My Cold and Elegant CEO Wife - Chapter 1253
Chapter 1253: Who Said I Died
“I’m warning you, Qingfeng Li is my friend. If you dare to attack me, he will definitely come after you,” Black Puppy laughed coldly, threatening his enemies with Qingfeng Li’s name.
Tianfei Yang’s expression dimmed. He was familiar with Qingfeng Li’s capabilities because he had witnessed Qingfeng Li fight before. He knew that the latter was almost super-human.
But the bone in Black Puppy’s mouth was a bone belonging to a half step Spirit Emperor Realm demonic beast. He wasn’t about to just give it up.
Yunshi Zhang suddenly laughed coldly. He said, “Little dog, Qingfeng Li’s destined to die by the Black Wind Duo Demons’ hands. He’s probably already dead. There’s no way he can save you.”
Qingfeng moved very quickly, arriving at their location almost instantly.
When Qingfeng arrived, he was just in time to hear the comment that he had died at the hands of the Black Wind Duo Demons, and his face turned livid.
“Who said I died? Are you blind? I’m alive and well thank you very much.” With a cold laughter, Qingfeng Li appeared in front of everyone.
At the sight of Qingfeng Li, the crowd was shocked, disbelief written all over their faces. They had all heard that the Black Wind Duo Demons had caught up to Qingfeng Li and were trying to kill him.
How could it be that he was now standing in front of them, completely unscathed?
Black Puppy, the Flower Fairy, and Xianzhi Qin were all delighted by the sight of Qingfeng Li.
“You haven’t died?” Yunshi Zhang looked at Qingfeng Li in disbelief.
“What are you, blind? Don’t you see that I’m totally fine? But you, you should really run off now, or the next dead guy will be you,” Qingfeng Li sneered, eyes flashing cold.
Qingfeng never really liked Yunshi Zhang.
The man was always against Qingfeng Li in the past, and now he was even taking advantage of the fact that Qingfeng Li was being attacked by the Black Wind Duo Demons to attack Black Puppy.
Yunshi Zhang glowered at Qingfeng Li, humiliated by his mockery.
“Qingfeng Li, there are a lot of us here. Learn to behave yourself,” said Yunshi Zhang as he pulled out his Meteorite Long Blade.
Without another word, Qingfeng Li grabbed his Golden Light Sword and immediately struck it forward.
His sword turned into a sharp ray of sword energy, striking down from the heavens, tearing apart the skies, and arriving before Yunshi Zhang instantly.
In a moment of panic, Yunshi Zhang raised his Meteorite Long Blade, attempting to defend against Qingfeng Li’s attack.
Ka-cha!
With a loud cracking noise, Yunshi Zhang’s Meteorite Long Blade was split in half.
In the next second, Yunshi Zhang was struck by Qingfeng Li’s sword energy. A large gash appeared on his body, spewing out gushes and gushes of blood.
After one exchange, Yunshi Zhang from the Meteorite Saber Sect was defeated.
The surrounding self-cultivators were all shocked by this sight.
Qingfeng Li had gotten much stronger since the last time they saw him.
The Eastern Sea Prince and the Third Princess were the most familiar with Qingfeng Li, yet even they were completely shocked by his progress. Their jaws were dropped so low they could fit a duck egg inside their mouths.
“Just how devilish is this Qingfeng Li? It’s only been a short while since the last time we’ve seen him, and he’s already gotten so much stronger. Even older brother is no match for him.”
The Third Princess furrowed her brows in disbelief.
She wasn’t the only one completely shocked. The Southern Sea Princess, the sect master of the Flying Beast Sect, the sect master of the Piano King Sect, and all of the other self-cultivators who had previously come in contact with Qingfeng Li were utterly stunned.
Qingfeng Li ignored the group of people and walked directly to Black Puppy. He asked, “Little puppy, where are the members of the Wolf Fang Team?”
Black Puppy shook its head and said, “While you were being chased by the Black Wind Duo Demons, we were also being chased by other self-cultivators. We got separated when we were running away.”
Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows, his eyes flashing cold. He didn’t expect to be chased by so many enemies. On top of the Black Wind Duo Demons, there were even more after him.
From Black Puppy, Qingfeng Li learned that the people after him were from the Demonic Dao.
Qingfeng Li knew that he had killed many self-cultivators from the Demonic Dao before. Like the time at the Demonic Blood Sect, he had annihilated the entire sect.
The sect master of the Devil-Emperor Sect was obviously looking for revenge.
Fortunately, the Wolf Fang Team had both Ziyue Jiang and the Sky-Devouring Snake, and those two were enough to protect the members of them. At this thought, Qingfeng Li felt a slight relief.
“You people want to keep fighting?” Qingfeng Li asked emotionlessly as he looked at the surrounding people.
The self-cultivators all tensed up at his words.
They were only chasing Black Puppy because they thought Qingfeng Li was dead. Now that he appeared, they were too afraid to attack.
Qingfeng Li was now highly regarded in the world of self-cultivation. Not only was he known for his incredible capabilities, he was also feared for his ruthlessness towards his enemies. He had killed many who stood in his way.
The Eastern Sea Prince was the first to speak. He said, “The bone belongs to Black Puppy. Let’s get out of here.”
Immediately afterward, the Eastern Sea Prince left along with the Third Princess.
The Eastern Sea Prince was truly unlucky. He ran into Qingfeng Li every time there was a treasure to be found.
He was defeated by Qingfeng Li during their exchange at the ocean bottom, so he was very familiar with Qingfeng Li’s freakishly powerful abilities.
The Third Princess took one last look at the bone in Black Puppy’s mouth and left unwillingly.
The Southern Sea Princess also turned and left without hesitation. She had encountered Qingfeng Li many times and was very familiar with his immense capabilities.
Other self-cultivators like Suqin Liu from the Piano King Sect and Yunshi Zhang from the Meteorite Saber Sect all left as well.
In the end, the only one left was Feitian Yang, the sect master of the Flying Beast Sect. His hunger for the bone was evident on his face.
“You’re not leaving?” Qingfeng Li said coldly, furrowing his brows at Feitian Yang.
Feitian Yang’s face was twisting with emotion. He finally said, “The bone was found by everyone. It shouldn’t belong to Black Puppy alone.”
Bang!
Qingfeng Li didn’t waste a single word. He immediately unleashed his Strangle Hell Fist, punching out a gigantic fist, tearing the atmosphere, and striking Feitian Yang’s body heavily.
The punch sent Feitian Yang flying. He opened his mouth and spewed out a huge gush of blood. With his bones broken, he fainted from the pain.
At the sight of a defeated Feitian Yang, the disciples of the Flying Beast Sect all panicked. They immediately grabbed the unconscious Feitian Yang and ran, too afraid to stay any longer.
“Big brother Li, you’re stronger than before.” Flower Fairy looked at Qingfeng Li with delight.
Previously, Qingfeng Li wasn’t as powerful as her, but he was too perceptive and too gifted. He never failed to surprise her. Now, he was much stronger than Flower Fairy.
Chapter 1254: Refining the Bone
Qingfeng Li responded to Flower Fairy’s praise with a smile.
Qingfeng Li’s comprehension ability was number one in the entire younger generation of Huaxia. With the addition of his immortal level techniques, it was natural for him to progress at such a high speed.
“Little dog, where is the bone from? Why are all those self-cultivators after you?” Qingfeng Li asked with furrowed brows.
Black Puppy answered, “This bone belongs to a half step Spirit Emperor Realm demonic beast, and I found it in a cave. It contains all the cultivation power of the demonic beast. If I refine it, I can advance my abilities.”
Hearing its words, Qingfeng Li nodded and said, “I’ll guard you. Hurry up and eat the bone to get stronger.”
Truthfully speaking, Qingfeng Li wanted the bone as well. However, Black Puppy had risked its life to obtain the bone so Black Puppy deserved to have it.
Plus, Qingfeng Li needed Black Puppy’s help to survive his foray into the forbidden district and to find the hell.
So technically, a more powerful Black Puppy was better for Qingfeng Li as well.
Black Puppy nodded, its eyes full of delight. It quickly found a hidden place and began to refine the bone.
Black Puppy opened its mouth to chew on the bone, but the bone was too hard for Black Puppy’s teeth.
Ultimately, Black Puppy swallowed the entire bone from frustration.
The bone belonged to a half step Spirit Emperor Realm demonic beast and it contained a massive amount of energy.
But as the first dog to exist between heaven and earth, Black Puppy already possessed unrivaled superpowers and bloodline.
Using its own bloodline superpower, Black Puppy shot out a ray of black light. The black light contained a black flame that began burning the bone within its body.
