Simultaneous travel: I am rampant in the domestic area

Chapter 209 The sky over Liubo Mountain brightened.
“Junior brothers and sisters, this person is the head of the Longevity Hall. More than a hundred years ago, his cultivation had already reached the second step. Even if the three of us joined forces, we would not be a match for these two. We should retreat first.” Black and white light alternated, and the warm light emitted by the Shaoyang Sword was suppressed at an extremely fast speed. Chu Yuhong narrowly dodged the strangulation of the Yin-Yang Mirror and retreated back to Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan’s side, saying in a deep voice.

"I want to try again." Lu Xueqi frowned slightly, her Tianya Sword crackling with lightning in her hand, staring at the blood-sucking old demon whose life force had dried up like a withered tree, showing a hint of unwillingness.

Zhang Xiaofan mentally assessed the strength distribution. His three companions had already expended considerable energy facing the Bloodsucking Demon, and it would be unwise to continue fighting against Yu Yangzi, whose cultivation level and combat power far surpassed the Bloodsucking Demon's. He immediately shook his head and said, "No, let's retreat first."

Two of the three did not support continuing the fight, so Lu Xueqi naturally could not insist any longer. With a flick of her sword, she drew down clusters of lightning towards Yu Yangzi. Amidst the roaring lightning, she switched from offense to defense, ready to leave the battlefield at any moment.

"Brother Bloodsucker, you owe me a favor today!" Yu Yangzi hovered in mid-air, his Yin-Yang Mirror magic weapon was unpredictable, sometimes black and sometimes white, with bursts of mysterious light. The lightning and blood energy that Zhang Xiaofan and the others attacked were either blocked by this magic mirror or pulled aside by Yu Yangzi, and could not hurt him in the slightest.

"I beg you, fellow Daoist, to help me capture these three. I will reward you handsomely in the future!" The Blood-Sucking Demon was also enraged. Since his debut, he had never felt so frustrated as he did today.

All his magical abilities were completely countered by the three blond-haired brats in front of him. If it weren't for Yu Yangzi's intervention, he would most likely have perished on Liubo Mountain today. How could he not be furious?

"Very well! Junior, prepare to die!" Yu Yangzi roared, his clothes billowing out, and the Yin-Yang Mirror floated up, radiating strange black and white light, heading straight for Chu Yuhong's face. The force was so great that the void trembled and the air exploded.

The Hall of Longevity is not well-known among the four sects of the Demonic Path. However, under the Ghost King's influence, the Holy Sect seems poised for a revival. If this is the case, as the sect leader, he must fight for the Hall of Longevity in this era of great strife. Countless predecessors have clearly told him one thing: immortality is ultimately an illusion, while worldly fame and fortune are what can truly be grasped.

Therefore, at a time when all factions are flourishing, he needs to recruit more retainers to strengthen the power of the Longevity Hall. The renowned old demonic cultivator, the Blood-Sucking Demon, is naturally on his recruitment list. However, he originally belonged to the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. He had prepared many treasures to bribe the Poison God in order to snatch him away. Unexpectedly, today's meeting was a blessing from heaven.

As for these three disciples of Qingyun Sect, they can only blame their bad luck for running into him and becoming stepping stones for his plan to revive Changsheng Hall.

Seeing that Chu Yuhong couldn't dodge in time, Zhang Xiaofan flipped the Soul-Devouring Staff in his hand, and the dark blue light shone brightly, drawing out the myriad blood energy contained within. With a bang, he actually blocked Yu Yangzi's sure-win attack.

"Old man, you've got some skills." Zhang Xiaofan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The red light on the Blood-Devouring Bead gradually brightened, and a cool sensation spread throughout his body. Behind him, Lu Xueqi and Chu Yuhong had already ridden away on the Divine Rainbow.

"This young fellow is not bad either. If you are willing to abandon the darkness and join my Changsheng Hall, I will immediately take you as my disciple." Seeing that Zhang Xiaofan was young but had extraordinary cultivation, Yu Yangzi, who valued talent as much as his life, immediately had the idea of ​​recruiting him.

If he could recruit Zhang Xiaofan into his sect, he was confident that he could make the Longevity Hall the leading sect among all the branches of the Holy Sect within a hundred years.

"Take me as your disciple? You're not worthy! I'll kill you within three years." Zhang Xiaofan sneered disdainfully, stepped on the air, and strode away.

"You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences." Yu Yangzi snorted coldly, made a hand seal with his left hand, and the Yin-Yang Mirror suddenly flipped. In the blink of an eye, he had arrived in front of Zhang Xiaofan and the other two. Two black auras, one black and one white, shot out from the mirror and intertwined as they rushed towards the three of them to kill them.

boom! ——

With a deafening roar, the world cleared.

“Brother Bloodsucker, I’ve crippled these three brats. Go and capture them, and we’ll go back to camp for a good drink.”

