Chapter 484: Chapter 121 Assisting the Dragon and Stepping on the Tiger Zhang Yichu (Part 2) Chapter 484: Chapter 121 Assisting the Dragon and Stepping on the Tiger Zhang Yichu (Part 2) “You have completed all the requirents for the Yan Fu incident.”
“You must settle accounts and return within half an hour.”
Li Yan lay on Lady Dan’s thigh, reading and rereading the string of golden characters in front of him. He didn’t bother getting up but went straight to check his status.
Apart from “Quanlang Sea Ghost” and “Destiny Yak,” indeed, there was an additional line of text.
[Losing Soul]: You have lost the “Refreshing Spirit” and “Corpse Dog” from the Three Souls and Seven Spirits. You appear to be in a daze, suffering endlessly every day.
Li Yan suddenly sat upright, locking gazes with Lady Dan, his piercing eyes startling her.
Li Yan first stretched the corners of his mouth into a smile, confirming that he was not affected by “Losing Soul.” He pressed all confusion and irritation to his heart and said to Lady Dan:
“Co back with .”
Lady Dan was taken aback when she heard this. Just now, Li Yan’s eyes were as wide as bronze bells, clearly sothing terrible had happened, but she hadn’t expected that the first thing Li Yan would say after sitting up was this.
“Co back with , okay?”
Li Yan repeated.
“…”
Lady Dan did not refuse, but she didn’t agree either. Instead, she looked at Li Yan thoughtfully for a mont: “You’ve encountered trouble, haven’t you?”
Li Yan chuckled when he heard this, with a bitter expression on his face: “I suspect I have been sold out and now have to shoulder a great big scapegoat.”
Then he looked at Lady Dan: “As long as you haven’t deceived , I don’t care about anything else.”
Lady Dan frowned upon hearing this and suddenly bowed her head in silence.
Li Yan made a noise of interest, softly asking, “Are you still mad at ?”
Lady Dan shrugged her shoulders and beckoned Li Yan with her fingers. Li Yan stretched his face over, not expecting Lady Dan to butt heads with him. A blow like that would not seriously hurt him even if it ca from an iron hamr, but this headbutt made stars spin in his vision, and he couldn’t help but groan.
“A small punishnt enforces a great lesson.”
Lady Dan stared at Li Yan, her cheeks puffing up, watching him cover his head with his wrist and beckoning with her fingers again.
“Again?”
Li Yan subconsciously leaned his face forward again. Following that, his forehead felt a touch that was soothingly soft and cool, a gentle sensation that felt vaguely familiar.
Lady Dan straightened up, her jade-colored sleeve covering half of her face: “A small punishnt enforces a great lesson.”
The two looked at each other for a while. Suddenly, the lodious sound of a bell echoed through the mountains.
Halfway up the mountain, a Taoist wearing a wooden hairpin and a black and white Daoist robe violently pushed open the vermilion door and rushed towards the Hall of the Great Taoist, crying uncontrollably with grief. From the other mountain peaks, cries also echoed to varying degrees.
Dong~ Dong~ Dong~
The bell hamr wrapped in red cloth struck the bronze bell repeatedly, and the chants from the temples scattered along the mountainside were noisy, mixed with so heart-wrenching cries.
The weeping and chanting grew louder and louder. Strangely, not a single person paid any attention to Li Yan and Lady Dan, even though Zhang Yichu was indeed killed by Li Yan’s hand.
“Let’s leave this place first.”
Li Yan walked to the bodies of Zhang Yichu and the Golden Mountain Old Ancestor, and just as he bent down, an indignant voice already echoed from the sky.
“Villain, how dare you desecrate the remains of the Heavenly Master!”
The voice was heard but nothing was seen, except for a fierce red talisman fla slashing directly overhead, only to be fanned away by Lady Dan with a flick of her sleeve.
Li Yan picked up the withered corpse of the Golden Mountain Old Ancestor and said to Lady Dan, “Let’s go.”
Lady Dan nodded slightly. Amidst the sounds of bells, drums, and crying, the two walked side by side down the mountain, and remarkably, no one from the Dragon Tiger Sect attempted to stop them.
As the two were about to leave the boundaries of Dragon Tiger Mountain, six figures dressed in majestic red robes, each bearing disabilities, from Spirit Taoism were already waiting at the foot of Heavenly Gate Peak.
“Please hold your steps.”
The la old Taoist chanted a Taoist na and took a step forward.
“Are we going to fight again?”
Li Yan scoffed. He could return at any mont if he wished, although he wasn’t too keen on leaving this world that he might never have the chance to return to, but these old Taoists certainly couldn’t stop him.
“The court’s affairs will be handled by the court. However, I ask Mountain Spirit and Governor to return several treasures of Dragon Tiger Mountain’s protection.”
Li Yan raised his neck: “I didn’t understand, what do you an by that?”
“The Taiping Cave Ultimate Scripture, the Three-Five Evil-Slaying Male and Female Swords, and the Yangping Governor rit Seal.”
Lady Dan nodded upon hearing this: “The book and seal are indeed in my hands, as for the two Evil-Slaying Swords, they should still be with the Heavenly Master’s remains.”
Li Yan’s eyes narrowed, and he said nothing.
“Then please, Mountain Spirit, return the book and seal. Today, as the Heavenly Master has ascended to Heaven, Dragon Tiger Mountain does not wish to entangle further. We will settle other matters another day.”
“Of course,” said Lady Dan with a nod. “But I ask the Heavenly Master of your residence to personally co and request the book and seal from .”
“Mountain Spirit, do not push too far!”
Lady Dan shook her head and remained silent.
