From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 616 Concerning One's True Self
“Fellow Daoist Luo, it’s getting late. Weren’t you going to introduce me to your senior brother? Let’s set off as soon as possible.”

Li Yang stood between Luo Wuji and Wang Yue, looking innocent and full of longing as he spoke.

"Come on, come on, I still have some cultivation techniques and supernatural abilities that I need Fellow Daoist Luo to appraise." As he spoke, Li Yang was about to push Luo Wuji's body, but the seemingly thin Luo Wuji seemed to be rooted to the ground and did not move an inch.

"A bastard like a stray dog, aren't you... overestimating yourself?"

Luo Wuji narrowed his eyes into slits, reflecting a chilling light.

What he cared about wasn't the two furnaces, Wang Yue and Er Niu, but that Li Yang was actually stopping him for the sake of two mortals.

Even if a minor cultivator has some cultivation, he sees him as nothing more than a stray dog, and if the stray dog ​​is disobedient, there's no point in keeping it.

"Get out of my way!" Luo Wuji snorted coldly, shoved Li Yang aside, and strode towards Wang Yue.

Upon seeing Luo Wuji approaching, Wang Yue's face turned deathly pale. She desperately understood what her fate would be.

"Give Erniu and the others back..."

Under the terrifying pressure of the immortal, she couldn't even retreat, but Wang Yue still gritted her teeth, like a small beast on the verge of despair, letting out a pitiful howl.

The kneeling villagers all turned their heads away, unable to bear to watch what was about to happen.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, your Demonic Beauty Fan is a priceless treasure, why waste space on these two country bumpkins?"

Li Yang stood in front of Luo Wuji again, put his hands on Luo Wuji's shoulders, and earnestly advised him, his face full of helplessness.

"You shameless bastard! Don't provoke me again!"

Luo Wuji's voice was cold, and his aura suddenly began to surge, like a fierce tiger ready to devour its prey.
After bidding farewell to Li Yang, his refined smile returned. He withdrew the Demonic Beauty Fan from his right hand, put Erniu and a furnace back into the fan, and once again walked gracefully toward Wang Yue.

"Fellow Daoist, why don't you reconsider?"

“Fellow Daoist Luo, I know of two holy maidens from immortal sects, with fair skin, beautiful faces, and long legs. I can help you capture them.”

"I also have two ancient cultivation techniques passed down from my master. I've heard they're related to the legendary ancient Qi refining method. Would you like to evaluate them, fellow Daoist?"

Li Yang muttered to himself behind Luo Wuji, but seeing that Luo Wuji remained unmoved, gazing sadly at the bright moon and shaking his head repeatedly, he could only sigh.

"Two ancient cultivation techniques, you know. We can discuss it. Even if you don't need them, you can take them back to Purgatory Valley for your uncles, aunts, or anything like that."

"Don't you like that holy maiden from the Jade Pool Immortal Castle? We can discuss it..."

Li Yang was utterly helpless and wanted to make one last attempt, but Luo Wuji's temples were throbbing from Li Yang's incessant nagging.

"You stray dog, you don't need to enter my Purgatory Valley. A Xuanwu statue of a Human Immortal is quite good too!!"

Completely enraged, Luo Wuji turned around abruptly, her face ashen. With an aura that sent shivers of despair through the thousands of kneeling villagers, she swung her Demonic Beauty Fan at Li Yang.

Suddenly, the world seemed to be filled with the mournful cries of thousands of ghosts and wolves, and the shockwave from the demonic fan instantly blew the Lanling Village ancestral hall behind the two of them to pieces.

"Oh, I really, really admire your Purgatory Valley, and I want to contribute to its growth and strength..."

Faced with this violent and ferocious demonic fan, Li Yang's face grew increasingly melancholy, with a hint of helplessness. He stood amidst the terrifying shockwaves of the demonic fan, looking up at the night sky.

Damn it, is there really no way for me to survive peacefully until the end?

Seriously, I can't do anything with you... Well then, let's wipe him out completely...

His expression shifted from melancholy to helplessness, before finally returning to calm.

Calm as water

Within his ancestral aperture at the center of his forehead, the Yang spirit, which had originally appeared withered and aged, smiled gently before completely splitting apart and turning into dust.

A golden light suddenly burst forth, soaring into the sky above the sea of ​​consciousness, illuminating the entire sea of ​​consciousness with a dazzling, golden brilliance, like a great sun.

Even Li Yang's flesh and bones seemed to be illuminated by this dazzling golden light. It's hard to describe this divine light, which was like a gentle divine radiance, making Li Yang's entire body feel incredibly comfortable.

"Is this the legendary 'unity of spirit and essence'?"

