The Forbidden Path to Immortality - Chapter 39

Chapter 4 Bloody Night

The night gradually deepened, and the palace was like a giant beast, sleeping soundly.

That night, there seemed to be no changes, but Li Xun was uneasy, and he was a little impetuous when meditating.

Yin Sanren’s reaction today was too strange. After hearing about Lin Wuyou’s plan to leave and the time when Li Xin would start the rebellion, he didn’t say anything. Could it be that the information he got from Concubine Qin was wrong?

As he was thinking, his heart moved. The sound from outside came in, revealing a completely different flavor from usual. He frowned, grabbed the sword, and just as he stood up, he heard a loud noise, and then, the fire outside was bright, shining directly into the room.

Taoist Li, you have confused the current emperor, debauched the court, embezzled the treasures of the inner treasury, and colluded with the traitors to commit crimes. You deserve to be killed. Soldiers, follow me to capture him! “

There was a shout from all directions. Amidst the loud noise, I don’t know how many people responded. They were so powerful and brave that they seemed like an elite army. When Li Xun heard this voice, even though he had extraordinary magical powers, he was still stunned.

But now was not the time to think about such problems. Li Xun didn’t hesitate any longer and pushed the door open. Along the way, he saw countless eunuchs and palace maids with weak legs. The soldiers who were approaching quickly from the front yard had already knocked open many doors, with swords drawn, ready to kill. Someone

with sharp eyes saw Li Xun and immediately shouted, “The traitor is here!”

Immediately, dozens of soldiers rushed over with swords in hand. There were countless archers around who climbed onto the roof and drew their bows.

Li Xun was too lazy to speak. He unsheathed the green jade sword and sword energy burst out in all directions. There was no need for any magic formula to activate it. The surging sword energy gushed out like a torrent, sweeping the soldiers who rushed up and throwing them out in all directions.

“Shoot! “The officer in charge shouted loudly, and arrows rained down from all directions.

However, in the courtyard, apart from the soldiers lying on the ground and groaning, there was no sign of Li Xun. The officer was stunned. He felt a chill on his neck. He had been hit by the sword and could not utter a word.

“Who ordered you? “A question that could not be more ordinary, but in the ears of the officer, it was indescribably mysterious and gloomy.

His head was dizzy, and he blurted out for some reason: “By order of Lord Jin…” He realized something was wrong and hurriedly stopped. Suddenly, his back hurt. Li Xun kicked him off the roof and he fell with a bloody head.

Li Xun’s sword energy did not stop, and he swung it smoothly. Soldiers on all sides fell from the roof like dumplings. It was already a mess. His hands were relaxed, but his heart was not. He was very puzzled. How could someone else be involved? How did the matter get exposed? He

thought for a while but got nothing. At this time, the palace had already been in chaos. People shouted: “Prince Fu is rebelling. Lord Jin and General Hu are entering the palace to protect the emperor!”

“The two traitors Jin Zhicheng and Hu Qing have kidnapped the emperor and are plotting something evil. All officials have summoned their family generals to enter the palace to protect the emperor!”

“The fake imperial teacher killed the emperor!”

“The emperor has passed away…”

These voices were heard only in twos and threes at first, but later on, they were heard throughout the palace, and even began to spread from the Forbidden Palace to the outer city.

Li Xun felt dizzy after hearing this, so he simply flew into the air and looked up. He saw that there were already four or five fires in the entire palace. There were soldiers of the Imperial Guards everywhere, and palace maids and eunuchs were fleeing in panic.

After a few breaths, the sound of killing suddenly shook the sky outside the palace. Li Xun turned around and saw fires everywhere in the West City and the South City.

The fire spread to most of the city in just a blink of an eye. Countless figures were running and crying, but it was no use to the fire. In the blink of an eye, it became unstoppable. The blood-red light illuminated the night sky, as if it were daytime.

Seeing all this, and thinking about the consequences of this matter, Li Xun felt his hands and feet were cold, and a chill went straight through his forehead.

He had some vague ideas, but he couldn’t think more clearly in his anxiety. He was stunned in the air for a long time before he realized that the most important thing at the moment was not anything else, but the safety of his family!