Yu Yangzi turned around confidently, smiled faintly at the vampire demon, flicked his sleeves, stood with his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky, showing the demeanor of a master, completely unaware of the vampire demon's horrified expression.

But it doesn't matter, the next second he felt a panic even deeper than that of the vampire demon.

Yu Yangzi suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder, and then a cold voice rang in his ear: "So you're called Yu Yangzi?"

A chill surged from his heart, running down his spine and into the crown of his head. Yu Yangzi stiffly turned his head, only to be met with Russell's gloomy face.

"Senior...it's a misunderstanding!" Yu Yangzi was shocked, his pupils trembled, and his whole body felt as if it were filled with lead, unable to move, as if Mount Tai was pressing down on him.

"It's alright, just be more careful in your next life."

Russell forgave Yu Yangzi and patted him affectionately on the shoulder. Right in front of everyone, this fourth member of the Demonic Sect turned into an ice sculpture from the inside out at a speed visible to the naked eye, and shattered everywhere.

Seeing this, the vampire demon disregarded any magical artifacts, turned around without looking back, burned the last of his life essence, and charged westward recklessly.

"Uncle-Master," Chu Yuhong reminded him. Then he saw Russell snap his fingers lightly, and an incredibly surging and terrifying flame suddenly descended, igniting half the sky. In an instant, the Bloodsucking Demon was reduced to ashes.

"What is it?" Russell asked.

"It's nothing." Chu Yuhong swallowed, shook his head, and then said apologetically, "Uncle-Master, I have failed you in your trust and was unable to assist my junior brother in killing the Bloodsucking Demon."

"It's not your fault. I never expected to be so unlucky as to run into a bastard like Yu Yangzi." Russell was also helpless. He could lose a bet that was almost certain to win. His luck with betting was just unbelievable.

"Uncle-Master, aren't we going back?" Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi approached at this moment. With the Blood-Devouring Bead in hand, Zhang Xiaofan's injuries had already healed on their own.

“If we make too much noise, some people might get restless,” Russell shrugged.

And just as he said, in just a few breaths, multicolored rainbows rose from all directions and converged in this direction.

Leading the group were Daoist Cangsong, Tian Buyi and Su Ru, along with Master Shuiyue from Xiaozhu Peak. Behind them were the brothers Fashan and Faxiang from Tianyin Temple, Shangguan Ce, Li Xun, and Yan Hong from Fenxiang Valley, as well as a group of independent cultivators.

"Russell, what happened here?" Cangsong Daoren asked coldly.

"It was nothing serious. It was just that Yu Yangzi and the Vampire Demon came to attack me because I was all alone, and I wiped them out." Russell stood with his hands behind his back and casually tossed out two items: Yu Yangzi's Yin-Yang Mirror and the Vampire Demon's Hundred Ghost Banner.

"Truly their magic weapon!" Fa Shan exclaimed, immediately clasping his hands together in a respectful bow to Russell. "Amitabha! Master Luo's elimination of these two scourges is a blessing for all living beings." Following Fa Shan's lead, choruses of praise echoed through the crowd, each sycophant more elaborate than the last. Russell was quite pleased, but just then, an untimely voice rang out from the crowd: "Ha, nice words, but I'm afraid this demon-slaying wasn't your true skill."

"Xun'er!" Shangguan Ce scolded in a low voice, and Li Xun reluctantly shut his mouth.

With Li Xun's interruption, the praise abruptly stopped, and many rogue cultivators held their breath, unwilling to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch the drama unfold.

Within the Qingyun Sect, Tian Buyi had the most fiery temper. Before Luo Su could even speak, he launched an attack: "Brother Shangguan, what do you mean by your disciple's words? Junior Brother Luo is your peer. It's one thing for this kid not to obediently step forward to pay his respects, but to be so disrespectful to his elders—is this the kind of good disciple your Fenxiang Valley has produced?"

I believe in seniority!

Russell silently applauded Fatty Tian.

"Brother Tian, ​​Junior Brother Luo, it is indeed my fault for neglecting your discipline. Please forgive me." Shangguan Ce cupped his hands to Tian Buyi and Luo Su, then pulled Li Xun out from behind him and sternly reprimanded him, "You unfilial disciple, why don't you apologize to your Uncle Luo!"

"I did nothing wrong! What is there to apologize for!" Li Xun, young and impetuous, valued his reputation above all else. To admit his mistake in front of everyone was tantamount to slapping him in the face. So, he decided to go all the way and pointed directly at Luo Su, saying, "Luo, I have never heard of anyone named you in the Qingyun Sect. Let me ask you, have you ever been to Xiaochi Town? Have you ever obtained our sect's magic weapon, the Xuanhuo Mirror? Do you dare let us search your magic weapon?"

Before Li Xun could finish speaking, a cold arc of light suddenly appeared. Shangguan Ce quickly handed over the Nine-Condensed Frost Spike. With a clang, Master Shuiyue sheathed his sword.

