by Feng Yise
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The secret room's door was knocked on violently.
Zhu Yun's brows furrowed, appearing rather annoyed.
"Little Tian, this boy, is always so quick-tempered. How will he take on great responsibilities in the future?"
As he spoke, Zhu Yun causally fired out a blast of essence energy. The secret room's door opened on its own.
The moment the door opened, a fretful looking Zhu Tian barged inside. "Father, disaster is imminent!"
Zhu Yun said impatiently, "Talk slowly, what's the hurry? The sky hasn't fallen yet!"
Zhu Tian said anxiously, "The sky has already fallen! Li Yang, he . . . he . . ."
Zhu Yun frowned and said, "What about Li Yang? He died?"
"Aiya! Li Yang didn't die! He was saved by that punk!"
"WHAT?!"
"Li Yang was brought back to life by that punk!"
Zhu Tian repeated again. Dao Yuan and Zhu Shan stood up.
"How is that possible?! My Mind Loss Powder is absolutely foolproof! Even I don't have the antidote. Where did they get the antidote? This is impossible!" Dao Yuan said incredulously.
"What do you mean no antidote?! There's news from over there that Li Yang has already completely recovered! Now, they are all praising Ji Qing that punk the miracle hand of god over there; a living divine doctor!"
Zhu Tian was full of indignation. The young patriarch position that reached his hands was going to be handed over so quickly. How could he not be depressed?
Zhu Yun did not speak. His eyebrows locked tightly as he paced around inside the room.
After some time, he suddenly looked at Zhu Tian with shining eyes and asked, "You said just now that news came from over there. Is it not confirmed yet?"
"It was said by the undercover that we arranged inside the Patriarch Manor. The news can't be wrong!" Zhu Tian said.
"Then, did he see Li Yang?" Zhu Yun pressed on.
"Uh, that's a no! But he said that he saw that after Li Teng and Li Hong walked out of Li Yang's room, they were grinning from ear to ear. Following that, this news was announced. It shouldn't be wrong! Now, Li Teng regards Ji Qing as a distinguished guest and nearly praised him to the skies! Looking at the momentum, it's about to surpass Master Dao Yuan!"
Zhu Yun did not say any more but exchanged a look with Dao Yuan and asked, "How do you see it, Dao Yuan?"
Dao Yuan was originally very nervous too. But hearing Zhu Tian's words, he relaxed.
"In my view, Li Yang wasn't revived at all! How can the poison of the Mind Loss Powder be so easy to resolve? Even if that child started learning the alchemic path in his mother's w.o.m.b, it's also not possible to have the ability to resolve the Mind Loss Powder poison. If Li Yang is really fine, Li Teng should be taking care of him at this time, not entertaining Ji Qing with great fanfare! But . . . Li Teng might have already detected our affairs!" Dao Yuan said.
Zhu Yun nodded and said with a sigh, "I was his assistant for so many years. Already reached this extent and he's still unwilling to let go! Him doing this is forcing me to take action!"
Zhu Tian was at a loss listening by the side. He totally did not know what these two were talking about.
"Heh heh, he's the one forcing us! Originally, I didn't plan on taking action this early either. But since it already reached such an extent, the first to strike naturally has the advantage! Moreover, we have already been preparing for several years. How can he arrange anything appropriate in a short duration of time?" Zhu Shan said with burning eagerness.
"Uh, Father, what are you all talking about? Are you going to make a move?" Zhu Tian had a baffled look.
Zhu Yun looked at this son and did not know what he should say either.
Zhu Tian was indeed preceded by Li Yang in terms of martial strength. But in terms of wits and stratagem, Li Yang tossed him several streets behind!
Zhu Yun could only control his impatience and explained, "Li Yang wasn't resuscitated at all! In fact, he's already dead! The reason why Li Teng is entertaining Ye Yuan with such a great fanfare is because he became aware of our intentions and wants to soothe us first, and to make us not dare to take reckless actions so that he can arrange for a backup plan to deal with us!"
Only then did Zhu Tian come to a realization. He said excitedly, "Turns out that Li Yang is dead already! Haha! From now onwards, I'm the number one person in the Cloud Prancing Tribe's junior generation!"
