Chapter 96 Emei Seeking Help
Li Yu waved to the girl under the swing and said, "Junior Sister Xin'er, long time no see."
Zhao Xiner looked at Li Yu in surprise and asked, "How did Senior Brother Li know it was me?"
The three sisters look exactly the same, and even their clothes and appearance are no different. Even fellow sisters in the same school often mistake their identities.
Li Yu smiled. From their appearance alone, he really couldn't tell the three Zhao sisters apart.
But in terms of personality, they are still very distinguishable.
The eldest sister, Zhao Pan'er, is the calmest of the three sisters. When Li Yu was killing Zhao Long of the Puppet Sect, it was she who threw the sword to him in time at the critical moment.
The second sister, Zhao Lian'er, is the most well-behaved. She will blush after talking to others and has a shy personality.
The third sister, Zhao Xiner, has the most lively personality. She must be the first one to jump off the swing and greet him.
Bai Qingying and the three Zhao sisters had been here for a while, but Li Yu was refining the elixir just now, so they did not disturb him and waited for him in the front yard.
Zhou Zixuan had already brewed spiritual tea for them and also placed some fruits and vegetables grown in the other courtyard.
Li Yu was busy, so the task of entertaining guests naturally fell on her.
In the pavilion in the bamboo forest, Li Yu sat next to Zhou Zixuan very naturally and took her hand actively.
Zhou Zixuan's face turned slightly red, and her heart was filled with joy.
This means that Li Yu took the initiative to declare her identity in front of outsiders.
This finally made her feel settled, as she had been feeling empty all these days.
Bai Qingying also noticed the change in their relationship and asked with a smile, "Junior Brother Li and Junior Sister Zhou, are they together?"
Li Yu nodded and smiled, "We've just been together for a while."
Before Bai Qingying could say anything, Zhao Xiner sighed and said to Zhao Paner beside her: "Big sister, I asked you to be reserved. Look, it's too late now. Sister Zhou got the upper hand..."
Zhao Pan'er's face turned red after hearing what she said. She tapped her forehead lightly and said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
She pretended to be angry and hit her sister, but a barely perceptible disappointment flashed in the depths of her eyes.
The first time they went out to explore the world, they almost fell into the hands of the evildoers. If it weren't for Senior Brother Li, they would have become a corpse long ago, and perhaps they would have suffered terrible torture before death.
Senior Brother Li is handsome, good at making pills, and he saved them. Naturally, she has some feelings for him.
It’s a pity that when we met again this time, he already had a dual cultivation partner.
Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Bai Qingying changed the subject and said, "Junior Brother Li has won the first-class alchemist competition again. You entered the alchemy path later than me, but your attainments in alchemy have surpassed mine so quickly. It's really shameful..."
Li Yu said: "I would rather not have such a talent for alchemy, as long as I have a talent for cultivation like Senior Sister Bai."
Bai Qingying said: "If you don't have talent in cultivation, how did you make it to the top three of the trial list? This is something that many seniors with excellent talents cannot do. Don't underestimate yourself..."
The two chatted for a while, and then Li Yu asked, "Sister, is there anything you want to do when you come to Kunlun this time?"
Bai Qingying smiled slightly and said, "To be honest, we came to Kunlun this time on the orders of the headmaster. We have something to ask of Junior Brother Li."
Li Yu was stunned by this sentence. The cultivation level of the headmaster of Emei Sect should not be much different from that of his own headmaster. He should be at least a powerful person in the late Nascent Soul stage. He also has a super large sect behind him. What could he do to ask him for a favor?
In terms of cultivation, he has not yet reached the foundation-building stage. In terms of alchemy, he is only a first-grade alchemist who cannot even make second-grade pills. Although Emei is not good at alchemy, there are still dozens of alchemists who are better than him.
Bai Qingying explained, "It's like this. A secret cave in Emei was occupied by disciples of the Soul Refining Sect. Several Emei disciples were detained by them. The Soul Refining Sect asked Emei to exchange some fairy clothes. It is a first-level secret realm that only Qi Refining disciples can enter. Among the Qi Refining disciples of Emei, few are sure that they can save people from the Soul Refining Sect disciples, so they have no choice but to ask Junior Brother Li for help..."
Li Yu was stunned and said: "It's the Soul Refining Sect again..."
Li Yu learned the details of what happened from Bai Qingying.
