Longzang

Chapter 194 Watching from Above
Outside the boundary, the phantom was furious and shouted, "What an arrogant brat! I'll go teach him a lesson!"

The high priest beside him said coldly, "I advise you not to."

"Are we just going to watch this young upstart spout such nonsense?"

“If you go, he will no longer be spouting nonsense.”

The Phantom roared in fury: "Do you think I..."

Before she could finish speaking, the great shaman said, "That's right!"

Phantom was speechless for a moment, then paused before saying, "Alright, even if I can't do it, surely Lord Yanlong can handle it, right?"

Yan Long said calmly, "If it were outside the realm, it would be easier to say, but now that it's his home turf, I'm not confident either."

Meiying was taken aback, not expecting Yanlong to have such a high opinion of Wei Yuan.

Yan Long was an outstanding figure among the great shamans of the entire witch clan, considered a potential candidate to become a celestial shaman. Now, with a difference of a whole realm, he actually felt uncertain? Mei Ying couldn't understand. It was just home-field advantage; how much of a boost could that really provide?
Yan Long added, "Besides, even if I wanted to try, I'm afraid it wouldn't work. Someone has asked me to play chess."

Suddenly, the Phantom felt the surrounding temperature soar, as if she were in a furnace, an indescribable discomfort. Flames suddenly burst forth on her outer robe. Startled, the Phantom spread her magic to protect her entire body, extinguishing the flames.

At this moment, the surrounding space was filled with extremely hot Dao power. This Dao power was extremely domineering, and it even ignited the outer robe of the Phantom Magic Treasure.

She suddenly turned around and saw an old Taoist priest standing behind her, smiling in a particularly gentle and kind manner.

He stroked his beard and said, "I, Fenhai, have long heard of the great sorcerer Yanlong's extraordinary magical powers and unique insights into the ways of heaven and earth. Now that we have met, how about we play a game of chess?"

Yan Long asked, "Are your disciples and grand-disciples inside?"

Fen Hai said frankly, "That's true. Young people like to speak the truth, which sometimes makes it hard for others to like it. If you two have nothing to do, why don't you play a game of chess with this old Daoist and see how you understand the Dao of Heaven and Earth? If you two insist on fighting, then this old Daoist is also willing to play along. However, there are quite a few of my human race members here now, so please don't blame us for ganging up on you."

Yan Long smiled and said, "You're quite lucky. Alright, let's play the next round. I'll keep you company." With that, he waved his sleeve, and he and Fen Hai disappeared.

Phantom remained where she was, gazing at Wei Yuan on the high platform, and felt a strong urge to go over. But remembering Yan Long's words, she hesitated for a long time and ultimately stayed put.

At this moment, in the prison cell at the foot of the main peak, a beautiful woman appeared beside Tianyu. Several thin wings, like flower petals, spread out on her shoulders, as beautiful as a dream.

Tianyu gazed in the direction of the battlefield, his face filled with longing, and said, "Hey! Is there any great shaman who dares to fight me... What spirit! Truly worthy of being the man who defeated me! If I were standing there, and I were the one saying these words, how wonderful that would be?"

The woman said coldly, "Then I'll have to collect your corpse. Enough talk, get out of here!"

Tianyu shook his head: "No, I can't just leave like this. This man is so magnanimous. I only narrowly lost last time. If I leave like this, wouldn't that be deserting my post? I have to negotiate a ransom with him and then leave with dignity. That way, I'll have the face to challenge him again in the future and make him a stepping stone on my path to the heavens."

The woman said impatiently, "With your meager ransom, why don't you just pay it yourself? Leave him a couple of your magical artifacts, and he'll surely agree."

Tianyu sneered: "Do you think Tianyu is so cheap?"

The woman said helplessly, "Then how much do you think you are worth? You were able to get into the Power Witch Ranking only because several people were promoted to Great Witch this year?"

Tianyu sneered disdainfully, "That man's condition was that the Witch Clan withdraw their troops!"

The woman was taken aback: "Is this person sick?"

Tianyu was displeased and said, "A sage of the human race once said, 'A scholar will die for one who understands him!' This person thinks so highly of me, how can I just leave secretly?"

The woman gave him a deep look and said, "You're quite ill too. Your sister offered me a lot of money to save you, but I only agreed to help her once. If you don't come with me this time, you won't have another chance."

Tianyu said firmly, "I won't leave." Suddenly, a thin ray of light shot out from the woman's eyes and landed on Tianyu.

"what did you do to me?"

"It's nothing, just to see how you fare in the next few days. I'll ask you one more time, are you coming or not? You'll regret it if you don't."

