Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 412: Times have changed
This method, which dissolves flesh and bone, is truly ruthless.

His gaze toward Li Ergou gradually turned cold as he turned to look at him.

Having this guy by his side makes him restless and unable to eat or sleep.

"Senior Brother Xu..."

Li Ergou rubbed his hands together and approached, his face still showing a timid expression. If it weren't for the blood dripping from Hua Ling's cuffs, one might think he was truly a coward.

"Shouldn't we..."

The words stopped abruptly.

Before Li Ergou could finish speaking, his timid eyes suddenly turned fierce, and a burst of bloody light appeared in his sleeve. A small, extremely vicious blue sword suddenly stabbed towards Xu Yunfan's back!
Meanwhile, in the distant sky, the battle between the two Foundation Establishment cultivators had reached its peak. The aftershocks of the collision between the sword light and the thousand-mile-long rosy waves were like a raging sea, causing the clouds to collapse and the entire world to tremble violently.

However, thousands of miles away, in a narrow crevice of the far northern ice plains...

"Buzz!"

A faint golden halo suddenly emanated from Xu Yunfan's body. The righteous energy of the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture was as bright and powerful as the rising sun. As soon as the sinister little sword touched the golden light, it melted away instantly, like snow meeting boiling water!

Li Ergou's pupils contracted sharply, and the feigned cowardice on his face froze completely.

His attack was premeditated and would be difficult for even a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator to defend against, but Xu Yunfan did not even turn his head and neutralized it with his protective true essence alone!
"Qi Refining...Great Perfection?!"

Li Ergou's voice trembled as he finally realized he had kicked a hornet's nest.

The person before me possessed a deep and profound aura, and his true essence was as vast as the sea, clearly indicating that he was at the half-step Foundation Establishment stage!

How could he possibly plot against such a person?

He couldn't help but curse Xu Yunfan in his heart, calling him inhuman and utterly shameless.

He had clearly reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and only needed to prepare the prerequisite Foundation Establishment. He was just one step away from taking that step, raising his Dao Foundation, and becoming a Foundation Establishment True Person.

I didn't expect them to be playing the fool here.

When did the Yuanshi Sect's influence begin to take hold?!

"You're not bad. If you hadn't met me, you might have lived a long time."

Xu Yunfan's dragon scale armor had somehow covered his right arm, and his five fingers slowly lifted his crown.

The Martial Arts Heavenly Eye revealed a faint glow emanating from the person's dantian, carrying a sharp aura.

Xu Yunfan understood. No wonder Zhao Ti risked leaving the Yuanshi Sect's territory and chased them all the way here.

They were indeed there to track down something.

This Li Ergou has a great secret.

"What Zhao Ti is looking for."

Xu Yunfan's voice was colder than Arctic ice: "Hand it over."

Li Ergou kicked wildly, then suddenly tore open his clothes to reveal a blood-stained talisman on his chest, displaying the insignia of the Yuanshi Sect's Weichen Peak: "You dare not kill me! I am..."

Click!

The sound of a neck bone breaking rang out simultaneously with the cry of a sword in the sky.

After using the True Martial Subduing Demon True Essence to completely melt Li Ergou's body and flesh, Xu Yunfan then tossed the corpse into the icy abyss and took out a piece of bone that was neither gold nor jade from his pocket.

“Jade Golden Frame…”

Xu Yunfan carefully stroked it for a long time, and then Yu Congling in his mind suddenly spoke.

Xu Yunfan's eyes flickered slightly: "Do you know what this is?"

"With top-quality refining materials, if refined properly, it can certainly be used to forge a superior magic weapon."

magic weapon!?
Xu Yunfan's eyes shone brightly.

These days he has not only been burying himself in his cultivation, but also the difference between magic tools and magic treasures, which is only one word, is as different as heaven and earth.

This thing...

Xu Yunfan suddenly felt that his hand was burning hot.

There are probably quite a few people watching, at least Zhao Ti clearly knows that Li Ergou is carrying a valuable treasure.

Although the clues suggest that the other party is unaware of the situation, it doesn't mean they will give up.