The capital was in chaos, which was completely inconsistent with Prince Fu’s previous plan. In the chaos, Who knows if he has the power to defend himself? Li Xun thought about this and without hesitation, he raised his sword and threw it towards Prince Fu’s palace.

However, after flying about a hundred steps, he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his head. Then, the temperature in the night sky seemed to drop several times. The Zhen Qi that was quickly injected instantly increased by an unknown number of levels. The powerful explosive force made the entire space vibrate.

Li Xun had clearly sensed it, but it was not until he wanted to swing his sword to protect himself that he realized how insignificant his speed was under such an attack.

In a flash, a cold finger tapped the back of his head . A gentle piercing of true energy pierced his vision, and his vision went dark before he passed out.

At that very moment, he understood everything! “

Yin Sanren!

Chaos!”

As Lin Wuyou spoke, the inn was already empty, devoid of a single figure. The strange crackling of flames was like millions of reptiles swiftly moving towards them. The red flames shone through the window lattices and doors, filling the entire lobby and exuding a strange odor mixed with the aroma of flesh and blood.

Lin Wuyou wrinkled her nose, sniffed gently, and then covered her mouth and nose. “How dirty! How awful! Aunt Qing is right!”

She peered out to look at the fire outside, her eyes rolling. She exclaimed with joy, “I thought there was nothing fun to do, but now is the perfect time, isn’t it? Aunt Qing, Aunt Qing?”

The fire suddenly grew in size under the night wind, and the sound of houses collapsing outside was incessant. Some flames had even spread here.

Qingluan sat in the center of the inn’s lobby, watching the girl’s mischief. Initially, she didn’t seem to mind much, but the moment the girl called out, a cold glint flashed in her bright eyes.

Lin Wuyou turned around and asked, rather coquettishly, “Auntie Qing, did you hear me?” As she spoke, she turned around. The roar of the flames outside intensified. Qingluan still didn’t answer. Furiously, she stamped her foot and began to walk inside.

One step, two!

The moment she took her second step, a low whistle erupted from Qingluan’s lips, instantly permeating the entire hall, shaking it violently.

Simultaneously, a blood-red figure burst through the wall behind Lin Wuyou, sending sparks raining down as it charged towards the girl!

At that moment, Lin Wuyou’s form seemed to vanish from thin air. No matter how swift the figure behind him was, when he reached out to grab him, all he encountered was a faint illusion. Lin Wuyou had already landed behind Qingluan, letting out a long sigh. “

How fierce! Uncle, don’t you know this is rude?” The young girl patted her chest. Though her mouth was filled with fear, her face remained smiling, without a trace of fear.

With a long laugh, Xue Sanren waved his sleeves, deflecting Qingluan’s silent and soundless True Qi sword energy. His face showed no embarrassment at his failed sneak attack on a younger generation. He simply clapped his hands and smiled, “Qixia’s daughter is unworthy of her mother, unresembling her father, and even less like Fairy Qingluan. Where did she learn this eccentric personality?”

Lin Wuyou made a face at him and retreated, resolute to remain silent. At this moment, Qingluan spoke coldly, “Wei Bufan, what brings you here?” “

Qingluan’s voice wasn’t actually very cold, but she was very frugal with words, as if she would be guilty of swearing if she said one more word. That condescending, arrogant and cold tone made people feel uncomfortable no matter how they listened to it.

Xue Sanren knew her temper and simply smiled. “Gu Zhixuan is so good at keeping secrets! The last time we met, he was completely thorough… What’s going on? Has Fairy Qingluan’s mysophobia been cured? Or has Gu Zhixuan truly improved, allowing him to sleep with Qixia and Qingluan?”

A murderous glint flashed in Qingluan’s eyes. The thing she hated most in her life, deliberately or unintentionally provoked by Xue Sanren, was unbearable for her, no matter how refined her character was. Furthermore, her own temperament was far from gentle.

Although she still didn’t understand why Xue Sanren was here and bothering her, she didn’t ask. With a slight flip of her hand, tucked into her sleeve, the world suddenly turned upside down!

