SFS Chapter 79: Crimson Dragon Flaming Bow
Chapter 79: Crimson Dragon Flaming Bow
This man was none other than Kuang Guang, the master of Xuan Yin Valley.
The scar on his nose was left by Li Hongtai, the patriarch of the Li family in the Azure Flame Immortal Sect.
Kuang Guang would be filled with rage whenever he saw the new scar on his handsome face.
This time, he led all the Foundation Establishment cultivators of Xuan Yin Valley out in full force, intending to avenge their previous humiliation.
Li Hongtai of the Azure Flame Immortal Sect was beyond the reach of Kuang Guang.
He wanted to test the waters of the Li family and see how much strength they had.
They had made several attempts to break through the great formation.
Unfortunately, the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Li family were all holed up inside the formation, occasionally throwing out a few talismans to counterattack, making it difficult to break through the great formation for a while.
Just now, it was Li Ruoyu who threw out a "Ground Core Flame Pearl" to force Kuang Guang and the others back.
Just as they regained their footing, Li Ruoyu summoned the Crimson Dragon Flaming Bow and drew back the bowstring.
"Oh no! This is the 'Crimson Dragon Blazing Bow,' a treasure obtained by the Li family patriarch. Its power is close to that of a third-tier magic weapon. How could it be in Li Ruoyu's hands?!" Kuang Xiong, the second brother of Xuan Yin Valley, was alarmed when he saw the roar of a dragon after Li Ruoyu drew the bowstring.
The Crimson Dragon Flaming Bow was clearly a near-third-tier magic weapon.
Now, with Li Ruoyu fully activating the formation, he can unleash a strike approaching that of a Core Formation cultivator.
"Damn it... Li Hongtai actually left such a treasure in the Li family!" Kuang Guangjian gritted his teeth upon seeing this.
"Retreat!" He shouted, his eyes flashing, and was about to fly away into the distance.
"Hmph, you think you can just run away without leaving anything behind? Do you really think the Li family of Yunmeng Lake is easy to bully?" Li Ruoyu sneered.
The bowstring in his palm had already been drawn.
call out!
The sound of something cutting through the air rang out.
A thick, flaming arrow on the bowstring streaked across the void, carrying with it blazing flames.
The raging flames actually condensed into a ten-meter-long crimson fire dragon, emitting bursts of roars.
The sound shook the heavens and spread for hundreds of miles around.
Even Yang Jiuli, who was far away, could hear it clearly, feeling as if the roar of a dragon was echoing endlessly in his mind.
"This aura is close to that of a third-tier demon beast!" Yang Jiuli looked in the direction of the voice.
From afar, he saw an arrow streak across the sky like a shooting star.
In the blink of an eye, the flaming arrow appeared ten feet behind Kuang Guang and the others.
In his shock, Kuang Guang immediately summoned a shield-shaped second-tier spiritual weapon.
This is Kuang Guang's second-tier superior shield, the "Black Scale Shield," which was crafted from the scales of a second-tier demon beast.
Kuang Xiong worked with him to stimulate it.
The shield flashed with light and instantly rose from the ground, growing to a height of three zhang (approximately 10 meters), standing in the sky like a black iron wall.
In that instant, the arrow struck the shield with a loud bang.
Then, the giant fiery dragon carried by the arrow struck the shield solidly.
boom!
The shield was knocked away.
A surge of powerful, raging flame magic swept away.
Kuang Guang, Kuang Xiong, and the others had a faint, malevolent aura emanating from their bodies, which formed a protective shield.
The two were still engulfed by flames and thrown dozens of meters away.
"What a scoundrel the Li family of Yunmeng Lake! My Xuan Yin Valley will remember this debt!" Kuang Guang spat out a mouthful of blood and immediately fled a hundred meters away.
Kuang Xiong and the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators also fled in panic.
"Hmph, Xuan Yin Valley, do you really think my Yunmeng Lake Li family is easy to bully?" Li Ruoyu sneered, and with a wave of his hand, the 'Crimson Dragon Blazing Bow' flew over and disappeared into the storage bag at his waist. Then he turned to the formation and said, "The Xuan Yin Valley thieves have retreated."
The sound was deafening, like rolling thunder, reverberating endlessly and spreading for hundreds of miles around Yunmeng Lake.
"The patriarch is mighty... The Li family is invincible!"
"The patriarch is mighty... The Li family is invincible!"
Suddenly, those clansmen in Yunmeng Lake who had been anxious about the approaching enemy all looked up at the sky.
The shouts and cheers continued.
Li Ruoyu did not pursue Kuang Guang and the others. With a flick of his sleeve, he entered the array's protective barrier.