Tianyu shook his head.

With a wave of her hand, the magical chains binding Tianyu shattered, and she said, "Now you can decide for yourself whether to leave or not. I'm going to steal the boundary stone."

High in the sky, atop a wisp of barely visible cloud, two old men were playing chess. Both moved their pieces with lightning speed, and one of them was already at a disadvantage.

The elder, who had the upper hand, stroked his beard and laughed, "Brother Wang, your family has gained another outstanding son, which is a great thing, so it is only natural that you lost to me in chess."

On the battlefield below, Wang Yu's eyes were tightly closed, and tears of blood streamed from the corners of his eyes. But as if he possessed divine vision, the spear in his hand moved so fast that it disappeared into the distance. The power of the Dao was extremely concentrated on the spear, with only a finger's width protruding from its tip. His spear strikes were also extremely simple, just a simple thrust and retraction. Every strike resulted in a deadly death, and his spear technique had already begun to resemble the simplicity of the Great Dao.

Regardless of Wang Yu's Dao Foundation level, his marksmanship and control over Dao power alone far surpass those of ordinary aristocratic scions, and he would be highly valued even if he were only at the Human Rank Dao Foundation level.

The old man who lost the game looked grim and said coldly, "Isn't your Cui family's son even better? Otherwise, why would we need you, an old man, to watch over things from heaven?"

The old man who won the game laughed heartily: "This child Cui Yu does indeed have a bit of a back-to-basics quality. He might even have a glimmer of hope to become a True Lord in the future. Moreover, he is quite capable of leading troops and governing cities. It is only right for me to come and take care of him. Such a good child cannot really be lost here."

Suddenly, a great sun rose slowly on the battlefield below, with bright blades of light wrapped around it, killing all the approaching witch clan members.

Wielding his immortal sword, Cui Yu led 1,500 cultivators with the strength of a Dao Foundation Realm expert to fiercely attack the main force of the Wu Clan from the flank, their forces aimed directly at the high platform. Both their entry point and timing were flawless.

The team also included two top experts, Xiao Yu and Feng Tingyu, whose combined strength was no match for the Dao Foundation Establishment experts of the Wu Clan. The sheer number of 1,500 Dao Foundation Establishment cultivators was terrifying; they annihilated the entire Wu Clan in the blink of an eye.

However, although the Wu Clan commander fled into his personal guards, the army did not collapse as Wei Yuan had predicted. The five Wu Clan captains suddenly surged in power, their cultivation levels rising rapidly, and different military flags were raised beside them. In the blink of an eye, ten military flags were erected on both the front and rear of the army, and then one flag stood out prominently, taking over command authority.

This Wu tribe force was originally a unified entity, and now that it has been divided into ten units, it remains a cohesive unit, only with a new commander. The change of commander was so smooth that, if Wei Yuan hadn't been standing on the high platform, one would have thought the commander had remained unchanged.

Although the Wu tribe was strong, the human race was not weak either. Cui Yu commanded with composure and method, leading his troops to annihilate the Wu tribe, displaying the demeanor of a great general.

The elder of the Wang family said, "Xiaoyu is also an outstanding child. Didn't anyone from the Xiao family come?"

A cold, aloof woman in palace attire appeared and said indifferently, "You all knew I was coming, so why say such things?"

The old man from the Cui family stroked his beard and chuckled, "It's been many years since we old friends have seen each other. I never expected to gather so many people here. The Bao family is also an old acquaintance, but that fellow doesn't like crowds and just watches from above, so we don't bother with him. But why are there people from the Xu and Li families here too?"

A middle-aged man slowly stepped out of the void and said calmly, "I heard that a child here has emerged who is worthy of matching Yi'er's status, so I came to take a look. As for why Brother Li has come, I have no idea."

The elder of the Cui family nodded and said, "Wei Yuan? That child already has the demeanor of a great man. However, Xu Yi has already undergone a complete transformation. The two are indeed a good match."

The woman in palace attire suddenly said, "Could that boy have anticipated our presence and deliberately put the children in danger to lure us into making a move?"

Everyone's expression hardened as they all looked down.

At this moment, Wei Yuan was already in a fierce battle, but he still managed to free up his hands to bless Xiao Yu, Cui Yu, and Feng Tingyu with good fortune, and then he added another layer of good fortune to the young masters and ladies of the sixteen noble families.

In that moment of distraction, Wei Yuan was slashed twice, and the wounds could not close on their own for a while.

Someone said with emotion, "If I am not mistaken, what Wei Yuan just divided was fortune?"

(End of this chapter)