Xue Sanren let out a long laugh, and as his bloody shadow swirled, he soared into the air, his feet billowing with dust. The vast inn and the dozen or so surrounding buildings were reduced to dust in an instant.

Below, Qing Luan soared through the air, untouched by dust. With a wave of her sleeves, the entire sky groaned under the weight of the weight. Fires within a radius of several miles were instantly extinguished, then raged ever more fiercely.

Xue Sanren stretched out his five fingers, then violently contracted them. With a thud, both figures paused, then retreated in separate directions.

While still in flight, Xue Sanren suddenly spun high, his blood-red robes shrouding him, transforming his entire form into a blurry, bloody shadow. Then, with a bang, it expanded like a surging sea of blood, instantly engulfing a small portion of the sky. Against the swirling flames below, it was a scene of extreme v*olence and strangeness.

Facing Xue Sanren’s full-throttle Blood God Power, Qing Luan maintained her usual coolness. Her sleeves fluttered, sweeping diagonally from top to bottom, like a divine bird spreading its wings across the universe, breaking the wind and waves, sweeping across a thousand miles.

A faint blue rainbow shone across the night sky, fleeting in a flash. Suddenly, those fleeing in panic on the ground felt a throbbing, trembling sound in their ears. Though quiet, it was remarkably clear and continuous. The

lingering cloud vapor in the sky instantly vanished. The force of this single wave of force obliterated a cloudless sky for dozens of miles.

Relentless shockwaves reverberated throughout the area, generating thousands of high-energy shockwaves in the blink of an eye, each powerful enough to shred steel into smithereens. While

Qing Luan’s tens of thousands of years of cultivation had unparalleled true energy, Xue San Ren, a master of his generation, was not much behind. The two were perfectly matched, and a fight like this wouldn’t yield a decisive result even after three days and three nights.

The battle in the sky dragged on for a while, and some turned their attention to the ground.

There was only a quirky, yet childish little girl on the ground. By demonic standards, Lin Wu You was only about three or four years old.

So, when Qin Wanru slowly moved her steps and gradually approached the other party, she did not expect that the next moment the little girl would turn around and giggle: “Beautiful beauty… this sister looks unfamiliar! What’s your name?”

Qin Wanru was a little surprised. She began to understand the reason for Li Xun’s ugly face every time he called the little girl back.

Fortunately, she was not an ordinary person. She was not embarrassed when her whereabouts were discovered. She just smiled gently, and her slender fingers brushed across her temples: “Miss Wuyou is also very beautiful! My last name is Qin, you can call me Sister Qin, let’s get closer in the future!”

“Okay!” Lin Wuyou blinked, with an innocent look on her face, “But, my mother told me not to get too close to strangers, at least I have to be accompanied by her or Aunt Qing, and that’s not possible with me! “

As she said this, she wrinkled her nose regretfully, which was very cute.

Qin Wanru smiled unconsciously, but then her expression changed slightly. She took a step forward, but it was too late.

Two metal wings suddenly popped out from behind Lin Wuyou. The wings were nearly half a foot long, silver-white in color, with smooth curves, and engraved with complex and dazzling runes. Facing the night wind, with a buzzing sound, Lin Wuyou flew straight into the air with a whoosh.

“Night Demon Shadowless? “

Qin Wanru had not expected to see such a rare treasure here.

This pair of flying wings, developed by the craftsmen of Qianfan City in Tianxinghai, is only one of two pairs in the world. When activated by special spells, the speed of carrying people is almost the same as that of ordinary flying swords.

And at night, the changes in the vitality of heaven and earth will activate the special restrictions, and the speed can be increased by another 30%. It is so magical that even the monks of Luoyu Sect, who are known for

their ability to escape “without a shadow for a thousand miles”, will be left behind.

When Qin Wanru saw this treasure, she knew that there was no way to deal with this little ghost tonight. She shook her head slightly and stopped chasing.

Only the clear voice of Lin Wuyou was heard from the sky: “Aunt Qing, I’m leaving first! Catch up quickly!” When the last word came out, the figure of the girl was already hundreds of miles away, and her voice became more and more ethereal.

