From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 617 Breaking the Formation with a Snap of a Finger
Erniu made way for him, and Li Yang walked up to the group of girls. He made a hand seal with his right hand, and flames of energy flickered at his fingertips.
"In the beginning of the Azure Heaven, a song sang in the azure sky, and the great floating earth was filled with joy. Receiving the Primordial Beginning's salvation, one attained immeasurable supreme rank… Flying clouds and crimson skies, green carriages and jade wheels, feathered canopies casting shade. Flowing essence and jade light, five colors flourishing, illuminating the vast sky. For seven days and seven nights… everything was leveled, without distinction of high or low, the earth itself turned to jade, without any other color. All the immortals attended the seat…"

A scripture that had never appeared in this world before was recited by Li Yang. It was the "Scripture of Salvation," a supreme scripture of Taoism in China. Li Yang was not sure whether this scripture had any effect. He recited it at this moment only to comfort himself.

As Erniu, Wang Yue, and the other villagers listened to Li Yang's chanting, they felt it was mysterious, profound, and obscure. Erniu looked up and saw that Li Yang's face, illuminated by the moonlight and firelight, was mottled with light and shadow. A white hair appeared between his eyebrows, red lines flickered on his forehead, and his lips resembled the first bloom of an udumbara flower, carrying an inexplicable sense of compassion.

This seems to be the true appearance of an immortal.

At that moment, this thought inexplicably flashed through the minds of Erniu and all the villagers.

With the flames ignited at his fingertips, the tender bodies of several young girls instantly turned to ashes, and several tragic souls were thus freed.

"sieve!"

A gust of evening wind blew by, and the Dao fire at Li Yang's fingertips flickered, its light suddenly dimming.

Li Yang frowned, stood up, and looked around.

"Rumble..."

"drive!"

A series of orderly and noisy sounds, carrying an overwhelming murderous aura, rushed toward the ancestral hall from afar!
"The Xuanhuang Palace? The Great Li army? Some kind of method to obscure divine sense and spiritual energy?"

"We just killed Luo Wuji, and the pursuers have arrived so quickly?"

Li Yang muttered to himself, his face remaining impassive, but alarm bells were ringing in his mind.

This method of obscuring spiritual energy is very similar to the Annihilation Handprint used by Futu during the battle on Blue Star! However, to Li Yang's surprise, the dozen or so auras that were surrounding them, although exuding murderous intent, were actually incredibly weak in cultivation...

Having determined that the other party posed no threat to him, Li Yang chose to observe the situation and continue to perform rituals to help the girls who had been turned into furnaces to find peace.

Wang Yue, Er Niu, and the others saw that the fire at Li Yang's fingertips shrank by half as if affected by the wind, then paused briefly before continuing to chant the incantation with a normal expression.

Just as they were wondering what was going on, the villagers felt the ground shake violently, as if the earth were collapsing and splitting open.

Something terrifying is approaching!
Just as she was feeling uneasy, Erniu looked into the pitch-black night. After seeing what was moving in her direction in the darkness, her pupils suddenly contracted, and she blurted out, "..."

"The Great Li... the Great Li Chongxuan Army!!!"

The other villagers' expressions changed drastically upon hearing Erniu's shouts. When the first soldier in black armor rushed out of the darkness, their legs went weak, and they knelt on the ground in fear, their attitude even more trembling than before.

A long spear pierced the night, and on the back of a ferocious steed, a woman with a heroic face charged into the arena first, her powerful killing intent seemingly freezing the air itself!
The first thing the woman in military uniform saw was the chaotic ground and ancestral hall, as if a bloody massacre had taken place, and the air was filled with a strong, pungent smell of rust.

The culprit, their prey, was a giant woodworm with flames burning at its fingertips, cruelly burning and torturing several innocent girls while chanting what appeared to be an ancient and malevolent curse.
The giant beetle seemed to have noticed him too. The strange chanting stopped abruptly, but its hands continued moving. It raised its head, and although its features were not visible in the darkness, it seemed to be smiling at him, revealing its sinister teeth.