The bone exuded a powerful golden energy, entering Black Puppy’s body and making the puppy stronger.
Taking advantage of this time, Qingfeng Li went to Xianzhi Qin and Flower Fairy.
He took out two king leveled elixirs and handed them to the two women. He said, “These are for you.”
Xianzhi Qin and the Flower Fairy were both delighted at the sight of this.
They could tell that the elixir was very rare and precious, as they could use it to elevate their powers.
Qingfeng Li guarded the women in order for them to ingest the elixirs and increase their abilities.
Half an hour later, Black Puppy had finished refining the half step Spirit Emperor Realm bone and was now in possession of its energy.
Black Puppy exuded an incredible power, shattering an entire mountain with one strike of its paw.
Black Puppy was now stronger than Qingfeng Li.
Sensing its powers increase, surpassing even Qingfeng Li, Black Puppy lifted its chin and pointed its nose at the sky, arrogant as could be.
Black Puppy looked at Qingfeng Li arrogantly and said, “Kid, your master dog is much stronger than you now.”
Black Puppy was indeed annoying. When it was arrogant towards Qingfeng Li before, the latter beat it to a pulp until it began behaving more docile.
But now that it had eaten the bone, Black Puppy felt its strength surpass Qingfeng Li’s and began acting arrogant once again.
Qingfeng Li wasn’t going to let Black Puppy’s arrogance persist for long. He directly walked to Black Puppy and slapped its head right away.
“Little dog, if you dare to act arrogantly again, do you believe that I will slap you to death?” Qingfeng coldy said.
“You dare to hit me? I’m going to kill you!” Black Puppy roared, unleashing an incredibly strong energy, preparing to teach Qingfeng Li a lesson.
Qingfeng Li laughed coldly as he took out the Golden Flame. He said, “Little dog, do you want to try out the powers of the Golden Flame?”
At the sight of the Golden Flames, Black Puppy immediately shriveled up, its eyes full of panic.
Black Puppy was very familiar with the capabilities of the Golden Flame. It belonged to the Gold Saint, and Black Puppy was no match for it.
Black Puppy quickly said, “Qingfeng Li, I was just joking. Don’t be so serious. We’re best friends!.”
Qingfeng Li rolled his eyes at Black Puppy’s words. He was speechless at its ever-changing face.
Qingfeng Li was already familiar with Black Puppy’s shameless personality. It had always wanted to seek revenge on him but was too weak to do so.
Qingfeng Li didn’t bother with Black Puppy. Instead, he walked towards Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin and asked, “Did you finish refining those elixirs I gave you?”
The two women stood up, looking delighted. They said, “Yes we’re done. We’re now masters of the First Level of the Spirit King Realm.”
Qingfeng Li nodded and began to walk again.
Suddenly, Qingfeng Li thought of something. He turned and asked, “Little dog, where did you get the bone?”
Black Puppy said, “Didn’t I tell you? I got it from a cave.”
A cave?
Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows at Black Puppy’s words. He was in deep thought.
There were many treasures and demonic beasts within the confines of the Forbidden district of the Kunlun Mountain, and there were just as many self-cultivation caves. Any self-cultivator who could carve out a cave must have been extremely powerful.
“Little dog, did you enter the Spirit Emperor Realm cave?” Qingfeng Li asked.
Black Puppy shook its head and said, “It was protected by a defensive array, so I couldn’t go inside. I found the bone at the cave entrance and left, and then I was immediately surrounded by those self-cultivators.”
Qingfeng Li nodded. He saw the bone. It was indeed a half step Spirit Emperor Realm bone.
From Qingfeng’s experience, this probably wasn’t the bone of a self-cultivator, but one from a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm demonic beast, which was probably the guardian beast of that Spirit Emperor Realm cultivator who lived in that cave. Qingfeng Li really wanted to find Hell, and he needed to obtain the Saint-Perishing Fruit.
But he knew that he wasn’t strong enough. If he wanted the Perishing-Saint Fruit, he needed to first advance his powers.
Qingfeng Li’s plan was simple. He would first go to the Spirit Emperor Cave and try to find some treasures or techniques to reinforce his abilities.
Qingfeng Li informed Black Puppy of his plans and Black Puppy nodded in agreement.
Black Puppy wanted to quickly find Hell as well. It couldn’t wait to find the Perishing-Saint Fruit and return to Huaxia. Black Puppy hungered for Xue Lin’s chicken noodles.
With Black Puppy leading the way, Qingfeng Li, Flower Fairy, and Xianzhi Qin walked towards the cave.
On the way to the cave, Qingfeng Li saw many self-cultivators heading in that direction as well. Plus, all of them were talking about the Spirit Emperor Cave.
Chapter 1255: Solving the Array
“Did you hear? There’s a Spirit Emperor Cave ahead. A golden light is shining from there, so there’s definitely a treasure inside.”
“Of course, I heard. Every self-cultivator that heard is heading over there, all because they want to get the treasure.”
“The forbidden district of the Kunlun Mountains is indeed a divine place. You can just find Spirit Emperor Caves randomly. What a rich place.”
The surrounding self-cultivators all chatted in awe, quickening their speed towards the Spirit Emperor Cave.
Qingfeng Li’s face darkened at the sound of their chattering. He shouted, “We need to hurry up. We have to get there faster than the others, or they’ll take the treasures.”
Qingfeng Li, Flower Fairy, Xianzhi Qin, and the rest all sprinted. Under the guidance of Black Puppy, they arrived in front of the Spirit Emperor Cave in no time.
The cave was very hidden, situated atop a cliff. If it weren’t for the guidance of Black Puppy, Qingfeng Li wouldn’t have found it.
But when they arrived, Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows in irritation. He was greeted by a sight of at least 300 self-cultivators.
Not only was Black Puppy informed of the cave abode, the other self-cultivators caught wind of its existence as well.
In front of Qingfeng Li stood many great self-cultivators, including masters like the Old Monster of the North Sea, the South Pole Spirit King, Wicked Li of the Wicked-Imperial Sect, the Void Monk, White-Brow Daoist Master, and many more.
Other than these people, Qingfeng Li also saw a familiar face. He saw Linger Yao, the sect master of the Demonic-Imperial sect.
Qingfeng Li knew that they were all masters at the half step of the Spirit Emperor Realm. They all wanted a breakthrough but were all lacking the opportunity to do so.
Now that a Spirit Emperor Cave had been found, everyone wanted the treasure inside. Once they obtained whatever it was inside, they could very likely increase their powers and enter into the Spirit Emperor Realm.
All the self-cultivators gathered outside the Spirit Emperor Cave but none had gone in.
They had been stopped by a defensive array formation, a protective energy veil blocking them from entering.
“Big brother Li, should we go to the front or the back?” asked Flower Fairy.
Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows and said, “We should stay behind. Many of those in front of us are half step Spirit Emperor Realm masters. Even if we try, we can’t get in front of them. Let them fight amongst themselves first, and we’ll wait for our chance.”
Flower Fairy nodded in agreement. Qingfeng was right.
Flower Fairy and the rest of the group were all masters of the Spirit King realm. Black Puppy was the only one who had reached the Half Step Spirit Emperor Realm. As a group, they were not strong enough to fight those ahead of them.
Qingfeng Li’s decision to stay behind was to ensure her safety as well.
At the front of the pack stood the Old Monster of the North Sea. At the sight of the entrance of the cave, he said, “Does anyone know what this protection array is? We have to solve it before we can go in.”
The Old Monster of the North Sea was a 200-year-old elderly man, and his appearance was quite bizarre.
His hair was green, like the color of seaweed. He came from the North Sea and had been cultivating there.
This time, he came to the Forbidden district specifically for obtaining treasures.
He was the oldest amongst all of the self-cultivators and therefore the most respected elder there. Many self-cultivators regarded him highly and obeyed his words.
“Old man, I know a little when it comes to array formation, but I can only solve king level battle arrays,” said the South Pole Spirit King. “I don’t know anything about emperor level battle arrays. I’m going to need help.”
The South Pole Spirit King was an old woman, also in her 200s. Although her hair was all white and her face was wrinkled, she still looked very dignified.
It was easy to tell that she was a beauty when she was younger.
She was a battle array master but was only familiar with king level battle arrays, and she was helpless when faced with emperor level battle arrays.
She and the Old Monster of North Sea were long familiar with one another, and they could be considered enemies.
When they were younger, the Old Monster of North Sea had even pursued the South Pole Spirit King romantically. For some unknown reason, they didn’t end up together.
“South Pole Spirit King, if even you can’t crack the array, we have no way in.” The Old Monster of North Sea furrowed his brows.
Suddenly, the White-Brow Daoist Master spoke. He said, “I know a little bit about battle array formations, so I can help South Pole Spirit King crack it.”
