A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 231

Chapter 227 Choice, Killing Intent

“What a pity, so what if we know?”

Even top-grade ancient treasures can be quite effective against powerful cultivators, making Six Paths Saint and Wan Sangu extremely wary.

Using them to deal with other cultivators would be even more effective.

He still didn’t believe that Barbarian Beard and Qing Yi could withstand the Soul Refining Gourd’s Soul Refining Wind.

The next moment.

A wisp of black wind was blown out from the gourd’s mouth.

The black wind was initially small, compressed into a small area, like a black ball of light.

But with Jin Kui’s control, as it rushed towards Barbarian Beard and Qing Yi, who were standing side by side, it rapidly expanded, quickly covering hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of feet.

Moreover, a lot of the black wind also blew towards Fengyu Island, dozens of miles behind.

“Jin Kui, you…”

Barbarian Beard was furious upon seeing this.

Qing Yi also frowned.

Could it be that Jin Kui is a sore loser? Was he driven to desperation after being beaten earlier?

That’s true. After all, even ancient treasures have fallen into his “money-grubbing” trap. How could he remain calm after losing such a treasure?

“Let’s go, temporarily avoid the brunt of the attack!”

Qing Yi transmitted his voice.

Immediately, one of them summoned an ancient pendant, using its gentle light to weaken the Soul-Refining Wind, and quickly retreated. The other summoned a ring, which circled around himself, ripples spreading outwards. As these ripples spread, much of the Soul-Refining Wind was pushed away, and he also retreated rapidly.

However, the Soul-Refining Wind spread incredibly fast, like the terrifying shockwave from a nuclear explosion.

This couldn’t be avoided by ordinary escape techniques.

Neither Barbarian Beard nor Qing Yi were able to escape the area covered by the black wind immediately.

Even more strangely, after spreading, the black wind would reconverge. However, it didn’t reconverge with the initial point of diffusion as its center, but rather converged a second time with the target as its center.

At this moment, caught in the black wind, they were like people trapped in a quagmire, unable to escape completely.

The two eerie winds were like two stubborn plasters, impossible to remove once applied.

When the concentration and intensity of the Soul-Refining Eerie Winds reached a certain limit, Qing Yi’s fleeing figure suddenly slowed down, and he let out a painful cry. One

could vaguely see that Qing Yi’s face was somewhat ferocious and distorted, as if he was struggling.

This was because he had been touched by the black winds, which had entered his body and directly attacked his soul.

Around him, dozens of Azure Thorn Birds fell into the sea in droves, their fate unknown. One after another, Azure Nether Needles appeared from the void, then fell into the sea as if they had lost their spirit. Even the other rope that had initially been entangled with Jin Kui’s Immortal Rope was lost and snatched away by Jin Kui.

“Qing Yi…”

Barbarian Beard was shocked.

He also became anxious.

He could only rely on the treasure and the unique nature of the Heaven-Supporting Demonic Art to protect himself and stand at the forefront. Beyond that, he couldn’t help Qing Yi in any other way.

Han Li, hidden in the earth’s veins rushing to the battlefield directly below, watched this scene with a grave expression:

“This treasure gourd is incredibly powerful. Holding this treasure is almost comparable to a special type of Grand Cultivator taking action.”

“Moreover, its attack method is very effective against my Gold-Devouring Insects!”

As for Qing Yi’s situation?

“Qing Yi’s foundation is insufficient, his cultivation technique is weak, and most importantly, his divine sense is inadequate, making his resistance far too poor. He’s bound to suffer this time.”

In the blink of an eye, he looked at Jin Kui and the Soul-Refining Gourd again, somewhat hesitant.

He was considering whether to break ties with the Star Palace.

“My identity in the White Water Sword Sect should still be useful.”

“If, later, I come into contact with the Two Saints, and they are good people, willing to entrust Ling Yuling to me and pass on their Yuan Magnetic Divine Light cultivation to me, allowing me to avoid hundreds of years of detours! This would allow me to directly cultivate the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light to a minor level, to the point where only the final step remains…”

“At that time, it wouldn’t be impossible to give them Creation Pills made from Spirit Candle Fruits and Nascent Soul Pills made from Yinzhi Horses!”