Thinking it over, Xu Yunfan sighed slightly. If he had known Li Ergou possessed a valuable treasure, he should have intervened and detained Zhao Ti and the others. Now…

He glanced at the palm-sized gold jade pendant in his hand, then casually tossed it beside Li Ergou's corpse and left without looking back.

The sword light in the north suddenly intensified.

The Azure Nether Immortal seemed to sense something and glanced in their direction.

Xu Yunfan felt as if he were being pricked by a needle, and his spine spun wildly to withstand the weight of that gaze.

At the same time, a tortoise and snake coiled around his body, causing his energy to dissipate rapidly.

The Azure Netherworld Immortal seemed to have only sensed someone, glancing at them casually before looking away, but even that gaze made Xu Yunfan break out in a cold sweat.

He had clearly reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, yet he couldn't withstand a single glance from a Foundation Establishment True Person.

"The power of Foundation Establishment is truly astounding..."

He was secretly horrified.

A single glance from him caused his true energy to stagnate. If he were to face him head-on, he would likely be crushed to death before he could even make a single move.

Just as they were about to retreat, they suddenly saw a burst of seven-colored light from where the dragon was slain. It turned out that a young ice dragon with a crystal-clear body was forced out by the sword energy!

"Roar!"

The dragon's roar shattered the ice layer that stretched for miles.

The Azure Nether Immortal laughed loudly, and with a light twist of his sword finger, he pinned the ice dragon in mid-air.

"You dare!"

Another Foundation Establishment cultivator, his mouth filled with anger, raised his hand and unleashed a thousand miles of cloud-like Dao Foundation, attempting to stop him.

"You mere clouds and mist dare to obstruct me?"

Master Qingming chuckled and suddenly pressed down with his sword finger. The jade flying sword immediately emitted a dazzling cold light, and as the sword trembled, it even emitted a clear and melodious sword cry like a dragon's roar!
"laugh!"

The flying sword flew like lightning, piercing through the clouds in an instant and penetrating the ice dragon's head. The sword energy burst forth, shredding the entire dragon's body inch by inch, turning it into countless ice crystals that scattered across the sky.

"Li Qingling, you're asking for death!"

Another Foundation Establishment cultivator roared, his sleeves billowing out as a crimson blood-red blade flew from his palm. The blade was wreathed in a chilling demonic aura, and the air itself hissed as it passed through it.

"Blood Demon Blade? You bastard, you've truly fallen into demonic possession."

Master Qingming raised an eyebrow slightly, but showed no sign of panic.

She formed hand seals, and nine cyan sword shadows suddenly appeared around her. Each one was solid and tangible, and its sharpness was unparalleled.

"Azure Netherworld Nine Swords, go!"

Nine sword shadows, like swimming dragons, crisscrossed and slashed out, colliding violently with the blood-red blade!

Boom!

A blinding flash of light erupted, and a violent gust of wind swept across a radius of a hundred miles, carving dozens of bottomless ravines into the ground by the aftershocks.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the blood-stained blade was seen broken into several pieces, and the demonic energy had dissipated.

However, Qingming Zhenren's nine sword shadows remained suspended in mid-air, their blades pointing directly at his opponent's throat!

"you……"

The Foundation Establishment cultivator's face was deathly pale, a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.

"Concession."

Qingming Zhenren calmly sheathed her sword, and the nine sword shadows instantly merged into one, transforming into a jade flying sword that disappeared into her sleeve.

It wasn't that she didn't want to kill him, but although he wasn't as strong as her, she couldn't stop him from leaving unless another Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Wancheng Sword Sect arrived...

She let out a soft breath; this trip was a private matter, and naturally, she couldn't let any third party know about it.

With a slight flick of her fingers, the sword energy flowing from her fingertips transformed into threads that wove into a cage, revealing the foundational power of "controlling the heavens with a sword" with every move she made.

Even more astonishingly, she flung out three sword imprints from her sleeve, which transformed into three streaks of gold, silver, and purple light that entered the dying dragon's body.

(End of this chapter)