Chapter Thirty-Seven The Smile of Those Years

  "Thanks for the triple votes, temporarily in first place, but these votes need to be counted for a week, so I hope everyone will continue to work hard tomorrow. Ah, Triple Jiang, forgot to write a thank-you note, let's do it together tomorrow, and by the way, asking for recommendation votes, Monday is approaching, gotta rush to the new book chart"

  Yan Gongzi's body relied on the Xian Dan to gather a bit of Xian Yuan, which was already lost when he broke open the Jiuyuan Copper Coffin. His own cultivated Xian Yuan was sealed and couldn't be used. The Jade Ruler wasn't a close combat weapon either, and his battle with Bai Jian and Jin Shi had reached an embarrassing point.

  Bai Jian was not flustered, his long spear had disappeared and the seven green dragons that had been conjured up had all merged into his armor, making him look like a dragon-man. The power of the True Dragon Seven Kill Spear was growing stronger as it absorbed the remaining dragon pulse in this tomb.

  Yan Gongzi wanted to cry but had no tears, he gritted his teeth and took out the second immortal pellet, hastily swallowing it into his abdomen, forcibly condensing the immortal yuan. The jade ruler above shone brightly, suddenly expanding dozens of times, smashing onto the golden corpse's heavenly canopy.

  This blow, from the golden corpse's five senses, a pale blue flame spurted out, let out a mournful howl, and rapidly retreated backwards.

  Yan Gongzi's heart sank, his jade ruler's strike was equivalent to a full-force blow from a cultivator in the early stages of the Unity Realm. The zombie's skull was surprisingly intact, only its primordial true fire had been knocked out. The golden corpse's primordial true fire was pale blue in color, it seemed that it had already reached the Unity Realm, but during this hour-long battle, the golden corpse's attack power was merely at the level of a cultivator in the Return to Void middle stage.

  Could it be that I will be secretly killed by a zombie!

  He was caught off guard, and Bai Jian's long spear had already stabbed over from the side, heading straight for Yan Gongzi's ribs.

  Yan Gongzi was enraged, this Bai Jian was only equivalent to the initial stage of Returning Void, not even a Lianqi cultivator, yet he dared to provoke him several times. He turned his head and spat out a ring-shaped weapon that flew straight towards Bai Jian's neck.

  The ring-shaped weapon had a sharp edge and flew out silently. Bai Jian shook his body, and on the armor, a green dragon flew up, opened its mouth to swallow the circular weapon, and the dragon's body vibrated hundreds of times in an instant, shattering with a loud noise. Bai Jian's long spear was already stabbed into Yan Gongzi's ribs.

  Bai Jian's spear sent Yan Gongzi flying out, but the sharp tip of the spear did not pierce through Yan Gongzi's long gown.

  Yan Gongzi's jade ruler flew back and struck Bai Jian, but unexpectedly the golden corpse pounced again, rushing straight at Yan Gongzi. Yan Gongzi was furious, his seven orifices smoking with rage, he couldn't understand why the golden corpse had given up attacking Bai Jian and instead targeted him.

  Bai Jian's body swayed, leaving behind a green dragon on the spot. He opened his mouth and spat out a round bead towards the jade ruler. Yan Gongzi only felt some fear at this time, as Bai Jian had already begun to advance to the rank of Land Sword Immortal!

  The term "Land Sword Immortal" is a saying from the Central State, but in reality, a Land Sword Immortal is an extremely powerful martial artist who has reached a realm very close to the Unity stage. If they can take it one step further, they would almost be invincible and immortal. The attacking power of a Land Sword Immortal is on a completely different level compared to a First-Rate Pre-Heavenly martial artist. Yan Gongzi watched as Bai Jian disappeared, and he let out a loud shout, causing the Eight-Sided Shield to fly out and hover around his body.

  The eight trigrams shield flew out, but Bai Jian was unaffected. The golden corpse, however, instantly fell into the mountains, rivers, thunder, and marshes, losing its direction.