The White-Brow Daoist was also incredibly renowned in the world of self-cultivation, and the people from the Daoist Sect were exceptionally perceptive towards array formations.
The South Pole Spirit King looked delighted. To crack the array, they had to find its array point, also known as its core. She had limited abilities and was in need of any help she could get.
The South Pole Spirit King and the White-Brow Daoist began to decipher this emperor level array.
The two were both very powerful and very knowledgeable when it came to battle arrays.
At the sight of their advances in cracking part of the array, the surrounding self-cultivators were all delighted. They watched the duo with eyes of admiration.
In the world of self-cultivation, combat power was the most highly sought-after skill to possess. Other than the strongest self-cultivators, there were two other skills that were highly regarded. One was the art of making elixirs, and the other was the creation and deciphering of array formations.
Qingfeng Li had some knowledge of array formations as well. He watched the two masters at work and realized that they had made a slight mistake.
In other words, their first two steps were correct, but the third one was not.
Array formations were confusing and complex, requiring the most adept logic reasoning and sparing no mistakes. Once a mistake was made, all of one’s efforts would come to naught.
Qingfeng Li knew that they were on the wrong track, as they were using the incorrect method. Not only would their methods be rendered useless, but they would also mess up the array formation.
He walked towards the front to stop the two masters.
Just as he arrived at the forefront, he was sighted by the Black Wind Duo Demons.
“Qingfeng Li, are you tired of living? How dare you appear here?!” Black Evil’s expression turned dark, looking utterly murderous.
Qingfeng Li frowned. He never thought that he would run into the Black Wind Duo Demons again.
The duo’s bodies emitted a deadly aura, and they stepped forward, wanting to kill Qingfeng Li.
“Black Wind Duo Demons, don’t you dare touch Qingfeng Li, or I will hurt the both of you.” Linger Yao stepped forward, blocking them from Qingfeng Li.
“Linger Yao, why are you protecting Qingfeng Li? Is he your sugar boy or something?” Black Evil mocked.
She hated Linger Yao. If it weren’t for the latter, she would’ve already killed Qingfeng Li long ago.
Linger Yao’s eyes turned cold at the sound of Black Evil’s mockery.
Suddenly, she waved out her right hand. The hand turned into a gigantic palm, instantly smashing towards Black Evil.
Deng Deng!!
Black Evil retreated a couple of steps, her face white as paper, and there was a trace of blood appearing at the corner of her mouth. She was no match for Linger Yao.
Chapter 1256: I Can Solve the Array
Linger Yao helped Qingfeng Li and subdued the Black Wind Duo Demons. They were too afraid to attack Qingfeng Li in front of her.
“Thank you,” Qingfeng Li thanked Linger Yao and continued to walk forward.
Qingfeng Li knew that Black Wind Duo Demons wouldn’t attack him as long as Linger Yao was present.
Qingfeng Li moved quickly, arriving at the cave entrance instantly.
Everyone was perplexed by Qingfeng’s movements.
Both the South Pole Spirit King and the White-Brow Daoist Master were already trying to solve the array. What was Qingfeng Li going to do?
“Seniors, please stop what you are doing,” Qingfeng Li said towards the two masters at work.
At the sound of his voice, the South Pole Spirit King turned and furrowed her brows. “Kid, I’m trying to solve this array formation. Why are you stopping me?”
“Senior South Pole Spirit King, the third step of your solution is wrong,” said Qingfeng Li. He further explained, ” There’s no way that you can enter the cave if you keep going about it this way.”
The South Pole Spirit King was furious at Qingfeng Li’s interjection.
She was the South Pole Spirit King, a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm master. She was also a master of array formations, one of the most skilled masters among all of the self-cultivators who studied the art. She came second only to a handful of people when it came to array formations, and she was the most knowledgeable master out of all of them there.
But now, a stupid kid was going to criticize her methods? Was he trying to face-slap her?
The crowd were dumbfounded by his words, and they began to chatter amongst themselves.
“Did you all hear him? This guy has the guts to second-guess Senior South Pole Spirit King!”
“Yeah, he’s obviously wrong. Senior South Pole Spirit King is a master of array formations. How could she be wrong?”
“I think he’s just after the fame. He wants to make a name out of himself by criticizing her, but this is the wrong way to do that. He’s too naive.”
Everyone looked at Qingfeng Li with eyes of mockery and disdain.
Qingfeng Li was unbothered by their comments. He knew that in the eyes of the other self-cultivators, the South Pole Spirit King was a master in array formations and he was a nobody.
“Young man, I will forgive you seeing that you are still so young. Hurry up and leave. I still need to solve the array formation. Don’t waste my time.” The South Pole Spirit King looked towards Qingfeng Li.
The South Pole Spirit King was actually quite nice to Qingfeng Li. She didn’t threaten or attack him.
If it had been any other senior masters who were openly criticized by Qingfeng Li, they would’ve attacked him instantly.
Qingfeng was impressed by the South Pole Spirit King, but he still had to point out her errors.
Because once she messed up the orders of the solution, it would be even more difficult for him to solve.
“Senior South Pole Spirit King, I mean no disrespect, but I have to tell you, your third step is wrong,” Qingfeng Li said with a slight smile.
This time, the South Pole Spirit King was truly enraged. Qingfeng Li was completely and utterly disrespecting her.
“Who are you? Do you understand array formations? How am I wrong?” the South Pole Spirit King immediately refuted with three questions. She was obviously irritated.
“My name is Qingfeng Li, and I understand array formations as well. Your third move is wrong. You should have stepped on the third block towards the north on the nine-grid matrix, but you stepped towards the north,” Qingfeng Li explained.
“Qingfeng Li?”
At the sound of his name, the South Pole Spirit King furrowed her brows in confusion.
Although Qingfeng Li was already known as the number one master amongst the younger generation of the self-cultivation world, the South Pole Spirit King hadn’t heard of him.
She was a master that trained in seclusion, and she had been cultivating at the South pole since forever, never seen by others. It was natural for her to not be familiar with Qingfeng Li’s name.
Although the South Pole Spirit King wasn’t familiar with Qingfeng Li, the other self-cultivators were.
“No wonder he’s so brazen. He’s Qingfeng Li, number one among all of the masters of the younger generation!”
“So what? He’s only famous in Huaxia for his powers and his talents. He doesn’t know anything about battle arrays.”
“Yes, you’re right. I don’t like him. How dare he second-guess the methods of Senior South Pole Spirit King? He really has no clue, does he?”
The surrounding self-cultivators all looked at Qingfeng Li with eyes full of mockery.
From the sound of everyone’s voices, the South Pole Spirit King learned a few things about Qingfeng Li. She now knew of his background and his status in Huaxia.
She was impressed by the young man’s accomplishments, prestige, and capabilities.
She was a senior in the Orthodox Dao so she took a natural liking towards any talented self-cultivators in the same discipline.
However, Qingfeng Li had mocked her methods and refuted her decisions. She was still irritated by the young man, who was acting too arrogant for her liking.
“Senior South Pole Spirit King, I will make you a bet. I do understand the ways of an array formation. If I am wrong, I will break off one of my arms. Please let me try,” Qingfeng Li swore to the South Pole Spirit King.
It was clear to Qingfeng Li that he was no match for the South Pole Spirit King when it came to power. But he had to solve the array formation to get into the cave. Betting on his arm was his only chance to persuade the old woman.
Sure enough, at the sound of his promise, South Pole Spirit King looked at Qingfeng Li in disbelief. She didn’t think that he would be so confident to wager his arm.
Just then, Black Wind Duo Demons’ voices sounded from the back. Black Wind said, “Qingfeng Li, go ahead and try to solve the array formation. If you fail, you should lose both arms.”
Qingfeng Li was completely unfazed by Black Wind’s mockery. He clapped back. “Black Wind, what if I solve the array formation? Are you going to cut off your arm too?”
“Ridiculous! Even the South Pole Spirit King couldn’t solve this emperor level battle array. What makes you think you can?” Black Wind jeered, laughing coldly.
Qingfeng Li decided to egg them on. He said coldly, “Black Wind, want to make a bet? If I manage to solve the battle array, both you and Black Evil must cut off one arm each, and if I fail, you can kill me.”
“Qingfeng Li. You’re the one who said it. Alright, I will take that bet,” Black Wind sneered. As far as he was concerned, there was no way he would lose the bet.
The crowd watched Qingfeng Li with eyes of mockery and disdain.
No one believed that Qingfeng Li could solve the array formation. After all, it was an emperor level array formation.
Chapter 1257: Qingfeng Li Solves the Array
Linger Yao asked, “Qingfeng Li, are you sure you can solve the array formation?”
