The true dragon bloodline will still be very useful if one obtains the nine true teachings of the Northern Sect of the Demonic Cult in the future. For example, it can be used for alchemy and bloodletting.
After making his decision, Lin Yi asked, "What are their cultivation levels, and what spells have they mastered?"
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.
Although this time he was facing only two minor characters who were killed by Jiao Fei, who had only been training for a little over a month in the original story, Lin Yi did not let his guard down.
Strategically, one can despise all enemies, but tactically, one should never underestimate anyone.
There are countless examples of people who have failed miserably, no matter the world.
Upon hearing this, Su Huan was overjoyed and immediately said, "Although Wang Daoyuan has joined the Heshan Sect, he is, after all, of unusual origin and has not received any superior techniques. He has only mastered the Five Yin Bag and the Hun Tian Banner. Yao Kaishan, on the other hand, is an elder of the Heshan Sect..."
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Chapter 41: Fighting a minor monster, easy and enjoyable.
To the east of Suzaku Avenue stands an extremely grand mansion, with dozens of courtyards. Within it is a tall tower that overlooks the entire Suzaku Avenue.
This tall tower was specially commissioned by Minister Yan of the reigning dynasty to be built by craftsmen according to the highest Buddhist standards in order to pray for his mother's well-being. The tower has thirteen stories, each with a Buddha statue. At the very top is a statue of the Great Garuda King, which was obtained from the Great Fulong Temple in Chang'an. Although its original name is Ci'en Tower, the people of Chang'an call it the Mingwang Tower or the Great Garuda King Tower.
Minister Yan was a veteran of three dynasties and came from a powerful family that had been established for hundreds of years. With his wealth, the Great Peng King Pagoda was built in a very grand manner, constructed entirely of blue bricks from top to bottom, making it extremely sturdy.
Because people often come to worship there, the lock is usually not locked, but few people come.
Just as the Dharma assembly on Zhuque Avenue was in full swing, with monks, Taoists and other extraordinary people displaying their supernatural powers, a pillar of black energy appeared on the Great Roc King Pagoda, soaring dozens of feet into the sky.
At the very top of the Great Peng Mingwang Pagoda, a Taoist priest in black robes, about fifty years old, held a long banner that was eighteen feet long. The banner's pole seemed to be made of fine steel, but the banner itself was woven from an unknown material, dark and covered with the stars of the heavens.
The black-robed Taoist casually flipped the long banner in his hand, and a strange aura, seemingly neither mist nor fog, swirled and entwined on the banner's surface.
The man looked at Su Huan, who was cornered, and said with a sinister smile, "Lady Su, you also have five hundred years of cultivation, but you are certainly no match for me. If you surrender, I will take your inner core and spare your remnant soul. If you insist on resisting, my Hun Tian Banner is still missing a few main souls, and I will not be polite when I capture you."
Su Huan's pretty face was icy cold as she said resentfully, "Wang Daoyuan, don't think that just because you've joined the Heshan Sect and learned some evil magic, you can be so arrogant. If it weren't for you, how could my sister have been captured by Yao Kaishan?"
"I'm looking to settle this deep-seated grudge with you. Since you dared to step forward, I'll capture you and see if Yao Kaishan can save you!"
The black-robed Taoist chuckled, completely unconcerned by Su Huan's words. He flicked his long banner, and immediately more than ten streams of black energy descended.
Su Huan spread her hands apart, and a long, pure white whip lashed upwards, engaging the black-robed Taoist in combat.
The two fought fiercely in the cramped space of the thirteenth floor of the Great Peng Mingwang Pagoda. The Hun Tian Banner in the hands of the black-robed Taoist Wang Daoyuan was extremely strange, with strands of black energy hanging down like strange snakes dancing wildly, and its power was extraordinary.
Su Huan's long whip appeared surprisingly weak, and she was almost caught by Wang Daoyuan's Hun Tian Banner several times.
In a corner of the tower, Lin Yi, clad in a Seven Star Robe that concealed the spiritual light above, had his true energy circulating around him, subtly harmonizing with Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, seemingly merging with this world.
After observing for a while, Lin Yi saw that Su Huan's forehead was covered in sweat, and she was obviously about to give up, so he didn't delay any longer.
