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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 66 (321): [Great Harvest, Great Crisis]
(66th of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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The salvage operation was in full swing, but they still hadn't found the missing section of the spear.
Er Feng (Second Phoenix), patrolling the sky, caught a strong, unusual fragrance. It's eyes darted around, and it spotted a glowing river in the distance, flowing across the blood-red swamp.
Moreover, the river was moving rapidly.
It dove down abruptly to report to Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi gazed in the direction Er Feng (Second Phoenix) had indicated, deeper into the swamp, where unknown dangers lurked.
He summoned Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao back to the Jade Boat and explained the situation.
"Brother Weiyi, you make the call! Fortune favors the bold, and I'm fully behind you," Tuoba Butuo said.
Qi Xiao nodded in agreement.
"In that case, let's investigate this river and see what it is. But nearly a day has passed already. Si Kong Jingyuan and Si Kong Yanlun could find us at any moment. They're in the shadows, while we're exposed. We need to prepare."
Li Weiyi transmitted his thoughts to the two men, whispering conspiratorially.
The Jade Boat sped through the vast hole in the sky and into the swamp's depths.
The world plunged into darkness.
Sure enough, a glowing waterway several miles long flowed beneath the surface, moving like a wandering river.
On the surface of the luminous water, Meditation Mushrooms (Or Flowers) bloomed in clusters, some white, others blue.
Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao, both thrilled and shocked, immediately activated their movement techniques to catch up with the glowing river, carefully plucking the mushrooms.
The six Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors also noticed the mushrooms, each one eagerly diving into the water with a splash, like six ospreys fishing.
Li Weiyi, with his keen senses, detected a dangerous aura.
His eyes narrowed slightly, a feeling of being watched washing over him.
"As expected, someone is hiding in the shadows. They must have been startled by the sudden appearance of so many Meditation Mushrooms, causing a fluctuation in their mental state that I could sense."
The chilling wind intensified.
Li Weiyi desperately wanted to open his Heavenly Eye to peer into the darkness and uncover the truth.
But he held back, because an unusual disturbance was also emanating from the depths of the water.
Instead, he slowly sat down on the boat, deliberately feigning a relaxed and unguarded posture.
The instant he sat down, a loud "splash" erupted beside him.
A figure leaped from the water.
Si Kong Yanlun formed claw-like hand seals, his Spiritual Qi surging forth from his Ancestral Field, transforming into a purplish-black chain that wrapped around Li Weiyi on the boat.
Caught completely off guard, Li Weiyi was instantly restrained, a look of panic flashing across his face.
"Hahaha!"
Si Kong Yanlun boarded the Jade Boat, his clawed hand reaching for Li Weiyi's neck.
But in his eyes, he wasn't trying to capture Li Weiyi. He was aiming for Qi Xiao.
After all, Li Weiyi was a Spiritual Master, his senses were too sharp for a sneak attack to succeed.
Capturing Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo would be much safer.
With hostages in hand, they could rescue Si Kong Ce first, then join forces to deal with Li Weiyi later.
"You... you're not Qi Xiao..."
Si Kong Yanlun screamed as "Qi Xiao" severed his arm.
Blood splattered everywhere, and he fled in terror as if he'd seen a ghost.
The "Qi Xiao" on the boat transformed into Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi's Disguise Technique was so powerful that fooling Si Kong Yanlun and Si Kong Jingyuan was effortless.
Meanwhile, Qi Xiao, wearing Li Weiyi's clothes on the outside, was actually wearing an invisibility cloak underneath.
This cloak concealed his aura, allowing even a slightly crude disguise to deceive his opponents from a distance.
Li Weiyi didn't pursue Si Kong Yanlun.
Instead, he steered the Jade Boat toward Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao.
Almost simultaneously, Si Kong Jingyuan burst from the water and struck Tuoba Butuo with a devastating palm strike.
In this situation, Tuoba Butuo couldn't activate his Ghost Banner.
He was likely to be killed within a few moves.
"Brother Jingyuan, do you recognize this?"
Li Weiyi wrapped Si Kong Yanlun's severed arm in Spiritual Qi, treating it like a hidden weapon, and hurled it toward Si Kong Jingyuan.
Si Kong Jingyuan struck his second palm strike, and several bones in Tuoba Butuo's body snapped.
He was about to unleash his third palm strike to kill him, preventing him from activating the Ghost Banner and causing trouble.
A sharp whistling sound pierced the air behind him.
Si Kong Jingyuan's expression changed drastically.