Truthfully, Linger Yao didn’t want Qingfeng Li to die, since she still needed him to tell her the whereabouts of the Peacock Demon Empress. If he died, she wouldn’t be able to find her idol.
Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows at her words. She clearly doubted his abilities, doubting that he could solve the array formation.
Of course, she wasn’t the only one in disbelief. Almost everyone doubted Qingfeng Li.
The only ones who believed in him were Black Puppy, Flower Fairy, and Xianzhi Qin.
Qingfeng shook his head, staying silent.
Qingfeng Li knew that he couldn’t explain anything. The only way for the others to trust him was to prove his abilities by solving the array formation.
Qingfeng Li walked towards the cave and arrived beside the array formation.
In front of Qingfeng Li was an emperor level battle array, which he discovered with a defensive type. There were nine battle points, located at the east, the south, the west, the north, the southeast, the southwest, the northeast, the northwest, and the center. There was an array flag placed in every direction.
An array flag was used to condense an array formation, creating a defensive energy veil that protected itself from outsiders.
The trick was to take out the central array flag. Once it is removed, the array formation would be solved and deactivated.
However, the nine array flag locations were constantly changing, never remaining in one place.
Seeing Qingfeng Li move in to solve the array formation, both the South Pole Spirit King and the White-Brow Daoist Master moved to the side.
They were watching Qingfeng Li, wanting to figure out what he was going to do differently. Was he going to solve the array formation?
Qingfeng Li had put everything on the line. If he failed, not only will he be humiliated, he will die at the hands of the Black Wind Duo Demons.
Qingfeng Li was focused, observing the nine array flags in front of him. Other than the array formation and its array flags, nothing else was in his brain.
Most of his knowledge in array formations were taught by Dark Night Emperor. The latter was more knowledgeable than everyone combined. After all, he used to be a saint, so it was natural for him to understand everything about emperor level array formations.
Basically, there appeared to be nine flags, but there was only real one that was projecting the images of the rest of the 8 flags. The other eight were there to distract the challenger.
All of the array flags were carved with a golden statue pattern.
All nine golden statues were the same, every one of them exuding an aura of ferocity.
Qingfeng Li also discovered that there were vitality stones placed around every array flag. These vitality stones were no ordinary vitality stones; they were all king-level vitality stones.
These vitality stones contained massive amounts of vital essence, proving an endless stream of power for the array formation and its flags.
“What a waste,” Qingfeng Li murmured. As far as he was concerned, all of these king level vitality stones were precious babies. If he grabbed them all, he could definitely advance his cultivation level.
But now, these precious vitality stones were simply there to provide energy and protection to the array formation.
“Qingfeng Li, can you solve it or not? If you can’t, I’m going to kill you.” The Black Wind Duo Demons sneered at the sight of an immobile Qingfeng Li.
The Black Wind Duo Demons hated Qingfeng Li. If it were up to them, he would be sliced to pieces and skinned.
Qingfeng Li ignored them completely. He said lightly, ” Don’t worry, I’ll solve this within half an hour.”
Qingfeng Li’s comeback left the Black Wind Duo Demons speechless. They were livid and about to explode from anger. But with Linger Yao there, they had to swallow their anger.
“Hmph! I’ll let you be arrogant for a little longer. When you fail, I’m going to have so much fun torturing you that you’ll wish you were dead!” This thought crossed both Black Wind’s and Black Evil’s minds.
“The first step should be the second array flag,” Qingfeng Li smiled as he reached out to step on the second array flag.
At the sight of his movements, the South Pole Spirit King looked both surprised and confused.
“Qingfeng Li, didn’t you say that the first step should go on the first array flag? Didn’t you say that my first step was correct? Why are you stepping on the second array flag?” asked the South Pole Spirit King, furrowing her brows.
Qingfeng Li shook his head and explained, ” There are many solutions to this array formation. I’m simply using another solution.”
After his explanation, Qingfeng Li immediately returned to his calm state, focusing his mind on the array flags in front of him, figuring out his next step.
After a moment of thought, he reached out his second foot. This time, he skipped over the third array flag and stepped directly on top the fourth array flag.
There was no reaction from the array formation. It didn’t attack nor obstruct him, which indicated that his steps were accurate.
Qingfeng Li followed the instructions in his head, carefully observing and stepping out with his right foot once again.
This time, he stepped on the sixth array flag and came out unscathed again.
At the sight of his third successful step, everyone was stunned, watching Qingfeng Li with eyes full of shock.
This was especially true for the South Pole Spirit King. At first, she wasn’t too confident in Qingfeng Li, but now that he had confidently completed three steps in succession, she couldn’t disregard his abilities any longer.
“Does this young man actually understand array formations?” murmured the South Pole Spirit King.
“Not possible! Qingfeng Li’s only a self-cultivator. How can he understand array formations? He definitely guessed that one, and he’s going to make a mistake in the next step.” The Black Wind Duo Demons watched from Qingfeng Li from afar, their eyes chilling as could be.
Bang!
Qingfeng Li stepped out his right foot and planted it on the eighth array flag.
Once again, he wasn’t attacked by the array formation.
Soon, Qingfeng Li began to retreat from the eighth array flag. This time, however, it was all odd numbers. He started with the ninth, and then the seventh, and then the fifth, the third, and finally the first array flag.
Qingfeng Li reached out his right hand to pull out the array flag.
“Qingfeng Li, do not pull out the first array flag. It’s not the array point!” The South Pole Spirit King yelled towards Qingfeng Li.
She was afraid that Qingfeng Li would destroy the array formation.
The South Pole Spirit King knew that normally, array points were always located at the center of array formations. In other words, it should be located at the fourth or fifth array flag, not at the first. It would have otherwise been too obvious. Anyone would’ve been able to solve it.
“Senior South Pole Spirit King, trust me. This first array flag is the array point.”
Qingfeng Li was full of confidence. With the Dark Night Emperor guiding him in his brain, he was very clear about the identity of the array flag in front of him.
Chapter 1258: Breaking Their Own Arms
Qingfeng Li reached out his right hand and pulled out the first array flag under everyone’s gaze.
Shoo!
Just as he pulled out the array flag, the defensive array formation immediately disappeared.
Everyone was utterly shocked, their mouths wide open.
“How is this possible? How did Qingfeng Li solve an emperor level defense array?”
“Even Senior South Pole Spirit King couldn’t do it. How did he manage to solve it?”
“Can it be that Qingfeng is an array master? But he’s so young!”
The surrounding self-cultivators all had their jaws dropped, disbelief written all over their faces.
If was natural for self-cultivators to know some things about array formations in the world of self-cultivation.
Everyone knew that it was more than difficult to become a master of array formations, not to mention becoming capable of deciphering and deactivating emperor level battle arrays. But Qingfeng Li had accomplished this. He had accomplished the impossible.
If he had said that he was a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm master, it would’ve been easier for everyone to believe. But solving an emperor level battle array? Many were left in disbelief.
The practice of array formations was even more difficult than the practice of self-cultivation.
Most people couldn’t become a master of array formations in their lifetime. Even if they did, their skills were weak.
Take Senior South Pole Spirit King for example. She was already a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm master, and she had practiced the art of array formation for more than 100 years. And still, she was still only capable of cracking a king level array formation. She failed at solving this emperor level battle array.
Qingfeng Li was only in his 20s but had already surpassed a 130-year-old elder in the art of array formations. It was natural for everyone to be completely shocked.
Silence. Complete silence.
Outside the spirit emperor cave abode, all the self-cultivators entered dead silence. They looked at Qingfeng Li as he was some bizarre beast.
Qingfeng Li didn’t have the time to care about what they were thinking about. Instead, he turned towards the Black Wind Duo Demons and said coldly, “Didn’t you say that you would break off one arm each if I managed to solve the emperor level array formation? Quickly, break them.”
The duo’s expression twisted in anger, their eyes flashing cold.
Yes, they did bet their arms but that was just talk. The Black Wind Duo Demons didn’t take it seriously.
The Black Wind Duo Demons were both top-tier masters of the half-step Spirit emperor realm. There was no way they would harm their own bodies. They weren’t fools.
At the sight of their expressions, Qingfeng Li knew that they were about to go back on their words.
“Black Wind Duo Demons, I advise you to honor our bet. Hundreds of self-cultivators had witnessed it.” Qingfeng Li looked at the Black Wind Duo Demons with eyes of mockery.
“Qingfeng Li, you dare to mock us?” Black Evil’s face was completely dark. She was livid.
“Hmph! Yes, I am looking down on you. Are you not ashamed of going back on your words?” Qingfeng Li cursed at the duo.
