Longzang

Chapter 699 Rules (Long chapter, thanks to Alliance Leader Lucas_chen)

"It's you?" The Liao youth sitting under the tree stood up, a hint of surprise on his face.

Wei Yuan didn't look at him, but instead gazed at the red earth tree behind him. Now that he saw it with his own eyes, Wei Yuan's disgust became even more pronounced, and he finally understood where his disgust came from.

The aversion mostly comes from Cymbidium goeringii, Echeveria elegans, and Moss lichen. It also affects other plants like Cymbidium ensifolium, Cymbidium faberi, and Laurel, but these are mostly smaller specimens. Bodhi seed vines are indifferent to it. In short, most flowers and plants dislike it, while trees are relatively better off.

Seeing that Wei Yuan ignored him, the Liao youth's face flashed with anger, and he shouted, "I know you are Wei Yuan! Do you dare to fight me?"

"Who are you? I'm busy." Wei Yuan shook his head.

The Liao youth grew even angrier, wielding a massive, dark yellow bow surrounded by countless tiny whirlwinds. He roared, "I, Wuchi, am the strongest of the younger generation of the Liao! I've heard you're strong too. I'll kill you today, and you'll become nourishment for my Mind World!"

Wei Yuan looked surprised: "Your mental world is almost formed?"

"Of course! And that's no ordinary mental world!" Wu Chi said proudly.

Wei Yuan praised, "You're really amazing! I'm still trying to elevate my mental world into the Immortal Heaven. Just the preliminary steps alone will take a lot of time. Now that I think about it, I'm only two big steps ahead of you. If you cultivate for another seven or eight hundred years, you'll be able to catch up with me."

Wu Chi became increasingly suspicious as he listened, and finally flew into a rage, drew his bow and shot an arrow straight at Wei Yuan's face!

Wei Yuan caught the long arrow with ease. Then, he casually put the heavy arrow away, stood with his hands behind his back, and said, "This arrow had decent power, just a bit slow. What, are you looking for a duel?"

As Wei Yuan spoke, he discreetly wiped the blood from his palm. The arrow had been extremely powerful, no less than a full-force thrust from a magical spear; Wei Yuan had caught it with his bare hands and already suffered a scraped wound.

Wu Chi was unaware that Wei Yuan's hand was already bleeding. Seeing Wei Yuan casually catch his arrow, Wu Chi's expression became serious, but he became even more excited and shouted, "It's not just a contest of magic, it's a fight to the death!"

"Going it alone?"

"nature!"

"Should we restrict magic or other methods?" Wei Yuan continued to ask.

"No limit!"

"What should we say if an elder comes to our aid?" Wei Yuan's questions never stopped.

Wu Chi was already very impatient and said, "Life and death are preordained! Neither side's elders nor high-ranking cultivators are allowed to interfere. If anyone disobeys, may they be struck by lightning!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that Wei Yuan had taken out a metal rod and stuck it into the ground beside him.

Wuchi was taken aback and asked, "What are you doing?"

Wei Yuan casually replied, "It's just ordinary iron. I accidentally brought along a piece of junk, so I threw it away."

Wu Chi scanned the ground with his divine sense and found that what Wei Yuan had stuck in the ground was indeed ordinary iron. He had no doubts and simply assumed that it was Wei Yuan's quirk, a kind of pre-battle ritual.

But Wei Yuan still refused to fight, shaking his head and saying, "No, I don't trust you. We need to add some more bargaining chips."

Wu Chi's patience had almost worn thin, and he said, "Stop being so wishy-washy! What other bargaining chips do you want?"

Wei Yuan said, "We will each contribute a precious treasure to be kept by the other party's high-ranking cultivator. If either party breaks their promise, they can forget about getting their treasure back. And the treasures we contribute as collateral must be approved by the other party."

"Why are you being so long-winded?" Wu Chi really couldn't figure out what Wei Yuan wanted to do.

Wei Yuan ignored him, and a pill box appeared in his hand. He opened the lid and said, "I will use this real Longevity Pill that can extend one's life by twelve years as collateral!"