It was very similar to the last time that Kunlun disciples were captured. A secret cave realm that originally belonged to Emei was discovered by the people of the Soul Refining Sect with another entrance. They took the opportunity to invade, captured the Emei disciples in the secret realm, controlled the entire secret realm, and then blackmailed Emei.
As one of the three major sects of the demonic world, the Soul Refining Sect seems to be extremely keen on extortion.
Bai Qingying said, "Last time, Junior Brother Li single-handedly saved several Kunlun disciples from the Soul Refining Sect. The headmaster had heard about it a long time ago, so he sent me to ask Junior Brother Li to help. Emei is willing to offer a second-grade immortal robe and five Tongmai pills as a reward..."
Li Yu said politely: "Senior sister, you are too polite. We are all one family. I don't want any reward. Where is the secret place? When do we set off?"
With his current strength, above the foundation building stage, he needs to be timid, but below the foundation building stage, he can strike hard.
In the low-level cave heavens without the foundation-building stage, he has no rivals at all.
Bai Qingying smiled and said, "It is my duty to reward you. An Emei Jindan elder has gone to Yuxu Peak to pay a visit to Master Wang. There should be news soon..."
The fact that Emei sent a Jindan elder shows that this matter was not handled through personal relationships, but through the sect's diplomatic channels. This is enough to show that they still attach great importance to this matter.
Soon, a disciple from Yuxu Peak came to Ziyun Peak and told Li Yu that the head master had summoned him.
A moment later, Li Yu, Bai Qingying and the three Zhao sisters arrived at Yuxu Peak.
In the main hall of Yuxu Peak, in addition to Kunlun's head monk Wang Daoxuan, there was also a middle-aged woman wearing Emei fairy clothes.
Bai Qingying and the three Zhao sisters bowed respectfully to Wang Daoxuan: "Greetings, Master Wang."
Wang Daoxuan smiled and said, "No need to be polite."
Then, he looked at Li Yu and asked, "Martial Brother Bai should have told you about the Qingyu Secret Realm. Are you willing to go?"
Li Yu nodded and said, "Disciple is willing to go."
Wang Daoxuan secretly complained in his heart, this kid was hesitant and reluctant to do things for his sect, and he only agreed after being given twenty Tongmai Pills.
He was offering help to Emei, but he agreed so quickly and was so proactive, which was not like the Li Yu he knew.
Looking at the graceful Bai Qingying and the beautiful triplets behind Li Yu, Wang Daoxuan seemed to understand something. Emei came prepared this time and just took advantage of his weakness.
It seems that the news of his lust has reached Emei.
He said nothing more, only said: "With your strength, there shouldn't be any danger in the first-level secret realm, but it's better to be careful. There's no time to lose, you should leave now."
After obtaining permission from the head master, Li Yu, Bai Qingying and others immediately set off for the Qingyu Secret Realm.
The entrance to the Qingyu Secret Realm is in the Emei Mountains, only a hundred miles away from the Emei Cave Heaven. Unfortunately, it is a first-level secret realm, and the space is extremely unstable. People above the Foundation Establishment Stage cannot enter, and those in the Qi Refining Stage cannot enter too much. The mighty Emei is powerless in the face of a mere few Qi Refining Stage disciples from the Soul Refining Sect.
On the way, Li Yu learned that although the Qingyu Secret Realm was not big, the spiritual energy was thin, and there were no spiritual medicines or mineral resources, there was a kind of spiritual silkworm living in the secret realm.
This kind of spiritual silkworm can only survive in the Qingyu Secret Realm and will die if it leaves the secret realm. Their silk is the material for refining low-level fairy clothes. The fairy clothes of Emei are popular in the world of immortal cultivation. The Qingyu Secret Realm is naturally very important to them. The Soul Refining Sect is also sure that they will never give up there, so they made this deal.
Although the Soul Refining Sect's members may not be stronger than Emei disciples, they have the assistance of spirits and ghosts, and their combat power is unique among the disciples of the same level in various sects. In this secret cave realm where high-level talismans cannot be used, they can do whatever they want.
Li Yu still didn't know the situation in Qingyu Secret Realm. If they transferred the Emei disciples to the Soul Refining Sect through another entrance, he would have no way to deal with it. If they were sure that Emei could not do anything to them, things would be much easier.
At this moment, inside the Qingyu Secret Realm.
Unlike the lifeless Xuling Cave, the Qingyu Secret Realm is covered by a dense mulberry forest. These towering giant trees are densely packed together, reaching into the sky and blocking out the sun. The entire secret realm is full of vitality.
