Chapter Eighty: Qi Refiner · Jianghu Guest

  Zi Hong thought differently, the Inverse Scale Spear was not a divine artifact, but a divine soldier. The divine soldier's main purpose was destruction, even if it absorbed the unclean aura of the land, it could still destroy the energy pathways. Bai Qi's plan was that if he couldn't get it, then Ye Di shouldn't be able to either.

  Towards Yun Meng Zong, Bai Qi's feelings were not deep. What he worried about most was only his master. As for the other branches, they had always wanted to occupy this cultivation treasure land, and Bai Qi was extremely disgusted. As long as his master was fine, he couldn't be bothered to think about the life or death of others.

  It's not surprising that Bai Qi has such thoughts, he himself is a member of the demon tribe, intelligent as he may be, but with clear likes and dislikes. Those people who wish him harm will naturally be remembered in his heart, this isn't hatred, just a kind of disgust.

  Yu Lin Dang liked Jian Xiu, so she married him. When she discovered that Jian Xiu was going to kill her child, she took the initiative and killed him first, without much hesitation. Bai Qi is now also prepared to make a decision. After returning, he will use the power of the blessed land to repair the Inverse Scale Spear. If the Inverse Scale Spear is not repaired, it would be almost impossible for him to cultivate the Qing Lei True Method.

  This kind of adventure, Bai Qi thought he could do it. However, as soon as they left Mo Wu City, they immediately changed their clothes. The two of them changed into ordinary attire, looking like martial artists traveling the world. Zi Hong wore a long sword at his waist, while Bai Qi simply bought a piece of fine iron and forged it onto the outside of his Seven Stars Demon-Subduing Gun, turning this powerful artifact into an ordinary person's weapon, which he slung over his shoulder.

  The south of Mowu City, there is a big gathering, and Bai Qi even bought two fine horses, fed the two fine horses with two top-grade elixirs, making the two fine horses have endless endurance.

  They traveled south without encountering any trouble and didn't rest until they were over 500 miles away from Mo Wu City.

  There was a long pavilion by the roadside, where Bai Qi had released two fine horses to graze on the grass. He and Zi Hong sat in the pavilion, resting and catching their breath. They weren't tired, but they had left Mo Wu City in a hurry, and there were many things they hadn't discussed yet. As they rushed along this road, each of them was preoccupied with their own thoughts, and they lacked communication even more.

  Bai Qi took the elixir and casually released its power. After dozens of breaths, his vitality suddenly recovered to its peak state.

  "Sister..."

  "What's wrong?"

  "This time going back, extremely dangerous."

  "I know."

  "You don't have anything good going for you, why not..."

  "If Master dies, I will avenge her and take care of you." Zi Hong said calmly. She was now dressed in Jianghu attire, with her long black hair tied back behind her, looking spirited and heroic.

  "Tell me about the sect's affairs, I've been cultivating since entering the sect and haven't asked much, Master also doesn't mention it." Bai Qi saw Zi Hong's resolute attitude and knew he couldn't persuade him.

  "There's nothing to say about the outer gate, but the inner gate has 72 peaks and occupies all the places where the Cloud Dream Sect gathers heaven and earth yuanqi. The five veins of disciples are divided into five, among which anyone who advances to the stage of combining dao will enter Fudi to continue cultivating. After the nine states were broken, the immortal realm disappeared, the divine wood was cut off, and if you want to absorb the immortal yuanqi above the nine states, you need to have a blessed land cave heaven or similar space. Otherwise, immortals cannot continue to cultivate, and they die faster than cultivators."

  "Oh? That night, Emperor Ming's palace must have had such a place too?" Bai Qi's heart skipped a beat.

  "It's only natural, apart from the blessed land of Dongtian, there are also Dongfu, which can also release Xianyuan. However, generally speaking, Dongfu is smaller and has limited space. The Night Emperor Sect doesn't have a blessed land, so they set their sights on Yunmeng Zong, plundering it in the past. This way, the Xian people of the Night Emperor Sect can rapidly increase their strength and won't fear falling."