Suddenly, all of Wu Chi's discontent vanished, and his eyes fixed intently on the longevity pill. Longevity pills were the most useful currency in the cultivation world, and even immortals wouldn't refuse a genuine extension of lifespan.

Wu Chi hesitated for a moment, then took out a wooden box containing five fist-sized crystals, each with a tiny hurricane within it. A single glance was enough to tell that these crystals contained terrifying energy.

"Five top-grade Hurricane Crystals are more than enough to exchange for your Longevity Pill. I'll use them as collateral, how about that?"

Wei Yuan looked at it carefully before saying, "It's acceptable."

So both of them used their magical power to throw the objects in their hands behind the other. Each of them had a large hand in the air that collected the collateral. Then the two of them retreated to the outside of the sky.

Wu Chi let out a sinister laugh, drew his bow, and shot an arrow at Wei Yuan. This time, however, he didn't intend to return the Longevity Pill; after all, the dead wouldn't accept anything.

Wei Yuan tried to dodge faster, but he was still shot and jumped up and down.

Each of Wu Chi's arrows had a different effect. Some were simply fast, so fast that Wei Yuan had to exert all his strength to dodge them. Others would disappear into the void and then suddenly reappear behind Wei Yuan, while still others seemed to be equipped with a tracking system, constantly chasing and shooting at Wei Yuan.

For a moment, Wei Yuan seemed to be beaten without any power to fight back.

However, Wei Yuan moved with lightning speed, unpredictable and impossible to lock onto. Every time Wu Chi thought he had successfully locked on and fired an arrow, Wei Yuan would deflect something, directly drawing the tracking arrow away.

A moment later, a whirlwind suddenly appeared around Wei Yuan, with coarse sand particles flying in the wind. Wu Chi's sharp arrows would be deflected by the gale when they got close, making it even more difficult to hit Wei Yuan.

Wu Chi then discovered that Wei Yuan was wearing Storm Armor, but this magic was significantly more powerful than the normal version. It didn't seem like a solo magic, but rather more like a magic array version.

Suddenly, Wu Chi shot an arrow at an open space! His eyesight was extraordinary, and he could see that the power maintaining the Storm Armor came from there.

As soon as the arrow fell, the scenery there burst like bubbles, revealing the true image: dozens of pixelated soldiers were forming an array, and the storm armor on Wei Yuan's body was generated and maintained by the array.

Wu Chi felt a sudden surge of anger. He flew into the air and looked down at the arrow. All the spiritual energy within a hundred feet around him converged on the arrow. Then, with a flash of light, a yellow dragon shot out!
Wei Yuan was startled and immediately dodged.

The yellow dragon roared and plunged into the earth with devastating force. Then the entire ground rose up, and countless cracks appeared in the earth. Then, curtains of yellow light shot out from the cracks!
The team of Dao soldiers who were empowering Wei Yuan with Daoist magic were also affected. First, the ground below cracked open, and they all fell into it. Then, the surging yellow light blasted them all away, and they were eventually reduced to nothingness in the extremely corrosive yellow light.

This arrow, which was like a natural disaster, not only forced Wei Yuan into a panic, but also destroyed the protective magic array.

However, what Wuchi couldn't understand was why he couldn't lock onto Wei Yuan. He used his Heavenly Eye Technique to guide heavy arrows, and it had always been effective. Even if the opponent was as slippery as Wei Yuan, once Wuchi locked onto him, their evasive direction would be roughly known, and Wuchi would either pursue and force them into a trap or lure them in. But his eye technique was simply ineffective against Wei Yuan.

After fighting him for so long, Wei Yuan finally understood what this guy had been secretly plotting. Wu Chi's eyes possessed a strange technique and had been trying to lock onto him.

The problem is that Wuchi locks onto his opponent not by drawing in his qi, but by suppressing it with his luck. If the opponent's luck is not as good as his, then no matter what kind of movement technique they have cultivated, or what secret method they have to break free from the lock, it will all be in vain. They can only watch in despair as the powerful heavy arrows come after them one after another until they are blown to pieces.

