A leisurely life in the world of cultivation

Chapter 162 For the Boat, Kill Me Quickly!

The sudden turn of events caused Li Weizhou's pupils to shrink sharply. Tian Ru's flying figure crashed into the stone wall like a kite with a broken string. Her mouthful of hot blood splattered onto the bluestone slab, instantly releasing a pungent, fishy smell.

This unexpected turn of events is truly heartbreaking.

He didn't even have time to help him up, without the slightest hesitation, and without considering how hard-won the lightning-type spiritual energy was, the Gengjin Divine Lightning instantly struck Tao Xixing's forehead.

Then the four accumulated thunder talismans exploded, striking Tao Xixing with a series of booming sounds.

Li Weizhou shouted loudly, "Master's wife, quickly seal Master's Purple Mansion, he has fallen into demonic possession!"

Tian Ru struggled, her face pale, trying to activate her magic seal, but it was too late.

Tao Xixing had already stepped out of the lightning, his Taoist robe charred black by the lightning, and several black lines appeared on his originally refined face, like a slithering venomous snake.

Seeing this, Tian Ru felt as if her heart was being torn apart, realizing that her senior brother had truly fallen into demonic possession...

"Evil disciple."

Tao Xixing's voice was like ice, each word carrying the sound of shattered icicles: "You think these tricks can trap me? I didn't expect you to possess lightning-based supernatural powers. Fine, fine! Today I will possess your body and see who in this spirit realm can be my match!"

The devil is born from the heart. Could this be what the old man was thinking?
The term "demonic thought" doesn't mean that demonic energy itself possesses intelligence; rather, it means that demonic energy permeates and amplifies the evil within people's hearts...

Before Tao Xixing could finish speaking, his figure approached like a ghost, and the hand that had just imprinted on Tian Ru's heart was now carrying a dark, demonic aura as it reached for Li Weizhou's face.

Li Weizhou suddenly ducked, and the Kunwu sword at his waist was drawn with a "whoosh," its blade slashing towards the opponent's wrist.

His sword intent was astonishing, but in terms of combat experience, how could he compare to Tao Xixing?
Tao Xixing was not only known as a genius since childhood, but also experienced countless trials in the demon realm and participated in many great battles in the demon realm. Not to mention his cultivation level, his combat experience alone was far superior to Li Weizhou's.

But then he twisted his wrist strangely, dodging the sword's edge, and at the same time, he flicked out three beams of demonic energy from his fingertips, aiming straight for Li Weizhou's throat with a whooshing sound.

Li Weizhou was horrified. He leaped more than ten feet after touching the ground with his toes, but before he could regain his footing, he saw Tao Xixing form a hand seal, and his demonic energy surged again, transforming into a skeletal ghost head that roared toward him.

However, at that moment, the two suddenly felt that the Five Elements Hall seemed to... move.

After Li Weizhou used up his last lightning talisman to block the skull ghost head, he looked back and found that Tian Ru had disappeared without a trace...

Tao Xixing, however, suddenly let out a sinister laugh and said, "How laughable! This lowly woman dares to dream of competing with me for the great formation?"

His pale hand frantically made hand seals, forming the "Five Spirits Returning to the Origin Seal," while he chanted mantras, but he found it... useless.

All the spiritual energy within his body had been corrupted by demonic forces.

The Five Elements Grand Formation is no longer recognized.

At this moment, the earth-shaking sword cries once again echoed from the five distant spiritual peaks.

The grandeur of the Five Elements Hall made those on Hunyuan Peak outside feel uneasy as they looked up at the spectacle that had appeared for the second time that day…

Five swords hovered in the air, and five enormous pillars of light of different colors converged in the sky, forming a huge five-element wheel.

However, it slowly suppressed the area above the Five Elements Hall of Hunyuan Peak.

Inside the quiet room, Tao Xixing seemed to be under immense pressure. His face began to contort slightly, his eyes, mostly white with little black, bulged outwards, and his body trembled.

Li Weizhou took a deep breath and shot out a golden rainbow spell, which struck his heart.

"puff!"

Tao Xixing spat out a mouthful of black blood, which was instantly absorbed by the Blood Eye, preventing the demonic energy from dissipating.