On the ground, Qin Wanru turned her head slightly, thought for a while, and a look of amazement appeared on her face: “Go when you should go, without any delay. How many people in the Tongxuan Realm can make such a decisive decision? The future is limitless…”

She looked up at the sky, her face was calm, the fierce battle in the sky showed no signs of stopping, she looked at the sky, but thought in her heart: “If it were on ordinary days, as the God of Qingluan, Lin Wuyou’s choice could be said to be the most correct, but today, it is worth discussing!”

Just thinking of this, she moved in her heart, and slightly stepped aside, and a body next to her fell heavily at her feet, unconscious. It was Li Xun, who had had countless physical intimacy with her.

At this time, there was still shock and anger on his face. It can be imagined what he was thinking when he was knocked unconscious.

Qin Wanru sighed slightly in her heart, and she ignored him, but raised her head again and looked towards the battlefield. It seems that the battle should have come to an end.

As soon as this thought appeared, a sharp and long cry rang out in the sky, and almost at the same time, the earth boomed. Suddenly, a roar rang out. The hard, frozen winter soil seemed to have transformed into a murky, muddy water, heaving and surging endlessly.

In that instant, hundreds of thousands of homes in Songjing collapsed, and at least 100,000 people perished in this sudden disaster.

A surge of resentment rose to the sky. To the west

of the city, a blinding blood-red light condensed into a pillar as thick as a man’s arms, like a demon’s longsword, piercing the darkness and piercing the sky.

Immediately afterwards, similar pillars of light shot up from the south, east, and north of the city. Even though Qin Wanru was prepared, she felt a sudden sinking sensation.

With a crack, the earth at her feet cracked open, and another wave of shockwaves, ten times stronger than the previous earthquake, exploded. The ground instantly cracked, and countless dark red smoke spread out from the dense cracks in the ground. It quickly condensed into water droplets of the same color, covering the cracks.

Qin Wanru pulled Li Xun and slowly flew up, looking down at the capital from above. Everywhere she looked, she saw blood-red scars, spread like a spider web throughout the city, which was shocking.

As time passed, these blood-red cracks began to spew out flames that seemed to be tangible. If civilians touched them, they would be burned to death.

The screams and wails in the capital suddenly increased by several levels.

In the sky, Xue Sanren laughed again: “Fairy Qingluan, how does my Blood Nightmare Soul-Breaking Killing Formation compare to the Heavenly Punishment Formation back then? “

Qingluan did not respond immediately, but a series of explosions sounded in the sky, suppressing Xue Sanren’s laughter.

Then, a streak of green light transformed into a rainbow, hurtling towards the city.

At first, it seemed nothing, but only twenty miles out of the city, the sky erupted in a thousand blood-red lightning serpents, illuminating half the dark sky in a crimson crimson. The green light ceased as it touched, and behind it, a faint stream of water vapor followed, intersecting the green rainbow.

The rainbow dimmed and plummeted towards the ground.

Qin Wanru, following the instructions of the Yin Sanren, carried Li Xun and entered the cave outside the west city. Although the two Sanren had kept their details secret, this was her first time in such a secret location. As soon as she entered the cave, she sensed a faint sense of oppression all around, evidently a hidden device within.

Her vast knowledge, after a few more observations, enabled her to recognize it as a “transformed Yin Qi,” forged from the earth’s energy, the convergence of a hundred Yin elements, and the ultimate power of acquired nature.

The runes carved on all four sides were used to gather the earth’s Yin energy. They had now reached perfection, and all that remained was to use the “breaking pattern” technique to block all the Yin energy within.

She knew exactly what she was going to do next, and without hesitation, she headed deeper into the cave.

Just as Yin Sanren had said, within the pool of Yin energy, a clear spring gurgled, forming a small pool. This was the “Transformation Pond.”

She saw countless intricate, ancient patterns surrounding the pool, extending all the way to the bottom, forming a small circular hole in the center, encircling the spring.

