Chapter 386 - Senior Brother, Take Care (1/2)

Chapter 386 Senior Brother, Take Care

The restrictions on the mortal world’s dynasty must be carried out!

Li Changshou looked at the Soul-Bewitching Pearl in his hand and felt conflicted.

As a king, can he be covered in negative karma? The negative karma around his soul was almost black and gray! If it were not for the soul of his toxic junior sister’s father, Li Changshou would have directly killed him. He could also obtain some merit and count it as the money he had spent on rus.h.i.+ng over…

Why is this happening? Is the King very crippled and violent?

His immortal senses scanned the various parts of the Honglin Kingdom and realized that the kingdom was quite normal. Mortals could live in peace. Although there were also n.o.bles and slaves, they were common in the mortal world. They would not cause so many negative karma. Li Changshou pinched his fingers and deduced. With his profound deduction skills, he quickly came to a conclusion… It should be because he had defied fate.

The rulers of the Fang Nation and the tribe held authority and wealth of mortals. Since they could raise a group of immortals to be their “guards”, it would not be a problem for them to obtain some pills to increase their lifespan through the town. However, they were originally the rulers of the mortal countries. When the time came, they would die. They would defy the heavenly mandate and continue to sit on the throne of the king. Every year they sat there, the negative karma would deepen. That was because the Heavenly Dao restricted the cultivation of ordinary kings. Moreover, Qi Refinement cultivators would suffer the Heavenly Punishment once they became kings! Thinking about it, he realized it was not easy for the Heavenly Dao. Youqin’s father had already been ‘Tyrant’ for more than three hundred years. He had acc.u.mulated so many negative karma. Li Changshou reckoned that he would have to stay in the eighteen levels of h.e.l.l for thousands of years… Why?

Li Changshou cursed in his heart. His figure flashed and left the main hall, heading to the corner of the palace. A chaotic battle was breaking out there. The guards of the palace risked their lives to protect dozens of women in gorgeous brocade dresses. Most of them were concubines of the King in the past twenty to thirty years.

Among the women, there was a woman with white hair and a dignified expression. She looked very similar to Youqin Xuanya.

Li Changshou casually took out two paper effigies and calmly made them enter the sleeves of the woman and the young woman she was protecting…

Other than that, what should I do? Li Changshou pondered carefully. The Saint definitely did not ask him to come here just to save Youqin Xuanya’s parents. Youqin Xuanya was just an ordinary disciple of the Immortal Sect of Ren School. Although she was rather beautiful, her potential was not incredible.

That was definitely not the reason for the Saint’s attention.

If the matter in the Honglin Kingdom today was related to the “Shang Dynasty”, would he have become a part of it? If I take Youqin Xuanya’s parents to the place of cultivation and leave the mortal world, what will happen in the future? Just as that thought surfaced in Li Changshou’s mind, he suddenly felt a pair of eyes watching him from behind. His hair stood on end and his spiritual senses jumped.

It’s a joke, a joke. Old Master Heavenly Dao, you are very wise. I usually have more bold ideas!

He quickly erased his previous thoughts and the horror disappeared.

Alright, I’ll just watch the show obediently and protect Youqin Xuanya’s relatives. I’ll wait for the opportunity to appear. Youqin Xuanya would take a while to arrive. Li Changshou used Earth Escape and followed the women and guards.

At that moment, the black shadows that were floating around the palace had varying levels of cultivation. They were from the Void Return realm to the Perfected Immortal realm. Their auras were turbid and filled with ferociousness. They could be called-incompetent fiendish cultivators.

Many black shadows were also attracted by the women. They surrounded them and attacked them from afar. They cast various curses and Dharma artifacts.

They were poor and useless fiendish cultivators.

A small number of the guards had cultivation levels, but they were quickly defeated by the fiendish cultivators.

However, at this moment, the guards did not retreat. They gathered and counterattacked with all their might. They used their bodies of flesh and blood to cover the retreat of the women from the palace who had nothing to do with them. “Quickly protect the King and leave!” “Scram! Don’t die here!” Seeing that, Li Changshou flicked his finger and a few talismans flew out of the ground and stuck to the backs of a few guards who were barely at the Void Return realm.

The eyes of the guards immediately shone. They raised their heads and roared in anger. They raised their hands and tore off the armor in front of their chests. Their bodies were wrapped in immortal light!

It was as if a voice was shouting in their ears.

“You have been strengthened. Hurry up and attack!”

The guards who were enhanced by the spirit talismans growled and faced the fiendish cultivators. Their backs also looked tragic…

The effect of the talisman could only last for a while.

Li Changshou placed a Soul-Bewitching Pearl underground. He felt that the guards’ character was not bad. Later, he would protect their souls and allow them to reincarnate.

That was all he could do.

With the help of a few guards, half of the n.o.blewomen escaped from the palace. However, the flames of war were burning outside the palace, and they could only flee in a panic.

