After the two of them had dinner, Li Dong found a large blanket from the room and covered Violet Orchid with it. He then pushed the wheelchair out the door.
The night market was still very lively during dinner time. Stalls selling all kinds of delicacies and gadgets filled the pedestrian walkways on both sides of the road. The exhaust of vehicles, man-made smoke, and the fragrance of countless delicacies mixed together. Li Dong liked the smell of the bustling world, but it was too much of a shock to Violet Orchid.
This week, Violet Orchid had lost her sense of smell, which was one of her five senses. That was why Li Dong decided to bring her to the busiest night market. He went up and bought a skewer of candied haws and a small sugar figurine for 20 Chinese dollars.
"Brother, actually, you don't have to spend this money. Lan 'er doesn't care.”Violet Orchid rebuked, but she still obediently took the things from her brother with both hands. She knew that her brother was not rich, and he had already given everything he had just to take care of her.
"Silly girl." Li Dong stretched out his hand and lightly flicked his sister's forehead. He laughed and scolded,""I'm not so poor that I can't afford to buy candy for my sister. Your task now is to take care of your body.
The girl smiled and replied,""Okay, big brother."
Li Dong pushed Violet Orchid around the city center for a long time. He only returned to his apartment to rest when Violet Orchid started to get tired. For the next half a month, as long as Violet Orchid's health allowed it, Li Dong would bring Violet Orchid to various lively and interesting places in Vast Sea City. This continued until New Year's Day.
That night, Canghai City became more and more lively. The streets and alleys were decorated with colorful lanterns. There were all kinds of strange and beautiful lanterns. The opera characters in costumes and makeup were performing while rushing to the temple fair. Behind them was a group of strong men. Four of them carried a sedan chair that was dedicated to the statue of River Earl, two of them carried an incense burner on a stretcher, and the last one was responsible for distributing incense.
"Brother, what event is this?"
"This is a sacrificial ceremony that has been passed down for thousands of years in China. Every year on New Year's Day, similar celebrations will be held all over the country. However, because the gods that the people believe in are different, there will be slight differences in customs. The people on both sides of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River believe in the River God or the Rain God.”
"There's such an event every year? It lasted for thousands of years?" Violet Orchid asked in surprise.
"Yes, but after the establishment of the New Kingdom, the country changed the New Year's Day of the lunar calendar to the Spring Festival, and set January 1st of the Gregorian calendar as the New Year's Day. Although it was only brought forward by one month, the taste of the New Year's Day has faded a lot. Such a large-scale event needs to submit an application to the municipal government in advance. Some cities in the country are afraid of trouble, so they either don't hold it at all or the application is not approved. Therefore, the scale of events held in various places has been shrinking in recent years. After all, such an event had a certain safety hazard and had a great impact on the city's hygiene and traffic.”Li Dong said regretfully.
"But Lan 'er thinks that even so, it's still very grand and lively.”Violet Orchid's eyes were filled with yearning. Unlike her peaceful appearance, she seemed to like noisy and bustling places.
" The temple fair in Canghai City is considered small. The New Year's Day in the countryside is the real lively and festive occasion. There are fewer restrictions in the countryside than in the big cities, and the government understands the people in the countryside. I'll bring you back to your hometown at the end of the month when the Spring Festival is over.”
"Sure," Violet Orchid replied happily. She had never met her brother's other family members. Wouldn't that mean she was meeting her brother's parents? Violet Orchid blushed at the thought of this. She looked nervous and flustered.
Unfortunately, Li Dong didn't notice that. He was completely focused on his surroundings, and for some reason, the atmosphere in front of him was strange. The flow of the primordial qi in that area was very strange, perhaps because he had been in the Mountain and Sea Realm for too long. Although he couldn't see anything special with his naked eye, his intuition told him to proceed carefully. It felt very similar to the enchantment at the entrance of the Holy Qilin Valley, except that the air here seemed to be filled with killing intent, which made him a bit irritated.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew and a strange black fog enveloped the two of them. By the time Li Dong reacted, the surrounding scene had returned to normal. However, the strange thing was that everyone on the street had disappeared. The originally noisy night market instantly fell silent.
