The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 314 Xiang Liu
The amber-colored wine spilled out, some inevitably overflowing and dripping down her snow-white neck, soaking her clothes.

Princess Jade Face seemed oblivious, though her gaze slowly became somewhat unfocused.

It's not the wine that intoxicates, but the person themselves.

……

In the Heavenly Court, in the Hall of Immortal Selection.

Emperor Wenchang was engrossed in his documents when he suddenly sensed a disturbance coming from the side hall, where the official documents of officials of the third rank and below were kept, along with their official seals.

Ding Lin had just activated the jade seal of the Yellow River Water God, and the heavens immediately responded.

Wenchang Dijun stood up, his figure disappeared in an instant, and when he reappeared, he was already standing in the hall.

"Greetings, Your Majesty. Just now, the Yellow River Water Lord's document suddenly changed in the hall, and I was about to report it to Your Majesty." The Golden Immortal guarding the hall bowed, trembling with fear.

Emperor Wenchang waved his hand to dismiss him, and with another wave, Ding Lin's official document fell into his palm. His expression remained unchanged, and after carefully sensing it, a smile appeared on his face.

"As expected of Taiyi, my Heavenly Court has gained another capable talent." Emperor Wenchang already had a good impression of Ding Lin, and now he was even more satisfied. "It is not a long-term situation for you to be in charge of the Yellow River as a fourth-rank official. I was just planning to report to His Majesty to promote you to the third rank after some time. I did not expect you to do such a great thing as soon as you descended to the mortal realm. Well, this makes it more legitimate. However, since you have achieved Taiyi, the third rank seems a bit low. Although you are still lacking in seniority, your realm has reached the required level, so it is not impossible for you to be in charge."

Wen Chang waved his hand and put Ding Lin's official document back in its original place. In a few days, after the Nine Dragon Seal is placed, this document will be moved to another room.

……

Cuiyun Mountain, Bajiao Cave.

As the Bull Demon King descended, the lesser demons recognized him and naturally informed him along the way. When they arrived at the entrance of the Banana Cave, the entrance was, unsurprisingly, tightly closed.

"My wife, my child, Old Bull has come back to see you," the Bull Demon King said in a low, ingratiating voice.

"Why come back? Aren't I a haggard old woman? You should continue to enjoy your life on Mount Jilei; that's your true home!" Princess Iron Fan's voice rang out from behind the door.

“What are you saying, my wife? This is my home, where you and my son are. I sensed the commotion and, fearing you two would be frightened, I rushed back immediately,” said the Bull Demon King.

"You'd better go back quickly, or the thunder might scare that fox spirit!" A child's voice rang out; it was Red Boy.

"You little brat, what business is it of yours when I'm talking to your mother!" the Bull Demon King scolded, then softened his voice, "My wife, I've told you many times, she's just a concubine, nothing more. She's nothing compared to you. I wasn't there for pleasure, I was cultivating."

"I found a treasure in the treasure trove of the Fox King. It's laughable that the old fox was unaware of his wealth and died of old age. My wife, look at my current level."

……

Bibo Pool.

With Ding Lin absent, Qingyi didn't dress as a woman. She remained in her usual blue robes, which accentuated her heroic spirit. The celestial phenomenon lasted only a moment before dissipating. She was worried about Ding Lin, her mind unsettled, when suddenly she sensed a powerful aura descending upon the Dragon Palace. Her expression brightened with joy.
It's done?
This energy level definitely surpasses the Golden Immortal realm.

But the next moment, Qingyi's expression changed again. Although the aura was terrifying, it was extremely unfamiliar.

It's not Ding Lin.

"Fu Hai?" A voice rang out from behind, its malice undisguised. In an instant, the man in green felt his hair stand on end. "You've been looking for me for ages!"

The woman in green turned her head with some difficulty.

She had a premonition, but she never expected this day to come so soon.

Behind him, less than ten feet away, a figure stood quietly. He had arrived at some unknown time, and if he hadn't deliberately revealed a trace of his aura earlier, the man in green wouldn't have noticed him at all.

The figure stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes deep and disdainful.

He was dressed in gray, and his appearance and attire bore a striking resemblance to the Nine-Headed Insect. Both wore headbands with nine heads on their foreheads, but the heads were more realistic and lifelike. The human face beneath the headband was more deeply etched than the Nine-Headed Insect's, with strong, sharp lines. A scar ran from his left cheek to his right, and his face was full of stories.

The nine-headed worm also looked over, and the next moment, a look of wild joy appeared on his face.

"Ancestor, have you come to save me?" the Nine-Headed Insect asked.