With a clang, Lin Yi appeared, his sword rising and falling, and the unsuspecting Wang Daoyuan was killed in one strike.
Its body fell to the ground with a "thud" and transformed into a huge black wolf, its fur as hard as iron and its eyes blood red, but it had no breath left.
Su Huan's mouth gaped slightly. The wolf spirit, whom she regarded as her mortal enemy, was so easily killed by a single sword strike, without the slightest effort, demonstrating the demeanor of a master from the orthodox Xuanmen sect.
Coming to her senses, Su Huan looked at Lin Yi with eyes full of gratitude, her gaze sparkling. She curtsied gracefully and said, "Thank you, young master."
"No need for formalities. If you kill the young one, the old one will probably come to his death soon. I heard that Yao Kaishan has a master named Feng Jiu. If this person doesn't know what's good for him, I'll send three generations of them to the underworld to reunite one day."
As Lin Yi spoke, the longsword in his hand hummed softly, its sound clear and melodious.
Su Huan felt a chill run down her spine, and the hairs on her body stood on end. She secretly wondered if her young master was actually a 'god of death'.
After killing a minor monster and showing off his cool demeanor, satisfying his past desire to roam the martial world and uphold justice, Lin Yi said to Su Huan, "I'll leave the rest to you."
"Yes, please rest assured, young master," Su Huan said crisply.
Lin Yi nodded, and with a flash of spiritual light, he disappeared into the Great Roc King Pagoda.
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On the other side, walking down Vermilion Bird Street, the vicious beggar with a large red-scaled snake coiled around his waist was none other than Yao Kaishan, the ruthless and wicked demon Su Huan had mentioned, and an elder of the Heshan Sect. At this moment, however, he was enraged.
Yao Kaishan planted the Lianxin Gu of Heshan Dao on Wang Daoyuan, which can transmit the image of his last moments before death to him.
If it weren't for the desire to attract the attention of the Li family emperor and secure wealth and honor, Yao Kaishan would have already stormed into Minister Yan's Great Peng Mingwang Pagoda and reduced Su Huan to ashes.
It wasn't that he cared much about Wang Daoyuan's life or death, but rather that he was furious that someone dared to disrespect him and kill his disciple.
Yao Kaishan was originally an orphan who was adopted by Feng Jiu, the Grand Elder of Heshan Dao, and taught Heshan Dao magic.
He was quite talented. In just forty years, he had mastered all of Feng Jiu's teachings and mastered sixty or seventy out of the sixty-seven spells of the Heshan Sect. He was already one of the most powerful people in the Heshan Sect among this generation of disciples.
He suffered a lot as a child, begging on the streets, which made him even more ruthless and irritable as he grew up. He loved dressing as a beggar and wouldn't tolerate anyone looking down on him. If anyone showed even the slightest disdain, he would do everything in his power to kill that person's entire family.
In the Ten Thousand Mountains, Heshan Dao was like a local emperor. Of the hundreds of Miao villages in the Ten Thousand Mountains, apart from the dozens of villages protected by the Ten Thousand Gu Fairy and the Black Sand Boy, no one dared to disobey Heshan Dao, and naturally let Yao Kaishan do as he pleased.
In the Miao villages nestled in the mountains of Miao territory, countless Miao girls and people were harmed and killed by him. If it weren't for his master, Feng Jiu, restraining Yao Kaishan from leaving the territory of Heshan Road, the number of people he harmed would probably be more than ten times greater.
This time, Emperor Li issued a decree throughout the land, summoning those with great magical powers to extend the life of this centenarian emperor by one cycle. Originally, Feng Jiu did not want Yao Kaishan to come, but Yao Kaishan had been cooped up in the Hundred Thousand Mountains for too long and secretly ran away on his own.
Knowing his own vulgarity, he took Wang Daoyuan, his apprentice, with him so that he could have someone to run errands and do odd jobs, without having to worry about mundane matters.
However, Yao Kaishan never expected that Wang Daoyuan would be killed just one day after arriving in Chang'an.
After finally getting to the end of today's conference, Yao Kaishan used his magic and in the blink of an eye, he had already arrived at the top floor of the Great Peng King Pagoda.
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Chapter 42 If you aim too low, you will gain nothing.