"Master Shuiyue, what is the meaning of this?" Shangguan Ce asked in surprise and anger.

He was just a hair's breadth away from losing his eldest disciple's arm. Had he been a fraction slower, his disciple's entire arm would have been severed at the root.

"Disrespecting our teachers and elders, insulting Qingyun, cutting off his arm is already too lenient." Master Shuiyue also joined the battle, his tone icy.

Under Luo Su's guidance, Lu Xueqi's cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds, which she naturally noticed. In her eyes now, anyone who dared to touch Luo Su was going to war with Xiaozhu Peak. Not to mention, Luo Su still carried the shadow of that person.

"Brother Cangsong, my disciple was just a bit hot-tempered. Why are you being so aggressive?" Seeing that he couldn't reason with Tian Buyi and Master Shuiyue, Shangguan Ce had no choice but to go to Daoist Cangsong. Daoist Cangsong and he had always been on good terms, so he thought he could resolve the matter.

However, he hadn't expected that the Taoist Cangsong's attitude was far more resolute than Tian Buyi's, and his words sent chills down his spine:
"What? It's my Qingyun Sect's fault now? Your Fenxiang Valley's governance is lax, and my Qingyun Sect disciplines you without expecting anything in return. You're not only ungrateful, but you're also blaming me. Or is it that this kid's attitude represents your Fenxiang Valley's attitude, and you no longer respect my Qingyun Sect at all?! If that's the case, we can set up a battle and fight. You choose a day to attack my Qingyun Sect, or we choose a time to attack your Fenxiang Valley!"

"Brother Cangsong! What are you saying! How could it come to this? How could it come to this!" Shangguan Ce's forehead broke out in a cold sweat. How did it suddenly escalate to a sect war?

No matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't understand why, as Wan Jianyi's biggest fan, even Russell, who was close to Wan Jianyi, was someone that outsiders could not tarnish in Cangsong's eyes.

"Alright, alright, it's not that serious." Just as the atmosphere became tense, Russell, one of the parties involved, finally stepped forward. He patted Tian Buyi on the shoulder, then cupped his hands to Master Shuiyue, and finally glanced at Daoist Cangsong. Hmm, still the same as before, they dislike each other. Well, it's alright then.

"Junior Brother Luo." Shangguan Ce cupped his hands in greeting, deeply moved by Luo Su's act of stepping in to help him out of the predicament.

“I understand now. Your disciple suspects me of stealing the Mysterious Fire Mirror from Burning Incense Valley. Is that what you mean?” Russell asked.

"This must be a misunderstanding, Junior Brother Luo, please don't mention it again." Shangguan Ce smoothed things over and explained, "Speaking of which, this matter is also my responsibility. The Xuanhuo Mirror was stolen within the sect, and my nephew searched for it all the way for me. He finally determined that the fox demon had settled in Xiaochi Town. Only after chasing after it did he learn that the fox demon had been subdued by a young Taoist priest. This time, seeing Junior Brother Luo's exquisite fire magic, he was in a hurry and mistook the person for someone else."

Li Xun shrank behind Shangguan Ce, keeping his head down and not daring to speak.

As the most outstanding disciple of the younger generation of Burning Incense Valley, he was naturally no fool. His previous actions were just a charade he put on with his master, Shangguan Ce, to trick Luo Su. However, he did not expect such a strong reaction from the Qingyun Sect, so he had no choice but to temporarily avoid the limelight.

"Ha, so it's all speculation, without a single piece of evidence." Russell chuckled, and finally couldn't help but applaud.

Classic, truly classic! It has that feel of an old-fashioned novel.

"It's all a misunderstanding." Shangguan Ce cupped his hands and bowed again.

“Here’s what we’ll do: you stand a little further back, and I’ll vouch for you,” Russell suggested.

"Proof?" Shangguan Ce asked, puzzled.

“Once the seed of doubt is planted, it will take root and sprout. Only by uprooting it can suspicion be eliminated,” Russell said earnestly.

"What does Junior Brother Luo want?" Seeing Luo Su's attitude, Shangguan Ce's heart began to waver. Could it be that he had really guessed wrong?

“I told you, stand back a bit.” Russell pointed in a direction where there weren’t many people.

"Alright." Shangguan Ce nodded, without suspecting anything, only thinking that Russell wanted to humiliate them to vent his anger, but he didn't care. He thought that if this could eliminate the rift between the two sects, losing some face was not a big deal.

The master and apprentice then stopped on a mountain peak about a mile away from the main force and asked, "Junior Brother Luo, is this distance enough?"

"Pretty much." Russell estimated the distance and nodded.

Then, Shangguan Ce and Li Xun, and everyone present saw Russell point his hand at the two of them and suddenly clench it.

Then, a mushroom cloud rose, and the sky over Liubo Mountain brightened!

(End of this chapter)