Since the ancient primordial era, after the great war between the witches and demons, the powerful demon race has been almost completely wiped out, and their bloodline has withered. Now, in the Northern Underworld, as long as a demon is the first to attain the Taiyi realm, he can be honored in the name of his race.

The newcomer was none other than Venerable Xiangliu, a disciple of Kunpeng of the Northern Sea, and currently the only Taiyi among the Xiangliu lineage.

“Useless thing, you’ve only been out there for a few hundred years and you’re already controlled by others,” Venerable Xiangliu scolded the Nine-Headed Insect. As he spoke, he suppressed his aura and his eyes showed clear satisfaction. “However, you are still quite diligent, and you are now a Golden Immortal.”

"The most difficult hurdle has been overcome. Perfect timing. We will return with the Ancestor later. As long as we purify the bloodline, we can awaken the Nine Heads in less than a hundred years and cultivate to the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. Our lineage will finally have successors."

Venerable Xiangliu then looked at Fuhai: "The Demon Master has ordered that you either obediently come back with me, or I will personally take action."

Qingyi remained silent. She took a deep breath and then exhaled. She had managed to cultivate to this level in just a few hundred years, thanks in part to the miraculous effects of the "Lingbao Jue" and her own great perseverance. How could she be swayed by a few words?

Moreover, although Qingyi was bullied by Kunpeng, before that, Kunpeng had taught her quite diligently. Now that she had cultivated to the Golden Immortal realm, she would naturally be knowledgeable about the subsequent realms.
Qingyi was aware of the drawbacks of the Taiyi realm. While powerful, it was also incompatible with the world and was constantly hampered. Unless they acted recklessly, the Taiyi realm could only use the strength of a peak Golden Immortal in the outside world. Any more would invite divine punishment.

Although controlling the power of a Golden Immortal at the Taiyi realm is more refined and far superior to that of a normal peak Golden Immortal, as long as this limitation exists, she still has a glimmer of hope.

The man in green gathered his magical power and pushed the "Lingbao Technique" to its limit. A hazy green light emanated from his body, and the Six Paths Laws were revealed around him.

Nine-Headed Insect narrowed his eyes. He knew that Qingyi was stronger than him, but he always thought that the strength was limited, after all, Qingyi had not achieved the Golden Immortal realm much earlier than him.

At this moment, seeing the laws manifested around Qingyi, he realized the vast difference in their abilities. He was both surprised and deeply grateful for his previous pragmatism.

"No wonder you still wouldn't give up even after calling me. It turns out you've already reached the late stage of Golden Immortal. But do you really think you can escape from me like that?"

Venerable Xiangliu seemed to be very familiar with Qingyi. Qingyi did not answer. After raising her aura to its peak, she swept up the Six Paths Laws beside her, and her figure disappeared instantly. She reappeared in front of Xiangliu and took the initiative to attack.

It wasn't that Qingyi wanted to do this, but she had no choice. She had been locked onto by Xiang Liu's aura. This was the gaze of someone at the Taiyi realm, not someone of the same realm. If he fled immediately, even if he went to the ends of the earth, he would not be able to escape.

She could only take a desperate gamble, hoping that during the fight, Xiang Liu's energy would shift for a moment, giving her a chance to escape.

"Ancestor, she has an accomplice who has shown his aura before, and is very similar to yours. Perhaps it is Taiyi?" Nine-Headed Insect spoke up, reminding him.

“Taiyi?” Xiang Liu shook his head. “It’s not that easy. However,” he said with a hint of seriousness, “the celestial phenomenon just now was indeed an impact on Taiyi. He may have accumulated enough laws, but the Taiyi realm requires not only the accumulation of laws, but also the articulation and integration of one’s own principles. It can’t be achieved in one or two attempts. This final step requires countless attempts to achieve the desired result. However, if what you say is true, he is barely qualified to fight me.”

Xiang Liu appeared to be responding, but in reality he was giving the Nine-Headed Insect some pointers, explaining the key to breaking through to the Taiyi realm. He was truly going to great lengths. As he waved his hand, nine laws flew out from his body, dancing in the air, deliberately presenting a scattered posture to avoid dissipating the fluctuations of the Taiyi realm.

The attack from the woman in green was easily blocked.

Xiang Liu then transformed his palm into a claw.

Suddenly, the nine laws shifted in the water, changing their form and descending like a large net to capture Qingyi alive.

The man in green gathered the six laws together, activated his magic power, and charged upwards.

While the net woven by Xiang Liu using the nine laws was indeed meticulous, it also caused the power to become scattered.