At this moment, Li Dong immediately understood that someone was definitely setting up a large-scale array formation here. However, he could not understand why the other party would mobilize so many people just to deal with him.
It seemed that the other party's target was not just him. Thinking of this, Li Dong stopped in his tracks. This array formation had not yet completely formed. It was still not too late to leave now.
"Brother, Lan 'er feels a little uncomfortable. Let's go home.”Violet Orchid frowned slightly and said with her breathing quickened. She had lost her sense of smell today. Perhaps it was because she only had four senses, but her other senses had been strengthened. She could vaguely sense something that ordinary people could not.
"No rush." Li Dong comforted her gently.
As a gust of wind blew over, the oppressive aura was washed away. In the next moment, the rich fragrance of tulip entered Li Dong's nose and mouth. He did not need to turn around to know that she was here…
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In the center of the array was an isolated high-rise building. A group of Taoist-like people in gray Taoist robes gathered in the hall on the highest floor. In the center of the hall was a very complicated array filled with runes and incantations that was emitting a milky white light. Everyone in the room was arranged according to the branches of the Heavenly Spirit and the Earth Evil. In the center of the array, two elderly people were holding a red flag in their hands.
At this moment, one of the old Taoists with gray hair and spots on his cheeks said,""Senior Martial Brother Qiu He, the brat surnamed Bai has already entered the trap. To prevent any delay, let's attack together this time. After that…"
Hearing this, Old Taoist Qiu He's eyes lit up. He let out a breath of turbid air and stuck the flag in his hand into the ground. He said indifferently," He's just a Qi Condensation kid. Why do you need to mobilize so many people? Junior Brother Long Kun, wait here for me to capture that kid…"
"Senior Martial Brother Qiu He, please wait a moment. According to the information provided by the employer, this Bai kid is not an ordinary Qi Condensation cultivator. He once killed a late Foundation Establishment cultivator in a desperate situation. Although you and I are both late Foundation Establishment cultivators, we should still be careful with him.”
Although Long Kun tried to dissuade him, Qiu He retorted,""Hmph, so what? I'm not an ordinary third-rate late-stage Foundation Building cultivator. I'm the number one cultivator below the Aurous Core Stage. Now, with the help of the Yin and Yang Two Forms World, I can reduce some of the effects of the Three Emperors Seal. Now, I don't need talismans to release powerful spells above the third level. The longer that kid stays in the array, the slower the absorption speed of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi will be until he is completely isolated from the outside world. It's equivalent to facing us from below in a closed state. If we still can't take him down, I'll jump off this roof. I won't come back."
Taoist Yan Bi Qiuhe took out his magic tool and flew away. Seeing that Long Kun could not stop him, he hurriedly ordered his disciples,""Qin Yue, Xiang Hui, the two of you will lead all the disciples above the tenth qi layer to follow Shixiong.”
"Understood!" The two Foundation Establishment disciples stood up and took out their magic tools to chase after their Uncle-Master.
Seeing this, Daoist Long Kun focused on setting up the array. With a breath of turbid air, the Yin Yang Two Forms World was officially set up. He put down the flag in his hand and prepared to stand up.
At this moment, Shen Yue, a seventh qi layer inner disciple, asked,""Third Martial Uncle, is there a need to be so careful?”
"Shen Yue, you must remember that the path of cultivation is full of danger. If you are not careful, you will not live long.”Daoist Long Kun said very sternly," Other than the disciples in the Defense Array, the rest of the disciples, follow me.”
"Yes, Uncle-Master."
The disciples of the Mountain Ghost City followed their Third Uncle Master to the street of the night market in the center of Canghai City. The Yin Yang Two Forms World had the ability to locate a target and could quickly determine the approximate location of both the enemy and the enemy.
Daoist Long Kun took out his magic tool and flew. He didn't go to help his senior brother, but to deal with another business.
A few minutes later, Long Kun found a young man pushing a wheelchair. The young man stood in a park and looked up at Long Kun, who was flying in the air, and the people from Mountain Ghost City who were rushing over. To Long Kun and the others, the young man looked as if he had experienced something that he could not understand in his entire life.