These patterns were distinctly different from the rest of the cave, and Qin Wanru immediately recognized them as Yin Sanren’s work.

According to her plan, she would place the young man in her possession into the Transformation Pond and then stand guard. However, for some reason, she suddenly felt something unsettled, as if she had forgotten something, and it was something incredibly important!

Li Xun’s back was already stained by the pool water, and in the blink of an eye, a thick layer of ice formed on it. Qin Wanru’s hands felt heavy, and at that moment, a flash of light flashed through her mind—”Ahem… Damn it, how did I miss this trick?” Li Xun climbed out of the transformation pool in a panic, shaking off the thick layer of ice, shattering it completely.

Although he looked shattered, he felt immense joy in his heart. Looking at the submissive Concubine Qin beside him, he chuckled softly.

He had won the gamble!

With only this one chip in hand, he threw it away like a gambler desperate to lose everything, and then there would be a generous reward bestowed by heaven.

He was betting that Concubine Qin was deeply trusted by Yin Sanren, that she would join in this plan, and even that she would be close enough to help him in time.

This incident was arguably the most complex of all Li Xun’s plans, so much so that he had no idea whether he would be greeted by Yin Sanren’s mocking smile when he opened his eyes. May

Heaven protect him!

Since the heavens were so kind, Li Xun would not waste another opportunity. After learning about the situation outside from Concubine Qin, he wasted no time, heading to a corner of the cave and unearthing the numerous tools he had buried five days prior.

He looked at Concubine Qin and beckoned her: “Let me in!” “

The Concubine Qin came as ordered, her figure was graceful, her mind was clear and her eyes were bright, without any sign of being restrained, but she was as obedient as a kitten, as if Li Xun had been her master from beginning to end, everything was so natural, which was the beauty of the soul-driving, soul-refining and heart-opening technique.

Li Xun looked at his masterpiece, and even though the situation was urgent, he had to smile for himself. As long as he could control this woman, he could snatch a ray of hope from a situation where there was no hope of survival!

Just as he was thinking about it, the surrounding Qi suddenly changed, and the Yin Qi that was originally flowing in the cave suddenly choked, and it was like the weather before a thunderstorm, dull and depressing to the extreme.

Li Xun was shocked and then happy . He waved his hand and asked Concubine Qin to do her thing while he went to the other side to make arrangements.

He had just taken two steps when a thunderclap sounded above his head, making his ears buzz. Immediately following, there were more than ten explosions that were no less powerful!

The continuous sonic booms caused the rock wall above his head to crack, and gravel and sand, along with the water above, poured down like a rainstorm.

Li Xun didn’t expect the battle outside the cave to be so fierce. This was clearly not in line with the plan of the two people. Perhaps Qingluan was fierce in nature, and seeing that the situation was hopeless, he had already fought desperately!

The situation was urgent, Li Xun didn’t dare to think too much, and found the dozens of marks he had made a few days ago . Remember, he used the Youming Yin Fire and pressed down the pearls that were only the size of his little finger. When these beads entered the ground, they dissolved like water, and no trace was left on the ground.

No matter how fast Li Xun’s hands and feet were, the war above was still developing much faster than expected. When he pressed the last bead, the changes in the surrounding energy had become so intense that it was almost violent. Ordinary people in this environment would not even be able to breathe.

Although Li Xun was not so useless, the true energy in his body trembled and shrank again and again. He might not be able to use more than 30% of his full strength!

He cursed inwardly, knowing that he had no time to check on Qin Fei again. Without hesitation, he headed straight for the transformation pool, gritted his teeth, and jumped in. Concubine

Qin had already finished everything and stood by the pool with her hands hanging down, looking like a diligent guardian. Everything was no different from when the two of them first entered.

At the moment Li Xun entered the water, the cave’s capacity finally reached its limit. Amidst a wave of head-scratching twisting and friction, the sky outside the cave suddenly rolled back and merged with the ground.

The top of the cave, which was over ten miles wide, and the four walls of the mountain turned to ash and flew away. The water layer in between suddenly scattered, sweeping away everything it could and flowing towards the low-lying areas on all sides.