Qingyi rushed out in an instant. The ease with which she did it made her feel somewhat incredulous. Perhaps she was too confident, or perhaps she underestimated her. Xiang Liu actually failed in a single move. And in that instant of failure, the aura locked on her relaxed for a moment.

opportunity.

Qingyi's eyes flashed; regardless of the reason, this was the best opportunity!

She broke free from the encirclement of Xiang Liu's laws and continued to flee forward without looking back. At the same time, she secretly crushed a dragon scale, a life-saving item given to her by Ding Lin. Her aura instantly became illusory, seemingly close at hand, yet also seemingly omnipresent.

Xiang Liu's eyes flickered slightly, but he was completely relieved.

As expected, we are only close to Taiyi, not yet there.

"Wow!"

The woman in green burst out of the water. She didn't dare to delay for a moment. She pushed her magic power to the limit and her body suddenly exploded. Nine streaks of light flew out and flew in all directions. One was real and eight were fake. But even so, she had done all she could. Now she could only leave it to fate.

Suddenly everything went black.

An illusory palm descended upon his head.

"cough!!"

Qingyi recklessly increased her magical power, exceeding her limit. Even the physical body tempered by the "Spiritual Treasure Technique" could not withstand such torment. She only felt an itch in her throat.

Suddenly, unable to hold back any longer, he opened his mouth and choked on a mouthful of blood. The blood quickly swept across the corner of his mouth, leaving a bloodstain.

"boom!"

The next moment, the woman in green fell down at a speed even faster than when she was fleeing, crashing into the Bibo Pool and splashing up huge waves.

The nine beams of light also disappeared at the same time.

Xiang Liu was at ease. He took a step forward and walked from the underwater dragon palace to the surface of the water, riding the waves.

“Fu Hai, your master only wants me to take you back. The matter of the Heavenly Court was just a helpless act. He still cares about you. Why do you resist like this? In the end, you will only hurt yourself,” Xiang Liu said.

"Take me back?" Qingyi spat out another mouthful of blood. Her magical power was almost gone, and her body was badly injured. She struggled several times before finally standing up from the water, looking disheveled. Hearing Xiang Liu's words, she couldn't help but curl her lips into a mocking smile. "Go back? So you can continue to use me, keep me under your control to raise my cultivation level, and then let some unknown old monster come back to life from my body?"

"You actually knew?" Xiang Liu was somewhat surprised, then smiled nonchalantly. "So what if you know? Now that things have come to this, do you think you can still do as you please? The Demon Master wasn't entirely unfaithful to you. The only problem is that you have a special constitution. Our demon race is in a difficult situation right now. No matter how talented a little demon is, how can he compare to the benefits brought by the return of a Demon Emperor? All of this is for the sake of the race!"

As soon as Xiang Liu finished speaking, he clenched his five fingers and used the laws to form a cage to grab Qingyi, using the same method as before. However, Qingyi was in such a state that she could not break free again.

"You say that only because you weren't the one who was sacrificed."

Qingyi said that she had no intention of resisting anymore. Her body was already exhausted. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she looked down at the bottom of the water. She had a feeling, without any basis, just the purest intuition, that Ding Lin was in the Bibo Pool below her.

Fortunately, he was still in seclusion.

Qingyi thought to herself, and felt a sense of relief.

Xiang Liu paused for a moment.

"Let's go," Xiang Liu said. The Nine-Headed Insect had appeared beside him unnoticed, one hand holding a pearl, the other manipulating its magic to bind Wan Sheng and his daughter. "Why bring these two burdens along?"

"Get rid of it!"

"Yes, Ancestor." Nine-Headed Insect agreed, feeling a slight regret. He had suffered so much humiliation because of Princess Wansheng. Originally, he wanted to take the father and daughter back to Beiming, but since Xiang Liu had spoken, he dared not disobey. So he had to take action and end the Wansheng father and daughter.

Xiang Liu spread his spiritual sense, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of miles. A hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He had deliberately suppressed his combat power when capturing Qingyi, just to give Ding Lin the illusion that he was nothing special, hoping to lure Ding Lin out. Who knew that the latter would not fall for the trap? He was so cautious and cold-hearted. He felt a little sorry for Fu Hai. But he had only done this as a matter of course. If he succeeded, he would capture them all in one fell swoop. If he failed, capturing Fu Hai like this would be enough to complete his mission.

However, the fact that Ding Lin, with his Golden Immortal status, could hide here right under his nose was indeed quite remarkable.

However, since this is in Xiniu Hezhou, the commotion is too great and there may be other complications. If it were in Beiju Luzhou, he would search every mile to find Ding Lin and capture him.

Thinking this, Xiang Liu manipulated his magic to pull Qingyi to his side.

(End of this chapter)