Chapter 319: Chapter 187: Shangguan Liuyun (2)

Thus, over these years, Shangguan Liuyun has been relentlessly searching for Ye Jingyu’s whereabouts.

However, after Shangguan Liuyun slaughtered several High-Tier Righteous Army cultivators, the Righteous Army had already considered him a member of the Demon Sect and barred him from entering their occupied territories.

“Shangguan Liuyun!” Li Jizhou raised his eyebrow slightly while hiding behind a giant tree nearby.

These talented disciples from prestigious families are always troublesome.

It’s easy to provoke the young ones and get the old ones, and then the mighty ones follow.

Therefore, Li Jizhou was reluctant to have any dealings with them. What’s more, how could he, with his current power, contend with someone at the Golden Core Peak level?

Nonetheless, at this moment, Guagua was immobilized by a Tier Four Talisman, and he couldn’t possibly leave it unaided.

“Swish swish swish!”

In an instant, three other puppets suddenly appeared and swiftly charged towards Ghost Shadow.

“Four Tier Three Advanced Puppets?”

“What esteemed master holds such esteem for our four brothers?”

“If there’s any misunderstanding, we ask the senior to show yourself. Our four brothers are here today only at the behest of our young master to capture the White Ape. How have we offended the senior? Please enlighten us!”

As the four Tier Three Advanced Puppets revealed themselves, the atmosphere turned chilling.

Ultimately, the eldest brother stepped forward, clasping his hands, and saluted to the surroundings.

Li Jizhou was unwilling to cause unnecessary trouble; he was wary of the myriad techniques of the Central State Immortal Race.

“This frog is my Spirit Pet!”

The four brothers’ expressions subtly changed upon hearing.

They examined Guagua carefully once more.

“Why is there no trace of a Soul Mark?”

Back when Li Jizhou adopted Guagua, he had marked it with a Soul Mark.

After a hundred and forty years, the Soul Mark had eroded.

Plus, Guagua had wandered alone in the marshy black waters in past years, further mutating and advancing to a Tier Three Late Stage Great Demon, losing the Soul Mark entirely.

Guagua’s ability to track Li Jizhou over thousands of miles is proof enough of its loyalty.

Li Jizhou refrained from applying a Soul Mark again.

“Senior, are you perhaps after this Tier Three Late Stage Spirit Beast?”

“Apologies, this beast belongs to our young master. If you wish for it, you’ll need to discuss terms with our young master.” The eldest of the four brothers smiled insincerely.

Li Jizhou frowned slightly.

After a moment’s hesitation, he chose not to hold back.

Four Quasi-Fourth Tier Puppets swiftly targeted them.

The three remaining Middle Stage of Core Formation individuals stood no chance.

A complete instant defeat!

Then, Ghost Shadow grabbed the Spirit Pet Bag holding Guagua and led the other three puppets away swiftly.

Upon regrouping with Li Jizhou,

Li Jizhou first burned the Spirit Pet Bag with Bai Yi’s fire and then cautiously released Guagua.

Yet at this moment, Guagua was still immobilized, with a mystic dark aura lingering over its surface.

“Indeed, the Tier Four Talisman is extraordinary!” Li Jizhou examined it for a moment but couldn’t help frowning.

A Tier Four Talisman requires the Primordial Spirit to link, vastly different in effect than a Tier Three Talisman’s Divine Sense linkage.

Even with his skills and experience as a Tier Three Advanced Talisman Master, he secretly shook his head for the time being.

Resolving this Tier Four Immobilization Talisman typically requires the creator’s Primordial Spirit power.

Alternatively, it can be broken by pouring Spiritual Qi over the body for forty-nine consecutive days.

Both options were unsuitable for Li Jizhou.

The first goes without saying.

The second option would expose them, as the aura on the Immobilization Talisman acts as a tracker, pinpointing their location.

If Li Jizhou kept Guagua, it would be akin to carrying a living target.

Moreover, Li Jizhou already knew the opponent was Shangguan Liuyun, a talented scion, making him even more cautious.

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“Boom!”

“Boom! Boom! Boom!” Within the Yan Kingdom Trade Alliance headquarters, a gentle-looking young man gazed calmly at the four soul tablets shattering before him.

“Who dares to kill my four servants?” Shangguan Liuyun murmured to himself as he slowly turned around.

“Ha! The Immobilization Talisman has been triggered!” He then glanced at a Jade Talisman storing a Primordial Spirit.

This talisman was gifted, storing the Primordial Spirit of an old servant from the Shangguan family who provided him with the Tier Four Immobilization Talisman.

Through this talisman, the Immobilization Talisman can be unraveled, sensed, and tracked!

“Is it for stealing this young master’s White Ape?” After a moment of contemplation, Shangguan Liuyun’s lips curled in a subtle smile.

He lightly shook his head and walked out of the bedroom.

“Hua, Hong, Liu, Lu!” he called softly.