  "How many immortals of the Harmonious Way period are there in Yunmeng?"

  "Haha, junior brother, even immortals have levels. In the initial stage of merging with the Tao, they are only considered false immortals and can withstand three heavenly tribulations without being summoned by the Heavenly Court. In the middle stage of merging with the Tao, they become earthly immortals and must endure six heavenly tribulations. Without a blessed land or a cave heaven, they will surely die, as their immortal energy is insufficient to resist the heavenly tribulations. Only in the later stage of merging with the Tao can one become a true immortal and withstand nine heavenly tribulations. If one can survive the nine heavenly tribulations, they become an unblemished true immortal and cannot roam freely in the mortal world. Otherwise, they will be accompanied by calamitous clouds and unable to do anything, constantly being attacked by tribulation thunder."

  "In other words, only the immortals of the later stages of the Harmony Path are restricted and cannot travel in the Nine States?"

  "Not bad, Yunmeng Zong has a total of thirty-one immortals, I don't know what rank they are. After these immortals entered the blessed land, they never came out again."

  Thirty-one immortals, it sounds like a lot. However, Bai Qi thought for a moment, Kunlun Luofu's sect dared to directly confront the Heavenly Court, that was truly powerful, and no one knew how many immortals they had.

  Just as Bai Qi was about to ask for more details, a dozen or so swift horses came galloping from afar on the official road. The riders were bent forward in their saddles, racing at a speed that seemed to risk the lives of the horses. As a military man born and bred, Bai Qi knew the nature of horses - these animals are normally gentle, but once they form a group and start chasing each other, they can run until they drop dead.

  A trained warhorse, wearing iron armor, dares to charge at anything.

  However, if it wasn't a matter of life and death, few people would treat their horses so carelessly. Those dozen or so people rushed over, seeing the Long Pavilion from afar, as well as two fine horses; the first two men directly jumped off their galloping horses and pounced on Bai Qi's and Zi Yong's horses.

  Bai Qi let out a loud shout, and the two Jianghu heroes on horseback were shocked. They landed accurately on the horses' backs, but the two horses didn't move an inch. One of them couldn't help but use his boot to kick the horse's belly. His boot had spurs, and as soon as he kicked, a huge impact sound came from the boot, and his legs hurt severely. The whole person fell off the horse.

  At this moment, behind the official road, dozens of people rushed over, with smoke and dust under their feet. Bai Qi's eyes were sharp, and he saw that these people had a paper symbol on their armor, all of whom were cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage.

  It's another case of Qi Refiners hunting down Jianghu warriors. Bai Qi watched with a puzzled expression, feeling that something was off. Although there were some powerful innate experts among the warriors who posed a great threat to the Qi Refiners, overall, a late-stage Qi Refiner who had transformed their Qi could easily take on thirty or fifty Jianghu heroes. If they managed to cultivate a Golden Elixir, taking on thousands of enemies would be child's play.

  Warriors are no threat to Qi Refiners, what is Night Emperor's Gate doing?

  I don't know if killing these Qi practitioners will cause the Night Emperor's Gate to send more people out to track me down. Bai Qi judged in his heart, and still stood up, walking towards his horse.

  The warrior who wanted to seize Bái Qǐ's horse turned bright red with rage, unable to control the fine horse, and had no choice but to jump off and retreat. Bái Qǐ stood tall, holding a long spear, clearly not someone to be trifled with. With pursuing soldiers behind him, he didn't want another confrontation with Bái Qǐ.

  However, this man was quick-witted and suddenly clasped his fists together in a salute, saying to Bai Qi: "Younger brother, thank you for coming to meet older brother."

  At this moment, dozens of fast horses also stopped, and the warriors on horseback reined in their horses, facing the main road, concentrating on responding to the enemy.