Li Yang seemed to understand something, and then lightly threw a punch...

Like returning to simplicity, the final birth of the entire primordial spirit did not manifest any unusual phenomena outwardly.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, so fleeting that only now, the demonic energy of the Demonic Maiden Fan had barely gotten close.
Li Yang's punch lacked any power, and didn't even generate any wind. Compared to the ferocious and overwhelming power of the Demon Fan, it was like a snowman about to melt and disintegrate under the scorching sun.

"Qiang!"

However, the light, airy fist pierced through the overwhelming aura and collided with the Demoness's Fan.
Luo Wuji's face showed disdain and sarcasm. Even the most monstrous immortals in the Xuanhuang Palace would not dare to fight against the Demon Fan with their own bodies. This bastard is indeed a country bumpkin, stupid as a pig!
However, Luo Wuji's expression quickly changed.

Bang! First, the treasured Demonic Beauty Fan shattered into a pile of fan ribs and the fan surface exploded. Before anyone could react, the world began to spin around them, and a series of white lights burst out from their bodies.

In an instant, Luo Wuji's body flew backward like a meteor, then sank into the ground, creating a crater more than fifty meters in diameter in front of the ancestral hall in Lanling Village.

Once she came to her senses, Luo Wuji, still trapped underground, was horrified and immediately tried to escape!

The white light around him just now wasn't a special effect! It was a few life-saving measures given to him by Purgatory Valley before he left the mountain, including a substitute puppet, an Earth Immortal's mark, and an ancient secret manual...

However, this scoundrel's punch was so light that it triggered all of his life-saving abilities...

That was a power even more terrifying than his Earth Immortal master.

At this moment, all elegance and arrogance vanished, leaving only a single blood-red character in Luo Wuji's mind.
escape! !

However, just as he flew off the ground with his heavily injured body, a voice that sent chills down his spine floated lightly above him.

"Huh? Not dead?"

His tone was slightly confused, with a hint of bewilderment, and then, he delivered another light, airy punch.
The punch slammed down on Luo Wuji's head, and in an instant, Luo Wuji's pale face was shattered like a watermelon.

However, Luo Wuji was not completely dead.

A phantom figure, wreathed in blazing flames, flew out from Luo Wuji's split head. It grew longer in the wind and transformed into a female Taoist wearing a crimson jade crown, a robe of three-colored feathers, and riding a crimson dragon.

"Celestial Immortal Mark?"

Li Yang muttered something strange.
"I am the Venerable Dongfu of Purgatory Valley. Today, you spared the lives of my disciples in the valley. I will owe you a debt of karma. Otherwise, the entire Purgatory Valley will fight you to the death. Even if you escape to the ends of the earth, I will still annihilate your soul."

The Celestial Immortal Mark transformed into a phantom image, but it had no consciousness, threatening Li Yang like a high and mighty deity.

In this world, no one dares to ignore the threat of a Celestial Immortal giant, not even the Xuanhuang Palace, which surpasses the Ultimate Realm. "Oh."

"Do you think I'm an idiot?"

Li Yang spoke softly, then unleashed another punch.
This was an incredibly decisive and ruthless punch, accompanied by a sonic boom that cut through the wind. Before Luo Wuji's primordial spirit could escape his body, it was completely blasted into a cloud of blood and mud by this punch.

"You will regret this."

The female Taoist priest who was riding the dragon whispered, looking at Li Yang as if he were a dead man.
Unfortunately, it was just a mark; blocking Li Yang's second punch had already exhausted all her energy.

As if trying to imprint Li Yang deeply into his mind, the mark slowly dissipated in the night sky, and a hidden energy carrying a sinister aura immediately surged towards Li Yang from the void.

Li Yang's expression changed. He activated the Golden Light Mantra, the Supreme Dao Treasure Mirror, and the Earthly Fiend Divine Power. He even activated three Five Thunder Dharma Bodies in succession, but he still could not get rid of the sinister aura that clung to him like a maggot.

These energies flowed through Li Yang's body, eventually converging at the center of his forehead, manifesting as a crimson fire serpent pattern that was incredibly conspicuous under the night sky, like a radiating signal source.

"Amitabha! We've suffered a huge loss!"

Li Yang withdrew his supernatural powers and pondered the mark between his brows with a sense of melancholy.

Although he had never experienced it, Li Yang knew that this must be the legendary mark.

Having just arrived, he was immediately exposed to the Purgatory Valley, one of the nine great sects. According to the Celestial Immortal Mark he had just heard about, it was a fight to the death. Li Yang rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on. Sensing the active golden light pulsating between his brows, he gave a soft rebuke.
"Are you satisfied now? A small act of impatience can ruin a great plan. You're out now, but my days in the Realm of Ultimate Truth are going to be miserable."