However, objectively speaking, the young man's expression was indifferent, as if he could not see the person flying in the sky at all.
"There are so many strange things these days. The target of both employers is actually a girl, and the guardians of these two girls happen to be young people of similar age.”Long Kun shook his head. He raised his hand and the magic sword at his waist flew towards the young man.
The young man lifted the blanket on the wheelchair and saw that there was no one on it. There was only a human-shaped ice sculpture sitting on it.
Just as the flying sword was about to hit the young man, his body suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if it had been erased by an eraser. Not a trace could be seen.
When he saw the mannequin on the wheelchair, Long Kun had already vaguely realized that he had fallen into a trap. Immediately after, a loud sound of metal clashing came from the back of his head, followed by a huge force that brought him to the ground.
The young man in the air held a three-foot-long blade in his hand. He frowned and muttered to himself,"It seems that it's impossible to instantly kill a cultivator with a life-bound magical treasure.”
The sudden change happened in a split second. The Mountain Ghost City disciples finally woke up from their daze and hurriedly cast their spells and sword techniques to attack. However, they did not expect that the opponent's casting speed was far faster than theirs. Dozens of ice thorns flew over like a fairy scattering flowers, forcefully interrupting everyone's casting speed and killing a few people.
Li Dong took the opportunity to fly away on his sword. The Mountain Ghost City disciples left three to five people behind to look after their Uncle-Master, while the rest followed closely behind.
"Uncle-Master, Uncle-Master." Shen Yue dug out his martial uncle who had fallen into the pit like a yam. Seeing that he was unconscious, he hurriedly fed him a Tier 2 Essence Cultivating Pill.
After a long time, Daoist Long Kun spat out the blood in his stomach and slowly calmed down. He asked with a confused expression,"Why are there only three of you? Where are the others?”
"They all went after him." Shen Yue said.
"No, no, quickly, quickly send the signal and call them back!”In his anger, Daoist Long Kun coughed violently a few times, but he couldn't care less about the anxious orders.
" But the brothers have been chasing for more than ten minutes. If we call them back now…"
"Oh no! This is bad!"
"Martial Uncle, what's wrong?" Shen Yue was even more puzzled by his Uncle-Master's reaction.
"That kid isn't an ordinary person, let alone an ordinary self-cultivator. The aura he released the moment he attacked me was a murderous aura that only demonic creatures could rival.”Long Kun raised the remains of his natal sword that had been broken into two and said,""To be able to easily cut off my second level natal ritual implement, the weapon in his hand should be a fifth level 'Four Symbols' ritual implement. He must be a core disciple of a large sect, or perhaps a disciple of the legendary Devil Sect.”
"W-what? Devil Sect?" Shen Yue was so shocked that his voice began to tremble.
"The methods of the people of the Devil Sect are extremely cruel. If that kid is really from the Devil Sect, I'm afraid that your senior and junior brothers will be doomed.”Daoist Long Kun said with a particularly ugly expression.
"Martial Uncle, what should we do?"
"Let's follow him and take a look first. I hope my guess is wrong. However, this person is very powerful. Unless the sect leader and several elders act together, it will be very difficult to take him down.”
However, even Long Kun himself was unable to convince himself. That amazing movement ability, as well as the terrifying aura that was revealed in that instant, was something that even an old monster in the original level could not compare to!
As if to confirm Daoist Long Kun's speculation, when Long Kun and the others found their disciples, they were stunned by the bloody and cruel scene in front of them.
The disciples of Mountain Ghost City were lying on the ground in a mess. Their faces were filled with fear and despair. Blood covered the cement road and the surrounding buildings, walls, doors, and windows. Some of the trees had broken limbs hanging on them.
It was like a terrifying scene from a horror movie. Even with the experience of Long Kun and the others, they could not help but turn pale when they saw this scene.
The culprit behind all this was sitting on the roof of a three-story building. His left hand was on his left knee, and his right hand was holding a bronze sword stained with blood. He looked at the moon in the sky calmly, as if the tragedy had nothing to do with him.
