The road is vague

Chapter 238 The Truth About Seclusion
Having succeeded in his attack, Li Mo quickly moved away from Lü Tong's vicinity, unaware that Tong Yuan was able to save lives using the spiritual thread surgery techniques of the State of Lu.

He was being chased by eight men and was no longer able to fight.

Nine figures swiftly glided across the lake, creating waves.

However, Li Mo dared not leave the area of ​​the Azure Dragon Pool Formation, fearing that he might run into Ye Shoutian, who might return at any time, and that he might be killed by the furious head of the Enforcement Hall with a single sword strike.

Fortunately, both the Formless Robe and the Wind-Riding Cloak are magical artifacts that enhance his escape abilities, allowing him to flee while dodging various magical attacks from behind.

As explosions continued around him, sending up jets of surging water, Li Mo vaguely noticed that the once turbulent whirlpools of the vast Azure Dragon Pool were gradually calming down.

The battle below appears to be nearing its end.

Among the eight people chasing him was Chen Yu.

However, on such a vast battlefield, he, a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, was completely ignored.

At least twenty corpses were floating in the lake, seventy or eighty percent of whom were at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Some of them were acquaintances of Chen Yu, but now they died tragically, floating quietly on the lake, telling the story of the battles fought here.

Chen Yu felt as if she were in a dream, and it all seemed unreal.

Only a little over an hour has passed since the internal strife began at Qingming Mountain.

But both sides maintained a tenacious will, a spirit of facing death without fear, and fought fiercely without yielding to each other.

He originally thought that these people from the Justice Society were all traitors who only cared about profit, but could the will and spirit they showed really be achieved by traitors who only cared about profit?

Chen Yu felt somewhat confused and began to doubt herself.

He then looked at Li Mo, who was constantly escaping with his agile movements, but he did not make a move.

"Senior Brother Li Mo, what is the reason for all this?"

At this time.

After Li Mo approached the location of the True Demon clone, he took out four jade plates from his spatial ring.

These jade plates were crystal clear, and they contained the essence of different magical beasts, which he projected out with spiritual light.

The true demon clone, which was in perfect harmony with Li Mo's main body, took advantage of this moment to exhale a breath of demonic energy. Without any emotional fluctuation, it opened its mouth slightly, and four fingers on its left hand fell off.

The four fingers, in the form of primordial demon blood, merged with the four jade plates.

"The True Demonic Spiritual Transformation Method."

All of a sudden.

The organisms on the four jade plates expanded rapidly, transforming into a ghost-faced spider, a skull demon, a two-headed snake, and a four-winged demon bird, respectively.

This is a demonic secret technique.

The four magical artifact spirits, each possessing unique abilities, let out shrieks and pounced on the pursuers behind Li Mo.

"kindness?"

"careful!"

"What's this……"

The eight Foundation Establishment cultivators paused their escape and hurriedly took action, causing a brief period of chaos.

After the True Demon clone used the True Demon Spirit Transformation Technique, it split off some of the original True Demon blood, and its aura immediately weakened, which relieved Chen Kaixuan.

He kept looking out of the formation, but he still couldn't see Ye Shoutian's figure.

This mission is most likely a failure.

While feeling sad, Chen Kaixuan also became indecisive, unsure whether he should take this opportunity to publicly announce the mission's failure and immediately evacuate, or continue to wait for Ye Shoutian, the hall master, to give the order personally.

Because they lost the control of the Shadow Line Secret Technique, the Six Calamities and Six Disasters Matrix Puppet and the Six Ding and Six Jia Matrix Puppet reverted to their straightforward fighting style. Zheng Kui and Jiang Caiqian also temporarily reduced their strength and were able to deal with them relatively easily.

The main battlefield direction.

Because the Enforcement Hall dispatched many people to pursue Li Mo, and a formation-breaking master was attacked, there was no hope of breaking the formation within the stipulated time. The morale of the Justice Society was greatly boosted.

The disciples of the Enforcement Hall did not look too good.

They couldn't imagine how furious Master Ye would be upon his return and seeing this scene.

Two more cups of tea's time passed.

Although the battle between the two sides continued, they both seemed to be nearing the end of their magical power, and each had their own ideas. Surprisingly, there were no more deaths or injuries, and they all became more conservative.

Ye Shoutian said he would return after an incense stick had burned.

Now that time has passed, he has broken his promise again, seemingly having encountered trouble once more.

The Azure Dragon Pool has returned to complete tranquility, with the surging spiritual energy in the sky causing the water surface to shimmer.

The lake was so deep that its bottom was unseen, giving it a dark and gloomy appearance.

Deep at the bottom of the lake.

Lu Qi stood side by side with his avatar, looking at the corpse of the sacred beast that guarded the mountain, which was as big as a small mountain. He was filled with mixed feelings.

"It has finally come to this." The scene from more than 20 years ago seemed to reappear before his eyes.

Before going into seclusion, Master Qingling secretly summoned four people. He was the third person to meet with the two acting sect leaders.

He had already guessed most of what Qingling Zhenren was asking of the two acting sect leaders, but he still couldn't quite understand Qingling Zhenren's final request to Ye Qing.

"Lu Qi, do you have any dissatisfaction with my choice of Chen Shouyi and Sima Fu as the true disciples of our sect?"