Inside the formation, a Foundation Establishment ancestor of the Li family and a Foundation Establishment guest also infiltrated the clan.
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Yunmeng Lake, South Bank Area.
Yang Jiuli gazed at the vanished fiery dragon, then gradually withdrew his gaze.
"The Li family does have some resources! Ordinary Foundation Establishment forces can't even scratch them!" Yang Jiuli murmured.
He breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Only when the Li family is powerful can he cultivate in peace.
"Haha, the bandits of Xuan Yin Valley have been defeated. Let's go, quickly into the lake!" On the flying boat, Li Wannian was in high spirits.
He laughed heartily, spurred the flying boat forward at top speed.
A short while later, the flying boat stopped outside the array's protective barrier.
At this moment, the defensive formation had disappeared.
A thick fog obscured everything in front of them, making it impossible to see anything inside.
This is a second-tier, low-grade formation: the "Cloud and Smoke Formation".
If ordinary people come here, they will be shrouded in mist and trapped inside.
Once the Li family's patrolling guards sense something, they will secretly lead a path for the person to leave.
After the mortal left, he only thought he had gotten lost, unaware that there was a celestial clan inside.
Li Wannian took out the restriction token, and the mist in front of him disappeared, revealing a horse path about ten feet wide.
As the group entered, they saw a vast expanse of sky and sea, with ancient trees reaching for the sky.
Ahead lies a vast, boundless lake.
There are countless small islands in the lake, scattered in all directions.
The lake is shrouded in mist, and when the wind blows, it brings with it an incredibly rich spiritual energy.
"Such rich spiritual energy!" Lu Wenzheng took a deep breath, his eyes brightening, finally recovering from his earlier emotions.
"This is Yunmeng Lake! It's more than ten times bigger than my Longhu Lake!" Huang Cheng stared wide-eyed at the huge lake in front of him, and was also shocked by the islands standing in the lake. The lake in front of him was like a vast ocean.
It stretches as far as the eye can see.
"The spiritual energy here is indeed much denser than outside!" Yang Jiuli took a breath of spiritual energy and was slightly pleased.
This will be where he will live for the next twenty-five years.
The higher the concentration of spiritual energy, the faster he can repair his spiritual root.
"Hehe, my Yunmeng Lake covers an area of 1,200 square miles!" Li Wannian smiled slightly and said, "Feiyu, you take them to the outer island first..."
"Yes!" Li Feiyu nodded, and then he summoned a flying lotus leaf magic artifact that was about ten feet wide and of the first rank.
"Everyone, please!" He extended his hand to Yang Jiuli, Huang Cheng, Liu Yuelong, and Lu Wenzheng.
The four nodded, moved, and leaped onto the lotus leaf artifact in the air.
The magical artifact immediately conjured a protective shield, shielding everyone.
As for the other two seedlings...
One of them had his arm cut off...
One spiritual root is damaged...
They clearly have other plans.
Although Lu Wenzheng, Huang Cheng, and Liu Yuelong felt a pang of sympathy for them, they didn't say anything, only saying that those people were unlucky and failed to enter the Li family of Yunmeng Lake safely.
They were clearly the kind of people with great fortune. Now that they had entered the Li family, they would surely make great achievements on the path to immortality by relying on the rich spiritual energy here. Thinking this, the mood brought about by the ambush earlier was not so heavy.
Yunmeng Lake is divided into three areas: the outer lake island group, the inner lake island group, and the central island group.
The outer lake islands, besides serving the recruited foreign cultivators, also house ordinary people from the Li family and their own branches.
The islands in the inner lake are direct descendants of this clan.
Only members of the head family of the central island are allowed to move in.
The elders established their dojos on the small islands in the central island area.
Yang Jiuli, Lu Wenzheng, Liu Yuelong, and Huang Cheng were temporarily arranged to stay in a lakeside villa on a small island in the outer lake.
"Brother Yang, please rest here. The patriarch will personally meet with you tomorrow!" Li Feiyu said to Yang Jiuli.
"Thank you for your trouble, Young Master Yu!" Yang Jiuli said, cupping his hands in greeting.
"There's no one else here, Ninth Brother, no need to be formal. You killed several Xuan Yin Valley cultivators this time, and I will report it to the patriarch. He will definitely be rewarded for his merits!" Li Feiyu patted Yang Jiuli on the shoulder and said. Then, he looked at Lu Wenzheng and the others.
"You can rest assured and wait here," Li Feiyu said. "Once you enter my Yunmeng Lake, unless you are a Core Formation cultivator, Foundation Establishment cultivators will absolutely not be able to enter. You are all safe!" He seemed to be afraid that these people would lose their souls from the ambush on the way.