He spun around and unleashed his full power with his icy palm strike.
With a resounding "bang," he shattered Si Kong Yanlun's arm into icy crystals.
In the distance, Si Kong Yanlun's heart-wrenching roar echoed: "No! That was my arm... It's over... Everything's over..."
Si Kong Jingyuan froze, staring at the rapidly approaching Li Weiyi.
He immediately understood what had happened.
His opponent had swapped a low-grade piece for a high-grade one.
In their very first exchange, his four-armed advantage had been reduced to three, severely weakening his combat strength.
"Whoosh!"
Li Weiyi leaped into the air and swung his sword down.
Sword qi instantly descended upon Si Kong Jingyuan's head.
Si Kong Jingyuan grunted, shattering the sword qi with his bare hand. He then turned to capture the severely wounded Tuoba Butuo, only to find that Tuoba Butuo had already vanished into the water.
Qi Xiao stood on the back of the Scaled Lion Giant Beast's spectral form, a blade in one hand and a shield in the other, charging toward Si Kong Jingyuan.
Si Kong Jingyuan's palm collided with the claw mark of the Scaled Lion's spectral form, sending waves crashing around them.
Behind him, the sound of a sword's clang rang out - Li Weiyi had closed in.
Si Kong Jingyuan, though deeply unwilling, had to admit his ambush had failed.
Activating his movement technique, he stepped on a series of ice lotuses that bloomed in the void, dodging and retreating to put a vast distance between himself and Li Weiyi.
"Whoosh!"
A massive cloud of black mist erupted from the water's depths, revealing a fifty-meter-tall Yin Ghost Commander. Clad in armor and wielding a halberd, it had a terrifying ram's head.
Tuoba Butuo resurfaced, blood streaming from his mouth and nose.
Gritting his teeth, he struggled to remain conscious.
Li Weiyi and Qi Xiao pulled him onto the Jade Boat and asked about his injuries.
"It's... manageable for now. I can hold on... cough..." Tuoba Butuo coughed up blood and immediately sat down, unable to stand.
Li Weiyi told Qi Xiao to look after and protect him, then turned his gaze toward Si Kong Jingyuan and Si Kong Yanlun, who had regrouped.
At that moment, the Jade Boat drifted directly above the luminous water.
Meditation Mushrooms bloomed in profusion, their petals crystalline and their fragrance intoxicating.
Si Kong Yanlun was truly remarkable.
In an incredibly short time, he refined the sword qi from the Yellow Dragon Sword and stopped the bleeding from his severed arm.
Then, he swiftly summoned the Seventh-Grade Hundred-Character Artifact, the Silver Wheel, and joined forces with Si Kong Jingyuan to activate it.
The Silver Wheel was also a replica artifact.
Above their heads, it transformed into a massive circular ring spanning over ten feet in diameter. Over seven hundred scriptures enveloped their bodies, unleashing a formidable aura that churned the water into towering waves.
Li Weiyi activated his Blood Handprint Demon Armor and shouted, "Are we still fighting? If we continue, you might lose your other arm too!"
Hearing this, Si Kong Yanlun's face turned purple with rage, and his body convulsed.
Si Kong Jingyuan glanced at the ashen-faced Tuoba Butuo and sneered, "Brother Tuoba won't last much longer. Once he falls, without the Yin Ghost Commander, do you think you stand a chance?"
Li Weiyi didn't want to fight; he only wanted to harvest the Meditation Mushrooms.
If the glowing river drifted away, he might never find it again.
But how could Si Kong Jingyuan and Si Kong Yanlun retreat after suffering such heavy losses?
"Whoosh!"
Li Weiyi steered his Jade Boat forward at breakneck speed.
Si Kong Jingyuan and Si Kong Yanlun combined their efforts to unleash the Silver Wheel.
The silver light surged, and wind-like sword qi and scripture-like rain crashed down upon the Jade Boat.
The Jade Boat's brilliance surged, forming a protective barrier around it.
Within the barrier, scriptures floated and swirled.
The Silver Wheel slammed against the barrier.
"Boom!"
The Jade Boat and the water around it rapidly sank, then quickly rose again, sending the Silver Wheel flying.
This was a Jade Boat belonging to a Governor - not only was it swift, but its defenses were also formidable, far beyond what they could break through.
Li Weiyi had relied on it to dare linger in the Netherblack Swamp.
As for other escape treasures, they were naturally unusable.
Si Kong Jingyuan and Si Kong Yanlun hadn't expected Li Weiyi to casually produce a Jade Boat that was such a treasure.