Emei originally had a base in the Qingyu Secret Realm. Several Emei disciples raised spiritual silkworms here, collected silk from the silkworms, and sent them to the sect to make fairy clothes. The spiritual coins given to them by the sect every year could also be exchanged for a Tongmai Pill to improve their cultivation.
Days like this are quite leisurely.
Unfortunately, a day ago, this leisurely life was broken by three Soul Refining Sect disciples who suddenly appeared here. With their tyrannical strength, they broke into the Emei stronghold here, locked up the Emei female cultivators in a hall, and set up a formation outside the hall. It was unknown what they wanted to do...
Inside the main hall, an ugly-looking disciple from the Soul Refining Sect walked towards an Emei disciple.
The female disciple turned pale and said in a trembling voice: "You, don't come over here!"
The disciple from the Soul Refining Sect glanced at her and walked past her. Although this Emei disciple was good-looking, he was not like those lustful guys from the Hehuan Sect. He had no interest in women. If she was a ghost, it would be fine...
What's more, the sect has its own rules. They can arrest people, but they cannot do anything to these Emei female disciples. No matter how beautiful they are, they only want money, not sex.
He took out a palm-sized silk cocoon from a bamboo basket beside the female disciple, walked to the other two companions, and said, "This is the material for the Emei fairy clothes. It doesn't look special..."
Another person said, "The Emei Immortal Clothes are, of course, not that simple. They need to be refined using special methods. It is said that they also need to be engraved with complicated array patterns. Otherwise, why do you think that when it comes to Immortal Clothes, all the righteous sects only recognize the Emei ones?"
The Soul Refining Sect disciple put the cocoon back and said with a sigh, "I am Kang Zhi, a person with dual spiritual veins at the peak of Qi Refining. I could have established my foundation half a year ago, but the sect has been reluctant to let me break through and sent me here to do these extortion things. Sigh, it's really shameful..."
The other person said, "We can't do anything about it. Those blessed places with rich resources and abundant spiritual energy are all occupied by the righteous. The inheritance of alchemy and refining equipment also belongs to them. If we don't blackmail them, who else can we blackmail? After all, we also need to practice..."
"The resources should belong to all cultivators. Why should they be given to them?"
"Why? Because they have bigger fists. If we had won the war thousands of years ago, wouldn't the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm and Kunlun Cave Heaven be ours? The Heavenly Dao Sect, Kunlun Shushan and the like might be the Demonic Dao now..."
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Two Soul Refining Sect disciples were complaining there, while the last one remained silent.
At a certain moment, the disciple named Kang Zhi touched him with his shoulder and asked, "Old Xu, how was your Five Ghosts Soul-Snatching Formation broken last time? Is that Kunlun disciple really that strong?"
Xu Yi said unhappily, "You ask me, who should I ask? That guy is very evil. If you meet him next time, you'd better be careful."
Obviously, that kid's strength couldn't reach the foundation-building stage, but he gave him the feeling that he was stronger than the old monster who was at the foundation-building stage.
He still doesn't understand how his five ghost spirits died suddenly.
The five spirit ghosts were raised by him with great efforts relying on the influence of his ancestors, but they were all killed by that man in just one battle. In the past, he could fight against the five spirit vein geniuses of Tiandao Sect with the help of the five ghosts' soul-capturing. Now, he only has one spirit ghost of the ninth level of Qi Refining, and his combat power, which was at its peak of 100%, is now less than three levels.
Later, after investigation, he found out that the man was a rookie from Kunlun Sect. He did not have much talent, but was a great gigolo. He was with a favored daughter of Kunlun Sect, and his cultivation improved extremely quickly. It must be that the daughter gave him some powerful magic weapon that had a strong restraint on spirits and ghosts.
It's a pity that his ghost was killed, and some people even suspected that he deliberately let it go, and whether he was an undercover agent of the righteous path...
"I've also heard of Li Yu. He seems to be a great alchemist."
"I heard that he made it into the top five in Kunlun's illusion trial."
"In the incident at Xuling Cave Heaven, the sect failed to extort money and was blackmailed instead. I heard that the losses were heavy. Many elders did not even have their quota of Soul Nourishing Pills for that month..."
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In the last battle at Xu Ling Cave Heaven, the Soul Refining Sect had the upper hand, but then the situation took a sharp turn. Not only were the captured Kunlun disciples rescued, but several disciples of the sect were also captured by the Kunlun faction. The sect paid a huge price to redeem them.