"How dare you do this?!"

The woman in military uniform instantly erupted with rage, as if she were about to grind her teeth to powder. The veins on her right hand, gripping the spear with excessive force, bulged.
"You wantonly slaughter mortals, torture and kill the governor of my Great Li Dynasty, plunder young girls from the common people to refine into cauldrons, and now you are slaughtering and abusing corpses! You demons, prepare to die!!!"

The female general roared, thrusting her spear forward like a soaring dragon, the dazzling silver light illuminating the entire dark night in an instant.
Like a Valkyrie descending to earth, the woman in military attire leaped from the cloud deer, her spear tip striking Li Yang like a shooting star.

"it is good!"

The stunning glint of the gun reflected in Li Yang's eyes, prompting him to express his admiration.

There were no masters of spear in modern China, but if this spear were in ancient times, it would be a martial arts master capable of defeating at least a hundred men!
The spiritual energy of the entire Lanling Village also mysteriously plummeted to freezing point at this moment, and the Dao fire at Li Yang's fingertips suddenly went out, as if the village had entered the Dharma-ending Age in an instant.

But Li Yang remained calm in the face of this incredibly stunning shot.

Because of the moonlight reflecting off her face, he could clearly see the familiar features of the female general, and amidst the exclamations of the surrounding villagers, he learned of her identity.

Princess Bai Yingluo of the Great Li Dynasty!
This familiarity wasn't from Li Yang himself, but from Tian Yi. He had seen this face countless times in Tian Yi's mind.

"Sister Wang, I'm back."

A gentle, weary voice slowly escaped Li Yang's lips, mimicking the boy in his memory. Li Yang slowly raised his head.

"You'd even say something like 'sister' to beg for mercy!! Luo Wuji, you're becoming more and more despicable to me!!"

"Today, I will slay you on behalf of the millions of innocent people of my Great Li Dynasty! You demon, no matter how much you beg for mercy, it's useless! Prepare to die!!!"

The female general, enraged, laughed, her murderous aura growing ever more terrifying. Just as the tip of her spear was about to pierce the giant vermin opposite her, the moonlight reflected off the spear tip, illuminating the refined and noble features of the man opposite her.

"Ok?"

Under the moonlight, two figures crossed paths briefly. Unable to stop their momentum, a white shadow, accompanied by a cold glint, flew towards the ruins of the ancestral hall like lightning.

"Rumble..."

Then, with another crack, the already dilapidated ancestral hall exploded, sending stone chips flying everywhere.

"Hey!!"

At this moment, hundreds of elite Xuan Army soldiers finally surrounded Li Yang. When the leader saw Li Yang's appearance in the moonlight, his pupils shrank and he immediately dismounted.

"I am Wang Jie, Right Colonel of the Chongxuan Army and Minister of Justice, paying my respects to Your Highness Moro!"

Hundreds of dark-skinned, solemn soldiers simultaneously rolled to the ground and bowed in greeting to the Taoist priest in the blue robe under the moonlight.

"Moro? Your Highness?" Erniu was completely bewildered by this series of twists and turns, looking at the ethereal figure in blue robes under the moonlight with suspicion and uncertainty.

In remote places like Lanling Village, there are still ordinary people like Erniu and Wang Yue, who would never have the chance to see princes and princesses.

They could only identify these members of the royal family by their attire and tokens, such as the 'Severing Peaks and Cloud-Splitting Spear' in Bai Yingluo's hand at this moment.

"Didn't Prince Moro disappear ten years ago?"

"Yes, the legend says he's been dead for a long time, and even the crown prince has been reinstated!"

A villager voiced his doubt, and the group of elite Chongxuan soldiers kneeling on the ground snorted coldly, their words filled with murderous intent.
"His Highness did not disappear. Ten years ago, Immortal Lord Yan Jin of Purgatory Valley forcibly broke into the palace, captured His Highness, and took him to another world!"

