultivators from the Immortal City would search and investigate the area heading towards the Western Wilderness.
He chose to venture deep into the Cloud and Mist Mountains!
The Cloud Mist Mountain Range is incredibly vast and teeming with demonic beasts and poisonous insects, making it impossible for cultivators from the Immortal City to conduct a large-scale search.
The Cloud Mist Mountain Range is incredibly vast and teeming with demonic beasts and poisonous insects, making it impossible for cultivators from the Immortal City to conduct a large-scale search.
Yan Liming was well-versed in classical texts and knew that before the four demonic sects entered the Western Wilderness, the cultivation world of the Western Wilderness was mainly dominated by righteous forces.
Those native demonic cultivators could only survive in the cracks.
They either hide in the misty mountains or retreat to the grasslands, secretly developing and growing.
Yan Liming is now following the path of the demonic cultivators and secretly developing his skills in the Cloud Mist Mountains.
In any case, the blood of demon beasts can be used as cultivation resources for the "Blood Spirit Hundred Transformations True Scripture" that he cultivates.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you." Yan Liming stood up and walked closer to Yan Hengchuan, saying calmly, "I'm short-handed right now. Would you be willing to acknowledge me as your master and serve me?"
Yan Hengchuan's mention of Master Li didn't frighten the other party, but after hearing Yan Liming's words, he pursed his lips and remained silent.
"Hehe." Seeing that he didn't speak, Yan Liming shook his head.
His current cultivation level is too low. Unless Yan Hengchuan actively cooperates, there is no way to forcibly plant a restriction in his sea of consciousness.
Yan Liming hoisted Yan Hengchuan onto his shoulder, sneered, and continued heading deeper into the Cloud Mist Mountains.
He has plenty of time to slowly mold this kid.
……
Two hours after flying away from the Immortal City, Li Ping finally arrived near the village where Teng Feng was born.
He deliberately flew relatively low on this trip.
As the shuttle flew, it continuously used its divine sense to search below, but found nothing.
"Next, we just wait!" Li Ping found a high vantage point nearby and put on the second-tier top-grade magic artifact cloak 'Nightfall' that he had obtained from Hu Feng.
After concealing himself, he waited quietly, without rushing to find the storage bag of the person who had possessed his body.
According to his estimation, the person who possessed his body was most likely a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The storage bag of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is valuable enough to drive many lower-level cultivators crazy. Even cultivators of the same level would find it hard to resist such temptation.
But Li Ping is different, given his current wealth.
Even those veteran late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators probably can't compare to him.
Therefore, he wasn't very interested in the storage bag of the person who had possessed his body.
He only wanted to save Yan Hengchuan, or cut off the head of the person who had possessed his body, to avenge Yan Hengchuan and give his third senior brother an explanation!
"I hope that kid Yokokawa is alright!" Under the dark cloak, the horse-faced man that Li Ping had transformed into had a gloomy expression.
He waited for over an hour before seeing a green light rapidly approaching from afar. His expression shifted: "It's here?"
But when he saw the two figures in the green light, his expression instantly became uncertain.
"It's her? Why is she here?" Li Ping wondered.
The woman who arrived was none other than Miao Rou, the former manager of Lingbao Pavilion. He had previously thought that she had left the Immortal City.
But I never expected to meet him under these circumstances.
……
Within the green light was a flying boat several meters long, shaped like a green leaf, on which Liu Wusheng and Miaorou stood.
Upon seeing the village not far away, Liu Wusheng couldn't help but show excitement in his eyes. He seemed to be able to see the scene of him obtaining that old man's storage bag and successfully forming his core with the resources inside.
"Master's wife, if I'm not mistaken, Master's body should be nearby." Liu Wusheng glanced at Miaorou beside him and said calmly, "Does Master's wife possess any keepsakes he recently bestowed upon you?"
Miao Rou shook her head: "That old scoundrel is so cunning, how could he possibly give away a token tainted with his aura to someone else? You are his most 'favored' disciple, and if you don't have one, how could I possibly have one?"
Liu Wusheng sensed the sarcasm in her words, but he was not angry. He had no interest in arguing with a dead man.
He would not let anyone know that he had obtained Yan Liming's belongings; the day he obtained Yan Liming's belongings would be the day Miao Rou died.
He nodded slightly: "Since there are no tokens imbued with Master's aura, we'll have to conduct a thorough search."
After saying that, he patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist.
Suddenly—
A large clump of green dots flew out of his spirit beast pouch, buzzing as it flew downwards, gradually spreading outwards from the village as the center, searching inch by inch.
Only upon closer inspection can one see that these green dots are actually strangely shaped and ferocious flying insects.
……
Using the cloak to conceal their presence, Liu Wusheng and Miao Rou were completely unaware that Li Ping was hiding to the side.
"Master? Mistress?"
Listening to their conversation, Li Ping's doubts only grew: "Is the person who possessed my body Miao Rou's Daoist partner? How come I've never heard of her having a Daoist partner before?"
However, when he saw Liu Wusheng directing a swarm of flying insects to begin a thorough search below, he couldn't help but be surprised.
Because flying insects are less intelligent than monsters, they can only execute very simple commands.
The fact that these flying insects can perform such precise movements suggests that the pale-faced, kidney-deficient young man is controlling them.
The young man with kidney deficiency has quite strong spiritual power to control so many flying insects at the same time!
Hidden under the cloak, he cautiously sensed the aura emanating from the two people.
Li Ping's expression instantly turned serious. Miao Rou was indeed an early-stage cultivator, but that young man with kidney deficiency was actually a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
He originally intended to capture the two men and interrogate them to find out where the person who had possessed his body had gone.
However, upon sensing the young man's weak cultivation level, Li Ping couldn't help but feel a desire to retreat.