But Zhu Yun ignored him and said to Zhu Shan, "Gather all of our men. Tonight, at midnight, we'll sneak into the Patriarch Manor silently and utterly crumble Li Teng's forces!"
"Yes!" Zhu Shan accepted the order and left.
. . . . . .
Midnight, a group of experts silently sneaked into the Patriarch Manor.
Zhu Yun and Li Teng, the two of them established the Cloud Prancing Tribe together. Zhu Yun might even be more familiar with the Patriarch Manor than his own home.
In terms of martial strength, Zhu Yun and Li Teng, the two of them were around the same; they were both at the Peak Ninth Level Sea Transformation Realm.
But tonight, Zhu Yun brought a number of experts forth. Just the Sea Transformation Realms had four people!
Five versus one. With a sneak attack, he, Zhu Yun, could not possibly lose.
As long as he took down Li Teng, the Cloud Prancing Tribe would naturally fall into his hands.
The group of people sneakily entered the courtyard and started to creep towards Li Teng's residence quietly.
But as they walked, they discovered something off.
Zhu Yun discovered that they had already walked for a very long period of time. Why was it still so far away from Li Teng's residence?
Zhu Yun turned back around and could not help being greatly startled. The few people that he brought here were all missing!
"Sh*t! We walked into a trap!" Zhu Yun felt that things were bad.
But right at this moment, Patriarch Manor suddenly became brightly lit. A large group of people appeared in front of him!
"Lord Vice-Patriarch, why aren't you sleeping at home late at night but come here to wander around instead?" Ye Yuan asked Zhu Yun with a grin on his face.
Chapter 360 - Lesser Confounding Formation!
Zhu Yun's expression changed. He saw one familiar face after another.
Li Teng, Li Hong, Li Min, so on and so forth. Of course, there was Ye Yuan.
When his gaze landed on Li Yang's body, it involuntarily shrunk! Ji Qing that punk really cured Li Yang!
Also, no clue whether Ye Yuan did it deliberately or not, but he stood at the forefront; a certain distance away from the rest.
Zhu Yun originally already despaired. But seeing this, he was secretly thrilled.
"Seeking death!"
Zhu Yun erupted suddenly and clawed at Ye Yuan's throat. He wanted to hold Ye Yuan hostage!
But when he arrived in front of Ye Yuan, he immediately felt that things were not good. It was as if Ye Yuan did not see him. He actually did not evade or dodge!
There was a blur in front of Zhu Yun's eye. He actually passed directly through Ye Yuan's body and could not help being greatly alarmed!
"Lord Vice-Patriarch is really composed in the hour of peril. To actually still think of taking me hostage. However . . . you won't have the opportunity." Ye Yuan still stood at his original spot as he looked at Zhu Yun with a wide smile.
How could the grand array that Ye Yuan spent a full day to set up be easily broken by Zhu Yun?
To be able to make Ye Yuan spend an entire day to lay it out, the power of this grand array could be imagined.
This array formation was born out of none other than precisely Lu Linfeng's Asura Confounding Array!
Ye Yuan called it, Lesser Confounding Formation!
Although the name sounded very ordinary, its power was remarkably terrifying!
The complete Asura Confounding Array was an illusionary killing formation. Forget about Sea Transformation Realm martial artists, even i
f the Fierce Gale World's Wind Emperor, a Boundless Realm powerhouse, entered within, it would also be certain death!
Back then, if the Grand Yan True Sect's sect master could comprehend this set of array formation, he completely would not need to sacrifice the entire sect to protect the Endless World. He could directly use this grand array to trap the Fierce Gale World's Wind Emperor to death!
Although Ye Yuan comprehended this set of array formation, he could not even unleash 0.1% of its power.
Hence, he blazed out a new trail, stripping away the illusion formation within this set of array formation and lowered the difficulty; that was this Lesser Confounding Formation before their eyes!
Even so, this also took Ye Yuan one full day!
Looking at it now, the effects were rather decent. The Ninth Level Sea Transformation Realm Zhu Yun trapped within could not figure out the direction at all.
This array formation did not have the effect of killing people. It was just a pure trapping formation. But wanting to come out was as hard as ascending to heaven!