Li Yan, however, spoke up: “When Mountain Spirit first ca to the mountain, she could have caused a bloodbath on Dragon Tiger Mountain. Yet, for more than two months, up until the Evil-Slaying Swords broke most of her powers, has she ever hard a life on Dragon Tiger Mountain? When has she ever taken things too far? You also said that the book and seal are precious treasures for protecting the mountain of Heavenly Master Tao. Since you are not Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Heavenly Masters, what right do you have to hold these treasures? If I gave them to you today, what if, tomorrow, so other people from Dragon Tiger Sect ask her for the book and seal, am I to push the bla onto you?”
“Governor Li, your mind has been bewitched by the wild spirits!”
The la Taoist had only begun to speak when the bell of the Hall of the Great Taoist suddenly rang out urgently. The expressions of several from the Spirit Taoism beca incensed at once.
“Senior brother, this bell tolling…”
The old crone with the white eye patch hesitated. The ringing of the bell signified that the Taiyi Pavilion was summoning their disciples from the mountain. Ringing the bell at this ti clearly ant they were allowing the two of them to leave!
The la Taoist took a deep breath, and a flush of blood ca over his rugged, patchy face. “I’m old and my hearing is not so good. What bell is the junior sister talking about? I can’t hear a thing. Fellow junior brothers, did you hear anything?”
Another short Taoist with a scarred face took a step forward. “What our senior brother is asking, I too haven’t heard a thing.”
Seeing this, the old crone closed her mouth and stood together with a few others from Spirit Taoism. The atmosphere on the field grew tense.
Green mountain fire started to surge from the ground, and Li Yan’s hand also reached for the Jumu Great Sword.
The la Taoist’s eyes bulged, and he abruptly threw up his sleeve. Li Yan paid full attention, knowing that, in terms of the power of talisman paper, these from Spirit Taoism might not be inferior to Zhang Yichu. Unexpectedly, a piece of talisman paper slid limply from the sleeve of the la Taoist onto the ground, without any brilliance whatsoever.
The la Taoist was montarily stunned, and the other mbers of Spirit Taoism who had made their move at the sa ti realized that their talismans were completely ineffective.
The la Taoist bit open his middle finger, and blood traced a line in mid-air as he chanted a curse he hadn’t uttered in over a decade, “The Way of Heaven is clear, the Way of Earth is tranquil, the Way of Man is void and still, the Three Talents unite, the cosmos blends, to all the spirits return command, the myriad generals follow, forever banish the demon star!”
He pointed his sword finger at Lady Dan, but still nothing happened.
“This!”
The la Taoist could hardly believe his eyes.
A light and airy flute lody flowed out from the Hall of the Great Taoist.
In front of the Hall’s Daoist courtyard, many disciples of the Dragon Tiger Sect knelt in silence. Fengcu rode atop a large white crane, holding a bamboo flute in both hands. In the midst of the lodious flute sound, Fengcu’s tears pattered to the ground.
“Gaogong…”
The la Taoist’s eyes reddened. With a dry, desolate laugh, he raised a hand and slapped his own face. The distinct sound of the slap echoed until one side of his face cracked and bled. Then, spitting out a mouthful of congealed blood, he turned and left.
The rest of Spirit Taoism remained silent and followed the la Taoist, their figures forlorn.
“Let’s go,”
Li Yan said to Lady Dan. Suddenly, he seed to hear sothing and looked up towards the distance.
In the forest opposite the hillside, birds suddenly took flight. A dark figure leapt out from the trees—it was Flying Thunder.
It saw Li Yan from afar, galloping more joyously, even rearing up and letting out a long neigh.
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Ganzhou, wild woods beside the Great Illusionary Cave.
Cha Xiaodao looked up through the trees at the starry sky, dropped the cigarette butt in his hand, and stamped it out, counting at least twenty spent cigarette butts on the ground.
“For this matter, I really didn’t help you much.”
“You coming with on this trip is already a great help. If soone gives you trouble back ho, just tell the truth. You weren’t really involved,”
“What exactly happened?”
“I suspect that I got played by that old Heavenly Master Zhang… As for the specifics, I suspect I’ll only figure it out once I get back.”
“Do you believe that after this, your na will be completely known throughout Yan Fu? Even the Ten Masters will have to give you a thumbs up.”
“Now that you say it, I am quite pleased.”
“Pleased my ass! Do you know how many people you’ve offended this ti? What benefits did you even gain?”
“Things will straighten out when the boat reaches the bridge. You give Cao a ssage before you leave.”
“Speaking of which, what are you planning to do?”
“I can’t make it back in ti; I must return within half an hour. So I’ve asked Lady Dan to first return the remains of Golden Mountain Old Ancestor to the Great Illusionary Cave before heading ho. That would be closing the matter properly.”
“Have you two made up?”
“Yeah.”
“What about the things here? It can’t just end like this, can it? The Scale-Ding You Twenty-Four has now been picked, and after we leave this ti, I’m afraid we won’t be able to co back in.”
“Heh…”
On this side of the conversation, Li Yan let out a heavy sigh, taking a while before saying, “Cao is always asking why I co here? A true man fights ninety-nine tis but not the hundred. I can’t win every ti; to lose once is to lose once.”
He looked up, seeing Lady Dan riding on Flying Thunder Horse on the nearby hillside, caressing its glossy coat.
“Still, I have my principle capital, so I haven’t completely lost my pants. I suffered a loss this ti; I’ll win it back next ti.”
Cha Xiaodao couldn’t help but laugh, “You always take it easy. Well then, we’ll talk when we get back.”
“We’ll talk when we get back.”
Cha Xiaodao ended the conversation and turned to look once more in the direction of the Great Illusionary Cave.
“Return.”
With that, Cha Xiaodao gradually broke into blue fragnts and disappeared.
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