"This disciple dares not. My True Spirit Eye has lost its power, making it impossible for me to command respect. I have no complaints about not being able to serve as acting sect leader. However, this disciple does not understand why the sect leader did not choose Ye Shoutian or Qian Jing as true disciples of our sect?"

"Because... there is no time left. I have been entrusted with this mission in a time of crisis for the two of them."

"My trip to Yuancheng this time is not only to prepare some backup plans, but also to use a secret technique to exhaust my vital energy to the extreme, creating the illusion of abundant lifespan, so that those with ulterior motives can observe."

"For the sake of our sect's millennium-long plan, I'm going to deceive everyone by announcing that I'm going into seclusion, thus buying you some more time."

"This Dragon Transformation and Yuan Gathering Secret Technique was left behind by the second-generation sect leader. If either of them successfully advances, that's fine. If not, use this Divine Forbidden Token to go to the Azure Dragon Pool to retrieve the pill and try this secret technique. Or choose the one you think has the best chance and go all out..."

Recalling the past, even Lu Qi couldn't help but shed tears.

Over the years, outsiders have simply been unable to comprehend the pressure he has been under.

The once-great Lingmu Sect, with its thousand-year-old heritage, is now nothing but an empty shell.

Once other sects confirm the truth of the situation here, those Nascent Soul cultivators will certainly not miss this feast, after all, who would be indifferent to the millennium-old inheritance opportunity here?

"Chen Shouyi has lost his qualifications in terms of both martial arts foundation and personal talent. He has already reached this point, yet he still does not realize that the crisis of the extermination of his sect is imminent. He is still arguing endlessly over a few measly things. The sect leader's deception may fool people for a while, but can he fool those old monsters forever?"

Lu Qi, with his sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, exuded a sharp and indomitable spirit. He reached out and tore open the scales of the thousand-year-old carp spirit with his sword, taking out the demon core from its belly.

This demon core was bluish-green in color, only the size of a fist, and emitted a violent spiritual light.

But he did not show the slightest greed.

With his current magical power, he is still quite far from reaching the peak of the late Golden Core stage.

"Senior Brother Sima, the Spirit Eye Sect's grand plan for a thousand years depends on this one gamble. The rest is up to you!"

After carefully putting away the demon core, Lu Qi exchanged a glance with his avatar.

The avatar, holding the God-Suppressing Decree and surrounded by golden spiritual light, nodded in perfect unison.

Compared to Lu Qi's original body, the avatar's expression was noticeably more gentle, kind, and composed. He gently made a hand seal towards the God-Suppressing Decree in his hand, and golden light shone brightly, from which a wisp of spiritual power floated out.

The avatar outside the body gently opened its mouth and absorbed this wisp of essence.

After doing all this, the avatar quickly clasped its hands together, and the spiritual light in its body continuously contracted, eventually transforming back into the form of a spiritual pill.

Lu Qi extended his right hand and gently picked up the elixir with his index finger, middle finger, and thumb.

After a look of solemnity in his eyes, he turned his gaze to the chest cavity of the sacred beast that had been cut open by a sword, and put the elixir in his hand into the beast's abdomen, replacing the original demon core.

All of a sudden.

The elixir emitted a powerful spiritual energy that quickly healed the wound and completely merged into the body of the sacred beast that guarded the mountain.

The enormous body of the sacred beast guarding the mountain began to tremble continuously, with dense "crackling" sounds emanating from its joints. Its size seemed to grow even larger, and its damaged dragon scales, whiskers, and horns were constantly regenerated. Its original carp tail gradually transformed into a complete dragon tail during this period, and its aura became increasingly lifelike.

It gradually transformed into a real azure dragon.

The process seemed slow, but in reality it took less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, so much so that Lu Qi, standing in front of this azure dragon, had an increasingly insignificant feeling.

Suddenly.

The Azure Dragon suddenly opened its eyes and shot out two beams of spiritual light.

"It's done!"

Lu Qi and his avatar were of one mind, and he instantly understood the situation of the azure dragon. Although he was unable to take this opportunity to completely transform into a dragon, it was only a matter of time.

At most, within a hundred years, this external avatar can transform into a dragon, comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator.

If the main body can advance to the Nascent Soul stage first, the time it takes for this avatar to transform into a dragon will be greatly shortened by the main body's comprehension. Conversely, once the avatar has completely transformed into a dragon, the main body's chances of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage will also be greatly increased.

Even so, it's enough to deal with Ye Shoutian and Bai Jingjing.

Even if they couldn't overpower the two, they were enough to restrain and intimidate them, allowing the plan to continue.

Thinking of this, Lu Qi leaped up and stood steadily between the two horns on the top of the Azure Dragon's head. As this enormous creature, which was nearly twenty feet long, swayed its body and swam upwards, the entire Azure Dragon Pool was stirred up once again.

"I have arrived!"

The closer you get to the surface of the lake, the brighter the water becomes.

The Azure Dragon was incredibly fast; in just over ten breaths, it burst out of the water and suddenly soared into the air.

With a resounding dragon roar, a terrifying pressure swept out.

All of a sudden.

The surrounding area was as if it had been swept away by a tsunami. The Foundation Establishment cultivators who had been fighting here for a long time were scattered, with only about fifty or sixty people remaining. They all screamed in terror as they were swept away by the terrifying flood.

(End of this chapter)