As the two were discussing this, one of them suddenly looked moved and said, "Someone came in."
Another person laughed and said, "It must be someone from the Emei Sect who is here to deliver immortal clothes."
The three of them walked out of the hall together and saw a young man across the formation.
When he saw that figure, Xu Yi's body shook and he felt a black screen in front of his eyes.
Why is it him again!
Isn’t he from Kunlun?
What are you doing in the secret place of Emei?
In the Qingyu Secret Realm, Li Yu stood outside a protective formation and saw three disciples of the Soul Refining Sect walking out of a hall. He thought that the Soul Refining Sect really had confidence in their disciples and was sure that Emei could not do anything to them in this level of secret realm.
Among the three, there was actually a familiar face.
He remembered that the disciple of the Soul Refining Sect was named Xu, and had dual spiritual veins at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining. He was captured by him. Later, the Soul Refining Sect paid a certain price and took him away from Xu Ling Cave Heaven.
Unexpectedly, the two met again in Qingyu Secret Realm this time.
A disciple of the Soul Refining Sect named Ma Ji asked across the formation, "Are you the one sent by Emei to deliver the immortal robe?"
Li Yu did not answer him. There was a gleam in his eyes, and an energy shield flashing with green light appeared in his eyes. The three Soul Refining Sect disciples in the formation were quite powerful, all of them were at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining with dual spiritual veins.
Li Yu did not answer, and the flying sword appeared in his hand.
At this time, Li Yu's strength has improved a bit compared to when he was in Xu Ling Cave Heaven.
He poured all his magic power and true energy into the sword, and the sword body emitted a green light. Li Yu slashed out with the sword, and a sharp sword energy accurately cut the weakest point of the formation.
The hemispherical energy shield fluctuated violently and then collapsed. The three people from the Soul Refining Sect were directly exposed to Li Yu.
Except for Xu Yi, the other two Soul Refining Sect disciples were dumbfounded.
He broke the formation with one sword. How come there is such a powerful person in Emei Sect?
But they were the pride of the Soul Refining Sect after all. After being shocked for a moment, they regained their composure. Several phantoms flew out of their bodies, and six spirit ghosts at the peak of Qi Refining surrounded Li Yu.
The sect only sent three of them here, and of course the sect had its reasons.
Three people, seven spirit ghosts, plus the three of them are cultivating dual spirit veins, Emei needs to send out at least fifteen single spirit vein Qi Refining Level 9 masters to compete with the three of them. And this small cave with unstable space, one square meter of space simply cannot accommodate so many Qi Refining Level 9 masters. In this Qingyu Secret Realm, the three of them join hands and are invincible.
Therefore, even though the person in front of them had the ability to break the formation with a sword, they were not panicked at all.
However, the two people who were concentrating on controlling the spirit ghost at this moment did not notice that Xu Yi had not released his spirit ghost at all.
Six sinister ghosts surrounded Li Yu. They created a thick fog that covered an area of dozens of feet. Li Yu's eyes were gray and he could only see three feet in front of him.
The fog could block his vision but could not block his spiritual consciousness. Li Yu closed his eyes and knew clearly the positions of the six ghost spirits.
It's foggy here, which is convenient for him.
The alchemy furnace in his body was already thirsty...
Li Yu's figure disappeared from the spot and ran straight towards a ghost.
Ma Ji and Kang Zhi first trapped the enemy with ghost spirits, and were about to go deeper into the ghost fog when they suddenly stopped and their faces changed at the same time.
"My fire ghost disappeared..."
"My water ghost disappeared too!"
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The spirit ghosts were in tune with their minds. Just now, two of the spirit ghosts had completely lost contact with them. But this was not the end. One, two, three, four... within a few breaths, the two of them had lost contact with all their spirit ghosts.
The two had never encountered such a situation since they started practicing.
Seeing their expressions, Xu Yi knew that Kang Zhi and Ma Ji had encountered the same thing as him. Fortunately, he did not release the ghost spirit immediately. At this moment, he directly transmitted his voice with his soul: "Stay in my body, don't come out..."
He only has this one ghost spirit. If it is killed again, he will be a disciple of the Soul Refining Sect without a ghost spirit. For a disciple of the Soul Refining Sect, there is nothing more shameful than this.
However, seeing that the two people had lost their spirits just like him, he even felt like laughing...
The ghost fog slowly dissipated, and a look of satisfaction appeared on Li Yu's face.