"Li Yang, do you still think you're a seventeen or eighteen-year-old with a delusional mindset? The Ultimate Realm is the enemy, and you're acting out of your mind to expose yourself for the sake of a few mortals?"

Just as he was complaining helplessly, Li Yang frowned slightly and strangely realized that there was no longer any silence around him.

When Li Yang looked up and turned around, he found that thousands of villagers in Lanling Village were looking at him with a very strange expression.

Fear, dread, apprehension... and a hint of gratitude?

"Did the White Cloud Immortal kill Immortal Lord Luo?"

Wang Yue stood among the villagers, her dark eyes wide open, her hands covering her open lips.

Not only did they kill Luo Xianjun, but it seems they did it all for the sake of those few mortals...

This was something that overturned the worldview of all the villagers. In their minds, even the most ordinary immortals were thousands of times more precious than them, and no one would ever stand up for a few mortals.

But this time, a strange fellow placed them, a group of mortals, and a deity on a scale to weigh them.

But the result of the evaluation was that they, the lowest of mortals, had won...

Li Yang shrugged, ignoring the complicated looks from the surrounding villagers, and searched through the ruins of the battle, eventually finding all the broken fan ribs and fan surface of the Demon Maiden's Fan.

He didn't use his full strength in his first punch; the magic fan only disintegrated, but the space on the fan surface remained undamaged.

On the fan, thousands of exquisite and beautiful images of women remain lifelike. In a most inconspicuous corner, Erniu also painted several images of barefoot girls.

With a gentle shake, Erniu and several other girls were flung out like fans.

A wisp of spiritual energy passed through her, and Erniu woke up as if she were drowning. She gasped for breath in the night, looking around at everything in a daze.

When she saw the collapsed ancestral hall, the huge crater in the ground, and the villagers watching in awe from a great distance, her confusion deepened.

"Thank goodness, there's still one left."

Looking at the bewildered Erniu, Li Yang spoke with a complicated expression, then crumpled the fan into a ball and used the fan ribs as fuel to begin destroying the magical artifact.

Erniu gradually began to understand what was happening around her. She stood up unsteadily and saw her companions lying beside her. She hurriedly went over and shook them.
"Xu Mi, A Shuang... what's wrong with you? Wake up! Don't sleep!!"

Erniu shook the girls and slapped their faces.

They were still breathing, still had body temperature, and were smiling. These innocent girls seemed to be experiencing a beautiful dream, but no matter how Erniu called out to them, these girls, who seemed to be asleep, did not respond.

Wang Yue struggled and scrambled out from among the villagers, stumbling towards the frantic Erniu, then tearfully embraced her.

"Second Sister, don't do this! Xu Mi and Ashuang will never wake up again!!"

Erniu's body froze for a moment, then she began to tremble and sob, large tears sliding down her cheeks.

“Wang Yue is right. They are in a state where they cannot wake up. It is a state that is more terrible than death.”

Li Yang activated his Dao Fire to destroy the Demon Fan and spoke calmly.

He could feel that as the fan burned, the miserable souls trapped in the furnace were finally released, and with a sense of liberation, they were thanking him in the darkness.

These are thousands of miserable souls who, in the darkness, helplessly watch their bodies being enslaved, defiled, and sinking into the deepest hell.

Li Yang turned away, refusing their thanks.

“I can’t save you. Your bodies have been basically drained of nutrients, leaving only empty shells, and your souls have been cursed. At this moment, only complete death will be the ultimate relief for you.”

Li Yang whispered, and under the fire, the entire fan surface was completely reduced to ashes.

Then, Li Yang got up and walked towards the girls lying on the ground next to Er Niu.

Erniu quickly realized what was happening, and immediately knelt down at Li Yang's feet, repeatedly kowtowing.

"White Cloud Immortal, you are all-powerful and omnipotent, please save Xu Mi and Ashuang!"

With choked sobs, Erniu wept uncontrollably, desperately trying to grasp at Li Yang as her lifeline.

"If gods were truly omnipotent, Luo Wuji wouldn't have died just now."

"If I, the True Lord, were truly omnipotent, I wouldn't be here at this moment."

"Erniu, are you sure you want your friend to live like a vegetable, forever in a hell?"

Erniu's choked voice stopped, her eyes looked at the calm-faced Li Yang, then turned to look at Xu Mi and A Shuang behind her, who seemed to be fast asleep. Her body trembled violently.

Wang Yue ran up, hugged Erniu, and with red eyes, took Erniu away from Li Yang.

Erniu finally couldn't hold back anymore and hugged Wang Yue, bursting into tears.

(End of this chapter)