  Bai Qi let out a sigh, the officials and soldiers of the Jin Dynasty had no ability to resist the Alchemists. These Jianghu heroes, even if they had factions, were nothing but ants in the eyes of the Alchemists. Such struggles weren't even worthy of being called tragic. Seeing this martial artist dragging him down, Bai Qi didn't bother explaining and just smiled, saying: "Now that you're willing to scram, I'll take care of the Alchemist behind us. If you keep making a fuss, I'll kill you along with them."

  The dozens of knights behind the warrior shouted in anger, about to take action, but the leading warrior waved his hand to stop his subordinates, bowed deeply to Bai Qi and said: "Thank you, brother."

  Bai Qi only then observed this person, but it was a congenital nine-grade warrior, the strength was not worth mentioning, and the decisiveness was there. Unfortunately, he wasn't a cultivator, and Bai Qi didn't bother to pay attention, waving his hand to let the man leave.

  He raised his spear and walked towards the approaching cultivator, standing in the middle of the road. When the cultivators were about ten zhang away, he thrust out with his spear.

  A black air burst out from the Seven Star Fumo Gun, forming a dark torrent on the official road, and in the blink of an eye, it engulfed the pursuing Alchemist.

  Among those cultivators, some saw someone blocking the road and had already released flying swords to take Bai Qi's life. However, these cultivators' sword techniques were only at the level of "controlling swords like the wind", and they couldn't grasp anything beyond ten zhang. They planned to get closer within ten zhang before taking action, but unexpectedly, the young warrior in front stabbed out with his spear, enveloping everyone in a whirlwind, making them feel a sharp pain in their chest.

  Those heroic figures of the rivers and lakes had already urged their horses on again. Someone turned his head to see this scene, and shouted in surprise: "Big brother, look!"

  At this time, Zihong stood up in the long pavilion and shouted to Bai Qi from a distance: "Junior brother, leave one alive for questioning."

  "It's too late."

  He thrust out one spear, feeling a surge of power from the Seven Star Fomenter Gun's star stone, somewhat like the True Dragon Seven Kill Spear's energy, but without forming a green dragon illusion. After the spear was thrust out, countless sharp forces within the surging gun energy pierced through the chests of all the incoming cultivators, leaving Bai Qi himself somewhat astonished.

  The power of the Seven Star Demon Gun was far greater than that of his family's True Dragon Seven Kill Gun, and those cultivators fell to their deaths, leaving Bai Qi with an unreal feeling.

  Zi Hong let out a cold hum, a strand of green silk flew up, transforming into dozens of feet long sword energy, stretching across the road. With this move, those Jianghu heroes who wanted to leave no longer had the chance.

  Bai Qi patted his own head and said helplessly, "Sister, these are also living beings, but let's not kill them anyway?"

  Those heroic figures on the road saw a tens of feet long sword energy lying across the road, the horses were stimulated by the sword energy and jumped wildly in place, throwing the knights off their backs.

  The young man who was in charge was agile and jumped down to the ground, letting out a bitter laugh.

  I was mistaken, these two are also Qi Refiners, and they're far more powerful than those who were chasing me.

  Bai Qi held the Qixing Fumo gun on his shoulder and pointed at the young heroic warrior who was leading, saying: "Come over."

  Forced by circumstances, he straightened his clothes and walked towards Bai Qi.

  "Why are the Night Emperor's men pursuing Jianghu martial artists everywhere?" Bai Qi asked directly. The young man's eyes flickered, and Bai Qi said: "If you lie, my master sister will take down everyone with one sword."

  Just as he was about to speak, a gloomy voice came from the sky: "You dare to ruin the Night Emperor's affairs, you'd better die!"

  Bai Qi raised his head, and in the sky above, a bolt of lightning flashed, heading straight for his own head. In that lightning, a golden snake spat out a demonic pellet, its eyes a piercing green, staring fixedly at him.

  In an instant, his whole body was covered in cold sweat.