Li Weizhou was stunned. He actually... broke through her defenses?

How can it be?

Tao the Old Thief is a master of the Spirit God Realm; he's still hundreds of years away from that level.

Cultivation knows no age; Tao Xixing may look only in his forties, but he is actually well over a hundred.

That makes absolutely no sense...

"Wei Zhou, hurry up and kill me!"

Tao Xixing let out a low growl like a trapped beast, and black and white energy intertwined wildly on his face, as if two gods and demons were tearing at his soul.

Li Weizhou: "..."

"Kill me now!"

He reached out and pulled Li Weizhou towards him, then suddenly gripped Li Weizhou's wrist holding the sword. His knuckles turned white from the force, and black lines crept up the blade through his fingers.

"It's not your fault... Demonic energy had already seeped into your sea of ​​consciousness, and demonic thoughts were brewing. I overestimated myself. The demonic thoughts were hidden, preparing for the next demonic calamity. Wei Zhou, if you don't act now... it will be too late."

Li Weizhou felt his wrist being locked in iron clamps, and the Kunwu Sword was burning with pain, as if countless tiny demonic insects were gnawing at the blade.

He looked at the occasional clarity that flashed in Tao Xixing's eyes, the look that belonged to his master, filled with endless pain and determination, and felt as if his heart had been crushed by a boulder.

"Master..."

He never imagined that one day he would face such a thing...

"Do it!!"

Tao Xixing exerted his strength, pushing the sword tip half an inch towards his heart. Black blood gushed out from the sword groove, condensing into eerie black flowers in the air, which were instantly taken away by the ruthless Li Weizhou.

Not only that, Li Weizhou also increased the suction power of the Blood Eye, and a large amount of black blood gushed out from his chest and was then sucked away.

At the same time, a large amount of demonic energy was also taken away.

However, Li Weizhou suddenly had a thought, and the black blood no longer entered the blood eye, but instead entered the Taiji diagram.

It enters from the black fish, exits from the white fish, and returns to Tao Xixing's body.

Tao Xixing was also stunned, and he clearly felt his rationality return to a lot...

However, it is unknown whether this scene stimulated Tao Xixing's demonic thoughts, causing the demonic energy in his body to suddenly go berserk, his eyes were instantly swallowed by pure black, and he tried to pull Li Weizhou towards himself.

Li Weizhou's pupils contracted, and he flicked his wrist, the Kunwu sword drawing an arc along the opponent's force, narrowly avoiding the fatal grab.

But Tao Xixing's other hand was already slamming down with overwhelming demonic energy. Before the palm wind even arrived, the bluestone floor of the quiet room had already cracked with spiderweb-like patterns.

"boom!"

The Golden Rainbow Technique erupted again, but it was torn apart by the demonic energy. Li Weizhou was thrown backward and crashed into the beams and pillars of the Five Elements Hall, a metallic taste rising in his throat.

But actually, the injury wasn't as bad as I had imagined.

Ignoring his injuries, he looked up and saw that the black markings on Tao Xixing's body had spread all over his body, making him look like a demon god crawling out of hell.

Is demonic energy really this terrifying?
"Heh heh... Kill me? You think you're worthy?"

Tao Xixing's voice became hoarse and strange, half of it his own tone, and half of it sounded like the howling of countless wronged souls: "When I defile the spiritual power of this great formation, it will be the time for you two, master and disciple, to go to the Yellow Springs together! At that time, I will be you, and you will be me. Such talent will be wasted in your hands."

He suddenly rushed out of the hall, trying to break free from the suppression of the Five Elements Wheel. Li Weizhou struggled to his feet, gripped the Kunwu Sword, and chased after him.

But I'm in a great mood!

Master, you're bragging. You've lost most of your health and your aura has plummeted, yet you still dare to cause trouble!

As soon as he arrived at the palace gate, he saw the Five Elements Wheel in the sky pressing down on the top of the palace. The five beams of light—blue, green, gold, red, and yellow—were like chains, tightly binding Tao Xixing's body.

"Wei Zhou! Use the Kunwu Sword to sever his sea of ​​consciousness and spiritual platform!"

Tian Ru's voice came from the center of the roulette wheel, sounding noticeably weak. Clearly, controlling such a large formation was beyond Tian Ru's own level.