After witnessing the young man's methods, Long Kun seemed to be even more convinced of his judgment. He suppressed the anger in his heart and cupped his hands."May I ask if you are a disciple of the Demon Sect?”
Li Dong lowered his head and looked at him with a mocking expression."So what if I am?”
"If you are a disciple of the Devil Sect, you should know that we are also disciples of the evil path. The Cold Moon Sect's name is also well-known in the evil path.”
"Hahahaha!" Before Long Kun could say anything, Li Dong scolded with a smile,""As expected of a kindred spirit. The ability of the wicked to complain first is really easy to say. I remember that the person who attacked without asking about the right and wrong at the beginning was you, not me?”
" Uh, this…" Long Kun was speechless." We are in the wrong today, but Mountain Ghost City will not let this matter rest. Do you dare to leave your name?"”
"Heh, is that necessary? You know my appearance and name. I can also tell you very clearly that the information provided by the Vast Martial Sect is basically correct. It's just that it's a little outdated.”Li Dong sneered," You can go back and call more powerful people to deal with me, but as long as you don't give up on Yang Zilan, I will continue to play with you until everyone who has designs on her disappears from this world…"
"…Does Your Excellency mean to let us leave?”Long Kun asked in disbelief.
"You can understand it that way. After all, if I wanted to kill you, I would have done it long ago. Why would I waste my breath on you?”Li Dong said indifferently," Get lost before I change my mind.”
Just as Long Kun and the others turned around, Li Dong's Sun and Moon flew like a shuttle once again. In the blink of an eye, he had arrived behind Daoist Long Kun. The sword of the Azure Shadow was about to pierce through the old Daoist's back, but unexpectedly, Long Kun seemed to have expected it. The third-order metal-elemental defensive spell, Golden Light Incantation, was suddenly activated, temporarily delaying Li Dong's thunderous attack.
The Golden Light Spell broke in a breath. When the Blue Jade Shadow lost the initiative, Long Kun took out another round shield-shaped celestial device. With a light clang, the sword tip hit the round shield. The sharp Blue Jade Shadow pierced into the round shield. With a clanging sound, cracks spread from the breach, but the Blue Jade Shadow did not move after penetrating a little.
"Aiyaya, you can even defend against such a sneak attack. As expected, the older the wiser.”Li Dong said with great surprise. He had thought that without the protection of his life-bound magical treasure, this old man would definitely not be able to block his surprise attack. Unfortunately, reality had played another joke on him.
"Your Excellency is truly shameless! Wasn't he afraid of the Cold Moon Sect's revenge?”
"Hehe, shameless? What you guys did was so despicable, so why do you still have such a righteous look when you speak? Could it be a double standard dog? Or are you people acting like villains when you're at an advantage, but you're acting like righteous people when you're at a disadvantage? So who was the shameless one?”
Facing Long Kun's curses, Li Dong was not angry. Instead, he smiled and withdrew the Azure Shadow in his hand. His left hand contained the Fire Essence Qi and struck the round shield with all his strength. In an instant, the round shield shattered into pieces. Li Dong's fist passed through the magic tool and smashed into Daoist Long Kun's chest.
The old Daoist had no way to block it, and he was sent flying. The remaining four disciples of Mountain Ghost City were only at the Qi Condensation stage and did not know many spells. They could only draw Yin Qi into their bodies and turn into terrifying ghosts. Li Dong's Blue Clear Shadow sword flashed and immediately beheaded three of them.
As for Shen Yue, who was at the seventh level of Qi Refinement, he pounced from behind Li Dong. However, the Scarlet Refined Spear condensed from the Fire Qi in Li Dong's left hand pierced through his abdomen and burned his internal organs. Then, Li Dong raised the Scarlet Refined Spear and threw it at Daoist Long Kun, who had yet to land on the ground. It accurately hit the target. Then, under his deliberate control, the Fire Qi in the Scarlet Refined Spear exploded, burning Daoist Long Kun's body and Yuan Shen into ashes…
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