“Qingfeng Li, you dare to curse at us? You want to die?” With a roar, Black Evil lashed out with her right hand, turning it into a Nine Hellish Claw. Accompanied by strong winds, the claw tore apart the air and grabbed at Qingfeng Li.
Black Evil was truly despicable. At the sight of her plan falling apart, she wanted to kill Qingfeng Li.
Qingfeng Li didn’t move nor attack. Someone else acted for him.
Linger Yao stepped forward, smashing out her snow-white hand, forming her vital essence into a gigantic palm. With an unrivaled force, her palm struck down on Black Evil’s claw ruthlessly.
Bang!
A loud bang sounded from the heavens, and Black Evil’s claw was immediately shattered to pieces, fading into nothingness.
At the same time, her face turned pale, and her body was forced back. She was only able to stabilize her body after four or five steps backward, and a lesion had appeared on top her hand. It was a wound left by Linger Yao’s retaliation.
“You’re clearly no match for me.” Linger Yao looked at Black Evil with eyes of disdain.
Seeing his wife hurt, Black Wind was livid. He pulled out his sword and struck towards Linger Yao.
However, Linger Yao immediately took out her Purple Storm Sword.
It shot out a lightning bolt, instantly splitting Black Wind’s sword in half, leaving a gash on his body at the same time.
Black Wind and Black Evil were already no match for Linger Yao. Now that they’ve been heavily injured, it was even more impossible to fight against her.
“Black Wind Duo Demons, I’ll give you one more chance. Honor your bet with Qingfeng Li and cut off one arm each. Or else, I will kill the both of you right here.” Linger Yao gazed at the two with a stoic expression.
The South Pole Spirit King suddenly spoke out as well, “Black Wind Duo Demons, just accept your loss. If Qingfeng Li failed, he would have had to kill himself, but the two of you only have to break off an arm each. I heard your wagers.”
The Black Wind Duo Demons looked mighty bitter. They never thought that the South Pole Spirit King would help Qingfeng Li as well.
Of course, the South Pole Spirit King only stood up for Qingfeng Li because he had solved the emperor level array.
Seeing that he was so skilled in array formations, she wanted to question him on the subject; she wanted to learn from him.
After the South Pole Spirit King, many others began to stand up for Qingfeng Li, siding with him. Amongst them, there were at least four half-step Spirit Emperor Realm self-cultivators, Linger Yao, the South Pole Spirit King, the White-Brow Daoist Master, and the Old Monster of the North Sea.
At the sight of so many masters helping Qingfeng Li, speaking on his behalf, the Black Wind Duo Demons’ faces looked completely gloomy. They knew that they had to break off their arms. Otherwise, they might lose their lives.
“Old woman, let’s each break off an arm today. Don’t worry, once we enter the cave abode and find the emperor level elixir, we can restore our bodies. We will then smash Qingfeng Li to pieces.” Black Wind looked towards Black Evil.
Hearing his words, Black Evil nodded, albeit unwillingly. She knew that it was the right decision. They had to break off an arm if they wanted to live.
Ka-cha! Ka-cha!
Black Wind Double Evil punched their arms, breaking two immediately, revealing their hauntingly white bones.
They were both ruthless people. They knew that it was impossible to fight against all the powerful masters in front of them. So instead, they chose to honor the deal and cut off their arms.
Qingfeng Li’s eyes flashed cold, surprised by the fact that the Black Wind Duo Demons had broken their arms. It would have been an impossible task for a normal person.
What did this mean? It meant that the two had a clear hatred for him. Qingfeng Li knew that they would try to kill him with any chance they’ve got.
“The array formation is solved, everyone can enter now.” The South Pole Spirit King waved her hand in the air and entered the cave.
The Old Monster of the North Sea, White-Brow Daoist Master, the Void Monk and the rest all followed.
Chapter 1259: Qingfeng Against Black Evil
“Qingfeng Li, I’ll go in with you.” Linger Yao arrived beside Qingfeng Li.
Not far from where they were standing, the Black Wind Duo Demons glowered at Qingfeng Li, their gazes fixated on him, following his every move.
Once Qingfeng Li entered the cave, the Black Wind Duo Demons would enter and kill him.
Linger Yao didn’t want the Black Wind Duo Demons to kill Qingfeng Li, so she wanted to enter the cave with him.
Qingfeng Li shook his head and said, “Linger Yao, you can enter first, I’ll go in after a little while.”
Qingfeng Li had his own plan. He wanted to kill the Black Wind Duo Demons just as much they had wanted to kill him. They wouldn’t have come after him if Linger Yao was present.
His plan was easy, and that was to enter the cave alone. This way, the Black Wind Duo Demons would most definitely go after him.
Qingfeng Li alone wasn’t enough to fight Black Wind Duo Demons, but he had beside him Black Puppy.
Black Puppy was now an demonic beast of the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm. Both its attack and combat powers were equivalent to a master of a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm, so Qingfeng Li wasn’t afraid of the Black Wind Duo Demons.
“Alright Qingfeng Li, if that’s what you want, I’ll enter first. Take care of yourself.” Linger Yao waved towards Qingfeng Li and immediately entered the cave abode.
The Spirit Emperor cave abode was filled with treasures, spirit herbs, elixirs, cultivation techniques, Dharma artifacts, and much more. The masters that who already went in had already obtained many of these gems.
Linger Yao wanted to get in early as well so that she could obtain her own treasures. If she could find the Spirit Emperor’s Legacy, that would be even better.
Hundreds of self-cultivators moved very quickly, entering the cave within seconds, leaving behind only Qingfeng Li and the Black Wind Duo Demons.
Qingfeng Li gazed towards Black Puppy, signaling it to stay with Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin. Qingfeng Li transformed into a gush of wind and dashed into the Spirit Emperor Cave.
“Old woman, let’s go in and kill Qingfeng Li,” Black Wind said towards Black Evil. The duo immediately dashed into the cave.
Flower Fairy looked towards Black Puppy and said, “They’ve gone in. Let’s follow them.”
Black Puppy nodded and said, “Let’s go.”
Black Puppy’s plan was simple. Follow Black Wind Double Evil, ambush them from behind and kill them. He had planned it with Qingfeng Li.
As soon as Qingfeng Li entered the cave, his eyes lit up.
The cave was much larger than what it looked like from the outside. It had a width of more than 100 meters, ten times wider than it’s entrance. Its depth seemed endless as well.
Its walls were made of smooth black rocks, carved with all kinds of patterns. Some were of beasts, and some were of flowers and plants.
There was rich vital essence permeating the cave, denser than the outside by more than ten times. One breath in the cave was equivalent to ten breaths outside the cave. If a self-cultivator were to practice inside here, they would advance in their cultivation at a rate ten times faster than if they had practiced outside.
Although it was a great place to practice, Qingfeng Li didn’t have the time. After a little while, he was greeted with a fork of three paths.
The paths were heading down towards the left, the front, and the right. Some self-cultivators took the left branch, some took the right, and the rest took the front.
Qingfeng Li stood there, deciding which path to take.
Before he could decide, the Black Wind Duo Demons had already caught up to him.
“Qingfeng Li, you’re dead. I will kill you today.” Black Evil glowered at Qingfeng Li with deadly eyes.
Qingfeng Li smiled lightly and said, “The both of you had lost an arm each. Are you sure you can kill me?”
“Qingfeng Li, you’re only at the Fifth Level of the Spirit King Realm. Even with broken arms, we are still half-step Spirit Emperor Realm masters. Killing you will be easy,” Black Evil sneered.
“Oh yeah? Why don’t you come at me then?” Qingfeng Li immediately pulled out his Golden Light Sword, pointing it directly at Black Evil.
“Hah!” With a loud roar, Black Evil swung out her right hand, turning it into a Nine Hellish Claw, grabbing at Qingfeng Li’s head in an attempt to puncture five bloody holes in his brain.
“Sky-Splitting Golden Light!” Qingfeng Li waved his long sword, its sword energy raining from the skies. The sword energy contained both sword intent and a trace of spatial energy, cracking open the atmosphere.
The energy caused Black Evil’s body to pause for a second. The sword energy exuded in all directions, piercing her claw and ripping it into pieces.
Qingfeng Li was fierce as could be, lifting himself into the air, arriving beside Black Evil instantly, his long sword striking towards her.
Black Evil was still recovering from the pause. She watched with eyes of panic as the long sword came for her.
At the critical second, Black Wind waved out his hand and smashed it towards Qingfeng Li.
Black Wind was sure his hand would stop Qingfeng Li’s sword but he felt a sense of great danger in the next moment. A giant black shadow had come from behind.
“Ambush? Someone’s ambushing me?” Black Wind furrowed his brows in disbelief.