Her voice was filled with sorrow as she said, "That was your master's last vestige of consciousness."

Li Weizhou looked up and saw Tian Ru floating in the center of the roulette wheel, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, her hands desperately maintaining the hand seals. Tao Xixing struggled frantically in the pillar of light, his demonic energy slapping against it with a piercing friction sound, yet a faint golden light flickered at his spiritual platform, preventing the Five Elements Grand Array from functioning at its full power.

As long as this spark of light remains, the Five Elements Formation cannot kill its true master.

A fierce glint flashed in Li Weizhou's eyes. He tapped his toes, and the Kunwu Sword drew a dazzling golden arc in the air. He poured all his spiritual power into the sword, even burning his life essence to imbue the blade with a layer of multicolored luster.

"No!"

Tao Xixing let out a shrill scream, half a roar of demonic energy and half his own lament.

But the Kunwu Sword did not sever his spirit platform, but rather his heart, piercing it precisely once again!
"Master's wife, hold Master down! I have a way to save him!!!"

Li Weizhou shouted wildly.

Tian Ru was taken aback upon hearing this. She knew this was their last chance, and she couldn't hold on for much longer.

If Li Weizhou fails, then...

But if there were even the slightest hope, why would she choose to kill her husband?

This husband, with whom I grew up since childhood, sharing countless joys and weathering countless hardships together.

She spat out a mouthful of blood, determined to persevere even if it meant her cultivation would regress.

If all else fails, all that remains is to risk my life, activating the great formation to perish together with my demon-possessed husband.

Li Weizhou used all his strength to forcibly extract the blood of a powerful cultivator in the Spirit God Realm using his Blood Eye. After entering the Xuan Guan Aperture, he channeled all of it into the Taiji Diagram, using all his strength to activate the Yin-Yang Fish, continuously transforming and grinding the blood.

Under the glow of the five elements, he was like a hero draped in colorful light, desperately trying to save everything.

Gradually, the dark lines on Tao Xixing's face lessened, the resistance preventing blood from flowing out of his body also decreased, and the coldness and violence in his eyes dissipated, replaced by a sense of profound understanding and relief.

His gaze toward Li Weizhou was filled with relief and gratitude.

Although the disciple used some unknown method to dispel the demonic energy in such a way...
But in tens of thousands of years, Li Weizhou is the first person who has fallen into demonic possession to this extent and can still be saved.

Although his cultivation had been gradually worn away by the demonic energy, his foundation remained intact and his realm was still intact, so he was able to recover quickly.

Furthermore, even if demonic energy enters his body again, it will no longer be able to harm him.

Apart from this disciple, there would be no other person in the Spirit Realm who could have such a clear and profound understanding of demonic energy.

When he fights the demons again, he will no longer fear the poison of demonic energy.

When the last wisp of black energy dissipated from Tao Xixing's body, although his aura was greatly weakened, the Five Elements Formation no longer suppressed this sect leader.

"Wei Zhou, please stop. Thank you."

Tao Xixing's eyes were clear, as clear as a child's, as he looked at Li Weizhou and smiled.

After looking at him carefully, Li Weizhou cried out in anguish, "Master's wife! Come quickly!!" Tian Ru, who was already in a daze, staggered in, as weak as a willow in the wind. But when she saw her husband standing there looking at her and smiling, she also burst into hysterical tears. It was tears of joy at being saved from a desperate situation. Then she fainted and was about to pass out.

Knowing that Tao Xixing had lost all his cultivation, Li Weizhou quickly caught Tian Ru.

"Father! Mother!"

The Five Elements Formation dissipated, and people outside could now enter the Five Elements Hall. Tao Ling'er rushed in anxiously, shouting loudly.

Seeing her severely injured mother being held in Li Weizhou's arms, Tao Ling'er screamed, "Mother!!"

Zhou Yueniang, Situ Qingyue, and others also looked at Li Weizhou nervously. Situ Qingyue's gaze swept around and she saw bloodstains on the ground. Her expression became even more solemn.

Looking at the master again, who seemed like a completely different person, the imposing aura of cultivation was gone, but the otherworldly and ethereal air about him made everyone feel that many changes must have happened.