“Greetings, young master!” Four graceful female cultivators suddenly appeared.

Shangguan Liuyun tossed them the Jade Talisman: “Go avenge the four brothers, and instantly return my White Ape!”

“At once!” The four women accepted the Jade Talisman and vanished.

These four women were Shangguan Liuyun’s close attendants, gifted talents from the Central Domain, raised and educated by the Shangguan family.

Now all had reached the Late Stage of Core Formation, and together they employed a coordinated technique; when the four attack in unison, their might drastically increases.

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“Gua!” The Immobilization Talisman left Guagua unable to move, but it could still let out cries through its chest and belly.

However, the sound seemed somewhat mournful.

“Don’t worry, I’ll find a way!” Li Jizhou pondered for a long time but hadn’t yet come up with a suitable solution.

At this point, he suspected the opponent had probably already taken action.

“Enough!” Finally, Li Jizhou gritted his teeth, placed Guagua directly into the Spirit Pet Bag.

“Let’s go!” He then soared into the sky, heading straight toward the Five Elders Association’s Sea Domain.

Every moment’s delay made it easier for the enemy to track them.

Li Jizhou thought of a solution,

by utilizing the Spiritual Energy Spring beneath the Five Elders Association’s Sea Domain, leveraging its turbulent Spiritual Qi tides.

For a creature like Guagua, probably just three days would suffice!

The unexpected incident forced Li Jizhou to head to the Sea Domain.

He dared not delay along the way, speeding forward.

Half a month later, Li Jizhou, flying furiously in the Third Heaven, looked at a stretch of azure ocean in the distance, feeling slightly relieved.

“The Tier Three Junior Level Spiritual Spring on the island, combined with my Tier Three Advanced Spirit Gathering Array, plus these hundred thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones I have, should suffice for my cultivation, right?”

Far from conflict, the Sea Domain is rich in resources.

Yet due to lacking any Spirit Vein, High-Tier cultivators totally overlook this place, while Low-Tier ones can’t take control.

Li Jizhou considered this spot far more stable and long-lasting for cultivation compared to inside the Purple Vine Mountain Range.

Crucially, Jiang Li’s innate Water Spirit Body was nearly ready to condense the Heavenly Essence Dew.

“Hmm?” Suddenly, having reached the sky above the Sea Domain, Li Jizhou’s face turned stone-cold.

Gazing across, he saw that all nine small islands of the Five Elders Association’s Sea Domain, including the main island, were nothing but ruins.

Not a single intact building remained on the entire island.

It seemed as though a supreme magical power had obliterated it all with a single blow.

Upon closer inspection of the devastation, there were rotted flesh and dry bones, indicating half a year had passed.

“What is the reason? How is this place related to the conflict between righteous and demonic forces? Why was this place exterminated?” Li Jizhou’s brows furrowed deeply.

Decades ago, when the Demon Sect guarded the Southern Domain’s Spirit Vein at the Corpse Nurturing Land, Li Jizhou had sent Puppet Substitute Master Huangshi, indirectly saving the Sea Domain of the Five Elders Association, and rescuing numerous islanders.

That time, the Demon Sect’s goal was merely blood sacrifice.

Li Jizhou initially thought that with the Demon Sect and the righteous cultivators’ battle raging on, there was no reason to eliminate a seemingly irrelevant Sea Domain.

Yet, the scene before him caused his heart to tighten.

After a moment’s silence, Li Jizhou decisively took Guagua straight to the main island’s Spiritual Energy Spring.

Although small in scope, the concentration was substantial.

More importantly, the Spiritual Qi here was best for Water, Earth, and Wood Spirit Root physique cultivators.

Fortunately, the Spiritual Energy Spring still existed, its concentration no less potent than when Li Jizhou previously visited.

Li Jizhou placed Guagua directly on the Spring, allowing the rich Spiritual Qi to assault the Immobilization Talisman Restriction on Guagua.

“Such abundant Spiritual Qi flushing, probably won’t even take three days!”

Meanwhile,

The four women Hua, Hong, Liu, and Lu, shifted through the sensed directions, their expressions constantly changing.

“Fleeing so swiftly from the Purple Vine Mountain Range to the Sea Domain?”

“Could it be a Sea Domain survivor seeking revenge?”

“Heh, the most formidable in the Sea Domain would be that Jiang Li girl. Our young master eagerly awaits her to condense the Heavenly Essence Dew. Besides her, no strong entities exist in the entire Sea Domain!”

“Hmph! They’ve indeed stopped, really halted within the Sea Domain!”

The four women carefully discerned the specific location, finally confirming the exact point.

This led them to suspect that the perpetrator might be a survivor from their mission to forcefully seize the Sea Domain’s Island Lord Jiang Li half a year ago, bloodily slaughtering the entire island to coerce Jiang Li.

However, they had no worries about the cultivator strength of the Sea Domain!

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