He really likes the disciples of the Soul Refining Sect.
If there are such disciples of the Soul Refining Sect sending him benefits every day, the mysterious alchemy furnace will be repaired in no time, and maybe some new functions can be developed.
Li Yu was full of yearning for this demonic sect.
Of course, this was just Li Yu's wishful thinking. The two Soul Refining Sect disciples did not think so.
The strength of the Soul Refining Sect disciples was 30% on themselves and 70% on the spirit ghost. The spirit ghost was confiscated by Li Yu as soon as they met. They had never experienced such a strange thing. They were stunned for a while, not knowing what to do...
It is already very powerful for a cultivator to be able to specialize in one thing. No one can be proficient in magic, alchemy, refining, formations, talismans, and the way to raise and exorcise ghosts at the same time. The disciples of the Soul Refining Sect are unrivaled in the world, but they are a little weaker in magic.
But at this moment, even if they were not good at magic, they had to go ahead with it.
Kang Zhi cultivated both the water and fire spiritual veins, mobilized all his magic power, released countless fireballs, formed a fire storm, and swept towards Li Yu.
Li Yu waved his hand and released a water tornado, which collided with the fire storm. The fire storm was annihilated, but the water tornado continued forward and collided with a magic shield formed by three people before dissipating.
Kang Zhi released countless water arrows, shooting densely at Li Yu.
Li Yu raised his hand slightly, and a wall of earth rose in front of him, blocking all the high-pressure water arrows.
Ma Ji pressed one hand to the ground, and countless thick vines grew on the ground around Li Yu. The vines waved, making a sound of breaking wind, and attacked him.
Li Yu stamped his feet, and a flame spread from his feet. The vines were instantly ignited and turned into ashes...
The atmosphere at this moment was a little awkward.
No matter what kind of spells they used, they were all restrained by the opponent. In order to stabilize the morale of the troops, Ma Ji said loudly: "So what if he knows spells of all kinds? Let's attack together. I don't believe that his magic power is endless..."
Li Yu flipped his hand and took out a bottle of top-grade recovery pills, threw two of them into his mouth, and his consumed magic power was instantly restored.
The Soul Refining Sect disciple moved his lips, but could not say anything.
Li Yu threw out three soul-binding ropes and asked, "Do you guys do it yourself, or should I do it?"
Xu Yi, who was standing at the back, was obviously hesitant, while the other two were determined to rush forward. Li Yuxin swung out with his sword, and the sword energy passed through. Immediately, a bottomless chasm appeared on the ground in front of the two.
When he swung out the sword just now, it was accompanied by an extremely terrifying spiritual pressure.
If this sword were to strike them, there would be no doubt that their body and soul would be destroyed.
Practicing Buddhism is not easy, so you should bow your head when you should.
The two men moved their throats and swallowed hard, silently picking up the soul-binding ropes from the ground, and handed one to Xu Yi who was behind them. The three of them cooperated and tied themselves up obediently.
The three Soul Refining Sect disciples were quite good at tying ropes, and after tying themselves up, the Soul Binding Ropes automatically tightened, and they could no longer mobilize their magic power.
Li Yu walked into the main hall and rescued several frightened Emei female cultivators. Their cultivation was generally not high, only at the second or third level of Qi Refining. Li Yu gave them several tranquilizing pills and asked them to stay here to guard the three of them, while he left the Qingyu Secret Realm.
At the entrance to the secret realm, there were already several figures waiting there.
Bai Qingying immediately flew over and asked, "What happened?"
Li Yu smiled slightly and said, "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. I have captured the three disciples of the Soul Refining Sect and tied them up with soul-binding ropes. Several junior sisters are watching them, so you can rest assured to send other disciples in to deal with them."
Bai Qingying breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So fast, you are worthy of being Junior Brother Li..."
The three powerful men of the Soul Refining Sect had the upper hand. Except for Li Yu, anyone else who went in would be captured. Only he could successfully complete the task in such a short time.
Li Yu smiled and said, "If there is nothing else, I will go back to the sect."
Bai Qingying rolled her eyes at him and said, "We finally came to Emei, why are you in such a hurry to go back? If others knew, they would say we don't know etiquette. You don't have anything important to do when you return to the sect, so let Pan'er and the others take you to visit the Emei Cave Heaven..."
At this point, Li Yu couldn't refuse and said, "That's troublesome."
Zhao Paner said happily: "It's not a bother, not a bother at all..."