"Hehe, we naturally trust the Li family's strength!" Liu Yuelong laughed.
Lu Wenzheng and Huang Cheng also smiled in accompaniment.
Li Feiyu nodded slightly, then summoned his magical artifact, stepped onto a lotus leaf, and flew away from the outer island.
……
In the villa, there is a lakeside pavilion.
Yang Jiuli sat cross-legged above and silently drew a wisp of wood spirit energy into the Three Lives Stone in his sea of consciousness.
Spiritual energy concentration level 1.5!
A row of data is displayed.
"Level 1.5!" Yang Jiuli thought to himself. "It's barely enough. If I set up a 'Spirit Gathering Array,' it should be able to raise it to level 1.6 or 1.7. I wonder if the Li family has a 'Spirit Gathering Room'? In sects, there are always 'Spirit Gathering Rooms' that can speed up cultivation."
"I'll ask Feiyu when I have the chance!" Yang Jiuli thought to himself.
Immediately, he regained his composure and opened his eyes.
A cool breeze blew across the lake, and a misty haze hung in the air, causing the wind chimes by the pavilion to chime with a clear and pleasant sound.
Lu Wenzheng and Huang Cheng sat quietly by the stone table on the pavilion.
The two seemed not to have gotten used to the new environment yet, and there was a hint of melancholy between their brows.
At that moment, Liu Yuelong brewed a pot of wine.
He took out several wine bottles from his storage bag, placed them in front of the group, and poured the wine.
"Ninth Brother, this is a spirit fruit wine that my cousin brought back from the Azure Flame Immortal Sect. It smells wonderful!" Liu Yuelong said with a fawning smile.
He pushed the wine cup in front of Yang Jiuli.
Yang Jiuli's method of killing two Qi Refining cultivators during the day shocked Liu Yuelong.
Now he looks at Yang Jiuli with new respect, and vaguely feels that the latter is not simple and is worth befriending.
"Oh, spirit wine!" Yang Jiuli took the wine cup, gently swirled it, and after sensing that there was no unusual aura, took a sip and praised, "Not bad, only the immortal sects could brew such fine wine!"
"That's right, it's made with several kinds of spiritual fruits," Liu Yuelong said with a smile.
"Brother Long, you have such a good thing, how come I've never tasted it before?" Lu Wenzheng said, picking up the wine cup and taking a sip. "It's delicious... I feel my blood and qi boiling, as if some kind of spiritual energy is cleansing my marrow."
Upon seeing this, Huang Cheng quickly took a sip as well.
Beside him, Liu Yuelong wore a gentle smile, but inwardly he thought, "How could such a spiritual wine be given to an ordinary person?"
He only took it out because he felt that Yang Jiuli was worth befriending.
Otherwise, even if it were his cousin Lu Wenzheng, he wouldn't be willing to share it.
"Ninth Brother, you were so dashing when you killed the Xuan Yin Valley cultivators during the day!" Liu Yuelong said with a smile.
"I only launched a sneak attack, it's nothing to mention!" Yang Jiuli waved his hand and laughed.
"Ninth Brother is too modest. I was prepared to fight that scoundrel to the death, but under the powerful magic of the late-stage Qi Refining Realm, I was completely stunned and my legs lost all strength. Even if that scoundrel stood right in front of me, I wouldn't be able to use my magic..." Liu Yuelong poured wine for Yang Jiuli again and said, "Please take good care of me in the future, Ninth Brother!"
"Yes, I was so scared I peed my pants. I thought I was going to die there!" Lu Wenzheng said, still shaken.
They all wanted to rebel.
But when that moment actually came, his hands and feet wouldn't obey his commands. He was not only powerless to move, but his body was also trembling, and his mind went blank.
Yang Jiuli's ability to disregard the pressure from a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator and take action earned them immense respect.
"Ninth Brother, you're amazing!" Huang Cheng asked, his eyes wide. "How did you manage to stay so calm in that dangerous situation?"
Liu Yuelong and Lu Wenzheng both looked at Yang Jiuli, seemingly wanting to hear his thoughts as well.
"Hehe, I've only been wandering the martial world for a few years and have seen a lot of these things!" Yang Jiuli laughed. "After you experience these things a few more times, you'll naturally not be afraid anymore. Of course, it's best to improve your cultivation first and reduce your outings."
"I don't want to go through this again!" Huang Cheng whispered.
"I'd better improve my strength first!" Lu Wenzheng nodded.
The tragic fate of those few immortal seedlings still lingered in their minds.
Every time I think about it, I feel a pang of anxiety.