Chapter 99: Master
But even if the abyss of despair is ahead, what does it matter? As the Tiger Soul, I can’t shout out loud, and communicating with them would waste my spiritual power. I simply don’t care about that old man.
But for Xiao Chengqian and Lin Chen, I shook my head. Xiao Chengqian was disappointed, and there was a kind of desperate anxiety on his face. After all, who could bear to see a friend’s soul scattered before their eyes?
As for Lin Chen, his face revealed a kind of incomprehension at my “persistence in ignorance.” I guess he thought I wouldn’t be able to judge the situation.
At this time, a voice of scolding sounded behind me: “Fart! I am a descendant of the Li family. As soon as I enter the door, I will be a member of this family for life. I will never forget the great kindness and affection in my heart. If you want me to betray you, you are farting in the face of your ancestors.”
The one who was scolding was Brother Chengxin. I looked at him and realized that he was really scolding with great pleasure! He scolded everything I wanted to scold.
But obviously, the words were too vicious, and they angered the old man. He looked at us coldly and said, “Hmph, stubborn brats who refuse to see the light. But you won’t get away with it. You’ll be left alive. You’re not taking the good road, but you insist on taking the bad road to show off. This is the stone in the latrine, the old Li line?
Of course, I was the one who was going to be left alive, but I wasn’t going to give them that chance!
At this time, the black energy that had been wrapped around the King of Ghosts had already become very faint. Finally, after the King of Ghosts let out another long howl, a black King of Ghosts finally appeared!
It had truly reached the pinnacle of its power. After it had fully awakened, it immediately used its cold eyes to survey me, the existence that had given it endless obstruction and harassment. In the next moment, it did not hesitate to slap me with a palm, reaching the extreme speed!
I had no choice but to face it. At that moment, no one knew but myself that if I fought again, I would probably be killed. But strangely, I didn’t feel the slightest bit of sadness in my heart.
What is there to be sad about? When I was very young, my parents and sister loved me so much, and I grew up in peace with my master in the Bamboo Forest. When I grew up, I had friends and fellow disciples who I could entrust my life to, and I also had such a loving relationship. There was such a beautiful woman who loved me so much… In my life, although I have lost so much, I really have no regrets!
I thought I was going to die, but then a loud noise like a thunderclap appeared in the entire valley, followed by endless tremors. The energy from this tremor was so great that even I, as a spirit, and the King of Ghosts, were both unable to stand still from the shockwave. I fell straight from the sky, while the King of Ghosts took a few steps back!
The sound of ‘boom’ ‘boom’ ‘boom’ was unceasing. At this time, no one in the entire valley could stand steadily, or support themselves, or fall to the ground. Everyone’s expression was filled with fear and confusion. What the hell was going on?
Only I thought of it at the first moment鈥攖he master has broken the formation!
So, I looked over to my master’s direction first. It was still covered in smoke and fog, but the roaring sound had gradually disappeared. Then a voice came out of the smoke: “Is this the best that the descendants of Wu Tian can do? On the one hand, you bully my old Li lineage, and on the other hand, you incite my disciples to rebel against the school. Don’t you have any sense of morality?”
Wu Tian? Who is Wu Tian? At first I didn’t react, but later I realized that Wu Tian must be my master’s younger brother, the ancestor of Xiao Chengqian’s lineage, right?
As the voice came out, the dust and smoke finally gradually dispersed. A figure came out of the dust and smoke with his hands behind his back. Behind him was a shocking building, a long wall full of a wild atmosphere, simple and unadorned. In the middle of the long wall was a stone door frame without a door. Inside the door frame, it was faint and indistinct. I only felt that behind the door, everything was a bit like a high-temperature perspective, and some things were faint and distorted!
The figure that came out was me, and also my master. He had finally completed the task of breaking the formation!
However, the other party did not know the specific situation and only thought that I, the arrogant little brat, had “returned to life.” The people of Xiao Chengqian’s lineage were even more angry, scolding me one after another because, as a junior, I had directly called their ancestor’s name, which was absolutely intolerable!
So, the old man who was just scolded by Brother Chengxin directly urged him, “What are you still talking about? Tell the Ghost King to destroy them.”