They immediately activated their movement techniques to dodge, avoiding a direct collision.
The Yin Ghost Commander, following behind the Jade Boat, swung his war spear, aiming for Si Kong Yanlun.
Si Kong Yanlun, with only one arm to defend himself, was sent flying.
He immediately realized the Yin Ghost Commander's power and dared not meet him head-on again.
Retrieving the Silver Wheel, the two brothers exchanged a glance. They then opened their Ancestral Fields, releasing the Hundred Ghosts and their Dao Heart Manifestations, transforming the entire water surface into a bone-chilling Ghost Domain.
Li Weiyi knew he couldn't achieve a quick victory.
He steered the Jade Boat, pursuing the glowing river.
Er Feng's excited mental voice, chirping incessantly, filled his ears.
"Splash!"
It burst from the water, its six claws tightly clutching a glowing crystal.
The light was so blinding that it illuminated the entire surface of the water, like a fallen star.
It was a Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone, about the size of a walnut.
Li Weiyi's eyes widened, his scalp prickling.
A piece this large could certainly be split into many slices, making it virtually priceless.
"Whoosh!"
A figure wearing an invisibility cloak, concealed in the shadows, shot across the water at incredible speed, racing toward Er Feng.
"Not good!"
Li Weiyi's pupils contracted, turning into a wisp of Azure Mist. His body phased, and he charged forward to intercept.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three consecutive blows.
Li Weiyi poured all his strength into the fight, directly channeling Liquid Qi and Psychic Power. He unleashed the Ember Annihilation Finger Technique and the Karma Burning Wheel in succession.
Then, activating the Six Jia Secret Incantations on his Yellow Dragon Sword, he unleashed the Tai Yi Opens the Sea technique.
Both fighters were forced to retreat, creating a distance of dozens of yards between them.
The water between them churned and boiled violently.
Li Weiyi's hand, still gripping his sword, trembled uncontrollably. His fingers ached as if they were about to split open. He fought to maintain his composure, his gaze locked on the figure across the glowing river.
"Thousand Guard Commander Yizhou Xue!"
Yizhou Xue stood clad in armor, facing Li Weiyi across the river of light. Electric patterns flowed across his armor, and a tingling numbness spread across his skin.
Li Weiyi's sword strike just now had summoned lightning, making his sword intent formidable. If not for his armor, he might have already been injured.
Yi Zhouxue's eyes, sharp as a falcon's, observed Li Weiyi's expression. He had struck Li Weiyi with a palm earlier, but the Blood Handprint Demon Armor's counterforce had left his palm throbbing with pain.
He wasn't sure if he had truly wounded Li Weiyi.
Nine months had passed, and this young man's combat prowess had improved dramatically. He could now withstand three strikes from Yi Zhouxue himself.
Li Weiyi circulated his Spiritual Power, and the pain in his hand gradually subsided.
However, the palm strike he had taken to his chest and abdomen still left him agonizingly uncomfortable.
He gritted his teeth to keep from spitting up blood, unwilling to reveal his true weakness and severe injuries.
Otherwise, Si Kong Jingyuan and Si Kong Yanlun, who were waiting for an opportunity, would pounce on him like rabid dogs.
In contrast, the two men were currently stunned.
They had never imagined that Li Weiyi's true strength had reached a level where he could stand toe-to-toe with Yi Zhouxue.
Fortunately, during the earlier interception, Er Feng had already carried the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone back to the Jade Boat.
To make matters worse, five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors emerged from the water, collectively carrying a human-shaped mass of black Essence.
It was a thousand-year-old Earth Spirit Child!
Much larger than the previous one, this Earth Spirit Child's humanoid form was more detailed, complete with hands, feet, and a head. Its hands and feet struggled, while its abdomen glowed faintly, as if containing something within.
Below, the luminous river dimmed.
"We caught it! We caught it! It was the one causing all the trouble underwater, and it was incredibly fast."
"I caught it first!"
"No, I did! I pinned it down with a single claw, but it tried to fight back. That's when I zapped it with lightning."
"I caught it first, you caught it second."
"There's someone chanting inside it, just like Palace Master An. The chanting is giving me a headache."
The Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors' cacophony of mental power voices continued to bombard Li Weiyi's ears, each vying for credit, completely oblivious to their perilous situation.
Li Weiyi inwardly groaned, his nerves taut.
His attention remained fixed on Yi Zhouxue, Si Kong Jingyuan, and Si Kong Yanlun.
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END OF CHAPTER
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