"Junior brother, what happened to my mother? What's wrong with her? And my father?"

Seeing that Tian Ru was unconscious, Tao Ling'er was extremely anxious and looked at Li Weizhou to ask.

Seeing that Li Weizhou was speechless for a moment, she hurriedly looked at her father.

Tao Xixing naturally knew that Tian Ru had forced the formation, which had damaged her fundamental health, and that she had fainted due to the extreme joy and sorrow. So he said to his daughter, "Ling'er, don't worry. Your mother was injured while saving me. But it's not serious. You take her to your mother's room to take care of her. She will recover in a while."

Li Weizhou said to Feng Biwu and Qi Erniang, "You two go together to help your senior sister take care of your master's wife."

The two naturally agreed, and Xi Mei, who was closest to Tao Ling'er, also volunteered to help.

Li Weizhou was about to advise Tao Xixing to rest early and recover his cultivation when he heard Tao Xixing say, "Weizhou, if it hadn't been triggered today, forcing out the demonic thoughts in my heart ahead of time, I don't know how much trouble I would have caused in the future. If that had happened, the entire Five Elements Sect would have been wiped out. I must thank you properly."

Li Weizhou hurriedly said, "Master, you weren't completely defeated by the demonic thought; you managed to suppress it later. If I hadn't been so arrogant and wanted to give it one last try, you could have resolved it too."

Tao Xixing chuckled and said, "That's called suicide, not a solution."

After saying that, he took out a token from his bosom and said, "This is the token for controlling the Five Elements Formation. The formation plate is in the quiet room where I am in seclusion. Go and study it yourself, and input your Primordial True Qi into the formation plate."

From this day forward, you will assume the position of Sect Leader of the Five Elements Sect. This was a decision I made after discussing it with your master's wife. I originally thought I would have to wait until you reached the Spirit God Realm, or at least the Spirit Origin Realm. But now…” He felt quite apologetic.

Li Weizhou quickly declined, saying, "Master, I have never wanted to be the sect leader. Besides, you, your wife, and your senior sister are still alive..."

Tao Xixing shook his head and said, "I have lost all my cultivation and will have to start over. I will go to Li Huo Peak for secluded cultivation. However, this time I have also turned misfortune into blessing. Without destruction, there can be no construction, and I have hope of entering the Immortal Spirit realm. But it is not something that can be done in a short time. The sect still has many important matters to attend to. How can it function without a sect leader?"

Your master's wife has also suffered a serious injury this time. We can only find a way to resolve it after I enter the Immortal Spirit realm. Your senior sister… is too innocent and naive to be the sect leader. I know this position is difficult right now, but besides you, who else can take it on?

Li Weizhou said, "Master, I'll just manage things for a while as the sect leader's disciple. You can take over the role once your cultivation has recovered. By the way, Master, how short exactly is 'short'?"

Tao Xixing said, "Thirty to fifty years... For the sake of the boat, don't be petty. Besides, what kind of sect leader is a Celestial Spirit Realm cultivator? The Spirit Realm has its own rules. Even in the major sects of the Central Continent, the sect leader is only a Spirit God Realm cultivator. Celestial Spirit Realm cultivators are all Supreme Elders who reside in the Nine Heavens, seeking Celestial Spirit Qi. Don't worry, unless the sect faces a life-or-death crisis, or you are bullied by someone above the Spirit God Realm and come to complain, I will not interfere in sect affairs. There is a difference between mortals and immortals."

"..."

Li Weizhou: "Master, you really know how to comfort people."

Situ Qingyue asked, "Master, is the realm above the Immortal Spirit Realm the same as ascending to the Immortal Realm?"

Tao Xixing shook his head and said, "The Five Elements Sect is, after all, only a sect in the Northern Spirit Domain, and the records left by our founder are not many regarding the Immortal Spirit Realm. From our founder down, the five lineages working together can be equivalent to an Immortal Spirit Realm expert, but they are not truly Immortal Spirit Realm experts. I will tell you about these things after I explore them in the future. Wei Zhou, receive the sect leader's order."

Li Weizhou stopped arguing and being pretentious, and took the sect leader's token from Tao Xixing.