The terrifying aspect of this Lesser Confounding Array laid here: I stood right in front of you, but you could not see me!
Zhu Yun gnashed his teeth hatefully and roared, "Stinking brat! I'll kill you!"
Zhu Yun pounced at Ye Yuan desperately. But Ye Yuan was like the moon reflected on the water; he was completely unable to touch Ye Yuan!
The current Zhu Yun was just like a monkey being teased.
"Stop wasting strength. You can't hit me," Ye Yuan said coolly.
After flopping around for a long time, Zhu Yun himself was dead exhausted. But he did not even touch Ye Yuan's clothes and was unbelievably disheartened.
At this time, Li Teng slowly walked out, came in front Zhu Yun, and said, "Sigh . . . old chap, why did you do this?!"
Zhu Yun looked at Li Teng, his state like he was insane as he said, "Hahaha! Li Teng! Are you pitying me now with the attitude with a winner? I don't need it!"
Li Teng sighed again and said, "Old partner, the two of us have teamed up for several hundred years. How many trials and hardsh.i.p.s have we experienced together? How many times have we braved untold danger? So many years of feelings, did you forget them all?"
"Don't give me that crap! Li Teng, you still have the nerve to say this to me! In terms of contribution to the Cloud Prancing Tribe, how am I, Zhu Yun, inferior to you in any way? Why is it that you can be the patriarch, while I can only listen to your commands by the side?"
Li Teng shook his head and said, "If you wanted this patriarch position, you could have just told me. Why did you have to lay hands on Little Yang? You know that he is my lifeblood, but you resorted to such vicious means to your nephew! If not because Little Hong was fortunate enough to bring back Young Master Ji, Little Yang would have already been killed by you! You watched him grow up! How could you bear to do it?!"
"Humph! Why? You suppressed me my entire life. Could it be that I even have to let my son be suppressed by your son his entire life? I don't need to be the patriarch, but I cannot tolerate my son being beneath others too!" Zhu Yun bellowed.
But at this time, Ye Yuan interjected, "That son of yours has great ambition but little talent, and lack morals and character. Wouldn't let him be the patriarch be bringing the entire tribe towards the abyss? People can be selfish, but don't tie others onto your selfishness! The other people in the tribe are innocent. Why should they be buried with the dead for your selfishness?"
Ye Yuan's words struck Zhu Yun's sore spot. He howled at Ye Yuan, "Who do you think you are?! To dare come and lecture me?!"
Slap!
A crisp sound echoed!
Zhu Yun's face took the blow solidly!
Although Ye Yuan's slap was no different from scratching an itch to him, that sort of humiliation was even clearer than the sensation from the body.
"Such a smelly mouth!" Ye Yuan said icily.
"ARGH! I'm going to kill you, boy!" Zhu Yun howled at the skies.
But it was all futile. He simply could not hit Ye Yuan.
"Old Man Patriarch, finish him off. This fellow is unrepentant. There's nothing much to be attached to," Ye Yuan said apathetically.
But Li Teng furrowed his brows at this time, appearing to be hesitating.
"Indecision invariably leads to trouble. Leaving this kind of person, apart from bringing your tribe towards decline, there's no use at all!" Ye Yuan said.
Li Teng mused for a long while. S.u.c.k.i.n.g in a deep breath, he slowly walked towards Zhu Yun . . .
. . . . . .
Inside the Patriarch Manor's inner hall, Li Teng brought Li Yang to give Ye Yuan a deep bow.
"Many thanks for Young Master Ji's great kindness! If not for Young Master Ji, us father and son would probably have met with an unexpected calamity!" Li Teng said.
In his speech, Li Teng was filled with respect towards Ye Yuan.
Disregarding other things, just that incomparably profound array formation filled Li Teng with endless dread.
Zhu Yun and his strength did not have a very large difference. If without the Lesser Confounding Array, blood would surely flow in the Cloud Prancing Tribe like rivers this time.
Now, to be able to resolve the infighting with unstained swords, it was naturally a happy ending.
"Many thanks for Young Master Ji's grace of resurrection! Speaking of which, our Li Family's disciples, from top to bottom, owes Young Master Ji far too much! It truly makes Li Yang petrified!" Li Yang followed up.