He was the last half-step Spirit emperor realm master to enter the cave. Did he miss someone?
Black Wind suddenly turned around and smashed his palm towards the black shadow instead.
Bang!
Black Wind failed to defend against the giant black shadow. The attack sent his body flying, landing dozens of meters away. He opened his mouth and spewed out a gush of fresh blood.
When Black Wind saw the attacker, he was completely shocked. He was more stunned than when Qingfeng Li managed to solve the emperor level battle array.
“I was sent flying by a dog?” Black Wind looked towards Black Puppy, completely speechless, his heart about to pop out.
Cough Cough!!
Black Wind coughed two more times and spewed out another gush of fresh blood. This time, it was completely out of anger. Black Puppy was wagging its tail at him, showing him a look of disdain.
At the same time, Qingfeng Li’s Golden Light Sword tore open the air, shaking the earth. With an invincible power, his sword arrived before Black Evil. At this time, she had already regained her mobility.
Black Evil regained composure quickly. The Sky-Splitting Golden Light was only able to freeze self-cultivators for a second and was less effective towards the more powerful self-cultivators.
Chapter 1260: Killing Black Wind Double Evil
Sky-Splitting Golden Light could only freeze someone for a second. Although Black Evil had already regained composure, it was still too late. Qingfeng Li’s sword was only a few millimeters away from her, leaving her no room to escape.
In a moment of panic, Black Evil channeled the vital essence in her body and formed a black defensive energy veil.
Qingfeng Li’s Golden Light Sword carried a sharp sword energy, piercing through the defensive energy veil instantly as if it was a golden lightning bolt.
Ka-cha!
Black Evil’s defensive energy veil cracked and disappeared into nothingness.
At the next moment, Qingfeng Li immediately sliced off Black Evil’s arm.
“Ah! My arm!” Black Evil screamed out in pain at the sight of her severed arm.
She already had one arm cut off before, and now Qingfeng Li had cut off her other arm. The sight of her chilling white bones was wretched and miserable.
Qingfeng Li’s fifth sword could freeze a person for one second. It was almost impossible to defend against it. Not to mention that Black Evil was already heavily injured. There was no way she could escape from it.
“Kill!” Qingfeng Li roared, striking towards her again without a second of hesitation.
This time, his target was Black Evil’s heart.
“Bastard, you dare?” Black Wind’s face darkened with rage. He suddenly smashed out with his hand, turning it into a gigantic palm and striking it towards Qingfeng Li’s long sword.
Bang!
The clash between the palm and the long sword sent out violent waves throughout the air. Sparks flew from the collision, forcing Qingfeng Li back.
Black Wind’s palm had forced back Qingfeng Li. Just as he was about to help Black Evil, Black Puppy jumped into the air, arriving behind Black Wind instantly and clawing at his back.
Puh!
Black Puppy’s right claw was sharp as could be, instantly tearing through Black Wind’s chest, leaving it a bloody mess.
Black Puppy had in its right paw a black heart. The heart was still warm and thumping.
“Give me my heart,” Black Wind said towards Black Puppy, pale-faced.
Black Wind wasn’t dead. Half-Step Spirit Emperor Realm masters could stay alive for a while even after losing their hearts. They simply had to put their hearts back into place to revive themselves.
“In your dreams!” Black Puppy wagged its tail at Black Wind, putting his heart into its mouth.
Ka-cha! Ka-cha!
At the sound of some chewing noises, Black Puppy had eaten Black Wind’s heart.
The heart belonged to a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm master, and so it contained a massive amount of blood energy.
The blood contained vital essence, entering into the body of Black Puppy and making the little doggy even stronger.
Puh!
Black Wind spewed out a gush of fresh blood, his face was completely lifeless.
“Bastard, how dare you eat my heart. I’m going to murder you!” Black Wind’s body was shaking. He was unable to walk in a straight line as he had lost too much blood.
“Your heart taste quite delicious. I’ll leave your corpse in one piece.” Black Puppy sneered, its eyes flashing cold.
Black Puppy immediately jumped up, arriving before Black Wind instantly. It lashed out its right claw and grabbed at Black Wind’s throat, clawing out five big holes.
Putong!
Black Wind’s body fell to the ground, blood spewing out from his throat. His death was instant.
At the sight of this, Black Evil panicked, and she turned to run away.
Black Evil had already lost both of her arms. It was impossible for her to fight Qingfeng Li and Black Puppy. Especially Black Puppy, the beast was ridiculously frightening.
“Do you really think you can escape?” Qingfeng Li laughed, his eyes flashing cold.
Qingfeng Li took out his Thunder Pearl, charging it with vital essence. Suddenly, a ray of red lightning shot out of the Thunder pearl, carrying an unrivaled energy and striking down on Black Evil’s body instantly.
Balabing balabong!
A bolt of electricity charged through Black Evil’s body, torching her clothes and charring her flesh. She fell towards the ground, white foam bubbling from her mouth.
Death was soon upon her.
“He-lp me, he-lp me…” Black Evil looked towards Qingfeng Li with eyes of desperation, hoping that he would save her.
“As my enemy, I think it would be best for you to die.” Qingfeng Li waved out his Golden Light Sword, slicing off Black Evil’s head with one strike, the head rolling far away.
Qingfeng Li never showed kindness towards his enemies.
Kindness was for his friends. He had only one word for his enemies. Kill.
The Half-step Spirit emperor realm masters, the Black Wind Duo Demons, were Dead.
Too bad there were no other self-cultivators there. It was only Black Puppy and Qingfeng Li. If there were other self-cultivators, they would have lost their jaws at the sight of Qingfeng Li and Black Puppy killing the Black Wind Duo Demons.
Qingfeng Li was only a master of the Spirit King Realm, but he had killed two half-step Spirit Emperor Realm masters. It had never been done in the world of self-cultivation, and Qingfeng Li had achieved the impossible.
“Little dog, thanks for the help. You’re not bad,” Qingfeng Li praised Black Puppy.
Black Puppy wasn’t this powerful before.
Ever since it had ingested the bone of the half-step Spirit emperor realm beast, its powers increased as fast as a rocket.
Black Puppy could even defeat Qingfeng Li, but the latter was equipped with the Golden Flame and still had control over him.
At the sound of Qingfeng Li’s praise, Black Puppy lifted up its head, proud and arrogant as could be.
“Hehe, of course I’m powerful, I am the number one dog in the world after all. I’m going to become a dog ancestor.” Black Puppy laughed arrogantly.
Qingfeng Li was speechless. It really was a mistake to compliment Black Puppy, because he was completely shameless.
Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin had walked out from behind as well.
The two women were completely shocked by the deaths of the Black Wind Duo Demons. Qingfeng Li was truly incredible.
“Big Brother Li, you’re incredible, even killing half-step Spirit Emperor Realm masters.” Flower Fairy gazed at Qingfeng Li with glistening eyes, her gaze full of sparkles and her face full of admiration.
Xianzhi Qin looked towards Qingfeng Li and also said, “Big Brother Li, I’ve decided to follow you from now on.”
Both women decided to follow Qingfeng Li no matter what, because they knew that they would have the brightest future if they were to follow him.
Chapter 1261: King Level Vitality Stone
“You two, remember to walk in the middle. Don’t run off,” Qingfeng Li reminded Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin.
The Spirit Emperor Cave was very dangerous. Although it looked unintimidating, great dangers were waiting for them in the distance. Qingfeng Li had a very sharp sense, and he could already smell the scent of blood coming from afar.
The scent of blood meant that people had already been killed.
Qingfeng Li wanted to keep going but was stopped by Black Puppy.
“Don’t go,” said Black Puppy.
Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows and asked, “We need to hurry in and find treasures, why are we wasting time?”
Black Puppy reached out its paw and pointed towards the Black Wind Duo Demons’ corpses. “They were both half-step Spirit emperor realm masters, and they are definitely carrying treasures. We should grab their treasures first and then go in.”
“I almost forgot.” Qingfeng Li patted his forehead in realization. He was too preoccupied with entering the cave that he had forgotten about the two dead bodies.
Black Wind and Black Evil were both half-step Spirit Emperor Realm masters. Naturally, they had many treasures on them.
Qingfeng Li went towards their corpses quickly, searching their bodies. After a little while, he found a book on a cultivation technique, ten vitality stones, and ten spirit herbs.
The book was named the Nine Hellish Emperor Claws, and the vitality stones and spirit herbs were all king level.
These spirit herbs were all vital ingredients to the creation of king level elixirs. Qingfeng Li was delighted since he obtained these treasures.
Qingfeng Li placed the book on the Nine Hellish Emperor Claws within his interspatial ring, planning to sell it after he left the cave.