Tao Xixing added, "Send me to Li Huo Peak, and have your senior sister send me spirit rice once every ten days. You should learn the great formation as soon as possible and then seal the sect for a few years. Right now is the most dangerous time for the Five Elements Sect, so we must not be careless."

Li Weizhou nodded in agreement and then used his sword to send Tao Xixing to Lihuo Peak.

After watching him enter the core cave to begin his secluded cultivation, he flew back to the Five Elements Hall.

Zhou Yueniang and Situ were still waiting. Situ Qingyue looked at Li Weizhou and asked, "What's going on? How come there are demonic thoughts in Master's body?"

Li Weizhou recounted the events in general terms, and then scratched his head, saying, "I was rash. Perhaps there is a better way."

Situ Qingyue's face was grim, her eyes sharp, and she shook her head, saying, "How could that be? You must understand that demonic energy only has the effect of urging things on; in the end, it only amplifies the evil thoughts in Master's heart."

Zhou Yueniang was startled and said, "Sister Situ, you mean..."

Situ Qingyue waved her hand and said, "There's no need to dwell on this too much. Few people can be without a trace of evil thought. When I first met Li Lang and learned that he possessed innate supernatural powers, I felt jealousy and resentment. Moreover, the various immortal opportunities he had gave rise to many evil thoughts in me. However, I have extinguished all of these evil thoughts."

Unless one cultivates a ruthless path that obliterates humanity, as long as one still has emotions and desires, these thoughts will inevitably arise.

The greater one's ambition, or rather, the more ambitious one is, the more likely one is to have such thoughts.

Of course, this is not a reason for us to forgive such evil thoughts.

The fact that one's mind has been corrupted by evil thoughts only shows that one's mental cultivation is still insufficient.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Master was able to suppress his evil thoughts and die to vanquish the demon, proving that his principles were righteous.

Li Weizhou nodded and said with emotion, "It's all thanks to me."

Zhou Yueniang smiled and said, "It's all thanks to you."

Li Weizhou chuckled and said, "Let's go see what this Five Elements Grand Array is all about. It's safer to have another person to learn about the array plates together."

……

In the deepest part of the main hall, a stone door is opened with a token.

In the center of the quiet room, a black jade array plate hangs.

The jade plate was not large, only two feet square, but it seemed to contain the five elements of heaven and earth. There were faint star trails flowing around its edges, and the center of the plate was divided into five sections, each inlaid with a spirit crystal.

The Geng metal crystal gleamed with a frosty chill, within which the phantom of a white tiger howled softly. The Li fire red crystal burned with a tiny flame, the Vermilion Bird pattern seemingly about to burst forth from the crystal. The Xuan water jade rippled with a clear light, the shadows of the Black Tortoise and the snake floating within. The green wood marrow solidified into a jade-like color, the veins of the Azure Dragon pulsating as if alive. And there was the Wu earth crystal, its yellowish halo deep, faintly resembling the swaying tail of a yellow dragon.

Li Weizhou approached, holding the array token. The token was made of five elements spiritual metal, with the word "suppress" engraved on one side and the pattern of mutual generation on the other.

The moment the fingertip touched the array plate, the token became instantly hot, turning into a stream of light and disappearing into the array plate.

"Buzz!"

The array plate suddenly emitted a sound, and the five top-grade spirit crystals lit up simultaneously.

Li Weizhou input the Five Elements Primordial True Qi into the array plate. The Five Elements Primordial Qi flowed into the five spirit crystals. After a flash, just as jade slips could transmit cultivation techniques, the five spirit crystals also fed back a huge amount of array knowledge to Li Weizhou, all of which were about the Five Elements Grand Array.

The vast Five Elements Array contains 10,800 arrays of varying sizes. Although most of them are similar, it still includes almost all the Five Elements arrays in the world.

Li Weizhou can now control a portion of the formations, but he certainly can't set them up yet.

However, with this array he could control, learning it became much easier for him.

Situ Qingyue gently reminded, "Can we close the mountain? Today's commotion was too great. Once it's to establish authority, a second time it will seem suspicious. We need to prepare in advance and prevent anyone from coming to visit us, otherwise it will be bad."

Li Weizhou nodded, formed hand seals, and chanted with focused concentration, "Seal!"

In an instant, the five elements surged.