  The eight trigrams were arranged in the Eight Gates Locking Heaven Formation, and Bai Jing felt that the innate Yuan Qi within his body was rapidly transforming into a power he couldn't even understand himself, filling his entire body.

  The Eight Gates Locking Heaven Formation in his eyes was still the eight-sided shield, without any illusions appearing. Taking advantage of Yan Gongzi's array deployment, Bai Jian's long spear pierced through the gap between the shields. This spear had all its strength concentrated at the tip, making it seem light and airy.

  With a "poof" sound, the long spear pierced into Yan Gongzi's ribs. Yan Gongzi's expression remained wooden as he quickly retreated to the side, leaving behind a wound the size of a bowl on his body. The wound didn't bleed, and the injured area caused by the spear tip was a warm, pinkish-red muscle that looked like warm jade.

  "I represent the Heavenly Court, you dare to harm me, the crime is unforgivable!" Yan Gongzi's face showed no anger, but he directly took out his golden token and held it up towards Bai Jian. On the purple token, eight ancient seal characters - "Representing Heaven on Patrol, as if I were present in person".

  "Heaven's Way..." Bai Jian's eyebrows were tightly locked, he felt that the green dragon on his armor was about to disintegrate, and the power emitted by the purple Xiao Jin order had almost suppressed the mysterious power that had just formed in his body.

  In Bai Jian's eyes, the pupils suddenly split into four, and the scene in front of him changed again. He saw Yan Gongzi with a cold face, controlling hundreds of yuanqi, absorbing the power of Qinglong on his body.

  Bai Jian's long spear was thrown out of his hand, piercing through the gaps between hundreds of yuanqi threads and stabbing into Yan Gongzi's skull. Yan Gongzi's skull shattered, and he fell backwards. The hundreds of yuanqi dissipated, and Bai Jian took a step forward, his foot landing on Yan Gongzi's chest. Yan Gongzi's ribcage exploded with a loud crack, shattering into pieces, the wound spreading upwards from under his ribs, and a massive gash appeared across his entire chest and abdomen.

  Bai Jian stretched out his hand, a green dragon flew out and coiled around the long spear that had been inserted into the ground, causing the long spear to dance in the air. Yan Gongzi's body was trampled by Bai Jian with several successive kicks, torn into pieces. At this moment, Yan Gongzi knew he was done for.

  Bai Jian didn't give him a chance to recover his body. This body, having soaked in the Xianyuan Pool, could regrow even if it was cut into pieces. But every time Bai Jian stepped on him, the Xianyuan force within Yan Gongzi's body would be absorbed by the Qinglong on Bai Jian's body.

  He was just a fairy man in the early stage of the Taoist path, with limited fairy yuan in his body. If Bai Jian continued to attack like this, he would have no chance of escaping.

  Helpless, the golden light on the gold medal in his hand flew up and merged into his tattered lower body. At least he still had one leg intact. This purple-golden light entered Yan Gongzi's thigh, and Bai Jian's last kick didn't land, but instead bounced him back up.

  This Purple Night Golden Token has the supreme will left by the Heavenly Emperor, which can protect the life of the Heavenly Emperor's Inspector. At the same time, it is also a means to monitor the Heavenly Emperor's Inspector. Yan Gongzi usually seals the one-star Xianyuan bestowed by the Heavenly Emperor with his unique method and never dares to use it, otherwise his reckless behavior in the lower realm will be discovered by the Heavenly Emperor sooner or later.

  If the Heavenly Emperor is in a good mood, he will summon him back to continue doing his thankless job. If the Heavenly Emperor is in a bad mood, he will throw him directly into the Ten Thousand Years Thunder Pool and turn him into pure heavenly essence.

  Yan Gongzi couldn't care about that anymore, hiding from the Heavenly Emperor was a capital offense in itself. But it was still better than being absorbed by this martial artist and ending up as a lonely ghost.

  Moreover, under the nine bronze coffins, there are connected to the nine underground palaces. If he was discovered by the underworld's bailiffs as a heavenly soul, his fate would be even more miserable.