At this moment, stone chips scattered like rain. Before Wang Yue, Er Niu, and the other villagers could fully react, in the midst of the stillness, a gentle breeze suddenly blew by, and a disheveled, frantic figure crawled out of the ruins. His once spirited face was now filled with shock and astonishment.

"Impossible! Moro is long dead! He couldn't possibly be alive and appearing in this world again! Who are you?!"

Holding the Absolute Cloud-Splitting Spear, Bai Yingluo, her eyes red, glared at Li Yang and questioned him shrilly, “Sister Wang, it’s been ten years since we last met. I have no reason to lie to you.”

Li Yang shook his head, his tone calm.

"My younger brother was captured by the Old Monster Yan Jin of Purgatory Valley ten years ago and taken to another world. There's no way he could have come back alive!!"

“I did not die. I had a different experience in another world and learned the supernatural powers and methods of that world.”

It was true that Moro was not dead, and it was also true that he had joined Qingcheng Mountain to learn Taoist arts. Li Yang did not feel that he was deceiving anyone, so his expression remained unchanged.

"Luo Wuji!!"

"I don't know where you got the knowledge of my brother's facial features, but today, you won't escape the Spirit-Binding Array of the Great Li Chongxuan Army!!"

"Chongxuan Army, form ranks! Slay the demons!!!"

Bai Yingluo gritted her teeth and roared angrily, not believing this guy who was wearing her younger brother's face at all. She thought it was Luo Wuji in disguise, trying to deceive her.

This touched a nerve with her. At that moment, she gave an order, and hundreds of heavily armed Chongxuan soldiers rose with some doubt, but finally, under Bai Yingluo's command, they drew their swords and faced Li Yang.

Prince Moro has been missing for ten years, so his reappearance at this moment is indeed too suspicious.

"Sister Wang, are you talking about Luo Wuji?" Li Yang smiled calmly under the moonlight, then raised his right hand, gesturing for Bai Yingluo to look at her feet.

Bai Yingluo looked down in the direction Li Yang pointed. At first, she was puzzled, but soon, the feeling of blood mist and mud under her boots made her realize something, and her pupils suddenly contracted.

"As for your Spirit-Binding Array, Sister Wang, the idea is good, but it also has its drawbacks. Although it can temporarily seal off the spiritual energy in a certain area, preventing cultivators from using supernatural powers and techniques, cultivation is not just about supernatural abilities..."

Before Li Yang could finish speaking, Bai Yingluo rudely interrupted him.

"How arrogant!! My Chongxuan Army is composed of seasoned veterans, devoid of supernatural powers or magic. You are merely a mortal; killing you is as easy as killing a chicken!!"

Bai Yingluo still didn't believe that the person in front of her was Moro, nor did she believe that the bloody mud she was standing on was Luo Wuji.

Luo Wuji, a Human Immortal expert from one of the nine great sects! Even if his own brother was not dead, and as Luo Wuji said, had luckily returned from another world, it was impossible for him to possess such powerful combat strength in such a short time!
Hearing Li Yang belittle his Spirit-Binding Array, he was so enraged that he laughed instead. He gestured to hundreds of elite Xuan Army soldiers, ready to cut the man in front of him into bloody pulp.

Sensing the restless activity of the hundreds of soldiers around him and the chilling killing intent hidden beneath their armor, Li Yang sighed, then slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers spread out in a palm shape.

Amidst the puzzled gazes of the villagers and Chongxuan soldiers, Li Yang pressed down calmly, his five fingers together and his eyes flashing with a sharp light.

"boom!"

A distinct white aura emanated from Li Yang's palm, extending in all directions. The powerful shockwave forced hundreds of soldiers of the Xuan Army to retreat.

