Chapter 350: Chapter 152: To Follow Is Mortal, to Defy Is Immortal! Mountain and River Immortal, Wuwei Sect Leader, Princess Fuyao... (Part 2)
At that time, occupying Baoping State and the Northwest Wilderness Barbarian Territory, the Three Great Demon Fiends, who were not yet considered a ’state’, didn’t worry about scarcity but disparity, pondering why they should be inferior to the ’Half-Demon’? So they also carved up the Northwest Land, watching coldly as the Northwest plunged into turmoil.
The spiritual qi leaking from the Pocket World Rift allowed those who had once stopped at Great Innate to have their cultivation advance rapidly, naturally increasing their ambitions.
Your father Li Shen Yao was the same, he amassed a hundred thousand soldiers in Tongye State, sensed the opportunity, and decided to raise an army, but due to premature leakage of information, he couldn’t evacuate his family from the Divine Capital in time.
Thus, one of the Six Pillars of Great Yin, the Thousand Autumn Chess Saint Xu Ruotong, known as ’Nine Thousand Years’, dispatched the ’Eight Adopted Sons’ to annihilate your family and destroy your mansion.
Fortunately, tonight Great Yin is in chaos, most of the experts have been alarmed, so even though Duke Tongye Li Shen Yao rebelled, annihilating his family didn’t attract any real top-notch experts.
With the protection of many deadpool and confidants, you and Li Shentong fled the Divine Capital, now it’s deep winter with heavy snow, the will of heaven is bleak, the personal guard commander who protects you, the house-born Li Qing, has his Primordial Pill shattered and is seriously injured, but the pursuing soldiers continue...
At this moment,
The personal guard commander Li Qing, looking at you and Li Shentong who are similar in age and appearance, and strikingly similar facial features, hesitated... and made a decision.
And this night, happens to be your sixteenth birthday.
...
Under the night sky, the wind and snow howl.
If the Divine Capital is a ’city that never sleeps’, even the outermost settlements are brightly lit.
Then once out of that city, even as the founding Ming Huang State of Great Yin, every place is in ruins.
Half-Demon rule the nation, demons run rampant, the human race is inherently weak in physique, inferior to the other two races in martial arts. Despite having intelligent aptitude, under the sky, ninety-nine percent cannot achieve fame.
In past years, there were many masters who suppressed mountains and rivers, but that was long ago.
However, over three hundred years, as the Pocket World closed, cultivation fell from the altar, top combat power only reaching Great Innate, naturally inferior to demons and the Half-Demon species.
Only in the past twenty or thirty years, as the Pocket World revealed rifts, causing a surge in cultivation and famous mountains and great sects flourished like bamboo shoots after the rain, the situation slightly improved.
In such a situation.
Jixia...
Slowly opened his eyes.
He first surveyed his surroundings.
In front of him, long traces of blood pierced the nostrils, covered by thick snow layers, leading into a partially concealed dilapidated wooden door.
The temple was covered in cobwebs, mud effigies, and the over century-old bronze statue, missing arms and legs, appeared grotesque, long devoid of incense.
"Huff, huff..."
Beside Jixia,
A strong middle-aged man continuously bleeding from the abdomen, kept clutching his chest, his forehead veins bulging.
And a youth in purple clothes and jade belt, with double pupils in his eyes, and an innate aura of ’arrogance’ and ’pride’ on his brow, eyes filled with urgency yet keeping his lips tightly sealed, silent.
Truth be told,
The youth, though immature, could deeply suppress his embarrassment and anxiety, if not prematurely died, given time, he would certainly become accomplished.
Looking at the two,
Having accepted the memories of fifteen years past, Jixia.
At first glance, recognized these two.
The personal guard commander of the Li Family Mansion in the Divine Capital, Li Qing.
And his own third brother in familial order, born on the same day, Li Shentong.
Upon seeing these two,
An inexplicable sense of awe arose in Jixia’s heart.
Perceiving this emotion, for a moment, left Jixia slightly stunned, followed by uncontrollable laughter.
I... actually feel awe?
As Song Chai Xin, Jixia was never afraid of anyone, even when surrounded and besieged by the Profound Soldier Cave, Gu Family, Master of Baoping State, Baoping Grand General!
He was never afraid, nor did he cower!
But unexpectedly, today was the first encounter.
"Li Shunfan..." murmuring this name in his heart, Jixia slightly closed his eyes, feeling the moments of life over fifteen years...
Li Qing.
This Divine Capital commander, normally unsmiling, held high status.
Though Jixia was the son of a Duke, he was illegitimate, truly in terms of status, he was a decorative pillow, incomparable to the favored generals of Duke Tongye Li Shen Yao.
Moreover, he was the nominal ’teacher’ who taught Jixia martial arts for seven years.
Though he hardly taught, except for scolding and rebuking, he allowed Song Chai Xin as himself to freely develop.
Li Qing’s greater energy focused entirely on Li Shentong, striving to provide him with the best foundation.
Along with the Duke Mansion’s medicinal baths and Great Pills, the now sixteen-year-old Li Shentong had his Golden Flesh and Jade Veins, Mercury Blood and Silver Marrow polished to perfection.
Approximately in half a year, when Duke Tongye Li Shen Yao finds high-grade qi, he will first don the Water and Fire Immortal Robe, then prove Circulation Qi Collection, at sixteen attacking Great Innate!
Therefore, Jixia didn’t have much affection for him either.
As for Li Shentong, the usual disdain, sarcasm, and ridicule were commonplace.
These two, when fleeing, took Jixia along, mostly out of blood relation, and perhaps... there were other motives.
Seeing Jixia looking over.
Li Shentong felt tightness in his heart, but seeing this ’brother’, suddenly sneered coldly:
"Chased all the way and still unable to shake off pursuers, only briefly escaped and yet you can sleep... you’re really carefree."