However, the King was already dead. The Crown Prince of the Honglin Kingdom, Youqin Xuanya’s elder brother, had been ambushed and killed by an immortal cultivator at the front line yesterday. Most of the royals were either in their own fiefs or fighting enemies at the front line.

The black shadows, the rebels in the city, and the tribal cavalry that had sneaked into the city were targeting those women.

The enemy troops kept attacking from afar. The female Perfected Immortal in the palace, who was holding a long whip and wearing a faceplate, also led a group of black shadows to chase after them. What was more troublesome was that there were hundreds of enemy immortals in the city. They had also joined the ranks of the “widow of the Honglin Kingdom”. They wanted to kill them all. Gradually, the number of people around the queen decreased. However, she held the young woman’s hand and refused to let go. Hundreds of kilometers north of the city, an ice-blue comet flew over from the horizon, dragging a faint tail…

Youqin Xuanya rushed there at a speed that even she did not expect to be capable of. Li Changshou opened his palm and closed his fingers. Another wisp of Wind Escape Dao runes appeared on her body. Li Changshou pondered carefully and quickly made a decision. He took out a ‘main body’ paper effigy from his sleeve and scattered it to the side. In that case, if he were to encounter any danger later and had to “go all out”, he would use two ident.i.ties to appear at the same time. He wanted to see if he could use this opportunity to eliminate the hidden danger of getting exposed.

The city was filled with thick smoke, and the night was bright red.

Youqin Xuanya’s immortal senses detected that scene from afar. She took a deep breath and continued to fly forward. Mortals were like candles that could be blown out by the wind at any time. There were already vengeful spirits entrenched in the sky. The shattered Flood Dragon line of succession of the Honglin Nation’s destiny scattered some afterglow… A wave of sorrow washed over Youqin Xuanya. Her Dao heart tightened as she rushed into the city.

“Junior Sister Youqin, come to my place first.”

A familiar voice suddenly sounded beside her ear. Youqin Xuanya was stunned. The determination in her heart shattered almost instantly. There was a slight pulling force around her. Youqin Xuanya took the opportunity to descend and hurriedly landed in the forest 50 kilometers away from the capital city. A figure stood on the gentle slope and looked at the King’s City, which was filled with thick smoke.

Youqin Xuanya could tell who it was at a glance.

It was Li Changshou of the Immortal Du Sect. “Senior Brother, why are you here?”

Youqin Xuanya carried the huge sword on her back and walked forward quickly. She frowned slightly and said in a low voice, “The small Dao Sect of Chan School has already sealed its future path. Senior Brother, don’t take any risks. Please leave this place quickly.”

“I have an escape technique. Don’t worry.” Li Changshou turned around and replied with a smile, “Why don’t I help you? We can plan carefully and rescue him safely…”

“Senior Brother.”

Youqin Xuanya had already walked to Li Changshou’s side. She looked up at the male immortal whom she could never see through. There was a hint of gentleness in her eyes, but after a breath, there was only coldness.

In the starlight, her skin was as white as snow. Her starry eyes, shapely eyebrows, thin lips, and delicate ears, as well as her tall and handsome nose bridge, seemed to be telling of her final determination and stubbornness.

At that moment, what left a deep impression on Li Changshou was her black pupils. The starlight reflected in them was the outline of his figure.

“Senior Brother, I’m the princess of the Honglin Kingdom. It’s only right for me to fight for the Immortal Protector. However, you are only a disciple of the Immortal Du Sect. If you attack, you will give the other party evidence. I don’t want to implicate the sect because of this matter. Senior Brother, please don’t persuade me.”

“Your thinking is a little biased,” Li Changshou said seriously. “Aren’t you a disciple of the Immortal Du Sect? We are from the same sect and are good friends. How can I watch you get trapped here and not care?”

“Senior Brother.” Youqin Xuanya paused and looked at Li Changshou’s face. Then, she smiled. She took a deep breath and deliberately sounded relaxed. “Senior Brother, both of us can’t change what happened tonight. I only went to do my part as a child. If you insist on persuading me… then it’s fine if we don’t become good friends in the future.” Li Changshou could not help but frown. However, Youqin Xuanya had already cupped her fists and bowed to Li Changshou.

She turned around and walked forward, leaving him with her slender back view.

It was as if nothing could defeat her…

“Junior Sister Youqin!”

Youqin Xuanya paused. Her lips trembled, but she did not make a sound. She did not turn her head. Instead, she jumped up. Sword shadows appeared around her, and she turned into a stream of light that flew towards the city that was surrounded by the flames of war.

What should I do? Knock her out? Li Changshou smiled bitterly. If he really stopped her, she would probably have mental demons in the future.

She would rather break than bend. She was not only facing a powerful enemy, but also her own people. “Up to you.” Li Changshou placed his hands behind his back and slowly closed his eyes. The image of Youqin Xuanya charging forward in the sky and fighting a few immortals appeared in his mind. Cracks appeared on the Fire Scale Sword Case on her back. With a clang, sixteen flying swords wrapped in ice-blue flames flew out and circled around her. Due to the sudden decrease in speed when she was in the air, the hem of her long dress floated forward like an ice lotus blooming in the night sky. In the sky above the city wall, immortal swords whistled and Dharma treasures shone.