However, when this technique was used on Wei Yuan, it became a joke. Wei Yuan didn't even understand what this guy had been busy doing for a long time.

Wei Yuan's heart stirred. It seemed that this guy was a chosen one of the Liao clan, otherwise he wouldn't have cultivated this kind of pupil technique.

Upon discovering that his opponent was actually the chosen one, Wei Yuan immediately made minor adjustments to his battle plan, abandoning all his bottom-line principles, even though his original bottom line was already low enough.

The battle was still intense, but not actually tense.

Wu Chi grew increasingly confused as the fight progressed, unable to pinpoint Wei Yuan's location. He had considered the possibility that Wei Yuan was also a chosen one, but quickly dismissed the idea.

Wu Chi had fought many chosen ones of destiny before, and at most, the locking mechanism would sometimes fail; he had never encountered a situation where the lock was completely unlockable. His mind raced, and he immediately thought of one possibility: a human immortal had intervened!

Thinking about it this way, Wuchi calmed down instead.

The human immortals would intervene, and their own immortals wouldn't stand idly by. The junior national advisor returned to the depths of the grasslands, but the great shaman's gaze remained fixed on this side.

So Wuchi became more patient and continued to relentlessly pursue Wei Yuan. He had just drawn his bow to its fullest extent, but before he could even fire, a sudden sense of alarm struck him!
A blood-red longsword appeared without warning and slashed down fiercely!

Wu Chi didn't dodge fast enough, and as a result, a bloody gash was cut open on his arm.

It's another array formation and Taoist magic!

Wu Chi was both shocked and furious. His eyes darted around and locked onto an open space. He shot an arrow and found that a hidden Taoist magic had been set up there at some unknown time. Hundreds of Taoist soldiers were dancing around a magic circle, performing a shamanistic dance, trying to generate new blood blades.

Wuchi remained expressionless and unleashed another Yellow Dragon Arrow, destroying the witch formation.

Just then, a girl's sharp scream suddenly rang in his ears. The scream was like a needle piercing through his magical defenses and penetrated deep into his sea of ​​consciousness!
Wuchi's vision went black, and his body plummeted.

He took a deep breath and fired seven Yellow Dragon Arrows in quick succession. Under the terrifying power of these seven arrows, the earth within dozens of miles undulated like waves, and yellow light curtains crisscrossed. This indiscriminate bombardment indeed revealed three more hidden magic arrays.

One of them was the very culprit from just now. Wu Chi recognized this formation; it was called the Demonic Sound Piercing the Mind and Terrifying the Soul Formation. Its main function was to emit soul-piercing demonic sounds to attack the enemy's primordial spirit. The demonic sounds weren't particularly lethal, but they were extremely difficult to resist. Being hit by one in battle could easily cause one to lose focus. And in a life-or-death battle, how could one afford to lose focus?
The other was the Demon Blood Calamity Array he had just destroyed. Its main purpose was to generate a blood-cursed demonic blade that could pierce through the air and slay enemies, making it impossible to defend against. Wu Chi had originally destroyed one, but he didn't expect Wei Yuan to be so insidious, setting up the same array twice.

Wu Chi suddenly remembered that there was a third formation! He turned his head and saw a black and red light rise from the formation, which was then swallowed up by the yellow aura.

Wuchi had some impression of this formation; it seemed to be called... the Six Desires Heavenly Calamity and Suffering Formation?
As soon as he thought of the name, he suddenly felt a burning sensation on his forehead and a sharp pain in his throat. Moving even slightly felt like swallowing a razor blade. Then he felt weak all over, his joints were stiff, and his magical power became slow and unreliable.

Wuchi knew that he was ill.

As a top-tier Dharma Aspect cultivator, he is immune to all poisons, so falling ill is a serious matter. Upon returning, Wu Chi doesn't know how many days it will take to fully recover; the most optimistic estimate is at least seven days, and he will need to take special elixirs. Even after recovery, he will remain weak for a long time.

Enraged, Wu Chi roared in a hoarse voice, "Wei Yuan, you despicable villain, I will kill you today!"