There were a total of ten vitality stones. Qingfeng Li gave five to Black Puppy and kept five for himself.
They had both participated in killing the Black Wind Duo Demons, so it was natural for them to split the vitality stones.
Qingfeng Li and Black Puppy both sat down, beginning to refine their vitality stones. These stones contained a massive amount of vital essence and could improve a self-cultivator’s abilities.
Qingfeng Li had five king level vitality stones. If he could refine all of them, he could advance four small realms and reach the ninth level of the Spirit King Realm.
“As soon as I refine these five vitality stones, I can defeat half-step Spirit Emperor Realm masters!” Qingfeng Li laughed out loud, feeling extremely excited.
Qingfeng Li placed the five vitality stones in front of him and began to chant the Heavenly Immortal Chant. The chant was a cultivation technique that could allow him to advvance and become a Heavenly Immortal.
The Heavenly Immortal Chant flowed out of his dantian and into his organs, ultimately gathering at his fingertips. His fingers touched the circular stones and absorbed in its vital essence.
A massive stream of vital essence flowed from his fingers and entered Qingfeng Li’s body.
Qingfeng Li was incredibly focused, wanting to drive all of the vital essence to his dantian, gather them there, and activate his spirit nucleus.
But in the next moment, Qingfeng Li’s Devourer Bloodline turned into a black vortex and sucked in all of the energies from the vitality stones, leaving Qingfeng Li with nothing.
“What the hell? Why did you suck in all of the vitality stone energy?” Qingfeng Li interrogated the Devourer Bloodline within his body.
Qingfeng Li’s body contained three bloodlines. One was the Devourer Bloodline, the second was the Wolf God Bloodline, and the third was the Dragon Bloodline.
Amongst the three, the most powerful was the Devourer Bloodline.
This bloodline originated from chaos. It was said that during the time where the earth was created, there were a few types of bloodlines that were powerful enough to swallow everything in the world.
Although Qingfeng Li possessed the Devourer Bloodline and could use it in his battles, sometimes, this bloodline had a mind of its own and would activate itself, eating up Qingfeng Li’s vital essence.
The Devourer Bloodline ignored Qingfeng Li and continued to suck the energy from the king level vitality stones..
Just a moment later, it had finished devouring all of the vitality stones, leaving nothing behind.
Immediately after, the Devourer Bloodline turned into a black vortex, concealing itself within the depths of Qingfeng Li’s bloodlines and returning to the state of complete lifelessness. Qingfeng Li couldn’t even feel it anymore.
Qingfeng Li called to it a couple of times but was left without an answer. He knew that the Devourer Bloodline wasn’t about to answer him.
The Devourer Bloodline was obtained from a chaotic being, and Qingfeng Li wasn’t sure of its tendencies.
Qingfeng Li stood up, looking discouraged, and completely unhappy. He had wanted to make a breakthrough using these vitality stones, but now, it appeared that his strength had remained the same.
Qingfeng Li looked towards Black Puppy and saw that its abilities had improved a lot.
Black Puppy was now a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm master, and it was stronger than Qingfeng Li.
Although he didn’t improve, Qingfeng Li was still happy that Black Puppy had gotten stronger. After all, Black Puppy was one of his helpers.
“Qingfeng Li, I’ve ingested all five king level vitality stones and my abilities have improved. Why are you still the same?” Black Puppy asked in confusion.
Qingfeng Li shook his head and said, “My body is special. The five vitality stones have little effect on me. Let’s keep going.”
Black Puppy took a long look at Qingfeng Li, suspicious of his words, ultimately discarding its suspicions. There were still many treasures to be found in the depth of the cave abode.
There were three paths to take, left, center, and right. Every path was imprinted with footsteps.
This meant that all those self-cultivators had taken one of these three paths.
“Little dog, which path should we take?” Qingfeng Li asked Black Puppy with furrowed brows.
Black Puppy reached out its nose and sniffed around the entrances of all three paths. It sniffed around each path for five minutes and stopped.
“Qingfeng Li, Linger Yao entered the first path, the Old Monster of North Sea and the South Pole Spirit King entered the second, and the Void Monk and the White-Brow Daoist Master entered the third,” Black puppy explained to Qingfeng Li.
Black Puppy’s nose was extremely keen on smells. When they were outside of the cave abode, Black Puppy had already remembered everyone’s scents.
Now that they were at the crossroad, Black Puppy could detect all of them with a simple sniff of its nose.
Qingfeng Li smiled lightly and said, “Since Linger Yao went into the first path, we’ll head there too.”
His reasoning was simple. He was the closest to Linger Yao amongst all the self-cultivators. She was his protector, so he chose the first path.
As for the other two paths, Qingfeng Li couldn’t guarantee his safety. In the face of a spirit emperor level treasure, he could be attacked by the self-cultivators.
Qingfeng Li led the group, with Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin walking in the middle. Black Puppy walked behind them.
The path didn’t look too big from the outside, but as soon as they entered, they realized that it was gigantic. It had a width of a few dozens of meters, and its walls were carved with illustrations of all kinds of demonic beasts.
There were carvings of demonic lions, demonic tigers, demonic rabbits, demonic panthers, and many more. There was even a carving of a gigantic demonic snake.
Chapter 1262: A Bizarre Evil Species
“Little dog, look at the demonic snake on this wall. Doesn’t it look like the Sky-Devouring Snake?” Qingfeng Li pointed towards the wall and asked.
Black Puppy raised its head and looked towards the wall.
The stone wall on its right had carvings of a gigantic demonic snake. It was hundreds of meters in length and black all over. Its eyes were also pitch black, without a trace of other colors. It had its tongue out, and even the tongue was black.
The demonic snake looked exactly like Sky-Devouring Snake. It was just larger by a hundred times.
Black Puppy nodded and said, “Yes, it looks like Sky-Devouring Snake.”
Qingfeng Li and Black Puppy looked at the drawing on the wall carefully, their eyes filled with intrigue, talking about it non-stop.
Qingfeng Li didn’t expect to find pictures of Sky-Devouring Snake on the Spirit Emperor Cave’s walls. The owner of the cave must have had seen the Sky-Devouring Snake before, or at least had dreamt of the beast.
Qingfeng Li and Black Puppy stayed for only a moment, feeling up the walls. They didn’t find any treasure, so they continued to walk.
A little while later, Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows and said, “Everyone, be careful. I smell blood.”
Qingfeng Li slowed down his footsteps, creeping forward slowly.
The others followed, slowing down as well, inching forward carefully, afraid to disturb the people in front of them.
After five minutes of walking, Qingfeng Li discovered four bodies on the ground 30 meters in front of them.
They were all bodies of random self-cultivators belonging to no particular sects or parties. They had randomly gathered and had picked the first path. Unfortunately, they had all been killed.
Their deaths looked miserable, their faces pale without a trace of color. Their corpses looked dried up as if their blood had been sucked out by some demonic beast.
Their eyes were filled with pain and panic as if they had witnessed something horrifying moments before their deaths.
Qingfeng Li and Black Puppy felt nothing at the sight of the dead bodies because they had seen worse.
But Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin were completely terrified at the scene. They were both women, and the most that they had seen were self-cultivators being killed. But this was the first time they had seen death by exsanguination. The frightening sight was both bizarre and bone-chilling.
“Big Brother Li, I’m a little bit scared.” Xianzhi Qin looked towards Qingfeng Li, her voice trembling.
Xianzhi Qin was the eldest daughter of the palace master of the Fiery Emperor Palace and had always lived a sheltered life. She was fragile and beautiful, second only to her father.
Her life was taken care of, and she didn’t have to worry about much. Her only job was to practice. Although she had seen people get killed during her time as a self-cultivator, she had never seen deaths so miserable.
Qingfeng Li walked towards Xianzhi Qin and patted her shoulder. He said, “Don’t be scared, I’m here. Nothing will happen to you.”
Feeling the warmth of his hand, Xianzhi Qin felt much better, her fear slowly fading away. She believed in Qingfeng Li. She believed that he would conquer any obstacle that got in their way.
“Little dog, watch the back. I’ll take the lead. You two stay in the middle.” Qingfeng Li reminded everyone again and began walking.
Black Puppy strutted without a care in the world, unafraid of any beasts. “If they dare to appear in front of me, they’re going to get smashed to death by their Grand Daddy Dog.”
“I smell blood.” After a little while, Qingfeng Li smelt the scent of blood again.
He headed towards a curve on the path and discovered seven to eight dead bodies there.
It was double the amount of the last pile, but the two groups shared the same cause of death. Their bodies were left completely dried out, their blood all sucked clean, leaving only their bones and layers of skin.