On the hill, Li Changshou raised his left hand and held his left wrist with his right hand. He aimed his palm at Youqin Xuanya from afar, and invisible Dao runes surged out of his palm. A hundred kilometers away, in the sky above the city, Youqin Xuanya’s speed suddenly increased. The icy-blue flames around the immortal sword increased several times!

The immortals were caught off guard. In just a single exchange, their Dharma treasures were sent flying, and their bodies were pierced by the immortal swords. In an instant, they turned into corpses that fell from the sky. Youqin Xuanya’s long hair and skirt fluttered slightly. Her body spun gently in the air. She held a long sword that was flying towards her with her right hand. There were specks of starlight around her.

The jade-like feet wrapped in light white cloth boots pointed downwards. Her figure rushed into the city and flew towards the black shadows outside the palace.

The enemy immortals, who had already won a great victory and were searching for treasures everywhere, noticed Youqin Xuanya’s figure. Immediately, Perfected Immortals stopped her.

Li Changshou burrowed into the ground and quickly returned to the underground of the capital city. He took out various talismans from his sleeve.

The main person of the Immortal Du Sect, who was an ordinary Essence Immortal, was good at Earth Escape and Talisman Arrays. He could not forget that.

I’ll protect you today. In the future, you’ll pay me back by working for 500 years. Seriously, can’t you just listen to me? Li Changshou muttered in his heart, but his gaze gradually became sharper.

The Dao Immortal Sect of the Chan School…

Could there be a conspiracy behind this?

Of course, the most likely possibility was that the two tribes controlled by the immortal sect happened to be adjacent to the Honglin Kingdom at the same time. Or perhaps, the Dao Immortal Sect had the intention to operate the southwestern region of the East Continent.

If it were anyone else, they might not have followed that train of thought.

However, to the three big shots of Ren School, who were lazy and stable, they had to think carefully and make a plan to deal with that possibility.

What was the purpose of targeting the Honglin Kingdom? Was it to deliberately cause a conflict and use that to confirm that the Water G.o.d’s main body was in the Immortal Du Sect?

Someone must have suspected me. Li Changshou’s eyes focused. He carefully sensed the various restrictions on the ‘main body’ paper effigy and could not help but fall into deep thought.

Naturally, he was also mult.i.tasking and secretly helping youqin Xuanya fight the enemy. Youqin Xuanya was like a female G.o.d of War who had descended from the sky. To outsiders, she only seemed to be at the Perfected Immortal realm. However, the flying swords circling around her were extremely fast. Every attack could injure several people! Even Qi Refinement cultivators of the same realm could not fight her head-on. In addition to Li Changshou’s secret help, Youqin Xuanya was also trying her best to activate her immortal power. Her immortal senses had already locked onto her mother and sister-in-law, who were being surrounded by the black shadows. Youqin Xuanya was in a hurry to save them. She could no longer calculate how to distribute the immortal power properly. Suddenly…

“Youqin Xuanya!”

A furious roar echoed in the night sky of the capital city. There were a few cracking sounds. The woman in a black robe and a faceplate rushed into the sky. She swung the long whip in her hand and shot several black rays at Youqin Xuanya from afar. The immortals surrounding Youqin Xuanya immediately frowned and retreated. Youqin Xuanya took the opportunity to find an opening and rush forward. Several flying swords rushed forward.

There was a four-inch-long stone shuttle in each of the black beams. When it was hundreds of feet away from Youqin Xuanya, it was struck by the flying sword. Following that, black fog exploded. The black fog that filled the sky swept towards Youqin Xuanya. Youqin Xuanya immediately retreated, but she was still enveloped by the black fog.

Poison!

However, Youqin Xuanya’s protective immortal light was almost broken!

Youqin Xuanya immediately took out two antidotes that Li Changshou had given her and stuffed them into her mouth.

Li Changshou, who was hiding underground, waved his long sleeve. A strong gust of wind blew in all parts of the city, sweeping the black fog that was about to spread into the sky.

“Hahahaha!”

The woman wearing the faceplate raised her head and laughed loudly. At that moment, she did not care about the fact that the poisonous fog that she had released had been swept away for no reason. Her eyes, which should have been clear and bright, were filled with hatred as she stared at Youqin Xuanya.

“You’d actually end up in such a plight too!” Youqin Xuanya stood with her sword in hand. She curled her right leg and tapped the tip of her left foot on a flying sword. Her skirt and long hair danced in the night sky. Without saying a word, she rushed towards the place where her mother and sister-in-law were trapped. The armored woman shouted, “Stop her! Capture her alive and bring her to me. I want to kill her personally!”

Many immortals in the city who were on the same side as the woman frowned slightly. No one who went to the mortal world wanted to listen to the orders of a Perfected Immortal who looked like a “bad person”.