Wei Yuan's voice drifted from afar: "You're the one who's weak, has a headache and fever, what does that have to do with me?"

In truth, Wei Yuan also felt a little regretful. According to Sun Yu's plan, it should have been a three-tiered formation. The first step was to use the Blood Curse Demon Blade to break through the opponent's defenses and resistance, and then unleash the Calamity and Illness, which would most likely have caused the opponent to fall seriously ill.

But the real essence lies in the final stage: the gentle, nourishing treatment that dispels illness.

Wei Yuan was initially puzzled as to why the illness was treated so quickly.
Sun Yu explained that the "spring breeze and rain" method does not cure the disease of the Six Desires. Not only is it ineffective, it will also occupy the body and crowd out the space for newly ingested medicine, making subsequent symptomatic medicine ineffective.

In Sun Yu's words, taking the wrong medicine is far more harmful than not taking the medicine at all.

With gentle, nurturing care, minor ailments can become major illnesses, and major illnesses can become terminal diseases.

Unfortunately, the third battle was destroyed by Wuchi before it could be completed. But Wei Yuan wasn't in a hurry; if the same process didn't work the first time, he could just try it a few more times.

Having learned his lesson, Wu Chi immediately gave chase when he saw Wei Yuan pause for a moment. With a roar, his magical power shook the area within a thousand feet, revealing a hidden space.

This space had clearly just been set up, and hundreds of small Taoist soldiers were setting up an array inside. These pixelated Taoist soldiers were busy and their movements were comical, yet they exuded a strange quality.

Wu Chi landed directly in the center of the incomplete magic array, and an endless storm of yellow sand surged from his body, instantly eroding most of the surrounding Dao soldiers. This was a storm formed by his innate divine power; ordinary Dharma forms would be blown away if they stayed inside for too long.

However, a few soldiers did not disperse; they simply retreated a few steps!
Wu Chi instantly became extremely alert, and with a tap on his chest, the necklace exploded, transforming into a light barrier that protected him.

Several Dao soldiers instantly grew larger, their details becoming more detailed; they were the Dragon Eagle and the Civil and Martial Guards. The three Dragon Guards attacked simultaneously, their Daoist magic like a torrent, fiercely impacting Wu Chi's protective light barrier. However, this light barrier was among the best of the Imperial Landscape Treasures, and it barely withstood the sudden attack of the three Dharma Aspect Dragon Guards.

A Liao general suddenly appeared in the air, intending to come to the rescue. However, a handsome young cultivator suddenly appeared in front of him and said calmly, "There's no rule against using Daoist puppets. We haven't broken any rules! Fellow Daoist, please step back."

The Liao general was clearly quite wary of the young cultivator, and seeing that Wu Chi had escaped unharmed, he let out a heavy snort and flew out into the sky.

Just as he flew away, the battlefield situation changed drastically. The last Dao soldier who hadn't changed suddenly disappeared from the spot, and was replaced by Ji Liuli!
Wu Chi's heart pounded wildly, his hair stood on end, and his pupils turned into golden vertical pupils. He instantly locked onto Ji Liuli and fired three arrows in quick succession!

Wuchi was relieved; this time, at least he had locked onto his opponent, and not a single arrow had missed. But in the blink of an eye, he saw Ji Liuli reach out and grab an arrow, then break it and throw it down, then break it again and throw it down again. In the blink of an eye, all three arrows were broken, and she was in front of Wuchi!
The Liao general in the sky opened his eyes wide and roared, "How dare you!!"

His voice was like thunder, but before it reached him, Ji Liuli had already smashed through the protective light barrier with one punch and shattered Wu Chi's spine with another. Then the Shadow Dragon appeared, swallowed Wu Chi's Dharma form in one gulp, and vanished instantly.

In the blink of an eye, Wu Chi died and his soul was extinguished, and the Liao general Yu Jing in the sky did not have time to lend a helping hand.

The Liao general Yu Jing trembled with rage, pointing at the young cultivator and saying, "This time it's your human race that broke the rules!"

The sunny-faced young cultivator smiled slightly and said, "Yes, so what?"

(End of this chapter)