Qingfeng Li’s face darkened. He could already sense an evil monster hidden within the pathway, and it wasn’t far away.
Qingfeng Li suddenly turned his head towards the back. A black shadow fleeted by, disappearing in the blink of an eye. Even Qingfeng Li couldn’t describe its appearance.
Black Puppy wanted to chase the black shadow but was stopped by Qingfeng Li.
“Why did you stop me?” asked Black Puppy. “That evil monster probably killed all these self-cultivators.”
Although the evil monster appeared to be extremely powerful and evil, Black Puppy wasn’t afraid. It was actually quite excited to battle and kill the evil being.
Qingfeng Li shook his head and said, ” know you’re not afraid, but Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin are afraid. We can’t let them get hurt.”
Hearing his words, Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin felt happy and grateful. They both looked at Qingfeng Li with even more admiration.
“Women are so annoying,” Black Puppy murmured, feeling slightly irritated.
Of course, Black Puppy was more annoyed by Qingfeng Li.
He was always watching out for the women and never for himself. As far as Black Puppy was concerned, Qingfeng Li should’ve killed that evil monster. Only then would their headaches be gone.
“Let’s keep going. The evil monster will appear sooner or later. Everyone stay vigilant.” Qingfeng Li waved his hand and led the others forward.
Not long afterward, a black shadow appeared right where Qingfeng Li was standing. Its face and body blended into the darkness, its eyes bloodthirsty, emitting a deadly black aura.
Its body was light as a feather. With one swift motion, it entered the cave walls.
After a little while, Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows. He felt something or someone following him. He felt the presence of the evil monster again.
Qingfeng Li turned around once more. Again, he saw nothing. The whole pathway was empty.
Qingfeng Li was confused. He was sure he had felt a fleeting black shadow behind him.
But now, there was nothing there. However, the sense of danger he felt in his heart grew more and more alarming.
“Why are you acting so weird? I’m behind you, and there’s nothing here.” Black Puppy looked at Qingfeng Li in confusion.
Qingfeng Li didn’t answer Black Puppy because he felt the evil monster getting closer and closer. It was already beside him, ready to attack at any moment.
Black Puppy was going to say something but Qingfeng Li had gestured for it to stop.
Black Puppy bit its tongue, looking dejected.
Chapter 1263: Killing the Evil Monster
“What the hell, there are no evil monsters around, why are you being so suspicious? Don’t you trust me, Grand Daddy Dog?” Black Puppy murmured, he was feeling a little unhappy since Qingfeng Li still did not trust him.
But Black Puppy did not know that a black ghost was lurking within the stonewalls beside him, staring at them silently.
Phu!
The right hand of the black ghost in the stonewalls suddenly stretched outwards, as fast as a bolt of black lightning, toward Flower Fairy.
“You asked for it,” Qingfeng Li hissed, a cold look flashing across his eyes.
Qingfeng Li was observing the surroundings just now, and he felt that something was following them. He was ready when the evil monster finally appeared, targeting Flower Fairy.
Qingfeng Li took out his Golden Light Sword, which unleashed a swift and fierce sword energy and cut onto the evil monster’s arm.
With a “bang” sound, the evil monster’s arm was chopped off and disappeared into fog, but a new arm reformed in the next moment.
Fog and an immortalized body!
Qingfeng Li frowned, and a cold light flashed across his eyes. The evil monster was made out of black fog and was immortal, even attacks from Golden Light Sword could not kill him.
“Hehe, I am made out of black fog! You cannot kill me.” The evil monster inside the stonewalls smirked, an evil glint flashing in its eyes.
The evil monster flew out of the stonewalls, this time targetting Xianzhi Qin, the right claw of the evil monster suddenly swung forward, which looked like a black sword, and came to Xinzhi Qin in a moment.
Xianzhi Qin was standing far behind Qingfeng Li, and even though Qingfeng Li wanted to save her, it was too late.
At this critical junction, Black Puppy, who was standing in the back, lent a helping hand. Black Puppy spat out a black ray that transformed into a wind blade, which cut onto the black fog and chopped the evil monster in half, saving Xianzhi Qin.
But in the next moment, the evil monster that was chopped in half reformed its body again.
Black Puppy frowned, and a shocked look appeared in his eyes.
The attack from Black Puppy was very strong, even people that were Half-step Spirit Emperors would have been injured, but the evil monster was perfectly fine.
“Hehe, I am immortal.” The black evil monster smirked with arrogance once again.
Qingfeng Li did not believe in the black monsters’ words and tried other attacking techniques. He used Strangle Hell Fist and punched the black fog into pieces, but those pieces reformed into the evil monster again.
This evil monster could not be killed, as even Qingfegn’s strongest attack was useless. Did he have to use the Golden Flames?
Qingfeng Li frowned, and a complicated look appeared in his eyes.
Honestly, Qingfeng Li knew that if he used Golden Flames, he could kill the black evil monster right away.
But Qingfeng Li did not want to use Golden Flames, since he could only use Golden Flames twice in 12 hours; he wanted to save his cards for when he arrived in Hell.
Suddenly, Qingfeng Li figured out an excellent idea. He remembered that he possessed the Inferno Realm, and therefore he could gather flames to attack the evil monster. How could he have forgotten about such an important card?
Phu!
The evil monster screamed and swung its sharp claws at Qingfeng Li, sensing that he was the leader among these people.
The evil monster knew that he had to kill Qingfeng Li in order to kill the rest of the crew.
“Big Brother Li, be careful! The evil monster is heading your way now,” Flower Fairy curled her lips and shouted with concern.
The evil monster was not an easy opponent, as it was immortal.
Flower Fairy was afraid that Qingfeng Li might get killed, so she warned him right away.
Qingfeng Li shook his head and smiled at Flower Fairy to signal that there was nothing to worry about.
“Kiddo, I am going to suck your blood, and form a corporeal body.” The black evil monster looked at Qingfeng Li hungrily.
The black evil monster only had a spiritual body with its soul, and not have a corporeal body. If it managed to suck a lot of blood and gather vital essence, then it could form one.
The evil monster sensed that Qingfeng Li had an abundance of blood and vigor, so if it devoured Qingfeng Li, then it could form a corporeal mortal body for sure.
Qingfeng Li looked calm without any fear toward the vicious evil monster.
Qingfeng Li waited until the evil monster was right in front of him before he opened his mouth and shouted, “Inferno Realm!”
Flames that were meters high formed around Qingfeng Li, and the scorching heat immediately surrounded the evil monster right away.
“Kiddo, why do you have flames around your body?” The black evil monster looked extremely scared, fear filling its eyes.
The black evil monster was only a soul. It was scared of fire and lightning the most, but not other self-cultivation attacks.
The evil monster had never thought that Qingfeng Li had the ability to attack with fire.
Boom!
Scorching flames burned the black evil monster, and made it scream in pain.
The evil monster wanted to flee from this area, but Qingfeng Li would never let it escape.
Qingfeng Li suddenly gathered Inferno Realm, aiming it at the direction which the evil monster was trying to escape to, and surrounded it in all directions again, trapping it.
“Gravity Realm!” While he was using the Inferno Realm, Qingfeng Li also activated the Gravity Realm.
The Gravity Realm could manipulate the Earth’s gravity to seal the evil monster, which forced it to move with much difficulty and preventing it from running away from the Inferno Realm. It could only give up and be burned with fire.
The evil monster was strong, with unbeatable power, but against Qingfeng Li, another monster who could release different realm techniques, it was eventually burned into ash and disappeared.
“Big Brother Li, you are so strong! You even killed that evil monster,” Flower Fairy looked at Qingfeng Li admiringly, making a thumbs-up gesture as she kept out pouring out praises.
Qingfeng Li smiled without talking, he waved his hand and led the crew to move on.
Even though Qingfeng Li killed the black evil monster, he did not let his guard down, since he knew that there were many potential dangers in the Spirit Emperor Cave. Dangers were everywhere and could appear at any time to attack them.
Qingfeng Li led his people to keep moving forward, the air in front still containing the iron-like tinges of blood.
Qingfeng Li saw many dead bodies in this tunnel.
Some of them had their heads chopped off, some with their arms and legs cut off; the dead bodies looked horrible and bloody with broken muscles and bones,
All these self-cultivators fought for the treasure and eventually died here.
Boooom!!
Some sounds of battle suddenly erupted in the front. Qingfeng Li stopped and listened to it attentively.
Qingfeng Li was very familiar with one voice among the sounds, recognizing it to be Linger Yao’s.
Qingfeng Li had never heard the other voice before, probably someone he was not familiar or acquainted with.
“There are sounds of fighting in the front, be careful,” Qingfeng Li said to his people, and carefully walked to the front.
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