  The nine You spirits are not allowed to enter the mortal realm, and this heavenly rule has never been violated because the mortal realm holds no attraction for the nine You creatures. He is different; after his soul was remade by the Xian Pool, any ghost soldier who even took a half-bite would immediately become a ghost general.

  Yan Gongzi was frightened to death and suddenly released the Purple Star Xian Yuan of the Heavenly Emperor.

  Bai Qi listened intently outside the grand hall, and the sounds of battle suddenly subsided. However, the Inverse Scale Spear within him became extremely agitated. Bai Qi had originally planned to suppress it again, but unexpectedly, the Inverse Scale Spear took matters into its own hands once more, flying out from the mysterious space and transforming into a cyan-gold lightning bolt that pierced through the window of the grand hall and flew inside.

  That Yan Gongzi had already stood up at this time, the places on his body that were destroyed by Bai Jian rapidly regrew, only his face had undergone a transformation.

  The will of heaven is once again emanating from Yan Gongzi, the eight shields that were floating in mid-air all fell to the ground, as if they did not dare to face the aura emitted by Yan Gongzi.

  That golden corpse suddenly broke free from the Eight Gates Locking Yuan Array's encirclement, but was pressed down to the ground by Yan Gongzi's scattered aura. The golden corpse's mouth made a choking sound, as if someone had grabbed its throat, and its eyes spewed out cyan flames that were over a foot long.

  "Who..." A grand and distant voice escaped Yan Gongzi's mouth, as if from the ninth heaven. But before he could say another word, the Inverse Scale Spear broke through the air and flew over, pinning itself into Yan Gongzi's newly grown skull.

  The scales on the reverse scale spear opened and closed, only for a breath of time, Yan Gongzi's body shriveled up again, limp on the ground.

  Bai Qi pushed open the palace gate and jumped in, shouting: "Father, what's wrong!"

  Bai Jing bent down and picked up his long spear, turning around to thrust it at the Golden Corpse who had also stood up at the same time.

  With a loud crack, the Golden Corpse clamped White Jian's long spear with its arms, and the spear instantly twisted into a semicircle. Bai Qi spat out four sword pellets from behind, which simultaneously hit the Golden Corpse's neck, spinning around several times, making a hissing sound, but failed to behead it. Instead, the sword pellets let out a humming sound and flew back into Bai Qi's mouth.

  Niè lín qiāng shā sǐ Yán Gōngzǐ, zhè shí hou yě fēi qǐ lái, gēn zhe Yuè Lún Jiàn Wán fēi rù Bái Qǐ de Yāo Yì Kōng jiān.

  He was furious and depressed, this Inverse Scale Spear he temporarily couldn't control, and this broken spear seemed to be like a person, having suffered serious injuries, it didn't want to easily come out.

  Bai Jin retreated, seeing the golden corpse bending down to pick up the bronze great sword, somewhat helplessly. The golden corpse was almost invulnerable to swords and guns, its own breath had only been harmed by the golden plate, and it was impossible to use the True Dragon Seven Kills again. However, Bai Qi was already behind him, he couldn't retreat any further, if he escaped again, the golden corpse would kill his son.

  Bai Jian thought back to sixteen years ago when he first saw Bai Qi.

  At that time, Bai Qi had a head of black fluffy short hair, looking at him with shiny eyes, smiling brightly. At that moment, Bai Jian made the decision to swap his own daughter with him and let Bai Qi become his son.

  The white solid that had been contradictory for three months could not withstand a smile from Bai Qi.

  He knew that he could no longer have offspring, and without a son, the wealth and nobility of the Bai family would disappear. This was not a big deal, but what about the True Dragon Seven Killings Spear? Who would it be passed down to?

  "Get out of the way, I'll hold off this golden corpse, you quickly escape." Bai Jian stood up his long spear again, without hesitation. Bai Qi was his own son, although doing so was unfair to his daughter.

  After raising him for sixteen years, Bai Jian felt that the one who had made sacrifices was actually Bai Qi. If he knew that he had taken him away from his mother's side, would he hate himself?