In an instant, sand and stones flew everywhere. Bai Yingluo braced herself with the tip of her spear against the ground, and was thrown several meters by the shockwave before regaining her footing. After regaining her balance, she looked at Li Yang with a shocked expression.
The white air surged outwards, then suddenly contracted inwards, and then expanded even more rapidly, like a heartbeat. After nine contractions, the air surge had spread from Lanling Village to the surrounding mountains.

“I told you, Sister Wang, your formation can’t deal with powerful cultivators. For example, like this…”

Li Yang whispered, then pressed down with his palm.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Several loud explosions were heard in the vast darkness; these were the spirit cones that Bai Yingluo had buried all around.
Once the spirit cone shattered, the entire formation instantly collapsed.

Sensing the renewed abundance of spiritual energy around him, Li Yang withdrew his right hand and calmly gazed at Bai Yingluo, whose face was deathly pale.

"Sister Wang, can we continue our discussion?"

Bai Yingluo's right hand, gripping the gun, trembled uncontrollably. Her throat moved slightly, and she nodded with difficulty.

"Ah."
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"So, you really are Moro? You smuggled yourself back from another world?"

In the simply tidied courtyard of the village, after listening to Li Yang's story, Bai Yingluo asked in shock once again.

"Ah."

Li Yang nodded and took a sip of the light tea that Erniu had brought him.

The countryside is simple, and the tea in this Realm of Truth tastes very different from that in Blue Star China. Even the best tea has a slightly bitter taste, which made Li Yang frown slightly and put down his teacup.

Upon receiving confirmation from Li Yang, Bai Yingluo suddenly slammed her hand on the table and stood up, laughing maniacally as she spun around in the courtyard until tears welled up in her eyes.

"Hahahaha!! Purgatory Valley, Xuanhuang Palace, Sword Tomb, Heavenly Mystery Hall—all these places have been born here!! Who would have thought that so many Immortal Lord experts would all die in battle on the Ancestral Star! This is simply a tremendous retribution!!"

"The loss of so many warships and thousands of top experts is enough to severely damage the vitality of these sacred cultivation grounds!!"

"No wonder the Xuanhuang Palace has been making frequent moves lately! They're even planning a second attack on the Ancestral Star! They must have noticed the crushing defeat of the Nine Sects' allied forces on the Ancestral Star. But if they knew that their precious Extreme Dao Earth Immortal had died on the Ancestral Star, I wonder how interesting their Palace Master's expression would be!!"

Bai Yinglu muttered to herself with schadenfreude, her originally handsome and dashing face now filled with the exhilarating satisfaction of getting her revenge.

"Is the Xuanhuang Palace preparing for a second attack?"

Having retrieved the key information, Li Yang asked a question.

“That’s right!!” Bai Yingluo gritted her teeth, her eyes bloodshot, and slammed her hand on the wooden table: “They sent a special envoy here half a year ago, demanding that my Great Li offer 50,000 virgins to the teleportation platform, in three years!!”

"Teleportation platform, virgin?"

Li Yang was taken aback upon hearing this.

“That’s right! The time for the teleportation platform is not right yet. Every time they open the teleportation platform ahead of time, they can only sacrifice virgins and make our subordinate dynasties pay tribute one after another according to the quota.”

Bai Yingluo clenched her fists. As a member of the royal family of the Dali Dynasty, she was unable to protect her own people and instead had to personally sacrifice the people of her country.

It was because of this sense of humiliation and powerlessness that Bai Yingluo angrily left the royal family and led a group of elite Chongxuan soldiers to wander among the people, searching for a way to deal with the gods.

After listening to Bai Yingluo's account, Li Yang's brows furrowed, his face grave: "So, in three years, the Xuanhuang Palace will invade the ancestral star for the second time...?"

"But it's alright now, my brother has returned! And he has cultivated such powerful supernatural abilities! Heaven has not forsaken my Great Li!! Great Li is finally saved!!"

Bai Yingluo stood up with red eyes, then hugged Li Yang tightly, her long eyes filled with tears.

(End of this chapter)