“Even, I could share two portions of the Rejuvenating Water.”

With the help of the Three Treasures, the two who have resumed cultivating the orthodox Star Palace techniques could certainly break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

“If those two can reach the Nascent Soul stage, when I ascend to the Spirit Realm in the future, it will give me a greater chance of success.”

This is a win-win situation.

“Or, after the Two Saints pass away, I could join the Star Palace as a Nascent Soul cultivator from the White Water Sword Sect?”

Han Li muttered to himself.

He was Ling Yuling’s savior; with this identity, he should be able to quickly establish himself in the Star Palace’s upper echelons.

If his cultivation level were not just at the early Nascent Soul stage, but at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, he might be able to catch Ling Yuling’s eye and win her heart.

He was still very interested in the vast wealth of the Star Palace.

If he could get Ling Yuling, this wealth would be his for the taking.

However, if he went all out now and revealed too many of his abilities to Jin Kui, and even let Jin Kui escape, then the above two options would be difficult to achieve. At least, they would become much harder.

If he didn’t intervene, he would be letting Qing Yi lose his physical body, leaving him only with a Nascent Soul and severely weakened. As for the Barbarian Beard,

he would most likely be no match for Jin Kui, who wielded the Soul Refining Gourd, and would be injured or even seriously wounded. If that happened, his relationship with these two would be over.

To stand by and watch them die, especially when they were just shouting for an alliance, could very well lead to them becoming enemies.

“What should I choose?”

Han Li frowned.

Either he could live off a woman and inherit the Star Palace’s legacy.

Alternatively, he could start a business with Barbarian Beard and Qing Yi.

After much deliberation, he still preferred to have both. He could

start a business and also live off his wife. As

an adult, one should have both; why make a choice?

As long as he successfully ambushed Jin Kui and prevented him from escaping, all problems would cease to be problems. Certain weaknesses would no longer be weaknesses. After all, the Star Palace did not know his specific methods.

…

However,

plans cannot keep up with changes.

“Brother Xiao, quickly protect Qing Yi!”

Barbarian Beard suddenly spoke, his voice carrying for hundreds of miles, startling Jin Kui and immediately putting him on high alert.

Han Li, watching from the shadows, secretly sighed in regret.

With the high-level ancient treasure he lent him by his side, Qing Yi could hold on for a while longer, even if he lost some more vital energy.

On his side, if he were to get closer and suddenly unleash the “Yin Demon Slash,” he would have a high chance of severely injuring Jin Kui in one strike.

Unfortunately, the opportunity for a sneak attack was likely gone.

To ensure Qing Yi’s safety, the Barbarian Beard was willing to let him miss this chance for a sneak attack.

What a pity.

“Perhaps even the Barbarian Beard isn’t sure if I can succeed in one strike?”

If he fails, Qing Yi, who was being heavily targeted by the Soul Refining Gourd, would be in dire straits.

The Barbarian Beard didn’t want to gamble.

He only wanted to play it safe.

He only wanted to scare Jin Kui away.

“Buzz…”

Han Li didn’t delay any longer. A sword aura burst from the ground, heading straight for Jin Kui above.

Following the sword light was a beam of light emitted from the Xuanhuang Mirror.

Hundreds more sword lights shot towards different places, surrounding the immobilized Qing Yi. This was the Qingyuan Sword Technique, Sword Shadow Splitting Light.

“There really is someone?”

Jin Kui snorted coldly.

His arrogant expression remained unchanged, but his heart was genuinely slightly chilled.

He never expected that the barbarian from Fengyu Island and Qing Yi had recruited another Nascent Soul cultivator.

And another one at the mid-Nascent Soul stage!

“That barbarian, that Qing Yi, quietly accumulating power, these two have quite the scheme…”

Facing the sword energy that instantly sliced through several miles of clouds and part of the Soul-Refining Wind, Jin Kui, his left hand back behind his back, simply dodged it.

However, when facing the following beam of light, he sensed the danger of the Soul-Destroying Profound Light and didn’t let his guard down. Instead, he quickly formed hand seals with his left hand, erecting a defensive light shield while simultaneously summoning a small ancient treasure shield from his sleeve.