Throughout the entire territory of the Five Elements Sect, a vast net woven from the spiritual energy of green wood first covered the mountain gate. The Geng metal star embedded itself in the mesh, instantly revealing its sharp brilliance. The Li fire entangled the wooden net, its flames forming a wall. The Xuan water overflowed the wall of fire, condensing into an ice mirror reflecting the distant mountains. The Wu earth energy suddenly sank down, and the entire mountain gate disappeared into a five-colored mist, within which the roars of dragons and tigers could be faintly heard, carrying a majestic heavenly power.

This commotion greatly surprised countless people who were paying attention to the changes in the Five Elements Sect.

Everyone was speculating about what had happened that had led to the activation of the sect's protective formation to seal off the mountain!

Those who guessed misfortune outnumbered those who guessed good fortune.

But as Tao Xixing said before, the five Xuan-level spiritual veins that form the Earth-level spiritual veins, and the Five Elements Grand Array set up with them, are not unbreakable by anyone in the Spirit Realm, but it depends on whether it is worth it.

Clearly, these spiritual veins are not worth the combined efforts of a True Monarch of the Immortal Spirit Realm or several True Persons of the Spirit God Realm.

The Five Elements Sect paid a heavy price to suppress the Demon Realm.

Therefore, in addition to the sect's protective formation, there is also the protection of the Moral Golden Body.

It's safe until at least the next Seven Kingdoms Tournament.

After taking control of the Five Elements Formation, Li Weizhou's understanding of the Five Elements Palace deepened considerably.

This is not a palace, it is clearly a city.

The two hundred and fifty rooms complement each other, with wood nourishing earth, earth nurturing metal, metal condensing water, water moistening fire, and fire stimulating wood, forming a unified whole like a great furnace of heaven and earth.

After Zhou Yueniang and Situ Qingyue also infused their auras into the system, they too sensed this information and were all amazed.

It truly lives up to its reputation as the largest sect in the Northern Spiritual Domain, as if it were a small world of its own.

However, because they only possessed a single type of spiritual root, their control over formations was far inferior to Li Weizhou's, and even Tao Xixing and Tian Ru were in the same boat.

Li Weizhou sensed many things that Tao Xixing had not grasped. He said to Zhou Yueniang, "You can cultivate at Xuanjin Peak or in the Jinling Hall, but the metal element spiritual energy is purer at Xuanjin Peak. Moreover, you can try to refine the Xuanjin Divine Sword in the Xuanjin Peak mine. Yueniang, from today onwards, you are the head of Xuanjin Peak."

Zhou Yueniang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Just me all by myself?"

Li Weizhou nodded and said, "That's right! You are both the head of the sect and the sect leader's wife. You are responsible for both peaks and eighteen valleys of Xuanjin Peak."

Situ Qingyue smiled and asked, "What about me?"

Li Weizhou said, "You are also the sect leader's wife. You will be in the Five Elements Hall, where you will cultivate the power of thunder by combining the elements of metal and fire, and with the help of the generator... you will surely make rapid progress. You must both work hard."

Situ Qingyue smiled and said, "Now you feel the urgency?"

Li Weizhou sighed and said, "Mountains crumble and rivers flow away. Master left me with this mess, and I estimate that we'll have to rely on ourselves for the next thirty to fifty years. You should also go and see Master's wife; I need to make some preparations, just in case."

Hearing him say this, Situ Qingyue and Zhou Yueniang didn't say anything more and left together.

After they left, Li Weizhou sat cross-legged on the array plate, which was the true essence of the Five Elements Grand Array.

Without the five elements spiritual root, one cannot discover the essence of this place.

This array not only has the ability to control tens of thousands of arrays of the Five Elements Sect, but also can accumulate the power of the Five Elements Primordial Chaos!

The Patriarch, the True Lord of the Five Sacred Mountains, was truly a genius of unparalleled talent!

For two thousand eight hundred years since the founding patriarch passed away, this array has accumulated an immeasurable amount of primordial power...

Now, it all benefits Li Weizhou.

Relying on the legacy of his ancestor and the "gift" from his master Tao Xixing, Li Weizhou is going to try today to see if he can ascend to the Spirit Origin Realm in one step!

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(End of this chapter)