The ghost king roared and rushed directly at us. This time, with an irresistible momentum, we couldn’t stop it no matter what. However, I didn’t expect that the master was still dissipating, just drawing a spell in the air. A bolt of lightning actually fell from the big hole in the person’s head and fell straight at the ghost king!
For evil things, lightning is naturally the most restraining force. After the first strike, the ghost king howled and took a few steps back. Where the lightning had struck, it had left a red mark with black smoke.
But what is going on here? Isn’t this place supposed to resist the Five Elements? Looking at the crack, I realized that the great technique just performed by the Grand Master had created a hole in the special space created by the existence of this ancient dragon, and the Five Elements outside could naturally be drawn in!
“The Five Elements Technique, how is that possible? Who are you?”
“What’s going on? Is the heavens helping that Chen Chengyi kid?”
“Impossible, how could there be the Five Elements Art? No, he was actually drawing symbols in midair and casting spells instantly. How could he…”
With just a simple hand gesture, he has already shocked everyone. If he can summon thunder here, the Ghost King will be truly restrained, because unlike the little ghost, which uses resentment as its “vitality” and murderous intent as its “lethality,” thunder and lightning will not have such a great effect on it.
But the Ghost King is different. This purely evil existence is precisely what is restrained by lightning. This is only ordinary lightning, not real thunder, and it has already caused such damage to the Ghost King.
Without paying any attention to the people’s comments, the master spoke up and said to me, “Chengyi, step back and remove the state of the soul union. We will take care of this guy for a while.”
Us? Who else? I was puzzled, but still moved. Brother Chengxin’s tears had already flowed down. The protection of the sect and the desperate loneliness of the sect formed a strong contrast at this moment!
I removed the soul union at the first opportunity, and my soul returned to the spirit platform. But Shahu did not return with me. I saw with my own eyes on the spirit platform that Shahu involuntarily entered the stone gate full of vicissitudes of life together with the other three demon spirits.
Also going in was Ru Xue! Ru Xue… My sadness welled up again.
“If it’s not meant to be, don’t force it. Cherish the opportunity, cherish the opportunity, not the obsession of wanting to possess it in your heart. Foolish boy, why don’t you let go?” Sensing my emotions, suddenly a thought from my master’s mind was conveyed to me.
I was stunned. This simple sentence from the master was repeated in my mind, and the sadness in my heart was somehow lessened. But this time, the master was a bit too vivid, wasn’t he?
Before I had time to think about it, I felt another thought.
“The power of the five elements that can be borrowed here is ultimately limited. Killing this existence is not enough! However, blocking it for you during the time I calculated is enough. At that time, you will have the opportunity to resolve the crisis for you. This time, let the teachers of the Li family protect you, and let me and my disciples form the Thunder Array together!”
I didn’t react for a moment. All I could think of was the scene from that year when we were in the valley of the Black Smoke Miao Village, when dozens of Taoist priests stepped on the qi and formed the Thunder Array to deal with the evil insects!
I just subconsciously thought that at the time, Master was leading the formation and using the power of so many people, but if Grand Master and Master worked together to form the formation, then a simplified version of the Thunder Formation might not be impossible to form!
At this point, I finally realized what was going on. Master, Grandmaster and Master are going to form a formation together? But where is Master?
Here, Grandmaster has already begun to move his feet to form a protective barrier. Facing the onslaught of the Ghost King, just like last time in the secret chamber, Grandmaster can actually concentrate on two things at once, gathering the symbols in midair, and then blocking them with a bolt of lightning. What a dashing and elegant demeanor!
But none of this could attract me, because in the spirit world, I clearly saw that after the simple stone door, after a ripple of water-like waves spread out, a figure, also with his hands behind his back, walked out!
Still with messy hair, an unkempt beard, dirty clothes, and a somewhat unkempt ease, he appeared lewd and familiar, so familiar, so friendly鈥擬aster!
It was really Master who had come out from behind the stone door. Seeing him again, the sadness in my heart seemed to come from the depths of my soul. My eyes actually shed tears, and I couldn’t help it!
You have to know that this body is being used by my master right now.
“Foolish boy, the disciple that Li Chun’er taught is just as stubborn as he is.” The thoughts of the master came, accompanied by a sigh from the master.