Ye Yuan waved his hands and said with a smile, "You all don't need to thank me. If you want to thank, then thank Li Hong. Initially, I was disinclined to bother with this side business of yours. But that boy is very silly and very naive, which stirred my sympathetic heart."
As a matter of fact, Li Hong was much older than Ye Yuan. But Ye Yuan calling him boy actually had no unaccustomedness whatsoever.
"Sigh! My Cloud Prancing Tribe's lives from top to bottom were all saved by Young Master Ji. In future, as long as Young Master Ji has any instructions, our Cloud Prancing Tribe will definitely not hesitate to lay down our lives if need be!" Li Yang said.
One had to acknowledge that this Li Yang was much stronger than Zhu Tian. When talking, he gave people a spring breeze-like feel. It was also no wonder that he could subdue the hearts of the Cloud Prancing Tribe's junior generation.
Ye Yuan smiled and waved his hands, saying, "There isn't a need to lay down your lives. You just have to lend me the transmission array to use. I'm in a bit of a hurry so I won't delay. Let's depart now."
Chapter 361 - Martial Competition to Find a Spouse
The passageway between the two worlds was already at a state of heightened nervousness. There were constantly people patrolling.
Lan Yu brought Lan Hu along and were currently making their rounds when Lan Yu suddenly said, "It's been so many since Lan Bao left, but there's no news. I'm a little worried."
Lan Hu was taken aback and said, "No way, right? Big Brother Lan Bao's strength is extremely great. How can he possibly lose to a brat that just broke through to the Crystal Formation Realm?"
"I also don't feel that it's very likely. But if he dealt with that Ye Yuan, he should have returned long ago!" Lan Yu said with a frown.
"Or maybe he was delayed by some matter along the way."
Lan Yu shook his head and said, "This matter cannot be treated lightly! We'd better send people to the Central Capital to warn Lord Wind Emperor. I reckon that Lord Patriarch should have already brought the advance party over. That batch of slaves is most likely already sold off. Lan Hu, I'll have to trouble you to make this trip."
Lan Hu mused a moment and nodded, saying, "Okay. What should I say when I see Lord Wind Emperor?"
"Tell the truth! But, you have to let Lord Wind Emperor know the formidability of this boy. With Lord Wind Emperor's wisdom, catching a puny little Crystal Formation Realm is naturally nothing much!"
"Fine. Then, I'll depart right away!" Lan Hu did
not drag either and left as he spoke.
. . . . . .
Wind Raising City.
It was one of the four great cities surrounding and protecting the Central Capital!
After entering the Level One region, there would be many cities that existed.
Each city would have wind expelling formations. Martial artists living in the cities was not too different from the Endless World. It was just that inside the city, an inch of earth, an inch of gold. Ordinary martial artists simply could not bear the costs inside the city.
The final destination of all the transmission arrays in the peripheral was these four great cities.
Inside a restaurant in the Wind Raising City, a young man was currently eating while listening to the conversations of the surrounding martial artists.
"Have you all heard? After four thousand years, the realm passageway between our Fierce Gale World and Endless World finally opened up!" A middle-aged martial artist flaunted this news to his companions.
Indeed, once he said that, it immediately aroused everyone's interest. "Endless World? What kind of place is that?"
"Stupid! Since it's called a world, it's naturally a small world like our Fierce Gale World!"
"Ah! It's actually this case! Doesn't that mean that we no longer need to live in this wind and sand anymore in the future?"
"Hehe, that's of course! Lord Wind Emperor allegedly already deployed forces to prepare to invade the Endless World en masse! At that time, not only do we no longer need to live in this wind and sand, we can enjoy limitless beauties and essence crystals!" The middle-aged man was already fantasizing about the beautiful life.
"How do you know this news? Is it reliable?"
"Absolutely trustworthy! My elder brother is a guard in the Central Capital's Xiao Family. Two days ago, he just happened to come to Wind Raising City to settle some business and told me this news. Definitely won't be wrong! My brother said that the Xiao Family even bought two Endless World slaves. Each one of them looked so delicate and tender; much better looking than our Fierce Gale World's people!" The middle-aged martial artist bragged.
Hearing these words, the eyes of the youth eating at one side involuntarily flickered.