Even if the defensive light shield was broken, the exquisite shield behind it was enough to withstand an attack from a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, to Jin Kui’s surprise, his defensive light shield was completely ineffective against the incoming crystalline profound light, and the small ancient treasure shield he had summoned was frozen into a crystal by the light, its spirituality sealed and no longer under his control.

“Soul-Destroying Profound Light?”

In the Chaotic Star Sea, only one treasure could unleash Soul-Destroying Profound Light: the top-tier ancient treasure, the Profound Yellow Mirror.

“This is that madwoman Wan Sangu’s Profound Yellow Mirror! How did it end up in your hands?”

“Who are you?”

Jin Kui became increasingly wary.

At the same time, he noticed Qing Yi’s situation. Qing Yi had actually broken free from the black wind’s restraints and gained a moment to breathe.

What happened?

Those sword lights… could actually shatter the Soul-Refining Nether Wind?

Hundreds of sword lights formed a strange sword array, rapidly operating to form a massive sphere of sword light. At the center of the sphere was Qing Yi, his face pale and filled with lingering fear. The

Soul-Refining Nether Wind was originally very threatening, but after being shattered by the sword array, its power was greatly reduced as it continued to penetrate the array to target Qing Yi.

Now, colliding with Qing Yi’s defensive ancient treasure, it could no longer penetrate.

That’s right, the Great Geng Sword Array could be used for defense as well as offense.

Han Li, who valued his life more, understood the Great Geng Sword Formation more as a “defense and counterattack.”

This simplified the setup time and difficulty.

After all, it wasn’t about trapping the enemy within a sword formation; any enemy with a modicum of sense would escape and wouldn’t be put on the defensive. Defense,

however, was different.

Defense involved protecting oneself or allies. This could be easily and quickly achieved through coordination between the person and the sword formation. Furthermore , the

defensive sword formation differed slightly from the Great Geng Sword Formation.

The Great Geng Sword Formation’s sword light and threads were sharper and more refined, making it immediately apparent to outsiders as fierce and dangerous. The defensive sword formation, however, prioritized defense over precision and sharpness, focusing instead on thickness. This meant that to outsiders, it didn’t appear as a powerful sword formation capable of fighting beyond one’s level, but rather as a special shield formed by the sword light released by a group of flying swords—nothing more.

Qing Yi, protected by the sword formation, gradually escaped danger.

Seeing most of the dead Thornbirds, he was both shocked and furious. He immediately formed a hand seal and summoned his natal magic weapon, the Azure Nether Needle.

“Jin Kui!”

Even the honest man was enraged.

These Thornbirds had been with him for hundreds of years; to this lonely man, they were no longer pets, but companions.

As a result, seeing him in trouble, the Thornbirds didn’t abandon him, but instead bravely circled around him, protecting him with all their might. Then, most of them died, and the rest suffered soul injuries. Damn

it.

Damn Jin Kui.

Damn Xing Gong.

He hadn’t cared much about Xiao Cha’s alliance and power-building before, but now he secretly regretted it and felt annoyed.

He had incurred a huge debt of gratitude.

It wasn’t a life-saving grace, but it was comparable.

Otherwise, his primordial spirit would have been injured, his physical body destroyed, and most of his essence lost. Even if he escaped with his Nascent Soul, he would have no hope for the rest of his life.

Most importantly, it would have greatly shortened his lifespan.

He could have lived many more years.

A single injury could shorten his lifespan by half. Considering the time wasted on possession and recovery…

the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he hated it.

Just then, an incredibly fast arrow shot from another direction, striking the Soul Refining Gourd and knocking it away. This also interrupted Jin Kui’s spellcasting.

The Soul Refining Wind’s attack on Barbarian Beard and Qing Yi immediately slowed down.

“An opportunity.”

The two began to exert their strength.

Not only that.

Han Li, who had just emerged from the ground, had already used the wind-elemental Nine Heavens Gale Escape technique to fly into the sky, summoning a grayish-white bead:

“Go!”

Inside the bead, a blue ice dragon invisible to outsiders roared towards Jin Kui.

One by one, grayish-white flames like lotus flowers fell from it, drifting towards the Star Palace.

(End of this chapter)